Prologue


The sun shone hotter and brighter than she'd ever known was possible, in this land. Looking up at the dry sky and swiping her hand across her forehead, the small medic-nin from Konohagakure pondered where exactly she was. Deciding it was best to check, and mentally calculating how long it had been since she'd seen a landmark of any sort, the brunette rifled through a bag resting on her well-shaped hip. It didn't take her long to produce a somewhat worn-out map, which she quickly unfurled and squinted at.

Looking back up at the whirling sands of the desert, a mixture of fear, wonder and excitement left her normally expressive face blank, her bright blue eyes hidden in her lashes from squinting against the wild sun and wind. Soon though, the young girl smiled in her usual, cheerful way and packed her map back into her bag, continuing her nearly-complete journey to the mystic Land of Sand.

Little did she know of the many things that awaited her in that unfamiliar country.