Don't own Naruto or anything associated with it, and I'm not making any money from this. Now that the legal issues are out of the way; Story time!
The dark figure crouched quietly on the rooftop in cold of the early morning hours was not odd; not for this village at least. The hidden leaf village was used to its population of ninjas slinking about at ungodly hours. To the woman on the roof, however, the strangeness of the situation was profound. Even so, it was to be expected. She knew she couldn't return home to the same village she had left almost thirty years before.
With one last survey of the town the woman let out a barely audible sigh. This had been a provision of her shinobi training; that she would return here some day if they ever called upon her. Apparently this was that day. Time to get to work. A small lingering of warmth where she had crouched was the only evidence she had been there at all.
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Kakashi was not on time. He was never on time. Today was no different. His meeting time with Tsunade had started an hour ago. The Hokage pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed looking at the scroll in front of her
"SHIZUNE!"
"Hai, Tsunada-sama?" her assistant looked at her wearily from the doorway. The frustrated blond let out another long breath of air.
"Go ahead and send her in. If Kakashi shows up tell him he can wait."
"Hai!"
Again the Hokage looked down at the scroll in front of her containing details about the life of the woman she was about to meet. It was impressive to say the least. She was reviewing some of the mission history when the opening of a window alerted her to the silver-haired nin's presence.
"KAKASHI I HAVE A DOOR FOR A REASON!" She shouted at the masked man pointing at said door and earning an eye-crinkle in response.
"Ano…shumimasen Hokage-sama! There was an old lady and her groceries—"
"I don't want your excuses Hatake! When I tell you to show up you better damn well start showing up! I don't care if the entire Hokage monument fell on you! It is unacceptable for a ninja of your caliber to have such a problem with tardiness! And I swear if I find you reading another one of Jiraya's perverted books while you're supposed to be training I will personally—"
Tsunade's rant was cut short by a quiet chuckle from the back of the room. Peculiarly enough from the very door at which she was pointing earlier. Both of the shinobi snapped their attention to the source. The blonde's eyes widened when she saw the woman in the doorway.
"How long have you been there?!" The Hokage asked in astonishment
"Mou, ever since you asked for me Hokage-sama," She answered in an amused tone. Then Kakashi found his voice.
"But I saw you die—?"
-o.O-
A/N: I have a little bit of an idea where I'm going with this, but it's not very solid. Let me know if you like it/if I should bother to flesh it out! Any review is always appreciated! (and if I screw up any of the Japanese, please let me know)
-Moy