"You would not believe your eyes

If ten million fireflies

Lit up the world as I fell asleep,

Cuz they fill the open air

And leave tear drops everywhere

You think me rude

But I would just stand and stare,

I like to make myself believe,

That planet Earth

Turns slowly

Its hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,

Cuz everything is never as it seems

When I fall asleep…"

She stopped singing and rested on top of the water. Soon she will be found. Soon she will have to go to a village where they will either protect her, or use her.

Soon. Very soon…

Team seven were sent on a mission to retrieve a young girl.

"Why do we have to et her, how is she important?" Naruto whined.

"Naruto just shut up!" Sakura yelled annoyed. Sasuke stayed quiet but was clearly wanting to beat the two senseless.

"This girl is important to some people and we must protect her." Kakashi explained.

"But how do we find her!" Naruto was seriously getting annoying.

"We follow the music." the three stopped and stared at their sensei as though he had gone mad. He brought his finger to his masked lips in a shushing way. Everyone listened. And sure enough there was a voice.

"I like to make myself believe,

That planet Earth turns

Slowly

It's hard to say I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep

Cuz everything is never as it seems

When I fall asleep…"

The team followed the voice and found a clearing, with a waterfall and a girl laying in the water with her eyes closed.

Her hair was long and a bright red color. She wore a long red kimono with black rose designs on it. It was loose so you could see one of her legs while the other stayed under the kimono. She was about Naruto's, Sasuke's, and Sakura's age.

When she opened her eyes they were a stunning crimson color. She looked at peace.

"Where will you be taking me?" she asked. Her voice had a ring to it. It was like a bell.

"The Hidden Leaf village, Konoha." Kakashi informed her. "This is my team, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and me, Kakashi."

She nodded.

"My name is Ruby."

"So will you come willingly?" he asked. Now the three looked at their sensei what he means. don't they usually just take the person and go.

"Depends on why you want me to go with you." she site up still on the water. She starts massaging her hair calmly. No sign of fear.

"We would like to protect you. If you would let us." Kakashi held out his hand for her. She stares at it for a while then looks up at his smiling face. She couldn't help but smile also, then took the hand.

He gently pulled her up and out of the water. She was wet but not too wet, she dried quickly.

"Mission complete, lets head back to the village." Kakashi announced, but as soon as he did an explosion was heard. Ruby knew immediately what it was.

"They've come." Kakashi scowled.

"I was hoping they wouldn't show."

"As soon as they hear someone has gotten me, they will come for them. And I will once again be on the run." Ruby stared at the direction of the explosion.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura had no idea what was going on. Ruby noticed this as well.

"They have no idea what they are in do they?" she asked Kakashi. He just laughed and rubbed the back of his head.

"I'll explain when we get back to the village right now you have to make her safety your umber one priority." he told the three. They nodded, they understood when Kakashi was serious. And right now, he was being dead serious.

Sakura took Ruby's hand in hers.

"We'll take her back to the village." she said.

"I'll hold these guys off for as long as I can, when you get to the village call for back up." he told them. They nodded and were off.

Ruby kept up with them with the help of Sakura who didn't let go of her hand. When they reached Konoha they told Tsunade what happened and she sent the ANBU out to help Kakashi.

"Whoa… the ANBU! What the hell is going on!" Naruto shouted. Sakura and Sasuke were also wondering the same thing. All three of them turned to Ruby who was staring at the sky.

"The clouds are beautiful today…" the three that were next to her sweat dropped. Shikamaru would like this girl. Naruto stepped in front of her. She looked at him slightly confused.

"Yes?" she asked. Naruto calmed down a little when hearing her voice, but quickly snapped out of it.

"What's going on? Why are there people fighting and risking their lives just to get their hands on you?" he asked.

Ruby looked away and stared off into space. She didn't say anything.

"Your sensei said that when he returns, hw will tell you." she said quietly.

"You seem confident that he wont be killed." Sasuke finally spoke up.

"Yes." was her reply. The rest of the time they just stayed where they were, which was outside the Hokage's office. Waiting for everyone to return.

Soon the sun started setting and finally some of the ANBU and Kakashi returned. Naruto jumped at Kakashi.

"What happened to the rest of the ANBU?" he asked. Kakashi looked down and just shook his head. Naruto couldn't believe that suck a large number of ninja were defeated.

"He is very strong, imagine how it would have been if they came in groups. I am asking you now. Are you sure you would like to risk everything to protect me?" she asked. All three of the young chunin had heard what she meant.

They fought one person. One person killed that ANBU. One person injured them and Kakashi. It was only one person who had done this.

"Yes, we will protect you no matter what." Tsunade walked over to them. Ruby looked up at her.

"Why?" she asked.

"Because we promised we would. Plus we have more people who will now protect you. You will be introduced to them as soon as the the Suna siblings arrive." she explained.

"Gaara's coming!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Yes and you will be working with three other teams. There will be team Gai," the three shivered at the thought of him. "Team Asuma, and team Kurenai. They will be helping you on the next mission." she told them.

"Next mission? To where?" Sakura was the one who asked this time.

"To the mountains." Ruby replied. She then walked out of the room quietly, since she wasn't wearing any shoes, and disappeared.

"Explain what is going on!" Naruto was getting impatient.

"I will explain when the teams are all here. Then I will tell everyone. I don't feel like telling you then everyone else again tomorrow."

"TOMORROW! How am I supposed to sleep when I cant stop thinking about this mission!" Naruto screamed.

"Oh calm down Naruto. Its only a couple of hours. And you should all rest now, tomorrow you start your mission. You need all the rest you could get. Kakashi come with me, I'll heal your wounds. They aren't too bad, you'll be fine tomorrow."

"Good" the two walked away. The three exchanged a confused look and then walked away. They all headed to their homes. When they got into bed though, they started wondering about the mission and then where Ruby went.

Ruby was on one of the roofs looking at the moon. The wind blew her hair and kimono.

"This will be very difficult…"