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Nala flew past the last tree of the forest. The land opened into a meadow and she could see the lake in the distance. She stoped sightseeing and focused her attention on the five dots near the lake. The five year old jumped again, hiding her completely in the setting sun. She hoped she would get there in time, before anyone ended up killed. She landed and quickly hid herself behind a rock.

"You guys are completely useless opponents!" The strange looking guy screamed again. He was wearing tight leather pants and a black shiny cloak. His brown hair contrasted with his insanely red eyes. He laughed again, giving off one of the most insane-sounding sounds Nala ever heard.

She looked at the ANBU squad the man was facing. Two of them were near fainting from chakra depletion; the third one had a bad bleeding wound on his left leg and didn't look like he was able to move. Overall there was only one man that could still stand but it didn't look like he was able to fight off that insane guy. Nala sighted and quietly zeroed her training weights-bracelets. She had to help them.

"Now you will all die!" The strange man started screaming again and moved forward.

"Showtime!" Nala though as she leapt into the air to place a kick on that bastard's head, while trying to come up with a plan. She couldn't show of in front of the ANBU especially if the squad had a Sharingan and a Byakugan users in it. On the other hand, if this man was able to exhaust ninjas of such qualities without even a scratch on him, he must have been insanely strong. "We'll see what comes of it." Though Nala as she safely landed on the ground while watching the guy fly off from her chakra charged kick.

He didn't stay out of it for long. After few bounces, he shifted to his left and landed on his feet. Nala could feel the eyes of the whole ANBU on her back, but she decided to ignore them for now, she would have to explain everything later.

"State your business here." she said in an even voice, but loud enough for the man to hear her. Instead of an answer, he laughed insanely again.

"Justice." he said, his voice not loosing any of his insanity. "And revenge." He finished as he started running towards Nala, now with a sword in hand. Seeing this, Nala took out her own blade she always kept sealed away in her sleeve and started running so she would get some distance between her and the injured ANBU. Their blades met, and for few seconds they tried to overpower each other, then both jumped back.

"But it's mostly revenge." The man said in a mocking voice, trying to hide his own panting.

"If you don't want to die, then leave this place." Nala responded in the coldest voice she could make.

"Make me!" the man screamed again and charged again.

"I have to be careful, he is the type that doesn't have anything to loose."

"Then let me fight him. I will kill him faster than he can say Revenge." Nala remained quiet for a bit, looking as if she was actually thinking about the idea while easily blocking everyone of the man's attacks

"Nah." she said finally. "I hate killing."

"And that is the biggest difference between us. You don't like having blood on your hands."

"That isn't really a crime, you know? But I do feel little bored already; this guy has an amazing sword style, but it is lacking compared to mine. I should end this." At that moment Nala shifted from a defensive stance to the attacking one. She channelled some chakra into her special sword and cut through the man sword like a butter knife through warm butter. The man wasted a second to stare in disbelief at the piece of stick that used to be his sword and then shifted to defensive stance to protect himself. Although it was just a second, Nala already attacked him with few precisely ranged needles and the man fell down, unconscious.

"What a disgraceful way to fall in a battle, beaten by a five year old." Kyuubi laughed for itself, while Nala turned to the ANBU, one hand still focusing on hiding her sword.

"Laugh all you want, but the hard part will start now – Explaining." Nala said to the fox and then spoke out loud:

"Um, sorry I am late. It was kind a hard to get here." she said, forcibly laughing. She proceeded to examine the injured man's leg. Seeing as nobody tried to do anything about it, they obviously didn't have a medic in the squad. "Kakashi-san, does it hurt?" she asked a useless question just to cut through the tension of the moment.

It didn't work.

The ANBU squad still looked shocked as she reached for her emergency pill bag and took out two bright green pills, another invention of hers. She hid them in her fist, and then mentally broke the seals. She then placed the hand that held the pills before on Kakashi's leg. Five glowing green bandages shot from her palm and wrapped themselves around Kakashi's wound.

"Feels better now, doesn't it?" said Nala, trying to sound exactly the same as Kakashi few years ago. As Kakashi realized that she was mimicking him, he asked her in a low voice, trying to shake off his surprise from seeing her here.

"Nala, what are you doing here? You could have gotten yourself killed."

"Why, repaying you for the time you saved me." Nala said simply. "And besides, that guy wasn't that dangerous. He was slow and easily surprised."

"Heh, and they said trying to be friendly towards you was a waste of my time." Kakashi tried to stand up, but lost his balance and was caught by one of his team members, who, listening to their conversation slowly recovered.

"I wouldn't try that." Nala warned him seriously. "That is, if you don't want to loose your leg. I speeded up the healing process with those bandages, but it will still be about 18 hours until you will be able to move without the risk of permanently damaging it. As for you guys," she turned to the remaining ANBU. "It should take about 15 hours for a risk free movement. Why isn't there a medic in this squad anyway?" Ignoring her question, Kakashi, stuck by an idea asked:

"Nala, how fast can you run?" Totally unprepared for such question, Nala slightly shrugged.

"Fast enough to get to the village from here in 25 minutes, because that's what it took me to get here." She could see Kakashi grinning under his dog mask, as he sat down on the ground, keeping his left leg stretched.

Realizing his intentions, the ANBU that caught him before turned to Kakashi, and in a worried voice started:

"Kakashi-san, you can't mean that you seriously want to…" Kakashi quickly cut him off.

"Nala, I need you to deliver something to the Hokage and also get help, can you do that?" Nala shrugged again.

"Sure, sounds easy enough." she said, looking into the dark holes of Kakashi's mask. "What do you need me to deliver?" Kakashi slightly looked around and then took out a red scroll that was much bigger than her head.

"Go straight to the Hokage with this. Don't look in it, nor let anybody else than the Hokage. Don't talk to anybody, try to remain low profile. Once you get to the Hokage, give him the scroll and tell him about our position. If he doesn't believe you," Kakashi sighted, as he took something from behind his mask. "Show him this as the proof." He gave her his forehead protector.

"Understood." said Nala as she fastened the scroll on her back and then hid it with her cloak.

"Oh, and by the way. Is that guy dead?" Kakashi pointed at the insane man still laying on the ground.

"No, but he will be out of it for the next four days, thanks to the needles sticking out of his neck. That should give you enough time to… whatever you do with criminals." Nala adjusted her cloak again and made sure the scroll was in its place on her back. Then she started running towards the direction of Konoha.

"Can we trust her?" asked one of the ANBU.

"I didn't notice any abnormalities in her behaviour and the chakra signature matches. But it was pretty strange how quickly she took out that guy." said the Hyuuga hiding behind the hawk's mask.

"We can trust her. The last time we met, I said something to her that she repeated as she treated my wound." Kakashi stretched his hands. "Okay! We might be stuck here for a while, so let's set up camp."

"Hai captain!" They all said at once.

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Meanwhile, Nala was already jumping through the trees of the forest.

"You do realize that this little favour you are doing them will have much bigger consequences than a suspicious ANBU team."

"I know, but what was I supposed to do? Kakashi looked so helpless and that puppy mask of his didn't help! And besides, he is a friend, I had to help him."

"But they will get suspicious, probably give us tests to find out how strong we are and once they see just what we can do, they will probably want to use us." Kyuubi stated worriedly.

"Yep. In the better case scenario, we could end up with ANBU as one of them. In the worse, we could be locked away, but I don't think that Hokage would really do that."

"Perhaps." Kyuubi spaced out for a moment and watched with Nala as they were approaching the village. "Incoming, from the left. Go faster!" Nala followed Kyuubi's advice and picked up her pace, just in time to avoid the shuriken that just landed where she stood just a second ago. Between the trees, she could see a headband with Konoha's leaf on it. It must have been a guard that didn't realize she was on his side. She jumped again to avoid another set of shuriken.

"I so don't have time for this." Nala cursed as she formed her hands together to form a hand sign. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" she quietly said so the guard wouldn't hear her. She formed one clone who, after avoiding another set of shurikens headed a different direction. Nala smirked when the attacks stopped and the guard obviously followed the clone. She jumped to the ground and started running on the road leading to Konoha's main gate. Just few minutes and she would be able to give the Hokage the scroll. She briefly looked around to take in her surroundings.

It was getting dark, and they would be expecting her for dinner back in the Uchiha compound. She would get in so much trouble if she missed the dinner, Fugaku would kill her.

"Get your head off of food and concentrate, kid!" Kyuubi yelled out. "We are approaching the gate."

"Right, thanks." Nala, still running, took out Kakashi's forehead protector and fastened it to her forehead. It was like her passport to the village. She almost ran past the guards, but slowed enough to show them her forehead so they wouldn't follow her. Nala then placed the forehead protector back in her pocket and started jumping on the rooftops to the Hokage tower.

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The leader of Konoha finally finished the paperwork. He sat at his desk, enjoying the peace and quiet. His relaxation was interrupted by a loud crash – that must have been the tea he sent for – and a dull boom – that must have been the ninja he sent for the tea. The sudden noise was followed by few shouts:

"Hey! Get back here!"

"Sorry! Kind a in a hurry here!"

The shouting continued closer to his door. Hokage sighted; so much for the peace and quiet today.

"No! You can't go there…" with that scream, his door opened, and to Sarutobi's surprise a five year old ran in, panting heavily. He looked up at the ANBU who were supposed to guard his door.

"We're sorry sir. She snuck past us." Sarutobi looked back at Nala and gave her a minute to calm her breath down. As soon as she did, she took out a forehead protector from her pocket and placed it on his desk, which cased the Hokage to give her more attention.

"How the hell did she get her hands on one of those?" He though, not understanding a thing. Without loosing his cool, he waited for Nala to tell what happened. She took of a large red scroll from her back and placed it next to the protector before nearly collapsing into one of the chairs in the office, still trying to catch her breath. Sarutobi's eyes widened even more as he realized what the scroll is. It contained a forbidden and powerful jutsu that he ordered Kakashi's squad to get.

"How did you get this? It's an S class material!" Sarutobi nearly screamed, not being able to hide his confusion. Nala, finally catching her breath started explaining:

"Kakashi-san gave it to me to deliver it. They have been attacked by some insane man and Kakashi ended up with an injured leg. The rest of the team suffered chakra depletion because of the fight." Nala paused for a second to let the Hokage take in the information and then continued "Kakashi-san said to give you the scroll and get help, since none of them can really move that much. He gave me his forehead protector to offer as a proof that I am saying the truth."

"Alright, I believe you. Blue Bat, take this scroll to Kamimaru. She'll know what to do." He signalled one of his ANBU, who immediately took the scroll and was gone in a poof of smoke. "Nala, can you lead us back to Kakashi and others?"

"Of course. I would get some medics with us to look over their injuries though. None of them will also be able to move without risk of permanently damaging their body for at least the next 18 hours. And last, the guy that attacked them is still there, only unconscious." Nala quickly finished giving the details.

"Understood, Boar, get few medic ninjas, and at least two other men from your team. Then please follow Miss Uchiha here to what ever spot Kakashi's team is."

"Yes sir."

"This is going rather well, but they will still question us after we get back with Kakashi."

"When we get back, I will be probably yelled at by Fugaku because of missing dinner." She though as her stomach quietly grumbled. "And I really do miss it."

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Nala stood still in the corner of the room, studying the Hokage's face as he was listening to Kakashi who was trying to explain everything. Out of all places, this was the least spot she would like to be.

"This is all your fault, if you didn't fell that man's chakra getting so strange," Kyuubi led her eyes at Kakashi, "then we wouldn't be stuck here."

"If I didn't fell that man's chakra all out of place, then he would be dead. By the way, did you figure out the reason why that man was so strong? Not that it would matter."

"It's not really that hard to figure out." Kyuubi sighted at her container's stupidity. "He had an advantage over them because of his sword. He must have been trained in some Samurai clan from his early age. Ninja, even those of Kakashi's level have no chance against people like that. He also caught them after a long run with that scroll so they must have been pretty tired when he attacked."

"I guess so. Add in the 25 minutes it took me to arrive and it is actually logical that they got beat like that." Nala looked at Kakashi again. He was standing on one leg while trying to balance his weight so he wouldn't put any strain on his injured weight. It was already morning when they got into Hokage's office, since Kakashi had to stop by the hospital to get his leg checked. The rest of the team went home as Kakashi took it upon himself to inform the Hokage and Nala simply didn't wanted to go home, since a screaming head of the Uchiha clan was the last thing she needed right now.

Nala sighted, trying to overlook her own exhaustion and once more started listening to the long discussion. It felt like she was standing there for hours.

"Nala, what do you got to say for yourself?" the sudden words directed to her left Nala speechless. Seeing this, Hokage continued: "Where did you learned how to fight like that? And what were you even doing there?" Nala took a deep breath and a step forward.

"I was there because I felt Kakashi-san's chakra going out of control and I wanted to help him, so I could repay my debt to him, since he saved me two years ago." Nala's even voice echoed in the room as the two men were breathless to hear her explanations.

"This isn't good, they will lock us up!" Kyuubi worriedly hissed in Nala's mind. Pushing that thought away, Nala continued explaining:

"I was able to defeat that man because I trained for it. It is as simple as that. I have been training non-stop for the last two years so when someone attacked me, I would be able to protect myself or others." Nala finished, looking straight into Hokage's face to give the message that she didn't want to answer anymore question.

"Alright. Thank you, you are dismissed." The Hokage said, breaking their eye connection. Nala slightly bowed and then quickly exited the room. Sarutobi then turned to Kakashi.

"Do you think it is possible?"

"It should be, I mean, I became a chunnin at the age of six and she is five."

"Very well. I will send her to academy few years earlier."

"I am sorry sir, but from the ability she presented when fighting, she could be skilled enough to be a jounin. The academy would waste her potential."

"Where are you going with this?" Sarutobi asked, not liking what ever it was that Kakashi was implying. He couldn't let a five year old get into anything dangerous, especially this one. On the other hand, Kakashi was right about the academy. If she was able to defeat in les then five minutes someone that an entire team of his best man could not, it would be just a waste of time.

"I want to know how strong she really is." Kakashi said with a hint of interest in his voice. "Let me give her some tests, we can decide what to do with her after that."

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Author's Notes:

Me: Jej! Finally finished with this one too!

Kakashi: (Looking like his world was destroyed) First, you make me act like a mother, and now you get me hurt? WHY, WOMAN, WHY?

Me: (pats Kakashi on the head) Now, now, you will get your cool moments… (Fingers crossed behind her back)

Kakashi: You better…

Me: I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if there is anything I should improve, just let me know through reviews.

Also, I would like to know where you think I should continue. I can either:

skip to Nala's tenth year and the whole letter thing, or

continue from here and let her take Kakashi's tests, or

skip to Uchiha massacre

It's your call so please let me know!