"Yunjia, I need you to meet someone."
At these words, Yunjia looked up from the papers she was filling out. She pushed her long black hair back and laid the papers on the desk. As she stood, she asked, "Who is it, Lu?"
With a laugh, Lu beckoned Yunjia to follow her down the hall. As they entered another small room, Yunjia saw a pouting blond haired boy standing by the window. Lu said, "I would like you to meet the village's resident troublemaker, Uzumaki Naruto."
Yunjia smiled, but before she could say anything, Naruto spoke up loudly, "Can't I go now, Lu?" He crossed his arms. "My ankle doesn't even hurt anymore."
Still smiling, Lu replied, "No, Naruto. Kakashi said that you were to wait here for him to come back." Lu added, for Yunjia's benefit, "Kakashi is his sensei. He often brings Naruto in here because Naruto often injures himself." She spoke mock-strictly with a fond gleam in her eye.
"It was only a sprained ankle this time," Naruto grouched. "I don't know why he bothered to bring me or why I have to stay and wait."
"Perhaps he wanted a break from watching you but did not want to leave you unattended," Lu teased lightly.
Yunjia laughed. Naruto only huffed.
A voice spoke up from the doorway behind them. "Lu is closer to the truth than you think, Naruto."
Everyone turned to face the direction from which the voice had come. There was a young man leaning against the door frame carelessly. He had white hair, his forehead protector pulled down over one eye, and a mask covering the lower half of his face – all adding up to quite an unusual appearance. It was impossible to see his facial expression. However, Yunjia thought she saw an amused glint in his eye.
Lue was certainly amused. She giggled girlishly and said, "Kakashi, I didn't even hear you come in. Naruto has been waiting very impatiently for you." Her words were cut off by a very excited blond haired boy launching himself across the room, shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Can we go now? Please, please, please, please, please?!" Now Naruto was jumping up and down and waving his arms. Clearly he couldn't wait to leave.
Kakashi straightened and crossed his arms. "You need to thank these ladies, first," he said in a soft voice.
Naruto calmed slightly and turned around. "Thank you very much, Lu and…what's your name?"
Yunjia spoke for the first time since entering the room. "I am Xiao Yunjia. I just started working here." She smiled and added, "I suppose I will be seeing a lot more of you around here."
Naruto grinned, but instead of responding to that comment he said, "Thank you, Yunjia." Then he whirled around again. "Can we go now, can we, can we, can we?"
"Go ahead, I will be right out," Kakashi replied with a nod. After Naruto had bolted, Kakashi turned his attention back to the healers. "Thank you, ladies, for putting up with my young student."
Again Lu laughed airily. "He may be a handful, but I really enjoy having him around," she replied warmly. Yunjia thought that part of the reason Lu enjoyed having Naruto around was the opportunity to see his sensei, but she kept those thoughts to herself.
Kakashi faced Yunjia and extended his hand. "I am pleased to meet you, Yunjia. I expect we will be seeing each other quite often."
With an amused smile, Yunjia replied, "Likewise." She met his hand with her own.
As their hands met, something strange happened. Yunjia felt it, and she could tell that Kakashi felt it, too. It was as thought a little jolt of electricity had run through her arm at his touch. She looked up at him, careful to keep her face blank, and found him staring seriously back at her. It seemed like forever, but was actually only seconds before he dropped her hand and left, Yunjia staring after him and Lu looking bewilderedly back and forth from Yunjia to the empty doorway.