In the last chapter: Kotetsu and Izumo discovered that an unknown shinobi was walking freely through the village after passing through the gates. They both race off to alert the Hokage when another figure leaps from his hiding place and runs off as well to tell his sensei the news. Now let's see if this person is acutally a threat or not...
Mysterious Voice - refers to when a mysterious voice speaks to Sasha
Inner Sakura - refers to when Inner Sakura is speaking
Thoughts/Flashbacks - refers to when the character is thinking or having flashbacks
Sasha looked all around the village, admiring its craftsmanship, people, and most of all, restaurants. After coming all the way from the Hidden Sand Village with nothing in her pack but some bread, cheese, and a half-cup of water, she was very hungry.
"This place is so cool," she said impressively, "But I need to find a place with food and water. Not to mention an apartment as well."
She suddenly spotted something that made her mouth water in moments; It was a ramen shop. Sasha stared at the shop with adoration, and then she burst with joy.
"Alright! RAMEN!! I love ramen!!"
She could smell the delicious ramen waiting for her, so hot and warm and sweet. She inhaled deeply, taking in the scent.
"Ahhh, nothing smells better than the scent of cooking ramen. I'm getting some!"
And with that, she dashed into the shop and took the seat nearest to the ramen cooker. A young girl, probably around her early teens, stood there as if she were waiting for her order.
"One bowl of your best ramen, please!" Sasha said cheerfully, "And can you make it a big bowl?"
The girl bowed and prepared the ramen right before her eyes. Within moments, a large bowl of steaming hot ramen sat right in front of Sasha waiting to be eaten.
She couldn't hold her happiness back any longer and immediately grabbed a pair of chopsticks from the holder next to her.
"It's meal time!" She said as soon as she broke them apart and began slurping the noodles. She nearly broke out in tears. The ramen was so delicious!!
"Do you like it?" The girl told her happily, "The ramen you are eating is our specialty, barbequed pork miso ramen."
Sasha exclaimed, "So that's why it tastes so good! Barbequed pork is my absolute favorite! But you guys make it so good, it feels like I'm in heaven!"
The girl beamed with happiness when she heard her customer's compliment; in fact, she was so proud that she blushed a deep red.
"Thank you very much!" She managed to squeak out before she blushed even redder, "My father and I take much pride in preparing the ramen for our customers. You are, by far, the best customer we've had that has given us such a meaningful comment about our ramen!"
Sasha smiled and finished her bowl of ramen. "So, if I may ask, what is your name? I have to know who the owners of this shop are," she said.
The girl bowed deeply and replied, "My name is Ayame, and my father's name is Teuchi. Who are you?"
"No one special," Sasha shrugged casually, "Just a traveler going here and there. I'm not really anyone."
"Well, whoever you are," the ramen girl, Ayame, said, "For you generous comment, that bowl of ramen you ate is now free of charge!"
Sasha beamed happily. "Wow, thanks a lot!" It's a good thing too, because I didn't bring any money with me.
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Naruto Uzumaki ran as fast as he could through his village, apparently searching for someone. Every now and then he would occasionally glance inside the shops and restaurants he passed by, just to make sure if the person he was searching for was there.
"Man, where could he be?" He asked himself, "Whenever I need to see him, I can't find him! Where on earth is he? Ah!" He suddenly spotted a girl with bright pink hair suddenly coming out of the library carrying a huge stack of very heavy books.
Naruto moved in behind her and suddenly called out, "What's up, Sakura?" which startled the girl so badly that she dropped all of her books. Unfortunately, for Naruto, every single one of them fell on him and he was soon buried beneath the high pile of anvils.
"NARUTO!!" Sakura raged as she wrenched him out of the pile of books. Damn you, Naruto! It took me ages to perfectly balance those books! You're going to pay! Inner Sakura shrieked.
Fortunately, Naruto was not crushed from the weight of the books, but as soon as Sakura pulled him free, she began pounding him on the top of the head. When she finished beating him up, Naruto had five new lumps on his head where Sakura had landed her fists on.
"Ouch, Sakura," Naruto whined, "That really hurt a lot!"
"Well it serves you right!" Sakura picked up her books and continued on her way. It was then when Naruto remembered what he wanted to ask her.
"Oh yeah," Naruto asked, "Hey Sakura, have you seen Kakashi-sensei around? I have to tell him something important."
Sakura shrugged and responded, "I don't know where he is. He's probably at the training grounds or something. He might even be in the Hokage's office right now for another mission." How the hell should I know where the pervert is?! He always disappears when we need to find him! And with that, she turned around and didn't say another word.
Naruto sighed and continued on his way. Well that didn't help at all! He thought angrily as he leapt from building to building, still searching for his sensei. Naruto suddenly felt something get caught around his foot as he prepared to leapt to the next building and lost his footing. Just when he prepared for a dramatic landing, he fell face-first onto the hard earth.
"What the hell just tripped me?!" Naruto screamed angrily as he rubbed his throbbing face.
"You tripped over your own feet, stupid." A voice said above him. Naruto looked up to find a familiar man looking down on him. "Kakashi-sensei!"
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Kakashi Hatake was a man in his late-twenties who enjoyed reading "Make-out Paradise" novels (and was reading one at that exact moment). He was tall with spiky, gray hair that stuck up. He wore a navy blue outfit and a ninja vest that identified a high-ranking ninja; in this case, Kakashi was a Jounin, or an elite ninja. A headband with the Leaf Village symbol covered his left eye, as did a mask that covered the lower part of his face from the nose down.
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"Did you by any chance see who tripped me right now?" Naruto asked him.
Kakashi sighed. "I already told you, Naruto, that you tripped over your own big feet. You're so clumsy."
Naruto could feel a nerve popping. His sensei was always ridiculing him about his tactlessness, or his weirdness, or something. He felt that he was one teasing away from bashing Kakashi's face.
Keep cool, he thought quickly, I have to tell Kakashi sensei about what I heard.
"Oh, yeah. Uh, Kakashi-sensei?"
"Hmm?" Kakashi looked up from his book at Naruto. "What is it?"
Naruto hesitated a moment. "Well, you know the two guys that patrol the East Gate?"
"Yes. What about them?"
"I, uh, overheard them talking about some new visitor that came in from the Hidden Sand Village. They were saying that they needed to get the information to Granny Tsunade right away," Naruto blurted out.
Kakashi froze when hearing this. A new visitor from the Hidden Sand Village? He thought quickly, if they needed to get the information to the Hokage that quickly, then we could have big trouble on our hands!
"Naruto," Kakashi asked, "Did you get a good look at the newcomer?" Naruto shook his head in response. "Think! You must have seen something."
Thinking hard, Naruto replied, "Well, the newcomer wore a large coat and carried a heavy-looking backpack. Oh, and he had red hair."
As soon as he finished, Kakashi leapt up to the building above them and began going north. Naruto, stunned and confused, raced after him until he finally caught up.
"Kakashi-sensei, what are you planning?" Naruto asked his sensei curiously.
Kakashi shrugged off the question and replied, "I'll tell you when we find that person. For all we know, Leaf Village might as well be in danger."
What is Kakashi planning to do? And is this new shinobi really such a threat? Read it when it comes...'Kakashi v.s. Sasha'. By the way, please leave some reviews!
Teaser: "Interesting," Kakashi said, "And if I may ask, what is your name?"
"Sasha Tsumane of the Hidden Village of Sand. But enough talk, let's fight!"
And without warning, Sasha leapt at Kakashi and threw a senbon, a long needle like the kind used for acupuncture, at him. He simple leapt out of the way and landed behind her, holding a kunai to her throat. Instead of feeling frightened, Sasha felt pleased. This was going to become an interesting fight.
