Sarutobi looked up from the papers on his desk as his office door opened and he was suprised to see his son Asuma, Gai, Itachi and Genma walk through his door looking like drowned rats, Itachi was carrying a small girl with light blond hair, in his arms as he walked through the door. The poor girl was just as soaked as the rest of them with the exception of Genma. "What may I help you boys with?" He asked curiously as Itachi set the girl down in the chair across from him and stood just to the side while the others stood directly behind the shivering girl.
"Sir, we found this young girl in the village river, and she says that she's one of our villagers, but we do not recall ever seeing her." Asuma said. Sarutobi frowned, now he understood why they had brought the poor child here. They wanted him to interrogate her as an enemy of the village.
He sighed and pushed himself up out of his chair and walked around the desk until he was directly in front of the child and studied her. She kept her head down, her breathing was a little off, probably because she was afraid. But what really drew his attention was the gaping hole in her shirt, and the deep red stain on it. He knew blood when he saw it, so the suspisions of his shinobi were'nt entirely unfounded.
"What's your name child?" He asked curiously. Her eyes flickered up from the floor to his face, causing him to blink in suprise. Her eyes were such a peculiar color. Not quite purple, and not quite blue, somewhere inbetween. Her skin was a milky white color, all in all she was a very pretty little girl. It will be such a waste if she is one of the enemy. He thought sadly, because if she was found guilty of being a spy or one of the enemy shinobi she would be put to death.
"Naru."
His lips twitched up in a smile. That was such a nice name for her. "And where do you come from?" He asked.
She looked at the floor again. "The leaf village, sir." He cocked his head. She didn't seem to be lying. Her tone didn't tremble, or raise in volume.
"We've never seen you before. Could you tell us why?"
"I hide." She said and almost flinched, that didn't sound right. Sarutobi narrowed his eyes at her.
"Why would you hide among your own people?" He asked in a hard tone.
"Because there are many who would see me dead, sir." She answered calmly.
He regarded her with a calculating look. She said that she was from the leaf village, but she had'nt given them her full name, though she might not have wanted to tell them just who she really was, she would need too to save her life.
"Child what is your full name?"
She looked back up at him again. "My name." She muttered stupidly as she felt panic well up in her chest. This was bad. really, really bad. It was one thing to find herself face to face with two dead men, but to be questioned by the third Hokage too. I've gone down the fucking rabbit hole this time, have'nt I?
"Yes, your name. Tell me your whole name." Sarutobi said. Lie to him. He would never believe you, so just lie for now.
"Naru Hana Hatake." She said as she remembered that she was married and carried Kakashi's last name as her own. Everyone in the room gave her disbelieveing looks. Kakashi Hatake was the last of the Hatake clan, and as of date was still very much single, and it was also well known that he had no siblings.
"You lie." Gai hissed in a tone that made her look up at him, he sounded just like that snake bastard Orochimaru.
"I do not." She snapped in anger. She may be a lot of things but a liar was'nt really one of them.
"I think he's right. I think you are lying." Sarutobi said coldly as he stared at her. He was curious about the blood stain on her clothes. There was enough blood there to indicate a fatal wound. He hoped that the girl had'nt snuck into the village and killed one of his people just to keep from being discovered.
Kakashi entered the village at a dead run and kept on going. If he was alive now then that meant that Naru was too. He just had to find her before something bad happened to her. "Kakashi wait up!" Minato called as he ran up along side the teen and glanced at him, his student seemed in an aweful big hurry to get somewhere. Kakashi was half way across the old bridge where team seven used to meet when he smelled her.
His heart stuttered in his chest and he nearly collapsed. Naru... Dear god she was here. Where? Where would she be though? The answer hit him like a ton of bricks, causing the air to rush from his lungs in a panic. They were in the middle of a war, and Naru had never been seen before. She would be taken to the Hokage and judged as a spy, or worse.
He gritted his teeth and used his chakra to enhanse his speed and headed to the tower, Naru please be okay. He thought as Minato followed close behind him, picking up speed as he did. "Kakashi, wait, where are you going?"
"To get my precious person back." The teen snapped furiously. He didn't have time for his sensei's questions.