It was a bit past mid day when the enemy forces were completely wiped out by an unknown army carrying a flag with a white wolf's head on it. And Naru felt like banging her head against something in frustration. She gets rid of one enemy only to have it replaced by another! And to make matters worse she was outside the castle walls playing with the children when several riders started to approach them.
"Itachi-" Naru said in an almost bored, sing song type of voice as she watched the approching riders. Her cousin ushered his younger brother and the children inside of the gate and had the guards on stand by to close the gate when they got his order.
Itachi cringed at that tone of voice. It was the same tone of voice that she used when she was going to have him aid her in one of her endevers. Which usually ended with him being in trouble with King Sarutobi. He gnashed his teeth. Ohh he hated that tone!
"Yes, Naru."
"Give me your bow and quiver of arrows and go inside and close the gate." Naru said gently as she stood up from the tree stump that she had been sitting on and grabbed his bow and pulled the quiver of arrows off of his shoulder. He opened his mouth to protest but knew it was pointless, the damn girl would'nt listen to reason anyways.
He sighed and walked away as she called out, "And be sure to watch what happens."
He felt his hair stand up on the nape of his neck, that didn't sound good. Not one little bit.
Kakashi stopped his horse thirty feet from the lad standing in his way and looked the boy over. He could'nt be any older than ten and four, still technically a child, and yet he was standing inbetween Kakashi and his new home, inbetween him and his bride. He's a brave one. He thought as he looked the boy over and noted the almost angelic features, the long soft blond hair, the wide innocent looking blueish purple eyes. He blinked, he had never seen such eyes before.
"May I be so bold as to ask who you are, my Lords?" The boy asked the knights. A hint of a smile curving his lips. He looked amused to see them.
"I am Lord Hatake, the King's White Wolf. I have been sent to protect the people of this land and to marry the Lady of the castle." Kakashi said to the boy and noticed that the lad didn't even react, didn't blink or anything. After a second or so of silence the boy sighed.
"Then you have my congradulation's sir knight. However, we are not such trusting people that we would let you ride through our gate without confirming your words first." The boy said with a blank expression, despite the smile still being firmly in place.
Kakashi frowned. He had not expected this. He had thought that the people of his new home would be foolish and easily swayed. Had hoped that they would let him in easily and without question but he supposed that he should have expected this since an enemy army had been on there doorstep for so long. "And if I cannot prove it?" He asked curiously and the boy looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Then a simple letter to the king will solve everything, if you will allow it and the rider carrying it to pass that is." It sounded like a reasonable request.
Kakashi nodded his head. "Very well, we will camp out here and wait for the king's reply."
"Thats good. But you should know-" The boy pulled out an arrow and notched his bow, at first Kakashi thought that he was going to shoot him, but then he noticed that the boy was'nt aiming for him, but something in the trees beyond him and released the arrow. Kakashi turned his head around to see what the boy was shooting at when there was a dull thudding sound of the arrow hitting wood and then a loud series of screams coming from his men as several large couldrens of horse manure was dumped onto their heads.
Kakashi openly gaped at the sight of his men falling off of their horses covered in horse manure, yelling and screaming and curseing before turning back to look at the boy. Caught somewhere between outrage and amusment, honestly he had never seen such a devistating attack before. The lad grinned at him, his strange eyes glittering like gems. "I won't take it easy on you either way. If you want into the castle, you have to get through me first."
Kakashi felt a smile curving his lips. Well if the lad wanted to play war, he supposed that it would'nt be such a bad thing to indulge him. At least until the king replied to the boy's letter. "Very well lad, but I won't go easy on you either." The boy nodded and gave a quick bow to him then turned and walked off.
This could be fun. It had been many years since someone had so boldly challenged him, and he had never been the type to back down or run away regardless of the odds. So taking on one small boy should'nt be too difficult. Right?