Characters: Shiho
Pairings
: None
A/N
: Not much to say. As ever, feedback would be appreciated.
Disclaimer
: I don't own Naruto.


Shiho had always been a creature of libraries and rooms with the windows pulled shut so no light could enter. Genin at seven, chunin at nine though she never advanced beyond that rank, she was fiercely intelligent and possessed the sort of mind that could crack any puzzle presented to it.

But she was always shut up in that room in the unit, so swamped with work that she was verily a hostage to her job and rarely even allowed to leave. Sometimes Shiho wondered if the world beyond was even real or just a fantasy concocted by her superiors for some reason she had yet to fathom.

So she welcomed any chance to venture out into the fresh air, even if it was during a hostile invasion of her village. Any excuse was enough.

Any excuse at all.