Kakashi was on a mission with Tenzo. Well, actually he was trying to get his friend drunk so he would spill out what he knew about Manami. Since Kakashi had now obligation as a sensei he couldn't take part in the downfall of the freelancers.

Tenzo was telling him that Manami wasn't seen in the hideout but she had been part of them. The real leader had been interrogated and they found out that she was his lover. "But Ibiki has found out that his memory was manipulated and some things don't add up." Tenzo said dragging the words because of his intoxicated estate.

"What more" Kakashi pressed his friend.

"It was strange when we arrived at their hideout, many were asleep. It was easy to defeat them."

'Strange indeed.' Kakashi thought.

Tenzo had another drink which was too much for him. Now he would only talk nonsense. Kakashi sighs and helps his friend go home.

Manami had laid low, orders of the Hokage. She couldn't go home right now because the events with the freelancers were still too fresh. She was in a hideout she had built. Actually, she had more than that hideout. With the money she had made as a bounty hunter, she would set up a cabinet or an abandoned house as a safe house for her. She would build an escape passage, have some food supply, and some clothes to change.

She would usually spend her free time training with Becas. She had learned to use chakra to transform herself. She would get bigger, like a lion, and her strength enabled her to carry Manami for a long ride.

Sometimes the Hokage would order Manami to investigate something or offer support to some group if she would be nearby or no one else was available, but mostly she was on her own.

On a quiet evening, the usual gang had met in the bar. There was Kakashi, Gay, Asuma, Kurenai, Genma, and Anko. The conversation had been about their genin and the mission they had. Guy was finishing a rather boring story when he said. "Oh, and the other day I saw Manami." Genma and Kakashi, who had been mostly concentrated on his books, were all ears now.

"Why didn't you tell that first?" Asked Genma. "Come one spill it out."

"It was 3 days ago, a sunny day it was. The best team with the most good-looking sensei was on..." Guy was interrupted by Kurenai.

"Dear God, Guy please stay with the facts."

Guy was almost crying because he couldn't tell his epic tale, but neither less, he resumed his story. He was also with his genin team on an easy mission, but on the way back they were attacked by some organized thieves. Guy was worried because of his students. There were just too many thieves for him to protect his genin. But then, Manami appeared and helped them out. Most of the thieves fled when they recognized the 'Beauty with the black Sharingan' as they called her.

"Hey Guy, what are you doing here and with those kids? This is a dangerous region because of these thieves. Best you get out of here."

"Manami? What are you doing here?"

Guy couldn't believe it was really her. What would he do? She was a missing-nin, his responsibility was to bring her back to Konoha but if he would fight her, his genin could come in danger. It was like Manami had read his thoughts.

"If you want to catch me then you have to outrun me and your genin would probably be left alone and easy prey for those thieves. What will you do?"

"I let her go, what else could I have done?" Guy concluded his story for his friends.

'Manami, what the heck are you doing? Why are you near but still won't come home?' Kakashi couldn't decide if he still had feelings for her or if he hated her, maybe both a little...

Kakashi was out with his team on a mission. This was a more difficult one since Kakashi had decided they were ready for the chunin exams. It would be in a couple of weeks from now. The mission now was simple. An important artifact got stolen from a rich man and he wanted it back.

In that region, there have been more assaults than usual.

During the investigation they were attacked. Kakashi could handle the situation but the knucklehead Naruto had to run off behind some of the bandits...

Manami was doing a mission for the Hokage. There had been many assaults lately and he instructed her to bring down the bandits. On the leader's head was a bounty, that would be her payment.

A genin team should be around somewhere, their mission could be linked to that group. She should stay hidden from them unless they needed help. It wouldn't be the first time she helped out, not long ago she saw Guy with his student. Every time she remembered the one kid from his team she thought if Guy had an affair with the kid's mother. He looked just like him...

She was searching for the bandits when she heard a tumult. There were some men gathered around a kid with blonde hair and a Konoha forehead protector. One of the men was fighting with him. The kid was holding his ground more or less, but still got pretty beaten up. Manami sprinted towards the guy who was fighting with the kid.

"Hey, you" she called. As the man was looking at her she slammed her fist right into his face. "Why don't you pick a fight with someone your height?"

The man holds his chin "I would say you are about my height honey."

"Bring it one then." The fight was short and soon the man was on the ground. The others who were watching cheered when a big guy stepped forward. He was a bit harder to win but Manami still managed it. After him, came the first man again with two more, now they were pissed. Manami activated her Sharingan. Three against one required more concentration, but the fighting skills of those men were around the chunin level, so not even three opponents scared her.

"Guys this is her, it's the beauty with the black Sharingan. We should tell the boss". Rapidly they were gone.

"Thank you, lady. Wow, your eyes. Are those Sharingan? Are you an Uchiha?"

"Hey slow down kid. First, you can call me Manami, lady makes me feel old. Some people think those are Sharingan, I personally think they are similar but weaker because I'm no Uchiha, maybe I had one distant relative that was. Now it's my turn. What's your name and why are you alone here?"

I'm Naruto Uzumaki, future Hokage and I was about to teach those bandits a lesson."

Manami sweatdropped 'of course you were' "ok, but where is the rest of your team and sensei?"

"Don't know"

Manami took a deep inhale to try not lose her patience. "Do you know from which side you came?"

"Sure, from there" he pointed.

"Ok, then let's see if we can find your team. Tell me, who is your sensei?"

"It's Kakashi"

Manami almost laughed out loud, but the boy seemed to be serious. 'Kakashi is a Sensei now. I can't imagine it...'

They searched for a while but couldn't find anyone. Manami then holt witch made Naruto look at her.

"I need you to be quiet now, I will see if I can find your team. Manami made her ready to meditate and immerse herself within the surroundings. She was no sensory ninja but with the practice she had, she could feel the tiniest of chakra, and a shinobi that was hiding his signature would appear to her as a blank spot. This way she hoped to find Kakashi, but She needed to concentrate.

"What are you doing? How can you find my team by sitting still?"

"Seriously? I won't tell you my tricks so be quiet now or I will leave you on your own." She had definitely no patience for kids. She tried again to focus and a little later she had found them.

"Ok, they are in this direction about 250 meters, you can't miss them."

"Won't you come with me and meet my team?"

"No, I have business to attend, but it was a pleasure to meet you kid. Stay safe and hope you remember me when you're Hokage."

"I will believe it."

With a big smile he ran in the direction she told him.

'The kid is not so bad after all, at least when he doesn't speak.'

Kakashi was tired of always having to search for Naruto. 'I swear I will put a leash on him for the next mission if he doesn't show up immediately.'

As soon as that thought crossed his mind he sensed Naruto approaching.

"Finally where have you been? We are tired of looking for you" Sakura gave Naruto a head bump.

Sasuke just loved to make fun of Naruto "I bet he got lost."

"No, I didn't. I went after those bandits and fought them."

Kakashi was impressed. "How many were there?"

"A lot, believe it."

"And you beat all by yourself?" Asked Sasuke skeptical.

Naruto scratched his neck. "Well there was this lady, oh she hates been called that, ahm her name was Mami or Monami. Oh, and she had black Sharingan."

'That can only be Manami.' Kakashi summoned his ninken Pak. "Naruto where did you last see her?" 'She couldn't have gone far. Even if she teleported herself there is a limit she could reach.'

Meanwhile, Manami was trying to put as much distance as she could between her and Kakashi's team. She would bring down the bandits leader another day. Most probably would Kakashi try to hunt her as soon as he knew that she was nearby. In a clearing, she got stopped by what seemed like the howl bandits group. It would be around 50 men.

"Finally I found you" It was the leader who had spoken. Manami recognized him from the bounty sketches.

"And why were you searching for me?"

"You will pay for what you did to my cousin Seishiro Hosokawa. He told me you were his lover."

"And what have I done to him?"

"You have betrayed him. How else would it be possible that every member of the freelancers has been arrested less you?"

There was no way Manami could go around this situation and Kakashi would be already searching for her, for sure. She hated to use her chakra sucking jutsu. She had called it her final jutsu. She could now start and finish it whenever she wanted, but her body would still pay the price for overusing it. But she couldn't see any other way to win against all those men.

There were rumors of the beauty turning into a beast. Only a few had seen her in that state and lived, but it could be enough for some of her enemies to flee now.

She started to call all the chakra around her. Her eyes blackened completely, her hair began to float around her face and a black aura surrounded her. She let them see her like that and then she launched her attack against the leader. She intended to spread fear so she would be especially brutal. It wouldn't be difficult since she couldn't control the force she used. Her only way to attack was to kill. In a blink of an eye, she was before her victim and ripped his heart with her bare hand. She assumed the men left and right would be his most trusted, so she took her Katana from her back and in one move she slashed the one on the right and twirling around, she decapitated the other on the left.

She jumped back at her original position and faced her enemies. "Those of you who want to live run, now!"

Some of them ran, others were frozen in shock but there were still some who attacked her. She charged without mercy. After she was done, the soil was saturated with blood. Body parts were scattered everywhere. Those images didn't make her sick to the stomach as they used to. She was now hardened.

She ended her jutsu and felt immediate weakness take over her body. She let her fall to the knees, but she didn't pass out. She reached in her pocket for a military ration to gain a bit more energy. Afterward, she got up and started to move again, but it was too late.

A kunai passed right next to her and embedded in a tree trunk. "Stop Manami." It was Kakashi.

There was no way she could outrun him in her condition. It had taken her too much time to fight those bandits. She put her hands up in defeat and turned slowly around. He had his Sharingan out and a serious expression on his face. At least it wasn't the face of betrayal he had when she left...

I apologize for all those time jumps but I'm not very creative and I'm lazy so I don't want to think about fillers. And let's be honest. All or at least many are here just because of one thing, Kakashi.