NOTE: I do not own Naruto and anything that affiliates with the show.

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Chapter 3

She whipped past the ice covered trees as she ran through the woods. Her shortened breath and tired legs sent a message to her brain to slow down and rest. She spotted an old, large stump and brushing the snow off, she sat down. Smoke emitted from her mouth as her breath touched the chilly atmosphere.

There were about a few feet of snow on the ground. It shimmered like a thousand crystals knitted together and lay upon to ground for the sunlight to reflect the glistening snow. Soon after a few minutes of rest, Yukiko's breathing became steady and her legs did not feel weary anymore. Her heart did not hammer against her chest and she felt relaxed. She closed her eyes, took one large breath and let it all out at once. She had been running for days. Those men from the village were after her. Yukiko knew she must keep moving before they catch up.

Yukiko, stood up and shaded her eyes from the sun's glare. The air was so pure and the scenery so beautiful. Glancing around her surroundings, Yukiko's crystal blue eyes fell upon the most majestic sight of all. She had reached the end of the woods and looked out onto a field of endless snow and mountains. There were all shades of blue and purple that she had never seen before. However, rustling noises and snapping twigs caught Yukiko's attention. They were near. Yukiko began to walk forward to make haste.

After a few minutes of walking on the snow, still out in the open, she heard cracking all around her feet. Suddenly, she realized she was walking over a frozen lake! Yukiko remembered the elders of the village warning the older men about the frozen lake that went on for miles. Panicking, Yukiko stood still and did not move an inch. By doing so, she hoped that the ice would magically freeze back together and allow her enough time to run off the ice. Being so scared, Yukiko forgot about her powers.

However, a group of villagers had arrived. They noticed Yukiko out on the snow and began to snicker. The villagers cautiously trekked onto the ice and inched their way forward with axes in their hands. Yukiko could not believe what see was seeing. They began to strike at the ground, causing more ice to crack around her. One man caught her attention; he was cloaked and carried a sword or weapon of some sort that she could not see very well from afar. With one strike, he somehow directed the blow towards Yukiko's direction and he pulled his sword out of the ice, causing the ice to shatter under her feet as the villagers ran to the solid shore away from harm. Yukiko tried to run, but there was nothing solid for her to run to. All around her, sheets of ice fell through the flat surface, falling piece by piece into the artic; splashing freezing, cold water everywhere. Yukiko slipped into the icy, arctic water below, but just moments before she witnessed the cloaked figure and the villagers step back and watch her fall to her doom.

Yukiko, felt the bitter cold water fill her throat, however after a few seconds she did not feel the bitter coldness in the water anymore. She flipped open her eyes and felt fine, but she was loosing air in her lungs fast and she was sinking at a fast pace. The current kept pushing and thrashing her around, as solid ice kept falling through and into the water. Even though the current kept pulling at her, she kept on swimming around trying to find an opening to crawl out of. Her heart began to throb with pain, her heart rate rising, and throat tightening. She was loosing oxygen. Yukiko began to loose hope in her struggle, but then she saw it, a wide gap. With all the strength she had left she swam to the opening, but couldn't continue to reach up out of the water to pull herself out. A hand reached in and pulled her out of the water and onto a slab of ice. The person's hand was still in hers, she noticed a scar on his right hand in the shape of a star, but the hand pulled away and Yukiko fell unconscious.

"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" Yukiko's eyes fluttered open to the beeping noise that awoke her from her dream. She felt sweat run down from her face and fall onto a soft, absorbent pillow. Shifting her body from an uncomfortable position on her back she turned onto her left side and held in her breath to silence her pain. She had forgotten about her shoulder blade being injured in her battle.

Absolute terror crossed her mind as she remembered the battle and looked around to see where she was. The room was dark, there were monitors set up all around her beeping loudly, giving her a headache. Her eyes scanned the room for danger. The walls were plain and white. Then her eyes came across a figure sitting in the corner. She caught her breath and held it in for fear that the person could hear her.

"Breathe." The voice replied.

Without hesitation, Yukiko strangely followed his orders, and breathed. The figure stood up and approached her bedside. He could still see the fear in her eyes. She had a bad dream, Kakashi thought to himself. A few moments before, Kakashi observed as she would at certain moments in her sleep, shake in fear and break out in a cold sweat and the next second she would be calm. Moments later, the monitors began to go off the chart as she looked like she was being suffocated in her dreams. However, just as soon as the monitors went haywire it shot back down to a steady rhythm. Kakashi did not know what happened nor understood, but as soon as the beeping became normal the girl had woken up.

"You had a bad dream." Kakashi tried to reassure her with his calm voice as he appeared before the girl from the shadows.

Yukiko scanned Kakashi's face and remembered one of her dreams.

"Yo…" a young Kakashi replied standing towards the entrance of a cave. His short, silver hair gleamed under the sun. His forehead protector shielding over his left eye leaving his right eye uncovered and a black mask covering nearly half of his face.

"Who…Who are you?" a soft, quiet, trembling voice asked the boy in fear.

"I am Hatake Kakashi." The boy replied with a smirk, although the girl could not see it under his mask. "I'm here to rescue you."

He looks exactly the same as in my dream, Yukiko thought to herself. However, his eyes were sad in her dreams, but now they told a different story. It seems that hope has replaced the sad burden in his eyes. Then she felt embarrassed for staring and thought of what came to her mind.

"I've had this dream before." Yukiko replied looking away and down at her hands. "And many other strange dreams…of me with other people that I do not remember. I believe that these dreams are the keys to my past. My memories that have been forgotten. I have come to you for help, Hatake Kakashi."

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Note From The Author: The last three chapters were vague because I want you guys to be creative. :D It's a tactic of mine that I like to do, because it tends to spark new stories and ideas. (at least for myself):D I apologize if it's confusing, but everything will fall into place as the story develops. :D I hope that doesn't upset anyone. :D Also, I'm sorry that this chapter took so long to post. :D It would have been done sooner, but I was helping my brother clean his printer. :D Which took a while, but it was a success! :D So if your printer ink is clogged! There is still hope! (and a lot of effort) :D And also about the whole prologue screw up thing :D Once again, I stopped the story here because it's late and I have classes soon.:D And it seemed like another good place to stop :DSorry! :D Anyways, hope you enjoyed it! :D

Shout Outs To My Wonderful and Gentle Reviewers:

Sky Spade – Yes, I'm into ER :D My sister and I watch it a lot :D Actually, I've just started to get into it. My sister has been watching it for several years now. :D The show is soo intense! :D Well, I can't confirm your guess :D because I'm still debating over that aspect of the story :D We'll see how it turns out :D - I haven't had a chance to start reading your new story, but I'm sure it's as good as the first:D I look forward to reading it :D Thank you again for your support! :D

Joann – Thanks for the ideas and reviews! :D I'll keep it in mind and will try not to confuse everyone. :D It just so happens that I was going to elaborate a little bit of Yukiko's past in this chapter. :D So you caught on. :D but there's still more to come in my whole plot. :D Hopefully I can sort it through without confusing everyone. :D Thanks again! :D

Whiterose03 – Thank you so much for your review! :D I'm sorry about the prologue mistake and everything. I hope you got my email and have had the chance to reread it from the 'right' beginning. :D I believe that fanfic has updated everything.:D Thank you! :D

Amanda – Thanks so much for your review!:D Your review, as well as others, have encouraged me to go through with trying to finish this story. :D So I hope that you'll keep reading! :D Thanks!:D