'I am… here for you!'
Naruto's eyes widened as he saw a white light emerge from the black.
'Stand back!' Sasuke warned as he stepped forward and began to throw shuriken at the being. But it didn't work.
'Are we dead?' Sakura asked, her eyes widening at the light.
'And then… they would die.' The figure marched toward them solemnly, carrying a white light. 'BOO!' It shouted.
The three jumped at the sudden shout as they moved an inch back.
A white blanket was removed from the head of the figure, and standing where it was, was…
'Kakashi-sensei!' Sakura screamed.
'Yo!' Kakashi greeted cheerily. 'A nice young lady asked me for directions, so…'
'Kakashi-sensei!' Naruto yelled, throwing a stick at his teacher. 'You're really late! And you tried to scare us? Hmph. I wasn't scared at all.'
'Yeah, it was meant to be scarier I suppose…' Kakashi leaned his head back and looked up. 'It really is dark up here, so nice environment for telling ghost stories, eh?'
'You made that story up?' Sakura asked.
'Yeah, you could say that.'
Sakura frowned and turned away. She felt tricked and that her fears were for nothing.
'But you should have seen yourselves, so scared.' Kakashi swung his lantern from side to side. He packed his orange book away. 'Now, we should probably head back. It looks like he isn't coming.'
'Who, Kakashi-sensei?'
'A man said to meet him here. He wanted us to defend and protect him whilst he went for a walk around this area.'
'Well, where is he?' Naruto asked impatiently.
'I don't know. It's a bit late now. We should go back.' Kakashi announced. 'He said he'd be here before sunset, but he didn't keep his end of the deal, so…'
'So the man never showed.'
Sasuke could sense a movement behind him, but when he turned, nothing was there. The wind just moved swiftly through the deep vegetation, letting out a howl as it moved. 'Yeah.'
-The End-
