Decision

"Hmm…" Lord Hokage released a puff of smoke from his long pipe. "Well, well…what do we have here? A young lady, if I'm not mistaken." he murmured, glancing briefly at Sasuke. Sasuke quickly relayed the past events, eager to know what to do with her.

"Kana." The old man ordered. "Please heal her so she can speak with us."

A pretty young lady that had stood silently by the doorway stepped forward. She quickly made the necessary signs, and focused her chakra into her hands so they glowed a pale green. Then Kana placed her hands on the girl's stomach, gently pressing and releasing as the girl's breathing slowed into a steady pace. Soon enough, her eyes fluttered open, and she jerked upward, startling everyone.

"What! Where! Who are you people? Where am I?" she cried, stumbling backwards into a corner. Lord Hokage gently smiled and said, "You are in Konoha village, my child. Please, relax." Eventually the girl relaxed, and after a few minutes, she came forward and sat at her old spot.

"Now…we will need you to tell us your name. You may stay in this village if you have nowhere else to go." Lord Hokage released another puff of smoke from his pipe.

"Um…my name is Kikyo. Please, I have nowhere else to go…but I don't know where or what this Konoha is." Kikyo pleadingly looked at him.

Lord Hokage sighed, and then replied, "Very well, Kikyo…you will have to stay with young Sasuke here. I trust he will not object…?"

At these words, Sasuke jerked back to life. He had been studying her clothes to try to figure out where she could have come from. Kikyo was wearing a white top, with long sleeves that reached a little past her hands and were loosely displayed. She wore sort of baggy red pants that looked like a dress until you looked even closer. She also wore a red ribbon around her waist. (Sound familiar? Kikyo's outfit from Inuyasha! But this Kikyo's character is different from the Inuyasha Kikyo.)

Sasuke quickly nodded, and started out the door. Still wary, Kikyo looked at him and slowly got up to follow him out the door. Wordlessly, they slowly walked down the steps and down the road, each lost in their own thoughts.