Images swirled through my head. Blood dripping from my sister's fingers. A silver leaf. My mother's terrified face. A strangely shaped knife. A silver leaf resting on shadows. I fell to my knees, dizzy. A hand rested on my shoulder, and someone knelt before me. They were saying something, but I couldn't hear them over the rushing in my head. A jolt of fear shot through me when I saw the silver leaf on her forehead. I stood and ran, keen to put as much distance between myself and the leaf as possible.
I ran into a silver-haired man, and fell. He held out his hand and helped me to stand. I tried to bolt again, but his grip on my wrist prevented me from moving. I struggled, but he remained unmoved. Eventually I stopped, adrenalin leaving my body in a rush. I faced the man, defiant. He might have smiled, but a mask hid the lower half of his face. "Why the rush?" he asked, amused. I looked away, unsure. I desperately wanted to tell my story, but could I trust him?
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei! You were supposed to meet us at the training field!" a loud voice yelled out. I slipped my wrist free of my captor's grasp and fled to a nearby corner. A blonde boy walked forwards, followed by a pink-haired girl and a black-haired boy. The girl looked ready to punch the blonde, but he ignored her. The black-haired boy was glancing my way, and I ducked around the corner.
My captor, Kakashi, glared at his students. "I was helping a young boy-" he began to answer, but was interrupted by the blonde. "No you weren't, and you weren't walking down the path of life either. Come on, we have some training to do." The black-haired boy spoke, voice quiet. "He's not lying, Naruto." Naruto stared at him, disbelieving. "You believe him, Sasuke?" The black-haired boy, Sasuke, nodded. Sasuke glanced pointedly in my direction. His attitude annoyed me, and I felt challenged.
Walking forwards, I held my head high as I felt the three teens before me looking me up and down. Naruto turned away and shrugged. "So you actually had a reason this time. You're still late, Sensei." Kakashi sighed, and began to lead the teens away. "Nice pendant. I haven't seen one of those in a while," he murmured as he passed me. I jerked back in shock. Did he know what this pendant meant?