Kakashi crouched on the ground. He wanted to be as quiet as possible. He motioned for the others to stay put. He slowly pulled out his sword. It gleamed in the sunlight. He slowly walked forward to the enemy base. The guards were not on duty. Kakashi whirled around. He stabbed the rock ninja trying to sneak up behind him. Kakashi clamped his hand on his mouth before the ninja could utter a sound. Kakashi pulled out the blade. Kakashi forced himself to move on. He would dwell on this later. Kakashi made sure that no one was waiting to ambush them, then motioned again to Gai and Cori to follow him. Kakashi whispered the plan again to his teammates.
"I'll use Chidori to blast the gate open. Gai and Cori, you guys will run inside and try to avoid the enemy. Once you're all inside, I'll run inside behind you." They nodded. So as planned, Kakashi blasted the gate open with Chidori. Gai and Cori ran inside, and Kakashi followed after them. They ran down a dim hallway and turned a corner. They searched the hallway but found nothing. Kakashi felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He led his teammates down a hallway again, and as if fate led them to it, they happened to run into a rock ninja. The ninja had the rock village headband on, except, she had one red fang painted on each of her cheeks. Was she a rogue ninja from the Inuzuka Clan? Cori and Gai tensed. The rock ninja had blue eyes and long brown hair that reached to her waist. She looked about 35 years old or something.
"I recognize her! She listed in the Bingo Book. Be careful, she's a S-Rank rogue ninja." Cori said quietly.
Kakashi turned to his teammates.
"Guys, go on without me. Find another way!" Cori shook her head.
"Kakashi, this is your father we're rescuing. You need to go. I'll stay." Kakashi's eyes widened. He couldn't believe Cori was saying this. But Kakashi knew she was right. If anything was to happen to his father, Kakashi knew his father the best. If Kakashi went, Sakumo would have the best chance to be rescued. But Cori might die. Kakashi shook his head. Why did he even care for her? She was from the Foundation. But Kakashi couldn't risk her life. He didn't know why.
"No. I do this alone." Kakashi turned back to the rock ninja. "You guys go on!"
"But...Kakashi." Gai said.
"Go!" Gai and Cori looked at each other and nodded.
"Be careful, Kakashi." Cori and Kakashi locked eyes. A few moments later, Kakashi turned back to the rock ninja. Kakashi heard his teammates ran off in another direction behind his back.
"Is that you, Kakashi?" Kakashi stiffened. How did she know his name?
"I don't know how you know my name, but I know we never interacted before." Kakashi said coldly. The rock ninja reached for a sheath behind her back, and pulled out a longer than usual katana. Kakashi studied the handle of the katana and saw the Hatake Clan symbol. Kakashi's eyes widened. 'How? She has the Inuzuka fangs painted on her cheeks, yet she has a Hatake Clan symbol painted on her katana handle. Did she steal the katana? Maybe. Or a friend from the Hatake Clan might have given it to her?' Kakashi thought, puzzled.
"I see you don't recognize me. But that's only natural. You were only a baby at that time." She smiled, "I've heard about you. You're listed in the bingo book. They call you the Copy Ninja, is that right?" Kakashi didn't answer and narrowed his eyes.
"What do you know about me?" He asked the rock ninja.
"Oh, a lot. If I told you, we'd be staying here all day." She said. Kakashi sighed.
"Then I'll just kill you. After all, I have a mission." Kakashi raised his sword. But before he could react, the rock ninja appeared before him, as if she teleported. Kakashi's eyes widened. He barely blocked it before the katana could behead him, and kicked the rock ninja away. She went flying towards a wall. But before her back even touched the wall, she appeared behind him. Kakashi tried to turn around, but he stopped when he felt something cold on his neck. He looked down and saw the katana pressed to his neck.
"If you moved a few inches forward, you'll die." The rock ninja smiled.
"If only you will let me tell you what I know about you." Her brown eyes gleamed. "It will make it...just a little more clear." She adjusted her grip on her katana. "Kakashi, you came to rescue your father, did you not?" Kakashi didn't answer. Instead, he swung his sword to try to slice the rock ninja's side. But before the blade struck target, the rock ninja hit Kakashi on the back of his head and Kakashi knew no more.