Chapter 2
Kakashi's PoV
My day had been going fairly well, considering all I was doing was lounging around and reading my Icha Icha Paradise book. Then, all of a sudden, at around 7:30 in the morning, I get an emergency call from the Hokage saying that we need to check up on Naruto due to the reports of a mob chasing after him and a young woman with a large broadsword protecting him. Immediately I and several other ANBU set off to find Naruto.
When we get there, I can say we were all surprised. A young woman, probably no more than mid twenties is currently kneeling before Naruto and healing him.
'Who is she? I've never seen her before. Damn, that's one huge blade, how can she possibly be able to lift that? Well, it looks like she's healed Naruto. I definitely have not seen her before. She's wearing a loose fitting one-sleeved dark blue kimono, with a white obi around her waist, tied into a bow on her back. Though the kimono fits nicely around her chest and hips and- Argh! What am I thinking? Stick to the mission!'
I mentally shook myself from my thoughts. There was no point on focusing on her body at the moment, especially since she was with Naruto. I saw her rise and pick up Naruto with her. Naruto looked surprised at this, but as quickly as it came, it went just as fast. He gave her a big smile and swung his arms around her neck. She seemed a bit shocked at this, but then she simply gave a heart-warming smile and hugged him back, a look of absolute calm and bliss on both of their faces. One of the ANBU looked at me. It was a silent question on whether we should make ourselves known. I gave a small nod and we all jumped down.
The woman quickly opened her eyes when she heard our soft thumps. She narrowed her eyes taking us in, clearly sizing us up to see if we were a threat. Then her gaze stopped on me. I could see a small question behind her eyes about my mask. While she was silently taking me in, I was looking at her also. I kept my usual bored expression on my face, but, wow, this woman was stunning. Those eyes looked like they could see right through me. Her dark blue kimono complimented her eyes and the curved lines under her eyes nicely. Her white obi had 3 dark blue circles on it, the largest in the middle, two smaller ones off to the side. And then, I could see her eyes move to my hair and then …
She bursts into giggles …
I raise an eyebrow thinking 'What's so funny?'
The other ANBU members automatically tense up, thinking she might be playing a trick on us. And then she addressed us
"Well well well. What have we here? Come to see little ol' me, eh? Well, you seem to have gotten the message a bit slow if you were trying to protect Naruto here. And if you're here to reprimand me about running off your mob, then I could honestly care less. They deserved. Treating an innocent child like trash like that. You're lucky I held my temper in check. I had half a mind to cut them all down with Naomi."
"Who is Naomi?" I asked, still having my eyebrow raised.
She smirked at me for asking, a dangerous glint in her eyes. She gestured behind her to the giant broadsword.
"Well, Naomi here is my companion, my sword."
I heard an ANBU member scoff somewhere to the right of me and in a haughty tone say
"Little lady, I don't think you could make that sword budge an inch."
The woman quickly looked to the ANBU who spoke and faster than I could say 'Hokage' there was a blur, and she had Naomi in her hand that wasn't holding Naruto, and had it pressed against his neck.
The rest of the ANBU members tensed and quickly drew out their own weapons. The woman narrowed her eyes, and I could see the wheels turning in her head the best way to pick us off. I waved a hand dismissively, telling them to back down. Still tense, they slowly put their weapons away. The still nameless lady, saw this and lowered her own sword also, but still had a grim expression on her face. Naruto looked a bit scared at the situation. I needed to defuse the situation, and quickly.
"I'm sorry for my companion here. He meant nothing by it. And we are grateful that you saved Naruto. What you did was the right thing."
The grim expression on her face was replaced with a more relaxed one, though still a bit tense.
"Yeah well, I wasn't about to let them harm this kid more than they already had. He doesn't deserve this."
She looked back at Naruto, who looked extremely sleepy at the moment, given his half drooping eyes and the fact that he had his head lying on her shoulder. She shifted him a bit, so that he could snuggle closer as he fell asleep. She looked back at me, and I saw a tired and worried expression of her own.
"Well, I know that ANBU don't just randomly show up, and then randomly leave. So, whatcha need me for?" She asked
"We simply needed to make that whoever saved Naruto was a friend, rather than a foe. And we've also been ordered to escort you back to the Hokage."
She processed this information for a second, and then gave a curt nod and said
"I'll follow you, but first, I'd like a name?" She said with a smile
"Hatake, Kakashi. Yours?" I said with a grin
"Mikozumi, Sonya." She said, with a grin of her own