Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, and I soared through the trees. It was shortly after our mission to guard the bridge maker, and things were beginning to go back to normal again. We were on a D-Rank mission to find someone's lost sheep.
"Over there! I see something!" Naruto shouted to us. I looked at where he was pointing. There was something there, all right. But it wasn't a sheep.
As we neared the object, I began to see it clearly. It was purple, with a purple ribbon lying next to it. No wait... It was a girl! She seemed to be sleeping on the forest floor.
Kakashi signaled for us to stop. He motioned to be quiet. This girl wasn't form our village, and she could be dangerous.
Now that we were even closer, I could make out all the details. She was blonde, wearing a purple dress, with black leggings and shoes. Her purple ribbon was lying in the grass next to her. What's more, she looked half starved. Her face was covered in scratches, and her dress was torn to shreds.
She was definitely a ninja. I could see her headband, though I couldn't make out what village she was from.
We slowly crept nearer to the girl. I could hear her breathing, ragged and short, as if she had been running for miles.
When we were a mere few feet away, she suddenly jumped up. Grabbing her ribbon, the girl whirled around to face us with wide brown eyes. She looked terrified.
Kakashi stepped out into the open and held his hands up.
"It's okay," he told her, "We're not going to hurt you. You're from the Village Hidden in the Vines, aren't you?"
I looked at her headband. It had three vertical squiggly lines on it, the symbol of the Vine Village.
The girl glanced up at her brow. If anything, she looked even more scared.
"No!" she choked out. "I'm not from the Vine Village!" She turned on her heel and raced away. "Leave me alone!"