Alright folks, it's my first story, so be nice.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

The only sound she heard was the drums. She didn't know where they were coming from, but she ran from them. She was almost naked, her face and body was covered in sweat, and scratches. And still she ran. Why? She didn't know. Somehow, it just seemed like what she needed to do to survive.

Wait, Her instinct crazed mind pondered. Who am I? What am I doing? Why am I running? A million thoughts began running through her head. Suddenly a bundle of branches snagged into her hair, causing her head to snap back painfully. She landed on her back onto the mossy ground of the forest. The woman moaned and bit her lip at the sudden pain that went coursing down her body. Still, there was this small voice that kept repeating one word in the deep chasms of her mind. a grunt she stood again, and ran once more. She had no idea why, she had no idea where, but she still ran. She ran until even hope became a lost memory to her…

"Kakashi!"

the man known as Kakashi winced at the sound of his Hokage's voice begging for his attention.

"One of these days…" He muttered to himself as he placed his book back into his pack and lifted himself off the branch he had sprawled himself on.

Tsunade tapped her foot impatiently as she waited for the jounin to meet her. He may have been an incredible fighter, but he had a horrible penchant for ecchi and tardiness. She smiled a bit. Of course, we all know where the ecchi comes from…

"You wanted to see me, Lady Hokage?" A deep voice drawled at her from the window. Tsunade spun around to see Kakashi standing in the window, leaning casually against it, as if he didn't have a care in the world.

"There's something I need you to do?" Tsunade went back behind her desk and rubbed her eyes.

"Oh?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "And what kind of think did you need me to do?"

"A reconnaissance mission. Go out into the forest, and figure out what's been bothering the animals."

Kakashi raised his eyebrow higher yet. "That's it?"

"That's it" Tsunade confirmed.

"May I ask why?"

"No," Tsunade snapped at him, "now get out of here, before I lose my temper."

Kakashi threw his hands up in the air in defeat, "Fine, fine, I'll go see what's bothering the poor little animals."

Tsunade watched Kakashi leap from the window and towards the vast forest. Be careful, Kakashi, this may, for once, be more then you can handle…

Why am I stuck doing something like this? Kakashi thought as he lept gracefully from branch to branch through the forest. Hokage is hiding something, or else she would've sent someone else out to check this out

She crashed through the forest brambles and briars to reach her unknown destination. She had the strangest feeling that someone was following her, trying to kill her.

What's going on? She tried to clear the thoughts that muddled her panicky mind. Her legs gave out from underneath her, and she dropped down onto the forest flow with little more then a soft thud….