Good morning, good evening, good afternoon and good day to y'all. I have a new story. Woot, woot. I wasn't planning on putting up a new story until I completed one of my other two but alas there has been some minor setbacks in my plan. So, I going to go ramble on for a bit. If you wanna jump straight into the story, go on right ahead. If you're a curious cat like myself, you can go ahead and read this.

I had this story idea years ago, like maybe 5 or 6. I always wanted to create my own character for the Naruto universe ever since I could remember. My character, Ryoko as she is now named, didn't really have a form. I'd kinda place her in random situations while I watched the anime and ate my cereal and wondered how the story would turn out with her. As time progressed, she became a more definite form. Hakkai joined her, she had a back story and her interactions with each character became more complex and intricate. A couple years ago, before I started my first fanfiction, I wrote random passages involving Ryoko, in notebooks, on my phone, where ever and whenever I had an idea,promising myself that I would one day write a real story about her. Most of these one shots were lost but I found a few at mid last year and, I said that I would write about Ryoko once Naruto manga ended. Little did Past Minami know that the day would come so soon and she would feel like her heart had bean torn out of her chest and she'd spend a lot of days quietly crying inside because over a decade of her entire life has ended. This was like some Harry Potter shit all over again. So, it's been a few weeks since that fateful day and i have decided to fulfill that promise I made to myself and voila, this came to life. I think it was a way to keep the story and magic of Naruto alive.

Anyway, I took enough of your time. I hope y'all enjoy this new story.

"Ugh, what is all that noise?" She brushed her short white blond hair back from her face and peeked one eye open to see where her companion was. "Hakkai?" she called out.

"Yes, Ryo?" A small white dragon climbed on to his mistress' lap and stared at the ground below. She began to stroke his black spine absentmindedly "It appears that people have made their way here." She adjusted her body on the branch and looked down below to see three ninja children and an old man fighting what looked like two assassins.

"This seems interesting," she grinned, silver eyes twinkling. Hakkai let out an exasperated sigh and the two watched the series of events unfold. Two of the children, boys she assumed, were fighting tooth and nail while the girl protected the old man, who seemed to be the target of all of this.

"How long do you think they will last?" Hakkai asked.

"Not long," She could detect a hundred and one faults in their offence and defense. "But those assassins are just as sloppy as the children."

"The boy with the dark hair has promise."

"Promise doesn't always mean power." Despite that, she continued to observe. The two watched the blonde boy get struck by one of the assassin. Watching this was getting painful. "Ugh. This is boring. I'm leaving." She stood up and started to jump through the trees.

"Wait!" The dragon called out and pointed at the clearing. A new character joined the mix. A man with grayish white hair and his faced covered standing over the tied up bodies of the assassins. Judging by his clothing, he was a higher rank than the children. Intrigued again, Ryo climbed down the tree to get a better view with Hakkai resting on her shoulders. The blonde boy yelled something about an oath and trying to get the poison out of him, he stabbed his hand. The older ninja said something and the blonde started to freak and run around frantically. Holding in her laughter, she watched the man look for something, presumably a bandage, but appeared he didn't have one. Scanning the surroundings, she spotted the bandage under a bush. "Ryo, what are you doing?" Ignoring a nagging Hakkai, she slipped out of the tree and grabbed the bandage before climbing up.

"Make sure you stay on my back," she instructed him and pulled out a sliver rod that twinkled in the light. Wedging the rod between the forks of two thick branches, she extended it with chakra and slowly lowered herself until she was behind the blonde and handed the bandage to the ninja.

"Ah, there it is." Without looking up, he took it and started to tend to the wound. The girl and the sulky boy noticed her and before she could even smile, the girl screamed.

"Kakashi sensei! Naruto! Behind you!" The two, Kakashi and Naruto, jumped back and all had their weapons ready and aimed at an upside down Ryo. She gave them a confused startled look and hopped off her staff before retracting it.

"Look what you have done now, mistress." Hakkai's sullen voice echoed through the clearing and he stretched his wings. Unfortunately, no one else could see the rest of him on her back and assumed the craziest thing.

"He has wings!" The blonde, Naruto cried. "And can talk without moving his mouth."

He? Ryo felt offended that he thought she was a boy. Sure her white blonde hair was cut just above her shoulders and her bangs were long and messy but it was easier to maintain than her originally long hair but she had clips in her hair. Clips were girly, right? But she was sure her white kimono top with black vectors was nowhere near anything a guy would wear. And she wore shorts and boots that where suited for a girl's figure.

"Hakkai, can you not scare the strangers?" The dragon sighed and climbed out from behind her, draping his neck over her shoulder.

"A dragon?" Kakashi stared at Hakkai

"They exist?" The dark haired sadistic looking boy muttered.

"Apparently they were of abundance a long time ago, Sasuke, but most believe that they are a myth." The pink haired girl vomited the facts out, looking pleased with her knowledge.

"That's true, Sakura. But why would a child have one? He doesn't look dangerous either." Again with the 'he'. The two companions watched the group of strangers whisper amongst themselves about them.

"I don't like how they are talking about me." Hakkai rolled his eyes and glared at them. "Master, may I kill them?" It was Ryo's time to roll her eyes. She held in a laugh as the four strangers flinched and prepared themselves for an attack.

"No, you good for nothing lizard. We're leaving." She sighed and started to leave.

"Wait!" Turning around, she saw the blonde boy run up to her. "Thank you."

"What for?"

"You gave the bandage to Kakashi sensei, right?" He lifted up his hand and grinned stupidly. "I'm Naruto. What's your name?" She couldn't help but smile at him. A complete stranger wanted to know who she was.

"Ryo and this is Hakkai." She waved her hand and disappeared into the trees.

"What was that all about?" Sasuke asked and everyone just watched the spot she disappeared from.

"You do know what they were." Hakkai said after they left the clearing

"I do..."

"And we will eventually have to go there."

"I know..."

"You are a real troublemaker, mistress."

"Who cares? I'll never see them again." She jumped up into the trees and went on her way.

"You do realise that you are going in the wrong direction."

"I know. I'm just not ready yet."

"You'll have to be. One day." She pursed lips together and continued on her way.

Well, there is chapter 1. I hope y'all like it and I'll see ya soon.