Before the sun dawned, Ryoko startled awake from the chakra pulse to her ANBU tattoo. Quickly and mostly on autopilot, she stood up from the floor where she slept by Kakashi 's bed, grabbed her weapons pouch, and flickered away.

Her own clothing still felt damp to the touch, plus she would change to ANBU uniform either way, so there was no great need to wear wet items. Wearing the same clothing she

borrowed

from Kakashi, the girl appeared in the locker rooms and changed.

It all took her a minute and fifteen seconds. With a mask in place, she flickered to the Hokage office. Kami knows why the man was so early, but at least that had to be a sign for an interesting mission '

She appeared kneeling on one knee before her leader. 'Hokage-sama. ' Silence. It dragged on, so Ryoko looked up to spot Minato giving her an

interesting

glare. 'Hokage-sama? '