While she was playing with her ball, she dropped it and started rolling. She tried to catch it, but slipped off a cliff. Sasuke Uchiha managed to save her and like many before her, she also seems to have an infatuation with Sasuke. Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno were assigned by Tsunade to escort her to Shizume village. She rejected saying that she wanted Sasuke to be her bodyguard. They started their journey with Naruto transformed as Sasuke in order to fool her. They encountered an enemy with an impenetrable body. After a fight with the criminal and other ninja, the criminal quickly defeats Naruto and Sakura and captured the three. Later that night, Sasuke locates the three and battles the criminal. he eventually defeated him with Chidori but continued to beat him. Naho noted Sasuke's coldness and became scared of him, however Naruto said that she should forgive him because Sasuke is really a good person, and that he will bring him to her as soon as he becomes his former self.
