Nara Shikadai was tired. And it wasn't due to the typical Nara lazyness. He was tired of life and he didn't understand why. He was a sixteen year old jonin, with a highly successful career, two loving parents, great friends and everything anyone could ask for. He had no reason to be tired of living and yet he was.
He was wandering deep into the Nara clan forests, thinking about the possible causes of his depression, when he realized that he had went farther than he intended. The tress were very different here, twisted unnaturally, emitting a strange chakra.
He was about to turn back when he heard a noise from the bushes.
"What are you doing here, fawn?" said an ethereal voice.
He turned around to come face to face with a deer far older than he had ever seen.
"I was lost, Nihonjika-sama." he answered honestly.
"Lost, you say?" said the deer, which he now recognized as female. She observed him closely. "You truly are lost, aren't you? Already tired of your life at your young age. It wouldn't be possible for you to find your way without your other half, who has already departed from this world."
Shikadai didn't say anything. His other half? Is that the reason, he was never had any luck in dating?
The deer looked at him contemplatively. " Your clan has done much for our kind and I can see the greatness you'll achieve at your full potential. Hmm... Very well, I'll send you back in time." She stated, as if she wasn't taking about breaking one of the founding laws of universe.
"How?" Shikadai asked, stunned.
The deer chucked. "Humans. So arrogant, thinking they know everything, making laws about things they know nothing about. Have you ever been to a Summons realm, fawn?" she asked.
He shook his head.
She nodded, as if expecting his answer. "The summoms realm exists our of time, child. It is a different dimensions. When we are summoned, we have to not only decide where to go but also when to go. As a chief summon, I have the ability to manipulate time more than the most."
Shikadai didn't doubt her to be the chief summon. She had the wisdom and experience for it, judging by her eyes. He thought about the offer made to him. On one hand, he would be leaving behind everything he has ever known, on the other hand this adventure, he was ashamed to admit as a Nara, excited him, even without the promise of meeting his supposed other half.
"Thank you, Nihonjika-sama." he said, implying his consent for the plan.
The deer trotted forward to him and placed her hoof on his forehead, expelling a massive amount of chakra.
It was not an experience Shikadai would ever care to repeat. He was surrounded by swirling vertices of space time wormholes, squeezing through some of them, with the experience leaving him with a nauseating feeling. In no time at all or what could be felt as years, he found himself in a different part of the Nara forest.
A sudden noise drew his attention, and he saw a three headed snake crashing into the village wall, decimating it. He instantly knew in which time period he had appeared. It just had to be the only time when his mom and dad were on opposite sides of war.
Troublesome.