Two teens, a boy and a girl, and a man walked up the gates of the Hidden Leaf Village. "Now this takes me back!" The boy with the blonde hair cried with a large smile. "Yeah it has..." The white haired man said. Though he was young for his hair color. "The village hasn't changed a bit!" The girl with red hair said. Her brown eyes shined as she laughed, starting to run inside. "Race ya!" She cried. "H-hey! No fair!" The boy cried, chasing after his friend.
The two skidded to a stop when they reached the center of the village. "Man... I'm feeling so nostalgic now!" The blonde boy said with a smile, looking at all of the buildings. "Honestly," the white haired man said as he walked up to the teens and crossed his arms, "You're not kids anymore, so quit bouncing around like that." He chided. "Who cares!? I mean come on, it's been forever!" The red haired girl cried, smiling big. The man sighed and muttered "Always rambunctious" under his breath.
"So where are we going now?" The girl asked. "I figure the first place we should hit is Ichiraku right?!" The boy answered, with an excited grin. The two teens jumped at a yell. "Huh?" The girl said, looking for the scream. She turned to face a pink haired girl not too far away from them. "N... Naruto!? Nina?! Is that you!?" The pink haired girl cried.
"Huh?! Wha- Is... Is that... Sakura?!" The boy, known as Naruto, stuttered. Him and the girl, Nina, ran over to their old friend.
"When did you get back?" Sakura asked, "I haven't seen you in ages!" Nina laughed. "I know right? Wow!" She said. "Heh, so you must have made it through your training alright, then." Sakura said. "Yeah we've gotten way stronger!" Nina said. "We'll take on any missions you got!" Naruto continued for her. "That irresponsible self-confidence of yours sure hasn't changed." Sakura said flatly. Nina shook her head in agreement while Naruto laughed.
"Alright, save the catching up for later. For now, we're going to go see Tsunade." The white haired man said, "if we don't stop in for a proper hello, we're sure to get an earful later." Nina pouted along with Naruto. "Come on Jiraiya." Nina said. "Don't you think we could look around the village a little first?" Naruto asked. Jiraiya raised his eyebrow.
"It's been so long." Naruto continued. "The waiting is killing me!" Nina sighed dramatically and leaned against Naruto. "See? She's dying!" Naruto said with a chuckle. "Sheesh! Just do it later." Jiraiya said. Nina fell on her bottom at his response. "Heartless old pervert." Nina muttered. "Or at least that's what I should say," Jiraiya continued, giving Nina a look and making her laugh nervously, "But you've never been away from the village for so long have you?" Sakura walked up to Nina an Naruto and stood beside them. "It's alright Master Jiraiya. I'll go with Naruto and Nina too." She said, "I'll make sure they get to the mansion." Naruto smiled. "Woah! I just got back and now we're going on a date?!" He cried, causing Nina to fall back onto the ground just as she picked herself up. "In your dreams!" Sakura yelled. "Heh! Well in that case, I'll go on ahead to the mansion." Jiraiya laughed, "You three catch up after you're through wandering around the village. Alright?" Naruto smiled and gave Jiraiya a salute, Nina doing the same from the ground. "You got it!" They said. "Up you go." Sakura said as she helped Nina up off the ground.
"Why don't we head to the mansion and check out the village on out way over?" Sakura asked after Jiraiya had left. "Hehe! This is gonna be awesome!" Naruto cried. "Yup!" Nina agreed with a smile. "It's been so long!" Naruto started walking ahead, with Nina and Sakura following behind. "You really haven't changed." Sakura said as Nina and Naruto looked at everything with wide smiles.
"Well it's been three years! We missed this place." Naruto laughed. They both stopped as they almost passed Ichiraku Ramen. "We'll be back." Naruto and Nina said in unison with a thumbs up to the shop. Then they took off full speed to the Hokage's Mansion. "H-hey! Wait up!" Sakura called.
"May I come in Lady Tsunade? I've brought Naruto and Nina." Sakura said as she knocked on the Hokage's door. "Hey! Grandma Tsunade! Shizune! It's been forever!" Naruto called as he walked in. "How ya been?" Nina asked, coming to stand beside Naruto.
"Naruto! Nina! It's good to see you again." Shizune greeted them with a smile. "Noisy as ever, eh, Naruto?" Tsunade asked with a smirk. "I hope you didn't drive Nina crazy." Nina laughed while Naruto protested. "No, not too much." Nina said.
"Haha! We're back from our training with the Pervy Sage! We've gotten way stronger!" Naruto said. "It was pretty intense." Nina said, scratching the back of her head. Tsunade 'hmm'd and nodded her head. "I'm gonna blow your mind with my new power!" Naruto said proudly. "Self confidence is a good thing." Tsunade muttered. "Not for him it isn't." Nina said behind her hand. She then quickly found herself in a headlock. "H-hey Naruto! Cut it out! You're messing up my hair!" She cried.
Naruto laughed. "You had it coming too ya!" Tsunade cleared her throat to get the two's attention.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We need to see if you're as strong as you think you are." The Hokage said. "What do you mean?" Naruto asked, his arms returning to his sides. "She means that I'll be putting the three of you to a little test." A voice said from outside the room.
"Huh?" Nina and Naruto asked, looking around. A cloud appeared in the room and when it disappeared, Kakashi was standing in its place. "Kakashi sensei!" The teens cried with a smile. The silver haired ninja simply replied with a 'yo'. "You haven't changed a bit Kakashi sensei!" Naruto said with a smile. "You really haven't." Nina muttered flatly. He still looked the same as he did two years ago.
"You haven't either. Well, your personality's the same anyway." Kakashi said before turning to Nina. "And you've really changed. You're not the scared little girl anymore." You could tell he was smiling behind his mask, "You're showing a lot more skin than I remember." Nina looked down to her clothes. She wore a one short-sleeved black crop top and grey shorts. Her hair was in a high pony tail and went down to her hips, but she still had that fringe that covered her left eye. "I guess so-! Pervert!" Nina shouted with a dark blush.
"Um... Kakashi sensei. You said 'test'. What test?" Sakura asked, "And... 'The three of us'...?" Kakashi turned so that his attention was on all of the teenagers. "Naruto, Nina, and Sakura... We're going to find out just how strong you've gotten over the past three years." He said before bringing out three bells, "... And if you're able to carry out a mission together. We'll do so using these."
"Bells?" Sakura asked. "You mean..." Naruto trailed off and Nina picked up for him. "Oh! The Bell Test!" She said. "That's right. The same test you took three years ago." Kakashi nodded.
"Bell test huh? Wow does that bring back memories." Naruto said. "You couldn't get one then... I wonder how you'll fare this time." Kakashi taunted. "We'll test on the training field. Come when you're ready." The three teens nodded. "Alright. I'll be waiting." Kakashi said before he disappeared. "No he won't." Nina muttered to Naruto, causing him to laugh a bit.
"Naruto, Nina..." Sakura trailed off with her fist up. "Yeah! Let's show him how much we've grown!" Naruto cried. "You guys ready?" Nina asked. The blonde boy and the pink haired girl nodded. "Then let's go!"