Author's note:

1. I borrowed the setting and character from another fanfiction called "The main story of a side character." And this is with permission. Although in this fanfiction, Sakura actually remembers her name. In the original fanfic, Sakura referred to herself as Rose.

I did this because I wanted Sakura to be completely oblivious if she ever went back to the past, but I also want her to be powerful. If you want to understand more about the setting, where Sakura wandered off to another world, read the original fanfic.

2. The original Naruto story is still by Kishi.

3. The story is going to revolve around the time travel so the setting is just going to be mentioned in passing, which is the half of this chapter. But for the setting's development, then wait for the other fanfic to update. This is purely about this version of Sakura going back in time.

4. Since I'm a hopeless romantic, I'm also going to work on the other people's love interests.

Anyway, enjoy!

Summary:

Sakura lost her memories 5 years ago, while she ended up in a strange world who insisted that she was the lost bloodline of the mythical people called "the shinobi." They said that she was destined to only realize her true powers when she crossed their land, and that she would save them from impending doom when the time comes. On one mission, she accidentally activated a time travelling device which sent her back to the past that she couldn't remember. Surprisingly, 2 other people from the future from her original world was also there.

Chapter 1:

BOOM!

A loud explosion resounded through the forest. Darkness veiled the already gloomy surroundings as the moon's supposed guiding light was uselessly blocked by the thick shades of the numerous trees.

"Sakura!" A loud shaking voice called out.

Said person immediately grabbed the one who called her and pulled the both of them down to a hiding crouch.

"Hush now, Allison." She whispered quickly. "The mission is still going on! We need to get that runaway kid!"

"You mean that 'criminal'. You know he is, Sakura. He caused nuisance to cities and destroyed properties! Please don't tell me that you intend to 'save him from himself' again, like all those other criminals." Allison accused, scowling. Sakura sighed and just shook her head. It was hard to explain why she did it all the time. They could never really understand her. But as a matter of fact, she couldn't understand herself too. She didn't mean to always be so sympathetic or compassionate. It was…..It was like it was drilled into her system. It was familiar, like a muscle memory, of something that used to happen all the time.

Like someone taught that concept to her a long time ago, that these supposed criminals were most likely misunderstood, pushed to the edges by some horrible experience usually even caused by the very people who wanted to be protected from them. It was like someone used to save these kinds of people all the time, and she happened to be there to witness it. And now, her mind, body, heart and spirit couldn't not do it.

If only she could remember who exactly taught her that.

"Sakura, Allison, are you somewhere here? Where are you guys?" A frantic deep voice called out to them. Sakura rolled her eyes, concentrating on pinpointing the location of this person, and quickly grabbing him down to their side.

"You guys shut up! He's still somewhere near you know! I can't detect his energy. Calvin where have you been?" Sakura growled in a low voice, turning her attention to the new comer. But despite her annoyance, worry shone in her eyes as she inspected the man beside her. Calvin smiled at her in assurance, his perfect teeth flashing in the dark for an instant.

"I was surveilling the place where the bomb went off." He informed them. "He indeed stole those complex bombs from the Lantern City and-"

"YOU INSPECTED THE BOMB? There might have been traps there!" Sakura's voice escalated to a loud whisper. "And why didn't you tell me that you want to inspect before you went there?"

Calvin rolled his eyes. "Sakura, the substance in those bombs are delicate! They would have dissipated already in the wind if I had waited a while longer-"

"But we could have set more shields for your protection just in case you set something off!" Sakura cut him off, her hands shaking in clenched fists.

Calvin placed a soothing hand on her shoulder. "Yes but it didn't set anything off. I've done it already and nothing bad happened. So are you gonna continue to linger on what ifs or are you finally going to listen to what I'm trying to tell you?"

"Linger on what ifs", God, Calvin is such a drama queen as usual. Sakura thought in mild exasperation. But she knew he was right. There were urgent matters to take care of right now, she could always just reprimand him later.

So she nodded, her eyes still narrowed at Calvin, but she turned a little towards Allison. "Track the runaway. Be sure that you are some distance away from him so he wouldn't escape at top speed, but be sure that you're near enough that you won't lose him. We'll trace you once we discussed some things."

Allison nodded, relieved that her commander finally stopped being frantic about their safety for now. Sakura had always been like that.

Calvin Vodouisants, Allison Curandeira and Sakura. This was her team now, ever since James, the man who originally completed this team, abandoned Calvin and Sakura a while back so that he could pursue his own selfish goal. Well, selfish in Allison's opinion. Calvin and Sakura would always blow up on her whenever she voiced out what she thought of their old teammate. She was a mere replacement to the great man. Their original team was a powerful one and it made their city a force to be reckoned with. Their safety was assured and no other city or village would dare attack them while the three stood for their city's protection.

But no matter, replacement or not, both Calvin and Sakura cherished her as if she belonged. Calvin was as sweet as ever, with his bright smile and warm care. The soft, loving man had embraced her into the team and his warmth had always made her comfortable.

And then there's Sakura. Yes, it was just Sakura. No last name. No history. No origins.

Sakura appeared on the edges of their city 5 years ago, down at the sea of nothingness. It was called the sea of nothingness because it was rumored that no one had ever been able to successfully cross that sea before and return back home to tell the tale. It was a theory among many that beyond the endless sea was the world of the shinobi. Of course, according to their schools, the shinobi was just a myth. No such person who could mold energy of elements and power into utility could exist.

Not that their own world was devoid of magic either. After all, there were many bloodlines in the different cities of the West that created various creatures and magical affinities, existing in various sectors. For example, she was from a family of healers. Her nature was protection so she could make any medicinal herb appear and create the strongest kinds of medicine on the spot. She could also create powerful shields. Calvin, on the other hand, was from a family of witches. He could summon the powers of timeless generations of magi and perform ancient magical prowess. James was from the sons of the god of the skies. They could control elements of the sky, and it was said that the most powerful among them could control the whole sky itself.

But Sakura….she was a shinobi. When Calvin and James found her, they were in the middle of the mission. So they had needed to pull her along. They couldn't bear to just leave her there because she looked really lost and weak. When they got in trouble, Sakura reacted instinctively and punched a massive rock that was supposed to be heading towards James.

The rock shattered in pieces.

Upon inspection, they found out that Sakura had used that kind of energy…chakra…as they called it, to gather into her hands and use that collected energy to punch the rock. And then she used it again to heal her bruised hand.

The President of their city was thrilled to finally have found this mythical person, right at the edge of the sea that supposedly lead to their world.

But the problem was….Sakura couldn't remember anything but her name.

And she couldn't figure out either where exactly she came from, or how she got here.

It was all a mumble of suspicion at first. After all, no one actually knew who she was. And yet there she was, wielding a powerful kind of magic that was supposed to be just a myth. But both Calvin and James had put their faith in her and protected her from all allegations set against her. They put her in their team and became a powerful and admirable force. And after many missions of saving people and countless cities and villages, the people finally put their trust on this mysterious stranger.

Of course, their President wouldn't be deterred. Sakura was still a mythical creature that was yet to be discovered. So he continued to observe her, and helped her remember up to some extent what her powers were, and gave her some books and scrolls on other powers she could extend to.

The amazing thing was, Sakura was actually a legend, the lost bloodline of the shinobi. There had been a prophecy before that the lost bloodline bearer of the shinobi would cross towards their land. This shinobi would be the one to save them from impending doom. This shinobi would not realize her true strength until she crossed their land, because in her own world, she was tied down to a curse of being the mere support.

For once upon a time, there was a Hagoromo Otsutsuki who was known to the shinobi world as the Sage of Six paths, the god of the shinobi. So, Hagoromo has 2 sons, Indra and Asura. Hagoromo would choose the loving son Asura to be his successor instead of the talented one Indra. And they would start to wage war because of it. Unknown to all, Hagoromo had another child, Heiwa. In common terms, it meant peace. She had vowed to always be the strand of balance between the 2 brothers and to dedicate her life and her descendants' life to keeping the peace in their family. She had inherited the original powers not only of her father but also of Kaguya, the first shinobi. She has control of the environment and dimensions and ultimately a lot of otherworldly powers. She was said to be stronger than both her brothers if she really tried. However, she would spend her life trying to stop her brothers from fighting, trying to lessen the damage they caused, trying to keep people around them safe. Her powers would never be realized. And the same fate shall be passed on to her descendants. Indra passed on the fate of hatred. Asura passed on the fate of determination. Heiwa passed on the fate of support.

This was a bedtime story to their world, because it was supposed to be just a fairytale.

Until Sakura came along, and the slip of chakra paper turned into a sparkle of rainbow in her hands instead of affirming her elemental nature. It was supposed to burn if she was fire, crumble if she was earth, get drenched if she was water, cut in half if she was wind, wrinkled if she was lightning. But it glowed in rainbow colors instead.

She was the lost bloodline, the legend that would save their world in the future. And funnily enough, the President guessed that even Sakura's actual former self wouldn't know that she was a lost bloodline. After all, she would only break from her curse and realize her powers once she entered their world. And now she did.

Noone truly understood her powers, but Sakura could probaby control anything and everything. It was always just a matter of speed to her, to figure out what to use and how to use it. She was still trying to discover her powers, since no one in their world could, none of them being a shinobi.

That was why James became her ultimate rival. Everyone knew that Sakura and James really mattered to each other when it came to it. James had always protected Sakura and Sakura had always managed to pull James out from his darkness. They were almost equal in strengths, because James was incredibly fast and a striking genius at that. But while Sakura could manipulate anything, James would usually be one step ahead of her before she could do anything. And that was why James managed to escape their city, disabling and beating up Sakura in the process, and became a missing dangerous person on the list of every city around the West.

Sakura and Calvin were devastated after that. But while they suffered in longing for their lost teammate, possibly until now, they continued to save the lives of people in their missions.

Sakura was devoted and loyal, with a quick temper, but she would always put the feelings and safety of others around her before anything else. That was why she would usually end up even saving the criminals they should have been hunting down, and made them turn themselves in. It was incredible to watch, but it grossly violated protocol. But that was Sakura for you.

"Allison, do you understand?" Sakura's voice broke her dozing thoughts. Allison shook her thoughts away for the moment and focused on her mission. Sakura had been precious to this world. She was quirky, lively, and hopeful, despite all the tragedies thrown at her. She would easily snap, but no one would have a bigger heart than her. She was a hero, of both the victims and the villains, and she would always hold a place of respect in everyone's hearts here. Especially since the impending war was drawing closer and closer. Everyone was practically hiding behind Sakura now and looking to her for directions.

So Allison immediately jumped away to track the runaway kid.

Sakura, on the other hand, had her mind buzzing with questions. The kid had stolen bombs from Lantern City. She called him a runaway because the kid was from the Lantern City himself. And yet he decided to steal their most precious treasure to get back at the city that imprisoned his ancestors unjustly about 50 years ago. His family had suffered poverty when their lands and riches were confiscated by a corrupt government, and the heads of their family were thrown into jail. They never quite recovered, and they continue to hunger everyday even as it was already their children's children time.

Sakura was sure that she would be able to understand the kid once he gave her time to talk to her. But he adamantly refused, setting off traps everywhere and putting a lot of people in danger so that their attention would be diverted.

Lantern City also refused to tell them what the stolen treasure was. Their only orders were to retrieve this amulet and scroll from the kid and directly return it back to the house of Lantern City's President. It annoyed Sakura to no end, because it would certainly help if she knew what it was so she could understand the kid better and know what his future actions would be.

"….the substances he was using were meant to be loud, but not destructive. I think the motive here is to set people in panic. That way, we would be distracted by calming the people down as he escapes." Calvin was reporting, telling her his discoveries and analysis of the remnants of the bombs.

Sakura nodded thoughtfully. This means the kid didn't want other people to get hurt. He only meant to utilize the treasure for something else. But this simple action told Sakura that the treasure then was not about revenge per se.

"Don't worry, I casted a strong wind circling the area to drown out the sound." Sakura said absently.

Calvin raised his brows. "Strong enough to drown out the sound of a bomb?"

Sakura smiled sheepishly. "Well, we might have been subtly inside a tornado earlier. I tried to put up an illusion so no one would notice."

Calvin shook his head in exasperation. "Woman! You need to figure out how to use this powers of yours. I'm sure there must have been a better way to handle that!"

"Well, as there's no shinobi here to tell me the extent of my powers, I have no idea how to redirect myself." Sakura retorted. "Enough chatter. Let's trace down Allison now. I can feel her energy getting farther away." Sakura raised her hand and a thick piece of cloud descended towards her from the sky. She climbed on it and it started to fly above the trees. Calvin simply waved his wand and a broom appeared, which he mounted, zooming away towards Sakura's side.

"Maybe what you should do next is to find the shinobi world." Calvin told her as he caught up. Sakura shook her head tiredly, as if she had thought about this constantly. "There's no time. The enemy had already gathered his troops. And that James is still stupidly trying to kill me." She said this with anger, but Calvin noted the hurt in her voice. He smiled sadly at her, knowing that when it comes to it, Sakura would let herself die on the hands of James than kill him. That goes for him as well. But they both knew that James wouldn't hesitate to kill them.

Sakura shook her head, as if pushing the thought away. "I can't waste time on finding my identity now. People need me." She sounded tired again. Calvin suppressed a sigh. He knew Sakura was pressured with all these Savior of the World, Last Bloodline shit. After all, if the legend was right, then Sakura had always been just the support before all this. And now, she was being pushed and pushed and pushed to be the hero. Maybe her inner spirit was battling it. And thus, the total exhaustion in her eyes.

Calvin extended a hand to pat her head, ruffling her hair in the process. Sakura threw a menacing glare at him. But the beginnings of a smile were starting to form on her lips. Calvin would do this to treat her like the child she was. Losing her memories, Sakura could not remember any experiences which would have built her foundation of being a matured adult. Everything was instinct to her now, like a child. And yet she tried so hard, because people depended on her and her strength. So Calvin made it a point to always treat her like the sweet innocent little girl she was.

A scream tore through the air. It was Allison's.

Sakura's cloud immediately zoomed away to the source of the sound, so fast that she looked like she just disappeared. Calvin followed as fast as he could as well, the wind pushing his body back hard.

He was just in time to witness Sakura rush into a ware house which was glowing in a suspicious orange light.

"SAKURA NO!" Calvin screamed after her.

Sakura didn't even look back. "Don't worry Cal! The kid doesn't intend to hurt anyone, remember?"

"SAKURA!" Calvin shouted in panic, jumping off his broom and running after her anyway.

That noble idiot! Calvin fumed as he ran. Why does she have to believe that there's goodness in everybody? This suspiciously smells like a set up

As he kicked the ware house doors open, a huge orange portal gleamed at the other side. Allison was sitting on the floor, clutching a bleeding shoulder, while Sakura sat beside her, hands glowing green as she tried to heal Allison's wound. The runaway kid was lying unconscious beside Allison.

"Calvin!" Sakura called him. "Check on the kid. Look if he's hurt anywhere."

Calvin rolled his eyes. The order should be make sure that their captive was secured to lessen the probability of escape. Then heal him or whatever. But trust Sakura to be concerned of his welfare first. He's a criminal for God's sake. Calvin thought in exasperation. But Calvin acquiesced regardless, following his compassionate leader obediently.

"Allison, does it feel better now?" Sakura asked Allison gently, rubbing the hurt arm softly. Allison nodded, exhaling in relief. But she turned a wary eye to the portal.

"It's a time travel portal." Allison exclaimed urgently. "The kid tried to set it back to 50 years-"

"Probably to save his family." Sakura said, in a soft sigh. Allison's eyebrows raised so high, it disappeared behind her short bangs.

"No." Allison said in a steely voice. "He wanted to blow up the city. He would escape with his family and blow up Lantern City. That's why he had many explosives. That's why he wasn't using the damaging ones and just the loud ones on us earlier because he was saving them for this blow up. He told me so earlier before we fought!"

"Stop trying to be a noble idiot for once Sakura. This kid is evil!" Allison finished in a high voice.

Sakura's shoulders slumped, her face draining of color. "Oh alright. Secure the kid Calvin. You know I can't help it Al!"

Allison just shook her head. "You know, you probably had a friend from your past life wgo used to do that, saving people from themselves. And you just unconsciously follow through."

Sakura just shrugged, still looking disappointed as she watched Calvin tie down the kid.

"Anyway," Allison pressed on, "He tried to set it back 50 years, but I managed to battle with him so I don't think it's completely finished. I think it's set back now to just 13-14 years instead."

Calvin pulled on the rope he tied the kid with, assuring its sturdiness. "Alright. Let's close it down then. We're almost done here."

Allison shook her head, her voice coming out fast. "We can't. The scroll said once it's activated, it won't close until someone steps through."

"What?!" Sakura exclaimed, her eyes widening.

Allison nodded, looking helpless as she stared at the intimidating orange glow. Sakura snatched the scroll away from Allison's feet, her eyes carefully running through the content.

"I'm sorry Sakura. I didn't realize what he was doing when he started drawing circle patterns on the floor and throwing the scroll in the middle of it. I thought it was just another bombing episode. I didn't stop him on time." Allison said, looking down.

Sakura exhaled loudly, running a hand through her long pink strands. "Well we can't leave it here. Someone else might step through. And time travelling back to the past is a dangerous tool that gives you control of everyone, because you know what's going to happen and they don't!"

"Okay okay, calm down. Think. Think." Sakura chanted as she walked back and forth in quick strides. Her face scrunched up in concentration. "What if…" She began. "What if we just throw an animal in there! It's still blood and living. And it wouldn't be able to control anything too!"

Allison rolled her eyes. "A human person activated it, a human person must cross through! Sakura sheesh."

"Don't Sakura sheesh me! You think of something then!" Sakura exploded in true hot tempered fashion, waving her arms wildly while her cheeks furiously flushing. Allison merely chuckled at her outburst, which infuriated Sakura even more.

Calvin watched the 2 start to argue, painfully remembering James' own outbursts against Sakura. They have to act now. Anyone could find them and take over the portal in any minute, especially if the kid's reinforcements started to flood in. Granted that Sakura was with them anyway so she could just knock down everyone. But this mission had quickly turned into covering the portal. Noone must pass through. And that's just a dangerous risk to take.

That leaves the idea that at least one of them must step through the portal then. It's just 13-14 years back after all. But then it's dangerous to go back into a past and accidentally change anything that might worsen things in the long run if they acted wrong. They could always just report to the President. But then they really couldn't leave the portal here too. They could always just leave someone to guard it. But the reinforcements were coming, and while the reinforcements would still not be able to overpower any of them, there was still a good chance that one might slip through. He stared between the scroll, Sakura, and the portal.

An idea started to form in his head, his heart pounding against the outrageousness of it all.

"Maybe-" He began, halting the growing argument between the two. "Maybe you should go through, Sakura."

Silence descended on the warehouse.

Calvin cleared his throat, not sure how to proceed. "I think it's an all in one solution. You need to know your past but you have no time here. This gives you more time. You go directly back in time after all. You also can't really affect change in your past since you don't remember anything anyway. You could blend in. And according to the legends, you had always blended in anyway so it would be perfect-"

"But the war-" Allison started. But Calvin quickly cut her off.

"Then Sakura can just come back here in the time she ended up here." He finished lamely.

Allison shook her head. "How will she know how to come back here?"

"I think by that time, she would have remembered then. Or you can always just set off to the sea. You got here once, you'll get here again. You're meant to be here anyway according to the prophecy." Calvin replied.

Allison gasped. "This is insane! We can't sacrifice Sakura now!"

Calvin turned an outrageous glare towards Allison, making Allison flinch at the intensity of it. "I AM NOT SACRIFICING SAKURA. And never would I do that." He turned to Sakura with a softer gaze. "You know I care for you with all my heart Sakura. But I think this is really reasonable. It's a chance for you too to discover your identity and remove all the barriers. But this is still your choice, if you don't want to, then we'll just find another way."

Allison kicked her feet as she stood, crossing her arms in defiance. But her eyes also held fear and worry for Sakura.

Sakura stared at Calvin as she thought about the new situation. Allison looked downright outraged, and even Calvin held uncertainty in his eyes. But Sakura knew that he only suggested this because there was just no more options left. She could sense the kid's reinforcements closing in. And in the end, one of them had to step through to close the portal for good. And if it was a matter of that, then she really was the best choice to do this. Ignorance of the past will give her no power, thus no advantage. And this was the principle they are fighting for right now. Plus, it gives her the chance to see what her own world was like.

So Sakura merely nodded. "I'll do it."

Allison and Calvin gasped. Allison turned to Calvin with a furious expression. "What are you gasping for? It was your stupid idea!"

Calvin raised his arms infront of him. "I know, but I didn't think she'd accept it. I only voiced it out loud because it was a real option."

Allison raised her hands wildly. "You know how much of a noble idiot she is. Of course she'll accept!"

"ENOUGH." Sakura's commander voice rang through. The both of them immediately silenced.

"I am doing this because this is the best option for all of us. I will not mess up because I'm totally ignorant like the rest of them. And I can finally learn how to really use my powers. I can be….a continuous asset for the coming war."

Calvin and Allison both started complaining in loud voices. "IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT!" Calvin wailed, tears forming in his eyes, angry at himself for even voicing out the suggestion now that Sakura was actually going to take it. "What if you get hurt or something?!"

"Yeah." Allison growled, her voice cracking. "What if you die along the way? What then?"

Sakura chuckled hesitantly. "Put more faith on me you dumbos. I am not going to die while I'm a kid! I'll see you all again and I'm going to kick your asses again the next time around. Hopefully James' too."

Allison and Calvin paused momentarily, looking at each other in deep thought. Then they started to laugh at the absurdity of it all. But then Allison gasped.

"THE KID, he's running for the portal!"

Sakura immediately put her hands together and the earth around them pulled back. Allison, Calvin and the kid all fell.

Ooops. Sakura thought, amused. Forgot to warn them. She quickly kissed both Allison and Calvin on the cheeks and manipulated the air so she could fly straight to the portal.

"See ya when I see ya!" Sakura called back, glancing one last time to see Calvin in tears, Allison in a salute, and the kid screaming in white hot rage.

Then the bright orange light consumed her.

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Meanwhile, in the world across the endless sea, a pair of shinobi were weirdly struggling with the same dilemma.

"Damn it! Sasuke! This stupid thing is airtight!" A man with striking blond hair and blue eyes wailed in a loud voice, his three whisker marking on his cheeks standing out as his cheeks flushed further. He was currently struggling with tight vines around his body that managed to completely engulf him, save for his head.

"Shut up, Naruto!" A man with deep black eyes and dark hair with a blue tint, who apparently was Sasuke, scowled as he tried to struggle away from the same thing.

"How did we ever got stuck in here Teme?! This sucks!" Naruto complained, still wiggling around. "We're supposed to be the two most powerful men right now and we got scammed in this stupid trick! WE CAN'T DIE HERE!"

Sasuke threw a dark menacing look at the man beneath him and Naruto. Said man was trapped in Kurama's tail wrapped around him, and a Susanoo arm clenching around him too. Well at least we know that that abhorrence won't be going anywhere, Sasuke thought angrily.

"He sealed these veins so we cannot use our chakra or any of our techniques against it. We have to use pure physical force from our body to remove it." Sasuke told Naruto, who seemed to be on the verge of screaming again.

"BUT IT'S TOO TIGHT! I CAN'T EVEN MOVE!" And he did scream.

"Dobe shut up!" Sasuke hissed. "That man's reinforcements are coming. And we still need to shut down that damn portal."

Naruto immediately silenced as his eyes dropped frantically to the portal. "No no no no. We can't leave it open. That's a time travel portal!"

"Obviously. Are the vines around your brain too?" Sasuke said casually, as if Naruto's idiocy was a normal thing. Naruto fumed.

"Whatever Teme. But you know we need to close it down now. I can sense them coming too!"

Sasuke growled under his breath as he tried his best to break away. But without any space to create enough of a push, there was just nothing he could do.

"SLINGSHOT!" Naruto suddenly exclaimed. Sasuke groaned in exasperation.

"Naruto I told you to keep it down-"

"Teme, we could slingshot away!" Naruto said excitedly, eyeing the sturdy looking branch just beneath them. "I could try to bend over until I can bite that branch, then when I release, I would create enough push and pressure to slither away from these stupid fuckers."

Sasuke stared at his eternal rival with disbelief. "While that might work, that would plunge us straight to the portal."

"Which would close it down!" Naruto said with a big beaming smile.

"Which would also send us back 12-13 years back in time!" Sasuke retorted, his brows raising. As usual, his idiotic soon-to-be-hokage rival would suggest a stupid unexpected idea.

Naruto opened his mouth for another response, but visibly froze as the implication became clear to him.

"Dobe." Sasuke muttered, shaking his head.

Naruto glared at him. "Well do you have any other idea Teme? The scroll said that someone does have to step into the portal anyway to close it down."

"We wouldn't need to. We could just take down everyone, then one of us could guard and the other report to the hokage. I'm sure Kakashi would have something about this portal, or any information to close it down." Sasuke said easily.

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Which we are not in the state to do because WE'RE BOTH TIED DOWN. The enemies are coming close Sasuke! I can sense them! If they step in there, who knows what they might change!"

Sasuke shook his head. "We shouldn't go back to the past Naruto. Everyone is already fine the way they are now. The perfect ending from the bloodiest war of all times too. If we go back, we might change it one way or another and it might just end up gruesome."

Naruto observed his rival and bestfriend. Sasuke really had changed already. He was matured enough to appreciate what was now and know the value of everything that happened in their past. And he was right too. Everything was perfect the way they are. He was about to propose to Hinata. He just about already secretly asked Hiashi for his daughter's hand in marriage, and already involved the whole Hyuga clan on his grand proposal. He was being groomed to be the Rokudaime Hokage. It was so obvious that he would be the next hokage that everything else seemed just a formality now. Of course, Naruto still respected that enough to follow through. Shikamaru was already Kakashi's right hand man as training for when he would serve Naruto.

But more than all the good things happening to him, Sasuke had also already settled down in the village for 4 years, still constantly going out of the village to perform difficult missions. But overall, he would always come home to Konoha. Strangely enough, he was still not following through to his next goal, which was to restore his clan. Naruto tried setting Sasuke up on different dates. But no one just seemed to click.

Konoha 11 were easily getting important positions in the shinobi circles too. They were a talented bunch so they were all paving successfully on their own paths.

The Allied Shinobi Forces was also holding up strongly as ever, making the peace ever protected.

The only dark bleak spot was Sakura. Sakura had been missing for 5 years now. And no one knew what happened to her. At least when Sasuke disappeared before, they knew it was because he was running after Itachi and all that. But with Sakura…

Sakura left the village just before Sasuke formally came back from his repentance travel. She left the village with the reason that since Sasuke and Naruto got to explore the world, she wanted a piece of it herself as well. She refused to be left behind anymore, and she felt that going away from the village was the perfect way to find herself, her true self without being just the glue that held team 7 together. So she left.

And she never came back.

Last spotting of her was at the edge of the endless sea. Someone said that she lent her a boat, so she must have tried to cross. And rumors has it that whoever tried to cross never returned.

Naruto shook his head to clear his throat. Now was not the time. But Naruto hadn't given up anyway, he continued to fruitlessly search for their teammate, the hopeful light in their team.

"Sasuke, it's either we cross the portal, or they do. If there's a potentiality of destroying the world as we know it, it's with them. They actually have evil plans ya know!"

Sasuke shook his head. "But-"

Naruto had enough. "We will try not to change anything. It will be a painful 12-13 years for the 2 of us, but that's better than handing it over to those morons. At least we can control our actions so they stay the same! They certainly won't!"

"OVER THERE!" One of the missing nins screamed, running over to their spot.

"Shit." Sasuke cursed. He threw a glance at Naruto and immediately started bending and reaching for the branch with his mouth. Naruto grinned, doing the same.

As soon as they are bent low enough, their mouths clamped hard to the branches, they glanced at each other, nodded then released.

Immediately, they flew off the stupid vines and were hurtling towards the bright orange portal.

"WHOOHOO! CHILDHOOD, HERE WE GO AGAIN!" Naruto screamed in elation as the light engulfed them.

"YOU MEAN PUBERTY!" Sasuke screamed amidst the buzzing.

Naruto yelped at the realization. "Oh shit."