In an office overlooking the leaf village a blond man picked up a photograph of two young girls no older than thirteen linking arms smiling wildly at the camera. The one on the left wore a white tank top with black fingerless gloves, a bright sunshine yellow skirt and black ankle boots. She had long black hair tinted with indigo pulled back in a ponytail and bangs held back with a hidden leaf forehead protector. This left her pupiless lavender eyes which had a sapphire tint free for the world to see. The girl next to her had long copperish auburn curls pulled back in a ponytail also, tied by a pink ribbon. She had her forehead protector acting as a headband, a pale pink skirt, white tank top, pink fingerless gloves and ankle boots. She had piercing emerald eyes which were bright with happiness.
"Please come back soon Yume, Amaya we need you both home and safe," the man sighed.
"Naruto-kun?" a pretty black haired woman asked entering the room.
"What are you doing here Hinata?" Naruto sighs placing the photograph on the desk. Hinata sees the photograph and her eyes go slightly glassy.
"You're worried about the girls," she states rather than asks.
"It's been three years and they still haven't returned and it's been months since they last contacted the village." Naruto rants and turns to face the window. Hinata follows his movements and places her hand on his arm in a comforting gesture.
"They're fine Naruto, they have to be."
Two sixteen year old girls walked slowly towards the village all the childishness had vanished from the two. Yume's former bright yellow skirt was replaced by a blood red one and her white top was now black, her ankle boots were replaced by knee length boots and she still wore the same fingerless gloves. Her forehead protector was tied round her neck leaving her bangs to fall into her eyes, her long indigo hair was pulled into a pony tail. Amaya's baby pink skirt had been replaced by a deep, almost black purple one but her white tank top remained the same, her ankle boots replaced by black knee length ones and her fingerless gloves now covered the entire length of her arms, her leaf headband was tied around her left thigh. Her former red curls were now dead straight and her hair was left down falling to her waist.
The one thing that had changed the most about the girls however was there eyes, which used to be carefree now contained dark secrets that are best never revealed.
"Look I can see the gate," Yume exclaimed with forced happiness.
"Lets go face the music," Amaya sighed, "'Cause there is no way our dads are going to be pleased with us!" She smirked looked at Yume they held a straight face for a moment before both doubled over in laughter. They straightened up, steeled there resolve and entered the leaf village for the first time in three long years.