Let me explain a couple of things before you start reading the story. This fanfic will have five main original characters occuring in the story and they will have supporting roles and aid the canon characters in the story. If you're not too keen about original characters having a role in the story, you're more than welcome to disregard this fanfic. If you do enjoy the story, comments, reviews, and constructive criticism are always welcome. It helps me want to continue writing it.

Disclaimer: All of the canon characters and material belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Shounen Jump. Original characters, main villians, the plot, and concepts not include in the Naruto series only belong to me. I write this story solely for entertainment purposes.

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[ACT 1 - ARC 1]
The Mysterious Girls Appear

PROLOGUE

- Resolution -
The Adventure Begins

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Kikyō Castle District
Konohagakure, Land of Fire.
May 26, Year 42 SNTE. 9:27 A.M.

From the dark gray stagnant skies in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, small droplets of water started to plop down one by one on the ground. It wasn't until moments later that the droplets turned into heavy rain and it came piercing down quickly, dampening the soil and everything around it. Some of the citizens that were caught in the rain tried to find a dry place to reside for the time being. There were others who had no choice but to deal with the hardened water that constantly pelted through the dilapidated roofs in their so called homes.

In a house that was located near the oriental-styled prefecture known as Kikyō Castle, a girl was looking out of her window as the rain continued to pour and beat against the clear glass. Her turquoise blue eyes that were usually filled with joy and happiness was now replaced with distress and sadness. As she slid her hand through her medium length, reddish blond hair, she sighed and rested her head on the wall behind her. She never did like rainy weather and it would only depress her.

"Geez, how long are you gonna stare out that damn window, Miyuki?" When the blonde heard a familiar voice spoke to her, she turned to her right and she saw a girl who was a year older than her standing with her hands on her hips. The other girl had noirette to dark violet hair that was cut in an asymmetrical style and it stopped to the nape of her neck. Her onyx eyes had showed exasperation from the blonde getting depressed so easily.

"Will this rain every stop, Nariko?" Miyuki would always ask herself this question every time it would storm. She wasn't referring to the actually rain itself, but to everyone in the village in general. "I'm tired of seeing it."

Sensing where the blonde was going with her question, the noirette had went over to the other side of the room to grab a giant scroll and she rolled it out on the clean wooden floor. Not too far away, two travel bags was sitting up against the wall with two smaller scrolls leaning against it. "Let's not get into that again."

Miyuki knew what Nariko was talking about and she couldn't help but remember how her once lovely and lively home was now a barren wasteland. It wasn't just in the Land of Fire, but all the Five Great Nations plus the smaller nations all around the world had suffered from the same fate. The civilians dealt with living deteriorating lives while the remaining shinobi cope with how they lost their ability to fight and believe in peace. Peace and salvation was something that didn't exist anymore. Everyday was a constant, never-ending nightmare that would never disappear. This was how life was for everyone who lived in the current shinobi world.

As Nariko slipped her foot into her shinobi sandals, she pondered the events that changed the world into what it was now. The memories of those moments were too painful and harrowing. Shinobi had died valiantly in battle, some had sacrificed themselves for the sake of others, even some of the children were brave enough to try and fight during the tragedy that greatly jarred humanity. Shaking her head to erase the saddening memoirs, Nariko had continued to get ready. "Why do you choose this time to be a downpour? If Kālī-sama believe we can change fate, then that's what we're gonna do. Besides, we're not exactly pushovers and you of all people should know that."

The blonde huffed from her attitude. She was always so crude and brash with her words and it got on her nerves sometimes. Miyuki wished that Nariko could a bit more gentler and mindful of people's feelings, but that won't change because that's literally how she was. "Well, excuse me for being a 'downpour' as you would call it. We prepared ourselves for this moment for the last five years and I can't help but be a little worried and concerned about the outcome. You might not care, but I do. Are you sure we're ready for this?"

Nariko had sighed from Miyuki's little banter. She knew better than anyone that she was someone who would worry about every little thing, but she also knew that Miyuki was a person who didn't care too much about a certain thing in particular: excessive fighting. The two girls were both proficient kunoichi in their own right, but Nariko was more hellbent on fighting than living out this life in trepidation. "Listen, I understand that you're scared and that's perfectly normal, but I can't stand this life of constant terror anymore."

Miyuki's turquoise eyes had slightly narrowed with animosity and they were instantly fixated on Nariko. This upset her because Nariko was acting like what they were about to embark on wasn't a big deal and in reality, it really was a big deal. "But, remember what Kālī-sama said to us? We can't do anything to severely alter with the past. The results of that could be catastrophic."

Nariko had sensed the consternation that Miyuki was feeling and the noirette was trying to see this situation from a positive outlook and not concern her with the consequences. So, it wasn't like Nariko didn't care about what would happen. Hell, she had already knew what was gonna happen and she was still dead set on carrying out this so called 'plan' of theirs. "Miyuki, as long as do what we have to do, then everything will be fine. Trust me, okay?" Nariko said to Miyuki in a soothing voice, trying to calm her down and convince her that everything would be fine.

Miyuki knew she had the tendency to worry a lot, but whenever Nariko would use her adamant yet calming and soothing words, it was near impossible to try and argue with her. There was no way of trying to get Nariko to change her mind and Miyuki did not want to see her Nariko get angry with her. That was not a pretty sight to say the least. Not dwelling on it anymore, Miyuki had smiled at her and held out her hand as she formed in into a tight fist. "All right then. Let's do this."

Nariko blinked in surprise when she saw that blonde's worries had temporarily diminished for the time being. Determination was present in her features and the older girl had smirked from Miyuki's attitude change. Raising her hand, Nariko bumped her fist against the blonde's. "Yeah. Let's create a new and brighter future for our generation."

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An hour later, the girls were already packed up and were ready to go. Nariko had passed Miyuki her travel bag and they both put them on their backs. They had cleaned up their home so when they came back, they would have a nice clean house to come home to. After this mission was a success, they would bring back more than just themselves, but hope and salvation to illuminate the village once more.

"All right, Miyuki. I'm gonna perform the technique." Nariko announced as she performed the Snake, Horse, Rat, and the Ram hand seals. As Nariko spread her hands out with the thumb and index fingers touching one another, the jutsu was activated and a pair of black vortexes had opened up on the scroll below them. The portal themselves looked very dangerous and the malicious aura that was emanating from them was making the blonde nervous all over again. "There. All set."

Looking inside of the vortex, Miyuki saw the incredible chakra that was flowing and how tangible and powerful it was. Nariko had practiced this jutsu for five years, but this was Miyuki's first time actually seeing it. Was this jutsu safe enough to travel through in order to get to their destination in one piece or would they suffer from repercussions so dangerous that they might not come back alive. Realizing this, Miyuki got ready to ask Nariko a question, but she was cut short when Nariko tossed something to her.

When the blonde examined it, Miyuki noticed that it was a kunai and it had two extra prongs that were added like extra blades with the handle was thicker than a normal one and extravagant calligraphy was written on the hilt of it. Miyuki had realized that the kunai was different from any normal kunai and it had only belonged to one person. The one person that she missed dearly more than life itself. "Nariko, this is-"

"I know." Nariko stopped her before Miyuki could say anything more. The noirette didn't want her to mention his name. She looked behind her and saw a picture sitting on top of the nightstand and her onyx eyes had convulsed with sadness when she saw who were all present in the photo. She quickly turned around to keep herself from looking at it anymore than she should have. She held up the same kind of kunai that she gave to Miyuki not too long ago. "I know. Miyuki, are you ready?"

"Yeah." The blonde answered as the calligraphy on the three-pronged kunai began to glow brightly and surge with chakra. "Don't forget the promise, Nariko."

Nariko nodded and her kunai began to glow as well. "Don't worry. I won't."

With a soft clang with the sharp end of the kunai, the girls looked at one another and said in unison, "Don't use that technique unless it's absolutely necessary."

It was now time for them to leave the world that they were currently living in and entering another one that was would be the playing field for their mission. It would be the first time that the two girls would be apart from one another and it would be a while before they would see each other again. It was a rather difficult moment for them, but they had to do what they had to do for the sake of the mission.

"I love you, Nariko. You take care of yourself, okay?" The blonde had smiled tearfully and grasped Nariko's hands one last time.

Nariko had tried not to be affected by Miyuki's solemn expression, but she could understand why she acting that way. Miyuki admired and cared about her deeply and the noirette felt the same way for the blonde. "I love you too, Miyuki, and I promise to be careful."

The two girls quickly embraced each other before they prepared themselves to enter the black abyss of the portals that will take them to their destination. With one final tightening in their embrace to start their long term mission together, Nariko and Miyuki backed up just enough to be able to fall through the vortexes with ease. And at that moment, the two girls jumped into the portal of darkness, leaving the world they know behind them.

"Miyuki! Nariko!" Yelled a strong female voice and as the two vortexes vanished from the floor, a woman had rammed her fist into the door made it fly right off its hinges with her monstrous strength. Her body was completely soaked from the rain, her pale pink hair was matted down with moisture, and she was breathing unevenly from sprinting nonstop to try to make it to their house. The woman was known as Sakura Haruno, the head medic-nin and the leading kunoichi in the village. After a few more moments, her breathing had calm down and her heart rate had returned to normal.

"Please don't tell me..." The woman's celadon green eyes had scanned the room and the entire house, but the girls were nowhere to be found. They were gone and the woman had slammed her fist into a nearby wall, creating a dent from its powerful blunt force. "Damn it! I'm too late! Those two are gonna hurt themselves or worse. I don't even want to think about the consequences about what could possibly happen." Her words didn't do any good to deter the girls from going and she had try to make it clear to them no more than a week ago.

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Memorial Stone
Konohagakure, Land of Fire.
May 19, Year 42 SNTE. 3:47 P.M.

Sakura was talking to the two girls, trying her hardest talk them out of taking such a risky and dangerous mission without any experienced Jonin-level ninja or higher to go along with them. Despite everything she had told them, they were being extremely thickheaded. Especially Nariko in this case.

"You girls still don't understand. After everything you told me, you really expect to believe that I'll just let you go?! Considering the possibilities, you could end up at any time and any place and there's not guarantee that it's safe nor will it work!" Sakura was being completely adamant with them.

"Don't worry, Godmother. We did a lot of research for this mission, so we're gonna be fine." Miyuki announced to Sakura. "We want to do this for the sake of revitalizing the loss that tremendously shook the hearts of everyone in the world."

Sakura knew that Miyuki was talking about the events that happened five years ago and created such immutable damage, but for them to want to time-travel in order to reverse those events from even taking place? That was both absurd and extremely dangerous and the medic-nin was not gonna let them leave or execute this mission under any circumstances. As their legal guardian, Sakura was not going to let her godchildren throw their lives away.

"We know you're concerned, but we're not called the Wind Maven and Fiery Noblesse of Konoha for nothing, you know." Nariko answered with a confident smirk. "Besides, our parents was wrongfully taken from us and I'm not gonna sit here and keep living knowing that I would never see their faces again. We want to change fate and try to correct the mistake that ended their lives! You can live with this change, but I refuse! I'm gonna fight for a happy ending and a new future!"

Nariko's words of ardor had resonated in Sakura deeply and she was overwhelmed by the noirette's strong will and spirit. She couldn't really say anything more to them about the matter and the veteran medic-nin was left emotionally stunned.

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Their words echoed in her mind as her long, fringes fell over her eyes and she raised her head up slightly. Sakura's eyes were now filled with uncertainty. She knew how strong the girls are but she was concerned about how everyone in the past will react to this. "No one would possibly believe that shinobi can travel through time or can even use time travel techniques. It's unheard of and that kind of jutsu didn't even exist during my time as a young kunoichi." Sakura stated. "But the girls are already gone. There's nothing more that I can do except pray and hope that they will be okay."

Looking over at the nightstand was the photo that she remembered a certain artist had painted the picture of them back when the girls were only preteens. On the left was a charismatic blond wearing a white coat with red flames and the standard outfit of the Hokage - with a hint of orange to his ensemble. He was carrying little Nariko in his arms as she was throwing up a peace sign. Sakura was in the middle wearing her medic-nin garb clothing and she was smiling, and a tall, noirette-haired man with long spiked hair in who was donning an ANBU uniform was brooding in the picture. The reason for that was because little Miyuki was climbing on his back and slightly pulling on his hair, but she was smiling nonetheless.

Sakura had cracked a tiny weary smile from seeing the picture and remembering the two most important people in her life: Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. The two greatest shinobi of their time had given up their lives for the sake of giving the shinobi world another chance at life and the simple fact that they were no longer around was a heavy blow to a lot of people. A small trail of liquid cascaded down the smooth face of the medic-nin and she wiped away her tear, reliving her memories of them for a moment. 'I hope that they are the ones who can truly change fate and bring you guys back.' Sakura thought. 'I really do.'

All Sakura could do now was have faith and believe in them. Nariko and Miyuki, the proclaimed daughters of the deceased shinobi legends, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha began their journey in order to restore peace in their future and possibly save the world of the past from a terrible fate.

***NEXT CHAPTER***

- Encounters -
Visitors From Another World

The Invasion of Pain has finally come to an end and many people are celebrating the victory of their savior, Naruto Uzumaki. In the midst of rebuilding their village, Naruto and Sakura meet a teenage girl that heavily resembles an old teammate of theirs. Meanwhile, a mysterious person from the shadows pursues another girl who arrives shortly in Nikkō Inn Town.

::: = AUTHOR'S NOTES = :::

Terminology

"SNTE" means "Subsequent Nine Tails Events". Since there is no solid year reference in the Naruto series, this will be the reference point used when describing certain events for the story.

"Eiyūtan" means "Epic; Heroic Tale" in Japanese, so the title of the story literally translates to "Naruto Heroic Tale - The Convergence of Fate"