Naruto was falling, and falling, and it seemed that he will never reach the end. It also pained him more and more, because with every passing second, the hit to the bottom will be harder. Finally he reached the lake that was below the waterfall. He splashed into the green cool of the water, and was immediately buried under the weight of the waterfall. Somehow he managed to swim up and gasped.
When Naruto reached the shore, he coughed up the last bit of water, and looked around. The valley was filled with water from the lake, but he saw no river through which the water will escape the valley. He suggested there was an exit in the lake, but he didn't feel like swimming in the freezing water again.
The valley was surrounded by the mountains, so no matter how high Naruto raised his head he couldn't see the top. He walked to one stony wall and touched it. For his surprise the wall was perfectly smooth and too slippery for him to use his chakra on his feet. "I am stuck here with no exit whatsoever!"
The only clever thing Naruto managed to do is shout out "Ero-sennin!" He heard nothing but the echo in reply. He tried again, and again, until he lost his voice.
"Looking for something?" said a voice behind him that made his blood chill with fear. Naruto turned, but so no one.
"Who are you? And where are you hiding?" he shouted as loud as possible so that the voice will hear him.
"No need to shout, Naruto Uzumaki," said the voice "I am right behind you."
Naruto turned again but still saw nothing that could resemble the voice. He decided to know more about it "How do you know my name?"
"I know a lot of things that you will think are impossible for an ordinary person to know, because I am not an ordinary person" the voice laughed with crystal clear laugh that made Naruto shiver even more.
"At least show yourself to me" mumbled Naruto and waited for anything unusual to happen. He looked at the giant stone in front of him, and once he blinked he saw a girl, looking his own age with short dark brown hair and a body length long braid behind her. She was wearing a white sleeveless shirt, closed on black metal buttons that twisted in such shapes, that Naruto couldn't really see the end of them. She also was wearing very short shorts and brown boots up till her knees.
The girl laughed with her crystal voice, but that didn't seem to make Naruto shiver again. The girl and her voice were beautiful.
"So, you saw my face, Naruto" said the girl "Are you happy now?"
"Umm…" Naruto was so dumbfounded that he could only mumble as an answer.
"I see" replied the girl "My name is Senna. That is all you need to know for now." Naruto only now noticed that the girl had little pointy ears.
"Who are you?" asked the blond "Are you a Konoha shinobi, because I didn't see you around lately?"
"No, what I am is of no matter now. Do you want to go back to Konoha, Naruto?" asked the girl.
"I would like to, but there is no exit in this valley…" started Naruto, when the girl suddenly with a speed of a lightning jumped up to him and put her finger on his lips.
"Shhhh… don't talk now…" Naruto's face went up with red circles and his head started spinning. "What is happening? Why am I blushing? Why my body feels so hot? Wait, what is that smell? As if millions of flowers surround me? Is it HER…?"
Naruto suddenly felt so light that he could fly to the sky and never go back to the ground. The girl smiled, then laughed and in a second was already back on the stone.
"So I repeat my question" said Senna. "Do you want to come back to Konoha, Naruto?'
"Yes, I do." Said Naruto and looked into the girl's dark green eyes.
"You want to come back to the place where you are hated and made fun of?"
"Konoha is my home, but it would be better if they would respect me a little more and they would know about Naruto Uzumaki, and not the Nine Tailed Fox!" Naruto spilled the words out as if they were in him for a long time, which they were.
"Fine then. Because you are so honest, I want to give you a gift before sending you to Konoha." The girl went up to him and put her hands around his cheeks. Naruto felt that he was blushing again. The girl came closer and closer until she reached out and kissed his forehead.
Naruto froze in place, as he felt warm, he would rather say hot chakra was streaming through his body. He was a little disappointed that she kissed him on the forehead."It felt like she was much older than me and was giving me a blessing of some sort. Wait, what am I thinking!? I didn't want her to kiss me on the lips, no way…well…maybe…a little…yea."
Suddenly he felt as if he could see more of the lake, than he used to. "What happened?" he thought. The girl in front of him smiled and said "Well I am done. Now, Naruto uzumaki, go back to Konoha, and may the stars watch over you." As she finished she blew on his face and Naruto felt as if he was flying through the darkness towards the light. When he opened his eyes he found himself in the forest in front of Konoha village.