Previously: Two months after the Fourth Shinobi War, Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno contemplate on the future. Then, they meet a little girl named Nagisa Inugami; afterwards they both wake up in a room with different outfits. After meeting with their sensei-now-turned-Hokage, Kakashi, they await a mission with Shikamaru Nara...
...As well as a fourth team member all too familiar to them.
Naruto: Rewind ~ Chapter Two
Walking through the streets of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Naruto and Sakura walked towards the entrance as Nagisa Inugami, the girl they met before, followed behind them.
"Something's not adding up!" Naruto said punching his fist into his hand. "Calm down, Naruto!" Sakura said, "I'm just as confused as you are. So many things has happened over these last two days. And, we were asleep at the time..."
"What are you guys confused about?" Nagisa said making Sakura jump. She turned around to the young, long-haired Genin. "It's nothing!" she replied quickly, "Just two grown-ups here talking!" As the three of them made to the entrance, they saw Shikamaru waiting for them. Naruto noticed something different about his good friend. "Shikamaru, is that a beard?" he asked. "Yeah," Shikamaru replied, "It finally filled in. Look, I know it's drag that we are being dragged to the outskirts of the Land of Fire, but Gaara and Kakashi wanted the borders between the Sand and Leaf Villages clear of Bandit Activity."
"Is it really that bad?" Sakura asked. "If it wasn't," Shikamaru began, "We wouldn't be going out on this mission." "Don't worry about it!" Nagisa said speaking up, getting excited, "Once we get to that Bandits' Lair, we kick'em out of our land for good!" "So, you must be Nagisa Inugami, the rookie Genin that I've heard about." "That's me, Shikamaru-sensei!" "Look, it's kind of a drag to be letting a rookie take part in a mission like this. So, I'll say this once: You are NOT to go anywhere by yourself and you are to stay with either Naruto, Sakura, or myself. Is that clear?" "Yes, Sir!" Shikamaru then turned around and said, "Alright, let's get this mission underway! If we hurry, we can make it to the Bandits' Lair by sunset."
Making their way to the Bandits' Lair, Shikamaru was leading the pack as they rushed. Nagisa was behind him as Naruto and Sakura pull up from the rear. Sakura noticed that Naruto was slowing down and slowed down with him. "Naruto?" she asked, "Is something the matter?" "Doesn't it seem strange?" Naruto asked, "Things have really changed in the past two days alone. First, we meet this little girl, and then later, everything is backwards!"
Sakura didn't want to admit it, but Naruto was right. She looked forward at the young girl, Nagisa. Several thoughts pondered her mind: Who is Nagisa? Is she really a Genin from the Leaf? What does she have to hide? "Let's not try to think about that now," she replied, "We'll focus on the mission for the time being." Naruto nodded in agreement. 'But, when this is over, I'll be talking to her face-to-face! Believe it!' he then thought.
Back at the village, a knock came at the door to the Hokage's Office. As the door opened Kakashi listened to the person who came in. "I heard that a Genin, who had just graduated, ask to be part of a B-Rank Mission with three high-level Shinobi," the person said. "Yes," Kakashi answered, "the Genin known as Nagisa Inugami. You should know her by now, Yamato." "Inugami?" Yamato said surprised, "You mean...HIS daughter...?" "Even I was surprised at the fact that she would request such a thing..."
The former member of the ANBU Black Ops walked closely to Kakashi's desk with worriness. "I don't like this, Senpai," he said, "Especially, with her father and with everything that happened..." "I know," Kakashi said standing up and looking out the window, "But, put it this way Yamato: Just talking about what happened that day, doesn't really go by that fast...even with age..."
It was nearly sunset; the Bandits' Lair, a tall building in the middle of nowhere, was sitting on the outskirts of the Land of Fire. Shikamaru, Naruto, Sakura, and Nagisa were keeping a close eye on it as several bandits were wallking around.
"All right," Shikamaru said, "According to the request, there is, at least thirty Bandits in at place. Our mission is to make sure that they don't cause any trouble. We'll enter the building as ourselves and start a peaceful movement." Naruto and Sakura nodded in agreement, but Nagisa was not happy. "How come we can't go in there and bust some heads?!" she asked. "We don't want to make a scene, Nagisa!" Sakura replied. "Sakura is right, Nagisa!" Shikamaru answered, "If we start making trouble here, it could mean trouble for the Leaf Village." Nagisa pouted as they got ready to reveal themselves.
As the four of them approached the entrance, bandits showed up to intervene. "Well, what do we have here?" one of the bandits said. "We're here as reprensentatives for the Village Hidden in the Leaves," Shikamaru responded, "We want to speak with your leader." "So you want to speak to the boss, eh? Very well..." Seconds later, the four of them had their wrists cuffed in chains. "What the hell is this?!" Naruto shouted. "Standard precedure, Kid!" another bandit said, "All outsiders must wear these shackles so they won't cause any trouble!" 'Great!' Shikamaru thought. 'If this is the way they treat guests, then it must one hell of a drag to see how they treat their members!'
After climbing up two sets of stairs, the team were then escorted to the top of the Bandits' Lair to meet with the Bandit Leader. "What do we have here?" the leader replied, "Two-bit ninja lackeys from the Leaf? And, what is it that you want from me?" 'This guy is the gang leader?' Sakura thought with a disgusting look on her face. 'He's got a patch over his eye and his right leg is broken. If he had a girlfriend, he wouldn't be able to please her! Cha!'
"We, from the Leaf Village, come as an envoy!" Shikamaru responded, "We kindly ask that you and your crew of bandits depart from this building and from the Land of Fire." "What makes you think that I would do that, after we had settled in?" the leader asked. "We wouldn't come if it wasn't for a reason! After all, it is peace time..." "That is absolutely right, Kid! It is peace time! After so many years, bandits, all around the ninja world, can loot and plunder whatever we want! Now that slimeball, Orochimaru, has kicked the bucket, that is what we planning on doing!" 'Orochimaru is dead...?' Naruto thought. 'Someone actually killed him...' Sakura thought. She and Naruto looked at each other with confusion.
"But," the leader began to speak again, "since you're so forward to produce peace throughout the world, I'll make a deal with you! Myself, as well as my men here, won't do anything illegal for a while, as long as the two girls over agree to be part of my gang!" "We didn't agreed to that!" Naruto said out loud, "We want you out of the Land of Fire, not steal our comades from us!" "I knew it was a bad idea!" Nagisa shouted out. "This is your last warning!" Shikamaru replied, "We want you to leave!" "And what are you going to do if we don't? Let's not forget, your wrists are shackled!" "And, that's the mistake you've made since the begining!" Nagisa said suddenly.
"What are you doing, little girl!?" the Bandit Leader asked. "Like you said," Nagisa began, "Our wrists are shackled, but NOT our hands! Throughout this whole time, I've been doing handsign to perform a jutsu!" "You WHAT?!" "Shikamaru-sensei! Naruto! Sakura! GET DOWN!" As she perform the Tiger Handsign, Nagisa activated her jutsu. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu! (Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!)" Numerous, but small fireballs appeared attacking the Bandits' Lair, the bandits, as well as hitting the shackles.
Taking off the shackles, Shikamaru, Naruto, and Sakura shook their wrists as Nagisa wrapped a belt, with a sword, around her waist. "What are you waiting for?!" the Bandit Leader shouted, "Get them, you wimps!" "Everyone, scatter!" Shikamaru shouted. As they separated, Sakura found herself in front of three thugs. "Now, boys!" she said in a fighting stance, "Be gentle with me!" The thugs rushed her, but in a second, she elbowed one in the jaw, punched another in the face, and kicked the third, knocking them out instantly. "I never said that I was going to be gentle on you!" she then replied.
"Shadow Strangle Jutsu!" Shikamaru shouted, as his shadow attached itself to a few bandits and knocking them out, "There should be more coming from downstairs!" "Then let's take care of all of them!" Naruto shouted throwing up a handsign of his own, "Shadow Clone Jutsu! (Kage Bushin no Jutsu!)" Ten clones of Naruto raced downstairs and attacked the remaining bandits.
A few minutes later, every bandit was injured or knocked unconscious. "Well," Naruto began, "That should be the last of them. The only one left is the leader..." "Wait a minute," Sakura said, "Where's Nagisa?" The two of them, including Shikamaru, turned around to see Nagisa, with a sword in hand, fighting the Bandit Leader. "You're pretty good for a little girl," the leader said smirking. "I could say the same about you," Nagisa replied, "Considering that you have a broken leg!" Nagisa attacked again, knocking the bandit out the window the building. She followed him as the others followed suit as it was close to nighttime.
"I can't believe that the four of you kids, from the Leaf, are causing me this much trouble," the Bandit Leader said, "It's too bad about you two girls, though. You could have been great bandits if you would have taken the initiation..." "There ain't enough sake in the whole Leaf Village to get me to go there!" Sakura said. "And, considering you don't know how to treat girls properly, I'm going to show some respect right now!" Nagisa shouted, stabbing her sword into the ground and performing a seven-handsign jutsu, "Fire Style: Flame Dragon Strike! (Katon: Enryuugeki!)"
A small fireball shot from her mouth and, at a quick speed, hit the leader. A row of fire came afterwards. "Wow!" Naruto said in awe, "That's some unique fire!" 'Then again, Sasuke was able to do that at her age too...'
However, the Bandit Leader walked out of the fire, unscathed. "I'm must admit," he said, "You actually had me worried; you could have killed me, that is, if I didn't learn how to wield chakra!" "He can use chakra too?!" Naruto said. "It's not surprising," Shikamaru said, "He could have been an exiled ninja, for all we know!" "All the more reason to take him down!" Nagisa said putting up another handsign. "Wait a minute!" Naruto said in shock, "That's the...!?"
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Nagisa shouted as a replica appeared beside her. They both nodded in agreement and started racing towards the bandit. "It doesn't matter what you do!" the leader replied. "NOW!" Nagisa's replica started placing chakra in the real one's right hand until the chakra, itself, became a spiraling sphere. "No way!" Sakura said in shock, "It can't be...!" She then looked at Naruto was in awe. As the Bandit Leader thrusted his sword, Nagisa launched her techinque. "Rasengan!"
The spiraling sphere collided with the sword at an even deadlock. Nagisa placed more chakra inside, creating a beam from the Rasengan. The Bandit was knocked back towards a tree, rendering him unconscious. "And that," Nagisa replied, "is the end of the mission!" "Well," Shikamaru began, with arms folded, "Maybe it wasn't a drag bringing her along after all." "That's impossible!" Sakura said to herself, "She knows the Rasengan?"
Naruto said nothing as he stared at the young Genin...
Naruto stared in awe as Nagisa Inugami, the mysterious girl, has just performed the Rasengan. No doubt it is the same techinque, that the Fourth Hokage, Jiraya, and himself. With the mystery revolving around Nagisa becomes bigger, Naruto and Sakura must now get answers from the source...Nagisa herself...
