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Feet stepped out of the trees. "There you guys are what took you so long?" Rin said. She and Naruto were looking over in the direction of the noise. Their happy faces quickly turned sour when they saw three shinobi, standing before them. "The Hidden Mist."
"What are they doing here?" Naruto questioned.
"We were keeping an eye on the Hidden Rock's campsite, waiting for perfect time to strike," the head Hidden Mist ninja said. "Image our surprise when we found your group sabotaging their supplies and tents."
"Your followed us, knowing Kakashi and Minato sensei would be distracted by the other camp," Rin said.
"That's right." The three mist shinobi made the rat hand sign.
Naruto grabbed his jacket, leaping back up on his feet. He wrapped his coat around his shoulders as if it were a cape. "I'll handle this."
Rin reached her hand out toward Naruto. "But you're still hurt."
"You're a fool if you think you can take on all of us," the head mist ninja informed. He quickly formed several hand signs in quick session. "Water style: Water Whip Jutsu!" He created a water whip out of thin air, swinging it back then lashing it forward at the teen.
Naruto charged forward, before the whip reached forward. He ducked under the whip just as it shot at him, moving to the side before it could crash down on top of him. The second mist ninja unleashed a wave of shuriken.
Naruto flipped into the air, flying over the shuriken. The head mist ninja released his first jutsu. He then performed several more hand signs. "Water Style: Exploding Shock Wave Juts—" His declaration was cut short when Naruto kicked him across the face.
The head ninja spun around face his teammates, shooting a wave of water out of his mouth, blasting them backward. The wave smashed into the trees, flooding part of the landscape as the other two hidden mist ninja washed up in tree branches.
The head ninja stopped his attack, not wanting to use up anymore charka. He breathed heavily while Naruto landed down on one knee. He glared over at the boy. "You, little brat." A blue glow shined behind Naruto. "What?"
Naruto twisted around, pushing himself off the ground by his feet. He thrust his hand forward with his rasengan in hand. Naruto let out a battle cry. He slammed the spinning ball of charka into the man's gut.
The head hidden mist shinobi threw his arms and legs forward. He slowly rotated around with the sphere, flying backward through the trees. The ninja screamed.
The other two ninja landed in the trees above Naruto. Naruto brought his gaze up to them. He crossed his fingers in front of him. "Shadow Clone Jutsu." A puff of smoke appeared beside him to form is copy.
The copy then performed the needed signs. "Transformation Jutsu." He turned into a puff of smoke that revealed a giant shuriken. Naruto grabbed the shuriken through its open hole and spun around.
He threw the shuriken at the ninja on the right. The man pulled out a kunai knife to prepare to block the attack. The shuriken flew forward, almost a feet away from contact. The shuriken transformed back into Naruto's clone.
The clone swung his leg upward, kicking the man up in the chin. The man fell backward into the water below. The other man looked at his teammate fall. The real Naruto landed on the tree branch behind him. The man turned around.
Naruto launched himself forward, slamming his fist into the man's face. The man flew out of the tree and into the evaporating water. Naruto stood up tall. "Now to finish this up." He jumped down on the ground while the water finished disappearing.
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Naruto finished tying up the three hidden mist ninja. He had already gagged them to keep them quite. "That should do it." A big smile was on Naruto's face.
Rin just stared at the boy. He hadn't gotten one mark on him during his battle with the water ninja. He showed the same grace of skill that Kakashi and Minato sensei did, yet he was kind and sweet like the late Obito. The image of the three overlapped over her sight of Naruto.
Naruto looked over at the girl. "See, I told you I could take care of these guys."
"Yeah, you did," Rin said. She blushed.
Naruto walked back over to the girl and kneeled down in front of her. "You were done patching me up right?"
"Naruto."
"Yeah."
Rin rushed forward, pressing her lips on his with her eyes closed. Naruto's eyes opened wide, shacking. He was taken aback by the sudden affection, blushing red. Rin placed her hand on his chest when pulled back.
She slowly opened her eyes to see Naruto's stun reaction. She looked away, placing her hands back in her own lap. She tightened them there. "Sorry."
Naruto looked the other way. He placed his hand behind his head. "It's ok, don't worry about it."
Two shinobi then landed beside the two. Rin looked up at the two. "Kakashi, Minato sensei."
Naruto looked over at the two. He stood up. "You guys are back."
"I see that Rin patched you up good, huh Naruto," Minato said. He looked over to the side, spotting the bounded water ninja. "Hidden Mist shinobi."
"They showed just after Naruto woke up," Rin answered. "But Naruto took care of them."
Minato returned his attention back to Naruto. "Well done. Our next target was actually going to be the Hidden Mist camp. Now we can get some intel before we set the plans in motion."
Kakashi looked up at his sensei. "Will we really have time to take them back to the interrogation unit before our mission tomorrow?"
"No, I'll have to do it myself," Minato responded.
"Huh?" Naruto's eyes shimmered. The horse hand sign flashed in his mind. Naruto lowered his head slightly, placing his hand on his forehead.
"Naruto, what's the matter?" his father asked.
"I don't know." Naruto bit down on his teeth and shut his eyes. His mind felt scrambled with aggression filling his body. The feeling subsided after a moment. He parted his eyes. "I saw a hand sign in my hand."
"Do you know which one it was?" Kakashi asked.
"Yeah, it was the horse hand sign, but I don't know why it would suddenly show up in my memory," Naruto told them.
"Perhaps it's a key to get you back home," Minato suggested. "You mention before that you had a dream that you forgot the hand signs you need to perform a time travel jutsu. This might just be your first step to getting back home."
Naruto wrapped his hand around his chin. "I guess that makes sense."
"In the meantime why don't you all get some rest we'll need to be fresh for tomorrow," Minato told everyone.
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