Naruto yawned, putting his hands behind his head. He walked out of the bedroom with eyes still shut.

"You are early today" a voice said, taking Naruto's attention. He turned his head to see the person

"Yeah. Don't know why though" Naruto said, grinning so widely at the black-haired boy who just nodded in return. Not long, the others came out of the bedrooms as well, greeting each other. However, they tensed a little when they saw the oldest son of Ootsutsuki. They acted as if nothing mattered though, and still greeted him.

"Are you guys going to go eat the breakfast?" Indra asked as all of them walked over the hallway

"yeah" Naruto answered simply, still half-asleep

"Then let's go to the dining room together" Indra said, given the acts of acceptance from the others. Of course they couldn't refuse him. That's just the same as looking for trouble.

As anyone could have expected, Indra walked in front of the Hokages, leading them to dining room. No one said anything on the way, and just the sound of footsteps was heard.

After a little while, they finally arrived. They took their own positions and tried to make themselves comfortable.

"Hey guys. No wonder I didn't find you in your rooms. How could you leave me?" Ashura suddenly came, pouting.

"Heheh. Sorry about that" Naruto just grinned

"To think I even went all the way to the guest's rooms first to pick you guys up.."

"come on. It can't be helped. We are hungry" Hashirama patted Ashura's back and pulled him down to sit with him. Ashura muttered something under his breath, but Hashirama didn't care about it.

The rest of the breakfast went just like yesterday, Naruto and Hashirama talked about the randomest thing, and somehow, they ended up talking about their dreams.

"I dream of peace. The time and place where no war or big conflicts exist. A world where every single person cares about the others.."…. And so on. Indra seemed to take a little interest in that topic, as he looked so serious when listening to Hashirama.

"do you really believe that you can achieve it?" he asked. Hashirama stared at him then a smile came to his face

"I do. And if I weren't able to, then I would just trust that dream to someone else who I trust" he answered

"I see.. Someone you trust huh" Indra murmured. Hashirama gave him a wide grin before putting the last food into his mouth

"thanks for the food!" the Hokages said, putting their bowls down.

"what are you guys going to do now?" Indra asked

"train of course! Maybe just some work out though, as always" Ashura said, stretching his arms, looking ready and all.

"Then.." Indra stood up, looking at their faces one by one

"can you guys go with me for a little while?"

The Hokages dropped their mouths, eyes wide opened. They didn't see that coming.

"I have a bad feeling about this" Kakashi whispered to Minato who gulped. They were afraid that their secrets were already found out, and the oldest Ootsutsuki would interrogate them about everything. They were afraid… afraid… of that Indra Ootsutsuki himself. Just the name would make them shiver, as the guy was called as 'genius' since he was little. They couldn't let him know everything, yet he were completely able to do it.

The thing they should do now was to refuse the offer kindly, and make a run for it, avoiding the questions until they make their way back to the future.

"of course we can!"

Well, not everyone was aware of it

"Shodai-sama.." Hiruzen paled, his face looked miserable as he shook his head at Hashirama. Indra gestured a 'follow me' as he started to walk to who-knows-where, followed By Ashura and the others.

"What is it, Saru—Owwww!" Hashirama got pinched at the arm by Tsunade.

"Shut up" she said with menacing eyes. Hashirama's face turned blue.

"Well, you shouldn't pinch me that hard, you know.. That's gonna leave a really bad bruise.." he pouted

"I said shut up! He will hear us!" Tsunade whisper-yelled, stopping Hashirama at the track, letting the others go follow Indra first.

"Don't you know that right now we really should keep a distance from that guy?" Tsunade asked, completely serious

"well, it's not like he has found out about anything.."

"That's not he problem! He can find out anytime!"

"well…" Hashirama rubbed the back of his head. "It's alright, Tsuna"

"huh?"

"It's gonna be alright. I already know what I will say if he finds out about anything. Well, I don't really know if everything will go according to my plan but still, I believe everything's gonna be alright. Besides, you and the others are always here to back me up, right? Nothing to worry about" Hashirama gave his heartwarming smile. Tsunade narrowed her eyes, then she sighed

"your optimism is always at the highest place.." she said

"I will take that as a compliment then. Now, let's go" Hashirama and Tsunade walked, catching up with the others.

.

'Well… this really turns out to be bad' Kakashi thought as he and the others stared at the sight of the wrecked garden.

"Now please answer this honestly" Indra faced them, serious expression transplanted on his face.

"Do you guys have anything to do with it? And just as a reminder, lying will do you nothing good" Indra finally said. The Hokages debated in their own minds, thinking about whether to tell him the truth or not. Hiruzen was about to open his mouth, but Hashirama talked first.

"yes, we do" he said firmly. The other Hokages widened their eyes in surprise, not expecting him to be so blunt about it

'Now there will come sooo many questions' Hiruzen thought. Indra stood in silence for a while, then he turned away.

The hokages just inhaled deeply, waiting for a ton of questions. Which never came.

"I see" Indra said lowly, then he started to walk to the door.

"I'm going to study at he library. Just come if you need anything" he said, leaving.

The Hokages kept silent.

"Well… just like that?" Naruto broke the silence. "I thought he would be… like.. Really mad or something. We torn his house's garden apart, after all"

"yeah.. I thought the same" Minato sighed in relief, putting his hand on his chest.

Tsunade tapped Hashirama's shoulder

"Good thing I don't have to punch you for what you decided to say, grandpa." She grinned

"I guess I'm lucky" Hashirama also grinned, but still confused of the fact that Indra just left them like that. Maybe he didn't have any intention to harm them? Well who knows. They were just grateful that Indra didn't try to know things further.

"Then, let's start the training, shall we?" Tobirama said, looking obviously relieved as well.

The others nodded as they made their way to the field to train

.

Indra opened the door to his father's library as he felt some familiar presence. He turned around.

"ah. Long time no see" he said, recognizing the people. His lips curved up a little, forming a small smile. The people in front of him kneeled before him.

"Long time no see, master"

.

"So guys, what do I have to do today?" Ashura's eyes gleamed with excitement. Ever since yesterday, he became really excited to practice, knowing that his genius brother praised him. He wanted to, even just a little, to be closer to Indra in term of power, since it was really obvious that he couldn't win in term of intelligence. He had long given up on studying. That thing just doesn't suit him, at all.

"warm up like always first" Tsunade commanded. Ashura nodded then started running around the field, together with Naruto who said hat he needed some practice so his body wouldn't be stiff. They ran for 30 laps and moved on into doing push ups, shit ups, etc. But this time, all Naruto did was helping Ashura count.

"alright. We are going to do a different training now" Hashirama said after Ashura was done with the warm-up. Ashura waited for him to continue

"we will work on your chakra control"

Ashura's face became gloomy. "I don't want to do that. I suck" he said.

"why not? It's important. You can do a lot of ninjutsu if your control is stable." Hiruzen said. Ashura raised an eyebrow

"what is 'ninjutsu'?" he asked. Hiruzen automatically closed his mouth, realizing what he had just done. There wasn't anything called 'ninjutsu' at that time, of course Ashura wouldn't know. He might get some suspicion now.

"uh.. He meant ninshu. Not ninjutsu, ninshu" Minato quickly covered up for him.

"ooh.. I see" Ashura put on his thinking face. Hiruzen said thanks to Minato who replied with a smile.

Hashirama started the lesson with tree-climbing. He explained the way it worked and then gave the demonstration.

" try to gather your chakra on your feet. Yep, just like that" Hashirama said as he observed Ashura who was trying hard. Then without a command, he rushed to a tree nearby, climbing it. After 2 large steps, he fell down head first.

"Oww!" he rubbed his head. "That's tougher than I expected" he commented with a gloomy look

"you have to make the amount of the chakra right, you know." Hiruzen said, smirking, slightly amused.

"yeah. You can't just use so much or so little chakra. You will just fall like you just did" Kakashi said with a sigh.

"and how do I get the right amount?" Ashura furrowed his eyebrow.

"Feel it" Naruto deadpanned

"well, that makes it easier" Ashura smirked before standing up and tried again.

.

"Aarghhhhh this is soo frustrating!" Ashura yelled. It was almost evening and he was just able to reach a little more than half of the tree.

"Try again. At least you are better than Naruto" Kakashi encouraged him, making Naruto annoyed in the process.

"really, sensei? Then how about we have a race to the peak of the cliff there?" Naruto challenged.

"..fine" Kakashi stretched his feet.

"Just a friendly advice : if you are more likely to have a same speed, then start first. You can win that way" Hashirama said. Naruto and Kakashi glanced at each other, and, at the same time, rushed toward the cliff without a sign or anything.

"you shouldn't teach them a wrong thing, anija" Tobirama shook his head. Hashirama winked at him, and laughed.

"Well, I agree though" Tobirama added.

"Heh. I believe you will start first whether you are at the same speed or not"

"You know me well"

.

"I… won…" Naruto said, huffing.

"No... you didn't… I did" Kakashi replied, also huffing. The two of them finally reached the peak of the cliff, at the same time. After they caught their breath, they looked around.

"nice place to do a sightseeing huh" Kakashi commented. Naruto agreed.

"Huh?"

"what's wrong, Naruto?"

"That…" Naruto pointed to a certain place, where a little girl stood.

"What is a girl like that doing here?" Kakashi asked to no one, as they decided to walk toward that girl.

Naruto tapped her shoulder From behind.

"aahhh!" she startled. Naruto waved his hands on the air.

"ah sorry, sorry. Didn't mean to surprise you" he said with a wide smile. The girl looked a little relaxed.

"my name is Naruto, and this white-haired…-"

"Silver"

"-… silver-wannabe-haired guy is Kakashi"

Naruto said. The girl was silent at first but then she replied "I'm Hana". Naruto smiled more, happy that the girl responded.

"so, Hana, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked bluntly. A smile hadn't left his face

"I…" hana trailed. But before she answered the question, she ran off, leaving Naruto and Kakashi who just stared, confused.

.

"So, who is that girl?"

"we don't know. All we got is her name, Hana. She looks like 9 or 10. Short black hair and black eyes" Naruto described the mysterious girl who he and Kakashi met before. Now the Hokages and Ashura were already in the house.

"maybe she is just an ordinary, local girl?" Minato asked

"Yeah, that's possible." Kakashi said folding his hands. "but what possibly made her that scared to just answer the question?" he narrowed his eyes.

'I bet it's your expression, Kakashi' Minato thought

'what little girl who is not scared with the sight of masked man with grey hair?' Hiruzen face-palmed.

"whoever that girl is, you can just check on her again tomorrow" Tobirama said, drinking the water he just brought from the kitchen.

"that's right. As expected of you, old man nidaime"

Tobirama choked on his drink at Naruto's remark. How could he call him old man in that body? Furthermore, calling him with his rank… well, he should just forget it.

"What do you mean by 'old man nidaime'?" Ashura asked. Naruto hurriedly waved his hands

"nah. Nothing"

.

*the next day*

Kakashi sighed lightly, taking the last step and looked around

"Naruto and I met the girl around there", he said, pointing at a certain direction. Behind him was the female Hokage, Tsunade. Kakashi and Naruto decided to check on he girl again, but it was the day for Naruto to train Ashura. So Kakashi went with Tsunade instead. Besides being Naruto's substitute, it would be easier to talk with a female with another female, so Tsunade was the best choice.

"Ah, I see her!" Tsunade exclaimed, running toward the girl, who realized their presence, and tried to run away again. But this time, Tsunade pushed the ground with her feet, and jumped several meters above and ahead. She swung her body a little, and landed on the ground, blocking the girl from running away. Tsunade smirked a little, looking at he girl who looked scared

"hi!" Tsunade said, smiling, and walked closer to the girl, who stepped back

"Hana-chan, right?" Tsunade asked with a friendly tone. The girl flinched

"Ye-yes.." she stuttered.

"I got your name from my friend yesterday. You know, the boy who has blond hair, blue eyes and stupid face?" Tsunade gestured. The girl seemed to remember Naruto's face, judging from her reaction.

"hey, I brought it for you, Hana-chan" Tsunade said, pulling a necklace made of flowers out of nowhere. Hana's eyes seemed to be sparkling when she saw it. Tsunade smiled and put the necklace around Hana's neck, letting the beautiful yellow and orange flowers hang on her shoulders.

"you like it?" Tsunade asked. Hana nodded, still staring at the necklace, admiring its beauty.

"hey, Hana-chand. Wanna be my friend? You can call me Tsuna" Tsunade said. Hana was silent and seemed to think about it at first. Tsunade waited, tilting her head. Then, Hana nodded, as Tsunade let a happy yell escaped her mouth.

"then, Hana-chan. To start our friendship, how about we ask each others about things?" Tsunade suggested. As before, Hana nodded.

"alright, you ask first" Tsunade said. Hana blinked, her eyebrows furrowed, not knowing what to ask.

"umm.. Where.. Do you live?" she finally asked.

"I don't have a home. But for now, I live at a house down the hill with my friends" Tsunade lied. Hana seemed satisfied with that answer.

'Women sure know how to make things go smooth' thought Kakashi who was listening to them the entire time'

"My turn. What do you do in this place, Hana-chan?" Tsunade asked, not dropping her cheerful tone even though she was serious inside.

"i.." Hana looked hesitated, trying to of meet Tsunade's gaze.

"well, it's alright if you don't want to tell me…" Tsunade put on a disappointed look

".. . I.. I will tell you" Hana quickly said

'smooth~' Kakashi whistled lowly

"So?"

"i… am waiting for my brother"

long time no see ^_^

Sorry for not updating in a really long time. I'm afraid I didn't, and won't have time to write for one year ahead... But I try to write anytime I can. I'm sorry I can't answer the reviews yet. But I always read it, and it makes me feel guilty for not continuating to write ;_; I don't know when I will update again, but I will try to at least update it in a really special day (new year, or something)

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