Naruto was only twelve when she found herself in a country that was so different from her own.
It just took one tiny mistake in her handseal, just one tiny misposition was all Naruto needed for her to find herself in a whole different country. This just tiny mistake was all she needed for her to find herself in a whole different path than she imagined herself to have. If she could have the power to see the future, she would have never stole the Forbidden Scroll. She just wanted pass the graduation exam so badly, to be in the same team as Hinata-chan but she wouldn't take the risk of being in a whole different country.
She wanted to be a shinobi and become Hokage so badly. The desire to have everyone's acknowledgment meant the world to her but Naruto didn't want it, if it meant she was in a whole different world.
It was all Mizuki's fault she was in this mess. No, it was her fault for listening to the teacher that hated her instead of running to the Hokage to confirm if there was some truth or even going to Iruka-sensei about it.
Oh god, the Hokage.
What would he say when he finds out that she stole the forbidden scroll? Was he going to give her one of those disappointed looks and lecture her about how she should use her head? Or would he look at her with sad eyes and tells her that he understands her desire, trying to comfort her. If nothing went wrong with her incident with Mizuki then he would scold her about being so reckless and selfish. There's a reason that it is called forbidden, Naru-chan. Looking at her current situation, she understood what the man meant about what just forbidden meant.
How was she going to get herself out of this mess this time? A mischievous smile and some smartass comment to the Hokage or even some puppy dog look that she knew no one could deny her with. It was her secret weapon against trouble.
She slumped her shoulders and tore her eyes away from the ceiling to stare down at the silk blankets around her. She closed her eyes and touched the blankets, marveling at how soft it felt around her fingers. It felt smooth and silky underneath her hands and looked more expensive than any blanket that Naruto could ever afford. I kinda don't wanna leave this bed.
She shook her head and scanned the room, trying to figure out where she could be. This was definitely not her home since her room definitely had no posters of muscular man with bright blond hair and blue eyes. Her blood turned cold when she saw various books and comics that she had never seen before alongside a machine that she had never seen before.
Where the hell was she was? She was definitely not in Konoha because the buildings looked nothing like her village's buildings alongside with the machine. Naruto knitted her eyebrow and nibbled her bottom lip, hands clenching the blanket. What country can I be in? She grinded her teeth together, wishing she never skipped Geography's class.
The door creaked open, revealing a blond-haired boy around her age alongside another boy that looked like Sasuke but Naruto knew this wasn't Sasuke. The bastard, she knew, was confident and arrogant while the boy hiding behind his friend and looked so nervous at the sight of her. Alongside them was a black-haired man that looked a lot like the blond-haired boy and Naruto wondered if they were brothers.
They don't look alike.
"You're finally awake," the black-haired man strolled towards her, lips curled into a cheerful smile as the children trailed behind him. He took a seat on the chair right beside her and tilted his head. "How are you, kid? Did you have a good sleep?"
Naruto eyed the friendly man and moved a couple of inches away from him, blue eyes fixated on the warmth that seemed to be radiating from him. Why was he acting so nice with her? What was his game? If he wanted to take some money from her then she didn't have any money on her. She left Gama-chan in the apartment before she went and did her stupid stunt.
The two boys eyed her and the indigo-haired boy seemed fixated on her hair and cheeks, while the blond-haired boy tilted his head and stared at his father.
"Do you understand me?" The man asked, blinking and frowning at the lack of response coming from her.
The blond-haired girl bobbed her head and the black-haired man frowned, slumping his shoulders and knitting his eyebrows together. Did he really think she was going to trust him if he gave her a nice smile and acted warm to her? People weren't that nice to her from their very first meeting. Iruka-sensei ignored her until last year when he had a change of heart.
"Can you tell me what is your name? My name is Togata Kazue," he patted the two boys' head and gave her another warm smile, blue eyes that seemed to radiate with kindness and warmth that Naruto always had to work hard to achieve. "And this blond-haired boy is my son Mirio and that is his friend Tamaki."
Naruto stared at the two boys, head tilted to the side as Mirio offered her an encouraging smile and his friend, Tamaki gave her a timid smile. Blue eyes locked onto them and she nibbled her bottom lip as several thoughts flashed before her mind. Why were they nice to her? And why did Tamaki look like Sasuke? And where was she?
"Uzumaki Naruto." They blinked at her and the blue-eyed girl tore her eyes away from Tamaki, focusing on the kind man that seemed to brighten up at her name.
"That's a nice name." Naruto blinked and eyed the man, who smiled encouragingly at her while Mirio and his friend just stared at her. She looked away and puffed her cheeks, waiting for them to tease about how boyish her name was. It was what all the kids did because they found how a girl like her, could have a boy's name. The boys just glanced at each other.
Naruto looked away from them and stared at the kind man sitting beside her. "Where am I?"
The man blinked and blinked, frowning while the two children gazed at her like they didn't know what to think of her question. What was so weird about her question? She could guess that it was the man's house but what city was she in? Which country? She couldn't tell from just looking out at the country.
"You are in my house." He answered slowly.
Naruto slumped her shoulders. "Yes but is it in Hi no Kuni?"
"Hi no Kuni? I have never heard of that place," he informed her and Naruto felt all the blood in her face draining at this piece of information. Never heard of it? But it was one of the most famous countries in the world? It was powerful because of Konoha. She slumped her shoulders and it felt like a heavy cloud loomed over her.
"H-How did you find me?"
The blond-haired boy bounced and smiled wildly at her. "Tamaki and me found you on our way back home from school."
Naruto darted her eyes towards the indigo-haired boy, who now squeaked and looked away from her. He shifted his whole body around, avoiding her eyes as if she was some kind of monster that might just attack him. What did I do to him? He is acting like Hinata-chan. It felt kind of weird to see someone that looked like Sasuke but acts like Hinata-chan.
"Do you remember how you ended up there?" The man asked.
She hesitate and flickered her eyes to the large scroll that laid on the top of the table. If she used the jutsu again then maybe Naruto could return back to Konoha and exposed Mizuki for his lies. But do you want to go back? She blinked at the thought and nibbled her bottom lip, uncertain of why the thought came to her mind. She wanted to become Hokage.
But they aren't looking at me with hate and the Hokage will be so angry with me when he finds out that I stole the forbidden scroll. She took a deep breath and shook her head, earning a frown from the man and the children.
"Do you remember your parents at least?"
Naruto hesitate. "I don't have parents. They died when I was a baby."
The man chewed on his bottom lip and the blond-haired girl hunched her shoulders, lips curled into a frown. His son gazed at her, blue eyes fixated on her and his friend stared at her with sympathetic eyes. She turned her head away, lips curled into a frown and the blond-haired boy walked closer to his father.
He tiptoed and tugged on his father's sleeve, whispering something to him. Naruto looked at them, eyebrows knitted together and the blue eyes of the father darted to her. She waited for them to say something and the man bobbed his head at her, letting out a sigh.
"Would you like to stay here with me and my son?"
Naruto jerked her head and the man offered her a bright smile, emulating so much warmth that made her lips wobbled. She bobbed her head because maybe it was stupid of her but she had nowhere to go and her scroll was here.
She just hoped that she made the right decision of agreeing to stay with them.
A/N: Please review and tell me what you think.