Naruto's POV
"Ah! After all of this training, I could really use a bowl, no, a few bowls of ramen!" I declared to no one in particular. The war was over and we were allies with all five of the great nations, but I still trained, because I needed to be strong to protect the village when I became Hokage!
"Hey! Big bro Naruto! Iruka-sensei said you were late for class and had to come to the Academy now!" Konohamaru shouted.
"But I was going to get ramen," I complained.
"You're the one always saying that being Hokage isn't easy! Keep this up and I'll be Hokage before you!" he called back, jumping down from the trees and landing next to me. He got a kunai and threw it at the target tied to the log.
"No way Konohamaru! I'll be Hokage first! But I guess you might be right. I should be at the Academy now. Hehe. See ya Konohamaru!"
"You too Naruto!" Kakashi-sensei said that in order to become Hokage, I had to learn rules and politics and stuff like that, so Iruka-sensei would help me with it after he finished teaching class. I mean, I know it's important and all, but it's so boring.
"-And that way, the village will get the most profits. Understand Naruto?"
"Yup! So can I go now Iruka sensei? See, I went and trained early in the morning and then afterward I couldn't go to Ichiraku and now I'm sooo hungry and-"
Iruka-sensei sighed and said, "You never change do you Naruto? Well how about I treat you today. How does that sound?"
"Wow! You're the best Iruka-sensei!"
Sakura's POV
"Ok slow down Naruto. What exactly happened?"
"So me and Iruka-sensei went to Ichiraku's and then-"
"No, I got that part, I mean when you saw that huge spinning crystal in the air,"
"Oh! Basically, after ramen, I was going back to the training field and I saw this weird honeycomb-shaped crystal. It was spinning really, really fast. I'm pretty sure it was so that the crystal could go up because it kept getting higher and higher until I couldn't see it anymore. It went even higher than old man Tazuna's airship! I was wondering what it was, so I was going to ask Kakashi sensei about it, " Naruto explained with a bunch of crazy hand gestures. I was on my way to the hospital to help the trainees, but I saw naruto and ended up getting dragged into this. If it was anyone else saying this, I might not have believed them, but it was Naruto. Even though he could be a total knucklehead sometimes, he wouldn't make something like this up. "Well, I guess we should tell sensei then. Come on."
"So what do you think?" I asked after Naruto explained what he saw to Kakashi sensei.
"Hmm, well it didn't do anything yet, so it's fine for now. However, we should send someone to track it down, make sure it isn't suspicious."
"Oh, we can go right Sakura!"
"Well guess,"
"Okay, I'll send Shikamaru as well. How does that sound?"
"Shikamaru! That's great! I haven't had a good mission in ages!"
Sensei sighed, "I'll tell him to meet you at the front gates." He shook his hand in a lazy wave.
"So, Naruto, where did you see this crystal?" Shikamaru drawled.
"Well it was around that area, 12 o'clock," he said, pointing about to an area in the forest. We looked at each other and nodded.
"Let's go," I said. We got close to the place Naruto was pointing at and saw a huge crystal, just like Naruto said. It was iridescent and was about the height of an average-sized tree. "I've never seen a crystal so big before," I marveled, "It's beautiful,"
"But how did it get here? Naruto, you said it was spinning and it looked like it was doing it to go up, right? Which means that someone was involved in this. But the question is who? Who could get something like this and control it? And why?"
"Wait Sakura, didn't we once meet a crystal-style user? Her name was… oh right! Her name was Guren!"
"Oh ya! I remember her! She was working for Orochimaru, wasn't she? Are you saying that whoever did this might have the same kekkei genkai?"
"Well, I guess so,"
"Ok, well that doesn't answer the question of why," Shikamaru said. Just then we heard a groan and someone got up. It was a blonde girl who looked about 15.
"Who is she?" I asked.