Previously: Nagisa Inugami. Ever since Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno have met her, strange things have started to happen. For starters, the first time they've met, Naruto and Sakura realize that their lives have changed in the past two days. During a mission, Nagisa displayed levels of power no other Genin could fathom and bested Naruto in a test of strength.

With Sakura spending time with Nagisa, and Naruto talking to Kakashi, both of them found out that Nagisa has a Kekkei Genkai, a rare skill of Chakra Manipulation...

Naruto: Rewind ~ Chapter Four

Naruto couldn't believe what he heard about Nagisa. "A Kekkei Genkai?" he asked, "Are you sure about that?" "Yes," Kakashi replied, "As a matter of fact, her type of Kekkei Genkai is a rare one in fact." "What do you mean?"

At the Hot Spring, Sakura listened to Nagisa about the same situation. "You said something about Chakra Manipulation..." she replied. "Like this..." Nagisa replied placing her hand in the water. Just flexing her muscles, she created a large wave. Sakura was in awe at the whole segment. "That is my Kekkei Genkai," Nagisa replied afterwards, "My daddy, my late mother, and myself have the ability to control and amplify our chakra in short, intense bursts." "Amplify her chakra?" Sakura whispered.

"Short, intense bursts?!" Naruto said, "I never heard of chakra being used like that before." "Neither have I," Kakashi replied, "Like I said before, Nagisa is one of the top-ranked Genin of her class. Like you, she places an ensured amount of chakra in her techniques. But, just by manipulating certain points of her Chakra Network, she can boost the chakra output effortlessly and flawlessly. That's how all of her Ninjutsu, as well as her Taijutsu, get that extra kick."

"Then," Naruto began, "how much chakra does she have? Cause, there's no way she can be just as powerful..." "I'm not going to lie to you, Naruto," Kakashi began, "When you were growing up...you had high-level chakra you couldn't control yet. When the seal on Kurama was slightly broken, you had twice the amount. Compare to yours, if I had to guess..." Naruto stayed very quiet to hear the answer from his sensei. "Nagisa Inugami has four-times the amount of chakra you have..." "Wha...Four-times!?" Kakashi's look didn't changed in the least. "How is it able that she is able to smile at everything she does?" Naruto asked again, "Doesn't she know how strong she is?"

"That is exactly why she smiles," Kakashi answered. "What do you mean by that?" "Nagisa may be the most popular of her generation, but when you have Kekkei Genkai like that, it's no surprised that she is alone..." "Alone?" Naruto said quieting his voice. "Most of Nagisa's friends are too scared to be near here due to her power. Plus, the other reason...is her mother..."

"Her mother?" Naruto asked. "Nagisa's mother...died in the war..." "She was one of the victims in the war..." Naruto's seriousness turned to sadness quickly. "That's the reason why she smiles so much...She tries to hide the pain..."

Several minutes afterwards, Naruto left the office and walked among the streets of the village.

"I never realized that she's going through so much," he replied, "She lost her mom in the war. I should have been nicer to her, because I know what she's going through..." Then, he started thinking. 'Then again...' he thought. 'My mom is alive...Something doesn't seem right...'

"Naruto?" a voice said breaking him out of thought. Naruto turned to his right and another one of his friends he grew up with. "H-Hinata?" he breathed. "What are you doing out here?" Hinata asked again. Naruto was afraid to answer; the girl he thought was strange growing up, was now the object of true affection for him. "Well," he said, "I just came back from visiting Kakashi-sensei. What about you?" "I just came back from visiting Neji's grave. I was on my way back home." "Well, do you want some company?" "Sure, I like that..." With that, Naruto escorted Hinata back home.

Back at the bathhouses, Sakura and Nagisa were finished bathing and had put on their robes. Sakura was, now, brushing Nagisa's long hair.

"There we go, Nagisa," Sakura replied braiding Nagisa's hair, "How do you like it?" Nagisa checked her braided hair in the mirror. "It's perfect!" she said, "Sakura, you did a great job!" "Thanks. Considering I use to brush Ino's hair when we were kids, this is nothing. So, the next time, you go out, you'll look more beautiful than you already are..."

Several minutes of letting Sakura brush her hair, Nagisa spoke up. "Hey, Sakura?" "What is it, Nagisa?" Sakura asked. "Do you...like...Naruto?" Sakura was taken aback at the question. "Uh...Well, uh...Where did this...come from?" she barely said. "It just that...you and Naruto are always together. Not to mention, you two do live together..." "That was just a matter of circumstances...! Besides, you're eleven; you're not old enough to tell me who I like..."

"Well," Nagisa began, "I should be! My dad told me that you're the one that Naruto ever talks about." "Can we just drop the subject now?" Sakura said turning her body around. "See!" Nagisa said grinning, "When it's always about Naruto, my daddy said you always turn away from it! Come on, fess up!" 'What is it about her dad, that he knows so much about me and Naruto?!' Sakura thought blushing.

Making their way to the Hyuuga household, Naruto and Hinata stayed silent. Naruto's eyes moved from and towards the Hyuuga girl. Who could blame him? Considering he just realized that the girl who had spilled out her feelings for him during the battle with Pain. "So," Hinata began, breaking the silence, "What have you been up to?" "Sakura, Shikamaru, and I just finished a mission, along with a rookie Genin named Inugami..." "Nagisa had a mission with you three?!" Hinata said excited. "You know about Nagisa?" Naruto asked. "Of course. After all, she is my Goddaughter." 'Her Goddaughter?'

"You know," Hinata began, "I wa a very shy, little girl back then. And, over the years, I started to have a crush on a certain, young boy." "That..." Naruto began, "...wouldn't happen to be me, would it?" "No, silly. I'm talking about Nagisa's father, Garudo Inugami." 'That's Nagisa's father?' "I use to have the biggest crush on him. With you, him, and Sasuke, you three caused all kinds of trouble. I was going to tell Garudo about my feelings, but instead, he married his wife. Jealous I may have been, I felt kinda bad for what happened to her..." 'Is this the way she looked at me?' Naruto thought.

"Actually, I was happy that he had somebody to make him happy," Hinata replied, "Nothing else mattered to me..." Naruto continued to stare at her silently.

Without them realizing it, Naruto and Hinata made it to her house. "Well," Hinata said, "I'm finally here. So, I'll see you later Naruto. And, if you see Nagisa, tell her I said hi." "Yeah," Naruto said waving goodbye, "I'll...just do that..." 'That was definitely not the Hinata I knew...'

"Hey, Naruto!" another voice shouted. Turning to his head again, he saw both Sakura and Nagisa walking towards him. "Hey, you two," he said, "What's up?" "Nagisa and I are both going shopping before we go to Ichiraku. You wanna come with us?" "Yeah, Naruto!" Nagisa said excited, "It'll be better if you came with us!" Naruto looked at Nagisa and then remembered with Kakashi said about her.

"That is exactly why she smiles...She tries to hide the pain..."

Naruto smiled at her and said, "Sure, why not?" "Awesome!" Nagisa said grabbing his arm, "Let's go!" Sakura smiled at her afterwards.

An Hour Later...

At the clothing store, Naruto waited outside the dressing rooms as Sakura and Nagisa started to try on new clothes.

"Are you two done yet?" Naruto said being weirded out in the girl's section, "The clerk, watching me, thinks I'm stealing stuff." "Just a minute," Nagisa said, "I've almost got it...There!" She came out of the room wearing a beautiful white dress with red lines. "How do I look?" she asked. Naruto smiled as he look at her. "Don't you look very cute!" he said, "If any of the boys saw you looking like that, you get a boyfriend in no time. Speaking of which, what's taking Sakura so long?" "She's still trying on the dress, I picked out for her," Nagisa replied, "She kind of embarrassed to try it on..."

"H-Here I go!" Sakura said coming out of the dressing room. She was wearing a red dress with black. She also wore high heels and her hair was made into a ponytail. Her beauty lit all over the room as Naruto blushed at her. He walked slowly towards her in awe. "Well?" Sakura said not looking at him, being embarrassed, "How do you like it?" Naruto didn't say a word. "What?" she asked being nervous, "Is something wrong?"

"It's just that..." Naruto began, trying to put the words together, "...I've never seen you look so beautiful..." Sakura was in awe at his response. "Hey, now!" Nagisa said nudging Naruto in the arm, "Don't get too in the store you two..." Both Naruto and Sakura snapped back to life; Sakura, immediately, kicked him in the gut after being embarrassed. "What...was...that...for?!" Naruto said on the floor.

Several minutes later, the three of them left the clothing store with Sakura and Nagisa carrying bags. "Since we're done shopping," Sakura began, "How about we all head to Ichiraku Ramen?" "Sure," Naruto said, "I'm getting kind of hungry, myself..." "Uh, before we do..." Nagisa interrupted, "...Do you think we can go somewhere first?" "Where do you want to go, Nagisa?" "It's a place just outside the village..." Naruto and Sakura looked at each other with confusion.

In some grassy plains area, Nagisa ran through a field of flowers as butterflies fluttered around her. Naruto and Sakura were close behind her looking around.

"This place," Nagisa began, "...is where my mother took before she died." "Why to a place like this?" Sakura asked, "It's so full of flowers..." "Well, my daddy said that this was the place my mother always use to go to clear her thoughts. I don't remember much on what my mother looked like, but my daddy also told me that she took me up here one time, in my baby carriage." Nagisa, then, closed her eyes as the wind blew around her; thousands of flower pedals flew into the sky.

"It was here that my mother used to sing my lullaby," Nagisa said as a song went through her head. She started to sing as the flower pedals continued to circle around her:

Each day when the sun rises, I hurry from my sleep,

I can't wait to greet you with my song.

You are every kind of flower, every animal I meet,

You are nature full of grace and majesty.

From your skies the snow gently falls to the earth,

From your trees the birds nest and play.

From your oceans the fish school and travel the world,

Oh, nature, please don't ever go away.

Each day when the sun rises, I hurry from my sleep,

I can't wait to greet you with my song.

You are every kind of flower, every animal I meet,

Nature you are grace and majesty.

"She has a beautiful singing voice..." Naruto said in awe. "Yeah, she does," Sakura said, "Her mother must of been beautiful, too..." Without each other knowing, Naruto already had his arm around Sakura's waist. Sakura was resting herself on Naruto. She, quietly, snapped out of it and noticed his hand. 'Naruto...has his hand on my waist...' she thought. She looked up at him as he continued to watch Nagisa sing. Sakura slightly blushed, then looked at Nagisa.

'I guess...this is okay, for now...' she thought smiling.

Naruto and Sakura are, unknowingly, starting to get closer to one another. As they watched Nagisa enjoy herself in the grassy meadow, they both realize that she, too, is special in many ways...

A/N: The next chapter won't come out until after Christmas, so please review! Until then, Merry Christmas!

Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers: Wild Force or the Song of Animaria