Previously: After hearing about her Kekkei Genkai, Naruto takes Nagisa to Mount Myoboku for training. After over twenty times, she, exhaustedly, mastered the Summoning Jutsu to its fullest potential.

Meanwhile, Sakura, surprisingly, catches Sasuke Uchiha back in the Village Hidden in the Leaves and gets a sense that something is definitely wrong. After seeing inside of a diary, Sakura learns a secret about Naruto; a secret that he wanted to tell her before...

Naruto: Rewind ~ Chapter Six

Mount Myoboku

The sun shined brightly on the following day. Through the windows, the rays shined upon Nagisa's face as her eyes twitched open. "It's morning already?" she asked as she pulled herself out of bed. As she tried to stand, she steadied herslef due to being off balance. "I must be more tired than I thought," she said.

Putting on her ninja outfit, Nagisa walked outside and encountered Fukasaku, who was sitting down on the grass. "Ah, Nagisa-girl!" he replied, "How are you feeling since yesterday?" "I feel a little lightheaded," Nagisa answered. "That's because you used up all of your chakra summoning Gamabunta. You shouldn't worry about it though; Naruto-boy went through the same thing with Jiraya." "Speaking of Naruto, where is he?" "He's up there..."

Nagisa looked up, which she saw Naruto, in a meditative state, on top of a rock pillar. Covering the sun out of her eyes, Nagisa notices several birds land on his shoulders. "How long has he been up there?" she asked. "He started his meditation before the sun came up," Fukasaku answered, "About three hours, I believe..." "Three hours?!" "Well, looks like Naruto-boy is done..."

Naruto stood up from the rock pillar and jumped down and the stone, he was sitting on fell to the ground. "Good morning, Nagisa!" Naruto said walking up to her and Fukasaku. Nagisa noticed something different about Naruto; there were orange pigmentations around his eyes and the color of his irides changed. "Naruto?" she asked, "Is that you?" "It's me, believe it!" Naruto said chuckling, "I'm just in Sage Mode. And, this is what I look like." Nagisa looked at Naruto's face closely. "So, this is Sage Mode?" she replied. "That's right, Nagisa-girl!" Fukasaku said, "This will be the second and final part of your training. Come, let us go to the fountain..."

At the fountain, Fukasaku dipped his finger in some mysterious water and placed a drop of it on Nagisa's arm. "What did you put on me?" Nagisa asked. "Toad oil," the old frog replied, "This will speed up the process in helping you become a Sage." Keeping quiet, Nagisa's left side of her face nearly became toad-like. "What the...?" Before she could say anything else, Fukasaku hit her with a stick, returning her back to normal. "Ouch!" she shouted, "What was THAT for?!" Naruto laughed as he said, "The same thing happened to me, once before! Your body is beginning to adapt to the Toad Oil." "So, what do I do now?" Nagisa asked. "The only thing to do now..." Fukasaku began, "...is to gather Natural Energy..." "Natural Energy...?"

Returning back to the pillars, Fukasaku continued to explain. "Natural Energy is collected from the atomsphere around you," he said, "To do so, you need to be very still. To be a Sage, is like being one with Nature..." "Nagisa," Naruto replied, "You're going to take a stone slab and sit upon the rock pillars up there. Once you've done that, you can't move an inch or it will from under you." Understanding mostly everything, Nagisa started the process.

Nearly three hours of several attempts, Nagisa was finally able to sit still. A young bird sat upon her shoulder, but she kept still. 'She's finally getting it!' Fukasaku replied. 'Nagisa-girl is started to gain the Natural Energy efficiently now...' Naruto, still in Sage Mode, started to sense the energy circulate inside Nagisa's body. Several seconds later, Nagisa opened her eyes as she fully achieved Sage Mode. 'She's got the same toad-like eyes...' Naruto thought. 'But the pigmentation, around the eyes, have a different color...' "Nagisa, are you okay?" he asked. Fukasaku stared at her and noticed that Naruto was right; the pigmentation coloring was green, instead of orange. "Well, despite the different coloring," he said, "She has definitely achieved Sage Mode. But, Nagisa-girl, your training is far from over..."

"It isn't?" Nagisa asked. "You've learned the spiritual side of Sage Mode, but now it's time for the physical side!" Naruto informed, "Nagisa, are you up for a few rounds?" Nagisa stared at Naruto with a confused look.

Another Three Hours Later...

Back at the village, the sky was getting cloudy. A few raindrops fell on the ground as people were getting inside their homes. Sakura, who had just left the apartment, had an indifferent, but sad look, on her face. Something was truly on her mind. 'I wonder how long he had been keeping this from me?' she thought.

(Flashback)

Sakura had a serious look on her face as she read the diary that was kept under Naruto's pillow. She paid attention to the latest entry.

"Although the war has ended, I still feel like I have failed on several things. Neji's dead, my father, the 4th Hokage, going back to be with my mother in Heaven, and with Sasuke exiled from the village..."

Sakura skipped most of the entry and read the last paragraph.

"I wanted to tell Sakura this, because I know she is one of the few who understands my dream. But, after everything that went down, I have made my decision: I'm going to tell Sakura..."

Reading the last few words, Sakura dropped the diary on the floor as she had a scared look on her face. Immediately, she thought back then about when they were at the Training Grounds before they met Nagisa. "Is that what Naruto was trying to tell me...?" she said.

(End Flashback)

"Why would he do something like that?" Sakura asked as she was nearly brought to tears, "To actually quit your dream of being Hokage? Naruto..."

Several raindrops came afterwards as Sakura looked up at the sky; it was truly dark. The rain was coming down hard. Continuing to look up, she saw four people, wearing dark clothing, running on the rooftops. "What the...?" she said, "Who are those guys?" They kept running towards the Hokage's Office. "Oh no! Kakashi-sensei...!"

Inside the Hokage Office, Yamato entered and informed Kakashi on something. "Kakashi!" he began, "I've just been informed at the gate that a group of ninjas, in dark clothing, have just invaded and are making their way here." "Did you get a description of who they were?" Kakashi asked. "No. And we haven't heard word of any delegates, either." "Have all ninja, who are not on missions, prepare themselves just in case more show up. And, have the ANBU Black Ops on standby for backup!"

Outside, the intruders are made their way to the roof of the Hokage building. "Hey!" a voice said within the rain. The intruders looked forward to see Sakura standing before them as thunder boomed and lightning lit up the skies. "If you want to have an audience with the Hokage," she began, "You'll have to make an appointment like everyone else!" One of the intruders rushed her, but she jumped into the air to avoid. However, the other two grabbed on to her and tried to pull her down. In a hurry, a puff of smoke appeared and replaced her position with a log. Sakura made a safe landing back on the roof of the building. "Fine! You want to get serious...LET'S GET SERIOUS, CHA!"

Sakura got into fighting position as one of the intruders started to attack her. At a fast pace, she ducked and dodged every movement until she saw and opening and elbowed him in the face. She tripped the second one up, but the third one attacked from behind almost knocking her off the roof. She regained her balance afterwards. "These guys are fast," she replied, "These guys must be trained to use their speed and nothing else!" The intruders jumped in the air and began to spin like a circle. Sakura, moved to the center of the roof. "If you think that's impressive, just try this!" she shouted jumping inside the circle.

The intruders, still in a circle, began to attack Sakura from all sides, but she managed to block the assault as fast as she could. Once again, an opening was made as she jumped and avoided an attack in which two of them hit each other. Coming from behind, Sakura managed to hit the third one from behind. The three intruders fell back on the roof, seemingly knocked out. "Now, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked, demanding an answer. But her 'seriousness turned into confusion. 'Wait. I saw four of them...Why am I fighting three?' The fourth intruder tried to sneak up on her, but Kakashi showed up out of nowhere with a ball of lightning in his hand.

"Lightning Blade! (Raikiri!)" he shouted as he hit the roof of the Hokage building, but missing one of the four ninjas, "Sakura, are you okay?" "Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura replied, "Thank you, but what's going on?" "Intel reports say that there were several ninjas aiming to attack to the village. Looks like they were right on point..." "If this spirals out of control, the whole village will be in danger!" One of the dark-clothing ninjas started to escape, but unbeknownst to Sakura and Kakashi, the other two were beginning to attack.

Sakura tried to turn around in time, only to see one of the intruders in her face. A second later, a large puff of smoke appeared out of nowhere. As she and Kakashi covered their eyes, another person, who appeared from the smoke, started doing hand-signs. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu! (Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!)" A barrage of mini fireballs attack the dark ninja, causing it to flee to its escaping comrade. "Sakura! Lord Hokage Kakashi! Are you two okay?" The smoke dissipated as the two of them saw the person who saved them. "Nagisa!?" Sakura asked. "I hope I made it back in time!" Nagisa replied.

"Nagisa, look at you!" Sakura began, looking at her, "You're a Sage now!" "Nagisa!" Kakashi said, "How did you know what was happening in the village?" "Fukasaku left Gamakichi behind yesterday to make sure nothing happened," Nagisa answered, "Sorry, I was a little bit late though..." "Speaking of which, where is Naruto?" "He's here, it's just appeared in another part of the village; he'll be here shortly." Nagisa, then, stopped talking to sense the two intruders that got away. "The two that escaped," she began, "didn't leave the village yet. Kakashi-sensei, help all of the Jounin get everyone evacuated! I'll go after them!" "Agreed!" Kakashi replied, "Sakura, keep an eye on those two. Hopefully, we get some answer out of them soon." With Sakura in agreement, Kakashi went to go help the Jounin and Nagisa went to go chase down the other two intruders.

A few minutes after, Sakura walked over to the two that were still unconscious. One of them opened their eyes and placed her in a strangle hold. The other one woke up afterwards. 'They've got me!' she thought. 'I can't break free! Someone, help me! N-Naruto...'

A finger tapped on the intruder's shoulder. He turned around and met with a fist in his face. As he was knocked senseless, Sakura shook free. "Don't you know the lady doesn't like to be touched that way?" a voice said. Sakura looked up and saw Sage Naruto. "Naruto..." she breathed. The dark-clothed ninja stood in front of each other. "I think it's about time you learned how to respect a lady!" he said. He held out his right, prosthetic hand and created a spiraling sphere, but with blades. "Take this! Wind Style: Rasengan! (Futon: Rasengan!)" The impact plowed their way through both ninjas, in which they dissipated into smoke.

"Yo!" Naruto said, waving at Sakura, who had a smile of relief on her face. She stood up and, slowly, walked toward him. In an instant, she dropped her smile and said, "You're late!" The Sage's only reaction was to jump back. "I, basically, had to deal with four of those guys by myself! What were you and Nagisa doing, taking so long on Mount Myoboku anyway?!" Naruto didn't say anything. "What's wrong?! Afraid to say something to me?" "It's not that..." he said, starting to blush, "It's just... You're pretty cute, standing in the rain like that..."

Sakura looked down at herself and noticed that her clothes, as well as her hair, were soaked and wet due to the rain. She blushed in embarrassment and covered herself up. "You are such an idiot..." she said to him.

On the other side of the village, Nagisa finally caught up with the other two ninjas, who were trying to escape.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu! (Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!)" she shouted, sending her clone to stop them up ahead. They all stopped on a rooftop and Nagisa and her shadow cracked their knuckles. "For your sake," she began, "I hope you don't choose the hard way..."

"Naruto, what's wrong?" Sakura said as she watched him looking off into the distance. "I can sense Nagisa's chakra!" Naruto replied, "She must be getting ready to fight! We have to hurry!"

"Naruto, wait!" Sakura said grabbing his hand. "Sakura, what is it? We need to help her!" "There is something I have to tell you first! After you left..." She paused for a second. "I met with Sasuke in the village..." Naruto was in stunned silence afterwards as he thought...

'Sasuke was in the village...?'

As Sakura tells Naruto everything about Sasuke, Nagisa begins to fight against the intruders that invaded the Leaf Village. Who are these mysterious people and what do they want? However, unbeknownst to Naruto and Sakura, they are about to get their questions resolved, but they may not like the answer...

A/N: Get ready for the next chapter, it's going to be something outside the box for me!