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The war had ended and an era of peace had come. At least that's what it looked like. The 5 great nations were playing the game of peace - some better than others. The alliance between The Leaf and The Sand had remained strong due to the Kazekage and Naruto's relationship. However, tension remained between the other nations after generations of mistrust. Ambassadors, and Naruto, were working very hard to blur these lines and replace them with the bonds of friendship but change didn't happen overnight.

Tsunade had stepped down from her position as Hokage and Kakashi Hatake had taken over. It was during this time that Kakashi watched his three former students reunite. He had watched the hope in Sakura's eyes reawaken with the Uchiha heir's return and then slowly die again as he continued to show little to no interest in her. Kakashi had made the decision to separate them as much as possible. Seldom did he assign Sakura a mission with Sasuke as just being in the same room with the Uchiha caused the pink haired medic to be overcome with melancholy. Instead, Kakashi focused Sakura's attention where her personality truly shined - the hospital. She was in charge of training all the upcoming medic-nin so that they were prepared for the field as well as helping Shizune maintain the order and efficiency created by the former Hokage.

It took a while for Kakashi to become accustomed to his new position - especially in regards to all the secrets he was now privy to. He now understood why it seemed all those who stepped into the role of Hokage aged so fast. What he found most interested were the top secret mission scrolls that would come onto his desk. They would appear, color coded, seemingly out of nowhere. He would have no idea who put them there or where they were stored. There was a handbook that he would leaf through from time-to-time that briefly explained the colour coding for these missions but not their origin. There was a section in the back of the book that was blank save for a title, "In case of Blue Scroll". He assumed there was some secret to viewing the information on the page but try as he might he had yet to find a way to access it.

The book didn't even explain what the blue scrolls involved. At least he could assume that the black scrolls came through Anbu as they were almost always a suicide mission and he had been lucky enough not to have seen one of those, yet. The red scrolls were always seduction and he had an inkling he knew where those came from too. But there was nothing in the colour coded legend that even hinted at the nature of the blue scrolls.

It wasn't until 6 months into his career as Hokage, when the political world was maintaining its teetering monotony (in his eyes), and the village was finally getting back to normalcy, that he saw one. A blue scroll. He had come into his office that morning to start his day, and yes 11:30 AM was still considered morning, and there it was, sitting on his desk. He immediately turned to his administrative assistant to tell her that he was not to be disturbed for a few hours before seating himself at his desk and opening the scroll.

At the top, in big bold letters read "FOR HOKAGE'S EYES ONLY. SEE PAGE 198 OF THE HOKAGE HANDBOOK BEFORE PROCEEDING."

His eyes scanned this multiple times, looking for instructions on what to do on what he knew was a blank page. He unsealed the locked drawer in his desk where he kept the Hokage's Handbook and proceeded to turn to what he knew was a blank page. It was not blank. Kakashi scrunched up his eyes as he looked down at the page before him. Not only could he not believe the page had miraculously gained print but he could hardly believe what he was reading.

IN CASE OF BLUE SCROLL:

Blue Scrolls are a rare occurrence. There have only been 6 instances of a blue scroll appearing in the history of Konoha and they have been dealt with the utmost secrecy. On the blue scroll that you have received will be a set of instructions that must be followed to the T or else there could be dire consequences.

You will not have a choice on who is sent on this mission. The scroll will tell you.

To provide further background, the Blue Scrolls are sensitive missions involving time travel. We so not understand how our people end up in the past, but they have. And when they do they have always been accompanied by a mission and approached that era's Hokage with an the mission scroll and explanation. They are to be permitted to complete this mission no matter what - as it could be detrimental to the time line as we know it.

If you happen to be on the receiving end of such mission, as in you have a visitor from the future, you will be responsible for noting all that happened during the visitors time, the outcome of the mission, as well as forwarding the Blue Scroll to the Archive of Intelligence.

Please read the details of the mission and forward it to the noted Shinobi or Kunoichi.

Kakashi's brain couldn't quite catch up with his eyes as he was reading the page before him. This all seemed like something out of a movie or book. He wished that Tsunade hadn't run off so that he could ask her some questions but, currently, none of them could locate her. They suspected she was on a bender somewhere. Sighing, Kakashi spread the blue scroll before him and began reading what the mission entailed. If his eyebrows could have flown off his face in surprise they would have. The scroll read as follows:

Time Period: Third Hokage (Second Term - 3 years after the death of the Fourth)

Assigned Shinobi: Sakura Haruno

Details: Kunoichi arrived early Tuesday morning, aggravated and confused. She had a blue scroll but knew nothing of the details. She had been told nothing about her mission from her Hokage - Only that they must not know who he was and that she was to walk due east from the village until she found it before coming back. The girl seemed very irritated at her instructions but also flabbergasted at seeing me (Third Hokage) sitting behind the desk. It appears as if she wasn't informed that she would be participating in a Time-Travel mission. My concerns have been raised regarding the nature of the present Hokage, which she informs me is the 6th.

Upon reading the mission outline I can understand her frustration as there was virtually no detail given by the 6th Hokage, who should be the one receiving this report in the future. The details outlined in the scroll are as follows: Sakura Haruno is an esteemed Medical Kunoichi, Apprentice to Tsunade herself in our time. She should receive no opposition in her medical decisions during her time with you, the length of which is as yet undetermined. Her purpose is to save the life of of an Anbu Operative, as well as heal him in anyway that she can. The Anbu Operatives real name is Hatake Kakashi.

It was at this point that Kakashi stopped reading to stare up at the ceiling.Seriously? He couldn't recall Sakura ever having been in his past. He would have remembered a pink haired girl. Sakura was going to kill him when she came back. He would like to give her more information but he had to keep to the time-line and the time-line clearly implied that he had to be a vague asshole.What "did heal him in anyway that she could" mean, anyways? His eyes went back to reading the scroll in front of him while his mind desperately tried to find a memory that fit with the information before him.

Due to the flamboyant nature of the aforementioned Kunoichi's hair colour please provide her with hair dye to hide her appearance and maintain her anonymity in the memories of those involved.

Kakashi's heart dipped anxiously in his chest. An image of a bright, young face - one his memory recalled as beautiful - flashed before his eyes.

I trust this Kunoichi implicitly, so please take her direction regarding this mission.

Oh, how he hated himself.

That is all the 6th Hokage had detailed for the mission. We supplied the Kunoichi with living accommodations, and allowed her to pick out an appropriate hair dye in order to disguise herself.

As Kakashi continued to read the scroll before him memories from a darker time in his life began to resurface. Memories from when he was a lonely, jaded 17 year old. Not a boy but not yet a man. And a girl whose smiling face and personality had irritated and fascinated him to no end. A girl whose peculiar shade of dark brown almost violet hair had been burned into his memory as the one that got away. The one who he had never been able to find again despite all his searching. He laughed out-loud as he remembered her name, Saki. Blossom. She hadn't changed it too much then. Kakashi's hands ruffled through his hair as he leaned further back in his chair. He honestly didn't know what to do or think. He didn't need to read the rest of the report to know what happened - hell, he didn't think the Third even knew what actually happened. Kakashi didn't even want to think about what it would be like when she came back. He was struggling to come to terms with the fact that she willingly let that develop. She at least knew who he was to her, or was going to be to her.

Kakashi glanced out towards the village, worried. Clearly he had no choice but to send her on this. If he didn't, and he had never met her, he wouldn't be who he is today. She had changed him.