A young girl at the age of five was playing in a grassy field while butterfiles flew around her. She saw a few of them land on some flowers as she smiled in awe. After several minutes, she turned around to see two grown-ups waving at her. Smiling and laughing the little girl ran towards them. "Mommy! Daddy!" she shouted.

"If only I could rewind this moment forever..."

Naruto: Rewind ~ Chapter One

It was early in the morning; the sun started to rise over the Hokage Monument. In the Hokage office, the 6th Hokage, Kakashi Hatake, had a private meeting with one of his students, Naruto Uzumaki.

"So..." Naruto began, "...This was the higher-ups decision about Sasuke?" "Yes," Kakashi replied, "Although it has been two months since the war ended, the verdict was final: Sasuke can no longer stay in the Hidden Leaf Village." "What about the charges against him?" "It was determined that all the charges have been dropped, but the charge of killing Danzo stays." Naruto's eyes looked downward towards the floor in confusion; after all the times he said that he would bring back Sasuke home, his best friend couldn't stay...

"I'm sorry that I couldn't do anymore, Naruto," Kakashi replied, trying to give his pupil some comfort.

Several minutes later, Naruto met up with Team 7 comrade, Sakura Haruno, as they walked through the city of the village.

"So, that's what happened, eh?" Sakura asked. "Yeah," Naruto answered, "We shouldn't be surprised, though. After Neji's funeral, Sasuke said that he was going to find his own road to redemption. Too bad, we don't know how long it will be before he reaches redemption." Naruto then stopped talking long enough to see Sakura looking sad. "Are you okay about this?" he asked. "Yeah, I am!" she said with her eyes closed as she smiled at him, "Why wouldn't I be? I mean, after all, it just like you said, this was Sasuke's way of redeeming himself."

Naruto could tell that Sakura was lying; she wanted Sasuke back in the village more than anybody. Because, he understood her more than anything. "Speaking of Neji's funeral," Sakura spoke up, "Have you talked to Hinata yet?" "Actually, I did," Naruto responded, "After everything that went down, she and I agreed not to pursue a relationship right now." "Right now?! But..." Naruto waved his hands and said, "I already know about the confession. But, she needs to worry about her own family. Besides, Kiba said he'd watch out for her..."

As the two made their way towards the Training Field, they stopped and remembered all of the good things that came out of it: Team 7's bell training, Naruto's Rasenshuriken training, and many more. Sakura looked around the whole field as the wind blew silently. Then she looked at Naruto, who was sitting and leaning on to the very same stump he was tied to when he was a kid. "Everything changed when the war ended, didn't it?" she said silently. "Yeah, it did," he said with a faint smile. He then looked up to the clear, blue sky.

Everything was quiet to between them for a least a minutes. Unbeknownst to Naruto, Sakura sat next to him. The wind continued to blow quietly around them. "Hey, Sakura..." Naruto spoke up. She turned her head to look at him. "What is it?" "I was thinking...Huh?!"

Before he could even finish his train of thought, Naruto felt the wind shift. Sakura felt it too as they both looked forward to see an 11-year old girl, with beautiful, long, rose-colored hair. She wore orange obsidian armor, which covered her chest and had a slight bulge, a bluebottle orange blouse with a windswept dress of the same color beneath the armor. To top it off, the girl wore a headband with the leaf insignia on it. Her beautiful emerald-colored stared at Naruto and Sakura as she smiled at them.

"It's an honor to finally meet the hero of the Shinobi War," the 11-year girl said. "Who...?" Sakura said in awe, "Who are you?" The little girl said nothing as she approached them slowly. "I've never seen you before," Naruto said, "Are you one of the new group of Genin?" She grabbed Naruto's hand as she said, "Don't worry, everything will be made clear." "Made clear...?" Hearing Sakura's question, the little girl smiled and grabbed her hand as well. "You can come, too..."

Seconds later, Naruto and Sakura closed their eyes and fell asleep. "Don't worry, everything will be made clear," the little girl said, "Soon..."

Two Days Later...

Naruto wrestled to open his eyes. He sat up and rubbed them afterwards. "I never slept that well before," he breathed, then, in a panic looked around, "Uh...Sakura...?" He turned around to see Sakura, in a bed, asleep. "Hey, Sakura! Wake up!" he said nudging her awake.

Sakura twitched a little as she sat up rubbing her eyes. "What happened?" she asked, "That was a long, drawn-out nap. But, I've never been so rejuvinated." Then, she began to look around. "Where are we?" "You got me..." Naruto began, "...I just woke up and we were in this room." "This looks like my room," Sakura said standing up, "Only...I don't remember having two beds..." "What the hell happened when we fell asleep?" "I just hope nothing happened..." Sakura then narrowed her eyes at Naruto suspiciously. "Nothing DID happen right, Naruto?!" she said angrily. "What are you looking at me for!?" Naruto said in defense. "WHAT did you do?!" "I'm telling you, I didn't do anything!"

Sakura didn't pay attention as she walked closer to Naruto. The whole building shook as Naruto screamed in pain. The Orange Ninja had a big knot on his head seconds later. "I didn't..." Naruto continued to plead his case. "That was for anything you were thinking of!" Sakura said with her arms folded. She then looked down to see that she was wearing a new outfit. It was a white and pink outfit. "I'm wearing new clothes?" she asked. Naruto, regaining his senses, looked down to see that he was wearing new clothes as well. He was wearing a black shirt, but still kept his orange pants. He was wearing a long, black trenchcoat with a hood with light orange linings. Although, the sleeves were long enough, his prosthetic arm was still bandaged up. "Now that you mention it," he said, "I'm wearing different clothes too."

After minutes of confusion, both Naruto and Sakura walked outside the building to take a look around the village. "It doesn't look like nothing has changed," Sakura said. "Well, we better see what Kakashi-sensei has to say about this," Naruto said as they both headed towards the Hokage Office.

Knocking on the door, Naruto and Sakura entered the office and saw Kakashi-sensei looking at some paperwork.

"Ah, good timing!" he said, "It seems that you two are in time for a mission..." "Kakashi-sensei," Sakura began, "What is going on around here?" "I thought I just explained it to you..." "Not that, why was Naruto in my room, in my house, when I woke up?" "Don't you two live together?" Kakashi plainly said. Her face went blank immediately. "We're what...?" she breathed. "Well, the two of you are childhood friends after all. Besides, both of your mothers agreed upon it, remember?"

"Our mothers?" Sakura asked snapping out of her blank state, "You mean?" 'My mother...is alive...?' Naruto thought.

"We can talk about your personal life later," Kakashi replied, "Right now, you have a mission to accomplish." "What kind of mission is it, Sensei?" Sakura asked. "The two of you are to infiltrate a bandit lair just on the outskirts of the Land of Fire. There has been some activity that a clan of bandits are trying to assemble." "Bandits?" Naruto asked, "But the Fourth Shinobi War is over. It should be peace time already!" "Well, it has been quite a long time since the ended."

'A long time?' Naruto thought. 'But, the war ended two months ago...!' "It took a while for the bandits to come out of hiding after the war," Kakashi replied, "However, I don't want to leave things to chance. Shikamaru will be your leader for your mission; he'll be waiting at the gate, but I have prepared for you to be a four-man team." "Who going to be our fourth person?" Sakura asked, "Is it Lee? Or Kiba? Ino, maybe?" "Actually, a rookie Genin, who just graduated, requested to take part on this mission."

A knock at the door suddenly came. "That should be the rookie, right now," Kakashi replied, "You can come in." "Excuse me," the rookie Genin said. Opening the door, Naruto and Sakura were shocked to see the person they saw before them. 'It's her...!' Naruto thought. 'That's the girl Naruto and I saw right before we fell asleep...' Sakura thought too. "Naruto! Sakura! This young girl and Genin is Nagisa Inugami," Kakashi responded, "She will your fourth teammate."

As Nagisa smiled happily, Naruto and Sakura turned their heads into confusion.

Who is this Nagisa Inugami? And, how does she know all about Naruto?

To Be Continued...

A/N: I know that NS Fans are upset, so I have created a different kind of ending after the war. I will not bash on Hinata, because she is my favorite secondary character; I just felt that it should of been more Naruto & Sakura-ish. Please Review!