The Forest of Time

I Do not Own Naruto :

I Redid this Chapter hope u like It

Early one morning in Konoha Tsunade asked Shizune to summon Sakura, Ino, and Hinata. Minutes later the girls came in,

"Sit down girls, said Tsunade I have a mission for you."

Hinata quietly asked "what is the mission Tsunade-sama?

"The mission is that as part of your training as medic-nin I need you three to search for and retrieve a flower for my salves. The flower is called the Twilight flower and is only found in and around the forest of death. It is easy to find because it grows near the foot of mountains, by lakes and sometimes in large clearings in the forest. It has a red stem with violet leaves and a white flower. This mission should take no more than a day, I expect the flower when you return dismissed." Tsunade said

So ended the explanation of their mission and Sakura, Ino, and Hinata quickly made it to the forest of death to begin their search.

Sakura, Ino and Hinata walked slowly through the forest of death talking about the retrieval mission they had been sent on.

"Why did I have to be sent on this mission with forehead girl?" Ino said

"Shut up Ino pig" said Sakura. "It is no use complaining we are all equally bored looking for this flower for Tsunade-sama's salve we should get looking!" Said Sakura

"What type of flower are we searching for any way?"Ino said with annoyance

"I think it's a twilight flower and It's supposed to be deep in the forest." Said Sakura

"Umm where do we look Sakura-chan?" Said the shy Hyuuga heir.

"How about this, I will go west, Forehead east and you South?"Said Ino

"Sounds good blonde pig!"Said a laughing Sakura.

So the three Chunin set off in their prospective directions. Slowly but surely they made their way into the forest searching for the twilight flower…

Ino had been searching for two hours with no luck whatsoever and she was tired and annoyed, so after seeing a peaceful spot by a lake she decided to rest. While resting she thought to herself "I hope Forehead hasn't found the flower yet that would not be good especially if Sasuke noticed her because of it! No matter she thought Sasuke is mine and she knows it I have proved to her that I am better than her in every way there is no way she would find it anyway she is too Stupid!

Ino yawned quite loudly after thinking this she said," All that walking must have tired me out a bit oh well I think I should continue looking."

As Ino stood up she heard a slight rustling coming from the other side of the lake and immediately pulled out her kunai saying" Sakura, Hinata is that you?"

Ino skirted the area slowly listening for any sounds. She turned and faced the lake quickly noticing that a heavy mist had descended, she spotted a figure walking on the water toward her. Ino realized that it had to be a shinobi.

She took her fighting stance and called "Shinobi identify yourself or be destroyed!"

The figure continued walking toward her. Ino then jumped and threw several kunai at the figure, the figure only moved to evade the kunai and made no move to attack her. All the while slowly approaching Ino began to wonder what this shinobi was up to, they were halfway across the lake and Ino did not want to go home in a storage scroll. She resolved to fight no matter who her opponent was. When she broke her train of thought she realized that the mysterious shinobi was gone. Ino relaxed a bit and turned around the shinobi was right in front of her. Ino quickly went low with a sweeping kick, she then did a back flip to try to hit her opponent and get some breathing room. Before she could land the shinobi hit the pressure points in her legs rendering them useless. Ino hit the forest floor hard she could see that her opponent was a blonde teen boy.

Sakura had been think a lot about what she would say to Sasuke if she found the flower; she was near a small Mountain and was searching near the mountain when she began to notice the she was being watched.

Sakura quickly realized that only Ino would do something like this so she yelled down the mountain toward the forest saying, "Ino pig come out and stop hiding!!!"

It then dawned on her that it might be Naruto so without hesitation Sakura bellowed,"NARUTO IF YOUR HIDING COME OUT OR ELSE!!"

While saying this she noticed that some pebbles were hitting her feet. She quickly looked up and noticed a figure standing on a ledge high above her.

Obviously Sakura new that this was not a civilian so she quick took up her stance and called," Identify yourself!"

The only response she got was that the Shinobi performed some handseals and called out something that Sakura was not able to hear, she braced herself for an attack hoping she was strong enough. Then a thick mist formed all around her obscuring the forest and the Shinobi above her. Sakura then saw that the unknown Shinobi was walking toward her.

Sakura not liking the situation called out," I'm warning you one last time to identify yourself or I will attack!"

The Shinobi just kept walking toward her. Sakura not wanting to play wait and she concentrated chakra into her feet and charged up the mountain. She jumped up and prepared to give her assailant a face lift. As her fist was just about to rearrange her opponent the shinobi moved with blinding speed. While Sakura's fist was reshaping the mountainside the Shinobi was already behind her. She turned and saw what appeared to be a pink haired teen. Before she could do anything else he attacked. She felt to soft strikes about her neck and shoulders, and collapsed.

Hinata was walking through the forest while carefully searching for the Twilight flower; it was a beautiful day as the sun was coming through the trees. As she searched using her byakugan she was quietly thinking about Naruto-kun and what he would look like when he came back from his trip with the Sannin.

"I hope Naruto-kun is stronger she thought to herself I can't wait to show him how much I have improved. Maybe he will start to notice me she thought, blushing I have grown a lot since he left. I hope he is taller than me and stronger, I wonder what jutsu he knows? I feel so lonely without Naruto-kun around, but he should be back in a few days so I should try to talk to him when he gets back!"

Hinata thought happily Hinata soon came to a large clearing walking through it she spotted the flower near the edge of the field and walked over to it before she could pick it she noticed movement behind her and turned she saw what must be a shinobi jumping down to the clearing.

Hinata got a good look at the shinobi before her, and what she saw surprised her. The shinobi was a teenage girl who had hair that was flaming red and a figure with looks to match. The strange thing about this shinobi was that her eyes were the same color as Naruto-Kun's and she had the byakugan. That was disturbing and Hinata intended to find out who she was, and why she had her kekkei genkai. The Shinobi advanced toward Hinata slowly. Hinata was not about to be caught off guard and went into the gentle fist stance and waited. The shinobi stopped and also took the gentle fist stance; she then motioned for Hinata to attack. Hinata walked forward while slowly circling the red haired shinobi, watching for any way she could incapacitate her opponent. Hinata wanted to hit the girl's arms then her legs so she could ask a few questions about the girl's heritage. Hinata attacked from the side trying to coming on the girl's blind spot only to have her attack blocked and countered, they struck blows both trying to hit a tenketsu points.

This went on for several minutes before the red haired Shinobi went at Hinata with a low kick before saying "Eight Trigrams Sixty-four Palms!!"

Hinata saw that and immediately counter with Protection of the eight trigrams sixty-four palms. Hinata was holding off the shinobi's attack when lost her focus Hinata quickly tried to recover but it was too late she felt her arm go numb as her tenketsu were closed off. When the attack finished Hinata collapsed knowing this could very well be the end.

The three shinobi slowly walked toward their helpless opponents. Ino feared that Sakura would get Sasuke after she died, she slowly began to cry. Sakura wondered if Sasuke would notice Ino with her out of the picture. Hinata hoped Naruto-kun would remember her after she died she regretted not telling him how she felt. The three shinobi each got down on one knee and smiled. Ino tried to focus on the peaceful lake near her, Sakura looked up at the mountain, and Hinata looked at the flower she would never deliver to Tsunade. The Three girls closed their eyes and prepared for the sweet release of Death.

The three shinobi each leaned close to the helpless chounin's ears and whispered

"Hi, Mom before Ino, Sakura, and Hinata lapsed into unconsciousness.