𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑. ❪ 𝗌𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗄𝖾.𝗎 ❫

two

∗ ⋅◈⋅ ∗
Nostalgia

───────

"Naruto!"

The Jinchuriki's ears picked up a familiar angelic voice. It was Misa. He looks down from the top to discover his dear friends are together. A blissful smile etched onto his face and he hops himself off of the pillar. Naruto's blue eyes set upon Sakura and Misa. 'They're so beautiful.' It amazes him to see them glow up. "It's been a long time, you two." He told the girls in a husky voice. Instantly, Misa leaps into his arms. She is still tiny as ever but is one of the strongest girls that he knows. She looks up at him "Welcome home, Naruto! We missed you!" The ebony beauty has never been so happy to see her favorite person again.

Naruto wraps his arms around his petite friend "I've missed you too, Misa-chan!" He buries his face into her dark locks. "Are you forgetting me as well?" They hear Sakura and pulled away from each other. "It's nice seeing you in so long, Sakura-chan." He gave her a bright smile. Sakura does the same but realizes something. "You've gotten taller than me, haven't you?" She questioned. He used to be shorter than her when they were new shinobis. Naruto measures with his hand and can notice he is indeed taller by a couple of inches. "Oh, you're right." He said.

Sakura and Misa are mesmerized by the grown blonde boy. He has gotten more handsome and is radiating a fresh breath of air. The pink-haired kunoichi blushes "So? You think I've become a bit womanly?" She asked him. "You're fine! You haven't changed a bit." Naruto made a blunt response. Sakura frowns and crossed her arms. Jiraya behind him is displeased with his straightforward behavior. He is blunt about not understanding the heart of a woman. Misa between the two laughs mirthfully.

"Naruto nii-chan!"

Konohamaru calls for Naruto. In a gust of smoke, it's shown a feminine transformation of the boy but is naked. "Oiroke no Jutsu." He performed the infamous jutsu that Naruto used to do for humor purposes. Jiraya looks all excited but Sakura was staggered by it.

Then a hearty chuckle can be heard. The boy looks at his older friend quizzically. "Konohamaru, I'm not a kid anymore. And you too, shouldn't be using jutsu like that." Naruto had a brief reflection of his previous self being a jokester and getting in caught by his mischievous acts. They were fun to look back on but things have changed. Or it hasn't though?

"That's such a boring jutsu! Check out my freshly developed New Pervy Ninjutsu!" Naruto scolds Konohamaru and was about to demonstrate something but suddenly, "You baka!" he receives a powerful punch from Sakura that sends him flying away. Konohamaru and his friends all became afraid and rushed to Misa. They hugged her for the sake of their dear lives. Jiraiya can detect that Sakura has turned into the "Second Tsunade" with her vicious and hot-headed behavior. He is terrified as well.

'That was a nice welcome home.' Misa says mentally. In conclusion, some things haven't changed.

Later on, the remaining members of Team 7 and Jiraya went to go visit Tsunade. When they first appeared right before her eyes, she was glad to see them together again. "It's been a long time." She has on a joyous smile at the sight of Jiraiya and Naruto. "I'm sure your training produced good results, right?" She asked them. "Do you think we came back without making progress?" Jiraiya questions but highly knows that Tsunade wouldn't have a low expectation. "It went perfectly!" Naruto raised his thumb as a genuine answer. Misa also wants to witness what type of training he did in the past two years.

The Senju put forth that he has an opponent waiting for him to return. A sudden knock came from the door. "Come in!" Tsunade allowed them to enter. Naruto, Sakura, and Misa whirl their backs slightly and recognizes the people. Temari and Shikamaru.