Time skip

In the middle of nowhere, you could see someone lying on a tree in the shade, relaxing.

Unknown to him, there was a girl behind him leaning her head over him.

"Naruto-kun"

Naruto:Shizuka, your back from training early."

Shizuka: Yeah, I did, since we should leave soon. Hunters are after us.

"Yeah, it makes sense why you came back."

That had enticed a giggle from her, and they had packed up, taking their time but fast enough to leave quickly.

Shizuka and Naruto were reversed summoned to the land of toads, avoiding the group fast enough.

On different trees, you could see ninjas with black masks and white slashes.

??: It seems they have gotten away; we should leave.

??: damnit… Yes, we should report back to the boss.

After that, they had all disappeared in a black mist, leaving zero traces.

"The land of toads"

It is a very beautiful land.

It has a nice blue sky with clouds. There are a lot of trees and nature around. There were also stone toads. With sculptures made by toads that shoot water?

Reaching where they wanted to, they sighed.

Shizuka: That was way too close.

Naruto: Yes, it was; we still need to find out what their goal is.

Naruto:Tch, now I have to deal with Akatsuki and this new group that didn't show before."

Shizuka, standing in front of Naruto with her hand on her hip, asked

"Naruto-kun"

Hmm yes?

Shizuka: You said before that you are supposed to go back to the village this year, right?

Naruto:mhm

"So what day are you deciding to go back?"

Naruto is contemplating it.

"Well, since we completed the mission given to me by Tsunade, we could go back to Konoha now if you want to."

Shizuka: Well, let's get going, then.

Naruto smiled, and both of them were reverse-summoned out of the land of toads to travel to the leaf village.

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In the hokage office, you could see a blond woman and a man with long, spiky white hair.

Tsunade: Where the hell is he? He should be here by now.

Jiraiya sweatdropped: "Tsunade I know you have uzumaki blood and are impatient, but it was just a few seconds.

Tsunade wanted to remark but knew he was right. It was barely a few seconds when it turned, though she didn't want to admit it.

*knock* *knock*

The door opened.

Walking in the door, you could see a 6-foot-1 blond-haired man with shaggy yellow hair with spikes and bangs on each side of his face.

He had on a black cloak with red flames at the bottom.

It had red kanji on the back saying "sage."

Under it was a jacket like his orange one, just black with red sides.

His pants were red with shinobi bandages wrapped around his right leg, which had his pouch, while he also had black shinobi sandals.

Standing next to him was a 5-foot-11 woman with straight black hair who had bangs on the side of her face.

She had on black Shinobi sweat pants with red lines on them on her legs, and she also had a Shinobi pouch.

She had on a black shirt, a black and red crop jacket, and black Shinobi sandals.

Seeing them, both Jiraiya and Tsunade were stunned for different reasons.

Jiraiya:"Shizuka? How did he? I know I left him by himself since, during his first year, he learned everything I could have taught him, but still, him finding Shizuka is interesting.

Tsunade:He is very tall; I didn't think he would grow and change so much during those years.

Clearing her throat, she said, "So, Naruto, I am putting you against Kakashi to test how far you've grown.

Hearing that, Shizuka and Naruto had to cover their laughter at how quickly his fight with Kakashi would end.

Hearing them cover their laughter, both Jiraiya and Tsunade raised their eyebrows but didn't say anything.

Naruto:alright tsunade You guys could meet us at the hokage training field in a couple minutes, and they both disappeared from the room.

Tsunade: Damn, he left so quickly that I didn't even get to ask him questions.