//-//
Really, she'd thought that his stupidity would have mellowed out by now; seeing as in other aspects it had.
She hadn't known that Naruto had still possessed that level of stupidity; especially after spending so much time around her and haruno.
She really hadn't known what Kakashi was thinking; sending Naruto and a team of anbu with her to explore the remains of Uzushio.
-//-
Dressed in a yukata a young girl glides along on the street, blending in with the crowd naturally.
She reminisced about the life she'd lived before she'd been thrown through space and time.
With a new name, not one designated by Danzo.
She calmly breathes the fresh air.
//-//
I woke up dizzy and disoriented.
Everything felt to fuzzy, like I was forgetting something.
I did a cursory glance over my body, analyzing the injuries at a surface level.
I looked down at the rags that I was wearing, strangely oversized.
Now that I thought about it, her clothes were a bit too big for my body.
I looked around at my surroundings. I seemed to be in a forest. The ground felt muddy beneath me as I took some time to gather my thoughts.
Then it all came rushing back.
The seal that had activated as Naruto and I analyzed it, while the rest of my team mapped out the rest of the temple.
The seal that he'd carelessly activated. I pushed him back, and the rest of my ANBU team tensed for action, and then it all went black.
//-//
My body ached needlessly, and my chakra pathways felt dry.
My chakra, that had once been a gushing river, was now just a small leakage.
I did another quick assessment of my things, searching through the small pack that was hanging off my belt. A quick search through it revealed that my sealing scrolls were still intact.
I did a quick resource check. I had most of my kunai and shuriken—13 kunai and 17 shuriken. The standard ANBU grade sword I had was too damaged to use.
I had about 10 ration bars left, as well as a change of clothes. Standard grade ANBU pants and a shirt, though they were probably too big for me now. I had a basic ANBU medical kit, seeing as I was a field medic, as well as some chakra-infused creams, bandages, and some plasters.
The reality of the situation began to settle in for me as I realized I could no longer ignore the pressing matter. I was de-aged, in the middle of nowhere, and essentially had no chakra. Just barely enough for a simple Henge and maybe a few Shunshin.
Despite the situation, a chuckle slipped past my lips. Just when I finally had my life on track, fate decided to throw me another problem.
//-//
I rolled up my pants and sleeves after I'd finished patching myself up.
I strapped my pouches on—one to my left thigh and one strapped to my belt.
I scaled the tallest tree near me. I cloaked myself in a Henge and stared out over the forest that seemed to last for ages, though these forests looked very familiar.
To my knowledge, the seal was supposed to be used to transport something in an instant. It was akin to the Hiraishin in a sense.
There were other element to the seal as well, but my brain was too foggy, and I was too lazy to think about it anytime soon. Perhaps I had time traveled. With the things I'd seen in the Fourth Shinobi War, it could be possible.
Besides, it was never said that time travel wasn't impossible. There was a chance, seeing as I was previously scouring Uzushio, the previous capital of all fuinjutsu.
I stored that information away for later and began exploring the forest.
It was quite cold here, but I was definitely in the forest of Fire Country.
With how foggy it was here I could've assumed it was close to kiri, but if i'd time travel I wouldn't know anyway. Border lines weren't as properly establish as they were in the future, and with the wars that had happen before i'd been born , it could be possible that this could've been water countries territory in the past.
As I made my way through the forest, I stumbled across a path that I followed. I slinked along the path and encountered a town. It was bustling with people and thriving with little shops and several homes, with children happily running around.
I entered, hinging my appearance into a child beggar.
It was funny to see how quickly people turned their heads at the site of me.
//-//
I could now easily confirm that I was in the past. By listening to other people's conversations, I'd learned that I was in deep shit right now. Not only was I able to find out that I'd been transported into the past, I was literally living during the Warring States era. Not to say I was shocked, because I wasn't, but I really hadn't been expecting to be this far back in the past.
Well, as they used to say, "When life gives you lemons, you turn them into lemonade."
I wandered around a little more, piecing together a short-term plan for going forward.
I change my appearance again.
First, I snuck into some houses and stole some yukata. I did it sporadically so as not to be traced, and stole other necessities from around the village, pick-pocketing from three rich-looking merchants along the way.
Then I went back to the makeshift and temporary settlement to rest and recover my chakra. I set up a trap that would wake me as soon as it was triggered. I then sealed up my findings, ate a ration bar, and fell into a meditative state.
Sleep came quick after that.