Hokage Tower
Knock knock.
A knock sounded on the door of the Hokage's Office.
"Come in."
"Hokage-sama, an urgent report from Sunagakure."
A member of the Intelligence Division rushed in with a document.
Hearing that it was an urgent message from the Hidden Sand Village, Tsunade's heart skipped a beat.
She immediately thought something might have happened to Naruto and the others.
"Bring it here."
Tsunade grabbed the document and read through it quickly.
After a moment, she sighed in relief—but soon frowned again.
"Why would Nagi be unconscious near Rōran?"
"Huh?"
Shizune looked surprised.
"Nagi?"
"Yes. The letter was written by Kazekage Gaara."
"He said that when Kankurō led a team to capture Mukade two days ago, they discovered Nagi unconscious. Mukade's corpse was lying right beside him."
"Did Nagi kill Mukade?"
"Possibly. And I suspect that rainbow sky phenomenon yesterday was also caused by that brat."
"However, he's still unconscious and physically weak."
Tsunade sighed.
"Forget it. Team Kakashi should already be near Sunagakure by now."
"Have Sakura treat him and then bring him back."
She quickly wrote a reply and sent it through messenger hawk to notify Kakashi.
Sunagakure – Private Medical Room
"Mm…"
Nagi slowly regained consciousness.
"A strange ceiling… Where am I?"
"Nagi!"
Just as he sat up, he heard a familiar voice.
Before he could even turn his head, someone suddenly rushed forward and hugged him tightly.
Feeling the trembling body in his arms, Nagi gently patted her back.
"It's alright. I'm fine now."
"No need to worry, Ameno."
After a while—
Ameno lifted her head from Nagi's chest.
Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes still wet with tears.
"Nagi… we're back."
"Yeah."
"We're back."
Nagi gently stroked her hair, calming her emotions.
After a moment, Ameno explained:
"When I followed Kankurō and the others to capture Mukade two days ago, we noticed something strange happening at Rōran."
"I sensed your chakra."
"I wanted to help, but by the time I arrived your chakra had already stabilized."
"When we reached the ruins…"
"You were just about to collapse."
At this point, she covered her mouth and laughed.
"Hahaha. When I caught you as you fell, Kankurō and the others were completely stunned."
"They didn't recognize you at all."
"Nagi, your disguise worked perfectly."
"Right, Proctor-sama?"
Nagi chuckled as well.
He never expected that because he often disguised himself, when he actually needed help—
No one recognized him.
It was quite the ironic joke.
After a while, Ameno rested quietly in Nagi's arms again.
"Nagi… we're back."
"Yeah."
"We're back."
They looked into each other's eyes and smiled with relief.
Slowly—
Their faces drew closer.
They kissed.
"Nagi! I heard you were injured—"
The door to the medical room suddenly burst open.
Naruto rushed inside—
—and froze on the spot.
The scene before him hit like a sledgehammer.
Nagi and Ameno noticed him and quickly separated.
Nagi smiled warmly.
"Long time no see, Naruto."
(It really has been a long time…)
Looking at Naruto's familiar face after what felt like ages, Nagi's eyes grew slightly moist.
Naruto scratched his head in confusion.
"Yeah, long time no see… wait—no!"
"Didn't we just meet two days ago?"
Then he looked back and forth between Nagi and Ameno in panic.
"Wait… what's going on here?!"
Ameno wrapped her arm around Nagi's and smiled.
"Hello."
"My name is Ameno."
"I'm Nagi's girlfriend. Please take care of me."
"Oh… oh. Nice to meet you."
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto."
Then Naruto froze again.
"Wait—WHAT?!"
"Nagi, since when do you have a girlfriend?!"
He looked completely shocked.
After all, Naruto had grown up with Nagi and rarely even saw him talk to girls.
Where did this girlfriend come from?
Did she fall from the sky?
At that moment, Gaara, Sakura, and Kakashi entered the room.
Sakura walked over and grabbed Naruto's ear.
"Naruto! We could hear you shouting from down the hall!"
"This is a hospital. Nagi still needs to—"
She suddenly froze.
"Wait… who are you?!"
Sakura stared at the extremely handsome man on the hospital bed in confusion.
Wasn't this Nagi's room?
Did she enter the wrong one?
Nagi smiled.
"Long time no see, Gaara. Kakashi. Sakura."
Gaara smiled warmly.
"Nagi, long time no see. I'm glad you're alright."
Kakashi scratched his head.
"Didn't we see each other two days ago?"
"You can explain the fainting incident later."
"The important thing now is—how's your condition?"
"I'm fine now," Nagi replied.
"Sorry for worrying everyone."
"No problem."
Meanwhile, Sakura finally realized something.
Her eyes widened.
"Y-You're… Nagi?!"
Nagi quickly understood.
She had never seen him without his glasses before.
"Yes."
"I'm Nagi."
"Your classmate."
"..."
Sakura froze completely.
After all these years—
She had never realized that her classmate was actually a ridiculously handsome guy.
At that moment, Gaara also noticed the intimate way Ameno held Nagi's arm.
His brain immediately short-circuited.
"Uh… Ameno… you and Nagi are…?"
Ameno smiled politely.
"Yes, Kazekage-sama."
"I'm Nagi's girlfriend."
"Oh… oh."
"I… I wish you both happiness."
Gaara felt as if his head had just been struck with a heavy hammer.
"Uh…"
Sakura also stood there in stunned silence.
Good news:
Her classmate turned out to be an incredibly handsome guy.
Bad news:
He already had a girlfriend.
Kakashi, meanwhile, simply found the whole situation amusing.
Chat Reactions
Tsunade:
"Hahaha! Did you see Naruto and Gaara's faces when they heard Nagi had a girlfriend? It looked like the sky had collapsed on them."
Kurenai Yūhi:
"But Gaara still politely congratulated them."
Might Guy:
"I understand that feeling! If I saw my best friend Kakashi get a girlfriend, I would also give them my blessings!"
Kakashi Hatake:
"I don't even have a girlfriend."
Ebisu:
"Hmph. During that blind date you clearly met someone. And you still say you're single?"
Kakashi Hatake:
"That was the Kakashi from that other world, not me."
Kushina Uzumaki:
"Enough talking. After the screen ends, bring Hanare to Konoha."
Kakashi Hatake:
"..."
Hanare:
"Thank you very much, Lady Kushina."
Kushina Uzumaki:
"Haha, no problem!"
Sunagakure – Wind Pass
Before leaving, Nagi handed Ameno a Flying Thunder God kunai.
He still had one important matter to settle.
Before he departed, Ameno held his hand tightly.
"Nagi… be careful."
"Mm."
Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Nagi teleported together with Kakashi's group back to Konoha.
"Naruto, please thank the Hokage for me."
"I still have something important to handle."
"We'll talk about the rest later."
Before Naruto could even respond—
Nagi vanished with Flying Thunder God.
"Huh? He left already?"
"I still had so many questions…"
Naruto muttered.
Kakashi stepped in to smooth things over.
"Alright, Naruto."
"The important thing now is reporting Mukade's case to the Hokage."
"Nagi must have his reasons."
"…Alright."
Naruto reluctantly followed along.
And with that—
The Red Screen broadcast finally ended.
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