Soft, blue eyes flickered open, twitching at the light after his eyes having been closed for so long. The space around him was an empty white void of light, and it was almost too much for the blonde - his eyes having to squint so as not to be blinded. He closed his eyes to think - first of all, where the hell was he? No idea. He reached his chakra out to feel for other signatures but felt nothing. Second of all, did he still have the Kyuubi? He quickly tried contacting the Kyuubi but failed, and found that he couldn't enter his mindscape either. Third of all, what was the last thing he remembered?

The sun was setting, Naruto's office lighting up in a beautiful array of yellows, oranges, peaches, pinks, reds and other tropical colours - it was a sight to behold. And it made doing boring paperwork more interesting. He had once wondered why Hokage's didn't get tonnes of clones to do paperwork but soon found out that it was because some decisions changed if you had certain information - information that you mightn't read for a while because your clone had it.

There was a knock on his door and he immediately used his now-improved sensory skills to find out who it was, "Come in, Shikamaru-san." The door was opened carefully with a creak - people often wondered why someone would want a creak in their door but when you were Hokage it came in useful to know if someone was breaking into your office. "I'm presuming that you're here about the recent trip to Uzushiogakure? Have you found anything interesting in the artifacts and scrolls?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama, something I think you'll find most interesting," Shikamaru bowed his head before looking straight up at Naruto as he said this, "We were looking through the scrolls when it was found." The Nara passed the scroll to Naruto who inspected it and found it was a seal - common for the village famous for their sealing abilities (the reason why Naruto had been able to become a seal master in only three years, the only one left though Shikamaru was learning). "It was made from a different ink than the others, and is a different style to the rest."

Naruto nodded and slowly pumped some chakra into it so that the ink became more visible, "Yes, it seems to be- no, that can't be right," the blonde was speaking to himself now and Shikamaru walked closer, ready to protect his Hokage and best friend (they had become closer after the war) from whatever the scroll did. "Shit!" the blonde exclaimed, "We need to g-" he was cut off as a bright light surrounded them, their chakra was suddenly drained and they were knocked unconscious. The anbu guards in the room could do nothing.

So, Naruto thought carefully, Shikamaru should be in this place too, however, something was stopping him from being able to sense his chakra - which was odd since he was a natural sensor (though they hadn't realised until he was fifteen) and had been able to detect everyone and thing for twenty miles clearly for years. Plus, he knew that since he didn't have any control over his chakra, Shikamaru wouldn't, so he wouldn't be able to hide his chakra signature.

The blonde re-opened his eyes, blinking a few times until he could see without it hurting, and looked around, more carefully this time, "Shikamaru." Ok, so calling out into the emptiness was sort of cliche, and quite often dangerous as it alerted your enemies to your presence, location and the fact that you were awake. Not wise if you were being held captive. "Shikamaru, it's Naruto. Are you here?"

"Naruto." It was faint but definitely there, he listened out again, knowing that Shikamaru would keep calling with five second intervals so that Naruto could track him - since the blonde was a sensor and his hearing had been enhanced by the Kyuubi. "Naruto." Left? No, not right, either. The sound wasn't coming from behind or infront, with, which was strange. He looked up, nope - where was the sound coming from then? "Naruto." He remembered Kakashi's lesson with Sasuke and suddenly he looked down and a little to his left was Shikamaru - underneath what appeared to be a thin layer of glass there was another room, the same as his, and that was the room Shikamaru was in. "Naruto."

"Look up." Shikamaru looked up and then around a little and Naruto laid on his front so that Shikamaru would be able to see his face. The Nara looked shocked, and Naruto waved, "I can't use my chakra, as you probably can't, and I can't contact the Kyuubi. I don't know where we are and there seems to be something like a layer of glass between us, I don't know if I can break it. The seal brought us here, I should never have messed with it, especially as it was from Uzushiogakure. It was a time-space seal, like the hirashin was. Most likely, it could only have been activated by a prince of Uzushiogakure, which I am, so didn't react with anyone else. Damn, I noticed it too late. Sorry."

"It's not your fault, look," Shikamaru fell into his 'anbu commander'/'chief advisor to the Hokage' mode, so Naruto did the same, but he fell into his 'Hokage' persona. "Try breaking the 'glass', it might break. Who knows. We don't know anything about this new place, but, if this was made to be activated by your chakra, then surely it isn't a trap to hurt us, since they wouldn't want to imprison their royalty."

"True," Naruto said and tried punching the glass, oddly, it seemed to bend around his fist, like a magical shield or something, it was then that he realised what was going on. "Shit, I've got it Shika- this is where I go for protection, when I'm being attacked and can't do anything. The reason you're down there and I'm up here is because I've got royal Uzumaki blood, so it protects me and puts you down there so I'm safe until reinforcements or something come. Probably." The blonde blushed at Shikamaru's look, thinking what he'd said was stupid.

"Perfect, that's, perfect- you're right!" Shikamaru seemed oddly excited, "Ne, Naruto, can you remember the healing seal you put on me," Naruto nodded, he'd made a seal with some of his and the kyuubi's chakra inside so that whenever Shikamaru was hurt their chakra would flow through his system and heal- oh. Shikamaru was brilliant. "I've still got my kunai so," his eyes gleamed happily in the light and Naruto grinned, getting ready for his friend to join him.

Shikamaru pressed the Kunai to his hand, breaking the skin and causing blood to fall. Soon, he felt the familiar burn and then tingle run through his body as Naruto - and the Kyuubi's - chakra coursed through his veins, as soon as the chakra had spread all the way through him and when his wound started to heal he felt a little sick and then he was sat next to Naruto. "It worked, Shikamaru, well done."

They didn't have time to celebrate, however, as soon they felt the ground shake a little, "What's going on?" Shikamaru asked but Naruto couldn't answer as soon they were both plummeting through the air, falling. everything was a blur of colour but after a few seconds they got more used to it and could concentrate of each other - both proud that they hadn't screamed. Out loud. Probably.

"You were right, this is a time-space seal, I commend you for recognising that after only six years of learning fuuinjutsu, though I'm not surprised considering your parentage, Uzumaki-Namikaze," Naruto tensed at the new voice, but not daring himself to look at anything other than Shikamaru in fear of losing control of his thoughts. "And you, Nara, have proved to be just as resourceful as someone of your clan would be expected, quick thinking in dire situations just proves that I was right in my choice of you two."

Naruto, now thinking quite clearly, answered, "Ah, that makes sense now. You put that seal there, whoever you are. I thought that it looked different, hell, even Shikamaru noticed. It was not activated by my royal heritage but both my chakra and Shikamaru's merging. Clever. So, what we know now is that you wanted both of us here, wherever here is, for some reason. Now, who are you and what do you want with us?"

"Ah, I'm glad, I've got 'Hokage' Naruto to come out in full, ne?" the voice giggled, that could either mean they were friendly and cocky or a psychopath - knowing their look it would be the latter. "Alright, why do I want you? I want you to go back in time and change things. The Fourth Shinobi War should never have happened and Madara should never have been resurrected, never mind Kaguya. I know that you can fix things and I'd like to offer you both a second chance at life. I can't, or more I won't, send you back to the beginning, but to when you first became genin. You may choose one other, dead or alive (though they must be alive at the time) to send back as well."

Naruto looked Shikamaru in the eyes and nodded, the Nara sighed but answered, "Obito Uchiha - although we would like to speak to him privately before we are sent back," he then muttered, "If we are sent back," before continuing, "And we would like to have some of all three of our chakra presences (like Namikaze-san did for Naruto) sealed inside of each of us."

"Obito Uchiha, unexpected." The voice seemed amused, "Very well, Obito Uchiha shall join you shortly before you shall land in your previous bodies - your chakra will be the same as before, as shall your chakra control, you will have your memories and you will be able to perform the same jutsu's, though not as well, however, you shall have the body and physical strength you had then, so as to not arouse suspicion. You will wake up on the morning of the genin team placements. Try not to give anything away as you may be considered a spy, tell who you like but they probably won't believe you. Oh, and as for your previous question, I'm Kami."

The voice disappeared completely and they instinctively knew that they were alone. Neither said anything, in too deep shock, but a few minutes later (that's what it felt like, but they didn't know if there even was time in this weird dimension) they saw Obito appear, looking exactly the same as the day he died in the Fourth Shinobi War.

"Naruto-kun, Nara-san," Shikamaru 'tsked at the address, but Obito ignored him, "Kami," it sounded odd, "Has told me most of what is going on, and she has also informed me that we can each give each other one of our skills, they can be different for each person but it can only be one, one asset each. So, please take that into consideration when forming your plan."

"Alright," Obito was a little surprised that Shikamaru already had a plan but he had heard of Nara's and their skills, "We don't need to worry about changing things, however, it would be useful if we knew when key events were happening. Obito-san, I need you to act the same as before, remove Madara from the equation, try to get rid of the Akatsuki as best as possible but protect Itachi Uchiha and," he looked at Naruto, "If possible make sure Nagato and Konan are unharmed." Obito nodded, "Naruto-sama, I trust that you can deal with the other jinchuuriki and between you come up with a plan to remove Kagura from the equation - Obito, you need to buy us as much time as possible on that front, oh, and keep us posted, Naruto should be able to form a place in our minds for us to communicate. I shall deal with Danzo and the political rift in Konoha, as I know that best, however, Naruto-sama you should try to sort out the political rifts between the villages and form a worldwide alliance again."

Naruto smiled, "Good," he had all eyes on him now, for some reason, he really didn't get why people looked to him as a leader, "I shall give you my healing abilities, Shikamaru, and Obito, I shall give you my sealing abilities, since you may need to use them."

Obito went next, "Thank you, Naruto-sama," he copied Shikamaru's address only to aggravate the Nara, "I shall give both of you my eyes, your left shall be the rinnegan and your right the sharingan. Because you both have Naruto's healing it shouldn't strain your eyes, it should mean that you can use all of my techniques in your eyes. Kamui is my favourite."

Shikamaru grumbled, "I guess you can both have my bloodline, but abuse it, Uchiha, and I will kill you using your own shadow." Obito gulped nervously, not realising how scary his friends friend (Naruto being his friend and Shikamaru his friend's friend) could be.

"We are in agreeance then, once you've done, Obito, come back to the village, with this scroll," Naruto passed a scroll to the Uchiha, "It will allow you to enter the village and will explain everything to Hokage-sama, however, you might want to read it first, though, so that you know what to expect and how to answer any questions. Same for you, Shikamaru, except yours will be for if you accidentally reveal that you are too strong and they ask for explanations and you can't get out of trouble yourself. The good thing is that I know it will work because I was once Hokage so I know how Hokage's think."

Shikamaru exhaled, "Are you ready?" the other two nodded, a gulp coming from the young Hokage, who everyone seemed to forget was the youngest and only twenty two, nearly twenty three. "Naruto, if you ever need anything come to my compound, because of my bloodline being in you the deer will accept you and I will put a seal on you later so that all Nara have to take care of you. I know that life has been hard for you so I want to make sure you can be as happy as possible this time."

"Thank you, Shikamaru, same for you- I know that it might be tough seeing you father again after so long and I know that you and your mother weren't on the best of terms at the end so if you ever need to escape, you know where I live." With that said, everything turned pitch black and the falling sensation ended - but they were once again unconscious, this time in the past.