Time Travel Safeguard

*I do not own Naruto. I just like to make him dance using Author Voodoo no Jutsu *

Chapter 1: The Time Before the Hokage and the Time After the Fall of the Forth Hokage

October 20th ten days after Kyubi Attack 2:00 am

Hidden in what once a secured closet for mission pay stubs was hidden a little bundle squirming in his blanket. The night was calm and quiet. The ninjas finished border patrols and rebuilding for the day. No one was out except those who secured the village and a small group that was up to no good.

In the fall of the fourth uncertainty over who the new hokage would be had spread. It was that lack of leader ship and the many in charge trying to steal all the power for them self that had kept the small bundle in the closet safe and unknown for now. A man of the shadows had found the little babys location. And had sent his men to take the weapon before it fell in enemy hands. His men passed the guard that protected the weapon. When they entered the closet that held the weapon they found nothing. The weapon was gone either moved by his keeper or their spy's Intel insufficient. The men of the shadow left to tell there master the weapon was gone. They would have to move on to plan B.

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November 2 Two years before the start of the village systems 8:00 Am

In a garden thick with mammoth trees that are as high as skyscrapers with delicate flowers that climbing up the tree trunks spreading their multicolored blossoms. Below swishing in the early morning sun is a field of wild flowers. A rock covered brook is quietly trickling in the background. In the middle sits a large oval rock about the size of a small man. Unexpectedly the forest loses all the morning light as a storm of leaves starts and a cloud of milk-white dust spreads. The storm finds it epicenter around an old oak tree with its roots exposed to the brook in what was once a foxes den. Then just as suddenly as the storm appeared it disappeared. Left behind was a small baby barely a week old nuzzled in the leaf bed of the fox den.

The baby having learned early on in his short life that he would be waiting for his daily needs and that crying did not bring help. He learned to sleep for the many hours until his caretakers showed up to feed, change and bathe him. He slept until well past noon. And he continued sleeping even when a young intruder entered the forest.

A young man of fourteen entered the garden and gathered a pile of pebbles that he poorly attempted to skip across the water. The young man had just lost his father. The elders said that his father had died of a heart attack. But he didn't believe it. His father was a ninja and as a ninja was of strong physical strength. He would not have a heart attack at the age of forty-five. It hd to be a type of poison or attack that left no wound that caused his fathers death. There was no way his father would die so soon. And there was no way in hell that his father would succumb to a week heart. His father was strong, slightly cold and cruel hearted. But he did love him and saw him as more than a weapon or a tool. He was his beloved son no matter what Hashirama said. His father would not die because of a week heart. If he would he would have jumped in front of his brother to save him before he died.

The young man throws another stone only to watch it fall into the water with a plop instead of skimming the surface. Stupid Hashirama. The stupid new clean head. He's too stupid and soft to run the clan. He always talks about making peace with our enemies and stopping the fighting. Then uniting the clans of the land of fire. The only way the Senju would stop fighting is if the others paid for what they did. But there's no way any of the clans will come together we caused too much pain to one another. Then that idiot cries way too much all the time. What kind of idiot ninja doesn't hide his emotions? And you know what the worst part about it is his un ninja like emotions his crying and humble manner works for him. And everyone loves him for it. Even his enemies love him. And in the mean time I have to do all the work and make up for his faults. While Hashirama gets to cry, goof off, dream and be an idiot. I'm expected to be the strategic and ninjutsu genius of the Senju clan. I'm expected to be prim and proper and cold-hearted just like father. I'm supposed to be the perfect ninja in all but strength to Hashirama but no matter what I do or how hard I work he is always better. When Hashirama gets to cry all day at our father's funeral I had to keep a straight face and take care of the guests and family. It's not fair he didn't even get along with father. He would fight with father over everything. He hadn't even seen him in two years. I was closer to father then stupid Hashirama will ever be. It's not fair that he gets to cry and I don't. I loved him more. It should have been my turn to cry.

At that thought the tears that had been held back over the years began to fall. He cried for his mother who died at his birth, for his brothers lost in battle, for his lost childhood, for friends, innocence's and enemies' he watched die some at his own hand, for his clans suffering, for his father's death, for Hashirama who was everything a ninja shouldn't be but still the best brother, person and Ninja he ever knew. And lastly he cried for himself and the many things that would not be because he was born a ninja.

He sat there crying leaning agents the rock scrunched in a little ball long past the time the sun set. He was so filled with grief that he did not hear the little voice that joined him and did not sense the small presence nearby. When the stars filled the sky and his tears dried and he started to feel as empty and vast on the inside as the universe above was when he realized that he was not alone. To his side he heard the rustling of leaves and sensed a very tiny chakra presence. He looked at the tree that held the chakra presence and pulled a blanket out from underneath. Inside the blanket was a small baby.

"What are you doing here? Doesn't your mother know better than to leave you alone in the forest? Doesn't she know there are all kinds of monsters and beasts here?" The baby answered in the way only a baby could. With a high-pitched demanding scream. "Shit. I mean don't cry. Shush little baby everything's ok. Crap how do you get a baby to stop crying. Shush, shush everything's ok. Where's his mother I'm not a girl I can't do this. Ok. Come on genius think why do babies cry. They want to eat. I can't feed it and it's too late to head back to the compound and find some women to feed it. Come on think what else. It needs it diaper changed. Great how do I change a diaper. Um I guess I remove the blanket. Then um undo this thing and pull that off. EW gross it smells really bad. Um now what do I use as a diaper. Um my ration sack just rip and put this leg in here and this one here that should do it please little guy stop crying now." The little baby finally ceased his tears and moves his arm to grasp the person holding him. The baby tried to move the hand to his mouth hoping that it would give him the food he wanted. The young man somehow understood the boy was trying to say. "Sorry little guy no food until we can get back to the compound in the morning for now you are just going to have to sleep with me. " Under the stars the young man sleep with a small baby wrapped in a blue blanket. Tobirama somehow fell a lot better than he did when he entered the forest that afternoon.

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October 20th ten days after Kyubi Attack, 8:00 am, closet in hokage tower

In the same closet from earlier sat an old man in white and red clothes wearing the hat of the hokage. Sarutobi was sitting and waiting to see a sight that he had seen many times. But today would be the first time he saw it from this end. And it would be the first time the child made the trip. It wouldn't be his last. He thought of who the child will grow up to be and how important he was in the lives of important figures of the shinobi world. He thought of the legends inspired by this child. He thought of the child's enemies the child made and enemies the child inherited both in and out of the village. The old man thought of the child's family adopted and biological, alive and dead. Sarutobi was reminded of the promise that he made to them. And the mystery of the how the baby was able to make these trips. It was a mystery that the truth was known to a select few. That list contained the hokages a few members of the Uzumaki clan and the man the baby grows into. And even fewer knew the power of the child's mother's love.

The small dark closet became encased in a milky white fog, leaves fluttering in an unnatural wind. The fog and leaf storm held its strength for a minute before leaving without a trace. In its regression it left a small child half clothed and covered with a burlap sack that someone used as a diaper. The old man smiled and picked up the baby.

"It's nice to see you again Naruto. You look like you had a nice trip. You let sensei change your diaper? Didn't you? Don't worry he will get better eventually. Come on Naruto it's time to start sensei's preparations it's time to go home." Said Sarutobi. The young child looked into the eyes of the old man and let out a soft cry of confusion. The old man answered as if knowing what the child asked. "Don't worry Naruto you will get to see sensei real soon I'm sure of it."

As smaller swirls of leaves began to form around the closet then left in a second. The closet was now absent of the old man and the young baby. The closet was once again empty. The old man and his ward had moved on to another location they had plans to carry out.

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November 3 Two years before the start of the village systems, 9:00am other worldly garden

Hashirama was walking through his mother's private garden looking for his little brother who disappeared yesterday after their father's funeral. His little brother is always trying to prove that he is the more mature one and is always trying to be like their father. But father didn't hand out approval he didn't want sons he wanted quiet non questioning weapons. And Torbirama tried his hardest to become the weapon that their father wanted in the hope the one day he would win their fathers love. But father was dead now and his brother couldn't find his purpose any more. He didn't know who he was if he wasn't their father's weapon. All he knew was fighting and Hashirama was scaring him by talk of removing all the battling. To Tobirama his last bit of purpose as weapon for the clan was about to be erased. And he was hurting and breaking on the inside. He had no idea how to deal with emotions other than to shove them deep inside and then use it to hurt others. That is what their father had taught them to do to deal with emotions. That was the thinking that caused the death of their little brothers. That was the type of thinking that will make Tobirama snap and become very lost. And Hashirama was determined to find him before he became lost.

As the future first hokage wandered around the edge of the garden he wondered if this was his fault too. Sure his father taught and enforced them to behave a curtain way but Hashirama didn't try too hard to let his brother know its ok to think differently than their father and feel outside of battle. He tried to be a good example for his brother when it was too late. He told his brother his every thought and dream. To the point where his brother and others thought he was a naïve air head. He started to openly show his emotions out of battle sometimes slightly exaggerate them. In an attempt to show his brother that it was ok to feel. But when he started to try to help his brother when they were ten and eight years old it was too late. His brother was too hurt on the inside to change. Hashirama didn't know what to do and eventually gave up on helping his brother. If he couldn't help his brother change his ways then one day he was going to break. Hashirama made it his job to watch and protect his brother for when he would eventually break from all the held back emotions. And it looked like today was that day.

As Hashirama was looking for his brother he absent-mindedly added his mouton chakra into the trees and plant life. It was a habit built upon many trips during down time to the gardens in an attempt to up keep his mother's garden well-kept. Helping the garden had the added benefit of being able to clear his mind after hard or distressing missions. When he touched one of the trees it informed him through this weird physic link he had with them that his brother was in the clearing that his mother used for meditation.

When Hashirama entered the clearing he expected to see his mother's beloved plants and trees ripped at the roots, burned, scorched, crushed, nicked, scared and soaked from some impromptu training. He expected to see his brother mechanically destroying the garden eyes tired with refused sleep and body stiff from refused grief. He expected his brother would be aware of his presence and tell him to get out.

What Hasirama did not expect was a completely intact meadow. He did not expect his brother's eyes red and puffy from tears. Or his face bathed in heartbreaking swirl of repressed negative and positive emotions. He didn't expect to see his brother sleeping. And he especially didn't expect to see his brother sleeping while clinging to a blue baby blanket. He didn't know what this meant. Was it a good thing and his brother was finally going to act human and was temporarily using the baby blanket as a tool to deal with his emotions. Or was it a bad sign. Did his brother snap and cause a trail of destruction that somehow lead to him stealing a baby blanket. Was the baby ok? There was no blood but babies were delicate. Did his brother accidentally hurt or kill a little baby? What was he supposed to do?

Hashirama decided that he would be there for his brother no matter what. He decided the best thing to do would be to get answers. Then decided on the brotherly approach to waking Tobirama up. Without a second thought he kicked his sleeping brother in his gut and yelled as loud as possible. "Oi Tobirama, time to get up. Hey what's with the blanket I thought you out grew the need to sleep with something cuddly to sleep with at night." Tobirama responded by using the hand holding the blanket to rock the blanket while making shushing noises. He used the other to throw rocks at the intruder. "Shut up Hashirama I just got the baby to sleep. Give me five more minutes." Hissed Tobirama.

Hashirama looked at his brothers half sleeping form and tried to search for a baby nearby but found none. But his brothers words excited him because it meant his brother wasn't a crazy baby murderer. "Ooh. So there really was a baby and that's not some fashion statement. Where did you get a baby from? Don't tell me that you have a secret lover that had your baby and sneaks away to the garden at night to see you. Now Tobirama I'm ok with you having a girlfriend and child. But you need to marry her. It's improper to impregnate women and not marry her. Next time you meet bring her the compound and well get you hitched. This is great little Hana will have a cousin to play with. And I won the pool; you're not gay. Do you know how much money you just made me? I'm going to be rich. And that little baby of yours I'm going to get the biggest fluffiest teddy bear I can find for making me rich. By the way where's the baby?"

While Hashirama was busy thinking of how to spend his money Tobirama woke up just enough to her some of his brothers babble and throw a few rocks at him. "Of course I'm not gay. Who says I'm gay. And there is no mystery lover. I found the baby in the garden and it was too late to bring it back to the compound. Now let me sleep." Hashirama smiled. "It's ok little brother I'm not dad I won't behead you for having a mission baby. It happens to all of us before we get married you get stuck somewhere on long assignment and meet a girl fall in love express your passion. But when it happens you need to be a man and take care of the baby. Like I said you need to go to her and bring her and the baby back to the compound." Another rock hit. "I told you already theirs no girl. I found the baby under the tree and made it stop crying now shut up before you wake it." "Ooh. So you don't have a girlfriend. That's ok little brother I support your man lover and your child and your freaky relationship. I will miss that money though." Said Hashirama slightly depressed. "For the last time I'm not gay. I've slept with women before pretty ones. Now shut up I'm trying to sleep and it's a miracle that you haven't woken up the baby." Tobiram said while shifting trying to get back in the shade. "Ok sure. Just one thing. Where's the baby?" said a confused Hashirama. "What do you mean where's the baby. The baby's right here. " Tobirama finially wakes up to open up the blanket and finds nothing. He looks at his brother and finds nothing. He looks at the ground and nothing. "Hashirama this isn't funny where's the baby." "What I didn't take it I don't need more of those around the compound. Are you sure your lover didn't take it." "I told you there is no lover. I found it. I lost the baby. I can't believe I lost the baby. That's. That's something you're supposed to do. I'm not supposed to have a baby and I'm not supposed to lose it. What kind of person loses a baby." Tobirama yelled at his brother as he frantically searched for the baby in the clearing.

"Ok calm down little brother. You look around for the baby. Make sure it's mother didn't take it back. I'm going back to the compound to start a search party. When we get back to the compound we can argue about the origins of that baby and decide what needs to happen. Ok." "I told you it's not mine." Tobirama yelled back. "And that's fine but you were responsible for it. So you need to find it. We can talk later." said as he put his hand on his brothers shoulder in an attempt to calm him. "Fine. How far can a baby get." He asked. "Ooooh don't feel too bad we all make mistakes. Well find it in no time." Said Hashirama as he left the clearing. "It's an him. Well find him. I hope your right." Tobirama said as his brother parted.

And with those words the two brothers parted. Senju search parties would scavenge the garden and surrounding forest would not find the baby this day. It would be a little later that the baby would be returned to them.

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Chapter 2: Questions, Answers and Half Truths

Summary: Sarutoibi starts the plan made by the second. Naruto is delivered to Senju tower for his protection and later sent in a basket to the Senju with a set of note books and more questions than answers. Now they just have to find Mito to prove the note true over where the baby came from.

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Thank you dear readers for reading. Please review I cannot improve without your comments. Please forgive my spelling it has always been my weak point. Continuation of this is dependent on my inspiration to continue and support from readers like you. As long as I'm inspired I will update every other week on Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday. I also do not have a Beta but I have a friend who is also into Naruto that I spring Ideas off of and who sometimes pre reads. There will be no romantic pairings in the forcible future for Naruto. He's a baby and he is going to be jumping all over the time stream most of the time he will be older or younger than those he meets either physically or emotionally. I might let him have a small fling or crush on a minor character. But right now that's it this is more of a Naruto's adventures through time story and not a Naruto goes to the past and ends up with a character way older then him. I have not decided who the crush character will be. But it won't be Hashirama, Mandera, any of the cannon Uzamaki women, anyone from the thirds generation, anyone related to him or Kakashi or Guy. Don't like don't read.

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