Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto story.

This is a translation of a Naruto Fanfic that I like very much. So I am not the author of this story. Author of this story is Zang.

I hope you enjoy it!

Prologue 1

Hmm... ,– moving away from the monitor, I rubbed my tired eyes. – If that is not Mary Sue syndrome on the enemy side, then I don`t really know what counts as such in this manga.

The last, most recently issued chapter of Naruto is finally read and I just can`t keep on being surprised at every power up the enemy gets. Pain, who lost only due to his health condition, Madara with his mokuton, rinnegan together with eternal mangekyou sharingan and his god mode, pseudo-Madara with his Gedo-Mazo and a handful of bijuus. And lets not forget about Kabuto, who managed to get to senning mode and mass Edo Tensei. Compared to that, Naruto and the gang looks very bleak, even with what is left of the bijuus. Ordinary shinobi, if they are not jonin, are a completely lost cause.

Turning off the computer I went to the kitchen – it was already four A.M. and the two day marathon of Naruto manga reading has finally ended. Considering that I interrupted the reading process only for small snacks, it was about time to grab some normal food. All hail me, there was still some leftover roast left in the fridge. After heating it, I armed myself with a spoon, and started the holly process of filling my stomach and thinking about what I read while at it.

If we can imagine that the manga plot is a real story, where something is embellished, a lot of details are thrown out and some are just forgotten, then it turns out that most of what happened is the result of short-sightedness, over self-confidence and just stupidity of about half of the key heroes. Just like in real life. Lets take the Uchiha clan, who revolted, well, were about to revolt. Not counting that the story itself is kind of fishy, it is very doubtful that they did all that without any reason. That would mean that they were pushed to do that, because, just a little over a century ago that clan was living normally and peacefully. And just who has enough power to press on such a powerful clan? Right, the ruling heads consisting of the Hokage and the council of elders. Also Danzou had the power pull of such a stunt, just to get his hands on a couple of powerful red eyes, that, could control the bijuu.

Gulping down the last portion, I took the dishes to the sink. I`ll wash it later and now I need to get some sleep. Living alone is a little tough, but it has its merits, especially when the kids are all grown up and moved away. Lying down on a couch and getting cozy under the blanket I just couldn`t get the story out of my head. Let most think that this is not mature, but the sheer amount and the quality of drawn stories can attract people of every age. Well actually it is thanks to my son`s recommendations, that I started to read the original, because the series that I started watching to kill time didn`t actually impress me. Well maybe just Kushina looked more attractive there. What a woman she was! And an idiot got her, an idiot who got her killed. He could have prevented such an awful outcome, just by reading his opponents. Even by just getting her to a hospital and not dragging her into battle. She could have survived with that. All that just gets me angry.

Turning to the other side I just sighed. No use getting all riled up when you can`t do anything about it. Though, if I was born about three years before the famous trio Ino-Shika-Cho… In Nara clan for example. I always liked them because of their characters and lazy charisma. And their clan technique theme is not developed fully, you just need a little bit of fantasy for that. Let's assume that mother is from the head family and is the sister of Shikaku`s father. And the other parent would be a… Uzumaki! What? Considering the orientation of the used techniques, the chakra system of the borne baby would be suited for absolutely any shinobi art, starting with genjutsu and ending with taijutsu together with seals. Let's remember the intellectual possibilities of ones and the long life and survivability of the others. As a result we get very unique and good qualities. And let us not forget about the Uzumaki Kekkei Genkai. Many of you might disagree that it is not true, but the existence of special chakra of Mito and Kushina makes you wonder. Oh, and lwhat about Karin Uzumaki, who also had special chakra with the abilities of a sensor. Nagato also stands out with his dojutsu and he is also an Uzumaki. If that is not the existence of Kenkei Genkai , then I don`t know what to count as such. Well Naruto didn`t have anything alike, but as a halfblood with fathers dominant genes, which can be defined by his outlook, he could only get the fast regeneration which was supported by the Kyuubi and the heightened amount of chakra raised by the great reserves of all jinchuriki. With that it is now understandable how he can make so many clones.

I sighed – even grown-ups can dream. Appearing in a world, where almost everything is possible, including raising the dead and a man created moon, would be worth a lot. It is a lot better than living the rest of your life as a sick old man, remembering the best days of your life and a whole load of missed opportunities. And what women I had met in my life… I was stupid, searching for that only one. Making another sight, I threw away those thoughts and gone to slumber land.

And only somewhere far away, with an almost indefinable whisper somebody said "Let`s see you try".

Prologue 2

The door suddenly flew open, which made the broad shouldered man in standard shinobi clothing, who was siting nervously outside, to jump up. The loud baby cry was heard from behind that door. The man had red hair, of almost blood color and that defined him to be one of the famous Uzumaki clan.

- I congratulate you! Your firstborn is very strong and healthy! – said a middle aged woman, dressed in a standard mednin outfit, from the Nara clan.

Actually it would be a real surprise if someone else, not from the clan, would be there assisting the sister of the head of the clan in childbirth.

- Can I? – The happy father stood up got closer to the door.

Before that, the dim lighting in the corridor was preventing from defining the mans age, but now near the entrance to the room, it stood clear that he was very young – about 22 to 23 years old.

- Certainly, come in, but keep in mind that Sae-chan and the baby need rest, - the mednin said in a strict tone and moved away, - and don`t keep long.

Nodding positively, Uzumaki carefully, without making any sound, passed her and appeared next to the bed, on which lied a tired mother with her baby. The boy stopped crying and was eating of her breast.

- A true Uzumaki always finds time to eat, - the man exclaimed in a quite tone, and looked lovingly at the pair.

- He even has your hair color and not just the appetite, - Sae said with a smile, - How will we call him, Ryuta?

- Hmm… Can`t think af anything this quickly, - he said having a foxy grin on his face, - but if I hold him in my hands than I maybe able to think of something.

Nara shook her head skeptically, but nonetheless took the baby from her breast, which made it cry, and gave him to his father. Ryuta carefully took the boy and raised him above head level. That stopped the sound attack from the baby and made it look with interest in its small eyes. The small hads stretched out and started pulling on father`s hair.

- My little curious dragon! – Uzumaki laughed, hearing the baby`s grumbling on that comment. – Ryu Nara! A perfect name for our son! Isn't it Sae?

- Ryu… A good name, - the woman smiled, taking the baby and allowing him to continue with his meal, - But why don`t you want to call him Ryu Uzumaki? Or Uzumaki-Nara?

- Well that would be unfair towards you, - Uzumaki smiled, taking a seat at the corner of the bed, - Not only did he inherit my red hair and my Kekkei Genkai, but it was also I who named him. Taking away his belonging to your clan would be bad of me.

- Thank you! Are you sure that he has the Uzumaki Kekkei Genkai? – Sae said in a serious tone, while looking at the busy boy.

- You know that I am a sensor, - shinobi from Uzushiogakure shook his head, - Even at such a young age, kids have chakra that can be defined, and without a doubt his chakra almost doesn`t defer from a pureblood Uzumaki from our family. I am almost certain, that our son will be a sensor like me, my father and my grandfather. Even among the inhabitants of Uzushiogakure it is a rare gift, which is a real treasure for every shinobi.

- Can`t say that I am disappointed – every mother wants her child to live as long as possible, - Sae grinned, stroking the baby`s hair, which fell asleep while eating, - an obvious sight of being one of the lazy geniuses of the Nara family.

- But it is better that nobody knows about it. Our best sensors are Hyugas and some of the Yamanaks, and nobody can overcome the radius of ten kilometers without additional means, - Uzumaki shook his head. – Unfortunately, the tense atmosphere on the political arena of Konoha doesn`t allow me to stay for long and teach Ryu, but I will leave my scrolls with you Sae.

- When are you going back?

- I doubt that I will stay with you for more than a year or two, - Ryuta sighed, - but I am glad that we at least have this time for ourselves.

- Let`s not talk about sad things, you and Ryu are close and I don`t need anything more!

Prologue 3

One year. Is it a lot or not? Well, it is from which side you look at it. If old age is nearing and you are living the end of your life, then years fly away faster than the wind. If you are a just born baby, then a whole year seems like eternity! You can`t speak, walk, you can`t even eat by yourself! You can`t do anything! What joy it is that humans don`t remember their lives from the very beginning. All those nappies, baby`s undershirts and other stuff, which are required for newborns! It is madness! The only good side here, was that I was breastfed and not with some chemical mix. Well that was of course not my only ration, all kinds of porridges were widening my menu, because of which I was growing at an incredible rate. By the end of the year, I already crawled confidently and began walking on walls. Not like till the ceiling, but by hanging on to something.

I was a quite baby, didn`t cry without a reason and because of my baby pride. So I didn`t cause any problems for my parents. Of course, there was the risk of somebody seeing the difference in baby behavior, but after I overheard Sae and Ryuta, that's my parents' names, talk, I found out that I was not the only one like that – the Nara kids preferred to eat, sleep and sometimes crawl without going in to pointless fights. However, that was not why I was surprised, but the thing that my cousin Shikaku at his age of three, not only was able to run without any problems, but also talked without stopping and was actually making sense. Geniuses! As I understood, because of shinobi parents, kids were developing at a faster rate unlike kids without chakra reserves. Big reserves at birth made that possible. At least that was the Nara case, but Uzumaki kids bodily developed even faster and at about this age started training to become a shinobi. Those are the benefits of having big reserves of body energy or if I remember correctly yang chakra. If my memory is not failing me, then yang chakra influences body development, which citizens of Uzushio always had lots of, but yin chakra is spiritual development, training of the mind and gaining experience, in which the Nara clan are leaders. Maybe that is why, not knowing any Japanese, I could understand it a little only after half a year. Or maybe that is because Mother Sae always liked to talk to her friends while taking a walk with me. Even if you don`t want it, you will learn at least something like that.

I tried not to think about the reason why and how I got to the elemental nation world. A chance to start a new life, fresh air, clean water, natural food and the chance to get powers that I didn`t even dream of. And of course the approximate knowledge of the events that will happen in the future and also the chance to change them. The major thing is, that I have parents here, live ones. What else could I need? What waited me in last life was an empty flat after my wife deceased, poison in almost every product that we eat and five to ten years before death. Not a very good prospect. I don`t regret it.

Second year. There weren`t any interesting news outside my little limited world. But the list of my personal achievements grew with the possibility to walk(and run after that), talk using not very difficult words and trying to learn to read and write. My father started teaching me that, showing me magical tricks with seals as a method of motivation. For a person who never in his life saw anything like that, it was really a miracle, because of that I didn`t even have to act surprised. And in total my psychic condition drastically changed by making me more emotional like kids need to be, but it didn`t change my possibilities to think straight and didn`t worsen my concentration. All hail Yin chakra! Actually all my achievements were not as good because of the presence of my lazy cousin, who in his four, already could easily write, played shogi better than most of the grown-ups, who weren`t Nara, which got me envious. He could even start training in feeling his chakra, but was too lazy and his habit of sleeping one third of the day prevented that.

Third year. Ryuta could no longer stay with us and had return to his village. As mother said, my grandfather used all his influence for father to stay that long. Interesting which one of the two? Two and a half years was a lot more than twelve months. Without looking at that saddening event, I have reason to be proud – on par with a great rise of my chakra reserves, I learned writing on the level that I can start learning seals. I made my first seal under father's supervision just before he left. Shikaku can move aside – I am the genius! Though, I felt my chakra only by the end of the year under the strict supervision of my mother, because of which I couldn`t fill the seal with my chakra. And beside the training seal which just emits light, I couldn`t do anything else – father left strict orders to start learning fuinjutsu only after I was four and by the time I got good control of my chakra. By that time my reserves should also rise to the level of average shinobi academy student. Just because of that I had to spend a month on meditation trying to feel that chakra. As mother said – Uzumaki have to start the training right now because of having too much chakra even at kids age and if we don`t start two years earlier than everyone else, we will have serious problems with control. Also if you empty your reserves fully, the capacity will also grow faster than the natural way. Who would have disagreed, I am always for learning at least something, as the list of entertainments is very short. I, for example, like to chase our shepherd dogs, that are used to drive the deers in the Nara forest. It develops the muscles and the speed. Like a pre training session. Also I am training in my writing speed, very useful for a future master of seals. Playing shogi with mother. And that is all. Nothing else to do. Well maybe sleeping or cloud gazing like my cousin. Even television here is not made for entertainment, but as a means of watching the territory through cameras or recording meaningful events. No radio also. Communication is used for military purposes only and for small distances at that. Where did I learn it? I was in the clan library. Couldn`t get anything interesting, but I did steal a few books to read. One of them turned out to be a historical description of one of the Nara in the times of the Clan Wars, before the creation of the hidden villages. Very interesting, it is like you are reading an uncensored action movie. Now I get how ancient shinobi were having fun – first a good fight, then questioning the surviving men with beating out techniques out of them and using enemy kunoichi with the same goal. The last ones broke faster. The historical book I quickly returned before someone found it on me – feel like if they found it with me, I'll be in for one hell of a beating. But I remembered very good were I put it. I`ll give it to Shikaku in a year or so, maybe after reading it he won`t be so lazy with training.

At the same year I happen to meet Yamanaka Inoichi and Akamichi Chouza and their fathers. Actually I wouldn`t say it was me meeting them, I saw them sitting on grandfather Ishar`s lap. Grandfather retired not long ago, giving his seat of the head of clan to his son. The old man almost worshiped me and always told me stories about the days of his wild youth, by that just striking the will to become a shinobi into me. Considering that most of his adventures happened before Konoha was founded, it was awesome, especially because nothing of the sort was even mentioned in the manga. Who would have thought that before, Inuzukas were a shepherd clan. What was most interesting, is that when Ma was away, he taught me hand seals, asking that I tell nobody of this. Ok, back to where I was. The blond and the fatty were dragged here by their parents to introduce them to Shikaku. Judging by that, even before the great formation of Ino-Shika-Cho, our clans were friendly with each other. But it was funny thinking that I was present before the future great heroes of the war. If Akamichi and Nara looked just like copies of their future kids, then Inoichi looked more like a girl with his long blond hair, especially because he didn`t tie them in a ponytail. By the way, I already started taking care of my already long hair, sometimes with mothers help tying them in a thick braid, for them not to stick out in different directions. It turned out to be as thick as my hand. My father`s hair was just like that. And also the most meaningful event – with the rise in my chakra control a sensor`s gift awoke in me! Well that is what my mother told me, when I asked why I can sense chakra of different density in people not too far away.

For the past time, my memory of the previous life started to bleak away and seemed like something I read in a book. It does rise some emotions, but only like from a read story, nothing more. And who waits me there? My wife is dead, children became independent long ago and visit me very rarely. Yes, sixty years is not the end of life, but the best years are long past. Got no regret, especially when you start realizing the possibilities that lie ahead – it is much more fun here!

Fourth year. Sad year. Let me tell you from the beginning. I progressed greatly in my training. Especially in chakra control. About, at the level of an average genin and even that is a great achievement, if we consider, that my chakra reserves are on the level of an experienced chunin. At least, that is what ma tells me and she can be trusted. Mother is a tokubetsu jonin in reserve. She doesn`t go on missions, but does keep herself in shape. Of course, not every Uzumaki has so much(at least that is what I think), but that is what I tried to achieve, especially with some help. On my third birthday, my grandfather presented me with a shirt, which had small wires, made of chakra conductive metal, inside of it. Jonin vests made the same way. You just need to infuse it with chakra and you will have a good shield against all sorts of flying metal and weak techniques of E-C rank. It is very expensive, but if you use it all the time, you not only raise your control and reserve, but also strengthen and develop your chakra channels in the upper part of your body, which in its turn also strengthens those parts of the body. Too bad there are no pants with those qualities, but I think that walking on walls will fix that. With my raised control, I also raised the distance on which I could feel chakra. Now it is about a hundred meters. Unfortunately with that came the problems. If there was someone with big reserves near, then I was starting to go blind and not feeling anyone behind that person. It took me three months using my father`s notes to overcome that problem and block huge sources of chakra. Also in that year they started teaching me Clan based techniques with the rest of the third years. Well actually just the theory, it is more than a year till practice. Shikaku already started and doesn`t stop whining about how hard it is, how tired he is and not wanting to become a shinobi. However, he only does that when his mother Setsura or Sae are not around. Or else, the beating that follows tells him how wrong he was.

It turns out that yin energy is the base of our clan techniques. Just like in most of genjutsu. You can actually call shadow manipulating a sort of illusion. Straight chakra manipulation in our bodies is similar with chains, which Kushina used, only in her case she used body energy and not mind energy. On those lectures, we were explained the principal behind those techniques, we trained our control, which is very necessary for all Nara and we also tried to divide and emit that yin part of the chakra. As the teachers told, it takes about 6 to 7 years to learn shadow jutsu like that. Start with the simple manipulations and continue with the hard ones.

I quit my physical training, which I hid behind my games. The reason is simple – Sae started training me in that direction. To be more precise, the training was still masked behind games. Raising endurance, strength and speed was the main goal. And all that without using chakra. What was really weird, was that this was easier than in previous life. Famous Uzumaki endurance? Has to be. Also mother was gradually raising the load. So if before, I ate for two people, then now the amount of eaten food rose twice. Nonetheless, mother was glad to cook more – in father`s scrolls she found the kage bunshin technique and now uses it by sending the clones to cook and clean. It is regrettable that I still couldn`t lay my hands on that jutsu. Strangely, Sae began training more than usual and the atmosphere around was beginning to get tense. By a few rumors, some phrases that I overheard and my memory of the chronology of the events I understood that the second world war was getting near. A conversation between uncle Shenesu( who was the main strategist and shinobi commander in our cillage) and his subordinate proved that. If I was an enemy spy, I would have been caught in no time, but who will take notice of a few kids resting in the next room, the oldest of whom was six and the youngest was four years old. It was very helpful, that I have learned how to move chakra to my ears heightening the already good hearing.

They were talking about a lot of stuff, but the main thing was the information which had been received from scouts - Kirigakure and Kumogakure began increasing their military power very fast and started raising their border garrisons. Analysts think, that with a 90% accuracy, these movements mean the beginning of a new war and that both sides would want to eliminate Uzushiogakure just to get their hands on the famous Uzumaki techniques, treasures, that have been accumulated there for centuries, artifacts and to just get rid of Leaf`s ally. Only a few people know about this, but already now Hokage and the council of elders are discussing the uselessness of sending aid. They require a sacrifice for the village to survive! Konoha hasn`t fully recovered from the first shinobi war, so loosing forces just before the clash between Suna and Ivagakure, where Konoha will definitely play a major role, would be putting the village in to unnecessary risk. Besides, Danzo also started moving with his Anbu Ne. Uncle`s interlocutor suggested, that Danzo hopes to get a piece of the pie In Uzumaki`s fall before other countries take everything. It would be like setting a base for the future organization. Or maybe he will be in cahoots with the other countries – his hatred towards Uzumaki Mito is well known as well as his desire to get his hands on the knowledge of masters of seals and barriers. Shodai Hokage`s wife didn`t allow him that knowledge and also kicked his ass when he tried to get in to her library. And it is not only him, Orochimaru also wouldn`t refuse the chance to get his greedy little paws on that knowledge at any cost. Even at that age the future snake Sanin already was coldblooded and cynical.

After that conversation I understood how Uzushio was destroyed completely – it was the betrayal of Konoha that made this happen. If not even Leaf`s shinobi started the attack under the disguise of friendly visits.

Frankly it was not the worst news. Nearing my fourth birthdays Sae received a message of Ryuta`s death. Mother reread the letter, marked with the seal of the whirlpool, multiple times and at that just moment she got older by a dozen years and her eyes lost that playful glint. She just sat like that until I got on her lap and hugged her. We sat like that till evening and then till morning just hugging each other. And only when the dawn started shining over the horizon, she told, that as soon as I become four years old, we are going to visit my grandfather on my father`s side. And that was the defining moment in the changing of history, but I only understood that way after. However, I don`t regret it – that is why I wanted to be born at this exact time.