-1Yo, SR here, thought I'd try and branch out to overcome a huge case of writer's block on my other story, seeing as I haven't been able to write on it for like years…. Ah well onto Naruto!

Kk first off I've only seen the anime, I'm a bit to lazy to read the manga (ducks a blow from Eva) so I'll have to fall on that old "My story, my way, blah blah blah" stuff. Lol ah well this has been itching from within me. Looking through my notes I can sit bits and pieces of other stories, although I want to be original completely I'm also one who is affected by what I read and tend to let it show in my own works.

But hey its fan fiction! Any of the other wonderful authors of fan may freely claim whatever out of this story that they think is theirs, check my profile for fav authors/stories to see what I mean. But I'm serious in that I don't claim to be fully original, heck I'm far from that, I just want to see a story to exactly how I want it. You'll know what I mean if you've read my other works. Welp onto the story!

Oh wait one more thing, and I'm only saying this once: I DON'T OWN NARUTO, THIS CHAPTER AND ALL THOSE THAT FOLLOW I DO NOT OWN. See lazy aren't I. (attempts to dodge another blow from Eva but fails) ow! Ow! Ow! Tip: don't get your muse angery. K without further adieu here we go!

K last thing. "Speaking" 'Thinking' "Kyuubi speaking inside of Naruto's head. 'kyuubi thinking' Naruto can't hear what Kyuubi thinks. KK last thing I'm going to use the time warp thing mainly cause its fun!

KK ONE last thing! I suck at names, barely remember my own most of the time.

Chapter 1: What went wrong!

"Doton: Earth Wall no Jutsu!"'How could it come to this?' "Chameleon Blend no Jutsu" turning the wall that had just risen up into a perfect replica of the surrounding area. A spiky blonde headed young man thought to himself as he sealed the last entrance to the cave he and his small group had been forced into. 'Everything has gone wrong!' The young man turned back toward the small group, they were the last. All that remained of the great Village of the Leaf: Konoha; and Suna of the Wind country. Allies till the end.

"What are we going to do now?" The young man turned as he spoke. Revealing his black and dull orange jumpsuit to be torn and unkempt. The light that once shown from his blue eyes wasn't gone but it was greatly dimmed. He at last had broken his Nindo and given up hope. Even at Jounin level he wouldn't abandon his like of the color orange and simply had it toned way down. This man was Uzumaki Naruto, the #1 Hyperactive/surprise ninja.

"I am not certain, the situation is desperate." Another young man spoke as the gourd upon his back disintegrated into sand to re-enforce the wall Naruto had created. His red hair hung limply, his eyes ringed by dark lines looked even more morose then usual. His red robes were also torn. "I doubt they'll let us live much longer." Gaara of the Sand, Suna's Kage hung his head in defeat.

"DAMN IT!" The final one of the three punched the wall hard as he shouted. The other too looked quickly at him, surprised by his outburst, they'd never seen the man lose his cool before. The bandages on his legs and right arm were indication of heavy training. His long hair was pulled into a tight braid. His clothes, although ragged, still show him as one of the Hyuuga Clan. "I can't believe its come to this! After everything, we're going to lose to HIM!" The last word was punctuated with venom. Hyuuga Neji, Branch Family member of the Hyuuga Clan slumped to the ground after his outburst. His silver, pupil less eyes downcast.

Naruto and Gaara joined him soon enough. The three had become close during the war with the vile Sound village, lead by Orochimaru; after he had taken Sasuke's body. Even the Akatsuki were unable to stand against his village's might, especially when the other villages were subdued and forced to join in the war against Konoha.

"Well.." Naruto broke the silence, "What do we do now?" The other too young shinobis simply looked at him, neither of them could see a way out either. "Kuso.." Naruto muttered. "Guess we could always go out with a final blaze of glory?" They all smiled weakly at the joke.

"Wait.." Kyuubi suddenly broke into his thoughts, "There is another possibility. Let me out please." Naruto nodded and formed his signature move "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" he said quietly as a clone appeared in a puff of smoke. The two others looked at him perplexed until they heard his next words. "Demon Jutsu: Magnify!" A puff of red smoke and the Naruto clone had been changed, into Kyuubi.

Her form, quite a riot when they discovered Kyuubi was female, was quite beautiful. A body that any model would crave. Her only garments seemed to be of silver fur that hid her more "womanly" areas. Not that would distract the average viewer from her long silver hair that framed her lovely face. Or the fact that nine silver and red tails swished elegantly behind her. She opened her eyes, revealing them to have slits instead of normal circles and blood red irises. Neji and Gaara weren't taken by surprise, as Naruto had informed the final few of the village of the Kyuubi nearly a year ago. Sadly of the people he revealed it to, only Gaara and Neji were still alive.

"What do you mean there is another possibility?" Naruto continued the conversation that started in his head.

Kyuubi smiled sadly, "There may be a way to help this situation."

"WHAT?" Naruto shouted while Neji and Gaara snapped their attention to the demon, "Help the situation? How! Everyone that we loved and cherished are dead!" Naruto was about to continue his rant when his face suddenly met the ground. Introduced by Kyuubi's fist to his skull.

"Shut up and let me explain!" Kyuubi shouted while Naruto sat up and rubbed his head muttering 'Kuso, itai, kuso, itai' softly.

"I never thought this would work," Kyuubi started quietly with sadness tinged in her voice. "Even now with all that you've gone through I don't know if this will work.. If it fails you and I will die.." Her voice held deep gravity, "along with the ones who help." The trio stayed silent although the looks of confusion and curiosity spread across their features. Their eyes begged her to continue. She sighed again, "There were always rumors throughout the demon world of a technique powerful enough to send the user through time," She looked at the three as realization started to dawn on them she continued, "Specifically, back in time."

The three looked at each other before back at the Kyuubi and in unison said, "How do we do it." The question was not there, they simply wanted to know.

Kyuubi's eyes started to fill with tears. "Only Naruto might be able to survive the trip because of me."

Gaara spoke up, "What about me? I have Shukaku within me, shouldn't I be able to as well?"

Kyuubi shook her head, "No, Shukaku is powerful but not nearly enough. Like I said, Naruto 'might' survive." Gaara grunted but nodded, he'd seen Kyuubi's chakra infuse Naruto and knew the difference in their power was staggering.

"You said something about those who help?" Neji took his turn in speaking, "What did you mean?"

Kyuubi wiped the tears from her eyes, realizing that, even now, these three wouldn't turn down the chance. "You two would donate your chakra to protect and push Naruto back through time.." Kyuubi paused, "Although it will kill you to do so." The trio winced at this.

"But if it succeeds Naruto will be sent back in time?" Neji asked grasping for hope, "And he can fix this future?" Kyuubi nodded in response. Neji looked down for only a moment, "Fine then. I agree to the condition." Gaara closed his eyes for a bit before reopening them with determination written across his features before nodding.

"NO!" Naruto shouted, "I won't do it! I.. I.. I just can't lose more of my precious people!" But by the way he stood it was clear that there wasn't any real fight behind the words.

Neji simply stood and shook his head. "We will do this Naruto. If you fix the past all this death, this war, everything will not happen. Gaara and I will happily give our current selves towards this goal." Neji chuckled suddenly, "Besides, no war means we don't die. Kinda a win-win situation from my standpoint."

Naruto could only look in awe as Gaara also gave his approval through a short nod. Even all they had been through hadn't changed the silent man's ways. Naruto looked to them both, "Arigato." Was all he could say.

Kyuubi broke the reverie between the friends, "Its agreed then. I need all of you to rest while I prepare the circle." Kyuubi interrupted their incoming protests, "And don't worry the circle disappears with Naruto so no one can even attempt to follow. Now rest." The three nodded as they leaned against the cave wall and attempted to do as ordered. Each having thoughts of the past coming back to them, each reliving the painful memories of their own precious people being taken from them.

Most of their deaths were not impressive. Almost none died in stupendous ways. Most were simply claimed as the overwhelming forces of the Sound beat down upon them. The Sound cared not how many it had to throw to defeat each of the Konoha Ninja, simply the fact they died was enough to solace them in the war. Simple battles turned to graveyards as the Konoha ninjas put down enemy after enemy.

Only a few deaths of their precious people did the thoughts of the trio linger on while Kyuubi did her work. First for Gaara was his sister Temari and brother Kankuro. They had been the ones to stand as the Suna population fled in terror to the safety of Konoha. He had left a sand eye with them and watched as possibly hundreds of Sound ninja of all levels were defeated by his siblings, buying more and more time for the citizens of Suna to run. But as all things human, they tired and were slowly overwhelmed. When an exploding tag landed in front of them unnoticed it blasted them back to land directly in front of where his sand eye was watching.

The two sibling knew they couldn't escape and noticed the eye and to Gaara's surprise they mouthed out: 'Live for us Gaara, we love you.' Before Temari nodded to Kankuro and he pulled the strings on his puppets. The last thing the sand eye saw was the two of them smiling as a massive fireball erupted and consumed them and the eye. Gaara had, to the surprise of all those who looked at him, cried for the next hour at his loss. Nearly being overcome by Shukaku, only being able to overcome the demon when he thought of his siblings last words. He was safely able to get his dwindling nation to Konoha but even their combined might wasn't enough to stop the Sound.

Neji thought of the girl that had captivated his heart, Tenten. She had died fighting against Orochimaru himself. The battle was long and it was believed that Tenten had fought on even after her own death, her body carrying out her final thoughts. Orochimaru had been forced to retreat himself for a month after he finally was able to obliterate the woman's still moving body with a Katon Jutsu. Kabuto's medical skills were the only thing that allowed him to remain in Sasuke's body.

Naruto thought of the only one he had been thinking of since the day she died. How she died hadn't been spectacular, in fact it was quite the opposite. They had been moving from one battle site to another when she suddenly collapsed after a small cry of "N-Naruto-kun." Naruto rushed her to the medical area but it was too no avail. Even the Mighty Tsunade, best Medical Ninja in the world, had been unable to awaken the young woman. Upon further examination she pulled Naruto aside and explained why.

Flashback:

"Naruto." Tsunade began softly, "She's never going to wake up." Naruto tried to speak but found Tsunade's fingers tightly holding his lips closed. This being the most effective way to deliver bad news to the young blond without interruption. "Her chakra coils are far to damaged, I'm surprised she lasted thing long. She must have been in a terrible amount of pain for several years. From the looks of the degradation it probably happened during the timeframe of her first chunin exam."

"So I did in fact cause her death that day." Another voice spoke up from behind them startling them both. The owner of the voice suddenly broke down into tears. "If I hadn't been so blinded by my hatred, I never would have done what I did." Neji suddenly let out a howl of frustration, his past mistakes had finally come back to haunt him.

Naruto almost let himself be taken by rage, but had controlled himself, killing and war had its effect even on him. "I know Neji," He started, "But I also know that Hinata never held a grudge against you.. Ever." Naruto walked over to the dying woman, "And I won't either." he said finally. "I wouldn't want to stain who she is with that." Neji could only nod as he let himself show his weakest side to the Hokage and his comrade. Tenten's death had affected him deeply, allowing his cold exterior to shatter.

"Isn't there anything you can do Hokage-sama?" Neji asked quietly.

Tsunade shook her head slowly, "But there is one thing I don't understand, the Jyuken shouldn't have done damage like this, even filled with killer intent." She absently scratched her chin. "Something is off about her but I don't know what." Noticing the two teenagers staring at her she waved them off. "You may want to say your goodbyes." She said with tears of her own forming. "Hinata is fading fast." She left them then, tears streaming down her face. Naruto and Neji had stayed with Hinata while she slowly slipped from this world. When she did, their collective cry of rage and loss echoed across the village. Neji left the room soon after, intent on continuing the war for another memory.

Naruto stayed with Hinata for awhile. He absently noted that she had let her hair grow out, spilling across her shoulders. Regret washed over his face. He had meant to tell her something important for the past month, but his mouth wouldn't say the words. Slowly he leaned down and kissed the woman's still warm lips and whispering: "I love you Hinata-chan." Before getting up, knowing he'd never see those lavender tinted eyes that Hinata possessed again. They were truly her own. He'd checked the other Hyuuga, much to their discomfort, and all their eyes were silver or white. None but Hinata had that lavender within them. He walked out of the room as the nurses came in to prepare the young woman's body for cremation.

End Flashback

During the next weeks of the war the Sound were actually pushed back as Naruto fought with a newfound fury, but overwhelming forces soon tipped the scales back in the Sounds favor.

Naruto blinked away the tears that were forming. And leaned his head against the cave wall. "Hey Neji?" The person in question looked up, "What do you think Tsunade meant when she said something was off with Hinata?"

Neji himself had spent many months considering it, searching through his memories of Hinata. As his own death was close everything seemed to become clearer to him. Suddenly he gasped out loud, "I think I figured it out!" He almost sounded excited. Naruto and Gaara snapped their eyes to him, Gaara had been near the pair shortly after and they had both confided with him about Hinata's final moments.

"What do you mean?" Gaara urged Neji to continue.

"Tsunade said the Jyuken shouldn't have done what it did," Neji explained, "It wasn't that the Jyuken I used was off, but it was Hinata!" Naruto looked to him sharply as it sounded like Neji might be trying to shift the blame from himself. Neji caught the look and continued hastily, "Let me explain." Neji said before Naruto could open his mouth. "I never took notice of it before but as I thought back it suddenly became clear to me. Hinata truly was special, her chakra system was different then others. Her tenketsu were still placed normally but the channels were different!" Neji said excitedly as he had finally figured out the puzzle.

Naruto looked at him with confusion smeared across his features. "What exactly do you mean?"

"It allowed her the unhindered control of chakra she had." Neji explained, "Its why no one was able to copy her unique attacks of making those chakra beams. She was quite literally the only one built for it." Neji thought back again, "Its also probably why she could control water so well, and her medical skills advancing so quickly." Neji sighed suddenly, "And I killed her slowly, because of that foolish act so many years ago." This earned a whack from Naruto to his head.

"Hinata didn't hold a grudge." Naruto whispered, "Don't corrupt her memory by blaming yourself. She didn't, I know she could never."

Neji smiled weakly, fully believing what the blond loudmouth had said. "Now that we know though, it something else for you to fix." This time Neji lowered his voice to a whisper, "She cared for you very deeply Naruto. You, the dead last, were the reason I think that she survived for so long. She took her strength from you and your.. I mean.. the both of your's Nindo." Neji finished while Naruto looked at him somewhat guiltily.

"How long.." Naruto began. "How long did she care for me? I only noticed after I got back from my 3 years of training with Jiraiya. How long had I been blind?"

Neji raised an eyebrow, "You really want to know?" Naruto nodded solemnly. "Ever since the first day she met you in the academy." Naruto was shocked at this. A girl had liked him, loved him even, for all that time. The memories of her came flooding back, all the times he caught her peeking from around trees, blushing when they were close to each other. Naruto suddenly looked distressed, he'd never told Hinata about Kyuubi, how would she have reacted? Would she still have loved him? Neji being the expert in reading other people, his abilities were far above what even he believed them to be, suddenly punched Naruto across the face sending the blonde to the ground.

"What'd you do that for?" Naruto sputtered.

"You were wondering how'd she react to the Kyuubi right?" Neji had unconsciously activated his Byakugan causing himself to become much more intimidating with the viens around and inside his silver eyes bulging. "I know for a fact that she wouldn't have changed her opinion of you, moreover it probably would have been improved because you had decided to trust her with that secret!" Neji pulled Naruto so they were face to face, "Don't ever doubt my cousin again, or even Kyuubi won't be able to heal you from what I'd do to you."

Naruto gulped loudly, "I'm sorry. I know its just.. Years of fear of that secret have had their effect on me." Gaara silently noted to himself that with all their own deaths drawing near, all the normal barricades and defenses were down. Nothing was being held back anymore between the trio.

"This time do it right." Gaara said joining the conversation, "This time ignore Sakura and help Hinata. Who knows what kind of power she would have had if she had been treated properly." Naruto could only nod as he shut his eyes to keep back the tears.

"That won't be entirely possible." Kyuubi suddenly spoke up breaking the trios reverie. "I doubt we'll be able to go far enough back to change the way Hinata was treated.." She said sadly, she for one knew exactly how much her vessel had come to care for the pale, dark-haired woman. "And we'll have to be extremely careful of what we change in the past."

"But why!" Naruto shouted, "When we get back there we should change everything for the better!" Kyuubi almost giggled as she noted that Naruto had said 'when' and not 'if'.

"Because," She started to explain, "We have a huge advantage now, we know exactly what Orochimaru's and the Akatsuki's plans are. When and how they'll appear. We should use that too our advantage to get the best possible outcome. On that note lets think how," Her voice authoritative, "Lets try and figure that out while I recover from the circle creation." This shocked them slightly that a great demon needed to recover from simply creating the circle. But they were ninja and shook if off quickly trying to think.

After some time of silent thinking Neji spoke up, "I believe I have identified some key factors that we'll need to change." Everyone looked to him. "First, Konoha needs more strong ninja, that should be easy enough to arrange though with strategic notes to the Third in ANBU messages. Since he was used to receiving the opinions of his trusted friends that way." Naruto nodded at that, after reading some of the Third's journals, under Tsunade's watchful eye, it had been discovered he used ANBU to help him plan. The members could freely give their opinions through notes without having to reveal themselves so that the Hokage was certain they were what they really thought.

"Naruto?" Neji continued, "If I remember correctly your first C Rank mission involved the deaths of 2 powerful ninja? I don't know how but you need to prevent their deaths and have them join the Leaf. Sasuke must not be allowed to get that cursed seal, especially knowing that it put him under Orochimaru's influence. And we also need to get Gaara and perhaps his siblings on our side before the Sound invasion during our first Chunin examines. We should also try and pull both Jiraiya and Tsunade back in before that exam too." Neji finished slightly out of breath.

Kyuubi nodded, "I think we also found the mark when we'll have to readily accept the change in the timeline and lose our advantage. Those Chunin exams seem to be the point where everything started their downward spiral. Well boys lets plan!" And the quartet began planning where, when, and how to obtain their goals until Kyuubi announced she was ready to begin the time shift.

Naruto was confident, Shikamaru would have come with a better plan probably, but then maybe not seeing as they had a several thousand year old demon fox on their planning crew. He had details about what to do firmly implanted in his mind and was ready, although many areas were still sketchy at best. He looked to his friends has he took his place in the center of the circle. "Remember, don't hold anything back, you'll have to fight your own instincts to live for this to work." Kyuubi said through Naruto. The too young men nodded and placed their hands on the specific points of the circle. Naruto let Kyuubi take over his body as his hands began making seals faster then he ever thought possible. There was no way he was going to remember them at all, especially the ones he didn't know existed. With a quick nod of gratitude and a smile he started to make a motion towards his chest.

"Demonic Circle: Time Consume!" The three shouted together. Neji and Gaara could feel their life draining away, they controlled the instincts within them as they began to feel themselves die. Neji being human collapsed first, but his hands remained fused to the circle. Gaara, using everything he had and all that Shukaku had soon followed. Naruto was about to cry out when the circle lifted itself from the ground and enveloped him. He couldn't even breath as pain overwhelmed every sense and nerve in his body.

There was a bright flash and the cave suddenly became a tomb. A tomb that contained two smiling inhabitants, somehow even in death they knew one thing for certain.

They had succeeded.

A/N: What'd ya think? Fun huh? Bet you can tell some of my pairing preferences already! KK I'm posting this chapter because I kinda liked where it ended, sort of despair hope kinda thing. Not really a cliffhanger because of the last line.

Review, as always and forever, are greatly appreciated and anything you say in the way of criticism I do take note of. And if possible I use them to improve my writing, although I may not posses the ability to actually match them all, this is just for fun in the end! Now for the next chapter! (starts mumbling 'Slave driving muse.. ..' notices shadow looming over him. 'uh oh')

WHAM! "I don't think the readers mind me being slave driving." Eva looks towards the readers, face in full puppy-pout, "Do you?"

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