(A/N): Heeeeeyyyyy, it's good to be back! After some time on the hospital (It's fun to go nuts with your friends time to time, but when you meet a guy that likes to hit people really hard when drunk... well, not many good things can come out of that, specially concerning your health and well being... still have some bruises I think...) Anyway, I'll try to post the next chapter on the other fanfic as soon as I can because by now all my documents here had disapeared soooo to write again, but this new fic is one idea taht came to my head after I read the final chapter of Naruto... (Not what I expected but meh...) So I hope you enjoy, and unlike the other that reached near 1k views and only 1 or 2 reviews on the first weeks if you like it please give your opinion this time... well that's all my selfish rant, expect some other first chapters on the next weeks along with chapters for this one and maybe the other, without internet in the hospital my only friend was a notebook and a looooot of ideas, as example expect (spoiler alert) one Fairy tail crossover unlike all the ones I've read so far (I hope :3) so with no further things to write here... ON WITH THE STORY :D

Chapter 1: Rewind

"I'm home Hinata-chan!" a blonde tall man entered a small house looking pretty tired, today had been quite a long day between his son and the meeting, but he guessed it had been a good day nonetheless

"Welcome back Naruto-kun" came the answer from behind him before two hands hugged him, he only chuckled and put his hands over those on his belly "how was your day?"

"Like you don't know…"

She only giggled as an answer before Naruto turned and embraced her in a stronger hug, and then kissed her enjoying how she kissed back, felling in love once more like all those years ago when they were just kids.

"Is she…"

"No Naruto-kun, after we returned from Neji-niisan's grave she helped me with the house chores, even we cooked together some cookies, but she ended quite tired after that, so I sent her early to bed"

(Sigh)" Well then, has…"

"No, Kono-kun came over some time ago to tell me that he would stay with Bolt until he finished cleaning the Hokage Monument"

"Ugh, that kid… I'm sure he will become enough replacement to the paperwork Tsunade-baachan was so afraid of."

"It's funny how this reminds me of someone I met some years ago… blonde hair, blue eyes, prankster nature… maybe you also met him."

"Hinata-chan…" Naruto whined

"What? He even also painted the Hokage monument and gave a certain old Hokage some headaches."

Now Naruto was the one chuckling, he remembered very well how he used to be when he was a child, and how Sandaime-jiji had to endure it… the man was like a grandfather to him, always ready to help on his hardest moments as a kid; always there with a warm smile and kind words to help him ease and endure the hatred of the village all those years ago.

"I'll go check on him, maybe treat him some ramen once he is finished, that lifted my mood last time when I was there with Iruka-sensei."

"Oh, and Naruto-kun?"

"Hm?"

"Don't be harsh with him, you know he only wishes to get your attention; sadly it is the same way you used when you were a child."

Naruto gave her the good guy pose, with thumbs up and shiny smile included "Don't worry Hinata-chan, you know I can't get mad with Bolt for long, besides I can understand him very well, the prankster side is something all Uzumakis share after all, so I'll know what to do" he then took off the Hokage robes and hat, and wearing his orange jacket and pants he shunshined to where he supposed his son would be still struggling cleaning his own mess.

"Stupid Hokages, stupid Konohamaru-sensei, stupid…" You could hear a 13 year old kid ranting while hanging on a rope on the face of the Rokudaime Hokage, a bucket of soapy water on one hand and an sponge on the other, cleaning the word "pervert" from it's face. Like a splitting image of his father, Bolt Uzumaki had the same sun-kissed blonde tone of hair, but unlike the unruly spiky one of his father, his was… normal you could say, the blue cerulean eyes gained by his Namikaze heritage and two whisker-like marks on each cheek. His clothing was (according to his mother) a resemblance of some guy called Itachi Uchiha, brother of Sasuke Uchiha, who is the father of his classmate (and somewhat a friend you could say) Sarada Uchiha, and according to his dad a man who loved so much the ideal of peace and loyalty that sacrificed his own honor and life for them.

He really didn't mind those explanations too much… yeah it was cool, the man was awesome, yaddayadda, but besides that he really liked his outfit, it was a dark jacket with a matching color of pants, he used the jacket open showing the red color of it insides, and wore a white long shirt under it, his pants reached a bit under his knees, and wore black Shinobi sandals, on his neck was a necklace that according to his dad was a resemblance of one Tsunade-baachan gave him when he was a kid, but unfortunately got lost during a fight – I said I would help him cleaning this, not that I would clean all alone…

"But if I cleaned this alone, were would be your punishment?" Startled by the sudden voice that came from behind him the bucket of water and the sponge went flying along with a not too manly scream of Bolt

"D-dad! Don't do that again" Said the kid with a hand clutched on his chest

"You wish to become a ninja, you should learn to expect the unexpected" answered Naruto with an amused smirk on his face, then he grabbed Bolt and jumped to the head of the fourth Hokage, once they were on firm ground he put his son on the floor and ruffled his hair with a hand "You look cute when you get angry, bet you got that from your mother."

"I'm not cute, I'll be a fearsome ninja one day, you'll see" he said while crossing his arms on his chest and looking to the other side while pouting with his lower lip and frowning his eyebrows, that sight made Naruto laugh

"And now you look even cutter, I bet even Shikada would melt seeing you right now" Bolt then turned and started to glare his father with a slight blush on his face, now Naruto started to laugh even louder, damn did he looked like this when he was a child?

"Emmm… Nanadaime-sama?" Naruto turned to the one who called him, only to fall on the floor and start rolling on it while laughing his ass off, in front of him was who he supposed was Konohamaru, drenched with soapy water to the feet and a bucket replacing his head.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA… look at you Kono, it's just… just… just too hilarious… BWAHAHAHAHAHA" was Naruto's answer

"Ehhh… sorry Konohamaru-sensei" was Bolt's answer while scratching the back of his head in embarrassment

Konohamaru only sighed after removing the bucket from his head "Nanadaime-sama…"

"Cut it Kono" said Naruto while wiping some tears from his previous laugh abscess "You know I don't like the honorifics."

"Ok… Naruto-nii" he said now smiling "can you handle sunshine here now? I'll go home and take a bath now, Kurenai-neesan might be feeling alone by now, her son went on a trip of a couple of days to visit Kakashi-san and Guy-san."

"No problem Kono, I already had some plans to do with Bolt so you can leave" but Konohamaru stayed there, like expecting something… Naruto groaned when he realized what it was "Dismissed."

Konohamaru just smirked before Shunshining away.

"He knows I hate that" Naruto muttered before turning to his son "Very well Bolt, How much left?"

"Only your face dad, I'll go get some more water and another sponge to finish this, I'll see ya' home" Bolt said supposing now his father would leave him and return to his office, but he didn't expected him to stop him by putting a hand on his head while smiling.

"You've done enough for today son, the time I painted the Hokage monument there were only 4 faces, it's just your luck you got an extra of three more."

"You also painted the monument?" Bolt asked not quite believing it… his dad doing something like that?

"Your mother forbids me from telling you those stories, she believes it will encourage you, but I guess that if she doesn't find out she won't get mad right?" He said winking, Bolt nodded smiling, he really loved the stories his father told them from the times he was a ninja during the fourth Shinobi war "Kage bunshin no jutsu!" And in a poof of smoke 4 other Narutos appeared "Ok guys, clean my face and make it look as good as the original."

"They are not miracle workers" Bolt muttered, but Naruto managed to hear that and hit him in the head

"ITTAI!"

"Smart kid… hurry up and let's go before Ichikaru's close for the day" Hearing the name of the place Bolt's eyes brightened, and the bump on his head was suddenly forgotten

"YATTA! Ramenramenramenramenramenramen…" Bolt started to run in circles around Naruto while waving his arms, Naruto only sighed with a hand on his face, was he REALLY like this when he was a kid? Now he really pitied poor Sandaime-jiji… he waited Bolt to be in front of him to reach and grab him by the collar, the kid was oblivious of the fact that he was suspended mid air and kept waving his arms and moving his legs until he felt the familiar pull of the shunshin no jutsu, and knew that he better behave now or instead of ending in the ramen stand he would end doing laps around a training ground.

When he was sure they were in front of the ramen stand he gave a relieved sigh and waited for his father to put him down on the ground again, then both walked under the curtain and found an old man sitting on a side of the bar and a young woman with some other people behind the bar busy preparing the last bowls of noodles for the day.

"Ohayo Teuchi-san, Ayame-neesan" greeted bolt while running to his usual spot on the bar, Naruto only walked behind him and directed a wave to the old man before taking his place next to Bolt.

"Oh, hello Bolt-kun, Naruto" Teuchi greeted them also waving a hand "hard day it seems… the usual order?" Both nodded and then he turned to the kitchen "Ayame!"

"I know dad!" said the woman coming out of the kitchen with already two bowls of ramen, and many more being prepared by the rest of people, Miso ramen for Naruto and pork ramen for Bolt "Quite a show you made today on the Hokage monument Bolt-kun" she said while placing the bowls in front of their respective customer "Brings back memories don't you think Naruto-kun?" Naruto only nodded with his mouth full of noodles "It seems like it was only yesterday when a small blonde kid was sitting on that same place along with Iruka-san after spending the whole day cleaning the Hokage monument."

"So my dad really painted the Hokage monument too?"

"Yes, and it was a really funny day, I heard rumors that him, not even being genin, outrun a group of chunnin and jounin, some people say that even ANBU."

"Ayame… you are exaggerating things" said Naruto blushing a bit, he had no problems telling his son by himself about his pranks, they were funny memories after all, but it was embarrassing when others spoke about them… they tended to exaggerate things… most of the times.

"Oh Naruto-kun, you are just being humble, let me tell you about some of his pranks Bolt-kun… first there is that time when he…" and so they spoke about past memories while bowl after bowl came to satisfy the bottomless pit known as stomach of the blonde duo. Once they decided it was enough, and almost depleted the place dispenses, Naruto paid for their meal and both waved goodbye to them to start their road back home, they had a great time remembering old times, and Bolt found himself amazed by all his dad was said to have done, but Naruto had still one more thing to do, one more memory for today he would share with his son, and telling him so he shunshined them to the top of the fourth Hokage head, a place Naruto was very fond of.

"Look ahead and tell me what do you see Bolt" said Naruto seeing the visage of the expanded village, so different and so alike at the same time from the fond memory he had of his childhood.

"The city" Bolt answered nonchalantly, not really paying attention nor noticing the solemn look on is father's face

"Is that it? Only a city?"

"Yeah…"

Naruto only nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face "I remember in the beginning, when I first got the dream of becoming Hokage I didn't noticed my aspiration was a quite selfish one, back then I strived for attention, any kind of it, and so came the series of pranks we talked about earlier" both chuckled remembering some of the more "creative" ones "and I came with the conclusion that if I became Hokage the people would be forced to knowledge me.

"But people really respect you now for being Hokage, so that doesn't mean you were right?"

"Not really Bolt" Naruto said ruffling his son's hair much to his dismay "now they truly respect and look up to me, but not only because of the position… I had a really hard road to travel in order to reach my dream, and during it I met people, both good and evil, but I could always learn something from them despite their intentions. There was one meeting that defined my path, a small talk with an enemy nin, even if I didn't realized at the moment, that answered a question many have made themselves for many reasons, one that I will ask you now… How do you become stronger?"

Bolt answered immediately not really thinking about it "Training of course, the only way to become stronger is to practice and refine your skills until you reach perfection so nobody will beat you."

"Many would agree with you, and to some extent you are right, training and honing your skills indeed strengthen your body, but that doesn't mean you are strong" at the confused look Bolt gave him he elaborated "Tell me, is a mother, a civil one, protecting his son from a gang of rouge ninjas hired to dispose of her son, weak? She is willing to give her life in exchange if that means her son will be spared… is that a sign of weakness?"

Bolt was taken aback by that question, he always related someone's strength to the physical aspect, but this situation his father was posing him brought some questioning to his previous mindset, seeing that his son couldn't give him a question right now Naruto continued.

"Now answer me another question… do you have precious people? People you would do anything to keep from harm?"

Now Bolt's mind jumped directly to his father, mother and sister, the most important people for him, then others appeared, Shikada, Chouchou, Inojin… even Sarada, though she was pretty weird, his uncles and aunts, even if they were not blood related he was really fond of his parent's friends to that extent… so many people he cared about, and would do anything on his reach to keep happy "Of course I have precious people, then what do you consider yourself?" Naruto gave his son a warm smile that brought one similar on his face.

"Then you are already strong… true strength doesn't comes from yourself, even if you train day and night to strengthen your body you won't become truly strong until you have someone precious to you by your side, someone you can rely on and also never lay down. His name was Haku, I met him on my first mission outside the village… remember the mission to wave country I told you once?"

Bolt nodded enthusiastically, he really loved that story, and how an actual bridge was named after him "there we met on the forest, I had fell asleep after training myself to unconsciousness and he woke me up, at that moment I didn't knew he was working with the missing-nin we had fought before, he was just a civilian collecting herbs to help his friend and I helped him, while doing that he made me that same question I asked you… his words are ones I still follow to heart: When you have someone precious to protect, that's when you become truly strong. Can you understand why that is?"

"Because you have a motivation to keep getting stronger? I mean if you wish to protect someone you have to be really strong to avoid that person from being hurt right?"

"Once again, most would agree with that, and it's partially true but that's not the whole reason. Your precious people not always are ones that can't defend themselves, and those stand by your side when the time comes… you will instinctively try and make them stay behind you, so they won't get hurt or be put in danger" he chuckled dryly "tell me about that… but they are perfectly able of defending themselves, even being more capable of protecting you than yourself, and you know it… that humble you and make you realize that there are people stronger than you, and when those a re people close to you, you tend to push yourself to reach them, what I try to tell you is that not always strength is resembled by the physical aspect, sometimes a good brain is even more efficient that a flashy and powerful jutsu… even if those are cool."

Bolt just kept silent, thinking about what his father was trying to tell him, was he trying to tell him that he was weak? Was that all he tried to make him realize? That he was weak because he had a different idea of what strength was?

(sigh)"When I look down from here I see a family" Bolt's train of thought was stopped by his father speaking "precious people that I need to protect, people like my friends, your friends, the civilians… you, your mother and sister" Naruto sat on his place cross legged without taking the sight away from the city, remembering his once small (in comparison to the now city) village "It's not just a nice title and clothing, it's a responsibility to all the people that live here, they trust in my strength to keep them safe but myself alone can't do all even with shadow clones… I know how much you crave for attention Bolt, in more than one way you are pretty similar to how I was when I was a kid, and I can understand how you feel but I need you to understand this."

Bolt was confused as to why the direction of the conversation had took such a drastic change, first they were talking about true strength, but now his father seemed to be apologizing to him for leaving him alone

"You along with your mother and sister are the most important people in my life, and never doubt that I love you so much that I would never give a second thought if giving away my life would ensure your safety, but understand that the mantle of Hokage is my responsibility with everyone… You remember when I told you about my father right?"

"Yeah, he sacrificed himself to save the village from Kurama-jiji when he attacked the village being under control of that Tobi-teme…" Bolt fidgeted a bit on his place feeling a bit awkward talking about this stuff with his father, he now got an idea of why his father started with all that strength thing he spoke before, but this seemed more like an apology that a lecture, and he didn't liked the idea of his father apologizing to him, it should be the other way around "I really understand it dad, You are strong enough to protect the village because me, mom and sis along with the rest of your friends gives you the strength you need, and cover what you can't do by yourself, and that even if you wished to spend more time with us you have to keep on your job to keep us safe… but I cannot help but feel jealous sometimes, It felt great to spend some time with you today and I would love to have more times like this, but when you had to go on missions, and now that you are Hokage…"

"Don't worry son, it's only natural to feel like that and as you grow up you will start to notice things that didn't make sense before, but don't try to rush it… unlike me you have the chance to live your age and make friends, so enjoy it as much as you can. The ninja life is not as it used to be but that doesn't mean it's easy too so enjoy this peace we live in now."

"Ya' know dad, sometimes I would like to know how life was on your time, maybe even become your teammate and help you fight the bad guys"

Naruto chuckled, he was so similar to him "I would also like to go back to those days sometimes, and then with all the knowledge I have we could reach the peace we have now earlier… the lives of so many good people would be spared…" Both felt silent after this, thinking about how life would be on the past if their wish became true.

"It's so silent a peaceful up here that it almost demands you to take a nap enjoying the view" Bolt said now watching the city in front of him with new eyes, what his father told him really make him think.

"I know… it's not too late yet, so we can enjoy one of those here."

"Yeah… sounds good" then both laid on the ground and fell asleep almost immediately "hmmm… that's an interesting star" Bolt said seeing one star shine brighter for a second before sleepiness claimed him over, and so each one dreamed about their previous claim of being in the past. But unknown to them red chakra started to resonate from Naruto with a clear purple one coming out of Bolt, and using the unconscious common dream between both as a medium it started enveloping both.

Inside Naruto's seal, an old and ancient fox started to wake up from a long slumber at the feeling of it's chakra being used after some time, and after using the link he shared with it's Jinchuuriki he paled at the discovery he had just made "Oh no… Naruto, wake up… come on kit… NARUTO!" but the scream was ignored by a blissfully asleep Naruto, and when both chakras totally engulfed them, even with Kurama's struggle to stop the flow of chakra out of the older blonde's body, in a bright flash both, father and son, disappeared from their sleeping spot to an unknown place… or time.