Naruto
A twist in Time
Twenty two years ago… hard to believe that twenty two years ago that day I lost my parents and started my life full of hate and distaste. I was lucky I had friends to get me through it and now I'm one of the village's heroes… that was until I woke up in my bed that morning…
And this is my story…
Naruto looked around blinking when the bright sun woke him up. He didn't know what was going on, but he knew he had to figure it out. So he walked to the calendar and saw that it was graduation day at the academy. Naruto groaned, this meant that he was dead last again.
'Great. Just great' he thought
'I wouldn't worry too much Naruto.' said a voice inside his mind.
'Why? I'm last again after working so hard to be seen as an individual. Now…'
'Naruto you have all the power you had before just in a younger body.'
'No kidding Kurama, I'm twelve again.' said Naruto just as there was a knock on his door.
Naruto went to answer it and saw that not only he was affected by whatever had hit them in the battle. Both Sakura and Sasuke stood in his doorway with equally confused faces. Quietly Naruto ushered them in and shut the door. Then he did a few seals and a small version of Kurama was standing in front of them.
"Naruto what's going on?" asked Sasuke.
"I don't know. The last thing I remember is fighting Orochimaru after the war. The next thing I know I'm here."
"It was the same with us." said Sakura. "Sasuke came to the house and we both realized that we remembered everything that had happened."
"The last time…"
"The last time this happened you and I were teleported into another plain." said Sakura. "But that's not what happened."
"How do you know?" asked Sasuke, who had heard about what Sakura was talking about from them and some of the others in their village.
"Because there it was Sakura's parents that were the heroes who saved the village. I had both my parents there, but I was known as Menma. Here I don't have them"
"And my parents are alive." finished Sakura
"So we've definitely gone back in time?" asked Sasuke
"Looks that way." said Naruto. "Man now I'm going to have to wait longer to meet him."
Sakura and Sasuke grinned at one another. They both knew that ever since Naruto found out he was going to have a child he had been extremely excited. "Anyway we need to figure out what happened." said Sasuke
"Right Kurama did anything hit us?" asked Naruto
"Yeah Orochimaru and that freak of your uncle teamed up. From what I could tell was Orochimaru had hoped to distract you while Xanafar came in for the kill." said the fox
"So what happened?" asked Sakura. "Why didn't he hit us?"
"It must have been when I went into my Chakra mode." said Naruto
"But how would Xanafar know about that? We're all ANBU and Orochimaru knows it." Said Sasuke
"We weren't expecting Xanafar." said Naruto glumly. He had hoped that when his sister sacrificed her life to stop Xanafar that they had seen the last of him. "Besides, Orochimaru waited about two years after the war to attack the village again. He had plenty of time to tell Xanafar about my mergence with Kurama."
"Alright say that's the case what about Xanafar I thought that Nalika told him everything before she came back home." said Sasuke confused.
"She did up to an extent. For some reason she never told him about the stage two of the power I got from merging with Kurama. My only guess is after the battle we were first in she started to remember the truth and hid the truth from him." said Naruto
"That makes sense." said Sasuke. "It's like with Itachi."
"Exactly." said Naruto. "Anyway what do we do now?"
"I guess we'll have to play it normal until we figure out what's going on." said Sasuke.
"Oh this is going to be fun." said Naruto sarcastically. "I get to act like an idiot and you guys treat me like I'm trash. Oh what fun."
"Naruto you know that we aren't going to be like that." said Sasuke slightly shocked that Naruto still thought about them like that. Though Sasuke couldn't blame him after everything Naruto had been trhough before him and Sakura actually got to know him.
"No listen at least until the mission in the Land of Waves we have to at least pretend we can't stand one another." said Naruto
"He's right Sasuke. If someone saw us now they would know something's wrong." said Sakura. She knew that Naruto wasn't a total idiot. He did have some of his father in him.
"Alright but just until that mission." said Sasuke. "You guys both know how I feel about you."
"Yeah we know." said Sakura. "But this is going to be awkward since we're not the same and…
"You don't have your silly crush." Sasuke finished for her. "Yeah I know. But at least I haven't met Nika yet so…"
Naruto laughed it was always like that with the three of them. Then he remembered what was going on. "Guys I think we had better go." Said Naruto
"He's right." said Sakura
"Remember…"
"Yeah we know." said Sasuke "I'll leave first and make sure no one's watching. Sakura give about ten minutes then follow me."
"Alright." she said and Sasuke left the two alone. Finally Sakura could ask what had been on her mind all morning. "Hey Naruto?"
"Yeah?"
"What are you going to do about Hinata?"
"Well I'm not going to be totally clueless this time around." said Naruto smiling. "Some of the advantages of being young again are that we can make up for what we missed the first time."
"That's true." said Sakura smiling. "So when you going to ask her?"
"After the exams." said Naruto.
"What are you going to do about that?" asked Sakura knowing how it was that Naruto had passed the exams.
"I don't know it's going to be hard for me to act like I'm flunking the test when I know that I can pass with flying colors." said Naruto
"Which would draw unwanted attention." said Sakura.
"Exactly." said Naruto.
"Well just try not to show everyone up." said Sakura and she left as well.
"Hey Naruto you might want to hide the fact that you have claws before you go to school. Sakura and Sasuke know but…"
"Yeah I know." said Naruto then he thought of something. "You're the reason the three of got here aren't you?"
"Well since you absorbed some of the ten tails powers I have more than enough strength to bring you three here. But don't expect me to get you back. I'm not that strong and I knew I couldn't let you die there."
"Thanks Kurama."
"Hey I promised your old man at the end of the war I'd keep you safe and I know the only way to do that is to keep your friends safe."
"Still thanks." said Naruto and he left to gather his things he would need to hide the additions he had gained after he merged with the fox.
Later that morning Naruto walked into the class and didn't stand on the desk like the last time much to Sasuke's relief. He did not want to relive that experience. He also noticed that Naruto had been busy since he and Sakura left Naruto's house and smiled to himself. It looked like Naruto wasn't a complete idiot after all.
"Nice gloves there idiot." said Sasuke "What'd you do burn your hands on that ramen?"
"No jerk and leave me alone." said Naruto. Then he noticed Hinata walking in and went to talk to her. "Hey Hinata can we talk? You know alone."
"S-sure Naruto." she said and the two walked to the side of the room where it didn't have any of kids and Naruto smiled at the girl before him. He still couldn't believe how stupidly blind he was when he was younger about not seeing how much she liked him. "S-so w-hat did you w-want to t-talk about?"
"Well I was wondering if you had any plans after the exams today." said Naruto smiling. He knew that both Sakura and Sasuke could hear him and that they understood.
"W-well nothing imp-important really." said Hinata "Why?"
"I was wondering if you would like to have dinner with me." said Naruto smiling at the way Hinata's face turned red.
"I-I would l-love to." said Hanta.
"Great I'll meet you here at the academy about seven alright?"
"Yes." said Hinata and she walked back to her seat hardly daring to believe what had just happened.
Naruto walked back to his seat and had sat down just as Iruka walked in the door with Mizuki. Naruto throw daggers at the guy until Sakura who was sitting next to him elbowed him in the side. He looked at her and she nodded the Iruka who was looking at Naruto trying to figure out why Naruto was acting the way he was.
"You need to be careful." Sakura whispered. "What happened in the forest hasn't happened yet."
"And it won't." Naruto whispered back he was going to make sure of that one. He had already figured out what he was going to do and wasn't going to draw attention to himself doing it. He may have been an idiot before but now he was an ANBU and knew what he was doing. Before long it was Naruto's turn and he walked to the center of the room to where Iruka and the traitor was.
"Alright Naruto all we need for you to do is produce three clones." said Iruka and Naruto nodded. He was glad he had Sakura and Tsunade teach him how to do Genjutsu. Otherwise his plan wouldn't have even worked.
"Alright." said Naruto and he used the genjutsu to create three clones and make them look like they were real. However Sakura and Sasuke knew that the truth was behind Naruto and smiled.
"Looks like Naruto has been busy." said Sasuke to Sakura.
"Looks like." said Sakura smiling at the shocked looks on everyone's faces especially Neji's.
"Well you've been practicing Naruto. You pass." said Iruka slightly surprised
"Thanks Iruka Sensei." said Naruto and he walked back to his seat. He smiled at Hinata and then at his two best friends.
"Good job kid. At least this time you passed and didn't draw attention to yourself."
"Oh shut up Kurama." thought Naruto and he heard Kurama laugh at him.