A/N - I do not own Naruto, this is written in homage to a manga and anime I like.
Team Seven's Second Chance
Team Seven are the only living survivors of the Eternal Tsukuyomi. With the help of the Edo Tensai Hokage s they get another chance, can they change the future? Time Travel, Team 7, Hiruzen, Minato, Kushina. Future Kurama,Shukaku,Gyuki in Naruto.
Prelude
The Eternal Tsukuyomi bore down upon the world, enslaving it to the will of the spirit of Kaguya through the body of Madara Uchiha. Only a small handful of people were not put under it's spell. Team 7 hid under the protection of Sasuke's Susanoo and the Edo Tensai Hokage - Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Minato were somehow unaffected even though exposed directly to the Moon's Eye.
"We've got to stop it! Everyone's being sealed away by the tree!" Naruto snarled
"Just WAIT Naruto!" Sasuke once again berated his teammate. It was just like the old days of Team 7, Naruto wanted to go charging off without thinking things through. "You'll wind up like the others if you go out there!"
"Sasuke's right Naruto... " Kakashi's words, in that ever calm demeanor of his, would have seemed out of place only weeks ago when the Missing Nin of Team 7 was still considered enemy number one by most Shinobi.
"I KNOW... I know..." Naruto turned to look at the others. "I'm still knuckle-headed, but we can't stay here under Sasuke's protective shield forever."
"Naruto, can you sense anyone else with your Sage powers who isn't controlled by Madara and the Tree?" Sakura asked, realizing that perhaps more people had found a way to not become trapped by the ultimate Dojutsu.
Naruto used his powerful nature affinity to scan the area. "Sasuke, can you make the shield mobile? I sense the Hokages are not under the control of the tree."
"If we move slow enough I think I can." Sasuke pushed more chakra into the Susanoo shield and the group moved in the direction indicated by Naruto.
"There!" Naruto indicated. It didn't take long and the group had found Tobirama.
When the Second Hokage saw the Susanoo approach his sensor skills knew and were amazed that someone else besides himself was surviving the devastating effects of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
"Naruto? Sasuke? Sakura? Kakashi? Amazing!" Tobirama was impressed yet again by the prodigies of Konoha. "I don't know how you managed to keep from being affected, and I don't know why I'm not being affected either, but it gives us a chance, a slim one perhaps."
"Tobirama-sama, can you find and bring back the other Hokage? If we all can gather perhaps we can find a way to combat this cursed jutsu." Kakashi asked the elite Shinobi.
Seeing the sense in the plan, Tobirama merely nodded and sped away to retrieve the other Hokage.
"With all the Hokage together, perhaps we stand a chance of figuring a way out of this." Sakura said to the rest of Team 7.
"All Hokage save one..." Naruto looked at the others. "Tsunadae has been sealed away by the Tree." The news was shocking to Sakura, whose admiration for her Sensai and mentor was great.
A short few minutes later and Tobirama returned with the other Edo Tensai Hokage. Their grim faces gave little hope they knew of a direct way to fight the jutsu.
Minato, Hiruzen, and Hashirama took note of the power exuded by Naruto and Sasuke.
"What happened to you two?" Minato and the other two asked nearly in unison.
"The true Sage of Six Paths visited us and gave us a few gifts, but we couldn't stop Madara from creating this dammed jutsu!" Naruto said.
"The sage visited you? How could he, he hasn't been alive for ages?" Hiruzen spoke up immediately.
"He entered our minds as we both lay near death, he travels through time through his chakra, he's following his Sons' activities through time." Sasuke spoke up. Between he and Naruto the two told their versions of conversations with Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths. Sasuke finished the recounting. "Naruto and I posses the chakra of his sons, Ashura and Indra, and he gave us some of his chakra as well, that's why I have a Rinnegan and Naruto the power to create."
"Much like Madara and I did in our day?" Hashirama spoke up. The others looked at the First Hokage in surprise. "You don't think we didn't know we were different? No other Shinobi were as powerful as either of us in our prime, now it's these two's turn." He motioned to Sasuke & Naruto.
"But didn't the Sage speak to you too?" Minato spoke, amazed at the information he was now learning.
"Never, maybe it was because Madara and I fought and could never come to terms in the end. But I do recall sensing someone during out final battle, but never saw who it was." Hashirama continued. "If you are the new vessels with the Sons' chakra and have the Sage's as well, perhaps there is hope after all."
"But look at the world now? Even if we manage to defeat the tree and Madara, the chaos will rage on for years as people struggle for power again!" Hashirama remarked.
"We need time, which we don't have." Minato said, peering out across the landscape seeing the devastation and the roots of the great tree.
"Perhaps we do have time." Hiruzen spoke up, causing the others to peer at the old man quizzically.
"What do you mean Third Hokage?" Kakashi said.
"The key was left by the Sage when he talked with Naruto and Sasuke." Hiruzen continued.
"What key?" Naruto frowned. "He gave us his chakra, is that what you mean?"
"Yes Naruto, exactly. That chakra, and his ability to travel through time using it." Hiruzen said, again causing quizzical looks from the others. Hiruzen sighed a bit. "Look, we have used chakra for generations to do amazing things, from offensive to defensive jutsu, genjutsu, and more. Look at our ability to heal others, transferring chakra from one Shinobi to another, or mind transfer jutsu like the Yamanaka clan. Chakra isn't simply a one way street, it is versatile. As you younger folks are aware, I have studied all of Konoha's jutsu extensively over my life, something my predecessors did not have the time or freedom to do. And on top of that, look at us now, we are Edo Tensai, but our spirits have migrated to control these bodies. "
Minato was catching on to Hiruzen's meaning. "So what you're saying is that time travel is possible through chakra?"
"Yes, if we have a fixed point in time and place chakra can be projected to, it is possible. Consider the Hiraishin, Shindenshin, and Shintenshin, each requires focused chakra and allows for physical, mental, and even spiritual transmission. The difference here is the amount and type of chakra needed to accomplish the objective. Since these two have been gifted with the Sage's chakra, they can become the guide wires for the transmission. The problem is those transported need to be alive at the specific time and place to send their chakra and spirits to." Hiruzen looked directly at Minato.
"You mean that night don't you?" Minato's head sunk.
"What night?" Naruto asked.
"The night you were born my Son." Minato said. Naruto looked in his Father's eyes, exchanging and acknowledging the pain that night had caused them.
"What? So we can't go back any further, and if we go back after that night Minato can't go?" Sakura spoke up.
"That's right. Which means neither Tobirama or I can be any use to you back then anyway." Hashirama said.
"Before we try to do this, is there really no hope for us here and now? We have to make that decision." Sakura exchanged looks with the other living, breathing Shinobi. Team 7 looked at the scene outside the Susanoo protective shield, knowing the answer without having to respond.
"Before we go, I think Minato and I should talk about some strategy to deal with Obito." Hiruzen looked at his former student and successor. The two spoke briefly together before rejoining the others. "We have agreed to what we hope will be a better strategy, and since none of you others can help, you'll just have to trust we can accomplish our goal. Also, Naruto, this time we hope to prevent sealing Kurama within you, but just so you know, since you already have him and the Hachibi and Ichibi attached to your chakra they will be making the ride with you."
"Hey! We're going for a ride!" The three Bijuu inside Naruto had not said anything up to this point, but felt they needed to have a word in the decision. "Don't worry Naruto, we'll be with you all the way, seals keep us in bodies we would prefer to leave, but you are our friend. We'll keep you occupied... hehe!"
"Just so you know, Kurama, Shukaku, and Gyuki seem to have no problem with the trip. I think when I'm old enough for my body to utilize them, we should try to make contact with Gaara and Old man Killer B." Minato and Hiruzen looked at Naruto, impressed he was already planning steps ahead.
"If we're going to do this I think the time is now!" Kakashi said, noticing Black Zetsu approaching their position followed by a large root of a tree.
"We'll hold him off as you escape. Hashirama and Tobirama sped out from under the Susanoo shield and began attacking the tree root and Black Zetsu. The others looked on in admiration and inspiration, seeing the First and Second Hokage perform the duties that inspired each of them in one way or another.
"Everyone gather around Minato and place your hands on him and channel your chakra through him. When I throw the Hiraishin kunai on the ground concentrate on it with your mind. He and I will concentrate on the night Naruto was born, if this goes as planned you younger three will not be aware of what has happened for a few years as your brains won't have developed the senses and connections for long term memory yet, but once they do, you will begin to realize who you are, and we three will help you along. In the mean time, we will do what we can to change the outcome of this timeline." Hiruzen placed one hand on Minato's back and began concentrating his chakra into Minato as the others did likewise. Minato's body began to glow in a blue hue which got brighter as more chakra was infused into it.
Taking his free hand Hiruzen created a five prong hand sign with chakra letters and grabbed one of Minato's special Kunai and flung it on the ground at the groups feet and spoke the words of the jutsu that would transport them in time "Shintenshin:Chakura Jikan Ryokou" . Each of them focused on the special kunai which also began to glow except it's color was a pure white. As the glow from Minato's body and the Kunai grew their colors mixed in a Yin Yang pattern. Soon that pattern grew creating a sphere that encompassed the group.
Sasuke's Susanoo began to crumble and the two Hokage who had been battling Black Zetsu and the approaching root turned in time to see it completely disappear. The Eternal Tsukuyomi shown down upon the once hidden ninja. The tree root shot towards the group of Ninja enveloping the living bodies in cocoons. The bodies of Minato and Hiruzen began to crumble into dust. Hashirama looked across at his brother, the two shared a brief moment of long past memories and let their spirits find peace and leave the Edo Tensai constructs that Orochimaru had created.
Kaguya/Madara looked out upon the world covered in roots that sucked the chakra from all sentient beings. Around the world not a single person was untouched by the ultimate Dojutsu.
"It is all mine now." A female thought occurred.
"You mean it is all ours." A male thought countered.
" We are one, I am the tree, you are merely a part of me. Simply an extension I can take or leave." The female thought responded. Somewhere on the planet a husk fell open releasing the body of a man, lifeless.
"It is all mine." The female continued.
Among the myriad of roots a walking corpse collapsed when a root shot up and impaled it. The parasite released the body it was attached to. The black ooze attempted to find its source mind, but could not sense it. The Will of a once powerful ninja had a world of emptiness to itself. When it tried to enter pods containing new bodies a strong chakra barrier shocked it. The blackness of the Will could do nothing more than exist.
