A/N: Hey! I am back from a really long absence. I'm sorry! Um…I still on writers block for Wings so yeah…but this is a new story that wouldn't leave my head. So Enjoy! I will try to update wings when I get an idea but that will come later. I'm sorry!
(Disclaimer: Hey! This is Breezy's mind. She doesn't, nor her mind, own Naruto. If we own anything it will be stated above or at the bottom. Got that Memorized?)
Chapter One: Returning
"Hokage-sama?" The ANBU found the Hokage looking over the ruins of their Village, Konohagakure. Sapphire blue eyes looked over the rubble and remains, sadness shining clearly in their depths. There were the remains of the ramen stand that he and his team used to eat at with the remains of the dango stand next door. The Hokage was standing on what remained of the shinobi academy, a red haired Kazekage next to him providing quiet comfort. The ANBU winced inwardly as she looked at the ruins herself. "Hokage-sama, the last of the enemy have been eliminated sir. Including Uchiha Sasuke."
"Thank you Ino-chan." The voice was heavy with weariness and sorrow, the tone betraying the Hokage's young age. Wind rustled the blonde hair as the 19 year-old turned to face his companions. Uzumaki Naruto was the youngest Hokage to ever grace the village, beating the Fourth by 5 years. The teen's shoulders sagged and he mentally recounted the group in front of him' the group that symbolized the surviving villagers of his once proud village. There were 12 survivors in all and including himself, 13: ANBU Captain Inuzuka Kiba, ANBU Torture and Interrogation Captain Yamanaka Ino, ANBU member Hyuuga Hanabi, Jonin Taijutsu expert Rock Lee, Ex-Hokage Honou Tsunade, the Snake Sannin Mitarashi Anko, Jonins Shiranui Genma, and Namiashi Raido, Chuunins Hagane Kotetsu and Kamizuki Izumo and ex-nukenins Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi. Standing alongside them were Kazekage Sabaku No Gaara and his elder siblings Temari and Kankuro. The number of deaths in the now ended war were staggering and now both the young Kages had to endure the loss of their village shinobi.
"What do we do now?" Kiba finally asked. His voice was hoarse and his expression showed signs of sorrow and fatigue. The young man leaned against his katana and Akamaru, unable to stand himself as three years of pain and loss finally caught up with them.
"I don't know anymore Ki-chan." Naruto murmured, using the nickname easily. "I suppose we start building the village from scratch."
"That could take ages Naruto." Tsunade said softly. Naruto made a noise showing that he knew.
"What else could we do?" the Hokage asked. No one answered him, no one save for one.
"You could always find a way to make it better." A voice in Naruto's head offered.
/"And how do you suppose we do that?"/ Naruto asked. The voice hummed thoughtfully and then said
"Time Travel. Shukaku and I could provide the chakra and seals for you all to travel back and change everything so the future might not be this…horrid."
"Naruto-sama?" Hanabi asked softly seeing the vacant expression on the older boy's face.
"The fox suggested we time travel." Naruto said after a few moments of deliberation. "He said that he and Shukaku could provide Gaara and I the chakra and the knowledge of the seals and we'd go back to fix things."
"Will we forget all that's happened?" Lee asked, his eyes bright with curiosity. Naruto shook his head. Genma and Raido smiled.
"Good. I'd hate to forget how good a Hokage you are Naruto-sama." Said Kotetsu. "I'm up for it. Izumo you too right?"
"Hai. We have nothing left to lose now." The other chuunin said quietly. Naruto smiled.
"Very well." Gaara said. It seemed that no one would object now.
"Itachi-san, Kisame-san you are aware that you two will be with the Akatsuki still if we do go back." Lee asked. The two nodded.
"We will be with the Akatsuki but we will always stand with you Hokage-sama." Itachi said, earning a nod from Kisame.
"Then let's do this. "Naruto beamed. He nodded to Gaara and instantly their hands began to flash through the seals. Gold and red chakra flared up and with a flash and a boom, the world's youngest Kazekage, Hokage and their closest allies vanished.
Sunlight streamed through an open window, splashing the golden rays of a messy bed. Dust particles shown in the light and the one sleeping groaned. A hand swatted at the rays trying to block the light.
"Damn it. Stupid sun." The man grumbled. He winced and hissed when a sharp pang in his head made him wonder what he had been doing the night before. Suddenly brown eyes snapped open and the man was instinctively alert and waiting for something. What he was waiting for came in the form of a slender hand as it slid across his chest and the owner snuggled into him. In a swift movement, a kunai snapped into his hands and the bed covers went flying. A body was flipped over and slammed against the mattress, the kunai held to their throat as his knee dug into their spine.
"Itai!" The person cried out.
"Who are you?" He demanded, pressing the kunai slightly. The person, female, he deduced from the curve of their back, whimpered. He mentally noted that the woman did not seem to have shinobi abilities. Just then the door slammed open.
"Genma! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Shiranui Genma hissed and his eyes shot towards the door. Familiar faces swam in his vision and they were staring at him in surprise. "Don't kill the poor woman!"
"Shiranui Genma release that poor woman before she gets a heart attack!" A familiar voice barked as the scarred man pushed his way forward. Their eyes met and Genma noted the amused sparkle. Slowly he loosened his hold and the woman scrambled off his bed, grabbing her dress from off the floor as she fled. "How hard did you hit the alcohol you idiot?"
"Obviously harder than I remember." Genma muttered standing from his bed. He suddenly realized that he was facing a group of shinobi in his boxers. With an inward grimace, his hands formed a few seals that instantly set the watching shinobi on guard and a hail of kunai and shuriken alike flew towards him as smoke covered him.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Genma's voice barked from behind the smoke. As it cleared, the shinobi were in varying stages of embarrassment as the jonin glared at him. The scarred Namiashi Raido was trying hard not to laugh as he watched their faces contort when Genma was seen. Where he was previously in polka-dot boxers, he was now fully clothed. Dark blue pants not loose but not tight either hung off his hips with his kunai pouch tied around his right thigh, a dark blue sleeveless shirt adorned his upper body with his flack vest over the garment and traditional sandals were on his feet. Fingerless gloves were on his hands, the material reaching his elbows and his hiate was in it's usual style on his head the clothe covering his hair as the leaf symbol glinted from the back of his head.
An array of kunai and shuriken were at his feet. Genma scowled and he withdrew his trademark metal senbon from a hidden pocket. The room was filled with a strange, tense silence as the group stared at Genma. The watching Jonin at the door were a bit more than surprised while Genma was ready to spring at a moments notice. Raido caught his eyes and the other man discreetly signaled him and Genma inwardly sighed.
"Senaijashu!" The voice was short and snapped as a blur of brown flew at him. Genma scowled even more as the snake wound almost lovingly around his torso as the woman was allowed to walk through. Mitarashi Anko stared at him in amusement.
"What a fine way to recover from a hangover Shiranui. Terrorize a poor civilian woman and come this close from butchering an entire squad of jonin in your own house." She drawled smoothly. Her eyes narrowed. "The academy just graduated a bunch of brats. We're going to need the jonin alive to teach them all to become genin."
Genma huffed and the other shinobi dispersed until it was just Raido, Genma and Anko. Anko nodded to Raido who shut the door and the python disappeared with a poof. Genma managed a small smile and he sat on the mattress. For a few seconds no one spoke until Genma gave a short barking laugh.
"It worked after all. You don't know how relieved I was to see Gai's hideous eyebrows and Asuma and his cancer sticks just now." Genma said with a fond smile. Raido and Anko exchanged glances.
"We know. Believe me we know." Raido said simply.
Umino Iruka was promptly surprised to be ambushed early in the morning by three enthusiastic genin graduates of his when he stepped into the classroom. He blinked at them in surprise and the just grinned and took his things to his desk before bouncing away to their seats. Iruka raised an eyebrow and he felt surprised by the new appearance of the three genin as they sat down.
Seated towards the back was one Uzumaki Naruto and the boy had discarded his orange jumpsuit, settling for much darker colors. The blonde boy wore a dark turquoise sleeveless turtleneck with a mesh undershirt underneath it seemed. Black pants of some strange material were on the lower half of his body and he also wore silver shin guards, his kunai holster in its usual spot on his thigh. Naruto wore the traditional sandals as well as two dark orange wrist wraps that looked like they had been rigged to fire darts. His hiate was around his neck, the blue cloth having been switched to black.
About two rows below the blonde was Inuzuka Kiba. The boy grinned and waved when he saw Iruka looking at him. The Inuzuka heir had traded his usual coat for a simple light jacket that was partially unzipped to so his puppy, Akamaru could be carried. Beneath the jacket Iruka could see a mesh shirt that had odd bulges and Kiba seemed to be hiding a scroll or two from inside his jacket. The boy wore simple black pants, the material similar to the pants that Naruto was wearing and Iruka noticed a bulge in a place or two and realized he had hidden scrolls in the pockets as well. His hiate was around his forehead; the cloth black and the sandals were on his feet.
Iruka was surprised to hear a lack of squealing towards one Uchiha Sasuke as he found the boy and he found the reason when he saw Yamanaka Ino chattering away with Nara Shikamaru, ignoring the Uchiha boy. Like the other two, she too had changed her attire. The Yamanaka wore a dark green halter-top over a mesh shirt and a pair of black pants, also of the same material as Naruto, with her kunai holster strapped to her thigh. Silver bangles gleamed on her upper arms and two bracelets were on her wrists. Iruka had a sinking suspicion that the bangles and the bracelets weren't just for fashion. Instead of the traditional sandals Ino wore what looked to be boots on her feet and the casually draped black jacket on her chair reminded him eerily of a jonin he knew. Her hiate was on her forehead the leaf symbol glimmering proudly.
"Ohayo Iruka-sensei!" Haruno Sakura's voice jerked Iruka from his thoughts as he smiled at the pink haired girl as she arrived in the classroom. Ino looked up at her voice and the blonde girl positively beamed.
"Ohayo Sakura-chan!" She chirped, waving towards the girl Sakura blinked at the sudden greeting and she blinked even more when she saw Ino's attire. Sakura smiled nervously and she hesitantly nodded towards the other girl before she hurried towards a seat next to Sasuke.
"Ino-chan?" The blonde girl instinctively slid a hand towards her thigh looping a finger through a kunai as she palmed the weapon and she tilted her head back. Kiba smiled at her and the girl relaxed, her kunai leaving her hand. "Ne, Ino-chan what team do you think you'll be on?"
Ino smiled, noticing the sudden nervous tone the boy supported and she saw the silent boy next to Sakura; Uchiha Sasuke. Suddenly she remembered a flash of a kunai and red blood and she shivered. Kiba looked at her worriedly and Ino shook her head.
"I don't know what team I'll be on." Ino said with a shrug. Kiba nodded before he suddenly stiffened as one Aburame Shino took a seat next to him. The Aburame looked at him curiously behind his sunglasses and Kiba managed a shaky grin. "Ki-chan, c'mon let's go see Naru-chan. Lee said we'd meet up for lunch and I wanna see if he got the memo."
Kiba nodded almost immediately and the duo set off towards Naruto. The blonde looked up at their arrival and a faint grin settled on his face. He motioned for the two to take a seat.
"Just today only mutt." Kiba grinned and plopped into the seat. Ino giggled and she sat on the desk before switching to a seat when Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Lee said we'd head for Dango during lunch. Want to join us?" Ino rolled her eyes and Kiba declared, "Of course."
A/N: And that's the end of Chapter One! Whee! I hope you all like this. Review and tell me what you think!
