The Shape of Things to Come

I don't own Naruto or its characters

Prologue

Naruto Uzumaki was a loud, fun loving and highly energetic student, and also one of the best shinobi that the leaf had produced following the line of great heroes such as the First Hokage, Third Hokage, and Forth Hokage. While he was not near there level yet, he had just gotten back to Konoha, and he hoped that why he returned he could prove himself the equal to their legends. He had been just gotten back into town from his two and a half years of training with Jiraya, and noticed a large celebration that was already going on in the heart of Konoha. It was normal wildness he missed on his adventures with his perverted sensei. He also knew later that day he would have to train with Kakashi, so he better get some enjoy this while he could. Walking into the caravel, he noticed a number of familiar figures before noticing a old friend.

"Shikamaru, what's up," Naruto yelled loudly running up to the lazy shinobi, "What are you up too, have you seen anything interesting yet?"

"I am fine, and no, these things are always just set up to steal peoples money, you know that this is just a waste of time, right."

"Shikamaru, its fun, and fun is never a waste of money."

"Yeah no wonder you're always broke, idiot."

"Hey take that back, I can prove to you that not everything is useless," Naruto said with a smile, "Hey lets bet on it."

While normally Shikamaru would never taken time to humor Naruto, he did want to spend some time with his friend, and he knew he would win the bet. For the next hour, Naruto and Shikamaru went from stand to stand, with Naruto trying to prove in vain how anything they did helped at all. In the end, Shikamaru ended up just where he thought they would.

"You know fun, those were so helpful, you just are to lazy to see it."

"That is a pretty lame argument, admit it, you lost, you now have to do all my paperwork for a month."

"No, there is one last stand," Naruto said pointing to one by itself, with no one at it, "We have to check them all or it is not over."

"Sure, whatever, I won, after this."

Walking up to the tent, the boys noticed how odd it was, almost like a witch's tent one heard about in fiction stories. The two were even more amazed when they entered, they noticed a old woman who yelled witch behind a crystal ball. The rest of the room had the same feel, it would be scary if it was not common fact, that witches did not exist.

"This is for kids, to scare them, this won't help us in any way at all," Shikamaru said dismissing the woman.

"What, you dismiss me to quickly," the old woman said looking at the genius," I know you will find the information you find here very helpful for your future."

"Yeah, let me guess, you will show us something odd, and say this tells me this about your future," Shikamaru said mocking the old lady.

"No, you brat, I will show your future, or rather one possible future. You see our choices effect your future, and thus it always changes, but this view of your future is greater then maybe one should know," The old woman said, "No, you two need to know the world that is to come."

"Wow cool, I am in," Naruto said amazed by the woman.

"Alright, show us your ball tricks," Shikamaru said looking at the old lady still not believing her.

"Alright," the old lady said looking serious, "Remember you will only be able to see the future of your selves, and your friends. When observing your future, you will not be able to interact with it, and they will no see or be able to interact with you in anyway. You will be like flies in the room of time observing the events to come. Also, while it may feel like days and maybe years go by as you watch, in reality you will find the time in a matter of seconds. Finnally, as I said, this is one possible future, there are others that also can happen, and may happen. Only time will tell on this, I hope you are able to learn many lessons from this."

"Whatever old lady, just get the trick show on the road. "

The old lady did a large amount of and signs and then put her hands on the table and everything was dark. When the came to see the world, a world which would was truly of that future, and this is what they saw.

A tall blonde shinobi was standing looking out on his village. He was looking at the village, trying to notice anything different from normal, and to his happiness everything was as it should be. The blonde then put turned and looked at his kage's hat with a smile, remembering the day in which he had became the 6th Hokage upon Tsunade's retirement. Naruto Uzumaki smiled thinking about how successful things had been, and how peaceful. There was no Akatsuki to worry about, he had defeated Madara with Sasuke's help a decade before. Sasuke had finnaly realized his brother's dream of him helping to protect Konoha, and he later turned against Akatsuki and returned to the village, along with his Hawk teammates. Naruto remembered at that moment it was the graduation day for the gennin of the years class. He already knew who was going to be on what team, but with this class he had a personal connection, which caused him to smile a bit.

Naruto sat back and wondered how long he would do this job, everything was good, and he could spend more time with his offspring if he retired. He also knew that Konohamaru could take the job as 7th Hokage when he tired without a hitch. He had shown the younger shinobi most of his jutsu, and in many ways, their relationship was akin to that of the first and second hokage. Still, that would have to wait for a different time, Naruto for today was to be their to see the graduation of the new generation of shinobi who would make their own marks on the world. Naruto also knew that with every generation more the shinobi only get better and pass the past generation.

A/N- This is just the first chapter, and to be honest, unless I get a good amount of reviews from people who want me to write this, I will more then likely leave it here to good. If you want me to write this next generation story review, if I get a number of review, I will write it., promise. Right now though, it was just a spur of the moment thing. Chapter 2 is where the new generation characters would come in, if you want to throw in OCs I of course will look at them to a degree. Well thanks for reading this spur of the moment chapter.