Summary: Naruto gets hit by a misfired jutsu that breaches the limits of time, and drags the past Naruto and the future Naruto from their respective times. Thus, chaos insues. not a happy fic. Get-Sasuke-back arc.Oh, and Naruto is chunin.
BREEP!
BREEP!
BREEP!
BREE-CRACK!
"Dammit!" Naruto hissed as he untangled himself from his warm blankets. Once again he had destroyed his alarm clock for the unspeakable crime of disturbing his slumber, the only thing he held more sacred than training. But the accursed clock, in its last moments, had avenged its fallen kin by piercing his hand with shards of bright plastic. He stared irritably at his hand; beads of blood began to blossom from the splinters. wonderful. just peachy.
Naruto slid from his beloved bed to go clean up. The moment his feet hit the ice-cold floor, a naucious wave of apprehension washed over him. Somehow, I know today is really going to suck. He wistfully glanced back down at his bed. Maybe he could go back to sleep and hope fate would be kinder to him tomorrow. Fate. Now I'm starting to sound like Neji /sigh/. Nope. Not possible. Tsunade had a mission for him today, and he couldn't just skirt his duties to Konoha, even though she was the only one who would let him. He shook those negative thoughts away for the time being. Naruto squared his shoulders and went to the bathroom to clean his hand, all the while ignoring the nervous twinge in his gut.
It's just the milk. Right?
Naruto ran off to the Hokage Tower while dodging the occasional rock. He ignored it like always, but it always stung. It took all he had not to hate them for it.
Stupid villagers. Can't they just bug off?!
No. Don't think like that. A Hokage loves the whole village.
With that thought his dream seemed even farther out of reach than it did when he was twelve.
/badthoughtsbadthoughtsbadthoughtsbadthoughtsbadthoughtsbadthoughtsbadthoughts/
He entered Tsunade's office half an hour later. Naruto's eyes widened. Instead of Sakura and Sai waiting for him, there was Neji, Lee, and Shikamaru. Well, this sure brought back memories. Bad ones. Just more bad feelings to pile on. Great.
"There you are Naruto. Now we can get started." Tsunade staightened the papers on her desk." As you can see this isn't your regular mission. You four are going to be intercepting some rogue Grass nins. They've stolen a scroll from a special client, and we need you to get the scroll and return it."
Shikamaru frowned slightly."Special client?" Tsunade pursed her lips wryly.
"Yes. The client is a scroll horder of sorts. He likes to study old writings and jutsu theories that have been deemed utter crockery by most of the known world. However, he has begun experimenting with some of them and has claimed to have a few succeed. We don't really know just how successful his work is, but he is a sympathetic to Konoha and we would like to keep it that way." Naruto wrinkled his nose.
"So basically, he's an old quack with friendly relations to Konoha? Are you sure you just don't owe him money? OW!" Tsunade knocked him in the head. Naruto sat in a corner sulking over his bruise. The others sweatdropped in exasperation.
"So What!? Anyway, he must have done something right. Otherwise the Grass nin wouldn't have stolen from him.Shikamaru, you're in charge. Just get it back to him at this address." She pushed the mission scroll forward."The Grass nin were reported to be Chunin level but be on guard. They managed to get past his security, so they are more than decent."
Neji raised his hand." This mission is only labeled as a B-class mission. If it is as immportant as you say it is, shouldn't you send jounin instead?" Tsunade gave them a weary look.
"We lack the evidence of its importance, and we can't spare any jounin right now. Besides you have all proven yourselves against higher jounins before, and I'm sure you can handle it. Just be careful." She sent a pointed glance at the blonde. Naruto bowed his head curtly. That twinge in his stomach was going again.
"Well, you are dismissed!" The four poofed away. Tsunade slumped over her desk.
Man, I need a drink. Take care of yourself, gaki.
If only she knew.
/
The four shinobi were swiftly heading towards the last known location of the Grass nin. Every step of the way Naruto really wished he had stayed in bed. That anxious feeling was annoying him. He should have just trusted his gut. It had never let him down before, so why was he doubting it? A firm voice cut his internal musings.
"Naruto! Pay attention!" Neji chided. He had been watching Naruto since they left Konoha. The boy had been fazing out every five minutes. They couldn't afford any distractions."Are you alright?" Naruto shook his head frantically.
"Y-Yeah, sorry." Dammit!
" Troublesome..Don't get distracted. You heard Tsunade, we have to stay on guard." Shikamaru glanced back at Naruto. If he kept blinking out on them the plan could unravel on them.
"Yosh! My dear friend! We must not allow the flames of our youth to falter in front of our enemies. We will awe them with the-"
"Lee...Shut up."
"So troublesome."
"Thanks Lee. I'll remember it."
Neji activated his Byakugan."The targets are in sight." The others slowed.
"Good, remember the plan and keep on your toes." They nodded in confirmation and split off to surround their quarry.
/
"Watch it!" One of the Grass nin swung a bladed chain at Lee while twisting to send an earth jutsu at Naruto. There were six nuke nin heading eastward. Naruto and Lee caught them by surprised from the north with Neji and Shikamaru closing in from the west. The heavy battery assault from Naruto and Lee had rattled them and they desperately swung out in an attempt to make an opening for escape. Their panic left them wide open for the finishing blows from Neji and Shika.
Only two more were left, but they were also of higher claiber than their commrades.
"Hand over the scroll, and we'll let you off easy." Neji said to the taller nin. Shikamaru prepared to capture them with his Shadow jutsu, while Naruto shifted to cover the shorter nuke nin. Lee kept an eye on the unconscious nins, prepared to step in if necessary.
The older Grass nin knew he couldn't get away without sacrificing either his mission or his teamates. He glanced at his remaining partner. The guy looked like he was ready to surrender already. The coward. Feh, you deserve to die.
"Like hell! Futon: Summer Cloud Jutsu!!" Suddenly a heavy fog of pollen enveloped the clearing blinding the Konoha nins. He sped toward his stunned teamate, kunai drawn.
"Damn! My eyes! "
"Don't let him get away!"
"AGH!" The shorter grass nin was stabbed by his ex-commrade and left to die. The other nin took the scroll from his pouch and fled.
Naruto felt the wind shift as the Grass nin fled. There! He gave chase. Looking back he probably should have yelled for the others to follow.
The fleeing nin led Naruto out of the cloud of choking pollen. The blonde summoned several clones and activated his jutsu."Futon: Shadow shuriken!" He unleashed a flurry of shuriken whizzing towards the nin and moved into position to head him off.
"F-ing brat!!" He twisted around to deflect the oncoming projectiles, only to come face to face with one of the Narutos. It headbutted the man before dispatching as the shuriken hit their mark."ARGH!!" He fell back in pain, his mind still dazed from the strike. Another clone snatched the scroll from him, while the original and the other clones moved in to incapacitate him. In a last ditch attempt to stop the barage, the nin frantically copied the handsigns he had read from the scroll.
"T-Time Warp Jutsu!!" A flash of blue and silver light blasted the clones and engulfed Naruto.Oh.Crap.
"AAAAHHHH!!"
/
"AAAAHHHH!!"
"That was Naruto!!" Neji shouted. Lee had blown the pollen away with a whirlwind taijutsu techniche, and Naruto had been nowhere to be found.
"Quickly! Let's go!" Shikamaru ordered. This is so not good! He had sworn not to fail another mission. He'd be damned if they lost Naruto. Troublesome didn't even begin to cover it.
They sped in the direction of his scream. All sharing the same thought.
Don't let us be too late!
/
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!" He felt like he was being pulled in half. He couldn't see anything but the blinding light from the jutsu, and nothing he did would stop it.
But he could hear. His scream sounded weird. Like two other people were screaming with him. Please don't let it be any of the others. It was the last thing he wanted. He would gladly suffer if the others were spared the same pain. However...It...didn't sound like any of them. It sounded like a child's and a man's voice screaming with him. That in itself was creepy enough.
Naruto vaguely felt the pain begin to subside, but the screams became louder...more defined. There were now two people, both clearly audible, screaming alongside him.
And then...it stopped.
Naruto fell limply to the ground. As the blackness caved in on him, he faintly heard two thumps fall next to him.
"Naruto!" It was Neji. He sounded so far away.
"'the heck!?"Shikamaru.He's okay, but where's-
"Naruto-kun, what-?" Lee. They were all accounted for.
Thank...goodness..
Then there was blessed silence.
I thought I'd try my hand at a Naruto fic, in case my D-gray man fic didn't work out.
So many ideas, so little time.
Please review!
