A chance to make things right Chapter 1, a naruto fanfiction I do not own Naruto all rights go to Maasashi Kishimoto! This story was previously owned by another writer, but she decided to hand it down so I adopted it. Thank you hope you like the story.

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She was falling that much she knew. Her thigh length pink hair floated above her mixing in with the endless white that surrounded her. It was peaceful she decided, so much better then the blood soaked world where her friends and loved ones died one after another. Her eyes closed as a bittersweet smile graced her lips. It was finally over. Her twenty years in this world had been filled with more blood then anyone should have to witness. A flash of yellow and orange crossed her mind making her smile even wider.

"Naruto..." She whispered to herself as she slowly brought a hand to where the reaper death seal lay underneath her flak jacket. A bitter reminder of everything the future would never have... Transclusent tears flowed from her eyes and intermingled with the endless abyss around her. At least Kurama and her would be able to see Naruto again soon...

"Not yet... You have far too much to do Sakura... The past is now your future... Make the best of it..." A soft resounding voice sounded from all around her. The abyss lit up and became unbearably bright before everything went black.

An annoying beeping resounded in her ears causing her to curse internally. She groaned softly before she slowly opened her eyes. The ceiling above her was a bright white and she wondered if she was still stuck in the nothingness that she last remembered. No that couldn't be it... That place was unearthly quiet except for the voice that spoke to her at the end. The strange voice instantly became the least important thing to her when she noticed another prescense in the room.

Seafoam green eyes shot up to meet electric blue and she had to stifle a gasp. "Naruto...?" She whispered hopefully. Her hope died in her chest as she gazed at the man closer. The man in front of her had the same striking blonde hair and blue eyes as Naruto, but his face was more attractive and lacked the whisker marks.

The Naruto look a like studied her intently for another moment before he opened his mouth to speak. "My name is Minato. I found you injured outside of the village gates so I brought you back here." He paused to let his words sink in, and gauge her reaction to this.

Sakura had to push away the blush that lit up her face at his smooth voice. With a single look and a few words he had reduced her to a puddle of mush. It was embarassing really... After all the training she had gone through as Tsunade's apprentice she still had difficulty controlling her hormones. "Oh... Thank you for your help. But where exactly is here?" She questioned curiously. All of the shinobi nations were in ruins so there were very few places for survivors to go. 'And definitely nowhere this peaceful and quiet...' Inner Sakura whispered brokenly. The look on Minato's face was almost priceless. He looked completely put off by her question. "What?" Sakura whispered somewhat annoyed.

"You mean you don't know where we are? But you are wearing a Leaf headband... Surely you recognize your home village?" He trailed off quietly. Sarutobi had reassured him that this girl was no enemy of theirs and he trusted the Third's judgement. But it was entirely possible that this girl had stolen a Leaf flak jacket, and headband as a means to infiltrate the village. And seeing as how she looked absolutely stumped at the revelation that she was indeed in Konoha, something was definitely off...

Sakura's eyes hardened as a cold look overtook her beautiful features. "The Leaf village was destroyed by Madara two years ago... There is no home for people like me anymore... There is only blood and battle. Like it has always been since the Fourth Shinobi World War started." Her eyes were steady on him like she was trying to figure out what world he was living in.

He felt his heart break at the pain he heard in her voice. Nothing she was saying made any sense to him... The Third Shinobi World War was in full swing yet this woman was speaking of a Fourth war? Where was she from? No the better question was when was she from? "We are in the middle of the Third Shinobi world war... Are you sure you are alright?" He asked her gently. He continued to watch her intently as she warred with her thoughts. Her long pink hair pooled around her thighs on the hospital bed engulfing her slender frame. His eyes came up to look directly at her eyes while she was distracted. Her sea green orbs were clouded over with despair but they were still beautiful. Blue eyes traveled up to rest on the blue diamond on her forehead. This woman had to have been the most beautiful woman he had ever seen before. He cursed himself silently for thinking like that but he couldn't help it. Her soft voice immediately snapped him out of his thoughts.

"You can't be right... I was just in the middle of the battlefield... There's no way you're telling me the truth!" The blankets flew up in a flurry of white as Sakura threw herself up from the bed. "Where's Tsunade shishou?! She has to know what's going on here!" She demanded angrily as she went to take a step forward only to trip over her weakened legs. She braced herself for impact as she started to fall. 'Well at least the floor can't make my face look any worse...' She thought absently as she waited to hit the cold stone floor. A pair of arms suddenly wrapped around her shoulders to stop her from falling. Her green eyes snapped open and locked with the deep blue eyes of Minato. 'It was Minato... Right?' Inner Sakura piped in quietly.

"Careful... You were in pretty rough shape when I found you. You need to rest." Minato said as he attempted to help her back into her bed. She struggled the whole way in a desperate attempt to free herself from him.

"Let me go! I need to find Tsunade Shishou!" Sakura shouted as she fought to free herself. Mister tall light and godlike would not let her go and it was starting to piss her off. If he didn't let her go she was going to punch him through the wall!

"Tsunade hasn't been in the village in months! No one even knows where she is! Now will you please lay down so that your wounds can heal properly?!" Minato said raising his voice slightly at the stubborn kunoichi who was giving him a run for his money. He could barely hold onto the fiery pinkette. He shuddered to think of how strong she was when she wasn't injured.

Sakura stopped short and glared at the man in front of her. She opted to show him who he was talking to with skill not words. She brought her hands up to make the necesary handsigns for the mystical palm technique. Her hands began to glow a bright green as she brought them to her chest. The various injuries instantly healed up in seconds under her extremely competent medical abilities. She subtly brought her eyes up to lock on the blonde whose mouth was slightly agape. A cocky smirk graced her lips as the healing chakra faded from her hands completely. "I am the successor of Tsunade Senju. You would be hard pressed to find a better medic then me anywhere!" She stated arrogantly. If there was one thing she was confident in, it was her healing powers. That truly was the only thing about herself that she believed to be satisfactory. Pushing those thoughts away from her mind she focused on the task at hand. "Now take me to the hokage." It felt wrong to not adress Tsunade as the Hokage, but obviously this guy was too slow to get that Tsunade was in fact the hokage as she had been for eight years.

Minato's jaw snapped shut after she demanded to see the Hokage. He could see that she would not be dissuaded though. He guessed he really had no choice in the matter... "Maybe you should get dressed in suitable clothes first..." He said cheekily as he trailed his eyes over her body that was covered in the loose hospital gown.

Sakura followed his gaze down to her large chest and her cheeks flared up in fury. "YOU PERVERT!" She shrieked as she grabbed a vase from the nearby table and chucked it at him. "GET OUT BEFORE I GUT YOU!" She shrieked again as he dove out of the way of the projectiles she was throwing his way.

"Okay! Okay!" He laughed as he turned to make his way to the door. A mischievious smile lit up his face as he looked over his shoulder at her. "Nice body pinky." He said easily as she continued to glare daggers at him. A split second later and he was flying down the hospital hallway outside of her room. He didn't mind it though as he peeled himself off of the ground. She looked even more beautiful when she was mad.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at the pinkette in front of him as she stared back with her jaw touching the floor. He had known that she would come... The Seeress had told him that a young woman with pink hair would come from the future to change the path of the future for the better. He hadn't known whether to believe the old woman or not... Well he hadn't until Minato had rushed into the village with the pinkette in his arms. He had taken one look at her, and he had known it was the girl from the future. She had been completely ravaged by injuries so it was a surprise that she was standing before him completely healed. "What is your name and rank?" He prompted her gently. He watched as her mouth opened and shut several times but nothing came out.

"You... You're dead... How can this be? You died during the Chunin exam finals..." Sakura whispered more to herself then to him, or Minato who was standing off to the side.

"No I am still very much alive... And you still did not answer my question." He would be as patient as he could be for her. But he still needed to know everything about her if she was to help change the future.

"Sakura... Sakura Haruno... I'm a jonin, and the head of the Shinobi Alliance medical unit." She finished quietly as she continued to stare at him.

"Sakura..." He stared at her intently as he processed her words. She could be just the edge that their medical staff needed. After Tsunade left the village the hospital had been thrown into chaos without someone to lead it. If what she was saying was true then maybe she could turn the hospital around for the better. "Sakura I know that you must be very confused about what is going on, but I assure you that you are meant to be here." Sakura's eyes came up to meet his head on and he could see the desolation in her gaze. She looked like a woman that was lost in a world she did not know... And to some extent that was true... But this was still Konoha the Village where she was born and raised. It was just a different time period. What she was too shocked to understand at this point was the fact that she could alter the future for the better. It was obvious from her state of body and mind that the world she came from must be even worse then the one they were in now. His eyes filled with resolve as he stared her down. "I will explain everything to you later Sakura. But for now I need to ask you for your help."

"Help? What do you need me to do?" She asked as she stared him down. 'What could he possibly need us for?' Inner Sakura piped in from the depths of her mind again. "Quiet Inner!" Sakura chastied as she squared her shoulders to adress the man in front of her. "I will do anything you ask of me Hokage-sama!" She adressed him with the utmost respect. She was still a kunoichi of the Leaf, and she would be damned if she let the future repeat itself again! 'This time Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi sensei are going to live happy lives!' She promised herself. She would make a better world for her precious people one step at a time.

Hiruzen felt a sense of pride as he gazed at the determined kunoichi in front of him. Her eyes were now filled with a fire that was intense enough to scare even the most hardened war veterans. "We need to reorganize the hospital. I would like you to take over the position of head medic. No one will argue about it too much... No one wants to take on the burden of organizing everything so that it is running efficiently. And when the time comes we may need you to go out of the village for missions. But for now that will be secondary to your main mission, which is to get the hospital up and running. Can you handle that?" He asked already knowing how she would respond. She really was a lot like Tsunade... Maybe they had a relationship of some kind...?

"Yes of course! You can count on me!" Sakura agreed readily to his request. In times of war the medical nin were important whether they were on the field, or tending to the wounded in their own villages. She would be damned if the hospital was not running as efficiently as it should!

He smiled as he gestured Minato to step forward. "Now as for the matter of your housing..." He trailed off dramatically. "You can stay in Minato's spare room. I'm sure he won't mind!" He looked to the blonde who was beaming cheekily at the pinkette who did not look so happy.

"WHAT?! I HAVE TO STAY WITH THIS PERVERT!?" She shrieked as she yanked on her hair. Sakura attempted to glare as best she could at the blonde... But she actually didn't mind the arrangement as long as he respected her boundaries. And of course what girl would argue with having such a hot roomate? "As long as you respect me then I guess it will have to be okay..." Of course she wasn't going to let him know she was somewhat pleased.

"Of course I will Sakura... You don't need to know that I ogle you through a secret hole in the shower wall..." He bit his lip as he watched her cheeks flush bright red in embarassment, and anger.

"PERVERT!" Sakura screamed as she launched herself at him. It was official... He didn't have long for this world

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