AN: As promised, an unusual pairing.

Let's make this easy, I really wanted to see a fic with this pairing for some time, which isn't some kind of bashfest or well… not quite readable by grammatical and spelling standards, or even just a one-shot - Not that I will have both perfect, sorry :P

First of all, I will use one theory on time travel, including alternate universes! Yay. Which means, okay, you go to that point in the past and what happens? Alternate Universe created, even if you were to kill your ancestors, you would still exist, because it's not this universe you were born in.

Genius, right? *bullshit excuse*.

Also, I took Sara's birthday just from the birthday of her Seiyuu.

Chapter 1: Stranded

They did it, Ryumyaku was sealed away and Mukade was beaten. Roran was safe.

"It would be better if we seal with the memories of today, so we can be sure that the future isn't changed," Minato told Naruto.

"But! You said you had something to explain to me!"

"Yes," Minato formed a hand seal, "but not now, I am sure we will meet again some day."

"But-"

An explosion went through the temple and suddenly the Kunai that Minato used to seal away the Ryumyaku shattered.

"N-Naruto… the seal on the Kunai, was it hit by some attack?"

"Ah… maybe?" Naruto looked confused when the white glow around him and Yamato disappeared. Minato facepalmed. "Wha- wait, what is happening?"

Naruto panicked while Yamato's face turned impossibly serious.

"It seems you are… fixed in this timeline, maybe?" Minato explained.

"What does that mean!?" Naruto didn't really understand much, but it didn't sound good in any way.

"It means, Naruto," Yamato clenched his fists, "we can't return to Sakura and Sai."

"Ah…" Naruto slipped backwards and fell on the floor, looking visibly shaken. "Wh… do… why…"

Sara came up to him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"My… my friends… Sasuke…" Naruto muttered.

"I think it would be better if we evacuate everyone first and think later!" Minato shouted as another explosion rang through the temple.

Naruto shook himself out of his stupor and tried standing, but his legs were too weak now outside of the battle. Yamato picked both him and Sara up and followed after Minato, who jumped towards his team.

—

An hour later they were seated in the throne room, Minato glaring at Naruto for the broken seal. Sara sat besides Naruto, who was still unresponsive.

"I think now that we can't bring you back, I might just explain it to you," Naruto heard Minato say, making him look towards the fellow blonde, "I'm Namikaze Minato, and I think you might be my son."

"Wha-" Naruto wasn't really ready to hear that. He wasn't ready to hear anything besides 'You can return to your friends'. His friends weren't even born yet!

"Let me explain," Yamato stood in front of them both, "because both of us wish to avoid changes in time, I will make it short, on the day you were born, your father died. Your mother did too."

This time it was Minato's turn to look wide-eyed at Yamato. But he had at least more self-control than Naruto, if he asked now, it wouldn't mean anything good. With this, he would at least have a few hints.

Naruto nodded, that much he knew.

"I… have information for Konoha, that can save us from great evils," Yamato explained, "and maybe the future will be changed by it, but you might just remember that we can't return anyway. It's blocked."

"Yes, the seal is in place, but it didn't reverse the effects that brought you back." Minato confirmed.

"What should we do then?" Naruto shouted, standing up and throwing his hand behind him. "Sakura and Sai, what are they doing right now?"

"They will live their lives without us." Yamato told him honestly and Naruto sat down again.

"N-Naruto," Sara began, looking nervous. Naruto turned to her, still not quite accepting the situation as it is, "I want you to know, you can stay here in Roran if you have no other place to go…"

—

Minato and Yamato went into another room to have a more confident talk.

"I know how we are going to die, probably," Minato scratched the back of his head, "what you said was obvious enough, and you are right, the timeline has gone awry, any changes done will probably not mess with your timeline. It's… bad, I assume the seal was in place in your timeline?"

Yamato nodded.

"That means that this seal would have been the one in the future, any other applied now will still not send you back."

"I have no idea what you actually mean," Yamato smiled, "not really that good in those time-space ninjutsu… but I still wish the best for Konoha, if it might get rid of us around this time, it might still be for the best."

"I am still not sure if I should…" Minato muttered.

"Maybe you can live a life with your child then," Yamato sighed sadly, "Naruto… he didn't have a good life. His childhood didn't go well in the village."

Minato swallowed hard and turned to the door to the throne room, where Sara was still trying to comfort Naruto.

"We… we can bring you to Sandaime-sama." Minato said. "But he, I am not sure what exactly might happen if Kushina meets him, she might very well force him to stay."

"Heheh…" Yamato actually chuckled, he heard about Kushina… she was pretty much Naruto with a more unbendable will. If she wanted something, she would go through mountains to get it.

"Subtle changes, right?" Minato asked him, making him look questioningly, "you will only tell the Sandaime about it, and he will look into it. Time travel isn't really something everyone would be ready to believe."

"Of course, Minato-sama." Yamato grinned. Minato glared at him.

—

"I… thank you, Sara." Naruto said, standing up as Yamato came back with Minato. "What now, Captain?"

"I will go to Konoha," Yamato explained, "and you will not, but I will explain to you why. Not now, at least. Maybe one day soon."

"What!?" Naruto shouted, pointing angrily at Yamato. "Why can you go bac-"

Right. It isn't back anymore.

"Because I have information on what happened along these twenty-one years," Yamato said, "and you do not, and I will only report to the Hokage only, after that I will probably come back here."

"Ah," Naruto nodded, sullen at the reminder that the village isn't what it used to be, "the… the old man, he is there, isn't he?" Yamato nodded. "At least tell him it would be a honor to meet him one day."

Naruto turned around and left through a window.

—

It took a few hours for Sara to find him again, standing near the tower where he saved her from falling.

"Gah… what should I do now!" Naruto shouted at no one in particular, kicking a wall and then gripping his foot "Ouch, ouch, ouuuch!"

Sara couldn't help it, she chuckled, which made Naruto turn around.

"Ah, Sara."

"That's Queen Sara," she stuck out her tongue at him, making him chuckle too.

"Sure, Queen Sara," Naruto corrected with a dry tone, "what does this queen wish with this lonesome ninja?"

Sara sighed.

"I will be honest with you, Naruto," Sara told him, putting her hands together behind her, "I like you, you saved my life and I don't think I would be able to rule this kingdom without you having helped me here. Also…"

Naruto was blushing already at her hasted confession.

"I would love for you to be my minister, now that A… no, Mukade is gone," she admitted.

"B-but I have no idea how to be a minister!"

"And I have no idea how to be a queen," she said.

"I'm sure you will be a great queen in the end."

"So, then you will be a good minister! What do you say?"

Naruto scratched his cheek, still unsure.

"And the other thing…" Sara began again, this time with a blush on her cheeks, "you don't have to answer me today…"

"Ah…" Naruto's face was red again and he coughed nervously, "h-how about we, I don't know… talk about it over dinner?"

Sara's smile was so bright and warm, it could have turned the Land of Fire into a desert.

—

Now that the danger was gone, the very next day they had another coronation planned.

Sara stood on high at a balcon, all subjects under her.

"Good morning, citizens of Roran!" She shouted, and she was greeted back. "To my deepest regret, I have to tell you that Anrokuzan turned out to be a traitor. He was the one that killed my mother… and the one that tried to assassinate me."

Those that didn't know shouted in outrage at the crime against their new queen.

"My life was saved though, by this man here, who will take Anrokuzan's place on my side, helping me to lead our kingdom into a better age!" She pointed behind her and Naruto stepped forward. "This is Uzumaki Naruto, minister of Roran!"

The crowd shouted in approval, and Minato's team stood behind them with Yamato smiling proudly at his student.

"Ah… hello?" Naruto called, looking down nervously. "I… I'm not really that good in speeches, but I know that will be able to protect her and aid Sara wherever she needs me. Thank you."

The crowd's tone made their approval obvious.

—

"Don't take too long, captain." Naruto told Yamato on the day of their departure.

"Of course," Yamato smiled, "and you don't go waging wars. Take care."

Naruto grinned and crossed his arms.

Minato didn't know what exactly he had to say to his son, Naruto didn't really see him as a father. Not that he could blame him, considering the fact he grew up as an orphan.

"Goodbye… Naruto." Minato muttered.

Naruto turned around, smiling sadly as he went back to Sara. He nodded to Minato and didn't turn back to him again.

—

It took a few days for most repairs to be finished and Naruto sat with Sara at the promised dinner. Naruto was put into more formal robes by some of the servers, which made him even more nervous, scratching his neck the whole time where the robes were a bit too tight.

"You know a lot about me already," Sara said, smiling at Naruto, "why don't you tell me about you?"

"Uh…" Naruto wasn't really sure when to begin.

"How about your birthday? Mine is on May 29th." Sara helped.

"October 10th, it's… not really a day I celebrate though," Naruto told her, "like you heard, my parents died on that day, when our village was attacked."

Sara looked sympathetic, she had her time with her mother and wasn't sure how everything would have gone had her mother died before she could take care of herself…

"I'm sorry," she said, "don't forget, you might meet your mother after all."

"But… she isn't my mother, is she?" Naruto asked, a false smile on his face. "She's just some woman who might one day give birth to Uzumaki Naruto."

"Don't smile like that!" She ordered. "Hiding your true emotions is unfitting of the minister, no deceit in front of the queen!"

Naruto actually laughed at that and she pouted.

"Sorry, it's… nothing, really. I'm just wondering about my friends," Naruto explained, "you don't need to worry, as long as I'm here no one will ever hurt you again."

Sara blushed at his bluntness, that gullible honest hero personality he had…

"You still didn't give me an answer," Sara reminded him, to which he blushed too. She smirked.

"Ah," Naruto scratched his red tinged cheek again, "I, I mean, I really don't mind this," he pointed around him. "Having dinner with you, talking with you. But, back home… there was a girl I liked."

"I understand," she looked down, her voice filled with sadness.

"But," Naruto went on, making her look up again, "she isn't even born yet, is she? And even if I meet her again, I will be an old man, and she will be just as I remembered her. I really don't mind sitting together with you again."

Generally outspoken, Naruto wasn't used to the fact he couldn't find the words he wanted to tell her. It wasn't a simple 'I like you' like he said it to Sakura. It was… slightly more complicated, he guessed.

"Then… let me tell you, I really like you, honestly!" Sara started. "You saved me, and you showed me that I could be a good queen if I tried, you are strong and nice!"

"I really like you hair," Naruto said without missing a beat, "I'm not sure why, but red hair… I really think it's pretty."

Both sat across each other, their faces red. The rest of the dinner was silent.

—

Everything went more quiet after that, the repairs were finished and everyone that was injured in the fighting was well again.

Only, it couldn't have stayed like that.

"Sara-sama!" A guard rushed in, interrupting Naruto's and Sara's discussion about why Ramen was or was not the food of gods respectively. "The Sandaime Kazekage came personally to meet you!"

Naruto's eyes widened at that. Of course, the past meant that Gaara's father wasn't Kazekage yet, and Gaara wasn't born too…

"Send him in." Sara ordered before turning to Naruto. "Do you know anything about him?"

"General stuff," Naruto answered, "strongest Kazekage in history, the Yondaime and Godaime barely reached his level with similar abilities… he can control Iron Sand. I think he and the Yondaime might be related."

It was a sound argument, both used the Magnet Release, and both had the abilities to stop Shukaku at any given moment by the use or Iron Sand and Gold Dust respectively.

"Greetings, Queen Sara," the Sandaime Kazekage was seated in front of her throne a few minutes later, behind him two guards, one that looked suspiciously like an older Gaara… the Yondaime, Naruto realized.

The other one was cloaked.

"I bid you welcome in my kingdom, Sandaime-dono," Sara greeted him politely and gestured to Naruto at her side, "this is my minister, Naruto."

Both agreed that saying a name that could be of his mother in Konoha would be bad. He didn't know how well anyone knew her, after all. And from what Sara told him, the Uzumaki clan was something everyone around this time heard about.

Naruto bowed, but said nothing, his eyes still fixated on Gaara's father.

"We have heard of your former ministers betrayal," the Sandaime began, not hesitating, "I have a suggestion how both Roran and Sunagakure can benefit from an alliance."

"Speak your terms then, I don't have time to deal with ninja, this is a peaceful kingdom," Sara snapped. Naruto raised his eyebrows at her tone.

Since she released the men that worked underneath the kingdom and all puppets have been destroyed, the kingdom was truly happy to have her as queen. She was happy about that, and happy about Naruto helping her.

"War is coming," the Sandaime Kazekage said, "the Third Shinobi War is on our doorsteps and I believe that a marriage would be an advantage to unite our village and your kingdom."

The Third War… Naruto reminded himself, it was the war where Kakashi got his Sharingan and Obito died, Kakashi told him once.

It was the war where Yahiko died and Pein was born in Nagato's stead.

"I refuse," Sara said simply.

"But Sara-sama, just think about it," the Sandaime wasn't disturbed by her lack of faith in the plan, no, he expected it, "this is my nephew, the one I am training to be my successor. Imagine the queen of Roran and the Yondaime Kazekage…"

"I refuse," she repeated, "I already have a man in my life, and my mother ruled this kingdom without-"

"Too bad," the Sandaime interrupted her and abruptly stood up, leaving with his guards.

A few seconds later, Naruto blocked a Kunai coming from the left that would have struck her head.

"The left one," Naruto could see it, barely but visible, "puppeteer, a good one. We won't be able to prove it right now, but he is right. With the war, we will need to prepare."

"You… you know something, don't you?" Sara asked, her skin pale after her coming face to face with death again.

"I…" Naruto wasn't sure if he should tell her, he couldn't.

"Naruto, please." She pleaded, standing up from her throne.

"When I came here… Roran was completely gone," Naruto told her, his eyes not leaving the door the Sandaime left through. Sara gasped in shock, "the third war, it took Roran from the face of earth, and I never heard anything about survivors."

Sara fell back to the throne, her legs suddenly weak.

"Don't worry," Naruto told her, grabbing her shoulders, "I said I will protect you! Even if this kingdom will fall, we will rebuild it!"

"Th-thank you." Sara wiped her eyes. "Really, thank you, Naruto."

"No problem, Queen Sara." Naruto grinned.

"It's Sara to you," she stuck her tongue out.

"Stop asking for something else all the time…" Naruto muttered, "make up your damn mind…"

"A damn mind it is, hmm?" She asked, her eyebrow twitching. She grabbed around his neck and rubbed her knuckles over his hair, "I will show you DAMN!"

"GAH!" Naruto shouted, his head hurting, he moved his hands towards her and tickled. She stopped, laughing. "Ohh, the queen is tickly, heh?"

"N-Naruto… stop this! I order it!"

"Gahahahah!" Naruto moved towards her, his hands in tickle motion.

At least he got her to smile again, the Sandaime Kazekage… Roran's downfall. These things could wait. He wasn't sure when exactly the war would begin, but skirmishes were already there. That meant the war would come soon. Too soon.

He wasn't sure he was ready for that.

— CHAPTER END

AN: I know, I know, this is short, I guess. But this is the story BESIDES my main story right now: Naruto - RPG Life Sucks. I will get to this when I have time, so don't expect two-days or one-day updates like with the other. But that also means that as long as Naruto - RPG Life Sucks goes on, this one won't be abandoned.

Next Up: Yamato in Konoha, the beginning of a war, Naruto meets an elderly priest before his death.

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