Author's Note: This is a new fic. Yes I know I haven't updated my other fic in ages but I really don't feel like writing that one anymore. I'll probably get back to it eventually.
It was a perfectly ordinary day in Konoha. The only thing of any note going on at the time was the assigning of genin teams that was going on in the ninja academy this morning. However at this moment Kakashi Hatake the renowned copy ninja awoke with a start in his apartment. His eye wide in panic as he covered Obito's sharingan with a hand. He looked around his apartment as he calmed down slightly but it was obvious he was confused. It wasn't actually his apartment. It was familiar but that apartment had been pulverized when Pain had attacked Konoha a year ago.
He frowned beneath his mask taking things in. The last thing he could remember before waking up was combating Madara and Sasuke alongside Naruto and other Konoha nins. Sasuke had just been taken down by Naruto's Rasenshuriken leaving hardly a trace of the missing nin's body. Madara had been about to retaliate with a eye-based space-time ninjutsu. Kakashi had rushed between Naruto and Madara and unleashed his own Mangekyou sharingan space-time ninjutsu and last he could remember was being sucked into a vortex of some sort that made his entire existence pain.
He could recall in horrifying detail the experience as the vortex tore his mortal body to shreds. Even Itachi's three days in two seconds torture hadn't been remotely as bad. To be quite frank with himself Kakashi wasn't really sure what was going on. He examined his apartment once more and frowned again as he looked at the shattered remains of his father's charka blade. He distinctly recalled getting the blade reforged as the war again Madara elevated. All clues seemed to be pointing to him getting hurled into the past yet his first instinct was to ignore that possibility for the moment at least until he could rule out the others.
It was possible he was trapped in Tsukiyomi again though if that was the case he was wondering why the actual torture had stopped. Sending him through a couple more of those vortexes should easily be capable of shattering his mind or anyone's mind for that matter. He was still mildly surprised he was even able to think after experiencing that. It could be a different genjutsu just meant to stall him and keep him out of the fight for a bit longer which seemed more likely. He made a quick hand sign and dispersed his charka with a shout of "Kai!"
Nothing happened in the least. He then bit his lip till it bled just to double check. He grabbed his forehead protector and slid it over Obito's eye as his normal eye narrowed glaring around his former apartment. The idea of time travel was seeming more likely by the moment and given the fact that two space-time ninjutsu's had been launched at each other it wasn't all that unfeasible. Now all that remained was ascertaining what time he had been thrown to and then working to prevent the terrible future that was going to happen.
He slid out his bed and glanced around his room again taking note of his Icha Icha calendar. It seemed like today was the day he first got saddled with Team Seven. His eye crinkled into that upside down u shape that denoted his smiling as he remembered his little genins fondly. That was soon dashed away as he then remembered the traitorous actions of the last so called loyal Uchiha. The ex-ANBU began getting ready to meet his team as his mind churned thinking of how best he could change the future. He definitely had to stop Sasuke from going to Orochimaru and given the kid's actions in the future Kakashi was sorely tempted to assassinate the Uchiha instead of letting him grow into such a major threat.
He shook his head to clear his mind of those thoughts. The current Sasuke had not yet turned into the crazed murdering psycho that he had been in the future. He just hoped that if he handled things right he could fix this. First thing he promised to do was to actually train the trio instead of blowing them off like he had. He also had to knock the three out of their current mindsets. Though from what he gathered after the fact Naruto would do that on his own during the mission to the land of waves. Sakura wouldn't do it till after Sasuke betrayed them all and Sasuke just devolved into insanity.
The jounin glanced at the clock in his apartment and sighed. If he really wanted to prevent that terrible future he wouldn't be able to be late all the time like he had so enjoyed doing. He still had an hour till he was supposed to meet Team Seven and four hours till he had actually met them. He supposed he could show up late just today and for the bell test but after that he'd have to take everything seriously. With a sigh the jounin pulled out his copy of Icha Icha and opened it up to read it, only to frown. He had already read this issue so many times that he had it completely memorized. He'd definitely do his best to prevent Jiraiya from dying this time around.
He glanced back at his father's charka blade and nodded to himself. He had four hours to waste he might as well do something productive. Getting Konoha's White Fang's sword reforged would certainly be a good idea. Not to mention reacquainting himself with the wielding of a blade. That would take some time but hopefully by the time the Chunin exams role around Kakahshi would be worthy of being called Konoha's White Fang reborn. His father had been greater than the Sannin and while he probably wouldn't be able to reach that high in the sixth months till the Chunin exam hopefully his time in the future coupled with intense practice would be enough. If he improved enough perhaps he would be able to take out Orochimaru before the man could ever sink his fangs into Sasuke.
A sudden thought struck him as he slid his forehead protector up and looked in a mirror. He focused his charka into Obito's eye and grinned somewhat evilly in satisfaction when it morphed into its Mangekyou form. If he could catch Orochimaru off guard with Kamui he would be set. Thought that still left what to do with Itachi. Due to knowledge disclosed during the war with Madara it had been revealed that Itachi had been forced to slaughter his clan against his will. The fact was that the Uchiha prodigy had tried to turn his little brother into the noose that he would hang himself with. The problem was that such an action led to Sasuke falling so deeply into the darkness that the Uchiha had gone completely insane and attempted to kill the entirety of Konohagakure.
While he couldn't fault Itachi for being guilty pushing Sasuke down the path of vengeance had led to him becoming one of the greatest threats Konoha had ever fought. If it wasn't for the fact that Naruto had learned how to fully control the Kyubi chances were they wouldn't have even stood a chance against the last two living Uchiha both who wielded the ultimate evolution of the sharingan. Lost in his thoughts Kakashi gathered up the fragments of his father's blade to bring them to the swordsmith that had reforged it in the previous timeline. The man was also the son of the original creator of the blade. Which was why Kakashi had trusted the man to fix the blade in the first place.
With that done Kakashi headed to the training grounds. One of his greatest weaknesses was his rather dismal charka stores. While they had sufficed for quite some time the challenges he knew that were to come would be too great for him to deal with at the level he was currently at. He also could polish his charka control up a bit. He had about three hours till he was to meet his squad. He would make use of them to the best of his abilities.
Author's note: Kakashi is probably going to seem out of character. He's going to be a lot more serious this time around for one thing. His perpetual lateness will vanish and he might just participate a bit more in his rivalry with Gai in an effort to get stronger for the coming challenges. Also I'll try to be better about updating this fic in a timely manner.
Also if you're wondering why I choose Kakashi I figured it was just because he doesn't seem to get many time travel fics for himself. I've only seen two so far that had him travel back and time and both of them he wasn't the only time traveler.