I've been wanting to do this for a while. Basically this is a Peggy-Sue/For Want of a Nail mash up, but Kakashi is the only one doing the traveling. It's going to start out like the manga did, but there will be some radical differences. Pairings are as follows:

KakaAnko (I guess you could call this the main pairing)

SasuSaku

SuiKa (this one will come later)

All dialogue is in quotation marks, and all thoughts are italicized. There's also a Narutaru reference somewhere in here. Enjoy!

XX

Kakashi noticed three things that were utterly, inexplicably wrong when he woke up in his room that morning. One: he was in his room. On his own bed. Last time he checked, his whole house had been demolished during Pain's invasion of Konoha. Two: there was someone lying next to him on the bed. Someone he believed to be dead. Mitarashi Anko? But she was killed by Kabuto when she went to investigate the Edo Tensei! Three: the date on the calendar hanging on his wall was wrong; it was almost three years early. Kakashi squeezed his eyes shut and massaged his temples. Madara is using Tsukuyomi on me. This is a genjutsu. After some time, I will wake up on the battlefield. Anko groaned as she shifted. She was lying on her stomach, and she groggily brushed her bangs out of her face, smiling up at Kakashi. "Morning," she greeted hoarsely.

Just play along with it. Pretend that nothing's wrong. "Ah…" Kakashi began, smiling at the woman next to him. "Good morning, Anko-chan."

"Today you're meeting another set of brats," Anko continued, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. Kakashi couldn't help but notice a diamond ring on her finger. No way… we're not… are we? "Don't go too hard on them, ok? Hokage-sama's going to be pissed if you fail his son." Kakashi tried to prevent the shock from showing on his face. Hokage-sama? Wait… so Minato-sensei is alive? Wait… never mind… this is Tsukuyomi. "And who were the other two?" Anko frowned as she stood up. Kakashi looked away sharply and fought at the blush forming on his face; except for a bit of lacy lingerie, she was completely naked. So we are married… Madara, you sick, twisted bastard. "Oh right! Uchiha Sasuke… He's Itachi's brother, right?" The way she was referring to Itachi so casually, a nukeinin, or so he believed, made Kakashi feel sick. "I heard he's a total softie." Sasuke. Uchiha Sasuke. A softie. Kakashi wanted to bash his head repeatedly against a wall. "And Haruno Sakura… hmm, I don't know much about her. Didn't you say she was a civvie kid?" Well, glad to see one thing hasn't changed. Kakashi cleared his throat and stood up, horrified to find that he was clad in nothing but boxers as well. Even his mask was absent; it made his face feel strangely empty.

"Yes, her parents are civilians," Kakashi answered when he could finally find his voice. Anko grinned at him.

"Well she's at the top of her class, and the other two brats aren't that terrible," Anko commented. "Hey, maybe they'll actually pass! And… you know… not because the Hokage'll kill you if you fail his son." Kakashi rummaged through the drawers of a wooden chest at the side of the room and was thankful to find his clothes – only his clothes – there. The mask was the first thing he slipped on. "Do you have to wear that thing? It looks really creepy! Come on, you didn't even wear it at our wedding!" Kakashi couldn't wait to kill Madara, to rip him apart limb from limb… Anko threw on some clothes and tied her hitai-ite around her forehead. Anko stared quizzically at him. "Are you ok? You look out of it."

"I'm fine," Kakashi answered stiffly. "Are you going on a mission?" Anko sighed.

"Yeah, but I'll be back by tonight," she replied. Kakashi nodded.

"Be careful then," he said a bit fleetingly. To him, it sounded like something any husband would say, but Anko raised one eyebrow.

"Really?" she retorted. "We've been married for a year, and you choose now to tell me to be careful on a mission?"

"Fine, forget it," Kakashi grumbled. This woman is a pain, even in real life…

"You sure you're up to meeting the brats today?" Anko asked.

"Really, Anko, I'm fine!" Kakashi insisted. "But really. Be careful. Come home safely." The words sounded foreign in his mouth (considering he was saying it to Anko, and not Naruto or Sakura), and, if it weren't for the familiar tone of his voice, Kakashi wouldn't even have believed that he'd said it. Anko simply shrugged.

"Well, good luck!" She threw him a smirk and left. Kakashi sat down on the bed and stared at his hands. Things in this genjutsu are almost exactly like they were back before this whole Akatsuki mess… well, you know, if you don't count the fact that my sensei, the Yondaime Hokage, is alive and the fact that I'm married… At least my team hasn't changed. I should probably check in with Hokage-sama… I mean… ugh… Minato-sensei.


Kakashi stepped gingerly into the Hokage's office, not really wanting any more weirdness. On his way up to the office, he had taken one long, good look at the Hokage Monument, and seen Uchiha Madara's face in the place of Senju Hashirama's. Well this is his genjutsu anyway, so why wouldn't he change things for himself a bit? He's changed things enough for me as it is… When Kakashi saw Namikaze Minato, his old sensei, look up and smile at him, it was as if he'd seen a ghost. "You're early," Minato said simply. "That's strange, coming from you." The fact that someone else was also there in the office – a woman with impossibly long red hair and blue eyes – made Kakashi feel even more on edge. Madara's Tsukuyomi was perfect; each detail felt so real.

"I see Anko-chan's had a good influence on you, ne Kakashi-kun?" the woman asked.

"Don't tease him so much, Kushina," Minato said, chuckling. "He might fall back into the habit." He got their personalities down perfectly… How can he even do that, if he's only known them for about twenty minutes? Kakashi cleared his throat.

"So I assume you want me to go easy on Naruto?" he asked.

"No!" Minato and Kushina cried out simultaneously, disgusted expressions appearing on their faces.

"We want you to train him so hard, he dies!" Kushina yelled dramatically.

"Well, maybe not quite that much," Minato amended hastily.

"Train him 'till he drops, and then train him some more!" Kushina yelled. "Naruto's getting a bit too cocky for his own good anyway." Hearing the words "Naruto" and "cocky" in the same sentence was as unnerving as hearing the words "Sasuke" and "softie" together… well maybe it wasn't that much of a stretch.

"Please don't fail him, Kakashi," Minato said sincerely. "I'll be honest; you're the only one I trust with him."

"Now that I think about it, you'll have to take care of little Sasuke-tan too…" Kushina mused. Sasuke-tan… she really called him Sasuke-tan She grinned at him. "But I'm sure you'll be fine. They're good kids."

"Well good luck, Kakashi," Minato said, resting his elbows on his desk and leaning forward. "You're going to need it."


Haruno Sakura stood out in the playground at the Academy, feeling a pang of nostalgia… not that she minded graduating, of course. "Sakura-chan," a sickly sweet voice said. Sakura whirled around to see three other girls, proudly showing off their hitai-ites on their foreheads. The leader, a girl a few inches taller than Sakura, with dark hair and blue eyes, smiled at her. "You passed the graduation exam, didn't you, Sakura-chan?" Sakura took a step back.

"B-But Ami-chan, it was only pass or fail!" she protested.

"But you still passed," Ami continued, smirking. "You know what that means." One of the girls with her pulled out a glass of orange liquid. There were worms at the bottom of the glass, wriggling in the orange liquid. "Worm juice. You know the drill, Sakura-chan." Sakura stared in horror at the glass. Every single time she'd drank Ami's worm juice, she'd thrown up. But today, I won't give her the satisfaction. She frowned determinedly and drank the glass, careful not to swallow any of its contents.

"Well this sucks," one of the girls with Ami muttered. "She didn't even puke this time." The other girl grinned.

"Do you think we've been giving her too much?" she asked. "She's immune to it now!" Ami simply smirked.

"Well, good luck Sakura-chan!" She and her friends entered the building, leaving Sakura alone in the playground. Sakura sank to her knees and spit out the worm juice, panting, feeling sick to her stomach. She stood up shakily and ran to a drinking fountain, desperate to get the revolting taste out of her mouth. She slowly made her way over to her classroom, praying that she wouldn't run into Ami or her friends along the way, and, thankful that it was relatively empty, sat down by the window. Iruka-sensei was sitting at the table, scribbling away at some scroll. That was good; there was no way Ami would try anything with him around. Sakura allowed herself to relax as she rested her head in her arms, letting her pink hair fall over her face. She still felt a little sick from the worm juice, but it wasn't something that would force her to sit out anything she might face that day. Slowly, students began to fill into the classroom, most of them talking excitedly to each other. There were even a few girls hoping they had impressed "Prince Naruto". As more and more people came in, Sakura prayed that Ami and her friends wouldn't choose to sit anywhere near her. Thankfully, the rows in front of her and behind her were taken by people whose names she couldn't recall, and Uchiha Sasuke, perhaps the nicest person in the entire graduating class, decided to sit next to her.

"Ohaiyo, Sakura-san," he greeted pleasantly. Sakura smiled at him.

"Ohaiyo," she greeted back. Sasuke frowned slightly as he studied her face.

"Are you all right?" he asked concernedly. "You don't look well." Sakura felt her face heat up. Of course Uchiha would notice…

"I-I'm fine," she stammered. "Really." Sasuke didn't look thoroughly convinced, but Naruto quickly slid into the seat next to Sasuke and greeted him cheerfully. Sakura couldn't help but feel a bit jealous. Naruto and Sasuke had been best friends their entire lives, probably because their mothers were such good friends; she wished she had someone like that.

"Ohaiyo, Sakura-chan!" Naruto greeted cheerfully.

"Ohaiyo," Sakura replied. Iruka cleared his throat at the front of the classroom and stood up.

"Starting today, all of you are real shinobi," Iruka said, "but you are still genin. The hard journey that lies ahead has just started. Now you will get missions to help the village, so today we will create three-man teams, and each team will have a jounin sensei. You will follow your sensei's instructions in order to successfully complete your missions." Three man teams… that means there's a chance that I'll be placed on the same team as Ami-chan! Oh please no… Iruka began reading names off a clipboard, and Sakura tried to keep the fear from showing on her face. The names blurred together; she didn't hear either hers or Ami's. "Ok," Iruka continued. "Next is Team Seven. Haruno Sakura." Sakura squeezed her eyes shut. Please, don't put Ami on my team. Please… "Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke-kun isn't that bad… But if the last person is Ami, then… "And Namikaze Naruto." Sakura gave a tremendous sigh of relief. She didn't even pay attention as Iruka called out the rest of the teams; she wasn't on Ami's team, but she was sure there would be consequences for being placed on a team with the two most popular boys in her class. "Ok, this afternoon we'll introduce your jounin senseis. Until then, take a break." Noise filled the room as students began conversing with each other.

"Sakura-chan…" came Ami's sickly sweet voice. Sakura turned to see Ami sitting a few rows behind her, smirking sadistically.

"Let's go," she heard Naruto say.

"W-Wait!" Sakura called out. Sasuke and Naruto, who had stood up by now, were staring at her quizzically.

"What is it, Sakura-san?" Sasuke asked.

"Um…" Sakura mumbled, feeling her face heat up. "I-I was wondering if… maybe… you wanted to eat lunch together? I-I mean, we're on the same team, and…" Sasuke smiled good-naturedly at her.

"That sounds like a great idea," he replied. Whew… I won't be seeing Ami this afternoon… "What do you think, Naruto?" Naruto looked at Sasuke, and then at Sakura, before throwing his arms behind his head and grinning.

"Can't," he replied. "Okaa-san wants me home."

"So it'll just be the two of us then," Sasuke said. "Is that all right with you?"

"Th-That's perfectly fine!" Sakura replied, smiling a bit. Sasuke smiled as his cheeks turned slightly pink.

"Shall we go then?" he asked, holding his hand out to Sakura to help her up.

"Y-Yes, of course!" Sakura replied, taking his hand and leaving the Academy with him. I'm safe…


The Tsukuyomi theory was becoming more and more improbable. Everything was so perfectly detailed; there were some details Kakashi was sure that Madara wouldn't be able to get, especially since a lot of aspects of the village sprung up after his apparent death. But if I'm not in a genjutsu, where am I? Have I… have I been transported to another world? As he stared at his team on the roof of the Academy – a bored-looking Naruto, a timid Sakura, and a smiling Sasuke – Kakashi felt like bashing his head against a wall for the umpteenth time that day. Naruto and Sakura's clothes were different from what Kakashi remembered; Naruto wore what looked like his usual garb after returning from his training trip with Jiraiya, instead of his ridiculous orange jumpsuit, while Sakura donned a red kimono, though she still wore her hitai-ite like a headband. Naruto hadn't bothered to prank him as he did before, which was a little unnerving. "Well," Kakashi said. "Let's begin with introducing yourselves. Your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future… things like that."

"Why don't you introduce yourself first?" Sakura suggested in a quiet voice. "That way we can see how it's done." Kakashi's eye narrowed. The Sakura I know was always so loud…

"Oh, me?" Kakashi asked. "Well, my name is Hatake Kakashi. I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes. Dreams for the future… hmm… And I have lots of hobbies." Sasuke frowned slightly.

"So all he told us is his name…" he whispered. Realization dawned on Naruto's face.

"Oh!" he yelled. "I remember you! Otou-san made me come to your wedding!" Yet another thing I have to look up. Maybe I'll ask Anko later.

"Now it's your turn," Kakashi said. "Why don't you start, Naruto?"

"My name is Namikaze Naruto!" Naruto announced proudly. "I like ramen, especially Ichiraku's ramen, and training with Otou-san and Ero-sennin." So Jiraiya is still in the village. "I hate waiting three minutes for the ramen to cook, when Okaa-san nags me, and Kimi-sennin." Kimi-sennin? He's not talking about Orochimaru, is he? "And my dream… I don't really have one." This threw Kakashi for a loop. He's not going to go on and on about becoming Hokage? "Hobbies? Pranks, I guess…" Then why didn't he prank me like he did originally? Why does this not make any sense? Kakashi cleared his throat.

"Next," he said. Sasuke smiled warmly at him, and Kakashi suppressed a shudder.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke," he introduced. Stop smiling at me like that! Maybe it would be better if I just ignored him… "I like tomato onigiri, cooking, and training with my brother." Kakashi's eye widened. Cooking? Sasuke likes to cook? Was he always like this? "I dislike being compared to my brother in any way, shape, or form, and my goal… is to become stronger so that my father will acknowledge me." So the Uchiha clan is still alive here… Now that I think about it, that's not too far off from what Sasuke would be like if the massacre hadn't happened.

"And finally, the girl," Kakashi said quietly. Sakura gave him a small smile. At least she's not that different from her original self.

"My name is Haruno Sakura," she said. "I like sweets and helping my sister out at the bookstore. I don't like people who are mean to others for no reason, and my dream is to become a strong kunoichi, so I can defend people who can't defend themselves. And my hobby is reading and memorizing things." Kakashi's eye narrowed. She didn't mention Sasuke once during her introduction.

"Ok," Kakashi said. "That's it for the introductions. Tomorrow we'll start our duties as a shinobi."

"So we'll be going on our first mission?" Sasuke asked.

"Not quite," Kakashi replied. "First we're going to do something with just the four of us. Survival training."

"But we had enough training at the Academy…" Sakura mumbled.

"This is different," Kakashi retorted. "This time I'm your opponent. I guess now would be the best time to tell you this: of the twenty-seven graduates, only nine will be chosen to become genin. The rest will be sent back to the Academy. This training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of over sixty-six percent."

"B-But we worked so hard!" Sakura protested. "What was the point of even graduating if we're just going to get sent back?" There's fear in her eyes. Is there something in the Academy she wants to escape?

"I was hoping the top student of this year's graduating class would have a bit more confidence," Kakashi said. Sakura blushed and stared at the floor. "Anyway, tomorrow you have to show your real skills on the training ground. Bring all the shinobi tools you have. Oh… and skip breakfast. You might throw up." He handed them each a sheet of paper. "The details are here. Don't be late tomorrow." Kakashi took a minute to observe his team's reaction. Sakura looked absolutely terrified; her hands were shaking as she read the paper over and over. No doubt, memorizing everything that's on there. Sasuke looked rather uneasy as he folded the paper neatly and pocketed it. Naruto frowned slightly as he crumpled it. Kakashi smiled at his team and waved at them. "See you tomorrow morning!"


Kakashi almost jumped when Anko entered his house. That's right… we're married.

"I'm home!" Anko called. She was carrying a white plastic bag. "I brought food."

"How was the mission?" Kakashi asked, briefly looking up from his book. Even Icha Icha is different here!

"A success," Anko replied. "Duh. How were the brats?" Kakashi looked down at his book.

"Strange," was all he said. Not completely a lie.

"Do you want to eat now, or later?" Anko asked, setting the plastic bag down on the table.

"Any time's fine," Kakashi replied. Anko turned to give him a weird stare before shrugging.

"We'll I'm eating," she said. "I'm starving." She pulled out a white box and pulled a stick of dango out of it. She began munching it, smiling blissfully. I should probably tell her… I'm supposed to be her husband. She'll be the first person to see that something's wrong. I'm sure I can trust her with this. She's my wife, after all. "Anko? Can I talk to you about something?"

"Mmhmm?" Anko replied, munching on the dango. Kakashi sighed and shut his book.

"I don't know how to explain this…" he mumbled. He took a deep breath and stared into her eyes. There was a stick of dango in her mouth, and she was staring blankly at him. I can see why I may have fallen for her at some point. "I may not be… from this world."

She promptly spit out her food. "What?" she yelled. "That's… did you hit your head or something?" Kakashi sighed again. I should have expected this.

"No," he replied wearily. "Can I explain?" Anko's eyes drifted to the side.

"Sure," she said, "but make it quick." Kakashi took into a deep breath and launched into an explanation.

"Back in my… world… there's a war going on against this organization called Akatsuki that's after the tailed beasts," Kakashi explained. "This is taking place about three years from now. My genin team consisted of Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Uzumaki Naruto."

"Don't you mean Namikaze Naruto?" Anko interrupted.

"No," Kakashi refuted. "Uzumaki Naruto. Both his parents died when the Kyuubi attacked Konoha. Uchiha Madara ripped the Kyuubi from Kushina-san shortly after she gave birth to Naruto, and she and Minato-sensei died sealing it back in Naruto… Which leads me to my next point. Back in my world, Senju Hashirama was the Ichidaime Hokage, not Uchiha Madara. Anyway, back in my world, the Uchiha clan was massacred by Uchiha Itachi, on orders from Danzou, to prevent a coup d'état on the Uchiha's part. Itachi spared Sasuke's life because he couldn't bring himself to kill him, and this completely shattered Sasuke. He's not the…" Kakashi shuddered. "… softie that he is here. He is a revenge-obsessed boy who's been victimized way too many times by the shinobi world… and he might have some mental diseases as well. Naruto grew up an outcast because of the Kyuubi sealed inside of him, and wants more than anything to become Hokage, but here, he's a spoiled prince with no ambition." Kakashi watched as Anko's expression turned unreadable.

"Wow…" she mumbled. "You're really serious, aren't you Kakashi?" Kakashi nodded. His wife's face turned slightly pink as she looked away. "What about… me?" Kakashi sighed. She's not going to like this at all.

"To be honest, Anko, I barely even knew you in my world," he said. "That, and you died before I even got the chance to know you."

"Oh…" Anko said quietly. "You don't sound like you're fully aware of the situation yourself."

"I'm not," Kakashi answered honestly. She stared determinedly at him.

"Well then…" she said, clenching her fists. "Even though you didn't know me too well back where you came from, I'm your wife here and now, and I'll do everything I can to help you. Hokage-sama gave me a break from missions for a few weeks, so I have lots of free time on my hands. Right now, the thing you need more than anything is information, because, honestly, I find it extremely hard to believe that you're from a different world."

"But—" Kakashi protested.

"I do believe, however," Anko continued, "that you're not the same Kakashi I married. And that's fine."

"About that…" Kakashi mumbled, scratching the back of his head.

"Right," Anko said, smirking. "You need to know how we got together. Long story short, we were assigned a mission together, I got captured, you rescued me, and to avoid suspicion, we posed as a civilian couple. When we came back home, I asked you out on an official date. We dated for a couple of years before you proposed – in the most unromantic way possible, mind you – and then we got married last year. August 13 is our anniversary."

"I'm sorry…" Kakashi mumbled. Anko simply grinned at him.

"Hey, don't worry about it," she said. "Imagine what would happen if you didn't have me to help you out with all of this. That would be a mess!"

"So what should I do?" Kakashi asked.

"Just carry on like everything's fine," Anko advised. "Be a good sensei for the brats, even if they are a bit different. By the way, you're going to have to tell me the whole story eventually, but I have a feeling it's going to take a really long time." Kakashi sighed.

"Thank you, Anko," he said sincerely. I never knew I would have to rely on you, of all people, someday.

"And I won't tell anyone," Anko continued. "You shouldn't either. Now let's eat and get to bed, shall we? You need to train your brats tomorrow morning." For the first time that day, Kakashi smiled genuinely. Maybe things will be better here. Naruto has his parents, and Sasuke's clan is still alive… but I still have to find out what exactly is going on here, especially with Madara…

XX

Nukeinin = missing-nin

Hitai-ite = forehead protector

Ohaiyo = good morning

Otou-san = dad

Okaa-san = mom

Kimi-sennin = creepy sage, derived from kimiwarui, the Japanese word for "creepy. Kind of like Ero-sennin, according to a Japanese dictionary. Let me know if I'm wrong, or if there's a better way to phrase this.

So, here's pretty much all the changes from canon (that you can see here, of course):

1) Madara was the First Hokage, not Hashirama

2) Minato and Kushina survived the Kyuubi attack

3) There was no Uchiha massacre

4) Kakashi and Anko have been married for a year

As for characterization, I'd assume that Naruto would be way more cocky and arrogant if at least his dad was alive, and Sasuke would be a male version of his mother, through and through (this includes his scary niceness). Naruto has the fan club here, not Sasuke, which is why Sakura isn't all "OMG, SASUKE-KUN!" If you didn't get the Narutaru reference, it was the worm juice… yeah, the Academy girls are bitches.

And there's the first chapter. Please, please, PLEASE review and tell me how I'm doing!