A Springtime in Youth
Chapter 1


Sakura Uchiha was enjoying a beautiful and sunny spring day on the porch of the newly acquired Uchiha manor.

She hummed instinctively while reading through the complicated medical scrolls Tsunade had leant her. Since Sarada was at the academy, and her beloved husband on another mission, she was able to savor the peace and tranquility of Konoha's better days.

Unfortunately, this peace and tranquility ended far too soon for her liking.

"Sakura Uchiha", she swiveled her head towards the man in the painted mask, standing in her perfectly kempt garden, "you've been called to the hokage's office regarding an urgent matter". She immediately recognized it as Udon's voice.

A frown settled on her lips as she raised a brow, "why would Naruto call for me?" Usually it was Shizune or the head medics who required her, and only for serious cases that the other medics were incapable of handling. She had not been called to the hokage's office in a very long time.

'It must be about Sasuke', the medic thought, her heart lurching. "Is this about my husband?", her tone became sharp and serious, "is he okay?".

An almost chortle-like sound emitted from the male.

"Everything but his ego", it was a soft mumble, but she caught it. However, before she could question him further, he collected himself and uttered a, "please hurry", before leaping away.

Her mouth left gaping with her unuttered query.


Naruto attempted to repress his laughter at the predicament of his best friend, who glared daggers at the clearly amused Hokage.

"So, w-why did they-", He pretended to cough into his hands in order to cover up another chuckle, "do this to you exactly?" Shikamaru sighed beside him, looking over the slightly altered Sasuke in front of them. "They obviously wanted to handicap him", the Uchiha diverted his glare towards the genius, making him sigh for the umpteenth time that day.

'At least his attitude remains the same'.

Sasuke grunted unhappily, "to rid me of my dojutsu, and limit my chakra", he paused, looking utterly homicidal, "I'm guessing their jutsu didn't work as well as they hoped".

He wished he could bring those bastards back from the dead, just so he could kill them all over again.

Naruto's eyes widened, "so there's a jutsu like that out there?!" Sasuke grimaced, "I doubt it. To change physical appearance is one thing, but to actually cause a person to regress would take an insane amount of chakra". The high-pitched voice caused Naruto to snort and giggle, and the Uchiha glare did nothing but perpetuate the hysterics.

"Are you sure they were discarded properly?" Shikamaru decided to intervene before the Hokage got hurt.

Sasuke's glare lessened to a frown as he turned towards the other man, "yes, I annihilated them before the jutsu took full effect". He looked down at his body again, "it should have disrupted the change". Naruto – having calmed down temporarily – furrowed his brows. "I recall Shion's guard using a permanent appearance altering jutsu, although in his case the jutsu was cast on himself". Naruto creased his forehead in thought.

They looked at the seemingly six or seven year old boy in front of them.

Or rather, a thirty-two year old man trapped in the body of his former six or seven-year-old self.

"I came as fast as I could!"

The men turned towards the panting pink-head at the door. She lifted her head and looked over them one by one.

She froze as she got to the shortest male in the room.

'What the...'

"…Naruto", the hokage laughed nervously in response, "Sakura-chan". She didn't reply, entranced by the tiny male with large black eyes and a reminiscent chicken butt do, "Naruto…why does this boy look like a clone of my husband's younger self?"


Alright, my first multi-chapter story! Review if you have any suggestions :)

Rest assured, there'll be a whole lot of fawning over the grumpy chibi Sasuke. Also, the following chapters will be a lot longer.

Thanks for reading!