I do not own naruto so stop asking.
AN: This is a rewrite I did of the first chapter. I felt an interaction between the three members of team 7 would work better than a chapter explaining why everything had gone to hell. I decided i can slowly divulge details throughout the fic instead. I feel like this fits with my growing writing style better than my old chapter. I still have the old chapter on file in case i need it, though.
Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke sat in a cave in the former land of lighting, protected from the beasts outside only by a barrier justu of Naruto's design. A small fire burning in the cave was the only source of light for the trio as Naruto drew arrays into the ground for their last ditch effort at survival as Sakura and Sasuke watched him work.
"You almost finished, Naruto?" the pink haired member of the group asked. Naruto didn't look up as he answered his teammate, focusing intently at the task at hand. "Nearly there, this jutsu is experimental, so I need to be careful with the array or we could be royally screwed once we use this."
Sasuke scoffed at this "Can't be any worse than the shit that's going on now, Madara made sure of that once that beast he put inside himself corrupted him." Naruto sighed as he remembered the events that caused their current hell "Well, we wouldn't even be in this mess if I hadn't gotten myself captured." Naruto felt anger at himself surge and caused him to lose concentration on his current task.
Naruto cursed as he made a mistake in his array "Dammit I'll need to redo that" As Naruto corrected his mistake Sasuke looked at him angrily "Oh and who's the one who got you captured? If anyone should take the blame, it's me for my part in your unsealing."
Naruto looked up from his work and turned angrily at Sasuke. "And I should have been stronger. You were being manipulated by Madara, so I'm not going to blame you for this." Sasuke yelled back at him equally pissed "And I'm the moron who let himself get manipulated. I should have seen trough that bastard from the start. Stop trying to be fucking noble and place the blame where it belongs." As Naruto started to speak his response, he was interrupted by Sakura.
"Yes, we should place blame where blame is due, and that blame goes to Madara. Both of you stop trying to be noble and focus on the task at hand." Naruto looked at the pink haired girl and apologized. "Sorry Sakura, we're just stressed. Recent events, you know?"
Sakura nodded as she remembered the recent loss of the last member in their group of survivors. Ino's loss had been a heavy blow, especially to Sakura. They had been close and the hellish nightmare that the world they had been in had only brought them closer. It had brought them all closer, and each loss tore felt like losing their hearts over and over again.
Sakura looked at Naruto holding back the tears that threatened to leave her eyes. "That's why you need to focus on this so we can make sure this won't happen again" Naruto nodded at Sakura and returned his focus to the array. The next hour ticked by in silence as Naruto finished up his work.
He looked up at his two closest friends. "Okay it's done, you guys ready?" Sakura and Sasuke nodded. Naruto nodded back. "Get ready to jump in...Now!" Naruto shouted as he activated the jutsu and the array turned into a portal. The three remaining survivors jumped into the glowing vortex and without Naruto's chakra holding it open deactivated. Silence filled the cave once again.
AN: Why the heck are time travel fics so appealing? I've given into the temptation and decided writing one would be fun and writing one would be good for my writing abilities. I'm going to try and add my own twists to this one and try to write an interesting plot. There will be no pairings in this fic, I feel it would be a distraction from the overall plot. I also can't do my OTP in this fic for reasons that will be made obvious next chapter. That's all for now, make sure you review my humble fic with your praises and complaints. it's all welcome here.