Chapter One: Meeting the Fourth
"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura. What's the distance to the target?" Kakashi asked into his mic.
"About three meters away. I'm ready anytime, Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura replied irritably. After all, this has been the third time Team 7 had to go and rescue the little cat. But with an owner like Madame Shijimi, who could blame him?
The cat (Tora) was currently sitting on the rough, forest ground. Little did they know, it was standing on top of a seal. Since the seal was written about thirteen years ago, it was buried deep under ground. The seal would be activated after three talented young ninja surround it. Looks like that seal will be activated today.
"Alright. Naruto, Sasuke, are you ready?" Kakashi asked again.
"Hn. Let's go," Said Sasuke lazily.
"You bet I'm ready Kakashi-sensei! Just let me at him! I'll teach him for scratching up my sexy face! Believe it!" Yelled Naruto into his mic. Everyone cringed at the blond's loud mouth.
Kakashi took out that familiar little orange book of his, and slowly walked behind a tree, waiting for the train-wreck that was about to happen. Once he was with safety, he signaled them. With a wave of the hand, he said "Go."
The three genin quickly threw themselves off their tree, and all dived for the cat in different directions.
... BOOM!
The second the three made contact with the ground, they heard the sound of a seal being activated. They saw a puff of whtie smoke, and the next think they knew, everything went black.
Kakashi looked up from his book, only to see his three genin gone. 'Oh. It seems I've lost my team. Not to mention the D-ranked mission is a failure. I don't think the Hokage will like this..' He thought. He sighed in thought, thinking about all the things Tsunade could do to him. He had a lot of explaining to do.
The three genin were currently passed out on the ground. Sasuke woke up first, then Sakura. While Naruto was still unconsciousness next to them.
"Uuuh... Sasuke-kun..? What just happened?" Asked Sakura groggily while trying to sit up.
Most times, Sasuke knew exactly what's going on. He was always calm and collected in situations like this. Barley confused, and never showed any emotion. Today was an exception.
He was down right baffled, with confusion written all over his face. "I...don't know," He said after a long period of time. He examined his surroundings, and noticed they were sitting in the middle of a busy Konoha street. All eyes were on them. He growled. They needed to talk about what happened without being watched.
"Sakura," He called. She blushed in response. "Wake up the dobe. We should get moving so we can talk about what the hell just happened," He finished. 'Weren't we in the forest just a while ago?'
Sakura nodded weakly, and stood up. With one sharp kick to Naruto's gut, he was awake instantly.
"OOOOOOOW! SAKURA-CHAAAN! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR?" Naruto yelled while rubbing his stomach.
"Shut-up Naruto!" Sakura hissed. "We have to figure out what just happened. Right Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked.
"Whatever. Let's just get out of here before the whole village comes," Sasuke replied coolly.
Naruto and Sakura looked around them, to find at least a third of the village watching them with curiosity. They both sweat-dropped. Since Naruto was too dense to notice, Sakura realized something was off about the group of people who were watching them.
Since Sakura helped out at the Yamanaka Flower Shop in her spare time, she has met nearly everyone in the village. Though the group of people who were watching looked like complete strangers. She saw a familiar face or two, but they all looked at least ten years younger. 'What the.. Who are these people..?'
She snapped out of her thoughts when Naruto called to her.
"Sakura-chan! Hurry up will ya? We gotta figure out what the hell just happened!" He yelled. Great. More attention.
Sakura mentally groaned, and scurried off to follow them.
The three of them were walking towards the bridge that Team 7 normally met at. Little did they know, they were in for a surprise of a life time.
'Crap! I'm definitely gonna be late! Kakashi's gonna kill me!' Thought Obito as he was running to meet with his team. He kept running until he saw the bridge. He dived for it, and made his dramatic entrance.
" *pant* Did I.. *pant* ..make it?" He asked, still out of breath.
"Nope, you're late Obito! You're such an idiot! As a ninja, you have to follow all the rules strictly," Said the thirteen-year-old Kakashi.
"H-Hey! I have a good excuse today! There was this weird group of kids in Konoha. They had Konoha head bands, but I've never seen them before! And they looked pretty confused themselves..." Obito said recalling his memories.
Kakashi raised an eyebrow, but stayed quiet.
"What did these kids looks like?" Asked Minato in a more serious tone than usual.
"Uh... One of them had bright pink hair. Real pretty. The other had spiky blond hair, and the last one had spiky black hair," He said. "But they were knocked out, so I didn't get a good look at 'em. Not to mention I was running a little late.." He scratched the back of his head with a cheeky grin.
"Heh. I've don't think I've seen them before. And they're leaf nins?" Minato asked.
"Yep! That's what it said on their head bands!"
"He's probably lying," Kakashi stated.
"Am not!" Obito argued angrily. "Havn't you heard the saying, 'if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.' ?" He asked.
"Hn. Whatever. At least I follow all the rules and regulations," Said Kakashi.
"Now, now you two! Must you two fight every morning?" Interrupted Rin with an awkward smile.
"Tell that to the ice cube..," Muttered Obito. "Anyway, I-"
"TEME! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?" Yelled a certain blond idiot.
"Hn. You were being annoying," Replied Sasuke.
Team Minato all turned their heads towards the loud voice. Obito pointed at them. "Those were the guys in Konoha! Do you know them?" Asked Obito.
Rin shook her head, while Kakashi stared at them as they were slowly coming closer. Minato was sitting down, with eyes closed. He was busy taking in all of the information. They slowly got closer, when Minato opened his eyes.
"Today is a day off," He said. "You may all leave for the day. I need to talk to these people," He continued. "Same time tomorrow! Now, off you go!" He said with a grin.
Rin and Kakashi nodded, and jumped off, while Obito hesitated a little bit. He finally nodded, and left as well. Just in time too, Team 7 had just reached the bridge.
The fourth Hokage walked up to Team 7, who were currently having an argument about how the got from the forst, to Konoha.
"I'm telling you Sasuke-teme, Sakura-chan! That cat was a magical transporting cat, so that's how we ended up here! I mean, what other logical explanation can you think of?" Naruto asked.
Sakura sighed. "Well, for one thing-"
"Hello!" Interrupted Minato, with a cheeky grin on his face.
"AAAAAH!" All three of the genin jumped in surprised. They turned their heads so they were face to face with the Fourth Hokage himself. They all looked ..scared. "Y-You're the f-fourth hokage!" Sakura stuttered.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Naruto screamed. He jumped on Minato, and started examining his face more closely.
"Ahaha, so you recognize me!" Minato said cheerfully. How was he so calm?
Sasuke glared at him. He narrowed his eyes. "What the hell is going on?" He asked harshly.
"Psst, Teme! He's the Fourth! Can you not be your usual bitchy self for one minute?" Naruto whispered. Though not too well, everybody clearly heard him.
"Naruto! In case you havn't realized, the Fourth is supposed to be dead!" Sakura hissed.
Minato laughed. "So I guess you three are from the future," He said. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura looked at him like he was totally bananas.
"WHAAAT?" Screamed Naruto.
Then it clicked. That seal noise when they were capturing the cat! It must of been some kind of.. Time traveling jutsu?
"Hokage-sama... are you telling us this is the..past?" Asked Sakura. This kunoichi was stumped.
He nodded. "You see, a few days ago, the elders put a seal in the forest to send some future nins to come to our time," He paused. "At the moment, everybody is at war, and we have no allies. In other words, we're currently in the Third Shinobi War," He said.
Naruto and Sakura dropped their jaws, while Sasuke continued to stare a him.
"The elders put it there because they think that Konoha isn't strong enough as is. So they sent for help from the future. In other words, you three," He concluded. He chuckled at their surprised faces.
"So you're telling me...we're in the past?" Sakura questioned. Minato nodded. "That..is..so..-"
"-COOL! I BET THIS IS AN S-RANKED MISSION! FINALLY, A MISSION THAT CAN SHOW MY TRUE AWESOMENESS!" Naruto cheered.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes even more. "How do we know this is actually the past and not some kind of genjutsu? Or you just in some transformation jutsu?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura looked at him. "Yeah! You could be some kind of impostor!" Sakura said as she grabbed onto Sasuke's arm. Strangely, he didn't shake her off.
Minato chuckled. "Tell me. Do you have a Fifth Hokage?" He asked. They all nodded. "Then look up at the monument," He suggested.
They all turned their heads, and noticed Tsunade's head wasn't carved there.
"WHAT THE? WHERE'S GRANNY TSUNADE'S GIANT HEAD?" Naruto asked. Well, yelled. He could never be calm for too long.
'Tsunade huh?' Minato thought. He grinned. "Now if you three believe me, I have a mission for you," He said in a more serious tone.
"You are to stay in this time until the war is over, and help Konoha with any duties necessary. You cannot tell anybody about your mission. Understand?" They all nodded.
He smiled. "Now. What are your names?" He asked.
"Uchiha Sasuke,"
"Haruno Sakura,"
"UZUMAKI NARUTO! AND I'M GONNA BE THE SIXTH HOKAGE! BELIEVE IT!"
Minato looked stunned temporarily. 'Uzumaki? Can he be..?' But he snapped out of his thoughts. "What are your ranks?"
"Genin," Sasuke said. He still didn't know if he could trust this whole mission just yet.
'That'll be interesting'
"Well then! Tomorrow we will be meeting at this bridge at 6:00 am sharp! You will team up with my team! Here's the key to the apartment you will be staying in. See you then," And with that, he poofed away.
"That was so cool! THIS WILL BE THE BEST MISSION EVER! DATTABEYO!" Scremed Naruto. 'The Fourth Hokage is so..cool!'
Sasuke rolled his eyes, while Sakura smiled awkwardly. Sakura was still holding on to his arm, not planning to let go anytime soon.
"So that's why some people looked so much..younger. I bet we're about ten years in the past. If not, more!" Said Sakura cheerfully. 'I wonder if we'll see Kakashi-sensei. I bet he's cute like Sasuke-kun!' She giggled at the thought, gripping his arm tighter. Sasuke sighed, deep in thought.
'So. The Uchiha massacre hasn't happened yet eh?'
AAAH! THE FIRST CHAPTER IS FINALLY FINISHED! I WORKED UBER HARD ON THIS, MAN. IT WAS LIKE, HARD AND ALL THAT JAZZ. ;D
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