Not a Time Travel Story! Summary: Naruto is knocked unconscious in a strange shrine for hundreds of years. Now, he's awake and finds that he's somehow become immortal. Returning to Konoha, he finds it's not the way he left it and must find out what's going on. Naruto x Sakura

Alive and Alone

Part I

Death of Naruto Uzumaki

It wasn't supposed to be like this. It wasn't supposed to come to this. So…why? Why did this have to happen?

Team Seven was sent on a simple B ranked mission. After the defeat of Madara, some shinobi saw no reason to keep the Shinobi Alliance. Many of them began defecting from each village, except Konoha and Kirigakure. The latest defect came from Sunagakure. Bastards even stole some information on their own shinobi to sell to Bandits. Their mission was to apprehend them and retrieve the information. Seemed to be easy, even though their skill levels were C-B ranked at best. Team seven had grown stronger, though. Naruto having achieved a level beyond S ranked, and Sakura having achieved A rank herself.

The shinobi were last seen crossing into restricted territory between Konoha and Kumogakure. The area was restricted by order of the Shodai Hokage. It was a sacred grounds that were supposed to remain untainted and un-explored. Not even Madara Uchiha had dared go near it. But these shinobi were fools and crossed the line. Chasing them down, Naruto and the others had cornered them on these very grounds. The defected shinobi weren't going to go down quietly. As if they expected differently.

"You Konoha brats! Why don't you just stay out of this!" The leader had yelled.

"The villages are now allies! Why can't you just accept that and keep peace!" Naruto had yelled back. They could see it in his eyes that he was angry. Sakura knew why. They were betraying their comrades. Their whole village. And for what? Because they were afraid of change. That they saw no point in working together with the other villages now that they were all safe. Safe. Because of Naruto.

The shinobi decided to fight back. Team seven was outnumbered, 6 to 4. Not like it really mattered. Naruto was on a whole other level than anyone. Sakura wasn't exactly a weakling herself. Naruto had managed to take out 2 of them at once, using his Shadow Clones and Rasengan. He was too fast for them thanks to those years of endless training. Sakura only needed to use a small number of chakra punches to finish off her opponent. One by one, the shinobi quickly fell until they were all on the ground. Injured, but alive. Congratulating themselves on a job well done, one of the shinobi managed to slip away with the Intel they were supposed to retrieve.

"Hey! Where do you think you're going!" Naruto yelled. Acting on pure impulse, Naruto decided to chase the man down. Sakura tried to stop him, but knew it was no use. She merely sighed and walked with the rest of the team in the direction he ran. As they were walking, Kakashi noticed something odd. "Sakura! Sai! Don't move!" He yelled. Sai stopped immediately, but Sakura reacted too late.

She knew what Kakashi was warning them about. She had tripped a wire that was going to set off a trap. Cursing herself, she looked around for what she had set off. But surprisingly, nothing came. Or, so she thought. Looking down, she noticed a feint, blue light on the wire. Her eyes widened when it sped down the wire like a rocket. "It's a chakra trigger!" She called out.

Kakashi noticed it was heading in the shrine in front of them. Naruto had headed in their after the last shinobi to get the Intel. This was bad. Reacting quickly, he drew a small amount of blood from his thumb and went through a few hand seals. Placing his hand on the ground, he performed a quick summoning technique, bringing out Pakkun.

"Pakkun. Theirs no time to explain. You have to find Naruto and fast." He said. Pakkun nodded and quickly sniffed out for Naruto, before heading into the shrine. Without even thinking, Sakura ran after him, followed a minute later by the rest of the team. She was worried. She knew how rare chakra triggers were and they were only used on high level traps. Traps intended to kill. Her mind was running through scenarios, but she was too distracted.

"Sakura!"

She heard Kakashi's voice before quickly being yanked back by her masked sensei. She was so caught in worrying about Naruto, she didn't notice the chakra trigger reached it's target. A series of powerful paper bombs on the roof. As they were slowly set off, one by one, the team finally found their blonde haired teammate. He had captured the shinobi and had that big, goofy grin on his face. He had no idea what was going on.

"Naruto! Move!"

Naruto looked confused at his sensei, before noticing what was going on. He finally noticed the paper bombs and tried to react. However, a strange glowing light from beneath his feet stopped him from moving. Confused, he looked down to see a strange circle beneath his feet. "I can't move!" He yelled. The paper bombs continued to explode until the roof began collapsing.

"I'll get him." Pakkun said. He ran in after Naruto, to Kakashi's disagreement.

"Sakura! We have to go!" He yelled. He grabbed Sakura and Sai, teleporting them out of their. From outside, they could see the large explosions. The roof had completely collapsed. Tears ran rapidly down her face.

"Naruto!" She cried. That was the last time they ever saw him. Their was too much rubble to search through and they thought his body was probably un-retrievable. Sakura was devastated, as was the entire village. A large memorial service was held for the blonde Jinchuuriki. Ever since than, things changed now that the would-be Hokage was dead. But things aren't always as they seem.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes. He felt sharp pains all over his body and couldn't move any parts of his body. He was confused, and couldn't see clearly. 'You foolish brat! You could've gotten us both killed!' the fox yelled.

"What happened?.." Naruto mumbled. His vision slowly became clearer and he did not like what he saw. In front of him were large pieces of debris. He couldn't move because he was buried alive.

'We were buried alive you idiot!' The Kyuubi yelled.

Things became clearer to Naruto. He remembered chasing the shinobi into the shrine, the paper bombs, the yellow light. All of it. But, how wasn't he dead? He couldn't move to escape the falling debris. He was in immense pain but he thought it would be even greater than what it was. 'Why didn't you just give me your chakra so we could've got out!'

'I couldn't! Whatever it is you were doing, both my remaining chakra and the chakra you took from me were temporarily gone!' Naruto gasped and his eyes widened. Did that strange circle and light have anything to do with it? That could wait. First, he had to think of a way out of his current situation. 'Our chakra is back, so we can use it to escape. Just don't get us killed again, brat.'

Naruto accessed his Kyuubi chakra, going full nine tails mode. Using the immense chakra, Naruto blasted his way out of the debris and freed himself. The chakra dissipated as he observed his surroundings. The place looked demolished. The ceiling was gone completely, now littering the ground of the once sacred ceremonial grounds. Continuing to look around, Naruto noticed a feint figure laying amongst the debris. He recognized it as Pakkun. "Pakkun!"

Naruto ran over to the ninja hound, rolling him onto his side. He was pretty beat up, but not really injured as badly as he was. Pakkun's cape was slightly torn and he had a bunch of scratches over his body. The ninja hound slowly opened his eyes before looking up at Naruto. "Ugh. What happened?" he asked.

"I'm not sure. I mean, I remember the shrine caving in on us but after that, nothing." Naruto admitted. The ninja hound stood up, walking to Naruto's side. "We should probably head back to the village. Everyone's probably worried sick about…"

The conversation was cut short. The two of them found themselves being transported into a sewer like area, with a large cage sitting in front of them. Inside the cage was the Kyuubi himself. "What do you want, fox?" Naruto asked, irritated with the demon.

"What the heck is going on here?" Pakkun asked, a slight hint of fear in his voice. He wasn't used to seeing the fox, unlike Naruto. The demon still brought fear to many people, even in his near chakra less state. The fact he had destroyed most of the village, alone, was enough to bring fear to them.

'I feel a disturbance in both, Naruto's body and yours, mutt. Not only that, but we've been out for quite some time.' Kyuubi explained. Naruto put his arms behind his head, shrugging off the Fox demons suspicions.

"I'm sure it's nothing. We've been out cold before, right?" Naruto said. The fox slammed his claws into his cage fiercely. Pakkun jumped back, afraid of what the fox demon might do. Naruto knew better, however, and stood his ground without so much as flinching.

'Listen to me you pathetic child! This isn't like one of your foolish comatose states! We haven't been our for a few days or weeks. We've been out for a matter of years!" The fox yelled. Naruto and Pakkun's eyes widened. Things were getting weirder. Theirs no way they could've been out cold for years and survived. Being buried alive by rubble should've killed them alone. Let alone the dehydration and starvation, or even bleeding to death.

"But…how?" Naruto managed to get out.

'Even I'm not sure. My chakra can heal you, but it can't keep you from starving to death or even bleeding out. That, is for you to figure out.' Kyuubi said, before returning Naruto and Pakkun to their own minds.

"Good for nothing fox…" Naruto mumbled. He looked over at Pakkun, who was sniffing the ground randomly. Naruto was slightly confused.

"I can smell the village. And theirs a few shinobi not too far from here." He said. Naruto grinned. "Great! So all we have to do is head to the village and we can get this whole mess straightened out!" He replied happily.

The two went full speed ahead for the shinobi that Pakkun had sensed. They only ran for about 10 minutes before Pakkun admitted that they were close. He wasn't kidding about them being not too far from where they just were, Naruto had thought. He shrugged the idea off and continued running. As they got closer, Pakkun immediately stopped.

"Naruto, get down!" He yelled. Naruto looked confused before a random kunai came flying toward him. His eyes widened and he quickly dodged the incoming projectile. Before he knew it, 4 Anbu were surrounding them. One of them managed to grab hold of Pakkun, earning a pained howl from the hound.

"Pakkun!" Naruto called out. He tried to run over to his friend, only to find that he could no longer move his legs. Or any part of his body for that matter. 'Not again!' he thought. He finally recognized why he couldn't move. It was the shadow possession jutsu!

"Shikamaru! What's the big idea attacking me like that!" Naruto laughed. He heard the Anbu in front of him gasp in surprise. The Anbu took off his mask, revealing his true identity. Naruto realized that this wasn't Shikamaru, but someone who looked surprisingly like him.

"How do you know of my Great, Great Grandfather?" The shinobi asked. Naruto was more confused than ever. What did he mean by great, great grandfather? Naruto studied the shinobi for a moment. He was probably no older than he was. Maybe even 2 years younger. His hair was exactly like Shikamaru's but his facial features were slightly different. His eyes were a bit greener than Shikamaru's.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked. The other Anbu took notice of Naruto's headband and got into an attack stance, confusing him even further, as if that was even possible.

"That headband. Your with them. Prepare to die." One of the Anbu stated. The man ran at Naruto with a weird lightning jutsu that looked like the Chidori. Naruto narrowed his eyes and tried jumping away. To his surprise, his body was able to move again. Instead, the man who charged at him was frozen, along with the other Anbu.

"Saki!" The Shikamaru look alike called out. One of the other Anbu appeared in the middle of the circle, going through hand seals. When they stopped, the Anbu pointed their hand at the others. They all jerked up straight, before falling to the ground.

"You better have a good reason for that, Chojuro." The Anbu said. They took off their mask as well, revealing a girl with blue eyes and bubble gum pink hair. Naruto's eyes widened when he noticed the familiar hair color.

"I do. But for now.." Chojuro looked at Naruto. "Who are you? How do you know my great, great, grandfather and where did you get that headband?" he asked.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto told them. Both of their eyes widened with surprise.

"T-That's not possible! Naruto Uzumaki died 100 years ago!" Saki yelled. Naruto's eyes widened. It's really been 100 years? That couldn't be possible. But if it was, than that means the Konoha he knew was gone and everyone in it. Things were getting weird and he didn't like it.

"O-one hundred years?" Naruto asked. The one known as Chojuro nodded. He looked at Naruto as if trying to determine whether he was being truthful or not. Judging from the way he relaxed, Naruto knew he finally believed him. But why?

"He's telling the truth. Just look at his whisker marks. Plus, I can feel the strange chakra source he possesses. While it makes me uneasy, it proves he's telling the truth." Chojuro said. Saki relaxed as well and joined her teammates side. "So what do we do?" Saki asked.

Chojuro remained silent, thinking about what to do. No one else would believe that THE Naruto Uzumaki was alive, after 100 years. Part of him still didn't believe it himself. But for some reason, he could just feel it. That he was who he said he was. But that didn't help with the current situation. He thought it over more before sighing, settling on a decision. "We'll need to take him back to the village. For now, theirs too much confusion and he'll need answers before he can tell us anything." he said.

Once more, he looked at Naruto. This time, more fiercely than before. "But if your lying, I won't hesitate killing you on the spot." Chojuro explained. Naruto nodded, excepting the threat. After all, he was telling the truth so what did he need to worry about? But still, he didn't feel right. Not because he was being taken to Konoha by a couple of strangers or that the Konoha he knew was gone. But because he was alone once more. No Kakashi-Sensei. No Tsunade-Baa-Chan. And no Sakura-Chan. He felt his heart ache at that thought. But it was true. After 100 years it would be impossible for Sakura to still be alive. But than again, him and Pakkun shouldn't be either. Whatever was going on, he needed to find out what it was and how he can fix it. But deep down, he knew their was no going back. Not anymore. And that's what pained him the most.

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