Futures Past
By: DanniMarie
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto, or any of the characters.
Tsume, Shio, Temo, and Meo however are mine, and if you would like to use them, please ask me 1st. Thank you.
Side Note: This is the 1st Naruto Fanfic that I have ever done, and the 1st one in a very long time. (In 5 years) Please be nice, however I would still like to hear/read, what you think and have to say about it. It's the only way to improve.
About the Story: This is an AU story line. I have not seen all of the shows and I have not read any of the mangas so I am unsure as to what happens in the real story line.
I do know about the Characters and I have done some reading so I hope I won't let anyone down.
In this story, there will be Adventure, Drama, Romance and a lot of other stuff. There is a main plot, with some small ones worked in to keep it going. It's going to take a few chapters to get the ball rolling and in order to allow everything to fall into place.
I love Sakura and what she stands for and I tell the truth I don't know who I am going to pear her up with, as the store builds, please let me know who you would like to see her end up with.
This Story tells about the Akatsuki and how it came to be, and the history that is behind it. About the truth behind it, and everything that they have done, it explains the history of Orochimaru, Tsunade, the 4th Hokage, Jiraiya, and the leader of Akatsuki. How over time, something that started out as just a goal to become more powerful, has affected so many and started a war.
Characters that you will see in this fanfic, ranks and the ages that I'll be using…
Akamaru: Unknown/ Nin-Dog
Chouji Akimichi: 24/ Jounin
Deidara: 27/ Missing-Nin/ Member of Akatsuki
Gai Maito: 38/Jounin
Genma35/ Special Jounin
Ino Yamanaka: 24/ Chuunin
Itachi Uchiha: 29/ANBU Caption/ Missing-Nin/ Second in Command of Akatsuki
Izumo: 34/ Special Jounin
Jiraiya: Old/ Legendary Sannin
Kabuto: 31/ Jounin/ Medic-Nin
Kakashi Hatake: 38/ ANBU
Kiba Inuzuka: 24/ ANBU
Kimimaro: 24/unknown/ works for Orochimaru
Kisame: 38/ Missing-Nin/ Member of Akatsuki
Kotetsu: 34/ Special Jounin
Naruto Uzumaki: 25/ANBU
Neji Hyuuga: 25/ ANBU
Orochimaru: Old/ Legendary Sannin/ Leader of Sound
Rock Lee: 24/ Jounin
Sakura Haruno: 23/Special Jounin/High level Medic-Nin
Sasuke Uchiha: 25/ Missing-Nin (He never took the test to gain rank, fights on the level of ANBU)
Shikamaru Nara: 25/ANBU/High Councilmen
Shino Aburame: 25/ ANBU
Shizune: 35/ Special Jounin/ Medic-Nin
Tenten: 25/ Jounin
Tobi: 24/ Missing-Nin/ Member of Akatsuki
Tsume: Old/ Leader of Akatsuki
Tsunade: Old/Hokage
Zetsu: Unknown/ Missing-Nin/ Member of Akatsuki
Part ONE
Chapter ONE
"The War to Come"
"Shizune, could you ask Kotetsu and Izumo to come in. I have a small favor to ask them. " Tsunade asked as she turned around from the window that looked over the village.
"Yes ma'am" Getting up from the chair that she had been sitting in, going over some rather important scrolls that the Kage, Tsunade, had refused to look at. "You know they aren't going to read themselves. You really need to look at them; it's your job to know…"
"… to know what is going on in the villages around us, as well as what is going on in ours. Yes, I know that Shizune. I promise to read over all of them as soon as I talk to Kotetsu and Izumo, ok?" Tsunade smiled.
Turning and walking to the door Shizune couldn't help but mumble something under her breath. "As long as you don't ask then to bring you alcohol."
"I'm sorry what was that?"
"Oh nothing let me go get them"
Taking a deep breath she sat down in her chair and picked up one of the scrolls. It was one that she had read, and she couldn't stop the dread that over took her. It was from Kakashi, and that man hated to do reports, so when he did… she read them. She had sent Kakashi along with Naruto, Neji and Kiba on a recon mission about six months ago and this was the first she had heard back from them.
She never once feared for their safety, she knew what they where capable of, and knew that they worked well as a team. Knowing that all of them where ANBU members, put her mind at ease. However what put fear in her heart was what they had found.
The recon mission was to get into the sound village to see what Orochimaru was planning and to see how many ninja he had. What was in the report was much more then that. Not only did they find out that Orochimaru had over four hundred Ninja that ranked anywhere between Chuunin and ANBU, but that they where getting ready for a war.
Deep down, she knew that there was no way that they could make it out alive. There would be many lives lost, children, mothers, father, brothers, sisters… daughters and sons. The loss of her life was something that could also happen, and she needed to think of someone to take over as the Kage when her time came.
There where many that would love to have the title, but there was only a handful that she would pass it to.
Kakashi, though he was asked before and he turned it down, saying something about him being a better warrior, not a leader. This coming from a man, who has brought back all his teams alive in the last 10 years.
Then there was Naruto. He had worked so hard to get to where he was. He never let others tell him what he couldn't do, and till this very day, continues to get stronger. He always fought to bring his friends back alive and would stop at nothing till he knew they where ok.
Shikamaru Nara was another good man for the job. He was smarter then anyone in the Village and as of right now was leading the village council. He was the youngest councilmen in the history of the village, only 16 when he was voted in. Now at the age of 26, he had reformatted most of how the council worked, rewritten scrolls and had worked rather hard with other village to gain a understanding that it wasn't always about who was stronger, but though team work, everyone wins. He was a good man, and even if he was lazy most the time, she understood him.
Her thoughts come to an end when she heard a knock on the door. "Come in."
Looking up over the mountains of paper work and scrolls, she saw her two favorite Chuunins. "Thank you Shizune, could you please give me a moment with them please."
"Yes ma'am, would you like me to get you some coffee?" Shizune asked before she walked out the door.
"Why would I need Coffee?" A puzzled Tsunade asked.
"Why to keep you awake to read all those scrolls." And with that she was out the door.
"And here I was hopping that she would forget about that." Taking a deep breath and letting it out in a sigh, she looked at the two men that where standing in front of her. "Please take a set." She offered them.
"Um, where?" Izumo asked looking around.
Getting up out of her chair she looked over her desk to find that there where even more scrolls on the chairs, and floor. "You don't think Shizune would know if I though those all out the window do you?"
"We don't care what you do with them as long as you don't ask us to read and go over them." Kotetsu said as he bent down to help clean off the chairs. "So what is it that you called for us at this time of night?"
Flopping back into her chair she looked over the two men and took a deep breath. "I need you two to go and find Jiraiya, give him a message for me, the sooner the better."
Sensing the tone of her voice and from working under her for the last 12 years they knew something was up. "Is everything ok Lady Tsunade?"
Looking over to Izumo, she knew that she couldn't hide anything from them. They may not be as strong as some of the other ninja in the village, but they where pure of heart and would never tell a soul what she told to them.
"I fear the worst. I fear that Konoha may be forced into war. A war that we knew was coming, that we knew about the whole time, and yet we have done nothing to be ready for it. And now I fear that because I waited and hoped that the problem would just go away, that I have cruised the fate of our village."
"Lady Tsunade what are you talking about? Who would go to war with us? We haven't been attacked in over seven years."
"Yeah who would be stupid enough to go agent us?" Izumo added.
"Orochimaru"
"What! But we haven't heard anything out of him for…" Izumo was cut off by Kotetsu
"For seven years. Do you think that he has been working on getting a army ready to attack?"
Looking at the scroll from Kakashi, she looked back up to them. "I know that he is. And I know that he is about ready to attack within the year. This is why I need you two to find Jiraiya; I need him to be here when it happens, to help get the villagers out safe."
"We will leave right away." And with that they make their was to the door.
"Before you leave let me ask you this one question, there is no right or wrong answer, I would just like to know." She said getting up and walking over to her window. "Who do you think would make a good Hogage when I'm gone?"
"Why would you ask us?"
"I just want to know who's paper work you wouldn't mind doing." She looked back with a small smile.
"In that case not Shikamaru, I hear that he never does his own paper work."
"What about Sakura?" Izumo asked. "I mean she has been taught by you Lady Tsunade, and Kakashi."
"And she is the best Med-ninja we have, other then you Lady Tsunade. She also have the loyalty of all the other ninja, they owe her their lives more then once, and she would give anything for them."
"Yeah remember that one time that Naruto and Kakashi came back from that training and they over did it. She stayed all night with both of then to make sure they pulled thought, and then I heard that she even went over to see Neji when he was to prideful to go to the hospital. She is a very humble woman."
"Yeah and pretty hot too." Kotetsu added at the very end.
"I'll let her know you said that." Tsunade said as she looked back in time to see Kotetsu blush. "Thank you very much for letting me know what you think. Now go and bring me my Jiraiya. We have a war to plan for."
"Yes ma'am" And with that, they where out the door.
Looking at her desk she knew that she had better get to work. There was not time to let anything get past her now, lives where on the line.
"Where is Shizune with that coffee?"
End of Part ONE, Chapter ONE