Hello! This is my new story! It will be updated randomly, so there might be anywhere from a two day to a two month wait. The next chapter will come sooner than two months from now, though. Please enjoy!
Warning: Character deaths
Disclaimer: I do not in any way, shape, or form own Naruto. :(
It was over.
The man who had almost taken over the world, who had killed almost everyone in Konoha, his former teammate, was lying at his student's feet, dead.
He knew this should have been a happy occasion. Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, heck, the world, was now safe. No more Akatsuki, no more danger (except for the possibility of bleeding to death from his missing arm, but dammit, he wouldn't die from something little like that!), no more.
But for some reason, everything seemed wrong. Maybe it was the fact that all of Konoha was in ruins. But cities could be rebuilt. Maybe it was that the only people he cared about that were still alive was his former students. Yeah, that probably played a part.
But what really bugged him was his missing arm. Now he couldn't perform the hand signs for that time traveling jutsu he had learned a while ago. Just in case something happened that couldn't get much worse, and was worth the risks time traveling provided.
Yeah, he bet someone up there was laughing hard at his expense. His only hope now was...
"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura."
Naruto turned around, a shaky, fake grin on his face. "Kakashi-sensei, it's over. I killed him. Why do I feel so sad?" Kakashi saw a tear run down his face.
"I'm sorry." He turned to see Sasuke looking at them with Sakura's arm wrapped around his shoulder, a limp in her leg. "It's my fault all of this happened. If I hadn't been so set on revenge..." He trailed off, looking at the ground with remorse.
Sakura whacked him with her other hand. "It's not your fault. It was none of our faults. Don't go blaming yourself when no one else does." She then looked to Kakashi apologetically. "I'm really sorry, but I don't think I have enough chakra right now to fix your arm. Sorry," she quickly added at Kakashi's disappointed sigh.
"Ah, well, it was worth a try. Not important now, though. All of you, come here."
They all came, curious as to what he wanted. He pulled a small scroll out of his pocket, and rolled it out. "This is my last resort. I would have used it alone, but, as you see, I'm not physically able, and I don't think you'd let me just take one of you."
Their eyes widened as they looked at it. "This is-"
"Yup," he said, handing it to Naruto. "Time travel."
"But- but that's impossible!" Sakura murmured. "It shouldn't be-"
"Maa, now's not the time to question the hows. All you need to know is that it is possible, and trust that Naruto gets the hand signs right!" Kakashi interrupted cheerily.
Naruto's eyes widened. "Me? But-"
"Don't worry. We all have our complete faith in you," Kakashi said, grabbing his shoulder. "Sasuke, Sakura, hold on to him, so you won't be left behind." They nodded and did so.
Naruto gulped. He knew that space- time travel jutsu had terrible consequences if performed wrong. But with this, he could save everyone who died. Old man Hokage, Tsunade baa-chan, Ero-sennin, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Kiba, Neji, Shino, Tenten, Sai, Lee, Asuma, Kurenai, Gai, Itachi, Konohamaru...
Hinata...
He looked up, new fire in his eyes. "Ok, I'll do it."
"Everyone holding on? Good. You ready, Naruto?" Kakashi asked, and he nodded. "Yeah! I'm gonna save everyone I couldn't save before, like Hinata-chan! You'd better get ready, because Naruto Uzumaki won't let his precious people die again! Believe it!"
Kakashi chuckled. "Ok. You can start, and remember to get the hand signs right, or who knows what could happen."
He nodded, and started forming hand seals. Chakra started gathering at their feet, shooting up, and they looked down in awe.
Sakura turned to Kakashi. "Uh, Kakashi-sensei?"
"Yes?"
"When are we going to?"
His eyes widened. "I forgot! Naruto-"
"It's too late!" Naruto yelled, and everything around them turned white.
"Well, isn't this interesting."
Kakashi opened his eyes to find himself in a completely white space, emptiness going on into the distance. Naruto was at his right, looking around in awe, and Sakura had her eyes clenched tight as she clung to Sasuke, who was glaring at the girl in front of them.
The girl was wearing a white, Grecian style dress with a black rope wrapped around her waist. Her black toenails were wiggling in the silence, and her sleek, black hair was brushed behind her back. Her eyes were the most interesting part of her, as they were completely black except for a white pupil and white hands, like on a clock, slowly rotating around her eye. She looked at them with a bored look.
"... Well? You gonna say something or are you gonna gape like fish out of water?"
"Who are you?" Kakashi asked.
She waved at him. "Ah, I go by many different things. You can call me Time." She sighed at their confused looks. "It's not often I get time travelers, and when I do, they usually have a specific time in mind. I had to stop you here so you wouldn't fly aimlessly across the universe."
"Ah, thanks, I guess," Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head. He then turned to his team. "So, when do we want to go to?"
"Maybe our graduation?" Sakura suggested. "Everything seemed to happen then."
"That, or we could just go straight to the chunin exams. That was when Orichimaru came," Sasuke pointed out. "This time, since we know what's going to happen, we can live it out differently."
"Before you go any further," Time interrupted, "You kind of have the wrong idea. You're going back in your own body, not in your past body. There are a lot of different timelines, and if you went
into the body of your previous self, you'd kill the soul inside of it. Everyone only gets one body per life." She held up a finger. "Plus, when traveling through time, you usually have to sacrifice a few years of your life. You've done this in many different timelines, and you've rarely ever gone back as the same age. It's standard protocol."
"Okay..." Kakashi said, "Then we probably shouldn't go to a time when we'd be recognized. We don't want two of us running around."
"That pretty much cancels out anything after the Kyuubi attack," Sakura noted. "Even if no one would recognize Naruto, Sasuke, and I, Kakashi wouldnt be young enough to be unrecogizable. Plus, he's got that defining mask, silver hair, and hatai covering one eye. We'd have to go pretty far back if we don't want him to be recognized."
Naruto grinned. "He. It'll be funny to see a chibi Kakashi."
Kakashi looked thoughtful. "Maybe we could go back about a week before the cave in where Obito is taken by Madara. If we prevent that, he won't go bad and try to destroy Konoha."
"Wow! You're really smart, Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed, and Kakashi sweatdropped. 'I can't tell him now that I just want to save him for my own selfish reasons. I'm just lucky I thought of a reason that was acceptable.'
"Okay, so it's settled." Sasuke looked to Time. "Think you could take us to then?"
Time grinned. "Yup! Have fun!" She waved her hand, and everything faded to black.
And that's chapter one! I hope you liked it! Please review!
