Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, the ObiTobi theory would have already been revealed as true.

since the summary got cut off, here's the full one:

Sakura and Naruto try to get Sasuke to return with them to Konoha. Like all the other times, Sasuke refuses. A strange woman with a white dragon and grey wolf appears in front of them and sends them into the past. Once there, they are forced to follow Kakashi through the tragedies he's witnessed from when he was little up to the time when Sasuke left.


Following the Life of the Copy Ninja

By: Rika24

Chapter 1: The Wolves and Time Traveling Woman

"Sasuke-kun, please come back!" Sakura begged as she dodged Sasuke's sword. Years ago she would have been frozen in place if she saw him coming at her with a sword, not believing he'd actually hurt her. Now she and Naruto knew better. Not only was the Uchiha trying to hurt them, but actually attacking with the intent to kill. "Don't you see that we've gotten strong too? And we did it in Konoha." Sakura did a back flip to avoid the blade that was coming down fast towards her. "Now that Orochimaru is dead, just come home. Tsunade-sama won't be so hard on you because you eliminated a threat." She lied, honestly she wasn't sure what the Hokage would do, but she figured the punishment wouldn't be as severe since he had killed a powerful enemy.

"Listen to her teme!" Naruto yelled as he moved in to attack with rasengan. Sasuke immediately charged chidori current through his sword, repelling Naruto's attack and shocking him at the same time.

For years they had been trying to get their teammate back. Team 7 had ended the moment Sasuke was declared a missing nin. As soon as that happened, Naruto left with Jiraiya, Sakura went to train with Tsunade, and Kakashi trained hard by himself. Each member wanted to be prepared to fight Orochimaru and Sasuke. When Naruto returned, he, Kakashi, and Sakura became a team again with a new addition named Sai. Now known as Team Kakashi, they constantly tried to bring Sasuke back.

Team Kakashi had split up to cover more ground. Kakashi had decided it for the best that he goes with Sai, seeing as Sakura and Naruto didn't get along with him very well. So here they were, the three that had become genin together, were now trying to kill each other.

Naruto had his shadow clone go in for an attack to distract Sasuke as he moved in stealthily from behind. However, Sasuke was too good and quickly destroyed the clone and spun around to knock Naruto back with his sword. "Damn," Naruto swore as he got back to his feet. Where is Kakashi-sensei? Naruto thought as he glared at his former best friend. His eyes widened a little when he noticed Sakura moving in to punch Sasuke.

Sasuke spun around and sliced Sakura's side and she cried out in shock and pain. She jumped back holding her bleeding side. In a few seconds she had completely healed the wound. Sasuke scoffed at his former teammates. "I thought you said that you had gotten stronger. You're both pathetic." He said in a disgusted tone.

"TEME!" Naruto shouted in anger as he and Sakura charged at the same time, it was a stupid move but they couldn't stand his attitude anymore. Sasuke charged chidori current around his entire body and prepared for their attacks. However, seconds before their attacks collided, a white blur flew between them, freezing them in place.

"What is going on!?" Naruto shouted as he was frozen in mid-air. As if to answer him, a gust of wind hit them and was followed by a bright light. When the light disappeared, they were no longer frozen. They stood up and looked around.

"Um guys, where are we?" Sakura asked. They weren't near Suna anymore; they looked to be in the forests of Konoha. "It looks like Konoha's forest, but it doesn't look right."

A sudden rustle of bushes to the right of them grabbed their attention. A grey wolf walked out and stopped in front of the three ninjas. The grey wolf had a Konoha headband around its neck and the most striking yellow eyes they'd ever seen. The three ninja couldn't help but stare at its eyes. As their eyes locked, they seemed to be caught in a trance.

"You are a mile from Konoha's gates." The wolf spoke suddenly. Naruto and Sakura jumped and Sasuke raised his sword.

"Relax, this wolf means you no harm," said a woman's voice. A woman with shoulder length light brown hair and dark brown eyes stepped out from where the wolf had come from seconds before.

Sakura and Naruto relaxed a little but stayed on guard. Sasuke just glared at the woman without lowering his sword.

"I brought you here, but before you ask me how, I want you to know that this isn't the Konoha you know.

"What do you mean by that?" Sakura asked. This woman doesn't seem like she wants to hurt us. Sakura thought.

But before the woman could answer, a huge white wolf jumped into the open startling everyone.

"She's gone!," Naruto gasped.

"What!?" Sakura yelled and spun in the direction of where the woman and the grey wolf had been standing. They both were gone.

Sakura turned her attention back onto the white wolf. It also had a Konoha headband around its neck like a collar and bandages wrapped around its legs. It didn't look like the wolf was hurt, so the bandages must have been there for another reason like training.

The wolf just stared at them for a second, its eyes locking on Sakura's and Naruto's headbands. It then tuned its gaze toward Sasuke and a deep growl came from the wolf.

Sasuke raised his sword and the wolf bared its fangs.

"Aleu!" shouted a child's voice. The wolf stopped baring her fangs but continued to glare at Sasuke. Seconds later a small five year old boy with silvery white hair came running out of the bushes. He was smiling and laughing as he ran towards the wolf.

"Go home now Kakashi," the wolf said in a soft voice, yet stern enough to be a command. The boy instantly stopped and focused on the three ninjas. He didn't recognize them but clearly saw two Konoha headbands, but then noticed no headband anywhere on the raven-haired ninja. He immediately took a step back; no headband could mean a lot of things, like a spy or missing-nin.

"Are you two from Konoha?" Kakashi asked. Sakura and Naruto were both too shocked to see their ex-sensei very young and without a mask to answer. Sasuke was still focused on Aleu instead of looking at the boy.

"Look into my eyes and answer the boy's question individually," Aleu said in a demanding voice as she fixed her eyes on the pink haired kunoichi and blond ninja. "Are you really Konoha ninja?"

Sakura started shaking, not because of the question but the intensity of the female wolf. Sakura would have called her beautiful if it hadn't been for the situation.

Naruto was the first to lock eyes with Aleu. "Of course I'm a Konoha ninja! After all, I'm gonna be Hokage!" he shouted with a large smile. Sakura smiled at Naruto, of course he isn't scared, she thought.

Aleu turned her gaze to Sakura. Sakura's breath caught once her eyes locked with Aleu's. Her eyes were intense. It seemed like her eyes could see right into her soul and tell in an instant if she was telling the truth.

"Well?" Sakura jumped as Aleu suddenly spoke.

"I am a ninja of Konoha," Sakura said with wide eyes. Aleu averted her gaze after a few seconds. As soon as she looked away, Sakura released the breath she was holding. Aleu turned to Sasuke.

"Where are you from?" Aleu asked as she locked eyes with his. Sakura sucked in her breath and held it again. What if he doesn't say Konoha, he is technically from there, but what if she can tell that he's a missing-nin? She thought.

"Konoha," was all he said without fear. Aleu's eyes narrowed. He's telling the truth. So why isn't he wearing his headband? Aleu thought.

"Where is your headband then? You can't be a civilian, everything about you says ninja," Aleu said.

Before Sasuke could answer Sakura jumped in. "He lost it in a fight!" she exclaimed. He did lose it in his fight against Naruto, so I'm not lying. This seemed to be good enough because the large white wolf turned toward the five year old Kakashi.

"Let's go Kashi," she said in a sweet, caring voice. She lowered to the ground and Kakashi happily jumped on her back.

"So what about them Aleu?" Kakashi asked as he turned his attention to the three ninja. Aleu just focused on them before replying.

"Come with me." Aleu said and she led them toward the gates. The guards didn't say anything as Aleu came through the gates with Kakashi on her back, but jumped to block the way when they saw the three ninja.

"Who are you?" one of them asked.

"They are Konoha ninja. I'm assuming they had been on a long mission or I just hadn't met them, because I truly don't know everyone here." Aleu said as she turned toward the two guards.

"Are you sure?" the other asked.

"I gave them the truth test and all three have passed it. I will keep my eye on them though."

The guards nodded and allowed Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke to pass. Wow, this wolf must be very well known and trusted. And that was why she wanted eye contact when we answered her, I was right. Sakura thought.

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"So, where are we going?" Sakura asked Aleu who had made sure they followed her.

"The guards did not recognize you, so you cannot be trusted by yourselves. You are to go home with me. My name is Aleu, and this boy here," she nodded her head back towards the boy who had fallen asleep on her back, "is Kakashi."

"I'm Sakura." Sakura was about to introduce Sasuke and Naruto, but Naruto beat her to it.

"I'm Naruto!" Naruto said enthusiastically with a large grin on his face. He pointed toward the raven-haired ninja and continued, "And the teme is Sasuke."

"Hn," was Sasuke's reply.

Aleu focused again on Sasuke. Even though he had passed the truth test, she didn't trust him.

"Here we are," Aleu said as they reached the Hatake compound. The house was like a mansion. Aleu gently nudged the sleeping boy on her back so he could open the door, but Sakura stepped in.

"No reason to wake him, I'll open it." Sakura said as she turned the doorknob and opened it. Aleu nodded her thanks before stepping in, followed by Sakura, Sasuke, and finally Naruto who had been glancing around to see if he could see Ichiraku's.

"Aleu, I was—" came a voice, but the man stopped talking when he saw the three ninja. Sakura inwardly gasped at the man. He had silvery white hair pulled back in a ponytail, she would have called him Kakashi had she not known about the five year old still sound asleep on the wolf's back. He looks exactly like Kakashi-sensei; I bet that's how he looks without his mask. She thought.

"These ninja claim to be from Konoha, they passed my truth test but I'm still not fully sure of them. Do you want to go to the Hokage now?" Aleu asked.

The man looked over all three ninja before he answered. "They look like they've been through some tough fights," he motioned to the wounds on Sasuke and Naruto, "We should take them to the hospital first."

Sakura raised her hand, "there's no need because I'm a medic-nin. I'll take care of them right now if that's ok."

The man nodded. "Alright, and by the way, my name is Sakumo Hatake."

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After healing Naruto and Sasuke, the three introduced themselves and Sakumo offered them to stay the night in the guest room.

"Thanks for letting us stay the night Sakumo-sama." Sakura said as she finished the small dinner that Sakumo had made for them.

"No problem Sakura-san," Sakumo said with a smile.

Naruto had finished a few minutes ago and was watching his future sensei trying to stay awake. Haha, so this is Kakashi-sensei? Naruto laughed to himself.

Sakura caught Naruto's small chuckle and followed his line of vision. Kakashi's eyes would slowly close and his head would nod forward, only to spring back up again. After watching this repeat a few times Sakura giggled a little. So that was what that woman meant by this not being the Konoha we knew, she sent us back in time. How I don't know.

Sakumo, noticing the three newcomers watching his son fight sleep chuckled a little. "Aleu, Kakashi, you can go to sleep now." Immediately Aleu went to Kakashi who jumped onto her back again and took him to his room.

"I suggest we all go to sleep now, after all, tomorrow you three will need to go see the Hokage." Sakura and Naruto nodded, Sasuke just "hn'd."

As they passed Kakashi's bedroom they peered inside. "Awww, so cute." Sakura whispered to Naruto. He nodded with a large smile. Kakashi was already sound asleep on his bed cuddling with the white wolf, using her warm fur as both a pillow and blanket.

"Aleu is my partner, much like the canine-human partnerships in the Inuzuka clan." Sakumo whispered. "But sometimes I wonder if she's Kakashi's partner instead. The two never go anywhere without the other, except when Aleu and I need to go on a mission of course."

Sakura and Naruto nodded as they continued to the guestroom for the night.


So what do you think? This is my first Naruto fanfic and I just hope everyone is in character. If ever they aren't, please let me know. Also, what do you think of Aleu? I love wolves and I always thought the dog partnership thing could work with the Hatake's too seeing as Kakashi has his ninken and how close he is to Pakkun. There will be no pairings except slight ObiRin and a little KakaRin, but those won't last long. I have this story planned out all the way down to the chapter titles. But I'm starting to think I should have Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke spend some more time with little Kakashi, Sakumo, and Aleu before I move onto the sad end for the "White Fang," what do you think? If I don't do that the next chapter will be, "The Tale of White Fang."