Future Memories
A Naruto fanfiction by FatefulGravy
Prologue
Remembrance
It was an exam, a written exam actually. The first part of the chuunin exam to be exact, and Hinata was fairly confident, she had been able to cheat easily of course, Kami bless bloodline limits.
Her confidence was far more internal than external however. On the outside she seemed shy, nervous and worried. Poking her index fingers together gave a timid withdrawn look. If she was honest she was worried, not for herself, she saw that the point of the exam was to cheat, no she was worried for the boy to her left. He had missed the point entirely and had never studied particularly hard so he was unable to answer any questions. Naruto sure was dense.
Hinata sneaked a look at his paper, while looking forwards, Byakugan's near 360 degree vision was exceptionally useful for things like spying and fighting. Naruto had a blank paper, while she had been able to answer all the questions, perhaps she could let him copy? She glanced at him, directly rather than through Byakugan vision, he looked rather stressed, but would he accept her help? Her answers were right, she was sure, if he copied he would be able to pass! That and he might actually notice her for once. She peaked at him again, his face was screwed up in a grimace, dripping-
-blood. He lay a top the Hokage tower, surrounded by bodies, death, destruction. His eyes, once filled with boundless energy, were dead, faded, blank. His body bleeding as she knelt next to-
What the hell? Hinata sat up straight, what was that? A vision of the future, her imagination, a memory what? Naruto jerked next to her, bolt upright, his eyes-
-started to glow red, the demon rising to the surface. His head turned to the girl next him, his lips moved, a silent gasp of surprise from the girl, a nod. Eyes glowing brighter, a red haze gathering around them to-
Hinata grabbed her head, the visions coming to fast. She was half aware of Naruto doing the same next to her, before she was overwhelmed, images flashing past her eyes, seeing her life in reverse.
Death.
Battle.
Fear.
Sorrow.
Betrayal.
Victory.
Defeat.
Success.
Loss.
Love.
Despair.
A barrage of images, feelings, people she had never met that she now knew intimately, skills she had never dreamed of that she now knew how to perform, secrets she should never had known she was now burdened with. A torrent of memories swirling and crashing through her mind, friends lost, enemies gained. A mission, a goal, something to stop, something to save, a time to start.
She looked at Naruto. Naruto looked at her. He understood, she accepted, they remembered.
A/N Revised (1/10/06)