Hi! This is a time travel fanfic and I know there are a lot out there already but I can never get enough and am constantly looking for more so I decided to write my own too! Hope you like it~
The once glorious Konoha village is now nothing but rubble and ash. It was once exploding with energy and happiness filled with life but is now dead with not a single sign of life. The war has been going on for years and now nothing is left. Everyone from the townspeople to ninja are gone; killed in the never ending war. Ever since Madara showed himself, the entire ninja world was thrown in battle. With no place to hide, villages were destroyed. Although Konoha had lasted the longest it finally fell. Only a few ninja survived and they too were on their deathbeds.
Lying on top of the ruins that used to be the Hidden Leaf Village, Naruto is looking up at the dull cloudy sky lying in a pool of his own blood. The battle is finally over with Madara dead. But in the end it felt like he lost.
"…You *cough* alive Sasuke? Sakura?" Naruto coughed up blood as spoke knowing he had little time left.
"Just barely…" Naruto's right hand man, Sasuke, spoke barely above a whisper not in any better condition than Naruto.
"Me too…" With a raspy voice, the head medic turned her head towards her teammates without any chakra left to heal even herself.
"It's all over isn't it…" The statement didn't hold a single ounce of joy or accomplishment.
"Ugh!" Out of the corner of his eye, Naruto saw slight movement where the sound came from.
"! Shika you're alive too?" Naruto shouted though his voice was hoarse from coughing up so much blood.
"…That you Naruto?" The Nara was bleeding heavily from a deep gash on her side.
"Haha looks like we all don't have much time left… we won but in the end for what purpose? Everyone is dead. The villages are all destroyed. There's nothing left. Soon we too will perish like everyone else. If only I had stopped Madara sooner. Then we woul—" Naruto was cut off by multiple angry voices.
"Don't you dare finish that statement! That doesn't sound like the man that didn't give up no matter what and fought to protect his comrades. You are the sun that shines brightly throughout even the darkest times. Your endless determination is what lead me back to the right path. Everyone here chose to follow you. Even I would follow you to the death. No one could have predicted that Madara was alive and planning to destroy the world." Sasuke's voice was clear with conviction despite his injuries. (A/N: Okay so I know this is all very sappy and corny but hey they're on their deathbeds right now so I thought it was an appropriate time to get all mushy ;D)
"But that's just it! It's all my fault you literally are following me to the death! If I hadn't been so foolish as a kid. If I had been a better leader to you all then the village wouldn't have been destroyed and everyone would still be alive. If I had stopped you back then you wouldn't have to regret so much…" Naruto could feel tears pooling in his eyes but he would not cry. Not after everything.
"If I hear one more word like that out of your mouth I will haunt you even in death Naruto. We all chose to follow you. You are the greatest person I have met. We all thought that and that's why we all chose to follow and protect you. It was war Naruto. We all fought knowing that we could die at any second. You are our Hokage. Not one of us have a single regret for following you." Shikamaru started sounding breathless after losing so much blood.
"This is touching and all but I think it is time to intervene here." Kurama's voice echoed throughout the air as he made his voice heard to all three ninja.
"What do you mean Kurama?" Naruto asked wondering what the furball could want at a time like this.
"Kit I have watched you since you were born and I agree with them. You even got me, the beast who thrives on hatred to change. You Kit, are the most selfless pure being I've ever met. You remind me so much of Old man Rikudou… But anyway moving on to my point. There is a way to get out of this. I didn't mention this before because it is an absolute last resort." Kurama explained
"What is it?" Sasuke asked
"It is something that has been passed down to me from the old man. It is a power that can send us back in time. The only catch is that once we go back, we can never return. It will give you all a chance to change everything and prevent all this from happening." The nine-tailed fox said
"Seriously? I didn't think something like that existed!" Naruto exclaimed
"It doesn't in a way. As far as I know only I can perform this. The old man entrusted it to me since I am technically the most powerful out of all of the tailed beasts." Kurama said
"Then let's do it!" Naruto said impatiently
"Hold your horses there kit. Are you sure you all want to do this? Even with you all in the past, it doesn't mean things will go as planned. With just your arrival could change the future drastica—"Kurama warned but was cut off by Sakura.
"Stop. Even if we do change the future, any future is better than this."
Seeing no one object to this statement, Kurama sighed and said,
"Alright then. Everyone is going to need to hold onto Naruto so I can transfer my chakra to you. Doing this is going to take almost every ounce of my chakra and strength so I won't be able to contact you kit for a while until I recuperate." Kurama informed.
Everyone just nodded and Shikamaru, Sasuke and Sakura used their last strength to move their arms to grab onto Naruto.
"Oh and by the way—"
"Hurry! *cough* I don't know how much longer I'm gonna last." Naruto interrupted Kurama who only sighed and went to work.
And with that, they all felt a massive amount of chakra flow through them and they suddenly felt weightless as the ground seemed to just vanish into a vortex made of the Kyuubi's chakra.
Naruto POV
Ugh my head is killing me. What happened? I was lying on what was left of Konoha when…
*GASP!* I shot up and regretted it immediately. Man my head kills!
I look around at my surroundings to see a really nostalgic area. The memorial stone… Last I saw it was filled with my friends…my comrades but then it was destroyed with the rest of the village. Wait! If it's here then that means-
"Ugh!" My thought was interrupted by a groaning sounds. I turn to see Sasuke sitting up slowly holding his head. But… he looks different.
"Sasuke?" I asked.
"Naruto…What's with that appearance? Wait what the hell?" Sasuke looked down at himself and noticed how small his hands were.
"Guys why do we look like we're 12?" Sakura seemed to of woken up and saw the change.
"Weeell if you had let me explain before, I was going to say that to send you back in time I had to combine you with your past selves to prevent a paradox so you're going to have the appearance of your 12 year old selves but still have the same strength and chakra capacity as now. And since you were all submerged in my chakra it should've healed all of your wounds too." Kurama huffed though he sounded exhausted and weak.
"Seriously?! Man I'm short again!" I complained in my pre-puberty high squeaky voice.
"Deal with it kit. I'm gonna be asleep for the next couple of weeks or so to recover so you'll be on your own. Good luck." And with that I felt Kurama rustle into a more comfortable position and sleep.
"So what now?" I asked as I flopped back onto the ground as my head still pounded with a lingering headache.
"You're the Hokage not me…dobe" Sasuke ended with a smirk as he too laid back down looking up at the sky.
I smiled at the name. It had been a while since he had called me dobe, I actually missed it.
"Yeah yeah yeah teme." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Sasuke smile slightly at me calling him by his nickname.
"Oh stop you two." Sakura said as she faked sighed and laid down next to us but she too smiled.
"Oi Shika! You alive?" Shikamaru had yet to show any signs of consciousness….wait is he just sleeping? "Shikamaru wake the hell up!"
*sigh* "Alright alright. My head is killing me, I just want to sleep it off…. So troublesome."
We all laughed at that. It was something so Shikamaru-like but it had been so long since we've heard his favorite catchphrase or the laziness that comes with it. Being in war so long, there was no time for laziness.
As we watched the clouds go by and listened to the natural sounds of Mother Nature I couldn't help but wonder if this was a dream.
"Did we really do it?" I asked quietly finally asking the question that I know we've all been thinking.
"Well I don't sense any genjutsu being used and—" Sakura suddenly turned to me and punched me lightly in the face so I went flying a couple of feet away until I was gently stopped by crashing to a tree making a huge dent. "Yup I don't think it's a dream." Sakura happily chirped.
"..Sakura normally you're supposed to pinch yourself to tell if it's a dream. Not punch someone in the face…" I whined as I got up rubbing my swollen cheek sending a glare to Sasuke when I heard him snicker.
"So what year did we travel to?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know. But seeing how we aren't wearing our hitai-ate, it must be sometime before we became genin. Damn we traveled back far!" I said thinking about all the stuff that had happened since we officially become shinobi. "Kurama said we retained our strength and skills but looking at our bodies, we definitely need to tone and strengthen them."
"Ewww! This was when I was dieting! Just look at me! I'm ridiculously skinny and undernourished." Sakura huffed as she looked critically at her body.
"Yeah you were also head-over-heels for Teme over here." I said grinning mischievously.
"Naruto, I would shut up if I were you unless you want another punch to the face." I sweatdropped as she spoke with a sweet smile promising pain.
"Hai I am now shutting up." I said standing straight with a mock salute knowing she'll follow through with that underlying threat.
*Sigh* "Enough. We need to figure out a plan for our situation." Sasuke sighed out.
"True… Shika what should we do?" Shika looked at me lazily.
"You're our leader so shouldn't you come up with a plan?"
"Yeah but you're my advisor so advise me." I smirked when I saw his dumbfounded look. "Hey you're the one who wanted to be my Head Advisor and Strategist." I snickered out.
*sigh* "Sorry Ruto but I can't come up with anything until I find out more about our situation."
I figured it would be something like that so I sighed and straightened up.
"Alright guys, since we don't know much about our situation, I suggest we go to our homes for now and while we're there we can figure out the date. Later we'll meet again in private to make further plans." I said seriously
"Hai Hokage-sama!" They said in proper posture.
I nod. "Dismissed!" And we all parted ways.
Walking through the streets made me realize that being in the past means it's before I gained everyone's respect. Every person I passed either glared at me or avoided me. Monster. Demon brat. The unyielding whispers surrounding me made me realize how much I've accomplished over the years. To have gained the respect of everyone in the village and become their Hokage. I inwardly smiled and confidently walked on. Once I reached my destination I unlocked the door and walked into the silent house. Everything was so nostalgic. After Pein destroyed Konoha we never got a chance to restore it before Madara came into the picture and from there everything started falling apart. Shaking away any images from the future I reminded myself the reason we traveled back to the past.
To create a brighter future and prevent the destruction we've experienced.
With that said, I moved to my bedroom to where I kept my calendar. Its Sunday today and tomorrow is the graduation test! Wow that brings back memories. Ha! I couldn't even perform a simple clone jutsu back then.
Next I moved to the kitchen and see what food I had. After looking in the fridge and cabinets I couldn't help but groan.
"Milk that expired a month ago and a cabinet full of ramen. Man no wonder I'm short! Oh well, ramen it is then." While waiting for the ramen to be ready I made a mental note of all the groceries I'd have to get.
Thinking how I should probably up the security here I decided to put some seals up to ward off any unpleasant visitors.
Already having some handy I decided to test one out real quick on the table before I try it on the door. This particular seal is low level and will only give intruders a harsh shock so I applied a small amount of chakra to activate it. Normally it would glow and attach itself to the object but this time that didn't happen. With a huge bang the table exploded and was burnt to a crisp by the electrical shock.
"…Good thing I didn't try and do it on my house first. Damn even though I can still use my techniques, my chakra control is all out of whack. I meant for it to be a spark not an electrical explosion. Well looks like we'll all have our work cut out for us." I sighed
Once the sun started to set I decided to go and get the others for the meeting. Locking my door I set off to Sakura's house first making sure to stay in the shadows and suppressing my chakra and presence to avoid any shinobi on patrol.
First chapter done! I know I still have to update my other fanfic and I had promised to upload a crossover between Naruto and Harry Potter but since the manga and anime are moving along pretty fast and the battle is near it's climax I figured it was best to upload this first while it still makes sense since I talk about Madara here. Please comment and review ^^