Rewind

Ages for Chapter 2-

Team Seven- 13

Kakashi: 27

Edited on 2007/7/12

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Notes: Set after Chuunin Exams, before Sasuke runs off to Orochimaru.

A/N: Before all of you go, 'wth?'. I think an explanation is in order. The first and half of chapter two are written in the way that the events of 'Rewind' has already happened. For those of you first reading 'Rewind', you will be a bit confused, (and you're supposed to be confused). For those of you who have already read the original two chapters of chapter one and two, the difference in them won't affect the future chapters. Much. (I hope)

Chapter 2

Sakura waved to her three male teammates, who were being dragged away by a deprived of ramen Naruto to Ichiraku.

" Bye, Sakura-chaaaann!" Naruto's obnoxiously loud voice rang out, disturbing the villagers, making them scowl dangerously at the blond boy. She grinned slightly, and quickly disappearing into the streets.

Her feet unconsciously found their way to the older clan district, into a very familiar alley. Sakura was very sure that her teammates and sensei wanted a clear explanation from her, especially Kakashi. She just couldn't forget the look on her sensei's face when she woke up, in this same alley, after that mission.

Explaining everything would be confusing and hard, but the Godaime Hokage, Tsunade, who had taken up the role after the death of the Third, had made her swear to say nothing about the events that had taken place.

It's for your own good and Konoha's. Enemies will no doubt want to use it for themselves, if the information is ever leaked out.

Sakura stopped, right in front of an empty space, where she was sure the shrine was supposed to be.

It still hasn't appeared.

A small smile graced her features, as Sakura absently recalled that fateful day…

" I found the kitten, it's heading into the clans district!" Sakura spoke over the mike. She waited for an answer.

" Alright, Sakura, you go on and retrieve her. You're closest. Naruto, Sasuke, head back to the bridge. We'll meet up there."

" Got it, Kakashi-sensei!" She replied, and quickly leapt from the tree she had been perching on. Sakura winced when the next person spoke.

" The damned cat's a girl?!"

It was Naruto.

Quickly, Sakura grabbed the mike hanging from her ear and snarled into it, " Naruto, shut up!"

" Dobe." It was Sasuke's voice.

Sighing, Sakura quickly glanced up, fearing the kitten had heard, or seen her. The kitten didn't, as it padded into an alley. She switched off the mike, and silently followed it.

Walking into a dark deserted alley, Sakura couldn't help but shudder. As she neared the end of the alley, she stopped. The kitten was meowing, sitting beside an old looking shrine. A small, rusty pot was placed in front of it, and a piece of paper with odd looking characters scrawled over it was stuck to the roof of the tiny shrine.

Sakura approached the kitten, coaxing it softly, not noticing the shrine had started to emit a strange, soft blue glow. A kunai had started to materialize from thin air, and vibrated, making a hum.

The kitten hissed, startling Sakura, who had managed to get closer to the kitten, and looked up suddenly.

She didn't get to see anything more, for the blue glow had suddenly erupted, basking the entire alley.

Once the glow had slowly faded away, there was nothing there, no sign of a teenage girl, only the soft, frightened meows of a kitten.

Emerald orbs opened, Sakura found herself standing in front of an overly large, humongous cage. Stuck to the center of the cage bars was a tag with the kanji for 'seal' scrawled on it. The surrounding area was pitch black, Sakura had to make herself take deep breaths, for she seemed to be suspended in mid-air.

" Where is this place?" The kunoichi softly muttered, rubbing her upper arms, feeling very uncomfortable. The air here was stifling, and some kind of sensation lingered in the air.

" Ah, so I've found myself a little girl."

Sakura jumped, hearing the sudden voice. " Who goes there?!"

"Little girl, I am Jikan! Guardian of Time!"

That sounded a bit cheesy, don't ya think? Inner Sakura muttered.

" Cheesy?" The voice inquired, sounding put off, "Shut your trap, little girl, or I'll whisk you to the age of dinosaurs!"

Just …shut..up…

Sakura quickly recovered, having dropping her jaw in surprise when the voice knew what she had thought only moments before.

"Little girl, I will send you to the past. I grant wishes to only those with the purest of heart."

" The past?!" She panicked. "Why me? And what wish?"

I want to marry Sasuke-kun! That's my wish!

"It is in my knowledge that you wish to know more about your sensei."

"I was only…" Sakura muttered, before shaking her head, "That's not my most important wish!", shoving away her alter ego before she caused her some trouble.

Before she could ask anymore, the wind picked up, blowing around Sakura.

" Wait!"

" Good luck. And don't tell anyone your name."

What…?

A large stream of forest green chakra shot out from behind the bars, and slapped Sakura back, towards a gate that had suddenly appeared behind her.

" No!"

The last coherent thought Sakura had was; who turned off the damned lights?


Birds and crickets chirped. Children laughing in the distance. Sunlight glaring down at her face.

Sakura slowly opened her eyes, wondering what happened.

Had it been a dream? It felt like one.

Except for the slapping.

She winced, touching the tender spot at her shoulder, where the green chakra had hit. The dream surly seemed real as it can get, Sakura looked around her surroundings, and realized both the kitten and shrine were no where to be seen.

Damn! We have to find that blasted kitten all over again!

This is defiantly a dream, a very bad dream. No! A freaking nightmare! We had that kitten! It was right beside us!

Before we fell asleep of course. Then suddenly, Sakura felt extremely nauseous, and kneeled over to heave, only to cough violently.

" Hey, are you alright?" Startled at the new voice, Sakura quickly looked up, only to find herself staring straight at a Naruto-look-a-like.

"…Naruto?"

The Naruto-look-a-like scowled, his black obsidian orbs widened behind a pair of bright orange goggles, " I'm not Naruto! Whoever the person is must be insane to name their kid after a kind of food." The boy puffed out his chest, " I'm Uchiha Obito! Soon to be the best ninja of all!"

Uchiha. Obito. Uchiha.

Wasn't the Uchiha supposed to have been massacred years ago?

Gah! We're going insane! This is a dream!

Wait, what if that dream was real?

Then….we're in the-

" Helloo! You spaced out there," The Uchiha boy was waving his hand in front of Sakura's face, snapping her out of her thoughts.

" What?" She snapped, clearly annoyed. This person was very like Naruto, even though his appearance was totally different from the former, his personality seemed very like Naruto.

The Uchiha looked impatient, " I asked you what's your name! You weren't listening! Just like the rest of them!" He ranted on, growing angrier by every second, his arms thrusting here and there, exaggerating his tirade.

" Wait," Sakura interrupted, only to have the teen continue on.

" – Just like that time when Auntie Mikoto kept on babying-"

" Shut UP!" Obito clammed up, and shrank away from the fuming kunoichi. " My name's Sa-"

Noo! You can't tell him your real name!

" –Chiko."

The two stared at each other for a moment, Obito scrutinizing the newcomer, and Sakura looking completely confused at the split of the moment name.

Nice. Real nice.

I still need proof! This can't be the past. People don't go time-jumping for a reason ya know!

" Um…Obito…?" Sakura meekly asked, catching the Uchiha off guard from the one-hundred eighty personality.

"What?" Came the half-guarded response.

Twitching slightly, she asked, " Who's the Hokage in office now?"

Obito blinked, Sakura blinked back. And then he burst into hysterical laughter. Sakura scowled, she really didn't like being laughed at, even if the question she asked was a bit…strange.

" Hahaha! You-heehee- just-hahe- asked who-(hic) is the Hokage now!" Obito chortled, tears of laughter seeping out from his eyes.

Sakura remained silent through Obito's insane laughter, occasionally catching the attention from the villagers from the other side of the alley.

With a finishing laugh, Obito sobered up, but a huge grin was still plastered over his face, " Sandaime."

"Excuse me?"

" I said the current Hokage now is Sandaime. The professor? The person who taught the Sannin? Ring any bells?"

Told you so.

Crap.

An overwhelming sensation of uselessness and complete disbelieve washed over her, and the next thing Sakura did was most of the people who would do in her spot was…

She fainted.

" Hey, Sachiko-chan!" Obito prodded the unconscious girl on the ground, and scowled. " She fainted on me!"

On the way to the hospital, villagers who passed the duo, Obito carrying Sakura piggy-back style, could hear him grumbling, " She didn't look this heavy."