A/N: I know all of you are probably reading this and going, what the hell is this? The thing is, I changed the beginning of the story, so everything else I wrote after that is now void. Like, literally, the whole plot is slightly different. You probably want to go back to the first chapter and reread that, because I altered the whole thing. Sorry for the inconviniece!

Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura stood in front of the Hokage's desk, confused. Sakura didn't know what was happening. One moment, she was listening in on some sort of conversation, and the next, she heard an order to release them. And for that matter, the dead Sandaime was sitting in front of them and there were only three heads on the Hokage Monument. So it was the understatement of the century to say that she was confused as hell. She pinched herself for good measure, not that it would get her out of the genjutsu she was in.

She saw Kakashi step forward. "Hokage-sama, is there a reason why you suddenly deemed it okay to release us?"

Wordlessly, the Sandaime passed him a sheet of paper. She saw Kakashi's lone eyes flicker over the words, and then saw him slump in defeat.

Sakura was completely and utterly lost, the familiar feeling of frustration creeping up on her. Except this time, she couldn't destroy anything.

Kakashi turned to Sasuke, who was standing a bit behind him. "Sasuke, turn on your Sharingan and check if we are in a genjutsu."

She saw the familiar red eyes of the Doujutsu being activated and watched as he scanned his surroundings. Just as quickly, he turned it off and the familiar ebony color of his eyes returned. Wordlessly, he shook his head at Kakashi.

"Ne, Kakashi-sensei! What does this mean?" Naruto shouted impatiently.

"Now, now, Naruto, calm down." Kakashi said, sounding ten years older than his actual age. He turned around and looked each of his students in the eye, conveying how serious this problem was. "The thing is, we've landed in the past."

Sakura gaped at him. She could vaguely see Naruto scratching the back of his head in confusion and Sasuke narrowing his eyes in thought.

"How is that possible?" Sasuke said slowly.

Kakashi glanced at Hiruzen, and shrugged. "Don't know. But I do know that we have to get out of here as soon as possible. We're calling for Jiraiya to make a seal to send us home."

Naruto choked slightly at that. He would get to see the old pervert again? Conflicting emotions battered against him more strongly than ever and he knew that the whole time travel thing had not yet processed for him yet. It was almost like a dream come true.

"So, what are we supposed to do now sensei?" Sakura asked quietly. "Until the pervert gets here?"

Hiruzen choked back a laugh. So, she knew what Jiraiya's true nature was? He wondered if she was ever a victim of one of his bathhouse spying.

"Don't' worry old man, we all know you're a pervert too." Naruto said flippantly.

Hiruzen frowned. He wasn't that old, was he? Why did everyone insist on saying he was old? "Why don't you guys introduce yourself? Name and rank please."

Kakashi shrugged and went first. "Hatake Kakashi, former ANBU and current S-ranked jounin."

The Hokage nodded. "I assumed so. You look so much like Sakumo."

In the background, you could hear Naruto saying, "He doesn't look much like anything with his face covered like that." He was ignored.

But, observing his stance and speech, he could tell that the Kakashi of the future was completely different from the Kakashi of now. The slouch implied a relaxed attitude and his speech was lazier and less formal. Hiruzen wondered what happened to have wrought such a big change. There was also the fact that his left eye was covered… did something happen to damage it? Was he blind in that eye?

"And you three?" Hiruzen asked, nodding to them. The dark haired one was probably an Uchiha, and the blonde one looked like Minato's kid. He wasn't too sure about the pink-haired on though… maybe civilian born?

The Uchiha went next. "Uchiha Sasuke." He said emotionlessly. "My rank is…"

Here, he paused uncertainly and glanced at his teacher. Kakashi grinned under his mask. "I believe you're still a genin."

The reaction was immediate. "What did you say?" He scowled.

Kakashi merely patted his shoulder.

Hiruzen was, once again, shocked. Normally by that age, and Uchiha was already at least a chunin. To discover that this one was still a genin was completely mind-blowing. Shaking his head, he wondered how many more times he would be surprised before this was over.

"Wait, wait. Does this mean I'm still a genin too?" The Minato look-alike yelled indignantly. At Kakashi's nod, his mouth dropped in shock. "No way… I still a genin?" He began muttering to himself.

"You're enjoying this way too much." Sasuke grumbled under his breath at his teacher.

The look-alike grumbled as well, but introduced himself. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I'm a genin right now but I'm going to become Hokage 'ttebayo!"

…

Had he thought that he looked like Minato? Well, his personality was eerily like Kushina's. The verbal tick was also there too! Examining the horrible bright orange color of his jumpsuit (was he trying to get killed?) and the marks on his face, he deduced that this must be the jinchuuriki. And Naruto? Minato must've been insane to name his kid fishcake. Or, maelstrom worked too, but it was probably fishcake. He decided not to comment on this.

"Nice to meet you Naruto." He said, nodding in his direction.

The last to go was the girl. With pink hair. Hiruzen wondered if it was genetically possible to produce a child with pink hair. He was pretty sure there was no one in Konoha with that hair color.

"My name is Haruno Sakura. I'm a chunin and my parents are civilians."

Hiruzen nodded slowly. The girl didn't look that strong, but he knew for a fact that appearances could be deceiving.

Standing up, he said, "Okay then. Now that that's over with, what should we do with you?"

They stayed silent as he reviewed his options out loud.

"Obviously, I can't send you to the frontlines. B and C-ranked missions wouldn't work either because no one knows who you are. Which leaves… D-ranked missions."

Naruto immediately made his opinion know, loudly. "What? I'm never doing another stinking D-ranked again!"

Hiruzen watched in amusement as the girl had a brief murderous aura surround her and Kakashi sighed. The Uchiha rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"We have no choice, Naruto." Kakashi explained patiently. "All the genin are currently involved in the war effort and we can't go on the other ranks."

Naruto huffed, crossing his arms and pouting. Grumbling slightly, he quieted down.

"We can't just walk around the village like this either." Sakura said. "You guys are way too noticeable."

Hiruzen nodded in agreement. "For now, you'll have to use masks and scarves to cover yourselves up. Henge's are easily looked through. Any Chunin or Jounin could see this and confront you."

Signalling to the ANBU to bring some clothes, he turned back to the group.

"The only thing left is housing. You can all just stay with me at the Hokage's mansion."

Kakashi nodded. "Is that all, Hokage-sama?"

Hiruzen tilted his head slightly. "One last thing. I want to test your fighting capabilities, in case worse comes to worst. We'll go to Training Ground 3 tomorrow at seven and check your abilities then."

Naruto shrugged. "Sounds good to me."

At that moment, the ANBU appeared once again, placing a bag of clothes on the ground. In another heartbeat, he was gone. Sakura walked towards the bag, getting out a red scarf and draping in around her lower face. Sasuke, unfortunately, had to change his shirt because it had the Uchiha symbol on it. He chose a navy blue long-sleeved shirt and a black scarf. Naruto eagerly grabbed an orange toque (What was with him and the color orange?) to hide his hair, and grabbed a high collared black shirt for his face. Kakashi didn't need a change of clothes, but reluctantly took a blue bandana to cover his hair. In the end, they all looked like a bunch of mismatched ninja. Hiruzen stifled another laugh.

"You look… great." He said lamely.

Everyone but Naruto scowled at him. The boy was too busy being impressed with his awful clothing.

"I'll show you to the mansion." The Hokage said, getting up. "After that, you're free to do whatever you want, but try not to tell anyone your secret. And Kakashi? You will now go by the codename Takeo."

As they walked out of the door, he pretended he didn't hear Naruto saying, "You just want an excuse to not do your paperwork, Old man."