A/N Nothing to talk about now. Just woke up and am starting another chapter. But before I forget like I did last chapter.
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise is not mine. I only own my OC's and the majority of the plot.
Caleb: You weren't this energetic for my fanfic.
Me: Well I've grown since then and hopefully my writing is better. Though since this Japanese culture with Japanese names it looks odd saying Mr or Mrs But I'm not entirely sure how to use the Japanese suffixes. I'll just sick with san, sama, chan and kun for now if you don't like it or want me to use more terms let me know. Onto the chapter and hopefully onto no more first person writing. Did not mean to do that. Also I want to ask. Did that spacing look ok? It's the first time I've separated writing because someone else spoke and I'm not sure about it.
"Italics"=thoughts
Bold= Bjuu talking
Bold Italics= Bjuu thinking
"Italic underlined"= telepathy
"Underlined"=jutsu
Chapter 2: An explanation and getting situated
"Calm down Tamotsu"
"CALM DOWN! How can I calm down? You sent us back in time!"
"I didn't expect you to draw that connection so quickly" The slight amount of surprise in her voice only serves to piss Tamotsu of more.
"Really? I'm on top of a Hokage monument that is missing a Hokage, looking over a town that should be destroyed and sitting next to a chibi Naruto!" His thoughts get a little angry as he goes on. "Since this all happened after you went into the seal it is logical to assume this is entirely your fault!"
While those two are having their argument Naruto is slowly starting to wake up. Upon getting to his feet Naruto also takes a look around and, upon spotting a 10 year old Tamotsu wearing a blue shirt and black shorts, reacts in a very Naruto fashion involving pointing and screaming. "Aaaaaaaahhh! What happened to you?"
This shout makes Tamotsu jump and draws him out of his argument with Sakuya. Turning to Naruto, who has apparently noticed the differences in himself as well, and placing his hand on the blonde's shoulder Tamotsu opens his mouth to explain.
"Geez gaki did you lose all the intelligence you've gathered or are you just naturally this dumb?" Hearing the voice of a demon that was not Sakuya causes Tamotsu to jump away from Naruto quickly and look at him in shock.
"Did you hear that?" The question while not unexpected only served to drive home how unusual that was.
"Yeah but how?" Tamotsu responds with a question of his own one hand going to rub at his eyes.
"Why don't you bump fists and find out?" Kurama seems to have asked a similar thing of Naruto as the kid reaches out his hand towards Tamotsu. "It will be much easier explaining it all at once." With that Sakuya goes quiet and Tamotsu sighs before bumping his fist against Naruto's. Almost immediately the two jinchuriki find themselves standing in the same position with Naruto being in water and Tamotsu looking like he is just floating in shadows.
"Your seal is an empty void?" Asks Naruto looking around at what seems to be Tamotsu's side of the room.
"Least it ain't a sewer" Tamotsu replied looking down at the water around Naruto's feet.
"You two going to bicker all day or do you want to find out what we did?" The question comes from the darkness causing both Naruto and Tamotsu to jump and break away from each other.
"I expected that to wake us up" said Tamotsu looking curiously at his hand his actions being mimicked by Naruto.
"Please" This voice comes from Naruto's side where Kurama can now be seen behind the bars. "The physical connection was only needed so we could talk to both of you at once. Now you are here it's a simple matter to keep you"
"Alright then Kurama fill us in" Naruto's cheery voice fills the cavern.
"But can you make it short? I want to get home. My eyes are bugging me."
"Oh is that why you were rubbing them?" Naruto asks to which Tamotsu only nods.
"Fine then" Sakuya's yellow eyes appear from the shadows. "We demons can go to a different plane of existence. Not unlike summoned creatures. This plane is for all intents and purposes outside of time."
"So then what does this have to do with us being in the past?" Tamotsu is quick to inquire.
Kurama takes up the story now "In order to go to and from the plane of demons requires a lot of chakra because we are essentially stopping time and ripping a hole in reality. That's why most of us tailed beasts decide to simply stay here. When we are given the choice at least." Some bitterness slips into Kurama's voice at the end. He probably still resents being sealed away by the first Hokage even if it did lead to something good in the end.
"So you two used this technique then" It's Naruto who poses the question this time and it's Sakuya that answers.
"With a few alterations, yes. Since we are sealed inside you we can't exactly rip a hole in reality so we poured that chakra into the time portion of the technique"
"So instead of simply stopping time briefly you rewound it?" Once again it is Naruto who interrupts showing a surprising grasp of the situation that he would not have had were he actually ten.
"Again close but not quite right" Kurama cuts in again and continues before anyone can question him. "While it is true that we didn't enter another plane our chakra did affect reality otherwise it would have just been a rewind and you guys wouldn't have remembered anything which would have completely defeated the point."
It is at this that Tamotsu stops rubbing at his eyes that are bothering him even in his mind and speaks up "so what does that mean? Has your chakra soaked into reality or something?"
Kurama continues "Actually yes it has as far as I can tell from in here. It shouldn't have any effect other than allowing us to perform the jump, so to speak a lot easier."
"What that means is that should you want to you could jump to any point in your timeline from when I was sealed in you Tamotsu up to when we made the trip back. In fact I would even theorise that if you do something that drastically changes how an event happens you could pick between which one you want to go to" Sakuya finishes the explanation and sits looking at Naruto and Tamotsu expectantly waiting for any questions.
Naruto thinks for a moment as Tamotsu goes back to rubbing his eyes before speaking. "What about this connection me and Tamotsu have?"
"We are not entirely sure about that." Kurama replies. "As far as we can tell while you are in contact or rather while your chakra is you will be able to communicate and tell what the other is thinking. I don't know if anything else is possible."
"I think we have held you up long enough. You can go back now and Tamotsu stop sending Chakra to your eyes you could go blind"
Tamotsu sighs and outs his hand down before turning to Naruto who gasps. "I don't believe it!"
"What? Are my eyes glowing? Are they bleeding?" Tamotsu says quickly feeling a little frantic.
""You have the Sharingan!" Naruto cries pointing right at Tamotsu's face.
"WHAT?" He cries before looking at his reflection in the water on Naruto's side of the room and seeing the obvious three commas spinning in each eye.
"Well that would explain why they were hurting. Are you feeling better?" Sakuya asks gently.
Tamotsu only nods before continuing to speak "but how can I have the sharingan? I'm not an Uchiha. Or I'm pretty sure I'm not. And even if I do have it why didn't it activate sooner? I could have saved mum and dad from that Bjuudama if it did" His eyes start to water and burn as they morph into the Mangekyo Sharingan upon him reliving the pain from losing his parents he couldn't let himself feel during the battle.
Naruto places his hand on Tamotsu's shoulder. "Well you can ask them now remember? We can save everyone. No matter how many times it takes to get right we can keep training until nothing can stop us."
Tamotsu looks up at Naruto wiping away the tears. "You're right" He says cutting of the chakra flow to his eyes and deactivating the Sharingan "but I think I'd rather keep it a secret for now. I don't want to be like all the other Uchiha only using the Sharingan to win. It is incredibly cheap and I hate it." Tamotsu is angry as he speaks but takes a deep breath. "However it could come in handy. Those Mangekyo techniques alone were incredible. Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu. Don't think I have the Kamui though but those three alone are enough. I just have to make sure I don't go blind from overuse."
Sakuya cuts in at this point. "Actually with me inside you I should be able to heal whatever damage the techniques cause. As to why they didn't activate before I believe that is my fault. My chakra probably acted as a barrier to any kekkei genkai you may have had. Now that I'm more in tune with you I am no longer doing that."
Tamotsu looks at Sakuya in shock. "So you are telling me that not only will I be able to use it more often than other Uchiha could but I don't have to worry about going blind? Screw that I am definitely not using these unless the situation calls for it that is way too cheap for my liking. Unless Sasuke gets all high and mighty when he has it then I will gladly shut him down." As soon as Tamotsu finishes talking he and Naruto find themselves back on the Hokage monument fists still together.
Naruto pulls his fist back and looks over Konoha. "Do you think we can do it?" He asks his usual confidence fading as the weight of the situation dawns on him.
In response Tamotsu just activates his Sharingan again and looks him in the eye. "Two jinchuriki that are partners with their Bjuu, who have knowledge of the future and have boosts to their power beyond that?" At Naruto's confused look Tamotsu's grin widens. "With my Sharingan and your sage mode alone we are a force to be reckoned with throw in our Bjuu and nothing can stop us" Tamotsu stops for a minute and his expression dims slightly. "At least nothing in the immediate future from what you've told me. Gaara and Zabuza, while not a walk in the park, should be easily handled. Orochimaru in the chunin exams? I'm not so sure about that. The Akatsuki and Madara might be a problem but we have years to train until we are ready for them. So yes Naruto I think we can do it"
Naruto returns the smile with one of his own. "It's going to take a while until I'm used to seeing you with the sharingan."
"Tell me about it. Seeing everything perfectly and tracing even the slightest movement. I can understand why the Uchiha were so cocky this is not your average power." Tamotsu stretches trying to work the kinks out of his back. "I have to say though if I was told I was getting a kekkei genkai I wouldn't have thought it was this one"
"What would you have thought it would be?"
"Well my mom told me about the Tenshi clan that apparently were ancestors of the Tsume clan. She said that they could solidify their chakra onto their back giving them fully functional wings"
Naruto just smirks "Well your back seems to be bothering you why don't you try it?"
Tamotsu just goes pale. "Please Kami don't let me have two of them." He takes of his shirt and starts concentrating chakra to his back wincing slightly as the stiffness gets worse after a minute before the chakra bursts out as two indistinct clouds of black. It takes a few seconds before they form into two shiny black wings. "Oh that feels both better and incredibly strange" he says looking up at Naruto. "Huh my Sharingan deactivated guess I can only have one going at a time"
Naruto reaches out and touches one of the wings. It feels strangely cold in a soothing type of way not to mention soft. "How do they feel?" he asks letting go as it twitches.
"It's very weird. I expected them to just be wings but instead they feel like the constructs of shadows I make in my jutsus. I wonder…" he trails off as a look of concentration passes over his face before the wings stretch and wrap around him covering him completely in a black cocoon. "Oh this is gonna come in handy" He says as the cocoon and wings vanish.
"Wow it's kind of like the star chakra then." Naruto says as Tamotsu dusts off his shirt and puts it back on.
"Star chakra? Oh yeah you mentioned something like that once." Time passes in silence for a little while until Naruto speaks up.
"So Tamotsu any idea when we are?" Naruto asks rubbing his head sheepishly.
"Well I look around ten since you looked the same until you were 16 so I assume since we are on top of the Hokage monument this is the first day I was allowed out on my own because my chakra finally stabilised. Which means tomorrow is a Monday. Which means the academy"
"Oh right the time when I first thought of painting the monument" Naruto says with a grin.
"I still can't believe it took you two years before you actually did that."
"Hey genius takes time"
"Whatever you say Naruto. Come on." Says Tamotsu walking away as Naruto hurries to catch up.
"Where are we going?"
"To introduce you to my parents and convince them to enrol me into the academy." Tamotsu answers walking down towards the village.
"Really?" Naruto asks walking beside him. "Why?"
"Are you kidding? I'm not letting you out of my sight now. Plus it will be good to see what everyone was like as a kid. I only really met them during the war and that wasn't a good time. I really only got to know you because I was part of your guard when you were training remember?" Tamotsu answers Naruto as they start to head into town.
Naruto only gives a quick nod in reply before he looks down to avoid the angry glares of the villagers.
Seeing this Tamotsu puts a hand on Naruto's shoulder and is bombarded by his emotions. The sheer sadness that all the recognition Naruto worked for is essentially gone is almost too much for Tamotsu to take before it suddenly stops. "Sorry about that" Naruto's voice sounds in Tamotsu's head.
"Don't worry about it I completely understand. Just give it time and they will treat you like a hero again" Tamotsu is quick to reply and continues walking taking his hand of Naruto. Had he left it there Naruto would have felt the anger that started rising in him. The villagers are all smiles while looking at him but as soon as they see the blond next to him their expressions darken. He can hear them muttering catching words like "fox" or "demon brat". S rank secret riiiight… He was certain a few of them were about to step in and pull him away from Naruto. He needed to get some kunai soon. He needed to train.
A few more minutes pass in silence broken only by the mutterings of stupid villagers before they come to stop outside a house. It was your average house. White, two stories. Simple. Tamotsu walks up to the door Naruto trailing behind him. Tamotsu pauses on the door step before searching his pockets and pulling out a key that he then uses to unlock the door. As Tamotsu steps inside he calls out "Mum, Dad I'm home and I brought a friend. I hope that's ok." His voice echoes throughout the house for a second before a reply comes from the left.
"We're in the living room sweetie" Tamotsu immediately starts towards the female voice practically dragging Naruto behind him. "Where have you been? We were starting to get worried" As soon as they entered the living room Tamotsu was grabbed and getting fussed over. If Naruto took after his father then the opposite was true for Tamotsu. The black hair that seemed to shimmer and flow as if it were liquid. The kind face that could either calm anyone's fears or instil them with just a look. Even the eyes were the same. The colour being a calm blue like Naruto yet with the same soothing or deadly presence Tamotsu, and most likely his mother, has.
"Oh leave him be Minori he is perfectly fine being out on his own." Naruto's attention is drawn to the other person in the room. This man, presumably Tamotsu's father, was definitely of a more solid build then the thin forms of his wife and child, probably a carpenter or a builder. His eyes were an emerald green at one point but they now seem to have lost some of their colour. While not blind, the way he was returning Naruto's gaze with a smile was proof of that, it would probably be enough to stop him from being a ninja, if he ever was one. Looking over both of Tamotsu's parents again Naruto was forced to admit that, aside from the black hair all three family members shared, the father's being a lot more typical and short than the mother and Tamotsu whose hair went down to their waist and shoulders respectively and seemed to shine, there would be no reason to think that they had Uchiha blood.
"Oh be quiet Tamoshi. He is my baby boy I'm allowed to fuss and be worried."
"I know sweetie but I think you might be making our guest uncomfortable." Saying that Tamoshi nods toward Naruto and Tamotsu wriggles away from his mother to do the introductions.
"Mum, Dad this is my new friend Naruto. Naruto this is my mum and dad." Tamotsu smiles and turns toward his parents. "Naruto is in the academy and has been telling me all about it. Can I go?"
"I don't know dear you would be behind you may not be able to cope…" Minori trails off unsure of what to say.
"Please mom" Tamotsu continues to beg. "I've been doing nothing but reading I'll be fine"
"To be fair Tsume-sama he hasn't really missed much and I can fill him in on what he needs to know." Naruto speaks up having been quiet for way too long.
"Oh that is very sweet of you Naruto-kun and please call me Minori. Any friend of Tamotsu is welcome here" Minori smiles at Naruto though he can pick out the sadness in her eyes that tells him she knows exactly who he is. "But I'm not sure if they will let you in this late" Minori continues speaking.
Naruto butts in again "We could talk to the Hokage? He always has time to talk and he could get Tamotsu in" Naruto starts playing the part of an overactive child bouncing up and down on his feet as he smiles.
"Oh can we mom please?" Tamotsu starts to mimic Naruto also bouncing.
Minori just sighs "Fine but the Hokage is a busy man he may not have time to see us"
"Oh please jiji loves getting out of his paperwork we could go right now" With that Naruto turns and leaves the house Tamotsu following after him with his parents scrambling to catch up. In no time the four of them are walking towards the tower, after being chewed out by Minori for running off of course.
Naruto slings an arm over Tamotsu's shoulder so they can talk "You never did tell me what your parents did for a living." Naruto says while outwardly going on about how awesome it is going to be having him at the academy as Minori and Tamoshi just smile at them.
"Didn't I?" The equivalent of a mental head shake is his answer "Well my mom probably does something with seals. For all I know she could be working on special seals for the Hokage. She never said and I never thought to ask. My dad on the other hand is pretty much a handyman as you could probably tell. Anything needs fixing or building he can do it. I won't say he's the best but he can definitely do more things at once." Silence indicated the end of that conversation so Naruto removed his arm and continued talking about the academy.
All too soon they arrived at the tower and had to follow behind Naruto again as he took off and barged into the Hokage's office ignoring the secretary like he always did. "Hey Jiji I have a friend I want you to put in the academy." The Hokage looks up and smiles at Naruto and the Tsume family as they walk in after him.
"Ah Minori so good to see you. Your seals are still working wonderfully." The Hokage motions to the chairs in front of his desk. "Now what was this about the academy?"
"Thank you Hokage-sama" Minori and Tamoshi take a seat while Naruto and Tamotsu explore bored of the adult stuff. "Our son Tamotsu has made fast friends with Naruto-kun and wants to join the academy to become a ninja. I told him it may not be possible but they both want this."
"Is that so?" The Hokage asks looking over at Tamotsu who is scanning the bookshelf. "Tell me young man do you know how to mould your chakra?"
Before his parents can say anything Tamotsu smiles and places his hand together before letting out a pulse of chakra that soon has the ANBU appearing with weapons at the ready. One of them upon seeing Naruto in the room waves the others away before speaking. "Naruto what have I told you about using chakra in the Hokage's office?"
"But Wild Cat it wasn't me." Naruto points at Tamotsu who looks extremely embarrassed. The ANBU named wild cat shares a look with the Hokage before he too is waved away. "Why does everyone immediately blame me?" Naruto whines after Wild Cat is gone.
"It's nothing against you it's just that your chakra shares some strange similarities" The Hokage says trying to placate Naruto as he looks at Minori and Tamoshi who look right back not a trace of guilt on their face.
"Oh you mean because we are both jinchuriki" Naruto say brightly all sadness gone in an instant.
"What who told you?"
"I'm not an idiot Jiji. With all the villagers calling me a demon or fox or even the kyubi brat when they think I can't hear them it didn't take a genius to figure it out. You just have to listen" Naruto folds his arms and just stare at Sarutobi.
"So you admit to not listening to anyone as a kid?"
"Of course not. Where would be the fun in that?" Naruto replies to Kurama before bringing his focus back to reality. "It was Tamotsu who told me what he was. He said that he could sense the kyubi in me because of his demon."
Sarutobi just sighs and adjusts the Hokage hat and picks up his pipe. "Yes I suppose I was a little lax about what I would let the villagers get away with. I'm glad you could at least make one friend though even if it was more because of your burden than in spite of it. I'll let the teacher know to expect a new student. Is that all?" He searches through a few drawers before pulling out a list and handing it to Minori. "That should be everything Tamotsu needs for the academy."
Tamotsu and Naruto start cheering and Minori is staring disapprovingly at the pipe in the Hokage's hands so it is Tamoshi who responds getting to his feet and bowing. "Yes Hokage-sama thankyou"
Minori is quick to get up and bow as well. "Thank you Hokage-sama. Tamotsu, Naruto say thank you to the Hokage." Minori's voice is enough to get Naruto and Tamotsu to stop celebrating and give the Hokage a bow and "thankyou" as well before they all leave.
Outside the tower Naruto and Tamotsu shout and high-five and in that split second have a conversation. "You're a good actor Tamotsu."
"So are you Naruto."
Naruto splits of from Tamotsu and his family saying that he has to get his stuff ready for tomorrow while they pick up what Tamotsu needs for his first day at the academy. Bothe time-traveling jinchuriki head their separate ways unable to wait until tomorrow. This is going to be fun.
*Some place under Konoha*
An old man with the majority of his body wrapped in bandages is alerted to the fact that the seals monitoring the Hokage office have been deactivated by a pulse of chakra. The man, who is named Danzo, contemplates the likelihood of a chakra pulse being just the right frequency so as to be able to short out all the seals at once. Deciding that it this was probably not done deliberately because the culprit was a 10 year old kid who hasn't even entered the academy Danzo sends out some of his root operatives to acquire any information they can find about what happened while the seals were down. There is no such thing as useless information after all.
A/N and that's chapter 2 done. I can't believe it was this long. Over 1000 words longer than chapter 1 which was also longer then it was meant to be. I hope that won't be the norm or I'll have to split some of them up and this fanfic will be long enough as it is potentially needing a sequel and a side story where I write the retries they just go nuts with. Well next time on Unlimited Continues we go to academy and things really start to change but not in a way Naruto expects. See ya then