Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail, Ouran High School Host Club, or anything else related to the crossover characters I will be bringing in. Two more crossover anime listed in the end note to be introduced later.

Warnings: slash (SasoDei and Gaara x Neji), slight angst, etc.

Enjoy!


Once Hiruzen had managed to force the civilian council members to leave, he went off into the Uzushio crowd, wondering who else he might find.

His heart beat loudly in his chest when he saw the unmistakable form of his son, Asuma, holding hands with Yūhi Kurenai, with a young girl with red eyes and an older young man who looked quite a bit like his other son.

"Hey, gramps." Konohamaru said with slightly watery eyes.

"'Maru?" Hiruzen asked, shocked as he gathered his grandson in a hug. "My, you've grown."

The young man chuckled warmly. "Well, considering I'm supposed to be eight from your perspective…"

The old Hokage sighed shakily. "I…I've missed the opportunity to see you grow up."

Asuma, Kurenai, and Konohamaru smiled at him sadly, not wanting to tell him that he hadn't been there to see it anyway.

The old man took a deep breath, pushing those thoughts out of his mind for now, before turning to his son and the Genjutsu mistress, biting his lip slightly in excitement as he glanced at the child beside them.

Asuma raised an eyebrow at his father, waiting for him to finally ask the question.

It didn't take long for him to burst.

"I had a feeling you two would end up together." He said with a beaming smile. "And who is this lovely little lady?"

(Note: In this story, Asuma and Kurenai had kids later than in cannon, otherwise she'd be in her 20's.)

"I'm Mirai!" the red-eyed girl with short, messy dark hair answered with a grin. "Nice to meet you, old man."

Asuma coughed to hide a laugh.

"She's thirteen." Kurenai added, lips twitching slightly in amusement. "She's on a team with Uzumaki Sora, and their Jōnin sensei is Nara Temari."

"I had wondered why Sora-chan was dressed like the Wind Mistress." Hiruzen said thoughtfully.

"They both prefer Wind jutsu." Konohamaru said.

"Wind is rare in Konoha." Hiruzen said, raising an eyebrow at Asuma, who was one of the few Wind-natured ninja to have resided in Konoha.

"It's not as rare anymore." Mirai said proudly. "Water is the most common, because it's Uzushio, but Wind is just about tied with Lightning for second place. I haven't started learning it yet, but mine is Earth with a secondary affinity for Wind."

Hiruzen was proud, but his shoulders dropped slightly at the reminder that his family didn't consider Konoha their home.

Danzō would have a lot to answer for when he got a hold of him.


Hayate Gekkō stared at the familiar woman with long purple hair. He had been about ten years older than he before, but now he was the younger one.

Funny. The age gap stayed about the same, just flipped around.

"Yūgao?" he asked.

His fiancé exhaled shakily, tears coming to her eyes before she leapt forward and hugged him tightly.

"Hayate…oh, how I've missed you!" she murmured into his ear, causing him to hold her tighter as he registered that statement.

'I died.' He realized. 'Nothing else would have taken me from her side.'

"When?" he whispered, placing a kiss on her cheek.

"In a few weeks." She sobbed. "One of many things we're all going to change."

He took her word for it, and simply held her close.

After a long moment, he reopened his eyes. "I hope it's not too late for us."

The former Cat ANBU huffed a laugh, before her hands moved to her weapons pouch and she brought out the ring that he had given her the night he proposed.

"Never." She promised, smiling more genuinely than she had in over two decades as he carefully placed the ring on her left ring finger.


Baki crossed his arms as he faced his three charges—or at least the three adults claiming to be them.

"Explain." He demanded.

Kankarou and Temari grimaced slightly, before turning to Gaara, who sighed.

"The invasion failed, and Suna was nearly destroyed because of it." The Godaime Kazekage said calmly, unnerving his former sensei, who was used to feeling like he was being threatened constantly whenever he was near the youngest on the team. "The current Kazekage is dead. Orochimaru stole his face and has been acting in his stead."

Baki's eyes widened, and he choked. "You're serious?!"

Temari smiled bitterly. "Yes. It shows how close we were to our father, for none of us to have noticed."

She didn't look particularly saddened at the loss, and neither did her brothers.

Honestly, given what he knew of the inner-workings of the family, Baki couldn't fault them.

Still…

"So…" he turned to Gaara. "Kazekage, huh?"

The man nodded regally, eyeing the man calmly. "Yes."

"Kids love him." Kankarō said with a smirk. "And he has his own following of fangirls now that he can't kill them off."

Gaara shuddered slightly, crossing himself as if to ward off evil spirits.

…Which was the most ironic thing Baki had ever considered.

"It should get better when he finally decides to make an honest man out of Neji." Temari said with a smirk. "It worked for Sasuke when he married Naruto."

Baki blinked, running a hand over his face slowly. "Right. And…Shikaku?"

Gaara blinked back at him. "I am no longer the Ichibi's Jinchūriki."

"Who is?!" Baki asked, startled. "And how did you survive extraction?"

"The identity of Shikaku's new vessel is classified, for now." Gaara answered. "As for surviving, I didn't. Chiyo-san did something to bring me back to life, sacrificing her own to do so."

Baki grimaced.

He didn't like the woman, since she had been the one to make Gaara a Jinchūriki, and he had eventually become aware of how badly she had done it when compared to some of the other demon vessels, but…

It was thanks to her that his student was still alive.

And now Baki finally had the opportunity to get to know him, now that Gaara was sane.

"You'll have to explain in further detail later." He finally said, addressing all three of them. "For now, we'll have to contact the rest of Suna's forces. We…have an invasion to call off."

The two elder siblings smiled slightly, but Gaara's teal eyes glinted a bit.

"Actually…" the Kazekage said slowly. "Hold off on that. It might be advantageous for Sound to think that we will still aid them."

"And when we turn on them…" Kankarō realized with a wicked smirk.

"They'll get their asses kicked." Temari finished, smirking just as deviously.

Glancing at the trio, Baki shivered. He did not want to get on their bad side.


A few yards away from everybody else, Naruto and Sasuke stood, leaning towards each other as they held a whispered conversation.

"I'm still not sure what to do about Itachi." Sasuke said, voice slightly troubled.

"He's undoubtedly loyal to Konoha, and he of all people is well aware that Danzō is a threat." Naruto agreed. But considering his goal in regards to you…"

She trailed off as Sasuke grimaced.

Assisted suicide with the bonus of giving his little brother another weapon against his enemies, aka the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Well, he's going to be disappointed." The younger Uchiha brother said firmly.

Naruto smiled softly, glad that her husband had a second chance to rebuild his relationship with the brother that he had loved and looked up to so much as a child.

"Well, we have half the Akatsuki on our side." She said with a pleased smile.

Kisame, while loyal to the former Mizukage (well, kind of) and therefore Tobi, was also loyal to Itachi, his partner. It was up in the air which side he would choose, but there was a chance that he would become their ally.

Madara, Tobi, Obito, whatever he called himself would find himself without his some of his most powerful allies when they revealed their true loyalties.

Itachi was of course a given, even though he wasn't among those who had come back in time. Uzumaki Nagato, formerly known as Pein, and his wife Konan had allied themselves with Uzushio as the leaders of Amegakure after Nagato had barely survived his battle with his cousin (Naruto.)

They were also lucky to have Deidara and Sasori, who were frightfully dangerous both together and apart. The lovers had joined Uzushio, with Deidara working as a demolitions expert while they were rebuilding the village as well as fire-power when they were vulnerable, and Sasori also defended the village when he wasn't messing with his puppets or secretly conducting research to try and find a way to become human one again, something that might actually be possible since Orochimaru had apparently found his real body and kept it hidden in one of his laboratories.

The Puppet Master had had a difficult time with that decision, considering he wanted to last forever as a piece of art, but…

He also wanted to grow old with Deidara. He had nearly lost the crazy blonde once, and those were emotions that he did NOT want to feel for the rest of eternity after the blonde inevitably died.

And so, two years after he began his search…he transitioned back into his human body.

It was such a pain to get used to. Food, sleep, bathroom functions that he hadn't had to do in years, emotions affecting him physically (blushing, crying, etc.), and not as much stamina since he now got tired.

Deidara was more than pleased, though. The first time he had held Sasori's hand, feeling warmth from his partner for the first time, and the more intimate feeling touch…

The blonde would deny it until the day he died, but Sasori knew that he had seen a tear or two.

Still, Sasori didn't regret it.

And now the duo had three sons and a daughter to deal with (all adopted, of course), which wouldn't have been nearly as interesting if Sasori was still the near-emotionless puppet he had been.


Please review! :)

Yeah, Gaara x Neji. Don't flame or bag on me for it, because I don't care. Not like it's a major pairing anyway. And I warned you guys last chapter about the Sasori x Deidara pairing.

I don't know for sure because I never checked, but I think Shikamaru was actually Mirai's sensei. I changed it to his wife because he doesn't feel responsible for taking care of her since Asuma never died. Since Temari is also officially an ambassador with Suna, Temari either takes her team with her or she makes other arrangements for them while she's away. Shikamaru still has a Genin team, though.

Also, I realize that Hayate and Yūgao were about the same age, but I wanted her to have originally been younger than him by quite a bit to show that they didn't let the age gap get in their way before, so they wouldn't let it now. Not to say it'll be too easy for their relationship to get back to where it's supposed to be. Oh, and she doesn't know that Baki was the one to kill him, so present-Baki (who hasn't done it and won't now that he knows the truth) is safe from her wrath.

Yep, Sasori and Deidara adopted a few brats. Not that they act very much like parents, but they are partially responsible for the lives of four other living beings. The boys are from Death Note (come on, like I could resist making Mello Deidara's adopted kid) and their daughter is from Future Diary.