Chapter 2

Lightning struck me? Well that's not exactly surprising, seeing how the last thing I remember was lightning. The Hokage didn't say anything for a while before asking me…

"Do remember anything from the time you got struck?"

I shook my head and said grimly, "Everything that should've happened a long time ago, but I'm back" The Hokage raised an eyebrow at the dark speech Iruka gave and began to really worry. Iruka notice and quickly said, "It's nothing really. I'm just being crazy." That when he wanted to know. "What day is it?"

Kakashi P.O.V

No, I moaned to myself. I can't be that day again; October 10. Gods, haven't once been enough? Wasn't my punishment complete, or is this punishment for failing again.

Kakashi rolled over in his cot and thought, 'If I was caught in lightning so was Iruka, but we got sent to a time (a day before Naruto was born), where Naruto doesn't exist at the moment. So what are we suppose to do?' He put his hand over his forehead where a scar started to form.

Iruka P.O.V

I lay on the hospital bed. Not thinking of anything in particular. So it's that day, huh? So then, what am I suppose to do? I know I'm not by myself right now, I mean Kakashi was there when the lightning struck too. So maybe…

Iruka rolled over. But what if I'm the only who came back?I can't go around blurting that I'm from the future to an ANBU I would certainly get thrown into the looney bin after I get interrogated. Iruka put his hand on his developing forehead scar and thought, 'If Kakashi was here too, what are we suppose to do?'

What are we suppose to do? Iruka's forehead glowed with a white light and before he knew it he was hearing another voice.

So what are we suppose to do? Iruka jumped and looked around. Nobody was there, but he swears he heard a voice, a familiar one too.

Kakashi? Iruka knew he was being stupid. Calling out Kakashi's name like he was supposed to answer.

Iruka? Is that you?

Kakashi P.O.V

For the first time I felt safe. For whatever reason I don't know, why. It just that he was the one to go to if you need things figured out. He was like the Naras except he usually help with private issues. But hey can't be picky with whose brain you have as long as they're able to figure out something. Frankly I don't care, As long as he's here we should be able to do something without me doing something stupid.

Yeah it's me, but what happen?

Beats me. Somehow we got into the past.

But why?

I don't know. Do you have any ideas? Please say yes. Please say yes.

I don't know but maybe we are getting a second chance.

A second chance?

Well when Naruto was dying, I wished that I had another chance to make things different. So maybe Naruto wouldn't die.

Kakashi sat up with a laugh. Not a chuckle or giggle, but a laugh. I can't believe it but that was my wish too.

So that's it. Hey do you think we can meet up somewhere? I don't think we can get anything done just by talking like this.

Fine, meet me at area 51.

Okay.

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For some reason when I step outside it's like the air is telling me, 'Go back you don't belong here.' Hell if I could go back I would, but I was given a second chance to make things right so I'm not going away or, if I go away, not until everything has changed. This is complicated. We have less then a day to change something, but even with careful planning things won't change much.

Iruka P.O.V

I felt so nervous walking around. The people who were supposed to be dead are happy and merry. Celebrating the Yondamine's soon to be born son. Naruto.

My parents are on a mission right now so when I see them I'll be saying goodbye to them again. Iruka sighed and let a single tear out before disappearing in a short wood.

"Sorry I'm late," I greeted Kakashi.

He shrugged with his usual nonchalant attitude.

"As you can see," Iruka went into teacher-mode, "we were sent to the past for a reason and for what I don't know which is fine"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "Fine?"

Iruka nodded in affirmative. "Yes, its fine because we are not running on somebody else objective so we're free to do what we want and that is, change."
"So what exactly are we changing?"

"Things that we should've done, but didn't." Kakashi's shoulders slump, mine's kind of too. We didn't get pushed back far enough so he will never get a chance to save Obito or Rin. But maybe we can save a whole lot of more lives.

"So what can we do?"

"Well, the battle with Kyubi is approaching fast so why don't we have a pretend competition on that field."

Kakashi 's eyes bulge. "What?"

"Well we can't exactly tell people that the Kyubi is going to be brought up in the village. It's going to cause trouble so we should try to keep things on the down low."

"You know, this isn't going to be as easy as you think."

Iruka glared at the ANBU "You don't think I know that? We could tell the Hokage, but guess what? We got struck by lightning, there is no way in hell they are going to believe us, so we're going to have to go a different route."

"I'll get my ANBU team and tell my associates about our get together?"

Iruka shrugged. "Oh, there are a few things that need to change; like your attitude. Try to act like you care because I know you do. Try to make friends."

Kakashi nodded. "If I do that then you have to stop pretending."

Iruka put on a blank look. "Pretending you don't know anything, pretending that you're not useful. I saw you fight against Pain when you were in a disadvantage. Your fighting skills are ANBU level so quit hiding your true abilities under that mask of innocence because we've already seen too much."

Iruka nodded and waited for tomorrow to come. Hopefully there half-bake plan would work.

Beta By: Karin S.