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Chapter four:

Confusion of time travel

Naruto didn't know if Sarutobi believed her or not. But by the expression on his face when he left, she didn't think so. It was difficult to describe the look on the old man's face. If Naruto had to judge, it was a mixed between confusion, shock, and anger as if something died under his noise.

The blonde shook her head. He doesn't believe me! She knew she had no choice but to tell him considering he already knew of her existence. She thought about lying, but one, he was a Hokage and knew every single ninja in the village. Two, she was never good at lying. It was like it she was bursting with truth. It just came out, so lying was completely out of the picture.

However, she had no choice but to lie, since her future was the balance. She couldn't tell anyone that she was from the future, which would no doubt change it and she couldn't risk the changes. No matter what, she had to keep her mouth shut; she had to lie, there other way. To protect her future…which she wasn't too sure of at the moment.

Naruto shook her head rather violently as if to shake reality back into her brain. There was still doubt in her mind that she was in the past, but she was going to go with it. Besides most likely, she was in the past. She might learn something while she was here. She had nothing else to do.

She sat up in the hotel bed. She had a good view of the Anbu stationed outside her window and she could sense the ones outside her door. There was no escape. She pulled her knees to her chest and rested her head on them. What else was a girl to do in a situation like this? All she could do was think. It wouldn't any good to fight the Anbu outside her room. It would only make Sarutobi doubt her if he did believe her.

She stuck out her left hand to examine it. Her eyes focused on her ring finger. She had gotten so use to wearing the ring in a short amount of time. Her hand felt strangely empty. It wasn't like she missed the chicken butt, not after what he did to her but rather the way he made her feel. He made her feel special. She needed that.

The door to her room opened suddenly revealing three men, which of whom were apart of the Uchiha Clan. Besides the fact that they were wearing the Uchiha symbol, they had the same smirk/frown that Sasuke sported. Well there were also the Uchiha features which belonged only to the Uchiha Clan… pretty unoriginal bunch right there.

Two followed closely behind their leader, which was obviously Sasuke's father. Besides the pictures she had seen in Sasuke's house, he looked so much like him. It was a bit uncanny and it made her slightly uncomfortable. Naruto straightened up.

"Hello," she said being friendly. It would be better not to insult these people. She would bet that Sasuke got his anger from his father.

The man looked like he could skin an animal alive and like he had a nasty smell under his nose. "I am-"

"I know who you are," Naruto interrupted. She already let it slipped that she was engaged to an Uchiha. She had to keep up the act. She had to act like she knew what she was talking about. "Fugaku Uchiha."

Fugaku narrowed his eyes at her. She may have known his name and retrieved some points, but her tone didn't sit well with him. "So I assume you know what I am doing here?" he asked.

"To ask me how I know so much about the Uchiha clan," she answered. She shivered, but he never noticed or if he did, he never alerted to it.

He walked across the room but he kept his eyes on the girl, who seemed unaffected by his presence. It didn't sit well with him. He was a very powerful person if he didn't say so himself. He was the leader of the Uchiha clan, not an everyday thing. "Let's begin," he announced. He blinked his sharingan.

"Does the Hokage know how you plan on finding the answer?" she asked plainly. Sure, she didn't know how Sarutobi felt about her. He might have seen her as a prisoner and the sharingan would be a welcome tool. She bit down on her bottom lip. She hated looking into the sharingan.

"The Uchiha Clan does its own thing," he replied sourly.

Even though she spent months studying the Uchiha Clan, she never fully understood how the Sharingan work, nor the extension of its power. Naruto doubted that even a person with a Sharingan would fully understand its power. "This I know."

"I assumed you did."

"Just stay on task," she warned. Sasuke had been deep into her mind before. He had seen the Kyūbi no Yōkō before and had even talked to it. There was no doubt in her mind that if Fugaku dug deep enough, he would find out everything. "I won't let you go where you don't belong." which is everywhere.

The Sandaime Hokage sat at his desk in his office at a lost for words. He was at a lost of words. He did believe the girl for some odd reason. Maybe, it was her appearance or her body language when she told him her story. Her story was too detailed to have been made up so fast. She had to be the real deal. There was no other way to explain it. Well, he would always do a DNA test, but it wouldn't detest her or anything. It was her suggestion to take the test.

Plus, the Uchiha Clan was involved with this. There was no way she would fake information or steal information without the clan knowing. That clan was very secretive and protective of its secrets. Only the clan and people with the blessing were allowed to know the information, but even then, they were limited to what they would know.

Naruto had to be the real deal. However, they were still the question to what to do with her? How do they get her back? How would she affect the timeline? She would have to be closely watched, but he doubted that she would do anything that would damage her future. She seemed smart enough.

Sarutobi stood up from his desk and folded his arms behind his back. He stared at the sunset outside the window. He would have to deal with Naruto tomorrow, but what did a person do with a person from a future? He wouldn't ask her anything, but didn't already knowing her identity affect the timeline? It wasn't like she told him everything, but just telling him her name was too much. But it couldn't be helped anymore.

He would do something with her tomorrow. As of right now, he would do his normal activities and think of what to do with the time traveler later.

He kicked up his feet onto the leg rest and picked up his book. He checked to make sure his ramen was in arms length. He opened his book but closed it a few seconds later. He wasn't in a mood to read. His mind was glued on that girl. There was something about her. How could she look so much like him? It was weird. He didn't have any relatives, well that he knew of, but he was sure he didn't.

Minato took a bite of his ramen. He tried to pick up his book again, but he slammed it back down. He couldn't keep his mind on the book. All he could think about was the girl. He had to find out who this girl was. If he didn't, he was afraid he would go crazy.

It was too late to go back to the hospital or to see the Hokage. Surely, Sarutobi would understand his desire to find out who the girl was. He knew that information was limited, but he would take anything. I will see the old man first thing in the morning.

Present time-

Sakura had just rocked her beautiful Hikari to sleep. She took a deep breath and walked slowly out of the room. She didn't want to wake her having spent the last four hours or so rocking her to sleep. The little girl didn't want to go to bed and Sakura didn't want to take any chances waking her up.

Besides Hikari, Sakura was alone in the house and for the most part, it was peaceful. Rock Lee, the love of her life, could be very annoying at times, but she hated to be away from him. It was one of those strange things, but she wouldn't change it for the world. She liked it that way.

Sakura let out a sigh and fell into the chair in her living room. It was one of those days that she didn't have much to do. Her Anbu squad was put on Hiatus to give her time with the baby. Plus, she took a month off from the Hospital also to spend time with her baby. Besides taking care of her baby, she didn't have anything else to do today. She guessed she would always clean, but she was too damn tired.

And she was too worried about Naruto, who was still missing. That was all she could think about. Where could the girl be? She had heard that Naruto went out without order, but that was just normal Naruto behavior. Naruto wasn't the type to stay on the sidewalk. She liked to be involved.

There was a knock at the door. Sakura was temped to pretend she didn't hear it and not get up, but the knocking only got louder. What the hell! Who wants to talk to me that badly? She forced herself out of the soft chair. O, she would kill the person who dragged her out of the soft chair. She cursed.

Sakura opened the door to see Ino, who looked like she was crying. It pulled at Sakura's heart strings. Ino wasn't a crybaby and when she cried, Sakura knew something was up. "What's wrong?" Sakura asked directing the blonde to the sofa. She kept her voice down as not to wake the baby.

"Sasuke!" Ino cried loudly. Her voice carried throughout the house.

Sakura shuttered hearing a sound coming out of the baby's room. "Keep your voice down," she hissed not wanting to wake Hikari. "What does he have to do with this?" she asked not sure what this was.

"He's being an ass!"

Sakura twitched. The baby stirred again. "Be quiet," she warned, who would rather kick Ino out than hear the baby cry. "Well, what did you expect, his fiancé is missing."

"His ex-fiancé," Ino whispered. "Didn't you hear? I guess not. Sasuke isn't spreading it around. He doesn't want anyone to know… I don't know who really knows. Maybe, people who have came across Naruto, before she went missing." She wasn't sure what to say. Sakura was her best friend and Ino surely hoped that Sakura would be on her side.

Sakura stared jaw dropped at Ino. What the hell had happen? The last time she saw Naruto, she was happy beyond belief to be engaged. What did she miss? Sakura took a seat across from Ino, who looked like she had the weight of the world on her. "Why did they break up?"

Ino didn't seem to have heard Sakura's question. "I thought with her out of the way that Sasuke and I would have a chance, but he doesn't want anything to do with me." She grabbed onto herself as if to give herself a hug.

"Um, Ino, if they just broken up, then I doubt that he would jump into another relationship or into another woman's arms so soon," and with you. Sakura knew how much Ino annoyed Sasuke and that he wouldn't want anything to do with her.

"You don't understand!"

"Shut-it, will you," Sakura hissed. If Hikari woke up, Sakura would kill Ino. "Then tell me!" She shifted in her seat.

"Sasuke and I have been in a relationship long before he broke up with her," Ino explained. "Well, it really wasn't a relationship…more as sex.''

Sakura felt her chest restrict. "You…you a-and Sasuke? He…he cheated on Naruto?" She felt betrayed somehow and she couldn't explain why. It wasn't like she was dating him. They were friends, or so she told herself. She shook her head. If she felt like this, she would hate to see how Naruto took it. Naruto, is that why you are missing? Now she was really worried about Naruto. "How could you!" She growled feeling somewhat protective of Naruto. They both were her friends, but it seemed apparent at that second, Naruto was her better and closer friend.

"I love him! If it wasn't for Naruto, we would already be together!"

"No, you wouldn't!" Sakura yelled, raising her voice for the first time. She stood up suddenly and paced across the room. A cry came from her daughter's room. "Tell me what you did!" She knew how much Sasuke cared for Naruto and he wouldn't just cheat on her. She knew that Ino had to have done something.

"Don't judge me," Ino warned feeling the anger from her friend. She told her everything. "I love him. I didn't know what else to do!"

Sakura never knew Ino was that stupid! "He would never have been with you after you broke up his relationship with her." She glared. "You are an idiot. A bloody idiot!" Her hands balled. "You drugged him? How could you!" She never felt this angry before toward her friends. "GET OUT! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" Sakura knew that Sasuke wasn't guiltless, but he wasn't in front of her.

"Sakura, please!"

Sakura pointed to the door. "Get out or else," she warned. She felt her chakra in her fist ready to fight. The baby was crying at that point.

Ino knew better than to stay. She left without saying another word. Sakura tried to hide her anger before heading to her daughter. She didn't want her daughter to see how upset her mother was.

"Anymore leads?" Jiraiya asked walking into the Hokage office.

"No, it's like Naruto disappeared off the face of the planet. There isn't anything else we can do," Tsunade said doing the pile of paperwork on her desk. She tried to keep a straight face. She couldn't afford to break down.

Jiraiya blinked. They couldn't give up on Naruto. They had to find her. "There has to be something for us to do."

Tsunade looked up and their eyes met. Her eyes told him everything; she had been crying before. She was dying on the inside. "There isn't anything to do and I won't send out a squad to look for a lone ninja, when they are needed here to guard against the intruder we had a couple days ago."

"Tsunade," he paused, "then let me go look alone." He knew Tsunade was right not to sending out a squad to search for Naruto, when there was no trail or slightest trace of her. They had already looked. It was a dead end.

"No, you will stay here, Jiraiya. You are needed here." Tsunade's heart was racing. She had thought about all of this, but saying it out loud was a different story.

"Tsunade…" There wasn't anything that he could say. What could he say? Both of their hearts were breaking.

"I know, but there isn't anything I can do. Naruto's a strong girl, who can take care of herself," she said trying to cheer herself up. It wasn't really working.

Past

Naruto was glad when Fugaku and his gang left the day before. They just sucked the air out of the room. It was like an icebox with that man. No wonder that Sasuke ended up the way he did. She would have too if she had a father like that…she never had a father. Now, she was stuck in the past and had a chance to get to know her father, but could she do that without him finding out that she was from the future.

She couldn't leave the room but she wasn't going to stay in the hospital robes. She wasn't really sick so there was no reason to wear them. She changed into the clothes that she had on before. She glanced around the room looking for things to do. There wasn't anything to do. There weren't any books or anything in the room.

Naruto jumped into bed, which gave a slight bounce. It made her bounce a few times, which made her laugh. She never had the opportunity just to bounce around in bed. It was a freeing feeling. She hopped a few more times. She was like a little child.

"Ah, I see you are having fun."

Naruto looked up blinking. Sarutobi stood against the doorway and he looked so different all these years in the past. "Yea," she said.

"Come, Naruto, we have a few things to straighten out, before I let you have the run of the village," Sarutobi said with a smile on his face.

"You believe me?"

"Yes," he said smiling.

"Dattebayo!" she said jumping up from the bed. "What do we have to talk about?"

"I just want to make sure you keep your future knowledge to yourself. I understand that you were questioned by Fugaku and you had to answer him, but we must keep you quiet. I am sure as long as you don't say you are from the future, we will be fine." Sarutobi paused. "I don't know how long you will be here for, so I made arrangements for an apartment. I think I can put you on boundary guard and such. I don't know what will change the future." Time travel was a very tricky thing. Any slightest of change would off set the time line. "Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"What can we call you, Ms Namikaze?" he laughed. He never pictured Minato with a kid. He would love to see him with a baby. (Naruto only told him the things he needed to know like who she was and how she got there…she did tell him about her fiancé and how he cheated on her. Other then that, he didn't know much. He didn't know about the deaths that the future entailed.) "It should be something that is easy to remember."

Naruto didn't have the best of memories and she sucked at remembering names. "What about Hikari," she asked thinking about Sakura's baby. She would remember that, since she helped pick out the name.

"Naruto Hikari, it is! Let's go. We have a few things to settle out."

She nodded and followed him out. She had an opportunity on her hands. She could just watch the past unfold or she could change it. She could grow up with a father and mother like she always wanted… however, she didn't know how the future would change if she fixed the past. Did she even want to get too emotionally involved in the past? She couldn't even look at her father without fainting. She was already emotional involved. This was going to hurt.

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Naruto looked around the apartment that Sarutobi got for her, which was bigger than her old apartment back at home. It was extremely nice and it wasn't something she was use to. She was use to old raggy things (well besides her father's house). It took her a few minutes to realize that no one knew about her being a Jinchûriki and that she didn't have to suffer the looks. For once, she would be normal, something she always wanted. She didn't want to be treated like a monster.

It was a nice day and it would be a waste to spend it in a dark apartment. She was dying to try Ichiraku. I wonder if it tastes any different. Did it even exist yet? O, she hoped so, or else she would die without her ramen. She loved those tasty noodles. I would marry them if I could!

Sandaime had told her to keep a low profile. He didn't want her to stand out, which would make it harder for her to disappear when they found out how to get her back to her own time. Worse comes to worse, he would just say she died in the line of duty. However, he couldn't make people forget about her, well maybe he could.

Naruto took a glance at herself in the mirror. She wore the same blue/white outfit, and the necklace, she got from Tsunade, hanged in plain view. Her Hiate was tied tight against her neck. All together, she would have described herself as cute. It made her smile, but it was only skin deep. She was worried and unsure on the inside.

The village looked different to say the least. Everything looked so much brighter than it did in her own time. Time seemed to striped away the fun colors. There were a few buildings that was there in her time and weren't in this time and vice versa, which probably had something to do with the Kyūbi no Yōkō's attack on the village. The village was different but she was still able to find her way.

It took her about twenty minutes for Naruto to find Ichiraku ramen shop and to her pleasure; it smelled just as good as it did in the future. She smiled and took a sit in the tiny little shop, which didn't look any different.

"Hello, Miss!" said a much younger Teuchi, who smiled like he usually did. "How can I help you?"

It was a bit strange to see Teuchi this young and youthful, using Lee's term. "I would like a bowl of ramen, please!" Naruto asked in her cute voice.

"No problem! Little Lady," he said making Naruto feel a bit uncomfortable. She wasn't the type to be called little lady, which made her feel old in some weird way. Teuchi turned his back and started to make her some delicious ramen.

"Daddy! I am bored. Can I help you?" a little girl asked walking into Ichiraku. She looked familiar, but at the same time, she didn't.

"Sure, Ayame. You can take over the business someday!" Teuchi cheered. He smiled just thinking of working Ichiraku with his daughter.

That is Ayame? She looks so…so I don't know, cute. This is weird to see her at this age. Naruto blinked remembering her time with Ayame. She may have been young but she didn't change too much from her future self unlike her old Sensei, Kakashi, who was a complete ass in this time.

A few minutes later, Teuchi handed her a bowl of noodles. "I don't remember seeing you before. Most of my customers are regulars. Have you been here before?" he explained. He remembered faces.

"Um,… no this is my first time. I, um, heard about this place from a friend…" she lied, well kind of. Iruka was the one who first introduced her to ramen all those years ago, or was it all those years from now…time level was too confusing. Naruto's advice would be NEVER TIME TRAVEL. IT HURTS TOO MUCH JUST TO THINK ABOUT IT.

"O," Teuchi muttered. "See, I love my customers, always sending me more customers. I will never go out of business!" He went back to cooking making more ramen for more customers, who had just arrived.

"You're very pretty!" Ayame chirped. "Most girls wouldn't eat ramen because they are worried about their figures," she mocked.

"Maybe, you should make them low-fat ramen," Naruto muttered randomly only remembering a few seconds later that Ichiraku didn't have low-fat ramen until her time. She mentally slapped herself.

"Yea, we should!" Ayame said. "Do you want more ramen?" the little girl asked noticing Naruto's empty bowl.

"You better believe it!"

It didn't take long for Minato to get out into town. He didn't have anything to do today and he loved it. He loved to rest and to lie out in the sun. Don't get him wrong, he loved his missions and all, but they could tire him out…well his team could do that too. They could tire anyone out. Obito and Rin could make his ears bleed.

Minato took in the warm sun as he walked down the busy street in the middle of town. He didn't even have to look to know how many eyes he was catching. He was eye candy for all of these women, but none of them was what he wanted. Well, there was Kushina, but she wouldn't give him the time of day. It annoyed the hell out him. He wanted a girl down to earth, a girl like her. He loved everything about her, but she didn't want anything to do with him. He wasn't the type of guy who was show off or anything like that. He couldn't understand why she wasn't interested.

The blonde made his way out of the crowded street into another one. It wasn't as crowded. He could see his fellow shinobi around and about talking to each other. It wasn't long before he spotted his team, who were fighting. "Kakashi, Obito, Rin, I wonder about you guys," he commented coming up behind them.

"Obito started it! Insulting Kakashi and being an idiot!" Rin hissed folding her arms across her chest.

"I didn't!" Obito paused, "Don't call me an idiot!" The young Uchiha stomped his feet. He hated when Rin made fun of him and he hated it more when Kakashi just stood there and did nothing. What a team they were!

"Idiots, the both of them," Kakashi uttered under his breath. He hated being on this team. Sure, having a Sensei like Minato was a big positive, but his two teammates weren't worth anything. They were both too stupid to realize it.

"I am going to get some Ramen, would you three like to come?" Minato asked licking his lips. He loved his ramen.

"Sure, why not!" Obito cheered. He would join Minato anytime. Minato was one of those people he loved to be with, to talk to. His clan wasn't very talkative. The four made their way to Ichiraku. Kakashi remained quiet not wanting to talk to his two idiot teammates. Rin just admired her 'sexy' teammate, who she would love to jump. Obito was talking Minato's ear off about random things. "So that Naruto girl apparently checks out. She answered all of Fugaku's questions correctly; however, there still isn't any idea who her fiancé was. Also, Sandaime Hokage remembers her now. He told the Uchiha clan that she was gone for a few years on a mission and he totally forgot about her. He misplaced her papers but he found them." Obito shrugged. "All that worrying for nothing."

Minato could have stopped on a dime, but he kept his feet moving. He didn't want his team to notice his 'obsession' with the girl, who looked so much like him. On the positive side, this was the first time that he thought of Naruto today. Old Man, what are you playing? You were so sure about the girl, but now you changed your mind? You aren't that old to be forgetful. Something isn't right. He would have to ask Sandaime again or maybe he should just talk to her. "Is that so?"

"Yea, I wonder about people sometimes," Obito muttered.

"I wonder about you all the time, Obito," Kakashi uttered under his breath. He pushed past Obito. He also had to pull to this strange girl, who had insulted him, which wasn't common. Obito was the only one who did.

"I wonder about all of you," Minato said loudly.

Naruto rubbed her stomach. "That was good!" she exclaimed using a teeth pick to clean her teeth. Ramen could always cheer her up.
"Wow, I never seen someone eats that much besides Minato," Teuchi commented. He smiled, happy that he just got another good customer.

Naruto froze…she knew her father loved ramen and could eat as much as she could. Kakashi had told her many times before, but to hear it from Teuchi was a bit strange. No one talked about Minato in her time. Sure, they talked about the Yondaime Hokage, but that was just because he was a village hero. "Haha, I can out eat anyone!" Naruto exclaimed, trying to cover up her reaction.

Naruto stood out from her chair and waved to Teuchi and Ayame before heading out. There was so many things that she wanted to do and she needed to keep her mind off of a certain man. It wasn't long before she was spotted.

"Hey! It's that girl," a boy called out.

It didn't take long before for Naruto to recognize the boy as an Uchiha; however, he wasn't like the normal Uchiha stereotype. That must be Obito, Naruto thought. Kakashi didn't talk about his old genin team, but she did hear him mention their names before, whenever he told her about Minato.

"Wow, shut-up! I don't need everyone to know I am on a team with an idiot!" the girl, Naruto assumed was Rin, yelled.

Wow, Rin reminds me of Sakura when we were younger…wow… this is just like my team seven…Sasuke=Kakashi, Sakura=Rin, and I=Obito… wow…Poor Obito, I know how he feels. Naruto blinked a few times noticing everyone looking at her. It was an intense stare. What did I do? "Did anyone ever tell you not to stare?" Naruto asked.

"Good job, baka!" Rin hissed. She slapped Obito outside of his head, even though he wasn't the only one staring.

Naruto frowned. That was something that Sakura would do when they were younger. "Didn't anyone ever tell you that you shouldn't treat your teammate like that?" Naruto asked looking directly at Rin, who turned away blushing, while Obito only cheered.

"I do all the time," Minato interjected, causing Naruto to notice him for the first time. "They just don't listen."

"I bet," Naruto stated knowing from prior experience. She could recall countless times when she was on the end of insults from Sasuke and beatings from Sakura. She felt her blood rush just looking at Minato. She couldn't deal with being this close to her dead father. She always imagined what it would be like if she ever met her father, but she never imagines how emotional she would be.

Kakashi didn't say anything, but he didn't like her judgmental eyes. She talked like she knew them, like she knew what she was talking about. She didn't, she would never know what he went through. In his eyes, she didn't have a right to be so judgmental.

Minato looked her over wondering if he was wrong. Sandaime Hokage must have known her to let her go. "So Naruto, why didn't Sandaime know you before?"

"Noisy, are we?" she asked trying a put up a front. "I have been away from a village for a few years and I would like to see you remember every ninja by name." She had to get away. She wouldn't be able to keep up her stoic front. She wasn't good at being emotionless.

"I guess," Minato agreed, knowing she was right.

"I have to go," Naruto said making her get-away. She didn't stick around to see what Minato had to say. Her heart beat was always beating to fast.

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