Hi! I've decided to finish this story first before I decide if I feel like making the alternative version. With college and everything, I really think it's the best solution.

Also, this is a side-story. It would be very anti-climatic if Sasuke found out about his past not on the main story, don't you think? Besides I already have plans for that.

Anyway… be ready for a very OOC Sasuke. Should we think of this as little future Sasuke taking over Uchiha Sasuke's body? Or Naruto's future son taking over his rival/best friend's body?

Enjoy!

Past

過去 (Kako)

Sakura spent nearly four hours bathing, combing her hair, deciding which perfume she should use and rehearsed, at least, ten different conversations she could have with Sasuke.

At night, she had fallen asleep and dreamed about their future dates, their first kiss (that one with Naruto didn't count!) and how Sasuke would finally tell her that he loved her and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. He would say that he had always noticed her, but was afraid to confess his feelings, that none of the other girls ever mattered, that Sakura had always been the one. When she had woken up to the sound of her alarm clock, she was kissing her pillow.

Determined to make her dream turn into a reality, Sakura barely ate her breakfast and walked to their meeting spot ten minutes earlier, so she could mentally prepare herself. However, at 7 a. m. Sasuke wasn't there yet. She kept waiting and waiting, but after two and a half hours she was still the only one on the bridge. It wasn't so surprising for Kakashi, since he was always late, but Sasuke…

"What is happening? Why isn't Sasuke-kun here yet? He's never late!"

"Good morning!" Kakashi said, appearing out of nowhere like usual.

"Sensei! You're late!" Sakura cried, fuming with frustration that her plans to seduce Sasuke had once again been foiled.

"Sorry, sorry… I wanted to make my bed, but I couldn't find the sheets."

"YOU'RE LYING!" Sakura yelled, though she had to admit the scream would have been much more effective if Naruto was there as well.

Kakashi looked around and noticed the absence of his brooding student. "What? Sasuke isn't here yet?"

Sakura's angry grimace vanished from her face, replaced by genuine concern.

"No… Sasuke didn't show up" she said, with tears in her eyes. "I don't understand. He's never late! What if something happened to him? Maybe he's sick or…?"

"Don't worry, Sakura" Kakashi said. "I'm sure nothing happened. Sasuke must have overslept or something. I'll go to his house to see if he's there. Why don't you take a look around? He's probably just late."

"Oh… Ok…" Sakura answered.

"See you later" the copy ninja said, jumping to the nearest tree branch.

Kakashi tried to stay calm but he was bit anxious. Last night's storm wasn't normal. It was overflowing with an odd chakra, like it had been the result of some jutsu. After that strange red lightning, the storm had completely disappeared like it never happened.

Besides, Kakashi could have sworn that the lightning had been right above the Uchiha Compound. Was there a connection between Sasuke's delay and the storm? Well… the only way to find out was to locate the genius Uchiha first.

When the light from the window reached his bed, Sasuke turned around and tried to ignore it. The alarm clock had already gone off, but the raven had simply thrown it down the bedside table and kept sleeping. Unfortunately, he couldn't do that to the morning sunlight.

"Hmm…" the boy moaned, grabbing his pillow and covering his head with it. His head felt funny. It was… heavier, like he had a bad night of sleep or something.

Probably, his Dad had opened the blinds and the curtains to wake him up. In a few seconds, Naruto would come to his side and shake him until Sasuke got up.

"Tou-chan… just five more minutes" Sasuke mumbled, still covering his head with the pillow. He knew he had to get up quickly or he would have to go to school without his breakfast.

As he tried to hide from the bright light of the sun, Sasuke continued moving until he fell down the bed with a huge thud.

"Ow!" the raven cried, rubbing his sore head. "Floor… hurts…"

Rubbing his eyes, Sasuke got up and walked to what he thought was his bedroom door. Instead, he went against a wall.

"OW! What the hell…?" he yelled, staring at an unknown white wall. Looking around, he realized he wasn't his bedroom. He didn't recognize this room at all. "Where… am I?"

Apprehensively, Sasuke walked towards this bedroom's door and opened it.

"Hello? Is anybody here?" the boy called to the empty hall, but no one answered. "Tou-chan? Are you there?"

After a few seconds of silence, Sasuke walked into the hall. His voice sounded a little different and his body seemed strange too, but the boy was more worried in finding out where he was.

One thing was certain, the house was huge! Perhaps it was even bigger than the house the Sanada leader had lent them. There were a lot of rooms, but they were all empty and filled with dust, like no one had step a foot on them in years.

"Where am I? Whose house is this?" the raven thought, coming down the stairs into the entrance hall.

Though he had the feeling he had been in this house before, Sasuke couldn't understand what he was doing there. When he looked outside the window he saw an empty street and several houses which looked abandoned, with wooden boards covering all their windows and doors. What was this place? A ghost town? Who would want to live in a place like this? And where was he? This was definitely not the Unmei Islands, and his Dad would never leave him alone in a stranger's house…

That was when it all came back rushing back into Sasuke's mind. The invitation to the Spring Country, the meeting with the Queen, the party, the attack, that weird old hag who had taken him…

"That's it!" Sasuke thought. "She took me hostage and hit me in the head. I can't really remember what happened next… I think we were in a cave or a temple, and then…"

That was it. Sasuke couldn't remember anything else, no matter how hard he tried. Since he was safe and sound, he was probably rescued by someone and taken into their house. But why would they leave him alone in this house? And where was Naruto?

"Hello? Is anyone out there?" Sasuke called again, coughing a little because his voice sounded a bit lower than usual. "I'm… Thank you for taking care of me, but I really need to go home now… my Dad must be worried" still there was no answer. Sasuke was completely alone in that house.

When he finally stumbled upon a bathroom, Sasuke decided to wash his sleepy face. He guessed it would be okay to use it since the people who lived in this house had let him sleep in one of their beds. Sasuke found it strange that the toilet seemed a bit smaller than it used to be, as well as the sink. When the raven washed his hands and then his face, he finally stared into the mirror.

Instead of the innocent face of a six year old child, he stared at the confused face of a pre-teen.

"Wha… what the…?" Sasuke touched the mirror, his face and looked down at his taller body. "What the hell is going on?" he screamed. To his dismay, the guy in the mirror did the same.

After pinching his cheek, the raven realized that this wasn't a dream. He was really the older boy in the mirror. He had grown older… again! (1)

"No! Not again!" the raven said to the mirror, still getting used to his slightly adult voice. "Why did this happen? I didn't do anything!"

Worried, Sasuke went back to "his" bedroom, hoping to find some clues about what had happened to him and where he was. The bedroom had a full-body mirror and he decided see himself.

From what he could see, he wasn't as old or as tall as the last time. He couldn't really tell, but he guessed he was a bit older than a ten year old. Curious, he took off his clothes until he was in his boxers and checked his longer arms and legs, which had a bit of muscle on them. Blushing, he pulled down his boxers. Yup… he had hair there.

"Who did this to me?" the boy said. "Was it that old woman? Where is she? Where am I?"

Sasuke needed to get out of there. The best thing to do was to get out of that strange house and try to find his Tou-chan. He would recognize Sasuke (he had to!) and he would know what to do!

More determined, the raven pulled his boxers back up and looked around. He found a few clothes neatly folded in a chair and put on the white shorts to see if they fit him. Since they did, he also dressed a blue, short-sleeved shirt with a raised collar with a red and white fan on the back and, unconsciously, also put on the white arm warmers that were beneath the shirt. Strangely, it felt like routine, though he had never dressed like that before.

"What I am doing? I have to get out of here!"

After putting white bands around his legs, Sasuke looked at his bedside table and saw it. The Hitai-ate.

"What?" the raven thought, moving towards the bedside table and picking up the short blue-clothed forehead protector. "What is a Hitai-ate doing here?"

The boy's onyx eyes became even wider as he saw the unmistakable leaf in the metal plate. This was a headband from Konohagakure.

"Whose Hitai-ate is this? Tou-chan's has a black cloth, so it's not his… but then whose is it?"

As if by fate, the sunlight shone upon the metal plate, drawing Sasuke's attention towards the window. Still with the headband on his hand, Sasuke looked out the window and his jaw completely dropped.

Outside, towering over thousands of buildings was the Hokage Mountain. A place he had only seen in photos and heard his father, Tsunade and Iruka talk about. And he knew it only existed in Konoha!

"I'm in Konoha?" Sasuke said in disbelief, unable to divert his eyes from the Monument he had wished to see with his own eyes for years. "How come I'm in Konoha? That's miles away from our home! How…" the raven finally noticed something different about the Mountain.

In the photos that Tsunade had brought him, so he could know his future village, there were clearly five heads carved in the stone, each representing a Hokage. Right now, Sasuke could only see four heads. Tsunade's head was missing from the mountain. The last carved head was of his grandpa Minato.

"How come Baa-chan's head disappeared?" Sasuke asked. "What is going on? Is this really Konoha or I am still dreaming?"

Sasuke's hand touched something on his wardrobe which fell down. It was a wooden photo frame.

"What is this?" carefully, the raven picked up the frame and looked at the photo. The first person who caught his attention was a boy dressed in the clothes he was wearing right now, who had the same eyes, same hair and the same face as he did.

Sasuke saw a picture of himself as an older boy. The boy he looked like now.

"Is this… me?" the raven asked to the silent picture.

Glancing back at the mirror, Sasuke compared the two images. There was no doubt; the boy on the picture was him! They looked exactly the same, minus the headband which, Sasuke realized, was the one he was holding in his hands. Even their hairstyle was the same, while Sasuke usually kept his bangs hang over his forehead, now his bangs hung both sides of his face to roughly frame his cheeks.

Increasingly intrigued, the raven kept staring at his photo. He couldn't remember taking that photo and he didn't recognize the people in it either. There was a man with a mask covering half his face behind him, with his hand on Sasuke's head; a pink haired girl smiling and a blond boy who was glaring at him.

"Who are these people? Why am I with them?"

With his heart racing like crazy, Sasuke opened some of the drawers of his wardrobe. He found more clothes, all with dark colors and the same fan crest on each shirt and sweater, papers about jutsus and a few scrolls about the Katon. One of the scrolls was the same he had back home about the Great Fireball Technique and he also found other scroll about the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, which seemed a lot stronger.

Then he found the other photos.

They were at the very bottom of the drawer, under several scrolls. Sasuke picked them up and saw photos of his biological parents, Fugaku and Mikoto, next to a little raven haired boy. It wasn't hard for Sasuke to realize that boy was him as well.

The first photo had Sasuke and his mother together in a garden. In that picture, the raven couldn't have been older than three years old. There were other photos, in which Sasuke saw himself getting older next to his parents in the house he was right now. When he found a picture of himself next to his father, near a building with red tiles, Sasuke was the exact same age he really was.

The idea hit him like a rock. He was in a Konoha where Tsunade's head was missing from the Hokage Mountain, he looked older, he had woken up in a house where there were clothes that fit him and had pictures of him and his deceased parents…

"This is my room" the boy said slowly, looking around. "This was the house where I lived before" he looked once again at the picture that was on top of his wardrobe. "That was me… when I was older…"

The girl and the blond boy also had forehead protectors. And the masked man too. If Sasuke had a headband, that meant he had already graduated from the Academy and was a real ninja, which meant those people in the photo had to be his teammates and his Jōnin sensei.

"I'm in my first life?" the boy said still stunned, though he couldn't find any other explanation. Those photos were definitely his and he wasn't dreaming.

When the raven activated his Sharingan he didn't noticed anything suspicious, so it wasn't a genjutsu either. As a matter of fact, when he got closer to his mirror he noticed that his Sharingan was more evolved. It had two tomoes on his right eye and one on his left!

"Is this the past?" the boy said to his reflection. "Am I really back in my first life?"

It seemed impossible but, at the same time, he felt he was right. Now that his Sharingan was activated, the raven could feel that his chakra was a lot stronger than it used to be. His body also felt different, but it was a good different. He felt great!

As Sasuke became more convinced that he was really in his old life, his feelings of confusion and apprehension were quickly replaced by enthusiasm. He was older but he was still a kid, so he didn't need to act as an adult, and he was a ninja! That headband was his alone!

Excited, the raven got even closer to the mirror and put the Hitai-ate around his forehead. It looked… really good on him!

"I'm a shinobi" he said to his reflection with a big smile on his face. "I'm really a shinobi! This forehead protector his mine!"

This also meant, Sasuke realized, that everything in that house was also his. This room was his old room; those were his scrolls and his clothes.

Since no one was home, probably his parents were already dead, he couldn't meet them. But his brother was alive! Sasuke really wanted to talk to him. He always had wondered what would be like if Itachi Nii-san was alive and he could hang out with his big brother. Now he could! It was gonna be so cool!

"I don't know why I came back, but I'm gonna enjoy it!" the raven haired boy said, picking a ninja pouch he found on his bedside table. Inside, there were his shuriken, kunai and scrolls. "Sweet! I have weapons too!"

Without wasting more time, Sasuke ran to the hallway, put on his blue sandals and left the house. He couldn't wait to explore Konoha.

Like always, the Uchiha Compound made Kakashi feel uneasy. He understood that Sasuke didn't want to leave his home, since it would mean that the whole Compound served no purpose and it would be torn down. However, Kakashi couldn't understand how Sasuke managed to live in the same place where his parents and his clan had been massacred. Even if his house had plenty of good memories, he would always be hunted by the ghosts of his murdered family.

After Sakumo committed suicide, Kakashi moved out of their house as soon as possible. The house seemed too big, too empty and too sad, constantly reminding him of his father's absence. So he brought a smaller apartment and lived there ever since. Perhaps he was being a coward. Maybe he just wanted to run away and forget about the suicide. Maybe he just wanted to forget everything related to his father. If he didn't think about him, Kakashi wouldn't feel depressed or miss him. The only thing he could do was to forget Hatake Sakumo ever existed.

Deciding not to think about the past, Kakashi stopped just outside Sasuke's door and knocked. Since there was no answer, Kakashi walked around the house, opened a window and got inside. That was the first time he did this in Sasuke's house. So far, he had only done it in Naruto's apartment because it was the only way his mischievous student would eat fresh vegetables once in a while.

Sakura had her own parents to look out for her, and Sasuke was so mature for his age that Kakashi never thought he would need to check up on him. Apparently, there was a first time for everything.

"Sasuke! It's me! I'm coming in!"

Again there was no answer, so Kakashi simply dared to go look for the raven, not caring one bit that he would be furious for his intrusion. If Sasuke had shown up on the bridge like he should, his sensei wouldn't need to go look for him.

"Sasuke!" Kakashi called as he opened the raven's bedroom door. "If you're not dressed, then cover yourself."

Sasuke wasn't in his bedroom. In fact, Kakashi was really surprised. He always thought of Sasuke as someone very tidy, but his room was a complete mess. His bed was unmade, there were scrolls and clothes scattered all over the floor and almost all of his drawers were open. This was the kind of mess he expected to find on Naruto's room, not Sasuke's.

Kakashi couldn't feel his student's chakra anywhere near, which meant Sasuke wasn't home. Remembering the strange storm again, Kakashi left the house the same way he got in and decided to search for the young Uchiha in the village. All his instincts were telling him that something wasn't right.

Sasuke walked casually through the busy streets of Konoha, trying to see everything at the same time.

Every time he walked by a store's window, he'd look at his reflection and admire how cool he looked with his Hitai-ate on his forehead. When he started walking again, Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and tried to look as serious and mature as possible.

"Be cool! Be cool!" the raven thought, smiling on the inside. "You're a shinobi now. You have to look awesome!"

Somehow, it felt like he was pulling a prank and tricking the villagers into thinking that he really was a pre-teen. He had to try real hard not to laugh. That would ruin his coolness.

The village was everything he had imagined: big, warm and filled with life. Sasuke could easily imagine himself living there, the whole place seemed familiar and comfortable. Maybe that was because he had actually lived there for decades before he had been turned into a baby.

As he realized this, the raven stopped near a store.

"Actually… how many years did I go into the past? When am I?"

How many years had he travelled back? Twenty? Thirty? Forty? He had absolutely no idea. There were a lot of things he didn't know! He didn't know how old he was or his teammates' names. Damn! He didn't even know his name in this first life!

A bit nervous, Sasuke looked up and his eyes found the Fourth Hokage's craved head right above him. In some way, that made the raven feel more at ease. His Tou-chan resembled so much the Fourth that it felt like he was the one watching over Sasuke.

That was it! Grandpa Minato was the Hokage now. Sasuke could go and finally meet him and, maybe, he could meet grandma Kushina too. Even if they didn't believe that he was their future grandson, he couldn't miss the chance to meet his grandparents!

That also raised another pertinent question: had Naruto been born yet? If he had, that would be so weird… Sasuke was older than his Dad now! What if Grandma was pregnant with him? What if he was just a baby or a toddler? Sasuke couldn't even imagine Naruto in diapers. How strange would it be if they meet?

"Sasuke-kun!" a girl's voice called.

Without thinking, Sasuke turned around. What was he doing? He needed to be careful or people could think he was some impostor. They would never believe that he was from the future. His name probably wasn't Sasuke now. Why didn't he ever ask Tou-chan about his name? He was so screwed!

"Sasuke-kun! There you are!" a pink haired girl ran in his direction and stopped right on front of him. Though she was smiling, she looked a bit tired, like she had been running around. "Thank God you're alright, Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke could only blink at her.

"Sasuke? My name is still Sasuke?" the boy thought. "And… who is this girl?"

"Me and Kakashi-sensei were so worried about you" the girl continued, ignoring Sasuke's confused expression. "Why didn't you show up at the bridge? Did something happen?"

Bridge? What was she talking about? Did he know this girl?

"Ah… No… I…" Sasuke stammered, trying to think of a good excuse. "I just… needed to buy something, that's all."

"Oh! That's okay" the girl said, smiling way too hard. "We should go now. Kakashi-sensei went looking for you at your house but he'll be back soon and then we can train."

As the girl got near him, Sasuke finally recognized her. It was the same girl from the photo on his wardrobe. The team photo.

"So… she's my teammate?" Sasuke thought. So that meant that this "Kakashi" guy was his Jōnin guide.

"Sasuke-kun? Are you alright?" she asked.

"Yes… I'm fine" Sasuke said.

"Okay. So let's go!"

As they walked down the streets, the girl stood by his side, brushing against his arm constantly. Every time Sasuke stared at her, she would only smile and blush.

"Great… another one who wants me to be her boyfriend" the raven thought, trying not to frown and make her suspicious. Apparently, this sort of thing also happened in his first life. "I need her to say her name! If she's my teammate, it'll be strange that I don't know it. C'mon, just say it!"

"I can't wait until we can train together" she said. "I hope Kakashi-sensei teaches us something cool this time."

"Ah… right" Sasuke answered. He should just act normally. After all, he was still him even if he was a little older now. All he had to do was act like a grownup.

"It would be great if we could improve our teamwork, don't you think?" she went on.

"I guess…" Sasuke answered, trying not to look at her in the eyes. He could have sworn she didn't even blink when she stared at him, it was freaky.

"I just hope sensei doesn't make us do another strange test" she said. "The one with the bells was very tricky."

"Shinobi need to train hard" Sasuke answered. "If the trainings are difficult, it's only because Kakashi-sensei wants us to be strong."

The girl stopped and stared at Sasuke with a confused expression on her face.

"What?" Sasuke asked.

"You called him Kakashi-sensei?" she asked, very surprised. "You never called him sensei before…"

Sasuke's eyes widened. He didn't call his Jōnin guide sensei? That was kind of rude. He always called his teachers sensei, even when they were jerks. Why didn't his former self do it? Maybe he had a fight with this Kakashi man… or maybe he was such a bad teacher that he didn't deserve to be called sensei. Even so, Sasuke never imagined he could be that impolite to an instructor.

The girl was still looking at him, so Sasuke had to think of another lie really fast.

"I don't… my tongue slipped" the boy said, sounding harsh. "Kakashi's training better be good. We need to become stronger if we want to get better missions."

The girl seemed satisfied with his answer and started walking next to him once more.

"You're absolutely right, Sasuke-kun. I didn't want to say this in front of Kakashi-sensei, but I can't wait until we get real missions" she said, frowning. "It's all that idiot's fault! If he didn't screw up every time, I bet the Hokage-sama would give us harder missions."

"Idiot?" Sasuke thought.

"Seriously… I don't understand why they placed him in our team" she kept grumbling with a scowl. "He's so stupid and reckless that he might get us all killed one day! Our team would be a lot better if it was just the two of us."

"She must be talking about our other teammate, that blond boy who was glaring at me in the photo" Sasuke realized, a bit disappointed. "Was this my genin team? An annoying girl and some dumb boy?"

"You must be frustrated too, right?" she said. "You're our generation's genius after all."

Sasuke blinked.

"Genius? Me?" the amazed raven said.

"Of course! Don't be modest, Sasuke-kun. You were always so amazing in the Academy. No one could ever beat you" the pink haired girl exclaimed. "You were always the best… and you still are! I'm really happy we're on the same team together."

Sasuke turned his face and smiled. He had been the best student of his generation. He had been a genius who no one could beat. In this life he had been the number one, and not some stupid second best. How cool was that?

"Oh! You've found him."

Sasuke looked up and saw the masked man from his photo in a tree branch.

"Kakashi-sensei!" the girl said, as the man jumped to the ground and walked towards them.

Sasuke stared at his sensei. He didn't look very strong, actually, he seemed bored. But when his black eye was focused on Sasuke, the raven tried very hard not to flinch.

"Good work, Sakura" Kakashi said, though he kept looking at Sasuke.

"So her name is Sakura" Sasuke thought. "I have to remember it, so I won't get caught. But why is this guy staring at me like that?"

"We were worried about you, Sasuke" Kakashi said quietly. "You were supposed to meet us at 7 a. m. in the bridge. This doesn't sound like you."

Sasuke couldn't help it and gulped. Did this man suspect of something?

"Sasuke-kun was at the market" Sakura intervened. "He was shopping."

"Shopping, huh? Is this true, Sasuke?"

"Yes" Sasuke said, glaring at his sensei. If he was rude to him, he was probably mad at him as well. "I needed to buy new scrolls about the Katon."

"Really?" Kakashi wasn't even blinking. "I thought you had lots of them at your home. Why did need to buy new ones?"

"Because… that blond idiot ruined them the other day" Sasuke said. He couldn't say that his pet ate them because he didn't know if he had a pet. Since his other teammate was so stupid, according to Sakura, it sounded like something that could really happen.

Kakashi finally blinked and moved away from Sasuke's face.

"Very well Sasuke, but you could have brought the scrolls after the training. We lost precious time" Kakashi started walking. "Let's go!"

When Kakashi and Sakura jumped to a roof, Sasuke's body did the same. He wasn't even thinking. It was like his body had moved on his own. He had learned how to jump from one place to another using his chakra, but he never tried to jump from roof to roof or from one tree to another.

"It's like my body is used to do this all the time!" the raven thought, very excited. "And it feels so easy to do. This is awesome!"

Without Kakashi or Sakura noticing, Sasuke followed them with a happy and childlike smile on his lips, all the way to the training ground.

(1) See Raven's Fall.

Well, I hope I did a good job with this chapter, though most chapters with wow-I'm-in-the-past plot begin a bit the same. There had to be a mirror scene, sorry for the cliché.

It's not that strange that Sasuke didn't recognize Naruto from the photo. When I saw a picture of my Dad as an eleven year old, I didn't recognize him as well. Besides, Sasuke thinks his Dad is either a baby or wasn't even born yet. Never crossed his mind that they were the same age.

See ya next chapter!