Chapter 4: Fast Forward Four Years

Edited on: August 7, 2011


The following year Naruto and Hinata's birth the other Rookie Nine were born:

Shino Aburame born January 23rd

Sakura Haruno born March 28th

Choji Akimichi born May 1st

Kiba Inuzuka born July 7th

Sasuke Uchiha born July 23rd

Shikamaru Nara born September 22nd

Ino Yamanaka born September 23rd

Four Years following the entire Rookie Nine's birth, the eight of the nine first meet in the park.

"Tou-san why do Choji and I have to go hang out at the park. I'd much rather watch the clouds while Choji eats his potato chips." Shikamaru asking his father.

Shikaku and his friend Choza were walking with both of their sons toward the park and was annoyed with Shikamaru who was being more lazy than himself.

"Because if you don't go your kaa-san will get on my ass about me not taking you anywhere and I don't know about you but I do not want to make her angry... besides Inoichi and his daughter Ino-chan will be there as well."

Choza interrupted told the little Nara, "Yeah we will have the old school Ino-Shika-Cho there as well as the new generation." He looked down at his son Choji seeing him snacking on a bag of BBQ chips.

The four walked some ways before running into Inoichi and his daughter Ino before reaching the park. Shikaku thought to himself 'Inoichi got the worst having a daughter instead of a son, that can't be easy for him.' The six continued on their way to the park and when they got closer to the park they look to see Sakura talking with a very loud Inuzuka boy.

"Hey Sakura-chan look it's Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji!" Kiba shouted (No akamaru will not be born yet)

Sakura covering her ears replied. "Kiba-kun you don't have to yell I'm right here." Sakura took this chance to run to her best friend Ino.

The rest of the kids joined their two awaiting friends, the blonde and the pink hair girls went by a flower patch to make some flowery necklaces and the boy Kiba tried to get Shikamaru and Choji to engage in a game. While the Ino-Shika-Cho trio watched from a park bench reminiscing about old times when out of nowhere someone spoke behind them.

"Been a long time Shikaku-san, Choza-san, Inoichi-san."

The three men instantly startled and turned around to see Shibi Aburame and his son Shino standing behind the three. Choza spoke up to him saying, "You know you would be an excellent ANBU ninja the way you sneak up on us."

"I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or be insulted as my friends don't really know that I was standing here for awhile now." Shibi said with sarcasm in his voice. "Anyway I have a clan meeting to go to so do you mind watching Shino for me until I return, it shouldn't take long."

The three men having gotten over the embarrassment of not realizing how long the two were standing there all nodded. Shibi nudged Shino to go play and watched as his son joined Shikamaru in just watching the others before disappearing.

The three sat there watching the children protectively when they saw Hana Hyuuga and Kana Hyuuga walking over to the playground with Hinata holding her mother's left hand and Naruto holding the other hand. The kids stopped and looked at the blonde haired blue eyed boy and the young Hyuuga girl.

"Alright you two you can play here for as long as you want. Me and Kana will be sitting on the bench over there watching you two, okay?" Hana told the two.

Naruto was the first to speak while holding Hinata's hand, "Oba-san, me and Hinata don't know any of these kids. Why couldn't we just play in the Hyuuga garden with Neji-nii?" Hinata standing next to Naruto silently nodded.

Kana spoke up, "Neji is with his father doing important training, I don't think Neji would want to train if he knew you and Hinata were at the park playing. He'd be right here with you two playing as well." She knew how much Naruto worried about everyone else and worries about himself second.

Hana spoke up, "And besides Naru-chan it's important to make friends outside so that when you two enter the academy together you both will have more friends to come over and play with right?" She said with her angelic smile. Her and her sister-in-law slowly walked over to a bench opposite to the three jounin they recognized.

Inoichi spoke to the others, "Isn't that Hana Hyuuga, Hiashi's wife?"

Shikaku answered, "Yes and that is their daughter Hinata Hyuuga, and if I'm not mistaken I think the other woman is Kana Hyuuga, Hizashi's wife." He paused for a moment before saying, "That's the boy isn't it. The Kyuubi jailer."

Choza smiled and said, "Nostalgic isn't it?" Inoichi and Shikaku looked at Choza confused, "He looks dead on like his old man doesn't he?"

The two older men agreed that he looked very much like his father. They were one of the few who saw Naruto as the 'Hero' he was. They were watching as Naruto and Hinata approached the kids and waited to see how things would turn out.

Naruto stopped at the playground still holding Hinata's hand, he greeted the kids, "Hi, my name is Naruto Uzumaki it's a pleasure to meet all of you." Hinata spoke up after words hiding partly behind Naruto gripping his hand tightly, "M-m-my n-n-n-name is H-Hinata H-Hyuuga." Naruto hoped that having more friends would help Hinata over her shyness with new people.

All of the kids answered back.

"Hello my name's Kiba Inuzuka!" yelling it out to the two which he received a hit on the head from Ino.

"Kiba stop yelling they are standing in front of you, anyways hi my name is Ino Yamanaka."

Shikamaru lazily said, "Hi nice to meet you (yawn) names Shikamaru Nara."

"(munch) My name is Choji (munch) Akimichi (munch) nice to meet you." He said munching on some chips

Standing close to Choji the Aburame boy spoke, "My name's Shino." (that's all)

Sakura was the last, "My name is Sakura Haruno I hope we can all be good friends."

Naruto and Hinata nodded and the blonde boy dragged Hinata with hims so they can join the kids in playing on the swing sets, slides, jungle gym, etc...

Hana and Kana looked on and smiled while the trio looked on and thought to themselves. Choza breaking the silence, "I wonder where Fugaku Uchiha and his second born Sasuke Uchiha is, he's around their age isn't he?"

Inoichi replied, "Yeah he is. Fugaku probably feels his son is to good to play outside the Uchiha walls."

Shikaku frowning, "Maybe he does, he's been obsessed with his older son Itachi lately, most of the Uchiha clan members are becoming shut-ins."

* Uchiha Compound *

Inside the main Uchiha house, but outside Fugaku's study. Sat himself and his second son Sasuke.

"Sasuke, I want you to become more like your brother become stronger than you are now. When you turn eight I will enroll you in the academy, you will become the number one in your class, until then you will remain inside the compound. Understood?" Fugaku said with a stern voice.

Sasuke nodded slowly and understood fully what his father meant. Itachi on the other hand was standing outside his father's study listening to the conversation putting his ninja skill to good work without his father noticing and thought to himself. 'Father's up to something and it revolves around me and Sasuke.'

Itachi could sense something wrong, since since the attack four years ago his father has been doing more missions than he normally would do and has been giving more of the kids in the clan more harsher training. His father and his clansmen were obviously up to something, but he wouldn't find out from listening to his father and brother talk. Deciding that he did enough spying more silently took his leave of his home and off the compound to gather his thoughts.

* Konoha Children's Park *

Walking around the village helped put him at ease, if he walked around his compound he'd just be bombarded with praise from his clansmen not giving him the peace he so desperately wants right now. So he began walking toward the park the Rookie Nine were playing at to clear his mind and out of the corner of his eye he saw a blinding blonde haired boy laughing and playing.

Itachi watched 'that's the boy I was told about...'

He continued to watch and had a strange feeling about him like a pull taking him in his direction. He was unnoticed by the three clan heads and the two female Hyuugas as well he stood watching the blonde boy for awhile longer, '… Naruto Uzumaki, what is this feeling of anticipation in my head.' Immediately shaking it off he continued his walk around the village finding a spot to sit as he watched the sun go down wanting to figure out what his father had planned.

*Sundown at Amegakure Village's Leader Tower*

Hanzo sits in his desk waiting for the daily report of the village when he's interrupted when a ninja was sent flying through his door with a black rod sticking out of his chest. Hanzo slowly stood up and saw the assailant walked in his office and over towards the dead ninja pulling the rod out the dead corpse.

"I knew sooner or later you would come for your revenge..." Hanzo spoke unfazed.

The lone figure stood there looking at the battle ready Hanzo swinging his weapon making blood fly off of it and onto the ground.

Hanzo stood staring the man in his eyes there and pulled out his trusty sickle attached to his back ready for battle, "Let's finish this now... Nagato Uzukami." (yes I made up last name)

The man standing there with hatred in his turquoise eyes glued onto Hanzo, that is until the ninja's eyes began to change in both color and appearance. Hanzo immediately knew what he was doing and charged the ninja.

All across Amegakure explosions and shouts of battle cries could be heard all through out the village. No ninja daring to go anywhere near the battle. An onlooker watched and spoke about the battle. "He will win, no ones pain is more greater than his." Slowly looking up at the clouds as yet again it was going to rain, the onlooker spoke again, "The sky cries for his pain... and my own."

* Konoha Children's Park*

A pink haired woman walked over to the park and yelled, "Sakura, time to come home." Sakura turned around and told the others, "Bye guys I'll see you guys again soon okay." All the kids waved back to her. Sakura ran over to her mother, "Kaa-san I had a really fun time today and I made two new friends they're really nice."

Sakura's mother nodded with a smile and asked, "Who are your new friends?" Sakura answered immediately, "Hinata Hyuuga, and Naruto Uzumaki." Sakura's mother froze at the last name her daughter said before saying, "Sakura-chan I know you just meet him, but be careful around that boy okay?" Sakura was confused and asked, "Why kaa-san? He's really nice and he's really protective of Hinata-chan."

Sakura's mother told her, "Sakura just promise me you will be careful around that boy okay?" Sakura still confused said okay and the two walked back home holding each other's hand.

Shikaku noticing Sakura's mother Sakurai's expression could only guess what was wrong before noticing Shibi appear behind him and his friends (surprisingly this time he noticed).

Shibi looked at the three before speaking, "Thank you for watching over my son for me." The three said it was the least they could do for a friend, Shibi called out, "Shino, it's getting late it's time to go." Shino turned around quickly and without a word waved goodbye to the kids and left. Then what surprised everyone the most was he turned around looking toward Naruto and spoke, "I hope we can meet each other again at the academy." Naruto returned the look at him and told him, "I hope so to Shino." Shino turned around and ran toward his dad and the two disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Kiba slowly sniffed the air and looked at everyone and told them. "Hey guys I can smell my mother and my sister's scent near by so that's my cue to run along, it was nice to meet you Naruto-san and you too Hinata-chan." Naruto looked at him and shook his hand and Hinata smiled and waved goodbye to him. Kiba started to run all on fours away from the park.

Hana and Kana stood up and called out, "Naru-chan, Hinata-chan I think it's time we leave as well." Naruto turning around and yelled back to the two, "Okay oba-san." Naruto looked at Ino, Shikamaru and Choji and said, "It's great that me and Hinata-chan got to meet you guys. I hope you can think of the two of us your friends." Shikamaru looked at Naruto and told him, "No problem, and you can come over and stay the night anytime you want, as long as it's okay with my kaa-san." Choji only nodded.

Ino looked at them and said, "Of course you're our friends, and besides Hinata-chan can come stay the night at my house I know she doesn't want to hang out with a bunch of guys all day." Hinata looked at Ino and said, "I w-would like that Ino-chan and you can come stay the night soon." She surprised herself as she noticed she didn't stutter that time. The five said their goodbyes and watched as Naruto and Hinata were running hand in hand with each other to the two Hyuuga women.

The Ino-Shika-Cho trio walked over to their kids and asked, "Did you three have fun?" The three nodded and the six began their walk home.


* Six Days Later: Amegakure *

A shadow figure wearing red armor and a giant fan looked at the city then he looked at the ninja to his right, "You and Hanzo took this city and turned it into a battle ground. He was a truly strong ninja."

The ninja said nothing and looked on at all of his Rain ninja followers and now Hanzo's former followers and spoke, "From this day on I am your new leader, you will follow me without question and have an undying loyalty to me, am I understood." All of the ninja standing their yelled they would follow him until the end. The red armored man looked on and couldn't help but smile and thought to himself 'Maybe he could be of some use to me after all.' and his smile turned more sinister with that thought in his head.