They were eating dinner when Shikamaru pushed away his bowl and cleared his throat in a business-like manner. Everyone turned to him expectantly and noted his serious face.

"We've found the worm-hole," he said, tightening his pony-tail. "As I said, the worm-hole needs to be invaded with a very strong electric current to take us back to the real world."

He turned to Sasuke. "Do you think your chidori is powerful enough to invade the wormhole and reverse the turn?"

"Easily," Sasuke said confidently.

Shikamaru seemed satisfied and relaxed into a more comfortable position.

"We'll need to have the equipment set up, so I think that if we meet up mid-afternoon tomorrow at the Temple of Dreams, we should be home before the sun hits the tree tops."

The group blinked tiredly before smiling. They would be home by tomorrow.

Tenten yawned. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm beat. Training myself how to use weapons was surprisingly tiring. But, I'm kind of gonna miss those guys."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Naruto put down his chopsticks. "I'm... not hungry."

"Wow, that's a change," Kiba joked. Naruto attempted a weak smile, but sighed.

"What's wrong Naruto?" Sakura demanded. "Spill."

"It's nothing."

"Dobe," Sasuke said warningly.

Naruto sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I'm going to miss my parents, that's all."

Hinata put a comforting hand on his and Sakura gently patted his shoulder.

"We get it Naruto," Ino murmured. "But - at least you got to really meet them."

Naruto nodded. "You're right Ino. Who am I to want things? There are people worse off than me out there. Some people never even get to know their parents. I should appreciate what I have."

Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, but smiled at each other. That was their Naruto.

-

Everyone was up bright and early the next day. Breakfast was had before they all made their way to Konoha Square where they met with Menma and the others.
"So, you're going home today," G Hinata said awkwardly.
G Sakura threw her arms around Sakura before pulling away and wiping a tear. "Say hello to Mom and Dad for me, okay?" she asked tremulously.
"I will," Sakura said with a sad smile. Sakura turned quickly and crashed into Sasuke's chest. She pulled back and blushed.
"Dude, what's your secret?" G Sasuke asked curiously. G Sakura wacked him across the head, but Sasuke seemed to look smug before turning away.

Menma began to lead them in the direction of The Temple of Dreams. They continued in silence for what seemed like an age before they reached a very large looking cavern with a wide concrete floor. The cave was big that they could all join hands and none of them would even come close to touching the walls.

"So... where would we find a gigantic worm hole around here?" Kiba asked, looking around. "This cave is huge."

"It goes on for approximately three kilometres," Menma told them.
"And...what is that in normal measurements?" Naruto asked.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Those are normal measurements. Maybe if you'd payed more attention in class-"
"About five of Konoha's training grounds stuck together," Choji said. Naruto shot him a grateful look before turning to examine the pale rock walls..

They wandered deeper into the cave before both Hinata's and Jeji's activated tehri Byakugans and began to examine their surroundings.

"Hinata, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Neji asked.

"An interference to our Byakugans about 2.5 kms from here?" G Hinata answered.

Neji looked about as surprised as Neji could get and Hinata giggled at her cousin's expression. G Hinata shrugged.

"Okay, which Byakugan user should I ask?" Shikamaru asked boredly.

"Me," Neji and G Hinata said at the same time. "Me," they said again, glaring at each other. "No, me!"

"Our Hinata, would you do the honours please?"

G Hinata and Neji scowled and G Neji discreetly stared at Ino's Whatsits before Hinata nervously answered.

"As Neji and G Hinata mentioned, there is a disturbance roughly 2.5 kilometres from here which is quite probably where the worm-hole can be found."

"Thanks Hinata," Shikamaru said with a smile. Everyone began to walk forwards before Hinata made a sound.

"Um..."

Everyone paused and turned to look at the dark haired beauty. She fiddled with her fingers until Shikamaru spoke. "Something wrong Hinata?"

She jumped. "Um... It's just that... by looking at the wave signatures of the worm hole, the electric current is moving very quickly in an anti-clockwise direction. My Father always told me that the faster a worm hole signature is moving, the more powerful the suction is... If you wouldn't mind me pointing out... If we brings anyone from this world near the worm-hole, they would be in particular danger if the worm-hole were to attempt to consume us. And during Sasuke's attempt of putting his Chidori through the worm hole, we may have to tie him down, or else he may..."

"End up in a different dimension," Shikamaru finished with a frown. "Thanks Hinata, I can't believe I didn't pick that up earlier. We may have to say goodbye here," he said, addressing their twins.

Everyone looked to their counterpart slowly. They either shook hands, smiled at each other, nodded or hugged. They were about to go separate ways before two ninjas joined the group. It was Minato and Kushina. "I hope you don't plan on leaving without saying goodbye," Kushina said to Naruto sadly.

"I did it before," Naruto said with a small smile.

Kushina stepped forward and drew the boy into a tight hug, and everyone watched on with sad smiles. Minato stepped in and gave the boy a hug as well.

"You take care of yourself now," Kushina said, wiping a small tear. Naruto wiped his eyes as well before raising a hand to his parents and turning away. "It was great to meet you two again. And everyone else. And you too, Menma."

His twin smiled.

"I feel like I've learned so much from you... I think we all have learned from every single one of you. Here is where we part. And I don't think we'll ever meet again. So goodbye."

Everyone raised a hand in farewell before going in opposite directions.

...

They had been walking for quite a long time before anything eventful actually happened. "Where the hell could this worm-hole actually be?" Naruto grumbled.

"Does anyone actually know what it would look like?" Sakura asked boredly.

"Well, it should be fairly small due to the lack of energy it's taking in," Shikamaru told them. "And also, chakra blue."

"Like that?" Sai asked, pointing immediately above them.

Everyone looked up to see a swirling blue vortex hovering just below the ceiling. The ceiling was high above them and the vortex itself was about the size of a head.

"How are we meant to get up there?" Ino exclaimed.

"Once Sasuke invades it with his Chidori, it should actually start to suck us in," Shikamaru said, tightening his pony tail. "But first we need to get him up there."

"Sasuke's chakra-control is good enough to support him while he climbs up there," Sakura said with a smile.

Shikamaru gave Sasuke a look. "You think you can climb up there and Chidori the crap out of that worm hole?"

Sasuke frowned. "Easy."

"Hold on," Neji said. "Didn't Hinata mention something about tying him down?"

"Yeah, good point. Sakura, do you think you can hold onto this rope if we tie it to Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked, turning to the pinkette.

"Is that even a challenge?" Sakura scoffed. "Of course."

Shikamaru grinned. "Tenten, pass a thick rope."

Tenten pulled off her bag and rummaged around for a scroll. With a grin she pulled one out and summoned a rope. Shikamaru chucked the rope to Sai. "Use your trained skills to tie a thick knot," he said with a grin. Sai smiled and took the rope, wrapping it around Sasuke's waist and quickly tying a complicated knot. Sasuke tugged on the rope and looked satisfied when it didn't shift. He smirked. "Here goes."
"Quit showing off," Naruto muttered.

Sasuke put one foot on the cave wall and began to run up its stone surface. His chakra control kept him close to the wall, but around the middle of the wall, he looked down. "I can feel the pull of the worm-hole," he yelled down. "If I let go now, Sakura, keep a tight hold on the rope!"

The pink haired girl nodded determinedly and tightened her hold on the rope.

Sasuke released his chakra hold on the wall and began to float towards the worm-hole. His rope tensed before her was up to it and he looked down. "Sakura, let me have a little rope and ease me towards the worm-hole."
Sakura complied and Sasuke moved closer to the worm-hole. Finally, he put up a hand signalling for her to stop. She obeyed and he stared straight into the swirling face of the blue vortex.

"Chidori!" he yelled, and produced a powerful lightning ball. He forced it towards the worm-hole and it went coursing through the water like surface, invading deep into the blue chakra pool. There was a vibrating sound, then a whooshing sound before the direction of the spinning worm-hole began to change and it began to spin clockwise.

"Alright," Shikamaru said. "If we let go now, we should float up towards the worm-hole."

"What if we end up somewhere else?" Ino asked with concern.

"Then we try again until we end up home," Shikamaru said with a tired smile. "Now let's go home."

Everyone let go of their mild chakra control on the ground (Tenten let go of Lee) and began to float up towards the vortex. Sakura kept a firm hold on Sasuke's rope and he was the first one into the worm-hole. One by one they all entered the chakra blue portal.

...

Naruto woke up first. He opened his eyes to see a surprised looking Tsunade staring down at him. With a yelp he leapt to his feet.

"Granny Tsunade?" he asked, hesitantly.

"Naruto?" Tsunade asked sarcastically. "Can you tell me why you and your friends, who have been missing for three days, suddenly fell from the ceiling, onto my desk?"

Naruto looked down and saw he was standing on a broken desk, wood scattered around the room. He looked around and saw, to his relief, that everyone was lying asleep around him. Finally, he looked up at the very confused blonde next to him and threw himself at her, hugging her tightly.

After a surprised stumble, Tsunade laughed and put her arms around him, hugging him back. "Do you know how worried I've been?" she muttered into his jacket.

"Huh?" Naruto asked with a grin. "Nothing you dolt," the 5th Hokage said, flicking him on the forehead. "Care to explain this?" She gestured to the sleeping teenagers around them and Naruto nodded with a grin. "This might take a while."

I'm so sorry it took me so long to update the last three chapters! I'll admit I completely forgot about this story for a while - I uploaded it on Wattpad as well, the finished copy, but never completed it on . Nevertheless, upon logging back in and seeing all the beautiful reviews and comments you all left, I was inspired to finish the job. So thank you so much!