Summary: During Naruto and Sakura's final climatic battle against Sasuke something happens to send the three of them back in time. Naruto wants to use this chance to stop Sasuke from leaving. Sakura wants to rekindle the bonds they used to share. But what does Sasuke want? Team7bonding with SasuSaku in later chapters.
Disclaimer: If you are a male currently in woman's clothes you are either playing dress up with your little sister, like the feel of the clothes, or...you are simply a cross dresser. I find the first one cute, the second one weird, and the third a little odd but...whatever floats your boat I guess...
Recap: ''So uh...what are we gonna do?'' Naruto wondered, scratching his head. ''I've got an idea!'' Sakura shouted out of the blue, startling Naruto. ''Orochimaru is going to attack during the third part of the exam, right?'' Her teammates nodded. ''So we can attack him there! And we can warn the Hokage so that we can have at least half the Konoha ninja on our side while the other half deals with the invasion through the village.'' ''But if we tell the old man that we know Orochimaru's coming wouldn't we have to tell him that we're from the future!?'' Naruto asked. ''Maybe...maybe not. But before we do anything we have to finish this test, so lets hurry up and get the earth scroll!'' Sakura shouted in determination. So the they took off deeper into the forest of death to get as far away from the stank ugly bum, I mean Orochimaru...as possible.
What Changes...
Chapter 9: Ending of the second exam!
Only thirty minutes into the exam and team seven is currently resting in a clearing. Naruto and Sakura were cooking fish while Sasuke was getting them some water. Naruto was staring at the burning fire while at the same time looking around them uneasily.
''Sakura-chan, are you sure it's okay to use a fire in this forest? Didn't Anko say it attracts wild animals?'' Naruto asked, still looking around in case said animal would jump out and attack. Sakura gave Naruto a skeptic look.
''Naruto, you've faced giant snakes, slugs, turtles, dogs, you summon giant toads, and your worried about some regular sized animals?'' Sakura asked disbelievingly.
''Yes,'' was his blunt reply. Sakura just hung her head with a sigh. She went back to staring at the fish when Naruto brought up something that had been on her mind lately.
''Hey Sakura-chan? What are we going to do about Sasuke-teme? Not just the Orochimaru thing but his sudden insomnia too?'' Sakura clenched her fists in aggravation.
''I don't know...what can we do? We can't just force him to sleep...can we?''
Naruto shrugged, ''I dunno, but we can try! What puts people to sleep?''
''Ah...what puts me to sleep is just relaxing with some tea or something.'' Sakura replied.
''I don't think Sasuke-teme is the type to listen to drink tea that often. HEY! I KNOW! Eating alot always makes me sleepy!''
''Eating?'' Sakura asked, bemused.
''YEAH! We can just give him all the fish and if he doesn't want to eat it we can shove it down his throat! Then all we gotta do is take his pills away!'' Naruto declared, feeling proud of himself for coming up with such a 'genius' idea. Sakura just gave him a look.
''What?''
''One, Sasuke-kun definitely wouldn't agree to eating all the fish and two, he would kill us if we tried to force feed him. Besides, this can wait until after the second exam! We don't want him falling asleep in the middle of a battle now do we?''
Naruto sighed, ''I guess your right...''
They sat in silence for a few minutes before feeling a presence coming towards them. They sharpened their senses and felt the familiar chakra of somebody they would rather not see now.
''Kabuto, why are you hiding in the bushes?'' Naruto asked, not even bothering to look in said ninja's direction.
''So you noticed me? Impressive.''
''Hardly,'' Naruto muttered under his breath.
''Anyway, I was wondering if I-''
''No,'' Sakura said bluntly.
''What do you mean no? I just wanted to travel with you guys. I can help you find a scroll!'' Kabuto reasoned.
'And how would HE know we didn't have the other scroll?' Sakura asked, using telepathy.
'That sick bastard Orochimaru must have told him.' Naruto replied
''You can come.''
All three ninja turned in the direction the voice came from. Sasuke was walking toward them holding a bucket of water.
'Have you lost your mind, Teme!? We can't let let Orochimaru's pawn come with us!' Naruto lectured. Sasuke blatantly ignored Naruto's mental comment.
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Just to humor Kabuto, team seven continued going around in circles acting as if they didn't know there was a genjutsu cast on them. After an hour of pointless jumping from tree to tree Kabuto pointed out, ''Hey...I think we're in a genjutsu...''
'Noooooo, REALLY!?' Naruto shouted in his head. Sasuke and Sakura were thinking similar things.
''Release!'' Sakura shouted, the scene around them wavered and then disappeared so it looked as if they were in a different part of the forest.
''I wonder who cast the jutsu,'' Kabuto said, earning slightly annoyed looks from the other three. As if to answer Kabuto's question, three ninja's materialized in front of them.
''Give us your-'' The enemy ninja was punched squarely in the jaw by Naruto before he could even finish the demand. Unfortunately, it was only a water clone. Another clone appeared behind Naruto, holding a kunai to his neck. ''As I was saying before, give us your scroll!''
'I've got this one,' Sasuke said. Sakura shrugged and sat down on the ground to watch the show. Kabuto gave her a look of confusion, to which she answered by motioning for him to sit down too. When he did he asked, ''Why are we just sitting here?''
''It's Sasuke-kun's turn.''
''You think he can handle them by himself?''
''Of course,'' that statement shut him up for the time being...
'I'll take care of this, dobe.' Naruto only grunted in response and 'poofed' away from the clone's hold, only to reappear sitting with Kabuto and Sakura.
''How did he do that!?'' One of the ninja's shouted, giving their locations away to Sasuke. Said ninja bounded for the nearest bush and aimed a punch at one of the three ninja hiding behind it. One of their clones jumped in front of them for protection but Sasuke just blasted right through it and shoved his fist into the abdomen of the ninja in front of him. He was knocked out instantly. The second one stood up and was about to make the handsigns for more water clones but Sasuke gave him an uppercut and then a swift kick in the stomach.
''Yay! Go Sasuke-kun!''
''Kick his ass, Teme!''
Sasuke rolled his eyes at his team's cheering and then turned to the last ninja. He was cowering in fear in a somewhat fetal position. ''P-please, don't hurt me! I-I'll give you the s-scroll!'' The ninja lifted up the scroll as a peace offering. 'Pathetic' was the only thing going through Sasuke's mind. He took the scroll and punched the ninja in the face. He was instantly unconscious.
Sasuke threw the earth scroll to Naruto, who immediately pocketed it. ''Alright then, lets head to the tower,'' Sasuke said. They nodded and headed off through the trees. Sasuke almost lost his balance when he felt a slight pressure in his side. He glanced around him but didn't see anything out of the ordinary, so he shrugged it off.
Once they were close enough Kabuto took off, saying he could find his team from here.
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Kabuto smirked as he looked at the vile with Sasuke's blood. ''I will have the sharingan before lord Orochimaru. I will show him what true power is...'' he muttered to himself. He smirked evilly as he pocketed the blood and continued on his way. His newest creation should be finished in a few minutes if he got started now. He couldn't wait to show it off during the third exam.
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''Hey...didn't all this happen a little too early?'' Naruto asked when he noticed something was cocked her head in confusion before the realization dawned on her.
''Your right Naruto...we didn't face those guys until the last day of the second exam, but it's only been a few hours!''
''It's probably because of how we faced Orochimaru this time,'' Sasuke pointed out.
''Oh well! No sense dwelling on it! Lets just go finish the exam!'' Naruto shouted, about to run to the tower, only to be stopped by Sasuke.
''We still have something we need to do first.''
''What?'' Naruto and Sakura asked in unison.
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'Naruto, if you drop us your dead meat!'
'Relax, I've got you Sakura-chan!'
'Like Sakura said, just don't drop us.'
'Whatever, teme.'
Naruto was currently hanging upside down from a branch holding about five clones by the ankles, who were holding Sasuke, who was holding Sakura.
Sakura carefully reached her hand into the female sound ninja known as Kin's pouch. She grabbed what she wanted and then carefully took her hand back out.
'I got it! Pull us up Naruto!'
After they were a safe distance from the sound ninja, they sat down on a giant tree branch to catch their breath. ''So why did you want us to take their scroll, teme?'' Naruto asked, looking at said object in Sakura's hand.
''I don't think we should change too much if we can help it, so I figured we should take it since we had it last time...'' Sakura and Naruto nodded in understanding. They then set off to the tower.
(It's only been like, five hours since this started...)
(Inside the Tower)
''So...what do we do with the extra scroll?'' Sakura asked. Naruto and Sasuke shrugged so she just set it down. Naruto opened the two scrolls and in a puff of smoke they were met with Iruka standing before them.
''Hi Iruka-sensei!'' Naruto shouted, giving the chunin a hug. Iruka stood smiling at the genin. ''I can't believe you completed this so fast!''
Naruto stood smiling with a toothy grin. ''Of course we did! What else would you expect from the future Hokage and his trustworthy followers!'' This comment only served to get him two bumps to the head courtesy of Sakura and Sasuke.
''What do you mean 'followers' you self-centered hippo!?'' Sakura exclaimed, glaring at him with her hands on her hips.
Naruto sat rubbing his sore head with anime tears flowing from his eyes. ''Aww Sakura-chan, don't be like that! I said 'trustworthy' didn't I?'' Sasuke and Iruka sighed as they held Sakura back from pounding the blonde idiot.
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(LAST DAY OF THE EXAM)
''What do you mean preliminaries!? I thought we were supposed to go straight to the third exam!'' Kiba exclaimed, a sneer on his face as he looked at the test instructors. As said instructors started to explain the reason for the delay, our time travelers were having their own conversation.
''So...how are we going to do this?'' Naruto asked, referring to the preliminary rounds.
''We should probably go easy on our opponents, that way nobody will expect anything,'' Sakura replied. Sasuke gave her a pointed look before saying, ''Sakura, you should probably try to tie with Ino again.'' Both Sakura and Naruto gave him a look of question. ''This makes it easier for us. I already have a plan in mind for the invasion and I need somebody to be out of the exam. I think you would be perfect for this Sakura-chan,'' he explained, not seeming to notice the suffix he added to her name. But Sakura noticed, and Naruto DEFINITELY noticed. He intended to use this for blackmail in some way.
''If you say so,'' Sakura simply replied, blushing a little when she heard how he said her name.
''What are we going to do?'' Naruto asked.
''What we're going to do is-''
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SASUKE UCHIHA VS. BLAH BLAHBLAH
Sasuke jumped off the railing and down onto the arena. He planned to finish this fight as quickly as possible so they could get this over with. He knew it wouldn't be suspicious if he did this quickly since he was the Uchiha prodigy and everyone expected this to be easy for him. But just in case, Sakura warned him not to do anything above chunin level.
Sasuke, being wiser then he was last time, carefully assessed his opponent. Just by looking at him, he could already tell what his specialty was.
Chakra absorption.
''Be-cough-gin!'' He heard the test proctor announce. Sasuke decided not to use any chakra what so ever. It would only be pointless in this battle anyway. His opponents hands started glowing a turquoise color as he charged blindly at Sasuke. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the ninja's sheer stupidity. He quickly sidestepped the glowing hand aiming for him. He continued dodging left and right as the ninja just kept thrusting his hands forward.
After Sasuke got tired of the pointless fight, he waited for the perfect opening. His opponent charged again and right before he would've hit Sasuke, Sasuke disappeared and reappeared right behind him. Before the other ninja could even realize what hit him, Sasuke kicked him in the air. He jumped up after him, giving him a series of kicks in midair. Finally, as a final attack, he kicked him hard in the stomach while shouting, ''Lion's Barrage!'' sending his opponent plummeting to the ground. He was out cold.
''The winner is -cough cough- Sasuke Uchi-cough-ha.''
Sasuke secretly planted something on the floor and covered it up with a high level genjutsu before he stoically walked back up the stairs to the platform.
''Hey teme, is there anything in particular I have to do?'' Naruto asked. Sasuke shrugged, ''Not really...''
''Just make sure you don't overdo it, Naruto,'' Sakura commanded. Naruto gave her a thumbs up.
A few more matches...
SAKURA HARUNO VS. INO YAMANAKA
''Sakura,'' Sasuke said, making her pause. She was a little let down that he didn't use the suffix in her name as he had done before but she shook it off to pay attention to what he had to say. ''If the battle goes on too long make sure both you and Ino step exactly in the middle of the arena. Then pretend to be knocked out.'' She looked at him puzzled but he didn't say anything else on the subject.
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Sakura was officially BORED with this battle. She simply dodged some of Ino's attacks while sometimes getting hit and then she would hit Ino and other times she would purposely miss. She could tell Ino was already starting to get tired but she still had plenty of energy to burn. Remembering what Sasuke said. She somehow managed to move Ino into the middle with her.
After about thirty seconds the spot they were standing on exploded. Ino and Sakura flew on opposite ends of the arena. From where she lay she could see that Ino was unconscious so Sakura pretended to be unconscious as well.
''I officially announce-cough cough- this match as a draw...''
Naruto looked around a second before looking at Sakura, who had 'woken up' after they carried her up the stairs, with a puzzled look. ''Sakura-chan, where's Gaara?'' Sakura took a quick scan around the room and, indeed, Gaara was nowhere to be found.
WITH GAARA
''Who are you...?'' Gaara asked, looking at the odd girl infront of him. She was wearing a T-shirt and baggy shorts, both black, that looked way too big for her. As a matter of fact, the girl herself looked a little younger than him. Maybe ten or eleven. She had a mask on that covered everything but her eyes, which were covered by sunglasses. She also wasn't wearing any shoes. Gaara also noted that she wore her headband around her neck. The odd thing was it didn't have a symbol, just a blank metal plate
''My name is...my name...OH WELL! I guess I don't have one yet!'' She exclaimed with a giggle.
''Yet?''
''Mmhmm! Yet! I'm sure I will get one soon! I will be needing one for the third part of the exam!'' She said.
''What are you doing out here if your supposed to be taking the chunin exams?'' He asked, starting to lose his patience with this girl.
''Oh no, silly Gaara-kun! I'm not taking the entire exam, just part of it! My job is to face Sasuke Uchiha and win!'' This girl was very annoying...especially since she shouts everything she says. Wait, what did she say? Face Sasuke Uchiha?
''Your job...?'' He asked quietly. She nodded. ''Who gave you this job?'' She put her hand on her chin and shifted her weight to the right. Something he noticed was her thinking position.
''I forget!'' She said pleasantly, as if she were standing before Barney the purple dinosaur instead of Gaara. She seemed very weak and helpless to him. Why did she think she could beat the Uchiha? ''What makes you think you will win?'' He asked. She suddenly stood stiffly and then mechanically stated, ''Because I am the ultimate killing machine. I cannot lose.'' She then went back into her relaxed, happy position.
Gaara deemed her crazy and this a waist of time so he started walking away. ''I'll see you at the finals Gaara-kun! I'll tell you my name there! I promise!'' she called after him. He ignored her and kept walking, he had a match to win after all. Before he went back in he stopped and turned back to her.
''Why do you have that mask on your face...?'' Her eyes widened and she touched the mask, as if forgetting it was even there. She then cocked her head to the side. Another one of her little quirks, he noticed. ''My face is not yet finished,'' She said simply, as if it were obvious.
Yep...
...she's crazy...
(A/N: Don't forget this! It was very important!)
BACK IN THE ARENA
''Hey, there's Gaara!'' Naruto shouted, pointing to him as he walked in.
Sakura and Sasuke looked up at the screen as the names were chosen.
ROCK LEE VS. GAARA
''And just in time too,'' Sakura stated.
(A/N: I'm going to skip Gaara and Naruto's battles, since we already know what happened...)
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''I'm so psyched! I can't wait to beat Neji's ass in the finals!'' Naruto shouted, pumping his fist in the air as he and his teammates were walking through the village.
''Well anyway, I'm going to go 'introduce myself' to pervy sage so I can sign that contract scroll and be able to summon toads again. Come find me if you need me!'' Naruto said, he then jumped on a roof and ran off.
Sasuke stopped and turned to Sakura, ''I'm going to go train to build up my stamina better in this body. Care to join me, Sakura-chan?''
'He said it again,' she noted with a smile. She liked the way her name sounded when he said it. Especially when he added the '-chan' to her name.
''I would love to join you Sasuke-kun,'' she replied happily. He nodded and started walking to the training fields, Sakura walking beside him.
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A girl wearing all black, a mask that covered her mouth(yes her nose is showing now)and sunglasses sat in a tree, watching the blonde boy and old man argue. ''The boy is Naruto Uzumaki and the elder is the sannin Jiraiya, remember that,'' the voice through her earpiece commanded. ''Alright,'' she said quietly.
''You can greet them now.''
''Wait! Wait! I need a name incase they ask like Gaara-kun did!''
''Kamiko'' was all the voice said.
''Kamiko what?'' she asked, waiting for the last name. She waited a minute but didn't get a reply. Rolling her eyes at her master's stubborn ways she then contemplated the name. 'Kamiko huh? I suppose God's child is a pretty name...' She then jumped down from the tree, landing right in the middle of the two males.
''C'mon! If your such a great toad sage then why won't you-'' Naruto paused when he caught sight of the girl infront of him. Jiraiya was staring at her suspiciously.
''Um...hello Naruto-kun! Hello Jiraiya-sama!'' Naruto looked at her oddly and Jaraiya gave a smirk when she added the '-sama' part to his name.
''At least this girl knows how to respect her elders! What's your name kid?'' Jiraiya asked, smiling widely.
''Kamiko''
''What a beautiful name for such a beautiful girl!'' Jiraiya said, throwing his head back and laughing. Naruto glared at the sannin for his comment. He had better not be thinking of doing anything to such a young girl. Kamiko only tilted her head to the side, wondering how he could complement her on her beauty if he couldn't really see her face.
''So how old are ya?'' the pervert asked once he finished laughing.
''I am...I'm...''
''Eleven''
''I'm eleven, Jiraiya-sama!'' His smile only seemed to get wider.
''Such a young age...yet such beauty!'' he complemented.
''Why thank you, Jiraiya-sama!'' Naruto only glared more. He knew Jiraiya wasn't that sick to do anything to a minor...but his comments were still perverted.
''If you don't mind, may I ask why you're here?'' Naruto asked, interrupting their conversation. Kamiko snapped her fingers, as if just remembering something.
''Oh right! I came to ask you something, Naruto-kun!'' She bounced happily over two him until she was standing directly infront of her. He blushed a little at how close she was to him.
''A-and what would that be?'' He asked.
''I've heard you are the master prankster! Would you mind teaching me? I LOVE pranks!'' Naruto gave her a wide smile.
''Sure! I would be honored to teach you, Kamiko-chan!'' Naruto replied as he proceeded to drag her away. Jiraiya waved to them and then went back to his 'research.'
''Your bubbly personality is a force to be reckoned with...'' Kamiko only smiled at the 'implied' complement, following Naruto as he lead her away from the sannin.
UPDATES!: There will be a few oneshots or short side stories to 'What Changes' pertaining to what they did during their month before the chunin exams. They are mostly humor based and aren't as focused on the plot as this story is. Make sure to put me on 'Author's Alert' so you don't miss an update!
A/N: Well, that's it for now! I apologize for not updating in a while, but I was working on one of my other stories and got side tracked by it. I hope you enjoyed this! Anyway, my favorite part was Kabuto talking about the vile of blood he got from Sasuke. I just thought it was interesting.
Subaki's fav part:
Kabuto smirked as he looked at the vile with Sasuke's blood. ''I will have the sharingan before lord Orochimaru. I will show him what true power is...'' he muttered to himself. He smirked evilly as he pocketed the blood and continued on his way. His newest creation should be finished in a few minutes if he got started now. He couldn't wait to show it off during the third exam.
What's Kabuto doing with the blood? What's Sasuke's 'big plan?' Is Kamiko a friend of foe? Find the answers to these questions and more on chapter ten of...
'WHAT CHANGES!'
Review plz! Comments and constructive criticism only! If you flame, you will be eaten by evil leprechauns! I control them, just like my evil celery minions! Mwahahahahah!
Arigatou!
Ja ne!
Subaki no Yumo
