Author's Note:

The next chapter is offcially up, and this chapter is just a little filler, that also introduces the chunin exam arc. I also wanted to clarify that Sakura is an Uchiha by birth, but was adopted due to her innability to access the Sharingan. She recieved a transplant using Sasuke's mother's eyes. And that she is currently 5 months pregnant.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or Naruto Shippuden, it is owned by Masashi Kishimoto.

Chapter 9 – The rest before the storm.

Sasuke's P.O.V

Sakura and I woke up to the sound of the birds…well in her case it was a trip to the bathroom to throw up her dinner. We had been back in konoha for about a week, and now it was time for us to receive our applications for the chunin exams. Kakashi-sensei had taken our revelation quite well, and he had began to show up relatively on time for training, wanting to see what we could do. As I stood holding Sakura's hair, I couldn't help but think of how our lives had changed. We were expecting a baby, and we were about to take the Chunin exams for the second time. Once she had washed her mouth out, we got ready for the day.

Sakura walked out of the bathroom wearing a blue kimono with black flames on it. It didn't have Uchiha fan on the back, but the fan was hanging from the chopsticks in her hair. The kimono had a slit up both sides, showing her black shorts underneath, and it was held together with a black obi. She had her Kusunagi, which she had taken from Orochimaru's base when we had examined it, sheathed in her obi, and she was wearing black heeled boots on top of her fishnet knee length socks.

I was wearing a pair of black cargo pants, with a black tank top and a white jacket with the Uchiha fan on the back. We walked down to the kitchen, and were surprised to see Naruto was already up. He was wearing the same outfit as me, but his Jacket was blue with the Uzumaki swirl on the back, He may not be using his mother's last name, but he still want to honour it. We all had our Hitai-ate tied around our left arms.

"Morning guys!" He said as he stood up from his stool to help us make breakfast.

Third P.O.V

Once they had finished their breakfast, they shunshined to the training grounds, where Kakashi was waiting for them.

"We have been summoned by the hokage," was all he said, before he grabbed them and shunshined away. Once they appeared in the tower, the looked around the room. Naruto's eyes stopped on the violet eyes of the Hyuuga heiress.

"What is Hinata-chan doing here?" He screamed as he looked at her. Tsunade and Hiruzen were smiling, before Tsunade stepped forward to explain.

"We found a way to bring people back from certain points in time, so we decided to bring Hinata back." She said, before she was enveloped in a hug by Naruto, who then proceeded to hug his wife Hinata. Sasuke and Sakura couldn't help but smile at the two, as they stood to the side of the room.

"Naruto-kun," Hinata said as she made her husband look her in the eyes, and wiped his tears with her hand, "I'm fine, We both are!"

Once everyone had calmed down, they were all stood in front of Hiruzen's desk. Sakura and Sasuke were stood in the middle room, with Naruto and Hinata to the left of Sasuke, and Kakashi behind them.

"As you can see, we brought Hinata back from before she died," Tsunade said as she looked at a file that was on the desk, "But this has raised a slight issue…What do we tell her father?" everyone in the room went pale at the thought.

"We could always tell him the truth," Hinata suggested, which seemed to shock all of the people in the room, "Or we could bring him back as well, that way he won't freak out during the Chunin exams if any of team 7 uses Hyuuga moves." Hinata had made a valid point. The Secrecy of clan Justus had gone out of the window in Konoha when the war had taken a turn for the worst. Most of team seven could use the Hyuuga jutsu, well any of the clan specific jutsu, especially since the Sharingan had evolved.

"Ok," Tsunade said as she walked towards the door, "I will go and get the head of the Hyuuga family, while you guys go and train for the Chunin exams!"

Hinata's P.O.V

We made our way to the training grounds, intent on training and working on our teamwork. My teamwork with my team was ok, but we were hoping that the hokage would make us a four man cell after the exams. We were walking through the market, heading towards the backstreets that lead to the training grounds, when Naruto suddenly stopped.

"Sakura, can you add Hinata to THAT jutsu?" he said as he emphasised the word 'that'. I looked at Sakura confused before she started a series of hand seals, faster than the average ANBU could keep up with.

'Hinata, can you hear me?' I heard Sakura say in my head, so I assumed this was the jutsu that Naruto was talking about. 'Hai, Sakura-chan! Loud and clear!' I said back. We continued on with our walk, until Naruto looked behind him. We all looked back, and all we could see was a square shaped...Rock?

"I act like I'm looking forward...but I can still see you!" He said as he whirled around to face the rock. We all looked at him like he was going insane.

"What kind of rock is square with two holes! I see right through that!" He continued his rant. When I looked closer at the rock I realised that it did have two holes, and that I could see peoples yes through them. The rock exploded, sending a cloud of smoke into the air. When th cloud dispersed there were three little kids standing there.

"That's the man I view as my rival!" A short boy with spiky black hair said.

Naruto looked around bored, "Oh, it's you Konohamaru...What's with the goggles?" He asked as he put his hands behind his head.

"Hehe, we're copying the old you, bro!" Konohamaru said as he readjusted his goggles, "Hey boss, can you play ninja with us?" I could barely contain my laughter, and I could hear Sasuke and Sakura laughing behind me.

"Why would a ninja play ninja?" Sakura managed to squeeze out between her bouts of laughter. I finally stopped trying to contain my laughter and ended up rolling on the floor.

"Hey bro, who's this girl?" Konohamaru said as he looked at Sakura, and I could vaguely remember Naruto telling me the story of what happened, "Is she your Girlfriend?" this time Sakura didn't even wait for Naruto to agree before she punched him in the face.

"How dare you! You ugly bitch!" Konohamaru shouted at Sakura as he ran towards Naruto. I could see the vein pulsing on Sakura's head as she stalked towards Konohamaru, who proceeded to run down the street, with his friends trailing behind him. We caught up to him just as he bumped into Kankuro.

"That hurts..." Kankuro said as he looked down at Konohamaru, who was looking at him in fear. He picked him up using his scarf.

"Konohamaru!" Naruto shouted. I could tell that he knew nothing was going to happen, he would've charged at Kankuro by now.

"That hurt you little piece of shit!" Kankuro muttered, still staring at Konohamaru. Temari looked at her brother, and I could tell that she was not impressed.

"Don't, we'll get yelled at later," She said. Kankuro went to punch Konohamaru, but all h punched was thin air. Sakura stood just behind the sand sibling, with Konohamaru safely held in her arms. He was sat just above her slightly visible bump, clinging tightly to her kimono.

Sasuke's P.O.V

I could feel the killing intent rolling off of Sakura in intense waves. She was already growing into her maternal instincts, so I could tell she didn't like the fact that Kankuro was going to punch a boy that had only just entered the academy.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" She said as she placed Konohamaru on the ground behind her. Kankuro went to reach for his puppet, until I felt the familiar presence of Suna's Godaime Kazekage.

"Kankuro! Stop it!" Gaara hissed at his brother, as we all turned to look at him. He was standing upside down in the tree, his hands crossed over his chest, "You're an embarrassment to our village!"

"Ga…Gaara!" Kankuro stuttered as he moved his hand away from his puppet.

"Losing yourself in a fight, how pathetic…" Gaara said as he continued to stare at his brother, "Why do you think we came to the Leaf Village?" Kankuro looked like he was going to wet his pants, and I had to try my best to keep a straight face.

"Listen Gaara, They started it and…" He was cut off by his brother.

"Shut up…I'll kill you…"

Kankuro looked back at Gaara before apologising to him, with Temari following in his footsteps. Gaara disappeared into a cloud of sand, and reappeared in the middle of his siblings.

"It looks like we got here early but…" He said as he stood up from his crouched position, "We didn't come here to play around." I tuned out, as I remembered this was when Sakura was going to ask them why they were there.

Sakura's P.O.V

I looked to Sasuke after my speech, to see that he was looking down at the floor. I sent a volt of electricity at him, jerking him out of his thoughts. When he noticed that Gaara was walking away, he stepped forward.

"Hey," He said as he stood in front of me, "What's your name?" I kinda pitied Temari, she was going through the faze where she had a crush on Sasuke.

"Sabaku no Gaara…I'm also interested in your name…and the pink haired girls," He said as he turned around to face us again.

"It's Uchiha Sasuke," he smirked as he turned around.

"Uchiha Sakura! Nice to meet you!" I said in a very cheerful manner. Naruto didn't even bother pulling a tantrum this time, and both groups went their separate ways. We headed towards the training grounds, hoping to hone our skills as a team, for when it came to fighting Orochimaru in the forest of death.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

What will the Chunin exams bring for the time travellers?

Will Hinata be able to beat Neji?

R&R to find out. :)