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Notes: Dimensional travel

Warnings: cross-dressing

Chapter 21: You're who?

Six year old Uchiha Sarada sighed as she watched a shooting star go by. Aida-Sensei had read them a story in class once about a wish made on a star coming true. "I wish…" She said quietly, "I wish that I had a real family, with Papa at home, and grandparents and aunts and uncles and lots of cousins and maybe brothers and sisters…" She sniffled, before closing her eyes and hugging her stuffed bunny closer.

The canon Uchiha Sasuke, who was currently out in the wilderness on a long-term mission, and his wife, Uchiha Sakura, who was down the hall, sleeping in her bedroom, had no idea their daughter had made this wish. They also had no idea how much their lives were about to change because of it.

Meanwhile, in another dimension…

Uchiha Sasuke, known to most as Uchiha Satsuki, was hosting a sleepover at the Uchiha compound for the Konoha fifteen and guests, including Gaara and some others who had recently been promoted to Chuunin in the aftermath of Zetsu plague. Currently, Naruto was by the karaoke machine and belting out a song about ramen at the top of his lungs while Sakura begged him to stop and Killer Bee provided backup. Chouji and Karui were chatting amiably by the buffet table, between bites of finger sandwiches and petit fours, respectively. Gaara was showing Tenten how to make a sand sculpture out of sand, food coloring and a glass bottle. Neji and Hinata were sharing a bowl of ice cream. Kiba, Lee, Sai, and Katsuo were battling it out Super Smash Brothers style, huddled around the television.

He made himself some hot chocolate and went to join Itachi, who was reading a book despite the chaos going on all around him. Nearby, at the table, Masaru, Shino, Shikamaru and Temari were playing an intense game of Scrabble. Kankurou was putting on a puppet show for Ino, Samui, Atsui and Omoi, who seemed to be enjoying it. Eventually, the night wound down and they all rolled out their sleeping bags, turning in with yawns. Sasuke made sure his sleeping bag was next to Itachi's, just in case. Itachi just gave his sister an indulgent smile.

Fanon dimension

When Uchiha Sarada woke up the next morning, she noticed that she wasn't in her bed. She was lying next to a man with spiky black hair in a sleeping bag. This had to be her papa! And nearby was her mama, in another sleeping bag. In fact, the room was full of people in sleeping bags. She clapped her hands happily. This was wonderful!

When Uchiha Sasuke woke up the next morning, the fact that he was in a sleeping bag didn't bother him that much. He had gone to sleep in one, after all. Then, he realized he was not alone. That caught his attention quickly. The chakra signatures all around him were mostly familiar, but… weaker than he had expected. And some of them just shouldn't exist. His eyes snapped open, Mangekyo Sharingan and Rinnegan whirling to life. "Kai!" He snarled. Nothing happened. This was… the old Uchiha compound. But it looked as though it were in perfect repair. And furthermore, he was surrounded mostly by twelve-year old and thirteen-year old versions of what were supposed to be adults, except for Sakura. And… were they having a sleepover?

"Papa!" A happy voice shouted, before a little girl black-haired girl with glasses, also in pajamas, latched onto him.

"Sarada," He asked, glancing down at her. Of course, it had to be Sarada. She beamed up at him. "Papa, my wish came true!"

"Wish…?" Sasuke asked dumbly. He tried suppressing his chakra, but that didn't seem to break the illusion either. He went over to Sakura's side and shook her to wake her up. He would need her help to figure out what the hell was going on here.

"Sasuke, you're back!" Uchiha Sakura started to say when she saw him, but he silenced her with a finger on her lips. Her eyes widened as she took in the scene around them. "Oh," She said very, very quietly.

Just then, a door opened, and Uchiha Mikoto stepped in, a tray in her hands. "Good morning, Satsuki-chan," She began to say, before taking a defensive stance, eyes morphing into the Sharingan. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Sasuke's eyes widened. This couldn't be… "Mother," He croaked out.

Around him, the children began to wake, quickly realizing that something was going on. Even in their pajamas, Sasuke could feel their chakra rising. While he could probably take them all on, he was strangely reluctant to hurt them, or his mother. "…Let's talk." He finally said.

"Good morning!" A cheerful voice broke into the conversation, as a reanimated Hashirama Senju stuck his head in. "Is breakfast ready yet, Mikoto-san – oh, who're you?"

Yes, Sasuke thought, the decision to talk had definitely been the right one.

Canon dimension

The cold woke Sasuke very quickly. He had gone to bed only a few hours earlier in the Uchiha compound, and now he was lying in a sleeping bag somewhere out here in the wilderness. He scowled. How had that happened? If this were some prank of Naruto's… he checked the stars, frowning when they were somewhat unfamiliar. Well, in any case, he was in his pajamas, he was freezing, and he wanted to get home. There was, however, a pack nearby, so Sasuke took it, figuring that it was his now. Sasuke sighed, summoned an animal, had it reverse summon him to the animal realm, and then reverse summoned himself back to the Uchiha compound.

Only… it was dark, and dusty. The entire place was abandoned, giving off an air of neglect. Weeds sprouted between the paths, the buildings were in disrepair. A quick, muttered 'Kai' confirmed that no, this was not a genjutsu. A glance at the Hokage monument showed seven faces. Gods in heaven, where was he?

Sasuke tried not to panic. At least, he thought, he could sense Itachi's chakra. He flickered to it, wondering why Itachi was sleeping in a little girl's bedroom, but decided explanations could wait for later.

"Niisan," He said, shaking Itachi awake, feeling panic start to sink in. "Niisan, wake up!"

Itachi was awake instantly, reaching for a kunai when he realized to his horror that he didn't have one. He was certain he had left his weapons pouch under his pillow, so why…

"Niisan," Sasuke repeated. "I don't know where – when – we are; I guess would be the proper term, because there are seven heads on the Hokage monument. And this isn't a genjutsu. And I think Sakura-chan came with us and she's in this house."

They woke up a bleary-eyed Sakura, fortified themselves with food and instant coffee, found reasonably decent old clothes shoved in the back of the closet in the master bedroom to outfit themselves with, got fully armed, and then headed off to the best place to get answers – the Hokage's office.

Uzumaki Naruto wondered why the hell all these things happened to him in the middle of the night. He'd felt Sasuke's chakra return to the village and figured he'd let him spend some time catching up with Sakura and Sarada before demanding a report. What he got instead was a twelve-year old female Sasuke, a somehow-alive seventeen-year old Itachi, a twelve-year old Sakura, and no sign of the real Uchiha Sasuke, Sakura, and Sarada. He wasn't getting paid enough to deal with this!

So he had gotten Yamanaka Inoichi and Morino Ibiki to take a look and they had confirmed that yes, they were who they said they were, and no, they weren't spies or infiltrators of any kind, and no, as far as they could tell neither Satsuki-chan nor Itachi-kun had been doing anything out of the ordinary with their Rinnegan. They'd literally been resting and relaxing for a few weeks after the Zetsu plague and having a sleepover, exactly as they'd said. Somehow, Naruto couldn't imagine any version of Sasuke as a cheerful girl and having a sleepover, especially not with the rest of the Konoha Genin and Gaara.

With nothing better to do at the moment, and no idea of how he was going to fix this mess, Naruto sent them home to get some sleep, sent himself home to get some sleep, sent Shikamaru off to do some research, and hoped that wherever they were, his people were doing all right.

"You can have Sarada's room, Sakura-chan." Itachi told her. "Satsuki and I will take the master bedroom."

"Thank you, Itachi-kun." Sakura replied, yawning.

Sasuke gave Itachi a startled look. Wait a minute… the master bedroom only had one bed. Did that mean that he and Itachi were…?

"You may have the bed, imouto. I'll sleep on the floor." Itachi said.

"Niisan, the bed is big enough for two." Sasuke pointed out in a very reasonable tone of voice. "And I would feel safer if you slept next to me."

Itachi considered it. While they were technically in Konoha, it was not their Konoha. Who knew if Danzo and the village elders were around? And, what were the status of the relationships between the Uchiha and the other Clans? Satsuki had brought up a valid point. "Very well," He stated. "But you will change in the restroom."

Sasuke nodded, and went to retrieve his pajamas.

Itachi changed swiftly, and was in bed by the time his sister returned in her pajamas.

"Good night, niisan." Sasuke whispered, before cuddling up against Itachi.

"Good night, imouto." He replied, closing his eyes.

Fanon dimension

There was a long, somewhat strained silence once Sasuke finished relating his personal history to his mother and father, as well as the four Hokage and the rest of the Konoha fifteen and guests. One of the Uchiha aunts, he couldn't remember which one, had taken Sarada off to play with her daughters and given them their privacy. Sakura squeezed his hand underneath the table. Finally, Mikoto spoke.

"I'm so sorry we weren't there for you, Sasuke." She said, before walking across the table and pulling him into a hug. Fugaku followed, and Sasuke felt his eyes fill with tears. Even if they weren't technically his parents, he felt a sense of closure from their acceptance. Sasuke was surprised when he got hugs from everyone else listening as well, except for the Hokage, but he wasn't expecting that.

Minato coughed delicately. "So you say Sarada-chan made a wish on a star… I've never heard of that working before, but who knows what the gods are thinking? In any case, I'll get Shikaku and the rest working on a way to solve this right away."

"And in the meantime," Mikoto beamed. "You and your family are of course welcome to stay." She smiled at Sakura, who smiled back. "I've always wanted grandchildren…"

Even Fugaku had to chuckle at that.

Canon dimension

Uchiha Sasuke was grounded. Well, not necessarily grounded in the traditional sense. He and Itachi couldn't technically go on missions because he was a Chuunin without a team and Itachi was supposed to be dead (and a traitor to the village). That being said, Uchiha Midori was a very pretty, distant cousin of the Uchiha Clan and had a Rinnegan in one eye and no one wanted to mess with her. The only saving grace this dimension had so far was improved technology and a lot of new video games. And he could pick up some more medic-nin training at the hospital because with adult Uchiha Sakura (so his male version had married Sakura after all) gone they could use an extra pair of hands to do the lower-level work. After that near-death poisoning fiasco with Fuki, he needed more training.

He and Itachi still spent a lot of time every day practicing in the Garden of Paradise, although Sasuke felt a bit leery using it after Tobirama's explanation. Nonetheless, a secret kept was a secret that could save your life one day, and he was trying to develop the use of a metal release. Earth and fire made lava release, and earth and lightning made magnet release… suppose you combined those two or just mixed the three elements directly?

Fanon dimension

Six months had passed in the blink of an eye. Sasuke had thought he would tire of the inactivity, but to his surprise, he had enjoyed the semi-vacation. Spending time with Sakura and Sarada had been enjoyable, living with his family and his Clan more so. Even interacting with the teenage versions of his adult comrades had been refreshing. They would all be fine shinobi one day – no, he corrected himself, they were fine ninja already. Finally, Shikaku's team had worked out a series of calculations based both on the Rinnegan and Kyuubi's chakra. They were ready to leave. The last tearful good-byes had been said, and there was no sense in dilly-dallying.

The jutsu activated, and they were gone. Satsuki, Itachi, and Sakura stepped forward.

Canon dimension

"Sasuke!" Naruto shouted. "You're back!"

"I guess I am," Sasuke said, holding Sakura and Sarada close.

There was a quiet cough behind them, and Minato Namikaze stepped forward. "Sorry for tagging along," He said, grinning unabashedly at them. "I'll find my way own home, later. So, Naruto, is it?"

"Dad," Naruto gaped. "Dad!"

"Hey, kiddo," Minato said, opening his arms for a hug. "Surprised?"

Naruto flung himself into Minato's arms without another word.

Fanon dimension

"Tch," Tobirama said. "I guess we all know who's going to be doing the paperwork while he's gone…"

"Not me," Hashirama said gleefully.

"Itachi," Fugaku said slowly, "Why are you dressed as a woman?"

"Hokage's orders," Itachi replied, heading for his room to change.

"I'm so glad you're back, Satsuki," Mikoto gave her a hug, and studied her critically. Satsuki had certainly filled out a bit more.

Sasuke nodded, hugging back.

"I'm going home to see my parents," Sakura said.

"Of course," Mikoto smiled. "I'm sure they'll be so happy to see you safe and sound."

"And the operation was a success," Shikaku wiped his forehead. "That's that, then."

"Thank you for your help, Shikaku-san. Would you like some tea?"

Shikaku nodded, as Mikoto bustled to the kitchen. Sasuke returned to his room, grinning. Home sweet home…

End Chapter

Started 3/4/16

Completed 3/4/16

This could have been an arc all on its own, but I was too brain-fried to attempt one. Maybe someday, I'll expand on it more in a separate story… if enough people are interested…or if someone would like to adopt the bunny?