I got two questions that I probably should address. Both from Guest:

What do you mean that "the last of Obito's Kekkei Genkai faded"!?

And what was that Memory that Finally Surfaced!?

You know how he goes all swirly when he's using his Mangekyou Sharingan? I meant 'when the last effects of using Obito's Kekkei Genkai faded'. Sorry for mixing that up. No, his Sharingan did not vanish, I simply put it in a way that nobody got that. Oops.

And as for question 2, here's the answer: The entire Rouran thing is the memory he got back. Logically, it makes sense that he wouldn't remember until after it happened in Naruto's time, because without Naruto going back in time Naruto would not be there and Obito would not remember Naruto going there at all because she didn't. Make sense?

And... I think that's it. Yep, so... Read and review please~

(Kawaii!Kakashi: angelslaugh-san does not own Naruto. Only owning Saki.

angelslaugh: *sweatdrops at Kakashi's monotone* Say it with a little more cheer next time, Kakashi-kun!)

~angelslaugh

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Tsunade was talking to the senseis when Kakashi gasped, putting a hand up to his Sharingan eye.

"Need a minute?" Tsunade asked sarcastically.

"I think -"

What Kakashi thought was not heard, as Kakashi vanished into a swirling nothingness.

"...Well, shit."

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Kakashi stared at him. Stared at him some more. Then Kakashi got on his knees and bowed.

Obito opened his mouth, but stopped upon seeing the tears.

"I couldn't protect her. I couldn't protect Rin."

Obito sighed.

"I don't hate you anymore, Kakashi. I remembered something a friend once said to me." He knelt and picked up his brother-figure. "I forgive you."

Kakashi stared at him with bewilderment.

"Who's ever said that to you?" he sniffed.

"FOR KAMI'S SAKE, JUST TAKE IT!" He yelled at his friend, slapping his head. "Jeez, just trying to help, but nooooo, you wonder who's ever said that to me. I'll have you know it was Naruto who said it to me, you moron!"

"You've never -" Kakashi's eye widened. Looks like Obito hadn't been the only one to forget about that. Kakashi looked at his dresser from the Akatsuki with a bed and other stuff. "...You're not staying in here for the rest of your life."

"But -"

"No buts. Look, I get it if you don't want to tell everyone you caused the Yondaime's death - which you'll have to tell Inoichi-san and Tsunade-sama anyway - but you can't stay in here. I'll ask my boyfriend if it's okay with him if I let you sleep on the couch."

"I thought you'd be top," Obito blurted.

Kakashi grinned, the only evidence the crinkling around the eyes. "I am," he said proudly. "But Iruka's scary, and... Well, enough said, you know."

Obito frowned. "I don't want to go out there - oh, and Saki-chan lied when she said Genma-san was the pervert."

Kakashi frowned... Then his eye lit up. "Really? Who was she talking about?" he asked, using his eye on both of them, Obito unaware of this.

"YOU, YOU MORON!"

And Obito hit him over the head and sent him to the floor... The very wooden floor in a very real office.

"BAKASHI, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

And Obito proceeded to throttle Kakashi, yelling at him for landing him in the Hokage office.

Kakashi choked, but slammed his head into Obito and then massaged his throat while the older man was dazed.

"Wait - you have two eyes? How'd you make that happen?" Kakashi wondered.

"Don't worry about it... I used an eye someone was transplanting."

"You stole an eye, Obito?! That's disgusting!"

"...you're disgusting, you - you disgusting..." Obito's head slumped. "Ah, fuck. I forgot what I was going to say."

There was a lull in the office, and a voice said, "Obito?"

Obito turned to smile, screamed in shock, and vanished behind Kakashi, eyeing the green beast that had said his name. For a minute, nobody said anything, and Obito frowned as something clicked.

"Maito Gai?"

He nodded, and instantly tears were pouring down Gai's face. "THIS IS THE MOST YOUTHFUL THING THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST CHALLENGE I HAD AGAINST KAKASHI, OR EVEN TRAINED WITH MY STUDENT LEE!"

Obito's eyes went wide and his face was horrified.

"Dear Kamis, please don't tell me there's another one."

"There's another one," Kakashi deadpanned. "I'll have you know, Neji-san was taught by him."

Obito facefaulted. "You've got to be kidding me!"

A book was thrown at Obito's head. Instantly sensing the threat, he let the book phase through him and crash against the wall.

"Kakashi." A strident female voice made everyone look to the office. "Who's the guy?"

"His name's Uchiha Obito, I thought he was dead -"

"She was talking about you being the pervert!" Obito blurted.

There was a pause.

Kakashi twitched. "She said that, did she?" His voice was abnormally calm.

"...Did Obito magically revive or something?" Yuuhi Kurenai asked.

"No, I wasn't dead to begin with," Obito said crossly. "I was picked up by some old dude who had a parasitic plant for a helper. No, Tsunade-sama, I'm not joking," the younger man said to the older woman. "And... I know it might sound crazy - batshit insane, in fact, but... The person who saved my life was none other than Uchiha Madara."

There was a stunned pause.

"Hold on." Tsunade flared her chakra and red seals appeared. Privacy seals.

"Nothing," she said loudly, "comes or goes out of this room. Kakashi, monitor him for lies."

Kakashi opened his Sharingan, pushing his headband up.

Obito spoke. "It might've been days or hours from the minute the rocks half crushed me..."

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Naruto felt heat. She was relieved to feel the weight of her sword on her back, and she opened her eyes.

Blackness.

She panicked. "LET ME OUT!" she cried.

And like magic (or because there were unseen airholes in the thing encircling her), the sand (for that's what she saw it was when light invaded) fell from around her, and she was in the middle of Suna.

She fell onto the ground hacking sand and she started to cry.

Not because of Gaara; no, it was because she'd just forgiven the guy who had made her grow up an orphan.

But she honestly thought that he deserved redemption; everyone did.

Gaara put a hand on her shoulder and she clutched at him, crying, in the middle of the Village Hidden in the Sand.

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Later that week, she was facing the Kazekage and perspiring in the heat of the robes the Kazekage had given her. Seriously, the amount of clothes she had now - from Rouran, her jumpsuit, Haku's gift of clothes, and now the three pairs of robes the Kazekage had given her along with a couple shinobi clothes Temari had foisted upon the jinchuuriki girl and Saki, Naruto could start her own secondhand shop (not that she'd do that, of course!).

The duo watched each other for a few seconds before the Kazekage sighed.

"I will now teach you how to create a Ketsueki Bunshin."

He put his hands in the Hare sign, then the Dragon. Then, he bit his thumb, slammed it on the ground, and a powerful wave of chakra exploded from him, making the teenager flinch. A poof of smoke and a similar Kazekage appeared.

"Now, throw a kunai at me," the Kazekage invited. "At my heart."

She paled. She... Well, sucked at projectile weapons (a reason she's stuck with her katana).

"Er, why not have one of your ANBU do it?" she suggested brightly.

He stared at her.

With a reluctant sigh, she took a kunai out and gulped, aiming.

She threw it how Shisui had taught her... And she watched, disbelievingly, as her kunai sliced into the Kazekage's chest.

"AH, I ACCIDENTALLY KILLED THE KAZEKAGE!" She shrieked. "I'M TERRIBLE AT KUNAI THROWING, IT WAS A MISTAKE, PROMISE!"

"You didn't kill me," the Kazekage deadpanned. "You may have killed the original me, but all my experience in that body passed on to me. I'm perfectly fine." He gestured to her.

Naruto calmed down. Then she used the Hare and Dragon signs, bit her thumb, slammed it on the ground, and used up half her chakra in one blast.

Which created one clone that looked like her.

"I have a twin!" she delighted.

The loud sound of the Kazekage facepalming was heard.

Then Naruto found herself wide-eyed as gold dust came at her. As it came inches from her face, the teen threw her arms up in front of her face.

Sand exploded from the ground.

One of my many gifts to you, Kurama whispered in her mind. Shukaku isn't the only one able to move sand around; and this man won't be the only one able to use gold. Use it wisely.

Kurama. Did you seriously steal one of your brothers' abilities?

No, you idiot! We all have the ability to fuck with our hosts' DNA. Shukaku isn't the only one who can give his host the freakin' Dust Release! Just focus! Oh, yeah, and Magnet Release, seeing as gold's a metal...

Naruto returned her focus to the astounded Kazekage.

Then she tilted her head, and lifted her head. The sand responded to her.

It's a great defense, too. Ever get too lazy to do any shit you can just manipulate the sand like a badass. You'll have to ask Gaara how it works. And when you're done with that, remember, gold is heavier than sand.

Naruto made it impale her blood clone, who gave her a betrayed look before dying.

And then the clone's memories slammed into her, and Naruto realized just how big of an absolute idiot she was right before she passed out.