~Interrogation Room 3~
I shook my head, chuckling at the three ninja before summoning another fox, this one a two tailed demon fox. Might as well start it slowly, I reasoned to myself while Kyuubi roared with laughter.
And they call themselves ninja! Kit, that was too funny, you have to do that again later. I'd love to see the Haruno's face, Kyuubi laughed, shaking my mindscape.
"Mai, can you wake up Inoichi?" I asked the demon fox. She glanced around, recognizing the blond ninja from my memories. Koyuki rolled her eyes and walked over to Itachi, ready to kick him awake. "Koyuki, please don't hurt him too much. He isn't the same person anymore. And Mai, get ready for him to pass out again," I chuckled, walking over to the Sandaime. A shout and a short scuffle later, I glance over my shoulder to find Inoichi pinned down by Mai. I smiled before walking to Hiruzen.
"Ojiisan… Ojiisan…. OJIISAN!" I shouted, beginning to lose patience. I checked his pulse, just to be sure; Sandaime was by no standards young. I smirked before shaking the man awake. He jumped, startled.
"Wha-"
"It's okay Ojiisan. It's just me."
"Na-Naruto-"
"Yep, Rokudaime at your service." I mumbled, helping the Sandaime to his feet. Koyuki was now licking Itachi's face, trying to wake him. "Mai, you can get off of Inoichi now. I'm sure he's calm enough."
"If you say so, Naruto-sama." Mai nodded her head once, retreated off of Inoichi's form, the blond ninja getting to his feet shakily. Sandaime frowned, studying Mai for a moment before gasping and pointing at her.
"She- she's a-"
"I'm fully aware Sandaime. She is also one of my summons. If you or this village makes one wrong move towards her, I shall personally defend her and punish those who have acted against her, the punishment equal to the crime. She may be a demon fox, but she is more civil than a disturbing number of humans. And, unlike some of her relatives, she is probably the least bloodthirsty fox I've met, mortal foxes included. For that, she has my respect and should also have yours," I concluded, smiling at Mai. "You may leave if you want. I know you don't like to be in such proximity to humans, especially the Leaf." She smiled gratefully before vanishing in a quick burst of smoke.
"Why is your summons so uncomfortable in Konoha? The only demon fox we've had problems with is now sealed with you," Inoichi asked, confused.
"She is neither fond of or against Konoha. The only reasons she has an opinion of the village at all is because I came from here and, as you said, a part of her family is sealed in my stomach."
"Her family?" A voice asked. I glanced over to the door and saw Itachi now standing, Koyuki walking back towards me.
"Hai. She is Kyuubi's niece, the only daughter of his youngest sister. Her father and mother are now gone, murdered by Iwa long ago when she was just a one tail. She was taken in by Kyuubi and his mate, Haiko. Kyuubi was the closest family she had until he was sealed within me by my father."
"How were her parents killed? Weren't they demons?"
"Demons aren't invulnerable. They can be wounded and killed, but it is so difficult few every attempt to attack the higher demons such as foxes. There are very few weapons and jutsu that can even touch demons, most of which cause catastrophic damage to the user. Just look at my father: he was killed and Kyuubi was trapped within a human vessel. If I had been killed before my third birthday, Kyuubi would have been freed to the world once more."
"So that's why Kakashi trained you from such a young age," Inoichi mused.
"Not exactly. After I had gotten the demon summoning contract from Kyuubi, I trained by myself. Remember that I'm not seven years old. Before Kyuubi and I went back in time, I was twenty three. All I had to do was retrain my body to be able to do thing that my older self could do, such as Sage mode."
"You can do Sage mode? Already?" Hiruzen asked, his eyes nearly bulging out of his head. I sighed.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that part. In my time, we had the Neo Sannin. Like the original, we were all under the same sensei when were genin. After that, we separated and were each taught by one of the original Sannin. I was taught by Ero-Sennin, Haruno Sakura by Tsunade-obaachan, and Sasuke taught by Hebi-teme. A while after I mastered the Toad Sage form, I received the demon fox summoning scroll and signed it. Unfortunately, that nearly annulled my signing of the toad contract- the chakra needed to summon toads skyrocketed and I couldn't summon Gamabunta and have enough chakra to use my best jutsu. I had to relearn sage mode from the demon foxes, who had a completely different method. It was a pain, but in the Demon Fox Sage mode, I could better utilize more of Kyuubi's chakra without it taking over. I could control about seven tails before the chakra was too influential and I couldn't determine friend from foe. Back then, I couldn't go past three tails. Four or more and I was gone. I remember once, during a fight with Orochimaru-teme, I took too much chakra and hurt Sakura."
I let the information absorb for a while before I prepared for the memory walk again. I was about to go through the seals again when Hiruzen looked up at me.
"You said that you were the Rokudaime. What happened to me and the Godaime?"
"You were- I'll put it bluntly, you were killed by Orochimaru-teme during my Chuunin exams. He posed as the Kazekage and invaded Konoha allied with Suna. I defeated Gaara, the Shukaku's vessel, and Orochimaru fled after you sealed his arms away. The sealing cost you your life and Orochimaru-teme took another body, replacing his arms. Don't worry about Suna, we're really good allies and the Kazekage was one of my best friends. The Godaime was Senju Tsunade. After you died, Ero-Sennin was offered the position but declined it in favor for travel. The two of us left Konoha for a while and found Tsunade and Shizune in a gambling town. She came back with us after a bet and a fight and became Hokage."
"What happened to Tsunade?" Sandaime asked, worry in his eyes for his old student.
"She got old. We were invaded again when I was sixteen. She used up too much chakra and fell into a coma. She woke up later, but Danzo had already taken over. After Danzo was killed by Sasuke, I was declared Hokage in the middle of the Fourth Great Shinobi War."
"Sounds like we missed a lot, then."
"Not missed. None of it happened yet. However, I know what your clan is planning Itachi. It would be wise to convince them against it. The thing Danzo is planning is one of the main reasons Sasuke left Konoha to become a missing-nin and join Orochimaru and Madara."
"What is he-" Inoichi began.
"Omoide o Aruku no Jutsu!" I shouted. Dozens of memories, my memories, spun around us in two lines, one much longer than the second. "This is my version of the Memory Walk Jutsu. Instead of showing you a single memory, it rearranges everything you know into timeline. I have two timeline because I traveled back and changed my life from the beginning," I explained, comparing the two timelines at the same point. "In the original during the Kyuubi Sealing Festival, I was beat up for killing the villagers by those who thought I was the fox. In this timeline, I've had a birthday party. This way, I can compare my lives and give you three a glimpse of my past and your possible future."
I pulled events out of the timeline: Team Seven going to get ramen, Sasuke getting his Sharingan, fighting Orochimaru in the Chuunin exams, promising Sakura that I'd get Sasuke back even if it killed me. I showed myself training with Ero-Sennin, coming back to Konoha after years of traveling and training, Sakura and I fighting Kakashi as we tested our teamwork again after years of being separated. The rescue mission to save Gaara, the Kazekage and my friend. Battling Akatsuki members, including Itachi, and winning- most of the time. Hearing news that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru and later Itachi, but still refused to return to Konoha. I showed scenes from my battle with Pain, where I was ready to die if it meant preventing more death and destruction to my home up to the point where I was talking with Nagato, then crying over his and Jiraiya's death, when I swore to erase hatred from our world.
More recent battles; fighting alongside Gaara as we attacked armies single handedly, both of us desperate to prevent our friends from dying. I showed myself being taught various jutsu from my friends: Sakura's medical ninjutsu, Kiba's tracking techniques, Ino's family jutsu, and struggling to hold onto shadows under Shikamaru's tutelage. Finally, I showed the final battle in Konoha, in which we fell. We had rumors of a possible attack that I acted on, saving as many villagers and shinobi as I could. My orders for evacuation could not save everyone, however. Ino, Kiba, Bushy-Brows, Neji, Ten-ten, Chouji, and Shikamaru had all fallen in that one battle, trying to by everyone else time to escape. I had fought in that battle, using my father's Hiraishin in an attempt to keep everyone protected, a plan that had failed. I finally showed a happier memory, holding my daughter in my eyes and seeing a smiling Hina-chan and Kakashi looking at me trustingly.
Deciding I had shown as much as I could, I pulled out of the timeline. I turned away from my memories and faced the three ninjas. Itachi was kneeling, breathing heavily. The Sandaime looked concerned and kept his eyes averted. Inoichi looked… angry. Seeing my memories of his daughter's death caused his blood to boil.
"This is what I want hidden from Danzo. Itachi, I don't know if I should keep you away from Danzo or not. What you did caused so much… If you don't, then all of my memories will be void and I wouldn't be able to predict anything correctly. You won't leave and become Jiraiya's spy in Akatsuki, you won't be killed by Sasuke and give him the Mangekyou. But I can't ask you to kill your family. I'm sorry, but that decision is yours and yours only to make.
"Inoichi, I'm sure that wasn't the best for you either. I know for a fact that Ino and Lys are your world. It probably won't help, but the only reason you weren't there is because you had already died fighting Uchiha Madara protecting Ino. You gave her and her newborn son time to escape. Your death is what convinced her to teach me Yamanaka jutsu. You and your daughter are the reason I know your jutsu and they saved my life more than once." I smiled sadly at my memories, turning to Sandaime.
"Let me just say, I really missed you. Now that I think about it, you were really annoyed by me in the past timeline. All I did was jump around, shout about how I was going to be Hokage, and yell at Kakashi-sensei for being late all the time. You had to convince Iruka-sensei to teach me, and even he wasn't too happy about it until I convinced him that I wasn't Kyuubi. And who can forget about the Will of Fire speeches? Okay, I guess you can, because technically you've never said them, but- I'm rambling." I laughed quietly before I heard a slow knocking on the door. Hinata-chan sent a quick apology through the seal.
"It's okay, Hina-chan. We've just finished." I said to her through our link.
"I'm sorry, he had the ANBU and the Council try to tackle me or something. I probably could have beat them, but that would've looked off, a single seven year old going against twelve ninja and winning? A little too much to expect, even from the Hyuuga heiress," she responded, a little sarcasm when she talked about her position in her clan.
"I know. I put a time seal on the door anyway. Just leave it to me."
"'Kay, Naruto-kun. Beat up Danzo for me?"
"Maybe when we're older, it'll look less suspicious," I laughed, feeling Hinata-chan mentally pout at me. I rolled my eyes back at her and walked towards the door, ripping off the seal and focusing chakra in my hand to burn it.
"Yes?" I asked the assembled ninja. Danzo stood amidst three masked ninja, all wielding kunai and ready to rush the door. The war hawk himself stood flabbergasted at my casual response and, at his pause, I turned my head back to Hiruzen.
"I'll see you later, Ojiisan!" I shouted into the room, winking at the trio. "Come on, Koyuki. We're late for class!" I shouted, jogging back towards the Hokage's office where Hinata-chan was waiting for me.