Sasuke had just arrived outside of the school when he heard a loud, "Sasuke-kun!" His whole body tensed as he heard the squeal and he had to stop himself from running away as one thought ran through his head, 'fan girls!' He forced himself to keep walking slowly towards the school as he heard the sound of running feet following him. Finally the owner of the squealing voice caught up to him. He turned to see long pink hair flowing around a face with bright green eyes. He recognized her as Sakura from his class, but he also remembered that she had been in his dreams. "Sasuke," she said quietly this time. This confused him because there was no kun at the end when just moments ago she had used the ending.
"What?" he asked her.
"Do you remember me?" she asked quietly as if it were a great secret.
"Of course," he said, "You are in my class."
"That's not what I mean," she mumbled, "Perhaps I'm the only one that remembers." At this Sasuke looked at her as though she were crazy.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Nothing," she sighed, "Have you seen Naruto? I have to talk to him about something."
"You know very well that he never comes to school on his birthday," he answered.
Sakura's eyes seemed to light up. "You do remember the future!" she said excitedly.
"What?" he asked.
"You have to remember the future if you remember Naruto's birthday is today. He didn't tell us until we were at least jounins."
Sasuke's eyes widened in realization. "I thought that was just a dream!" he gasped, "Do you think that Naruto will remember us too?"
"I hope so," she sighed, "It just wouldn't be the same if Naruto didn't remember." Suddenly a blonde blur ran past them then skidded to a halt just before them. He turned and ran up to Sasuke and hid behind him. "What's wrong Naruto?" asked Sakura as she saw his fearful blue eyes look at her then looked in front of them where a whole group of villagers were running towards them like mad men.
"Get away from Uchiha-san you monster!" they yelled angrily at him. Sakura's eyes seemed to darken in anger as the villagers' angry cries got closer. Some of them were even holding ninja weapons.
However before she could say anything Sasuke grabbed his own kunai out of his pocket and held it before him as he settled into a defensive position. "What do you want?" he growled through his clenched teeth.
Sakura, seeing that Sasuke had everything under control, turned back to Naruto with a kind smile. "Naruto, are you hurt?" she asked. He nodded and thrust his hand towards her. His hand had been crushed as someone earlier had stepped on it.
"Can you heal it Sakura?" he asked.
"Of course I can. You're looking at the next best medic nin," she smiled triumphantly as she brought his hand closer to her. She waited for Naruto to show her some sign that he knew of the future. He smiled the smile that only he could accomplish and with knowing eyes he nodded. She smiled and pushed Naruto in front of her to hide her knowledge as she began to heal his hand. "Is that the only damage?" she asked quietly.
Naruto shook his head and smiled, "I was able to get away before they did anything else," he said, "You know I am the fastest ninja that there ever was."
Sakura smiled, but checked him for any other injuries with her jutsu anyway. He just shrugged as he remembered that she had always been overprotective of him ever since they had become brother and sister. When they turned back all of the villagers were running away in fear. "What did you do?" Sakura asked.
"I just told them just what we would do to them if they ever hurt Naruto again," Sasuke shrugged. Sakura smiled and shook her head and Naruto laughed his loud uncaring laugh. "Why didn't you defend yourself?" he asked.
Naruto's smile left his face and he said, "I didn't want to kill them." Both Sakura and Sasuke sighed. They knew Naruto didn't like to kill, but his style of fighting made it so that almost everyone he fought died.
"How did we get here?" asked Sakura trying to change the subject.
Naruto's eyes lit up happily. "I asked the goddess of time and all things good if we could go back in time and maybe change the future," he said happily.
"You did that?" asked Sakura surprised. "How?"
"I just called out to her, and she was really nice. I asked her if we could go back to the past and she said yes. She was really pretty too." he said happily, but then his face took on a more serious tone, "Sasuke, this year your whole family is going to be killed," Sasuke tensed, "What do you want to do about it?"
"Nothing," he growled clenching his hands into fists, "Those people are bastards who are going to try to attack the Hokage. Itachi was right to kill them all." Naruto frowned at this, but accepted it as an answer.
"Alright Sasuke," he said just as the bell rang calling them to class, "let's go, or we'll be late!" he yelled as he ran towards the school.
The day of the clan massacre arrived and Naruto was the only one not at school. He had told Iruka that he wasn't feeling real well and Iruka told him to go home. Of course, Naruto had lied to them. He wasn't going to his house; he was going to Sasuke's. He had already trained his body enough that he was well hidden within the mansion walls where he waited for Itachi to start the attack. He watched as Itachi killed everyone and just as he was getting ready to kill Sasuke's parents Naruto jumped out of his hiding place and blocked the attack. Itachi jumped back as he thought that the ANBU had come to stop him, but he was surprised to see one lone boy. Both Sasuke's parents were out cold on the ground because they had been knocked out so that it would be easier to kill them without a struggle. "What are you doing here?" asked Itachi.
"I've come to stop you," he said calmly.
Itachi smirked, "You're too late. I already killed almost all of the clan. I just have to kill these two and then it will be all over."
"I don't care about the other people. I've been here since before you started killing them anyway," was Naruto's answer, "I'm here to stop you from killing theses two."
"Why?" growled Itachi.
"No child should have to live without their parents," answered Naruto, "Besides; now that almost all of the Uchiha clan is dead there is no way that Uchiha-san would be stupid enough to attack the Hokage."
Itachi shook his head, "Sorry kid. I have orders from the council themselves to kill all of the Uchiha clan, and now that you're here I have to kill you too."
"And then you are ordered to join the Akatsuki and be a spy. You weren't planning on doing as you were told anyway. You were going to go against what the council wanted by leaving Sasuke alive right?" Itachi's eyes widened as he heard how much Naruto knew about his plan.
"How do you know all that?" he asked as he put his weapon forward in an attacking position, "and speak the truth or I just might have to cut you down where you stand.
Naruto smiled at him as he pulled out his own sword that he had made himself. "I know this because I am not stupid. I am also very close to the Hokage and can sometimes overhear a few words that are to my advantage at later times. Now please put your weapon away."
Itachi looked skeptical for a moment before he put his kunai away and said, "Fine I'll leave them alive. I have to go now though. I don't want my brother to come in. I was planning on torturing him, but I don't want to so..."
Naruto cut him off by saying, "I understand. I won't try to stop you, but I was wondering if you still have the orders from the council."
"Yes. I was supposed to burn it after I left Konoha so that the Akatsuki wouldn't find it. Why?"
"I need it to prove my innocence to the council. Since I'm going to stay I will probably be accused of helping you. I won't tell them that you gave it to me though." He sheathed his sword and Itachi pulled out a paper that had his orders on it. He handed it over to Naruto and then he left. Naruto stuffed the letter into his pocket and turned to Sasuke's parents and started checking them over for any serious injuries. There weren't any. It seemed that Itachi had knocked them out without giving them a chance to fight back. He probably did the same with all the other people.
There was a gasp at the door and Naruto looked up to see Sasuke standing there with wide eyes and Sakura had her hands in front of her face. "What are you doing here Naruto?" he asked. He moved somewhat in front of Sakura and drew himself into a defensive position.
Naruto smiled and shook Sasuke's dad. "It's time to wake up sir," he mumbled. When his dad began to wake up he moved to his mom and did the same. Now Sasuke's eyes were almost like dinner plates, and Naruto couldn't help, but chuckle.
As Mikoto began to awaken Naruto felt a hard punch to his face. He hit the wall and spat out blood. At first he thought it was Sasuke that hit him, but when he looked up his dad was standing before him. "How dare you touch my wife you monster," he growled as he kicked Naruto in the stomach. Naruto gasped for air as more blood was coughed out of his mouth. Uchiha-san pulled his hand back to punch and Naruto closed his eyes to withstand the pain, but the hit never came. When he opened his eyes he saw Sasuke standing in front of him with his father's fists caught in his hand.
"He just saved your lives and you try to beat him up for it," he growled as he let Uchiha-san's hand go. Uchiha-san looked as though he had seen a ghost. Behind him Mikoto began to stand up with the help of Sakura.
"Get out of my way Sasuke. I bet that he participated in the massacre of the Uchiha clan. He probably helped Itachi!" his voice was steadily getting louder.
"Naruto would never do that!" yelled Sasuke.
"Oh yeah. How do you explain all the people who were killed by this demon? Even the fourth Hokage was killed by him. I bet that the blood on his face is the blood of the dead Uchiha's outside this house!"
"Naruto is not that demon. Besides the demon attacked the village because we attacked its kits. He was angry."
"That demon has poisoned your mind! He attacked us. We had nothing to do with it! You have no right to accuse me of anything!" He went to punch Sasuke, but again his hand was caught, but this time it was caught by Naruto.
"This blood on my face is from Itachi's sword when I blocked his attack on you guys. Konoha ninjas attacked Kyuubi's kits and he got so angry, but his anger only allowed someone to capture him and use him for his their gain. And you know what? That someone was an Uchiha wanting more power just like you. However, now that you don't have anyone to back you up you cannot even hope to defeat the Hokage, and even if you tried I can promise you that I will personally torture you for it. The same goes for if you ever attack my friends again." Naruto's growl seemed almost feral and his eyes grew into slits as it once had when Kyuubi had tried to take control of him. Uchiha-san stepped back and Naruto turned to Mikoto allowing his eyes to soften. "Are you alright Mikoto-san?" he asked politely.
Mikoto stared in shock for a few moments before she allowed herself to come back to her senses. She nodded, but did not answer any further. Instead it was Sakura who said, "She doesn't seem to be injured. I'm sure she'll be fine."
"I'm glad," he said with a big grin. He turned to Sasuke and said, "I have to go home now. It's late and I'm a little tired. Bye." He waved to both Sakura and Sasuke and then left.
The next day Naruto was called to face council and the Hokage alone, but when he was called he was with Sasuke and Sakura and they refused to let him go without them. So together they went to face the council. When they arrived two ANBU members who were standing outside the door stopped them. "Only Uzumaki Naruto is allowed to enter."
Sakura grabbed Naruto's hand and said, "He won't be going in there without us. " Sasuke nodded as he stepped slightly in front of them.
The ANBU looked at each other and then one disappeared. Only a moment later the ANBU returned. He gestured for them to go in. Inside the room all of the council was waiting with the Hokage for them to come in. "Uzumaki Naruto," said the old man.
"You are accused of participating in the massacre of the great Uchiha clan," said the old woman.
"How do you plead?" the old man again.
"Not guilty," answered Naruto in a voice that was much too old for a 6 year old child to use. It was evident that the Hokage realized this because there was a small frown on his face.
"Do you have any proof?" smirked Uchiha-san.
"Do you?" asked Naruto. He had asked Sakura and Sasuke not to talk at all when they were with him. He loved that they were giving him support, but he didn't want them to get themselves into trouble by trying to help him.
"Yes I do," said Uchiha-san letting some cockiness into his voice. "You were at the Uchiha compound during the massacre, and you had the blood of my family on your face. There is also you're previous crimes to take into consideration."
Naruto could feel Sasuke's anger radiating off of him so he leaned back and grabbed his hand to tell him to calm down. "What are my previous crimes?"
"You almost destroyed all of Konoha and you killed the fourth Hokage," Uchiha's smirk grew even wider as though he had won.
Naruto let out a growl as he let his anger control him before pushing it back down. He rarely got angry, but Uchiha-san was just getting on his last nerve. "As I told you last night, Uchiha-san, the blood on my face was from Itachi's sword when I blocked his attack on you guys. Konoha ninjas attacked Kyuubi's kits and he got angry, but his anger only allowed someone to capture him and use him for his their gain. And that someone was an Uchiha wanting more power just like you. And one more thing. I am not the Kyuubi. My father sealed him inside of me with a jutsu that took his life," there was a collective gasp that ran throughout the room. One man stood to try and contradict his claim, but before he could Naruto pulled a piece of paper. "This is my birth certificate and the names on it are Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina."
"That still doesn't prove your innocence!" hissed Uchiha-san.
Now it was Naruto's turn to smirk. "That's true, but this does," he pulled out another sheet of paper, "and it proves Itachi's innocence as well. I'll read it out loud. 'Uchiha Itachi, captain of the ANBU, you are hereby order by the council of Konoha to eliminate all of the Uchiha clan. There will be no survivors,' and every signature is on here except for that of the Hokage and Uchiha-san himself." There were many defeated sighs and angry growls that ran throughout the room. Both the Hokage and Uchiha-san had wide eyes and Sasuke and Sakura were now also smirking in victory as well.
"How dare you do something like this!" yelled the Hokage as he stood up.
"We were only doing what was best for Konoha," answered the old man.
"We were preventing him from assassinating you and taking your name," the old woman said this time.
"Then bring him before the court. Judge him before the court. Don't order someone to kill a whole family and then blame them for it. And you blamed someone who was completely innocent when you knew he was completely innocent!" all of the council members seemed to shrink back as the Hokage's words hit them. "Now leave my room." Everyone began to leave, but just as Naruto was at the door the Hokage called for him.
"Yes old man?" he said.
"How did you know that Itachi was innocent?" Hokage asked in a serious tone, but his eyes seemed to lighten up as Naruto reverted to a more childish way of speaking.
"Itachi told me when I got in the way of him killing Uchiha-san," he smiled, "Can I go now old man?" The Hokage smiled and waved them off. Naruto left the room laughing about all of the council's faces when he ratted them out.
sorry about all the Uchiha-san but I can't remember his first name