Quick note, I have realized that the whole healing bloodline does in fact work better with Kushina. That has been changed and will be the case from now on.
Exwindzz: No, I began writing the story around chapter 611/612 of the manga, the time when the Shinobi Alliance arrived to fight the Jyuubi. Basically what happened was that the Jyuubi turned out to be too powerful and wiped out most of the alliance in just a few attacks. Naruto, being one of the very few who survive the attack, then resorts to going back in time.
Anyways, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Posted: 1/30/12
Chapter 9: A Different Academy
Minato was taking a happy afternoon stroll through his village. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the bane of all Kage's had been dealt with, all thanks to a little jutsu called the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. While he had left three clones to finish up with the day's paperwork, he was now able to take a walk through the village to personally check up on the status of various things.
While the dispelling of clones and transfer of large quantities of information was mentally taxing at first, he was able to make it so the clones would dispel at regularly spaced intervals, creating a replacement clone as they did so. This kept the information flowing to Minato at a controlled and manageable pace. There were occasional times when there was something he desperately needed to know, like the outcomes of certain mission. If that was the case, then one clone would dispel immediately instead of the regular interval. Overall, it was proving to be a highly effective system to tackle what used to be the only thing that could defeat the Hokage.
However, if there was one thing that really showed the merit of this system was that multiple people working on the paper work actually gave him, or his clones, to actually read the paperwork. Before, Minato only read the mission reports, while shoving aside most of the administrative documents. It was a good thing that Minato began using this strategy when he did; because he was already finding attempts by the civilian counsel to have him hand over certain aspects of village power to them. One of the more disturbing ones was their attempts at lowering the academy standards. Another example was when they tried to obtain voting powers in some shinobi affairs.
Two days ago, he had a very harsh meeting with the civilian counsel, reminding them to keep their noses out of the shinobi affairs of the village.
As it stood today, he actually had time to grab some ramen for a late lunch with Kushina, resulting in a happy Kushina. What made things even better was that Naruto was already at the ramen stands. This would be a wonderful family time, if only it wasn't for that Naruto was supposed to being in school right now.
"Hey Pops! How about another one" said Naruto, slamming down his second bowl onto the counter.
"Coming right up" called out Teuchi.
"Ahem!" Naruto cringed at the voice coming from behind him as he turned to see two angry looking parents.
"Ehh…Hi mom, hi dad. What are you guys doing here?" asked Naruto in an innocent fashion.
"I think the question is, what are you doing here?" asked Kushina. "You should be in school!"
"Don't worry, I've got that covered. I sent a shadow clone back" said Naruto. That still didn't help the situation.
"Naruto, that jutsu's not meant to be used to tackle menial tasks like school" scolded Minato.
"But you use it to do paperwork" retorted Naruto.
"But that's different" defended Minato. "Paperwork's the devil reincarnated!"
"And school's boring. I don't really see what the difference is" said Naruto.
"But unlike you, I could be doing much more important stuff instead of paperwork" said Minato.
"You mean like getting ramen?" replied Naruto. Minato and Kushina were at a loss for the moment. It was true. Ramen made Kushina happy and a happy Kushina was the most important thing to Minato, and it typically resulted in some fun later on.
"Fine, you can have one more bowl. But after that you're going back to school mister" said Kushina. "And you'd better not skip class like this again."
Naruto snuck back into class and covertly switched himself with his shadow clone. The only one who noticed this was Sasuke as half the class was falling asleep from Ebisu's lecture.
"What was that?" asked Sasuke.
"Shadow clone. You didn't think you're the only one to have learned a new jutsu recently, now did you?" asked Naruto, receiving a smirk from Sasuke.
"Okay class, that will conclude most of the curriculum regarding academics. We may be coming back to it later, but for now we will begin to shift our focus towards more practical subjects for becoming shinobi" announced Ebisu.
"Wait, already?" thought Naruto before raising his hand. "Ebisu-sensei, I thought we weren't going to be starting the shinobi portion for another year. Or at least that's what I heard from Neji the other day."
"Yes, while that would normally be the case, Hokage-sama has recently become aware that the standards of the academy were dangerously close to falling to a subpar level. As such, he has suggested that some changes be to the curriculum. As such, you will begin to learn about the shinobi arts starting, well, tomorrow" explained Ebisu.
"Alright dad!" shouted Naruto. "No more boring lectures!"
"What was that about MY lectures?" asked Ebisu as flames erupted in the background and Naruto shrunk to about the size of Ebisu's foot.
"Err…oh look, I think I saw Jiraiya-oji!" shouted Naruto, pointing out the window. Ebisu quickly dashed out the window with an Icha Icha book in hand, looking for an autograph. The entire class sweat dropped and Naruto just chuckled. That was a pretty common distraction that Naruto would use for class to finish a few minutes earlier. Unfortunately for Ebisu, he would just 'miss' Jiraiya whenever that happened.
The following day started off as normal, Naruto got up, ate breakfast, and was chased out of the house by a Kyuubi-resembling mother after he complained about having to go to school. Still, he was actually excited for today as he would now begin to start the actual shinobi classes that were supposed to start next year, and even then they would be watered down. The main question was why? The simple answer was because Minato was the Hokage and not Sarutobi-jiji this time through. However, it appeared that the roots ran deeper than that. Minato was still young and strong while Jiji was getting up there in age. From what Naruto had figured out, the council had managed to wrestle a good bit of power from the aging Sandaime in the previous timeline, but that wasn't the case with his dad.
In Naruto's old timeline, the civilians had gained a good bit of say in the curriculum of the academy and they lowered the standards so that their children, civilian children, would have a better chance at becoming ninja. What this also did was make it so that none of them were prepared for the realities of being a ninja. With the exception of Lee, all of his friends were from shinobi families, and Lee was pretty much all but adopted by Gai-sensei. Sasuke, Hinata, Neji, Kiba, Shino, Ino, Yakumo, and Chouji were all from prominent clans. Tenten and Sakura had fathers who were once shinobi. And as for him, well he was the son of the greatest shinobi in the village, the Hokage.
Naruto arrived in class, took his seat next to Sasuke, as per usual, and waited for Ebisu. "Man, I've really gotta start pulling pranks again. It's been a few months. But no more of those lame pranks. No its time to start on the big stuff" thought Naruto, getting that devious grin look on his face. Sasuke caught this and couldn't help but smile. He had to admit things were getting boring without Naruto to liven it up.
"So what are you thinking?" whispered Sasuke. Naruto couldn't help but let out a evil-sounding laugh.
"Give me a few days, then you'll see" responded Naruto.
"Okay class, take your seats" announced Ebisu-sensei. "Now, as you all know today we will begin the shinobi-classses. Before I begin on those, I would like to introduce you the man who will be my assistant for the next few years, Umino Iruka."
A 19 year-old Iruka stepped through the door and into the classroom as he introduced himself to the class. "Yes!" screamed Naruto in his head. "I guess Iruka-sensei was meant to teach. Perhaps it was his fate after all. Damnit! Stop sounding like Neji!" Naruto mentally beat himself. Still, Naruto couldn't be happier. Even if they never became what they did in the previous timeline, Naruto was so glad to have Iruka as a sensei again.
"Well class, now that introductions are in order, let's go over the basics of the shinobi arts, in other words, jutsu. Now, who can name the three different types of jutsu?" questioned Ebisu.
"Ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu" answered Sakura. Naruto looked over at his former teammate. The pinkette had a red bow that tied her bangs back. Yep, Ino had managed to bring the shy little Sakura out of her shell.
"Very good. Now, before I continue further, I just want to make clear that by the time you leave here, you will know at least five jutsu. Three have been preselected by the academy as standard jutsu that every young ninja should know, and then there will be a minimum of two more that you will learn. Now, while this may sound like a lot, realize that most ninja know at least dozens or even hundreds of jutsu. In fact, I believe there is a ninja in this village who knows 1000 jutsu. And don't forget, if you ever find yourself struggling to learn a jutsu, we'll be here to give you all the help you need" explained Ebisu.
"Ebisu-sensei, what exactly are these jutsu we need to learn?" asked one student.
"Yes, well is there anyone who can name the three jutsu that all of you will be learning?" asked Ebisu.
"I believe they are the Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Jutsu), Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Jutsu), and Kawarmi no Jutsu (Replacement/Substitution Jutsu)" said Sakura.
"Correct again" said Ebisu. "Now, don't panic if you can't answer this question, but is there anyone here who can perform one of these three?"
This time, Sakura's hand did not go up. However, Naruto and Sasuke's did. "Yes, Sasuke and Naruto. Why don't the two of you come up here and show us?" asked Ebisu. The two came to the front of the class. "Now, which jutsus do the two of you know."
"Just the Henge no Jutsu" replied Sasuke.
"Still, its impressive that the two of you know a jutsu at your age. Who knows, we could have the next Itachi in this class" said Ebisu. Naruto caught the twitch in Sasuke's eye. While he still loved and admired Itachi, Sasuke hated being compared to his older brother. "Now, could the two of you please perform the jutsu? Perhaps transform into your favorite instructor?"
"Henge!" shouted both Naruto and Sasuke as they transformed into Ebisu, for Sasuke, and Iruka, for Naruto.
"Now class, the Henge is a basic genjutsu where you disguise yourself as someone else" explained Ebisu as he went into how you were just covered in a chakra shroud that gave you the appearance of what you transformed into.
"This is a genjutsu? I thought you said it was ninjutsu and that we actually transformed into them?" asked Sasuke to Naruto.
"Yeah, I thought so too" replied Naruto. He could have sworn that the transformations he always did were real, not a genjutsu.
"I'm sorry boys, but it's just…huh?" said Ebisu as he tried to slide his hand through the 'illusions', only to be stopped by a solid body. "B-but t-t-that's i-impossible…" said Ebisu. Naruto was pretty sure that Ebisu's brain broke as he was frozen in spot.
"Iruka-sensei?" asked a confused Naruto.
"You both know that's a true Henge, which is a physical transformation, and what you just performed is a jonin-level technique?" asked Iruka.
"It is?! Wow, we're awesome!" shouted Naruto. It was at that time that he got his first taste of what would soon haunt him throughout the academy. The female population was screaming either 'Sasuke you're amazing!' or 'You're so cool, Naruto!'. Yes, that's right…the fangirls were beginning to emerge. Naruto and Sasuke both grinned, completely oblivious to what was going on.
While Ebisu's brain rebooted, Iruka demonstrated the other two jutsu of the Academy 3. "Iruka-sensei" called out Ino. "You said that there were then two other jutsu that we had to learn? Which ones are these?"
"Glad you asked that…Ino is it?" asked Iruka. Ino nodded. "Sorry, this is my first day and it'll take me a day or two to get all of your names. Anyways, the remaining two jutsu are completely up to you to decide. If you belong to a clan, there is a good chance they could be clan jutsu and there is also a large selection of simple jutsu in the Konoha Library. Most ninja tend to specialize in certain types of jutsu and we use these two jutsu to see what kind of ninja you'll become. Don't worry, you won't be graded on which two you select, just pick something that interests you. Now I don't suppose there are any of you who know any other jutsu besides the Academy 3?"
Once again, Naruto and Sasuke raised their hands, along with…well no one else. There was already talk going between the girls on what jutsu they knew and who's was cooler.
"Would the two of you mind demonstrating?" asked Iruka.
"Umm…can we go outside?" asked Sasuke. Iruka looked at the raven-haired student, wondering what jutsu would require them to go outside.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu! (Great Fireball Jutsu)" shouted Sasuke as he shot a large fireball at one of the training posts outside the academy, burning it to ashes.
"Sasuke! You're the best!" shouted about half of the female students.
"Wow…just, wow…a 7 year-old being able to use a fire-jutsu…" said Iruka in amazement. It was a good thing Ebisu was still inside or his brain might have crashed yet again. "Any ways, very impressive Sasuke. Naruto, your turn."
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow Clone Jutsu)" shouted Naruto as half a dozen Narutos popped into existence. A few of the girls were busy contemplating the possibilities of more than one Naruto.
"Iruka-sensei, what's the big deal? All he did was do a clone jutsu" said a boy in the class, who Naruto recognized as Hibachi from the previous timeline, trying to discredit Naruto. If he remembered correctly Hibachi was one of the kids who never liked Naruto and sent him off into the back hills to find a corpse, only to come face-to-face with a group of Taki ninja.
"Shadow clones?...He's only 7…how?" thought Iruka. "Where did you get that jutsu from, Naruto?"
"The Forbidden Scroll" said Naruto with a big grin plastered on his face, saying it as if it wasn't a big deal.
"Just…never mind" said Iruka. "Great…not only can they use a jonin-level transformation, but one can use elemental chakra manipulation and the other can use a kinjutsu like its nothing."
"So Sensei, what's up. I mean Naruto just used a normal clone jutsu, didn't he?" asked the same boy again.
"No, that's not a normal Bunshin no Jutsu" said Iruka. "The normal bunshin only creates corporeal copies, or images. What Naruto used was the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. This jutsu actually creates actual physical clones that can do anything the original can. But it requires a lot of chakra to use."
"Well, I have always had larger chakra reserves than normal" said Naruto with a big grin.
"I'm…not even going to ask" said Iruka. "Anyways, looks like I'll be taking over until Ebisu-sensei is…mentally fit to resume teaching again."
Iruka took the class back inside and went over one of the basic lectures regarding chakra. As Naruto and Sasuke left the class, they had this feeling…almost like they were being followed. They didn't get much further than the gates of the academy before they turned around to see a mob of the greatest evil on the planet…yes fangirls.
"Oh great…now Sasuke's got fangirls to worry about" thought Naruto, completely oblivious, that is until…
"Oh Naruto-kun, we just want to show you how amazing you are" called out one of the girls.
"Sasuke-kun, I can't believe how hot you were today" said another girl.
"Crap" both Nauto and Sasuke thought simultaneously.
"Why are they coming after me? All the girls used to hate me…oh right, Hokage's son and not the Kyuubi brat" realized Naruto. "Sasuke?"
"Just…run" said Sasuke. Itachi had warned him about the horrors of fangirls. It apparently was another thing that ran in the family for the Uchiha…the tall dark and handsome look that drove the girls wild. And for Naruto, no one could resist the glowing blonde hair, the cerulean eyes, or the fact that he looked like an exact clone of Konoha's greatest hero.
Naruto and Sasuke began taking off, away from the mob only for Naruto to get caught by the hood of his sweatshirt. "Gagh!" he shouted. They had him…almost. Sasuke grabbed a shuriken and used it to cut off the hood of Naruto's shirt. "Hey! That was my favorite shirt!"
"Less complaining about clothes, more running!" shouted Sasuke as the two took off at speeds that would make even the Yellow Flash jealous with the ravenous mob of fan girls right behind them.
"N-naruto-kun…" thought a certain blue-haired Hyuga from a distance. What was it about Naruto that captured her attention? Sure, he was a joke-loving, funny kid, who was loved by just about everyone for being the son of Konoha's greatest hero, but there was something more to him. Something more, deep down that he tried to hide. The Naruto that everyone knew…was nothing more than a mask. She could see the real Naruto through those bright cerulean blue eyes of his, and that Naruto knew the pain and suffering that came with being alone, with losing someone close to you. The same pain she experienced a few years ago when her mother passed away after having complications from delivering Hanabi.
As Naruto and Sasuke were running from their very first mob of fangirls, the two ducked into a alley way where they were able to take to the roof thanks to the chakra climbing technique that Naruto had taught Sasuke in. As the mob of fangirls looked up, they found themselves mad that Naruto and Sasuke were getting away from them.
However, they turned on each other as they realized that they still had that hood that Sasuke had to cut off of Naruto's shirt in order to save the blonde. Naruto and Sasuke were then unable to slip away completely unnoticed, with the exception of a few laughing ANBU watching the whole thing, as the girls fought over their prize.
"I think we're clear" said Sasuke.
"I can't believe it. I actually have fangirls? This is going to be a tough few years in the academy" sighed Naruto. Despite hating Sasuke for taking all the attention of the girls in the previous timeline, Naruto also saw how the Uchiha loathed them and how they constantly pestered him. While he constantly wished that even some of them would pay just the slightest attention to him or at the very least, one of them, particularly a certain pinkette, the last thing he wanted was a fan club.
Both Naruto and Sasuke made their way towards the Uchiha compound, which was the closest structure to where the two of them had been chased to. Walking into the compound the two of them received a few looks from Sasuke's family, in particular Itachi.
"What happened to the two of you? You look like you've ridden a wild boar through the middle of a monsoon" commented Mikoto as she went to clean up the dirty and panting boys.
"Crazy…ravenous…monsters" said Naruto, in between breaths.
"I see. I figured it was getting close to that time" said Itachi, picking up on the condition of the boys, in particular the missing hood on Naruto's jacket that looked like it was ripped off. Itachi was right. It was getting to that point where girls were slowly getting over the 'cootie phase' and were beginning to have romantic fantasies about Prince Charming and ninja in shining armor and stuff like that.
"Naruto-kun, would you like to stay for a little?" offered Mikoto.
"Thank you, Mikoto-san, but I really have to get going" said Naruto as he bowed and left the compound. Before doing so, he whispered into Sasuke's ear. "If you can, pay really close attention to the ANBU's uniform tomorrow morning." Naruto left snickering with a grin on his face.
Minato was taking a walk through the village the following morning to check on how things were running. As he took a turn onto a rather empty street, he found himself surrounded by about six of his ANBU agents, cloaked. "Is there a problem here?" he asked in a serious tone.
"Well sir, there is…but…" said a cat-masked ANBU with a bit of hesitation in his voice. "Can we speak in private?"
Minato nodded and Hiraishined back to his office with the ANBU arriving a few seconds later via Shunshin. "Now, what is the situation that requires my attention?" asked Minato.
"You see, we think someone broke into the ANBU HQ last night" said one of the ANBU.
"What makes you say that? ANBU HQ is one of the most secure locations in the village. I don't see how anyone could have broken in without notice. How could you THINK someone broke in?" replied Minato. "Did they take anything?"
"No, sir. Not that we know of" replied the ANBU.
"Then why do you think someone broke in if nothing was out of place?" asked Minato.
"Should we just show him?" and eagle-masked ANBU said. The other two nodded. The three ANBU removed their cloaks, revealing that their armor had been dyed a bright pink. After about 20 seconds, Minato could no longer hold back his laughter. Somehow, the uniform of every ANBU in the village had been dyed pink. On that day, the ANBU black-ops were no more. They were now the ANBU pink-ops.
Later that evening, the entire Namikaze family was enjoying the first dinner they were able to have together in weeks, due to a long mission that Kushina had been assigned to. "So anything interesting happen while I was gone, sochi? (sochi=son)" Kushina asked Naruto.
"Not much, I mean we got this cool new teacher in school and we are starting shinobi classes now. And Sasuke and I are the only ones who know jutsu" said an excited Naruto.
"I see…" said Kushina, suspicious of something. "And what happened to your jacket?" Kushina pointed at Naruto's ripped hood.
"Oh well Sasuke and I kind of got attacked" said Naruto as fast as he could.
"WHAT?!" shouted Kushina, flaring some Kyuubi chakra in her system.
"Kushi-chan, you know how girls his age are" said Minato, trying to diffuse the situation.
"Huh? Oh, so is there a certain someone at school?" asked Kushina, instantly slipping into 'annoying-mom-mode'.
"What?! Mom, girls are icky!" responded Naruto. He may have had the mind of a young adult, but Naruto was smart enough to know that boys his age weren't supposed to be interested in girls. In fact, it wasn't until his time with Ero-Sennin that he truly became interested in girls. Sure there was Sakura, but he never truly began to understand how girls worked until then…and even then he was still clueless.
"Don't worry Kushi-chan, in a few years he'll be thinking otherwise" said Minato.
"Huh? But dad, you don't understand. These girls were monsters who wanted to eat me and Sasuke!" exaggerated Naruto. Minato and Kushina simply laughed at this.
"You know, that reminds me of poor Fugaku back in our days in the academy" reminisced Minato. It was not uncommon for some poor Uchiha to be singled out by a ravenous mob of fan girls during the academy days, however it appeared as if Naruto was getting his share of attention as well.
"Quit talking like that honey, you're making me feel old" replied Kishina with a very sadistic look on her face.
"W-what? Y-you old? You s-still look no older than twenty" said a fearful Minato. Naruto couldn't believe it, but he had found the one person who could make dad fear for his life. Shikamaru was right…mothers were troublesome.
"Anyways, the strangest thing happened today" said Minato, trying to change the subject. "Somehow, all the ANBU uniforms were dyed pink last night. No one knows of anyone who entered the ANBU HQ nor of anything that was taken or misplaced…strange."
It took everything he had for Naruto to resist laughing. About a minute later, Kushina was the first one to crack. "Oh my god! I remember doing that!" she laughed out.
"What?! You dyed the ANBU uniforms pink, mom?!" said a surprised Naruto.
"I did when I was in the academy. It was so funny watching what was supposed to be the stealthiest unit in the village run around in pink" said Kushina as she regained her breathing.
Naruto was stunned. He couldn't believe his mom was a prankster of that level. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kind of want to pull a super awesome prank with my mom one of these days."
Later that night, Naruto was getting ready for bed when his mom came in his room. "I'm impressed sochi, no one's been able to pull of something like that in years, but you've got a long way to go if you want to catch up to me" she said to Naruto.
"How did you know?" asked a dumbfounded Naruto.
"Please, I'm the only one who could pull off something like that. Or at least I was until someone inherited my genius" said Kushina, kissing Naruto goodnight on the forehead. She left the room and Naruto waited some time for the house to quiet down. After he was sure both mom and dad had gone to bed, he got out of his.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" he whispered, creating about a dozen shadow clones. "You guys know what to do, but be careful. If you even think you're going to be discovered, dispel yourselves immediately."
The clones nodded and left the house through the window in Naruto's room. Their destination…the Uchiha compound. If Naruto remembered correctly, it was only a month now until the date of the supposed Uchiha incident. So far, he had not managed to find a single piece of evidence hinting towards the attempted coup by the Uchiha in his father's study or even office. So far, so good, but one can never be certain. He now only had one place remaining to check and that was the Uchiha compound itself.
He was confident in his abilities to get inside and find something. After all, if he could sneak into ANBU and dye their uniforms pink, he certainly could sneak into a clan compound. If he was certain there was nothing in the Uchiha compound, then there was a very good chance that the massacre would never happen and Sasuke wouldn't go off the deep end. Not to mention, Itachi wouldn't have to give up his life like he did in the previous timeline.
Throughout the night, he received memories from his clones. At around 4:00am, the final clone dispelled. That clone had somehow managed to make it in the secret room that he had found out about from Tobi in the previous timeline. Nothing. There was nothing on an impending coup in that room and if any room had something on a coup, it was that room.
It was becoming increasingly clear to Naruto that by preventing the Kyuubi attack from the very beginning, he had prevented the seeds of hatred within the Uchiha clan from growing to the breaking point. There was really nothing more that he could do without exposing himself, which would most likely result in some quality time with Inoichi. So he did the one thing that he had left to do…hope. Hope that the massacre never came and hope that Sasuke would still remain the Sasuke he was right now.
Beneath Konoha's sewers,
Danzo was sitting in some sort of private room, contemplating everything that had been happening. Over the past years since Minato took over the seat of Hokage, he found himself and his Root organization unable to operate. He needed to find some way to regain the control he once had under the Sandaime's reign, but since his underhanded tactics to slowly wrestle power had begun to fail, the only way he could think to regain control would be through some sort of coup 'de eta. The only problem with this is even he didn't think his Root forces could match the power of the Yellow flash. It was becoming more and more accepted recently that Minato had surpassed his predecessor, the so-called God of Shinobi, in strength and skill.
Danzo was now standing in front of his entire Root operation, ready to address them on their next step. "As you are all aware, our operations have been under fire ever since the coming of the Yellow Flash. Our strength has begun to wane and Konoha has entered a stage of false security. This will evidently lead to the downfall of the Yellow Flash and the destruction of Konoha. Konoha must be reminded of this and where their strength truly lies, and we will be the ones to do so" announced Danzo. "If Konoha is to survive, we must be the ones. The ones to show Konoha just how far its fallen and we must be the ones to pull it out of the darkness. However, because of the Hokage's actions, we do not possess the strength to do so at this point in time."
"Danzo-sama. What is it you suggest we do?" asked one of his agents.
"As much as I hate it, our only option is to leave Konoha for some time" announced Danzo, creating stirs within his organization. "Silence! I know what some of you are thinking and no, we are not abandoning Konoha. Once we are gone, we will wait for the opportune time to return. The time when the Yellow Flash dooms Konoha. That will be the time when we come to return Konoha to its former glory! You have all received your assignments that are necessary for or operation to begin, now go!"
Danzo motioned to a squad of his agents. "Terai, Shin, Dajimu, there is a specific operation that I require your abilities for. There is a certain power that Konoha possesses that we cannot afford leave in their hands."
"When shall you require our services, Danzo-sama?" asked Shin.
"For now, prepare. That will be our final act before we begin our operation" said Danzo.
"Hai!" all three Root ANBU exclaimed as they left to their preparations.
Jutsu List
Henge no Jutsu - Transformation Technique (Rank: E, B for Naruto and Sasuke)
Bunshin no Jutsu - Clone Jutsu (Rank: E)
Kawarmi no Jutsu - Substitution Technique (Rank: E)
Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu - Great Fireball Technique (Rank: C)
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu – Shadow Clone Jutsu (Rank: B)
Shunshin no Jutsu – Body Flicker Technique (Rank D)
Hiraishin no Jutsu – Flying Thunder god Technique (Rank S)
Author Notes
Hope you enjoyed the chapter.
So Iruka is still a teacher, even if he is only just an assistant at the moment. Naruto and Sasuke have begun to experience the horrors of fan girls, and trust me that was only a small look at what is yet to come. I have also begun to bring back Naruto's pranks and as you could see, he's getting into the much bigger stuff now, not just the silly classroom jokes.
Everything looks to be clear with the Uchiha clan, but it appears as if Danzo is up to something.
For those of you who don't want me to stay in the academy too much longer, I am honestly trying to get through it as quick as I can without sacrificing important stuff, and some humor. As such, I do estimate about 7-8 more chapters in the academy before I move on. This number may change, but that is my guess at this moment.
On Time Travel,
One thing that needs to be considered with time travel is that one change can completely twist the events of the original timeline until they become completely separate. While some events are just destined to still occur, others occur in different ways or just never occur at all, while completely new events and plotlines arise as well. This is one element that I will try to bring into this story. Yes, there are certain events that I want to try and recreate as best as I can that were in the original timeline, but they will still be different as compared to cannon. The one thing you have to keep in mind before you begin wondering 'why did he do that?' is that this is no longer the original timeline. Everything has changed, even if it doesn't seem like it just yet. The most visible difference and the one that will have the biggest impact between is simple…Minato is still alive.
Any ways, that was just a short explanation to get you thinking for now. Hope you enjoyed. Things will begin to move a little faster (or at least get more entertaining I hope) in the next chapter.
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