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Summary: "We had one girl. We managed to own a house in Konoha twice... twice because you destroyed the first one.We are bound by duty and survived the hardships of a shinobi couple. The truth is, at this moment, I'm afraid you'll tell me I'm the worst husband ever. Even so, please hear me out..."
Nightmare
It's been 6 years since he left Konoha to start his top secret mission approved by the current Kages. As much as he wants to go home, it is not possible. Not at this critical time he discovered the existence of a dangerous thing in shinobi world after the Great War.
He dedicated himself to eliminate the threat after finding one strong chakra in the Mist Village. According to the locals, there was a mysterious small plant that absorbs chakra in the deepest part of the forest where thick mist is all around covering its growth. Sasuke believed the locals even some people claimed it's just a tale. He went to the location; the place is strategically perfect for a hide-out, because other criminals can conceal in this area from the mist, adding genjutsu to avoid to be tracked by their pursuers. On his way while asking for some directions, he met an old traveller from Konoha. Sasuke prohibited the old man to come to the place. So, the old man just informed him his grandchild gone missing after his mission to pursue a missing-nin.
Sasuke also received a message from the Hokage, requesting if he can check the place where a ninja went missing. That shinobi was also the grandson of the old man he just met. Naruto told him he sent pursuers of 2 squads already but no one returned. He received the details of the missing-nin named, Ruisu, Sasuke learned he was assigned by Naruto himself; he is part of a special action force or also known as ANBU. With this, Ruisu and the 2 squad's disappearance are alarming and Naruto can only trust someone as high level shinobi like his bestfriend.
The divine tree is enormous, he already witnessed how large it was when Madara casted the infinite tsukuyomi to the whole world. Now, he is able to see again the same exact tree. He is in front of the shinobi corpses; he can conclude most of them are from Konoha, others are travellers, some looks like villagers. Almost 20 bodies are piled beside the green trunk. They're all awfully skinny, he can't even recognize their faces before; their bodies were like skeletons with rotting skins. The place stinks because of the dead bodies. When he looked up, there's a little fruit at the top of it, realizing the tree is almost 15 meter high. This looks exactly like the divine tree, but on how small it appears, it was just a plant stopped from growing... or maybe because it doesn't receive enough nutrients... He thought, even the plant stop from growing, it still have strong chakra, and no wonder dead bodies are around, the tree absorbed it. He used his Sharingan to check to confirm.
"Amaterasu." The tree starts to burn from its trunk until the new chakra fruit fell down. He didn't hesitated to destroy it, he knew how this tree will become if this wouldn't be discovered. That easy? He sighed, looking down on the fruit, it's sepal started to burn with the black flames and it's taking too much time. Red pigments of the fruit are shown in front of him, he guess the bud opened after it fell down. It looks like a large sharingan, with 6 tomoes. I see, someone is feeding this tree. He thought after sensing someone is coming.
If my theory was right about remaining zetsu army, this should be one of their plans, to nourish first the divine tree to produce a new chakra fruit, but with just zetsus without someone from Ōtsutsuki Clan who else can benefit in this operation? Did they control other shinobi again? What part did I miss? He is contemplating on how he missed this operation for his 6 years of travel, in the middle of his mind; he remembered the shinobi named Ruisu, a red haired boy, 19 years old. The Anbu member- Ruisu, he's body is not here.
"Shit." He successfully dodged an attack from a black silhouette, behind him.
"Pathetic." Sasuke said, the trunk started to fall down, half of it turned into ashes others are still under the black flame. He looked at the zetsu who was attached to one of an unknown shinobi's body, it was the black zetsu absorbing the man turning into pitch black. He tried to put me into genjutsu the moment I dodged his kunai. Sasuke immediately attached strings at the nearest tree trunks around, it was fast and discreet.
"As expected from the greatest Uchiha, it's like any genjutsu cannot counter your rinnegan." The familiar voice said, the black zetsu brings back memories from his fight with Kaguya, remembering how irritating his voice, it's like a sound from unknown entity under the ground. The zetsu didn't know he was trapped in one of Sasuke's hidden chakra strings that he's able to pin on the nearest tree after he dodged.
"Chidori Nagashi!" The zetsu didn't expect the attack, he fell on his trap and his skin was burned from the electrical shock he received, he really regrets to approach the Uchiha.
"Do you think I don't know how strong you are?" The raven haired man didn't answered; he just flashes his sword, ready to end his existence. "I'm also aware that you are investigating us, Uchiha Sasuke."
"Hn." He didn't respond, instead, he answers him by pointing the tip of the sword in his throat. I really don't need to question him, he's talkative enough. Sasuke thought. Though I really wish Naruto was able to throw these guys when we defeated Kaguya for good. Somehow I do believe remaining some of them are still around, and that part gives me a relief to discover them myself. Their existence is someone's will and that's dangerous, their purpose is always to revive their mother and my job is to make sure it won't happen.
"And we are capable of recording the world history, just so you know... if you thought you are living in a peaceful place now, you're wrong..." Sasuke step on his chest and slightly cutting his neck, no blood came out. "S-Sasuke, in order for us to win, we need to eliminate you no matter how hard it is." Sasuke waited, it was his last words afterall. "Don't under estimate us, I know your weakness." He said, but Sasuke didn't even flinch, he is ready to push the sword anytime after he got what he need.
"Shut up and tell me who you work for this time." He started to cast the tsukuyomi and got all the information about their plan, who they work for, and their hide outs.
"Yeah sure." The zetsu changed his appearance, his yellow eyes turned to green, and his injured body turned into a smaller one. "You can't stop us." He knew this is an illusion but for just a millisecond. His reaction was delayed. And that precious moment is a victory to the zetsu. He is able to stab his rinnegan that made Sasuke move some step backwards, blood runs into his purple eyes, watching his enemy turned into a woman with a very long pink hair that reaches her butt.
"Look at the fruit before you kill me Uchiha." He said, it was perfect timing, he was vulnerable, but Sasuke didn't show defeat, he closed his bleeding eye and stabbed the pink haired girl through his heart while his remaining eye bleeds. He used his amaterasu again to the zetsu to make sure he will disappear for good.
He's definitely hurt, he can walk but his vision blurs. "Shit." He quickly moves away, feeling relieved after killing the enemy and decided to leave the forest. However, when he turned around to check everything, he found the fruit, half is burning, and his eyes got locked on the 6 tomoes.
Sasuke doesn't have any idea he was trapped in enemy's last resort, and he cannot go back.
Konoha Village
7 years backward
The raven haired man woke-up in a fine bed, not the usual tent he sleeps when he need to camp in a middle of the forest at night.
"Whose house did I sleep?" He whispered to himself, he remembered his fight with the black zetsu, and immediately touch his right eye and was surprised. There's no pain and no scar. "What the hell!" He was surprised at his own body, seeing his left arm is attached to him. A real warm left arm. He remembers how painful the stab on his eye but now he felt nothing. He can't even feel any evidence that he was stabbed. "Ah" He squeezed his eyes and places his hands on his head feeling the severe ache early in the morning.
"Hey, Sasuke!" A red haired girl came, she is holding a scroll, she looked younger compare to the last time he'd seen her in his mission when he was in twenties. She's not in her short shorts anymore and a blouse that displays her navel. "Did you hit your head or something?" She asked, a bit concerned but with a very grumpy face, she's in a green konoha jacket, the one for a registered leaf ninja.
"Karin? Is that you? What are you doing here?.. Why I'm here?" He asked the girl but she just frowned at him and looked at him very closely, she sit on the bed where he is lying. It made him move away, he's not used to any woman near her especially in a bed, except for a specific person her married 6 years ago.
"What are you talking about? You didn't attend the meeting earlier that the Hokage arranged this morning for the next week's special event in Sunagakure. It's now 10 in the morning and the meeting should be 7 o'clock." She handed the scroll where he didn't care to check, he wanted to know what is happening. When he looked at the red haired girl, he noticed something from his perspective. His one sided bangs are missing; he knew he didn't get a haircut and he realized it's now different after touching the spikes behind his head. "Who ruined my hair?!"
"Are you crazy? Seriously? I don't want to be scolded by the Hokage and the Elders about this morning's meeting."
"Ahhh!" His head suddenly ached again, he asked where the bathroom is and she answered hesitantly. Sasuke looks like a complete idiot today, he looks at his right arm like it just regenerated. Also, this is his own house; the manor isn't under renovation so why the hell he doesn't know where the bathroom of his own room is?
"Did you have a fight with the Hokage again?" Karin asked. However, Sasuke don't want to hear her questions, he is facing his self in the mirror, and he looks 7 years younger, and his rinnegan is missing, it was just an ordinary black eyes.
"What the fucking hell happened to me?!" He shouted at Karin making the lady speechless for him to go wild that morning. Surely this isn't not the normal Sasuke on how Karin reacts.
"What happened? D-do you want me to call a medic or something?" She asked, not sure what he needs, he just looks like he have a simple headache and can't take the pain. But when he heard the medic word, he puts his hands on Karin's shoulder making the woman blush; he is looking at her straight in the eyes.
"Karin." She is speechless in that moment, her heart started to beat fast. "As the godmother of my little girl, and a former team mate, will you tell me where I am, what is this place? And... Why do we look like teenagers?" Karin can't believe what she heard; and very disappointed. But she needs to help him calm down. Right now she's not even sure if this was the Sasuke she knows.
"Sasuke,... I- I'll b-be leaving now. I think you shouldn't overthink, and maybe take some rest." She closes the door and about to say goodbye. "See you in Hokage Office." She said.
Hokage Office? Naruto? The way she said it, it's like the Hokage Office is just away. Or, does this means, I'm in Konoha? How did I go home in Konoha? I was in Mist Village as far as I remember...
Sasuke noticed there was a prepared jonin jacket and it was his current body size. His height and body built changed, he feels unconformable like he just shrinked. In a hurry, he starts to wash his face and he knew he needs to check everything outside the room. However, surprises on the start of this day will continue, after getting out of the room, he notice the garden and the wooden fences around their house have the printed uchiha crest; it was like the Uchiha Manor. Did someone pick me up in the forest? But this doesn't look like the house Sakura and I purchased. Everything isn't right.
As he went out, he is still not sure if he woke up in a dream. Nonetheless, he was sure, with his Rinnegan, he shouldn't be affected with genjutsus and tsukuyomis, he can see through the technique. I look like a teenager, but without my rinnegan and left arm. What worst can happen in this place? If I'm indeed a teenager this body is more like for a 19 year old me or 20? And the place around, this village gives me the impression that the 4th Shinobi War didn't happen at all.
While busy with his thoughts, he bumped into a woman in a nut-brown poncho and a backpack. She's fast enough to balance herself after she accidentally stepped on his foot.
"Sorry!" Sasuke didn't think what he is supposed to act in the first place because the moment he'd seen the woman with pink hair, he grabbed her arm to check to confirm. He scanned her face, and stared at her whole body intensely, he can't still get over his fight with the zetsu who imitated her. The woman struggles to remove his hand on her arm and Sasuke seen her green eyes shined, widened in shock and said something like a curse after mentioning his name. "Sas- what are you-
In a brief moment, everything is like in its right place. For a second, he forgot he lost his rinnegan, woke-up in a younger body with the memories as a 26 year-old married man. He never felt so relieved after laying his eyes on her again. He trapped her small body in his chest; he feels how warm she is, and well he can't feel her mature body that he was used to. However, he was certain, her existence in this place calmed him down, and how good it is to hug her with his two complete arms.
"Sakura." It was a very long embrace and he stared at the Sakura with the byakugou seal, she looks so young, her cheeks a bit fluffy, he can't believe what he'd seen. He knew Sakura might not have any idea right now but seeing her in the most complicated time it feels so right.
Slap!
In his dismay, a strong slap landed on his cheek that buried him on the nearest wall, destroying the wooden fence in process. His beautiful 19 year old future wife (he guess) just landed a powerful hit on his right cheek. He's afraid his neck broke. Her face is all red not because of his warm embrace but he can see the intensity of her madness. Fuck, I knew this face! Sasuke gulped with eyes wide. This is how she reacts when she's really really angry. He thought, having the flashbacks of his near death experience on calming her down whenever something makes his wife angry, and as much as possible, he never tried to make her angry.
"S-Sakura, w-why d-did you?" He never thought he'll be this scared in his life. It was the first time Sakura hit him that hard.
"That woman punched the Uchiha!" One from the crowd said, they all looked angry at Sakura and suddenly a shinobi came wearing a chunin jacket came in front of Sasuke to defend him. The Kunoichi with slender body just glared at them, remain in her last deadly position of releasing her concentrated slap at his face. She doesn't have yet the womanly figure on her upper region but this figure surely one of the images that Sasuke missed in his days of redemption. Despite of all the curses she heard around on how rude she was with the handsome guy, she ignored them all and turned her back at Sasuke. Then the shinobi run after Sakura to retrieve her, making Sasuke stand up from shock, the chunin is about to pin her down.
"You will not touch her." It was fast, in one second he is infront of Sakura, standing behind her, giving the chunin a death glare.
"Sasuke-sama." Sasuke's brows furrowed at the sudden apology of the boy, he's more like a 14 year old chunin bowing his head down, his knees are shaking. "I'm j-just... s-sorry! The Hokage sent me, he w-wants to speak to you then s-suddenly the g-g-girl..." He forgets about the kid and ignored his explanations, choosing to look behind seeing Sakura is nowhere to be found.
SHIT!
The only person he can talk to had left him. Her behaviour added to his confusion on what is happening. But there's something more disturbing is in front of his eyes.
"This place, this chunin, and the Hokage Mountain..."Sasuke is looking at the famillar carved stoned mountain, and see the Hokage next to Tsunade, is no other than his brother, Uchiha Itachi.
"What did I get myself into." He told himself and decided to go first to the Hokage tower before chasing his teenage wife. He moves as fast as he can. Though in the place where he wake-up that his brother was alive, he can't be happy at all. Sasuke is having a bad feeling about the place, so he tried to do the seals of undoing a genjutsu, and tried all the possible seal.
And every seal doesn't take effect. He is still at the same place.
I woke up in the morning with no rinnegan and with complete arms. I'm trapped inside the body of 19 year old me. I am in Konoha for unknown reason which is the Hokage is the supposed to be my dead brother – Itachi. Worst is, I'm able to meet my wife in her younger form, and she absolutely hates me and didn't even try to talk to me.
This is the worst nightmare.
a/n: Hi guys, hopefully I will update the Chapter 2 next week, but I want to see how this story will be interesting for sasusaku readers. I wish you'll like it because I've been dying to write a story about time jumping or something like this, and I'm trying my best to connect it in Naruto Universe as much as possible.
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