Chapter 1

Sasuke kneeled over the broken, and battered body of Naruto. Unbidden tears leaked from his eyes and gently pattered the blond shinobis bloodied face. He held the bloodied stump of his arm of his left arm. The rumble of battle had finally settled, the war was over and they had lost. Somehow, even with their given sage of the six paths power, they had lost. Something had went wrong. Madara had extended the length of their battle.

What should've taken a few hours had turned into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. Madara had dragged what remained of the Alied Shinobi Forces into the conflict. Nearly everyone was dead. Sakura and Kakashi had went first. Along with many of their former classmates. Obito, who had tried to stand alongside them at the end against Madara, had fallen as well. They had retreated and struck out occasionally on Madara with who they could find. Madara had seemed content to wait, he could've used his Infinite Tsukuyomi whenever, but didn't bother as along Naruto and Sasuke were alive, since they could cancel it. Naruto and Sasuke had the power to seal him away forever, But Sasuke had been running low at Chakra, and Madara removed his arm where Sasukes Yin seal had been for the jutsu. Now Naruto who was fading quickly, lying in the dirt, who had tried to save Sasuke. As he was prone to do.

Sasuke looked up into the darkened sky. He could see Madara up there, facing the moon and focusing his chakra to begin the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Sasuke shook his head, despair beginning to find it's way to his heart. How do I stop this? He wondered to himself.

Then a thought struck him, could he change this from ever happening? Naruto looked at him from the corner of his eye, a small smile appearing on his whiskered face. "Sasuke.." Naruto mumbled, a line of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth. "I can see you have an idea."

"Something like that," Sasuke said, just as quietly. "With the power of my Rinnegan, I might be able to go back in time and change this from happening."

Naruto nodded, though from the cringe on his face, it must've hurt quite a bit to do so. Then he lifted his hand, and Sasuke took it. "Take the rest of my chakra then. I should have enough left over to get you where you're going."

Sasuke nodded. "Thank you, Naruto. I'll make everything right, don't you worry." Then he felt an influx of chakra as Naruto gave him what was left. Sasuke focused his chakra and the Shringan in both of his eyes changed into the circular patterns of the Rinnegan. Then a portal opened up beside Sasuke, and it pulled him through. Sasuke had felt himself pass out at some point while he was tumbling and turning through the swirling abyss of time and space.

Then he felt himself laying down, in a bed perhaps. It was quiet, except for the chirping of birds and the rustle of a tree. He opened his eyes. He was laying down, after all. He knew this room, it was a hospital bed in Konoha. It had long since been destroyed during his timeline. Sasuke looked down at his hands, they were both still there. That was good, apparently it had worked well. He wondered why he had appeared here though, instead of somewhere else. He slid out from under the covers and stood up.

Was he shorter? It felt like it. Then he walked across the room to a small mirror on the wall. Oh no. He thought. He was definitely shorter. He was in his younger body now. He was probably around 13 now. His hair was cut short, he'd definitely have to let it grown out again.

His fingers rubbed over the Curse Seal of Heaven that was on his shoulder again. Not the worst power, he had learned. Perhaps he'd keep it. Orochimaru could be used, he had even helped them out during the war for awhile, who knows with the snake sannin though. "This was probably not long after Itachi appeared." Sasuke mumbled to himself. With a pang in his heart, he thought of his brother. Itachi would be alive again, he might not even be sick yet. Sasuke could save him, he knew he could.

Sasuke smiled at that. Then another thought crossed his mind. He stared at himself in the mirror and activated his Sharingan. Still have three tomoe, that's good. Then he activated his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and tried the Rinnegan, but it sent a large headache through him. Still recharging, I suppose. Might be awhile before I can use it again. On that same line of thought, this body was definitely not up to the task, like his older one had been, he'd have to train himself up again. He could barely use two chidori at this age without feeling totally drained, he could use a dozen when he was older before he even felt winded. He didn't feel completely pathetic though. He still has the Six Paths chakra in him, he could feel it. He was still strong. He wasn't getting around the retraining though.

Then his eyes faded back to their usual dark color. He was just about to turn back and look out the window when the door opened. In strode Sakura, the pink haired kunoichi. She was carrying a plate of apples for him, and smile when she saw him up.

"Oh, you're up. How are you feeling?" She asked timidly.

This was before she had come into her own, and before her training with Tsunade. She was beautiful though, Sasuke had been so foolish when he was younger. He had never appreciated her, he would do right by her this time though.

Sasuke smiled at her as she walked closer. Clearly she was taken aback by that, he didn't often smile at this point in his life, he really had been a brooding bastard, hadn't he? "Thank you, Sakura. Sit with me for a bit. I'd like to talk."

First chapter done. Thank you all for reading. I know it's short, the first chapter usually is. I'll keep updating if people like it though.