There were certain limits to what a human can know. A limit to the knowledge that they could gain. For in the wrong hands, the knowledge could be a devastating tool. One that could decimate all. One of these knowledge was the knowledge of the future. It was not to be known by any man. Prophecies and Divinations were merely a shroud. They were see through and no one could easily find the real meaning to them. But there were times when an exception was made. This was one of those times.
There was a sound of multiple bodies hitting the ground, each one making a sound of protest. They all disentangled themselves slowly, red hitting white, pink hitting blonde before pink fawned over black which made black inch away from pink. Only to get tackled by another blonde. The sound of someone clearing his voice, quite loudly at that, made them all stop and stare at him.
"Those eyes" the man with the white thought in awe. A similar thought went through all the adults in the room. The younger ones though just looked at the man dumbly.
"No Ojii-chan. Who are you?" the blonde knucklehead asked, making the white haired, ripple eyed man chuckle.
"I am Hagoromo Ĺtsutsuki. Or as the people commonly refer to me, The Sage of Six Paths" he introduced himself. Receiving stunned silence form the group he was about to continue, he was once more interrupted.
"The Sage of what?" the blonde asked once more.
"Not important" the man shook his head. The younger generation would not know much about him. Him being referred to as a myth and all. "I have brought many people here from different times" the old man spoke. "And once a light falls on you, you will be able to see the person. Before that, they will remain hidden"
"Why not show us right away?" the dark haired boy with a fan symbol on his back grunted.
"Spoilers" the man answered simply, making the boy grunt once more. "You have all been brought here to witness the future. And I know you have many questions. The gods themselves have helped me with this. This world is an alternate reality where time does not exist. You will all be returned to your own time when you are done. And no time would have passed in your reality"
"But why show us this?" the oldest from both group asked. "And wouldn't knowing about our future have an adverse effect? Wouldn't it risk us all?"
"Not when the gods have agreed" the sage shook his head. "The gods themselves have agreed to my reasoning so this is a onetime exception. To better a future that has been torn apart by war. Now I shall let you introduce yourselves before we begin. It will be important about what you learn. So please do not slack off. You especially Naruto" the boy in question squawked in protest and the light fell on him first.
"Well my Name is Naruto Uzumaki! And I want to be Hokage da'ttebayo!" the blonde grinned. That introduction earned him a hit on the head from a pinkette who the light shone on next. At the same time, two people stared at the now visible blonde with wide eyes. Could he be?
"Nobody asked baka!" the pinkette screeched. "And I'm Sakura Haruno" the pinkette introduced herself, doing a complete 180 of her personality.
"Uchiha Sasuke" the dark haired boy grunted, sounding a little too proud of his last name. The introduction made Sakura and a blonde girl swoon while an older woman and an older man looked at the boy closely.
"H-Hinata Hyuga" the shy white eyed girl said, voice almost unheard. She stole a secret glance towards Naruto who was nursing his injured head.
"Kiba Inuzuka!" the feral looking boy grinned, his partner yapping after. "And this is Akamaru!" Another feral looking individual gave the boy a close look.
"Shino Aburame" the boy in hood nodded. He too got a curious look from a hooded man.
"Shikamaru Nara" the lazy pineapple headed boy grumbled. This made another pineapple headed person grumble while his teammates chuckled.
"Ino Yamanaka" the blonde haired green eyed girl introduced herself, inching closer to Sasuke who looked ready to bolt. This made a blonde haired, ponytailed man sigh.
"Choji Akimichi" the thick boned boy of the group muttered, munching on his chips. This made another thick boned man chuckle.
"Neji Hyuga" the constipated faced boy grunted.
"TenTen!" the girl with buns introduced herself with a grin.
"YOSH! I AM ROCK LEE AND THE FLAMES OF YOUTH SHALL CHANGE THE FUTURE FOR THE BETTER!" the green spandex clad male shouted, making another green spandex clad person cry.
"LEE"
"GAI SENSEI"
"LEE'
"GAI SENSEI"
"OH GOD WHAT IS THIS" Naruto screamed in horror, speaking the thoughts of every person in the room as the genjutsu of two men hugging in front of a sunset came into play.
"Oh god there's two of them" two young shinobi thought with a shiver.
"YOSH! MAITO GAI! KONOHA'S SUBLIME GREEN BEAST!" the older spandex wearing male exclaimed with joy.
"Kurenai Yuhi" the woman with red eyes nodded slowly, inching away from Gai.
"Asuma Sarutobi" the man with a cigarette in his mouth nodded. He was being studied by another male with a small soft smile.
"Yo! Hatake Kakashi" the eye patch wearing male held up a victory sign. 'GAH! CURSE YOU HIP AND COOL ATTITUDE!" Gai exclaimed in horror while a few people from another time looked at Kakashi critically.
"Now" the sage said with a little sigh. Even now, Gai and Lee made a spectacle. Not good nor bad. Just, they made something. "The people who would be coming would be from the past. So please refrain yourself from spoiling their future" the sage said slowly, tapping Naruto with the end of his staff.
"Yak! What was that for!?"
"To keep you mum. You of all people can't keep your mouth shut" the sage said slowly, making the blonde pout. He then pointed to another spiky haired blonde with blue eyes.
"Minato Namikaze" said blonde nodded. All eyes from the future were on him. Especially those of hero worship from the young blonde and disbelief for the silver haired male.
"Obito Uchiha" the goggled wearing boy grinned. This made Kakashi's hand almost shake.
"Rin Nohara" the girl with marks on her cheek smiled.
Kakashi just stared at them in disbelief while they stared at him in confusion. He looked away when Gai put a hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze and a nod of his head. "Changing everything. If they are here, things will change" Kakashi thought with a determined look. Though he couldn't do anything in that regard, he was sure his sensei would.
"Kushina Uzumaki" the red head said with a smile. Naruto's head snapped over to the redhead and just looked at her. But he couldn't speak his mind thanks to the old man. But he had a feeling about her.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi" the oldest in the room said, earning himself a disbelieving look from Asuma. Which he returned with a smile. "You look young old man" Asuma chuckled. "I am from the past" Hiruzen chuckled softly as well.
"I am the Gallant Jiraiya of Mount Myoboku!" the white hair man introduced himself and was promptly decked into the ground by the busty blonde.
"Stop with that introduction and just introduce yourself normally for once. Tsunade Senju" said woman growled while the rest sweat dropped at her.
"Fugaku Uchiha. And this is my wife Mikoto Uchiha" the head of the Uchiha clan grunted. Both he and his wife looked at Sasuke curiously when they noticed him stiffen.
"Shikaku Nara"
"Inoichi Yamanaka"
"Chouza Akimichi"
"Our dads look so-" Chouji started, putting a chip in his mouth. "Young" Ino finished while Shikamaru just sighed.
"Hiyashi Hyuga. And my brother Hizashi" the head of the Hyuga family said calmly. Hizashi noticed the tensing in Neji's posture and just frowned to himself.
"Tsume Inuzuka" the feral woman said with a grin.
"Shibi Aburame" the older hooded male nodded.
"With all those done" the sage clapped his hands and chairs appeared behind the crowd and a screen appeared behind him. "Please be seated" the sage smiled.
Naruto frowned as he looked at all the people sit with their respective parents and friends. Even Sasuke was sat with his parents. Though he was stiff and all. He did not know where he could sit and no one called him over to sit either.
"Ne Naruto-kun" Kushina's voice drew him out of his thoughts. He looked over at the redhead who was patting the seat between her and Minato, the fourth Hokage. "Come here" she said softly with a smile.
Naruto just stared at her blankly for a moment, not entirely sure if he should. Shrugging he walked over and just sat calmly while the ones around his age from his time just looked at the scene incredulously. Why did the fourth to be and that red haired woman call Naruto of all people over? Well Shikamaru, Sasuke and Neji had an idea. But they wouldn't vocalize it just yet. Not without proof.
The reactions from the younger generation, especially Naruto did garner some thought from the older ones. They knew right away who Naruto was. The similarities were just too prominent for them to not figure it out. But the children did not know. Why was that? What had happened?
"Ne teme" Obito poked Kakashi who jumped slightly. The older man had been pulled to sit in between his former teammates, right close to his sensei and wife to be.
"Hm?" Kakashi asked, turning to face his dead teammate, He needed to hide his emotions. No spoilers as the sage had said. Plus he couldn't break here. Not now.
"Naruto. Doesn't he know who his parents are?" Obito asked. Kakashi only stared at his teammate. Obito could be really observant sometimes. Sometihing he had almost forgotten. "I think you'll get your answer soon" Kakashi just said softly, ruffling Obito's hair.
"Ack! Teme!" Obito groused, slapping his hand away. "You're way too relaxed in the future. What happened to make you like his?" Obito raised an eyebrow.
"A lot" Kakashi thought. But externally he just eye smiled at his teammate.
The sage cleared his throat and they all turned to him. "Now that you're all seated and ready. Let us begin" the man declared and vanished.
The screen behind him fizzled slightly and for a moment they saw the glimpse of a one eyed giant beast wreaking havoc on an army before it faded to black and the viewing began in full force.