Chapter 9: Wave
The night before
Naruto stood at the Hokage's monument overlooking the whole village. The skies were clear and the village was full of life. Then he felt a familiar chakra signature, and turned around
"Why are you here, dad?"
He saw Boruto standing, blonde hair messy like he ran all the way here, clothes tattered like he was just in a major fight, his jougan was activated
"Because I'm here, what else?" Naruto said half-grinning, half-worried
"You can't be here" said Boruto with a look of guilt in his face
"And why not?" Naruto asked
"Because the world knows you're dead" Boruto whispered before dissapearing
Naruto then, with wide eyes, turned around and looked the village and saw the skies in a tinge of red and the whole village gone. He looked down and saw himself standing at the Hokage's monument... or what was left of it
Then he felt a sharp pain as he looked behind him. A man was standing, stabbing him with a kunai exactly at his heart. He fell down to the ground.
"W...Why?" Naruto said with each breath struggling
"To... let the world know, that you shouldn't take anything that's not theirs at the first place" the man said before ending with a maniacal grin, plunging the kunai at his face
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Couple of hours later, just outside of Konoha
Naruto relived and relived the dream that he had before he woken up and was very disturbed.
It was too real. Too familiar, to be just a dream and that was what disturbed Naruto to his core. Every part of Naruto screamed in defiance on what he saw. They wanted to help, yet couldn't. Was this a future in this new past?
Then he relived the scene with Boruto. The face, the clothes, the mere appearance of Boruto was so nostalgic and yet warned him. Would this be Boruto in his time? As a father and a leader, nothing would ever guilt him as a child growing into a war torn life.
Then he shook his head, ought to forget on what was in his head and tried to concentrate on what was happening now. He saw Tazuna and his other team mates and thought of their plan. It would be risky, funny, effective and would certainly manage to better the future
'Just one step at a time' Naruto thought as he grinned as he saw a familiar puddle
"Jonin-san, I would have thought your team would be much... nosier, considering their age"
Tazuna looked at the the Genin protecting him. They were all kids, but they all carried themselves adults, especially the blonde one called Naruto. It unnerved Tazuna to the second degree
"Don't worry Tazuna-san, they are ninjas. They are taking the mission seriously, which you should be grateful for" Kakashi said with an eye smile and a calculating tone. Tazuna blinked, then shooked his head. He'll probably won't understand ninjas anytime soon
They were in a diamond formation, Naruto in the back, as he was the team's powerhouse, and second team leader. Sasuke in the front to spot and deal with threats, finally, Kakashi and Sakura in the sides, to protect the client. Though, it was probably overkill since four kage level shinobis were protecting Tazuna. Ho, if anyone would dare fight them now.
As on cue, two shinobi rose up from the two puddles and procedded to hit Kakashi in the back with their chains proceeding to hit Kakashi and tore him to pieces
...or what should have happen if it weren't for Naruto suddenly stopping the chain with Light-speed, while Sakura and Sasuke appeared behind the two chuunin, kunai pointed at their necks.
Kakashi then turned around and looked at the two chuunin.
"The demon brothers! Oh! Pleased to make your acquiantance. I see you have met my children." Kakashi said cheerily and with an eye smile.
"Hatake Kakashi, of the Sharingan." One of the two spat while the other just glared at him
"Yes, that's me, and you two are the Demon Brothers of the Mist, Gozu and Meizu. Missing-nin who works with Momochi Zabuza, Demon of the mist. "
"You can fuck off, with those brats of yours" Gozu spat to Kakashi with venom
"Well, I'll let them choose" Kakashi said before turning around "They're my students afterall. My three perfect genins" he said before Sasuke and Sakura knocked them both out
Tazuna just looked at the scene in complete awe. Three children was capable of that? Clearly he underestimated them severly.
"So, Tazuna-san, would you mind explaining some things?" Kakashi said with a glare and a smile behind the mask.
In reality, they were all just having fun scaring the old man. Especially Naruto and Kakashi. This was one of the few things that made time travel fun
When he felt the crippling killing intent, he crumpled in fear and panic "W-what?! A-alright, s-stop it! I'll tell!" Tazuna said with a look of fear and panic within him from stopping himself from pissing
Kakashi and the rest of Team 7 listens to Tazuna's story of how Gatou wants to monopolize the Land of the Wave and how he terrorize the people of Wave.
"S-so... w-what will you do now, Jounin-san?" Tazuna asked when he noticed how silent Kakashi was and how intently he listened to his story
"For the extent of this mission, this is now classified as an A-rank. Naruto, you know what to do." Kakashi said nodding to Naruto, which made a shadow clone and ordered his clone to go to the opposite direction
"So, we're still goin?" Tazuna asked worried
"In reality Tazuna, we already know what was gonna happen and the truth, but we still wanted to continue so be grateful" Sasuke explained with a glare. Tazuna paled when he heard that but decided to stay quiet.
After Sakura looked if Tazuna was injured, they continued their way down the path. In the treeline besides them, a black and white manthing was watching them.
"Oh look, it's the 'stupid Kakashi' Obito used to talk about!" White Zetsu said humorly as he looked at the silver haired shinobi
"Do not mind him fool. The blonde is what we're after" Black Zetsu said to his counterpart. He had watched the encounter with the jinchuuriki and the two shinobis very closely and the results was something very surprising. Not that it mattered anyways.
"What are we gonna do now, Black Zetsu?" White Zetsu asked
"We watch"
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On an unknown cave, 8 figures were standing in 8 respective elevated stones
"Sasori, what's with the news of Suna lately?" Pein said
"It seems, Orochimaru won't continue his foolish invasion afterall" Sasori said with an amused tone
Pein took in the information with intense interest, his normally deadpan and aloof face now with a small menacing smile
"Is that so? "
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After a week of travelling, Tsunade and her assistant Shizune were now walking a familiar dirt path which opened into a familiar gate
"I still can't believe we're here, Tsunade-sama" Shizune admiring and being nostalgic, while she held her pet pig who was oinking in excitement
They continued walking until they got through the gate and past the two chuunin who was guarding the gate who noticed them
"Hey! You nee-!" Kotetsu managed to say before Izumo pulled him back
"You idiot, do you know who was that? That was Tsunade the Slug Princess, one of the three Sannin. She has every right to walk past us as any Sannin" Izumo said before leaning back to his seat with a wide eyed and embarrased Kotetsu
As Tsunade and Shizune continued walking the main path, many Shinobi recognized them and bowed in recognition, with Tsunade only nodding her head in reply. Then an ANBU suddenly appeared in front of them
"Tsunade-sama, Hokage-sama is looking for you"
"So the old geezer already found out? He works fast, as always. Tell him I'll be there" Tsunade said which the ANBU replied with a nod before dissapearing in a swirl of leaves. They continued walking until they had reached the Hokage's tower
'Never thought I'd see this building again' thought Tsunade as she remembered Pein's assault which caused the overall destruction of Konoha. They continued until they reached the Hokage's office
The office was clean, and old. Pictures of former Hokages in the wall at the door, the only signs of life were the strewn Papers at the desk and one Sarutobi Hiruzen
"Tsunade-hime, what a day to see you." Hiruzen with a small smile as he smoked from his pipe
Tsunade took a sharp breath as she stopped herself. Tsunade wasn't an emotional woman in any degree but to see her sensei after his long time death would make any person emotional.
She calmed herself before saying in a smirk "Surprise, Old man"
"So I hope... this visit would be permanent?" Hiruzen hoped as he proceeded to get a paper from his desk
"Well, it wou-" Tsunade started to say before suddenly the doors opened and a familiar blonde showed himself
"Jiji, we ha- Tsunade baa-chan?!" Naruto said in surprise as he saw the Blonde Medic-nin
"Naruto?!" Tsunade replied in surprise
"Naruto? I thought you were in a mission?" Hiruzen said as he realized who entered the door "And you know Tsunade too?"
"Uhhh..." Naruto said as he realized what was happening
"I met the brat in a bar not far from here" Tsunade said in a half-truth when she realized about the situation
Hiruzen raised his eyebrow before taking a puff from his pipe "Well anyways, why are you here Naruto?"
"Oh! The client lied to us. It's now an A-rank mission but we're still continuing!"
"Then I suppose that the Naruto I'm meeting is a shadow clone?"
Naruto saluted and a big grin on his face "Hai! But Kaka-sensei said to ask for help like another team or another Jounin."
Hiruzen nodded and called for an ANBU "Neko, get Kurenai and her team" Hiruzen said to Neko who nodded and dissapeared in a swirl of leaves
"Alright, I'm gonna go ahead and tell boss!" Said Naruto with a grin before dissapearing in a puff of smoke
Tsunade shooked her head "Naruto just being Naruto, being goofy"
"It seems the boy affected you in a way?" Hiruzen asked when he noticed the familiarity between them
"You have no idea, sensei"
Yo! Sorry for the short chapter but since it's exam week I need to concentrate there. But next week it'll be back to normal. My mind is like putty right now I can't just get motivated. Anyways! Hope you enjoyed!
