"We're alive," Naruto scoffed, his head buried in the crook of Yugito's neck. His arms wrapped around her waist tightly. She couldn't give less of a shit at this point. Within a five-feet radius, charred snow (what?) surrounded them. They were relatively safe.

"Did you just burn snow? What the fuck?" Naruto shoved Yugito off his lap. Her expression was thoughtful.

"That didn't really seem like an avalanche," she said. Yugito stood up, gazing into the distance pensively, "Let's go check it out," she pointed to the top of the mountain.

"As if I'm gonna listen to the girl who was reading the map upside down," he said, but nevertheless followed her. She began walking up the mountain, carefully controlling her chakra. Walking up a mountain was a lot harder than a tree.

"I sense people at the top," she said. Naruto blinked in confusion.

"Me too," he replied, "So? It's probably not important." But they were here, and if something was amiss, they might as well check it out, even if it was probably (hopefully) just Yugito's stupid curiosity.

Huffing, Naruto and Yugito climbed the final cliff and hauled themselves to the very top.

"Alright, dumbass. Lead the way," Naruto panted, clutching his knees in exhaustion. Matatabi whispered directions in Yugito's head, guiding her towards someplace.

It was an ominous-looking cave, scenic in an eerie way. Naruto had to crouch down a few inches while Yugito was just short enough to only need to look out for stalactites. It was incredibly narrow, so they squirmed side in. Maybe it was idiocy to venture through an unknown cave on top of a freezing-cold mountain.

"If you really wanna find these mysterious people, I'm telling you that they're either cannibals or none of our business," Naruto's annoying voice echoed on the cave walls, chilling Yugito to her core. She made a shushing motion. If Matatabi was directing her, she had to persist.

Finally, the cave widened, giving them plenty of room to breathe and move. Yugito noted down the fact that strange engravings on the cave walls started to appear. As they progressed, the engravings got deeper and deeper and more and more distinct until they literally emitted a pale blue light. Ancient, runic, glowing characters were carved into the cave walls.

"I'm terrified," Yugito accidentally whispered. The echoing reduced, given the increased volume of space.

"Shut up, I'm trying to read," Naruto whispered back.

"You can read ancient runic?" Yugito asked, awed.

"What did I just say?"

"Sorry."

Naruto, when apparently finished, withheld himself from gouging his eyes out.

"Fuck." This was all he said, piquing Yugito's curiosity. She looked at him expectantly.

"This is bad," he frowned, "This is really, really bad. What the fuck is going on?"

"What does it say?" The curiosity was killing her. They made eye contact. His blue, blue eyes could be unnerving. She tried to read them for any hint. They didn't budge. Was the situation really that alarming?

"These characters are something only a skilled dimension hopper can read," he admitted, offering her a tidbit of information. She picked up that it was written by a dimension hopper. Did they have some kind of secret language or something? "And the meaning of these characters are kind of alarming."

"Not to me though," Naruto smirked nonchalantly, "I can escape this anytime I want." He frowned again, "But it's bad news for everyone else here." His secretive nature was starting to piss Yugito off for the billionth time. She snatched his collar, shoving him to the wall. He probably could've fought her off, but for whatever reason, didn't.

"Just tell me what's going on. Please." There was a pleading hint in her voice which satisfied Naruto. And it made him pity her just a little.

"Fine," he acquiesced, enveloping her hand with his own and gently removing it from his collar.

"It seems that we have a serial bomber on the loose." Naruto wore a big smile. "Sasuke mentioned nukes in Danzo's heart earlier. And the destruction in the other dimension. I'm pretty sure that was a bomb." Yugito blinked in confusion. She needed a second to comprehend the magnitude of this.

"Are you saying that someone is going around planting nukes in random dimensions?" She desperately wanted to be wrong. Unfortunately, Naruto just smiled even wider: a not very good sign.

"Yeah. I suppose that megalomaniac from earlier is a bit more serious than we thought."

"We have to stop them," Yugito declared with much conviction. It was almost comedic how naive she was. Naruto chuckled.

"We? You mean you. I can just run away every time a bomb goes off," It was almost cute how she was determined to not let billions of people die.

"I live here, dumbass," she retorted, knowing what he was thinking. Of course she wanted to 'save' this place by deactivating planted nukes or whatever. The weirdness of the situation still hadn't gotten to her.

"How do I deactivate it?" Her eyes glowed with determination that Naruto thought was misplaced.

"Oh, it's not that hard. Probably. I don't know. But there's gotta be like fifty other bombs. So, if you want to save just this dimension, you have a lot to do."

Naruto was about to tease her more when several shouting cacophonies resounded. Instead, she pressed herself close to him, working a simple genjutsu designed to go unnoticed. Somebody - or something - was coming.

Sasuke happily signed over the deed to his mansion. Obito was delighted, jumping around in glee.

"I can't believe you're giving me your mansion for free. You're the coolest Uchiha ever!" Obito beamed. The tens of Uchiha surrounding them narrowed their eyes, feeling a pang of jealousy.

"But," Obito immediately deflated, "I'm sad you're leaving." He nobly patted his chest, "Although, I endeavour to be resilient." This kid changed moods quicker than anybody (except Naruto).

"Sure," Sasuke said, patting Obito's head affectionately, "Be responsible with it though. It's legally yours, but that doesn't mean the ghosts will accept you." He watched Obito's happy expression falter at the mention of ghosts. This was so amusing.

"G-ghosts?" The boy stuttered in fearfulness for a second before brightening again, "If the ghosts give me any shit, I'll kick their arses."

Sasuke was about to berate Obito for language before realising this kid was literally a child soldier. Obito was currently gobbling up a cookie while raving about how cool Sasuke was.

Itachi stalked up to Sasuke, ignoring Obito entirely. He held up a chess board, looking at him cutely.

"May we play?" he asked. Sasuke didn't hesitate before nodding. Itachi veiled a small smile and set up the board, assigning Sasuke black and himself white.

He was a remarkable player for a child. Sasuke, knowing Itachi wouldn't appreciate it, didn't go easy on him. This way would allow him room to improve. A few minutes into the game, the rest of the Uchiha watched the game closely, scrutinising it. Fugaku allowed Itachi a few games before picking him up and setting him aside.

"Alright, Sasuke. My turn," his father smiled, resetting the pieces. Sasuke smirked in reply. He never got to play with his father before now. The game was tough, just as tough as he expected. Sasuke had to push his brain to be able to beat Fugaku. It ended in thirty minutes. Reluctantly, with an eye on the clock, they agreed to play another game. This time, Fugaku won.

"You're brilliant," Fugaku complimented. His expression remained impassive, but Sasuke caught a happy flicker in his eyes. And that made him happy.

That, in turn, made Sasuke wary of his own happiness. The longer he spent here, the better he felt, and the more he wanted to stay. For a moment, Sasuke entertained the possibility of staying.

Omake

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" a young Jiraiya yelled, slamming his bloody thumb on the grass. It didn't matter whether he had a summoning contract or not - something, anything, had to appear! Jiraiya watched eagerly as pink and purple bubbles frothed up from the spot. Man, his new creature sure was taking its time.

"Who are you?" The creature bellowed, halfway through materialising. If Jiraiya was to guesstimate, then it was a horse of sorts. Or a pony. A really, really pretty pony.

"Yes, a pony!" Jiraiya celebrated, pumping his fist in the air, "What can you do? Can you shoot lasers? Can you summon fire? Can you teleport?"

It finished materialising. It was a horse, albeit one with cool wings and a horn - a unicorn! Jiraiya had summoned a mythical creature. He always knew he was amazing. Nevermind the fact that the unicorn had a purple coat and purple eyes and a purple mane with pink streaks. And some weird tattoo on its flank, like a star.

"Actually, I can," the unicorn admitted, "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I'm the Princess of Friendship," she declared proudly. Jiraiya blinked in confusion.

"Wow, I summoned horse royalty! You're gonna love it here," he said.

"Will you help me fight my enemies so I can become a great ninja?" Jiraiya widened his eyes in a way that he knew adults loved. He could tell that he was getting to the Pony Princess' heart.

"Now, now, human," she spoke softly and kindly, "We shouldn't be killing our enemies. We should make friends with them!"

Jiraiya squinted. Man, Pony Princess didn't know anything, did she? Maybe he ought to educate her.

"Let me show you around, Your Highness."