Naruto and Sakura's five year mission

by Cmartin-Panda Productions

After several months of recovering from being taken hostage by the Borg, Starfleet want's Picard to have a pair of bodyguards on hand at all times. What he didn't expect, was getting those two bodyguards from a pre-warp planet full of Humans. The two 20 year old ANBU veterans, Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno, embark on a new adventure across the stars.

23. Chapter 23: Back to the Past

Author's Note from Panda: Shoot, I forgot to thank Bradw316 for beta reading this and the previous chapter. Better late than never I guess.

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Back on the Enterprise, Picard had called an emergency meeting between all his head officers.

"Naruto has got us by the balls on this one." Riker summed up.

"Quite right..." Picard mused. "Any suggestions?"

"Give him what he wants?" Geordi suggested. "We need that ore immediately or we are never getting home. Not in our lifetime anyway."

"It is against the Prime Directive." Worf said.

"About that. Our Naruto had a valid point." Picard started. "We could very well be the only Federation ship in this universe. that being said, the Prime Directive may not exist here."

"The Prime Directive was created to safeguard less technologically advanced cultures from destroying themselves with advanced technology. If we give them warp technology we are inviting the same risks." Crusher argued.

"I'm well aware of that, Doctor. I have made the same point painfully clear to this universes Ninja. However, if we want to make it home before our window of opportunity collapses, we may not have a choice."

"I would think you would be the most vocal about maintaining the Prime Directive at any cost." Crusher said.

"We could give them fake warp technology. Enough that it looks like the real McCoy until we can make our repairs and escape to our universe." Riker suggested.

Picard considered it for a moment and shook his head. "No. That would almost ensure their destruction. These people are also a lot smarter than they appear."

"Yeah, we could have told you that." Sakura said.

"I'm so mad at myself right now." Naruto said.

"What would you suggest?" Picard asked Naruto.

Naruto seemed to snap back to attention. "We can't give him the warp technology. If it leads this planet to ruin, I won't allow that to happen."

"Here here." Sakura said.

Picard considered this. "Geordi, Data, when is the absolute deadline that you would need the Titanium in order to repair the ship? How long do we have to negotiate?"

"We could afford a day...maybe two at most." Geordi said.

"The wormhole collapse has not changed in speed." Data said.

"How long would it take for them to ship all 2 kilo-tons to us?" Troi asked.

"It would be fair to expect a day." Sakura admitted.

"So we absolutely have to reach a deal by tomorrow." Riker said.

"It won't happen." Naruto said. "My counterpart is firm on his decision and will not accept no for an answer."

"Couldn't we just give them a non-functional core from one of our type 7 shuttles that got destroyed in the crash?" Sakura asked.

"That would reduce the risk of danger significantly." Riker mused.

"It would reduce the immediate risk of casualties by 74.8 percent." Data confirmed.

"We're not putting anyone's life in danger." Naruto stated firmly. He might not have had the authority to dictate that, but no one was going to argue with his moral compass.

Picard inhaled deeply. "Naruto...do you remember when Ambassador Spock came aboard our ship when it was launched? He coined the Vulcan phrase, 'The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few.'

"Do you know how many people live in the Leaf?" Naruto asked. "Because I asked my counterpart. He tells me millions."

Sakura's eyes went wide.

"We are the few in this instance." Naruto said.

"Well, wait a minute. Maybe there is another way." Sakura spoke up.

All eyes turned on the Medical Lieutenant.

"Let's just give him the secrets to creating warp drive."

"We just finished arguing about why we can't do that." Riker said.

"Let me finish Commander. We put the blueprints and data pertaining to creating warp in a box with a special combination lock that will only open when they solve a complex equation. One that only those of us here can solve." Sakura explained.

"You mean as a test for their people. If they can solve the equation, they can be trusted with warp technology." Crusher summarized.

"Exactly. Think of it as a highly advanced Rubix Cube." Sakura said proudly.

"I could create such an equation that would be essential for utilizing warp drive propulsion." Data said.

"The proper intermix ratio to a stable warp field." Geordi suggested.

"That could also work. An answer they could type in with a number pad." Sakura said.

Picard nodded. "Data, get to work on that."

"Yes, Captain." Data said.

"God, I love your big, beautiful brain." Naruto praised. He loved it when Sakura showed off her smartness.

Sakura smirked and winked at Naruto.

Picard stood up and straightened his uniform. "If that is all, Naruto, Sakura, with me. Everyone else is dismissed."

The rest of the commanders nodded before standing up and heading out the door. Leading Naruto and Sakura to believe that they were in for another scolding.

"I believe I still owe you two that steak dinner." Picard smirked lightly.

They both blinked before Naruto remembered something. "You promised us that...a year ago?"

"Was it that long? Well, I guess this is well overdo. Come with me to my quarters. There are other matters we need to discuss."

"Hey, are you sure you don't want to join us for some Ichiraku's Ramen? We gotta show you this." Naruto said.

"Oh, no thank you. Oriental never agreed with me."

"You're gonna want to give this one a second chance." Naruto insisted.

"Not today, Naruto. Maybe another day."

"Swear to Sage, fine. But the day we get back to our Element, whenever that day comes. You are eating at Ichiraku's with us. Everybody is." Naruto decided.

Picard chuckled. "And when did you become Captain?"

"Hey, who's the Hokage here?"

"Not you." Sakura teased.

"Closest thing we've got."

"Yeah..." Sakura sighed.

"Alright, as the Hokage on deck, I suppose we can sample this steak dinner." Naruto said.

"Splendid. I believe I still have a bottle of the old vintage as well."

"Cool. We'll go grab Chiyo and meet you there." Naruto said.

"Clean up a little bit while you're at it. Your uniforms look dirty." Picard smirked before taking his leave.

"We were kind of in a ship crash." Sakura said.

"I just hope the showers still work." Naruto said before sniffing his pits and then turning green.

"Same...hey, let's have a quickie before going to get Chiyo." Sakura smirked. Naruto sputtered. It had been so long that it was surprising that she would suggest it out of the blue like that. He actually froze in place.

"Well...?" Sakura pressed, rubbing her leg against his crotch.

"Do you want it before or after the shower." Naruto said, regaining his mojo.

"During." She whispered into his ear.

Naruto wrapped her up in a hug and Thunder God Flashed them both back to their quarters.

"Undress me with your teeth..." Sakura whispered.

"Anything for you, my insatiable vixen." Naruto smirked as he found the zipper to her officer's outfit and found his nose tracing down her sides. Inhaling her musty skin finally exposed to the outside world. It was more intoxicating than anything Picard kept in cold storage.

"Skip the foreplay and get me out of this uniform..."

"No. We foxes like to savor our food." Naruto said as his fingers slipped their way into her pants.

As soon as he touched her the right way, she squealed. It had been too long since she had this feeling.

"You know something great about having children that no one ever talks about?" Naruto asked as he pushed Sakura up against the wall and buried his face in her breasts.

"Mhn...w-what..."

"Your boobs get bigger." Naruto said as he relished feeling their soft squishy goodness pressed against his eyes and forehead.

"Mmmm...yeah...y-ya know...my counterpart...is j-jealous of me..."

"Don't think about her right now." Naruto said. "Think about me."

"I-I'm...saying because...oh god...she wants...you..."

"She wants me? Specifically?" Naruto asked giddily. The prospect of having two different Sakura's in bed with him excited him. He could see them both now, on the bed, kneeling, their bodies facing each other but both their eyes on him. This older Sakura was definitely a bit more plump than his Sakura, but that just meant there was more to love.

"Well...she is considering it. The Sasuke in this world isn't around a lot."

"I mean, I'd do anything for you, Sakura-chan. But she's married."

"She's also from a different universe."

"That doesn't matter."

"Need I also remi-hiiind...oh right there..." Sakura stumbled over her words when Naruto inserted two fingers into her dripping wet folds.

"No more talking about hypothetical. Let's focus on the physical." Naruto whispered.

"Hmhmmmm..." Sakura moaned. God she missed this.

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After close to an hour, a much needed shower and an even more needed personal time, Sakura and Naruto emerged from their quarters both feeling more refreshed than they have in months.

"Now where is Chiyo?" Naruto asked.

"With the Adams." Sakura smiled, her red evening gown swishing around as she walked.

Naruto grinned as she walked. Sakura always looked beautiful in anything she wore, but this dress, it had a little tail made of a sash that really complimented the motion of her caboose.

"Wait a minute, I just remembered something." Sakura spoke up.

"What is it?" Naruto asked, his eyes still hypnotized by her walk.

"There is no place to set Chiyo down in Picard's quarters."

"Does the ship not have baby seats? Actually, is Chiyo old enough for a high chair?" Naruto said before thinking about it. "No, she's not. What am I thinking?"

"Shit...we didn't even think of this..." Sakura cursed.

"Let me send a clone to grab one of our seats from our room." Naruto said.

"Alright, you do that. Let's just go grab Chiyo and head to our dinner." Sakura said.

Naruto nodded and created a single clone to go grab Chiyo's seat while they continued on to the Adam's quarters. Luckily, they weren't far. They were just around the corridor down the hall from their living quarters. Sakura rang the doorbell that chimed on the other side.

"Enter!" They heard Jack call from the other side. Naruto and Sakura walked in to see Amanda Adams cradling a crying Chiyo.

"Uh-oh...sounds like someone is cranky." Sakura smiled as she walked over and carefully took Chiyo from Amanda.

"Have you seen Sally? She's been gone a while." Jack asked.

"No, we haven't." Sakura said.

"Where did she say she was going?" Naruto asked.

"She said she wanted to see the village but hasn't come back yet." Amanda informed, alarming Naruto and Sakura almost immediately.

"Oh crap, it's getting dark." Naruto said, quickly loosening his tie.

Sakura tapped her combadge. "Sakura to Picard."

"Sakura...I expected you almost half an hour ago." Picard said good naturedly.

"The dinner is going to have to wait. We have an emergency." Sakura informed seriously before handing Chiyo back to Amanda. "Sally Adams is missing. Reports from her parents indicate that she may have gone to the Leaf Village."

"I'm going searching for her." Naruto said as he sprinted outside while leaving behind a Shadow Clone to gather Nature Chakra for him.

"Both of you go. You know this planet far better than we do. If you need additional assistance, let me know." Picard said.

"Understood. Sakura out." Sakura took off running after Naruto to help search. If she was hurt, she would need immediate medical attention.

By the time Naruto had leapt out of the ship to the surface of the lake his Shadow Clone had killed itself, transferring all its Sage chakra to Naruto, allowing him to activate his Sage mode and begin to sense everything in his surroundings. Just like he feared, Sally wasn't anywhere near the ship, but she was a smart enough kid not to get lost when looking for a city. Curse her for begging to be taught how to walk on water and leap through trees. She could be anywhere in the city by now.

"Naruto wait up!" Sakura called out to him, noting that he was pulling away from her.

"Sakura, she's gotta be at the village by now! I can't sense her anywhere else!" Naruto shouted.

Sakura dug deep and poured on the speed.

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Meanwhile, deep in the maze-like alleyways of the Hidden Leaf Village, one little girl was having the time of her life jumping from one wall to another.

"Wa-hoooo!" Sally screamed as she built up enough momentum to leap over the bustling city street. Over dozens of dinnertime shoppers. She then started wall running on the side of the next alley over. Bobbing and weaving through the fire escapes. Ever since she had mastered the tree climbing technique she had been taught by Sakura on how to use her chakra to do all kinds of tricks. From walking on water to leaping higher than any adult ever could. She could even hang upside down without worry. And this city, it was jungle gym for people who knew the tricks that Sally knew. After months on end of being stuck inside the glorified tin can called the Enterprise, this was heaven.

"Hey kid, get down from there!" One disgruntled shopkeeper shouted.

Sally quickly leapt off the wall and headed deeper into the city. She didn't want to get in trouble with her parents, but surely, they wouldn't miss her if she was only gone for...however long she was gone for. She honestly hadn't kept track. Although it was getting dark...

"Oh hey, a park." She said aloud at the sight of a break from all the buildings was a three-block section of thick forest. In the center of that, was a spot cleared of all trees, but filled with the coolest looking playground that Sally had ever seen.

The inner child in Sally couldn't help herself. It had been ages since she had been on the swings and they were calling her name. Thankfully they were all free. Save for that one at the very end with that moopey looking girl in the pink hoodie.

The girl in the pink hoodie looked up at the sound of a new set of footsteps coming towards her.

"Hi, my name's Sally." Sally smiled, her blue and green eyes flashing with the light of the street lamps.

"Himawari..." The girl said sadly.

"Hi Himawari. What'cha doin' out here?" Sally asked as she jumped back into the swing next to Himawari so that they could better talk.

"My big brother is mad at me..." Himawari sniffed.

"What? Why is he mad?" Sally asked, so very heartbroken.

"I don't know...he came home and I greeted him like I always do and he yelled at me..."

"Well that was mean of him." Sally declared as she kicked out her feet to start swinging.

"But he's never like that...not to me..."

"Then why'd he do that? You didn't do anything wrong." Sally said, pondering this conundrum.

"I...I didn't?" Himawari asked, pulling off her hood.

"Not as far as I can tell. He was just being stupid. Sakura always tells me that boys can be stupid a lot. But we can't hold it against them." Sally said as she swung to the highest point.

"Sakura-san said that?" Himawari asked, surprised this unknown girl with the strange name even knew who the village's Head Medic was.

"Yeah. Do you know her? She's my best friend." Sally said before leaping off the swings and landing a corkscrew backflip on the landing.

"She's the Head Medic of Konoha...but I've never seen you before."

"I'm new in town." Sally said, trying to remember the Prime Directive that she was always taught in school. She looked over to get a good look at Himawari's face and nearly gasped. On her cheeks were two distinctive whisker marks.

"Hey I know those marks!" Sally exclaimed, pointing at Himawari's face.

"My birthmarks?" Himawari asked. "Yeah, everyone does. My daddy is the Hokage."

"No, I've seen those on Naruto. My other best friend." Sally declared.

"I know. He's my daddy."

"He's your daddy, no way!" Sally exclaimed. "He never told me he had a daughter. Er, or a second daughter." She smiled brightly. This was awesome. She loved seeing Chiyo, and now Chiyo had an older sister. And a brother too. Sally could meet them both.

"Huh? He doesn't." Himawari said in confusion.

"Yes he does. Where have you been? He had Chiyo like forever ago." Sally said.

"Who's Chiyo?" Himawari asked. "I think you got my daddy confused with someone else."

"No. Naruto has three whisker marks on his cheeks. And Chiyo has three whisker marks too. Sakura told me it wasn't genetics. That had more to do with her hair." Sally said.

"Her what?" Himawari asked.

"Genetics. Its that stuff that help mixes up parts of your mommy and daddy to make you. Although its weird. If you are Naruto's daughter, why do you only have two whisker marks?"

"I don't know." Himawari said as she self-consciously rubbed her cheeks.

"Well whatever, do you want to play tag?"

"Um, I guess so." Himawari decided.

Sally ran up to Himawari and booped her on the nose. "Tag, you're it."

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Meanwhile, in another part of the village not too far away, Himawari's mother, Hinata, was searching frantically for her youngest child, worried sick for her safety.

"Ow, Mom, let go!" Boruto cried as Hinata dragged him through the streets by the ear.

"No buts! You shouted at your sister for no reason and made her run away!" Hinata snapped.

"I didn't mean to!"

"No, but once again you let your temper get the better of you. You'd better hope and pray that Himawari is alright." Hinata lectured.

"I do, I do!" Boruto insisted, truly. If anything happened to his baby sister because of him. He felt sick to his stomach. Mom could rip his ear off and it would hurt less.

Hinata activated her Byakugan again to scan their surroundings. The dense urban jungle always made using her All-seeing eye difficult. There were just so many walls and so many people that spotting any one was like looking for a needle in a scrap metal pile.

Her vision caught a break when she was a couple of blocks from 3 Block Park, one of the laziestly named Parks in the entire downtown area. She immediately zeroed in on two girls playing with one another. One of them was a girl maybe 7 or 8, with blond hair and strange clothes that Hinata had never seen before. The other was...

"Himawari!" Hinata cried, even though from the outside it looked like she was staring at a concrete wall.

"You found her?" Boruto exclaimed.

"I did. The 3 Block Park." Hinata said as she leapt into the air.

Boruto followed closely behind her as they navigated through the streets. Even when the park was in sight Hinata didn't relax. Not until her baby was safely in her arms. That was when she noticed two figures leaping into the park ahead of her. Both familiar looking. One with a head of pink hair and the other a head of spiky blond hair.

"Naruto-kun?"

"Huh? Dad's here?" Boruto asked as the two of them rushed to the playground. Expecting to see Naruto and Sakura surrounding Himawari with concerned hugs. Instead they saw the two of them ignoring Himawari completely and embracing the other girl.

"Naruto-kun! What are you doing?!" Hinata snapped, enraged that he would ignore their daughter, whom Hinata embraced with relief that she was okay.

"Huh? Hinata?" Naruto exclaimed, looking at her like he hadn't seen her for a year. And not under great circumstances.

Hinata saw Naruto and immediately noticed that he looked a lot different than this morning. It was almost like he got several years younger.

"Hinata, wait, it's not what you think." Naruto said as Hinata noticed Sakura was wearing a cocktail gown. Something way more risqué than Hinata ever knew her to wear. And what was she doing with Naruto? Her husband.

"A-are you CHEATING ON ME?!" Hinata shouted, her face emanating pure rage.

Naruto and Sakura backed up. Neither one of them had ever seen Hinata so furious. They didn't even know she could do furious. For the first time since the Chunin Exams, Naruto felt fear underneath the gaze of the Byakugan.

"How could you? And with Sakura of all people. Sakura, I never suspected this from you. My friend!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Mom, it's not what you think!" Boruto shouted, coming to the two Starfleet officer's rescue.

"We've been together for 15 years! Two children! And you're just throwing it all away to be with your old flame?!" Hinata shouted, her anger beginning to boil over. She looked at Sakura with utter hatred. For this, she was going to spill blood tonight.

"MOM!" Boruto shouted.

"WHAT?!" Hinata snapped.

"That's not dad or Mrs. Uchiha! They're from another universe!"

"A wha-?" Hinata exclaimed before taking another look at the duo. They were still Naruto and Sakura, without a doubt, but they were both at least a decade younger. And looking closer, Hinata saw that Naruto's right hand wasn't bandaged. He was also much younger than her Naruto with longer hair. A quick glance with her Byakugan confirmed that they weren't wearing a transformation jutsu. He was Naruto, but he wasn't her Naruto. Naruto wasn't cheating on her.

"Oh...oh dear... I'm... I'm so sorry about that..." Hinata blushed, completely embarrassed at her actions.

"It's alright." The not Naruto said, relaxing his guard just a bit.

"Naruto, do you know this scary lady?" Sally asked, pointing at Hinata.

Hinata felt like burying herself into the biggest hole she could find she was so mortified.

"That is Hinata." Naruto said. "Our old friend."

"Isn't she the lady you dumped like hot garbage?" Sally asked, reciting what she had heard in school from her other friends.

"I...I what...?" Hinata gasped out.

"Sally, no, I wouldn't word it that way." Naruto faltered.

"Wait a minute..." Hinata spoke up, getting Naruto's attention. "Are we...not together where you're from...?" She choked out.

"We...were together." Naruto tried to explain.

"Mommy, what's going on?" Himawari asked, thinking she heard her parents say that they weren't together anymore.

"Nothing, sis. I'll explain everything later." Boruto said.

Sakura sighed heavily. "Maybe this isn't a conversation to have in front of children."

"I'm sorry. We have to go." Hinata said as she took Himawari and Boruto's hands and dragged them away. Not before seeing the matching wedding rings on Naruto and Sakura's fingers.

"Hinata, wait!" Naruto shouted with that same voice that Hinata knew so well. She couldn't help herself, she stopped dead in her tracks. He sounded just like her husband, it tugged at her heart.

"Please, Hinata, join us on our ship. We can explain everything to you there." Naruto begged.

"Ship?" Hinata asked in confusion.

Sakura nodded before tapping her combadge that Boruto had seen already, but Hinata had no idea what it was. "Sakura to Enterprise. 6 to beam directly to our quarters."

"Wait, hold on." Naruto said as he quickly drew a Thunder God seal on the ground. It glowed a golden yellow before vanishing. "That run through the woods is getting annoying."

"Alright. Transport." Sakura ordered. In an instant, all six of them were surrounded by a blue light before dematerializing and reappearing inside a rather large and spacious living room.

"Whoa!" Boruto exclaimed.

"Naruto, have a clone take Sally back to her parents and bring Chiyo home." Sakura said.

"Chiyo?" Himawari asked.

"Our daughter." Sakura informed.

"Can I get her instead?" Sally asked.

"Your parents are worried sick about you. I think it's best that you go home so they aren't so worried." Sakura suggested.

"But I didn't mean to. I just wanted to see your village."

"It's not our village, Sally. Ever heard of multiverse theory?" Sakura asked.

"Oh yeah...I think I have."

"We are in another universe. One where Naruto and I didn't get together." Sakura said.

"Oh...so this isn't really your village then."

"No. Not technically."

"Oh..." Sally said, disappointed that she didn't get to see their actual village and upset that she worried her parents for nothing.

"One day we'll introduce you to our village, Sally. We promise." Sakura swore.

Sally nodded and smiled.

"Come along, you." Naruto chuckled before creating a single clone that escorted Sally back. Leaving them alone with the alternative Uzumaki family. Who looked around at the smooth and futuristic apartment. Even with it shaken up from the crash landing, it was like something out of a movie.

"You guys hungry?" Sakura asked.

"I was about to make dinner." Hinata said.

"What were you going to make?" Sakura asked before showing Hinata the replicator. "This thing can literally make almost anything."

"I was going to make ramen. Naruto's favorite." Hinata said. Lt. Naruto involuntarily licked his lips.

"Weren't we going to a steak dinner?" Naruto asked, remembering their captain's offer.

"Picard and I rescheduled." Sakura waved off.

"So, how does this work?" Hinata asked.

"Computer, large bowl of Ramen. Naruto number 3." Sakura ordered. In an instant, a large bowl of Miso ramen with extra pork appeared in the food slot that had all of the trimmings that Naruto had come to expect with his favorite dish.

"It's no Ichiraku's Ramen. But it's still good." Naruto praised, being the authority on ramen.

"Well if it has your praise then it must be good." Hinata smiled before taking the bowl and trying a bite. Sure enough, it was delicious. Even better than she could make. Not that she was going to admit that.

"Sakura, remind me to get Ichiraku's recipes for our Replicators." Naruto said.

"We probably could while we're here. I'm sure Teuchi can give me a copy." Sakura said.

"Oh...about that...Teuchi died 3 years ago here." Hinata informed.

"Oh..." Naruto said sadly. "How did he die?"

"Old age. He was 82." Hinata said as her eyes gazed down.

Sakura sighed sadly. "Yeah...that will do it..."

"I see. He was always so kind to me." Naruto said, remembering all the times that he gave him discounted ramen when Naruto couldn't quite pay.

"Well our Teuchi is still alive I'm sure." Sakura consoled.

"True, but it's a different universe." Hinata said.

"Hey what else can this thing make?" Boruto asked.

"Everything." Sakura said.

"What would you like?" Naruto asked.

"Hmm..." Boruto said as he thought about it carefully. then he came up with something that he rarely ever got. "Fillet Minon."

Sakura widened her eyes. "Wow...someone has expensive tastes."

"We've taken him to some state dinners." Hinata admitted, smiling slightly.

"Ah...makes sense." Sakura nodded as Boruto's dinner appeared. It was a small, round piece of beef with the outer edge wrapped in bacon, sizzling like it was hot off the pan.

"Here you go." Sakura said, handing him the dish.

Boruto also noticed that his plate was garnished with carrots and asparagus. "Niiice!" He cut into his beef and his knife sank threw it like fresh bread.

"Yes, it may not look like it now, but this is actually a luxury vessel designed to house ambassadors from other planets. So we get the most comfortable living quarters and amenities." Sakura said.

"I figured the crash might have had something to do with it." Hinata said as she sat at the table with Boruto with her dinner.

"I want a cheeseburger!" Himawari chirped happily, showing off Naruto's signature smile. Making her look like ten pounds of cute in a five-pound bag.

"You've got it, sweetie." Sakura said. "Do you want fries too?" She added.

"Yeah! With ketchup!"

"She likes it spread all over her fries instead of dipping them." Hinata elaborated.

Sakura giggled. "Child's size cheeseburger with fries. Ketchup on the fries." Sakura ordered.

"PLEASE SPECIFY DONENESS OF MEAT." the computer said.

"Well done." Sakura clarified. In an instant, Himawari's dinner was ready.

"Here you go." Sakura said as she presented the dish like an expert waitress.

"Yay!" Himawari beamed as she went to sit at the table.

"Welp!" Naruto stretched his arms. "I think I've earned a snack." He said before standing up and heading for the replicator. "A plate of Hasparat."

"A plate of...what?" Hinata asked.

"Oh God..." Sakura groaned.

Naruto smirked. "Hasparat. It's this alien dish that we've grown to love during our time aboard the Enterprise."

"Haspar...what is it?" Boruto asked as a plate with 3 items that looked like veggie wraps appeared in the food slot.

"It comes from the planet Bajor. It's a Bajoran delicacy that for some reason, Naruto loves. Personally, I prefer the Tholian Chocolate Mousse." Sakura said, nearly drooling.

"Ooh, I wanna try that." Himawari said, her mouth wide open.

"Sure, once you finish your burger." Sakura smiled.

"Let me try this...alien wrap." Boruto said before taking one off Naruto's plate.

"Um...I would be careful with that." Sakura warned.

"I can handle it." Boruto said bravely.

Sakura held up her hands. "Alright..."

"What's wrong with it?" Hinata asked.

"It's very spicy." Sakura warned.

"I can handle it." Boruto said before taking a huge bite.

A whole two seconds passed before it turned out that he couldn't handle it.

At first he found the flavors to be quite exotic. It was nothing he had ever had before. Then the spice hit him.

"Oh...ow..." He said as the heat from the spices really kicked. "Ow!"

Upon seeing the boy's cheeks go red, Sakura knew it was time to make another order. "A glass of cow's milk. Ice cold." She requested from the replicator.

"OW!" Boruto cried.

The replicator created a tall glass of milk where Sakura promptly took it and gave it to the poor boy.

Once he was done, he let out a heavy gasp and put the evil wrap back on Naruto's plate, nearly running away from it. "The hell is that crap?!"

"Language young man!" Hinata snapped.

Sakura sweatdropped. "I tried to warn you..."

"I should have warned you more. I'm sorry. It's just a running gag around here." Naruto chuckled with a pinch of sympathy. "Sakura reacted the same way the first time she tried it."

"Yeah, don't remind me..." Sakura grumbled.

"I could always give you some Ro'Keg Blood Pie." Naruto smirked.

"No! No more alien food!" Boruto exclaimed, still sweating from the Hasparat.

"No. You'd like this. It'll give you experience for any meals you might have if you join the ANBU." Naruto said.

"Blood...pie? Is that like a play on words?" Hinata asked.

"Nope. It's exactly how it sounds." Naruto said.

"I wanna try it!" Himawari proclaimed.

Sakura raised an eyebrow. "You sure? It's pretty strong stuff."

"Well if Daddy likes it then I wanna try it. And I wanna be an ANBU agent one day." Himawari said.

Sakura looked at Hinata and she shrugged. "She likes to try a lot of new food."

"Alright then." Sakura sighed before returning to the replicator. "One small slice of Ro'Keg blood pie."

The dish appeared, looking like the insides of some poor animal had been ripped out and marinated in thick blood.

"Oh that looks nasty..." Hinata said in disgust.

"It's making me nostalgic for my ANBU missions if I'm honest." Sakura said.

"It actually tastes better than it looks." Naruto assured before Sakura handed the pie slice to Himawari.

Himawari took a fork and scooped herself up a bite. She coughed a bit. "It's salty..."

"A little bit, but its good, right?" Naruto asked.

"It's different...but I like it."

Naruto smiled that trademark grin of his. "I'm glad. We can leave your mother the recipe and she can make it for you if you want."

"Um...no thanks..." Hinata sweatdropped.

"Well, the replicators we're sending will have it programmed in." Sakura said.

Great." Hinata said, not looking forward to her daughter ending every meal looking like she had just ripped out the throat of a deer with her own teeth.

Sakura then turned to the 36-year-old Hinata, who was still giving her uneasy looks. "Hinata, would you like anything special? It's no trouble at all."

"Can you give me papaya juice?" Hinata asked, it being her favorite drink from when she and Naruto went on their honeymoon. Her guilty pleasure.

"Not a problem. With ice and a little umbrella?" Sakura asked.

"Please..."

Sakura smiled and made the drink to order. Then handed it to Hinata all in the same breath.

Hinata smiled with gratitude and took a sip. "Mmm...tasty."

"How did you get onto something like this?" Boruto asked.

"Hmmm, well I guess the long and short of it is that in our universe, there is a United Federation of space fairing planets. They explore the unknown reaches of the universe. Our government, the Hidden Leaf village, made a deal with the Federation, otherwise known as Starfleet to supply them with two experienced shinobi in exchange for advancements in technology. Medical equipment, radios, stuff like that. Naruto and I were the latest two ninjas to be chosen as we were the most skilled ninjas still living in the village." Sakura explained.

"Sakura and I were serving as ANBU agents at the time." Naruto added.

"Did this lead to you two getting together?" Hinata asked, a little sourly at the aspect that herself and Naruto didn't marry in their universe.

"I think it's better if I explain that..." Naruto sighed. "Hinata, it was never anything against you, but there were just some things in life that I wanted from you, that I need from you, that you wouldn't give me. We broke up and got back together a few times, but in reality, we just didn't have anything in common. Our last break up was initiated by you, well...our universes you. We both agreed that things just weren't working out and we went our separate ways. We had no hard feelings towards one another."

"I see..." Hinata said as she looked into her papaya juice.

"And what about you and Sasuke-sensei?" Boruto asked.

Sakura sighed, being careful to choose her words that would be appropriate for children. "We uh...we didn't see eye to eye on a lot of things and I was tired of being alone. I broke up with him when I left for this mission."

"Oh...yeah, that makes sense." Boruto said, just as the doors slide open to reveal Naruto's Shadow Clone holding a bundle in his hands.

"Is that my Chiyo?" Sakura beamed.

"No. I lost her so I just grabbed another baby." The clone joked.

"If you did I'd have to kill your boss." Sakura joked back.

"What did I do?" Naruto asked as Boruto and Himawari laughed.

Naruto's clone handed Chiyo over to Sakura and she uncovered her head. "There's my little angle..." Chiyo opened her eyes to look at Sakura and gave a resounding yawn. Melting Sakura's heart.

"She has your hair!" Himawari pointed out.

"Yes she does." Sakura laughed. "Come over here you two."

"Huh? But I've already seen her." Boruto said.

"No, you haven't. You sulked at Naruto the entire way to the village. You didn't look at her." Sakura said.

Boruto sighed and joined his sister who had already run up to Sakura to look at Chiyo. "Brother, brother! You gotta see this!" Himawari said.

Boruto looked down, past the blanket and the pink hair and saw something that took his breath away. Whisker marks, the same ones that he, his sister, and his father all had. And only them. The kind granted to those that had been touched by Kurama's chakra. The young Genin couldn't explain it, but his heart swelled at seeing this. When Chiyo turned her blue eyes on him. He felt himself blushing. She was just so cute and innocent. He had only ever felt this way about one other person so far in his life.

"She's so cute." Himawari said.

"She's your half-sister." Sakura smiled. "From another dimension of course, but she's still your sister."

"She really is..." Boruto breathed out, right before giving Naruto the stink eye. "Whether you are my dad or not, if you neglect her like dad does with us, I will do anything to cross into your dimension and beat you into the ground."

"Kid, I would let you if I ever did something like that. No child of mine will ever feel the neglect I felt growing up." Naruto promised.

"Then do her and your future kids a favor. Don't become Hokage." Boruto said firmly.

Naruto paused to consider this. Normally he was snap at anyone saying he shouldn't become Hokage. But if this lead him to being a horrible father. If he ended up neglecting Chiyo like he supposedly did with Boruto and Himawari in this universe. Was it actually worth it?

"If Naruto didn't try to become Hokage, he wouldn't be the man I love." Sakura said, rescuing Naruto. "And I think you would agree with me, Hinata."

Hinata looked at Sakura, and an air of understanding passed between them. A kind of sisterhood of those who had fallen for the man standing between them. "Yes, that's right."

"There ya go." Sakura said, making Naruto smile.

"Although...I still would have supported him and I wouldn't love him any differently if he didn't become Hokage." Hinata added.

"As would I. That's not the point. It's just not in his nature to give up so easily. Or to be anything less than an inspiring hero." Sakura said.

"No it is not." Hinata said.

"Grr...I don't care what makes my dad so great! A great man should never neglect his family for a stupid job!" Boruto protested.

"No, he shouldn't." Naruto said, breaking his silence. "I know he hates it every time he has to abandon his family. It's the same way I feel every time I have to leave Sakura-chan alone to save the Enterprise. Or whenever I had sacrifice for the greater good. It tears me up inside. Just wanting to be selfish for once." Naruto gripped his fist. "But I can't."

"What's more important? A family who wants you in their lives or a stupid job?!" Boruto spat.

"Saving the lives of your family. And many others. As is the way of the ninja." Naruto stated.

"Oh save it! Ya know, there are a lot of times I wished I wasn't born as the son of the Hokage and I'm sure your kids will feel the same way. You just wait and see." Boruto snapped before making his way to the door. "I'm going home."

"You're not gonna get far without my escort!" Naruto shouted.

"Just watch me." Boruto said before turning the corner and disappearing down the hallway. Leaving a very angry and exhausted Naruto pacing in his living room. No one had ever pissed Naruto off so easily and left him so angry. Not since Sasuke anyway.

"Is he really always like this?" Naruto asked Hinata.

Hinata sighed heavily. "Most of the time, yes... Naruto always has to work late and Boruto always takes it really hard. It made it worse when Naruto had to work late during Himawari's birthday party and he sent a Shadow Clone in his stead. But...it dispelled while it was carrying over her cake and it fell on the floor, ruining it."

"Okay, please tell me you smacked him upside the head for that one. Because unless the freaking Daimyo was making a surprise visit that day I see no reason why he couldn't have left a Shadow Clone in his place at work." Naruto said before jogging over to the door to run after Boruto.

"I didn't...and he is forbidden to use shadow clones for office work." Hinata admitted.

"That is so dumb I can't even deal with it." Naruto said as he ran after Boruto. Thankfully the Enterprise was confusing enough to navigate that it slowed the young man down long enough for Naruto to find him and smack him upside the head. "You're a real brat, you know that?"

"Screw you! You don't know anything about me!" Boruto snapped, rubbing the sore spot on his head.

"Oh yeah? I know that you have a loving mother, an adoring sister, a home to live in, parents to take care of you, homemade meals for every dinner, and contrary to what you might think, a father who is alive and loves you with all his heart. I couldn't imagine a more perfect family life growing up, but here you are scoffing at the whole thing just because your daddy doesn't spend as much time with you as the other fathers do with their kids!" Naruto lectured.

"What do you care?! You are both adored by the entire village and always have been! I'm only well known here for who my dad is! Never what I've done!"

Naruto then grabbed him by the collar of Boruto's shirt. "At least you have all of that! For 12 fucking years I had NOTHING! No family, everyone hated me and no shop or food stand would ever let me shop there! Because I was born on the day the 9 tails attacked the village! They thought I was a DEMON! I was beaten nearly to death almost on a daily basis! You think you have a shit life?! You have it easy you little asshole! I would have KILLED to have an upbringing like what you have!"

"Why do you care!?" Boruto screamed again with tears in his eyes. "You're not my Dad!"

"It's because I love you!" Naruto shouted back.

Boruto's eyes went wide. He loved him? He hardly knew him.

"I've only known you for maybe an hour, but I can see so much of myself in you. You're my son. And if I can fall in love with you after having you scream at me for half of that hour, then your Dad must think the world of you." Naruto said.

"Well he doesn't show it!" Boruto cried.

"Yes. He does." Naruto said, as certain as was his love for Chiyo. "You may not see it, but he does love you. Very much."

Boruto just broke down sobbing. All the years of putting on the tough guy act, the aloof kid who didn't care about stupid adults, it crumbled away. He fell right into Naruto's chest.

Naruto embraced him for everything he was worth and rocked gently from side to side to comfort him.

---

Back in the Uzumaki quarters, Sakura and Hinata were waiting impatiently, hoping everything was okay. It had been nearly 20 minutes since both Naruto and Boruto stormed out and the Uzumaki Matriarchs were getting worried.

Sally had come back with her best friend Alexander and the two of them decided to drag Himawari along to play in the ship, leaving the two women alone.

In that time, Sakura had divulged all of the personal parts of the reason why she and Naruto had gotten together and why they weren't in the same relationships their counterparts were in here.

"-and that's everything to the letter... Every little detail." Sakura said.

"I feel like you were bragging when you mentioned having sex with him less than an hour ago." Hinata said as she held Chiyo in her arms.

"Just a bit. All my old friends from back in the Leaf are still on Element and I'm not allowed to talk to them because of the Prime Directive." Sakura said.

"Right, I can understand that. But, wow. Lady Tsunade is a Starfleet Commander?" Hinata asked in awe.

"Yes. I was surprised too. It makes perfect sense if you think about it though."

"Not really, but the fact that you proved that Element has ties to Earth...I have to say, I'm very envious of you. The possibility of Element being a full ally of the Federation and then have a fleet of your own ships to be built. does Naruto know how stressful that's going to be on him?"

"No...what do you mean?" Sakura asked.

"Well, think about it. With you two currently serving in Starfleet, if Element becomes an ally of the Federation, then the Shinobi nations will forever be united under one flag. And who do you think everyone is going to choose to lead the planet?" Hinata asked.

Sakura's eyes grew wide when the realization hit her. "Naruto..."

"He'll skip right over being Hokage and become the leader of the entire planet as well as ambassador and liaison for Element to the Federation. My Naruto is already overworked, but this would be 10 times harder for him if this comes to pass."

"And if your Naruto manages to unlock warp technology. He could be granted a similar title." Sakura said.

"Possibly..." Hinata sighed. "But I don't think it will happen in our lifetimes."

"You never know." Sakura said. Her sentence was punctuated by the doors sliding open, revealing Naruto and Boruto standing side by side.

"Oh thank the Sage." Sakura and Hinata breathed out as she tried to rush up to them, but were stopped short by Naruto.

"Boruto, I believe you have something to say to the both of them." Naruto said.

"I'm sorry for my outburst earlier." Boruto said genuinely.

Hinata had to hold her tears in. She handed Chiyo back to Sakura and ran up and hugged her son. "Honey...I know you hate your father right now, but you have to understand..."

"Mom, I know...and it's not his fault." Boruto said, completely shocking Hinata.

"W-what did you say...?" Hinata gasped.

"Naruto explained things to me. Made me realize that I've been kind of a brat. And I know that you and Dad try your best. And I'm sorry." Boruto said, resting his head against Hinata's belly.

Hinata was really trying hard not to cry, but instead she tightened her embrace around her son and mouthed a "thank you" to Naruto.

Naruto gave her a polite nod and a smile before heading over to Sakura to take Chiyo off her hands. As he did this he was granted a kiss on the cheek from Sakura.

---

Several hours later in the Hokage's office, Naruto, Sakura and Picard had just arrived inside the Hokage's office, hoping that this new deal will be more fitting for him.

"Lord Hokage." Picard bowed respectfully. "Captain Jean Luc Picard of the Federation Starship USS Enterprise."

"Lord Naruto Namikaze Uzumaki, Seventh Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves and member of the Shinobi Alliance." The Hokage greeted formally, returning the bow.

Both men stood up straight and Naruto returned to his desk.

"Please, have a seat." Naruto said as his assistant served tea for all the occupants. Including Shikamaru who had the courtesy to put out his cigarette.

They all nodded and sat in chairs provided for them. Picard took a taste of his tea and was surprised by what it was. "Earl Grey? Did my two bodyguards tell you about this?"

"We ninjas have our ways of extracting information." Hokage Naruto smirked.

"I totally told him." Naruto corrected.

"Indeed." Picard said before taking another sip.

"So, have you reconsidered my request?" Hokage Naruto asked, getting right to it.

Picard paused for a moment to set his tea down. He stared at the Hokage for a brief moment before speaking. "I have."

"And I'm under the impression from my wife that you have invited my family and Sakura's family to an amusement park inside your wrecked ship." Hokage Naruto added, raising an eyebrow. "So I'm hoping this is more of a sign of good faith rather than a truly weak attempt to hold my family hostage. I do understand that we didn't end the last meeting on the best of terms."

"Oh no. I have no intention of holding anyone hostage. As the young would say, it is not my style." Picard assured sincerely.

"Very good. So what is your reconsideration?" The Hokage asked.

Picard motioned to Sakura who pulled out a storage scroll. She undid the seal on it and out came a black box about the size of a parcel package.

"We have come up with a solution that we believe all sides will find agreeable. One that grants you warp technology and where we get to uphold the Prime Directive at the same time." Sakura said.

Shikamaru sat up straighter next to the Hokage. "We are listening."

"This box is a special combination lock box. Inside the box is everything you need to create your own warp capable ship, including a warp core. The only way to open it is to solve the code." Picard said.

"A simple code? We could run a code breaking software on it or I could slice it open with my Rasenshuriken." The Hokage said.

"You could, and we can't stop you from doing this." Picard admitted.

"But I doubt your code breaker is able to solve a quantum physics equation from the 24th century." Sakura added.

"It's still a set series of numbers. Given enough time, it would eventually reach the right answer." Shikamaru pointed out.

"True, but that's not the point of the equation. By solving it honestly, you prove your worth of having warp technology. If you cheat, you risk being granted powers you are not ready for. But at the same time, we have not broken the Prime Directive because we have not given you warp technology, just the chance to earn it yourself. Whether that be tomorrow or a thousand years from now." Picard spoke.

"What exactly is the code supposed to mean?" Shikamaru asked.

"Simply put, it is the number for the proper matter antimatter intermix ratio. Without that, you run the risk of destroying not only yourselves, but your entire planet." Sakura informed.

"It's not 50-50 is it?" Hokage Naruto asked.

"It's not a percentage number. It's far more complex than that." Sakura said truthfully.

"Good, because if we spent trillions of Ryo and decades of our lives researching this equation only to come back with a basic answer like that I would be pissed." Hokage Naruto joked.

Picard smirked. "I assure you, it may take the rest of your life...but, as your counterpart has proven to me on several occasions, it's not wise to underestimate the most unpredictable knucklehead ninja of the galaxy."

"Yeeeeep." Shikamaru said as he took a sip of his own tea.

Picard took the box from Sakura and placed it on the Hokage's desk. "The top of the box has a screen." He started before powering it on, showing that the code to unlock it was well over 30 digits long. "This is what you use to enter the code."

Both Narutos whistled, it being the first time either of them saw the box.

"And how many tries do we have?" Shikamaru asked.

"An infinite amount. You can try as many times as you wish without consequence." Picard said.

"Okay good. I don't see any problems with this. Do you?" Hokage Naruto asked his advisor.

"None. But I do believe we made an agreement for their medical technology and replicators." Shikamaru reminded.

"And you shall receive them as well. But we need the Tritanium delivered as soon as possible. We are on an incredibly short deadline." Picard said.

"Consider it done. Shikamaru, send word to the miners that our entire payload of Tritanium ore is to be prepared for trade transportation." Hokage Naruto ordered.

"You already ordered for it to be transported to the Hokage Vault earlier today. It should arrive within the hour." Shikamaru said.

"Oh right. I forgot about that." Hokage Naruto chuckled.

"I don't suppose I could impose the use of my ship's cargo shuttles to transport the ore in a faster manner." Picard offered.

"Can they land on the roof of the Hokage Tower?" Shikamaru asked.

"I assure you they can." Picard said.

"Then we will have teams of Jounin and ANBU there to oversee the transaction and make it go smoothly." Hokage Naruto said.

Picard nodded before tapping his combadge. "Picard to Enterprise. Prepare to launch the cargo shuttles on my order."

Hokage Naruto flashed his chakra and a team of ANBU appeared at his side.

"Send one of you to direct the cargo to the roof of the Hokage Tower. The rest set up a defensive perimeter around the area. And someone inform the Barrier Team that we will have a bunch of authorized U.F.O.s flying into our airspace."

"Yes sir." The ANBU team said before flashing away.

"With that all said I think we can call this a done deal." Hokage Naruto said, slapping his table and pulling out a bottle of brandy a couple of shot glasses.

"Brandy?" Sakura asked.

"My favorite brand. Turns out Granny Tsunade had the right idea all along." The Hokage chuckled as he poured everyone a shot and passed it to them in one smooth motion.

"You should know me well enough to know that I'm not a fan of Brandy." Sakura smirked.

"Well I'm not as obsessed with you in this universe." Hokage Naruto smirked. "Come on, try it Naruto. You'll like it." He said before downing his drink in one go.

"So long as I don't get drunk like last time." Naruto chuckled before downing his shot. "Nice." He said, surprised at how much he liked the taste.

"Wait, how did you get drunk? I sense Kurama in you." Hokage Naruto asked.

"Oh that...it was his idea so I would have sex with Sakura-chan...OOOWW!" Naruto cried when Sakura bashed him in the head.

"Oh I remember those punches." The Hokage laughed.

"You never learn, do you?!" Sakura growled at her husband.

"No, I don't." The Hokage answered for Naruto.

"But Sakura-chan...I was just telling...well, myself." Naruto said

"And Shikamaru! And Picard! And whatever ANBU members are listening in to this conversation!" Sakura snapped.

"Oh, Shikamaru doesn't even pay attention to that sort of thing anymore. And my ANBU only listen in when I wanted them to." Hokage Naruto waved off. In truth, Shikamaru was completely paying attention, but he was smart enough to know when to keep his mouth shut. As were all the ANBU agents.

"And I've gotten used to you two and your...rather colorful stories." Picard grumbled.

"I'm sure they have some good ones. Lay them on us." The Hokage said.

"Hmmm, what's one that doesn't involve their sex life?" Picard wondered aloud.

"Captain!" Sakura exclaimed in embarrassment.

"Wait, were you ever with ANBU?" Naruto asked his counterpart.

"I was not. I was promoted from Genin to Hokage." He admitted.

Now Naruto and Sakura had plenty of stories to tell. "Well, lucky for you, we were." Naruto smirked.

"Really?" Hokage Naruto asked, now fully intrigued.

"That's rather interesting. Kakashi approved you two of that I take it." Shikamaru assumed.

"He didn't have any say in it. He was never Hokage in our universe." Sakura informed.

"Really, who was?"

"Granny Tsunade is still Hokage." Naruto said.

"Really? Even after her rather hot-tempered display after the war?" Shikamaru asked

"I don't know what to tell you. She cooled down and stuck with the job. Myself, Sakura, and our Shikamaru got promoted to Jounin and then me and Sakura went on to join the ANBU." Naruto said.

"Oh that's not fair..." Hokage Naruto sulked.

"Actually, that is very interesting." Shikamaru said.

"I'd have to say our most interesting mission was...the Grass rebellion, was it?" Sakura asked her Naruto.

"I mean that was the most elaborate." Naruto admitted, trying to remember the specific details.

Sakura was also trying to remember that mission when one funny thing about it came to mind and she laughed. "I think you may remember when I tricked you into eating deer testicles."

"What?" Hokage Naruto laughed.

"Oh I remember now." Naruto said, his cheeks flushed. "I had tricked Sakura into going undercover as a stripper for the first half of the mission in order to seduce our contact." Naruto said, remembering all the bouncy parts of Sakura's outfit. "Except I neglected to mention to Sakura that our contact was a woman. A straight woman. So while Sakura danced on stage, I flirted with the informant and got the info."

"So to get my revenge. After Naruto had been poisoned by an enemy kunai, I convinced him that the only cure was to eat these meat balls." Sakura smirked.

"Heh. I think I see why you two got married. You two are a lot more alike than you realize." Shikamaru said in amusement.

"Yeah, speaking of marriage. Did you and Temari become an item here?" Sakura asked.

"We did." Shikamaru nodded. "We even had a son. Shikadai. He's the spitting image of me with Temari's sharp eyes." He said with an obvious hint of pride.

"Cool!" Naruto cheered.

"Now we've got something to tease our Shikamaru about later." Sakura smirked.

"Just don't interfere with him getting with Temari. She's the least troublesome thing to ever happen to me." Shikamaru said.

"That's what we tell him, but he's being as clueless as Ino after a night of bar hopping." Sakura sighed. "Oh, speaking of Ino..."

"She and Sai got married which none of us really saw coming. They had a son as well." Shikamaru informed.

"Well they are engaged in our universe. But I wasn't going to ask that." Sakura said.

"What were you going to ask?"

"If I could see her. I know she's not the same Ino I know, but I haven't been able to talk to my surrogate sister in about a year." Sakura requested.

"I think that can be arranged. Just invite her and the rest of the Konoha 11 to this amusement park." Hokage Naruto suggested.

Sakura fidgeted with her hands for a moment. "Um...Sasuke isn't in the village right now, is he?"

"Unfortunately, no. He is in the Land of Mist, checking out a lead for me. I don't expect to hear from him for a month." Hokage Naruto sighed.

Sakura nodded while she was inwardly in relief that she didn't have to see him in this timeline.

"Is there a story behind that sigh of relief?" Hokage Naruto asked.

"Nothing I would like to share." Sakura said.

"I think I know..." Hokage Naruto sighed.

"Please don't bring it up. We were having such a good time." Sakura begged.

Hokage Naruto nodded before a pigeon came in and delivered him a scroll. "Captain, my ANBU report all areas ready. You can send in your shuttle craft."

Picard nodded and tapped his combadge. "Picard to Enterprise. Launch the cargo shuttles."

"Aye, sir. Launching shuttles to your location." Someone on the other end replied.

The Hokage poured himself and Naruto another shot. "To the future." He said, raising his glass to Picard and his bodyguards.

"To peace and long life." Picard said before all 4 of them took a drink.

"Now...how about we move this to the roof?" Hokage Naruto suggested.

"Exactly what I was thinking." Picard said before setting his glass down.

"Shikamaru. Get Sakura and Granny Tsunade here so they can take inventory of the medical supplies." Hokage Naruto ordered.

"Lady Tsunade is retired, Naruto." Shikamaru said.

"Well she will want to meet our counterparts."

Shikamaru sighed. "Fine. I'll send for her."

"Perfect." Hokage Naruto said.

After a short while, the group made their way to the roof of the tower where the older Sakura was already waiting, confused as to why she was called there.

"Eh, Sakura-chan!" The Starfleet Naruto called out. "Guess who brocade a deal between our two people?"

"Wait, seriously? That's awesome!" Older Sakura all but squealed.

Picard walked up to her and offered a handshake. "Hello, Sakura."

She smiled. "And you must be Captain Picard. A pleasure." She said and shook his hand.

"I wanted to thank you and your medical team for helping us out. It was a much needed load off our shoulders."

"Don't thank me. I was happy to help. And happy to see my alternative daughter." Older Sakura said.

"I'm sure you are aware of your counterparts offer for a trip to our holodeck." Picard said.

"I am. Sarada sounded particularly enthused. A room that can perform the transformation jutsu, she called it."

Picard chuckled. "It's a little more complex than that." He said before they heard something coming towards them.

There, coming up over the mountain, was 6 Federation Type 8 cargo shuttles, flying right towards them.

"Impressive. We should have asked for your shuttle technology too." Hokage Naruto said.

"They're armed so we couldn't." Lt. Naruto said.

"Right, right. Still, some flying cars would be awesome."

"I drove one during our stay on Earth. not really that amazing."

"You loved it." Sakura said.

They were interrupted when two of the shuttles landed on the roof. Thanks to anti-grave repulsors, it put no weight on the structure at all. The rear hatch of both shuttles opened and in there were several crates labeled as medical supplies and replicator components.

Older Sakura made a mad dash to the shuttle with the medical supplies and cracked open a crate. She found medical tricorders, hyposprays and many different drugs and medical agents that would be more than beneficial to the Leaf for generations to come.

To her, this was better than Christmas.

"Oh ho ho ho, this is great." Older Sakura said.

"Happy, are you?" Hokage Naruto teased.

"Oh we are going to reset the bar for medical technology. Farther than Lady Tsunade ever pushed it." Older Sakura said.

"What did I do?" They heard a voice from the stairs.

All eyes turned to one the Leaf's greatest Hokage's. Lady Tsunade Senju, looking just as young and beautiful as Naruto and Sakura remembered her.

"Hey brat. What's the deal with bringing me here?" Tsunade demanded.

"Lady Tsunade." Sakura said.

Tsunade looked over and saw not one, but two Sakura's. And two Naruto's. And the shuttle craft around the tower with Picard in the middle of it. She inwardly smirked. "And what absurdness have you brought to our village now, Brat?"

"Mine and Sakura's counterparts from another universe. They serve as bodyguards and officers aboard that spaceship everyone saw fly overhead. And get this, in their universe. They are married and have a two-week-old daughter together." Hokage Naruto briefly summarized.

"Oh really? You mean what I tried to get you and Sakura to do?" Tsunade said.

Hokage Naruto frowned. "Can we not bring that up again..."

"Yes, let's not." Older Sakura said.

"Fine, so why am I here?" Tsunade asked

"To meet them. And their 2-week-old daughter." Hokage Naruto said. "I thought you might like that."

"I thought you wanted her to see the medical tech." Lt Sakura reminded.

"The what now?" Tsunade asked, her curiosity being turned to the shuttles.

"Naruto here just negotiated to granted us a whole host of new technologies from another dimension in exchange for some materials they desperately needed." Medic Sakura said.

"Including making changes to the hospital, I take it." Tsunade said, venom dripping in her tone before glaring at her fellow Hokage. "What was the agreement we made about the hospital?"

"That I would give full control to your apprentice." Hokage Naruto said.

"Yes, IF you promised me not to make any significant changes unless you consult with me first."

"I think you might wanna rethink that." Older Sakura said as she motioned Tsunade over to her.

"You really will." Star fleet Sakura said as she flanked Tsunade's other side.

"Maybe I will if you teach all of the medical staff how to use..." Tsunade paused when she picked up a tricorder. "…whatever this is."

Lt. Sakura sighed before taking it from Tsunade and opening it. She took out the cylinder part of the tricorder and scanned her with it. All Tsunade could make of it was a bunch of beeping noises and flashing lights, until Sakura turned the device around and showed her the screen. What she saw she couldn't believe. It showed vital signs, EKG, o2 stats, blood sugar levels, even red and white cell counts.

"With just a simple scan, you know more about your patient in seconds. Several times faster than the traditional way. It will even alert you to any changes that could be life threatening." Lt Sakura informed.

Sakura's tricorder beeped and she looked at it. "Hmm...how long have you had arthritis?"

Tsunade's eyes went wide. "H-how...did you...no one knows that!"

"My tricorder does. I'm showing a lot of inflammation in almost all of your joints." Sakura said before digging out some sort of chemical liquid and loaded it into some kind of cylinder. She attempted to put it against the side of Tsunade's neck, who shied away at first. "Relax." Sakura ordered before injecting the hypospray into Tsunade, who immediately felt 100 times better.

"What the hell was that?" Tsunade asked.

"A special type of anti-inflammatory that nullifies the effects of arthritis for up to a month with just one does. Be sure to have regular injections to keep the arthritis at bay. Get an injection if you have a flare-up before your monthly dose." Sakura ordered.

She then pulled out a list from the box that had all of the drugs that were provided and handed it to her counterpart. "Everything you need to know about all the drugs you were given is here. Memorize it well."

"Look at you." Tsunade said. "Ten years younger yet giving me medical advice."

"Because now my knowledge far exceeds yours." Lt Sakura smirked.

"Oh, and cocky too." Tsunade smirked.

"I suppose you could say that both you and Naruto have rubbed off on me."

"I'm sure Naruto did more than rub off on you." Tsunade said.

Older Sakura snickered while Lt. Sakura blushed deeply.

"So I was also told there was a baby I could gawk at?" Tsunade asked.

"Right here." Naruto said before clapping his hands and summoning forth a baby seat complete with the pink haired baby.

"There she is!" Older Sakura gushed, seeing her half daughter.

"Did you just Thunder God our daughter here?" Younger Sakura snapped.

"Um..." Naruto stammered nervously.

"Give her here." Tsunade demanded.

Naruto quickly gave his daughter over to take the attention off of him. Hopefully by the sheer adorableness of Sakura seeing Tsunade hold Chiyo.

Tsunade couldn't believe her eyes. Here, in this bundle, was the most adorable little girl she had ever seen. She had the best features of both Naruto and Sakura. She had Naruto's blue eyes, Sakura's pink hair and broad forehead, and finally...Naruto's whisker marks.

"My God, she's perfect." Tsunade smiled as Chiyo looked up at her with her curious eyes.

"You didn't say that about Sarada..." Older Sakura mumbled.

"Well excuse me for wanting to see my two favorite ninjas get together and produce a child." Tsunade said as she petted Chiyo's cheeks.

The older Tenchi duo groaned. "Can we please not bring that up..."

"We already have." Tsunade said. "My, by the sounds of it, you two regret your decisions on who you chose for a spouse." Tsunade smirked. "Are you two sneaking some private time in the Hokage office?"

"As if I would ever cheat on Hinata." Naruto said.

"Or I with Sasuke." Sakura said.

"Well, it wouldn't be cheating if it was a mutual agreement. An old one called CRA." Tsunade smirked.

Older Sakura blushed, but Hokage Naruto was confused.

"CRA? What's that?" Hokage Naruto asked.

"Lady Tsunade, no." Older Sakura begged.

"Clan Restoration Act. It allows you to take multiple wives to greatly expand your clan back to its former glory. Both you and Sasuke are highly qualified candidates." Tsunade said.

"Except both of them have devoted and fertile wives." Sakura growled.

"Then explain why you only have one child and Naruto has two." Tsunade pointed out.

"In case you haven't noticed, I've gone a decade without seeing my husband. So it's a little hard to procreate when you are a thousand mile away from your partner." Sakura snapped.

"And Hinata just doesn't want anymore...even though I do." Hokage Naruto said sadly.

"I find that very hard to believe." Older Sakura said while Starfleet Naruto and Sakura grew uncomfortable.

"It's true! Hinata said that Boruto and Himawari are hard enough to take care of, plus do all the housework and cleaning while I'm working my butt off. Plus she's worried about another one happening like Himawari."

"Oh yeah...Placenta Previa...she was really freaked out about that." Older Sakura remembered.

"Yeah, and it's frustrating." Hokage Naruto sighed.

"I understand that, but don't expect me to spread my legs for you. It's not going to happen." Older Sakura said firmly.

"I'm not asking you too. I didn't even bring this up. Granny did cause she's a closet perv." Hokage Naruto accused.

Older Sakura snickered. "She really is, oh my god!"

"Oh very funny..." Tsunade grumbled. "This coming from the boy who spent a good part of his teenage years with the self-proclaimed super pervert."

"At least he told me to find a girl I love and never let her go. I found Hinata." Hokage Naruto said.

"Yeah, after how many years of barely knowing that she existed." Tsunade snickered.

"Don't remind me. Do you know how many years I could have had a girlfriend with huge tits?" Hokage Naruto said, holding out his hands like he just grew a pair himself.

"Really?!" Both Sakura's exclaimed in embarrassment before both wailing on him.

Starfleet Naruto just stood by, wondering what it would be like if Sakura had bigger boobs. Then shaking that thought out of his head when they grew to sizes too absurd to be sexy.

"OOWWWW!" Hokage Naruto cried out. Getting womped upside the head by one Sakura was bad enough. Two was too much.

"Aaaaaaah!" Chiyo laughed as she clapped her hands.

Tsunade just smiled at Chiyo's reaction. "Awww...she's just too adorable..."

Both Sakura's and Lt Naruto looked at Chiyo. Her parents went wide eyed when they saw her reaction.

"Oh my God...this is new..." Lt Sakura gasped. She had never seen any baby laugh this early in life, let alone her own.

"She's so smart." Medic Sakura said.

Lt Sakura smiled. "Good. She takes after me then."

"And I'm so grateful for that." Naruto said before kissing Chiyo on the forehead.

Unknown to them, the unloading and loading of the shuttles was already commencing.

"Ahem..." Picard spoke to get everyone's attention. All eyes turned on him.

"I think everyone lost track in what is going on here." Picard said as the last of the ore was being loaded onto the cargo shuttle. "I'm going back to the ship. There is enough room in this shuttle if you lot would like to come along. I do believe there is an amusement park promise to keep."

"We promised them in a few days. We figured everything would be on track by then." Naruto said.

---

Days later, construction on the Enterprise was well underway. The ore was treated and being used to repair the ship as quickly as possible. They only had a day before they would have to take off or the wormhole would close for good.

So of course, this seemed like the perfect time to fire up the holodeck systems and create an amusement park for all the Konoha 11 and their kids to enjoy. Plus a few of their mentors.

All of the Konoha 11 and their families were escorted down the hallways by Worf, whom a lot of them found him to be a very strange man. His forehead ridges were things that no one had ever seen before on this planet. But everyone just assumed that he was of an alien race that the Federation had encountered many times in their universe.

"So you must be Lieutenant Naruto's counterpart." Worf said to the Hokage.

"Uh...yeah, that would be me." Hokage Naruto said. "And...uh...what might you be?"

"I am Lieutenant Worf. Chief of security for the Enterprise." Worf said.

"You are a Klingon." Sarada said, adjusting her glasses, remembering everything her mother had told her about Starfleet.

"Yes. I am."

"My mom, or your version of my mom said you were a warrior race."

"Your mother's counterpart is correct." Worf stated.

"You don't talk much, do you?" Kiba asked.

"There is no need." Worf said.

"I did want to say that your counterpart was a true warrior. One I have been honored to fight beside." Worf added.

Older Sakura smirked. It was a treat to be honored by an alien warrior race.

"And you as well, Sakura. Your counterpart has saved more lives than I can count in the single year you have traveled with us." Worf said.

"I can believe that." Older Sakura nodded.

"Get back here!" A young boy shouted from down the halls. Everyone paused to see Sally Adams wall hopping around the corner and heading straight for them while Alexander chased after her utilizing the tree climbing ability as well.

"You can't catch me!" Sally sang.

"She's...using Chakra?" Hokage Naruto sputtered.

"Alexander! Sally!" Worf shouted, snapping them both out of their game. They immediately skidded to a halt in front of Worf and all of the guests from the Alternative Leaf village. "What did I tell you about jumping around the hallways?"

Both children looked down at their feet.

"Sorry, father." Alexander said.

Everyone, from Kiba, to Shino, to Rock Lee all tried to lean their heads over everyone to get a good look at these two.

"I didn't realize you were a father." Naruto admitted.

Himawari squeezed by her father's leg. "Sally!" She exclaimed.

"Hi Himawari!" Sally beamed.

"Is this the famous NaruSaku daughter we have heard so much about?" Tenten asked.

"No, it's not." Hinata said. "She belongs to a couple on the ship." Hinata smiled, later learning from her daughter how Sally had found Himawari and cheered her up.

"Huh? But she can use Chakra." Lee pointed out.

"Big sis Sakura taught me." Sally said proudly.

"Did she really?" Ino smiled before kneeling down to Sally's level. "And where is she right now?"

"She and Naruto were helping to fix the ship in time for your arrival. They had Kurama watch over us." Sally said.

"Kurama?" Ino asked before a man sized nine tailed fox came running around the corner.

"Alright, brats! I'm going to-" He stopped when he saw the entire counterpart Konoha 11 standing before him, ten years older and more surprised than he had ever seen them. "Oh, you guys are finally here." Kurama said, forgetting all about the brats he was about to pulverize for making him run all across the ship.

Everyone from Konoha gasped at the sight before them. Naruto's Tailed Beast, the infamous Nine Tailed Fox, standing before them wearing a yellow Starfleet vest like he was another alien crewmember.

"Kurama...?" Hokage Naruto breathed out.

"Hey, kit. I gotta say, Hokage robes look good on you. But that short hair makes you look like a tool." Kurama smirked.

"Excuse me? Look who is talking mister vest." Hokage Naruto countered.

"I have the distinct honor of being part of the ships security and the Federation's secret defense when things get hairy."

"You still look weird in clothes." Naruto smirked before walking up the demon fox. "It's nice to meet you, fuzzball."

"Likewise...though, you seem weaker than your counterpart."

"Lord Naruto is the strongest man in the world." Sarada said, immediately coming to her Hokage's defense.

"In this world he is."

"It would be an interesting match to see between the two of them." Lee said.

"Our Naruto would win. He's the Hokage." Kiba said.

"Don't be too sure, dog boy."

"Yeah, Naruto is the strongest in the universe!" Sally declared.

"Aren't they the same person? Only our Hokage is older and wiser?" Inojin spoke up.

"I don't know about wiser." Older Sakura snickered.

"I would say he is wiser." Hinata said.

"Our Naruto is still the coolest!" Alexander proclaimed.

"Hey, keep it down." Kurama hissed. "Or you'll wake up-" A baby's cries interrupted his words. All eyes went wide.

"Is that?" Ino asked as Kurama sighed and unraveled his fuzzy tails to reveal everyone's favorite pink haired baby crying in her blanket. "Oh...my...GOD!" Ino squealed as she quickly darted around everyone to see the baby.

Chiyo looked so miserable after being woken up from her nap. Especially when she was surrounded by all this furry warmth. She opened her blue eyes to see a woman with paler eyes and whiter blond hair than her father.

"Awww...she's perfect..." Ino gushed as Tenten and Temari gathered around as well.

"Never thought I'd see the day." Choji's wife Karui said as her daughter Chocho ran up to catch a glimpse.

"I don't believe it...they would have made a beautiful child! I knew it!" Tenten beamed.

"Hogwash, I knew it!" Ino declared.

"Hey move out of the way you lot, she's my daughter." Older Sakura said as she pushed past the group of gawking hens and scooped up the still sobbing Chiyo.

"Shhh...it's okay, sweetie..." Sakura soothed as she bounced Chiyo in her arms gently.

Chiyo recognized the voice, but kept crying.

"Is she hungry?" Karui asked.

"She just woke up from a nap. She's just cranky." Temari guessed.

"I think she just wants to move around." Tenten added.

"She wants her Aunt Ino." Ino said.

"No." Hinata spoke up. "She wants both her parents."

Older Sakura raised an eyebrow. "How do you know that?"

"I raised two Uzumaki babies. I know what their cries mean." Hinata said knowingly.

"Mooom..." Boruto groaned in embarrassment.

"Oh...um...Naruto, get over here." Sakura said, a bit hesitant.

"Uh, are you sure about that? I'm sure we could find her real parents if we just looked at bit." He replied nervously over Chiyo's ever increasing cries.

"Just get over here and hold your daughter." Sakura ordered.

Naruto continued to hesitate until he felt a gentle push on his back. He turned and saw his wife smiling at him. "Go on."

"H-Hinata? Are you sure?"

"Yes. Now hurry up. Chiyo needs you." Hinata said without a hint of jealousy.

Naruto nodded, feeling a little more relaxed. He walked up to Sakura and Chiyo, but wasn't sure what to do next.

"Just wrap your arms around me. But keep it above the lower back." Sakura ordered.

Naruto gulped, but nodded. He slowly wrapped himself around Sakura and Chiyo, hoping that would calm down their daughter.

At first it didn't look like it would work. Chiyo kept fussing and crying. Then her lift fist wrapped around Naruto's robes and his familiar scent mixed with Sakura's. Chiyo's cries noticeably went quieter and she called down.

"Well I'll be...it actually worked." Tenten said in awe.

"Shh! Don't ruin it!" Ino hissed as she relished in the sweet moment she was witnessing. Naruto and Sakura. Both in each other's embrace, calming down their daughter from another universe. It was something she'd never thought she would see.

Even Hinata, as jealous as she was, couldn't help but think it was such a cute moment. That's when Himawari ran up and hugged Naruto's leg. Naruto and Sakura were surprised, but had their heart's warmed all the same. Even more surprisingly, next came Boruto and Sarada, how both hugged their respective parents around their waist. Turning this into a perfect picture moment.

Hinata nearly cried before she felt a push from behind.

"Go on." Kiba said.

Hinata nodded and joined in as well.

Naruto smiled when he felt his entire family hugging him. Including his old teammate and best friend.

'Well ain't this cute?' Older Kurama thought inside the Hokage.

'It's all I ever wanted...' Naruto replied.

"Ahem." Starfleet Kurama coughed. "Not that this isn't sweet, but the holodeck has been warmed up for you. And your counterparts should be waiting by now."

Sakura looked down at Chiyo to see that she was sound asleep once again. "Alright, just be quiet. Everyone." She whispered loud enough for everyone to hear.

"She should be sound asleep for now." Hinata said.

"Not if she's anything like Sarada." Sakura said.

"What do you mean?" Hinata asked.

"Sarada was always a light sleeper."

Naruto and Hinata gulped.

"She is a very light sleeper. The slightest noise startles her awake." Kurama whispered.

"So worse than Sarada. Nobody so much as breath hard. Let's move." Sakura ordered.

Everyone immediately started walking as silently as only master ninjas could. They soon came across an odd hexagon shaped door that looked sturdy enough to survive a Rasengan or two. Worf led them through the doors and on the other side was a black room with yellow lines in a grid pattern.

Standing in the middle of the room, were Naruto and Sakura in their Starfleet uniforms. They were currently trying to stretch their aching backs. Turns out hauling ungodly heavy tons of metal all across the ship did a number on your back.

"Oh hey. You're here." Lt. Sakura smiled as she looked up from stretching her back.

"Yup. They just calmed down Chiyo too. It was honestly the most adorable thing I've seen all day." Kurama said.

"I'll have to get the vision off you for that." CRACK "AAAAhhhh...there it is..." Naruto said as he cracked his back.

"Sakura, you promised us the amusement park program today." Sally reminded her.

"We will, don't you worry." Sakura assured.

"Computer. Run program Naruto Amusement park 1." Naruto ordered.

The walls beeped and the whole room shimmered. The other ninjas were concerned, but for the crew aboard the Enterprise this was just another Saturday.

Before their eyes, the fairly large room transformed into a mile-long concrete jungle of towering roller coasters and decorated rides. In the air there was the scents of cotton candy and hotdogs. With no one else besides their group around, they had the whole park to themselves.

"Computer. Add in a few guests dressed as teddy bear mascots." Naruto ordered.

"Seriously, Naruto?" The younger Sakura sighed.

"What? It would be creepy to be in a park all by ourselves." Naruto defended.

"You did this on the beach program and made the ocean ramen." Lt Sakura reminded.

"Ocean ramen?" Hokage Naruto perked up as all the kids ran off to ride the rides.

"Oh god..." Older Sakura groaned.

"Yes...he turned the entire ocean into ramen..." Lt Sakura sighed.

"Oh Naruto." Hinata giggled.

"Come on, guys. Let's ride some rides!" Naruto declared.

Everyone scattered all over the park like the eager adventure seekers they were. Younger Naruto and Sakura created Shadow Clones of themselves to watch over Chiyo while they found the nearest rollercoaster to ride. Meanwhile, older Naruto and Hinata decided to do something a little more slow paced. A ride in some paddle boats.

"WEEEEEAAAAAK!" Younger Naruto shouted as he and Sakura strapped themselves into the front car.

"Hey! I'm in my mid-thirties and tired! I deserve this!" Hokage Naruto shouted back.

"You're still weak!" Sakura shouted back as the car was cranked up to the highest hill.

Older Naruto growled at the two of them before Hinata laid a comforting hand on his. "It's okay dear. At least your wife has bigger tits."

Older Naruto snickered before laughing out loud.

Younger Naruto and Sakura were also laughing as they were sent flying down the coaster at max speeds. Each of them keeping their hands off the rails before chickening out and putting them back just in time for the first dip and loop-de-loop.

---

As they were screaming their heads off, the new Team 7 were having a gay old time with the bumper cars. Boruto bumped into Mitsuki who bumped into Sarada who steered around and bumped into Boruto.

Boruto and Sarada laughed, but Mitsuki just gave a small smile.

When they got bored of that they went on the tilt-a-whirl until Boruto got sick. Forcing an immediate trip to the bathroom while Sarada ran to buy a water bottle for her teammate.

Sarada returned with a bottle of water and gave it to a green faced Boruto. "Here, drink this."

Boruto gratefully took it and gulped down a huge sip before swishing and spitting out what was left of the bile in his mouth.

"Thanks, Sarada. Seriously." He gasped.

"Maybe you shouldn't ride any more intense rides for a while." Sarada suggested.

"No, no, I wanna keep riding." Boruto said before trying and failing to stand up. "Okay, maybe not."

Sarada rolled her eyes. "Come on, I know of a gentle ride that will help ease your nausea."

"Well then let's go." Mitsuki said.

"No, Mitsuki, why don't you go on another rollercoaster." Sarada said.

Mitsuki just shrugged and left to do just that.

"What was that for?" Boruto asked.

"What was what for?" Sarada asked.

"Why did you send Mitsuki away?" Boruto asked.

"So he could enjoy himself. How rarely do we see him crack a smile?"

"Good point...woah..." Boruto said as he tried to stand but was losing his balance.

Sarada caught him just before he could fall and supported him on her shoulder.

"Thanks..."

"No problem." Sarada said. Her close proximity to her crush made her face light up like a cherry, forcing her to adjust her glasses just to have an excuse to turn her head away.

"So where are we going?" Boruto asked.

"A nice and relaxing ride." Sarada said, deliberately moving Boruto towards a ride she saw on the mad dash to the bathroom from the tilt-a-whirl.

"Okay...?"

"Hehe." Sarada chuckled to herself as her glasses caught the light.

She led Boruto down the walkway to a dome shaped building painted bright red and sporting pink neon signs reading: THRILL RIDE O' LOVE - This ain't your parents' tunnel of love.

"Uhhh...Sarada?" Boruto asked in confusion.

"Yes?" Sarada asked.

"Why are we going through a love tunnel?"

"You said you wanted a gentler ride." Sarada said.

"Yeah but...I didn't think you had this in mind. Actually, when did you care about mushy stuff like this?"

"I don't. I mean I do. Not with you at least." She stuttered before remembering the map in her pocket. "But this was the closest green ride in the park." She said as she unfolded the map and pointed at their general location.

"Right. Well we could ride something else if-"

"NO!" Sarada snapped quickly.

Boruto looked over at her, expecting her to drop this facade for the sake of getting him on the ride with her.

"I mean. You're still a little sick from the last ride. Let's just take this one. Medic's orders." Sarada reasoned.

"Ooookay then..." Boruto said, but in reality, he had a strong feeling he knew what was going on here.

"Awesome. Let's go." Sarada said eagerly.

Boruto was suddenly dragged by the hand by Sarada towards the entrance.

Immediately, what Boruto saw was your typical cliche love tunnel scene. Various neon glowing and flashing hearts, cherubs with their love arrows, and in the middle of it all was a manmade tunnel with a heart shaped boat sitting in a manmade river.

'Yeah...gentler ride. I believe that one.' Boruto thought, but he couldn't help but blush at the prospect of going through this with her.

He stole a quick glance at the back of her head. Noting her silky smooth black hair curving around the nape of her neck. She certainly wasn't the most attractive girl in the village. Probably best in their village. And there was a certain coolness about her. A bit of nobility. Maybe it was her Uchiha blood. Or how she was more down to Earth. Or maybe what attracted him to her was her no bullshit attitude. It was the same attitude he had heard his father talk about Sakura. Truly, they were almost like a mirror image of one another. He couldn't help but admire that. Luckily, Sarada didn't inherit her mother's flat chest feature. The Uchiha blood certainly fixed that. Perhaps it was also in his blood that attracted him to her. He knew his dad had a massive crush on Sakura back when they were much younger. Who could blame him? Pink hair was rare and it was beautiful on her. Even Boruto had to admit that. If only Sarada had inherited that from her mother. But upon looking closer at Sarada's hair, he noticed something.

"Did you dye your hair?" He asked.

"No, it's naturally this color. Why?" Sarada asked.

Boruto gently grabbed a lock of her hair that had pink strands in it and showed it to her. "That's why."

"Oh that...Yeah, they've been popping up from time to time..." Sarada answered simply, but had to turn away to hide her red face over the fact that he touched her hair.

"I like it." Boruto said out of the blue.

Sarada bit her lower lip. If she thought her face couldn't get any redder, it did.

Their boat sailed around the lazy river and entered a hall of mirrors. Everywhere they looked, walls, ceiling, even under the surface of the water they could see reflections of themselves staring back at them.

"Okay, this isn't what I expected." Sarada admitted.

"The sign said it wasn't our parents' tunnel of love." Boruto said.

"Yeah, that's true...but still."

"I mean I still don't see why this counts as a Thrill Ride O' Love. Seems like every tunnel of love I've ever heard of." Boruto said. Right as he finished speaking, the boat jerked to the left. The lazy river tilted, making Sarada fall into Boruto's arms before it righted itself again.

"You okay?" Boruto asked.

Sarada adjusted her glasses only to find that her nose was nearly touching Boruto's. Their surroundings had changed again. No longer were they in a hall of mirrors. All around them were paintings of famous romantic moments from pop culture. Actors kissing and hugging in the finales of their films or tv shows.

"Um...Sarada..."

"Y-yeah...?"

"Be honest...why did you really want me in here?" Boruto asked, despite the fact they were still in very close proximity to one another's faces. "I think I know the answer, but I wanna hear it from you."

"Well..." Sarada said nervously. Could she really just admit it. Wouldn't that jeopardize their team structure is she did? Then she remembered that her parents were on the same team and the old Team 7 worked well together after the war, even when they were dating. She would just have to put their relationship on hold during a mission. The mission objectives always came first.

"Well, I thought it would be nice if we could spend some time together." Sarada said. "Because I like you."

Boruto's eyes went wide. He knew that she had liked him, but he never thought she would admit it. "R-really...?"

"Really." Sarada said.

Boruto gulped. "I...um...I do...too..."

Sarada went wide eyed. "You do?"

Boruto nodded hesitantly. "Yes...in all honesty...I've always found you attractive and... I think you're really cool..."

"Oh? I think you're really cool too. And handsome." Sarada said, feeling like her cheeks were glowing redder than her Sharingan.

"Y-you do?"

"Of course I do." Sarada said with certainty.

That was the last thing Boruto expected. But what came next was completely out of the blue.

The lazy river took a steep dive out of nowhere. Sending Sarada and Boruto screaming down the slide as water peppered their faces. They quickly held onto each other just to give themselves something to grasp. And just when they thought they would never stop falling the boat righted itself and the two Genin were soaked right down to their underwear.

"UGH! Now that was rude!" Sarada protested.

"Haha! That was fun!" Boruto laughed.

Sarada looked at Boruto and saw that he was enjoying himself. She couldn't help but crack a smile and laugh along with him.

The both of them were drunk off their laughter that they didn't even realize that their cheeks were touching as they leaned up against one another. It wasn't until they looked up and saw a passing mirror that they really saw how close they were.

The two of them soon found themselves back outside where they had started. The sign hanging over their heads reminding them to dry off.

"Aww, its over already?" Sarada whined.

"Yeah..." Boruto said before getting a mischievous idea. "You wanna go again?"

Sarada gave him a smile that he had never seen her give anyone before. "Sure!" She beamed.

Boruto couldn't help but smile himself. They both quickly hopped out of their boat and leapt into a fresh one heading back inside. All the while Boruto lead Sarada by the hand.

---

"How in the Hell is this even possible?" Kiba asked, still in awe at the completely life like hologram he was in.

"Obviously advanced computers, Kiba." Shino answered, ever the school teacher.

"What year is it here?" Lt Sakura asked.

"2022, why?" Ino asked.

"Tack on 350 years, give or take a decade." Lt Sakura said.

"Wait, you're that far in the future?!" Ino exclaimed.

"No, that's roughly the time gap between our technology."

"Or so Lieutenant Commander Geordi has told us." Worf said.

"I think we did pretty well with our advancement in technology." Hokage Naruto said.

"Personally, I think you ruined the village." Lt Naruto stated.

"Oh don't you start too." The Hokage snapped, clearly having had this conversation before. "The world is moving away from war and the village needs a new source of income to sustain itself. That means business, technology, and trade."

"I understand that and that's fine. But don't take away the villages iconic look. I came here and the village is nothing how I remember it."

"You think I like those towering monstrosities? All the big C.E.O.s and brilliant tech geniuses need a place to work and our quaint five story buildings weren't cutting it. Plus, when they buy the property they can build as high as they want. Or else they will go somewhere where they can build what they want." Hokage Naruto explained. "Compromise is the name of the game. You'll understand when you wear the red hat."

"You know, dear...I kinda have to agree with him." Lt Sakura said.

"What...?" Lt Naruto gasped.

"Think about it. After the 4th war, we're having a hard time just making a living wage. but then Starfleet comes along and offers us a once in a lifetime opportunity that we couldn't pass up. Whether you become Hokage or you remain in Starfleet, our village, no...our world will drastically change. Our cute village will be a huge city just like it is here."

Naruto sighed.

"Trust me, your counterpart didn't like it any more than you do." Shikamaru said, remembering all the long evenings he had to spend convincing Naruto to fold building requests.

"Yeah, I get it. Still, maybe if we join Starfleet, we won't need to produce all this technology." Naruto said hopefully.

"Anything is possible." Hokage Naruto said. "And if you can do it, open up another portal so that I can visit."

"We didn't open that portal." Lt Sakura said. "It's a temporal wormhole that occurs in space naturally. Although, it doesn't happen very often. According to Lieutenant Commander Data, it only occurs every 70 years or so on this end. What puzzles us is that wormholes typically don't bridge two different periods in time, let alone traveling through subspace and into a completely different universe."

"Oh, well I was just joking." Hokage Naruto said.

"I know, I could tell. I'm married to your counterpart, remember?" Sakura teased.

"Well you explained it anyway. Just like your counterpart." Hokage Naruto said.

"Because sometimes you need the explanation." Older Sakura pointed out.

"Yes, you do." Shikamaru chimed in.

"Oh ha ha..." Hokage Naruto grumbled.

"So, anyway." Ino said, speaking to her best friends' counterpart. "These tricorders. How do you use these things again?"

"Oh that's actually quite simple." Lt Sakura said before pulling hers out and handing it to Ino. "Open it up."

Ino carefully opened it up and nearly jumped when it started making sounds and had a bunch of flashing lights. What really intrigued her was the display on the device.

"Wow...check that out." Ino said. "What the heck does it do?"

"I'll show you." Lt Sakura said. She took back the tricorder but held it out for others to see. Everyone huddled around her as she slowly typed in a few commands and detatched the scanner probe and scanned her counterpart as an example. Instantly, the display showed every vital statistic. Blood pressure, heart rate, EKG, respiratory rate, blood glucose levels, platelet count, red and white blood cell count, organ health and function, and finally, brain activity. All within a fraction of a second.

"Incredible." Ino said.

"It can even take your temperature and detect any ailments you may...hmm..." Lt Sakura said before she found something in her counterparts scans. She immediately looked right at her counterpart. "Seems your liver enzymes are slightly elevated. Let me guess...you took up our masters drinking habits."

"Wow. Just gonna say I'm an alcoholic in front of all out friends." Older Sakura said.

"Are you?" Lt Sakura pressed.

"You try raising a little girl on your own while being Head Medic." Older Sakura said.

Lt Sakura sighed. "Luckily, the replicators you'll be getting can replicate sythehol."

"That fake alcohol you told me about?"

"It may be fake alcohol, but it's just as good as the real thing. Furthermore, you can have it with the delirious effects without damaging your body further."

"Then I guess I'll develop a taste for it. I need to stay healthy for Sarada." Older Sakura said.

"Smart thinking. Oh yeah...try the coffee. the Columbian blend is insane."

"Sure. Is there a replicator in this holodeck?" Older Sakura asked.

"Computer, arch." Lt Sakura ordered.

Instantly the archway next to the holodeck's gateway appeared next to the table where Sakura was seated. She got up and walked over to the arch. "Black I presume?"

"Milk and sugar." Older Sakura said.

"Really? I always have it black."

"Well I've developed a taste for milk and sugar." Older Sakura shrugged her shoulders.

"Alright then...computer. Cup of Columbian coffee. Cream and sugar."

"Milk. I said milk." Older Sakura said.

"Computer, correction, milk, not cream." The computer then replicated another cup of coffee with the corrected specifications.

Sakura brought over both cups of coffee, giving her counterpart the correct one.

"Cheers." Older Sakura said as she took her cup.

Older Sakura took a big gulp, relishing in its flavor before getting one hell of a kick from the caffeine.

"Oh my. That'll put a pep in your step." She said.

"Yeah...that got me hyper as hell." Lt Sakura said sheepishly.

"Oh, you just swore again." Naruto said as he eyes darted over to Chiyo sleeping peacefully in Ino's arms.

"Uh...guys..." Hinata spoke.

"What is it?" Hokage Naruto asked.

"You won't believe me if I told you. Sakura-san, you're gonna wanna know this too."

"Why? Does it have something to do Sarada?" Older Sakura asked with concern.

"Yes. Don't worry, it's good news. I think." Hinata said. Her veins around her eyes being very pronounced and her cheeks brightening like she was 16 years old again.

"Where's Boruto?" Hokage Naruto asked.

"He's with Sarada." Hinata squeaked out.

Hokage Naruto and Older Sakura looked at one another in shock. Hinata never squeaked like that unless...

"Why are you blushing?" Starfleet Naruto asked. No one answered. Instead Hokage Naruto activated his Golden Kyuubi cloak in order to sense the intentions of every one in a ten-mile radius. He didn't have to look far to find Boruto and Sarada's energy signatures and how heated they were.

"Hinata, what do you see?" Hokage Naruto asked.

"Exactly what you sense." Hinata blushed.

"Well I don't know so tell me." Older Sakura demanded.

"What is it?" Naruto asked before activating his own Golden Sage Mode.

"Oh yeah!" Hokage Naruto fist pumped, quietly enough not to wake up Chiyo. He then couldn't contain himself and did a back flip.

"What?! Will someone tell me what's going on?!" Older Sakura demanded.

"Oh snap, Sakura-chan." Naruto hissed with a grin on his face.

"You know we're here too and we are interested." Temari said.

"Um...Boruto and Sarada...they're...um..." Hinata sputtered.

"They're gonna get married." Hokage Naruto squealed.

"Uh...what?" Older Sakura asked, not sure she understood what he said.

"No they aren't gonna get married." Hinata said. "They are just kissing."

Older Sakura's eyes nearly popped out of her skull. "Are you serious?!"

Lt Sakura smiled. 'Well, its not me and Naruto, but its a close second.' She thought.

"We are gonna be brother and sister-in-laws Sakura!" Hokage Naruto exclaimed in joy.

"Well, wait a minute. I think it's a little soon for that..." Older Sakura sweat dropped.

"So what? Sarada is gonna be my daughter-in-law. This is great." Hokage Naruto smiled.

Older Sakura just sighed. Leave it to her Baka of a best friend to jump the gun.

"How lovely that would be." Hinata said.

"Well I mean...yeah, it would be amazing. But they're still just children. It's way too early to be thinking about this... Oh God...what would Sasuke say?"

"He would probably say, Hm." Starfleet Naruto said.

"Naruto, I don't expect you to know this, but Sasuke is very protective of our daughter. I don't think you would be any different. In fact, I can only imagine how you would react to some boy lip-locking Chiyo in 14 years." Older Sakura stated.

Naruto tried to imagine that and his fist tightened. "I suddenly have an overwhelming urge to set a curfew."

"Considering Romulans kidnapped her the moment I delivered her, we're both very protective of her." Lt Sakura informed.

"What was that? Chiyo was kidnapped?" Ino asked, holding her surrogate God daughter closer.

"The Enterprise was boarded by a Romulan fleet. They took her to try and gain Naruto's powers of Chakra." Lt Sakura said, angered in remembering that horrifying moment.

"Sakura-chan was in the middle of giving birth while I lead my ANBU aboard several ships in the Romulan fleet that was attacking us." Naruto said, feeling his blood boil. "Then I got word from Picard that they had attacked the med bay and stole Chiyo. Before Sakura could even look at her." He growled.

"Horrible...absolutely horrible..." Hokage Naruto growled.

"I would have killed them all." Hinata said.

"I almost did." Naruto admitted. "I slaughtered every last Romulan grunt that was dug into the engine room. But I couldn't bring myself to kill their leader."

"What? Why?!" Older Sakura demanded.

"He was disarmed and I had Chiyo back. And apparently he had a family."

"He took your daughter. I wouldn't have given him another moment to breath." Kiba said.

"He was unarmed." Choji said.

"I don't know why. I just couldn't kill another father on the day of my daughter's birth." Naruto said, feeling ashamed of himself.

"Neither would I." Hokage Naruto said.

Sakura leaned against Naruto and put her arms around him. "It just means that you are kind."

"That he is..." Hinata smiled as she did the same for her husband.

"Good to see that Naruto is still as Youthful in your universe as ours." Lee said.

"Yes, let's all keep praising Naruto. He's so great." Kiba said.

"Oh hush." Lt Sakura ordered. "God, you're just as much of a dick here as you are in our time."

"Nice to see some things don't change." Naruto said.

---

Meanwhile on the bridge, Captain Picard was going over the reports on repairs. Everything was going smoothly and at a good pace. They may just make it out of this universe with time to spare.

"Engineering to bridge." Geordi said over the coms.

"Go ahead." Picard answered.

"Just delivering my bi-daily report. We are still on the schedule that Data gave us, we should be completed 4 hours before our deadline to leave."

"Very good, Mr. LaForge. Keep me updated."

"Will do. La Forge out." Geordi said before ending the call.

"Captain. Something is happening to the wormhole." Data reported.

"Explain." Picard said.

"It appears the collapse of the wormhole is accelerating rapidly."

"How long until we can't fit through it?" Picard asked.

"Approximately 24 hours, sir." Data informed.

"Say again?" Picard exclaimed, standing up from his seat.

"Approximately 24 hours, sir." Data repeated.

Picard quickly opened the ship wide coms. "All hands, this is the Captain. new reports indicate that the wormhole collapse has accelerated. We now only have 24 hours to make it through the wormhole before we cannot fit through it at all. I want everyone to double up the work load starting right now."

"Captain Picard. We cannot make that deadline." Geordi reported back.

"You're going to have to, Geordi. Time is no longer on our side." Picard stated.

"As if it ever was. I had my men scheduled for a 16 hour and then a 12-hour shift. We would have to work 28 hours straight just to make up the difference."

"You have 23 hours, Geordi. Make them count. Picard out."

Geordi cursed before turning to his team of engineers, the backbone of the Enterprise. All of them looked exhausted from constant 16 hour shifts. Not counting the 20 minute breaks they got for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Their free time had been spent sleeping, but now they would be subjected to their biggest challenge yet.

"Alright everyone! you heard the Captain. Focus on the most essential systems. Keep the back-up systems on the back burner for now. We can repair all non-essential systems at a later time." Geordi ordered and everyone scrambled to get everything ready in an even shorter amount of time.

---

23 hours later. Their time was up.

Naruto and Sakura stood at the edge of Ridu Lake with Chiyo and Kurama. All to say goodbye to their counterparts one last time.

"Sorry we disrupted your lives so much." Sakura said sincerely.

"Please. This was the most interesting thing to happen in weeks." Older Sakura waved off as she held Chiyo in her arms one last time.

"Plus you got my son to stop acting like such a brat. Not to mention all the technology you gave us." Hokage Naruto smiled.

"Just promise us you won't abuse it. We're already breaking the Prime Directive as it is." Sakura begged.

"Sakura, please. This is Naruto we are talking about with promises." Older Sakura said.

Sakura scratched her head. "Yeah, good point..."

"Well then we need to get underway. Gotta get back to our own universe." Naruto said as he held out his hand for his counterpart to shake.

Hokage Naruto outstretched his hand and shook his counterparts. "Good luck to you. Who knows? Maybe we'll see each other again someday."

"Knowing our luck? It may very well happen." Naruto said, returning the handshake.

"And thank you for the technology. Seriously, this will make this here so much better."

"Thank you for only holding us at kunai point a little."

The two backed up a bit. Sakura tried to take back her daughter, but her counterpart held on tight.

"I need my daughter back..." Sakura said softly.

"Can't we keep her? Until you get back." Older Sakura said, just loving this baby to death.

"I swear I will sick Kurama on this village if I don't get my daughter back." Sakura said.

"I'd do it too." Kurama said.

"He'd do it too." Sakura repeated.

"Alright, alright. Let's have none of this." Hokage Naruto chuckled good naturedly. "Come on, Sakura. I know she's your...our daughter, technically, but...she also isn't."

"But she has my hair." Older Sakura pouted. "And your cute whisker marks."

"I...wait...cute?" Hokage Naruto sputtered.

"Yeah. They are cute. Don't act so surprised. They are your cutest features. That and your winning smile." Older Sakura said.

Hokage Naruto blinked. "Okay, who are you and what happened to Sakura? You've never once said that about me."

"Well let's just say that if it wasn't Sasuke it was going to be you." Older Sakura said.

"Aw you find my whisker marks cute." Star fleet Naruto said to his Sakura.

'DAMN IT!' Hokage Naruto screamed in his head.

'Oh relax. Some would say you got the better deal.' Kurama thought.

'Yeah, well...would have been nice to explore my options.' Hokage Naruto thought.

'Oh relax. You got a beautiful, well-endowed mate who is obsessed with you, a good cook, and is the ninja clan equivalent of a princess. I'd say put that in the win column.'

"I always thought they were. I told you that." Sakura reminded him.

"Well it's still sweet to hear from you." Naruto smiled.

"Right. Now..." Sakura said before glaring at her counterpart. "My baby. Now."

Older Sakura nodded before handing Chiyo over like she would a stack of fine china. Sakura took her into her arms and pressed her against her chest. Chiyo fussed a bit at being brought away from her favorite resting spot, but then settled after being returned to it.

"Take care of her. Both of you." Older Sakura said.

"Oh, don't you worry about that." Naruto grinned.

"As a mother it's my job to worry." Older Sakura countered.

"You could always try and have one for yourself." Sakura smirked.

"And maybe your Naruto should go back and have Boruto with Hinata." Older Sakura replied.

"No thanks." Naruto said.

"Yeah no." Kurama said.

"Enterprise to Uzumaki's. Report to the ship on the double." Picard ordered impatiently.

"Okay, we really got to go." Naruto said.

"Good luck and kick those Romulan assholes for taking Chiyo!" Hokage Naruto said.

"Will do." Naruto said. "Lt. Naruto to Enterprise. Four to beam up." In an instant, all 4 of them were surrounded by a blue light before vanishing completely.

"I'm really going to miss our baby..." Sakura said sadly.

"Yeah. But at least we have our own kids." Hokage Naruto said as the lake surface began to quake until the Enterprise rose from its surface as if carrying the harbinger of a second coming. "Who knows? Maybe they will fail."

"Don't talk like that, Baka!" Sakura snapped.

"I'm just kidding." Hokage Naruto said, even if he truly wouldn't mind them staying for another 70 years. They watched as the Enterprise continued to grow in size until it was completely out of the water, revealing its true identity.

"Sweet Sage...that thing is huge..." Sakura gasped.

"Seriously." Hokage Naruto said it slowly rose to the sky.

---

Inside the bridge it was all hands on deck.

"Ensign, full impulse." Picard ordered.

"Aye sir." Ro replied before sending the Enterprise into max speed.

"Wormhole collapse continues to accelerate." Data reported.

"I need more power." Ro said.

"It's all I can give." Geordi said from his bridge console.

"Warp 1." Picard ordered.

"Wormhole at 260 meters in diameter." Data relayed.

"Warp core isn't responding! It's still in startup stages." Geordi informed.

"Gravitational field from the planet is acting like a lead weight. It's pulling on the ship." Sakura reported.

"Wormhole at 259 meters in diameter." Data relayed.

"Divert all power to the impulse engines!" Picard ordered.

"We're running on reserve power as it is! Any more and we'll risk draining life support." Geordi said.

"Carry out my order!" Picard spoke sternly.

"257.5 meters." Data said.

Geordi grimaced before diverting the power to the engines.

"All available power diverted." Geordi reported.

"2000 kilometers from the wormhole." Worf reported.

"256 meters." Data said. If it reached 250 meters then the edges of the ship saucer would crash.

'We're not gonna make it...' Naruto thought before coming up with an insane idea. Naruto clapped his hands and teleported to the engine room. He transformed into his golden form and shot his chakra out into every power station that the impulse engines ran on.

On the bridge, Geordi's console showed the power output of the impulse engines shoot completely off the scale.

"Captain. I'm showing a massive surge of power going into the impulse engines." Geordi reported.

"It's Naruto, saving us again." Riker laughed.

"Velocity increased to beyond our maximum impulse speed. We're nearing warp 1." Ro reported.

"Wormhole at 254 meters." Data reported.

On the outside, the impulse engines changed from red to gold and a large afterburner like trail shot out from them, propelling the ship hard through the wormhole with only seconds to spare.

The ship began to violently rattle. All the emergency welding and repairs made by the engineers were put to the test. Sakura held Chiyo tight while Kurama wrapped his tails around them.

"Report!" Picard ordered.

"Heavy turbulence is shaking the ship like a leaf in a windstorm!" Geordi reported.

"Nearing wormhole exit in 9 seconds!" Ro reported.

"Wormhole still closing. 251.4 meters." Data reported. "251.2, 251, 250.8..."

There was a scraping sound, like God sharpening his kunai across the saucer of the Enterprise. Every crew member could feel it in their teeth. The bridge crew dared to open their eyes to see the vastness of space laid out before them.

"We've exited the wormhole." Ro reported.

Every one fell against their seats. Even though they were already seated. A few seconds passed to allow everyone to catch their breath.

"Mr. Worf." Picard ordered. "Open up a channel to Starfleet. Confirm that we made it back."

"Channel open." Worf reported.

"This is Captain Picard of the USS Enterprise. Calling on any and all Federation ships to respond."

The coms were left silent, but then Worf's console alerted him. "Captain. I'm detecting a ship bearing 1 mark 264 on an intercept course."

"What do you make of it?" Riker asked.

"It's a Federation ship." Worf said before reading the info he got on it. "Registry number...NCC-1701...A..." He said in disbelief.

All the bridge crew turned to him and gaped in awe.

"USS...Enterprise..." Worf added.

Just then, the doors to the bridge flew open with Naruto rushing in.

"Yeah! We did it! We made it!" Naruto cheered as he held Sakura and Chiyo close.

"No... we didn't." Sakura said.

"We didn't?" Naruto deflated.

"We appear to be in another period of time." Data informed. "However, according to our chronometer, we seem to be back in our universe."

"Captain. The other Enterprise has dropped out of warp." Worf reported.

"On screen." Picard ordered.

The screen showed the iconic and historic Enterprise-A. Captained by the most legendary captain in Starfleet.

"The Enterprise A is hailing us." Worf responded.

Picard sighed heavily and stood up straight. "On screen..."

"Captain. According to the Temporal Prime Directive, we are forbidden to communicate with anyone in the past." Data reminded.

"I'm aware of that, Mr. Data. But the Temporal Prime Directive has already been broken." Picard said before Worf carried out his order.

The screen flash to show the man himself...Captain Kirk.

"This is Captain James T Kirk of the Federation Starship Enterprise. Please Identify yourself." Kirk spoke.

Sakura and Naruto were in awe of the living legend himself, but when they saw two people behind him, they nearly hit the floor.

"N-Naruto...It's...Hashirama Senju...Lord First..." She whispered. "And Lady Mito Uzumaki."

'My first host…' Kurama thought.

"Oh boy..." Naruto said.

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Author's Note from Panda: Swear to God we should have just called this chapter Whisker Marks.

Also, haha, the chapter is called Return to the Past and instead it ends in the far past. Damn we are clever with these chapter titles.

Sorry if it felt like we jumped around too much. But we do hope you like the next chapter to come out. It's one I have been looking forward to for a long time.