(chapter 4 The weight of time)

(I do not own Naruto)

Waking up in Naruto's mindscape under water she starts to panic and swims to the top of what looked to be the surface for air, but when Naruto Broke throw the surface of the water she found that she could stand on top of the water without using any Chakra, because it was Naruto own mind and she could do whatever she wanted in it.

(Drip… drip…)

looking around soaking wet Naruto found herself in the middle of a lake, the water under her feet was clear like the sky above her and stepping off it, she noticed the land in her mindscape had changed into a vibrant green field of grass with a couple of flowers, animals and trees around her. Smiling at how peaceful it was Naruto made her way up the biggest hill in her mindscape that was in front of her to come upon a huge cherry tree that could have been bigger than the Hokage mountain and the tree was beautiful as it had pink, violet and blue butterflies on it instead of petals.

looking down the tree Naruto found a metal plate that was intertwined with the trunk of the tree, as though it had grow into it, but something about it seemed odd to Naruto. The metal plate was shaped like a sunflower and had a key hole in the middle of it, but along the bottom off the key hole their also was ancient warning in writing that only Naruto could read.

"only open when time has come to it's end" Naruto whispered to the tree with a sad grin pulling on her lips while she reached out and rubbed the keyhole with her thumb, she Sighing softly to her self wondering if this was linked to her past or future.

(Snore!)

Naruto pulled her hand away and looked to her right to see the face of a big, giant, nine-tailed fox that had curled his body around the bottom of the tree, almost covering the whole trunk of the tree as if he was protecting it. his tails were intertwined with the upper branches as his bright orange fur blended into the colors of the butterfly blossoms making it glow a bit. Snickering to herself Naruto quietly sneaked up to the beast and tied his whiskers into bows as she was doing this tho the fox flinched a little and slowly opened his big gold-red eyes.

"and what do you think you're doing you little brat" the fox grumbled while snuggling his snout into her softly with a grin as she did the same on his nose, as she was grinning up at the nine tails, Naruto climbed up onto his head and laid there like a starfish looking up at the sky blissfully. it was calming for her.

"I told Sakura the bullshit story about how I can tell the future and also Sasuke saw the eyes too, but he isn't telling anyone and the whole village is after me because of the beating I gave him what do you think I should tell them? the same thing I told Sakura or…" Naruto asked shyly to the fox as a butterfly petal fell softly on her head.

The fox was silent for a moment then lifted his head up towards the tree with a grim smile.

"I think you should tell them that you were trying to get through to the Uchiha and teach him a thing or two about friendship also try not to look to serious you weren't known for that you know ha-ha" the fox said chuckling deeply at how Naruto smacked the top of his head when he made fun of her and Pouting Naruto grabbed the petal off her head and examined it seeing that it was red she squeezed it to her chest frowning deeply after getting a bad feeling from it.

"hey tails what's with the new scenery around here?" Naruto wheezed out from the overwhelming feeling that was coming from the petal, but for some reason she could not let it go. The fox frowning because of the nickname frowned deeper when he picked up the girl with one of his tails that weren't on the tree and saw the petal in her hand as he put her down on his open paw in front of his face.

"your mindscape changed because when we went back in time you changed Brat, the lake shows what's to come in the future so if you change something in the past you'll still be able to come back and see what's to come. The grass, flowers are to show how your feeling and the trees are storage for your memories too, anything else you want to know?" asked the fox tiredly still frowning at the petal in Naruto's clutches as she nodded to his question she pointed at the cheery tree.

"what's with the big tree and why does it feel familiar?" Naruto asked in squinted eyes suspiciously as she looked at the tree again. The fox rested his head down and closed his eyes smirking a little at the girl's actions.

"It's everything you've learned up until now, it holds all memories even ones you've forgotten from a past life too, like that petal is a memory from another time and place far from here but be warned that some things are better left alone Naruto," The fox said before he fell sound asleep. Naruto after rolling her eyes at the fox's laziness looked at the petal in her hands and got the erg to drop it in the lake so getting up she ran down to the edge of the water and put her hand with the petal above the water ready to put it in when the foxes warning repeated in her head.

'well, just a little peek won't hurt right what could go wrong?' Naruto thought nervously as she felt the restraint from not being able to let go vanish as she let go of the petal and watched as it came to life fluttering around her before diving into the water head first. Naruto sat down near the water after a minute had passed with no signs of anything happening and thought it was all a joke until the water came to life. It shoots out of the lake and grabbed Naruto dragging her to the bottomless lake as the fox opened one eye only to roll it.

"here we go again be careful you, little Brat," the fox thought before he really fell asleep.

(Sasuke prov)

Okay, keeping a secret was easy I've been doing it since I was little but this secret was one I had to find out more about so that's why I was out in the middle of the night jumping from roof to roof to get to Naruto's place and find out how he got so strong and why in the bloody hell he has those eyes. It caused me to feel uneasy, last time I checked Naruto didn't look like a Uchiha and Looking around from the ninth roof I've jumped on I spot Naruto's house.

I Land on his roof and sneaking into his bedroom window I stop in my tracks when I see a girl with red hair sitting on Naruto's bed cross-legged glowing brightly yellow and slowly make my way to the girl with my hand on my pouch in case she was dangerous. I reached out my hand to touch her shoulder until I notice Naruto's birth marks on the girl's cheeks and pull my hand away, making my way back out the window dispersing into the night, back to my home. I wondered if Naruto was a girl or had a girlfriend both of those things made me shiver in fright.

Yet little did Sasuke know was that he was not the only one who saw Naruto as a girl that night and that person was thinking much different things.