I don't know why I did this… but I crammed both the movie and the respective filler episode into one chapter. Kami forbid did this take forever to write and edit. X.x never again.

Thank you all for the fave, follows and reviews! I love that pretty much everyone was able to correctly guess my hints towards Shisui!

Mad167: Yep! Road to Ninja.

VenaHope: Hey! Sasuke's eyes look like that if you stare at it long enough. But yep, Shishui is now a baby.

MidnaMoo: I appreciate it all the same hun! :D

Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf: Yep, we are going in that movie, honestly despite its plot holes it is a pretty decent watch. It's sadly not on crunchyroll so you would have to watch it on another website in order to see it.

bunnyguest: Yes, Shisui was reborn and no that Sakura was not a Zetsu. Deidara would know if that was a Zetsu, trust me.

Ringo1327: Honestly wish they would have expanded more on the world, I would have loved to see how the timeline was like and what else was different. But instead we got a very short movie, rather sad, wish we could have seen more… but it is what it is.

Supu Fumi Heren: Trust me, once the conversation about Shisui's reincarnation happens, it's going to be completely awkward in not only how it's handled but also how Shisui's new parents will treat him afterwards… mostly considering Shisui will tease Itachi.

WindBear47: Itachi will figure it out when the kids are a little older, at least at a stage where they can communicate and move around effectively.

Pr1nc3ss K3nny: I honestly don't know how I would have Deidara interact with Minato and Kushina, of course they would be happy with the idea of their son being raised in a happy family… but then there's the fact that Deidara can be kiiiiinnnnnddddaaaa umm…. Heheheh…. Crazy?

Liliah Dark: I always respond to my readers hun. :D Sorry that it was hard to picture Itachi's eyes, a quick google search on "Itachi's eternal mangekyou sharingan" should give you the results since I used fanart. And yes, you have solved the theory. :P

DeixItachi: (Btw, yes to that username) I won't be doing any other Naruto movies as I have not seen those movies and I do not like Boruto, so I won't be watching the Boruto movie and The Last Naruto Movie was when I became disinterested in the series. Also they are canon to the original storyline, but because of everything Deidara has changed, they are no longer canon in my timeline and would not happen as a result. (Plus Deidara would beat the shit out of Boruto for half of the stuff he does)

Warning: Violence, language, Itachi, bad jokes, mental breakdowns, Itachi, it's Road to Ninja so OOC moments even for my standards, pervert Sasuke, and… oh yeah! ITACHI FUCKING UCHIHA. (psssssttttt, if you can't tell, I had fun writing Itachi)

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto… just some of the ideas for messing with characters that never appeared in the movie.


I couldn't understand why I was feeling so uneasy being at this park, I can create bombs from my hands and have Toph-like sensing abilities, there should be nothing about this park that should send me on edge. I think what's freaking me out is that while most of the time an event happens, I know basically what will happen… but this?

I'm getting a bad case of deja vu.

I decided to ignore Sakura's complaining about her parents being a little on the bossy side lately, she's just being a teenager. But still... Where have I heard this all before?

"It's been a long time, Uzumaki Naruto. Not so much for you Deidara, it's only been a week." Snapping my head in annoyance, I was greeted with Obito standing nearby us.

"Hey Tobi." I nonchalantly wave to him, the feeling of deja vu still wouldn't leave me. Especially with Naruto trying to use rasengan on Obito. My eye widening when a familiar glass orb rose from his palm and to the moon. Moving at lightning speed I grab Sakura and Naruto, shielding their eyes with my body, "Don't look, you'll hurt your eyes, un!"

"Deidara-nii?"

All I saw was a white background behind my eyelids, when I opened my eyes… it was night time? The sun was still out though…

Looking around the park suspiciously, I let go of the two and slammed my foot on the ground, "What the hell…?"

"Deidara-sensei?" Sakura tilted her head as she watched me visibly pale.

"Konoha… it's in perfect condition… and I… everyone feels off… and why is Kimi-?"

"NII-SAMA!" Kimimaro was storming over, looking absolutely livid, "I've been looking all over for you! The one day I agree that we should all eat like a family, you run off to do Kami knows what! Do you know how much you've worried Itachi-san?! I hate that bastard, but at least he's more aware of your well being than you are apparently!"

My brain freezes as my taller younger brother was hollering in my face, Kimi yells at me, he scolds me sometimes, yes... But he's never screamed in my face like this. I could feel tears pricking the corners of my eyes as stressed overwhelmed me, if there was one thing I could never get used to it was people yelling at me. What is he even talking about? I never agreed to a big family gathering, Itachi and Sasuke just swapped eyes for crying out loud.

Suddenly, Kimimaro paused and looked at Naruto and Sakura, "Imouto, would you care to join us for dinner?"

What the fuck…? "Imouto"? Little sister? But the only girl here is…

I looked to Sakura who was just as confused as I was, and Naruto was trying to figure out why Kimimaro was ignoring him. I'm still trying to understand why Kimimaro is talking nonsense when he's usually the logical brother.

"Ah… um… I'm good… thank you though?" Sakura tilts her head then looked at me, eyes pleading for me to explain what the hell was going on. Sorry honey, I'm as lost as you are.

Kimi nods to her once... then literally scoops me up, "Very well. Come along Nii-sama, you are much too slow for this." Why is he carrying me?!

"Gah! Kimimaro! Put me down I can run, un!" Kimimaro ignores my demand and bolts off. I could feel Naruto's eyes staring at us as Kimimaro ran through Konoha, the village was completely intact, like it wasn't just destroyed a few weeks ago by Pein. But that's not what bothered me, he completely ignored Naruto, like he didn't even exist, Kimimaro always gave Naruto attention.

I'm praying that Itachi is able to explain what the hell is going on, everytime I tried to speak up in protest to being carried around like a princess, Kimimaro would tighten his grip. I had the sudden urge to kick my brother into next Wednesday if he kept trying to shut me up. He only sat me down when we reached… the Uchiha compound? What the hell…?

I brush my foot along the ground, only for my heart to stop. Where are Minami and Shisui? They're not here, I can't even sense traces of infant objects anywhere, just high levels of activity in the kitchen.

Not even looking at Kimimaro, I slowly enter the house and take off my shoes. Okay… The decorations are things I would pick out, "I'm home, un…" My eyes wondered to a coat rack nearby the door.

Why were there Akatsuki coats?

"My darling, you are home at last!" I let out a shriek when a sudden mass appeared in front of me, picked me up by my waist and spun me around. My eyes quickly adjust to seeing an extremely happy Itachi smiling up at me- wait… did he call me "darling"?!

Since when was I a "darling"?! I ain't nobody's "darling", Itachi calls me Dei! Why was he being so affectionate? Even I'm not too happy with all this puppy love! When did I marry Tamaki Suoh from Ouran Highschool Host Club?!

"Itachi, what the hell is going on? You're freaking the fuck out of me with this puppy love. Naruto, Sakura and I had a run in with Tobi and he- mrff!" I was quickly shushed when Itachi placed his lips over mine, I could hear Kimimaro growling in disapproval in the background… well, at least one thing stayed the same. These were definitely my husband's lips, my body wouldn't be relaxing if this was someone else. This was the same way he would hold my waist when we were in the right mood, how he would make me arch my neck back slightly to make up for the height differences… but at the same time, the fact he was kissing me in front of others… this wasn't right.

One of Itachi's hands trailed up to my chin, holding my head in place as he looked into my eye and I swear I could see a Shojo style sparkle rose background behind him, "You talk too much my love…" Yep, this is wrong, Itachi always lets me run my mouth and express myself, "Come, let's eat before the food gets cold, I made your favorites."

"And while you're at it, paws off my Nii-sama, Uchiha." I was suddenly yanked away from Tama- I mean, Itachi, by Kimimaro who dragged me to the kitchen, "I couldn't find Sasuke anywhere, he must be looking for Menma, why your brother loves that boy I will never know."

"It's because Sakura is blocked off because they are in-laws."

Wait… Sasuke likes who now?!

My brain was going into overdrive with everything around me to the point where I nearly choked on my rice, but I chose to keep my mouth shut as I observed how Itachi and Kimimaro acted. At the table, they seemed to have the same manners… minus Itachi occasionally trying to feed me, that I could live without. Letting my eyes wonder, something struck me odd about the photographs hanging on the wall… minus the Team 7 photo… none of them had Naruto in them.

"Kimimaro…?" Kimimaro instantly turned his attention to me, like a soldier does to his general. It was too stiff, even for him.

"Can I see your locket, un?" Kimimaro pauses at the unusual request but hands it to me. I open the locket and my heart sank at what I saw.

I'm staring at the New Year's photographs, the lake in the background sparkled with the moonlight. I was in my girly blue kimono and Kimimaro in his grey yukata… but something was wrong, specifically regarding the little girl in the photos.

Sakura was the one crying against my shoulder with a smile, wearing a light pink yukata with white cherry blossoms on it. There was no Naruto. In fact, the sibling photo was Kimimaro holding a laughing Sakura princess style and the girl gleefully laughing at the action. As cute as it was… it didn't stop the bile threatening to leave my stomach.

I didn't dare pull out my own locket, I just handed Kimimaro his back.

My entire being was numb to the surroundings before me, I didn't react to Tama- damnit... Itachi constantly giving me butterfly kisses on my head or Kimimaro having mood swings every time my husband got affectionate. I just ate my dinner in silence, until something out the window caught my eye in the far distance, I had to discreetly zoom in on it with my scope.

Sakura's father was in place of Minato on the Hokage monument.

'Don't tell me…' I slowly stood from my seat, feeling my arms begin to shake as my heartbeat made it to my head, "I forgot, I need to ask Sakura something, un." Before either my husband or brother could question me I bolt out the door, grabbing my trench coat in the process.

'Bathhouse bathhouse bathhouse bathhouse…' It didn't take me long to find the bathhouse Naruto enjoys going to with his friends. Itachi and I went there once… we prefer hot springs and being able to soak from the neck down. Well… at least I do, Itachi tends to just watch me like someone does when their child is being amusing, whatever floats his boat.

I quickly enter the room where I could sense the boys and I am left stunned. I think I need to summon Madara.

Neji was peeping on the girls with his byakugan, Kiba was imitating a cat, Sasuke was… thank Kami he seemed normal, minus the occasional look at Naruto's butt with the most smug smirk an Uchiha could muster. Choji was skinny, Shikamaru was looking at everything like an idiot and Naruto was looking at me like he is having the weirdest day of his life. I could understand his pain all too well at the moment.

… Holy living fuck this is the Road to Ninja movie! Wait… It's the Road to Ninja movie… crap. I've only watched the whole thing once and that was when it first came out.

"Deidara-nii, why are you not with Nii-san?" Now, at first I thought Naruto had called me that, but then I realized that voice sounded way too Uchiha like.

Sasuke just called me "Deidara-nii."

Naruto and I had matching "wtf" expressions as we stared at our brother-in-law. This Sasuke was not only attracted to Naruto… or Menma to be precise… he also calls me Deidara-nii… Kami I am afraid to know what everyone else that interacts with Deidara acts like now. Shit… what does this world's Deidara act like?!

A high pitch scream from the other room set me into a motherly frenzy. The girls! Like the other guys, I quickly head to the girls' side of the room, momentarily broken once again seeing a yandere Hinata trying to pummel Lee. I mean… I've made Hinata more independent and powerful… but she's almost naked and trying to beat up someone! Wait… is Naruto going to be stuck in a love triangle from this?

"Deidara-sensei!" Sakura quickly attached herself to me as she understood that I was also the real Deidara. Even though Hinata was currently the only female that was nearly naked, I grab Ino, shielding her exposed midriff as I remembered that she's the Hinata like person here. Odd that Karin is missing from this picture though, wonder where she is?

"Sick perverts…" I look over my shoulder to see Kimimaro standing in the doorway… but he wasn't looking at Lee. No, he was looking at Neji with a look that could kill if he had sharingan.

Neji gulped nervously, "Uhhh… h-hi Kimimaro-" But he never got to finish his greeting when Kimimaro chased him out of the room, bone blade in hand with kill intent radiating from his body. Note to self: This Kimimaro hates pervy Neji, and that makes perfect sense for both Kimis actually.

Lee makes a break for it, causing the others to chase him. Naruto looks over at me, "What the hell is going on Deidara-nii?"

"It's Tobi's jutsu. This is an alternative reality that I am...sadly familiar with because it was a movie, un." Now that I think about it, this world is suppose to be a prototype Tsukuyomi… but then that filler episode- gaaaahhhhh who cares!

Naruto gave me a suspicious look, "This Sasuke looks a lot like our Sasuke, any reason why they're dressed the same, dattebayo?"

"Because I made Duck-kun dress like that, it's the only outfit he's ever worn that doesn't make him look like a man-stripper, un." I cross my arms defensively as Sakura snorts out a partial laugh, well it's true! "Though… I didn't expect him to like you Naruto… or, Menma specifically, he's your alternate in this world."

Naruto shivered and rubbed his arm, "I'm not going near our Sasuke for a while after this, he kept looking at my butt, dattebayo." His face turns bright red as both Sakura's and my eyes trailed to the object of Sasuke's affection, "Don't look at me!" Then don't talk about your damn butt… huh… I need to get Naruto some new pants, they're too… they show off too much shape for a shinobi.

I pat Naruto on the shoulder, "Honey, I'm your older brother and guardian, it's my job to look and make sure you are presentable… and we are going clothes shopping when we get home. Your clothes are not suitable for shinobi wear now that I'm actually looking, un."

Sakura's cheeks turned bright pink, "Hinata… also like Naruto…" She shakes her head to throw off any thoughts she had, "Besides Sasuke-kun suddenly being interested in Naruto... Is anyone else different that we should be aware of?"

"Well if things are still the same, the Akatsuki are peachy and...Itachi is more affectionate… like… princely, wants-to-smother-me-in-love, affectionate, un." I shiver at the memory before letting the two chase after Lee. I'd rather avoid the main story if I can, if it's still the same for the most part then Naruto will spend time with Minato and Kushina while Sakura learns to value her family back home.

Right now, I just really need an adult, one that won't smother me as well.

Tightening the buckle of my collar, I hug my arms close to my body as I briskly walked away from the bathhouse in the opposite direction of everyone. My safest bet would be to get somewhere private and summon Madara. If anything, he'd be able to capture Obito and Menma's attention and end the whole thing faster.

"Dei-chan? What are you doing out so late by yourself?"

'"Dei-chan"!' Oh thank Kami, I'm friends with Anko in this world. Relief washed over me as I turned on my heel to look at the crazy kunoi- wha… what the fuck is she wearing?

Anko calmly walked to me and stopped only a foot away. Her hair was up in a tidy bun and she was wearing a deep lavender kimono… no, not a yukata… a fucking kimono, with a shiny silver obi around her stomach. I could tell she had lipstick on, but it was hidden behind a folding fan, only showing her eyes… which had mascara and eyeliner on that flattered her well.

And her posture… it was perfect. No slouch, no limp arm, she looked like she just came out of a noble family. What the hell happened to this Anko that made her a prude?

"Honestly Dei-chan, we've gone over your posture since you were 11. Straighten up." Anko unfolded her fan -indeed there was lipstick- and proceed to smack my back and shoulder with it until I was deemed straight enough, "There we go. Like a proper matriarch. But what on earth are you wearing? You look like you just came out of bed, you should be wearing at least a yukata on your free days, this is too much skin for you, dear."

What is she, my friend or my governess?

"Now then, let's have some tea while you are out and about. I am curious to know why you're not with Kimimaro-kun and Itachi-san." Anko elegantly turned and walked off, I followed behind her, not sure if I should ask her if she was insane or not, "You are the matriarch of the Uchiha clan, the guardian of the daughter of the heroes, and the second-in-command to the Akatsuki, you need to keep your appearance up." Wait, I'm what?!

I chose not to question all of the titles Anko gave me, not unless I wanted to be interrogated by this scary version of my best friend. Reaching our familiar tea house, I sat across from her and she ordered us two cups of tea… but no dango?

"Anko, why are you not ordering dango, un?" She looks at me with a mortified expression, like I just asked her to flash or something.

"Dango? Why would I want to eat such fattening food? Are you okay Dei-chan? You don't have a fever, right?" She pulls her sleeve up to her elbow so she could reach across the table and put her hand against my forehead, "No fever… are things going okay at home? You're not usually so outspoken… not since…"

I lean forward in interest, "Since…?"

"You must have forgotten. Well, you came to this village absolutely mental, talking about how the Akatsuki are after jinchuuriki and this person impersonating Madara and how this world was a 'manga'. But once Hiruzen-sama had Itachi-san come to the village and calmly talk to you about why you were wrong… you became more quiet and observed everything like it was your first time seeing things. I still remember how you would pick up Sakura-chan from school and trained her to be a fine kunoichi… Dei-chan?"

I couldn't breathe, there was… another me… in the other Deidara. They came to this world, realized it was the alternate timeline and blended in… gotta admit, going the polite route is something I would do, then again it was me. This is hurting my head, the idea of two me's is more mind-blowing than the idea of an alternate universe.

Bowing my head with a groan, I shoot to my feet, "I need to go home. Sorry Anko, un." Before I could be questioned, I bolted back to the compound. I just need to sleep this off, get my mind to adjust to this topsy-turvy world and pray that this genjutsu ends soon.

That night

This Itachi cuddles.

I discovered this after Itachi tried asking for my consent to… ahem... stuff. He stopped the moment I told him no, and that I had a headache, satisfied with kissing me on the forehead and spooning me. I was not a fan of this sleeping position, I am the cuddler.

Tensing up as Itachi nuzzled his face in my hair, I allowed my mind to wonder. Why did this, out of the entire original movie, change? Was it because I influenced my world to the point that it bled through the lines of reality into this one…? Or was this just simply a genjutsu? This feels too real to be a genjutsu though, but I can't tell… even with my other eye.

Out of desperation, I tried to summon Madara at the Hokage monument after leaving Anko in order to hopefully find a way to break the genjutsu. But for some reason, I couldn't. Nothing would appear, I couldn't summon Hashirama, Tobirama, or Izuna. Maybe it was because this world's versions of them were dead, but it was hard to tell. Either way, until the jutsu was broken, we were stuck in this world and I was stuck with an extremely cuddly husband.

Hoping to block this memory from my mind, I eventually forced myself to fall asleep.

That morning

"Darling…"

Ugh… did I leave Lady and the Tramp on…? Why am I hearing Jim Dear…?

"Wake up my love…"

Nevermind, it wasn't the movie. Whatever it was can go away and fall off a cliff, too early to open my eye yet. I refuse to wake up… what the hell is kissing me?

"My golden-haired prince… it is time to wake up. I have a job with the Akatsuki today."

My eye snaps open at the word Akatsuki and I was greeted with a pair of black eyes looking at me with love. I feel my head pull itself backward as the memory of last night returned to me. This wasn't my Itachi, it was some Tamaki like Uchiha that had his face.

Itachi chuckled softly, "A kiss to wake the sleeping beauty, how fitting for you. Your breakfast is on the table, I'll see you this afternoon for the meeting." He kissed my temple before leaving, I noticed he was wearing the Akatsuki coat.

Pushing myself up as soon as I knew he was far away, I quickly do a check of myself to prove that, yes, I am still faithful to MY Itachi. Shivering at the idea of cheating, I get to my feet and pad over to the kitchen to see… a sunny-side up egg.

Itachi made eggs…

"...NARUTOOOOOOOOOOO!"

At the Hokage tower

The room froze as a set of frantic footsteps sped to the room. Minato only had just enough time to get out of the way as I burst into the room and tackled Naruto and Sakura in a tight hug.

"I'm going to find that masked bastard and take him down, un!" I could feel the adults in the room look at me confused, lovely, I guess the other Deidara isn't this loud.

"Deidara-san!" That was Minato and I could hear the amusement in his tone, "You're usually not this boisterous and lively. But you can't go after the masked man, he is killing everyone with kekkei genkais and he would…" He paused when I turned my head, paling at my expression.

"I don't care what people think of me… I'm going." I blink a few times, realizing my kill intent was polluting the air, "... Sorry… bad night with Itachi, un."

Kushina gave me an understanding smile, before tilting her head, "Have you always been this close with Menma?" I feel Naruto tense up in my arms.

Menma, their son, not my brother. I slowly release Naruto, shaking my head, "Not Menma, no. But I do need to borrow your son for a moment… it won't take long, un." Jerking my head to the side, my chibis followed me out the room, leaving everyone confused.

"Deidara-sensei… what happened? You're not usually this frantic… I mean, you're pretty expressive and frantic, but not this bad..." Sakura rests her hand on my shoulder, worry etched on her face.

I roughly dig my hands into my hair, "Itachi is driving me insane… I don't know how to tell him that I'm not HIS Deidara. The other Deidara… they're still me… but no one believed them… they shut down their will to change because this world is so different. I… I…"

Naruto pulls out his locket, dangling it in the air, "Show him your locket Deidara-nii, I have to keep this hidden because apparently, I'm not… supposed to be close to you… Sakura-chan is, dattebayo." Naruto clenched his fist, "I'm going to get the scroll needed to seal the masked man, I'm going to get us home."

I let a smile finally grace my lips, "I know you will honey… because of that, I'm going to tell you everything I remember about your opponent, un."

This wasn't long, I just had to tell them that they will be fighting the real Menma. It took them a while to grasp the idea that this world's Naruto fell into hatred when he had parents to raise him, but before I could bring up how Minato and Kushina were different, Sasuke showed up and dragged Naruto away.

Sakura didn't want to follow them, the idea of Sasuke flirting with their teammate weirded her out to no end, considering they are just one confession away from dating at this point I don't blame her. Staying in the shadows, I watch as Naruto began to look more and more miserable, looking at where I was hiding and begging for help.

Cracking my neck, I head over to come to my brother's rescue. But I froze in my tracks when Sasuke's hand traveled from the small of Naruto's back… to his butt… and Naruto yelping in surprise. Why was this Sasuke so bold… nevermind, he's this Itachi's brother. Doesn't really matter at this point, he's already pinched the blond's butt. I noticed Sasuke had a challenging smirk on his face and was staring someone down. Following his gaze… oh Kami, it's yandere Hinata, and her byakugan was activated… poor Naruto, trapped in a love triangle.

"I told you Uchiha, Menma is my man!" Hinata stormed over to the pair, cracking her knuckles violently as Naruto was shrinking away from them. He didn't get far though, Sasuke hooked his arm around his neck and pulled him close.

"Then why was I his first kiss? His first love, he's mine." I feel like I'm watching a shojo manga… but with yaoi.

"Uhh… g-guys? C-can we not fight, datt- AH!" He was cut off when Sasuke shoved Naruto to the side so he could dodge Hinata's gentle fist… nevermind, it's regular taijutsu. As if this was a regular occurrence, everyone just kept ignoring the fight that was going on as Sasuke used chidori against Hinata, sending them both crashing to the ground and dust flying everywhere. I haven't seen them get this violent since I had them spar as children.

"He would be mine if you didn't force yourself on him! Why didn't you go for Sakura? She is the daughter of the heroes and the object of every boy's affection!" I mean, Hinata does have a point, plus Sakura this time around is very pretty compared to her shippuden counterpart. At the very least I fixed her hair and wardrobe.

Sasuke rolled his sharingan eyes, "She's my brother-in-law's little sister, thus making her my sister too." Ouch, sibling-zoned by her crush.

Noticing that they were too focused on each other than Naruto, I quickly sneak over there and dragged him away away, "Oh man, Duck-kun and Hinata are going to die when we get home, un."

Naruto whimpered, "Please do not talk about this to them." His eyes became big and puppy-like as he begged me to not repeat this offense. I'm sorry Naruto, I need to see their reactions.

Rolling my eye teasingly at Naruto, I nudge him off as I sense Minato and Kushina nearby, "Enjoy this Naruto… they're not the same as your parents but…" I sigh and ruffle his hair, "You know where to find me if you need to talk to me, un." Kissing his head, I watch as he runs off to meet with the jounins.

That evening, I waited for Itachi to come home. My heart raced as I felt him get closer to the house. I want to go home, I miss my Itachi, my babies, my life. If the other me is happy in this world… that's reassuring… but I cannot thrive in a world where no one will believe me. Not when I have more proof than I can handle.

Itachi opened the door, "I'm home… love…?" He tilts his head seeing me sitting on the couch, "What's the matter?"

"Itachi, we need to talk, now." I feel my anger bubble up when he shook his head with a small smile. He's acting like it's a game!

"You're so outspoken lately, I like it. It's like when we first met, but why the sudden chang-"

"I'm not your Deidara, Itachi! You're not my Itachi!" I shoot to my feet, all reason left the window. Even with the outburst, Itachi had an expression that clearly painted the fact he didn't believe me. I ripped my locket off of my neck and throw it at him, "I am from another dimension, Uzumaki Naruto is my brother! Not Sakura, she's my student!"

Itachi stood there for a moment, before ever so slowly opening the locket. He scanned each picture, comparing them to the photographs on the wall, "They… match… but with… Menma…"

"Not Menma... Naruto… the masked man is Menma… please believe me Itachi, I'm not who you think I am. The other… your Deidara, they're still me, but just from a different universe… It's complicated, un."

He looks to me, pain filled those dark eyes, "Where's… my Deidara?"

I bite my lip, pulling every bit of filler I could remember until it clicked, "Road to Sakura…" My voice was barely above a whisper, "He's with Sakura… in my world… he's…" I deadpan, " Don't tell me… I'm a total wuss in this world, aren't I?"

Itachi turned his head away, shoulders shaking with contained laughter, "N-no… no... you're... he's very powerful. But he's polite, quiet, almost submissive sometimes. He's the exact opposite of you." He looks back to watch me visibly relax, "I guess that's a good thing for you."

"More than you can imagine, un." I violently rake a hand through my hair, "Fucking hell… No offense Itachi, but you are way too affectionate, it's terrifying. Maybe when he comes home with Sakura you could tone down the whole…" I clear my throat and suddenly the room began to sparkle, " 'My darling golden-haired angel! Come into my arms as we enjoy each others' love under the moonlight!' " Fluttering of the eyelashes later, I instantly return to blankly stare at a now amused Uchiha.

"That's… one way to describe me…" Itachi coughs into his hand, "I will keep this in mind…" He hands me my locket back, but also the Akatsuki coat, "I still need you to come with me, there have been some developments in the Akatsuki and I need my second-in-command."

I stare at the coat thoughtfully, I've always wanted to wear this uniform… honestly had I not ran into Naruto my first day in Konoha, I would have joined anyway, "How did you become the leader anyway? I always thought Pein was the leader, un." I look up to him, and noticed his eyes widening at my statement, "Oh… let me guess… you took over not long after joining?"

Itachi mouthed a few words that were lost to me, I'm guessing he was asking how I figured that out, "Yes… a few months after you joined I took over the Akatsuki… come, I will explain more as we head over there."

I nod, slipping on the coat and followed him into the trees. It was pretty amazing to learn how this world's Deidara was able to juggle his life in Konoha with the Akatsuki, but I guess it helped that this time around they were simple mercenaries. But it still took Itachi a good 20 minutes to properly explain why the hell the other Deidara was able to even raise Sakura AND be a mercenary… something about before he became docile he threatened to flatten the village if they took her away, and made good on his threat by killing Danzo who tried something along the lines. So the people in-charge of the village live in fear of facing his wrath if something happened to Sakura.

Good to know I'm maternally possessive in both universes.

"Itachi… do you two plan on having children?" I watch as Itachi looked over his shoulder to look at me, skillfully leaping from branch to branch in the process… seriously, I would have ran into a tree at that point.

"We've considered it, but being in the Akatsuki has hindered that progress to the point where Deidara has considered to simply adopt. Why?" He stops jumping when I pull out a photograph from my pouch, handing it to him, "These are…"

"Minami and Shisui, my children in my world. I had a dear friend carry them for us, they're a little over a month old now, un." I watch his eyes soften, even more than before with a faint smile on his lips, "Shisui is a brat to me though, always screams when he wants something. But his father? Just whimpers, I thought moms were the favorites to infants." I cross my arms with a pout, as cute Itachi and Shisui are, I would really like to be able to hold my son without fear of going deaf to his emotional spurts.

"I… will talk with him… when he comes home." He hands me the photo back and we resume our travels, reaching the Akatsuki hideout within an hour. I may have forced this Itachi on a chocobo, and I got the same reaction from him witnessing the beauty that is making Minato look like a snail.

I stuck close to Itachi the moment we entered the hideout, slowly shrinking into my coat as the Akatsuki's attention was brought to us. I guess I must be fitting the role rather efficiently as no one questioned why I was keeping my gaze focused on my lap.

This is how it was for the rest of the day, quietly listening to Itachi give everyone orders and on one instant doing a job myself. It felt weird not being a part of the main action, but I had a role to fill and the main event doesn't happen until tomorrow.

I can only hope things were going smoothly for Naruto and Sakura.

Meanwhile in Konoha

3rd person POV

Things were definitely not going smoothly.

Menma had attacked the village the following day with all of his summons and captured Sakura in the process. They kept the scroll safe, but now Naruto was facing a dilemma.

"Why should we wait around?! We should go after him! Sakura-chan's life is at risk, dattebayo!" He couldn't believe it, his father, the man he strived to be was acting like a coward after getting beaten down.

"We're not heroes like that… we can't risk our lives for a stranger." There was no hesitation in Minato's voice, no regrets for his words, "We may be shinobi, but we are still human beings. There's only so much we can do."

Naruto clenched his fists, memories of his real mother and father flowed through his mind. Minato entrusted the village to him, Kushina loved him even though they had only met at his birth and when he was controlling the Kyuubi, and he snapped, "Kaa-chan was a stranger to you once, but you protected her!" The two jounins froze on the ground, "Deidara-nii… Deidara-nii… he's helped anyone that was considered a stranger. You don't need to be a hero to do heroic things! You just need the heart to care for others, dattebayo!"

"Menma… what are you saying? We don't want to lose you, if you go after that man you could be killed!" Tears ran down Kushina's cheeks, afraid to lose her son like she thought she almost did just moments ago.

"I'd rather die protecting those that I care about, then live a hundred more years knowing they died when I did nothing to help them…" he slowly walked over, picking up Minato's kunai, "I have to go… I'm not from here, my real name is not Menma… It's Naruto. I'm sorry I lied to you two. My real father is the Yondaime Hokage, and my mother was the Kyuubi jinchuuriki, they died protecting the village in my world… they protected the village, and they protected me with their lives..."

"Menma…" Kushina stopped herself, remembering what the boy in front of her just said.

"I was alone… until Deidara-nii showed up in my life. He raised me, gave me all the love I could ever crave for and then some, he brought in Kimi-nii. He protected this village, saved so many lives from dying, including his own husband, and now I can proudly say that I am an uncle to the most beautiful pair of babies I have ever seen." He brushed Kushina gently off of him, grabbed the Yondaime jacket and donned it over his clothes, "I'm the son of two great heroes, I was raised by the bravest man I ever met. I'm going to put an end to all this, dattebayo."

Back with the Akatsuki

Deidara's POV

I rest my head against my fist as I listened to everyone's reports. While it is true that most of these members became my allies, I could live without them looking at me like I was their boss. The meeting was cut short when a Konoha Hawk appeared by the window, and Itachi read the mission.

"We have a job. The Hokage wants us to protect Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Menma from the masked man. It's a large payment as well." My back instantly straightened up along with everyone else.

FINALLY!

Without warning, I bolted out of the building to fly to the area where the fight was happening, I could feel the Akatsuki were hot on my heels… or… tailfeathers. I didn't even give Obito or Menma a chance to react to the Akatsuki's appearance, I just took flight after Menma's flying masked beast. My own attacks set the Akatsuki in motion, and chaos rippled the waters below like a rockslide on a peaceful pool.

"I must say, you're rather artistic birdy-fox… but you need more…" I allow my clone on it's clay bird to slam into the masked beast with an explosion, "of a bang to your form, un." I felt a satisfied smirk cross my lips when the creature resumed a more Menma like form, falling into the forest where I assumed it died, "Not so tough without your wings, huh?"

Using my scope, I see this world's Itachi spooking off Obito with his sharingan, and Naruto running into the shrine-like building after Menma. Now it was just a waiting game for the Kyuubi to appear, the Akatsuki made quick work of the other masked beasts already.

"Deidara-sensei!" I look down to see Sakura waving to me, "Will Naruto be okay?"

I snort, "Do you really think he's going to lose to some copy? Or that I would let him lose to someone named after fermented bamboo, un? I'm almost insulted that you would suggest that!" Sakura giggles at my sarcasm, Itachi was watching with interest at our banter. I lower the bird to them so we could be farther away from the shrine.

A few minutes later the shrine was destroyed, and a fiery blue light erupted with in the rubble, the smoke clearing to reveal Kurama. More specifically the darker side of him.

I quickly create a series of birds to collect the Akatsuki members, "Everyone stay on those damn birds until the fighting is done!" I hear a series of "alright" and "yes sir" from the various birds, with Hidan saying something vulgar in the mix. I look to Itachi, "This is gonna get ugly, really ugly, un."

Itachi's sharingan were focused on the Kyuubi, "He seems more fluffy than ugly… I'm sorry I really should not be joking at a time like this." Damn Tamaki like Uchiha, that actually got a snicker from me.

The Kyuubi and the two boys vanished into the mountains, but it only took them a few minutes for them to be shooting out explosions and electric blue lasers out of the sides. It was like watching a light show… only deadly, but just as artistically beautiful from the perspective of someone who's grown to love explosions.

"This is both beautifully artsy and terrifying, do they really need to blast this land to kingdom come? This is not a Star Wars movie, un." Sakura, although worried for Naruto, giggled at my random english comment, since I've told them the plot of Star Wars whenever they were sick.

Now the Kyuubis were in the air and- wait, when can things run in the air?! Ugh, this fight kills all forms of physics… but it's two giant foxes shooting lasers at each other while teenage boys punch each other in the face, I give up on finding logic. Menma's Kyuubi disappears after Naruto punched him in the face with Naruto's poofing away not long after. Time to step in.

"Sakura, I need you to kick Menma's ass for me, un." Scooping up my student, we leap over to watch Obito possess Menma's body and pummel Naruto to the ground, "Good luck!"

"Thanks Deidara-sensei!" With a skip in her step, Sakura proceed to fight Menma. Even with the sharingan she was still kicking his ass, he was either holding back or Sakura has been doing extensive sharingan training with Sasuke… my money is on the latter.

Kneeling by Naruto, I stare into those dull blue eyes, "Oh no, you are not going into a 'who am I?' phase young man." I watch Naruto's fingers twitch, "Movie, remember? I know your thoughts. Now get up before Sakura gets hurt, un." I take a step back as Naruto sprung to his feet and joined the fight, recreating the famous scene where Minato slammed a rasengan on Obito's back.

Menma collapsed to the ground unconscious and Obito slowly floated out of his body, "It's been 16 years since I was hit with that jutsu, but this time I'm more prepared." Chains fell from his coat… how… nevermind, sharingan. He aimed for Naruto, but Sakura and I stepped in to block, but Minato and Kushina were one step ahead of us.

"Sorry for the wait everyone."

I had to do a mental recap of the movie to remember how these two showed up, "Ohhhh… Naruto, you have Minato-san's kunai!" Naruto pulls out the kunai, remembering that was his father's special technique.

Minato nodded in confirmation, "You were right… Naruto, and even though we don't really know you… we can't consider you a stranger."

Naruto paused for a moment, before giving the two his trademark smile. Flipping the kunai in his hand, he threw it at Obito. It passed through his eye and broke the Tsukuyomi, making him vanish from this world.

Kushina and Minato rush to Menma, realizing that was their actual son. Naruto turned his back to them to hide his emotions, and at the same time, a bright yellow glow covered us.

"I guess you three are going home now…?" Kushina gave us all a sad look, understanding that in our world her and Minato are dead.

Naruto bit his lip, before smiling, "Thanks for rescuing me, and… for being parents to me… even if it was brief."

I feel eyes on me, looking to my left, Itachi stood there with wide eyes. With a smirk, I give him a mock salute, "Next time, please believe in what I tell you Itachi. There's some useful information in that brain."

The light took over our entire form and we were sent back to our world.


Side story #18 Road to Sakura (To help refresh your memory, it is recommended to watch Naruto Shippuden Episode 271. It's honestly a good filler episode)

While Naruto, Sakura and Deidara were stuck in the other world… something interesting was happening in their world.

Deidara?'s POV

"Sakura?!" "Deidara-san?!"

'Who… who is calling out to us…?' I feel myself be removed from a branch, it's a woman I could tell by the small hands. Should I know them…?

"Let's get them to Shizune-sama and Itachi-san, Deidara-san isn't waking up!" I am awake… but I don't want to open my eyes… I feel exhausted…

I'm lifted over a shoulder and I hear three sets of footsteps move, Sakura must be awake. That's good…

I didn't open my eyes until I was settled down in a chair, Sakura was being examined by Shizune… who seemed to have lost a lot of weight in the chest, strange that Tsunade wasn't here. Why was Itachi at the Hokage's desk? He's just… quietly watching me.

"Well, there's no bodily damage from either of them despite landing in tree branches, though I can't say much for their heads. Sakura, do you know who I am?" Shizune spoke slowly to Sakura, the poor girl could only stare at her confused, "She may have amnesia…"

"And Dei?" Dei…? That's a new nickname from Itachi. I blink a few times when Shizune examined me and asked me the same question.

"Um… Shizune-san… is this needed? My head feels fine, un…" I flinch when all eyes were on me, "Is everyone alright…?" Why was everyone staring at me?

Karin was the one to answer my unspoken question, "I've never heard you talk to quietly before, let alone use polite dialect." I thought I always talked like this? "And why do you have both eyes open?"

Tilting my head, I look to Sakura as she was also looking at me with confusion, "Deidara-nii, I don't understand what's going on." I hummed slightly to her statement, causing everyone in the room to mouth "Deidara-nii" to themselves.

Slowly getting up, I take careful strides to stand by Sakura, placing a hand on her forehead, "I guess I'm the only one you really remember honey… Don't worry, we'll get you fixed up. Right everyone?" I look up with a small smile on my lips, surely Tsunade will be able to help Sakura with her amnesia.

Itachi got up from his seat and walked to me, I never see him move so slowly around me unless we were working with the Akatsuki, "Dei, I need you to be honest with me, why is Sakura calling you 'Deidara-nii'? You're her sensei, not her brother."

I feel myself shrink under his gaze, he's not being affectionate or cuddly at all like normal, "Of course I'm her brother, her parents died fighting the Kyuubi-" But I see something in the corner of my eye that caused my shoulders to sag, "In… the… other… world…" Minato's face was on the monument, not Kizashi… I'm not in my world.

Before anyone could ask questions, my face was grabbed by Itachi and I was forced to look at unfamiliar sharingan, getting trapped in Tsukuyomi, "Wh-what Itachi! I can explain, un!" I had to wave my hands defensively to keep from being attacked.

"Start now. Who are you."

I take a deep breath, forcing myself to straighten up like how Anko taught me when I needed to be serious to someone of higher power, "My real name is Lily, I died in a world where this is a manga and instead of being reborn here… I was sent to a parallel universe where everything is the opposite. I know it sounds crazy, no one there believed me… but please, you can see my memories right…?" I began shrinking again when halfway through my explanation, Itachi stared at me owlishly, as if he's heard it before.

"... So you're Lily from another dimension… the Deidara from our world is the exact same person as you, but less…" He motions to my whole body, "This." You just gestured to all of me...

"Submissive…? Passive? Quiet? Yeah… 10 years living in a world that is the polar opposite to what you know will do that… it's how I survived, un." I rub my arm slightly as I was stared down from the calculating gaze in front of me, "You're… a lot different from… my Itachi…"

Itachi raised an eyebrow, "Do I want to know how I act?" A screen appears to show my memories, and I watch as Itachi's face slowly twisted into horror as he watched how my Itachi interacts with me on a daily basis, "Deidara would kill me if I even acted like this…"

I giggle into my fist, "It caught me by surprise too when we started dating, when we are with the Akatsuki… ah- he is the leader of the Akatsuki by the way-, he acts like you… but when we are at home, he acts like an anime character I watched often when I was younger, un."

"I think I know who you are talking about…" He rubs his eyes gently, "Keep this to yourself, stay with Sakura until you two are able to go home. Knowing Dei… he's going to fight tooth and nail to return home." A blink later and the genjutsu broke, only a second had passed in reality.

Giving Itachi a weak smile, I take Sakura's hand and look to Ino and Karin, "I'll help you two return Sakura's memory… if I… act a little off…" I wasn't able to grasp what I wanted to say, "I will act off, compared to what you two are aware of, un."

Karin's eyebrows rose even more than I thought possible, "You're already off as it is… but if you say so." We followed the two girls around Konoha as they tried various ways to bring back Sakura's memory. I noted that they would hold hands and occasionally bump each other on the shoulder… I have to wonder who else the other me has managed to pair up.

An hour of wondering the newly built Konoha -something I learned from the girls talking to Sakura- they didn't have any luck finding Naruto anywhere. Does this mean I'm Naruto's brother since Sakura has her parents? How did I manage to do that…? I had to threaten Konoha in order to even keep the lifestyle I have now, Akatsuki and all. Taking care of NARUTO of all people… the other me must have the ego and charisma I lost over the years.

So many questions that I knew would never get answers without wasting time, I kept my attention focused on my little sister. Her eyes were filled with childlike wonder, absorbing everything around her like a sponge as Karin and Ino tried to jog her memory. Needless to say, we wound up in the park with the girls gathering all of their friends. I avoided attention as best I could by sitting on the swing set to watch the show in front of me… of course, that brought some dramatic attention from the observant ones.

Without hesitation, Neji took one look at me and bolted off… okay… that was odd…? I look to Hinata for help on this, but all she did was give me a small shrug. Even though this is suppose to be the "real" Hinata… I like the one from my world, maybe it's because I saw her as another little sister and thus practically raised her with Kimimaro and Sakura… I'm not sure.

My heart sank suddenly, Kimimaro… is he even alive in this world? Or did he die-

"Nii-sama?" My head snaps up to see toxic green eyes looking down at me in worry. I didn't think, I shot to my feet and wrapped my arms around the taller boy, tears threatening to spill out of my eyes as relief washed over me, "Is everything alright?"

"Mhm… I was just worried for a moment… everything is okay, un." With a happy sigh, I release this Kimimaro and watch with mild amusement as Neji stuck close to Kimimaro like glue, 'If only my world's Neji wasn't such a pervert… these two make a cute couple.'

"Neji! We need you over here! Hinata too!" Ino waved the Hyuugas over as I watched everyone act like… or at least try to act like their otherworldly counterparts… but I could tell from Sakura's blank expression that it wasn't working in the slightest.

With the sun starting to set, I walk away from the group to think to myself and to explore Konoha. Things felt… like a dream almost, like I shouldn't be here… and I really wasn't suppose to anyway, this was the other me's home, not mine. A shout caught my attention.

"Dei-chan! Over here!" I look over to a tea shop to see Anko -dressed rather improperly as well- waving me over. I cautiously step into the shop, noticing the bundles in her arms, "I finally figured out how to get your hell-spawn of a son to sleep!" I'm so use to the prim and proper Anko that I forgot she's normally a rather open-mouthed woman.

'Son…? Itachi and this Deidara had…?' I kneel down and feel tears prick the corner of my eyes, they were beautiful. Twins, almost identical in looks, sleeping soundly in Anko's arms, "Well done Anko…" I slowly reach other to brush my hand against the baby girl's cheek, but I stop myself, 'They're not MY children…'

"Dei-chan?"

I slowly shake my head and stand up, "Itachi can explain everything… I'm so sorry Anko but I need to find Sakura, un." It was almost time, I need to hurry by her side. All I could do was run until my lungs felt like they were on fire, reaching the spot where Sakura was talking with Ino, Karin wasn't anywhere nearby. I could see her parents walking away in the distance… she gained her memories back.

"I'm probably not the Sakura you know… but thank you for being a good friend to me, Ino." Sakura looked over Ino's shoulder to look at me, "Deidara-nii… this place…"

"I told you I wasn't crazy, do you believe me now…?" I let out a soft chuckle when the pink haired girl threw her arms around my neck, tears leaking from her face, "It's okay… I'm here…"

Light enveloped us both, starling Ino in the process, "Don't worry Ino, your Sakura will be home soon… she just needs to break the moon…" I closed my eyes, and the next time I opened them, we were finally home.

The Real Deidara's POV

The moment the bright light cleared up, the first thing I did was slam my foot on the ground, "Fina-fucking-ly we are home, un!" I throw my arms up in the air with a cheer, "I need my Uchiha with a side of cuddles, un!" I give Sakura and Naruto a smirk as they struggled to get their footing back.

"I need to go talk to my parents! Bye Deidara-sensei! Naruto!" The pinkette waved to us excitingly before rushing off to her house, vanishing from our sights.

Naruto looked at me, somewhat tired but also embarrassed, "I'm… gonna go find teme and tell him about all this… I know I wanted to keep that a secret, but if I don't get it off my chest I'll never be able to look at him the same way again, dattebayo." I snicker as I watched my brother trudge off to find Sasuke.

"Tell Duck-kun that he's lucky he's got Sakura, un!" With a stretch I bolt off to my house, pleased to note that while we were away the village was almost completely rebuilt, throwing the door open I happily kick off my shoes sensing the babies sleeping in their room, "Itachi?"

"Welcome home Dei." I chuckle to myself as I feel arms wrap around my waist, "We had a visit from your's and Sakura's counterparts."

"On a scale of one to original Hinata, how was I?" I had to know what this other me acted like, considering how everyone looked at me like I had grown a second head in that world.

Itachi hummed thoughtfully before nuzzling his face in my neck, "I'd say a 5, they never stuttered but they were definately quiet and more polite than you. They also showed me how the other me acts around them… I like our relationship personally."

"Ditto to that. Do you think we can just… you know, snuggle on the couch and talk? I missed you, un…" As disturbingly amusing Tamatachi was… I like my serious Itachi more, the Itachi that makes me safe just by being near him.

"I think I can arrange that, hot chocolate as well?"

I definitely prefer this world over Road to Ninja.


I was originally going to have Road to Sakura be on a separate chapter… but naaaahhh it's more of a side story than anything else. But I am burnt out, I'm definitely going to not touch this fanfic for a couple of days and just enjoy my weekend in solitude and homework. Sorry if I didn't put in EVERYTHING in this fic, but I didn't want to stretch it out and it is a movie, I don't want to linger too much away from the main storyline.

Also Tamatachi scared me.

Next chapter is the start of the war, I'm condensing it to just a couple of chapters because my memory of the whole thing is crap and I'm not gonna put in every single fight. I personally cannot wait for the Kaguya fight because I take… creative liberties with that fight. (Meaning if you are expecting a serious, thought provoking fight… hahahahahahahahaha- no. More details when it reaches that point!)

Along with this update, I will also be publishing the first two chapters of my new fic. Feel free to take a look, it's not only my first crossover but my first time writing in 100% 3rd person perspective, so I hope I can grow to be a better writer all around.

As always, reviews are loved and I will see you all next week!

Bye!