"Pick up the pace Arashi-kun," said Yugito as she followed him as he ran laps around Konoha.
"Why are you running me so hard Nee-chan, you already know that I can take my opponent easily," said Arashi as he ran his 50th lap around the village.
"It is not the exam I am worried about and you know that," said Yugito.
"Then how come Gaara-nii-chan isn't be run as hard," said Arashi.
"He is training, but if you ever want to be able to learn Tou-san's techniques then you will need to become much faster," said Yugito.
"You mean tou-san has decided to teach me the advanced shunshin?" asked Arashi with wide eyes.
"Yes and even Hirashin, but you need to be able to withstand the strain it will have on your body so you must become faster and stronger then you currently are," replied Yugito.
"Awesome, well what are you waiting around her for let's pick up the pace," said Arashi before he took off like a bullet. Yugito just laughed before following her little brother.
Break
Gaara had just finished his training for the night and was now staring at the full moon. For some reason, he liked to look at the moon when it was full and just stare at it for a few hours.
"What do you want?" asked Gaara as he stared up into the moon.
"It seems you are in my way for my fight against Sasuke, so you must be eliminated," said Dosu as he stood behind Gaara.
"Usually, I wouldn't do anything to my brother's opponents because he doesn't like when others interfere with his fights. I'll just have to apologize to him," said Gaara and before Dosu knew what was happening he was swallowed up in sand then crushed to death.
"Sorry Arashi-kun," muttered Gaara before he continued to stare at the full moon.
Break
"During which match do you wish to start the invasion?" asked the Raikage.
"You want to see Higurashi Arashi fight and I want to see Uchiha Sasuke fight so it will have to be after we see want we want," said Orochimaru thoughtfully.
"I say we wait until the final match, by then we will have both seen what we wanted," said the Raikage.
"Yes, but we will need a new signal for the start of invasion because somehow Kabuto was killed during the second exam along with his teammates," said Orochimaru in anger.
"Hopefully you're weak spy didn't leak any information before he was killed," said the Raikage not liking that the invasion could be compromised.
"I assure you that he was completely loyal and wouldn't dare thinking of betraying me," said Orochimaru growing tired of being around the Raikage.
"He better have been or I will kill you and destroy Konoha without your help," said the Raikage before leaving.
"Kukukuku, we shall see which one of us is alive after the destruction of Konoha," laughed Orochimaru.
Break
Naruto was calmly walking down the street when he decided to go check on his younger self and how he was doing. It took him 20 minutes of searching to find the boy in the woods training with Jiraiya on how to summon frogs.
'Looks I arrived on the right day because now I get to watch myself get knocked into the endless pit,' thought Naruto before pulling out some popcorn and started to enjoy the show. It was hard for him to hold in his laughs when all his younger self could summon was tadpoles, but he managed to do it.
'I can't believe I was once so pathetic,' thought Naruto as he drank some sake with his popcorn. Finally, it had reached the point where Jiraiya got tired of Naruto's pathetic attempts and knocked him off the cliff into the giant hole. Naruto couldn't hold it any longer and laughed up a storm as he watched his younger self flail his arms helplessly as he fell down in the never ending pit.
"Enjoying the show?" asked Jiraiya as he appeared on the branch next to Naruto.
"You have no idea, popcorn?" replied Naruto holding out a bag of popcorn.
"Sorry, but I don't trust you," said Jiraiya as he was surprisingly forward and serious.
"A pity, I guess next time I catch you spying on my daughter and wife I just won't use a jutsu to block your view of them, but instead physically deal with you," said Naruto giving Jiraiya a knowing look. Jiraiya just started to sweat at that before he tried to deny it.
"Safe it, just think of it as a warning because you'll find yourself less of a man if I catch you again," said Naruto seriously. Jiraiya just cringed before he changed the subject from him losing his manhood.
"Why are you here?" asked Jiraiya.
"I have heard great stories about this boy from the Sandaime so I decided to check him out," said Naruto simply.
"The boy has great potential," said Jiraiya knowing the man wasn't telling him the whole truth.
"First time I have ever spoken to you without you being perverted," said Naruto.
"I don't ever remember speaking to you before," said Jiraiya as he narrowed his eyes.
"You wouldn't, but that doesn't make it any less true," said Naruto with a smirk.
"Who are you really, I know you aren't Arashi," said Jiraiya.
"I never said I was Arashi, but you will know who I am sooner or later be patient sensei. I'm sure you'll find out eventually, you always were resourceful when it came to gathering information," said Naruto before disappearing in a flash of yellow to the shock of Jiraiya. He would've followed after the Tokikage, but his new student just came out of the pit riding on Gamabunta whom seemed to be extremely angry.
'Going to be a long day,' thought Jiraiya as he heard Gamabunta screaming for him.
Break
"Hey Hinata-chan, how come they are staying with you all?" asked Naruto as he sat at the dinner table with his best friend's family.
"If it wasn't for the Tokikage and his wife, I wouldn't be here and neither would my mother," replied Hinata to the shock of Naruto. He didn't even want to think what life would be like without Hinata-chan and Hana-chan. If they hadn't taken him in when he was little then he would probably be out on the street all by himself.
"What happened?" asked Naruto curious.
"The Hidden Village of Cloud representative kidnapped me during their stay in Konoha, but the Tokikage intercepted them and managed to hold off two ANBU squads before taking me back to the village. He was injured badly so his wife came from the Hidden Village of Time to check on him and while she was here she healed my Kaa-san, but I wasn't told how," answered Hinata.
"Wow, he was able to defeat two ANBU squads," said Naruto completely ignoring the rest of the story. Hinata just shook her head at the boy she loved before looking at the Tokikage and his wife. If it weren't for them her life could be so much different and she shuddered to think of what life would be like in Cloud or without her Kaa-san.
"Hey Hinata-chan, can you help me train tomorrow. I want to train against someone who uses the same fighting style as your bastard cousin so I can make him pay for hurting you," said Naruto with a fire in his eyes.
"Sure Naruto-kun, but don't be too upset with Neji-nii-san please," said Hinata softly.
"I promise not to hurt him too badly," said Naruto with a smile.
"Thank you Naruto-kun," said Hinata before turning back to her meal.
With the Tokikage
"I see your daughter and the Uzumaki boy seem to be real close," said Naruto making conversation.
"Yes, they don't know it, but Hana-chan has already formed an arranged marriage with him because of his status," said Hiashi to the shock of Naruto.
"What status is that?" asked Naruto already knowing.
"I'm afraid I can't speak about it, but I'm sure you already know. Anyway he is the last of his clan so he has certain responsibilities," replied Hiashi.
"What responsibilities?" asked Kagome curiously.
"He is responsible for restarting his clan since he is the last member, so he will be required to have some sort of harem, but only if he chooses too," said Hana. Kagome just choked on her food before turning to face her husband.
"He is permitted to start his own harem is he, that is very interesting," said Naruto with a smirk.
"If you even think about it mister and I'll make it so you never walk again," said Kagome with a death glare.
"Can't blame a guy for dreaming," said Naruto sheepishly before Kagome knocked him to the ground.
"I had to do the same to Hiashi when he first heard of the idea," said Hana glaring at her own husband. Hiashi just stared down at his food so as not to get into any trouble with his own wife.
"On second thought who would want multiple wives, it is so troublesome with one wife," said Naruto before he ran out of the room like a bat out of hell with his wife hot on his heels. Hiashi just smirked, but it was soon wiped off his face when he noticed his wife glaring at him.
'Troublesome indeed,' thought Hiashi as he continued to hide his smirk.
Break
"What is going, more and more of our ninja keep disappearing," said a sand jounin to his partner.
"I don't know, but I don't like it," said the other.
"It's almost as if Konoha knows we are going to attack and they are eliminating us one by one," said the sand jounin. When he didn't get a response from his partner he turned to see that his partner was no longer with him. He didn't get to think long on what happened to his partner before a bone sword pierced through his chest right through his heart. The sand jounin fell to the ground and joined his partner once again except this time it was in death. An ANBU with a skeletal mask and the symbol of time village just looked down upon the bodies before using a fire jutsu to burn them to ashes.
'Pathetic,' was the only thought running through the ANBU's head before he moved on to his next victims.