Chapter 2

Tsunade hugged her shoulders tightly as she looked down at the cobbled street. It was late, and Kakashi had just taken her out of Naruto's apartment and brought her outside. Tears streaked her young face. "He's dead…" she glared at Kakashi. "Why didn't you let me help him?!" she spat. "I could've saved him!"

Kakashi closed his eyes and sighed lazily. "Don't worry about it."

Tsunade slapped him. "How can you say that?! Naruto was in there! He died trying to bring back his father! How can you be some calm about it?!"

Kakashi stumbled, then regained his posture. He didn't look at her in her eyes. Instead, he looked up at the moon. "Because, the process is already starting to take over."

Tsunade blinked. "What do you mean?" she asked coldly.

This time, Kakashi did look at her. "It doesn't matter anymore. Soon enough, Naruto will come back."

Tsunade lit up. "Really? He will? Then why-"

"Don't you remember, Tsunade-sama, about what I said about altering time and space?"

Tsunade looked at him with a touch of curiosity. "I thought I did before, but now…explain it to me again," she said sternly.

"In a few moments, days, even years, our memories will be erased."

"Erased?"

Kakashi nodded. "We'll be all brought back into time."

"By how many years? Months? Days?"

"It all depends on how the 'angel' of the jutsu feels. It's all about what she wants. If she wants to bring the Yondaime back two hours after he is killed, she may do so. It's all up to her and her alone," Kakashi sat down on the street.

A question hung onto Tsunade's mind. "But, what if she doesn't want to bring the Yondaime back?"

Kakashi shook his head. "She will have to, no matter what the reason. She is bound by a contract. All she can do is choose the time she wants to bring the Yondaime back to life. So, that means our lives will be reset back from before Naruto did the jutsu to possibly twelve years ago. It may seem confusing now, but it will soon make sense."

Tsunade bit her lip with uncertainty. "Reset?"

Kakashi looked up at her. "Think, what were you doing twelve years from now?"

Tsunade shrugged. "How should I know? I was most likely gambling in some city."

"Then that's exactly what you will be doing if he is brought back."

Tsunade sat down. She studied the man beside her, up and down. "How do you know about this?"

Kakashi sighed. "When you are in the ANBU, one hears things."

Tsunade locked eyes with him. "Are you sure that Naruto will be okay?" she growled.

"It depends."

"But, you said before that Naruto would be okay!" she yelled.

"I never said he would 'be okay'. I only said that he would be 'brought back'."

Tsunade's face turned red with fury. "He will be okay! I, the current Hokage, will make sure of it!"

"Twelve years ago, you weren't the current Hokage. He was," Kakashi pointed to the fourth face on the mountain. "Yondiame was."

Tsunade sighed, to calm herself down a little. "What do you mean that he might not be okay? You said he'd be fine when you pulled me out of his apartment!"

"How else could I get you out of there?" Kakashi rubbed the back of his head with nervousness. "And, there is a chance that the time and space altering process will turn around, but to an evil turn."

"What do you mean?" she said, more threateningly.

"I mean that our lives, our personalities might change. Sarutobi might not even rule as Hokage then."

Tsunade raised her eyebrows. "Can it be stopped?"

"Only when the dead decides that he wants to go back as a lifeless corpse."

"So, I might not be a gambler that loses her money all the time anymore."

Kakashi nodded. "But, there is a chance."

They were both quiet as they pondered about what was going to happen. Tsunade had enough of it and decided to break the silence. "How could've Naruto learned such a jutsu? No one here told him about it, did they?"

Kakashi shook his head once again. "No. A while back, Naruto took a forbidden scroll from the Hokage's office. It was the same scroll that he learned Kage Bunshin from. We can only guess that that same scroll also told him about Shishinganjin."

"If he wanted his father so desperately before, why didn't he do it then?"

"It was because he didn't know his father. He didn't know who his father was. You have to know who they are before you can do anything."

"But, what about Naruto dying? Didn't he know about it?"

"I doubt it. But, he probably would've done it anyway."

"You're right," Tsunade agreed slowly. "But, it was because he loved his father so much that made him do this-"

At that moment, Kakashi stood up. "It's late and I got to think things over." He turned to Tsunade. "You should get your rest, Tsunade-sama."

Tsunade scrambled up. "But- what about Naruto?"

Kakashi began to walk away. "Don't worry about it."

Tsunade walked past the apartment building, brushing her fingertips along the stone walls. "You be careful, Naruto-kun. Believe in yourself and your father, you'll be alright." She straightened herself and punched the wall before her. She let her head hang as her tears went down the bridge of her nose. "I swear, Naruto, if anyone does any harm to you, I will kill them."

"Tsunade-sama? You're still awake," said a surprised voice.

Tsunade closed her eyes and laid back in her chair. "I am."

Shizune skipped up to the desk. "So, I expect that everything's okay with Naruto and such?" she asked happily. "Because, you haven't placed any dispatchers, or started a riot!" she joked, trying to lighten the mood.

Tsunade glared at her. "Shut up, Shizune," she said coldly.

Shizune pulled a chair over to Tsunade's and sat in it. "Tsunade-sama," she said with uncertainty. "May I ask what's wrong? What happened to Naruto-kun?"

Tsunade tried to blink back her tears as she remembered all that happened only a few hours before. "Naruto's dead."

Shizune was crest fallen. "Dead? How?"

Tsunade looked Shizune in the face. "Shizune, would you sacrifice your life, if there was a chance you and the ones you loved could all live together in the past again?"

A strand of hair fell into Shizune's eyes. She picked it up with her hand and swept it behind her ear. "I'm afraid I don't understand," she said slowly.

Tsunade looked up at the ceiling. She placed her head in her hands and tried to be as comfortable as possible. She failed. "That makes two of us."

It was silent for awhile as they were both lost in their own minds. But, a rumble below their feet disturbed their silence.

Shizune and Tsunade automatically jumped up. "What's going on?" Shizune wondered aloud.

Tsunade grabbed her coat that was hanging near the door. She put it on as fast as she could. A feeling of dread filled her heart. This has to be what Kakashi was talking about! They were going to be sucked between dimensions! "It's happening!" Tsunade cried, forgetting that she and Kakashi were the only ones that knew what was going to happen.

Shizune stopped abruptly. "What's happening?"

Tsunade ran to the door and opened it. "Come on! There's no time for that!" she yelled as she grabbed Shizune's hand, forcing her to come along.

They flew down the stairs and finally reached the lobby. The ANBU were in the room, shouting orders and running about. When they saw Tsunade, they stopped.

An ANBU rushed over to them. "Tsunade-sama! Tell us what to do!"

Tsunade stood there, panting, but she took over with no hesitation. "Help out the villagers in any way you can! Take them to shelter and calm them down! I'll give you more orders when I get to you!"

The ANBUs all nodded. They disappeared in smoke, leaving only Shizune and Tsunade in the Hokage office building. "Why didn't you make any of them stay here with us?!" she cried in shock.

"Because, the villagers' safety is the most important priority right now."

"I apologize."

"For what?" Tsunade blinked.

"For doubting your orders."

Tsunade once again broke into a run. "That's fine! We have to get outside, or else, we'll be crushed!"

Tiny debris from the building began to hit their skin as they both began to form kata. Almost at once, they too disappeared in smoke.

They arrived in the middle of the city square. It wasn't a steady landing, considering the earthquake, they both landed hard on their backs. Tsunade pulled herself up on her elbows with difficulty.

The village was in total disarray. People rushed from one building to another, trying to find loved ones and shelter. Their children, frightened at what was happening began to cry and scream for protection. A few houses were burning most likely caused by somebody's unstable fireplace, and the fire was spreading fast. ANBU were everywhere, trying to calm the villagers down and get them to a safe place. Hardly anyone cooperated with them.

She cursed under her breath, why don't they just listen?

She jumped up. She formed a jutsu. A lightning bolt fell from the sky and struck a water fountain. This got everyone's attention. Everyone quieted, except for a few children who were still crying. "Attention everyone!" she yelled as loud as she could over the rumble. "Listen to the ANBU and obey their orders! This is just a minor earthquake!" she lied. "Please, do so without hesitation! You will be-"

A piercing shriek cut her off. Everyone covered their ears, trying to get the horrible noise away from them, but it didn't work. The shriek penetrated their bodies. The ground came to a stop and became calm again.

After what seemed like an eternity, the shrieking stopped. Tsunade uncovered her ears. Shizune did the same. "What was that? That didn't sound like a human," Tsunade asked when the shrieking stopped. Shizune nodded.

"You're right," a voice said behind them.

The women both turned around to see Kakashi. "Is it-" Tsunade began.

Kakashi nodded. "Yes. It's happening."

"Is there anything we can do?" Tsunade looked behind her shoulder, at the terrified villagers. "I don't think they can take much more."

Kakashi looked at his hands. "I'll do my best." He turned his back away from the villagers and uttered the words: "Jinjame no jutsu!"

As soon as he said that, feathers from the sky began to fall. The villagers looked up, trying to figure out what was going on. Their eyes began to droop and one by one they fell to the ground, asleep.

Tsunade felt Shizune fall to the ground. Tsunade smiled at Kakashi. "We'll meet again."

Kakashi closed his eyes. "Yes, we will."

Reviewer Responses:

swt-angel-babi: Thank you for the compliments! Sorry about the cliffhanger in last chapter and the cliffhanger that I put in this chapter.

Night-Owl123: Oh…sorry about that!

Kutsu: I'm glad you think so!

lukeluke: Sadly, none of that's gonna happen. Nope, no baseball playing, no stealing his old job from Tsunade (this fic is placed when Naruto is only five years old), no "adult talks", and nothing from Jiraiya training Naruto. Thanks for the compliments! Just wait and see what happens next chapter!

hollywood139: Thanks for the compliments!

Falcon-Rider: Glad it was soon enough! Thanks for the compliments! Glad you mentioned about where Naruto could've learned that jutsu from, this was included in the above chapter, however.

krn-kimbap: Yep! That he is!

kie-san: You'll hafta wait and see about Naruto's mom! And about Iruka…yeah, he'll definitely come into the fic sooner or later! How could I leave him out? He's one of my favorite characters! He's included in my penname! Thanks for the compliments!

Daniel of Lorien: Yeah, it's kinda weird but, oh well.

kashisenshey: Glad you find it exciting! Thanks for the thing about Snickers and the other happy compliments! Man, right now…those sound so good…

The-Rogue-Otaku: I was wondering when someone was gonna bring that up…but, nope! Wasn't a mistake! Naruto will be five years old. Yeah, it should be interesting how the Yondaime comes back and finds out that everyone has treated his son badly. Thanks for the compliments!

Gopu: Thanks for the compliment!

HikaruofArrow: Glad you think so! Thanks!

VentMonster: Thanks! Was this soon enough? Probably not…/sweat drops/

mooneyoukai: Thanks!

TFI-Muse: K, sorry about the long update. Hope you liked it!

OneAznDragon: I'm glad you liked it! I thought you would enjoy it! I know about the whole 'your chapters are too short!' deal, but I really am trying to make these longer every time I write, so be patient, with me! :P Besides, remember when I first wrote on fanfiction? The minimum for me was 500 words! I think I'm doing good...And don't worry, there will be something that goes wrong with the jutsu… DUN DUN DUN! Yeah, I know it was too easy, but wait and see what happens! As soon as I can, I'll review your latest story.

Yeah, Naruto died…but HE SHALL COME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hee hee! /sigh/ I hope I didn't rush into it too quickly. Next chapter, the Yondaime will finally come back! Wahoo! Stay tuned!

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