Futures Past
By: DanniMarie
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto, or any of the characters.
Tsume, Shio, Temo, and Meo however are mine, and if you would like to use them, please ask me 1st. Thank you.
Side Note: This is the 1st Naruto Fanfic that I have ever done, and the 1st one in a very long time. (In 5 years) Please be nice, however I would still like to hear/read, what you think and have to say about it. It's the only way to improve.
About the Story: This is an AU story line. I have not seen all of the shows and I have not read any of the mangas so I am unsure as to what happens in the real story line.
I do know about the Characters and I have done some reading so I hope I won't let anyone down.
In this story, there will be Adventure, Drama, Romance and a lot of other stuff. There is a main plot, with some small ones worked in to keep it going. It's going to take a few chapters to get the ball rolling and in order to allow everything to fall into place.
I love Sakura and what she stands for and I tell the truth I don't know who I am going to pear her up with, as the store builds, please let me know who you would like to see her end up with.
This Story tells about the Akatsuki and how it came to be, and the history that is behind it. About the truth behind it, and everything that they have done, it explains the history of Orochimaru, Tsunade, the 4th Hokage, Jiraiya, and the leader of Akatsuki. How over time, something that started out as just a goal to become more powerful, has affected so many and started a war.
Characters that you will see in this fanfic, ranks and the ages that I'll be using…
Akamaru: Unknown/ Nin-Dog
Chouji Akimichi: 24/ Jounin
Deidara: 27/ Missing-Nin/ Member of Akatsuki
Gai Maito: 38/Jounin
Genma35/ Special Jounin
Ino Yamanaka: 24/ Chuunin
Itachi Uchiha: 29/ANBU Caption/ Missing-Nin/ Second in Command of Akatsuki
Izumo: 34/ Special Jounin
Jiraiya: Old/ Legendary Sannin
Kabuto: 31/ Jounin/ Medic-Nin
Kakashi Hatake: 38/ ANBU
Kiba Inuzuka: 24/ ANBU
Kimimaro: 24/unknown/ works for Orochimaru
Kisame: 38/ Missing-Nin/ Member of Akatsuki
Kotetsu: 34/ Special Jounin
Naruto Uzumaki: 25/ANBU
Neji Hyuuga: 25/ ANBU
Orochimaru: Old/ Legendary Sannin/ Leader of Sound
Rock Lee: 24/ Jounin
Sakura Haruno: 23/Special Jounin/High level Medic-Nin
Sasuke Uchiha: 25/ Missing-Nin (He never took the test to gain rank, fights on the level of ANBU)
Shikamaru Nara: 25/ANBU/High Councilmen
Shino Aburame: 25/ ANBU
Shizune: 35/ Special Jounin/ Medic-Nin
Tenten: 25/ Jounin
Tobi: 24/ Missing-Nin/ Member of Akatsuki
Tsume: Old/ Leader of Akatsuki
Tsunade: Old/Hokage
Zetsu: Unknown/ Missing-Nin/ Member of Akatsuki
Part ONE
Chapter THREE
"I Wish I Could Say Welcome Home"
Pulling back the shower curtain, Sakura grabber her towel and began to dry off. She hadn't been able to sleep and saw no point in staying in bed when the sun was coming over the horizon. So much was on her mind, everything that was said last night, and the things that were not spoken of. Securing the towel around her small frame she stepped out of the bath, and picked up another towel to dry off her hair.
She didn't see any point in keeping it short; she was no longer fighting in the field, so she had grown it out. When she was working at the hospital she would pull it back in a braid and pin it up, it worked and it was nice to know that she was able to let it down when she wanted to.
"Guess I'll have to think about cutting it again." She said as she looked at herself in the mirror. She knew that before this whole thing was over, she would be fighting and the last thing she wanted was for her hair to get in the way and slow her down.
After drying off she walked out of the bathroom and walked to her room, passing Naruto's room. They had decided to move in together, seeing as how nether one had any family, and they didn't like to be alone. Even though Naruto and Sakura where never really there at the same time, the thought of some one else living there was all they needed.
At first everyone thought there was something going on between the two, then as time went on they saw the saw it more as a brother/sister relationship, it was well known that they loved each other and they would do anything to protect the other.
Soon after they had moved in, Sakura noticed that she was getting asked out less and less. At first she was mad, knowing that they where afraid of Naruto. Then as time went on, it didn't bother her so much. She didn't want to be with someone who was afraid of her friends… and family.
Dropping the towel on her bed she turned to her closet to find something to wear. Being her day off she knew she could wear whatever she felt like, but she also knew that a lot could happen today. Kakashi and the others could make it back anytime within the next two days, and Jiraiya was due at any time today. And then there was the council, seeing as how she was the next best Medic-Nin after Tsunade, there was a big chance that she would be called in to be a part of the planning.
She was never one to get all dressed up for the higher up's, heck she was the student of the Hokage! Looking and seeing her dirty green cargo shorts, she pulled them out along with a white tank. After putting her clothes one she walked back to the bath room to do her hair and brush her teeth.
Looking in the mirror, she couldn't help but smile back. She was one of the few women that didn't have to wear any make-up, her skin was perfect. Due to all the training outside and swimming she did on her free time, she was a nice tan, not the pale white shade she was in her youth.
After she was done in the bath room she walked to the third room in the small house. Naruto had thought that it would be a good idea to have a weapons room… and she didn't want to tell him that she had always wanted one, so they left the last room to be just that.
Walking in the room and looking over to the far wall, she saw many weapons that they shared, small and large shurikens, kunai knives, knuckle knives, swords and even a sickle and chain. They had trained with all of them so they would never be caught unprepared. On the wall next to it where shelves that held the other items they used, bombs, tags, and scrolls. It had been a while since that had to rely on bombs and tags, they had both come so far in their training, and they didn't plan on stopping any time soon.
She picked up three kunai knives and put them down around her ankle, inside her boot. She knew to never, ever leave the house without some kind of weapon. Plus Naruto would flip out if he knew that she was walking around without anything to defend herself with.
Having everything she needed she walked out of the weapons room and closed the door, turning and walking past the kitchen making her way to the front door. She knew that it was still very early and not many people would be up at this time, normal people anyway. Shinobi where always up and training, or working on small missions.
'Might as well go for a walk, no telling how many more day's I'll have to be able to do what it want." Walking out of the house she made her way to the outside of the village. She liked it better there, not so loud.
As she was walking she looked on as she saw three young Genin training. She missed those days, where she would train with her team. Somehow she always got stuck setting and watching Naruto and Sasuke fight while Kakashi read his book. She knew that when the teams where picked, there would be many times that she would be left out, or left behind. Those days where over now and the others knew that she wasn't someone to get into a fight with. She wasn't that strong with Taijutsu, or Genjutsu but her Ninjutsu and her ability to heal with her chakra was something not many others could claim.
She found herself walking though the small wooded area that was inside the walls of Konoha. It was a well known fact that she loved it here, if you couldn't find her at the hospital, or with Tsunade she was more then likely here. Walking over to a old tree she sat down and took a deep breath. It was times like this that she had made up her mind about doing everything she could to make sure that they made it out of this war alive.
"Sakura Haruno, Lady Tsunade would like to speak with you in her office right away." Came the voice of a ANBU member standing on a tree to her left.
"Oh, ok. Let her know that I'm on my way." With that she stood up and dusted her rear off.
"I was given orders to escort you back."
With a sigh she nodded and jumped into the tree, following the man in the wolf mask. They had made it back to the Hokage's tower in no time and rather then clime the stairs and go though the front door, she jumped though the window, knowing that it wasn't closed.
Landing on both feet she walked over to see Tsunade looking over some scrolls. In front of her was Shizune, setting on a chair, waiting for Tsunade to finish reading.
Walking around the desk and smiling to the other women she took the set next to her, in front of their Kage.
Taking a deep breath and looking up she saw Sakura there. "I'm glad that both of you where able to come so soon, I'm sorry for calling you so early this morning."
"It's ok, I was already up." Sakura said, leaving out the part of her not sleeping.
"As you both know I am planning on talking to the council about the report Kakashi sent to me. I will also announce the chain of command that I feel is the best, and then we'll get started on the planning. I don't want anything to get left out. There is much work to do and I feel that we need to get started as soon as we can, and that would be today." Standing up she moved around her desk and walked over to the door. "I would like for you two to be there, I need you to hear everything and please don't be afraid to speak up if you feel the need."
"Yes ma'am" they both said and stood to follow her out of the office and down the hall to the large Council Hall. As they entered, she could tell that some of the men in the room where not to happy about being there early on a Saturday.
Lady Tsunade made her as to the front and took a set, as the Hokage she took the front chair that over looked the Hall. When the others saw the look on her face, they knew that something was going on, she had something important to say.
To her right was Shikamaru, and to her left was a open chair, that would be for Jiraiya, however he hasn't gotten back yet.
"I'm sorry to have to call you all in on your day off and so early. As some of you know I sent a small team to look into what the Land of Sound has been up to, why they have been so quite the last few years. I'm afraid that it is something that I should have done a long time ago."
Taking a deep breath to calm herself before she told them the worst of it.
"I received a report back from Kakashi," At this there was a small mummer, everyone knew that the copy-nin wasn't one to do reports. "It would seem that Orochimaru has been gathering and training Ninja for war."
"WHAT!"
"How could this be?"
"War?! When?!"
The hall come alive with the men as they stood up and voiced their feelings on the matter. The only one that she really lessened to was the one on her right side.
"How troublesome"
"It would seem that he has somewhere close to four hundred trained Ninja." She looked over the Hall to see then council men where lessoning to everything she had to say. "The team has not yet returned and I'm sure that there is much that was left out. I couldn't wait till they got back to inform you of the attack that could be on it's way."
"At this time, I would like to withdraw all our shinobi that are on other missions and bring them home, and until we know further, there well be no missions unless passed by me. As soon as Kakashi and the other get back and I have a full report, I will announce to the village that we are on Code Black. I want to see all the shelters and make sure that they are in good use; I won't accept the death of one innocent life."
"All teams and squads are to train daily, I myself will be among those training. I am not going to stand back and allow Orochimaru to come into this village and have a war."
The men looked confused. "And what are we going to do if something was to happen to you Lady Hokage?" She couldn't tell who asked it, but the men all nodded.
"To tell you the truth, I don't plan on making it out of this war, and if I do, I plan on stepping down allowing the new Hokage to take over."
"But how is going to be the next Hokage?"
Again taking a deep breath, she looked to the back of the room at Sakura and Shizune. "After much thought, I have decided that Naruto Uzumaki would be the best for the job."
She was waiting for them to yell, to scream at her for picking him, but nothing. The seemed to be thinking it over.
In the back of the room, Sakura couldn't breath. She had picked Naruto, she was so happy for her friend. She had known how much he had dreamed of become the protector of the village. Even after everything he went though as a child, she still pushed himself to be the strongest.
"Because we are going into a time of war, and I know Naruto, I have to think that something could happen to him, before he has the chance to claim the title, so I have to though of two other people who would be perfect should anything befall Uzumaki."
Sakura and Shizune looked at each other and then back to Tsunade. They had know that she was going to pick a chain, but she didn't know who she was thinking about.
"Shikamaru Nara and Sakura Haruno."
At this, Shikamaru looked over to Tsunade and then to the back of the room at Sakura. He had never thought of being asked to he Hokage, and it sounded like he wasn't even being asked.
In the back Sakura looked like she was going to pass out. She had never thought that Tsunade would see her as one to be a leader. What was she thinking! 'I can't be Hokage… I can't be Hokage… I can't be Hokage' was all that was running though her head.
Her thoughts come to a stop when the Council Hall doors opened and in walked non other the Jiraiya, one of the three Legendary Sannins. "I hope I didn't miss the party?"
Somewhere outside of the village
'We made good time' thought Kakashi as the walls of Konoha came into view. As soon as they got inside the gate they where met by two ANBU members wearing masks.
"Kakashi, you and your team are to head to the Hokage's tower right away."
"Well so much for getting some lunch." Naruto said as he scratched his head, with a smile.
They all made there way to the tower and walked to Tsunade's office, looking around for the Hokage. "Lady Hokage is addressing the council; I'll let her know that you are here." And with that the two masked men left.
Back in the Council Hall
"I agree with Jiraiya-san, we need to call in all favors due to us. We can't rely on just our ninja, what about Gaara?"
A council man asked taking a set again after he was done talking. Jiraiya had taken his set next to Tsunade who had filled him in on everything that he missed. He thought that it was important to call in help if need be.
"I am not going to drag anyone into this war without good reason. I'll only know if we are going to need help after I have the full report from the team. Till then no one is to discuses this with other villages. Our team went six months without being spotted and I will not let the enemy think that we are to weak to fight back."
She was going to keep on, however she saw the two ANBU that she had put at the gate to bring back Kakashi and the team.
Looking over to Shikamaru and Jiraiya, the stood. "It would seem that they have arrived home rather early, please allow us to talk with them, we will reconvene tomorrow morning. Please try not to discuses this with your families till we have a plan. I'll see you all tomorrow morning at seven o'clock."
Steeping out of the room, she let out the breath that she didn't know she was holding. The other council men slowly left the room after her.
"Let go find out what we are in for." She said as she opened her office door. What greeted almost put a smile on her face. Naruto, Kiba and Akamaru where all pasted out on the floor, drool starting to some out of there mouths.
Kakashi was leaning ageist the wall closest to her deck, and Neji was setting in the chair across from him.
She made her was to her desk and flopped down in her chair. "I'm glad you all made it back save, and unharmed."
At the sound of her voice, the sleeping men, and dog, woke up. They looked around to see that Jiraiya was walking in followed by Shikamaru, Sakura, and then Shizune. Seeing Sakura, Naruto jumped up and grabbed her in a big bear hug.
"Oh man, I missed you!" He said, putting her down.
"I missed you two Naruto. I'm glad you back safe. I just wish I could say welcome home."
"Kakashi, I have told then everything that was in your report, I'm sure however there was much that you where not able to put in it due to time. Please tell us everything, don't leave anything out."
As everyone got into the room, Jiraiya closed the door and leaned against it. Neji stood, offering the chair that he was setting in to Sakura, Shizune took other one. Neji walked to the back of the room and stood next to the older man.
"As I said in the report, Sound is getting ready for war. We know that they have been training everyday ten to twelve hours a day. It was hard to find Orochimaru himself, but we did see him a couple of times. It would seem that he still has no use of his arms, no matter how long Kabuto has worked on them, it's far outside his chakra levels to fix it."
"Well that's some good news." She thought as she began to run her head, she felt a headache coming on.
Kakashi stopped for a minute and looked at the others in the room, then stopped and look at Sakura. 'She's not going to like this next part.' He thought to himself. Taking a deep breath he knew he needed before he went on.
"During the time we spent on our mission, we… observed … the training of Sasuke. Orochimaru has been teaching him the forbidden Jutsus and he has some of them mastered already. Orochimaru knows that he can't when this fight without his arms, so he has been training Sasuke to do all the fighting."
The room was quite, they all knew that Sasuke had left in order to gain power to kill his brother, but in doing so he had sold his soul to the devil, and has turned his back on those that loved him. He had walked so far down that path that there was no turning back.
"He is also growing frustrated with Kabuto. It has been seven years and he has not been able to help him. The time that we spent there, we saw them bring in many other doctors and medic-nin to try and see if they could help, but when they where not able to, he let the others use them as target practice."
"How could he be so cruel?" Shizune said out loud.
"So he has been teaching Sasuke the forbidden Jutsus and he is in need of a medic."
"It would seem that he is waiting till he has his arms before he attacks us." Neji added.
"Tsunade, you and Sakura are the only two that would have a chance at fixing his arms, and he knows not to ask you again." Jiraiya said after Neji. At this every one looked to Sakura.
"Well he can forget about it. I kill myself before I allow him to use me to fix his arms. I'm not going to help that basterd." Sakura was not one to be pushed around, and she wouldn't help the enemy no matter what.
"Like to see him try and get his hands on her, I'll rip his arms off before he gets near her. Then he won't have to worry about her healing them." Naruto said, he didn't like the thought of that evil man getting near his friend. He had seen what he did to those others; he wouldn't allow that to happen to her.
Looking up she looked at Naruto and saw that he was dead serious. She didn't doubt that he would use all his chakra and that of the nine tail fox to fight Orochimaru to protect the village.
She then turned to the others. Neji was hard to read, but the look on his face was one that was rear, he didn't like the thought of Sound going after Sakura.
Kiba was growling at the thought, and Akamaru walked over to Sakura and laid down beside her as to say that he was going to fight too.
"Oh come on guys, he's not that stupid to some all this way just for me to heal his arms. I'll be fine." Sakura said, trying to calm everyone down.
"Kakashi, is that all?" Asked Shikamaru, who had been watching everything from the corner.
With a nod, he closed his one eye and sat down on the floor, his legs rather tried.
"Thank you." Tsunade said looking at the tired men in her office. "I know that you all would like to get home, shower and eat, but before you do I must inform you of a decision that I have made and already spoke to the council about."
"After I received your report, and after much thought, I have chosen the next Hokage, to take my place after this war is over, or should I die before then."
Everyone sat up, knowing how important this was. Those who knew looked to each other not wishing to give it away. Naruto looked up and then to Jiraiya, everyone knew how much he had waited and how hard he worked to have the chance to be Hokage.
"After thinking things over, I found that there where three people that would fit into the role and who knew what it meant to lead the village, to think of others first and to always be a team player. I have chosen Naruto Uzumaki to be the Sixth Hokage."
As soon as his name was said, everyone in the room turned to look at him, they where expecting him to jump up and scream 'I told you so!' But what they saw, assured them that this was the right choice.
Head bent down, and tears falling from his eyes. "Thank you." Was all he could say, he was so over whelmed he didn't know what more to say. His long life dream had finally happened.
"Should anything happen to Naruto, Shikamaru would then take over."
"Just more paper work to do, how troublesome." Was all he said.
"And to be on the safe side I have chosen one more to end the chain of command. Sakura Haruno."
Kakashi couldn't have been more proud. Two out of tree of his students where in line to be Hokage. He knew that it had been a dream come true for Naruto, this being something he had worked so hard to gain. Looking over to Sakura, he could fell the doubt coming off her in waves. It was clear that she didn't see herself as the leader of the village.
"Let's just hope we don't have to use the chain. Now everyone get out of my office. Go home, rest and clean up. I want you to be at the council meeting in the morning. Please don't be late." She said, the last part looking right at Kakashi.
They all stood and walked out the door, only Jiraiya remaining. "Are you going to be ok?" He asked, looking at her. He could see that she was worried.
"Nothing some alcohol won't cure." She laughed and pulled out a bottle. "Would you care to join me?"
"I don't mind if I do." He said shutting the door and walking over to take a set, leaning over to grab a glass.
"Jiraiya? Where are Kotetsu and Izumo?" Tsunade asked, after thinking about it.
Laughing and taking a drink, he looked back at the women that he had grown to love. "They couldn't keep up. They should be back before sunset."
End of Part ONE Chapter THREE