Naruto Shippuuden: Altering Time
Chapter Three: The Forbidden Chamber
A/N: Thanks for the reviews, y'all! Well the chapter title says all, no? This is where Naruto makes the attempt to travel back in time.
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Naruto leaped across the rooftops, in search of Hatake Kakashi. It was still night, but Naruto was sure that it the sun would rise soon in less than three hours. He did not have much time. When he landed on the Jounin's home, he immediately looked into the window nearby. Kakashi was sound asleep on his bed, with the atrocious novel, Icha Icha; he had been reading all night in order to get himself to sleep. Naruto opened it carefully, only to make the Copy Ninja stir in his sleep with the shocking creak that had sounded while lifting the window pane. "Kakashi," whispered the blonde, stepping into Kakashi's room. The Jounin stirred again, but did not awaken. "Kakashi!" whispered Naruto in a more rough tone. Kakashi held an uncomfortable expression on his face and opened his eyes slowly. Turning to the source of the annoying whisper, Kakashi groaned, "What is it now …?" Naruto ran to his sensei's side and knelt down on the ground. "Kakashi, you must tell me where I can perform time travel," demanded Naruto in a hushed whisper. The silver-haired Jounin seemed too busy with sleeping, so he merely blurted out the answer. "The For … bidden Chamber …"
Within a split second, Uzumaki Naruto disappeared out of the apartment with a new destination in mind: The Forbidden Chamber. He knew it was somewhere beneath the earth, beneath the Hokage Tower, and Naruto predicted that it would be guarded by skilled ANBU. Devising a plan in his head, Naruto used the Invisibility Jutsu he had learnt while in a battle with Rock Nin during an escort mission. Naruto had carefully memorized the seal order and the words and by the end of the mission, had learnt a new and useful jutsu. Now, cloaked and unseen, Naruto carefully walked into the compounds of the Hokage.
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Hatake Kakashi awoke with a start. He looked around the room, his eyes scanning every different object. Was it a dream? Kakashi had dreamt that Naruto whispered something to him, and clearly, he had given the blonde the answer he needed. Racking his brain, Kakashi spent about five minutes before he suddenly looked up in fear. "The Forbidden Chamber!" breathed a very tense and agitated Jounin. Almost immediately, Kakashi concluded that it was not a dream at all. He feared that Naruto would turn back time in order to save Sasuke. Grabbing his Jounin vest, the silver-haired Copy Ninja leaped out into the night, while wearing the thick, green combat vest. As he approached the Hokage Tower, Kakashi sensed that Naruto would have already gone in, considering the fact that Naruto had learnt a lot with Sasuke during the past few days. Landing in front of the two guards, Kakashi asked in a breathless tone, "Where's Uzumaki Naruto?"
One of the guards suddenly jolted and asked, "He came here?"
"That is only my guess," replied Kakashi flatly. He peered into the dark hallways and said, "I need you to head down to the Forbidden Chamber with me." The other guard raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why?"
"I believe he went down into the Chamber for a personal loss."
"Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Yeah, can we just get down there and see if he's there?"
Deep inside, Kakashi only hoped that it was a dream and not the real thing. Soon, the three dashed into the Hokage Tower, looking for a certain blonde that might be hatching a crazy plan.
"C'mon, where is it?!" breathed Naruto anxiously as he flipped through all the scrolls and books as quietly as he could. He had spent about ten minutes here and he could find nothing concerning time travel. He advanced to the other side of the Chamber and started searching again. He knew it was here somewhere. Konoha could most probably be the strongest village, thus gaining access to the strongest and the most forbidden of skills. Naruto picked up a black scroll and read it through. Nothing. It was merely a jutsu where Naruto could curse his opponents. Not what he needed.
Suddenly, his ears pricked. He could hear whispers outside the entrance. Turning around in horror, he realized that only Kakashi could have guessed that it was he that had infiltrated the Chamber. Speeding up his search, Naruto finally found the scroll he needed and unrolled it open onto the table. "Naruto?" called Kakashi, his voice echoing loudly in the gigantic Chamber. 'Damn it,' thought Naruto as he formed the seals slowly first. The soft, calm footsteps soon turned into stomping noise, which made Naruto even more nervous. 'Finally!' thought Naruto as he had quickly memorized the seals and was re-doing it once more for the final time. Kakashi turned into a corner and found Naruto, who had formed the last seal just in time. "Naruto …!" shouted Kakashi as he dashed frantically for the blonde. Naruto's mouth opened as he whispered into the cold Chamber, "Ima ryokō suru no Jutsu!"
Within a split second, Naruto disappeared in a swirl of leaves and a few scrolls landed right in front of Kakashi's feet. "Damnit," cursed the Jounin. He had just lost another student.
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Namikaze Minato sat in his office, with a pen in his mouth. He smirked and turned to the large clear window in his chair. 'Wonderful, just wonderful,' thought the blonde cheerfully. 'My son's going to be born … right here in this beautiful village.' Minato had received the perfect life he could have with Kushina, and nothing was going to tear him away from it. While drifting in his thoughts, someone knocked on the door. "Hokage-sama, Jiraiya is here to see you," informed the ANBU outside Minato's office. He stood up and exclaimed, "Let him in, then!"
The door opened and the white-haired Sannin stepped into the Hokage's Office. "Nice to see you again, Minato," said Jiraiya in a fatherly tone. Minato shrugged with a sly smirk and advanced towards his sensei. Both of them stretched their arms out wide and gave each other a tight hug. They had not seen each other for a year or so, and Minato was extremely glad that his sensei could come back to Konoha to witness the birth of his beautiful baby boy. "So have you named the kid yet?" asked Jiraiya, with a wide smile on his face. Minato sighed and replied, "No, not yet. Kushina's still thinking, but I wanna name him Miyuki. What d'you think?" Jiraiya opened his eyes wide in shock.
"Why that's the reason why Kushina's still THINKING! Miyuki's a boring name, Minato!"
"Yeah, but think about it! Miyuki and Minato both start with the same kanji!"
Jiraiya sweatdropped at the young Hokage's foolish reason. "You never take things seriously, do you?" drawled Jiraiya. Minato stepped forward and with much authority in his voice, he said, "As a matter of fact, I am serious."
Uzumaki Naruto appeared in a swirl of leaves right behind the Yamanaka Flower Shop. He looked around in surprise and was stunned to see that many things were different, especially the Hokage Mountain. There were only four faces. 'Did I go back too far?' thought Naruto to himself sheepishly as he started to walk around the village. He spent about a few minutes looking around the village before he chanced on a shocking sight. Out of the Uchiha compound stepped Fugaku, a pregnant Mikoto and a three year old Uchiha Itachi. "This is bad," muttered Naruto to himself, finally realizing the reality of this situation.
He had just gone back fifteen years in time, instead of just fifteen days.
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Not so sure about the fifteen days part, but I'm starting to get psyched.
Next Chapter: Naruto, Meet Namikaze Minato!