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*A/N*: Hey guys, excited for the 3rd chapter of Far Beyond Yet In Our Reach? WELL HERE IT IS!!! This time I made Dayse proof read it haha ~Mark
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Chapter 3
-Birds chirping and the wind blowing softly with whistles in its whim-
"Naruto…wake up" a voice was heard in a gruff tone. "Wake up baka, it's time to go!" the voice rose in tone waking up the boy.
"Ugh…hmm?.." Naruto budged slightly but keeping in his sleep position under a tree.
"I thought you wanted to go home..but maybe I was mistaken.." the figure spoke in a sarcastic tone.
"This voice..it's so familiar..who could it be..?" Naruto sat up in a very sleepy mood. "My head hurts..what happened.." he thought.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes as he looked at the figure, and his eyes opened wide.
"I guess were not heading back yet? IN THAT CASE I'LL GO GET SOME MORE RESEARCH DONE!!" exclaimed the man with a very sly and perverted tone.
"Ero-Sennin?..WHAT?!?!" Naruto stood up as fast and rough as possible to get a glance at the man waking him up.
"So you've finally woken up, Keh lazy baka.." the man insulted as he relaxed seeing his pupil wide awake.
"Jiraiya-sensei.." Naruto thought looking at his master. Tears began flowing down Naruto's cheek as he stared at his sensei.
The man infront of Naruto, was known as Jiraiya, the Toad Hermit, and one of the legendary Saanin alongside with Tsunade and Orochimaru. His long and white spikey hair flowed down his back and flashing his bangs over his forehead protector. Red line markings came down each one of his eyes down to his cheek. He wore a sleeveless red coat over his grayish green overall along with his wooden sandals. Jiraiya stared at his pupil.
"Eh, what's wrong Naruto? crying like a baby? and here I thought you stopped after we left to train 2 years ago" Jiraiya provoked.
"Eh? 2 years? wait… WHAT?!?!" Naruto panicked as his memories began to flow back into his thoughts, he wiped his tears as he looked around his surroundings crazily.
"SAKURA-CHAN?!? Where is she? Is she okay? What the hell happened?!?" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs only to be slammed on the head with a hard fist.
"What the hell are you talking about Naruto? What kinda dream were you having?" Jiraiya asked with a look of curiousity on his face.
"Itai…" Naruto groaned as he rubbed his head.. "What's going on?" he exclaimed to himself.
"Eh, crazy boy, I'm going to get some information at the town, come find me when you're done acting insane" as Jiraiya said this he vanished.
"Calm down..calm down..relax.. take a deep breath.. and think" Naruto took a deep breath and assumed his meditative position as he sat down on the grass.
Naruto began to relax and meditate as he organized his thoughts.
"They were in the process of completing a mission by eliminating a dangerous threat towards the Konoha Headquarters Base through the assassination of a dangerous S-class missing nin from the Village Hidden in the Ice..Kazuki Yenma. Kazuki countered the ambush and he came after me and Sakura-chan. But he slipped through us and rushed to attack Sakura-chan then I…"
Naruto choked as he clearly pictured in his head what had happened.
"I used the Hiraishin no Jutsu to save Sakura-chan and everything went black.. and I find myself woken up by Ero-Sennin" Naruto recollected more of his thoughts.
"But Jiraiya-sensei, died from fighting Pein before Pein attacked Konoha in search for me.." Naruto thought in confusion.
"Wait a minute..he said since WE LEFT 2 YEARS AGO to train..does that.. does that mean I'm back 8 years ago when I came back to Konoha after my training?" Naruto exclaimed in shock.
"So.. I'm 15 again.. but only in body because I have my memories from then, so it's safe to assume that I'm still 23 years old at heart and mind" he voiced under his breath.
"I messed up the jutsu..I can't believe it.." Naruto sighed in disappointment.
He began to recollect himself as more thoughts and ideas came into his mind as he meditated.
"If I'm back.. then Pein and Sasuke have not attacked the village yet..maybe I can still do something to prevent it.." Naruto freely spoke.
"If that's the case then I have been given a second chance to change the future! I won't let the village get destroyed and I will protect all of my loved ones by preventing it's destruction!" Naruto's voice rose in confidence as he stood back up and out of his trance.
"I just hope Sakura-chan made it out in unharmed..but she's strong and can handle herself..so I shouldn't worry and focus on the matter at hand.." Naruto said calmly as he grew less concerned.
"First comes first.. I need to let things play out and act accordingly in order to save the present." He sighed. "I have to stop Sasuke at all costs.."
"It's time to go back home" at that instant he vanished to find his master at the nearby village and return to Konoha.
(Konoha in the Hokage Office; in the Past)
"EH!? I DON'T WANT ANYMORE D-RANK MISSION GRANNY!!" the boy yelled.
One of the sensei's gave a weak chuckle and spoke, "Konohamaru..show some respect to the Hokage."
"Iruka-sensei!! I'm not going to get stronger just by chasing around cats and cleaning trash around the village!" shouted Konohamaru.
"Konohamaru-kun.. you said you wouldn't.." a girl weakly spoke trying to get her teammate to calm down.
"It's no use Moegi, he won't listen, not like he ever does anyways." consulted her other teammate.
"All 3 of you, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon, lack adequate training! Who ever heard of Leaf ninjas disrespecting the Hokage." yelled the sensei of the three.
"It's okay Ebisu-sensei.. they're still growing up" chuckled Iruka.
"Once I grow up, I'll be strong THEN I can be the 7th Hokage!" Konohamaru exclaimed in a confident voice.
"7th? What happened to the 6th?" Tsunade asked politely.
"The 6th Hokage will be.. Naruto-nii-san!" Konohamaru responded tightening his Leaf protector.
Everyone of the sensei's began to smile as they remembered the number one hyperactive ninja of Konoha.
"I'll find something else for you all to do then Team Ebisu!, until then, DISMISSED!" Tsunade exclaimed.
The three genin and their sensei nodded and disappeared out of sight.
"It's about that time he came back home" Tsunade said softly. "It'd be a problem if he didn't"
(At the village gates of Konoha)
-Footsteps heard as 2 men entered the village-
-YAWN- "Today is a boring day..eh?" one of the guards spoke lazily.
To their surprise, they noticed 2 men passing through the gates and into the village. Their eyes widened and jaws dropped in shock of what they had just seen.
"Oi! Is that?" the other guard said in surprise.
"It is! So they're finally back huh.. things are about to get interesting again" The guard spoke.
The two men walked towards the west side of the village towards the Hokage Office.
Sakura was walking down from the east side of the village towards the gates, to complete an errand. A boy leaping from roof top to roof top and back flipping infront of Sakura.
"Ah! Sakura-nee-chan!!" a boy yelled out to his senpai.
"Hm? Konohamaru! What's up?" Sakura asked.
"What are you doing?" Konohamaru asked in a playful voice.
"I'm just going to get the daily reports from the village gates for Tsunade-sama" Sakura said "Want to come along?"
Konohamaru leapt for joy and followed Sakura to the village gates.
"Kotetsu-san! Izumo-san!" Sakura called out to the guards.
"Here's the reports Sakura, and.." Kotetsu said and grinned.
"And?" Sakura asked in a confused matter.
"Just walk towards the west side of the village to see something interesting" Izumo responded.
"Hm? I wonder what it could be.." Sakura asked herself as she and Konohamaru made their way to the west side of Konoha.
One of the men dropped their bags as he ran up the light pole.
"Heh, getting excited already eh Naruto?" Jiraiya asked his student.
"I'll be going ahead first to meet with Tsunade, I'll catch up with you later..after my research that is!" Jiraiya began snorting perverted and disappeared.
"AHH, I REALLY MISSED THIS!!" Naruto exhaled and stared at his home village and the Hokage monument with his hands on his hips.
"It's been 8 years huh.." Naruto smiled thought to himself.
Sakura and Konohamaru strolled down the west side path only to have their eyes forced wide opened as they gasped and watched the figure on top of the light pole.
"Naruto? Is that really you?" Sakura asked but not gaining his attention. "NARUTO!!" she yelled louder.
Naruto glanced his head towards the voice and noticed who called for him. He jumped down the light pole to meet her.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto walked up to her in a mature fashion.
Sakura stared at her teammate that she had not seen for 2 years since he left the village to train with Jiraiya. She was completely amazed at how he's changed and his looks matured over the years.
"Naruto! You've gotten taller than me! And you look older now!" Sakura thought as she blushed. "How different is he now.."
"Oh your right!" Naruto answered measuring their heights side by side.
"So what do you think? Don't I look more feminine now?" Sakura asked blushing with a finger on her cheek looking very girly.
"NOPE! You haven't changed at all!" Naruto responded with a big smile and a thumbs up.
"HUMPH!!" Sakura became a little annoyed and pouted with her arms crossed.
Naruto heard another voice that surprised him. As he turned his head to glance behind Sakura his jaw dropped.
"NARUTO-NII-SAN!! OIROKE NO JUTSU!! (Sexy Transformation)" as the boy transformed into a very attractive and sexy woman with clouds floating around her private areas.
Konohamaru poofed back to normal and stared at Naruto with eyes sparkling, awaiting his approval and praise.
Sakura's eyes shot opened white and in shock at the sight but turned to listen to Naruto as his words surprised her.
Naruto chuckled softly, "Konohamaru, I'm not a kid anymore, those aren't the types of jutsu's you should be using. I suggest you stop doing them and focus on better things" he told his young rival.
Konohamaru began to feel bad because of the disapproval of his senpai, and laid his head low.
"So he didn't just mature physically..but mentally too.." Sakura smiled sweetly and in admiration.
"If I tell him again that I know an even more and BETTER sexy jutsu than that AND I REALLY DO might I add.. Sakura would knock me out and kill me.. good thing I remembered!" Naruto thought to himself with a grin on his face.
An ANBU member appeared out of no where beside the 2 friends and reported his orders.
"Hokage-sama wishes to see you both, please make your way to her office." as he said this he vanished.
"Eh?! Leaving already Naruto-nii-san?" Konohamaru pouted with an understanding tone
"It'll be alright Konohamaru, i'm not leaving the village anytime soon". Naruto responded in a comforting voice as he realized the amount of time he had spent away from the village and away from the boy that looked up to him and considered him as an older brother.
"Alright, then I'll see you later okay?" Konohamaru asked.
"Of course!, and well train a little bit too okay? You better have gotten stronger!" Naruto exclaimed in a voice filled with pride.
"Yes! Alright Naruto-nii-san!" and with this Konohamaru vanished.
Sakura smiled with a positive thought in her mind as she watched their moment. "He's really matured over the years..and it makes me feel..happy"
"Let's go Sakura-chan, we shouldn't keep Tsunade-obaa-chan waiting for us" Naruto reminded her and walked towards the Hokage Office.
"So he's become more obedient too huh..I like it..ALOT"Sakura blushed as she thought about her friend and followed right behind him to meet with Tsunade.
"Tsunade-obaa-chan, screamed at me and almost broke to the point she would unleash her monstrous strength on me..just because I was a little late" Naruto shuddered in fear and made his way to the Konoha's Hokage Office.
(At the Konoha's Hokage Office)
Naruto and Sakura arrived at the office, to be stared down awkwardly by the Hokage, Tsunade.
Naruto and Sakura became nervous has sweatdrops came down from their heads.
"I'll get straight to the point, I need to see some results and I need to see them now!" Tsunade commanded at the two ninja's. "Head over to Training Grounds 7, await your proctor and begin your assessment, Naruto"
"Understood" Naruto responded back in a respectful voice.
"Eh? He..UNDERSTOOD?..so he's grown up in these last 2 years" Tsunade thought to herself. "Sakura!"
"Yes, sensei?" Sakura responded to her master.
"You and Naruto will do the assessment together, I also need to see the results of your training alongside with him. You both used to be in a team and worked great together."
"There better be some good results Sakura!" Tsunade yelled and afterwards smiled.
"Yes, Tsunade-sama" Sakura responded in the same respectful tone as Naruto.
"If so, then let's begin, be at the training grounds in 30 minutes!" Tsunade exclaimed.
"DISMISSED!" she commanded.
At her words Naruto and Sakura walked out of the office to prepare for the assessment.
"Let's do our best Naruto-kun!" Sakura smirked at her teammate and disappeared.
"-kun? I get the feeling that she may like me sooner than I thought.." Naruto professed under his breath. "It's time to get ready!"
(30 minutes later at Training Grounds 7)
"I wonder how this assessment will be" Sakura asked herself as she and Naruto awaited the arrival of the proctor.
A man appeared hidden in the trees and out of sight of the 2 students, his Leaf Protector covering his left eye, wearing the traditional Jounin uniform of Konoha, jumped down with a book in his hand.
"Naruto! Long time no see, you've grown" proclaimed the jounin proctor as he grasped Naruto's new look and older features.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled back in joy but his face became saddened, as he remembered the events of the future and what had happened when he learned how Kakashi was killed.
------------FLASHBACK; to the Present after Sasuke's invasion and after Naruto's return----------
(In the forest south of Konoha)
"Only a few of us are remaining..we need to make a base quickly and perform what needed operations we require to maintain the safety of the villagers and ninjas of Konoha." Tsunade said in a broken yet leading voice.
"Tsunade-sama… Kakashi..he was.." cried Sakura as she reported to the Hokage of Konoha.
"We lost a great ninja.. to Uchiha Sasuke.." Tsunade replied, as all of the villagers and ninjas lowered their heads in sadness.
"Kakashi-sensei….was killed by Sasuke?" a voice came out slowly from the forest surrounding.
"Who's there?!!?" yelled Tsunade as they came in preparation to fight back the threat if needed.
The man dropped to his knees and began crying, "Sasuke…how could you.."
"Naruto..." Sakura's eyes filled with tears as she ran to her teammate to comfort him and herself from a great loss.
------------FLASHBACK ENDS----------------------------
Naruto picked up his attitude, smiled and revealed his happiness once again.
"He's alive, and I'll make sure he doesn't get killed by Sasuke no matter what it takes" Naruto thought to himself in confidence.
"Kakashi-sensei! You're the proctor for the assessment?" asked Sakura.
"Yeah, so let's get this started!" Kakashi spoke as he closed his book and put it back in his holster around his waist.
Tsunade, Shizune, and Jiraiya sat around the training grounds watching their pupils get prepared for the assessment, they all turned their heads to find another group of ninja's come their way.
"Hm? Neji, Ino, Hinata, and Kiba? What are you all doing here?" asked Tsunade.
"Were here to train, Hokage-sama, and this was the only vacant training grounds." Neji responded.
The four ninja's eyes opened widely as they saw the event happening on the training grounds.
"N-N-Naru-to-kun?" Hinata spoke in a soft manner and shock in her voice.
"Naruto huh, so he's back from training?" Kiba asked the Hokage.
"Eh?! Forehead is here too!?" Ino voiced shockingly.
"Yes, Naruto came back today, and they are about to begin a skills assessment test to determine their development" Tsunade answered all 4.
"Shhhhhh, they're about to begin!" Jiraiya shushed all 5 and turned his attention to the proctor and his testers.
Tsunade, Shizune, Jiraiya and the 4 spectators from Rookie Nine aside from Neji watched intently at the event happening before them.
Kakashi stood calmly and focused, he gave off a dangerous aura towards Naruto and Sakura and began speaking as he dangled two silver bells infront of him.
"The rules will be a little different than the time with the bells when you were both Genin's." Kakashi explained in a calm and dangerous tone.
"There are 2 bells and two of you, one for each to pass..the basic rules apply like before you will have 2 hours to come at me with the intent to kill if you ever want to obtain these bells."
"But.." Kakashi cut off his words as he removed his Leaf Protector over his left eye.
"But..?" Naruto and Sakura asked in unison.
"This time, rather than running, I'll come at you with everything that I've got with my own intent to kill!" Kakashi responded as he opened his left eye revealing his Sharingan.
"Remember..absolutely at no time and point, should you ease up on me, I will not hesitate to use full force against you two" Kakashi kept his dangerous looking stance and tone.
Sakura's eyes widened as fear took a strike at her emotions, she looked at Naruto but was confused, because he looked so calm.
"How can he be so calm, knowing that Kakashi-sensei will try to kill us as we try to obtain the bells from him?" Sakura thought in confusion and fear.
Sakura didn't notice but Naruto noticed her expression towards him, he knew exactly what she was thinking.
"I'm calm because I've got 8 years of battle experience in the future protecting the remainders of Konoha" Naruto spoke in his mind.
"I'll admit Kakashi-sensei is strong, one of the strongest in the village might I add, but.."
" I've become stronger too in the past 8 years in the future!" Naruto thought with determination.
Kakashi prepared himself to begin as he took an alert fighting stance.
Sakura put on her fighting gloves and took her fighting position as she prepared for the signal to start.
"No holding back huh..in that case.." as Naruto said this he sat down on the floor, and cupped his palms together with his thumbs connected closing his eyes and began meditating.
Tsunade spoke softly, "What is Naruto doing?" words that puzzled everyone around her.
Sakura glanced at Naruto with much to her surprise was even more confusion, "What are you doing, Naruto?"
Kakashi stood his ground and tried to speculate what his former student was attempting to do.
Suddenly, out of the surroundings came a visible colored chakra that seemed to be absorbed by Naruto.
Everyone became shocked and watch the incident unravel until their shock was broken by Jiraiya.
"What?.. Impossible.. There's no way" Jiraiya squinted his eyes and whispered to himself allowing the rest of the group to hear his words.
"Jiraiya, what's happening to Naruto?" asked Tsunade, with the rest of the group backing her up with shock.
Sakura and Kakashi's eyes widened as they watched Naruto stand back up, with dark pigmentations around both of his eyes and his pupil, yellow and slit horizontally. The visible colored chakra began to dissipate as the last of it entered Naruto.
"What happened to you Naruto? and what did you just do?" Sakura thought to herself as she could not keep her gaze away him.
"Jiraiya! What's going on?" Tsunade asked in a commanding voice in an attempt to figure out what Naruto had done. The rest of the group listened to the two speak, but kept their gazes locked on Naruto.
Jiraiya replied in a shocking and surprised tone. "He's using Sage Mode, an ability only obtained from years of training with the Sage Toads in Myobokuzan..I don't know how Naruto is able to do it because he's never been to Myobokuzan, and I've been watching over him these past 2 years and plus it's impossible to get there on foot for it would take thousands of years to even come close to reaching it.."
"I don't know how but I'm guessing were about to see something amazing". Jiraiya smirked as he watched his pupil use the legendary technique.
The entire group of spectators watched intently as to what was going to happen during the match, curious and shocked from the words Jiraiya spoke.
"Looks like you've become even stronger these past 2 years Naruto" exclaimed Kakashi as he kept still in his fighting stance. "Whenever you're ready".
Naruto took a fighting stance as he prepared. Sakura's locked gaze kept intact with him with thoughts roaming freely in her mind. "Naruto…" she whispered.
"Don't worry Sakura-chan.." he smiled at her which helped her relax. "This assessment is to test our abilities right? Let's give it our all!"
"Let's do it, Naruto-kun!" Sakura exclaimed and took her fighting position to begin.
"Alright Kakashi-sensei, let's begin!" Naruto yelled as he and Sakura began to rush towards him.
*END A/N*: That's it for Chapter 3! Haha, hope that hit the excitement button in you guys a little bit!
CHAPTER 4 COMING OUT SOON!
(As soon as me and Dayse are done or we can find time to with the Med exams and homework and have a little rest for ourselves..so..)
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STAY TUNED!! ~Mark