Chapter 2

The jinchiriki walked the dirt that lead outside of Konoha and into the outskirts of the city. His feet kicked the dry ground. His blue sandals were covered by a thin brown layer. Rabbits watched as the human walked the small road to a house that had been inhabited for now almost 13 years. Birds sung, the sun shined and yet Naruto was all but enjoying life. No, his past had made him sad, but, despite all the darkness that surrounded him hope remained and he had his best friend to help him. Finally he arrived. The main building was still standing, on the left though the house was still destroyed from Kyubi's attack.

"I haven't been here in..." Naruto said to himself.

"You haven't been here in 22 years, you were still a little guy..." Kyubi commented

"Same for you. Come on we need to rest, it's been a long day for us." he replied, the fox could only agree in answer.

The boy walked in the doors nostalgia and filled him. He had long since forgiven the fox. The old wood cracked under his feet. He felt for the light switch which he found before turning it on, dust was everywhere. He sighed Sakura would have killed him for this... Sakura... Sakura... the name rung in his mind. How he missed her. They had gotten together after the end of the 4th shinobi war, Sasuke...They had let him go after he promised to live a normal civilian life. They had gone to visit him once and had been completely surprised when they found him. He had moved in a small town called Takuri, there he had settled down and had gotten married. He was the father of two kids, one little girl and one little boy. But what surprised them more is that he was considered a hero by the village for defending it against a group of rogue's that came every so often. They had talked about the good old times before spending the night, in the morning they left heading back to Konoha. About himself Naruto and Sakura had moved into the Namikaze estate and were expecting a child until the man with the mask, the one who had pretended to be Madara, the one who had been supposed to be dead reappeared, controlling 7 of the 9 bijuus. He had taken most of the world within days. They were preparing for his arrival in Konoha but he was not the one who arrived first. No. It was Uchiha Sasuke, holding the lifeless corpses of his wife and children. He had gone straight to Sakura.

"Sakura, please! Heal them! Shukaku attacked our village while I was away by the time I was back it was already over, please save them!" he had cried.

Sakura had made hand signs until her hands glowed green and swiped her hands over each one of them using all her experience to see if anything could be done. After what had seemed an eternity to Sasuke her hands stopped glowing. She looked up to Sasuke.

"Sasuke... I'm so sorry..." she had said barely over a whisper.

"No, no no! Yura! Maru! Arishi! No!" he had cried. The crowed was silent. Witnessing the disaster of the already losing war. Finally Sasuke stopped crying. He had gotten up and said. "I'm sorry..." His eyes flashed red and he turned to Naruto. "Naruto, he has to pay, no matter what, I will kill him."

"And I will help Sasuke, if you let me..." Naruto had replied.

"We will fight side by side once more then, my friend." The evacuation ordered had been given and everyone left to go to the bunkers except for Naruto and Sasuke.

Sakura had resisted to go but they didn't leave her a choice, in her current state of pregnancy she wouldn't be even able to defend herself. The two friends stood at the gates ready. Day faded to night as rain started to fall. Finally he arrived. The man that had gathered 7 bijuu on his own. Only Naruto and Killerbee remained thought the whereabouts of the later had been unknown. There he was, standing on top of Juubi's head Summoning the first 3 demons.

"These will be enough to get rid of you for are no match for the power of demons."

The once teammates snorted before bitting their thumbs and slamming them on the ground. Many smoke clouds appeared. On Sasuke's side Hawkir, the lord of birds; Tandra, the lord of Snakes appeared. On Naruto's side Kyuubi, lord of foxes appeared; Bunta, Pa and Ma appeared as well. No words had been needed as they engaged into a fiery battle. Time went by and the battle continued. It became obvious that Naruto and Sasuke were going to win.

"Why isn't he summoning the other beasts?" Naruto asked

"Maybe he can't..." Sasuke replied out of

"Or he is planning on using them for something else." Kyubi interrupted.

"My, aren't you a genius Kyubi? That's right, by now it is too late." the man chuckled evilly

"What do you mean?"Naruto yelled. His only answer was a finger pointing towards the Hokage monument.

Naruto turned around and his world froze. The secret bunkers were destroyed by all the remaining bijuus. Sakura! He turned to face Sasuke before turning again and going as fast as he could towards the bunkers. Sasuke was torn into two, on one hand he could try to kill the person that had taken away his loved one, on the other he might be able to save innocents. Finally he turned back and followed his friend.

"Fools." the masked man said, it was too late. He formed a hand sign and all the bijuus disappeared, he would just have to go pick up the pieces once they would see the death of the loved ones.

Naruto arrived and the sight scared him bits and pieces of people could be seen blocked by debris. He rushed to someone who was still alive. His eyes grew wide, it was Tsunade... He hurried to throw off the pieces of wood of her. Her purple diamond on her forehead gone. When he saw Katsuyu lying next to her dead he understood she had tried to protect them but to no avail.

"Tsunade-no-baa-chan..." he whispered, she slowly opened eye then the other. He was about to lift her up when he saw it. The metal rod sticking from her stomach.

"Naruto, you have grown... I go with my fathers... Never give up...hope." her eyes closed and her head fell back limp.

He shut his eyes to stop the tears from flowing. He heard noises on his right and found Sasuke lifting some wood before pulling out their sensei.

"Kakashi-sensei..." the Uchiha said weakly.

"Sasuke, I am glad you came back to the light, Naruto, you will be the one to bring the world back from this hell. I must go now... It's up to you two..." his body went limb.

Both took deep breaths to calm themselves. Naruto suddenly picked up what he was looking for, her scent. He followed it, Sasuke right behind him. When he got there she was covered in debris and just a small part of her faces was visible, he lost no time in freeing her. For a moment her eyes opened.

"Naruto... Is that you?" she asked weakly.

"Yes, it's me... Don't worry, everything will be fine." he whispered as silent tears went down his face.

"Naruto... I'm cold." she whispered. He covered her as best he could to share body heat. Suddenly a weak hand touched his cheek making him look at her. "I love you... Never forget that..." she said as her hand fell down, her head tilted to rest against his elbow. Her heart stopped. He hugged her body one last time. Sasuke stood silently by his side. Having lost his loved ones mere hours ago he knew how Naruto must've felt. Their summons soon arrived. Kyubi walked forward to Naruto and when he saw who it was he understood.

"Kit..." he started unsure of what to say.

"Where is he?" Naruto asked not looking away from his love.

"Gone, probably overdid himself, at least it gives us a chance to prepare ourselves to kill him." the fox answered.

"Right, but first..." he started getting up holding her bridal style. "We need to take care of them." he said. They all nodded and silently they all started to get the dead out. His heart sank as in the end there were no survivor.

Night fell on the land. The two survivors never got any rest that night for they buried thousands. When morning rose they stood in front of a graveyard for as far as the eye could see. The two friends sighed. Sasuke then turned to Naruto.

"Naruto, I've been thinking, even if we do kill him, what then? Yura, Sakura, Kakashi-sensei, they're all gone..." the Uchiha said slowly.

"I know... I've been wondering the same thing, what point is there to live on our own?" he answered before walking forward to a tomb and kneeling down in front of it. He let his hand wander the little piece of metal he had made. "Sakura Uzumaki" it read.

"Time travel." sounded through the land.

"What?" the jinchiriki asked back thinking he hadn't heard well.

"This is Konoha, if time travel exists we're sure to find it here, the scroll of forbidden jutsu for example. There has to be something in there..." the mere possibility of seeing their loved ones again filled their hearts with hope.

"Let's do it." Naruto awned. With determination flowing through their veins they left in search for the scroll.

When they finally found the scroll they opened it and sure enough there was a time travel jutsu. It could send souls as well as objects back in time. Thought there was a problem. For this technique required a lot of chakra and the result for the one that used it was...death. Surprising him, Sasuke spoke first.

"You go." was all he said.

"Why me?" Naruto asked. His friend just smiled.

"Like Kakashi-sensei said, your the one to be able to change the future. This task is for no one other than you. Besides you deserve more to see your loved ones again than I do..." he finished regretting his past actions.

"Sasuke... if I go then..." he started

"Yes, I will send you back meaning I'll take the consequences of using this jutsu. We'll send your soul back as well as you gear that your going to need..." the Uchiha continued

"Sasuke... you don't have to do this."

"Yes I do! like this I can repent for my sins..." he said, seeing it would be no good in arguing Naruto decided to agree.

"Ok, let's get this show on the road." They cut their thumbs and started writing blood seals on the ground. When they were finished there were to circles, one big one for Naruto and a smaller one for objects, no living person could go back for the trip would kill them. Naruto put a few objects in the smaller circle before Sasuke walked up to him. He handed to scrolls.

"Give this one to the other me when you feel the time is right, the other one is for you..." he said Naruto nodded and set them in the smaller circle.

The scroll of forbidden jutsus lay on the ground covered in seals, as soon as the jutsu would end it would be destroyed ensuring no one could go back. It was time. The two men faced each other.

"I won't let you down Sasuke, I promise, Yura will live." Naruto said.

"You better." the Uchiha answered with a small smile. The two shook hands. Naruto then walked into the bigger circle as Sasuke started his hand signs. The seals started to turn white before freezing.

Suddenly a huge wave of pure chakra left Sasuke and filled the technique. The Uchiha fell forward panting. He looked up enough for his eyes to find Naruto's teary eyes.

"I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my hokage." was his final word as the jutsu activated. The blond's body fell forward for his soul had left it going back in time just as the objects disappeared.

White light flashed in Naruto's apartment. The small that had been sleeping was covered in white before his eyes opened. He jumped up and looked around him. It had worked, the objects lay on the ground at the exact same distance that they were before. He sighed before sealing it all in one other scroll. After learning of his father he had gotten into seals to the point where he surpassed both his father and his sensei Jiraya. He was back and this time he was going to make sure nothing bad happened.

As Naruto allowed himself to fall asleep laying on his parents bed he sighed. He had a long road before him but regardless of the danger and obstacles that would face him, he would not lose or give up.