"Situation foxtrot 12 location Sand dune 9 shinobi down 78"
"Okay, Kakashi-sensei or Sasuke we want Baki-sensei in on it"
"Sensei, he has the better control for now"
"Still?"
"Yeah well, Orochimaru gave me a little gift and even with it contained it's giving me control problems right now"
"Forgot about that"
Baki decides to interrupt
"Okay what is going on you three?"
Kakashi brings up his Hitai-ate
"You'll have answers in just a moment"
Kakashi then makes sure Baki is looking directly into his Sharingan and reveals the future to him. In real life it was only a few minutes but for Baki it took forever and once he was out of the genjutsu he first got sick, then got confused and then got mad all in the space of two minutes and spoke very clearly angry
"Where. Is. That. Snake?"
"Orochimaru?, in the wind right now"
"Fine, I can't bring Hayate back and I really regret what I did twice now by the way, but I can make sure that Sand doesn't follow the false Kazekage, or at the very least keep damage to a minimum somehow, and Lord Gaara I follow only your orders as the fifth Kazekage from here on out"
The Third decides that it's his office and he should remind people about that for the moment
"I think all of you are forgetting the fact that I am still in office and until my death or retirement I am in charge of this village"
The Konoha shinobi all then go down to one knee and speak in one voice knowing that what he said was the truth
"Sorry Hokage-sama"
"Thank you, now then if no one objects I have a plan that might work to minimize the damage to the village, do understand that I intend to die fighting Orochimaru if it comes to it but for now here's the plan. Tsunade you and Jiraiya are to protect the hospital and academy respectively. Genin in the exams are to focus on them, those not in the exams are to place yourself in strategic spots, minus Hinata due to the fact that she has to be with her clan due to losing to Neiji. We are keeping the matches the same period the end. Senseis are to place themselves in strategic areas of the arena as well. Baki will be by my side in disguise, however he is not to engage Orochimaru"
"Hokage-sama..."
"Orders are confirmed Baki, he's too strong for you or do you already forget how you died in the first place?"
"Yes sir"
"As I was saying, there's a reason for this Baki, four people loyal to Orochimaru are going to set up a barrier around us, that barrier is actually good in minimizing damage to the village, however due to the fact that his spy is severely injured he might have a back up plan. Your role with being by my side in disguise is to deflect any attacks that may come from an unexpected enemy. Once the barrier is up you are needed as the person with information and secondary defense because others might want to destroy the barrier but I don't want that to happen so you need to pass on that those are my orders. Finally I am providing protection for you four Sand ninja and am already putting plans in place so that you aren't dealt with too harshly until Tsunade is confirmed as my successor, when the invasion happens do you object to wearing a leaf headband?"
The four Sand ninjas look at each other and just like the others who remember a future have a conversation with just their eyes and facial expressions and then look to the Third and nod in agreement
"We'll wear one once we get the signal to do so"
"Okay, I think that it best you get out of my office now since I'm pretty sure you are going to be making further plans that I will have no hope of understanding and quite frankly plausible deniability is looking good to me right now in case I actually do survive Orochimaru's attack"
The group then heads to the secret training grounds and plans for the invasion with everyone following the rule established during the war about Naruto's plans
"Gaara, when we fought in the original time line blood set you off and you couldn't fall asleep without Shikaku taking over correct?"
"That's correct Sasuke, what are you planning?"
"Well...what if we use that to our advantage?"
"Say...what?!"
"Sharingan, hopefully I'll have my control back by then with the curse mark fully contained if not completely destroyed because while none of us were Seal experts, minus Jiraiya here I think we might be able to come up with a way to destroy the curse mark for good after the Mizuki mission if we remember the information. And if it works on me we might be able to free Anko too"
"Good point, but Sasuke I thought I was the one who came up with the crazy plans"
"Normally you are but this time it's my turn"
"For now, training time"
With that for almost a solid month they trained, most people thought the Sand siblings had gone home but that was actually Team 7 with special transformation jutsu tags on them and then the team simply snuck back in through a way that they had been given permission by the Hokage to use for the ruse. As such the team met on a regular basis for intensive training and all of them got closer to war time conditioning with the Sand siblings and their sensei progressing the furthest since they had the least amount of time to practice like they wanted to
"We seriously need to improve more"
"Unfortunately we have no means to do that"
"Good point, we have a physical limitation on getting back into war time condition don't we?"
"Yep, some things literally won't happen until we're older though"
"He wins"
"Yep, now then, you guys need to find secret training grounds in Suna so that you can keep up your progress because we are going to get back into war time condition that isn't an option, it's how long it takes for some things that might be"
"Tomorrow's the finals, is everyone ready?"
"Yeah, we're ready, at least as much as we can be, and Naruto, we've actually found a place for all of us to live after the invasion until the village is destroyed and you officially find out about your family"
"How did you manage that?"
"It was tricky, but TenTen found some family members who don't hate you for what you are and the place is big enough for all of us, especially as we're constantly in and out of the village anyways"
"Okay, now then, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro and Baki-sensei do you still want to follow the plan we've been working on for almost a solid month?"
"Yes, it's the best plan that we have, Baki you know your orders"
"Yes I do, however I won't be obeying them exactly"
"Baki..."
"There's a reason Kazekage-sama, once the barrier is up I plan on using a special code for our troops to alert them to the fact that our real Fourth Kazekage is dead and that I saw Orochimaru impersonating him myself, only Jonin or ANBU will get this code and will act accordingly once they receive the code. I also plan on being closer to the barrier that the Sound four will activate then what the Third Hokage might wish"
"What for?"
"Sorry Tsunade, that's for me to know and you to hear about later, I have to keep some of my plan secret for reasons that my students already know since it involves abilities I gained during the war that happens in the future shortly before my death at the hands of Tobi before he became Obito Uchiha again"
"Oh, that makes sense then Baki, but as your Fifth Kazekage I am ordering you to use that one jutsu as a last resort is that clear?"
"Understood Kazekage-sama"
The Konoha group simply give each other looks and decide together that they didn't want to know about the jutsu until it's unleashed if needed. The next day their plans went into action and worked out just like they thought. The twelve friends were a major help in defending the areas that needed defended and eventually the dust settled and the village discovered the loss of their Hokage
"He died fighting Orochimaru, just like he said he would"
"What now? I know that in the original time line Orochimaru seeks out Tsunade, but she's in the village and will become our Hokage once things calm down a bit more"
"No idea, we also have the run in with Itachi to deal with as well, and Sasuke you need to make a decision earlier I think. He put me in the coma through his Sharingan and if it happens again he might discover the future sooner than planned"
"We'll figure something out before then"
They manage to keep the secret from Itachi and then the time came for Naruto to go on his training trip with Jiraiya some time after Tsunade became Hokage. During that time the entire group that remembered the future became stronger and even managed to bring in Sai a year after Naruto left due to very good timing.
"When's Naruto coming home?"
"Soon Sai, by the way he doesn't know that you regained your memories of the future"
"Why not?"
"Simple, communication is even more sporatic then the first time he left for training"
"Oh, and of course you guys didn't meet me until after the mission to Sand"
"Exactly, we rescued Gaara who lost his demon, lost someone who decided to pass the future on to Naruto and Gaara, and came back with two team members down and needing two temporarily but instead you guys eventually became our good friends. This time you broke away from Danzo earlier than last time though not without injuries like last time"
"I have more emotions now which is the important part"
Finally Naruto arrived at the gate and saw almost everyone there with a new addition
"Hey, when did he..."
"We got lucky a year after you left and ran into him, Sasuke was the one who brought him back"
"Where's Yamato and Kakashi-sensei?"
"Mission, they should be back soon though"
"Emergency?"
"Yep"
"So since we haven't talked really since I left, once I check in with Tsunade I want updates on everyone"
"Fine, by the way we're all the same rank as last time, Sai has been ranked ANBU by the way"
"I know what that equals when not in ANBU"
"Yep"
"Gaara?"
"Kazekage"
"Temari here?"
"Yes though Gaara had to ultimately order her to do it, but there's a reason Gaara wants things to start off the same"
"What's he planning?"
"Something good, something very good depending on a few things"
"Fine I'll trust him to know what he's doing"
"And how do you know his plans anyways Shikamaru?"
"He told me in order to help keep his sister relatively calm on the journey back"
"Makes sense then, by the way Sai you and me are going to have a spar after I check in, because I want to see how much integration training is going to be needed and also know just how much more training is needed to be back at war strength"
"Right, best get going to report in"
"Right, though she'll understand being late to do a brief talk to you guys"
Naruto then heads to the Hokage office and officially reports back in and explains why communication was even worse this time around because they had a legitimate reason not to communicate as frequently as last time and last time wasn't too consistant either. This time around they actually had to use the spy network to let Tsunade know that Naruto and Jiraiya were still alive a few times