"What is going on here?" Satori asked.
"That's my line. You and Hanako are supposed to be dead and I don't even know who that guy is." Neji said while pointing at Junshin.
"Dead? What do you mean?" Hanako asked.
"You mean you don't know?" Shikamaru asked.
The three Chuunins shook their heads. Shikamaru sighed.
"This all started years ago during the Chuunin Exam where the Third died." Neji said. "After the Third was killed, Orochimaru took over and destroyed the village. The arena was a massacre itself. Everybody was still asleep with that Genjutsu and the Sound ninjas had no trouble killing everybody there. Even the kids in the caves didn't survive. The Jonins tried to take on Orochimaru themselves but were all killed. Even the civilians were slaughtered. There were not many survivors. It was us three, Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke. Unfortunately, it's only us three now. Naruto left with Jiraiya, Sasuke joined Orochimaru and Sakura left the village. It's unknown where she is now. The once mighty Leaf Village now stands in ruins."
Satori thought for a moment. "Something is different. The Third fought and died against Orochimaru, which that much is true but what could've been different."
Neji, Shikamaru and Shino looked at him with confused faces.
"What are you talking about?" Shikamaru asked.
"It would appear that the three of us have passed through some sort of gateway that leads from one universe to another. In this case, this universe is when Orochimaru had beaten the Third and took over Konoha. But according to our history, the Third did die against Orochimaru but he used the Shiki Fūjin and took away his arms. With that Orochimaru wasn't able to do anymore jutsus. What the hell was the difference?" Satori said thinking more.
"How did the Third die here?" Hanako asked.
"Orochimaru beheaded him after his battle with the other three Hokages."
"Three?" Satori asked.
"Yeah, Orochimaru summoned the dead bodies of the three other Hokages."
"There's the difference. In our universe, I read an ANBU report of the incident and the Third stopped the third coffin from rising and only battled the First and Second Hokages. The Third battling the Fourth made the difference in universes. It makes sense now."
"Is that how you know so much, Satori? By sneaking into the records hall reading ANBU reports?" Hanako asked.
"Yeah pretty much." Satori said with a smile.
"The question is how we get back." Junshin asked.
"That and how do we beat Orochimaru in this universe."
"What are you talking about? We need to get back to our universe." Hanako said.
"But not before helping them first." Satori shot back.
"These guys need all the help they can get. Even if that means that we are to be here forever. We were brought here for a reason and I believe that reason was to help them."
Junshin and Hanako looked to one another then back to Satori.
"How can we help?"