Scrolls laid messily inside Naruto's apartment. The blotched black ink on the wooden floors dried permanently as Naruto wrote down characters inside the white, blank scrolls the day before.

Seemingly enough, she was still taking down notes as to what was written on the large scrolls her 'future' friends had given her. "Man, even though I hate reading..." Naruto sighed as she slowly blinked. "I still hate reading." She slumped her arms that were supporting in keeping her up.

Not having a blink of sleep that whole night, Naruto flinched from the morning sunshine her small view could offer. She sighed, readjusting her position so that she could still read the thin papers. The night before, Naruto was reading the small handwriting Sakura had given her which stated what NOT to do in the past.

Naruto closed her eyes again, restraining herself from falling asleep. She cringed as she remembered how many things she did that she wasn't supposed to do. However, Naruto reminded herself, this was only Sakura's point of view.

The next portion Naruto had to read was from an actual book in which she came as far as to read the prologue to chapter five out of thirty. The book's name gave prediction of boringness to Naruto as it was called The Science of Time Travel and Paradoxes. Naruto thought,'Why the heck would you give me something I wouldn't understand, Shikamaru?'

Naruto threw the book to the side and slowly went through the pile of scrolls throughout her small apartment. Smiling slightly after finding it, she opened the scroll to reread it's literacy. Timeline was the scroll's simple name. She recognized the user's handwriting—Kakashi's. Naruto nodded with her eyes slightly widened. Kakashi's handwriting was as beautiful as calligraphy itself.

Of course, because Kakashi was the one who had written and researched for major turning points from the past, which included from the old warring states to the Fourth Great Shinobi World War, he did add his own personal touches that Naruto could recognize. Naruto read the first caption out loud,"Konoha was founded by Hashirama Senju." The date of the entry was written below. Looking downwards as the date transcended into more present times, Naruto saw the words, "Hatake Sakumo saves comrade instead of successfully completing his mission." She nodded her head and downwards.

Reading thoroughly, Naruto came closer and closer to what seemed to be the time period she was in. She smiled when she saw what was written. "The Second Shinobi World War." The words that left her lips continued, "Hmm, what's the date, dattebayo?"

She tiredly sighed, cursing softly as she didn't know the date. She rolled her eyes and continued to read anyway. "Hmm, Sannin get their title inside Amegakure while facing Hanzo of the Salamander?" Naruto frowned as this date had jumped from a span of three years after the beginning of the Second war. "That long, eh?"

Reading through, Naruto saw another one of Kakashi's 'personal touches'. She smiled sadly as she read, "Hatake Sakumo's death." She had a thoughtful look on her face after reading the caption. Naruto smirked a bit when she saw how sloppily written the caption was compared to the others. It was as if Kakashi was hesitant about putting that inside the timeline. She compared the two of Kakashi's 'personal touches' and they were written almost identically.

Saving that into her memory, Naruto read on. "End of the Second Shinobi World War." She looked at the beginning of the war towards the ending of the war—a span of about five years. Naruto sighed, thinking about the war she was just a part of. She had participated in the Fourth Shinobi World War for almost the same amount of time the Second lasted. Shaking her head, Naruto then calculated and approximated on what event she might of been closest to in her head,'I might be near Hatake Sakumo saves comrade in trade of unsuccessfully completing his mission, but I think I'm about as close as how the Sannin got their title. Maybe even farther away or closer than that. If I can just know the date...'

She released her thoughts when she stood up and looked outside the window. 'Hmm, I wonder if Ichiraku is opened?' A grim feeling engulfed her being. 'IF it has been opened.'

She shook he head rapidly and told herself, "I'll just have to see for myself, then."

Uchiha Karou clapped his hands loudly to get the attention of the Uchiha Police Force. The Uchiha judicial star proudly plated on his right shoulder sleeve didn't go unnoticed. He sighted the rest of his staff and announced,"We've got a mission everybody!"

Everyone inside the room stopped in their tracks. Karou showed a rare smile. "I know it's been a very long time since we've all had a combined effort where everyone is participating in. Sandaime-sama told me that it's going to be a spy mission into whether or not a certain suspect is trustworthy enough to reside in Konoha."

The whole police force adopted an interested look. It wasn't everyday the whole police force shared a mission together. Usually, there would be five teams of two that patrolled Konoha all the day long. It would be a nice change to all for this new mission. A senior officer, Uchiha Rouko, shouted out, "Karou-taicho! Is there anything else you need to tell us about this mission?"

"Actually, yes. The person we'll be spying on is a twenty-year-old, blonde female. Now, living in the the other side of the village, opposite to where the Uchiha clan is at, Naruto-san could be a threat.

The majority of the police force inched an onyx brow upwards. Karou nodded his head understandingly. "I'm sure all of you were informed of the fiasco that took place in Iwa some weeks ago." The police force all nodded their heads. Karou continued,"Well, it so happens to be that Naruto-san created that disruption."

An uproar of voices sounded. Karou clapped his hands again. "Everybody! Naruto-san came here to find a refuge and hospitality! However, the Sandaime himself is suspicious of her. Now, because we're in a war, we can't just give help to everyone that labels themselves as a 'foreigner who needs refuge'. "

Before Karou could continue, Uchiha Izumea cut in, "Is there a background on her Karou-taicho?"

Feeling a bit annoyed from the interruption, Karou nodded tersely. "She claims to be from one of the smaller villages in Ame. Her village was ruined from the war, just like most of the villages in Ame. She is also an exceedingly strong konoichi. The Sandaime didn't say more."

"A kunoichi?" Izumea interrupted. "Why would we let a strong konoichi inside our village?"

Karou glared his Sharingan at him. "Izumea, if you interrupt me one more time, you'll be out of here before the mission even starts," he said slowly. Izumea shrunk inside the crowd, not wanting to be the center of attention. Everyone in the room had a slight chill in their spines. Karou breathed in and deactivated his Sharingan. "As I was saying, she is a konoichi. As to why Sandaime-sama let her in was his own choice. However, Sandaime-sama has everything under control as he has us to patrol over her."

Everyone in the room had a small smile on their face. Karou brimmed with confidence. "Let's work hard, everybody. We'll show everyone!"

In the room next door, thirteen-year-old Uchiha Fugaku heard cheers. He opened the door that connected to the cheers and looked at the police force with a small frown. Everyone was acting more differently than usual. Well, usually, the police force would go on with the day boringly, seeking out any crime that would make the job a bit more enjoyable. Also, it would always be quiet in the room next door unless something good or bad happened. The cheering from the other side of the door continued. Taking that as a sign that something good may have happened, Fugaku opened his door to investigate.

Fugaku stoically walked out of the office and next to Karou. "Karou-sama, what's going on right now?"

Karou looked at Fugaku. Fugaku was the Uchiha Police Force's intern. He would usually be in the office doing paperwork seriously. He was a strong shinobi for his age and can easily take down some of the adults in the clan. Karou replied, "We've got a mission from Sandaime-sama."

Fugaku showed a rare interest. "Really? About what?"

"Naruto-san, a blonde woman. She is taking refuge here in Konoha..."

After the explanation, Fugaku showed a slight anticipation in him. "Really? Can I be a part of the investigation?" Karou understood Fugaku's excitement because after Fugaku was a chunin, he became an intern for the Uchiha Police Force. Now, being an intern, Fugaku barely got any missions as his position on the police force was already a "mission".

Karou had a doubtful look on his face. "I don't know..."

One of the Uchiha officers heard in on the conversation and joined in, saying, "Awww, c'mon, Karou-taicho. It'll be great training for Fugaku in the future." After thet, everyone in the room agreed.

Karou sighed and said, "Okay Fugaku, I think I have the job for you. Just wait a moment."

A smirk was shown on Fugaku's face, "Thanks, Karou-sama."

Karou waved him off. "Yeah, yeah. Go back to your office, Fugaku. I'll call you later." With that order, Fugaku nodded wholeheartedly and left to the office.

The usual dusty roads Konoha produced were empty in the morning. Naruto sniffed the ramen-filled air as she began to inch closer to Iciraku Ramen. Taking that as a sign that her most favorite and one-and-only ramen stand was opened for business, Naruto smiled as there was actually something to look forward to in the future.

Finally nearing in on her destination, Naruto saw a red streak of hair pool on to one of the silver stools the ramen stand had. Naruto frowned. 'Could it be?' Naruto calmed herself by exhaling. She couldn't get her emotions too out of control now because that would ruin her whole trip to the past.

Casually walking up on a stool, Naruto pretended to not know what she wanted to get. "Umm, 'scuse me Sir, but what are the chef's recommendations?"

Teuchi smiled warmly to Naruto and said, "Hmm, judging by the fact that you need my recommendations, you don't come here often, eh?"

Naruto nodded her head. "Yup. Actually, I'm new here in Konoha."

"Really? Then that means it's on the house, right old man?" Kushina said excitedly right next to Naruto. Naruto had to hold in her breath to stop from releasing her emotions. Naruto took only one split second to look at the younger version of her mother. Kushina's features were similar to Naruto's when she was younger. Purposely straying her eyes from her mother's, Naruto glanced back at Teuchi naturally and grinned.

"For real? It's on the house?" Naruto said with a glimmer in her eyes.

"Of course, Of course, umm...?" Teuchi said with his smile lines showing. He then looked at Kushina. "Goodness Kushina, I'm only twenty-five."

"Naruto," she said. Removing a strand of hair covering her face, Naruto turned to her left and saw that Kushina was scarfing down her own food.

Teuchi smiled towards Naruto then added, "Teuchi." He added, "But there's a catch. It's only your first bowl that is free."

"Awww. That's not cool!" Naruto whined.

"Well, I was almost put out of business when this little girl happened to eat my whole inventory when I told her it was on the house." He pointed at Kushina, who just stuck her tongue out to him. Teuchi laughed mirthfully with Naruto as he started to pour broth into the handmade ramen noodles. Finally, a couple minutes later, ramen was out in front of Naruto.

After an hour, Naruto finally finished her fourteenth bowl. Kushina looked at her with a gaped mouth. "Wow, Naruto-san. I'm Kushina! You could even give me a run for my money." She grinned and grinned. "That's super awesome." Then Kushina lifted her hand in which Naruto shook. "I think we can get along just fine, 'tebane."

Naruto had an identical grin on her face as she nodded; they laughed together. She wanted to keep her and Kushina's conversation only small talk for now. Naruto glanced at the wall behind Kushina and cheered, "Yay! You guys have a calendar!" She walked up to it, which said, 'August 15'. Naruto shifted from her seat as Teuchi got her the bill.

Kushina looked in interest as Naruto suddenly unsealed the proper amount of money to Teuchi from her wrist. Naruto jumped from her seat and waved goodbye, "Bye Kushina-san, Teuchi-san!"

Naruto now understood why the crowds on the fish stands were huge. It was still time for 'The Early Bird Special' in which all the "most fresh" and "just caught" seafood was laid down on the beds of ice. Judging by how the bigger-than-usual-crowds were stacked upon the stands, the Early Bird Special was almost over in which gave a deeper meaning to time—it was almost ten o'clock. She smiled to herself. "Some things never change..."

Seeing that her apartment close ahead, Naruto sprinted to her home.

Rummaging through the stack of scrolls, Naruto finally found the Timeline. She read through the long scroll, finally finding the date she was looking for. "Hmmmm, future Sannin infiltrate into Amegakure's borders." Naruto saw the bottom of the caption and smiled. "This was only about a month ago." She read ahead and saw the familiar lines. "Sannin get their title inside Amegakure while facing Hanzo of the Salamander." She sighed as she thought out loud, "Hmmm, Hanzo of the Salamander. Is he really that strong to face all three of the future Sannin all by himself?"

She felt a faint chakra signature outside her apartment. "Kit, they've already started..."

"I know, I know." She paused when she read another line, "I've already put a security seal around my place. It makes my apartment soundproof. I've also tweaked it so that if someone tries to look inside my apartment from the outside, everything inside will look as if there was nothing to be seen. So, if the person right outside my window will try to look in, they'll see a clean floor."

From the seal, Kurama approved with a grunt. "When'd you come up with this seal, Kit?"

"Hmmm, I guess yesterday in the cell. I had nothing to do, so..."

"Wasn't it dark in there?"

"Yup," she said cheerily, "so I did it in my mindscape."

Kurama looked confused,"How did I not see you?"

"Eh, you were sleeping and too tired to even notice my chakra signature. Anyways, speaking about sleeping, are you still tired, dattebayo?"

"Not too tired. Maybe after another nap, I'll be as good as new."

"That's great! By the way, why are you in such a good mood?"

In his cell, Kurama shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know, I guess I feel good because I wasn't interrupted in my sleep?"

"Hey! That was only one time! And by the way, I needed you in Iwa!"

"Shut up, Brat! My chakra was depleted! If you weren't my container, I would have feasted on your flesh and hung up your bones on the very walls of my cell!" He heard an 'eww' come from Naruto.

"Eww, you would hand up my bones in my own body? How would you do that?"

"Anything is possible."

"There goes for an actual pleasant talk with you."

"Shut up, Brat." Kurama shifted to a more comfortable position. He rolled his eyes when Naruto cut off her connection with him.

Naruto sighed as she rolled on the floor.

As her living room was still, if not even more, messy than it was that morning. To her, it was still uncomfortable to sleep soundly inside a secured village. Over the years in a war, she had adapted to sleeping on uncomfortable grounds and positions. She was also hyper-sensitive to sound as she slept—even a mere split of a twig from the outside can wake her up from her bed. She heard the spy's calm heartbeat.

Looking out at the window, she felt the faint chakra signature belonging to the person that was spying on her retreat farther. The chakra felt familiar to her. She smirked knowingly as the chakra reminded her of Sasuke's. "Uchiha?" she asked to no one in particular. Then, Naruto remembered that the Uchiha clan was thriving in this time period. Her smirk was still painted on her face as she exited her apartment complex and walked towards the heart of the village.

Hiding her chakra signature completely was an easy task to do as she had done it a million times in the war. Naruto felt her 'spy's' chakra signature spike up in confusion. The now noon sun was up, meaning that Konoha was now live with crowds lurking the produce markets and fish stands. This gave Naruto an easy hiding spot where she can finally find her spy.

Naruto felt the spy's chakra and trailed it. She now easily spotted the offender. Naruto nodded to herself as the person was an Uchiha. But, the question on her mind now was who was the Uchiha. He looked familiar, in his preteen years, and an air of confidence. Sasuke came up on Naruto's mind when she saw the boy's hairstyle—duckbutt.

Naruto sweatdropped, this was like being thirteen-years-old all over again. She laughed to herself when she saw the boy glare at the crowds. Quietly on light steps, Naruto went to a local market and picked up some food to look like she was casually walking around. Naruto smiled when she saw that Fugaku was following her.

Fugaku nodded to himself when he finally successfully hid all trace of his chakra signature.

Up ahead from Fugaku, Naruto clenched her plastic bags tighter as she was surprised to not feel anymore of the Uchiha boy's chakra signature.

Fugaku hid behind a shady alleyway right behind Naruto. Feeling a slight suspicion towards her, Fugaku felt that she knew that he was tracing her. It was a good idea that Karou-sama had made him do the first day of following her so that if she was to find out that he was tracing the suspect, she would brush him off as he was still a 'kid' playing around. So far, Fugaku's mission had gone without a hitch, making him feel a bit of pride to himself.

Fugaku cursed to himself when he lost Naruto and ran forwards, deeper in the concrete hallways the alley had. However, he didn't take notice of the invisible ninja wire due to his sudden departure. However, he did take notice of the small hand that was reached out to him. He widened his eyes when he now closely saw what Karou-sama had described as their new suspect.

Naruto had a small glint in her eyes when she said, "Are you okay?" When Fugaku took accepted her hand cautiously, she finally introduced herself, "Hi, the name's Naruto, dattebayo."

(A/N: Hope you all liked this chapter!)