(A/N: Sorry I'm late, Guys. I was out of state in the middle of nowhere and school happened. Anyway, enjoy this chapter!)

Naruto's apartment was minuscule compared to the Uchiha manor. Fugaku wondered how a person could live in such a tiny space. The kitchen, bedroom, and living room were all practically in one room, only excluding the bathroom.

He sweat dropped on how this play of things came into motion. However, before he was on her doorstep, he remembered when his suspect, Naruto-san, helped him up, she had an unladylike snort come out from her mouth.

"The name's Naruto."

At that point, Fugaku only widened his eyes slightly. Never in his life had he ever 'tripped' as badly as he did a couple seconds ago. He thought of a series of scenarios what could happen if his suspect would find out about his mission.

He chose to call himself a different name, Uchiha Tadashi. There was no point upon lying about his surname as the symbol of the Uchiha clan was sewed on the back of his high-collared, navy shirt.

Fugaku's pride overtook him as he ignored the offered hand and picked himself up. Mentally, Naruto narrowed her eyes at the thought of an exact copy of Sasuke being the boy that was named Tadashi.

Naruto sighed at his behavior. "Tadashi's" face was as stony as any other Uchiha. She saw him react confusedly at her sigh. Then, she bluntly told him, "A favor for a favor."

Fugaku's confused face deepened. "Excuse me?"

Naruto hid her smirk behind another sigh. "It is only common sense to help the one who has helped you. Now, help me carry these groceries. They're starting to strain my fingers, dattebayo."

Fugaku countered, "From my understanding, you didn't help me in any way. I helped myself."

Naruto rolled her eyes. "Whatever. But wouldn't it be polite to help someone when asked?"

Another thing Fugaku never had done in his whole entire thirteen years of life was had a conversation with a complete stranger and completely hate them in only five minutes. He begrudgingly kept his head high and stated one simple syllable, "Hn."

At that point, Naruto's head was about to explode. Were all Uchiha's like this?! She bit her tongue from saying the nickname she had given Sasuke's—Teme. She took one calm, deep breath and handed him the heaviest plastic bag.

Fugaku didn't stop from narrowing his eyes at this woman this time. How dare she treat him like he was even less than the servants of the detestable Hyūga?! Fugaku stiffly grabbed the bag and questioned, "Which way is your destination, Naruto-san?"

Naruto smirked in victory. "Don't worry, only two more blocks." She laughed a little. "Why? Is it because your arms are getting a little tired?"

Fugaku bit his tongue from retorting back and simply offered a simple, "Hn."

Naruto rolled her eyes and led the way.

For some odd reason, Fugaku was suddenly behind the doorstep of Naruto's small apartment. Naruto had ordered him to stay behind the door because of the flimsy reason that her apartment was infested with cockroaches.

It wasn't like he even wanted to enter her so-called cockroach-filled home. He didn't know why he was still there for that matter. Naruto had just lightly told him to stay behind the doorstep.

The door was wide open. Fugaku analyzed the inside of the apartment and all in all, it was clean. No cockroaches were seen. He sighed as he shrugged his shoulders. He had a feeling that he should enter.

Upon almost taking the first step, a loud thud was heard. Naruto ran all the way from her kitchen to in front of Fugaku. He gave her a wide-eyed look and couldn't help but say what was on his mind, "You are odd."

A growl escaped Naruto's mouth. "Whatever, Teme."

Fugaku twitched his eye. Of all the things Naruto could have told him, she had called him Teme? Shortly after, Fugaku said, "Dobe."

An unreadable look appeared on Naruto's face. Then, she suddenly slammed the door shut in front of his face. Fugaku frowned, thinking that she had known about his mission.

A click was heard, then the door opened again with Naruto having a smile on her face. "Here." She threw him a small plastic container with cherry tomatoes inside. With a shinobi's gracefulness, Fugaku caught the container with ease. He looked at the tomatoes than at Naruto. However, by the time he was about to glance at Naruto, the apartment door had already been closed once again.

Even with the unsettling feeling that took place in his heart, Fugaku was reassured when he saw a small note on the side of the container that read, Tadashi, this is the sign of my thanks.

A rare smile embraced his lips when he opened the container and popped the small tomato into his mouth. This mission was becoming into a good turn of events.

Sakumo had an unsettling feeling that rested in his heart. That reason being Kakashi. He sighed when he got the second call that very week from Kakashi's home room academy teacher saying that Kakashi had taunted another student and both had ended up in a fight.

He sighed again. Sure, Kakashi was very mature for his age, but Kakashi was also a very young child—children were children. The walk to the academy had been a long one for Sakumo even though he lived only a couple houses away from it. Even though he was happy that Kakashi was opening up just a little, he still felt that Kakashi should've refrained himself from fighting.

The father in Sakumo perked up in worry as he thought to himself, 'Will Kakashi continue to fight and be like one of those delinquents on the street causing trouble.' He frowned. 'Maybe I'm overthinking it- but, what if he becomes rebellious to me and not listen to anyone and maybe this-' Sakumo took one deep breath to calm himself down.

Even though Sakumo was feared throughout the shinobi nation as The White Fang and a ruthless killer, he still had a soft spot, which was Kakashi.

When Sakumo entered the entrance of the academy, he went up to Kakashi's classroom. Upon entering, Sakumo didn't see any children inside the classroom. He looked at the time and finally found out that it was lunchtime for the students.

The home room teacher was sitting on his desk, finally catching Sakumo in his sight. Sakumo greeted him, "Tenrou-sensei." When he got the man's attention, he went straight to the point and asked, "What did Kakashi do this time?"

"He got into a fight with Obito-kun today during spars."

Sakumo raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that what your supposed to do in a spar? Fight?"

Tenrou sighed. "Not a fight during the spar, but after. See, when I called up Kakashi to pair with Obito, Kakashi had easily won. After the spar, he called Obito a 'dead last', I suppose, and then Obito took the first swing."

Sakumo pinched the bridge of his nose. "Wasn't this the same scenario from last week?"

Tenrou chuckled. "It's like a pattern."

Sakumo frowned. "A pattern? Won't that mean that Kakashi will continue on with this violent behavior?"

He shrugged at Sakumo. "I don't know if it will, Sakumo-san, but things like this become a habit. Especially when started during adolescence."

"This will become a habit?" Sakumo's frown became deeper. "I gotta do something about this quick."

Tenrou nodded. "I suppose so. If I'm so sure, I think Kakashi went out to buy his own lunch. I didn't see him in the lunch area."

Sakumo nodded to him and headed out to find Kakashi as soon as possible.

Naruto cursed when she found out that she forgot to get eggs. "Not the eggs!"she screamed dramatically.

She cursed one more time before scrunching her hair with her hand. Her shopping had consisted of bread, strawberries, instant ramen, the cherry tomatoes she had given to "Tadashi", jam, and milk. Everything on the list was practically pre-made. Also, besides boiling water, Naruto only knew how to fry eggs.

Of course, just eating ramen would be heaven for Naruto, but having a comfort food like eggs was a must. She sighed deeply and cursed the third time. Finally getting to a decision, Naruto decided to visit the general food market the second time that day.

Upon arriving, she could see a burst of fresh produce on the front fruit and vegetable stands. Turning on an aisle, Naruto headed towards the refrigerated aisle. Looking stiffly on a sixty four pack of eggs, she nodded and loaded the haul onto her arms.

Going on to the snacking aisle, Naruto caught sight of the cashier line. She looked irritatingly at the line and bit her lip from growling. Caught in her thoughts while walking aimlessly around the grocery store, Naruto widened her eyes at what she saw.

A small child with a head of silver hair with a mask implanted on his face. She gasped and quickly ducked down behind a fruit stand before the child had turned around.

Naruto cursed when the evidence of her presence had been know as an onion was knocked down by her when she ducked. 'And I call myself a kunoichi.' Naruto cursed to herself as the shock of seeing her normally thirty-four year old jounin sensei turn out to be at least five years old.

Kakashi narrowed his eyes when the person behind the onion stand was hiding from him. His curiosity got the best of him, causing him to walk up to that very person. When Kakashi saw the weird woman with whisker marks on her face, he narrowed his eyes even farther. Was this some joke or something? Could she be a potential stalker?

Naruto could see the physical change of Kakashi's facial structure even though he still had the annoying mask on his face. She awkwardly waved to him and said, "Umm, I tripped on... these onions." Naruto sheepishly scratched the back of her head and threw the onion back on its stand.

Kakashi felt a slight suspicion to this person. He noticed the way she had thrown the onion behind her back as meticulously as a shinobi would. Kakashi didn't recognize this woman either. As a shinobi, Kakashi had recognized all of his comrades to understand that they were of the Leaf. This woman, however, was not recognizable.

Kakashi's face gave no hint of any emotion as he stared at Naruto. He was no sensor, but Kakashi could also feel the small amount of chakra coursing out of her. Had she not hid all of her chakra signature in front of him mean that she was underestimating his ability as a strong shinobi due to his age?

Now standing up, Naruto saw that Kakashi was the height of where her hips were at. The blank expression on his face told her everything as she had seen it before—he was analyzing her.

Before Naruto could say anything, Kakashi simply asked, "Who are you?"

Naruto's mouth stayed opened for a while. After everything registered for her, she answered,"Naruto—just, Naruto."

Kakashi's brows furrowed. "I've never seen you before."

'Sharp as ever. But sheesh, give a girl some slack, dattebayo. You're only a child, Kakashi-sensei.' Naruto mentally sighed before simply answering once again, "I'm new here." Before Kakashi spoke again to question her, Naruto added, "And if you're wondering, I am a kunoichi."

An awkward silence took place between the two. Kakashi just stared intently at Naruto while she weirdly scratched the back of her neck. Naruto bit her lip and tried to avoid eye contact with Kakashi. Her lips attached into a fine line when she remembered what her past sensei had told her about his childhood, which she had doubted.

Seeing Kakashi's past-self, Naruto finally believed him. Who knew Kakashi-sensei would grow up to be such a pervert. The child she was staring at now was still just a toddler who was even more mature than herself—well, most people were.

However, Kakashi did tell her many things. Just like how he used to fight with his soon-to-be-teammate, Obito, in his academy days. Would that consider to be childish? She frowned, wasn't Kakashi supposed to follow the shinobi conducts like they were his religion?

The only explanation Naruto could think of was that Kakashi would grow to be more meticulous to the rules and soon have the rules embrace his daily life. A high possibility of this to happen may have also been impacted by major events that stunted Kakashi's childhood to nonexistence.

A flourish of sadness washed inside Naruto. However, she just smiled as she had the opportunity to change things—even if they were to benefit just one person. Anyway, wasn't that the reason to travel back in time—to change things?

"Now let's talk about you. Let's start off with your name," Naruto said to Kakashi.

Kakashi's suspicion for this person grew. "Kakashi." He cursed when he hesitated—do not show your weaknesses to your enemy. Over the span of ten minuets of meeting each other, Kakashi had labeled Naruto as "The Enemy".

Naruto laughed."That's a funny name."

Kakashi slightly pouted (and cursed himself again for showing his emotions)."There's nothing wrong with my name. My dad have it to me."

"So you're a daddy's boy?" Naruto giggled.

Before Kakashi glared at Naruto, a voice spoke up, "Who's a daddy's boy?"

Both Kakashi and Naruto widened their eyes. Kakashi had a relieved expression as he coolly walked up next to his dad. Naruto raised an eyebrow as their appearances were almost like carbon copies. "I hadn't sensed your chakra signature, Hatake Sakumo." Then she added after a small pause, "That's quite impressive, dattebayo."

"If I remember correctly, it's Naruto, right?"

"Impressive. This will probably be one of the rare times I've ever let anyone live after I battle them," Hanzo said on top of his salamander summon.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru all looked questionably at Hanzo. What had he meant by "letting anyone live after I battle them"?

Hanzo continued, almost pleased by their cluelessness, "I'll only let you live and even back down from this wretched war if you all have the title of sannin."

Jiraiya spoke up first, "And what makes you think that we'll believe you?"

Hanzo smirked and answered, his voice muffled from his mask, "Because I have a scroll that is personally sighed to back down from this war. Go give it to your Hokage, and the war shall be of no longer."

Orochimaru frowned. "How so?"

"Every village participating in this war has backed down or is on the verge of backing down. My village is the only one who hasn't, with yours, of course. And, if I were to back down now, the war would be done. No more casualties, no more food shortages, no more overfilled hospital tents, no mor-"

Tsunade cut in, "Enough, Hanzo!" She looked at both her other teammates who nodded back. "If I say that we believe you, what makes you think that we'll keep up some petty title?"

Hanzo replied back instantly, "I'm not so shallow that I would be that careless. I have already predicted about this outcome for a while now. I have known your infiltrating business inside my village for quite some time now. Even though I could've killed you all with a flick of my hand, I chose to go the hard way in which has come to this.

Orochimaru frowned at how Hanzo could've taken them out much more earlier then coming to this conclusion. It was true that the three of them were sent out to infiltrate Ame and then inform Konoha. However, before they could do that, Hanzo had attacked them, leaving them to call Konoha for support.

However, the support that consisted of one-hundred-fifty shinobi came in vain as all of them were wiped out, leaving the soon-to-be-sannin the last ones standing.

"An agreement will be placed inside the scroll, saying that your own Hokage has to create a new title for you three which you all have to obey of else you will be placed inside prison. It's as simple as that."

Jiraiya repeated, "And what makes you think that we'll believe you?"

Hanzo's eyes opened wider as his smirk grew wilder. "Because I also signed it under Ame's name. If I don't keep my contract, then all of Ame will belong to Konoha, making Konoha to become even more influential. Here, even see for yourself." He threw the scroll to Tsunade.

Tsunade's eyes widened at the scroll's literature. "Are you insane?"

Hanzo just looked at her, and with a 'poof', he was out of their sight. Before Orochimaru and Jiraiya scanned through the scroll, the three new sannin took shelter inside a cave. Inside the cave, Jiraiya whispered, "This is the real thing guys."

Tsunade frowned. "How do you know, Jiraya?"

He answered to her, "Because this" ––he pointed to a square stamp––"is the official decree of Ame. It was even stamped by Hanzo's own blood, making it even more official."

Orochimaru nodded. "Oh yes, that's right, I remember now."

Tsunade then said,"I just don't understand why he would give this opportunity so... freely. Don't you think it's kind of suspicious?"

Jiraiya put his fingers around his chin in a thinking pose,"Yeah, that is really suspicious. But the thing that confuses me even more is how he put Ame's name on it. What kind of normal person would go as far as to put their own ruling village into another rivaling village's hands? Is it just me, or do you think that he's going senile?"

An almost inaudible chirping sound was heard. Orochimaru turned around and saw Konoha's fastest hawk. He quickly lifted his arm up as a sign for the bird to land on it. When the hawk arrived, Orochimaru quickly untied the message from the bird's right leg.

Tsunade and Jiraiya waited anxiously for Orochimaru to explain. "It says that Sarutobi-sensei needs us ASAP." Tsunade looked at him for more information, but Orochimaru shook his head at her. "That's it. Must be important though. He even sent us the fastest hawk."

"We'll talk about these mission matters later with sensei." Jiraiya stretched his shoulders.

Jiraiya nodded with his teammates but stopped when a child's voice spoke up,"We need to get stronger. Train us."

Jiraiya looked wide-eyed as three children pooped up from the darkness. He could tell that they were war orphans due to the many scattered all around Ame. He felt sympathy for all of them. "This is Konan,"—he pointed to a purple haired girl—"Nagato,"—a redhead—"and I'm Yahiko."

Jiraiya could see the sympathy, even though it was small, cross his other teammate's faces. Orochimaru walked up to them with a kunai in his hand. "I can end their misery, Jiraiya."

Jiraya widened his eyes. "Don't do that Orochimaru!"

Yahiko stared at Orochimaru with fearful eyes, but stood his ground. "I want to be trained so I can bring peace to this war-filled world."

Jiraiya looked intently at Yahiko, who seemed to be the leader of the trio. Jiraiya crossed looks towards Tsunade and Orochimaru. Tsunade narrowed her eyes at him. "Jiraiya, don't tell me that you're going to train them, you baka!" After failing to hear his comment, she continued much more calmly, "Sensei needs us right now, and I am for certain that it's for something important! We still have to deliver this scroll!"

Jiraiya flinched at her sternness. "But we can't just leave them out here."

Orochimaru glared at him and he hissed,"We've left many orphans on the streets and even made some, Jiraiya. And now, why would we start to save these orphans? Might as well save all of them."

Jiraiya could see the logic in Orochimaru and Tsunade's statements but couldn't help but counter them, "Then why not start now?"

Tsunade's glare was on him now. Jiraiya pleaded ,"Maybe I can bring them to Konoha. Only if Sensei approves. I see something, a spark maybe, in them. Even though it sounds cheesy, I feel like I need to get that spark to burn through the dark of this world." They still didn't look convinced, so he made the ultimate sacrifice."I'll even stop 'researching' for a whole month."

Tsunade widened her eyes as if she won a gamble. "It's a deal!"

Orochimaru was lost for words as suddenly, Tsunade was on Jiraiya's favor. He shot one more warning look to Jiraiya before walking out of the cave. "Fine then, we'll have to get there in less than a week."

Jiraiya shot a grin of triumph and motioned for the kids behind him that everything will be alright. He held the scroll in his hand tightly, and deeply nestled in his heart, he felt like this was the right thing to do.

(A/N: Thanks for reading!)