Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. This is just for fun and not for profit.

Summary: An attack by an old enemy leads Naruto and his family on a new adventure. Part of the Dreams Universe Futurefic NaruSaku

To help keep things straight I'm posting this list of names of Naruto and Sakura's kids are with their ages.

Naruto & Sakura- 38

Kushina- 19

Minato- 16 (almost 17)

Kora- 14

Sarutobi- 12

Tsunade- 10

Scattered Dreams

Minato & Kora

He bowed respectfully to the blond woman sitting in front of him. She certainly looked like his beloved grandmother, but her chakra was different. If he wasn't an Uzumaki and trained under the most rigorous (but fun!) methods, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Playing hide and go seek with his family turned into a lesson in chakra sensing, and Minato was the best of his brother and sisters at it.

"Hello Hokage-sama, we are travelers from the sea. My name is Uzumaki Kaikou and my sister here is-"

"Uzumaki Kora, Hokage-san," interrupted Kora. They had agreed he would do the talking, but she still felt the need to assert herself in front of their sort of grandma. She was the only one of the Uzumaki clan that wasn't a ninja (Sarutobi wasn't technically a ninja, but he still worked with them) and she felt the need to make herself heard. Sometimes it felt like it was just her Dad who listened.

Minato sent her a puzzled look, but switched quickly back to "diplomat mode" and finished their tragic story as two orphans who had hid for years in a seaside cave and were now looking for any connection to their past. It was flimsy, but it would help them find info on their father faster than anything else they could come up with on the way to the Tower.

Minato looked at the familiar face and felt the strain of seeing that dear face and not go hug her, like he did every time he saw her as a child. He had to remind himself again that this wasn't his Baa-chan. She wouldn't sneak him sweets or tell him embarrassing stories about his parents. He had to treat this like his undercover missions or he'd never keep that childish longing from his face.

"Hokage-sama, we ask your permission to stay in your village and look for any family that might have ended up here. Is that alright?"

Tsunade looked at the two and knew something was off. While it wasn't impossible that any Uzumakis survived the destruction of Whirlpool Country, it seemed suspicious that two would show up at such a crucial time for her resident Uzumaki. Akastuki or Orochimaru were both gunning for the blond Jinchuuriki, so she felt the need to be careful.

Sarutobi

Uzumaki Sarutobi took after his Dad in his unpredictable nature. He completed the Ninja Academy and got permission to do his own thing. Fighting was never a love of his like his sisters or Minato-niisan, though he could hold his own. No his love in regards to the ninja art came from the tools and toys ninjas had. Nothing made him happier than taking something apart and figuring out how it worked.

He learned early not to do that with his Mom's kitchen appliances.

Yesterday he woke up to a nightmare. Not from a nightmare like most kids, but to one. The sky was red and violet, with angry black clouds adding to the horror. He was sitting in a ruined land. Buildings showed the signs of fierce weather over years of time, and two jagged peaks rose above everything.

He scrounged for food from the few trees he could find. Never had he been so glad that his parents had forced him to the Academy. The practical knowledge it gave him helped him to stay comfortable in this nightmare.

Not that he hadn't been teased there. Having white hair when you're young made you a target for teasing, even if you are the Hokage's son and could pound any of the little snots into the ground without breaking a sweat. Sarutobi was glad when Dad finally let him pull a small prank on those brats.

Shaking his head, he reminded himself that he needed to think about the present. He still hadn't seen anything alive, even the few trees seemed half-dead. It was all the creepier with no bugs chirping, no birds singing, no dogs barking and howling, and no chakra filling the area. That more than anything made him scared. He was completely alone in this nightmare.

No Mom or Dad to comfort him. No onii-san or oneechan to make the fear go away. Not even bratty Tsu-chan to keep his mind off things.

So he did what he did best, break things down to understand them. Then he'd find some solutions.

Maybe that would keep his mind off how everything looked like it was going to gobble him up.

Sakura

The Namikaze residence was a modest yet large house. Seemed Naruto's parents were planning on having more than one kid. She knew that Naruto would have been a great big brother, given how he'd always treated Konohamaru and his friends. It brought a pang to her heart as it made her think of her own children. She hoped they were alright.

Sakura took a deep breath and forced herself to focus on her present situation. After a light breakfast she took off to see how chibi-Naruto was doing, and make sure no little pink-haired Sasuke-fangirls caused him anymore pain.

Her Naruto had taught her how to do the Hiraishin no Jutsu. One moment she was standing in the Namikaze home, the next she was beside chibi Naruto's hospital bed.

Just in time to see him try to escape through the window.

He gaped at the strangely familiar woman who mysteriously showed up. He felt fine and decided to check himself out. He knew Tsunade-baachan and Shizune-neechan didn't want to leave yet, but he needed his morning ramen! The hospital food was too bland for his taste.

"You want ramen?" Sakura asked with a knowing smile.

Naruto stared in wonder at her. How did she know? Who was she?

"Well, let me see how you're healing. If you're doing okay, I'll take you to get some, okay?" she asked with her hands already glowing with the green colored medic chakra. He nodded slowly and she scanned for any problems. When she found that there were none, she nodded to the boy and turned to the door. "Seems you're okay, but we'll still take it easy, okay?"

Naruto was wondering what was going on. He absently wondered if he should be worried, but when she took his hand to lead out, he basked in the comforting feel it had. There was one question he just had to ask, "Who are you?"

Sakura smiled again and answered, "You can call me Barahime (Rose Princess, I think), Naruto-kun."

Minato and Kora

"Figured out what's going on yet?" Minato asked his younger sister.

She frowned at him. "I have an idea, but I'll need to stop by the Library to be sure." It'd feel good to be back in her sanctuary.

"Of course. But where is it? I couldn't find it earlier." he said with a slump of his shoulders.

"What's got you so depressed?" she asked snidely.

"Whenever you have a problem, you always go to the Library."

"So, it's got a lot of information. That helps me solve my problems."

Minato shook his head. "You still don't get it."

"What's that supposed to mean!?" she shrieked. She angrily wondered where HE got off lecturing her about understanding things. He was denser than lead at times and everything she'd heard from her friends stated he didn't care about anyone but himself.

"A bit louder why don't you. I don't think Iwa heard you clear enough," he said calmly, using his finger to mock-clean his ear out.

Kora huffed at him and stormed off. That arrogant jerk! Acting all superior to her! He always did stuff like that. Her feet followed a familiar path and she looked up expecting to see her library in front of her.

She saw a clothing shop.

"I told you its not here. One sec, I'll ask them," Minato murmured behind her.

Kora stared in shock as she looked around and realized that she hadn't mistakenly walked somewhere else. Her library was gone! If the shock of the moment hadn't clouded her mind, this would have clued her in on the situation.

Minato came up behind her. "Kora-chan, the only library around here is a few blocks away. But you should brace yourself."

Kora silently followed her older brother.

Naruto

Darkness was all around him. It'd been a long time since he'd felt this tired. It had been the last time he'd given his kids chocolate. Even with Kage Bushins it took forever to track them all down.

He could sense people around him. Most felt familiar so he didn't feel worried. He just wished he could feel his kid's chakra. He'd felt Sakura's a bit as well as a few others he recognized, but there was one that made him anxious. It reminded him a bit of the Kyuubi's chakra.

What really worried him was that at one time he had felt two signatures that matched the fox.

As soon as he had enough chakra to move, he'd get some answers. For now he'd just rest.

Sarutobi

After the first couple of days, Sarutobi felt the first sign of chakra since he'd arrived. He didn't care if it was friendly or not, but he was going to find out what it was. As he got closer he realized that what he sensed was in fact several chakras. Some even felt familiar to the boy.

He crept slowly, just like when his family played ninja games and he was it. The white haired child peaked over a small hill and was confronted with a snarling hound not two feet from his face. What really surprised him was that he thought he recognized the animal.

"Easy Pakkun! Just a brat after all. Thought he sent one of his spawn after us."

Sarutobi looked up and realized why the dog looked familiar. Hatake Kakashi was a common visitor to the Uzumaki home, and his ninja hounds loved playing with Naruto's kids as much as the kids enjoyed seeing their "Ero-ojisan."

And standing right behind the summon dog, who was usually much nicer, was the silver haired elite jounin Sarutobi knew so well. He looked almost the same, except there was no warmth in his visible eye or in his voice.

"Ero-ojisan?"

A narrow coal black eye focused on two wide slate grey eyes. Sarutobi could feel the killer intent coming off the man in front of him, and it took everything he had to not break down and cry.

"Oi Kakashi, stop harassing the kid." Sarutobi looked confused at the young woman coming up behind Kakashi. Her blond hair was in a single long braid, going down to her lower back. Those dancing brown eyes, so alive with energy, made Kakashi back down from his visual assault. But that irritating smirk he'd know anywhere.

"Tsu-chan?"

All three had similar thoughts at this point, with slight differences in vocabulary.

'What the heck is going on!?'

Tsunade

Tsunade wasn't having a good day at the Academy. First, Saru-niichan pulled a prank on her and left her in the middle of nowhere during the night. Second, she couldn't find her way home and Daddy never found her. Then she had to go to the Academy under a Henge so people wouldn't stare at her. Well, no more than usual.

Everyone told her she looked just like her Baa-chan, though she never met her. The Godaime Hokage had died about the time she'd been born, so she just had stories and pictures to remember her by. Though, sometimes she felt a deep connection with the woman beyond physical similarities. Like she knew her somehow.

Anyway, Uzumaki Tsunade was generally a happy girl who loved her family and did her best to annoy Saru-kun. Daddy had to step in a couple times to keep things from getting too serious. She just wish he'd hurry up and find her already. Or Mommy or someone, but Daddy was the one to find her usually.

As she took her seat in her class, Tsunade realized that she didn't know the other students. She even got asked by one boy why she was there. How come no one recognized her.

She got an even bigger shock when Iruka-ojisan walked in. He had fewer scars now and had hair, but he looked just liked her Daddy's old photos of the first person to acknowledge him as a person. For the first time since she woke up, a sliver of doubt that this wasn't some elaborate prank entered her heart.

The sliver grew when he asked her to introduce herself to the class and say where she came from.

"Um, hi . . . my name is Uzumaki Tsunade and I have no idea what's going on."

The class stopped laughing once they realized she wasn't joking.

Minato and Kora

"No . . ." Kora muttered in abject rejection of what reality was presenting her. Her glorious library didn't exist and all that was left was this plain building that made her want to vomit. "This can't be happening . . . gotta be a bad dream." She looked at Minato. "That'd explain why you're here and not someone better."

"I assure you Kora, if anyone is having the bad dream, it's me."

"Fine then we're in some sort of parallel dimension where everything is different than how we know it." Kora snapped at her brother.

Minato's face scrunched inward the way their Dad's did when he was in intense thought. "What- like in the mangas?"

The thought seemed to calm the girl. "Yes! Just like a manga! Where one of Dad's old enemies attacked in the dark of night and sent us to alternate dimension as his revenge. And any time now I'll meet some handsome guy who'll fall hopelessly in love with me. Yes, yes that's exactly what'll happen. . ."

Minato stared in worry as his younger sister went deeper and deeper into her little fantasies. He sighed then reached over and flicked her forehead with his forefinger. "You done wallowing in fantasy enough to face reality? I'm hungry and I told Natsumi in ten minutes."

Kora rubbed her forehead. "Yes, wouldn't want you to be late for your date." Her stomach growled and she lowered her head and followed her brother to the familiar sight of Ichiraku Ramen. Now the old chef was there as well as Dad's fangirl. Actually as Kora looked at her, she realized that the girl actually did remind her a bit of Dad. The blue eyes had the same warmth his always did.

Alternate reality . . . differing timelines . . . endless possibilities . . . Kora's train of thought derailed and she took a closer look at the girl talking with Minato. One little chromosome . . . She needed more information!

"Pardon me, but I don't think I caught your name before," she asked with some semblance of manners.

The girl paused then smiled, "I'm Natsumi, nice to actually meet you Kora-chan!" Her enthusiasm matched the stories everyone told about her Dad.

"Um, what's your family name?" Kora asked with some trepidation.

"Oh! Sorry, my full name is Uzumaki Natsumi!" Big smile, fox-like slits for eyes . . .

Minato spoke up at this point, "Really! We're Uzumakis too! We might be related!"

The blond's whole face lit up at the suggestion. "Cousin!" she cried happily, capturing them both in a hug.

Minato got into it easily, "Cousin!" He glanced at Kora and she could see he wanted her to join in, but the growing lump in her stomach only let her manage a weak smile.

Well, here is the next installment of Scattered Dreams. Hope you've enjoyed it, so please review and give me you thought, complaints, ideas, threats, etc. In case you couldn't guess, I'm a little starved on reviews. I will thank Tama Saga for the wonderful reviews as well as the inspiring suggestions.

Winged Fox should be updated in two weeks. Have a nice day.