What Changes Chapter 5: Mission:Protect the Bridge Builder Part3, a naruto fanfic

IMPORTANT!!: I know I put this in the last chapter but I figured I should just keep posting this notice until I close the poll. So I wanted to ask if when your done with this chapter can you go to my profile and vote on the poll about when Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto should tell Kakashi that they're from the future if you haven't already? Please and thankyou!

Summary: During Naruto and Sakura's final climatic battle against Sasuke something happens to send the three of them back in time. Naruto wants to use this chance to stop Sasuke from leaving. Sakura wants to rekindle the bonds they used to share. But what does Sasuke want? Team7bonding with SasuSaku and minor NaruHina in later chapters.

Alot of this chapter is kinda focused on Sasuke. Just thought I'd give you a heads up.

Disclaimer: I think the word in bold says it all...

What Changes...

Chapter 5 Mission:Protect the Bridge Builder! Part 3

They were now at the dinning room table enjoying the delicious dinner Tsunami made for them. Well Sakura was enjoying it. Naruto and Sasuke were simply racing to see who could eat the most food without really tasting the food, Tazuna and Kakashi were talking, Tsunami was washing dishes, and Inari was glaring at his plate. Great...

Sakura almost fell out her chair when Naruto and Sasuke suddenly jumped up and shouted, ''I want some more!'' while glaring at each other. Then...they threw up all the food they just ate...then started fighting with each other. Sakura's chopsticks were only half way to her mouth before she quickly set them back down, losing her appetite after looking at the puked-up food on the floor. She would have thought that after the first time they wouldn't do that again...but she was wrong...

Then a 'SLAM' was heard as everybody looked up from what they were doing and turned to Inari's direction. He was staring at team seven coldly. ''You all think this is just some joke! Playing and having fun when there's nothing to play about! Your all just living in your foolish happy fantasies! Can't you see that your just going to be killed!'' Inari looked like he was going to continue, but Naruto beat him to it. ''I've heard enough. The way I see it...your the one living in a fantasy. You think your life is just soooo miserable. That everybody should feel sorry for you. Well if you think your life is so bad then why don't you do something about it, huh? Because compared to how our life's have been you might as well of won the feak'n lottery.'' After that comment Naruto got up and walked out the house, slamming the door behind him. Inari turned and ran to his room, Tazuna and Tsunami looking after him sadly.

Sakura and Sasuke looked at each other came to a mutual agreement. They would leave Naruto to think to himself for a while. They then listened as Kakashi asked about the picture on the wall with the corner torn off, initiating the story about the hero of the land, Kaiza.

Naruto walked around, frustrated. He hadn;t intended to say that! He wanted to say what he said the last time, but in a nicer way. Now he was just angry at himself for letting his temper get the best of him. He knew Inari would be like that, so he had no reason to say that...even if it was true...

Deciding to try to calm down, he sat down under a nearby tree to meditate. Damn...life sucks...

It was already dark out and Naruto had yet to come back. Sakura was getting worried and even though he didn't show it, she was sure Sasuke was worried to. Deciding to simply go look for him she stood up and started walking towards the door. Sasuke immediately got up to go with her. ''Where are you two going?'' Kakashi asked, descending the stairs from Inari's room after his talk with him. ''To look for Naruto.'' Kakashi didn't get a chance to reply as they immediately walked out the door.

''Naruto! Naruto! DAMMIT NARUTO!!! IT'S ELEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT!!!!'' Sakura yelled for the umpteenth time that night. Sasuke winced as she yelled in his ear...again...before asking, ''Sakura, why do you even bother yelling. Why don't you just use telepathy?'' Sakura nearly fell over. ''Oh I forgot all about that!'' Sasuke sweatdropped, she was the one who taught them how to use it. 'Naruto! Where are you!?' 'Dunno. I just kinda walked for a while and sat down under a random tree to meditate...and now I'm lost.'

Sakura rolled her eyes and tried to locate his chakra. She almost fell over for the second time when she realized he was sitting right in front of them. They just couldn't see him because it was dark. She stomped over(followed by Sasuke) to him and smacked him on the head. ''Baka! Why didn't you answer when I was calling out for you!?'' Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. ''You sounded kinda funny yelling to nobody. I didn't want to interrupt you!'' The comment only got him another smack on the head. ''And here I was worried sick thinking you got mauled by a bear or run over by a stampede of frogs or something!'' Sakura huffed and turned to head back to Tazuna's house. Naruto looked at Sasuke in confusion. ''Why would she think there were bears or stampedes of frogs in this forest?'' he asked scratching his head. Sasuke shrugged as the two followed behind Sakura. She sure had an active imagination...

As soon as they made it back they plumped down on their futons. Sakura and Naruto fell asleep and soon their heads hit the pillow. Sasuke felt tired beyond on belief but couldn't fall asleep. He was to busy thinking about what would happen before and after this mission was over. If all went well he would be able to make sure Haku lived through this fight, even if Zabuza didn't. He forgot to fill Sakura and Naruto in on his plan but ow he thought it unnecessary. He was sure he could handle it himself anyway. But that wasn't the only thing he was worried about.

He was dreading the chunin exams that would come soon after this mission was over, where he was sure to see Orochimaru. He was almost scared, almost. The way he saw it, what triggered him to leave the village was the curse mark. So if he got it again he was sure Orochimaru would find some way to get him to go with him. Even if he didn't want to go, not that he wanted to go in the first place. That whole 'leaving to get stronger' thing was just a lie that he told himself so much he thought it to be true. He knew he could of still gotten stronger back in Konoha, Sakura and Naruto were proof of that. But when Kakashi had that talk with him about how Sakura and Naruto were his 'precious people' he knew he had to leave. His last precious people were killed by his brother all in one day. He couldn't bare the thought of that happening to Sakura and Naruto...or Kakashi now that he thought about it.

As a matter of fact, he was somewhat debating if he should still leave. In this time Itachi was still alive and could very well kill his, dare he say it, family. He wouldn't know what to do with himself if that ever happened. Which was why he would do whatever he could to avoid that. Even if it meant leaving again like before, which he had regretted.

Because of all the thoughts plaguing Sasuke he was unable to fall asleep until five minutes before they had to get up to leave. He was currently leaning on Sakura's shoulder as they sat on the floor looking like he was about pass out. Naruto would have teased him for it until he noticed that along with being tired, Sasuke looked stressed to. Plus, since when did one night without sleep cause Sasuke to look half dead?

Sakura was basically freaking out with worry. She could tell Sasuke must be tired since he was leaning on her and using her shoulder as a pillow. Now that she thought about it...Sasuke looked kinda tired yesterday too. She looked over at the person on her shoulder. ''Sasuke-kun, when was the last time you slept well?'' Naruto and Kakashi also looked Sasuke's way, they wanted to know the answer to that question too. Sasuke mumbled something incoherently. ''What?'' The other three replied in unison. Was he so tired he couldn't speak correct english? ''Two weeks.'' he mumbled louder so they could hear. Two weeks ago was when they first traveled back in time.

''Teme are you crazy!? Who the hell stays up for two weeks straight!? Who could stay up for two weeks straight!?'' Sasuke didn't reply as he had fallen asleep on Sakura's shoulder. Sakura mused how cute he looked when he was sleeping. He looked so calm in this state, where as he usually looked stressed. Sakura's thoughts were interrupted by Kakashi's voice. ''I think we should leave Sasuke here to get some rest. He looks dead.'' Sakura and Naruto looked at their teammate sadly. Why did it seem as if he suddenly had insomnia during the night?

Naruto and Kakashi got up so they could go escort Tazuna to the bridge but they stopped when they realized Sakura wasn't following and turned to look at her questioningly. ''Uhm...how am I supposed to get up?'' she asked looking at the person using her as his pillow. Naruto thought about it for a moment and answered, ''You could just push him off.'' In return he just received a glare. ''Or you could just wake him up and tell him to lie down on his futon.'' He then walked out the door pulling Naruto with him and Tazuna following soon after. ''Meet up with us later.'' he called back before the door shut.

Sakura gently shook Sasuke but he didn't move. She shook him harder and he mumbled something like, ''Stop'' before falling back asleep. Cute or not this was starting to get a little frustrating. She shook him again and this time he opened one eye and looked at her sleepily. ''Sasuke-kun I have to go help Naruto and Kakashi protect Tazuna. You know Zabuza's going to attack again.'' Sasuke nodded and lifted his head off her shoulder so she could stand up. He immediately fell back on his futon and was asleep once again as Sakura walked out the door.

After Sakura caught up with the rest of her team and Tazuna they kept heading towards the bridge. Naruto kept having this feeling he forgot something until...'Oh shit! I forgot about Inari and Tsunami! They're going to get attacked!' But Naruto didn't have any excuse to tell Kakashi so he just kept it to himself. He could only hope that Sasuke would be able to save them. He tried to communicate with him telepathically but all he got was silence. He guessed Sasuke was still asleep.

When they arrived there they gasped at all the bodies spread around all over the bridge. Sakura immediately ran over to them, checking to see if they were still alive. She almost cried when she realized all of them were dead. Well, all except one who was saying something to Tazuna that she couldn't here, but he died only seconds later. All of a sudden the area was being shrouded in mist. Team seven immediately went into a protective circle around Tazuna. Sakura and Naruto had a feeling this battle wasn't going to be as easy as the last one.

Tsunami had been periodically checking up on Sasuke. Every once in a while he seemed to get some sort of pained expression on his face before it went back to being peaceful. She just then remembered what she had to do and quickly walked out of the house. ''Inari could you come help me!?'' she shouted once she was outside. ''Okay mother!'' Inari replied. As he ran out the house he heard his mother scream(which had woken up Sasuke) and quickened his pace. When he got there he saw his mother slumped against the house, unconscious. He quickly ran over to her trying to wake her up. ''Hey! Why did you attack my mother!? She did nothing to you guys!'' Inari's question was directed to the two men standing infront of him. The shorter on had silver hair and a black cap on. Next to him was a taller, muscular man with an eye patch and no shirt on, showing off the unique patterns on the upper half of his body.

The two were just about to say something when a sleepy Sasuke suddenly decided to join the party. ''Hn. What's with all the noise out here?'' he asked and then yawned. The two guys thought he was mocking them when in reality he was just tired. Although if he wasn't so tired then he probably would mock them. ''Who do you think your talking to kid?'' the shorter one asked. Sasuke just looked at them lazily. ''Two weaklings that are pissing me off because they woke me up.'' They growled in return.

The muscular one unsheathed his sword and charged at Sasuke who didn't move from his spot. ''Look out!'' Inari shouted frantically, wondering why Sasuke wasn't moving out of the way. He was soon answered when the guy suddenly stopped and had a dazed expression. Inari turned his gaze to look at Sasuke and saw that his eyes were dangerously red and the black coma-like markings were spinning madly around the pupil. The guy currently stuck in Sasuke's genjutsu suddenly started screaming and clutching his head while his ears were bleeding. His partner stared at Sasuke as if seeing him for the first time. ''What did you do to him!?" he asked frantically. Sasuke, who's eyes were only half open replied, ''I'm killing him.'' The guy looked at his partner in confusion.

''He's not dieing! He's just screaming like a maniac!'' Sasuke shrugged. ''Do you want him to stop screaming?'' ''Yes!'' Sasuke turned to the muscular guy who immediately stopped to look at his partner with a blank stare, raising his sword. (They need names...lets just call the big guy Orao and the short one...Misho. He he, funny name.) Misho stared at Orao in shock for a few seconds before turning to glare at Sasuke. ''What the hell are you doing to him!?'' Sasuke rolled his eyes. ''I'm controlling him. I thought that was obvious.'' Misho just kept glaring at him. Orao charged at Misho with his sword ready. The 'cling' of metal against metal was heard as his and Misho's swords collided.

''Snap out of it Orao! It's me, Misho!'' The plea fell on deaf ears as Orao bent down and with a swift kick, knocked Misho off his feet. Before he could give any reaction Misho had a sword pressed to his throat. ''Tell me...do you work for Gato?'' Sasuke asked. Misho nodded, ''Yes! He said that if we couldn't find Tazuna at his house to go ahead and kill his family!'' ''Hn. that's all I need from you.'' He then turned to Inari, ''Cover your eyes and ears.'' Inari did as he was told as Sasuke made Orao cut off Misho's head and then use his sword to behead himself. Sasuke then disposed of the bodies. (I'll let you imagine how he did that) Sasuke sighed tiredly while switching off his sharingan as he made his way back to Inari who was crying and staring at his mother.

Sniffling he asked, ''Is she alive?'' Sasuke bent down and put two fingers to Tsunami's neck to check for her pulse. It was faint, but it was there. ''I'm not a medical ninja but I think she's just unconscious. She doesn't seem to have any injuries.'' He then had to stifle a large yawn. He was still tired and using his sharingan didn't help much. He just then remembered, he had to save Haku! He quickly stood up at the realization, startling Inari. ''I have to go help my team. Can I trust you to stay here and look after your mom?'' Inari smiled and hugged Sasuke. ''Yes! Thank you for saving us!'' Sasuke nodded dumbly, not expecting to be tackled like that.

Kakashi pulled up his headband to use his sharingan as they all searched for any sign of Zabuza. Suddenly, a bunch of Zabuza's water clones appeared around them. Kakashi nodded to Naruto and Sakura who quickly disposed of them. ''So...the brats took out my water clones. They're better then I thought.'' Zabuza's voice echoed from all around them. A kunai shot out for Kakashi which he quickly dodged. The kunai gave away Zabuza's position so he quickly raced towards his direction.

''Naruto...how am I going to be able to help you and protect Tazuna?'' Naruto shrugged. ''How should I know. Last time you didn't have to because Sasuke was here.'' That statement reminded them of something. Sasuke never told them what his plan was to save Haku. Their thoughts were interrupted when Naruto was kicked a distance away. Haku chased after him and the two started in hand-to-hand combat. (I'd describe it but it only lasted for about a minute)

From her short distance away she watched as Naruto was surrounded by the large mirrors of ice. She wanted to help him but she had to stay and protect Tazuna. Soft shouts were heard from Naruto as the senbon punctured his skin. Sakura cringed as he yelled out in pain. The sound of kunai whizzing in the air could be heard faintly coming towards her. She couldn't pinpoint which direction it was coming from so she just prepared to use herself as a human shield to protect Tazuna. To her surprise Sasuke quickly jumped next to her and caught the kunai and dropped it on the ground. ''Are you alright?'' Sakura narrowed her eyes as she got a good look at him. ''I'm fine. But you look terrible, didn't you get any sleep?'' Sasuke shook his head. ''Not really. Some goons came to attack Inari and Tsunami and they woke me up with all the noise.''

Sakura looked at him sympathetically. ''You do know that when this battle is over the first thing your going to do is take a nap right?'' Sasuke rolled his eyes but nodded his head anyway. ''Good boy! But anyway what was your plan to make sure Haku survived?'' Sasuke put off her question and started performing hand signs. Once he was finished there was a big purple bubble made of chakra surrounding Tazuna, who was yelling at them about being trapped in the thing. But they couldn't hear them since Sasuke made the bubble soundproof.

Sasuke poked the bubble and sharp thorn-like things made of chakra shot out of the bubble. ''That should keep him safe for a while.'' Sasuke muttered as he turned and went to go help Naruto. Sakura following behind him. ''You still didn't answer my question! How are we going to help Haku?'' Somewhat avoiding the question he said, ''I need you to stay on the outside of these mirrors. Do you think you can break them?'' Sakura thought about it for a moment. ''Probably. But I'll need some help.'' Sasuke nodded. ''Start preparing for your attack. I'll give you a signal when to hit the mirrors.'' She nodded as he snuck into he giant circle of mirrors.

When Sasuke got there Naruto was breathing hard and had alot of senbon sticking out of his body. But he didn't look severely injured. ''Hn. Dobe, you okay?'' Naruto flashed a toothy grin. ''Of course! You know me, I can handle anything!'' Sasuke smirked and turned to look at the reflections of Haku in the mirrors, he looked like he was preparing to attack. ''Dobe, can you do a rasengan?'' Naruto looked at Sasuke questioningly but nodded. ''Good. Charge it up.'' As he said this his was preparing his chidori. Naruto complied and charged up his rasengan. The two blue chakra's swirling around them. Behind the mirrors they could see Sakura's green chakra swirling around.

''Sakura now!'' Sasuke shouted as he and Naruto charged at the mirrors. On the other side Sakura was running at the mirrors too. They each thrust their hands forward as a blinding white light surrounded the entire bridge. Effectively blinding everyone. Team seven flew in the direction of Tazuna, Zabuza, and Kakashi, landing roughly on the ground, Haku flying in the other direction. The three genin slowly got up while rubbing their soar noticed the three adults staring at them as if to say, ''What the fuck was that!?'' The three pointedly ignored them and looked over at Haku's beaten form. He was unconscious but alive.

Their attention was brought back to Kakashi saw him charging his lightning blade. Sakura and Naruto were panicking. They managed to save Haku but Zabuza was going to die...and they couldn't do a thing about it! Sasuke ran in there direction at top speed as Kakashi was pushing his arm in Zabuza's direction. Sasuke intentionally made himself fall backward so he would slide directly under Kakashi's arm and used his leg to kick the arm upward, seconds before it would've hit Zabuza. The attack faded away and Zabuza used this chance to run to Haku's direction. He picked him up and they both disappeared.

Kakashi stared at Sasuke who was sitting on the ground infront of him, breathing hard as if he was crazy. As Naruto and Sakura walked towards them they were staring at him too. Did he really just do that!? ''Wow Teme! That was awesome!'' Naruto shouted pumping his fists into the air. Sasuke just nodded, not really paying any attention. He was more worried about what Kakashi had to say. Said person sighed in exasperation before saying, ''You do know you just let an S-class rouge ninja get away, don't you?'' Sasuke didn't reply. ''You know what? I'm not going to ask why you did that...since you all never answer my questions anyway.'' The three stared at him in confusion. Wasn't he angry!? Why was he just accepting it!

''Besides...'' Kakashi continued, ''I think we have something else to deal with...'' They turned to the other side of the bridge to see a giant hoard of thugs with Gato standing in front. ''It seems Zabuza was unable to get rid of the old man...no matter, kill them all. Whoever kills the most gets extra pay!'' The thugs cheered and charged at the ninja and Tazuna. It only took Naruto a few minutes to take them all down with his clones. Now Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto were closing in on him. Naruto grabbed Gato by his collar and lifted him off the ground. ''Any last words?'' he asked dangerously. ''P-please spare me! I'll...uhm..pay you! However much you want! Please!'' All three of them scowled. ''Well...I suppose that was a waste of your last words. We don't want your petty cash.'' Naruto then threw Gato over to Sasuke, who threw him to Sakura, who kicked him over the edge of the bridge. Too bad Gato doesn't know how to swim...his loss...

As if to lighten the mood, Sasuke dramatically fell back onto the ground, asleep. This caused Naruto and Sakura to laugh as Kakashi picked up Sasuke to carry him back to Tazuna's house. Speaking of Tazuna, he was grumbling about having to walk back to his house in a giant purple bubble since Sasuke wasn't awake to release the jutsu.

I don't know about you...but I thought that was a happy ending to this loooong mission. But the action hasn't even begun yet...

A/N: Well, that's it for chapter 5! I hope you liked it!

This time I had a few favorite parts! I liked it when Sasuke was all sleepy and was leaning on Sakura's shoulder! I thought that would've been cute if it could really happen! I also liked it when Inari hugged Sasuke, that was cute too! And of course, I liked the ending when Sasuke dramatically fell asleep. I wish he would do stuff like that in the series! xD

A/N: Anyway...thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this chapter! I appreciate it!

Review plz! It keeps me motivated!

Arigatou!

Ja ne!

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