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 in later chapters.
Disclaimer: I hate you, you hate me, let's get together and kill Barney! With a shotgun, bang, bang, Barney's on the floor. No more stupid dinosaur!
Recap:
'Sasuke' smashed his lips against hers. She felt her chakra flare in surprise and excitement as she closed her eyes in bliss, a small blush dusting her cheeks. In the back of her mind she could feel 'Sasuke's' chakra flaring wildly around her.
She could feel herself drifting away as the pressure of Sasuke's lips started disappearing.
Before he was gone completely she heard 'Sasuke' say, ''You have no idea how long I wanted to do that...''
-
Kabuto smirked as he saw the Hokage fall backwards. Kamiko was positively his best creation...and that was barely twenty percent of her strength...
His smirk widened when he saw Orochimaru's look of astonishment from his vantage point. Now all they had to do was take him out.
-
Once Naruto had arrived Sasuke took off running as fast as he could back to the arena to help Sakura. He could only hope she was okay since she wasn't responding when he tried to communicate with her through telepathy.
He should have never left her alone with Kamiko and Orochimaru!
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Kamiko sighed and rolled her shoulders, glad that part of her task was over. Thrusting a kunai through the Hokage's heart definitely didn't sit well with her.
Now she only needed to get Orochimaru away from here.
-
Naruto sat back against the tree, watching as Gaara was carried away by his siblings.
He smiled when he heard him say, ''I'm sorry...''
(A/N: For those of you who were confused about the kiss, 'Sasuke' kissed Sakura in order to fluctuate her chakra by surprising her. He then did the same with his own. The combined power of both turned out to be enough to break he genjutsu. Plus...I guess he just wanted an excuse to make out with her. ^_^)
What Changes...
Chapter 12: Lovely Little Kamiko
How to describe the shock they all felt was impossible.
And when I say all...I mean all.
Everyone stared, leaf and sand shinobi alike, dead silent...
...as the Hokage rose from death...
-(Minutes Earlier)-
Sakura awoke to find herself propped up against the wall of the Hokage's booth in the chunin exam stadium. Immediately her had went to her mouth as a bright blush flashed across her face. That kiss...
A big smile broke out across her face. She kissed Sasuke! No wait-! Sasuke had kissed her! She could have squealed! (Excuse her fangirling)
...Wait...
Dammit! She forgot that wasn't really Sasuke. It was a doppelganger Sasuke had created for his genjutsu. But...it still had Sasuke's thoughts and feelings...so maybe that really was something Sasuke had been wanting to do.
She then abruptly stood up, cursing herself for forgetting about more important matters.
...And that's when she noticed Naruto standing next to her...
.....with a knowing smile on his face.
She jumped in surprise.
''Hey Sakura-chan...so I hear you were making out with Sasuke in a genjutsu...'' Naruto started, his smile widening.
Sakura's eyes widened, ''H-how did you-!?''
''You basically replayed the whole thing through our mind link...several times.'' He grimaced and then chuckled as he said the last part.
Sakura went as white as a sheet. She wasn't worried about Naruto knowing (he was her best friend after all) She was worried that she might have accidentally sent the image to Sasuke as well.
Naruto, once again hearing her train of thought, said, ''No worries, Sakura-chan! I made sure that both our links were cut off from Sasuke.''
And that was when they saw Sasuke jump back over the wall on the other side of the stadium. He looked around before he spotted them. From their vantage point they could see he had his sharingan was activated and he looked furious.
It what must have been ten seconds flat Sasuke had Naruto slammed up against the wall, holding him by the collar of his jacket. Sakura looked ready to argue but Naruto sent her a look, telling her he could handle this.
''So...what's up, Teme?''
Sasuke's sharingan started spinning in his worry-induced furry. ''Why the fuck did you cut off the link!?''
The other two gave looks of sudden realization...and guilt.
Naruto, thinking fast, came up with, ''An enemy ninja was trying to read my mind, so I had to block it off...sorry to worry you.''
Sasuke could tell he was lying, but he didn't say anything. His sharingan stopped spinning as some of his fury left him, though it remained activated. If Naruto didn't want to tell him what really happened than it was probably for good reason. His grip loosened as he placed Naruto back on the ground.
He then turned to Sakura, waiting for her explanation.
''...I was under a genjutsu...so it wouldn't work.'' Sasuke didn't respond. But by how his fists clenched they could how angry and worried he'd been when he couldn't reach them. Normally, that wouldn't be such a cause for over-reaction, but with Orochimaru here...
Dammit! The Hokage! They forgot all about the Hokage!
All three snapped into attention, running out of the booth and jumping onto the roof of the stadium.
-
They stopped short when they reached the Hokage's lifeless body.
Sakura started crying silently next to them as she dropped to his side to check his vitals in disbelief.
Naruto also felt his eyes water at the sight, but stayed standing with Sasuke, staring regretfully at the Hokage's corpse.
'We SUCK at this timetravel thing...' Sasuke thought darkly to himself as he stared at the body. He felt sorrow for the man swell in his chest, but he refused to let it surface.
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''Hi, Jiraiya-sama!'' A small, eleven year old girl wearing a black, high collared shirt and shorts called out. She had a baggy, hooded dark violet jacket on, with the hood covering up her hair. She also had on a black mask that covered up the bottom half of her face. She waved as she ran up to him.
Jiraiya, who had been sitting in a tree with a pair of binoculars, promptly fell out, surprised at being caught doing his 'research.'
The little girl ran up to him and bent downwards slightly, cocking her head to the side. ''Are you alright, Jiraiya-sama?''
He grunted and sat up. He found himself staring into curious bright purple orbs. She seemed familiar, but other then her eyes, all of her recognizable features were covered by her clothing.
Seeing his look of confusion, the girl giggled and straightened up, holding her hand out for the sannin. He got up by himself though, doubting that such a small girl could have pulled him up.
''I'm surprised you don't remember me, Jiraiya-sama!'' The girl gave off something that just screamed 'cute.' It was then that he recognized her.
''Ah! Lovely little Kamiko! How could I have possibly forgotten such an adorable little girl! And what lovely eyes you have too!'' The last time he'd seen her, she'd been wearing sunglasses. Kamiko seemed to smile under the mask.
''Uhm...I was wondering...do you think I could barrow your binoculars? Please?'' The look she gave him was so precious he was unable to refuse.
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She pulled the mask down so it was around her neck and picked up the newly acquired binoculars. She was currently sitting in a tree only a few meters away from the chunin exam stadium. She looked through the binoculars at the roof of the stadium. She could see the Hokage's lifeless body surrounded by fellow leaf village ninja. In the middle of it were Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
Kamiko almost rolled her eyes at the sight. Not that she could really blame them, since they thought he was really dead after all.
She reached into her back pouch and pulled out more of the purple powder she'd thrown onto the Hokage at the beginning of the battle. This powder, of her own creation (with a little insight from Kabuto) was able to wrap itself around every cell in the body. Once it does that it stays active for about an hour. From the moment the powder is used any damage a cell takes is instantly repaired. But, if the person died when the cells were harmed, the cells can be repaired but the person cannot come back to life unless a special type of chakra is added to the powder.
In this case, that special type of chakra would be Kamiko's.
She quickly dusted her hands with the powder and made a hand sign. ''Chakra Supplication,'' she muttered softly.
She then picked up the binoculars to see if it was successful. She wasn't sure because the powder was still in the experimental stage...
-
How to describe the shock they all felt was impossible.
And when I say all...I mean all.
Everyone stared, leaf and sand shinobi alike, dead silent...
...as the Hokage rose from death...
Sakura stared wide-eyed, not believing what she was seeing. In front of her, the Hokage coughed slightly as he sat up and rubbed his shouldn't be possible. His heart had been basically split in half, yet the man sat up as if just waking up from a nap.
Naruto and Sasuke gave similar reactions, though Naruto's was more noticeable. His eyes were wide and his mouth was hanging open in shock.
The leaf and sand shinobi still in the stadium on the battle field also stared in surprise.
Sarutobi(sp?), finally noticed everyone staring at him as if they'd just seen a ghost. (A/N: pun intended) ''What's the matter?'' He asked looking around at everyone as they gave him shocked, confused, and relieved looks.
Naruto was the first to break the silence, ''OLD MAN! YOUR ALIVE!'' With that he rushed to him and tackled him in a hug. He quickly let go and gave the Hokage a wide smile. It was then that the Hokage remembered what happened. He recalled a flash of purple before a kunai knife was shoved into his chest.
''What happened to Orochimaru?'' He asked. Out of th corner of his eye he saw Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke's eyes widen and give expectant looks to the rest of the leaf ninja.
''He got away,'' Kakashi muttered, appearing from seemingly out of nowhere and walking up to stand next to Sasuke. He saw Sakura give a look of disappointment while Naruto's became that of determination. Sasuke, however, kept a stoic mask on.
Kakashi, in a rare moment of affection, placed his hand upon the boys head. Sasuke blinked, as if coming out of a trace, and only glanced at his sensei before turning away and letting out a guilty sigh. He made no move to move the hand from his head, though.
-
''YOWCH!'' Naruto shouted as the hammer he was using came in contact with his thumb. He was currently on a ladder, fixing the side of a house that got wrecked during the invasion.
''Hn, dobe,'' Sasuke muttered, smirking up at Naruto, holding a jar of nails for the blonde.
Sakura was with the Hokage, wanting to make sure that he was perfectly healthy. Kakashi was supposed to be helping them fix the house, but left, saying he'd by them ramen if they did it by themselves.
''Oh, shutup and give me another nail.''
Sasuke stuck his tongue out at the blonde and Naruto promptly fell off the ladder. He sat up and pointed at Sasuke with a shocked/horrified expression on his face. ''You-y-you-!''
Sasuke stared at him with a confused expression. ''I what?''
''Y-you...you stuck your tongue out at me! You've never...acted your age before and did something immature like that!''
Sasuke rolled his eyes and smirked, ''Well, maybe you and Sakura are starting to rub off on me,'' he suggested.
Naruto gave him a skeptical look before getting up and cheering that Sasuke wasn't as emo anymore. Sasuke glared and smacked him upside the head, saying he wasn't emo.
''Not anymore you're not!'' That earned Naruto another smack upside the head.
-
Sakura was checking over the Hokage one more time, just to be sure he was really okay.
''Sakura?'' She looked up when he called her name, ''Do you think I'm getting old?''
She sweatdropped, not knowing how to respectfully answer that question. Seeing her blank look, Sarutobi chuckled and quickly clarified.
''I mean, do you think it's time I start looking for a replacement Hokage?'' Sakura smiled softly. 'Maybe things WILL work out better this time around'
-
As Team seven was walking towards Ichiraku they were stopped when a figure walked in front of them. Naruto instantly recognized the person as Kamiko, covered up with the jacket, mask, and sunglasses once again. But by the looks on the others faces, they didn't recognize her since they'd never seen her this way.
Kamiko closed the distance between herself and Naruto and handed the boy a note, cocking her head to the side as she waited for him to take it. When he did Kamiko patted his shoulder and disappeared in a swirl of purple petals, never saying a word.
Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke stared at Naruto in confusion, waiting for him to explain. Naruto glanced at the note. Soon a wide, toothy smile broke across his face.
Dear Naruto-kun,
YOUR WELCOME!
-Kamiko the Awesome One!
PS: Hope to be seeing you guys around. Also, I was serious about the pranking thing. Maybe you can teach me some new ones next time I see you!
(I wanna use them on Sasu, he's such a jerk)
Naruto laughed at the end of the short letter.
Naruto bent down and picked up one of the purple petals Kamiko left behind. ''Hey, Kakashi-sensei, what kind of flower petal is this?''
Kakashi took a good look at the petal in Naruto's hand. Curious, Sakura and Sasuke also peered over to look at it. ''It seems to be the petal of a purple crocus. Crocuses are very delicate flowers and in some cultures its considered to be God's Flower.''
Naruto smiled at the irony. Looking at the note one last time he pocketed it and the petal.
''Thanks, Kamiko-chan...'' He muttered under his breath. His teammates gave him weird looks as he continued on with his stride.
-
Jiraiya waited patiently until the sun went down.
He just had to face it...
...He's never getting his binoculars back....
-
She sighed as she jumped from tree to tree. She didn't really have anywhere to go now.
''Kamiko!? Where are you!?''
She huffed as she tore the earpiece away from her ear.
''Kamiko!? Kamiko! You're going to be in so-'' She smiled sadly as she dropped the earpiece onto the branch she was standing on and stepped on it, crushing it under her weight.
She continued on her way until she spotted three familiar figures in the distance. She took hold of her blank headband and gazed lazily at it. She wondered what it would look like with a gourd insignia on it...
A/N: Well, I think that was pretty good, ne? I know it was short but...it was just a way to end the chunin exam saga! It felt like an ending to the story though. But, no worries! I intend on either ending this somewhere after the Idate Morino saga and then making a sequel starting in shippuden, or just continuing on to shippuden in this story. What do you guys think?
Anyway, my favorite part was the short little exchange between Naruto and Sasuke. I thought it was a really good best friend/brotherly moment!
Subaki's Fav Part:
''Oh, shutup and give me another nail.''
Sasuke stuck his tongue out at the blonde and Naruto promptly fell off the ladder. He sat up and pointed at Sasuke with a shcoked/horrified expression on his face. ''You-y-you-!''
Sasuke stared at him with a confused expression. ''I what?''
''Y-you...you stuck your tongue out at me! You've never...acted your age before and did something immature like that!''
Sasuke rolled his eyes and smirked, ''Well, maybe you and Sakura are starting to rub off on me,'' he suggested.
Naruto gave him a skeptical look before getting up and cheering that Sasuke wasn't as emo anymore. Sasuke glared and smacked him upside the head, saying he wasn't emo.
''Not anymore you're not!'' That earned Naruto another smack upside the head.
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Gaara: You...killed...PORKINS!!!!!
I don't know either...
So....Orochick(ha) seems to have escaped, the Hokage is still alive and is thinking about a replacement, Sasuke seems to be in pretty good spirits for now, Naruto knows that it was Kamiko who saved the Hokage, and Kamiko...forgot to give Jiraiya back his binoculars...
What's next to come for our heroes!?
...Seriously...I forget...what's next after the chunin exams but before they go looking for Tsunade?
Look forward to another chapter of...
'WHAT CHANGES'
Review plz! I needs mah daily dose of moh-tee-vay-shun! ^_^
Arigatou!
Ja ne!
Subaki no Yumo
(PS: Do you guys remember what happened in the first chapter? Hope so! I don't know about you, but I think Kyuubi's been a little quiet. Time to bring him back in!)