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I finally updated! (claps hands) ^_^

Here's chapter 8!

CHAPTER 8

The Battle In Konoha Forest!

Naruto, Sakura, Tsunade, and Shizune were still in the Hokage's office, the expressions on their faces had somehow subsided but it hasn't completely faltered. The aura in the room felt like someone had just died but that wasn't the case...well not yet, anyway. After ten minutes of this painful silence, Shizune was the first one to speak.

"Lady Tsunade, what should we do?" Shizune asked.

Tsuanade sat there at her with her hands folded neatly under her chin as she contemplates the situation. This was not good at all. If what Nariko said is true, then...

"Lady Tsunade?" Shizune asked again, worrying about her master.

There was no time to waste! Tsunade stands up from her desk and slams her hands down with enough force to break it. Amazingly enough, it still was in one piece.

"Shizune, bring me all the books and scrolls that has legendary battles enscripted on it, including past battle records from the Great Shinobi Wars!" Tsunade commanded.

Shizune jumps from Tsunade's enraged outburst but shook it off nonetheless, "Y-Y-Yes Lady Tsunade! Right away!"

Shizune quickly ran out of the office and Naruto was still on ground with his eyes widen in shock from the tragic news. Sakura notice this and tries to get him to snap out of it but he wouldn't budge.

"Master, what should WE do?" Sakura asked referring to Naruto and herself. "I mean, we can't let this happen, right?"

"I know Sakura but we have to wait for Shizune to come back so we can know how to deal with this properly." Tsunade explained.

Naruto on the other hand was not taking this well. The statement 'The world was gonna be destroyed.' played in his mind over and over again and this caused so many things for the blond to think about: people and his friends will die, nations would be destroyed, Sasuke, the love of his life and his dream will no longer be something he could have...It will all be gone...permanently...

Naruto clenches his fists tightly, "I won't let this happen..." he whispers, holding back the rage that had somehow build up inside of him.

"Naruto?" Sakura said as he stood up from his position and headed for the door.

"Where are you going, Naruto?" Tsunade asked, hoping that Naruto wasn't gonna do what she thought he was gonna do.

Naruto had his hand on the doorknob and he states in a low tone "I'm...going after Nariko."

"What?" Tsunade nearly shouted but she composed herself from doing anymore damage.

"Baa-chan, I can't just sit by and let something like this happen!" Naruto declared. "I gotta do something!"

Sakura knew that Naruto wasn't going to let this slide, so decided to try and reason with him. "Naruto, I don't think it's a good idea to jump into a battle without knowing your enemies or their strength."

"Sakura-chan, Nariko is going out there by herself to fight the 'Bakudai' by herself." Naruto emphasized the 'by' part in a harsh tone.

Sakura could feel the anger coming from Naruto's voice as her eyes became full with guilt.

"She's going to try to do everything by herself! What if she loses her life? What if the 'Bakudai' comes here looking for me? Then what? What do you think is gonna happen?"

"Naruto..." Tsunade said.

"I refuse to wait for that to happen! With or without your permission, Baa-chan, I'm going to help Nariko and I'm gonna change this horrible fate!" Naruto shouted before he ran out the office.

"Naruto!" Sakura shouted toward the door as she heard his running footsteps slowly disappeared. She let her pink bangs fall over eyes as she shook her head slightly. "Naruto, what's happening to you?"

"Sakura." Tsunade spoke, breaking the silence in the room. Sakura turns around to her master. "I know how you feel but Naruto...is right. We can't just sit here and do nothing! Sakura, here is your mission. Your mission is to assist Naruto in helping Nariko defeating the 'Bakudai'. And if possible, find Hinata and Kiba and take them with you. Hinata can use her Byakugan to track the area while Kiba can track their scents to find them. Do you understand?"

Sakura straightens up quickly, "Yes, ma'am." she answers as she ran out the door as well.

Tsunade was getting a serious headache, so she pours a small swig of sake into her cup and sipped it, savoring the flavor in every drop. It was an hour later when Shizune came back with the stuff Tsunade asked for. She was carrying fives books in under one arm and several scrolls under the other. She was so tired from carrying all that stuff from the library that she almost collapsed.

"Okay, Lady Tsunade..." Shizune announced out of breath. "Here are the scrolls..."

Tsunade was kind enough to take them from Shizune, since she looked like she was gonna past out any minute now.

"And here are the books." Shizune said as she got ready to sit them on the table. The minute the books hit the table, the entire table fell apart and split into two jagged pieces. Papers went flying everywhere and in every direction. Tsunade face fell and she narrowed her eyes at Shizune because of the incident.

"Shizune, I'm gonna give you to the count of 3 to leave my office right now..." Tsunade said slightly irritated. "1..."

"Ha ha ha..." Shizune laughed disbelievingly. "You're joking, right? Right?"

Ignoring her question, Tsunade walked towards Shizune with a cold glare as she cracks her knuckles. "2..."

Shizune backs away slowly, "Lady Tsunade, please don't...!" she pleaded.

The last step Tsunade took made a huge footprint on the hardwood floor. "3."

"AIIEE!" Shizune screeched before she made a run for it out her office. She didn't even bother closing the door behind her either. Poor thing. You can't blame her for being scared at all. I mean, who wants to get pummeled by Tsuande? Let's see...nobody!

After a few minutes, Tsunade let out few laughs before saying, "Jeez, Shizune! I was only kidding! I thought you would of known me by now..."

Tsunade goes inside her office and locks the door behind her. Now that she has some sake, she's good to go now. Believe it or not, she concentrates better with sake in her system. She didn't want to be disturbed and wants to do her studying in peace. She also knew...that this was gonna take a while.

In the center of Konoha Forest, a black hole forms on the ground and two mysterious figures jumped from out of it. They were both wearing platinum silver cloaks with a black joint-circles on the back of it. Their cloak hoods hid their features except for the body shape. One was a man and the other was a woman.

"Jeez, who would thought those brats would try to come to the past?" The woman said to the man. It was obvious that she was irritable.

"Pipe down. You're always complaining about something!" The man yelled back. "How did I get stuck with you as a partner is beyond me."

"Excuse me? Don't make me shove my foot up your ass!" She retorted back. "I don't like being partnered up with you either but let's just deal with it!"

The man fell silent as he felt surges of powerful chakra through his veins. "The enemies are coming...And it seems to be more of them..."

The woman glances over to him, "What should we do?"

"This is quite unexpected. The leader said kill Naruto Uzumaki, but he didn't say that we would have to fight anyone else besides him..."

"What's your point?" She was growing impatient.

"I'm saying that in order to complete our mission, we're gonna have to kill those who get in the way...This is what we're gonna do. You stay here to keep the other ones from coming through and I'll go after the Jinchuuriki." He explained.

"Okay...Hey! How come you get to go after him?"

"It's obvious that you can't handle the Jinchuuriki. Just leave it to me."

"And what's that suppose to mean?" She whined. "I'm strong fighter, too!"

Before she can get an answer, he disappears in a puff of smoke.

"All right. All right. Fine. Stupid asshole..." She sneered before she disappeared in lightning sparks.

With Miyuki leading the way, Sasuke and the members of Team Hawk were running through the forest and jumping through countless trees every now and then so they can cut their time to reaching the borderline to the Fire Country. They have been running nonstop for the past three hours and Sasuke wasn't showing any signs of slowing down anytime soon. The only one who was remotely able to keep up with Miyuki's speed was Sasuke. He wondered what kind of ninja was Miyuki to be able to run at such speeds. Miyuki on the other hand was worried about her father and what she had explained to the team earlier about the situation...

*~*~*~*~*~*"The 'Bakudai'?" Karin questioned.did what she did..."

Miyuki had told them that Naruto was going to die if they didn't act quickly or do something to stop whoever it was that was going to do that to him. Sasuke couldn't quite place it but he didn't believe her for some reason...Maybe it was his pride talking but who knows? Sasuke needed some answers and he was gonna get them one way or another...

"What do you mean Naruto is going to die?" Sasuke asked not sure is Miyuki was telling the truth. He has a lot of questions to get out of her about what was going on.

"You don't believe me, don't you?" Miyuki answered with a sigh but she should of suspected this from her own father. "Oh...where do I even start with this?"

Miyuki stood there for a couple of minutes, trying her best to put the words together to explain this situation.

"Miyuki-san, what exactly is going on here?" Jugo asked. "And why did your necklace react like that?"

"My necklace is a chakra receiver. Whenever my sister and I are within a certain range, it will react, letting me know where she is."

"Miyuki, who are you, really and why have you come here?" Sasuke asked trying not to be too angry.

"My sister, Nariko and myself have come here from the future to save the world from destruction and total chaos. We're also here to protect Naruto from a group of rogue ninja known as the 'Bakudai' who wants to achieve that goal."

"I never heard of them before..." Jugo stated with confusion.

Suigetsu couldn't believe it. The girl that he secretly liked was not even from this time. "You're from the future, Miyuki?"

Miyuki saw the hurt in Suigetsu's eyes and nodded slowly. "Yes, I am... 21 years to be exact and we're here to stop the 'Bakudai' from taking the Jinchuurikis' element power."

"Element power?" Sasuke asked himself. "What the hell is that?"

"I'm not entirely sure. The only thing I know is that each Jinchuuriki has a unique trait or power and if the 'Bakudai' get all of them, the powers will gather to create a beast called the 'Infinite Jinchuuriki'. I'm so sorry, my sister knows more about this than I do."

"Hn..." Was Sasuke's response. Infinite Jinchuuriki? He never heard of that, either.

Even with all this information, Sasuke only had one concern...and that was Naruto. He couldn't bare the thought of something happening to his blond. "Is Naruto really going to die...?" He questioned again.

"Yes, I suppose...that would happen if we don't save him..." Miyuki answers with sadness.

"That can't be good." Jugo said with worry.

"If the 'Infinite Jinchuuriki' appears..." Miyuki's face changes drastically, "The Five Great Nations along with the world WILL be destroyed."

By now, the expression on their faces of Team Hawk screamed frighten but Sasuke's was more reserved than the others. He was worried but he couldn't let the others see that...

"Aww, man..." Suigetsu followed. "Things were bad enough, but this? Jesus..."

"Karin." Sasuke said sternly and Karin understood by where he was going with this.

"I'm all over it!" Karin uses her Mind's Eye of the Kagura on Miyuki to check her chakra fluctuations to see if she was telling the truth or not. Suigetsu was not happy by Sasuke's take on this situation.

"You don't believe her at all, don't you?" Suigetsu sneered in anger. "She's warning us before this tragedy can even occur! Don't you think that's enough?"

"It could be a trap or something of the like." He simply answered.

Miyuki was truly hurt now. Her own father was doubting what she was saying. You can't really blame him for it, either. He knows that time travel is impossible and everything else she told him seem so...surreal.

"I believe her, Sasuke." Suigetsu retorted back defending her. "I'm sure she had her reasons why she

Miyuki smiles from Suigetsu's words, "Suigetsu-kun..." At least he believed her.

Karin finishes performing her jutsu, "Her chakra is flowing normally and her heartbeat and mind is steady. She's telling the truth, Sasuke. What will you do?"

"Miyuki-san, What about your sister, Nariko-san? What is she gonna do?" Jugo questioned.

"Knowing her, she's probably on her way to either face the 'Bakudai' or she's coming for me." Miyuki explained.

Sasuke thought about it and he has to come up with a conclusion that could work to his benefit as well as his friends. Over time, Sasuke has consider his teammates as his close friends.

"It's simple. We're going to fight the 'Bakudai and protect Naruto..." Sasuke answered.

This made Miyuki form a smile that was so full of hope, "Thank you..."

"I've been waiting for a fight...for a long time." Suigetsu grinned thinking about the sheer joy of slicing people up. He hasn't been able to let loose for a while.

Sasuke smirks, "Lead the way, Miyuki..."

Sasuke shook the thoughts away but a beautiful image of Naruto smiling in the sun plagued his mind, which caused him to blush slightly.

'Naruto, please be all right...' Sasuke thought as they raced through the trees.

After a while, they all land in the Forest Of Fire, which is a forest close to Konoha Forest. They don't have much farther to go but they are ready for an all out battle in Konoha Forest!

* * *NEXT CHAPTER SYNOPSIS* * *

The next chapter of Changing Fate is:
Uchiha Lineage!

Nariko runs into one of the Bakudai and she makes a vows to stop them no matter what...