On the same day that he had gone to the past in a previous timeline, Naruto smiled as he looked down over the crowd that had gathered for his inauguration. He'd sworn up and down that he'd become Hokage for almost as long as he could remember, and now he'd finally done it! Thanks to the fact that Tsunade had told the Sandaime exactly where he could shove the hat and how when she returned to Konoha a second time, he was Godaime Hokage, meaning that his face would be on the Hokage Monument next to that of his father, and that Gaara couldn't tease him for being one ordinal number lower than him on the Kage count. The Old Man wasn't here to see him today, because he'd died during that whole snafu with Madara and the Obito Tobi who'd been one hell of a surprise, but he was sure that he would've been happy that the hat was being handed over to him. Either that, or he would've drunk himself into a stupor lamenting on the fate of his beloved village, as a number of the older villagers were currently doing. In fact, he'd spotted a couple of his former Academy Instructors taking some not-so-discreet nips from flasks while he was being sworn in.

The last four years and change had been interesting to say the least. Konoha wasn't a crater for one. After a great deal of experimentation, they found the correct way to kill Orochimaru. Namely, get him to the point where he was willing to do it to himself. Danzo had successfully evaded Root long enough to have it officially disbanded and its members placed in the regular shinobi forces where they were learning to adapt. And, though it was a bit behind Gaara's schedule, Madara and the Akatsuki had been defeated, with a number of them turning over new leaves rather than dying. Madara had died however...

Though he'd tried, he still hadn't managed to ditch the nickname of "Hell God".

Turning away from the balcony, he motioned for his Council of Advisors to follow him. Though it was probably stupid of him, he'd decided to follow tradition and make his teammates his Advisors. Sai still had absolutely no idea why he had been invited to stand there alongside Sasuke and Sakura, seeing as he'd only subbed on the team for a week of D-ranks while Sakura was out with the flu in this timeline. Upon first meeting his would-have-been future replacement, Sasuke had scowled and stormed off. A bit of prying had netted a heated comment of "I was going to be replaced by someone who looks like me with a different haircut!" when he had attempted to learn the reason for this reaction. Deciding that it would be best that Sasuke not know considering, he didn't mention Sakura and Ino's fights over Sai in his former timeline.

"So, are you ready for the party?" he asked Sasuke who was still a little sore over Sai's presence.

"Of course I am!" Sasuke replied, turning to follow him inside.

As he made his way back into the tower, he heard someone mutter something that sounded suspiciously like "Stay away from the Chicken!" behind him.

"Naruto, you didn't!" Sakura exclaimed from his Left.

Since he recognized that tone of voice, he wisely chose to say nothing. It wasn't his fault that a certain recently rediscovered ancient Uzumaki clan tradition regarding fallen enemies had neatly coincided with certain Uchiha funerary traditions. As it stood, a certain clan that didn't eat chicken would be able to fully participate in the festivities without worrying that they might be breaking a certain taboo and dishonoring their avian comrades. He was certain that Obito at the very least would appreciate his gesture, considering the fact that he'd repented in the end. Madara might've appreciated the stir-fry however. He did say he liked stir-fry.

Several hours later, after a great deal of partying during which he'd received a number of congratulatory handshakes and pats on the back and a few propositions from people of both sexes, a warm and happy Naruto who had drunk practically everyone but the Godaime Kazekage under the table returned to the Tower for his first night there as Hokage. Crawling into the bed that he'd ordered prior to moving in and had delivered shortly before the massive feast which had put most of the village's catering companies in the black for the rest of the year at the very least that celebrated Konoha's survival as much as it did his ascension, he closed his eyes and went to sleep. As he slept, he dreamt that he was standing in front of a familiar cage that shouldn't have been there since Kurama had different accommodations thanks to a series of unusual circumstances that had allowed him to meet his mother as well as re-meet his father who had received a punch to the nose this time.

Thought you could leave me to rot in the future did you? Kurama rumbled in a tone that Naruto hadn't heard in a good while. Well, guess what. That wasn't the only Time Travel Jutsu I know, just the least time consuming.

After making that somewhat ominous statement, Kurama started spinning around in circles as if he were chasing his tails. With each revolution, he increased his speed, going faster and faster until he was only a reddish-orange blur. After about fifteen minutes of spinning which had begun to make the blond Godaime Hokage feel ill just watching, there was a bright flash.

Naruto woke up.

Upon smelling the faintly moldy pillow he'd gotten rid of ages ago, he sat up faster than what was normally humanly possible. Looking around, he found that he was in his apartment, but there were a few things missing, namely a couple of his plants. He brought his hands up to rub his eyes in disbelief. Upon catching sight of his hands, he screamed.

They were tiny!

"It's not fair!" he yelled when he finally stopped screaming.

Sasuke snapped awake and grinned evilly when he saw the date on the calendar that was tacked to the wall of his childhood bedroom. The incomplete seal he'd found when he'd been scrounging around one of the storerooms of the Hokage Tower rather than attend a boring budgetary meeting where he would've been stuck standing behind an increasingly bored Hokage who had to be prevented from nodding off by Sakura had worked! Not even twenty, and he was stuck doing old man stuff just because he'd liked the title of Advisor to the Hokage. At least he didn't have to do all the paperwork...

Well, aside from some crappy Academy assignments that he'd be able to blow through in about a minute, he didn't have to do any paperwork anymore now that he was in the past.

Heading downstairs, he smiled when he encountered Itachi in the kitchen. After years of therapy, he had managed to get a handle on his complicated relationship with his brother. Though he hadn't noticed on that day all those years ago, Itachi was looking seriously distraught in the almost serene way that only Itachi could.

"Nii-san!" he said, happy to see his brother alive in front of him.

"Yes Sasuke?" Itachi replied, looking as if he were going to put him off with another forehead poke.

"Well, uh, there's something I've wanted to say to you for a long time..." he started, happy to have this chance to speak with his brother who had been dead the last time he'd seen him, having given his life to protect him in the battle against Madara.

"Yes?" Itachi said, tilting his head curiously, apparently having noticed his uncharacteristic behavior.

"Well, it took me a long while to get over their deaths, but once I did so I started remembering all the mean shit they said and did to me since I wasn't as good as you and didn't really fit in, and how dad only started paying attention to me after he'd decided to write you off, and what I wanted to say was...They've already signed their death warrants so, can I help you kill them?" he said, looking up at his brother hopefully.

The therapists had said that bonding activities were necessary for a healthy relationship...

Neji smiled as he looked down at his hands. It had been a toss-up whether it would be his uncle or his career that would kill him, and the answer had been neither. In the end, his uncle had persuaded the Hokage to induct him into the ANBU, and during a mission that was a very long ways away from Konoha he had discovered a cave that had been filled with carvings that could only be revealed by the Byakugan. After using his family's ancient and apparently lost until then jutsu, he had found himself in the past.

He knew exactly what he was going to do now that he was here. He was going to get himself a yellow and green jumpsuit, then he was going to buy about five pounds of green glitter, some superglue, ten yards of ninja wire, and a cat.

Akatsuchi frowned. The last thing he remembered before waking up in his old apartment which he'd moved out of years ago because the pipes in the apartment upstairs had burst and flooded him out was going to the bar for some drinks to celebrate Kurotsuchi's ascension to Yondaime Tsuchikage. Upon further exploration of his surroundings, he found that his village pretty much looked the same as it always did for practically as long as he could remember, but he had a feeling that something was wrong. After wandering around for a while, he began to wonder if he was dead. Aside from a Genjutsu that he hadn't managed to dispel no matter how many discreet attempts he'd made, it was the only explanation he could find for why he was passing a sizable number of people that he knew for a fact were dead. Nervously skirting past Han who had a mercurial temper at times, he made his way to the gates, planning on going for a walk in the mountains in order to clear his head and attempt to figure out why being dead felt just like being alive.

As he made his way through the village, he passed a familiar looking blond-haired, blue-eyed shrimp. If he didn't know any better, he'd swear that the kid was Deidara.

"Hey Akatsuchi-san!" the kid called out to him.

The kid sounded like Deidara as well.

"Hey! Say hello dammit! Un!" the kid yelled, racing after him.

The kid really sounded like Deidara, which was completely impossible, since Deidara was a consultant for a demolition company the last time he saw him. The job had been ideal for the former missing-nin and Akatsuki member because he got to blow stuff up and got paid for it. He even got audiences for some of his better demolitions, so there was less blowing up of what people didn't want blown up, and less running and screaming on the part of the civilians who actually got to enjoy his "art shows".

"Look at me when I'm talking to you, un!" the kid yelled before grabbing his arm with a hand that bit him.

It was Deidara. But, why was he so small?

Omake:

"Okay, now that Naruto has revealed that he's from the future, is there anyone else on this team who's from a crappy future that they're trying to change?" Kakashi asked glaring down at his team which consisted of a brat from the future, a traitorous forcibly recovering alcoholic, and the pink-haired girl who may or may not just be extra baggage.

Sasuke and Sakura glanced at each-other and looked away.

Kakashi sighed in relief. Apparently, he'd just have to deal with only one student who was going through puberty for a second time. As he set his students to their day's training, what looked like half of Konoha's Shinobi forces swarmed onto the training field. Naruto appeared to be the convergence point and main focus for the group. There was a loud babble of voices as each member of the mob tried to pull the teen in a different direction, and one common thread throughout the cacophony.

"Hang on! Hang on!" Kakashi yelled over the crowd, using a jutsu to be heard above the noise. "I'm still Naruto's sensei here, and nobody's training Naruto to defeat the Evil Singing Elephants of Peru or anyone else unless I say so!"

The attention of the entire mob turned to him, radiating killing-intent as it did so. Swallowing slightly, Kakashi stood his ground.

"Evil Singing Elephants of Peru?" Naruto asked, giving Kakashi an incredulous look as if he couldn't believe his sensei could come up with something so stupid.

"They're evil, and anyone who listens to them sing either kills themselves or attempts to do so!" Koharu said defensively.

Unused Scene

"Yes Sakura, I've got my pills. In fact, I've got my back up pills and my backup backup pills as well. I have also got my Naruto's medication has been lost and/or destroyed, need immediate replacement signal as well." Naruto sighed as they trudged forwards to hand over their release of liability forms and get their scroll.

"Sorry. You know with what happened in Wave, I just had to double check." Sakura replied.

"Actually Sakura, you just quadruple checked." Naruto sighed.

"What happened in Wave?" Kankuro - who happened to be in line just behind Team 7 - asked.

"Naruto got all twitchy and ran off after a squirrel." Sasuke replied.

"That doesn't sound half as bad as the time Baki forgot Gaara's meds and Gaara became "Captain Underwear Man". That was scary, and not just because of what Gaara did." Kankuro replied