Naruto's eyes suddenly popped open and he began to take in his surroundings. The last thing he remembered was Madara dying and then everything went dark. He quickly noticed that he wasn't on the war-torn battlefield any more, rather it looked like he was at Konoha's shinobi academy. After the Initial shock wore off he noticed that he was sitting on the swing that he became used to sitting on every day after the academy.
It also didn't take him long to realize that his body felt rather weak, and that his cloak was also missing. He didn't get to ponder on it long before he heard people talking and looked across the field to see several kids proudly showing their parents their newly acquired hitai-ates. "Hmm, it looks like the class just graduated. Something weird is going on here." Naruto thought as he looked at the families' interactions. Things only got weirder when he noticed Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji walk out of the class sporting free hitai-ates.
Again Naruto didn't have long to ponder on this situation before he heard someone sneaking up behind him. He turned quickly to see his grey haired academy instructor, Mizuki. "Also weird. I'm sure he is dead. Have I travelled back in time?" Naruto thought to himself before hearing Mizuki speak. "Hey there Naruto, sorry that you didn't graduate today. I can tell that you have potential, so I want to offer you a second chance.
"This I definitely remember." Naruto thought to himself remembering his "Second chance" where he was tricked into stealing the scroll of seals. He figured that he'd play along with Mizuki for right now and then figure his situation out later. "A second chance? Really Mizuki-sensei? What do I have to do?" Naruto said with his childish voice.
"Simple, all you have to do is sneak into the Hokage tower and steal a fake scroll, then bring it to me in the woods outside the village at midnight. If you manage to get the scroll without getting caught then you pass and you are officially a genin." Mizuki said with a smile on his face. "Almost too easy." He thought with a smile.
Naruto of course knew what Mizuki's real intentions were and could barely restrain his anger. After all, the first time this happened Mizuki had tried to kill him and Iruka, his favorite instructor. Naruto simply put up a fake smile and nodded excitedly. "That's too easy! I'll be a genin in no time at all!" Naruto yelled as he pumped his fist in the air.
"Shhh, don't tell anyone or you'll blow your cover and fail the mission." Mizuki said quietly. "Remember, meet me outside the village at midnight, and don't be late." He finished before disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
Naruto sat there on the swing for a few more minutes pondering on all the events that happened recently. One minute he was killing Madara Uchiha and ending the Fourth Great Shinobi War, the next he had just failed his graduation exam. He wasn't sure exactly what happened, but this was definitely real, he couldn't detect a genjutsu. He had somehow travelled back in time nearly 5 years. He quickly decided that he had to let the Hokage know what was happening and took off toward the tower to speak with Hiruzen.
He quickly arrived at the tower and ran up the stairs until he was at the door to the Hokage's office. He knocked a couple of times before he heard Hiruzen's voice "You may enter."
Naruto opened the door and walked in towards Hiruzen's desk. "Hey Jiji." Naruto said with a smile and a wave.
"Naruto, Hello, what brings you here?" Hiruzen replied as he looked up from his paperwork and pulled out his pipe.
"I have a few things we need to talk about, in private." Naruto said looking toward the corner of the room where an ANBU was hidden.
Hiruzen filled his pipe and lit it, drawing in a breath and filling his lungs full of smoke. "Give us a minute would you?" He said to seemingly no one before 4 figures appeared from nowhere, nodded and left the room. "So Naruto, what is it that you wanted to talk about?"
Naruto took a deep breath as he pondered on how to explain this to Hiruzen in a believable manner. "Well… I know you're not gonna believe this, but I somehow managed to travel back in time." Naruto said with a chuckle causing Hiruzen to look at him sternly.
"Naruto this is too far for a prank. You made me send my ANBU out of the room all for a joke?" Hiruzen said in a stern voice.
Naruto didn't falter under the aged Hokage's gaze, knowing he would react something like that. "Jiji I'm telling the truth. I just woke up in this time maybe an hour ago. I was fighting Madara Uchiha in the Fourth Shinobi War nearly five years from now. I managed to kill him and then everything went black and I woke up here." Naruto said in a convincing tone. "If you want proof I know that the Kyuubi is sealed inside of me and that my father Minato Namikaze is the one who sealed it into me."
At this point Hiruzen's eyes widened and his pipe fell to the desk below, scattering ashes everywhere. The boy had to be telling the truth, otherwise he wouldn't know about his heritage. "Naruto… How… How did this happen?"
"I'm not sure Jiji. Like I said I Killed Madara Uchiha and then the next moment I was here again. The future is not good. Madara and the Akatsuki start a Fourth Shinobi War, every nation allied against them and still took major losses. In the end there were very few people left besides me and Madara. I hope that with this second chance I've been given I can change the future for the better." Naruto said with several emotions playing across his face during the speech.
Hiruzen snapped out of his shock and picked his pipe back up, refilling it before lighting it and taking a large draw while he tried to process all the information he just took in. After a moment he spoke "I believe what you said, but it's hard to take all of this in. Madara was supposed to be dead, why were you fighting him?"
"It was part of Akatsuki's plan, they had a rinnegan user who revived Madara. He tried to take all nine tailed beasts to become the Juubi jinchuriki." Naruto said as he looked at Hiruzen who was oddly calm all things considered. He guessed that nothing would really surprise someone who was referred to as the God of Shinobi, and had been a shinobi through two great wars.
"How strong are you Naruto?" Hiruzen asked as took another draw of smoke, looking towards Naruto.
"I'm not really sure anymore. Apparently I didn't keep my body, but I still have all of my knowledge of techniques. In the future I was the strongest shinobi alive. I was the only one able to defeat Madara, no one else even came close." Naruto said causing Hiruzen a small smile. Despite the mistreatment he received Naruto still grew up to be one of the greatest shinobi of all time. It was said that the only person who could defeat Madara was Hashirama, the Shodaime Hokage, yet Naruto of the future also accomplished it.
"You should try out your 'new' body Naruto. You need to know what you're capable of doing." Hiruzen said making Naruto nod.
"First things first" Naruto said as he channeled chakra to his eyes, sighing in relief when the world became clearer to him. "Looks like my rinnegan still works."
At this point Hiruzen dropped his pipe once again and his eyes bulged out of their sockets. The rinnegan was a thing of legends. Many people had never even heard of it, much less seen them in person. Even Hiruzen was dumbfounded. In his many years of experience he had never encountered someone with God's eyes, yet this 12 year old boy in front of him displayed them like it was nothing. He could practically feel the power radiating off of these eyes. Naruto smiled at Hiruzen's display before deciding to make it worse, if possible.
Naruto remained perfectly still for a moment before he was coated in yellow chakra once again, with his Rinnegan turning blood red with the nine tomoe circling his slitted bar pupil, indicating his full mastery over both sage mode and the Kyuubi's chakra.
All through the village everyone suddenly felt a warm peaceful feeling wash over their bodies, emanating from the Hokage tower. Most people simply blew it off and enjoyed the feeling.
While Hiruzen himself enjoyed the feeling of warmth, he had so many more questions to ask, starting with "W-W-What eyes are those?" as he pointed at Naruto's now red eyes.
Naruto chuckled a bit at seeing the God of Shinobi stutter but quickly got over it before replying. "This is called the Rinne Sharingan. It has all the abilities of the Rinnegan and Sharingan rolled into one. I can only access it while using the Kyuubi's chakra and Sage mode at the same time."
Naruto then let the chakra cloak dissipate and reverted to his regular Rinnegan. He held his arm out to the side and focused for a second before a black ball started forming in his hand. The ball formed and spun for a moment before exploding in his hand, singing the skin and burning the sleeve off of his jumpsuit. "Dammit!" He yelled in pain as the yellow chakra quickly engulfed his injured arm, healing it in just a few seconds. "Looks like I'll have to readjust my body to handle my brain."
"Yes it would seem that your chakra capacity and control aren't what they used to be. I'd suggest you work on that before attempting any of your higher level techniques." Hiruzen replied.
"By the way Jiji, Mizuki came to me just after I woke up in this time and tried to trick me into stealing the scroll of seals. I went along with it since I remembered doing the same thing on my first time here. I'm supposed to take him the scroll to the woods at midnight as a second chance to graduate." Naruto said shocking the elder Hokage. Mizuki was an instructor at the academy, working around the future of the village, and he was a traitor. This night really was a lot to take in.
"Naruto-kun, do you feel like you can fight Mizuki?" Sarutobi asked receiving a nod from Naruto.
"From what I remember of him he is a very low level chunin, I should be able to defeat him like I am." Naruto replied.
"Okay, take the scroll and meet Mizuki as planned, but instead of giving him the scroll, apprehend him. Be careful Naruto-kun." Hiruzen said before Handing Naruto the scroll.
Naruto took the scroll and left the office, intent on figuring out just what he could still do before meeting Mizuki.
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