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Chapter 3

The next morning Naruko quickly sits up in her bed, her body covered in a cold sweat as her breaths come in eager gasps. Stupid nightmare, always the same, but a sound coming from the other side of the door interrupts her thoughts. Silently Naruko grabs the kunai from under her pillow and slowly opens her bedroom door. Immediately the smell of eggs and bacon fills her nose making her stomach growl with hunger.

"Hope you're hungry," a voice says.

"Sas—Sasuke?" Naruko asks as she drops her kunai. "What are you doing in my kitchen, and why are you cooking?" Looking around her small apartment, Naruko gasps as she sees blankets and a pillow piled on her couch. "Did you sleep here?"

"Hope you didn't mind, I needed somewhere to sleep," he replies casually. "Sit and eat before it gets cold."

"O—okay." Doing as she was told, Naruko sits down at the small table and eats the food Sasuke had prepared for them. "How did you get in here?"

"I'm a shinobi, it wasn't hard," he laughs.

"Oh yeah…"

"You were having a nightmare, what was it about?" he asks after a few moments of awkward silence.

"It's nothing."

"Sometimes it helps to talk about it."

After a few minutes of silence and of Naruko poking at her food with her fork, she finally speaks. "It's always the same. I'm running through the streets as everything is on fire and dead bodies everywhere. I finally reach Hokage tower only to find everyone dead, Sakura, Kakashi-sensei, the old man and you, well the younger you. I look around and see myself in a mirror. I'm covered in blood, a kunai in my hand also covered in it. I see myself smile, but I've got fangs and red eyes, I look like a demon," tears starting to leak out of her eyes and drop onto the table.

"Have you always had those nightmares?" he asks quietly.

"No, they started right after the mission to the land of waves."

"Naruko," Sasuke says as he gets up and crouches down next to her, his fingers lightly griping her chin making her look him in the eye. "No matter what anyone says, you are not a demon. In my time you are regarded as a hero and everyone looks up to you, and if it weren't for you I wouldn't be here right now trying to change the war-torn future I come from."

"You mean I invent time travel?" her eyes open wide with shock.

"Yes, I don't know how you did it, but you successfully invented time travel."

"Wow!" the sadness gone from her eyes. "I'm so badass in the future!" she proclaims as she stands up on her chair with her fist in the air, Sasuke laughing.

"Come on, finish your breakfast. The chuunin exams start tomorrow and you still have a lot of training to do," he says as he gently pokes her forehead.

After quickly finishing breakfast and after cleaning up, the two meet the rest of the group at the usual spot in the training grounds. "Okay, same as yesterday. The exams start tomorrow and there is still a lot left to do. So get training!" Kakashi exclaims as everyone breaks off into their groups.

"What awesome stuff will I be learning today?" Naruko asks in a sing-song voice, the events of her nightmare forgotten.

"I got permission from Kakashi for you to find out about your chakra nature. Take this paper and pour a small amount of chakra into it. Depending what happens after you do that will tell us what your chakra nature is."

"Okay!" Taking it in her hands, Naruko releases a small amount of her chakra into the paper, a small puff of smoke ensuing. After the smoke cleared, Naruko stands there with her hands empty, no sign that the paper ever existed. "So which chakra nature do I have?" Naruko asks curiously.

"Here try again," he responds while holding out another piece of paper. Taking it, Naruko repeats her actions only for the results to be the same. "Wait here a second," with that he disappears. A few minutes later he returns with Kakashi. "Show him." Again, Naruko does what she is told, again with the same result. "What does it mean Kakashi?"

How interesting, he thinks to himself.

"What? Is something wrong?" Naruko asks loudly.

"Nothing is wrong Naruko. It's just that something like this has never happened before so I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I will speak with the hokage. In the meantime Naruko you and Sasuke will join up with the other two and train until I get back. Understood?"

"Yes sensei."

"Good," with that Kakashi disappears with a pop and a puff of smoke. Doing as they were told, Naruko and Sasuke join up with the others.

"Hey teme!" Naruko yells as she approaches the young Sasuke.

"What dobe?"

"Look at this!" Biting her thumbs and drawing blood, Naruko unseals her new weapons, showing them off proudly.

"Hn," he replies, seemingly uninterested.

"Well what have you learned then that's cool?" Naruko asks.

In response, Sasuke slightly bends his knees and places his left hand on his right elbow, his palm facing the ground. "Chidori!" he yells out as lightning envelopes his hand, giving off a noise that sounds like tiny birds chirping. Naruko's eyes opening wide in amazement.

"Wow! That's so cool teme!"

"Will you stop calling me that?" he says coldly as he dispels the jutsu.

"Nope, that's how we can distinguish between you and the older you," she says as she sticks out her tongue.

"Wha—"

"Sasuke, come with me for a moment," his older self interrupts. Reluctantly he follows as they both walk off towards the tree line, leaving Naruko and Sakura alone.

"What is it?"

"Let's talk for a little while," he replies sitting down under the nearest tree, patting the ground next to him.

"About what?" the younger Uchiha asks as he sits.

"There are a few things I want to tell you. Firstly, I want you to promise me something."

"Hn."

"Promise me that no matter what you will do everything in your power to protect Naruko. Let me finish," he quickly says as his younger self was about to interrupt him. "Naruko can be loud and annoying, and most of the time she doesn't think before she acts. But she is skilled and will always have your back no matter what. She will protect her friends even if it means risking her own life. In the future you…no I have done things that I am not proud of and I will always regret. But no matter what I did Naruko was always there for me saying that she was my friend and would do anything for me. It didn't matter how many times I called her horrible names and did unspeakable things to her, she was always there like a light in the darkness that had become my life. So I beg you, do what I could not and protect her, never let her go," he finally finishes as tears glaze his eyes, making them look as though they were made of glass.

"What happens in the future?" he asks, almost too afraid to, his stoic demeanor gone.

"There is one other thing I want you to do for me," he states ignoring his younger self's question. "Forget about Itachi—"

"What! Forget about Itachi! How could you say something like that?" Sasuke yells, quickly scrambling to his feet.

"Calm down!" His older self yells back as he pulls himself back to the ground. "Everything you know is a lie everything is not what it seems. Itachi did not kill the clan out of hatred and lust for power. In truth, he hated killing and bloodshed, all he wanted was to see his little brother grow into a person he could be proud of."

"Then why did he kill everyone?"

"The Uchiha clan was alienated because of certain things that happened in the past, which resulted in sour feelings towards the hokage and elders of the village. The clan was planning a coup d'état and Itachi was giving information to the hokage and ANBU about the coup. It seemed as though another shinobi world war was imminent, so Itachi was ordered to stop the war before it could even start."

"By killing everyone."

"Yes," the older Uchiha responds quietly. "By killing everyone another world war was stopped."

"Then why did he not kill me?"

"He couldn't, your life was more precious to him than his own. He begged to keep you alive, and as a result he was deemed a criminal and forced to leave the village and live his life in exile. Unfortunately I learned all of this too late, so I hardened my heart and set my sights on a new target. I was going to destroy Konoha for all the pain they caused and for what they did to Itachi. But something stopped me…"

"What was it?"

"Naruko did," his voice quiet and heavy with sadness. "That is why I want you to forget about your anger and hatred, become strong so you can protect Naruko and become the man Itachi would have wanted you to become. Do you understand?"

"Yes, but I will always hate the people who forced Itachi to do what he did, I will never forgive them," his voice dripping with hatred.

"Naruko's dream is to become hokage and to change the village. Because of what she is, she is constantly judged and blamed for things that are out of her control, there were times when she was even physically harmed. But even after all that, she has forgiven them and wishes to become hokage to change the village and make it a better place. Protect her and together you two can change the village and stop things such as the Uchiha clan massacre from ever happening again."

"Why is it that the villagers hate her?"

"Because sealed inside of her is the spirit of the nine tailed fox. The night she was born her father and mother sealed it inside of her, saving the village but also costing her parents their lives. Ever since then she has been alone, that is until she became a part of team seven."

"I understand," he younger Uchiha says as he stands a fiery determination in his eyes. "I will never forgive the people that wronged my clan, but I will protect Naruko and help her make the village a better place."

"Thank you," he says as he stands and places his hand on his younger self's head, slightly ruffling his hair, a single tear escaping his eye and running down his cheek. "Thank you." After a few moments of silence he speaks again, "now let's get back to the others."

"Hey teme, where did you and Sasuke go?" Naruko yells loudly as she sees the two exit the forest.

"Come on dobe, show me those swords again and let's see if you know how to use them," he yells back playfully.

"That's enough playing you two," Kakashi interjects as he appears with a pop and a puff of smoke.

"Awww, sensei you're no fun!"

Ignoring her he continues with his speech, "Naruko for the rest of the day you will train with me, while the other two will train with Sasuke."

"Yes!" Sakura squeals out, her excitement of training with the older version of her crush bursting out of its seams.

"Why am I training with you now Kakashi-sensei?"

"Earlier Sasuke had you use chakra paper to find out your chakra nature, am I right?"

"Yes."

"And the paper just seemed to vaporize?"

"Yes."

"Now pay close attention, and do as I do. Understand?"

"Yes sensei."

FlashBack

"Lord Hokage, I need to speak with you about Naruko."

"Yes Kakashi, what is it?"

"Sasuke, the one from the future, was attempting to find out Naruko's chakra nature. When given the chakra paper, Naruko's just disappeared. She repeated the exercise several times and every single time the result was the same."

"How interesting, Kakashi do you know what that means?"

"Forgive me, but I do not."

"Depending on what happens after one pours their chakra into the paper dictates what that person's chakra nature is. But through training highly skilled ninja can master two, sometimes three, different chakra natures by the time they reach the rank of jounin."

"Yes but—"

"The reason why the paper seems to vaporize when Naruko does this is because her chakra nature is all of them."

"What? How is that possible?" a surprised Kakashi exclaims.

"It is probably because of the fox that is sealed inside of her, it gifts her with the ability to potentially master all of the five basic chakra natures. Whether or not she can also master their higher forms is still in question. Test her on this. Because of your sharingan you have been able to learn jutsu from all the chakra natures. See if she can at least do the basic ones, and if she can and with time she will truly become a powerful shinobi."

"Understood."

End FlashBack

A/N: And so ends chapter 3! I hope you all liked it! A special thank you to everyone who reviewed! Oh and credit for Romantic sapp for helping me decide to just call young Sasuke teme to avoid confusion. I tried to make this chapter a bit longer than the previous ones, and from now on I will make future chapters longer as well. Thanks again for all of your support! Will update soon! Oh and if you're looking for a funny story to read, try reading my other story Akatsuki Kittens (yes the plot is over used but I thought it would be fun to write).