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Chapter 6
After rejoining the rest of the group, they finally make it to the finish line just as dusk was setting in. Quickly, Naruko is rushed off to a back room so that Naru could remove the seal before too much damage was done, but is interrupted by a familiar face.
"And just who might you be?" Kakashi questions as he approaches Naru.
"Come on sensei, you don't recognize me?" Naru says back playfully.
"So it seems that both of you are here. Future Sakura isn't running around somewhere is she?"
"Nope, it's just us two. Sensei, would you do me a favor?"
"And what would that be?" Walking up to her sensei, Naru whispers the details in his ear, making his one visible eye open wide. "Very well, I won't let anyone enter the room."
"Thank you Kakashi-sensei." After putting Naruko down on a table in the center of the windowless room, Naru shoos the older Sasuke away. Taking out a kunai, Naru makes a cut on her arm, making sure to draw plenty of blood. Quickly, Naru paints complicated looking symbols on her younger self's body with the crimson liquid. Finally satisfied with her work, Naru closes her eyes and allows the kyuubi's chakra to take over her body, making her skin and clothes shine like the sun, the whisker marks on her face thickening and becoming more prominent, her eyes turning crimson and her hair turning into golden fire. Hastily she forms a long string of hand seals before finally yelling out, "Seal: curse removal jutsu!" A loud thunder-like bang echoes off the wall, making Kakashi and Sasuke who were waiting outside the door jump in surprise and run into the room, what they see makes their jaws drop. Before them is the younger Naruko lying on the table, the curse mark gone and a glowing Naru. Seeing the two, Naru quickly dismisses the kyuubi's chakra and returns to normal.
"W-what was t-that?" Sasuke questions.
"Teme, stuttering doesn't suit you," Naru laughs but quickly becoming serious again. "I completely removed the curse from her and I don't believe there will be any side effects. What you saw is a result of merging my body with the kyuubi's chakra."
"You can control the kyuubi?" Kakashi asks with a hint of disbelief in his voice.
"Yep!"
"So will she be okay?"
"Yes, she should wake up any time…" as if on cue Naruko opens her eyes and sits up with a gasp.
"Sasuke!" she yells out, but after getting her bearings her eyes open wide with surprise. "What's going on? And who are you?" she asks, pointing towards Naru.
"I'll explain everything. Could you two leave us alone?"
"Sure, come on Sasuke, let's let them talk," reluctantly Sasuke allows himself to be ushered out of the room by Kakashi.
"So who the hell are you?" Naru asks loudly the second the door closed.
"I'm you of course."
Unsure, Naruko examines the person before her, taking in every detail including the whisker marks, her blue eyes, her sunshine colored hair and her soft smile. "I'm beautiful!" she exclaims, making her older self blush slightly. "But what happened to me? I remember being in the forest and there was this creepy snake looking guy and I think he bit me…"
"That is all correct, the snake's name is, or was Orochimaru. He is one of the legendary sanin and went missing years ago. He placed a cursed seal on you but I successfully removed it before any damage could be done. And you don't have to worry because I've dealt with him and his lackey so they won't be bothering you guys ever again."
"What about the exams?"
"Before you can move onto the final round you must pass a preliminary round. Your fight will be starting soon so we don't have much time to talk, but you will be facing Kiba and you have to win before you can enter the finals. Don't worry, it will all work out," she says reassuringly after seeing the worried look on her younger self's face.
"Will you be watching?"
"I'm afraid not, I've got some things to discuss with the hokage and with Sasuke. The last time I saw him we kinda had a fight so we need to talk."
"Can I ask one thing?"
"Sure."
"Do Sasuke and I end up together in the future? Ever since Sasuke came here he is always so protective of me and always poking me in the forehead. It's the same with teme, it's like he's changed and is so much nicer to me."
"Naruko," Naru's voice quiet, "I'm going to tell you something that you cannot repeat and you can't let your emotions get out of hand. Where I come from, Sasuke isn't the same Sasuke you see now. In the forest, it was him who was supposed to be cursed, resulting in him forsaking the village to obtain power from Orochimaru so he could kill his brother. Sasuke turned into something different he became obsessed with power and revenge and became lost. He killed his brother and then turned his sights on the village."
"Why did he want to destroy Konoha?"
"The real reason his family was killed was to stop a war from starting. Sasuke's brother, Itachi, was forced by the hokage and the elders to murder his entire clan. But Itachi couldn't kill his little brother."
"That is horrible!"
"Yes I know, and because of that Sasuke was going to destroy the village, and I wasn't going to let him. So we fought it out, and after hours of fighting, Sasuke was running out of chakra so I made a decision. I learned from the kyuubi a special jutsu that only you and I can use. So I activated the jutsu and paid the price."
"What was the price?"
"My life."
"Then how are you here?"
"Try not to think about it too much because it will give you a headache. But essentially it is because after I sent Sasuke back to this time period, he began to change the past which in turn started to change the future, resulting in me being alive. You see my body was also engulfed in the jutsu sending me here, I just appeared somewhere else, and once the past was changed enough I came back to life."
"Okay…"
"Now enough talk, you need to get cleaned up so you can kick some ass," Naru laughs.
"Right!"
OoOoOo
"Hokage-sama, there is someone here who wishes to speak with you," an ANBU agent says respectfully as he appears beside the old hokage as he sat in a side room waiting for the semifinals to end.
"Let her in." After opening the door and walking into the quaint room, the hokage's eyes open wide with surprise. "Naruko, is that you?" he asks in disbelief.
"Yep, it's me."
"Are you from the future too?"
"Yes, just like Sasuke I have come from the future."
"How is that possible?"
"It is a special jutsu I learned from the kyuubi. But there are some things I need to discuss with you."
"O-okay, take a seat."
After sitting down, Naru continues, "While in the forest of death, Orochimaru made an appearance and attempted to curse the younger Sasuke, but instead he cursed my younger self. Thankfully I managed to remove the curse."
"What? How is that possible!"
"He managed to disguise himself as a grass shinobi and snuck in, but that isn't all he has done or will do. During the finals for Sasuke and Gaara's match, shortly after it started Orochimaru began his invasion of the village with the help of Suna. During the invasion Gaara lost control of shukaku and took Sakura hostage so Sasuke and I ran after him. While in the stadium everyone is put under a genjutsu while you fight with Orochimaru. Thankfully I manage to stop Gaara and you and Jiraiya stop Orochimaru, but during your fight with him you lose your life. Shortly after Sasuke leaves the village to train with Orochimaru. But in the forest I caught up with Orochimaru and Kabuto and I made sure that they won't be able to hurt anyone. Whether or not the invasion still happens I do not know."
"This is troubling news indeed. But I believe that canceling the exams would only cause more conflict. They exams will continue as planned but I as hokage will change the matchups for the first round of the finals. I will have you enter the exams and you will fight Gaara."
"Can you do that?"
"It seems that the future Sasuke has withdrawn from the exams, we now have an odd number so you will take his place. Sasuke will face the one called Kankuro and you will be matched up against Gaara."
"I understand."
"Is that all?"
"Not quite. I have a request. I know that Jiraiya will offer to train my younger self and I want to go with them while Kakashi and Sasuke-teme will train his younger self."
"Granted, now I do believe that I have some political duties to attend," he says clearly dismissing his guest.
OoOoOo
After her talk with the hokage, Naru easily finds Sasuke sitting beside Naruko's hospital bed, she had been injured in her fight with Kiba but to Sasuke's relief it wasn't bad.
"Naruko, mind if I borrow Sasuke for a little while?" a smile on Naru's face.
"Sure, I don't mind. Jiraiya-sensei said he was going to drop by soon and talk to me about something." Still smiling Naru and Sasuke leave the room and then proceed to leave the village and then continue for several miles before coming to a stop.
"Let's talk," Naru says quietly with her back facing Sasuke.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait and short chapter. A lot of stuff has been happening and I haven't had time to write much these past few weeks. But here is the next chapter and I will update sooner next time. Oh and I've decided that this story is going to have two parts to it! Haha please review and thank you for your continued support!