Chapter 2
Iruka was really worried now, normally when he used his big-head jutsu everyone was shocked awake but Naruto hadn't even made a peep, even Shikamaru was awake now.
Strangely enough, nobody noticed that shy little Hinata also hadn't made a sound, or that she was even unconscious in the first place. Then again she was normally so quite that even if she was awake the only way you could get her to speak was to ask her a direct question. Even Mizuki hadn't seen the fact that Hinata was also unconscious, he was just happy that something was wrong with the demon boy. Even Kiba, the boy infatuated with Hinata, didn't seem to notice.
In Naruto's mindscape, little Naruto woke up in a sewer like environment, "Wha,.. Where is this?" Naruto thought to himself. He had just decided to take a look around to see if there were any exits when he started to hear breathing. Deciding that the thing breathing heavily might know something more, he decided to investigate. So he followed the sound of heavy breathing, and came to a gigantic gate from which the sound came. As he inched closer and closer, the breathing became more erratic. Just before he would be close enough to be caught by the still crazed Kyuubi a voice called out, "I wouldn't do that if I were you".
Naruto turned around and fell back in shock, here before him stood the Yondaime and a buxom beauty," Y-Y-Yondaime-sama!" stuttered Naruto. The Yondaime look-alike chuckled," Nope, sorry, I'm not our dad."
Now naruto was utterly confused, "Huh?" he stated oh so eloquently.
The redhead next to the Yondaime look-alike said while hitting him over the head, "Stop tormenting yourself, this will be so much easier if you don't."
"Alright, alright, ruin my fun why don't you" said the look-alike with a pout that made even Naruto chuckle. Not giggle, chuckle a giggle is not manly at all.
He turned around to Naruto, "I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, Last living Kage of the Shinobi Alliance and next to me is the lovely Kyu-chan, also known as the most feared demon on this plain of existence, the Kyuubi no Kistune. Behind those bars is the same Kyuubi, but do stay away for a little while longer as she will still try to kill you because she's under the effect of a genjutsu made by a man named Madara Uchiha." said the adult Naruto.
"Now just one question, what day is it today?"
"Two weeks before the genin exam." said a now even more confused young Naruto.
"Okay so only a week off target, not so bad if I do say so myself."
"What do you mean not so bad? You said you were certain you could get us back to the right time! We could have died!" screamed the redhead.
"It worked didn't it?" pointed out the older Naruto childishly, even with his 20 years of age, he could still act like a child, however the real child was getting tired of Naruto's attitude and the constant bickering he got into with this Kyu-lady.
"COULD SOMEBODY EXPLAIN WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE!" screamed the young Naruto.
"Alright, settle down, Kami I didn't know I was such an obnoxious loudmouth when I was young."
"Hey!"
"What, I tell it as I see it? Anyway, just stay quiet and let me explain. We came from the future, yes the future. You see, where I come from everyone but I had died during a war that will start in a few years. In this war everybody who is precious to us dies, even Hinata-chan was going to die." said a now gloomy Naruto.
'"Hinata-chan? You mean that weird girl that always faints around me?"
"Oh god I still can't believe I was this clueless, yes Naruto that Hinata, Hinata Namikaze Uzumaki, our wife."
At this the younger Naruto went bug-eyed.
"But that isn't what's important, what's important now is that you and I need to merge."
"What do you mean merge and why should I? It sounds creepy. You're going to eat me aren't you? I knew it your just a ghost trying to take over." Exclaimed younger Naruto suddenly starting to panic slightly. After all even though he tried to hide it, Naruto was scared to death of ghosts.
"No no no, I'm not going to eat you. Merging means that you incorporate you and your older self, me, into one being which includes gaining my memories as well as my chakra. Do be careful though your combined personality will be more your old self than your young self but with this we can stop the destruction of Konoha and the death of all your friends." Explained Naruto.
"I will have friends, and even a wife?" asked young Naruto with a hopeful maybe even pleading voice.
"Yes we will, and they'll all like you very much but if we don't do something they'll all die, even Hinata-chan, I will not let that happen again!" said the elder Naruto with conviction.
"So let me get this straight, if we merge I will get your memories and chakra but my personality will change?"
"Yep, that's the gist of it." said the elder Naruto.
"But I will still be the dominant personality, right?"
"Well... we're not entirely sure, this has only been done once and it never was documented. I remember someone doing such a thing but I never did see the result." said Kyu.
"So you don't even know if it worked?" asked both Naruto at the same time.
"Well, I heard that there weren't too many casualties in that war so I assumed it did. It was either that or the kid had even more luck than you do. Though I do remember his enemies being inbred idiots as well so th…"
"We're getting off topic again. Now we need to merge and quickly, otherwise Iruka-sensei will really start to worry and might do something to stop it." said the elder Naruto.
"One last question... will I really have friends and become Hokage?" asked young Naruto hope evident in his voice.
"Yes Naruto we will, after we merge you will see for yourself." Said Naruto, before stepping forward and to hug the child.
Meanwhile in Hinata's mindscape...
The older Hinata was also having problems, though of a different kind and they all started the moment young Hinata saw her elder self.
"MOMMY! I missed you, why did you have to leave me?" called a now weeping Hinata.
At this point the elder Hinata blanched, she hadn't thought about this response at all, she was over her mothers' death. But now that she thought it over, she could see where her younger self would get the idea from. She hated herself for bursting her bubble but she had to.
"I'm sorry dear, but I'm not your mother."
"Y-Y-Y-You're n-n-n-not? Then w-w-w-who are you?" said younger Hinata backing away.
"Relax dear; I'm no threat to you. Kiba maybe but not you."
"A-a-again, w-w-who are you?"
"My name is Uzumaki Namikaze Hinata"
"U-U-Uzumaki, as in Naruto-kun"
"Yep" said the elder Hinata, still astounded that her younger self didn't ask questions about her having the name Hinata but having the name Uzumaki, "Oh god, was I really like that before?" thought Hinata.
And then it dawned on the younger version, she and the woman who she confused for her mother had the same first name and looked similar to each other, "You-you-you are m-m-me and y-y-you are the w-w-wife of N-N-Naruto-kun?" at this point she fainted.(Yes she even faints in her own mind.) Hinata sighed again, why oh why did she have to faint so much.
Now Hinata had to wait till her younger version returned to the land of the living, seeing as she didn't have any smelling salt or anything with her. Hell if she hadn't known how to use her mindscape she would've been here naked, a good impression that does not make, though maybe with Naruto… Shaking her head the elder Hinata focused away from her perverted thoughts and made to wake up the child by shaking her.
It still took her ten minutes in the mindscape before the younger Hinata finally regained consciousness. Immediately after regaining her senses, young Hinata started blushing again; luckily the elder Hinata stopped her before she could faint again.
"Now what do you suppose Naruto would think if he saw you like that?"
The younger Hinata looked down and started tapping her index fingers together. (B/N: If anyone knows a better way of explaining that cute finger pokey thing she does pm me please.)
"Okay, now that you stopped with the fainting, do you have any questions?" asked the elder Hinata.
"W-W-Well ummmm... you a-a-and N-N-Naruto-kun?"
'Yes Naruto and I are married and even bonded for life";" we are also bonded with the Kyu." She added with a whisper so her younger version wouldn't freak out too much.
"But I thought the Kyuubi was dead."(She stops stuttering because she's not thinking about it.)
"No that was just a lie, she was sealed inside my dear husband, and those bastard villagers treated him like scum because of it!" said a now agitated elder Hinata.
Suddenly all the stares and glares and name-calling started making sense to young Hinata.
"But he isn't the Kyuubi, is he?"
"No he's not."
"S-So why a-a-and how are y-y-you here t-t-then?"
"Ah now we get to the point of the matter. You see my husband and Kyu-chan and I..."
"Wait, Kyu-chan?" she interrupted, now confused again," I t-t-thought it was an e-e-e-evil demon?"
"Kyu-chan is a woman not an it and she's no more evil than I am. You see, it wasn't really her fault. Two men named Madara and Orochimaru, you don't need to know more about them for the moment just know that they are bad people and that they put a genjutsu on her so that she would attack the village. And now she is also bonded with both Naruto and me so I would suggest that you don't call her "it" again"
"S-S-Sorry, I didn't m-m-mean to of-of-offend you."
"You didn't dear, it's just that with the bond and all we're pretty protective of each other, now where were we? Ah yes, so as I was saying we decided that the war had cost us all far too much, I was dying at the time and all of our friends and family had already been killed so we decided that we would go back in time to correct it all."
"W-W-What do you mean?"
"Well... you see Naruto uses a technique called the Hiraishin no jutsu."
"The Hiraishin!? As in THE Hiraishin created by the Fourth!?"
"Yes that one. He used it to create a portal which, instead of sending him from one place to another, it would send us all back in time. Then according to Kyu-chan we would meet with our younger selves and merge together."
"M-M-M-Merge?"
"Yes merge. Basically you would get all my memories, my chakra and parts of my personality so that we, together with Naruto-kun and Kyu-chan, will be able to save our precious people and maybe even make the world a better place. Will you allow us to merge?"
"Ummmmm…"
"It's okay to be a little bit scared Hinata but we really do have to hurry up. At the moment nobody has probably noticed us passing out because Naruto gathers more attention, but if it got out that we both were out at the same time it could get ugly because then the villagers would think Naruto did something to us."
"Naruto-kun would never hurt us!"
"I know but you heard what the villagers think of him. So will you do it?"
"Hai, I will, I will not let Naruto-kun go through this alone."
And with this the two linked hand in front of each other and the older Hinata faded and a wind blew through young Hinata and her garden full of flowers. Then the headache came.
Back in Naruto's mindscape...
The two still stood in front of each other. They were about to link hands when another voice decided she had to be heard.
"Hey what about me?"
"Huh?" said both Naruto's oh so eloquently.
"Don't I get I say in this?"
"Uhh... not really stupid furball. You see, if we merge than that will mean that Kyu-chan here will also merge with you but you don't really have a say in the matter, and turn back into your human form I know you can." said the elder Naruto.
"What did you just call me?!" yelled the enraged fox.
"You heard me you damn furball, you will only get respect when you finally calm down, but since that won't normally happen for another 3 years, you don't get a choice. If he and I merge then Kyu-chan will also merge with you and will break the genjutsu that's holding you." said the elder Naruto.
"So, you ready?" he said, once more turning to his younger counterpart and ignoring the fox.
The young naruto just nodded and when they locked hands the younger self seemed to fade into the elder one. But that wasn't all, the entire mindscape changed, a wind seemed to blow through the sewer cleaning it up, a giant grass field started to grow over it, and an enormous tree erupted in the middle of the now grass covered clearing . You could even see some mountains on the horizon as also a huge orange bunny was hopping there, but let's not think about that. And then the headache came.
Both Hinata and Naruto woke up at the same time but since everybody was hanging over Naruto, and Iruka was right above him, Naruto smashed his head right into him and cried out in pain. Luckily, or unlucky considering the already splitting headache, the outcry did drown out the small whimper Hinata also made.
"Naruto, are you okay?" asked Iruka concern evident in his voice.
"Yeah, just fine Iruka-sensei." said a now grinning again Naruto, Oh how he hated having to put up this stupid mask again. "Just fell asleep again, didn't get enough sleep because I was thinking about all the cool pranks I was gonna be able to pull after I graduate next time."
"Tschhhh you really had me worried there for a moment Naruto, you normally wake up directly." said a now very relieved Iruka, apparently there was nothing wrong with Naruto, he was still the same old dunderhead.
"Sorry Iruka-sensei." said Naruto with his best puppy-dog look.
"Okay, now that this disturbance is cleared up, back to business" called Iruka. This was met with an collective groan, two of which only came for having a splitting headache.
The rest of the day was just another day at the academy, Naruto never had the chance to talk to Hinata to see if she had gotten her memory back as well. Luckily they had anticipated this and had decided that if it succeeded they would meet at their usual spot at 4:00 PM.
After class was finally over both slipped away and made for their little hide-out atop the Fourths head.
Authors note:
Hey it's me again, I hope you like the way they got back their memories, I didn't want the older versions to just take over but for it to be a mutual agreement this way later on they can also still act childlike if they had to.
Just so you know the team 7 bashing will be here in a few chapters so any Sasuke, Sakura or Kakashi fans, I'm sorry to disappoint, also a little Kiba bashing will come along (though Kakashi will come around so only bashing for a little bit)
Constructive critism is always welcome. Flames will be used to cook my cookies that I will then seduce you with to the dark side.
please review
B/N: Review or I'll have to train your local squirrels to steal your nuts. Oh and thank Kami there's no more younger self older self-junk, it's needed for the plot but hard to describe and not sound completely redundant.