Naruto spent the rest of the night being comforted by his parents and explaining everything to them. Luckily, they didn't have any reason to expel their chakra, so they had plenty of time with their son.

"I just don't know what to do. I can't go around shouting that I'm from the future without seeming like a crazy person, but without Kurama, I'm going to need all the help I can get." Naruto sighed.

"Naruto, no one is going to think you're crazy. Right now you're a young child; the worst anyone will think is that you have an overactive imagination." Kushina said, smiling as she finished. "Look, you convinced us; I'm sure you can convince Hiruzen."

"But that's different! You guys are my parents. Besides, you're stuck in my head so it's not like you could send me to Interrogation if you thought I was some enemy shinobi that had taken control of your son." Naruto replied.

"There are plenty of ways of proving that you're telling the truth Naruto. You can show him the Rasengan or even have a Yamanaka Mind-Walk you if it comes to that. And we'll be here to help you. We should last for a couple days at least so long as we don't use any of our chakra." Minato assured his son. "I trust Hiruzen, Naruto. I know he'll do the right thing."

"... But what about changing things? The more people know, the bigger the changes and everything could go way worse than last time." Naruto asked, still not quite convinced.

"Hiruzen has been a ninja for a long time. He knows how to be subtle." Minato chuckled softly before sobering. "Things are going to be different Naruto. There's no stopping that fact. You just have to use the information you've gained as best you can."

"Besides, I want you to have someone you can speak honestly with." Kushina said. "I don't want you to spend your life hiding who you truly are from everyone around you."

"Yeah... yeah, you're right." Naruto nodded. "I'll talk to him in the morning."

"Great! Until then, why don't you tell us about some of your friends?" Kushina asked.

Naruto was on his way to the Academy. The Hokage's office was at the top floor of the building. He had spent the last few hours trading stories with his parents. It had mostly kept his mind off of the fact that Kurama was gone. Earlier they had discussed the fact that he might revive at some point as Bijuu are known to do. They didn't know for sure given that his yang chakra was still sealed in Minato inside of the Shinigami's stomach and the manner in which he "died" was something never seen before. Even if he did come back, he definitely wouldn't want to be sealed again.

Naruto sighed and shook the thoughts from his head. Instead he focused on how odd it was to be a kid again. Moving around was a little weird, but was still kind of second nature so it wasn't a big deal. The thing that made him most uncomfortable was how huge everything seemed from his perspective. It was pretty intimidating only coming up to most people's waist when he stood up straight.

The cold shoulder and occasional glare he received from the villagers was another unwelcome side effect of his trip through time. It didn't really bother him all that much, but he would miss the smiles and waves he was constantly sent in the future.

It took him longer than he expected, but he finaly made it to the large building. Despite all the assurances his parents had given him, he was suddenly very nervous. He took a deep breath and steeled his nerves before making his way up.

"Hey Oji-san, I hope you don't have anything special planned for today, because I've got something important to talk to you about!" Naruto exclaimed as he burst through the door.

Sarutobi eyebrows rose in surprise at the intrusion. As did the genin team that were in the middle of getting a mission.

"Err... I'll come back once you're done." Naruto awkwardly said before backing out of the room.

Once the team had gone, Naruto entered the office again.

"Good morning Naruto." Hiruzen offered as he folded his hands atop his desk.

"Hey old man." Naruto greeted the Hokage.

"Now, tell me; what was so important that you felt it necessary to skip class for?" The Sandaime asked, not unkindly.

"Um... well, it's kinda something only you should hear. So if you have any Anbu watching or anything, could you send them away?" Narutp asked. As soon as he was done talking, he felt Hiruzen's chakra reach out and touch his own, probably to confirm he wasn't an enemy nin in a henge.

"Of course Naruto." The Sandaime said before sending his guards away with some short had signals. "We're alone now."

"Okay. What I'm about to tell you is going to sound unbelievable, but I swear it's all true and I can prove it so please don't interrupt." Naruto said all in one breath.

"Calm down Naruto. Just explain things slowly." Hiruzen chuckled.

Naruto took a deep breath before meeting the old man's eye.

"I'm from the future."

"..."

"... Well?" Naruto asked when he got no reply.

"You said not to interrupt." The Hokage replied calmly.

I know what you're thinking. "These chapters are so short." Well I'll have you know that this one was actually longer than the first one, and the next one will probably be longer than this one. You guys get to watch me as I grow into someone who is less indecisive about his writing. By the end of this, I could be writing normal sized chapters that I haven't deleted 7 times to rewrite.