Arriving in the past
When Naruto woke up it wasn't squashed between Sasuke and Sakura like he had grown so acustomed too. It is in his appartment from back when he was a genin, meaning the seal worked. After a minuet of just relishing in the the nostlgia he relished in the familiar sensation of entering his mindscape. Once in the sewer it had been back before he had learned to change it for Kurama Naruto made his way to his seal to see....
"Uhh Kura you okay in there?"
He asked nevously towards where he could see Kurama back in the cage he'd been in before Naruto broke the seal.
"Just brake the seal already fishcake"
He grumbled to the blond who had an offended look at being called a fishcake.
"You know what maybe I'll just leave you in there"
He said as he turned to leave, only to smirk before turning back to look at the fox after hearing his last sentence.
"Wait wait let me out ok ok I won't call you fishcake just let me out already kit"
Naruto smiled as he walked up to the seal while saying
"See that wasn't so bad now was it Kura"
He said as he pulled the seal off.
"Yeah yeah thanks bra-"
Kurama trailed off so Naruto turned to see what had distracted him only to see him staring at Naruto's parents who were looking at the two of them with wide eyes.
"Ohh hehe hi tou-san hi kaa-san"
Naruto said in a nervous voice rubbing atthe back of his neck sheepishly.
"Ok so I assume you guys want an explanation"
"Umm yeah we want an explanation mister "
His mom said in a threatening tone while his dad only nodded.
"For starters i'd like to know why you look so old when I know your suposed to only be 13"
She said while looking him over from head to two.
"Ok so this is going to sound insane so just bare with me here..."
Naruto then went on to explain everything that had happened in the future from the invasion during the chunin exams to kaguya being revived and chasing the rookie nine across all the elemental nations before they hunkerd down on Uzusio after raising the barier on the island and managing to keep Kaguya out up until when they used the seal to come back.
Ino sprang upright the second she woke up and looked around her childhood room taking notice of the design of it. She had redesigned it after she graduated meaning they had made it back before graduation. It worked.
FUCK YES!!!
Sukaku shouted in her head. GET ME SOME FUCKING SAND.
Shut up all ready I'm getting it for fucks sake.
Ino grumbled in her head.She went down to the store room and two bags of sand immediately burst open and the sand started to Trail up her right side before forming Shukaku's head on her shoulder.
"You know how to make a special manipulation seal?"
"What do you take me for an idiot?"
"No" Ino chirped "Just an egotistical asshole"
"Hey"
"Ino"
Shukaku’s sand head disassembled itself, instead making a layer of sand armor underneath Ino’s clothes.
You couldn’t have waited two minutes for me to open the bags the usual way, huh?
You should’ve moved faster!
Ino rolled her eyes, shoving the ruined sacks behind the others.
“In here, Tou-chan! I thought I heard something!”
She turned, heading out into the main area of the flower shop and oh she was not ready to see Tou-chan again.
I thought his food was the best, huh? Get the fuck going!!
Ino took a deep breath, snorting at the end at Shukaku. And you say you’re not caring, tanuki.
Shut up!
Ino laughed, following Tou-chan.
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Shikamaru grinned, recognizing his ever-unchanging room from before Konoha had been destroyed. Kokuo?
Safe and sound, Shika-kun, Kokuo answered.
Shikamaru smiled, flopping back onto his bed to sleep for a while longer.
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Sasuke slammed his eyes shut the moment they opened, groaning. The good news was that he was in Konoha. The bad news was that he knew that ceiling, and it wasn’t from before the Massacre. Fuuuck.
Get up already, I think there’s more pressing problems!
Yeah, yeah, I’m moving. Sasuke rolled his eyes, standing and stretching, checking his chakra- FUUUUUUUCK. He knew exactly why Matatabi had said there were more pressing problems, and his suspicions were only confirmed when he ran to the bathroom.
After all, there was only one kind of purple Dojutsu.
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Choji smiled at the small- well comparatively small- six-tailed slug that had leaked out of his arm and curled over his shoulder.
“It worked.”
Saiken smiled back.
“It did! Kurama seems to still be sealed, but the rest are all here!”
Choji chuckled.
“Naruto’ll fix that soon enough, if we know him at all.”
A moment later, Saiken laughed, a bright burbling sound.
“You have been proven correct!”
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Shino smiled, his bugs running over his hands. Torune’s were already present, making it late Academy years, closer to Genin, but he did not have a scar on the back of his hand, so not long into Genin if at all.
Aww, I never got to see these little guys up close! Chomei cooed at the bugs. Adorable!
Shino’s smiled widened. He and Chomei had been paired up for good reason, and their shared bug and beetle motif would help avoid suspicion. They are.
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Sakura stared at the mirror, jaw dropped. A very familiar diamond-shaped seal was still firmly in place on her forehead, and that Would Not Do.
Isobu chuckled. We did preserve as much of your chakra and abilities as we could, even if your physical prowess won’t be quite up to par yet.
Sakura shook her head, smirking. Thank you, Isobu. She placed a Henge over her forehead, amazed at how unlike herself she looked like with her longer hair and without the seal. The only other question was when EXACTLY she and the others had landed. Before the Wave C-rank, evidently, but other than that she couldn’t narrow it down much. It was probably a safe bet that she was still at the Academy, though. Do the others know when we are?
I have not heard, but we all arrived safely. Kurama is free, as well.
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Hinata laughed, standing on the roof of the Hyuuga compound. Everyone was alive again, chakra thrumming all throughout Konoha, and it was amazing . Even Neji’s old anger was a comfort, making her wipe away tears. She and the rest of the Rookie Nine were all safe, and with Gyuki’s help she could feel the other eight time-travelling Bijuu with their new Jinchuurikis, safe and sound.
“HINATA!!”
Oops. Of course, with there being people around and Hinata being… she estimated eleven or twelve, people would be looking for her when she wasn’t in her room. Which she was not.
Gyuki laughed at Hinata’s abrupt reminder of when and where she was. Don’t keep them waiting, little Jinchuuriki.
Hinata smirked at Gyuki’s words before taking a deep breath and schooling her expression and, to a certain extent, her chakra into something at least closer to when she was younger. She hopped down where there was nobody present, quickly making her way to the shout. “Otousan.” She bowed slightly, smiling gently. “Good morning.”
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Kiba woke up curled around Akamaru, and he grinned. Akamaru was small again, so Genin years was the likely landing point. Hey, SG!
Kiba! Son Goku roared happily.
Kiba laughed as well, sitting up and waking Akamaru. “Hey boy, you there?”
Akamaru yipped in a code only used during the Fourth War, immediately proceeding to lick Kiba’s face off.
Kiba grinned, nuzzling the dog- now puppy- back.
“Glad that worked!”
He sniffed the air, seeing if- oh, he knew exactly what day it was. That was a smell for few occasions, only a few of which had happened when he was in the eleven to twelve range, only two of which Hana was present for, and only one of which was in the spring.
That does smell good, doesn’t it… Son Goku hummed, grinning.
Kiba ran down the hallway, skidding into the kitchen.
"GRADUATION EXAM DAY FUCK YEAH."
"NO SWEARING"