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Sakura continued to heal Naruto as best as she could, but she knew that there was no way that Naruto would have enough energy to block the next attack.

She watched in sickening fascination as the Ten Tail made an even larger Tailed Beast Ball, the ball covering the sky above them as the ninjas of the Allied Shinobi Forces were scrambling around to carry out Shikamaru's final plan. Sakura had to admit that the plan was quite ingenious, fighting the quality of the Tailed Beast Ball with quantity by creating thousands of Doton Wall Barriers in order to slow down the blast. However, she doubted that the plan would do any good against the destructive ball of power.

Beneath her hand, Naruto turned towards the medic-nin and smiled. "Hey Sakura?"

"Yes Naruto?"

The blond idiot gave her his signature idiotic grin, "Thanks for being my friend and teammate through everything. You're the best, Sakura."

She held back the tears in her eyes as she smacked the back of Naruto's head and smiled. "Baka, we're gonna get through this. Don't make it sound like we're about to die."

Even as she said those words, Sakura knew that they were doomed. However, Outer Sakura's expression didn't change and she refused to give up the last bit of hope she had. She firmly believed that someone or something would save them or help them escape.

There was something mysterious in Naruto's sapphire eyes as he looked straight at Sakura. "I know. I just want to tell you how much I appreciate you."

Despite the situation, Sakura had to let out a small laugh. "This is very sudden Naruto, what is it? I can definitely tell that you're hiding something."

"Trust me Sakura, it's nothing."

"Nothing." You forgot to tell her that you're about to do a powerful, forbidden jutsu that can potentially be fatal when used. The Nine Tail Fox scoffed at his partner. Kit, are you sure you want to use this jutsu? If we pushed ourselves enough, we could probably help Gyuki deflect the next shot...

"You and I both know that the Ten Tails can just create another Tailed Beast Bomb to destroy us all. And if it unleashes its Tenpenchii technique again, we won't be able to stop it. We've used up too much chakra and you know that too Kurama." Naruto simply replied. He was sitting and studying the scroll that the Nine Tails had given him that contained the forbidden technique. "If we manage to pull of this jutsu, we'll be able to save thousands of lives and we can stop this from ever happening."

...I can't say that you're lying kit. But are you ready to take the risks and go back into the past? Are you prepared to be isolated and hated once again by your entire village? Kurama asked the boy.

Naruto let out a snort. "If I can save the Hidden Leaf from destruction and prevent this entire war from even happening, I'll gladly go through a decade of suffering by myself. Maybe this time around, we can have peace across the world without death and destruction. As for the risks... We're about to die anyways."

An idealist like always Kit. But your selfless ways is what convinced me to work with you anyways.

Naruto folded the scroll and tossed it back to the fox, the scroll disappearing as it flew through the air. "I think I got the gist of it. Forbidden Jutsu: Time Manipulation."

The fox nodded. After this, you will not be able to use that jutsu again. You have only one shot to change the past. I'll also remind you again that though your memories and spiritual energy will be transported back, your physical body and chakra system will still be out of shape and young. You won't be able to use the Rasengan or any of your very powerful jutsu right away, but it will be easier for you to re-learn them.

After hearing this, Naruto groaned. "Great, so I'll have to basically train harder than ever. At least now I know how to use the Shadow Clones to boost my training."

The jinchuuriki stood up and stuck out his fist to the fox. "With you and I as a team, we'll definitely be able to take on the ninja world! Believe it!"

A small chuckle came out of the fox's mouth as he gave a smirk to his comrade and prison guard. Of course Kit. I'll help you every step of the way. But before we actually carry out the jutsu, I'll like to tell you something about the jutsu.

Naruto titled his head. "Like what?"

You can bring back one person with you on this journey. The person that comes back with you will also return to their younger bodies at exactly the same time you do. Do you want to bring someone with you back to the past? I'm sure that your pink haired friend would be...

"No, Kurama." Naruto abruptly said. "I don't want anyone else to be burdened by this."

But Kit, if she came with you, she could help you on your journey. Besides, you're the one that said that your comrades have made you stronger.

"I'll just help her and Sasuke grow faster. I don't want her or anyone else going back into the past knowing that if they failed, the world would end. That is a burden for me and me alone."

Selfless. Maybe a little too selfless. The fox grimaced. Alright Kit. Let's do this.

Sakura was surprised when she saw Naruto weaving his hand to make hand seals. "Naruto, your chakra is exhausted and your body is physically weak! You're in no shape to use another jutsu!"

"Don't worry Sakura." Naruto gave her a small, weak smile. A smile of regret. "This jutsu will be the final jutsu I use."

"What the hell are you saying baka?" Sakura said. Already, she was preparing to hold him down so he wouldn't do anything stupid.

He stared at her before he looked down to focus on his work. "It's a secret jutsu that'll set everything right."

She was tempted to stop him as he continued, but couldn't find herself the will to stop him. Something in his voice told her that he wasn't going to do anything stupid, which was a surprise since he always did something stupid.

There was a moment of silence between them as Naruto continued to make the hand seals and Sakura continued to heal him with the remainder of her chakra. However, that moment was shattered as Sakura looked up and saw that the Tailed Beast Ball was released towards them.

Sakura prayed in the back of her mind that the kami would spare her and her friends, but her prayers went unanswered as the ball came closer and closer to them. Thousands of walls were erected to slow down the ball, but Sakura could see that the walls were being shattered faster than they were being made. She reached out to her teammate and friend and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Sakura-chan. I need you to back up for a moment. I need to do something." Naruto muttered. Nodding, Sakura stepped back away from her teammate.

It was at this moment that Naruto completed his hand seals and slammed his fist into the ground. "Forbidden Jutsu: Time Manipulation."

The spot where Naruto had smashed his fist into began to crack and lines began to shoot out from the crack. The lines surrounded Naruto and Sakura, forming a star shape around the two ninjas. The wind began to whirl and make shrieking noises as the lines began to glow.

"Time Manipulation? Is this some sort of time travel jutsu?" Sakura shouted over the powerful winds. The other ninjas were too distracted on building Doton Wall Barriers to notice that Naruto was doing something strange.

Naruto gave his trademark thumbs up to his teammate. "Yep! Don't worry about me Sakura! I'll change the future for the better! I'll make sure that everyone is safe and that this never happens!"

If she could've punched the blonde, she would've. But the winds were slowly pushing her away from him. "BAKA. IDIOT. If you're going to go to the past, at least take me with you!"

"I can't let you Sakura. I can't let you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. This is something I need to carry by myself. And if I go into the past, you won't even remember this anyways!"

Sakura couldn't believe what she had just heard and hoped that she heard him wrong due to the winds. Looking at his facial expression told the entire story, but even then she couldn't allow this to happen. We're a team. Even if Naruto doesn't want me to go, I'm going with him. Besides, who else would look after that idiot?

Using the last of her strength, she pushed against the wind and walked towards her teammate. In front of her, she could see the Tailed Beast Ball coming closer and closer as the Bee was unable to deflect the Ball away from the Allied Forces. Gritting her teeth, she hurled herself towards Naruto and grabbed him by the shoulder at the last second.

The entire world was suddenly lit up by the Tailed Beast Ball and the two teammates closed their eyes from the flash.

When they opened their eyes, they weren't dead, but in a different place.

Naruto Uzamaki woke up to the sun glaring down onto his face. Immediately, he sat straight up and looked out his window. Instead of a Konoha being reconstructed, the Konoha in front of him was completely intact. At the sight of this, Naruto opened his window and let out a loud yell of joy, prompting some neighbors and civilians on the streets to glare at him. To double check, Naruto ran to his closet and checked his physical appearance on the mirror. He was at least half a foot shorter and looked physically weaker than before.

"Looks like we've succeeded Kurama." Naruto said to the fox. "We're back in the past."

You'll need to figure out just what time period you're in currently. For all you know, Sasuke could've already left and you're about to leave on your training trip with that old pervert.

A small smile crept onto Naruto's face. Ero-Sannin. He's still alive! And this time, he'll stay alive.

"I don't know for sure, but I guess I'll head down to the Academy first and go on from there."

He opened his refrigerator in order to eat some breakfast and was met with the a rotten smell. Pinching his nose, he pulled out the only thing in the refrigerator other than some bread. "Sour milk. Why does this seem so familiar?"

Naruto slammed his fist into his palm in realization. "Right! The day that I became part of Team Seven! I had that stupid expired milk and bread for breakfast since that was all that was left in the refrigerator!"

Funny how you managed to figure out what day is today just by that. You could've just looked at the calender and checked the date. Kurama mused.

"Thanks for telling me now Kurama." Naruto grumbled.

Shaking his head, Naruto threw out the milk and chewed on some of the bread. "I really need to shop for better food to fill up my refrigerator. Last thing I want is diarrhea again."

"Sakura! Wake up and eat your breakfast! You're gonna be late on your first day!"

Sakura Haruno rubbed her eyes and yawned. She looked around and froze once realized that she was in her room, in her own bed.

Which should've been impossible because her house and her room were blown up when Pein attacked the Hidden Leaf Village... Unless...

"I'm back in the past." Sakura said to herself. "So the idiot did send us back into the past."

Or at least, tried to send himself into the past. I grabbed him hoping that I would be sent back also...

She recalled the last few moments before the blinding light and clenched her fist. "That idiot! Trying to come back into the past by himself and doing everything himself... I'm going to punch that baka the next time I see him."

After throwing off her covers and jumping off the bed, she walked into the bathroom to wash up. In doing so, she came face to face with a much younger version of herself in the mirror. Yep, definitely in the past.

Sakura washed up quickly and made her way downstairs, nearly running into her mother in the kitchen.

"Sakura! I know you're excited for your first day as a ninja, but you should be careful a bit!" Mebuki Haruno scolded her daughter. "You almost made me drop the miso soup!"

"Sorry mom." The young Sakura sheepishly replied. "But first day as a ninja?"

Mebuki rolled her eyes at her daughter. "Your first day as a Genin! You were all excited about it yesterday, telling me how you passed that entrance exam. You were also gushing on and on about that Uchiha boy and how you're confident you'll be teamed with him and win him over!"

Hearing those words made Sakura turn tomato red. God my younger self was such a fan girl. "Do you know when I have to get to the academy by?"

Her mother glanced at the clock. "Around 15 minutes?"

Sakura rushed to the dining table and shoveled food in to her mouth with only one thought running through her head.

That idiot is going to have a hole in his head after I'm done with him.

Not knowing that Sakura was also in the past with him, Naruto walked into the classroom carefree and lighthearted. After finding out that he woke up a little early, Naruto decided to change up his uniform a bit to look less colorful. His new outfit consisted of a black jacket with some orange on the sleeves with black shorts, similar to what Sasuke had worn during the Chunin exams. He also had the Uzumaki symbol on the back of his jacket. He earned a few odd stares due to his new clothes, but Naruto didn't mind as he strolled down the aisle to take a seat.

He took a seat right next to Sasuke, grinning at the raven haired boy. The last Uchiha only stared at him strangely and turned away to look outside the window as usual.

Naruto silently thought into his mind. Look! He's a kid now.

You're also 12, so you're also a "kid."Kurama snorted in Naruto's mind.

Right, but I have the memories and experience of a 17 year old. Naruto shot back. Now I need to think of a way to prevent him from leaving the village and getting the "avenger" mode out of his head...

"Naruto!"

The blond ninja turned towards the voice to see his favorite, and only, pink haired ninja. Though he was full aware that she didn't think too highly of him until after the Land of Waves mission. "Oh hey Sakura-chan! I'll move aside since you probably want to sit next to Sasu..."

His words were cut short as the pink haired girl punched him squarely in the face. "SHANNARO!"

All the other Genins watched in awe as a yellow and black blur shot out of the classroom, broke through the window, and landed at the front of the Academy's entrance. Sakura still had steam rising from her hands as she stared at her handiwork. Ok, maybe I went a little too overboard.

She looked around and when she realized that everyone was staring at her, she took a seat next to Sasuke and kept her head down. Though, she managed to make eye contact with the young Uchiha. Sasuke stared at Sakura as he picked the pieces of glass out of his hair and clothes. However, his usual gaze of annoyance to the fan girl was replaced with a slight hint of approval.

Sakura thought that she would feel glad and relieved at seeing him again. However that was all she felt. She didn't feel any love or affection towards her future to be teammate. Only a tinge of regret and sadness. I'll make sure to work with Naruto to prevent him from leaving, but it makes me wonder why I fangirled over this silent and rude idiot for so long.

Her train of thought was interrupted as Naruto limped back into class, several bruises and scratches on his legs and face. He sighed as he shifted his feet towards the back table and sat down. Wait, I'm pretty sure she didn't punch me that hard on the day we got assigned to our Genin squads.

Maybe you did something differently that caused this. Maybe you were sitting a little too close for Sakura's comfort and she decided to use brute force to make you go away. Kurama suggested.

Naruto nodded in agreement, but he still felt as if something was off. And he realized something was definitely off when Sakura stood up from her seat and slid into the seat next to his.

This definitely didn't happen before. "Uh, Sakura-chan. Are you ok? Are you feeling sick or something?"

It was then that Naruto realized that his future teammate had cut her hair to shoulder length and wore pants instead of her usual Genin dress. What is happening Kurama? Did coming back in time cause this much change already?

Possibly Kit. Though, I think the reason that your pink haired friend is acting like this is because...

"You can drop the act now, Naruto. I remember the Forbidden Jutsu and I can't believe that you almost ditched me!" Sakura whispered under her breath. "Thank kami that I grabbed your shoulder in time. Otherwise, I might've been left behind in the future with you coming back to the past by yourself!"

Naruto gulped. That explained the sudden punch out of nowhere. "Why did you come back with me, Sakura?"

"To help you baka. We're teammates, remember? Team Seven till the end?" Sakura rolled her eyes. "Did you really expect me to stay put while you went back into the past by yourself? Someone needs to look after you and clean up your mess."

"Sorry Sakura..." Naruto mumbled. "I just thought that it would've been better if I dealt this by myself."

"Just... Forget about it. Let's just focus on the present. Or past." Sakura replied. "This time travel thing is really confusing..."

"If Naruto and Sakura can stay silent, I will assign all of you to your jounin instructors." Iruke-sensei shouted in front of the class. This caused a lot of snickering and curious looks toward the two clearly embarrassed students. "Good, now I will read out the team numbers, the three Genin in the team, and the team's jounin."

The sensei began to read the list, announcing all the new teams. Naruto and Sakura already knew the team they would be in, but sat silently and calmly in the back as their names were called.

"Ok... Our next team is Team 7."

"Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto , and Uchiha Sasuke."

This time around, both Naruto and Sakura didn't cheer as the names were called. Instead the duo stayed silent as the rest of the names were called.

They were already silently scheming in their heads and barely realized that class had been dismissed for the day. Before the two left, Naruto turned to his "new" teammate.

"Hey Sakura, I also realized something... Now that we're back in the past, your chest is even smaller than before!"

In Naruto's head, Kurama face palmed and knew what to expect.

A visible tick mark appeared on Sakura's forehead. "SHANNARO!"

AN: Welcome to my Naruto Fanfic! Originally, I wasn't going to write one, but I decided that it was worth a shot. I can't say that I'm the best writer, but I'll try to do my best on this one.

And if you haven't already noticed, this is a Time Travel piece where Naruto and Sakura are both sent back to their Genin years... The events before the Time Travel happened is canon and many canon characters will (hopefully) appear in the story. It is also a NaruSaku story, so if you're not a big fan of that ship, don't be dismayed and keep on reading! After all, maybe you'll like the story even if you don't like the pairing.

Till next time.