Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: Thanks, glad you liked it! I was a little worried how a semi-filler chapter would go, but it seems to have gone pretty well, which I'm happy about.

ZyaireHellsing: You're Welcome! It's one of my favorite things to do!

Naru-Fan: Well, for starters, perhaps a bit, yes, but I hope to rectify that by making it stronger than it was in the show. It was powerful, sure, but I felt that for all of the Bijuu combined, it was a bit weak in proportion.(If you weren't talking about the Juubi's Yokai Chakra Abilities, then I apologize, but I assumed that's what "Yokia" meant.) Secondly, why is it dumb, Minato used the same thing to seal Kurama inside Naruto, in conjunction with a Tetragram Seal. Naruto used the same jutsu and took the Juubi's chakra and put it inside the already existing seal(Which for the sake of the story we'll say can hold that much power). Naruto couldn't have pulled out the Juubi's chakra like he did with Kurama because the Juubi wasn't sealed inside of him at the time. He already had a certain amount of access to Kurama's chakra through his Kyuubi Transformations, but he had no way of accessing the Juubi's chakra. Being eaten by the Juubi would definitely not be ideal, plus that only gave The Gold and Silver Brothers unnaturally large reserves and abilities similar to a jinchuuriki, it didn't make them jinchuuriki.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed, let's get right into the story.

Do You Believe in Second Chances? Chapter 5 - Down With the Traitor!

(AN: Seriously, help. I suck at naming things.)

Edit: I dun goofed. I forgot about Sai. Sorry, Sai. :(

Just looked back at the published version and saw the spacing got messed up real bad. I did not notice that, sorry everyone!

A certain blonde sprinted through Konohagakure no Sato on his way to the Academy. Today was the day! The day they graduated from the academy. Naruto was certainly excited. After all, he may have done this before, but that didn't make it any less exciting. He stepped into the building and noticed with a smile that Sasuke and Hinata were talking. They were now very good friends, which made Naruto happy. At first, both had been hesitant to talk to each other, given their personalities, and their family history, but Naruto left them with no choice. Eventually, they warmed up to each other.

Naruto's relationship with Hinata was a lot better, as well. Pretty much everyone in their class knew they had a crush on each other. But they had agreed to wait until they became ninja to create anything solid, and Naruto knew he would have to eventually face Hiashi, and he was NOT looking forward to that. Naruto took a seat next to Hinata and greeted both her and Sasuke, and they did the same. Well, Sasuke just grunted and nodded. That was his way of saying 'hello', Naruto had learned many years ago. Well, at least, in his timeline it was many years ago. Then, he sighed as he remembered the conversation he had with the Hokage just yesterday.

-Flashback-

Naruto stepped into the Hokage's office. For whatever reason, he had called him here today.

"Ah, Naruto! You're here. Please, sit down." The Sandaime gestured to one of the chairs in the office and Naruto placed himself in the chair and waited for the Hokage to explain. With a sigh, Hiruzen carried on.

"I have noticed a sudden change in your behavior." Naruto's eyes widened a fraction, but the Hokage noticed it. How had he known? Sure, he wasn't as energetic and hot-headed as before, but that sure wouldn't warrant the Hokage's suspicion. Then, it hit him. The crystal ball! He knew he had forgotten something. The Hokage must have used the crystal ball to see him training and his peculiar behavior, such as meditating.

"This drastic change in behavior is a bit worrying to me. Are you alright, Naruto? Did something happen?" The Hokage asked, genuinely worried about the wellbeing of the boy who was like a second grandson to him.

"I'm fine, but thanks for asking, Hokage-sama." Naruto said with a smile. The Hokage took note of how it wasn't as large as his smiles usually were. A sudden thought crossed Sarutobi's mind. Naruto NEVER called him "Hokage-sama." Something must be wrong. He looked down, and, without warning, thrust a kunai at 'Naruto,' aiming for an incapacitating area. To his surprise, though, Naruto dodged the kunai and drew two of his own kunai. No outburst, little surprise in his eyes or movement, he simply held himself in battle stance. There was no way that this was Naruto with the stance he took. It was almost perfect, very few holes, and the holes it did have, he had no doubt would be covered by 'Naruto'.

Naruto's eyes narrowed dangerously as he fingered his kunai, itching to throw it, but deciding to wait until the Hokage's motives were confirmed. If he took the time to attack again, then he was an enemy. This could've been a test. After a few quiet seconds, he relaxed his stance to a normal standing position, but did not put his guard down. The Hokage noticed this.

"Who are you?" The Hokage demanded with a stern voice.

"I'm afraid I don't understand your meaning." Naruto responded, confused.

"I mean, who are you, what do you want, and what have you done with Naruto?" The Hokage said again. Naruto was surprised by the questions, but replied nonetheless.

"Isn't that obvious Hokage-sama? I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I came here because you asked me to."

"The real Naruto would never call me 'Hokage-sama.'" Naruto cursed his own slip-up. The Hokage's ANBU guards got over their shock from the Hokage attacking 'Naruto.' and made to subdue him. Naruto readied his weapons again, but the Hokage told the ANBU to wait.

"I would like to see what he has to say first." Naruto sighed in relief that he wouldn't have to fight the ANBU. He might be strong, but fighting four ANBU and the Sandaime would not be easy.

"I guess you've got me then. I'm not Naruto Uzumaki. Well, at least, not the one you knew." The Hokage rose an eyebrow at that.

"I think this might be easier to explain to you personally." Naruto said, the ANBU were about to refuse, but the Hokage ordered them to leave.

"I can handle this, I'm still Hokage, remember?" The ANBU squad hesitated, but agreed with reluctance and left. As soon as they were gone, Naruto placed a Silencing Seal on the ground. This shocked the Hokage, but he recovered, then asked his question.

"What do you mean you're not the Naruto I knew?" Naruto stayed silent, but closed his eyes and put his head down. He lifted his head and his eyes snapped open, revealing the Rinne-sharingan. The Hokage's eyes widened at the sudden action.

"Tsukuyomi." Naruto whispered. The office disappeared, and was replaced by a blackened sky with a red moon, and a wasteland spanning across the seeable world. The Sandaime could see destroyed buildings and corpses. Then he saw it. The Hokage Mountain in shambles.

"N-Naruto, what is this?" Hiruzen asked, almost sounding horrified. Naruto had changed as well, he was now much taller, and he looked at least 20 years old. The blonde answered with a sorrowful tone.

"This is Konoha in the near future." The Hokage widened his eyes at that sentiment.

"Future? Do you mean that-" Before he could continue Naruto interrupted him.

"Yes. I am from this future. The entire Shinobi World was destroyed." He revealed somberly. Hiruzen was in shock and disbelief. This couldn't happen so soon in the future. It just didn't seem possible.

"H-how did this happen?" It was unnatural, seeing the once great village reduced to shambles. Naruto relayed a few details, making sure to keep it as short and to-the-point as possible. By the end of it, the Sandaime was beyond shocked. An attack by the Sand and Sound Villages, the Village destroyed by the Akatsuki, and a Fourth Shinobi World War? All of it sounded preposterous, yet While Naruto spoke, the world around them shifted to show what happened.

On top of that, Naruto had revealed information he or even any of his closest subordinates shouldn't have known. There was no doubt about it that this was for real, and all of this did happen.

"Wait. If there was a Fourth Shinobi War initiated by Madara and the Juubi that destroyed everything, how come you are still alive?"

"Well, you see… I kinda used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal Madara and the Juubi inside myself, at the cost of mine and my friends' souls. However, I was revived somehow and ended up here." It wasn't entirely a lie, he did use the Seal, and he was revived and sent here. But, he knew why he was sent here.

Hiruzen sensed there were a few things he was hiding, but right now he didn't care. Naruto, the young orphan who pulled pranks on the villagers, had sealed a being that was literally all of the Bijuu combined inside himself, and lived! The aged Hokage let out a sigh as he processed all of the information. Seeing that it's work was done, Naruto released the Tsukuyomi. The real world appeared again, and Hiruzen turned to see that barely even a second had passed since Naruto dragged them into the genjutsu. Naruto was just full of surprises today.

"Well, while we're here, anything else you'd like to talk about?"

"Yes, actually. I would like to request that I be teamed up with Hinata and Sasuke after graduation." The Sandaime questioned why, but seeing Naruto's dark expression when he asked, he decided to drop it.

"Alright, I'll see what I can do. If that's all, you're dismissed." Naruto nodded and walked towards the door, but not before removing the silencing seal. Before he left though, he turned back to the Hokage and grinned.

"Also, the secret to defeating paperwork is using Kage Bunshin." With that he left. Hiruzen blinked before he suddenly started banging his head on the desk. How had he not figured it out? After a while of beating himself up, he created three Kage Bunshin and they immediately started working on the papers. Hiruzen sighed in relief. He sunk into his seat, and said,

"So, are you going to come out, Jiraiya?" Part of the wall faded away to reveal the Toad Sage.

"Still as sharp as ever I see, sensei. However, I noticed that Naruto took a few glances in my direction. By the way, what happened? You two kinda blanked out for a second."

"He used some sort of genjutsu that can control the perception of time." Hiruzen then went on to explain what had happened within the Tsukuyomi.

"That's a little farfetched, but it seems he knows a good deal."

"He told me many secrets of the village, many of which I have shared with only a few people. He's the real deal. But still, keep an eye on him. We don't know what he will do to stop the future from happening. I fear he may hurt some innocent people. This may be Naruto we're talking about, but war can change people in the worst of ways." Jiraiya nodded and left the room. Little did they know, Naruto heard the whole thing. The jinchuuriki smiled. At least they somewhat trusted him.

-Flashback End-

Naruto snapped out of his musings just as Iruka walked in the classroom. He gave a small speech about becoming ninjas, which Naruto had already heard and only half-listened. When Iruka started calling out team names, he picked up where it got interesting.

"...Team Seven consists of Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha…" Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata all silently wished for Hinata's name to be the next. Sasuke wouldn't admit it, but he respected the Hyuuga because she was strong- Hinata had made leaps and bounds in her training because of Naruto's help-, and she was also not afraid to deny him and tell him when he was wrong, unlike his fangirls. He knew, though, that if he ever made a move on her, Naruto would beat him into his grave. So he settled just for her being one of his few friends. Sakura and Ino were hoping it would be there own, and everyone else didn't really care if it was them or not.

"...Hinata Hyuuga, and Sai. Your sensei is Kakashi Hatake." Naruto gave a grin, which Hinata reciprocated with a small smile, and Sasuke with a smirk. Sakura and Ino just whined, until Iruka shut them up. Though everyone was wondering why it was a team of four genin, instead of the usual three.

"Team Eight will consist of Kiba Inuzuka, Sakura Haruno, Shino Aburame, and Yakumo Kurama. Your sensei is Kurenai Yuhi." This team matchup made a lot of sense, actually. Yakumo's main ability was genjutsu, and with Sakura's low chakra capacity, she was a good candidate for another genjutsu specialist. Though, again, some wondered why there were four genin instead of three

"Team Nine is still on active duty, so Team Ten will consist of Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi. Your sensei is Asuma Sarutobi. Please stay here until your senseis arrive." With that, Iruka left the class. Naruto decided to address his teammates.

"Alright, Kakashi is going to be at least an hour late for pretty much everything except an A-rank mission or higher, so be prepared to either wait for him to arrive, or come a little late to team meetings." Both of them nodded, though Sasuke was unhappy because it meant that they wouldn't get as much training in. Hinata didn't really mind, though. And true to Naruto's word, they were the last to be picked up, almost three hours after the last team left. Kakashi walked through the door. He looked at each of his Genin.

"My first impression of you… you're all boring. Meet me on the roof." He Shunshined to the roof, and Naruto grabbed his friends and followed suit. The Copy Ninja was surprised to see all of his students on the roof already.

"Alright, now that you're here, how about we introduce ourselves. Tell me your name, likes and dislikes, hobbies, and dream for the future. I'll start. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I like... well, my dislikes are… Hmm, my dream, I've never really thought about it. I have hobbies..." Hinata and Sasuke just sweatdropped. Naruto was used to such behavior from Kakashi, however, and just rolled his eyes.

"Alright then, you next blondie." Naruto grinned and introduced himself.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen and training with Hinata-chan and Sasuke. I especially dislike traitors, those who can't see the difference between the kunai and the scroll it's sealed in, and arrogant people. My hobbies include training, exploring the forests around Konoha, and working on creating new jutsus. My dream for the future is to lead Konoha into a new era of peace as the Hokage."

Sasuke and Hinata weren't too surprised, as he had already shared these bits of information with him. Kakashi, however, hadn't been expecting that. He knew, of course, that Naruto loved ramen, and wished to be Hokage, but leading Konoha into a new era of peace? That was unexpected for someone so young. He was also surprised that he knew about the Kyuubi, and by the lack of confusion on the other two's faces, he could assume they knew as well.

"Okay, how about you, Uchiha?" Sasuke simply nodded, and began.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I like tomatoes and training with Naruto and Hinata. I hate traitors, ignorant people, and people who can only see that I'm one of the last Uchiha, and not Sasuke. My only hobby is training. My dream isn't so much as a dream, but more of an ambition. I will defeat Itachi and bring him to justice, and resurrect my clan to its former glory." Kakashi was glad he wasn't completely fixated on killing Itachi. He knew how bitterness and hatred could consume completely. The Hatake motioned to Hinata, who nodded.

"M-my name is Hinata Hyuuga. I like cinnamon buns, training with Naruto-kun and Sasuke-san, and practicing medical ninjutsu. I dislike the rift between my clan's branches. My hobbies are training, and studying. My dream is to become the Hyuuga clan head and end the conflict between the Main and Side Hyuuga branches." Kakashi nodded and looked at Sai.

"My name is Sai. I like drawing. I don't really dislike anything yet. My hobbies are drawing and training. I don't have a dream." Sai spoke in an almost robotic tone and a fake smile, off putting everyone but Naruto, who had already experienced Sai's weird personality. Kakashi clapped his hands together.

"Alright then, now that that's settled. We will meet tomorrow for survival training."

"Ano… what kind of survival training?" Hinata asked their sensei.

"It's a genin test. The one you guys took in the Academy was only to see if you had the potential to become genin. This is the true test, and it has a 66% fail rate. Come to Training Ground 7 at 6 AM to start the test. Also word of advice… don't eat breakfast, you'll just puke. See you then." The Copy Ninja shunshined away and left the team alone.

"I assume you guys will eat breakfast tomorrow. Right?" Sasuke queried. Both Naruto and Hinata nodded. He noticed that Sai had already disappeared.

"Hai. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You can't fight on an empty stomach." With that, they all went their separate ways. Well, Sasuke went to the Uchiha Compound, and Naruto and Hinata walked together as they often did in the Academy. After they got to the Hyuuga estate, Hinata left Naruto after a quick goodbye, and Naruto continued to his apartment.

He trained for the rest of the day to continue to get accustomed to his new abilities. After a quick shower, he went to bed to get up early the next day. He knew Kakashi would still be late, but he hoped to find him at the Memorial Stone so he could talk to him about some things. With that thought in mind, he went to sleep, hoping to avoid having anymore nightmares about his previous life, with little success.

That's all for this chapter! That's probably the biggest chapter I've ever published, but I thought this was the best place to end it. Hope you enjoyed, and please review and tell me what you thought. See you next time!