These Times They Are A'changing

Uzumaki Naruto was sitting on the top of the Hokage monument. He and the Kyuubi were arguing about how to destroy the village below them. The name of the village was Kohona. Naruto wanted to give his friends a warning thus allowing them to leave the village, and not get killed in the attack. The Kyuubi argued that if he warned his friends to the attack that was going to happen then they would be obligated to tell the rest of the village, or be marked as missing nins. They were sworn to the village below them thus they couldn't leave it, besides that he was already banished from the village so it didn't matter what he planned against the village as it wasn't his village anymore. Naruto had to concede defeat on that point. Sighing deeply he sat back and watched the village that he was sacrificed to save. At one point he would have given his life for the village in question. Now though he had no such reserves. He was about to argue for the lives of his friends a little more, but a hand on his shoulder awoke him from his thoughts. "Naruto?" asked the voice of his best friend and brother Garra.

Naruto turned to face Garra. Naruto was completely emotionless. "Yes brother?" Naruto asked in a flat dead tone that he had taken on for the past six years that he had been banished from the village. Garra flinched a little hearing the dead tone that he had use to use himself. He tried to forget the past and work with the future only. Finding his voice once more he said. "Temari has returned from her scouting mission into the village." Garra said in a sad tone with a hint of the old darkness that he use to use. Naruto nodded his head and asked Garra. "How bad is the damage that we have to fix with her mentality?" Garra shook his head and looked away. "From up here you can't see it, but there are posts were people that spoke up in your defense have there heads placed. Ikura, Tsunade, Anko, Kakashi, and Ibiki all grace the posts." Naruto's hands clinched into fists. "As for the rest of the rookie nine and team Gai their lives are a living testament not to go against the council. None of them will ever be ninja again. Kiba's leg was ripped off from the hip, and Akamaru was missing part of his face. Shino has only one arm, and his bugs have been all but wiped out. Shikamaru's mind was rent asunder from a powerful jutsu. Sakura's hip on the right side was shattered beyond repair. Lee's back was broken right where it meets his hips. Thus he can no longer walk. Choji was poisoned a couple of times. One of the poisons was so strong that he lost the ability to breath on his own. He has to have a tank of oxygen by his side at all times. Ino was attacked by a group of drunken shinobi. They cut off both of her arms and raped her. Neji had his eyes cut out trying to defend Tenten after both of her hands were removed. The worst though is the one you came for…" Garra tailed off as he felt the combine killer intent of Naruto and the Kyuubi. "What happened to Hinata?" Was the growled out question.

Garra gulped and hoped that his sand would be fast enough to stop Naruto from killing him in his anger. "S-she was the most out spoken of all of the rookie nine against your banishment. They first took away her right as the heiress of the Hyuuga clan and branded her with the caged bird seal. Still she would not back down, or let go of what they had done to you. So they cut out her eyes and banished her from the clan. Even though she was sealed and blind she still didn't give up, and she protested your banishment even louder in the streets. A mob was raised, and they tied her up and raped her then burned her body with torches till she had third degree burns. Still she wouldn't stop so they cut out her tongue and left her to die. With Neji's help Sakura got her down and healed her so that she didn't die, but now Hinata doesn't have the ability to talk anymore." Garra said ready to dive out of the way from any attacks. Naruto went still as a stone statue. In his mind he was fighting with the Kyuubi about removing the seal and letting the nine tailed demon go to town on the village that had hurt his love. Garra wasn't sure if he was going to live or not still he had to deliver the last of Temari's report to Naruto. Taking a deep breath Garra said. "Temari also said to bring you back to camp as she had a surprise for you." Naruto nodded and turned from the village. Garra, deeply shaken by the blood red slit eyes that Naruto currently sported, took a deep breath and followed the blond fox.

Naruto and Garra had been running for hours with out the slightest hint of exhaustion. After about four hours of running they made it into the camp. As they entered the camp the Suna shinobi who were on duty saluted the duo as they walked past. Naruto didn't pay any attention to the guards though. The guards didn't mind though they had heard about what had happened to the woman that lord Naruto had raised this army for. They held a great respect for the blond, and to have the person that you love to be treated in such a way was a travesty in their minds.

Naruto and Garra was half way to the their meeting tent when Temari walked up beside of them. "Hello brothers." Temari said with a weak smile on her face. She was upset about what had happened to Shikamaru. She loved him deeply, though she wouldn't admit that aloud. Naruto looked at Temari with his own weak smile and said. "Sorry for what you had to witness sis. Though I thank you for the valuable information that you brought back." Temari glanced at Naruto and said. "Such praise and you haven't even seen my present yet. I'm flattered." Naruto said nothing he just continued on his way to the command tent. Temari was about to call out to Naruto and warn him of the shock that he was about to get. That was until he walked into the tent only to be greeted with the shouts of his friends calling his name.

Naruto froze as he heard his name being called out by unfamiliar voices, though when he saw the many faces of the friends that he had made over the years he couldn't help the yelp of joy. He jumped from friend to friend hugging them and wishing them well. Though when Hinata came up to him being led by a sad looking Kiba, Naruto froze and the Kyuubi's chakra began to cover him. "Hinata?" Naruto asked brokenly. Hinata raised her sightless eyes to look in the direction where she had heard Naruto's voice. Naruto? Was the question that she mouthed. With that simple question Naruto leaped forward and grabbing Hinata in his arms he began to cry and hold her close.

Hinata was in heaven. Naruto was holding her and crying for her. Soon she heard him whispering in her hair that he was sorry over and over again. This hurt Hinata though. She didn't want her Naruto to be upset about what had happened to her. She was proud of the scars that now covered her body as she gained them by defending him. She reached out with a hand and grabbing one of his hands she wrote with a finger. Don't be sorry. It wasn't your fault. These scars are from defending you and your honor. I would not trade them for the world. I love you Naruto. I always have, and I always will. Naruto grinned sadly and said. "I love you too. My hime. My Hinata." Hinata blushed lightly, but refused to leave Naruto's warm embrace.

The Kyuubi was thinking hard about what he could do to change the out come of this future. He thought long and hard. Then he realized that if he sent their memories back then they would be able to stop all of this from happening. Plus if the kit tried all of the adults that supported him would leave the village, and all of the kit's precious people would be by the kit's side when Kohona fell. This was a win win solution for everyone. Unable to contain the excitement for the idea to himself any longer the old fox pulled the blond into his mind.

Kit we can stop this from happening. I know a jutsu that would allow us to go back with our memories, and change what has happened. Though it is not without its repercussions. If we do this we can take them all back, but you would have to have them become half demons. Now they can pull the animal that is closest to them and that would be the type of half demon they would be, but they would be treated like you were. Plus they would have to agree to allow me to place some of my chakra into their system so that I can control how fast some of the changes occur to them. The Kyuubi said to Naruto. Naruto didn't like the way that this was going, but decided that he would let his friends decide what they wanted. Looking up he asked them. "If you had the chance to fix all of the wrongs that have been done to us, and take down this village would you? Be for you answer think about this carefully as you would no longer be human. You would be come a half to a full demon to do this."

Hinata didn't hesitate to answer her beloved Naruto. Taking a finger she wrote hai. Everyone looked at each other and nodded. Sakura spoke up saying. "I think that I speak for everyone when I say that Kohona must fall, and if we become that which the village hates to bring it down all the better for us." Naruto couldn't keep the tears from his eyes as he looked around the room, and was greeted by nods. He looked at Garra and Temari both of which were looking at Naruto in the 'do you really have to ask?' way. Naruto smiled as widely and as foxily as he could. "Alright then you need to pick a demon breed. Any animal will work."

Garra didn't hesitate to answer raccoon. Temari was next with a quick weasel. Hinata wrote fox, which brought a grin on both the Kyuubi's and Naruto's faces. Sakura choose to be a horse. Lee choose a dog. Ino picked the hawk. Kiba choose to do a wolf as a complement to his clans moves. Shino too decided to complement his clans moves and did a horned beetle. Shikamaru looked around and grunted Temari started giving him animals before he agreed to be a panther. Choji decided on a bear. Tenten wanted to be a tiger. Neji picked a tiger as well.

When the Kyuubi had the order for the types of demons that he was going to help to create he nodded to himself and began pushing the jutsu into Naruto's mind. Naruto knew that he was going to have to let go of Hinata for a little while and start the jutsu so that they could go back and change the past. Reluctantly Naruto let go of Hinata and started doing the hand signs. As he finished the last one he lost the ability to speak and the world went dark.

All around the young shinobi was the darkness. They were afraid that they would never wake up from the darkness that was all round them. Soon they saw a light off in the distance. They turned to the light and began the slow trek to the light that they saw in the distance, though the more that they walked to the light the farther the light seemed to move away from them. Then they heard breathing next to them. Looking to the right of the group they could see a blond man standing on the top of a giant red fox. Nine long tails waved lazily around the fox. Surprisingly it was Hinata that walked over to the fox first. She seemed to trust the fox, though she couldn't say why. It was then that she saw the blond hair of the man that she loved. It took her a moment before she realized that she could see. Then there was the pain of the changes as she became a half demon fox. All of the others were doubled over in pain as the changes took place.

Naruto watched in concern as the people that he called family began changing into the half demons that would help him to take out Kohona. He felt their pain, and wished that it didn't have to be like this. Once they were out cold he had the Kyuubi pick them up in its tails. Taking a deep breath he then had the Kyuubi take them back into the past, so as to rain terror and death upon the village hidden in the leaves. All the while thinking about how he was going to get all of his precious people to join him. After all he only had the few remaining people that he loved with him. The rest were dead. Meanwhile around him the world was changing. The trees got taller, and the signs of the last attack of the sound/sand invasion were disappearing like they were being washed away. Naruto let out a cold laugh then had the Kyuubi to throw the newly born half demons to their old bodies so that they could get use to the new changes on their own. After all he didn't want to spoil their fun now did he?

Everywhere in Kohona the small children that were the younger versions of the future rookie nine and team Gai fell like flies. Around them was the red chakra of the Kyuubi as he turned them into power houses that would bring Kohona to its knees soon enough. After all he could wait a few years to gain allies to bring down this hell hole. Inside of his seal the Kyuubi laughed like a madman for Kohona had made the worst enemy possible their own children.