FULL SUMMARY: The moment that Uchiha Sasuke was taken over by Orochimaru, the world was set in a disaster course. Many villages have fallen, Uzumaki Naruto (the last saviour) was murdered, and nobody can possibly defeat Orochimaru who now has the powers of the Uchiha.
Three shinobi are sent to the past by Uchiha Sasuke to make sure that this does not happen. The three shinobi include; Ami Hozuki, daughter of Hozuki Suigetsu and Uzumaki Karin; Renji Uzumaki, son of Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Hinata; and lastly, Uchiha Toshiro, son of Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura.
The time they are sent to was just before the Five Kage Summit, and the three are forced to watch the events occur from then on with a few twists along the way.

Hello all, this is my new story that I have been writing for quite a while. Well, I hope that you guys enjoy as much as I have written it. For once, I will not post many author's notes, other than if I get some nice reviews or have some news that you all need to know - such as if I have assessment, holidays etc. I don't know if this will be an awesome story for everyone involved, but I honestly hope that you guys will give this story a good chance because I have tried real hard to make this as good as I can make it.

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One last thing, many things are from the manga from this (they're quoted directly and lastly, there are differences in much of them so please read over them so you do not miss anything.

There are many spoilers, including Tobi's true identity, so if you wish to not be spoiled, do not read on.

Puppet or Not?
Chapter 1 - The Mission in the Past

"Where…" a raven-haired teen who looked to be maybe in his early twenties looked around. His bright green eyes which were inherited from his mother looked around the rough shrubs and deep forest. "Are we?" he asked. The man frowned to himself and looked to his teammates who seemed to be still knocked out. His eyes fell on the female first, she was one of his most important people. The female had long, crimson hair which was kept back in a low ponytail with her bangs covering her pale skin. The raven-haired teen activated his kekkei genkai; bright emerald went to bloody crimson within seconds. Three black commas spun around his pupil before spacing out and became stationary.

"Ghnn…" moaned the other raven-haired teen. He opened his eyes to reveal pearly eyes with a slight, very slight, blue tint to them. Three stripes streaked his cheeks and he bit his lips before sitting upwards and frowning. He then glanced at the other awake man. The two were watching each-other sceptically; both trying to figure just what the hell they were doing in the middle of a forest. "Toshiro… do you know why we're here? I'm sure Orochimaru didn't get this big of a hit on us." ebony eyebrows became a 'V' sort of shape, "Plus, I don't think that I can sense him. Byakugan!" Veins surrounded his pearly eyes as the blue tint seemed to disappear even more than before.

The Sharingan-user shrugged his shoulders. He was sure that if he himself couldn't sense Orochimaru, then the Byakugan also had not much chance of doing that either. "Did you find anything, Renji?" Toshiro mumbled and watched his teammate scowl even more. He then slumped his arms; obviously giving up. Renji then looked to the crimson-haired woman with a raised brow. Toshiro frowned, "She's fine. I checked her chakra earlier." The Sharingan-user hissed. Renji grinned and as he did that, the kunochi groaned before sitting upwards and taking in her surroundings rather slowly.

"T… Toshiro-kun… Where, where are we?" the crimson-haired woman whispered as she watched the still red-eyed Toshiro who seemed to be watching everything around him. "Toshiro-kun?" she said a little louder and he snapped out of his thoughts. The twenty-year-old watched his female teammate with soft, tender green eyes. She was the only person who had gained this type of look from this man. He had lost quite a bit; his father becoming the number one enemy, against his will; Sakura losing her left eye and being sent on a quest by Toshiro's father to find the original Mangekyou eyes that had become unusable for his father. The twenty-four year-old man turned to his one year younger teammates, his hair which spiked at the back gently blew with the warm winds which came with the beginning of spring. His eyes were on his girlfriend's face; her purple eyes narrowed, they both knew that something was up.

Renji, on the other hand, was looking around a little dorkily and seemed to not know exactly what was going on. He flared his chakra slightly and waited for the attack of Orochimaru. But it never came. Instead, the group were trapped inside a black space which looked quite a bit like the night sky. Toshiro growled darkly at his very, very idiotic teammate. "Why in the hell did you do that, you moron?" the Sharingan-user growled.

"Uh… you see…" Renji did not really know what he could say. He then rubbed his charcoal hair and grinned childishly before poking his tongue out at his best-friend. He then muttered impishly, "I thought it'd be best to see if Orochimaru came for us… Hehehe…" The Uzumaki then sweat-dropped.

Toshiro blinked. Once. Twice. "The hell you moron!?" he yelled before allowing a chakra infused fist to crash into his male teammate's head. Renji rubbed his head with crocodile tears beginning to grow in his eyes. "You dobe!" he growled lowly to the poor, poor Uzumaki who was still rubbing his head with a howl. Ami sighed and then rolled her eyes at her teammates' behaviour.

She then stiffened, picking up a chakra signature which was not noticeable by the two fighting shinobi. "Guys…" she said in a pained tone, causing Toshiro to stop his verbal fight to look to his girlfriend with a worried expression. She pointed a finger at the darkness that engulfed the team. Understanding what it was that she wanted, Toshiro and Renji activated their kekkei genkai simultaneously. "What do you see?"

"Nothing… but I can sense something." Toshiro mumbled and allowed his crimson gaze to fall onto the redette. She nodded her head before sighing. She was sure that she actually felt a chakra. Toshiro merely only sensed something. That did not mean that it was a chakra.

Footsteps then filled the team's ears. Toshiro dragged out his katana from its sheath and allowed the three tomoe in his eyes to twirl and spin. "Well… I guess I should actually explain to you why you three are here." A voice that make Toshiro's heart stop. His… His father's. Not Orochimaru's. His father's.

"Dammit… Orochimaru… I didn't know you even had access to Otou-san's voice…" Toshiro felt his body shake with the very, very hateful emotion of anger. The twenty-four year-old let out a savage growl. He hated it when Orochimaru played with his feelings. It had happened to his mother; causing her to hesitate and ended up with her losing her left eye. "Why… Why the hell do you do this, huh!?"

A deep breath was heard as Orochimaru allowed himself to be shown in Toshiro's father's body. Toshiro's father looked around his late twenties. His eyes no longer had the purple markings and they were a deep and smouldering onyx. Toshiro frowned and froze once more, waiting for Orochimaru to say something. "I am not that man, don't confuse me with such… filth. You now have a mission."

Ami allowed her mouth to gape as she watched with a little confusion, "What do you mean? You're Orochimaru…" she said with a soft tone. Toshiro moved beside her, clearly knowing that he cannot do anything against the Mangekyou's genjutsu, at least not with his father's eyes involved. He allowed his pale, long fingers to enclose around hers. She squeezed his hand gently as the team watched the other man watch the whole thing with soft eyes.

"Like I said, I'm not that bastard." The other man said with a sigh and looked a little bored with the entire situation. "Now, to your mission. I have sent you to the past with a jutsu that will stop me from being able to take control of my own body for a little while. The time here is just about a week or so before the kage summit. You three need to find a way to change the look of the future. I'm sure that you, Renji, wish for your father to be alive? And I'm sure that you, Ami, wish to see your mother and father together again." Sasuke said with a groan. He had to say this to get the team members ready – and wanting – to do this mission. If they are like that, that would often mean in a much higher success rate. He then glanced to Toshiro, Sasuke really did not want to do this, but… "Toshiro… I'm sure you don't want your mother to possess the Mangekyou Sharingan for a replacement for her eye, do you?"

The said adult stiffened and allowed his fists to clench together tightly, this caused his fists to become even paler than usual as he gave the Uchiha before him death glares. "Shut the hell up! I still don't believe that you're not Orochimaru and I definitely don't believe you when you say that we're in the past!" Toshiro growled, showing off the way that he could often look like his father.

"… I don't blame you, honestly. But… you will believe me. Especially since you're in the Land of Iron right now. Well, at least the border. Just listen to me and head down to the Samurai Bridge, it is a week's run from here. Convenient. Now, you'll more than likely run into Kakashi, Naruto and a guy called Yamato. It would be best not to let them know your identities. Behind a boulder, there are three black dusters with a hood. When you arrive into a village before the bridge, buy whatever you wish." Sasuke muttered and then smirked, "I know that you'll more than likely not listen straight up, and I cannot blame you. The bridge is North-East of here. Head there when you have fully woken up from this genjutsu." He then nodded his head, obviously saying what it was that he wanted. "Later." The older Uchiha mumbled before disappearing. The black, starry world around them began to blur before becoming green with the forest that now surrounded them.

Toshiro looked up at the bright blue sky, he was now on his back. Had he fallen? Was that all a dream? He sat up slowly, and felt a little nauseous from the action. He instantly regretted that. "Ami?" He mumbled and looked for his red-headed girlfriend who looked to be in the same position as him, other than the fact she had not yet sat up. She just looked at the sky stupidly. Renji had also sat up and watched his female teammate with a little worry. "Do you want to check out the bridge?" the Uchiha asked as he frowned. He wanted to know for sure if he really was in the past.

"W… Wait! Are you going to let me decide as well!?" Renji screeched and then raised his fist in a way suggesting that he would hit the Uchiha across the head. Toshiro shot a crimson glare in his teammate's way, instantly stopping the Uzumaki from hitting the Uchiha. "… Okay, Ami… what are we going to do?" the black-haired Uzumaki asked as he watched the red-head with his pearly eyes.

Ami sat up and then rubbed her eyes. "I guess we should actually go and check it out. I… I do want our time to be… be back to the way it should be without Orochimaru screwing everything up. Even though it might be a trick, all three of us know that if there's a chance to change what has happened, we should do this." The Hozuki said and then bit her lower lip with her pearly white teeth.

"Hai…" Toshiro nodded his head, understanding what the medic was saying. "We should collect those dusters then. Like… Otou-san said, it would be best to not let anyone know our identities." The Uchiha muttered and then stood up, swaying a little with a slight woozy feeling. The twenty-four year-old stretched and then watched the other man on his team with a frown. Renji had made no sign whatsoever to stand up, and actually seemed like he was deep in thought.

He then helped up Ami and allowed the young woman to lean on him. He watched her underneath his dark eyelashes. "Do you know what he's thinking of?" Toshiro asked as he placed a chaste kiss a top of her head. Ami sighed and murmured a 'no'. The Uchiha then looked to his other teammate who was still motionless and looked like was not going to move for a while. The young man rolled his eyes before letting out a light grunt.

"Okay!" Renji stood upwards and clapped his hands together enthusiastically, "We will go and stop the future from turning into total bullshit where everyone dies! Dattebayo!" the Uzumaki cried and then grinned, showing off his sharpened fangs that were gained from his father.

Toshiro sighed and then looked to the boulder that Sasuke had mentioned, "Here. It's over here." The Uchiha said and pointed his pale finger at the large boulder. Renji jogged to the spot and looked around before picking up black objects. He tossed two of them at Toshiro, the Uchiha caught them while still holding onto Ami with one arm. He sniffed and then looked at the objects. They seemed to be rather expensive material, it was light but would more than likely keep one warm during the cold weather in the Land of Iron. Toshiro was sure that he would need to get new clothing if he was to go to other places.

The young Uchiha wore a black shirt with a high collar and zip, the sleeves were in a singlet sort of style. He also wore black pants with matching shinobi shoes. Toshiro also had the Uchiha symbol imprinted on the back of the shirt. He was allowed to wear the shirt since he had learned Firestyle; Fireball jutsu. His mother had allowed Toshiro to know of his true heritage rather than hiding it from him. Toshiro was often teased when he was younger because of the fact he was an Uchiha. Many had thought that the raven-haired child would have turned on them; exactly like his father had done all of those years ago. It saddened the younger Toshiro immensely, but now he was used to it and really did not care about their bullshit.

Ami wore a black tank that reached the top of her stomach and three-quarter shinobi pants. She wore fish-netting which covered all areas which were not covered and wore black shinobi boots. Her red hair, when down, reached the bottom off her butt and when up, reached above it. The young woman had a very similar style to her mother, but her mother always wore it down. Ami kept her headband as a belt.

Renji wore a very similar t-shirt to his father, but rather than being bright orange, it was a dark blue which made him less noticeable. He wore the same shade of blue coloured pants and wore his headband as a collar. The coal-haired man then looked to the other male on the team, "Hey… Toshiro, we should probably go in as missing-nin or unlisted-nin. I mean, if we somehow ended up in the Hidden Leaf, we would have a hard time since we aren't in their books."

Toshiro, realizing this, tore off his headband and looked at it for a moment. He knew that he could not keep it around, so he tossed it into the bushes and looked to the others, silently telling them to do the same thing. Ami hesitantly did the same action while Renji seemed fine with this and pitched it into the woods.

"Let's get going." Toshiro muttered and let go of Ami. He tossed her one of the two dusters he was holding before putting his own one on. Ami giggled and unzipped the zip on his shirt. Toshiro rolled his eyes and nuzzled the young woman's head before breathing in her scent and sighed.

About four days later, the three entered a small village which was much like a ghost town. Then again, it was about twelve o'clock at night. Toshiro gazed over at the houses cautiously, his chakra was hidden as well. If a shinobi came across the group, they would just think they were civilians and more than likely would not attack them, but that would be wishful thinking, especially in this world.

"Should we take a break for the night?" Ami asked as she looked around. Toshiro shrugged; he really did not care about staying the night. If the red-head wanted to stay, he would, but he would rather stay on the path towards the bridge. Renji shook his head and glared over at Ami playfully; unlike Ami, he did not want to stay.

A scream then broke the group's silence. Toshiro looked around and automatically allowed his chakra to flare. He jumped up onto the closest roof top and felt another chakra; not his teammates, flow to life. A shinobi. The same female scream sounded out again and Toshiro hurried along to its destination.

He looked down and saw a woman trying to free herself from the grip of another man. He chuckled and tore out a kunai before quickly tearing apart her pants. "Hey!" Toshiro yelled and landed gracefully beside the rapist. The man tore himself away from the woman, knowing full well that she would not try to escape, especially since chakra bounds covered her wrists.

"What the hell you want, runt?" the large brute growled as he smirked at the Uchiha. Toshiro smirked back, knowing that the rapist would not have seen it. The woman cried out again, silently begging Toshiro to save her. "Well, yer gonna answer?" the man snarled before charging his large body at the Uchiha. Too bad Toshiro was much too quick for the man. He dodged easily and flung the man into the wall with his strength which was gained from his mother. The large brute slammed into the wall and he growled, spitting out crimson blood.

"How about you run along before you get some permanent damage." Toshiro growled as he cracked his knuckles. The man wiped his mouth before spitting out some more blood. He then grinned, his rather weak chakra flowing like a lantern in the darkness. That is what it felt like to Toshiro thanks to his chakra network. He then smirked, he was only using a little of his chakra. So, this man did not know what the Uchiha was capable of. "You know… you've just sealed your fate, moron." Toshiro growled and charged at the man with a kunai slipping from the black sleeves of the duster into his hand.

Ami and Renji showed up and watched as their teammate easily took out the enemy shinobi. Renji grinned; he knew that Toshiro would save anyone who needed to be saved. He also believed in the Will of Fire, so that made the Uchiha's look on life much different to any other Uchiha (unless Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui were counted). When the enemy was defeated, the Uchiha easily destroyed the chakra bounds on the woman's wrists. She silently thanked him and dropped a small bag of coins into Toshiro's hands before running away from the place where she was nearly taken. Toshiro, already knowing that his teammates were watching, looked up and allowed his chakra to flow back into a state where it would not be able to be sensed.

"I think we should stay the night, Ami. It might be best to stock up on some supplies while we're here." Toshiro said as he tossed the crimson bag of coins from one hand to the other. The group of three were not really caring any money on them. So they would more than likely need to steal or gain money in a more honourable manor. Renji knew this as well and already knew that they were more likely going to be stealing it. Of course, Toshiro would only steal from those who would barely notice the absence of a small sum of money. That was just how he was. The Uchiha was known to be a rather prominent thief in the Land of Fire, mainly because he was rarely ever caught. Not many people actually know that he was the one who was stealing the money, so he had no shinobi after him for assassinations. At least, not for that manor.

Many lords and activists would often go for the twenty-four year-old Uchiha, either for the eyes or for help to conquer another. Of course, Toshiro makes sure that the people around him have no chance of being enemy ninja. If Toshiro says 'no', half the time the shinobi are ordered to kill him. In the bingo book, Toshiro and his team are rated as A-class shinobi. They are rather powerful, but not strong enough to actually take down shinobi who were above their rank, unless the S-class shinobi had a handicap of some sort. See, in Toshiro's own time, he was never able to take down Orochimaru. This was mainly because the snake had taken over another Uchiha with much more visual prowess.

Orochimaru was also after Toshiro for his body, the man knew that Sasuke's body would not last forever and he would need another Uchiha to still have access to the Sharingan eyes. This made Toshiro a high-risk target since Orochimaru often ordered S-class missing-nin to capture Toshiro. The Uchiha often got out of these situations; usually by fleeing, but there was one instance where he was nearly killed because Orochimaru himself had shown up. Sasuke's senses helped the snake in finding Toshiro when he had barely any time to escape.

Toshiro's mother, Sakura, had actually intervened and gained Toshiro the time he needed to escape. That battle had left Sakura with an injured eye and a mission to find Sasuke's original eyes. It seems that Sasuke himself is able to retake control of himself, even for a little while, and is able to do whatever he wishes with his body. "Hey, Toshiro… are you okay?" Ami asked, noticing that the Uchiha had zoned out for whatever it was.

"Hn…" Toshiro grunted and then tucked the money into his shuriken holder. "Let's go then. We have about four hours to sleep. We can sleep in a hotel if you guys want. Or we can stay outside and have more money to buy some stuff tomorrow. Your choice." The Uchiha mumbled.

Ami and Renji pondered about it for a moment. They then both agreed on the same thing, "Let's just camp out!" Ami cried and then nodded her head agreeing to what she was saying. The Uzumaki nodded and then grinned. Toshiro sighed and then lead the group back outside of the village.

Determined blue eyes scanned the area ahead of him, he was ready to beg for forgiveness in his best-friend's place. The Raikage was the man that he wants to talk to. He needs to make sure that Sasuke can be forgiven. That is something that is important to him. He will not allow his friend to be killed, over… over… this. Sure, it is understandable why the Raikage would want Sasuke dead, but that is not important to Naruto.

"Naruto, slow down. We don't need to go this quickly." Yamato said from behind the orange-clad shinobi. Naruto growled and then slowed down his pace slightly, this allowed Yamoto and the scarecrow to catch up easily. The Uzumaki wanted to get to his destination as quickly as he can. "Naruto… we should stop for a while, it's really late." Yamato motioned at the sky and Naruto skidded to a halt.

The masked shinobi then sighed, "I know you want to talk to the Raikage as quickly as you can, Naruto, but we need to make sure that you're awake in case we are attacked. I honestly don't think you wish to be injured, now do you?" Kakashi asked and ran his fingers through his silver hair, brushing away a few specks of snow. Naruto clutched his white coat closer to him, feeling the bite of the cold wind that blew past the two adults and one teenager.

"Fine…" Naruto grumbled and collapsed in the snow. He crossed his legs and wrested his tanned cheek against his cold hand, he nearly shivered but did not show it. The blond frowned before sighing. He was a bit weary of just sitting around. He was not tired. How could he be? Kakashi and Yamato followed his action. The wood-nin was the first to keep watch for the next few hours, then Kakashi. They did not even give Naruto a time to watch over them. Perhaps they wanted him to get as much rest as the Uzumaki possibly could? Not that Naruto cared. It was not like he was actually going to get any sleep. He was too busy thinking about his best-friend gone rogue.

Yamato stood up and climbed up the pine tree and sat at the top, surveying the area around them. Naruto blinked before closing his eyes, he would at least try to get some sleep.

The next morning, Ami was the first to wake up. She stretched her arms above her head and shook off the recently fallen snow. It had only just started snowing in this area. It was very light, however. The sun was also still out. Ami took a deep breath and exhaled, watching as the white air flowed out with her breathing. She had to say, it was rather chilly. It was lucky that those dusters were as conveniently placed as they were. This made the woman happy that she was not freezing cold. She glanced at the sleeping Uchiha, he looked peaceful. It was rare to see him in such a state of mind.

Toshiro cracked his eyes opened and looked at the sky. His bright emerald eyes glinted in the small amount of sunlight. "Hn…" he grunted and sat up before rubbing his head. The hood of the coat was off of his head. His raven hair was spilled out on the snow. He sat up and shook his head. The snow fell off and danced before hitting the white ground.

"Morning, Toshiro-kun." Ami murmured as Toshiro watched her with questioning emerald eyes. She smiled at him. Toshiro nodded his head and then looked to the snoring Renji. An anger vein popped on his forehead and he punched the poor Uzumaki in the stomach, causing him to leap upwards and look around for the enemy. Well, culprit. "It's alright, Renji. We should probably go and get some food for the trip. I'm hungry…" the red-haired woman yawned and Renji nodded his head in agreement.

The walk back to the village only took a little while. The stalls were all open and people were chattering amongst themselves about innocent topics. The first stall that Toshiro and his group went to was a stall that seemed to be filled with food that was good for a breakfast. Ami walked in and looked around. It seemed nice. Really nice. She sniffed and took in the scent of boiled eggs and fried bacon. She was extremely hungry. She had not eaten for a couple of days. Toshiro, easily seeing that the young woman wanted to eat here, handed her some of the money before putting it back into his bag. She bought a group serving of various different meals.

"Hn." Toshiro grunted and ate down his portion of food. He would not show that he was enjoying the meal. He had much more pride than that. Ami watched in slight amusement and then began scoffing down her own food. Renji had finished his meal much quicker than the others and actually looked at Toshiro with puppy dog eyes, silently asking him to be fed some more food. Of course, the young Uchiha ignored these looks and then blew fire in the Uzumaki's direction. The man gasped and then ducked under the table to avoid the bright orange flames. People in the store watched in awe at the young Uchiha's ability to use his chakra without actually using handsigns. Of course, Toshiro used handsigns for actual jutsu, but this was just to shit stir the Uzumaki. It worked.

Disclaimer; none of the manga references are mine, nor are the original NARUTO/NARUTO SHIPPUDEN characters mine. I am merely borrowing them.

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