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Couples:
Eventual SasuSaku, NaruHina, SaIno, SuiKa,ShikaTema, GaaMatsu, NejiTen. Eventual, people. Not right away.

Short chapter today, peeps.

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, Sora would've been in the manga and had trained with Naruto and Killer Bee to control Kurama's chakra. Seriously.

Chapter 1: Message; Meeting

Sakura POV

"Sakura!" I heard my shishou call me name. Turning to her, I noticed that her hair was out of their pigtails, her Yin Seal was released, and she had a gaping hole in her abdomen.

"Tsunade-shishou!" I said. "I thought you were fighting the original Madara?"

Stumbling falling to the ground she replied, "I was. Oonoki and Gaara gave me an opportunity to escape temporarily."

Attempting to heal her wounds, I asked the question that I've been wondering about for a while. "But what are you doing here? Why did you need to escape? Did…Itachi…call you, too?"

The previous night, Itachi had somehow appeared in my dream.

FLASHBACK NO JUTSU

"Sakura…Sakura…can you see me?"

"Itachi! What the heck are you doing here, in my mind! While I'm dreaming?"

We were in a black void of nothingness. Darkness everywhere you looked. Somehow, we were able to see each other just fine.

"Do you know about the Uchiha Massacre? The truth?"

Looking down at my lap, since I was sitting on an imaginary chair, I bit my lip. "Yeah. I found the files and showed them to Tsunade. The rest of the kages know. Naruto, Kakashi, and Yamato found out from 'Masked Madara' and told Sai and Shikamaru."

"When the sun begins to set tomorrow, I need you to meet me where you and Hatake fought Momochi and Haku. There will be others to meet you there. I will also be there."

"But why?" I asked, curious.

"I can't say yet. Just do it."

"…Alright. And, I'm sorry."

"For what?" He may not have shown much emotion on his face, but I was able to identify puzzlement. He was honestly confused as to why I would be apologizing.

"Even though I knew something was fishy about the massacre and I knew that the elders weren't as innocent as they seem, I did nothing about it, and hated you. I hated you when you were a hero. I was wrong and for that I'm sorry."

"…It's alright. Now, wake up. Hatake's trying to wake you up."

In the distance, I heard Kakashi-sensei's voice.

"-kura. Sakura, wake up already! Don't make my pour water on you; you know I'll do it."

And I woke up to see Kakashi-sensei holding an open canteen of ice water over my face.

I punched him.

FLASHBACK NO JUTSU: RELEASE!

"He did. And I trust him. I just wonder who the others are that he mentioned, though." Tsunade started sitting up, since I couldn't continue healing her, as I was nearly out of chakra.

Suddenly, I heard other voices. Familiar ones.

"Ugly! Tsunade-sama!" Definitely Sai.

"Forhead!" "Sakura-chan!" "Sakura-san." Ino-pig, Tenten, and Hinata.

"Sakura!" "Lady Tsunade!" It was Temari and Matsuri.

"Nice to see everyone is here. Now to business." Itachi formed out of crows to the front of the clearing we were in.
Since the battles are constantly moving, this area doesn't seemed to have been touched since Kakashi-sensei and I sealed Haku and Zabuza. I kept his sword and Haku gave his hair clip to me, saying it'd be of better use to me.

"Do you all know about the truth of the Uchiha Massacre?" Itachi continued, looking at each of us.

Everyone nodded, so he cleared his throat and moved on.

"The outcome of the war, it seems like, is going to end with the Madaras on top. Unfortunately, the only way to stop the Edo Tensei either A) have each spirit rest in peace like Sasori and Chiyo. B) Seal every one of the revived away, even though Kabuto might get more. He can get tons of vessels with all the dead bodies lying around. Or C) get Kabuto to willingly stop the jutsu. It won't end if we kill him.

But he isn't going to do that. So I have an idea."

"And what is that?" Matsuri asked, wondering what else there could be done.

"As an Akatsuki member, I was easily able to get my hands on many forbidden or secret jutsu scroll. In one of my findings, I found a jutsu that could send others back in time, meaning the user and some others, as long as there are close and the jutsu is directed at them when it's performed. And it can only send you back in time, since the future hasn't happened yet."

Tsunade looked…well….I don't know. I can't read her. "Are you saying you want to send us back in time? At what cost would a jutsu like that be payed?"

"The user will be incredibly weak after the jutsu is performed as will the time travelers at their desired time. Some events may also change slightly, but not greatly."

"Will the travel affect the travelers?" This time it was Sai. Judging by his face, I knew he was thinking about his brother, and if he can save him.

"Yes. When you go back you won't be as strong as you are now. Your strength will be sealed, for lack of better words. Not all of it though, so you will be at least slightly stronger than you were at the time you landed in.

"Also, deaths will more or less be the same. If it was a death close to a traveler, it may happen earlier than it did originally, but it will still happen. Such as your brother, Sai, or your parents Sakura. By the time you arrive, they may have already died. But there may be stopping it."

I looked down at that. My parents had died during the Invasion during the Chunin Exams. They were coming back to the village from spending time with friends when there were killed by one of the large snakes summoned by Orochimaru. As they were not ninja, they couldn't fight back.

"Like I said, some deaths may be avoided. Each traveler will find themselves with a scroll when they land in the past. The scroll can't be lost; it will always be with you.

(1)

"The scroll will list any changes, like the ones I mentioned. Battle results will also stay the same."

At this, Tenten cocked her head. "What do you mean by that?"

"For example; the Chunin Exams. You fought Temari-san, right? And lost? You will still lose if you go back. Likely with the same move."

Tenten rubbed her back, remembering the move that took her out. "Damn it, that hurt!"

"Hehe, sorry Tenten." Temari apologized.

"Um, Itachi-san?" asked Matsuri.

"Yes?"

"How far will we be going back?"

"The preliminaries of the Chunin Exams. I don't have the chakra to send you back any farther. By the way, I know about the Chunin Exams and the results from searching your memories when I visited you in your dreams. Sorry, but it was necessary."

I was shocked. I thought, even though he didn't say it, that he wanted us to save Sasuke! "I thought you wanted us to save Sasuke and stop him from leaving the village! How are we going to do that if we go back? He already had the curse mark by then."

Calmly, he answered. "I will remove it like I did when we fought. Matsuri, when Gaara returns to Suna after the Invasion, I want you to become his friend. The sooner, the better. Don't tell him that you're from the future, but if you're friends, it will help in the long run. His strength is valuable"

Then Itachi turned to Tsunade-shishou. "I need you to stay wherever you were during the Invasion, and let Jiraiya and Naruto retrieve you like they originally did. You may tell Shizune. And Tonton." He added the last part, just in case; since Tonton is so close to Tsunade and you should never underestimate an animal.

Then he turned to Sai. "You must attend the preliminaries, as Danzo's eyes, or something. The closer you get to the others in the past, the sooner we can get rid Danzo, since he is your boss."

Then to me. "Sakura, do whatever it takes to make Sasuke stay and stay sane. If you can, I need all of you to kill Orochimaru as soon as possible. No matter how long it takes."

To all of us. "I will try to change it so Karin was not picked up by Orochimaru in the Forest of death. We can use her skills if she's on our side. I will retrieve Suigetsu and Jugo from his hideout; their abilities will prove to be useful and if we can study Jugo, we might find a way to get rid of the Curse Seal of the Heavens. You may tell the 3rd Hokage of everything, but otherwise keep it a secret. If there are no questions, I will proceed with the jutsu."

No one had any more questions.

Itachi activated his Mangekyou Sharingan and started a flurry of hand signs.

Finally, he shouted, "Ninpo: Jikan Ryokō-Jutsu!" (2)

I was blinded in a shower of white light.

Next I knew, I heard Kabuto's voice. "…I quit."

I looked around. Sasuke's determined look, my bruises, my newly cut hair, Hayate Gekko, alive, and talking in front of me.

I was back to the preliminaries of the Chunin Exams!

(1): Think of Riptide from Percy Jackson & the Olympians. Like that.
(2): literally, "Shinobi Technique: Time Travel

Itachi will explain the jutsu, but if you have any questions, just ask. You'll get what I mean after you read.

There will be music in my story, but not any time soon.

They won't look in their scrolls anytime soon. Again, you'll understand after you read.

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