Race Against Time // Naruto Time Travel AU

Ch 16

Naruto's POV

"What is it Pervy Sage?"

"It's just... a lot to take in."

"Well yeah, what did you expect? A world war that causes the near extinction of human life on Earth, were you expecting to read some shitty story by a 15 year old written in the middle of the night?"

"I wasn't expecting a walk in the park, but if you hadn't lived it, would this be what you expected kid?"

"Well no, I guess not... let's just get on with it ya know!"

"Okay... so Orochimaru is the most immediate big problem. We should handle him first."

"We should take him down before bringing the Hokage into this."

"Why's that?"

"The Hokage trusts you, but even if you vouched for me, the old man wouldn't risk something like that. If I can help a hero of the village take down their most wanted criminal, that might be enough convincing, at least he'd listen, even if he still called me bonkers."

"Fair enough. Alright, 1. Take down Orochimaru, we'll detail that later. 2. Get the village on our side. What then?"

"Taking out Orochimaru handles the most major threat to the Chunin exams, but something needs to be done about Suna, more specifically, Gaara, to keep things somewhat in line and give us a helpful ally later. At that point, I'd be your student, you might be able to convince me to do something to help Gaara, and in turn, that helps the village."

"Okay but first, we need to distinguish between you and little you. A code name perhaps, so enemies won't associate you two."

"Right... but what?"

"Well did you're parents have any alternative names for you?"

"My parents died the day I was born! AND YOU NAMED ME!"

"Oh yeah, I did didn't I."

Naruto.

Heh!? You've been really quiet lately Kurama, what's up?

No one knows my name besides the other Tailed Beasts, it wouldn't be associated with anyone.

Yeah and? How is that helpful?

Idiot. Use my name.

...Huh? Wouldn't that get confusing.

As long as you can rub a few brainchild together, you'll be fine, and it's only confusing to you.

Hmmm..Hmm... yeah alright, that can work! Thanks ya know!

"Kurama!"

"Hm? Kurama?"

"It's the ninetails' name, he suggested I use it. No one knows it and it shouldn't be associated with anyone, and I shouldn't forget it easily!

"Kurama. Yeah, that can work. Alright then, let's keep this going. 3. Get Naruto in a situation where he can talk to Gaara. Next?"

"Bring Granny Tsunade back to the village."

"Huh? Kid do you know how hard that'll be?"

"I've done it before, I can do it again. She's a powerful asset, we'll need her if and when things get rough."

"Alright, 4. Bring Tsunade back."

"Orochimaru being gone will mean Sasuke shouldn't leave the village, so team 7 stays together, Sasuke doesn't get cursed. I'd say get him and the rest if the team some therapy, but they should be good as long as we watch them."

"Okay, 5. Therapy for Sasuke + team 7."

"It's hard to know how things will go after that. Ideally I'd spend the next few years shutting down as many of the Akatsuki's and Orochimaru's hideouts as possible, as well as working with other villages to try and work towards another alliance."

"And then we face off against Tobi? And what else?"

"Zetsu. If we suceed in all of this, taking down those two are the biggest things. The rest of the Akatsuki should also go if we can. Of course we'll have to adjust this stuff along the way, but I guess after that, we just keep working towards and maintaining peace."

"Sounds like a good plan, how about we take a lunch break, then we can flesh out the first step and get started alright?"

"Yeah, that sounds good ya know!"

A/N, in the POV titles, Naruto will still be referred to as Naruto. This will only change if I ever do a POV from little Naruto.