Chapter 5:
The New Horizon
Naruto woke up the same way he had for the last several days since he had arrived to the past due to the mission which both he and Sasuke had accepted: to change the past in order to save the future. In other words, it was quite a peaceful and enjoyable experience. What made it all better for the young blond Uzumaki was that he was with his actual family, getting to know them. That was something which had been denied to him once.
Somehow, it had been given back to him.
Sitting up on his bed, the blond rubbed his eyes tiredly as his vision started to clear. The night before had been quite enjoyable all right. He had been able to mess with one of the individuals who had messed with him quite a lot for some time: Orochimaru.
The blond had to tell himself that it wasn't the same Orochimaru whom he had met in the Forest of Death during the Chunnin exams. The snake summoner was actually a Konoha shinobi during this time, not to mention how younger he was. But most of all, he was quite weaker than the future Orochimaru. Then again, he wasn't even at his prime when he along with Tsunade and Jiraiya had fought against Hanzo in Ame.
He only wondered how Tsunade and Jiraiya themselves would be during this time. Well, the blond jinchuriki was sure that he would find out soon enough. How? He wasn't quite sure.
Another thing that suddenly jumped back into the blond's memory was the whole reason why Orochimaru had even come to Uzu in the first place. And the answer was the very thing which the boy was trying to stop from happening: war. If he remembered quite correctly, it was the Second Shinobi War to be precise. Never would the whiskered boy actually think that he would say that he was actually living during that time.
Life was a bitch that way.
After having taken a shower, the blond gazed at his reflection through one of the mirrors in his room as he put on his orange jacket on. Staring right back at his reflection, the boy sighed. He didn't know why he was suddenly feeling so down this morning. The night before had just been invigorating. Still, the boy did have some clue as to what had him in the dumps.
Now that he had time to think about it, Naruto realized the implication that the word war would bring to this nation, to his clan, to his family. He still remembered quite well what Nagato had defined war as. And after remembering the death of Neji, the blond had to agree with the once rinnegan user.
War was hell. It was pointless. People died for no reason whatsoever. And with that, he realized in what danger Aika, Haru, and even Kushina were now that Uzu would most likely go to war. As Kurama had told him, things changed when war befell upon a village. And he knew that he wouldn't like those changes.
"Never would have pegged you as one for reflecting, brat. Especially at something like this. Where's all that boasting that you usually show?"
Naruto smiled faintly as he heard the voice of one of his closest companions now.
'Ha, then maybe you just don't know me as well as you thought, furball.' The blond then frowned. 'No matter what you tell me, though, I can't help but feel uneasiness about all of this. I mean, it's not like the war which we came from. Outside of this island, every other nation is the enemy. As much as it pains me to think like this, even Konoha can't be trusted. Not with Danzo lurking beneath it somewhere. I-I really don't know how to do things now…..'
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Naruto:Blast to the Past
Fanfiction(Time-Travel fic) Born in the same village. Friends turned enemies. Naruto and Sasuke find themselves enlisted to a seemingly impossible mission by the most unexpected individual in the strangest of circumstances. But faced with the chance to fix th...
