The New Past, Different Future? (UNDER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, BEING REWRITTEN)

Chapter 10

In the morning, Team 7 walked from behind the Academy to their training grounds. They expected their sensei to be early since he himself labeled this meeting urgent.

Sakura yawned as she sat on the green grass. Sasuke leaned on the tree trunk, crossing his arms and Naruto had his hands on his hips. "So what, he's gonna be late again?"

"He barely has good reasons to be dattebayo!" Naruto added. "I agree!" Sakura agreed. "Who the hell comes up with lame excuses like, 'I got lost in the path of life.' 'A black cat crossed my path so I had to take another path.' And most of all, 'Sorry I was late.'!"

"Dobe, people have reasons." Sasuke stated.

"Oh yeah? Give us a reason then." The blonde insisted. "Hn. Who knows, he might be doing something important in the morning."

"That's lame, coming from you Uchiha!" Naruto said. "Maybe Sasuke-kun is right. What if Kaka-sensei came to visit someone important? Or he has urgent business in the morning?" Naruto scoffed.

"Then who're the important people in his life? I mean, he's got nothing to lose dattebayo." The blonde stated. "You can't just say that Naruto. He might've lost a loved one, we should respect him because of that." After Sakura talked, the three heard a poof of smoke.

"Ohayō." The unenthusiastic voice of their sensei was heard. Kakashi made a small wave and jumped off of the tree branch. "Where did you go, Kaka-sensei?" Naruto asked. "Huh? Oh, nothing important." Kakashi answered.

"That's strange. I thought you'd come and yell at me for being late? And coming up with stupid excuses?"

In a snap, Team 7 froze and looked down with guilt. "What's with those faces, guys?" The silver-haired questioned them with a straight but concerned face.

"Come with me. I'll show you three something important." Kakashi urged the three and the trio looked up to their sensei. "Where are you taking us?" Sasuke asked.

"You'll see."

Team 7 walked out of their training grounds and headed to where the cemetery was. Immediately, Sakura felt a familiar rush of sadness, pain and guilt when they crossed the line.

Now, they were in the cemetery. Sasuke had his hands in his pockets while Sakura and Naruto wondered about the reason they came here.

"You three. Sit."

Naruto heard the call from his sensei and followed. Kakashi exhaled from his mask and caressed the gravestone. "Kaka-sensei, why are we here?" Sakura asked. "To show you this." Kakashi directed his palm to the names written on the gravel.

"What about it?" Naruto asked. "These are the names of people who became Heroes of Konoha. I need you to understand something."

Team 7 listened.

"Long ago, when I was at your age, the Iwa-nins waged war. Our team was sent to destroy a bridge. The bridge was named 'Kannabi Bridge', and we had to destroy it because the bridge was a vital pathway to Iwagakure's line of supply. Destroying it would help Konoha."

"During that time, I was a newly promoted jōnin."

Team 7 froze and Sakura gasped. "Jōnin? Sensei, I thought they only promote full-fledged shinobi at a certain age?"

"Not all shinobi are promoted at a certain age. Sometimes they can be promoted earlier or later, it depends on their expansion of skills. Anyways, me and my sensei were jōnin and we were sent to destroy that bridge.

In a clear forest, we made our plan that since there are two jōnins in the team, we will separate. Our sensei would do what he was assigned somewhere and I was the Team Captain that time, I lead my two other teammates to destroy the bridge.