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Teams and Time

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Iruka announced the teams while Naruto zoned out, leaning back in his chair. 

   He didn't hear anything his academy sensei said, and frankly, he couldn't bring himself to care. Instead, he thought about what he was going to do. This was where his life had actually started, despite having twelve years of life prior. Thinking back to what he'd done so far, he stalled. He'd cried and hid even though there was a great opportunity presented to him. 

   Naruto once again resisted the urge to bang his head on his desk, and instead gave a silent sigh. Thank kami he'd been time traveled to before anything really important happened. He could've so easily messed everything up. 

   'Alright,' he thought, 'time to get it together. I've been presented with an opportunity, so I'll need to figure out what to do. I suppose the best thing I can do is make a timeline tonight and think about what went wrong, what I don't want to change - oh my kami thinking of all the chain reactions is going to give me a headache.'

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   'Goddammit all,' was the one thought that ran through Naruto's mind. It had been years since Kakashi was his sensei, and he'd forgotten how annoying his habit of being late was. Though instead of moping he figured why not have fun with it? So, he set up the same lame eraser prank he did last time. He ignored the nostalgia that came crashing through his senses and opted for sticking the measly five senbon he had in his pouch into the eraser. Kakashi was a jounin, so he should be able to dodge. 

   Naruto snickered and sat back down to wait, ignoring Sakura's scolding shouts at him. 

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Three hours later, and Kakashi finally arrived. 

   Naruto watched as he slid the door open, expecting only an eraser, but Naruto knew he heard the way the senbon pierced the air. Without thinking much, Kakashi quickly held his book above his head to protect himself, only to look in horror after the senbon-attached-eraser pierced through his precious book. 

   Naruto laughed, and he laughed hard. It felt good to have something not so depressing happen. He slapped his hand on the desk, and his laughter resembled wheezing. Kakashi sent him a glare that only made him laugh harder. 

   "My first impression of you," he stopped glaring at Naruto for a moment to take a look at Sasuke and Sakura, "is that you're all imbeciles." He eye-smiled. 

   "Meet me on the roof," and he disappeared. 

   Naruto laughed even as Sakura blamed him for Kakashi's first impression. 

   'Oh man Kakashi is totally going to get me back for this later.'

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Naruto sat at his dining table, a blank scroll in front of him. 

   He sighed. 

   "Okay," he muttered to himself, "I'll start at the beginning. The Senju and Uchiha war, which led to Tobirama and Madara starting Konoha's creation."

   He grabbed his brush and started writing. 

   - Senju/Uchiha war, Tobirama/Madara, Konoha's creation

   God this is going to be a long night. 

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Naruto skimmed through his list quickly. 

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