Chapter 2: Orenda

Once Sasuke made Shisui and his brother promise to not tell anyone that Naruto and he were from the future, yes, even the Hokage; Sasuke and Itachi had left for dinner as the sun had gone out completely.

Naruto let out a huff, remembering that with Sasuke leaving with Itachi, it meant that that asshole was leaving this Shisui guy behind for her to take care of.

Gazing up, Naruto called out, "Hey, you're Uchiha Shisui?"

Shisui was about to head to the Hokage Tower before he stopped on his tracks. He looked beside him and found that Naruto was still standing there.

"Yeah," he nodded, hands in his pockets, "What about it?"

Tilting her head to the side, Naruto watched his movements. This guy was younger and yet he moved like Tsunade was when she was serious and about to go in a kill-mode!

... a weird comparison, but still it was surreal to witness this.

"Nothing. It's just, it's the first time I meet an Uchiha that isn't Sasuke, Itachi, Obito, or even a revived Madara," Naruto grinned up, after she was done eyeing him up and down.

"Oh yeah, I did die pretty early, huh," Shisui cracked a small smile, hiding what he currently felt. He didn't know what else to say, so he asked, "Do you want me to accompany you to your home?"

Naruto gazed up at him with unusual concentration, "No. I need to see Sandaime-jīchan."

"Ah, we have the same destination, then."

"I guess we are."

He matched his pace with Naruto, expertly ignoring her bewildered stare.

"Might as well," he provided, shrugging his shoulder to her silent question. He still found it weird that the seven-year-old girl beside him was supposed to be 2 years older than him.

Time travel was supposed to be weird in general, but this was pushing it. Deciding to accept all the craziness today, Shisui slowly grinned when an idea occurred to him.

Naruto didn't know how to react when Shisui suddenly picked her up and throwing her to his back.

"Hey!"

"Hold on tight!"

Shunshin. A different kind of shunshin. Just in a few seconds, they were in front of the Hokage Tower.

Naruto felt like her body went numb, a first-timer at experiencing a shunshin that felt like it was yet not. It felt awesome and she wanted to get her hands on that jutsu.

"Can you teach me?" Naruto grasped tightly the back of Shisui's shirt.

"What?"

"Your awesome shunshin!"

"Well, you know, I'd just might if you help me..."

Sasuke felt like he was forgetting something when the family dinner ended. He was going to his bedroom when he remembered.

He was supposed to guard Shisui because Danzō was still alive and here he was, getting all cozy and basking in his supposed dead family's presence. While Itachi's best friend who he saw in Itachi's memories was going to die, he was enjoying the moment. Shisui was a self-sacrificing man that wasn't going to benefit anyone but will make the Uchiha even angrier and suspicious about the village if he died again this time, so... he had to prevent that.

Yeah, he had to. If he didn't want his clan killed off again.

Sasuke rolled his childish, yet tired eyes, "Stupid."

He headed to Itachi's room. Once he arrived, he opened the door to Itachi's room abruptly with the intent to...

With the intent to... to...

Dammit, his brain was dead the moment he saw Itachi with a brown haired girl beside him.

"So..." Naruto began after Shisui had informed the Sandaime and the elders about Shisui's intent on using Kotoamatsukami, "What are we gonna do about Danzō?"

"You're the one who said to let them believe I was going to use Kotoamatsukami, just like the future-me," Shisui pointed out in a whisper, hands slipping into his pockets as he crouched down to face Naruto directly to not tip off the Danzō's men that were currently following them, "It's a good idea to fish Danzō out. Because it worked last time, why not now? Honestly, I was about to accuse you of insanity, but I think..." feeling the men following them, Shisui paid them no mind as he repressed a snicker, "you're brilliantly insane."

Naruto snorted, feeling like it was her first time witnessing an Uchiha making a face like that.

"I don't get you, Shisui, but you must be the opposite of Sasuke."

"Sasuke must have an oni's luck to have you by his side," Shisui commented, sending a grin to a sputtering Naruto.

"You're making it sounds like I liked him!"

"You don't?" a mock gasp came from an amused Shisui.

Growling, Naruto chose to stomp off ahead.

"I'll hit you once this is over!"

Hiruzen gravely looked up to the ceilings. After chasing off his remaining elders (Koharu and Homura, as Danzō was off to somewhere after Shisui's report), he was just done with his paperwork... and now this? He didn't want to deal with this.

"You gotta believe it, jīchan!"

Shisui was fidgeting beside Naruto, looking unsure about the situation. His right eye was bruised; courtesy of almost being snatched away by a man named Shimura Danzō just fifteen minutes earlier.

"That bandaged guy almost took this poor guy's eye!" Shisui's eyebrows twitched, "You can't just let that old fart go! Hey, are you listening? You old man, I swear!"

Shisui averted his eyes from Hiruzen's pointed gaze that was saying; what was going on here? Is she real? Can you erase her memories? Or shut her up. Anything. Danzō can wait later, but deal with the loud girl now.

Closing his eyes, he let his eyes wander to the blonde beside him. This insane kid who had said to him;

"Let Danzō attempt on attacking you! You know, it'd be an evidence because his chakra will be hanging around you for awhile! Haha!"

Yeah, what a brilliant idea. Danzō had took the bait too eagerly.

Sighing, Shisui pressed his lips together as he saw his leader rubbing his temples. Guilty as he was having sic Naruto at his leader, he didn't want to think much about it. He was busy feeling his right eye, which was hurting so much now. If he as a lesser man, he would keel over by now because of the headache and pain Naruto had brought by being near him and his injured right eye.

He didn't regret following the girl's idea, but Shisui was fed up today. Too much acting was too much.

"Sasuke's mad?"

That morning, Naruto was about to go greet Sasuke before Itachi stopped her.

Naruto sent a confused sideways glance at Itachi, as she was about to open the door to Sasuke's room.

Itachi nodded with grievance, "Yes."

"Why?"

"... he found I was with my friend inside my room last night."

"Wow."

"I'm not mad about that!" came the shout from inside the room.

Itachi let out a long, suffering sigh before meeting eyes with Naruto's.

"Tell him I'll not do it again."

Naruto sweatdropped. What was this?