The scene starts with a look on a door. Naruto is seen opening that door. A man, a bit older than Naruto, appears from the other side. He has the sharingan and is wearing the red cloud outfit. He looks Naruto dead in the eye but doesn't say anything.

'He looks familiar.' Itachi mutters. Most of the people in the room look at him.

'I wonder.' Kakashi says. Face still hidden behind his book. The kid is one of the smartest people he knows, he can figure things out in seconds, as long as it doesn't include himself.

Sasuke?Then Naruto takes another good look at the man. No, it's not, so Who? He's got the sharingan like Sasuke. Then another man appears from behind the Uchiha. He's a lot taller than his partner and most notably has blue skin. He's also got a sword strapped on his back.

'Anyone know this guy?' Naruto asks. The adults look at each other but no one has seen the guy before. The only thing they recognize the Mist headband.

'I have no idea.'

'Hard to believe that such a child carries the nine-tails.' The man speaks in a voice a bit higher than one would expect.

Naruto is shocked. How the heck do these guys know about the nine tails? Naruto doesn't say anything, he doesn't even move a muscle.

'Naruto why don't you come with us?' The Uchiha asks. Still Naruto doesn't respond.

'A yes, follow two suspicious men will you.' Sasuke taunts Naruto. He's a little curious who that Uchiha is but he doubts it's that significant.

'Of course, I won't!' Naruto yells at his friend.

The shot then changes to show Sasuke running. He is close by I can feel it! Sasuke is desperate for some reason.

'I wonder if that Uchiha is Itachi.' Tsume muses. Most of the parents agree with her. It makes sense and there is a sort of resemblance.

'Then we know what he looks like after his growth spurt.' Shisui jokes, Itachi isn't very amused. He's wearing the red cloud outfit and that's not something good.

'Why is Sasuke so desperate though?' Iruka asks the question everyone is wondering about. Sasuke doesn't seem particularly happy to have Itachi around, which is strange because he's always happy to have his brother around.

Then a flashback starts. Little Sasuke is running back home. 'I won't lag behind big brother!' He declares to himself. The full moon shines upon the houses. I stayed behind to throw shuriken so long it's gotten late. But then Sasuke notices something strange.

'I suppose we'll get our explanation.' Fugaku mutters. If there is a distance between his two sons, it's not something to be proud of. He has a bad feeling of the screen is about to show him. It's got to be significant, he can feel it.

It's a feeling, something is wrong. It feels like he's being watched. A figure is seen standing on a lone telephone pole, the light of the moon behind making it impossible to discern the person's features. But then as soon as Sasuke saw it, the man disappeared.

What was that? I thought I saw something just now.The Sasuke is shocked. In front of him bodies line the streets, blood splattered on the walls. 'Wh-what is this?' What's going on?

'Holy shit!' Those in the room suddenly lost the color in their faces. This certainly is not a good thing. Judging by the amount of bodies in the streets and blood on the windows it must have been a clan wide slaughter.

'No way.' Those of the Uchiha clan are, for the first time while watching, terrified of the future. While it's the true that the only person of their clan they had seen in the future was Sasuke, nobody expected something like this to happen.

Sasuke quickly starts making his way home. As soon as he enters he throws of his shoes. 'Father! Mother!' he yells as he opens the door in front of him.

'Sasuke don't come in!' comes the call of his parents. Sasuke halts in his way. He does dare move forward, something is stopping him from doing so. An unshakable fear takes over him. He forces himself to go on. He has to do something.

'Please don't be bad.' Sasuke is shaking on his chair, he thought this would be another fun thing, that the future would be fun. Not that something like this would happen.

He opens the door with a creak and what he sees will haunt him for the rest of his life. His parents are lying dead on the ground, all life has left their bodies. A figure stands above them. You can't see his face but he's looking down.

'This is not fun.' Naruto reaches out for his friend. They might bicker a lot but that doesn't mean they hate each other. From what they are seeing Naruto can't help but feel horrible. The future isn't a fun place.

'Father! Mother!' Sasuke calls out again but life has left them already.

A close up of the unknown figure appears, his eyes are not yet visible. Until the figure moves to look Sasuke in the eye. It's Itachi.

'Itachi why would you do such a thing?' His mother asks him. She never thought, even in her wildest dreams, that Itachi would go as far to kill them. It simply doesn't fit his character.

Itachi is confused. 'I would never do this.' He tells the rest of the group. By now they are all staring at him like he's done something bad. In the future he might have but that doesn't mean that right now he's bad as well. Like he said, he wouldn't do something like this, not without a very good reason. It makes him sick.

'Clearly you just did.' Kakashi says. He has put his book down and goes over the memories he has of the kid. Nothing bad, he's a good child that always does his best.

'It doesn't happen too far into the future either.' Shikaku points out. Sasuke is barely older than he is right now.

'I promise on my life, I would never do such a thing.' Itachi says one more time. But the only thing he gets in response is looks. He's never felt so bad for something he hasn't yet done. Is this what the future has in store for him?

'Brother!' Sasuke calls out to him. 'Big brother. Father and Mother are… Why? How? Who would do such a thing?' Sasuke cries out to the only figure he knows. Then all of a sudden, the doors shut behind him and Sasuke experiences some strange headache.

'Foolish little brother.' Itachi says voice monotone and emotionless but a bit harsher than usual. Sasuke takes a step back. Mangekyo sharingan! As soon as that's said Sasuke reaches for his head in pain. In him flood the memories of his parents' final moments, over and over again.

'What the hell.' Jiraiya says. He doesn't know that much about the sharingan, but he knows enough to know that something like that isn't normal, especially for a boy like him.

'What just happened?' Chouji asks. He had put down his food for a bit, after seeing the bodies he lost his appetite.

'Itachi went crazy.' Tsume says. Even she is shocked. She hasn't met the boy that often but from what she heard he was a kind soul, that in matter of ideals doesn't belong in the ninja business.

'How the heck did he get the mangekyo?' Fugaku points out. The rest of the group look at him, unfamiliar with the term but he doesn't explain.

'I don't want to know.' Shisui mutters. He doesn't wish that fate on Itachi, ever. And seeing what it did to him, he must never get it. Not if it messed up his mind this badly.

'Seeing my own dead body.' Mikoto says. 'I never thought I would.'

'It must be strange.' Hiashi agrees, he has gotten a glimpse at what it would look like when his twin died, but that was still a different person. To see yourself dying. What kind of feeling must that give.

'Stop it.' Sasuke cries out. 'Don't show me such things!' Sasuke starts crying. 'NO! Itachi! Stop it!' The cries continue on and on. No stopping it. Then the flashback ends.

'Where was I during all of this?' Shisui asks the room. He has noticed his absence. He would like to think of himself as important enough to have been shown but it clearly wasn't. Could Itachi really have killed him just like that?

'I would never kill you either.' Itachi reassures him, but also himself. 'I don't like this fragment.' He looks down. Itachi might not emote that well but now his sadness is clear to everyone looking at him.

The screen goes back to Naruto and Itachi. 'Why don't you step out of the room?' Itachi asks the bewildered boy.

These guys, they're not ordinary.But Naruto steps forward nonetheless.

'Smart.' Shikamaru snorts.

'Oh, shut up.' Naruto yells at the other. Now is not the time to mention his lacking intelligence.

'Itachi. It would be bothersome to have him wandering off, perhaps we should cut off one of his legs or something?' The shark guy says as he grabs his sword.

'He's from the Mist. Probably one of the seven swordsmen if that sword is anything to go by.' Chouza says. It makes the others think.

'That's not a good sign either.' The hokage mumbles. While throughout his years he has seen plenty of bloodbaths, he's never seen something like the massacre they've just witnessed. He agrees wholeheartedly that it must be prevented if possible.

'What!' Naruto says. He doesn't quite believe his eyes. Itachi doesn't say anything, so the man grabs his sword and raises it just a bit. Naruto gulps, he can feel his heart beating in his chest.

'Long time no see Sasuke.' Itachi says. The shark guy is shocked as he looks behind him.

'This is not going to be pretty.' Shino says. He's still as composed as he always is. It's a Shino thing, it makes people forget he's there in the first place. Not that what's happening doesn't affect him.

'Mommy. Can I sit with you?' Sasuke asks his mother. He's scared of what's about to happen.

'Of course, sweetheart.' Sasuke walks over to his mother and sits down on her lap. He takes in all the comfort he can, if she dies in the future he won't be able to do that anymore.

Sasuke stands there, visibly holding himself back. 'Uchiha Itachi.'

'My, my. Today is truly is an unusual day indeed. To be able to see other sharingan, not just once but twice.'

Sasuke stands there, unmoving. Until a shot of his face appears. There is no emotion on his face. 'I will kill you.' Sasuke's eyes are wide, sharingan spinning.

'What the heck happened to cute little Sasuke?' Iruka says. He loves all his student, they're just so adorable. But the Sasuke right here has lost all of it. He's purely motivated by anger.

'Itachi that is.' Kakashi tells the teacher. He can understand where Sasuke is coming from, if he could he would've gotten revenge on the various injustices in his life as well. But he found out the hard way that revenge doesn't change anything. It only made him sadder.

'I would've never let it get like this.' Shisui balls his fists. He's not liking what he sees one bit. If he just was there, then he could do something. Make sure that Sasuke doesn't get like that.

'I won't ever do such a thing either.' Itachi says. His voice is softer than usual, saddened by the things the screen is showing. If only that Itachi could remain.

'We believe it when we see it.' Tsume says. Itachi feels even more shame.

Naruto looks at the scene with wide eyes. Uchiha Itachi? Naruto suddenly feels really small compared to the figures in front of him. The same Uchiha as Sasuke… 'Who are these people? What are they?' Naruto asks.

'Why doesn't he know?' Hiashi asks.

'Naruto is an idiot.' Is the explanation he gets from Sasuke.

'Hey!'

The blue skinned man starts talking again. 'Sharingan and he looks an awful lot like you. Who is that kid Itachi?' Sasuke glares at the back of his brother.

'He's my brother.' Itachi says without as much as a blink. Naruto is shocked, sweat starts covering his face.

'Funny, cuz the whole Uchiha clan was wiped out the way I heard it.' The blue skinned man says. 'By you.' The look on both Uchihas darkens. Naruto remembers the time they had to introduce themselves in front of Kakashi and Sasuke declared that he has someone to kill. Then to the wave where Sasuke was wounded in his hands, pushing the goal onto Naruto.

'No wonder Sasuke is a little crazy.' Iruka says. He's lost his parents as well and he felt defeated after that. 'To have your entire family killed by your older brother.' If he could he would've beaten the nine-tails to a pulp as well.

'I don't want this to happen.' Sakura says. Ino agrees with her. Something like this should never have to happen.

So, this is the guy Sasuke was talking about.Naruto's eyes narrow in determination. The one he wants to kill.

'And they used to be so close.' Mikoto looks at her children. She loves the relationship they have. They're always so happy to be together. Why has to gotten to that point? Did she mess up?

'Why would Itachi go insane?' Sasuke sniffles in his mother's arms. She holds him a little tighter in response.

'We will prevent this from happening.' Fugaku says determined. For the sake of his family.

Then the two brothers engage in a stare off. Sharingan spinning, no other emotions on their faces. Then another flashback stars. It continues right after the last one ended.

Sasuke is screaming on the ground as the images flood his mind. He falls to the ground with blank eyes, forgetting where he was. There is a line of drool leaving his mouth. Then Sasuke takes another good look at the room he's in and he remembers where he is. His eyes slowly focus on Itachi.

'Why would you hurt me like that?' Sasuke asks his brother.

If the look of heartbreak in Itachi's eyes is anything to go by. 'I wouldn't…' He's stressed out.

'Itachi, you alright?' Shisui asks his friend. While future Itachi might be a little insane, the Itachi right here is still his close friend and he can see that he truly feels bad for the things his future self has done.

'I don't know why I would do such a thing. I don't want to do it.' Shisui reaches out and gives his friend a hug, he needs it. 'What if it can't be prevented?'

'It can. I'll make sure of it.'

'Why did you?' Sasuke manages to get out. His voice is cracking. Itachi stares Sasuke down, eyes returning to their normal color.

'To measure my capacity.' Itachi says with a straight face, maybe a tad to straight.

'Like killing a bunch of babies is going to do that.' Shikaku says. While it's true that what he's seeing is a tragedy, he can't help but feel that there is something he's missing.

'Measure your capacity? That's it?' Sasuke says, he's not crying, the tears don't fall. Itachi doesn't respond. 'That's the only reason for killing everybody?' Drool is still leaving his mouth.

Itachi closes his eyes. 'I had to.'

'There might be more to this.' Shikaku says. The lack of looks of Itachi in the scenes is telling.

'What makes you think so?' Inoichi asks.

'After this is done I'll tell you.'

Sasuke tries to get up, it's not as easy as he expected. He's overcome with emotions. 'What kind of excuse is that?' Itachi's face is dark, his eyes invisible. 'What's wrong with you!' Sasuke screams as he runs of toward his brother. Itachi stops him with ease and Sasuke falls to the ground once again. Right in front of his parents' bodies. He can see their dead faces and he starts crying. Never would he see them again. I'm scared. The overwhelming feeling of terror reaches his body.

'Don't worry Sasuke. I would've done the same.' Naruto tells his friend. Sasuke gives the other a small smile.

'Poor Sasuke.' Sakura says.

Sasuke stands up and runs toward the door, to get away as quickly as possible. 'Waah. Don't kill me!' He screams as he opens the door and darts through. Itachi is quick to follow.

'You are not even worth killing baby brother, you're pathetic.' They're outside now. Sasuke is tired, his legs aren't able to carry his body anymore. They look at each other. 'If you want to kill me, hate me. Hate me and live like the coward you are. Clinging to life without honor.' Those are the last words said before the flashback ends.

'Why would he tell Sasuke to do that?' As far as Neji is concerned it's a stupid thing to ask. If he were in Sasuke's shoes he would've done the exact opposite, just to spite the other.

'It does seem a little strange.' Tenten agrees. Why would you want to follow the commands of the person that killed your family?

Back in the present Sasuke is charging up an attack. 'Just as you told me to. I've resented and hated you and lived solely,' The sounds of birds chirping reaches their ears. 'to kill you!' Sasuke is surrounded by lightning, the electricity glowing in his hands. Naruto looks on in shock.

'Lightning?' Mikoto is a little surprised. 'Not fire?' It's uncommon to say the least to have a different affinity than fire within the clan, even within the country, it's called the fire country for a reason.

'That's the Chidori right?' Itachi asks Kakashi. He's seen the other use it plenty of times.

'It is.' Kakashi looks a little thoughtful. 'I never thought I would get to teach it to someone else.'

'Chidori.' Itachi doesn't look surprised. His partner is a little impressed but doesn't say anything. Sasuke charges toward his brother but Itachi stops him with ease. Redirecting the attack towards the wall, easily bursting a hole through it. They look at each other again. Sasuke sweating nervously.

Naruto quickly makes a hand seal to help his friend. He starts channeling his chakra. Both Itachi and the blue skinned man turn to look at the boy.

'Yes Naruto! Help him!' The kids yell out. Eager to have some fun action.

'I doubt I'll be able to do much.' Shikamaru destroys their happiness.

The air is ripe with chakra. There is no mistake, the power of the nine-tailed fox!The blue skinned man thinks. Sasuke however is still in Itachi's grab.

'They're after the nine tails.' Jiraiya mutters.

'That's not a good sign.' The Hokage agrees. This particular fragment reveals a lot of not so good things. Things they would have to watch out for or prevent.

'You!' Sasuke begins, he's channeling all the hate he can. Itachi doesn't take any mind.

'You're in the way.' He says as he throws Sasuke to the ground.

'I'm sorry Sasuke. I promise I'll never do that.' Itachi yells at his brother. Shisui still holds him down.

'Calm down for a bit.'

'Sasuke!' Naruto yells out at his friend. He starts making sign. 'Summoning…' but before he can continue the blue skinned man interrupts by using his sword. I can't feel my chakra. Naruto tries again and again but nothing is working. 'What's going on?'

'Samehada.' Tenten says. The other kids look at her.

'What?' Naruto asks.

Tenten smiles, it's rare for her to show of her knowledge in weapons. 'It's a sword that eats chakra. It's very rare that someone is able to handle it without being drained.'

'That's not good.' Kiba says. The other kids had to agree with him.

The man grins and shows off his sword. 'My Samehada cuts through and devours chakra too.' The sword is making sounds as he speaks, it's almost as if it's alive. 'We don't need this kid whipping out any more jutsu. Maybe I should start with the arms instead.' Kisame grabs his sword and starts the swing. Naruto tries again to do something, but nothing is working. Sasuke too is unable to help his friend as he is still down on the ground.

'This is not looking good.' Inoichi says. If that really is one of the seven swordsmen of the Mist, then they should run. Get away as soon as possible. He's heard enough about them to fear them.

'Do you think Sasuke dies here?' Chouza asks. Sasuke and his parents look on in shock.

'What makes you say so?' Mikoto asks the man.

'We haven't seen him in the future, further, yet.'

'I hope not.' She pets her son's hair. For Sasuke to die so young. Then they would've failed spectacularly. She can only hope that isn't the case.

But before the sword hits Naruto, a toad intercepts. This toad is about medium sized and has protectors on his arms. 'You don't know me at all. You should've done your homework. The toad sage Jiraiya falls victim to no woman's charm, beauties drop for me like blossoms in a storm.' Jiraiya appears behind Naruto, he's carrying a woman on his shoulder.

'So, I finally appear.' Jiraiya boasts. The rest of the group can only sigh. They did see the woman in his shoulder.

'Like the womanizer you are.' Tsume taunts the other. Some of the men in the room gained a small blush on their faces, as they do read the man's novels.

Naruto looks back at his teacher, not impressed. 'Yeah, right! You're the one who got excited when a woman winked at you. This is no time to be acting so high and mighty pervy sage!' Naruto screams at him.

'Pervy sage. Pfft.' Naruto laughs. There are a couple others that join in, it is a fitting name for the man.

'The only funny thing happening right now.' Hinata says softly. Ino gives her a friendly shove.

'It's fitting.'

'I really should wish you wouldn't call me that in front of other people.' Jiraiya yells back at Naruto.

'We've got worse things to worry about than what these guys think of you! Get on with it.' Naruto reprimands his teacher. Sasuke is still laying on the ground and from this angle they can see a mark on his neck. Then the woman hanging on Jiraiya shoulder is seen. Itachi says nothing.

'Naruto is right.' Sasuke says.

The shark man is cackling. 'Lord Jiraiya touted as one of the legendary Sannin. No matter how much of an unrivaled woman-chaser you are, I didn't think our delaying tactic would succeed that easily.'

'Let me guess. They told the woman to seduce and it didn't take any effort on her part.' People start laughing at the man once more. Jiraiya holds his head in his palms. How could his reputation have tarnished so badly?

'I wouldn't be surprised.' Shikaku says.

'Guys.' Jiraiya calls out but people only start laughing more.

'You know who he really is?' Naruto asks.

'Of course, they do.' Jiraiya says to his student.

Then the blue man starts talking again. 'It seems you've undone the genjutsu we placed on that woman.' Jiraiya looks at the man, not satisfied in the slightest.

'Correction. They hypnotized her.' Shisui points out.

Jiraiya shrugs. 'Details.'

'Placing a genjutsu on a woman to separate me from Naruto, what kind of coward would do something like that?' Jiraiya says as he puts the woman on the ground. She is still asleep.

Naruto only looks on. Separate us, but why?

'To make Naruto an easier target. Duh.' Kiba says. Naruto gets a little red at the comment of the other boy. Kiba isn't smart himself but if he could figure that out then Naruto should've been able to as well.

'Stupid.' Naruto slaps himself on the head. He should've known better.

'I know he's the one you're really after.' Jiraiya says. Naruto is shocked. Even Sasuke laying on the ground is a little shaken.

'Now I know how Kakashi knew. So, you were his information source.' Itachi says. Jiraiya doesn't say anything is response. 'To take Naruto with us, is the supreme order given unto us by the Akatsuki.' Itachi explains. The name of the organization they belong to is Akatsuki. Kisame is still fighting of the toad. Naruto is shocked, what would they want with him? Then the toad disappears in a burst of smoke.

'The red cloud organization is called Akatsuki.' Shisui looks at his notes and edits accordingly.

'I've heard of them before.' Jiraiya says. This time seriously. The other adults look at him. To think that group already existed.

'Really?'

'They're only a small mercenary group now. To think they would have such goals.' He explains. He heard rumors they originated from the Rain, which would've been a coincidence since he does have contacts there as well, even if he hasn't heard from them in a while.

'Stealing the nine tails.' Inoichi mutters. The nine bijuu are sacred in the villages they belong. If someone were to steal one of them it would be an act of war. To think there is a group dedicated to stealing one of them.

'Sorry, I can't give you Naruto.' Jiraiya explains.

Itachi almost snorts. 'Really?'

'This really is a strange Itachi.' Shisui exclaims. 'He's got a sense of humor.'

'That is a bit odd.' Mikoto agrees. Itachi might be good natured and all, but he lacks the humor gene.

'Mom!'

'I might as well take care of the two of you right here!' Jiraiya gets ready to do something until he's interrupted by Sasuke.

'Stay out of this.' Sasuke stands up slowly, his body is shaking. Naruto and Jiraiya watch on in shock. 'The only one who'll do any eliminating is me!' He declares, his body is shaking, shivering even. The rest of the room watches on for the next move.

'You're not going to be able to do anything in that state.' Hiashi tells the kid. Sasuke agrees with him.

'I must be really angry.' He understands why.

'Go away. I have absolutely no interest in you!' Itachi stares at Sasuke from behind before giving him a harsh kick in the stomach. Sasuke falls against a wall and falls over in pain.

'I'm sorry Sasuke.' Itachi tells him once more. Shisui holds him again. He hates to see his friend hurting like this.

'Sasuke!' Naruto shouts for his friend. He's about to do something but Sasuke stops him.

'Naruto! Don't butt in! Mind your own business!' He screams at Naruto, desperation in his voice. Naruto stops his charge.

'Aw, he cares about you.' Ino tells the blond. Her inner yaoi fangirl is squealing once more. If only there were more scenes like this.

'Or he's selfish.' Naruto tells her. Ino doesn't heed it.

Itachi eyes his little brother. At this point he should no longer be able to weave signs.

'This is my fight!' Sasuke screams. Itachi narrows his eyes and slowly walks toward Sasuke. Sasuke's breathing is harsh. 'You're mine!' He yells but Itachi starts hitting him again. And again. Over and over again, blood leaves his mouth. Naruto can only watch what's happening.

'I'm sorry. Sorry.' Itachi keeps apologizing. He hates what he's seeing so much he can't help it. He hasn't even done anything yet.

'Come here Itachi. You deserve a hug as well.' He mother calls out. Itachi stands and walks over to her. He embraces her in a tight hug.

'Thanks mom.' Kakashi smiles, he really is still a kid.

'No mercy eh.' The blue man laughs. Naruto is only getting more frustrated. Sasuke falls to the ground again. Itachi grabs him by the neck and holds him up to the wall. He forces Sasuke to look into his eyes and once again he's flooded with visions.

He's inside a dark room. He can hear Itachi's voice. 'You are weak.' Sasuke turns to look where it's coming from, but he doesn't see anything. 'For the next 24 hours, relive that day.' In front of him appear his parents. Itachi stands behind them and cuts them down.

'That's just cruel.' Sakura says. She's almost crying, she never imagined she would see something like this. She always thought that was for grown-ups.

'I would go insane after that.' Ino agrees with her.

Outside the vision Sasuke starts screaming. 'Itachi, I do not think it wise to use that eye so many times in one day.' The blue man addresses his partner. Naruto can't take it anymore and charges forward.

'Weakness?' Naruto asks.

'The mangekyo can cause blindness if used to often.' Fugaku explains. It still doesn't tell the others what it is exactly.

'Power for a price.' Kakashi nods. He can get it. Even the way the sharingan is awakened is for a price, the price of extreme stress.

'That's enough!' He yells. Jiraiya meanwhile performs some signs and as soon as they could blink the hallways turns to flesh.

'Ninja art: gamaguchi toad mouth trap.' Jiraiya says. Sasuke disappears into one of the walls. Itachi finally let's go of him. His partner too is a bit surprised. 'Too bad, Itachi, Kisame. You truly can't escape me now. You are in me!' Jiraiya explains.

'That sounds a little wrong.' Iruka tells Jiraiya.

Jiraiya sighs, he gets what the other is saying. 'Just a little.'

'Strange technique though.'

Itachi looks at his brother one last time. 'You're still too weak, you don't have enough,' Itachi takes a breath to lean in even closer, 'hate.' Then the scene ends.

'What's got hate got to do with anything?' Lee asks. He's been a bit quiet because he doesn't know how to react to something like that, but the last sentence just confused him.

'I have no idea.' Shikamaru says. He too finds it a little odd.

'You don't get stronger from hating people, right?' Naruto looks around the room for an answer. He doesn't hate people; does that mean he's weak?

'As far as I'm aware.' The Hokage assures him.

'Now then Shikaku. You mentioned there might be more to this.' Inoichi tells his friend. Shikaku sighs and collects his thoughts.

'Right.' He puts his hands on the desk in front of him. 'The first thing being that Itachi is very much not acting like himself. And the strategic darkening of his face in certain moments. It leads me to believe there might be more to this.'

'I think so too.' The Hokage tells them. 'But we don't have enough information to make further conclusions yet.' It might have something to do with the tensions concerning the other clan. But like he said he can't make conclusions just yet.

'We better get that soon.' Mikoto holds her two children that had gotten so distressed over that one scene. 'I don't want this to happen.'

'None of us do.' Hiashi has to agree. While the clans did have some sort of rivalry going on, they did not wish this on anyone.

'The entire clan, dead.' Shisui puts his head on his notes. 'I wonder.'

Iruka sensing the mood in the room quickly decides to interrupt. 'Maybe we should take a break for a bit.'

'That might be best.' They agree.

'I think I'm going to get myself something to eat.' Chouza admits and walks over to the table loaded with all kinds of food.

'Good idea.' Chouji stands up and follows his father. There are a bunch of others that follow as well, it's getting close to lunch time anyway.

'Just take your time.' Kakashi tells Itachi while he too makes his way over to the food. He'll have to use some sort of trick to prevent people from seeing his face, but that's the least of his worries right now.

'Sasuke, are you alright?' Naruto who's right next to him asks. Sasuke had just walked back to his seat.

'Not really.' He holds a skewer of some treat in his hands and starts scratching the wood of the desk with it. It makes a bunch of loud noises, so Iruka quickly takes it away.

'It must be traumatizing to watch your family die like that.' Sakura too had walked over to the other boy.

'No kidding.' Sasuke sighs, there are still tear tracks on his face. 'I feel like I've been hit a thousand times in the head.'

'If you ever need a hug. I'll be happy to give you one.' Naruto tells him while holding his hands out.

'As if I'll ever hug you Dobe.' Sasuke laughs at the other's face.

'Teme!' Naruto yells at him. He's ready to throw himself at Sasuke. Why does he always have to be such an ass?

'Boys!'

Once everyone is seated again, someone asks the question. 'Is everyone ready for the next scene?'

'I doubt I'll ever be ready but continue on.' Itachi mumbles but the people ignore him. They had to continue at some point.

The screen lights up once again. 'A new way of fishing.'

'Fishing?' Kiba asks. He has done that a couple times before. Nothing impressive if you ask him.

'Who knows what it's about.'

Two boys and a dog are seen fishing near a small lake. The one with longer hair has the fishing rod in his hands and is trying to reel in something. The other rod is positioned nearby but isn't moving.

'It's fishing in the literal sense.' Shikamaru says.

'Why wouldn't it be?' Naruto asks the other boy. He's not the smartest, that's why he needs someone smart like him to keep him updated.

'Considering some of the other names it might have been something metaphorical.' Naruto doesn't quite understand the last word but it's a good explanation. He can see the point.

'This one's huge!' The one with longer hair says. The fish swims around the lake trying to get loose. 'Ashura! The net! Get me the net!' He screams to the other boy who is named Ashura. The dog next to them is barking.

'Does anyone know of this Ashura person?' Itachi asks. The normalcy of this scene has calmed him a lot.

'Never heard the name.' the hokage admits. If anyone heard of that name it would've been him.

'This is also the past again.' Shikamaru points out. They take another look at the clothing of the characters and they agree.

'Their clothes are strange.' Shisui says. 'The magatama on them must mean something.' They are usually connected to the Uchiha, but these boys don't look very Uchiha in his opinion. There is some resemblance but not all that much.

'It is a bit strange.'

The other boy nervously grabs the net, he's sweating. He reaches out with the net, but it doesn't touch the water.

'Be careful. Go slow and steady.' The other instructs. The fish is shown swimming in the water, the net barely reaching it. Then the young boy goes back for just a second before he launches himself after the fish into the water. 'Ashura!' the one waiting on the shore calls out. The camera slowly goes down to the water as Ashura comes up with a bunch of weeds in his hair.

'What's the point of this fragment?' Neji asks. Nobody has a suitable response. Neji scoffs. He's not here to watch some idiots fishing. No, he's here to learn about his fate.

'Maybe it'll come later.' Lee tries to reassure the other boy but only gets a mean look in return.

'Look I got it, Nii-san!' He cheers as he holds up the fish.

'They're brothers.' Naruto says. They are a bit closer in age than Sasuke and his brother though. Maybe even twins.

'I have never heard of them.' Jiraiya too is stumped. If these are important people surely, he has heard of them before. But he's never even heard of an Ashura, aside from the myths.

The older brother sighs. 'Damn it. You're so impulsive.' He mutters. The dog is cheering from the side as well. He's jumping from side to side. Then the other line starts moving. The older brother walks up to it. 'You got a bite too!' he tells Ashura.

'You're right.' Ashura walks back to the shore and puts the fish they caught down before reaching for his own rod. 'It might be bigger than yours.' He laughs. The older one just looks, not saying anything. They grab it together and pull up. The thing they caught rises up and lands behind them.

'That's not a fish.' Shisui laughs. After the last scene this is a nice one. Just to calm down a bit.

'Don't spoil it!' Naruto yells at the other. Shisui laughs. Kids.

'It's just driftwood.' Ashura mumbles disappointed. The dog inspects it with his nose. The older one of the two slowly walks up to it and puts his hands in a sign. In a puff of smoke, the log changes to the fish they caught. 'It's a big one!' He's now cheerful again as he walks toward his brother.

'Why is he so impressed? It's nothing impressive.' Sasuke says. Even he can do that, and he's not even a ninja yet.

'Who knows.' Shino says. Sasuke is a little surprised at the response of Shino but doesn't reply.

'You did a great job.' He complements the other.

'Right. Just a replacement jutsu. Anyone can do that.' Tenten says. Then she takes a look at Lee and gives him an encouraging pat on the back.

'It is!' Ashura says. Then he looks at the fish again. 'But what did you just do?' he asks.

'Why doesn't he know?' Sakura asks. Even she doesn't think of it as something super strange.

'Maybe he's stupid.' Sasuke says. Like Naruto. The boy does remind him of Naruto a bit.

Then another voice starts narrating. 'Back then ninshu did not have a practical application for fighting yet. My original intent for it was to help bring souls together.' From the sounds of it, it's an old man speaking.

'Hold on a second. Who's narrating.' Ino asks. Nobody in the room could give an answer. It sounded like an old man but not like anyone they know.

'What's ninshu?' Naruto asks. This time it's not a stupid question as the rest doesn't seem to know anything either.

'Did we just watch something from the beginning of the discovery of chakra?' Tsume yells out. It sends the gears in peoples head turning.

'That's interesting.' Itachi mutters. It might be a well-known fact but he's a bookworm, he loves learning new things. To see something like that is a dream come true.

'No wonder we haven't heard of these kids. If it's that long ago, their names must've been lost in time.' Hiruzen explains. The others nod in agreement.

'They do seem a little familiar.' Naruto says. He has this faint feeling of having met them before. But if what the others say is true then it must be something else.

'What do you mean?' Kiba asks. He's laughing at Naruto's face. He really is stupid if he thinks he able to meet them before.

'I agree with Naruto. It feels like I know them.' Sasuke says. It shoots looks his way, which is a bit uncomfortable.

'Like that isn't strange.'

'That was most interesting.' Hiashi says. If it really is about the discovery of chakra it certainly is something of interest.

'What was the point though. Nothing really happened.' Iruka says. He can understand the intrigue in the history, but it only showed two boys' fishing. It's not that impressive.

'I think it's more about that characters than what exactly happened.' Shikaku says.

'What do you mean?'

'These two boys, I think they're important.' He explains further. A part of him believes that there is a reason they're shown, they must be significant enough.

'Could be.' Jiraiya muses. There is something about them, he's sure of it.

'It would make sense to show them then.' Mikoto agrees. A part of her thinks of them as familiar too, but not in the sense like Naruto and Sasuke. It's more like she can see a part of a connection between them.

'It still doesn't explain what they're important for.' Shisui mumbles. He would love to make detailed notes about them but there just isn't enough information.

'We don't have enough leads to be able to make conclusions about that yet.'

'Onto the next scene then.' Kakashi asks as he looks around the room for confirmation.

Once again, the screen lights up. 'The most powerful jutsu.'

'Are we actually going to see the most powerful jutsu?' Naruto's eyes are sparkling. He always hoped he would be able to learn it.

'I highly doubt there is one.' Itachi says to the little boy. After all every jutsu has its uses and weaknesses.

'Different situations require different jutsu.' Kakashi agrees. His Chidori would not be good for espionage tasks. 'It makes me wonder what kind of jutsu this is going to be.'

'I hope I'm the one performing it.' Naruto is getting excited. 'That would make me super awesome!'

'Don't get your hopes up too much.' Sasuke says to Naruto. He highly doubted it would be Naruto performing the jutsu.

The scene starts with a place filled with magma and lava. There is a woman with white hair floating in the air. As are two other figures. One is as bright as the sun, the other looks a lot like Sasuke.

''That' jutsu?' Sasuke asks his partner. His mismatched eyes stare at Naruto with bewilderment.

'So Sasuke is very much alive still.' Mikoto says. It lifts a pressure of her chest. She takes a good look at her boy. He looks so handsome.

'Good to know.' Fugaku agrees.

'Where did he get the rinnegan from then?' Shisui asks. He noticed the purple eye when it appeared on the screen. To see the rinnegan once is impressive, to have at least two people in the future that have it must be an indicator of something.

'That's a good question but I doubt we'll get the answer now.' Itachi tells his best friend. He can't deny being curious. It's his little brother after all.

'Why?'

'He already has it.'

Naruto nods. 'Yeah.' Naruto starts smiling. 'Sasuke, hear me out.'

Then the focus changes onto the woman in the air. There is a black stuff leaking from her arms. It's even got a face. It's this stuff that starts talking. 'I don't know what you're scheming but Mother absorbs all jutsu.' He explains as he's retracting himself. 'Your actions are meaningless.'

'What is that?' Ino asks. In her entire life she's never seen something so ugly. The woman is pretty as hell but that creature… gross.

'Good question?' Tsume agrees as little disturbed as well. 'Who is she?' Everyone turns to look at the Hyuuga head.

'I don't know. Why are you looking at me?' he asks the group.

'She's got the byakugan.' Fugaku says, then he takes another look. 'And something on her forehead.' It looks a little like the rinnegan and sharingan combined, which probably isn't a good thing.

'I have never seen her or heard of someone like that before.' Hiashi huffs. He would know if he saw her before. She's rather distinct.

'That creature in her arms is also really creepy.' Ino is truly horrified by a creature like that.

'You're telling me.'

Then a shot appears looking at the scene from a distance. There Sakura and Kakashi and another mysterious man with a half white body are being held up by a Naruto clone. 'How's it looking?' Kakashi asks. Sakura looks over her shoulder.

'Sakura has the seal on her forehead.' Kakashi points out. She really must have studied under Tsunade.

'So Tsunade passed on all of her abilities.' Hiruzen smiles. He's glad Tsunade takes on another student. It would do her good.

'Scary.' Jiraiya can already feel the shudders. One Tsunade is enough.

'Looks like they're just staring each other down.' She explains.

'Who's that other man?' Chouji asks. He's seen the others before, but that man is strange.

'Part of his skin is white? I don't know anyone like that.' Iruka says. The rest of the group agrees. This must be another person they managed to pick up in the future.

'I see.' Kakashi says. The power to forcefully drag us all into this dimension that isn't genjutsu… this is on a totally different scale. Kakashi looks strained, not only that he has two normal eyes. She's like a god. A close up shot appears of the woman. She has the byakugan and a strange eye on her forehead. She's also got two horns sticking out of her head.

'This is not looking good.' Kakashi knows himself. If he thinks someone is godlike then that person is godlike.

'You're telling me.' Shisui says. 'If Kakashi admits that she's godlike then she must be super strong.'

'Kakashi got two normal eyes.' Itachi points. The rest of the people turn to look at the screen once again.

'You're right.' Shisui mutters. Where did he find an exact copy of his other eye? 'How did that happen.'

'Maybe we'll find out.' Kakashi murmurs. Him losing the sharingan in the future. It saddens him a little. It's the last thing he has of Obito. A person he would never be able to see again.

'How do you plan on fighting someone like that, Naruto?' Sakura asks the clone behind her.

Naruto smiles. 'This could be the end but we gotta give it our best shot.' He says as he puts his hand on the strange man's chest. 'Just like we've been doing all along, right?' The strange man slowly starts waking up, but before they could see anything else the shot changes back to Naruto and Sasuke.

'What did Naruto just do?' Sakura asks. Her studious nature demands the answer to the question.

'Did he heal that man?' Ino asks. But no answer comes.

'Are you serious?' Sasuke asks his friend. He's truly taken aback.

'We won't know unless we try.' Naruto says. Sasuke is completely hesitant. 'I've been secretly practicing this jutsu even more than the rasengan, you know!' Naruto grins. 'It's worth giving it a shot, right?'

'I'm getting excited.' Naruto is bouncing in his seat. It would show him being awesome. He can't wait.

'Me too!' Sasuke tells him. He might not be the one performing the technique, but it does look like he's important. That's enough for now.

Sasuke turns back to the woman, clearly not completely convinced. 'If there's a chance it'll create an opening.' A close up is shown of Sasuke's left eye. 'Fine. I'll get my left eye ready.' They take position and Sasuke starts the action with an Amaterasu. It sets the lady ablaze with black flames.

'Sasuke doesn't quite seem convinced.' Tsume laughs. This plan they have got to be genius, if not a bit ridiculous. If she knows Naruto well enough.

'I wonder what their plan is.'

'They're making a move.' Sakura tells the others from the sidelines.

The fire is quickly being absorbed by the lady. Then Naruto goes forward ready to launch his attack. 'Take this!' he shouts as he makes multiple clones. The clones surround the woman, who quickly activates her byakugan. Then the clones transform, into a bunch of hot dudes. 'Sexy jutsu: reverse harem Jutsu!' he shouts as he's joined by the transformed clones for the last bit of it.

'What!' The men in the room scream out. This is crazy. A harem jutsu? Reverse harem?

'Holy moly!' The ladies in the room shout. A little blush appearing on their faces. They are a bunch of handsome men.

The lady just watches. Then the shot changes to Sakura, who's equally stunned. A train of blood leaving her nose. Kakashi just watches.

'This is embarrassing.' Sakura says. Seeing her future self like that is not the most fun thing. If only it was her performing something awesome, that would've been cool.

'Don't worry I would've fainted.' Ino tells her best friend. Sakura sighs. Of course, her friend would be like that.

Sexy-type jutsu tend to work better on stronger opponents, you know!Naruto explains.

'Interesting information.' Jiraiya coughs. He already knows that if it were a bunch of naked ladies he would've fallen victim to the technique.

'Might be useful.' Shisui muses. He looks at the others in the room. Most have composed themselves once again but Itachi is still sporting a little blush. Interesting.

'Doubt it.' Sasuke says. He doesn't really get what the big deal is. It's just naked people. All people are naked under their clothes, it's nothing special.

Sakura meanwhile is enraged. That idiot! Using a jutsu like that in this situation? That might work on me, but there's no way that jutsu will work on someone so god-like! She balls her fist.

'Now we know how to defeat future Sakura.' Naruto yells out. He's rather excited.

'Like that's important.' Sasuke shrugs. The only thing he has to do is wink at her, then she faints.

'Failsafe for when she gets angry.' Naruto tells his friend. Sasuke shrugs. It's not that big of a deal.

Then the shot changes to the lady caught in the jutsu again. The clones reach closer to her second by second. Then all of a sudden, they disappear, and Naruto reaches through and punches her in the face.

'It worked!' Tsume has the time of her life. She knew this was going to be hilarious. It certainly did not disappoint. The images were a bonus.

'Why has nobody else thought of a jutsu like that.' Shikaku mutters. 'It seems so obvious.'

'Not many like admitting that it's a weakness.' The Hokage explains. Himself included. He is a big fan of the icha icha series.

'Boohoo people and their ego.' Naruto yells. He doesn't really get it but it's funny. He should do it more often.

It worked!Sakura screams. She's utterly shocked, before he promptly faints. Kakashi watches a little disappointed in his student.

'Sakura fainted!' Kiba laughs. If he knew the only thing he would need to do was undress, then he would've done that ages ago.

'They were a bunch of dreamy dudes.' Ino agrees. 'I would've done the same.'

'Now if they were a bunch of naked ladies, then… hehehe.' Jiraiya laughs. This is the best idea yet. People should've thought of it sooner.

'Shut up pervy sage!'

'Who is that lady.' Iruka asks. He's never heard of someone like her. Granted it's the future but still. He never thought something like that possible.

'If she really as strong as Kakashi and that black creature make her out to be then we should watch out.' Inoichi tells them. He knows Kakashi isn't one to overestimate people.

'Take note Shisui.' Fugaku tells the boy.

'Already on it.' Shisui taps his pen on the desk and continues writing.

'Guys. Did you see me!' Naruto turns to the other kids. 'I was all glowy and stuff.'

'We did see.' Shino points out.

'It was pretty cool Naruto-kun.' Hinata says. Her voice is as soft as always but she seems genuinely happy for him.

'You think so?' Naruto smiles. 'Awesome!'

'Sasuke was pretty cool too. With his strange eyes.' Sakura points out. The only one not so cool was her. She fainted.

'The mangekyo too.' Sasuke muses. 'I wonder how I got it.' He would love to have those powers, but he knows how to get it. It's not fun which is why he doesn't want it. At least he seems sane with it, unlike Itachi.

'Let's not think about that.' Shisui mumbles. First Itachi then Sasuke, this can't be good. He doesn't wish that upon them.

'What do you guys mean with the mangekyo anyway?' Naruto asks. The rest does look at him, like he asked something taboo.

Fugaku considers it for a bit but then starts explaining. 'It's another stage of the sharingan, usually awakened after watching someone you hold most dear to you die.'

'That doesn't sound like fun.' Chouji looks down. He wouldn't want to go through such a thing.

'It's not.' Shisui says. He still remembers when he got his. 'We do get a bunch of awesome powers in return, but most don't think it worth it.'

'I wonder if Kakashi would be able to get it?' Mikoto muses. She never really thought about it. Kakashi is not an Uchiha so it might not work.

'I don't see why not.' Fugaku explains to his wife. The sharingan connects with the hosts brain.

'I hope I won't get it.' Kakashi states. Who would he even have to watch die? Naruto? Maybe Gai? Tenzo is another option?

'Let's move onto the next scene then!' Iruka says as he motions to screen to continue playing.

'I hope this time we'll get to see someone else being awesome!' Tenten says. Naruto and Sasuke is awesome and all but she would love to see herself some time.

'That would be cool.' Ino agrees. She like Tenten wishes to see herself.

'I hope it's me!' Kiba yells.

'A green beast and a Tanuki' the screen reads once it lit up.

'There is only one person I know that's referred to as the green beast.' Kakashi pales a little. He doesn't really want to see Gai chasing a tanuki. That would be really strange.

'Who?'

'A rather obnoxious person. His name is Gai.'

'Then it's probably about him.' Naruto agrees. At least it's not him this time.

On the screen appears another screen. This screen displays the names Gaara vs Rock Lee.

'All right! Go get him Lee!' Gai cheers on his student from the sidelines. Lee jumps down onto the field.

'It appears that it's about his student and not Gai himself.' Shikaku laughs. To think Gai would get a copy. He's mostly amused but a part of him fears if it's contagious.

'There is another one.' Kakashi mutters. His book is already back in his hands. To distract him if needed.

'It's me!' Lee yells out. He never thought it would be about him. He looks a little strange though.

'Congrats kid.' Shikaku congratulates him.

'Yes Sir!' He lands perfectly on the ground and looks at his opponent. 'Facing you so soon makes me very happy!' Lee says to the other boy, who has red hair and a strange tattoo on his forehead.

'It's that boy Naruto wanted to rescue before.' Kiba points out. The rest of the group looks and sees that the boy is right.

'His name is Gaara then.' Naruto says. This Gaara person is apparently a special person to him.

'He looks a bit angry if you ask me.' Sasuke says. He doesn't like the look on the boy's face. His dead look suited him much better, he didn't look that strange, like he was sleeping.

'Hmph.' The other snorts. The gourd on his back clearly obvious.

'See.'

Meanwhile from the sidelines Naruto and another strange boy from the Sand are talking. 'I don't know what kind of tricks this bowl-cut kid has up his sleeve, but there's no way he'll win against Gaara.'

Naruto remembers a small scene that happened previously, of Lee kicking Sasuke in the face. 'No, he's stronger than you think.'

'Thank you, Naruto!' Lee yells to the other. He likes getting the attention. Hopefully he can show people that even without chakra he can still be an awesome ninja.

'No problem.' Naruto smiles. He likes Lee, he's kind of like him.

Lee makes a gesture towards Gaara. 'Please don't rush things.' Gaara just watches, his expression not getting any less bloodthirsty.

Gai is watching his student. Watch yourself Lee.

'How cute.' Kakashi laughs. It's actually pretty fun to see Gai have someone else to spent time with.

'All right then. Let the ninth-round battle begin!' The proctor calls to the two opponents. Lee and Gaara look each other in the eye.

'Must be chunin exams.' Shisui states. He knows that room doesn't get used that often.

'That's very likely.' Itachi agrees with him.

A girl from the Sand watches her little brother. He may be fast, but his kick wasn't anything special. He's no match for Gaara. She remembers another scene in which Lee had attacked her.

'These two must be Gaara's teammates.' Naruto says.

'They have a lot of faith in him.' Neji says. He's rather curious to see what Lee can do. Surely someone who's destined to fail can't defeat someone like that. Gaara seems to understand his fate well enough.

Then in the middle of the arena lee goes for the attack. He rushes at his opponent and goes for a kick. 'Konoha hurricane!' He yells out but Gaara isn't even bothered. From his gourd a rush of sand escapes and shields him from the attack. Lee is taken aback. Sand? Then the sand lunges at him and pushes him to the other side of the field.

Meanwhile the onlookers from the side what in amazement. None of them had been expecting sand to come from the gourd.

'Impressive technique.' Kakashi is a little surprised. He wasn't suspecting that. His future self wasn't either.

'Similar to that of the fourth Kazekage.' The hokage muses. 'He uses gold dust instead of sand.' Could there be a connection? The Kazekage does have children according to the rumors.

Lee is a little frustrated but doesn't let that hold him back. He rushes at Gaara again, but the sand manages to stop his again. So, he tries once more, and more, but it's all giving the same result.

Without even moving a muscle. Darn!Lee is getting a bit more exhausted, panting to catch his breath.

'That Gaara kid is strong.' Sasuke watches in awe. While that goddess was also really strong there is something a bit more realistic in the way the other fights. There are people like that out in the world. It's amazing.

'Fast as he is, Lee is getting nowhere!' Sakura exclaims from the side.

'His attacks just aren't working.' Naruto says. Naruto is quite beat up as well, he probably fought before.

'Physical attacks are worthless against Gaara. The sand forms a shield to protect his body, independent of Gaara's will.' The boy with the black clothes and the puppet on his back says to Naruto. 'That's why, to this day, there's not one person,' The boy is sweating, 'who has ever wounded him.' Naruto is shocked, how can that happen. Not only that it's not a good sign for Lee.

'Is it me or is he afraid of the boy.' Chouji says. To think that someone would fear their own teammate. He could never fear his own, he would be more worried about hurting others.

'If that bloodlust he's showing is anything to go by, I think it would be justified.' Shikamaru says. He's never seen someone exert that much bloodlust. It's a little crazy.

'Naruto did seem to care a lot about him before.' Sakura thinks. Why would Naruto care about someone so scary?

'Why is Lee only using Taijutsu?' Sakura asks Gai who's standing right next to her. 'Taijutsu are ineffective and painful against that wall of sand.'

'It's not that Lee won't use ninjutsu, it's that he can't.' Gai explains. Sakura is shocked, how is that possible? 'Lee has practically no ninjutsu or genjutsu abilities.'

'That's a disadvantage.' Itachi mutters. He can't imagine what it's like living without chakra to use. It would make being a ninja a lot more difficult.

'Or an advantage. Depends how you look at it.' Kakashi holds his book up to his face to cover the lower half of it.

'What'd you mean Senpai?'

'He has a lot more time to focus on other things.' Kakashi has seen it before. Someone with chakra control so abnormally bad that he didn't put any time in it. Instead he focused all his time on working on his sword fighting skills and became one of the strongest in the village.

'That makes sense.' Itachi could see where he's coming from. It would make someone a specialized ninja, which aren't bad per se. They just need the right application.

'Are you joking? Then how has he lasted this long?' Sakura yells at the other teacher.

'When I first met Lee, he had absolutely no sense and no talent or ability whatsoever.' Gai smiles. 'That's why the only moves he's been able to develop are taijutsu. There aren't many ninjas who can use neither ninjutsu nor genjutsu,' Gai starts.

Meanwhile Lee has to dodge an attack Gaara launched at him. The sand is coming at him quickly, trying to grab onto his legs. Lee managed to avoid them just in time. Lee managed to land up the statue at the edge of the battlefield.

'He's got the upper hand.' Kiba whispers to Shino but the rest did hear him.

'Please stop.' Shino states. 'No puns please.'

'And that's precisely why Lee can win.' Both Sakura and Kakashi are watching with curiosity. 'Lee take them off!' Gai yells at his student. The rest of the people in the room look at the teacher. What could he be talking about?

'Something is about to happen.' Naruto leans closer to the screen, good thing he's seated behind a desk and can't go forward that much.

'I hope it's great.' Sasuke agrees. He's been dying for some actual action.

'But Gai-sensei, you said never to do that unless I was defending the lives of people who are precious to me!' Lee yells back at his teacher.

'It's alright, I'll allow it!' And he shoots his student a thumbs up. Lee starts smiling and takes of his legwarmers and then the weights that are hidden underneath.

'It's just a couple of weights. That's not going to do much.' Shisui laughs.

'You don't know Gai.' Kakashi says.

'What?' Shisui has seen the guy plenty of times in the village, even had a mission with him once. But he does admit he has no idea of the guy's training methods. Are they really as crazy as Kakashi says they are?

'You'll see.' Kakashi will take some pleasure out of this. He's sure of it.

'Weights?' Sakura is a little surprised. Even Kakashi is a little taken aback.

'Right!' Lee yells. 'I can move freely now!' And the let's go of the weights.

The girl from before smirks. There's no way dropping a few weights will let you keep up with Gaara's sand.

Then the weights fall on the ground making a large rumble that resounds through the entire stadium. Not only that the dust and the ground fall apart and rise up at least ten meters into the air. Everyone watching is shocked, even Gaara, though he might not be showing it.

'What!' Came the resounding noise of the people in the room. Even the older ones are a little taken aback.

'That's not just a couple of kilos. That's got to be the weight of an elephant at least.' Tsume says. She knew Gai was crazy but to think to go as far as that?

'I doubt a person could ever handle that amount of weight.' Itachi is doing the calculations in his head. It should by all means be impossible. Why would Tsume say such a thing. Shisui just laughs at his friend's serious face.

Aren't you overdoing it Gai?Kakashi is a little shocked. He did not expect Gai to take training that far. Lee smirks and rushes to the other side of the field. He's gone in a blink of an eye and spontaneously appears from behind Gaara. He goes for a punch, he almost hits. The sand only barely stopping him before he can land a hit on Gaara. Lee takes this as a good sign and proceeds to speed up even more. At some points his limbs get through the sand, only being stopped by the sand surrounding his joints.

'He's gotten fast.' Tenten watches in awe. She knew that if Lee put his mind to it he could get anywhere.

'You're kidding right!' Naruto yells. It's loud. 'He's faster than me!'

'That's not saying much.' Sasuke sighs.

'It's because he had no aptitude for either ninjutsu or genjutsu that Lee devoted himself exclusively to taijutsu. All his time, energy and focus. So that he's the best taijutsu specialist he can be.' Gai explains to both Kakashi and Sakura.

Lee goes for another attack, this time from above, he goes down and hits Gaara right on his head. Everyone is shocked, even Gaara's teammates, this never happened before.

'He hit him!' Kiba exclaims. This truly is one of the best fights he's ever seen.

'Lee you're awesome!' Ino yells at him.

'Thank you…' Lee is getting a bit shy. He isn't used to be seen in such a light.

Sakura pats him on the back. 'Be proud of yourself.' Lee blushes and whispers another thanks.

'In terms of speed Lee can't be surpassed.' Gai smirks as he complements his student, he's so proud of him.

Lee smirks. He's done it. He landed a hit. The onlookers are watching in shock. Even Naruto is watching in awe.

'Lee! Go all out now!' Gai yells at his student.

'Yeah! Go on!' Naruto cheers him on.

'This is fun.' Sasuke agrees. He's loving this. One day he hopes he can move like that as well.

'Yes sir!' Lee says as he goes for the attack once more. He uses attack after attack. Gaara's sand can barely keep up. Even the ones watching are having difficulty following the moves. Then Lee his Gaara straight in the face. Gaara falls to the ground. The sand is surrounding him.

'After the way he just got his, he shouldn't even still be standing!' Naruto tells the boy standing next to him. The boy is more concerned with something else.

'Why do I think that something bad is going to happen?' Ino mumbles. She can see the look on the other's face.

'You're not the only one.' Sakura can agree with her.

'This is bad.' He says. Everyone takes another look at Gaara. His skin appears to be cracking. Pieces of condensed sand start falling of his face. Apparently, he has a layer of sand covering his skin. Gaara laughs a little crazily. Lee can feel the fear that's starting to go through him. He's usually as composed as a statue, the picture of politeness and decorum. I had sensed that, during this chunin exam he was becoming more and more unstable but… the other Gaara is now totally awake. The boy is scared of something. 'If this Gaara is able to catch Lee, he will be toyed with and then killed.' Naruto looks at the boy as if he's gone crazy.

'Other Gaara?' Sakura mutters. Could it be like her inner? She hopes so because then she wouldn't be alone.

'Maybe we'll get more information.'

The shot changes to Gaara slowly covering his skin with sand once more. The crazy smile is still on his face.

'What is that?' Naruto asks the boy next to him.

'It's sand armor.' He explains. 'Gaara can create a thing shell of sand to cover and protect his entire body, controlling it by the force of his will. It's different from the sand shield that works automatically to cover him.' Naruto gulps. 'It's Gaara's ultimate defense.'

'Very interesting.' Iruka says. He admits he hasn't met a lot of foreign ninja but even he can guess this is not something anyone could do.

'I wonder what happens when you get it wet?' Shisui thinks.

'It probably gets too heavy to walk around with.' Itachi tells him. Everyone knows that. Water is heavy.

'Then there's nothing Lee can do! It's got no weaknesses.' Naruto's eyes are wide. This isn't looking good for Lee.

The other boy doesn't quite agree. The sand armor is actually riddled with weak points. It's his protection of last resort. First of all, it's not automatic and requires a lot of chakra to maintain. Not only that, since the sand is lying against his skin he has to expend more physical strength just to move. The boy gulps. If Gaara has resorted to using the armor, then he must be purely focused on defense. He's been driven into a corner.

'Thanks for the exposition.' Neji mutters. Why would he give away secrets like that?

'It's useful for the future.' Lee argues back.

Gaara also decides to let his thoughts be known. 'Is that all?' he says, slowly.

A drop of sweat falls down Lee's face. He's encased in protection, which makes my speed irrelevant. My only shot is to just keep pounding and punishing that outer layer of sand.

The girl from before asks herself: 'What's he up to?'

Lee's eyes focus. The lotus! He looks to his teacher for approval to use it. Gai nods and Lee starts smiling. Some of his bandages get undone. Gai looks at his student.

'Something cool is about to happen.' Kakashi tells the group. He knows Gai well enough to guess what's about to happen.

'Really!' Naruto looks back at Kakashi, stars in his eyes.

'What is it?' Sasuke asks. If this really is as cool as Kakashi makes it out to be, he wouldn't want to miss it. The problem is the absence of his future self however.

'Just you watch.'

A thin layer of sand won't stand up to it. The lotus technique will let him strike his foe at high speed.Lee runs around Gaara. Only a trail of dust is the indication as to where he's been.

Gaara is taking none of it. 'Come on. Hurry up.' Bloodlust is radiating from the boy. Until he gets kicked in the chin from underneath.

'As you wish.' Lee hit him hard. Gaara's armor is starting to break once more. 'That's not all!' Lee shouts as he continues his assault. So many consecutive kick drive Gaara up into the air. Where Lee uses his bandages to wrap around the boy. Gaara can do nothing to escape it. Lee grabs the boy and drives him back to the ground, head first, while spinning. 'Forward Lotus!' He yells out his attack. The ground underneath breaks under the impact. The rest of the watches can only look on in shock.

'That's some technique.' Iruka says. He's never seen anything like it. Granted he doesn't go out with the more powerful ninja that often, given his job at the academy.

'Must be difficult.' Itachi mutters. Again, calculations fill his head. One needs a lot of power to lift someone up that high.

'It certainly takes a lot of discipline.' Kakashi tells them. He's seen Gai training for the technique often enough to know how difficult it really is. That kid is impressive.

Once the dust has settled down, Gaara's body appears beneath the rubble.

'Lee, he won!' Sakura cheers from the sidelines. Even Gai is excited, too much to notice that something is wrong. It doesn't take much longer for the body to reveal that's actually a hollow shell in the shape of Gaara's body.

'When did that happen?' Sakura asks.

'When did he slip out of that shell?' Gai asks.

'It happened when your eyes were closed in prayer, Gai. Lee paused for a moment in pain and that's when.' Kakashi explains to his eternal rival.

Gaara's real body meanwhile appears from behind Lee. Lee is shocked, so shocked he doesn't move. Not only that the effect of the previous attack is still straining his body.

'No!' Sakura yells out. She doesn't want Lee to get hurt. She can admit that he's grown on her.

'He's scary.' Naruto shudders. He doesn't get what future him sees in the guy.

Gaara appears with the most terrifying face they've ever seen. Even Neji is a little surprised.

The boy from before is a little scared. He's fully awakened. Gaara's inner demon! Gaara launches a full-on attack at Lee, almost catching him in his sand. Then he tries again but fails. But that's not all, it's like he's not going all out. He's just toying with Lee.

'This might seem like a rushed conclusion, but I think that boy might be a jinchuuriki.' Inoichi tells the group. He can tell the signs. The boy's fragile mental state is obvious enough to him.

'A what?' Lee asks. He's never heard the term before.

'Jinchuuriki. It's someone with a bijuu sealed inside them. Like Naruto.' Itachi explains. He's never encountered another one beside Naruto. Just the knowledge that they're out there and might be proficient with their beast is enough to make him scared.

'I think that conclusion makes sense.' Shikaku explains. He gets where his friend is coming from. 'The Akatsuki are after the nine-tails in Naruto, which is one of the bijuu, they also were after this boy. It matches up with the rumors of the one-tail being sealed not long after the nine-tails.'

'What would they need the bijuu for?' Tsume asks. It can't be anything good.

'Maybe it has something to do with the ten tails we saw before.' Fugaku says. He has a suspicion it has something to do with what's written on the Uchiha monument.

'I fear that might be the case.' The Hokage agrees. This is exactly the reason they have to watch the future.

'Why doesn't Lee just duck?' Sakura asks Gai.

'The lotus technique is a double-edged sword.' Gai says.

'Using a technique that level of high speed puts a huge strain on the body.' Kakashi explains further.

'If he managed to finish the match it would've been good, but since it's failed it would only hold Lee back.' Neji explains. Why doesn't Lee just give up. Fate has already decided him a failure of a ninja. He shouldn't need to push himself.

'Come on future me.'

'But that means, that at this rate, Lee's gonna,' Sakura mutters, concerned about the other. Gaara goes for another stronger attack but this time Lee doesn't seem to be affected that much. He's got himself back together.

'He's about to start pushing back.' Gai smiles. 'The lotus of Konoha will bloom twice.'

'He's not going to that, right?' Kakashi's eyes are wide. Gai seriously can't have done that, right?

'Do what?' Naruto asks.

'It's how Gai got his name.' he mutters. This can't be good.

'For you it ends here.' Gaara says to his opponent.

Lee smiles. 'Well one way or another the next move will be the last.'

Kakashi meanwhile has a realization. 'Gai don't tell me you…' But Kakashi couldn't even finish his sentence before Gai interrupts.

'On the contrary I did.' Gai says, face a little grim.

'That kid, who's only a genin is able to open the eight inner gates?' Kakashi asks. A part of him is a little afraid.

'That's impressive.' Hiruzen has seen a lot through the years. To think a child this young can open the gates. That certainly is something to be proud of.

'And scary.' Kakashi says. He's seen how it can affect Gai. It's not something he wishes on the child.

'What do you mean?'

'I think an explanation might come.'

'Yes, that's right.' Gai responds. 'He has the talent.'

'No matter how much talent he has, you taught him something horribly dangerous.' Kakashi reprimands his fellow colleague. Sakura watches the back and forth. Kakashi sighs. 'It's none of my business what that child means to you and I'll spare us both the lecture about not being governed by your feelings, but you crossed a line on this.' Kakashi glares at the other teacher. 'You disappoint me Gai.'

'Burn!' Naruto yells. Sasuke gives him a slap on the head.

'You don't know the first thing about that kid.' Gai glares back at Kakashi. 'That boy has something he values so deeply that he's willing to die for the sake of it. That's why I wanted to help him become someone who'd be able to stand up for his ideals.' Gai tells Kakashi.

'You would think with their similarities they would be related.' Tenten muses. They really look alike.

'I'm an orphan.' Lee explains. He's not exactly proud of that fact.

'Me too!' Naruto tells him. It cheers him up a bit. He's glad that someone like Naruto is around.

'I suppose I am too.' Neji admits. His mother died young and his father… fate doesn't like him.

Kakashi looks at the kid. So, he was able to bounce back from exhaustion with such abnormal speed because he'd forced open the gate of rest. Kakashi is a little impressed. 'So, how many can he open so far?' Kakashi asks.

'To the fifth gate.' Gai explains. Kakashi is shocked. Sakura can only watch, she doesn't have a clue what they're talking about.

'That kid got talent.' Shisui is impressed. To think someone like that can open the fifth gate. He's heard of their powers but never seen it in action before. That's got to be something to watch.

'Sure does.'

'What are you talking about? You keep mentioning these inner gates?' Sakura asks the two teachers.

'The gates act as limiters that must be released in preparation for performing the reverse lotus.' Gai explains.

'I said there would be an explanation.' Kakashi smiles smugly. Nobody responds.

Kakashi opens his sharingan. 'At eight specific point in the body, there are places where the chakra nodes converge. Those are called the eight inner gates.' He explains. 'It can push the body past it's limits, even if it's destroyed in the process.'

Gai proceeds to explain the specifics if certain gates.

'But he's already so beat up, if he tries to perform any more moves.' Sakura begins.

'It's most certainly not a good thing.' Hiashi agrees with the young girl. He wouldn't like to see his children get hurt like that. 'But looking at that other boy he doesn't have much of a choice. Especially if he's a jinchuuriki.'

'Bad luck huh.' Lee looks down. As Neji would say: fate hates him. At least he's pretty strong already.

'That's right, it's a double-edged sword. Should someone open the eighth gate, they will be granted unmatched strength but in exchange they'll die.' Kakashi explains further. Sakura looks at Lee with worry.

Lee's got his mind made up. I will not be the only one who fails. He thinks to himself. 'The third gate Seimon Release!' He yells out as he's surrounded by a strange aura. His skin reddened, and eyes turned blank. The rest of the people awaits his next move. However, that's not all. Lee also opens the fourth gate. Blood is dripping down his nose by now, but he doesn't mind.

'Stay safe.' Sakura mutters.

'This is getting intense.' Naruto is bouncing. This is the best thing he's ever seen. If only he could watch it in reality. That would make it so much better.

Lee goes for the attack. Making his way toward Gaara and destroying the field in the process. Rocks are flying and Lee kicks Gaara in the face. The onlookers can feel the rush of wind coming of the attack. They have to brace themselves as well. Kakashi watches in amazement with his sharingan.

'To think our bodies have that much strength.' Itachi looks at the screen in awe. He's always known for being powerful, but this is strength in a different sense.

'And to think that's only the fourth gate.' Shisui says next to him. They could only imagine what the eighth gate would do.

'Where'd he go?' Naruto asks while looking around the field for the participants fighting.

Gaara is floating in the air, no sign of Lee anywhere. Then a figure appears and hits Gaara straight in the face. The figure is only there for a split second before appearing behind Gaara and hitting him again. This continuous assault goes on for quite a while.

'He's so fast!' Kiba yells out.

'I can't even see him, and this a video.' Sasuke is impressed. He might be faster than Shisui like that.

His muscles have town. If this goes on any longer.Kakashi thinks. Lee is impressive, but he can't hold it up for long.

'That's certainly not good.' Lee watches the screen. He can only hope he comes out victorious. He doesn't want to see himself lose after all of this.

Neji too is watching from the sidelines with amazement. It's only Lee! How did he get so?

'Jealous?' Naruto taunts the boy. Foxy grin on his face.

'Hmpf.'

'This is the end!' Lee yells out before releasing the fifth gate as well.

Gaara is shocked, he never thought his opponent would be this strong. My defenses are failing, is he even human?

'With that outfit I seriously doubt it.' Tenten says. It's a fashion disaster.

'I think it's pretty cool.' Naruto argues.

'Which is why you aren't allowed to do your own shopping.' The Hokage interrupts. If Naruto did his own shopping everything he owns would've been orange. A shudder courses through him. The future is bleak in the fashion department.

Then Lee charges his last attack. He has just thrown Gaara to the ground. He holds back his hand, for one last punch. The shot changes between Gaara's face and Lee's fist. 'Reverse Lotus!' Lee screams out as he hits Gaara right in the head.

Gaara falls to the ground. Right on top of his gourd, which starts breaking down into sand. It was Gaara's last protection.

'Is he down?' Naruto asks.

'Lee most certainly can't fight anymore.' Kakashi tells them. Not even a short trip to the hospital would fix him up that quickly.

Lee tries to stand up again but it's not working. He's being held down by Gaara's sand. Luckily, it's only his left arm as Gaara's next move is to crush the sand together. 'Sand coffin.' Gaara yells out. Lee's arm is completely deformed by now.

'Gross.' Ino shudders. She's glad the camera doesn't show the arm.

'Luckily it's only his arm.' Imagine if it was his entire body. He wouldn't have lived after that.

But before Gaara can do any more damage, Gai jumps in to save his student.

'Yes, Bushy brows sensei!' Naruto yells out.

'What?' Kakashi is a little disturbed with the nickname, even if it's fitting.

Gaara watches, stupefied. Memories flood him. Of his family leaving him to die, hating him since he was born. He clamps his head in pain. 'Why are you helping him?' He asks as if it's such a strange thing.

'He must not have had a good childhood.' Shisui points out. Too bad most people don't. It's one of the world's biggest sins.

'Most jinchuuriki don't.' The Hokage explains. Naruto looks down. He doesn't have the best childhood either. Everyone seems to hate him in the village.

'People usually can't see past the beasts they hold.' Kakashi adds. A part of him wonders how Rin would've been treated had she been able to return to the village. But it's too late to wonder about that now.

Gai looks down, all serious. 'He's my lovable precious protégé!' he exclaims. Gaara doesn't get it.

'Forget it.' He mutters as the proctor declares him the winner.

'That Gaara guy is pretty strange.' Sasuke says. He doesn't get the other. He's just freaky and scary with all that sand and rings around his eyes.

'I wonder how he and I got close.' Naruto muses. 'I did want to save him.'

'Maybe it's a jinchuuriki thing?' Sakura says.

'Could make sense.'

'I have to admit that was one entertaining fight.' Shisui laughs. It might not have revealed much regarding future progression, but it still was very satisfying to watch.

'It's rare to see fights like that.' Itachi agrees. A full-blown fight not to the death. It's refreshing to see.

'Let's just hope the boy didn't get too injured.' Tsume tells the others. He did look pretty injured and her mother instincts tell her to protect him.

'He's certainly got enough willpower to keep going.' Kakashi says.

'Sometimes that's not enough.'

Notes:

Crossdressing boy - mystery man

Madara (with rinnegan) & dead Hokage are alive

Madara and Hashirama met as children (the idiots)

Madara can't pee with someone behind him - weakness

Red cloud organization Akatsuki

Members: - Deidara

- Sasori

- Itachi ?

- Kisame

Captured a random dude with red hair Gaara (Naruto cares about that guy)

Goal: possibly collecting bijuu - might have to do with Juubi

Mizuki is evil

Kakashi's real face is still a mystery :(

Kakashi is teacher of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura

Weird socially inept boy is part of Naruto's team as well as Tenzo (he's rude)

Sasuke might have a thing for Naruto and vice versa

Kakashi and Sasuke are missing at some point in the future (but still alive)

People to watch out for:

- Madara

- Sakura (don't piss her off, don't forget)

- Red cloud people

Itachi killed of the entire Uchiha clan, except himself and Sasuke. (Where am I?)

Two brothers were fishing before chakra was a widespread thing.

Strong people are weak against naked people of the preferred gender. (Naruto takes advantage of that)

Sasuke has the mangekyo and rinnegan?

Naruto is glowing

Sakura has a thing on her forehead

Kakashi has two normal eyes

Strange half white dude?

Goddess flying with black creature thing in her arms (has byakugan, and a third eye on her forehead) (according to Kakashi a god)

'So, what's up next?' Iruka wonders. After what they've just seen he can't imagine something topping that so soon.

'Kurama's memories.' The screen displays. Most people blink at the screen.

'Does anyone know who Kurama is?' Naruto asks. There is a warm feeling coming from his belly, but he doubts that means anything.

'It might be someone from the Kurama clan.' Hiruzen tells them. He can't imagine what else it could be.

'Aren't they nearly gone?' Shisui asks.

'I have no idea what else it could be.'

I got it done. Just in time for my weekly schedule. Where I live there are only two more hours left in the day. You can probably understand why I was so late. This chapter ended up being way longer than I expected it to be. At least I got it done. I doubt the other chapter would ever be as long as this one.

Also thank you to everyone that suggested more scenes. Special thanks to A who requested the massacre, Reakor who requested the Lee Gaara fight, Captain_Konami_Code who requested the same scene, House_of_Meme who requested the knocking on doors scene, Yoru who requested the reverse harem jutsu. Thank you for your requests.