Chapter 8 Once more with feeling

(Flashback)

Sasuke gave him a serious look.

"We have a problem. And everyone is in danger becasue of it. Please, hear me out."

"And why should I do that?" Naruto asked.

"Becasue the Akatsuki are involved."

(End Flashback)

"Really? And why would you care besides the fact that your brother is with them?" Naruto challenged.

Sasuke sighed as Naruto kept his stance, not even twitching.

"Because they've done something to the timeline. I can see with my eyes that this is not how it should be. The only thing that appears to be constant is you."

"And this worries you, how?" Naruto asked him.

Sasuke looked at him pointedly.

"Because if they do what they did before, everyone and everything will be wiped from exsistance. I have no fight with the world. I still rather see it safe for future generations. The only one I am at war with is Itachi.Once my buisness with him is complete, I will return. But, if we don't stop the Akatsuki, no one will be fulfilling any dreams."

Naruto hesitated for a moment.

"Have him untransformorm or whatever he needs to do, and I'll hear you out."

Sasuke nodded and looked over to his large, nasty looking friend.

"Juggo. You can stop now."

Juggo nodded and shrunk back into his normal appearance. Sasuke faced Naruto who nodded and lowered his kunai.

"What did you have in mind?" He said with a smirk.

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Madara Uchiha paced in his chamber, waiting for the sentinal. He only had to wait a few seconds before it fadded into veiw. Madara turned and looked at it expectantly.

"Ah, Lord Uchiha. I see I was expected."

Madara glared at the man so intense, it would have made lava freeze solid.

"Drop the plesentries. I want answers. Now, sentinal."

The Sentinal raised his hand dissmissively.

"Answers you seek yet shall never find. Find your own you should, for even one as powerful as I, blind to the outcome am I as well. Only the actions of those key figures will show the future."

"How does one of time not know what will come?" Madara challenged.

"I see outcomes, but nothing is set in stone. TIme is a river, with currents and obsticles and falls. It branches off down it's path. Those branches are different timelines.I have yet to vist each of them. And this one is still winding and swirling." The man said simply.

Madara looked at him thoughtfully.

"Yes. But every once in a while, a dam must be built to prevent floods and to control the flow.. Surly you could create something like that."

The sentinal shook his head.

"One does not control time. When one tries, it becomes distorted and broken. Do not fear. Time will be repaired and all will be as it should."

With a simple swish of his cloak, the sentinal was gone.

xxxxx

Hinata walked thru her family gardens, enjoying the feeling of the sun on her face. Her team had finished their latest mission with sucess. A simple scouting mission. Nothing to hard. Today was her day off and she only wished a certain blonded haired, blue eyed shinobi was here with her to enjoy the day as well. She stopped and looked out over her families pond and sighed. She missed Naruto, but knew he'd be back soon. She was just turning to head back to the house when she felt a wave of dizziness hit her. She placed a hand on her forhead and used the other to grip a nearby cherry blossom tree for support. As she did so, she began to feel ill. She couldn't do anything but vomit by the tree. After she finnished, she shakily stood to her feet and wipped her mouth. She dissmissed it as nothing more than a stomach flu, but still decided to lie down in the house. Taking one last look across the pound, she hoped he'd comeback in one piece.

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Naruto sat down cross legged as he looked over at Sasuke.

"You sure this will work?"

Sasuke nodded.

"Yes. It will reset the timeline to what it should be. That means that all of this will have never exsisted."

Naruto nodded his head sadly.

"'To be Hokage means to give everything to protect one's village no matter the cost.' How far back are we talking?"

Sasuke looked up at the sky thoughtfully before looking back at him.

"I'd say about the time when you were returning to the village from your training mission with Lord Jiraiya.."

Naruto groaned.

"This sucks! Why can't I ever have a nice life without assholes reseting it?" Naruto asked no one inparticular.

Sasuke smirked.

"Cause your a dobe. Now, we must move quickly. The Akatsuki will be getting ready to come after the last two beasts. The Eight Tailed Ox and, of course, the Nine Tailed Fox. If we hit them now with Falcon and with the Leaf's best, we have an excellent shot of comepleting this mission."

Naruto nodded, but had one more thing to ask.

"Will I remember anything about what's happened?"

"You may not want to, but, I don't know. You might, you might not." Sasuke told him.

Naruto nodded and stood up, brushing the dirt from himself. He looked in the direction of the leaf village.

"I'll send a clone with the plans to Wave. The rest of us will head back to the village. We have a big fight to get ready for."

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Tsunade looked at the young blonde man in front of her with confusion and pure shock. He had told her the plan, and she had to admit that it sounded good. But she wasn't willing to commit her best to the action, even though she knew she would probably agree anyway. She shook her head and looked at him.

"Are you sure about this? It's a big risk."

Naruto nodded.

"Yes. Sure, it'll suck that all this will never have happened, but keeping the village and the world safe is enough for me."

Tsunade nodded.

"Then assemble your strike team. You can leave when your ready. Goodluck and godspeed."

Naruto turned and exited and hadn't walked more thyan six blocks when he came face to face with a very plesant face. He gave Hinata a grin.

"Well, this is a very nice surprise." He said as she rushed up to him and threw her arms around him. He hugged her back.

"Your back." She said softly.

"Yeah, but only for a little while. I have to go on another mission."

"How long will you be gone?" she asked, not letting go of him.

"I dont know." was all he could say. He couldn't tell her that time was going to be reset, erasing everything that happened and that he might not remeber anything.

"Just come back to me in one peice, please?" She asked, looking up at him.

"I will." He said softly.

If he had anything to say about the reset, he'd come back to her, reguardless. He'd coem to far to let something like a reset to take it all away. It was with great reluctance that he pulled away from her.

"I'll be heading out in a few hours. I don't know when, but I promise I'll come back to you, no matter what stands in my way."

He turned and lept up onto the nearest roof and began gatrhering those key members he'd need. Kakaashi, Lee, Gai, Shikamaru, and Jiraiya. Within two hours, they had gathered and were already headed out to the final battle with Akatsuki.

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Itachi looked at Pain uneasily. This one on of the few times when he felt fear. And he didn't know why.

"He's comeing." Pain said suddenly.

"Good. We'll finally be able to complete our goal." Itachi said cooly.

Pain nodded.

"Let us prepare."

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Naruto ran as fast as he could. They were approaching the Akatsuki's hideout, fast. Kakashi was right beside Naruto.

"So, the plan is for us to engage their perimeter defenses while you head in with Sasuke's group, and assault teh Akatsuki. Correct?"

Naruto nodded.

"Yeah. But once your done, do not come inside. More than likly, it'll be a one way trip in. Sasuke's team has already agreed to sacrifice themselves to make sure I get in. I have a few jutsu even the Akatsuki can't handle." He said with a slight smirk.

Kakashi nodded as they reached the clearing. They landed and surveyed the scene. Two akatsuki were standing outside, ready. A man hunched over with a tailand a blonde man with hair over one of his eyes. There was also a blueskinned mn, and a plant man :(A/N: This was after Hiden and Kazuki were killed by Naruto and Shikamaru ala Manga. But they never killed Sasori and Deideria wasn't killed by Sasuke. They'll die, yeah, but not by the same people.)

Sasori and Deideria. Be carful. Their alot more dangerous then they look." Naruto warned.

Kakashi nodded and dropped low.

"Attack patern alphe, formbeta." He commanded,

The Leaf shinobi formed into a wedge with Kakashi on the point. hey tensed before they lept into battle. Naruto didn't wait as Sasuke motioned for him and they took off inside. They rushed down the halls, dust rising in clouds from their feet. Naruto came around a corner and screamed in anger. In the hall way were two Pains. He was ready to fight when Jugo and the swordsman stepped forewar.

"We'll deal with them." Juggo said as he transformed.

Naruto nodded and lead the rest away from the battle that was soon in full swing. They ignored the yells and screams of pain and rage as they came around a bend and almost came face to face with itahci. Naruto ducked low and spun, kicking the Uchiha in the stomach. Itachi grunted as Sasuke stepped in front of Naruto.

"I'll deal with him. You finish this." Sasuke yelled as he drew his sword and began battle with Itachi. Karin herself was fighting Konan. Naruto nodded.

He hurried down teh hall and found a door. He paused before he kicked it open. Naruto stepped into the room and was greeted by Pain.

"Well. Welcome, Naruto Uzumaki. I beleiev this is the first time we have met." He said pleasantly.

"Drop the act." Naruto said.

Pain looked at him thoughtfully.

"What act? It os simply begining a good host. At least, until we fight. Tell me one thing before we start. What do you hope to accomplish?"

"Defeating you is all I currently have on my mind."

With that, Naruto began flashing handsigns, finishing with his hand above his head, palm flat as four more pains stepped up to the orginals sides. They prepared for the battle. Naruto closed his eyes, screaming. Around him, the chakra swirled tighter to his body. His ears elongated, and nine furry blonde tails with red tips solidified behind him. His whisker marks became sharper. His canines stayed the same as his eyes gained slit like pupils, staying their welcoming blue color. Naruto let out a deep roar as the chakra came off of him in waves. His shirt ripped away as his muscles doubled in size. On his stomach, the seal blazed red. It slowly changed to lavandar as it began to seperate, moving to his sides, fading until they no longer appeared. Naruto stopped scraming and glared at the Akatsuki. He tensed and vanishind in a blur. In a split second, he was before Pain, slamming his fist against his face. The Akatsuki looked at him surprised as he was lifted up and thrown against the wall. Naruto flashed through six dozen in a second before holding his hands out at the man, plams flat.

"Demonic Style: Hell fire blast!" He roared as the blue white flames struck the man, hurling him thirty meters away down the cave.

Naruto turned in time to duck a sword swipe from one of the Pains. Naruto lept back and began to sign hand seals. He slammed his hands on his waist.

"Summoning Jutsu: Rozen Blade!"

On his side, an elegant Katana appeared in a red sheth. It's hilt was decorated with the picture of a fox head, baring it's fangs. Naruto pulled the blade from it's sheth and brought it up in a defensive stance. Pain lunged Naruto and a fierce sword battle erupted as the remaing Akatsuki backed away to give themselves room. Naruto lept back and channeled his chakra into the blade. The blade began to glow lavander as Naruto lept into the air, bring it down against the Akatsuki's blade. They coilided, and Pain's blade began to glow. Slowly, the wrapping fell away and a crack started from the tip of the blade, slowly moving down it's length, shattering. Naruto dropped low and rushed in, slamming his blade into the underside of Pain's chin, forcing it up and out the man's head. Pain dropped, and Naruto stored the blade away. He truned around and came face to face with another Pain, this one of an Uchiha. Naruto through more handsigns. He held his hand above his head and a flat disk of lavander chakra appeared. Naruto channeled his elemnt into it, turning it into a chakra saw blade. He threw the blade and it struck the Akatsuki in his middle, cutting him in half. Both halves dropped to the ground as Naruto began to rise off of the ground, hovering in midair. He closed his eyes and began to gather his chakra. His body became surroud by his lavander colored chakra as it began to pulse, filling the cave with harsh shadows as the remaining Akatsuki started to commence their counter attack. But their jutsu's just bounced off of him as he continued to gather every drop of chakra he had. He noiced that his reserves would refill almost instantly.

Naruto opened his eyes and began making handsigns in rapid sucession. He completed the sixty four signs needed and aimed his hands below him. He was sweating as he fired his jutsu.

"Lightning style: Lightning Cannon!"

A bolt of supercharged lightning flew from his hands and struck the ground, killing almost all the Pain's, except the original who managed to jump before impact. Naruto landed on the ground, creating a crater. He looked up and saw that Pain stood in front of him with five more. Not just five more, but the final five. Naruto lept back, flashing handsigns that the Pains copied. In fact all of them were copying him. He stooped and placed his hands in front of him, palms flat. The Pains did the same.

"Forbiddan Arts: Hell's Raging Inferno!" They roared.

Around the Six Pains, a dragon made of black fire shot from their hands, spirling around them and flying at Naruto. Each was the thickness of a man. Naaruto's however was a blue flame dragon that was a thick as twelve men lying side by side. The dragon roared and flew foreward, destroying the six black dragons and it smashed into Pain, incinerating him and his five fellows. Naruto stood up, breathing heavy. Sure, his chakr was refillrd, but jis stamina wasn't. He reverted back to his normal apperance and stumbled over to a pair of large steel doors. In the distance, he could hear explosions as the battles ensued. Naruto pushed them aside as he entered the room. Lying asleep in front of him was the same creature that had started this whole thing. And now, he was going to finish it. He summoned two clones and they helped him form the Rasenshurikin. He could feel the jutsu slowly killing his arm. But, he pushed his pain aside as he started to run at the creature. He pulled his arm back and, using every ounce of strength, plus augmenting it with his ninja abilities, slammed the attack into it's head with enough force to destroy a village. The creature's head exploded, throwing Naruto into the cave wall. He grunted as he hit. He looked back up and watched as the body began to glow white. Naruto let out a satisfied smile as he close his eyes, sitting against the cave wall, as ecerything whited out.

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Slowly, the white fadded to black before Naruto opened his eyes. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, taking in the area. It was a moment before he realized a man in a long cloak was watching him. Naruto looked over at him.

"Who are you?"

The man smiled a kind smile.

"Just a watcher of time. A Sentinal. I am here to congradulate you on sucessfully restoring the timeline. It is no longer in danger of being erased. Also, you are no longer fused with Kyuubi. And, we will leave you with your memories. Your in for a long and enjoyable life. Good bye, Naruto Uzumaki. I hope we do not meet again."

With that, the man vanished, leaving a very confused Naruto.

"Well, I guess things are back to normal. Better wake up Ero-senin and get home. We've got things to take care of."

He turned to the tent and lifted the flap. Lying asleep was Jiraiya. The old man looked peacefull, slight smile on his face as his chest rose and fell slowly. Naruto took a deep breath.

"WAKE UP ERO-SENNIN!" He screamed into the mans ear.

The man let out a screech like a monkey and jumped up, looking around, white hair flying. When he saw Naruto laughing he glared.

"Must you do that every morning?" He growled, rubbing his eyes.

"Sorry, Jiraiya-sensei." Naruto laughed.

"Eh? You've never called me jiraiya-sensei before. You feeling okay?" He asked, checking the boy for a fever.

"I'm fine. I just figured it was time to grow up, right, sensei?" Naruto grinned.

Jiraiya returned the wide grin.

"I couldn't have said it better myself. Now, lets get going."

"Yeah. We have a lot of ground to cover to get back home. And there's someone I have to see."

"Who? That pink haired girl? Sakura was her name?" jiraiya said, scratching his head, lost in thought.

"Nope. A certain plae eyed, raven haired beauty who I have been blind to for years."

Naruto left, leaving Jiraiya confussed.

xxxxx

Hinata stood at the front gate, waiting. Naruto was late, considering he was suppossed to have been back the previous day. She didn't have any crazy notion that he'd rush right up to her and confess a deep love for her. She just wanted to see him. Maybe even say hello. She sighed and turned away. She was just getting ready to head over to the training grounds when a pair of hands came over her eyes. What she heard next almost caused her to faint.

"Guess who?"

She spun around and came face to face with a grinning Naruto. She was still concious because she was still in shock.

"Hinata, for this next question, you only have to nod or shake your head. Do you wanna go out tonight?" He asked, still smiling.

Hinata felt like her head pop off from how fast she was nodding her head. Naruto grinned widely.

"Good. I'll pick you up at your place at eight. I guess we had both better go get ready." Naruto said. Hinata nodded and ran as fast as she could to her house. Naruto happily started for home when the cloaked man stepped out of a dark alley. Naruto sighed.

"Uzumaki. We require your assistance. Something is wrong in the future. The near future."

NAruto instinctively thought of him and Hinaat.

"WHat? Do me and Hinata become asholes or something in the future?" He asked, panicing slightly, even though he was being sarcastic.

"No. Both you and Hinata turn out fine. It's your children. Something must be done about your children."

Naruto stood completely still for a moment.

"What's happened?"

TO BE CONTINUED IN RESTART PART 3: ENDGAME...

Okay. I forgot to explain myself at the end of the chapter. No, Hinata wasn't pregnant. But, she will play a major part in the next Part. As for the resets, all they had to do was destroy the weapon before the eight tails was added, because the creature was never supposed to exsist. Since it was destroyed, Time healed itself. As for the Back to the Future referance, I just happen to enjoy those movies, particularly the second one. And I will explain the sentinals, but what you discover will shock you. Actually, the next Part will shock you just as much. Oh, and it feels great to be back home, even if I go back to train for another 30 days, but they have a computer I can use so...there might be some updates. Anyway, I'll try to get either this next Part started, or add a few chapters to my other stories.