A/N: Okay, I know that I should probably be working on something else (a.k.a my HP fics which I haven't updated in almost two months and three/four months respectively) but this really grabbed my mind and I could write it without having to be at a computer, unlike with GPROotP. Thus, here it is. It's another really common kind of fic, but I'm a total sucker for time travel and I've begun delving deeply into the Naruto fandom. So...yeah...
Thanks to everyone who has written Naruto time travel fanfics. That was what inspired me to start my own.
Disclaimer: Ownership no Jutsu! ... ... It didn't work! What's with that? ...shoot. Well, I don't own Naruto. I was so sure that was going to work, too!
"Sasuke?"
"Yes, sir?"
"Are you ready?"
"Yes sir."
"You know when and where to meet up should this actually work?"
"Yes sir."
"I'll see you there, then…teme."
Sasuke snorted. "Dobe."
The last two Konoha shinobi stood across from each other, flashing through handsigns. Slowly, the air around them filled with chakra. The 20-year-old ANBU Commander and 19-year-old Rokudaime Hokage looked each other in the eyes as they finished the last few signs.
"Let's save them all," said Naruto, his eyes deadly serious.
"Hai."
With that, they clapped their hands together and roared the name of the jutsu.
"Second Chance of the Phoenix!"
Everything vanished in a flash of bright light.
Naruto opened his eyes to see…nothing. Just black space.
"Sasuke?" he called out. "Sasuke? Oi, Sasuke-teme! Answer me, you Kami cursed idiot!"
Nothing. No calm voice responding to his insults.
"Damn it!" the Namikaze-Uzumaki swore. "Dammit! Where the hell am I? This was supposed to work! Why didn't it work?"
"It did."
Naruto whirled around. "Who's there?"
"Do not be afraid, child," whispered the voice. It came from nowhere and everywhere, up and down, behind him and in front of him, from the right and the left. "I have heard your plea, along with the dark one's, and I shall grant you it. None of this was supposed to have happened…go back, and fix it."
Hope shone in Naruto's eyes as he stared around, trying to find who spoke. "You're going to let us go?"
"Yes…"
"Thank you," Naruto breathed. "Thank you so much."
"The Kyuubi no Kistune," said the voice. "How are your…relations?"
"We get along," said Naruto, shrugging. "It's been better since we made that contract. He makes snide comments and gives me chakra. I at least know that if he got out he wouldn't try to kill any of my frie—well, he wouldn't try to kill Sasuke." Naruto smiled bitterly.
"That is good," said the voice. "Nine tails…you may return nine people's memories."
"What?"
"Look at your right wrist," instructed the voice.
Naruto did as he was told. Nine black feathers wreathed in crimson flames circled his wrist.
"When you wish for someone to have their memories returned, concentrate on one of the feathers. Press it to their forehead and order them to remember. The dark one has a feather as well. Tell him, 'There are other times. That was not the last.' He will understand."
"Thank you so much," whispered Naruto.
"Do not disappoint me, Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto," said the voice. "Farewell."
A burst of white light in the darkness, and Naruto was gone.
"Good luck. You'll need it."
Review please!
A/N: Okay, so the feathers idea came from 'Yet again, with a little extra help' by Third Fang. I couldn't resist - it's a nice and simple way of giving people their memories back! Of course, Third Fang used chain links, and Naruto could regain the chain if the person he returned the memories to had died/almost died...it was a bit more complicated and detailed than that when Ghost explained it to Naruto, but...
So, I'm already done with the second chapter, and am typing up the third right now. I've got thirteen front-and-back pages of notebook paper filled. No worries there. I just have to actually type the stuff up. And I will. I'm kind of stepping away from the HP fandom for a bit. I'm not giving up my HP fics, but they're not going to come out very fast. Sorry, my HP readers.
Ja ne!
~Audrianna out!