Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Back to the Past ❯ Chapter Ten: The Chunin week ( Chapter 10 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

As Team Seven walked back home from the land of waves Sakura thought about Orochimaru and his plans for Konoha and Sasuke. Not to mention that she was still pregnant with Neji Hyuuga's child. It was only through the constant checks that she did and the precautions that she took that she hadn't lost it.

"Hey Sasuke, do you want to spar with me when we get back?" Sakura asks.

"Sure Sakura." Sasuke agreed while thinking,'Maybe I can get something out of her'

When they got back to Konoha Kakashi left them with the excuse that he needed to write the mission report. Naruto went off to get some ramen as he usually did leaving the other two behind him to silently make their way to the training grounds.

"Sasuke, don't hold back." Sakura said, already in her fighting stance.

"Hn." Sasuke replied, moving into his stance.

Soon they were off with a series of punches and kicks aimed at each other, Sakura was holding back from what Sasuke could tell, but so was he. He was surprised at her stamina after the fight came to a stop after a good hour and he almost dropped from being out of breath while she was only slightly winded.

"Thanks Sasuke, bye." Sakura called out as she walked away from him. "Now to find Inoichi."

The problem was, she had no idea where to start to try and find him. She walked around the village for a good while with no sign of Ino's father when she had the outrageously simple idea to ask Mrs. Yamanaka. Making a detour to the Yamanaka family owned flower shop, Sakura hurried her pace. When Sakura stepped into the building Mrs. Yamanaka was finishing up with a customer and Sakura hung back to wait until they were gone. Soon after she was done, Sakura went up to her with a wave.

"Hi, Mrs. Yamanaka how are you?" Sakura asked.

"Oh, hi Sakura-chan, how can I help you today?" Mrs. Yamanaka asked with a warm smile.

"I was looking for Mr. Yamanaka to ask some questions. Do you know where he is?" Sakura questioned, keeping her face as innocent as possible.

"Yes I do. HONEY!" Mrs. Yamanaka suddenly screamed.

"What!?" A gruff voice replied from the back room.

"Sakura-chan is here for you." Mrs. Yamanaka said much quieter.

"Okay." He said in a slightly questioning tone as he exited the back room. "Hi Sakura, how are you? We haven't seen you around in awhile."

"I'm fine. I have some questions, do you mind answering what you can?" Sakura asked hopefully.

"Sure." Inoichi replied, curious as to what she could want from him.

"Thanks, can we go somewhere more private, please?" Sakura asked again hopefully.

Nodding his head, Inoichi led her back to the room he had come from, shutting the door behind them. Whens he was sure they were alone Sakura did a hand seal and removed the two pieces of jewelery that were now visible and showed them to him. Confusion was written plainly on his face as Sakura held them up

"What can you remember about these two pieces of jewelery?" Sakura asked as she handed them to Inoichi.

Inoichi turned them over in his hands a few times, studying them closely and his confusion cleared to stunned surprise. "How did you get these? Wait, we need to get Shikaku first, come with me."

Inoichi grabbed her by the shoulder in a gentle but firm grip and they left the flower shop to find Shikaku. Sakura noticed they weren't heading directly to Shikamaru's house but were angling more towards the forest that the Nara family owned. It didn't take long until they found Shikaku a few yards from the edge of the forest.

"Shikaku!" Inoichi yelled seeing his friend.

Shikaku turned to look at them, surprise clear when he saw his old teammate with a young genin. His observant eyes caught sight of the pieces of jewelery his friend was holding out towards him and he gasped, turning back to his friend who in turn looked down at the pink haired genin standing quietly in his grasp.

"But we haven't told anyone about these or even finish them." Shikaku said.

"Yes. That brings up the question of how you got these Sakura." Inoichi directed at her.

Sakura told them up front. "I'm from the future."

….

Kakashi had been walking around the village avoiding doing the mission report and thinking of whether or not his team would be ready for the chunin exams when he noticed Inoichi practically marching Sakura through the village in the direction of the Nara estate. Curious, and not the slightest bit guilty for eavesdropping, Kakashi masked his chakra and followed, using his advanced hearing to listen tho the strange conversation between Inoichi and Shikaku. He knew after the first sentence it somehow involved why Sakura was so different but he wasn't expecting Sakura's response to Inoichi's inquiry.

…

"What?" Inoichi asked dumbly. Clearly whatever he expected and with what he knew of the jewelery, her response hadn't been what he expected.

"Okay, I am the same Sakura Haruno that grew up with Ino but you see, I'm from the…future." Sakura said carefully wording it. She figured the only reason they weren't sending her to get a mental check up was because of what they knew about the ring and necklace.

Shikaku and Inoichi looked at each other and seemed to hold a silent conversation. Looking at the males in front of her she wasn't able to clearly read their expressions and was ready to try and get a response when she detected a tiny flicker of chakra on the edge of her perception.

"Oh great." She muttered. "Hey Kakashi-Sensei, you can come out now!" Sakura yelled.

Walking out with his hands in the air he eye smiled at her and the two men behind her and said. "Hi Sakura."

"Don't you 'hi Sakura' me. You were listening in to a private and life endangering conversation," she snapped at him. Then she sighed. "But now that you are here you'll never leave me alone until you get out you want so I guess I'll tell you now."

She let Inoichi and Shikaku explain the ring and necklace to Kakashi before she went into her story of the Chunin exams, Orochimaru's intentions with Sasuke, Sasuke receiving the curse seal, the battle with Sand and Sound, Orochimaru killing the Third Hokage, Itachi's arrival and intentions, Sasuke leaving them, the failed retrieval mission that almost killed the most skilled male genin of their generation, and Tsunade being brought back by Naruto and becoming her sensei as well as the Fifth Hokage. But she told them nothing to do with her being pregnant.

"That all happened in your future?" Shikaku asked in a stunned tone.

"Yes. I came back here to stop it from ever happening and to do that I need your help." Sakura told them.

"How can we help?" Inoichi asked, still reeling from the new information.

"Knock out any Sand ninja that show up and fight but don't kill them; you can kill the Sound ninja but not the Sand. Also, avoid the red headed genin, Gaara of the Sand, at all costs. Kakashi, you still nominate us for the Chunin Exams. Shikaku, Inoichi, is there any way to contact the future through those?" Sakura asked, pointing to the jewelery still in Shikaku's hands.

"Yes, twist the moon to the left and the star to the right." Shikaku said handing them over to her.

Sakura placed the necklace and the ring back in their respective places. "Thanks. I need to think of a more detailed plan but I will let you know when I know what needs to be done." Sakura told them.

"Fine." Kakashi, Shikaku and Inoichi agreed.

"Kakashi, the first exam should pretty much go off without a hitch but when it comes time for the second exam in the forest of death with Anko is when Orochimaru will make his move. If you keep infiltrate the forest and tail us, I'll separate Orochimaru from the others and drive him to you. I'll be fine for the few minutes it will take for you to get there." Sakura said when she saw the looks on their faces.

"I'll come as back up." Shikaku said.

"Good. If Kakashi isn't enough to scare him off then the sight of reinforcements should make him retreat. He won't know who else you may have coming and he won't risk a huge battle until the final exam. If you can, find Anko too. After that is the wait for the last exam. I trust you all know the issue of secrecy in this matter." Sakura explained. "Now I've had a long day and am off to bed. See you in the morning Kakashi."

…..

The sun rising over the Hokage Monument was pleasantly warm when it hit her face as she was waking up. She yawned a full, jaw cracking yawn and did a full body stretch as she let her mind catch up to her body in the process of waking up.

When she was fully awake she slid out of bed and made her way to her bathroom. She walked to stand in front of her full body mirror and undid the jutsu that hid her stomach from prying eyes. She lifted up her shirt to examine the growth of her stomach. Her stomach was much larger than it should be for being just over five months pregnant. She had done a thorough scan at Tazuna's house, while she had been hiding her symptoms, and had found out she was at least having twins.

To prevent most of the pain in her lower back from her growing stomach she had taken to doing a few stetches and using some muscle relaxing and pain relieving jutsu. While she was still sore, it wouldn't be overly noticeable unless one knew what to look for.

Changing into her clothes and replacing the jutsu, Sakura walked downstairs and ate a normal breakfast with her parents. She was lucky and grateful that she hadn't had any of the strange cravings that most women get. She was also glad she no longer had morning sickness. That would have been very hard to hide.

Sakura smiled at her parents as she finished her plate and put her dishes in the sink. "See you later, Mom, Dad. Love you." She nodded at the responses she got in return as she went to the front door and put her shoes on. Opening the door, Sakura walked out and made for the bridge to meet her team, hoping Kakashi wouldn't act any different now that he knew the truth.

She met both of her teammates at the bridge and followed Sasuke's lead in ignoring Naruto's insistent chatter. It was three hours later when Kakashi-sensei finally showed up to greet them.

"YOUR LATE!" Naruto and Sakura shouted at him when he appeared.

"Hn." Sasuke just grunted.

"Sorry, I got sidetracked on the road of life." Kakashi replied lazily.

"That's not even a new excuse." Naruto grouched. "Now what's the mission today?"

"Okay, your first mission is to pull some weeds, then there's walking some dogs, then picking up trash from the river." Kakashi told them.

As they all got set to work weeding a garden, Sakura and Sasuke were pulling out weeds calmly. Naruto gave into his competitive side and with a large grin at Sasuke he went very fast, pulling up anything he thought might be a weed. The only problem was he also pulled out a large amount of flowers and the unhappy owner of the garden punched him.

Walking the dogs was funny as well at least to Sakura. She and Sasuke picked the small dogs while Naruto, in a bid to impress her, picked the largest one. Naruto had no control and was dragged all over the place and eventually he was taken into an explosive field. He came back extra crispy.

The last task was the trash in the river. Sakura and Sasuke were doing fine again but Naruto was not. He tripped and fell into the water, carried by the current to the nearby waterfall. His fall was suddenly stopped and he looked up to see Sasuke holding him by the leg while he was hanging from a branch.

"You really are an idiot, Naruto." Sasuke told him.

…..

After that they were walking around the village together, Sasuke and Sakura carrying the baka home, but were stopped when Naruto pulled out of their grip and challenged Sasuke to another fight.

The old Sakura would have punched Naruto for daring to waste Sasuke's time but not anymore. That didn't mean she didn't step in. "Cool it guys, we need to work as a team."

"Hn." Sasuke grunted as he walked away from her.

"Hey Sakura, we can work on our team work without Sasuke." Naruto said to her.

"Sure." Sakura agreed and they started walking. It was only when she sensed Konohamaru trailing them that she realized remembered who they were getting ready to meet.

She stayed mostly quiet when Naruto outed Konohamaru's horrible disguise. Konohamaru walked with her and Naruto as they neared the corner, talking about playing ninja. Konohamaru got too excited and ran around the corner ahead of them running into Kankuro.

"You need something?" He snapped.

"Sorry." Konohamaru said to him backing away closer to Naruto.

Sakura looked at them, seeing older, harder faces and accidentally let their names slip out under her breath." Temari-Sama. Kankuro-Sama."

It was only when they both looked at her, shocked, that she realized she had said anything. "Did you just say our names?" Temari demanded.

"No." Sakura said too quickly. She was frustrated at herself for making such a huge blunder. "See you at the Chunin exams. Naruto, let's go." Sakura continued, walking away from them.

She and Naruto hadn't gone far when a low voice growled from behind them. "Girl I know you said those names."

"Oh great." Sakura muttered under her breath before turning around to see Gaara looking at her through cold jade eyes.

"Sorry, I think you got that wrong. Now I'm tired and I'm going home." Sakura said, quickly disappearing from sight.

Naruto and Konohamaru were left behind and as three pairs of eyes turned on them, Naruto grabbed Konohamaru and took off with a muttered, "I got to go too."

Sakura got home and fell into her bed with a sigh. "I really screwed up. I can't believe I said their names and they don't even know me." Sakura scolded herself, not realizing that she wasn't alone.

"So you did say our names." Temari confirmed as she slid in through the window.

"Great." Sakura groaned, getting up.

"So you know our names, what's yours? Or should I call you forehead." Temari taunted laughing.

"It's Sakura." Sakura told her calmly, not rising to the bait.

"So Sakura, how do you know us?" Kankuro asked as he came in to stand beside Temari.

"Sorry, I can't tell you. You'll think I'm crazy." Sakura replied trying to smoothly make he way to her door only to be stopped by a wall of sand.

"Just tell us. Or you'll die." Gaara said in a cold tone.

Sakura suddenly got an idea and hoped it wouldn't get her or her children killed. "No can do Gaara-sama. Or should I say Kazekage-sama?" Sakura said with a smirk.

The room fell silent.

A/N- I hope you really enjoyed it. I know I switch things around from the anime, but trust me it works out with my story plan and plot. Until next time. See ya