Second Chance

Chapter 03

Chapter 03: Secrets Are Hard To Keep
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As Naruto and Sasuke headed to a small clearing in the forest near the academy that they had found after the war Hinata and Kakashi followed. Due to their exhaustion neither time traveler sensed the two. Dropping to the ground they sighed.

"So now what? We already changed some things. Your performance for one. Kakashi-sensei was watching so I know that he will be suspicious. I honestly think that if anyone else noticed it would have been Hinata. We need a more definite plan." Sasuke said rubbing his forehead.

"I know but it is hard to think on an empty stomach and with a pounding headache. Did our storage seals transfer?" Naruto whined sitting a little straighter. Rolling his eyes Sasuke pulled his arm warmers off. Lucky for them the seals were still there. Unsealing some bentos from one and a medicine kit from another they set about devouring their food. For once Sasuke could agree that food was making everything better. After finishing off the bentos and swallowing some pain killers for their migraines they sighed feeling some of the exhaustion abate. From a distance Kakashi and Hinata were struggling to hear what they were saying. They could both read lips but they needed their dojutsu for that and using/revealing them would run the risk of alerting the two they were watching.

"For one I think we should make a time line of what needs to change so that we are better equipped for Obito's temper tantrum. Hopefully this time we can dismantle the Akatsuki before they start removing the bijuu." Naruto said rolling up his sleeves and revealing his own storage seals. Unsealing some scrolls, ink and a brush they got to work.

"Haku and Zabuza would be a valuable asset in the fight. Zabuza was already an A-rank shinobi so a little more training and he should make S-rank and be able to fight the Akatsuki. So we will have to make sure that we get the Nami mission again. Perhaps try to snare a few more C-rank missions so that our teammate, please don't let them be Sakura or Kiba, has the experience necessary for the Chunin exams. We were seriously under prepared. We need to get you into your family estates. I know that you studied your father's scrolls but that was just what was salvaged after Nagato attacked and only the ones that had been stored in the Hokage vault. We need to get the rest of his research and your Uzumaki clan scrolls."

"I need to finish pouring over the clan's scrolls as well. I never even got an eighth of the way through when I left Konoha and when I got back I found out that they had either been confiscated or destroyed. We'll need everything that we can get our hands on." Sasuke began. Naruto nodded quickly drawing a timeline of what had happened and underneath notes as they were brought up about how they had to change. One the side they were also making notes about what they needed to do to make the changes.

"Orochimaru will still come after your sharingans, what do you propose about that? Kill him in the forest, capture and interrogate or just prevent the heaven seal?" Naruto asked. Sasuke sat back.

"Depends do you think that you can teach me senjutsu and if you can will there be enough time for me to master it like you have? Cause if not I propose getting the seal and then having you alter it. That way he can't control me, I won't abandon Konoha again and I will have a source of senjutsu without the use of Susanoo." Sasuke reasoned. Humming Naruto sat back and after a moment nodded.

"We'll make that decision based on how far along you are with your senjutsu training by the start of the exams. Speaking of the exams there is Garaa we need to contend with. Should I approach him before the exams and repair his seal? I could ask him to pretend to still be insane. At the same time I could tell him an abridged version of why. Or should I wait and just try to prevent Lee's injuries?"