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"W-What?!" that's all I could manage to say after staring at him for around a minute in shock. I blinked a few times before I held my head in my hands, shaking it back and forth. "No! That's not possible! None of this is possible! It couldn't have been thirteen years! I don't believe you!" I looked up, glaring.

"This is just some sick trick isn't it?! Where's my squad?! They put you up to this, to get back at me for some reason! Didn't they?! That's why I woke up on the side of the road!" I abruptly turned around, making my way for the door.

"Wait! Harmony, I know you don't want to believe it, but it's true. And you know your team wouldn't do something like this to you as a joke or prank," Gramps called, making me stop.

"Then where are they?" I asked in a small voice. "Why haven't I seen them yet?"

"That day, on your last mission... Only three of the five of you came back from it alive..." I could hear the sorrow in his voice, but I didn't want to face the truth, adamant to deny it.

"That's a lie! The had to have made it out alive!" I shut my eyes, trying to remember what had happened. When I had been walking it had slowly came back to me. I remember foggily seeing the Iwa-shinobis fighting against someone, and then seeing two figures run towards Rin and I, before it all went blank.

"Kakashi and Obito... They were they when Rin and I had been captured... They had defeated the two! There was no one else, they had to have made it out alive!"

"The man that they were fighting made the cave he was stationed in collapse. Kakashi was injured and nearly didn't make it out, had it not been for Obito. He saved Rin and Kakashi, but it was a steep price." I covered my mouth, trying to hold back the tears that I could feel were beginning to gather. "Kakashi told me that Obito's last words were for him to save Rin because they were getting ambushed and that Kakashi didn't have to worry, he was going to stay by your side so you wouldn't be lonely, as a teammate should."

"But the rest- everyone else is okay now... Right?!" I couldn't help but ask, tears streaming down my face. I didn't know how I was still standing after I heard of Obito's death, but I fell to the ground when Gramps still didn't look at me. "No. NO! You told me everyone else made it back!"

"They did. But a year later Rin and Kakashi went on a mission in the Hidden Mist, they got ambushed as well, and Rin was killed in the battle. A little while later Minato was made the fourth Hokage, but during Kushina's labour, the Kyuubi was freed. He saved the village, but both he and Kushina were killed, along with many others."

"They... They're all dead..." I whispered, kneeling on the ground. I looked up at Gramps. "Wait. What about Kakashi? And their child?! What happened to Minato-sensei's and Kushina's child?!"

"Kakashi is fine. After the Kyuubi's attack he was promoted to ANBU captain, but after a while he decided it wasn't right or him, so now he is a jounin." A tiny bit of relief washed over me.

'Fang's okay.'

"And their child?

"He's name is Naruto Uzumaki, eleven years old. They sacrificed themselves to save him, but unfortunately, he is the new jinchūriki, even if he does not know of it himself. He was never told who his parents are, or what happened that night."

"So, he's all alone, but doesn't know why." I couldn't help but glare at that, still on the ground. Gramps nodded.

"Unfortunately. But he has his parents strength, and their personalities as well." I closed my eyes and steadied myself, slowly standing up, wiping the tears from my face.

"Is there any way I could watch over him? I know things have changed, and I'm not sure- no, I know I'm not ready to take on all of the tasks and weight I bared before, but I can't have him being all alone anymore. He is Minato-sensei's and Kushina's blood, and therefore, family to me." I looked up, my will resolved. I had no choice but believe in the fact that something happened to me and I was now in a different time, and it would take a while to get used to, but I couldn't wouldn't, let their son suffer the way he might be.

'I will honour all of your sacrifices Obito, Rin, Sensei. I will make you proud.'

"Well, if that is how you feel, you could go back to the academy and join his class. The genin test will be happening in a two weeks or so. I know you don't have very fond memories from when you were there, but it will give you time to adjust and look over Naruto " I could see the pride in his eyes as he told me thing. I placed my arms to my sides and bowed.

"Thank you very much for your consideration, Hokage-sama. When shall I start?"

"I shall send a message to Iruka Umino, telling him he will have a transfer student joining him tomorrow," I stood up and raised an eyebrow.

"Iruka? The one I used to babysit as a kid? Is he a sensei now? Wow, he should be twenty-one, twenty-two now."

"Yes he is, and I'm sure he will be happy to see you again. I know for a fact he was one of the people that got hit the hardest by the news of your 'death'. But then again, many were."

"What should we do about..." I hesitated for a second, before continuing, "About me being back?"

Gramps stood from his desk and walked up beside me. "Right now I think it would be wise if we only told those who question it. Telling the whole village might alert previous enemy's, and once they get word they would want to come and see if it is true."

"There's also the fact that many won't believe me if they didn't originally know me. Time travel shouldn't be possible, especially if the person didn't activate it themselves," I shook my head. "Something happened that day, and I don't know what, but I will find out."

"I'm surprised to hear that you are taking so well to this Harmony. I have to say that I am struggling with it myself. But it brings me great joy to know that you are okay."

"I'm not... I'm just taking it in stride until I have everything figured out. Then I'll try and deal with it." he placed a hand on my shoulder, a sad smile accompanying it.

"At least you are willing to try... I know that this is late by a couple of years, but happy thirteenth birthday Harmony." I nodded and returned his smile, before wrapping my arms around him.

"Thanks, Gramps."

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After spending the rest of the day talking with Gramps, I knew the moment I shut the Hokage's office doors behind me I knew that I was going to have an emotional night. It was a lot, nearly too much to all take in.

'May twenty-fifth... Two days ago, for me, my teammates were alive.' I shook my head as I began to make my way down the stairs I had climbed before. 'You have to stop thinking that way. It was thirteen years and two days ago.' Images of Obito, Rin, Minato-sensei, Kushina, and Kakashi ran through my mind as I left the building and let my feet wander.

'I wonder how they would all look now. Wonder if Obito would have won over Rin, got his Sharingan, and showed his clan that he was just as good, if not better than the other. I wonder if Rin would have been made a combat medic-nin like she dreamed of. I wonder if Kakashi would have become less cold like he was when we were kids. I wonder what Minato-sensei would have been like as Hokage. I wonder...' Those two words kept circulating around and around in my head, always having something hanging off them. As I was thinking I would casually look around the village, see how much it had really changed, and then noticed that I left like a foreigner in my own home. It made my skin crawl as I walked, the ground slowly turning from gravel and dust to grass.

'I wonder... Would you all still have managed to get your names written on this stone, even if nothing had happened and I had stayed with you all?' I placed a hand on the black stone with names of the deceased engraved on it. The sun was setting, letting up a little light, but I could still see all of their names, written in different areas. My family, my team, and people I had looked up too when I was little. The devastating feeling I got when I was listening to Gramps hit me again like a sledgehammer, only, this time, it was worse, accompanied by the feeling of loneliness. I feel to the ground, cry once again, one of my hands placed above my heart as it began to rip in two, while the other went to the pouch I normally kept my flute in, only to remember that it had been stolen from me.

'And now I will never get it back,' the empty feeling creased inside me, making me cry even harder. The flute had been a gift from my mother, her most prized possessions. She told me that she played it every day as a child, and just like tradition in our clan, the mother would give the flute to her daughter when she reached the age of three. And I had it taken from me when I was weak.

"I'm so sorry everyone. I am so sorry. I should have tried something, anything, to prevent this. I miss you all so much already, and I know that I'm not worth the tears you may have shed for me. I feel like I don't know how I will live now. Very thing is just confusing now," I whispered as I tried to get a hold of the tears spilling from my eyes, but I forced a small smile on my face. "But I know you would all say there is no reason for me not feeling as if I don't belong, and I just have to try my best. I wished none of you had to go, but I promise, I will live on so I don't disappoint you anymore."

I wiped the tears from my eyes and moved so that I was laying on my back, looking up at the stars that were beginning to show in the night sky. I felt drained, and I couldn't fight my eyes from dropping close.

"I promise to make you proud, make things right, and figure out what happened that day," I whispered in my mind before I gave into my body wanting to sleep, too exhausted to even dream.

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The next morning I felt as if someone had glued my eyelids together, took a saw to my head, and laid five tonnes of rock on my body to weight me down. I had been wrong about being too exhausted to dream, of anything, the exhausted added to the nightmare I had, along with everything that Gramps had told me the day before. I had dreamt of Obito because crushed by giant boulders, Rin getting stabbed through the chest, as well as Minato-sensei and Kushina, but the two of them had been stabbed by a giant claw. All were filled with their share of blood and cries.

I slowly shook my head to rid of the lingering images as I propped myself up off the ground.

'What a wonderful dream... Not.' I thought to myself, rubbing my eyes with my other hand. I stopped when I thought I heard someone approaching me. I tried to opened my eyes and get a good look, but everything was too fuzzy. All I could make out was someone who wasn't very tall, so maybe a child, black spiked hair, and possible dark blues clothes.

"Obito?" I groggily questioned, before scowling myself. "No, it's just my mind playing tricks on me from my dreams. Obito, just like the rest, is gone." I laid back down on the ground but kept my head turned to whoever showed up.

'And who is now leaving.' I frowned and rubbed my eyes again.

"Okay, be rude like that. If you don't want to tell me your name to help me with this confusion, that's cool. But you can at least tell me what time it is?" annoyed, I asked, only to get ignored again. I huffed and closed my eyes when I saw whoever it was leave. As the sleep cleared from my eyes I could tell that he was not Obito if his rudeness was enough of a giveaway, but he still looked as if he could be related to him.

I sat up and dusted off my clothes before running a hand through my once again mangled hair. 'Well, of course, he could be related to Obito, even if he may be like half or a quarter Uchiha. His clan was pretty large, and it's probably only gotten bigger." I stood up and dusted myself off.

"On a different note, I should really invest in some lasting food, a new pack, a good brush, some cleaners, an alarm, and new clothes. Thank god Gramps gave me some money before I left..." I trailed off for a few seconds before I reached for the pouched tied to my shorts, making sure if was still there. I sighed in relief when I felt it. For all, I could have known someone could have seen me in the middle of the night and took it. Then I looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was still fairly low

"Hmm, I would have to guess it's around six- six thirty... And if I remember, classes didn't start till nine in the morning, so I have around three hours. Now, I wonder if there are any places here where I can take a bath, wash my clothes at the same time and have some place to eat nearby."

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"I can't believe old Daburu Kurīnā* is still around! That place was ancient, even when I was a kid!" I laughed as I took another bite out of the sandwich I had bought. I felt much better now that I was no longer covered in dirt, wearing clean, patched up clothes, had the few things I needed, and some food. I was cutting it close, though, the small clock I had gotten showed that it was 8:50, ten minutes before classes start.

'God, this brings back memories. And I sound like an old lady.' I walked onto the grass underneath a large tree, a few metres from the academy, looking at the long swing that hung from a large branch. My first memory of this swing wasn't all that pleasant, but other that followed did bring a happy note. I had a good year here before Kakashi excelled and graduated before me when we were only five years old. The next few years after that were quite lonely. A few of the boys who tried to bully me as a kid for my 'unique' looks tried to take advantage of the fact that my 'guard dog' as they said had left. I wasn't really myself again until I was but into a squad. My squad that had a few people from my class, Rin, and Obito, who I never really got close too until we were a squad. And because we were the same age as Kakashi, but already a chunin, he was placed in our squad. I was still close with Kakashi, years after he became a genin and the chunin, but it was different, no, better, when we were on the same squad.

'And now here I am again... I think this classifies as irony in it's truest form,' I chuckled under my breath. I stepped away from the tree swing finally and began to make my way to Hell's doors. 'Might as well welcome it with open arms.'

I was about halfway to the doors before I saw a blur of yellow and orange in my peripheral vision and was knocked off my feet.

"Son of a bit-!" I cried out in pain, but catching myself so the curse I was able to yell wasn't complete. I was on my side, my left shoulder throbbing, but I lifted myself and looked at what crashed into me. That what turned out to be a who, and he was a boy with spiky blonde hair and wearing an orange and blue jumpsuit with a pair of green goggles on his forehead. He too was on the ground, but he was rubbing his head in pain.

'Well, that explains why my shoulder hurts.' I slowly got up and held my hand out to the boy who ran into me. After a few seconds, the boy stopped rubbing his head and realized that he wasn't alone. And that I was still holding my hand out for him. I all but froze when he looked up at me with ocean blue eyes, and each cheek decorated with three lines, looking almost like whiskers.

"Ah... Sorry, my fault. I didn't see ya there, ya know," he apologized, cheeks now little coloured, taking my hand. I snapped out of my trance when he did and pulled him up. I noticed that he had a few splatter of paint on his face and clothes.

'I wonder if he has anything to do with a few of the buildings new paint jobs?' the image of a could of shops I walked passed by, with the words 'The Future Hokage was here, Believe it!' painted across them.

"No, I shouldn't have been taking so long. My name is Harmony," I shook the hand I was still holding while giving a friendly smile. He mimicked my smile and returned the shake.

"Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki! Future Hoka-"

"NARUTO!" that was all he said before his eyes widen to the size of dinner plates. After a whispered curse and a fleeting goodbye, he let go of my hand and raced inside. A few seconds later another blur, this time, green and brown, flew passed me, yelling and no doubt chasing Naruto into the academy.

'Minato-sensei's and Kushina's son.' I small laugh left my lips. 'He had sensei's dashing looks, but he picked up his mother's way of talking. Plus, it seems he has his own personality mixed in. Dear lord, I pity Iruka,' another laugh left me as I continued walking and entered the building, this time not getting trampled luckily.

Taking a quick look at the paper Gramps had given me before I left, I walked the hallway until I found the door with the matching numbers. I was going to knock, but I heard some sort of yelling from coming from inside.

'Screw it, let's see how Scarface handles his kids,' I purposely opened the door and stepping inside, greeted by the sight of Naruto being tied up on the ground and Iruka standing over him, head ten times bigger, and yelling. I nearly burst out laughing, but I held it in.

"Ummm... Did I come in at a bad time? Or do I have the wrong class?" I asked, somehow making my voice sound slightly disturbed when all I wanted to do was fall down, laughing. "I'm supposed to be in room 3-C, the graduating class, right?" I brushed my hair away from my face as Iruka stepped away from the still tied up Naruto... But I don't think he will stay that way for long by the way the ropes are slowly becoming looser, enough for him to wave at me.

'And escape artist too huh?' I walked over and handed Iruka the note that was along with the paper Gramps gave me.

"Oh, you must be the new student that Hokage-sama informed me about. Yes, you are in the right class, I was just taking care of some trouble. I am Iruka Umino-sensei." He told me, reading the note I gave him, really just saying I was a new transfer student. He looked at me a couple of times while reading it, and I saw flashes of recognition in his eyes, but I also say that he was denying it to himself. I smiled/smirked and bowed formally, my hair falling all over the place, as it was not tied back.

"It's nice to meet you Umino-sensei," I told him, playing the part of the new kid, I stood up and brushed my hair back into place, but let it still cover my left eye.

"It is nice to meet you too. Why don't you introduce yourself to your fellow classmates?" He asked, before taking a few steps back, dragging a nearly free Naruto along with him, making the question seem more like a demand. I turned and looked at my 'classmates'. A few looked like that where from clans that I knew, but the boy in the far right back corner was the one that I recognized me the most. He was definitely a Uchiha, and possibly even the one I had seen this morning, either that or I had half-dreamed it all.

I took a breath before bowing slightly to the class, opening my mouth to start, before I snapped it close, realizing something. "Crap! I don't know if I'm supposed to use my real name or make one up! Just make it up as you go Harmony, can't screw up this soon!'