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Escape Artist
By : sanlashix
Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male
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Summary: Seal master Uzumaki Naruto finally perfected a battle-use seal to rewind time for short moments. What the idiot forgot was that he tended to overdo things when in a pinch. MinaNaru. Time travel.


Chapter 2: Plight
Naruto groaned as he began to register sounds and smells. He couldn’t tell where he was or why he was lying face down on what he guessed was the hard, rocky ground. The thick smell of blood reached his sensitive nose, and he groaned again in disgust. The blond shifted to relieve pressure on his arm only to freeze when pain exploded in his side. God, what happened?
He blinked open his heavy eyelids, his eyes slowly focusing on dark, moving blobs which he identified as humans. He didn’t understand how he didn’t detect them when they were only several feet away.
“I think he’s awake,” a voice – a man – whispered.
The blob in front of him moved closer and Naruto tensed. “Can you understand me?” A female voice reached his ears.
Unable to move away, Naruto merely nodded.
“Good. How do you feel?”
“Like some insane missing-nin ran me over,” he replied weakly as bits and pieces of his memory returned.
Someone snorted in the background, “More like ya’ got torn apart. Never seen someone so shredded.”
“We didn’t dare move you until our medic-nin arrived,” the woman spoke again, her voice laced with annoyance at the man. “I’ve managed to stop most of the bleeding, but I don’t have the skills to treat your internal and head injuries.”
Naruto’s head began to pound as he tried to keep up with her words. He whimpered at the intense pain which suddenly engulfed his entire body, and it became difficult to draw air into his lungs. Why was Kyuubi not healing him?
“Hey, stay with me! Don’t close your eyes!” The woman called out to him. “Fuck, where is Saki? He’s going into shock!”
Seconds later, a warm sensation covered his head and spread down his spine. Naruto sighed in relief as the pressure in his head lessened.
“We’re going to put you on your back now,” a different female voice warned.
Naruto grit his teeth as his body was turned over, but the warm sensation returned, this time directed to his chest and stomach. He opened his tired eyes again to see a pair of kind eyes before succumbing to blackness.

When Naruto woke again, the first thing he felt was wind against his face. He tightened his arms around whatever he was holding onto and carefully opened his eyes.
“Good morning, Sleeping Beauty. How are you feeling?”
“…Better.” Naruto rasped. He realized he was being carried on someone’s back as they sped through the forest. “Who…?”
“Ahh, we’re Konoha-nin, and I assume you are too from that tattoo on your shoulder and your uniform,” the man said amicably. “It’s good to see you alive. You were covered in blood – well, your clothes still are but it’s mostly dried now. You had a concussion and awful stab wounds.”
“Um…,” Naruto spoke hesitantly, unsure about his situation. “Where am I?”
“We’re between Kusa and Hi no Kuni, headed to Konoha. We’ll be there in a few minutes. In the meantime, how about we get to know each other better? I’m Kei, by the way. And you?”
“Naruto,” he supplied shortly, uncertain how much information he should give.
“Okaaay… tell me about yourself. How did you end up all bloody back there?”
“Had a mission and fought a missing-nin. I think I won.”
A man to his left snorted loudly. “Won? Looked like ya’ lost that one, kid.”
“Satoru, be nice,” a woman to his right reprimanded. “I’m Saki, the medic-nin of this jounin unit. The rude man is Satoru, and the kunoichi at point is Mika. We felt a chakra spike on our return from a mission and decided to investigate.”
Feeling a bit more comfortable with the team, he decided to disclose a bit more about himself. “I had a mission in Kusa and ran across an enemy nin. He was wicked with a sword, but I know I won the fight!” He stated indignantly.
“Alright, alright. Calm down, kid.” Satoru snickered. “You’re a Hunter-nin right? You seem pretty young; how old are you?”
“Yeah… I’m eighteen. You know, you’re not supposed to see my face. Actually, you are the first after the Hokage. Now I have to kill you, no matter how nice you’ve been,” Naruto joked lightheartedly and placed the mask back on his face, “but I’ll let you go this time since you guys saved my life.”
“How kind of you,” Satoru said dryly.
“We’re home,” Mika called from the front. They passed through the gate with little trouble since Konohagakure Hunter-nin were identified by their tattoo which could only be applied by the Hokage. The unit sped over rooftops to the Hokage Tower and arrived at the door to the Hokage’s office.
“Enter,” a male voice called them in from behind the door. They filed into the office and lined up in front of the Hokage’s desk when the occupants of the room were interrupted by a loud yelp and heavy thud. The Hunter-nin had fallen off Kei’s back in shock at seeing the Sandaime sitting behind the desk instead of a drunken Tsunade.
“W-what the hell!” Naruto stuttered from where he collapsed on the floor. Panic rose within him as he stared at the man in shock. “S-Sandaime-Jijii…” Shit, shit, shit. What did I do? Ahhh, damage control. That’s right, I need to do damage control, now.
“Hokage-sama!” Naruto stumbled to his feet and stood at attention. “I would like to request immediate private audience with you. I have urgent S-class information to deliver as soon as possible!” He continued hastily, this time using Hunter-nin codes for the highest of emergencies. “A red sun has risen from the West. Birds abandon lower nests. Shadows hover above.”
The Sandaime’s eyes widened and shoulders tensed visibly. “Team 21, dismissed! Report to mission control, and I will call for you once this issue has been resolved.”
Members of Team 21 looked at each other in confusion but obeyed without question. Once the door closed behind them, Sarutobi activated Privacy Seals and directed hard eyes at the man standing in front of him. “Report!”
Naruto swayed slightly on his feet before straightening, removing his mask, and delivering a brief overview of his plight. “I, Uzumaki Naruto, am a Hunter-nin of Konohagakure. During a solo mission beginning between 12 to 14 hours ago, a jutsu of my own making malfunctioned, causing my being to be transported through time. Team 21 discovered, healed, and carried me here. Though I am uncertain of the current date, I am from the future and loyal to Konohagakure.”
Silence reigned in the office.
“How can you prove this?”
“Uhh…” Naruto’s professional attitude crumbled as he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. “I’m not really sure. Can I think on it?”
Sarutobi looked at him incredulously and narrowed his eyes. “Very well, you have until you leave this office. You have yet to gain my trust. However, your Hunter-nin identification tattoo, uniform, and knowledge of Hunter-nin codes are genuine. Now, provide your identity in detail.”
He hesitated. He didn’t know what he should disclose and what he should keep to himself in this delicate situation. Gathering his thoughts, he began. “I am Uzumaki Naruto, age 18, orphan, Tokubetsu Jounin in the Infiltration & Reconnaissance division, and Hunter-nin code name Akashiori. I was apprenticed to Ero-senn…er…Jiraiya-sama since age of 13 and gained Seal Mastery one year ago. Umm…yeah…” he trailed off awkwardly, keeping his heritage and status as the Kyuubi vessel to himself.
“Old man, can you tell me the date?”
Sarutobi raised his eyebrows at Naruto’s rudeness but did as requested. The blond furrowed his brow in concentration before letting out a long, loud groan. “Fuuuck, I’ve landed twenty-four years in the past, and I don’t think I can get back to my time.”
The Hokage gazed upon Naruto’s despairing form. “How can you be certain?”
Naruto reached into his pack to pull out a containment scroll from which he unsealed a black scroll. He spread it open on the desk for Sarutobi to see. “This is the seal that I used to transport myself. It was supposed to only turn back a few minutes at most, but during battle, I pumped too much chakra into it.”
Sarutobi’s head snapped up in shock. “But…from what I see here, you would need an impossible amount of chakra to rewind this much time!”
“Uh, weeell…I might have forgotten to mention that I’m the container for the Nine-Tailed Fox…”
The Sandaime frowned. “I see, that certainly makes this plausible. Uzumaki-san, you mentioned you believe yourself unable to return.”
He shrugged casually, trying to hold back his panic. “I never looked into a reversal, and since the theory is that you are rewriting time, then I’ve pretty much erased my past, as least for myself.” His shoulders drooped lower as he spoke. “I don’t know about other people in my time. Maybe they move on with their lives without me, making this like an alternate dimension or parallel universe for me…”
“Very well, I will give you the benefit of the doubt. However, name three concrete facts which prove you are indeed from the future.”
The blond thought for a moment. “The obvious one is that I’ve got Kyuubi in me. Second, I’ve improved the Rasengan. And third, I have a contract with the Toads Summons. Oh, I have one more,” Naruto smirked. “I know the ending to the Icha Icha series.”
“Show me!”
“Which one?” Naruto snickered.
Sarutobi grumbled, “The first three.”
“I’ll show you Kyuubi and the Toad contract, but I shouldn’t do the improved Rasengan in here. Don’t want to blow up your office.” He carefully pumped chakra into the seal on his stomach, but frowned when nothing happened. Naruto’s eyes widened when he realized he could barely feel chakra in his body. “Wha…?” He tried again, pushing chakra with more strength, until finally the seal appeared faintly.
“Something’s wrong with my coils, old man. Give me a moment to check something.” Without waiting for a response, Naruto sank into his mindscape. When he arrived at the demon’s cage, his breath hitched in shock.
‘Kyuubi!’ Naruto rushed forward and easily slipped between the bars. ‘Kyuubi, what’s wrong with you? What happened?’ The fox’s red form had grown in size, but he was trembling and gasping shallow breaths. What the boy could see of his body looked stretched and taunt. He was curled up in a tight ball, obviously in extreme pain.
‘Kit?’ The fox panted. ‘What has h-happened out there? I can’t c-concentrate enough t-to look.’ Naruto tried to stroke his fur, but snatched his hand away as it burned his skin.
‘I pumped too much chakra into the seal. We’ve traveled too far back in time – over two decades. Sandaime-Jijii is alive!’
‘That explains my condition,’ a violent shudder wracked Kyuubi’s frame. ‘It didn’t just r-rewind time; it transported your body through time and p-placed you in the past.’
‘Placed me in the past? Then why weren’t there two of me when we tested it in the library?’
‘I’m not certain. My guess is that your body replaces or m-merges with the past’s when you reappear.’
‘Then…what about now?’ Naruto furrowed his brow. ‘Why am I alive when there isn’t a me to replace?’
‘It is possible that since t-there isn’t anything to merge with, you remain as your own entity.’
Satisfied with that answer, Naruto took a closer look at the dingy cage around them. ‘What about you? Why are you like this?’ Naruto gestured at his feverish form. ‘Is it because there’s another you in this time?’
‘Most likely.’ Kyuubi paused to curl tighter into himself, his chakra spiked before receding. ‘I believe this is d-due to the Yin portion of my chakra. Your dratted f-father sealed my Yin chakra within the Shinigami and my Y-yang chakra in you. However, in this time, your mother holds both the Yin and Yang…’
‘So that means you suddenly got your extra Yin chakra merged into you too.’ Naruto exclaimed. ‘Are you in pain because of my father’s seal?’
‘P-probably. His seal was made to hold only m-my Yang chakra. It currently feels as if I am being s-strangled. My b-being is becoming too large to be c-contained within the existing seal.’
‘What if I expand the seal? Would that work? Adding another Four Symbols Seal to make it a Twelve Tringrams Seal.’
‘The theory is l-logical. Y-you can only t-try.’ The fox’s breathing became even shallower. ‘Hurry! We are running short on time. T-the seal is about to s-shatter, and we will both perish!’ A larger chakra spike flared from Kyuubi’s body.
‘Can I do it in mindscape, or do I need to go back outside?’
‘It m-matters not!’
Naruto shoved his hand into his pack for the scroll containing all of his materials on Sealing. Found it! Tossing everything else aside, he threw open the scroll on Spirit Sealing. The Seal Master slammed a kunai into his left hand and dipped his brush into the dripping blood. He mentally materialized a large sheet of paper to duplicate the Four Symbols Seal. Working as rapidly as possible without making a mistake, he hastily covered the surface with a seal made up of three Four Symbol Seals. As a precaution, he added a Five-Seal Barrier to the corners and center to prevent any chance of physical destruction to the seal itself.
Once completed, he threw aside the brush and slammed his new seal on top of his father’s rapidly fraying seal, pumping in all the chakra he could gather, both Kyuubi’s and his own. The seal glowed bright red and suddenly a huge red flash and tremors rocked his mindscape.
‘Kyuubi!’ He yelled, but his voice could not penetrate the rumbling and creaking of his surroundings.
An ear-splitting roar from the convulsing fox shot through his mindscape and jolted up his spine. Following the jolt was a sharp ache which attacked his head. Naruto could barely see with his blinded eyes the ceiling cracking, crumbling, and reforming. Pipes ripped apart, clanking as they hit the ground. Large chunks of concrete tumbled down onto Naruto as he clutched his head and scrambled to flatten himself against the closest wall. Muddy sewer water splashed onto him as those chunks crashed onto the flooded corridor, only for the fallen chunks to be absorbed by the ground.
He grit his teeth against the pain and finally understood what was happening; his mindscape was reshaping to accommodate the new seal and chakra. He could vaguely see the walls elongating. The ceiling rose, and with it the metal cage bars lengthened. On the opposite side of the falling concrete, he could make out the cage widening and Kyuubi growing in size, keening as his body stretched painfully.
Kami, his head felt like it was splitting!
Naruto sobbed and lamented the destruction of his mindscape. He squeezed his eyes shut in an attempt to stabilize his mind. He hoped his sanity would survive the trauma. He wished for Kyuubi’s well-being. He begged for survival. He just wanted everything to be better, for both him and Kyuubi who had become his most trusted friend, confidant, advisor, brother, father, colleague, and partner in crime.
Then, after what felt like hours, the quake slowed. As pain receded, he opened his eyes, fearing the damage his mindscape was sure to have suffered.
The first thing he noticed was the soft glow. His vision sharpened and Naruto stared in awe. What the hell…?
The sewer was gone. Disappeared. Transformed.
In its place was grass, rolling hills, trees, a sunset. What previously was sewer water had become a flowing spring with fish swimming in its clear water. He felt gentle wind ruffling his hair and saw clouds floating in the sky.
How had this become his mindscape? Surely he was dreaming. No one had heard of such a thing happening. He remembered the conversations with Yamanaka Inoichi who described most minds as a single colored expanse of nothing, usually imitating the color of the individual’s chakra, with memories and thoughts flashing by. Pure minds, usually children, had unblemished memories while those of people tainted by evil and insanity had frayed or chipped images, depending on the severity of damage.
How could his be a peaceful landscape with memories and thoughts flowing down the tumbling waterfall?
Kyuubi hummed in relief.
Naruto turned to the bijuu and saw him lying behind tall, white columns of limestone, not really a cage – just a barrier between Kyuubi’s space and the passage out of his mindscape. He strolled over to the tired fox, past the columns, and rubbed the side of his muzzle.
‘Kyuubi?’ Naruto ventured.
The fox hummed again. ‘Yes, Naruto?’
‘How do you feel?’
‘Peaceful. Stable. Tired.’
The jinchuuriki’s lips curved into a gentle smile. ‘Look around you.’
Kyuubi cracked open an eye. ‘Impressive.’
‘Do you know how this happened?’
‘You wished, dear friend. You wished for something better, and your mind granted that wish.’
‘Is this permanent?’
‘It is, unless you change the seal again or you lose your sanity.’
‘Then we have to make sure my mind stays strong.’
‘Yes,’ Kyuubi replied. ‘Now let me rest. My chakra should have finally begun to heal your remaining injuries. I will call when I am recovered.’
‘Okay, sleep well.’
Naruto pulled himself out of his mindscape and opened his eyes. He looked around the room – the lounge connected to the Hokage’s office – and called out to the man he could see through the doorway. “Sandaime-Jijii.”
The old man, who was not so old as Naruto remembered, paused in his paperwork and raised concerned eyes at the boy lying on the sofa.
“Uzumaki-kun, how do you feel?” Sarutobi rushed over.
The boy chuckled wearily. “I’ve heard that question too many times in the past day. I feel good right now compared to several minutes ago. How long have I been out?”
“You arrived in the office past 9 this morning. It is now nearing midnight.”
“Wow.” He couldn’t think of anything else to say.
“You were convulsing, and your unstable chakra continued to spike all throughout the afternoon. I considered moving you to the hospital but kept you here to avoid an uproar and rumors,” the Sandaime explained. “Would you mind telling me what happened?”
Naruto nodded. “I know that Uzumaki Kushina is the jinchuuriki right now, and you might have guessed that she’s my mother. When I popped into this time, the two Kyuubis merged. My Kyuubi is made up of only its Yang chakra but her Kyuubi contains both Yin and Yang. When the two merged, the Yin was also absorbed into my body, overloading the seal on my bijuu’s cage.”
“And I presume you were able to resolve the problem?”
“Yeah, I studied a bit of Spirit Sealing in the past since I’m a jinchuuriki so I came up with a way to strengthen the seal and stabilize the rest of the chakra.” Naruto grinned smugly. “I gotta say, I’m pretty awesome.”
Sarutobi began to chuckle which gradually broke into a full, outright laugh. “I must agree with you. Uzumaki-kun, I have seen enough to know you are being truthful. I officially reinstate you as a shinobi of Konohagakure, retaining your previous status and rank. Welcome to this Konoha!”
The Hunter-nin/jounin’s grin grew wider. “Yes! And Jijii, I’m going to keep calling you ‘Old Man’ so you have to call me Naruto. Just Naruto.”
“I shall do so, Naruto” Sarutobi conceded. “Before you leave, we must fabricate a cover story and find you a place to stay.”
“Umm, I think I should change my last name since Uzumaki Kushina is an orphan.”
“Correct. What would you suggest?”
“How about Uzuhara, since I’ll probably forget if it’s too different. And I definitely want to keep my first name; I like it too much. And I’m an orphan. Can I have been placed under a deep cover mission in Kusa, since your team found me around there? I specialize in infiltration & reconnaissance, so that’d make sense right?”
“That is satisfactory for now. Now we must find you accommodation. I think it would be best to place you in the Anbu Headquarters to minimize questioning due to your sudden appearance.”
“Sounds great.” Naruto grinned and donned his mask.
“Akashiori, return at some time tomorrow, and we will discuss the details of your duties.” Sarutobi returned a smile before calling in an escort to take the Hunter-nin to his new home.
“Thanks, old man. I’ll see you tomorrow.” With that, Naruto followed the Anbu escort out of the office.

Naruto flopped onto the comfortable bed in the sparsely decorated room.
The trip to Headquarters located at Konoha outskirts had been awkwardly silent after Naruto’s first several questions received one-word responses. Once they arrived, he had been allowed to choose a room from the list of uninhabited ones. He carefully chose a sixth floor window room facing the indoor training facility. It was just taller than the facility, tactically providing him an alternate exit from Headquarters.
The blond stared at the seal containing Kyuubi and leisurely reviewed what had happened.
He had messed up his time jutsu, ended up twenty-four years in the past, doubled Kyuubi’s chakra, reinforced the seal, gotten his job back, and acquired a home. He had been incredibly lucky: lucky that it was Konoha-nin that had discovered him; lucky that he had been able to explain without exposing himself to the rest of the village; lucky that he had fixed the seal in time; and lucky that the Hokage had accepted him. He had never before been so thankful for his awe-inspiring good fortune.
However, it had also been bad fortune to have landed in the past in the first place. This thought threw him into a sudden bout of depression. Naruto knew, though he still refused to admit it, that there was no way to return to his time. By landing in the past, he had erased his past; the slate had been wiped clean. It was impossible to jump forward in time, only jump back. You can’t jump into what hasn’t happened.
And since he had been thrown into a world before he was born, he could no longer take the place of this reality’s Naruto. There was a possibility of successfully replacing baby Naruto once he was born, but that was years ahead.
Regardless, he was never going to see his precious people again. There would be versions of them within this reality, but they wouldn’t be his precious people. It wouldn’t be his Iruka-sensei, his Sandaime, his Sasuke, his Kakashi-sensei, his Tsunade Ba-baa, his Ero-sennin. They would all be baby Naruto’s, and even if he did replace him, it would never be the same.
Naruto felt tears collect in his eyes. He wanted to curl up and cry, but what good would crying do? It wouldn’t improve the situation one bit so he did his best to hold back.
‘Just let go, kit.’
Naruto clenched his jaw. “No.”
‘It may not help to cry, but suppressing will only hurt you.’ Kyuubi’s soothing voice rumbled from within. ‘Just let go.’
He choked.
‘That’s it, let it all out. Let out your grief,’ the fox coaxed softly. ‘There’s no need to be strong right now. Your spirit is already strong, so never fear vulnerability behind closed doors. Just cleanse yourself of your anguish.’
Naruto couldn’t hold back any longer. Tears flowed down his cheeks as near-silent sobs wracked his body. He gasped for air and thought of all the times he shared ramen with Iruka-sensei. He remembered the terrible D-rank missions with his team. Trying to peak at Kakashi-sensei’s face. Being smacked in the jaw by Tsunade Ba-baa’s paperweight. Saving Ero-sennin from angry naked women. Sharing quiet moments with Gaara. The battles fought alongside his precious people.
So many memories which were now mere memories and no longer reality.
It only hit him now that he had lost every single one of his precious people in one single moment, and the pain tore at his heart. All for one insignificant broken Hunter’s mask.
Kyuubi pulled the boy into his mindscape and wrapped a comforting tail around Naruto’s trembling form. He could only provide warmth and promise of companionship. The fox was Naruto’s last living remnant of his past. And they both knew there would be more grief to come when he met his precious people as strangers.
‘Kyuu, it hurts.’ Naruto whispered.
‘I know, kit. I know.’
‘I want it to stop hurting.’ Rain began to drizzle in the cloudy mindscape.
‘I know, and I also know you can overcome this.’
‘But I don’t want to forget.’ He sounded so young.
‘You don’t have to.’
‘Will you help me remember?’
‘I will. Always.’
‘Promise?’
‘I promise. We shall never be apart.’
‘Forever?’
‘For all of your mortal life.’
‘Then what about you?’
‘Perhaps I will accompany you to the afterlife.’
‘That sounds great.’
‘Yes it does. Now, sleep. I will be here when you wake.’
‘Okay. I love you, Kyuu…’
‘I love you as well, my dear, dear friend.’
‘Mmm…’
Naruto’s tremors faded as his breathing evened out. Kyuubi watched over him in the dreary landscape of the mind. He gently licked away the last of Naruto’s tears and settled down to rest his own drained body.
‘It will be better tomorrow.’

A/N: This is the first time I cried from writing…the sadness is waaay more intense when you write than when you read – an enlightening experience *sniffles*
Next chapter, enter Minato!
May 13, 2012
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Escape Artist	By : sanlashix Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 4980 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Escape Artist