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It wasn't raining, in fact it was sunny when Hinata was buried. The funeral was attended by most of Konoha, even if majority of the people never personally knew Hinata. They at least knew of all the things that she'd done and how brave she'd grown.
One of her eyes was given to Neji. He refused it at first, but Tenten and Lee convinced him otherwise. If he was going to be the new head of the Hyuga clan, he needed to be as strong as possible, and he needed both eyes for that.
During the funeral, Naruto sat in the back. He didn't say a word. He hadn't said a word since the day Hinata died. His thoughts seemed to always be elsewhere, and he was never in the moment. Almost all of his friends had visited him, but no one was able to get him to act like his old self.
After the funeral service, Naruto returned to his apartment and collapsed onto the bed. He pulled the sheets up and closed his eyes. He'd slept more than ever before recently, because it was better than living with the thoughts he was suffering through. But this time, the dream was strange.

Like all of his dreams the past few days, it started out with him and Hinata. They were happy. They were in love. A life of happiness began flashing by.
Their first date, without interruption.
Hinata going back to training and the two of them becoming Jounin.
Naruto asking permission from the Hyuga Elder and Neji to marry Hinata.
Naruto proposing at sunset, with all of their friends there.
The couple getting married with everyone they cared about there.
Their wedding night.
Hinata pregnant with their first child.
Naruto becoming Hokage.
Their second, third, and fourth children, all with byakugans and becoming great shinobi.
The two of them old and retired, with lots of grandchildren and a clan that was coming back to its previous power.
It was the perfect life. It was what the two of them would've wanted, and possibly what they could've had.
But even in the dream Naruto knew that it wasn't real. Hinata was dead and there was nothing to be done about it.
But the dream didn't end there.
Two pairs of warm loving arms embraced Naruto. He looked up to see his parents, holding him, letting him know how much he was loved.
They sat him down. The dream felt so real, Naruto almost doubted that he was asleep. He prayed that he would never wake up when this dream world was full of such happiness, such life.
"Naruto. This girl, the Hyuga girl, do you love her?" Minato asked his son. Naruto didn't even hesitate.
"Yes. I love her very much. But she's gone. Just like both of you." he answered in a depressed voice. Kushina reached out her hand and held Naruto's.
"There's a way to save her. It's very dangerous. But if you truly love her, then there are ways." she looked up at Minato and smiled. He nodded.
"This won't bring Hinata back to life. Its a possibility that she can be saved. But for right now, she is dead. Only one jutsu can truly bring her back, and only one person knew how to use it. You witnessed it yourself."
Naruto nodded. Gaara had been brought back.
"Okay Naruto. You need to go find a shinobi in Suna. His name is Minoru. I don't know if he is still alive, but he had several children, one of them will be able to help you. Tell them that you are my son, they owe me. Then tell them your story. Don't leave out your love for this girl, it is very important. Do you understand?"
Naruto nodded.

When Naruto awakened, he didn't care if it as a dream or not. He would do what his parents instructed him to. He got up and immediately showered and packed for his journey. He then went to see Tsunade-sama.
"I need to go to Suna." he said simply. While it confused her greatly, she didn't even bother questioning Naruto. He was an adult, for the most part. He was completely capable of taking care of himself. She wondered if he was going to go talk with Gaara. But she doubted it. If he was looking for someone to talk to, he had plenty of friends here. Either way, she granted him permission.
Five minutes later, Naruto was on his way to find Minoru.
'I promised to protect her. I've failed once but I cannot fail again. If there's any chance, I must take it.'
He closed his eyes and remembered the dream and all the happy moments in there. He wanted them so badly. He wanted to marry Hinata. He wanted to have children with her and help raise them to be strong like their mother. He wanted to pass on what Jiraya taught him. He wanted to die of old age with his wife. He wanted all of that. And if this person could help him regain that possibility, he would do anything.

For three days, Naruto had nothing to think about but his mission and his dream. He could barely hold back emotions but at the same time it was hard for him to feel anything anymore. The image of the sword stuck through Hinata's body was burned into his mind. He could've done something, he knew that. If he hadn't been so stubborn he could've asked Kurama for help and then Hinata might still be alive.
Every time he had the dream, now without his parents involved, the scenes got more and more detailed and lasted longer. His favorite was Hinata pregnant with their first child. She was so happy, and in his dream he was as well.
They were newlyweds, likely conceiving during their wedding night or sometime in the following week. Everybody was excited for the arrival of their child, and they were flooded with gifts and extra protection for Hinata who would have a safe and worry free pregnancy. And right on her due date, she would give birth to a baby boy with red hair, just like Kushina's and eyes just like his mother's. They young couple was overjoyed and named the child Minato after his grandfather.
Naruto found himself living in his dream world more and more. He wanted that world more than this one.
But that world had to wait, because he had things to do in this one. He arrived at Sunagakure and was immediately welcomed by Gaara, Temari, Shikamaru, and Kankuro. Shikamaru had been spending a lot of time there following the war. Naruto had heard rumors that it was because of Temari, that they were finally dating. Temari gave Naruto some flowers.
"We heard. We're so sorry." she whispered. Naruto nodded.
"Thank you."
Gaara felt saddened to see Naruto this way. He'd done so much for him, completely changed his life for the better, and now he was suffering through something like this.
"Do you need anything? Would you like to talk?" he asked. Naruto nodded.
"Both." he responded. He looked up at the other siblings. "Alone. Sorry."
The three others understood and left him and Gaara alone. They walked in silence to the Kazekage's office.
"I really was sorry to hear about Hinata. I heard that the two of you...were happy." he said hesitantly as he sat down behind his desk.
For some reason Naruto felt completely calm and able to open up in Gaara's presence. Both of them had a long history of being able to relate to each other, perhaps that was why Naruto felt so comfortable right then.
"We were happy." he answered. Naruto sighed and the two sat in silence for awhile.
"I need to find a shinobi here named Minoru. I was told that he could help me get Hinata back."
Gaara was shocked. Naruto had never done anything like this before. But then again, the love of his life had recently died. He didn't blame the Uzumaki for looking to save her and bring her back to him.
"I know of him. He's long dead. But his...special jutsu. It's forbidden. Though there are rumors that his granddaughters know it." Gaara answered.
"Forbidden?"
"Time travel is forbidden. Yes. Not just here, but everywhere. It's too powerful of a technique and it goes against the laws of nature, especially if you use it to save a life or to take a life." Gaara answered finding himself in a huge moral dilemma.
"Gaara! You have to let me. Just once! I have to save Hinata...I-i don't know what else to do! I don't even want to be Hokage with out her. Every single night I keep dreaming about a future that's impossible! I-i..." he paused and collapsed into a chair.
"I want that future so bad Gaara. I don't care about the price. But if this is forbidden, I'll need your permission."
Gaara stood up and looked out his window. Who knew what would happen if others heard about this? He trusted Naruto to simply save Hinata and not do anything else to disrupt the flow of time. However, there weren't many other people he trusted like that, and certainly not the general population. He sighed.
"Bring the granddaughter here. The oldest one, her name is Kotone. I must make both of you swear to keep this a secret. This jutsu must only be used this once. If it got in the wrong hands, it would create chaos, do you understand?"
Naruto nodded. Everything was falling into place. He wouldn't mess up this time. He couldn't.
"And one more thing."
Naruto worried. "What?"
"When you two get married, you better invite me to the wedding."

The directions given to him were very clear and it only took five minutes to get to the house of Kotone. He knocked on the door a moment later a young girl, around the same age as himself opened it.
"Hello. Can I help you?" she asked politely.
The girl had long straight dark red hair that looked especially smooth and shiny and green eyes. Her skin was flawless except for one scar over her eye that marred her face. She had a Suna forehead protector around her waist. She wore a silver shirt that was thin with a fishnet shirt underneath it. She wore fishnet stockings that reached her legs along with a pair of short black shorts. She was clearly dressed for the weather in Suna.
"Uh. My name is Uzumaki Naruto. Is Kotone here?" he inquired nervously. The girl smiled.
"That would be me!" she exclaimed.
Naruto was shocked. He'd never even heard of a jutsu as powerful as time travel, and here was a young girl, who couldn't be older than eighteen, that apparently could perform it! He was immediately impressed with the young kunoichi, but time couldn't be spent on that.
"Uh, Gaa- I mean the Kazekage needs you. And well, then I need you. And then Hina-well uh. Just the Kazekage wants to see you."
The kunoichi blinked. "Oh. Okay." She shut the door behind her and locked it before the two shinobi took off to the Kazekage's office.

Naruto was out of breath for a few moments when he arrived back in Gaara's office. He got there a good minute before Kotone, who was just as out of breath as she was.
"You...didn't tell me...we had to rush!" she said between gasps for air. Naruto didn't bother to give her an answer and opened the door to the Kazekage's office.
"Okay. I have her." he said quickly, wanting to get a move on. He didn't want to waste another second. It was time to save Hinata and that was what he was going to do. He was going to save her and finally have that future he'd been dreaming about.
"Good." Gaara said. He motioned for both of them to take a seat.
"Kotone. Thank you for coming here on such notice. I need to ask you to do something that you were once told never to do."
Kotonoe tilted her head. "My grandfather's jutsu?"
Gaara nodded. "Yes. My good friend here came in search of someone who could use it, and you're the most capable. I've heard you've successfully done it three times. That's more than anyone else other than your grandfather. I need you to send him back thirteen days. Can you do that?"
Kotone blinked. "Thirteen days? Are you kidding me? I've never done more than a week!" she exclaimed. She looked over at Naruto.
"What do you need it for anyway?" she asked suspiciously. Naruto opened and closed his mouth several times, trying to come up with the right way to respond to her question.
"That doesn't matter Kotone. What does matter is that we all keep this a secret. I must have both of you promise right now that the usage of this jutsu remains completely a secret. Do you understand?"
They both nodded.
"Good. How long to you need to prepare Kotone?"
The girl bit her bottom lip. "Not much time. I just need to stop by my house. And we should do there outside of town where nobody will be when he arrives in the past."
"Good. We shall accompany you there."

The three shinobi arrived at a hidden cave, far away from Suna. It was nightfall by the time they arrived.
Kotone arranged several objects and some scrolls as well, summoning larger objects.
"This jutsu is very complicated. I think I'll be able to send you back thirteen days, but I may be off by as much as one day. So if that happens, I am sorry. The way it works is that I will send you back those days and you will arrive in the same place you are standing in right now. You don't come back to the present, you stay in the past and live through those thirteen days until you are back to the present. When it comes to this time, you'll disappear. It'll probably be painful, but you and all of your memories will cease to exist. Okay?"
Naruto took in the information. He understood.
"Now stand in the circle."

There was bright flash of light and Naruto found himself extremely sick as soon as it ended. He stumbled for a moment before realizing how dizzy he was and falling ill for a moment.
"Well that sucked." he mumbled to himself.
He checked to make sure that he had everything before heading out. If he was lucky he would be back in time to stop the ninja from ever throwing that poisoned kunai at him. He and Hinata would have the perfect, uninterrupted date, just like he'd dreamed.
After he stopped them, he would just hide out until his time was up. He took several deep breaths and found himself feeling better. He got onto his feet, feeling much steadier and began his journey back to Konoha.

Naruto watched from the bush as Hinata left her house with him, the old him. He found himself on the verge of tears when he saw her alive. He'd been at her funeral only a few days ago, and now he was witnessing a very alive and beautiful Hinata. He could barely contain his joy. But he had something to do, he had to protect her.

It was really hard for Naruto to stay focused, after all Hinata was right there in front of him. Alive and breathing and just as beautiful as ever. But he had to protect her, it was the never ending thought in his mind. He couldn't fail a second time.
Once they sat down to enjoy their meal, Naruto spotted the twins. He picked out to kunai and threw them. They silently hit their targets, but it was far than enough to kill them. And unfortunately the attack was loud enough that the original Naruto and Hinata noticed it.
The Naruto from the future ran into the clearing. "Run! Get out of here!"
The couple was stunned and confused, which angered the future Naruto.
"Hinata is in danger. Save her now!" he ordered. Saying that HInata was in danger spurred the original Naruto into action, picking up his girlfriend and running from the battle about to take place. Hatred burned in Naruto's eyes as he knew that he was about to get revenge. He would never again get to hold Hinata, the other Naruto would do that. His Hinata had died, and these shinobi caused that to happen.

Only five days had passed, he had eight left before his existence would end. He shivered when he remembered that Kotone had told him that it would be painful. He wondered what exactly that would mean, but tried his hardest to push it out of his mind.
He wondered where the old him had taken Hinata. It would have to be some place safe, where they would never look for them. Hopefully lots of people would be there and they could blend into a crowd while perhaps even continuing their date.
Naruto snapped his fingers and smiled as he figured out where they would be.
"BBQ!" he exclaimed happily. He figured he owed them an explanation, and this way he would get to spend some time with Hinata, even if it wasn't his Hinata. At least he'd given this future a chance. Hinata was safe and that was all he could ask for right then.
The shinobi ran off to his destination and quickly found the couple in a booth hidden in the back corner of the restaurant.
"Oi. I need to talk to you." he exclaimed. Immediately the original Naruto moved to shield Hinata.
"D-don't worry. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm from the future. I came back to save Hinata." he explained quickly.
"And why should I believe you?" the original asked.
"Because I'm you. Seriously, ask me anything."
After a long line of questions, from clothing sizes, to memories, to embarrassing moments, they started to believe him.
"Why would you have to save Hinata?" the original questioned. The Naruto from the future sighed sadly, not particularly wanting to relive that but understanding that he should probably tell them.
"Back there were two ninjas from Kumogakure who were going to kidnap Hinata. T-they threw a poisoned dagger at me, catching me off guard. I don't know what happened next, but when I woke up Hinata was gone. So I chased after them and found a place where Hinata had managed to off one of them, they were twins, and the remaining ninja injured Hinata. It scared me to death. But Kiba helped me track down where she'd been taken. I was stupid, I ended up poisoned again and when I woke up I couldn't move. Hinata was there too. A-and...she was injured and weak and she somehow escaped being tied up, they didn't poison her. And she attacked the ninja and h-his sword..." Naruto was so angry right then that he had to stop the story. The original Naruto was tightly holding onto Hinata's hand, terrified that they'd so narrowly avoided that fate.
"Hinata managed to kill him, but at the cost of her own life. I took her back home and Baa-chan told me she'd died. The night after the funeral, I had a strange dream. My parents told me to go to Suna to look for a shinobi named Minoru. So I did and I found his granddaughter who could perform this amazing time travel jutsu that's actually forbidden but luckily Gaara allowed it. And so I came here and saved Hinata..."
The story was fast and hard for the couple to understand, but they got the idea behind it. If this Naruto hadn't time traveled, Hinata would've been dead. It terrified both of them, who'd just started going out, and for once being completely happy despite everything else.
"Well. I guess I should go. I'm supposed to disappear in a few days." the future Naruto said before awkwardly leaving.
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