「 Second Time Around」

「 chapter one」

"What if this is a genjutsu...?" Izuna thought, his hand carefully placed on his weapon pouch as he glanced around.

He fell behind the group, and making sure none of them were looking at him, carefully turned on his Sharingan. Instantly, he felt a sharp pain in both of his eyes and fell to the floor.

He removed his goggles - which Uchiha needs goggles? - before wiping his eyes. 

Blood.

He quickly deactivated the Sharingan. Why was there blood?

"Obito-kun, are you alright?"

"I'm fine," he replied, wiping his eyes and replacing his goggles. "Allergies."

"Okay..." Minato started. "Let's hurry up."

Minato stared at his student, worry and concern in his eyes before he turned around to continue to his fiance.

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The ramen shop was surprisingly empty today. Kushina had already arrived and sat at the table, already on her third bowl. Minato sighed, exhausted. The entire trip there, Obito had continued to stare at him and emit waves of suspicion. 

"Ah! Minato!" Kushina turned around and launched herself into his arms. "I've been waiting, dattebane! What took you so long?"

"Mmm, a little hold-up." He replied, laughing as he hugged her back.

"Hi, Kushina-san!" Rin grinned. 

"Hello, Kushina-san." Kakashi greeted.

Kushina smiled, patting both of them on their heads. Rin laughed while Kakashi glared but had a slight smile after she lifted her hand.

"Hey!" she shouted, turned to Obito. "You should greet people when you meet them! Don't be rude, dattebane!"

Izuna stood there, staring at the red-haired Uzumaki. Kushina crossed her arms and tilted her head in confusion. "Obito-kun?"

"Mito-san...?" The Uzumaki that stood in front of him looked like a spitting-image of the bastard Senju's fiance. 

"Huh?"

Kakashi sighed. "Obito-san's playing this...game...where he pretends not to know anything. Earlier, he asked who the first Hokage is."

"Oh!" Kushina grinned. "Another prank, huh? Well, my name is Uzumaki Kushina. Although, I'm sure you already know that."

"Uzumaki, huh?" Izuna repeated, lost in thought. "Is this a genjutsu? Konoha looks different. What exactly happened after I died?"

"And of course, the first Hokage is, or I guess, was, Senju Hashirama."

Izuna froze. 

"The second being Senju Tobirama. And right now, the third Hokage, is Sarutobi Hiruzen. Hm, this prank is a bit different that what you always do, but I guess it's alright, dattebane."

"Senju Tobirama...?" Izuna scowled. "Sarutobi?" Wasn't that one of the brats the second bastard Senju took as his student? Had he gone into the future?

"That's what I just said, dattebane."

"Could you...tell me what happened when the Senju was elected as the Hokage?" A dark glare came over his face when the Senju's name was pronounced, but quickly dissipated.