Emotions; Surprise

Within an underground settlement….

There was a massive room, with a giant gap between the two walls of either side, being connected by a single pathway.

At one end of the pathway was a small area which had the capacity to hold a meeting with a small group…

There was an old man that stood with a walking stick in his left hand while his right arm was plastered.

Naturally, the man was Danzō, who was standing in the Root HQ hall.

(Whoosh!)

A root agent landed in front of Danzō…

"Hmm?" Danzō looked towards the agent,

"Report from the Chuunin Exam Stadium,"

The agent reported the events entirely from beginning to end.

"WHAT!" Danzō lost his composure completely.

"Yes!"

"This subordinate has seen it with my very eyes." The agent replied.

Danzō stared at the ceiling in horror,

("Orochimaru,")

("Not only do you cause so much trouble and now you had to involve these two as well!") Danzō cursed internally, for he always admired Hashirama and Tobirama ever since he knew about the greatness behind their actions during the founding days, not to mention Tobirama was his own sensei.

…

("Should I head over to the office?") Danzō thought.

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Back in the Hokage building…

*Door opens*

"Sorry I am late," Hiruzen said as he entered the room with Rasa, Naruto, and Tsunade behind him.

("They are here…") Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Hashirama, and Tobirama looked towards the four who entered the room.

…

Soon everyone was in a semi-circular formation in front of Naruto who stood at the center of the room.

"Naruto,"

"Please explain us everything from the beginning," Hiruzen said.

Naruto sighed, but at the same time, he felt a huge burden lift off his chest upon being presented with such an opportunity.

("Come out Shū,") Naruto said.

*Sh!*

A green light flew out of Naruto's forehead.

("What is that light…?") the others thought, especially Orochimaru since he was used to experimenting and finding out new things…

Soon the light particles gathered onto a single place, slowly transforming into a human-shaped figure.

"Who is this….?" Hiruzen murmured; meanwhile, Hashirama understood that this was Shū whom he had met back with Naruto in the dimension where Hagoromo resided in…

The figure finally became clear presenting a young boy in white robes and a somewhat pale green complexion with a special type of bright blue eyes that lacked pupils.

"Nice to meet you all!"

"I am Ōtsutsuki Shū" Shū greeted.

Hiruzen looked towards Hashirama, and so did the others.

Hashirama nodded to indicate that it was safe.

Minato, however, was surprised.

("So he was the one who sent Naruto back in time…")

Minato thought back to the time Naruto had explained everything to him.

Shū looked towards Naruto.

"Please show them the memories," Naruto said.

"Is that all right?" Shū asked, after all, he knew how special was Jiraiya to him as well as things from the future which were too much for their generation to witness right now.

Naruto shook his head "It does not matter anymore."

Shū sighed, following which a glow was emitted from his hand.

"Here I go," Shū said following which, he touched Hiruzen, Tobirama, Hashirama, Minato, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Rasa.

Minato and Hashirama were included because Naruto had not revealed the entire story to the two as well.

It took about ten minutes before the others understood what went on in the future as they faced the sudden rush of Naruto's entire life compressed into a matter of seconds.

(Hiruzen POV)

"Kazekage's death…"

"My death…"

"Sasuke missing…"

"Bijūu hunt, Gaara…"

"Jiraiya's death…"

"Akatsuki…Nagato"

"Itachi…"

"Fourth Ninja World War…"

"Uchiha Madara… Obito…"

"We were revived to face Madara and the ten tails…"

"Ōtsutsuki clan…Kaguya, Hagoromo, Ashura, Indra…"

"Rogue ninjas,"

"Hamura's clan…"

"Kāma seal…"

"Kara…"

"Kashin Kōji…"

"Press Conference…"

"Judgement day…"

"Ōtsutsuki branch clan…"

Hashirama was surprised upon finding out what Madara was up to and about Itachi's past. He continued to watch Naruto's life proceed into the future where he and Naruto were in similar position when it came to the development process of the village.

Hashirama started from scratch, but Naruto also faced the same level of difficulty with a larger population and an already developed infrastructure.

Tobirama was also surprised at Itachi's past and Sasuke's developments in emotions after fighting the final battle against Naruto in the Final valley and how Sasuke was later on dedicated to protecting the village from the outside. Madara's actions were also quite the surprise for him.

Minato also saw the events take place one by one. The fourth ninja world war where Obito alone fought against the world along with Madara. Then end of the war, Naruto's marriage. He watched Naruto's family develop while Naruto overworked himself despite using dozens of clones to make his work easy. Tears slowly emerged from the side of his eyes as he continued to see Naruto suffering to keep up with his family, while also admiring Naruto for performing a duty he had failed to do since he chose to sacrifice his life for the village and his son. Minato also admired Naruto during his Hokage years as Naruto faced hundred times the challenge he and the other hokages faced.

Rasa was surprised upon seeing his death, only to know that he fought his son as a reincarnated puppet; however, the rest of the events were also something to be concerned about.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, in particular, had complicated feelings after seeing the events play out one by one.

Jiraiya witnessed his own death and partial resurrection, his regrets on not being there for Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan. Danzō's interference in Nagato's past etc. He felt especially emotional on Naruto fighting against Nagato and how they came to reconcile their hatred.

Tsunade felt even more emotional. She saw the news of Jiraiya's death. Her supposed encounter with Dan's soul and her single life that she continued to lead. Tsunade looked towards Jiraiya who also had tears streaming down the side of his cheeks.

Orochimaru, however, was bewildered upon seeing his choices. His future development of clones based on his DNA and him slowly going through parenthood and how he had given up on his old ways. He now suddenly had the desire to create Mitsuki.

However, he was also surprised by Kabuto's transformation from a devoted assistant to a twisted ninja to a man who returned back to his supposed orphanage where he turned into a caretaker.

The sannins though emotional about their past, were now fully alert towards what the future held for the team.

"Naruto…" Hiruzen and the others stared at him, while slowly superimposing him with his future form.

Minato and Jiraiya, in particular, rushed towards him; however, Minato was faster and got to hug him first.

"Dad…" Naruto hugged him tighter,

Hashirama and Tobirama walked towards Naruto.

"You've already far surpassed us in terms of experience and power," Hashirama said.

"You've been through a lot," Tobirama said as he patted on Naruto's back.

Minato finally let go of Naruto as he cleaned his tears away.

"Naruto!"

"You've been through a lot,"

"Even the words you used back then couldn't compare to what I saw today,"

"You were a better father than I was," Minato said.

"And a better Hokage than all of us combined," Hashirama added.

("I will not argue with that…") Tobirama thought as he stared at Naruto.

"Hehe" Naruto laughed a bit.

"Naruto," Jiraiya called out.

"You are the best disciple I ever had and ever will," Jiraiya said.

"Pervy-sage!" Naruto ran and gave a hug with all his might.

Jiraiya finally understood why Naruto was emotional the first time he met him in this timeline.

("Looks like he was holding back…") Jiraiya thought.

"Naruto," Minato called out.

"Hmm?" Naruto turned around.

"I've got a surprise for you," Minato said.

"What is it?" Naruto asked impatiently.

"After talking to you when you unlocked the seal, your mom and I met each other."

"She was surprised when she heard me tell what you went through, after all, you did not tell her anything that day…"

"So after she heard the entire story, she arrived at a decision," Minato said.

"A decision?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah…"

"She told me, that if I am ever to be resurrected again, I had to make sure to be alive and stay with you for as long as possible," Minato said with a smile.

"Ehhhh….??????" Naruto stared at Minato with his mouth wide open.