The first thing Naruto felt when he woke up was energy. The type he hadn't had in years.

" And people wondered why I was so hyper" Naruto groaned as he was met with chuckles and giggles.

Opening his eyes he winced at the light that hit him.

We are in the valley of the end Kurama said as Naruto stared at the sight before him.

Sitting up he looked over everyone. Hinata, Kankurō, and Lee were awake. Shikamaru, Garra, and Temari were still asleep.

" I was the first awake, then Kankurō and finally Hinata," Lee said and Naruto nodded.

" It must be because of chakra, since I have Uzumaki healing, and the fuzzball I woke up earlier than I was supposed to," Naruto mused.

" I knew that Shikamaru must have rubbed off on you," Hinata quipped and Naruto pouted.

" Oi aren't you supposed to be on my side," He said and Hinata giggled.

" Hinata and I love you Naruto, but that doesn't change the fact that you were never the sharpest Kunai in the closet" Shikamaru replied before whimpering and holding his head.

" Be careful Shikamaru. I might just get Jealous" Temari said and Shikamaru turned to her and buried his head in her chest.

" Turn the goddamn sun off," He said and Temari laughed.

Nara has a point Kurama said and Naruto snorted.

" Lee is your chakra networks working?" Kankurō asked and Lee shook his head.

" It seems that when we entered our old bodies the surgery that Sakura and Tsunade did was null," Lee said and we winced.

During the war, Sakura found a way to make Lee's chakra pathways enlarge and collect chakra. While he didn't use it much, basically the academy 3 and some D rank fire ninjutsu. He had about as much as a low chunin by the end of the war, thankfully he didn't rely on it too much.

" If he can create a seal to travel back in time, Naruto can create one to make you use chakra," Shikamaru said and Naruto's eyes widened.

" That might just work" He whispered and reached up to his breast pocket for his sealing notebook only to find... Paint.

" What..." He said and looked down.

" Fuck" He said seeing a bright orange jumpsuit. While in the future Naruto still Liked orange he only wore it in moderation, and even then the orange was so shaded that it almost looked black.

" Yep," Lee said looking down at his bright green jumpsuit, that he still had hidden in a box somewhere. Even Guy Dyed his jumpsuits, a darker green. Lee on the other hand, with a heavy heart, had to start wearing the official captain uniform that he could only add smaller accents to.

" Alright, the first thing we are going to do is change," Hinata said, raising her arms in her bulky jacket.

" Actually I think that that should wait until we've talked to the Hokage," Shikamaru said, finally raising his head, everyone winced and he looked confused.

" Looks like our scars traveled back with us," Naruto said, looking at the obvious scar tracing Shikamaru's cheek.

Shikamaru groaned, mumbling troublesome.

" How are you guys going to get past the Hyuga guards?" Temari asked.

" We might not need to," Naruto said and closed his eyes, before smirking.

" One of my dad's old hiraishin marks are in the village" He announced and Shikamaru sighed.

" I thought they were all destroyed after he died," He said and Naruto closed his eyes.

" It's in a training ground, so we can just enter Hokage's office under a small genjutsu," Naruto said, and Shikamaru nodded.

After the goodbyes to Temari and Kankurō since Garra was still asleep, all the Konoha members held onto Naruto and were teleported to a simple training grounds.

" We're on training ground 7," Naruto said with a smile.

" Just wait for a second," Shikamaru said and made a few hand signs that instantly made their scars disappear.

" Alright, let's go," Lee said with a smile.

Keeping their eyes trained on the floor because one look will send them into tears, the 4 man squad made their way into the Hokage's tower. Since Naruto was barely seen away from the Hokage's tower the secretary sent them up without a hitch or question. Though the rest of the group got a strange look.

Naruto hesitated in front of the door. Hinata placed a hand on his shoulder giving him a soft smile.

Naruto smiled and walked into the room, the rest trailing behind him giving him looks.

" I have never knocked on that door in my life," Naruto said, earning facepalms.

" Naruto, what can I do for you?" Sarutobi said. And it was surprisingly easy to see him. It wasn't the gut-wrenching guilt and sadness that he expected, it was more like a low hum of nostalgia. Naruto instantly stood under the portrait of his father and smiled.

" We need to talk," He said simply.

" Anbu leave the room" Sarutobi called out and without hesitation, they left.

" What do you know," he asked, sending looks to the rest of the group.

" I know that my parents wanted me to be seen as a hero, I know that you've been lying to me for most of my life, and I know the real reason why the first Hokage died," Naruto said simply, with each word Sarutobi paled more and more.

" I'm good friends with Ino, she tests her family Jutsu on my clones. Thanks to that I got a lot of information on her family jutsu since she didn't want me to go in blind. And since I am my parent's son, I managed to create a seal that replicates that Jutsu, know do you want to continue this conversation in the open or in my mind" Naruto layers and in shock all Sarutobi could do is nod, even when something deep inside his mind kept say Ino hates Naruto and How was she able to get into his mind with the Kyuubi.

With the nod, Naruto slapped a memory replication seal on the old man's hand.

Most of what he said wasn't wrong. Kuuybi got along pretty well with Ino so he would allow her to test her mind invasion techniques when they had no lasting damage. He even helps her most of the time when coming up with new interrogation techniques.

Sarutobi went blank for a few seconds, so the silence was deafening. In the future, Naruto had finally got rid of the nervous ticks he had such as tapping his foot and rubbing his neck, but they now hit him full force as he waited for Sarutobi to wake up.

He took this time to let his eyes drift over to his friends. First was Shikamaru was his right hand. Always a step behind him and his voice of reason, he was always too critical and willing to do the worst. A visible scar traced his neck up to his mid-cheek, and a burn scar was in his forearm.

Next was Lee, his left hand so to speak. If Shikamaru told him the worst scenario, Lee told him the best. His scars were a nasty electrical burn in his shoulder and a sharper scar that went around his other arm.

Then Hinata. His anchor and one of the few reasons he hasn't gone insane. She had a small scar right above her left eye. Then a large scar went from her chest down to her arm. Her hair was in a familiar short style. After the chunin exams, she let it grow, only to cut it to her shoulders during the war.

He put his hand over his heart where he knew that the scar from Sasuke's Chidori sat. A burn stretches from the inside of his wrist to the inside of his elbow. Lastly, a cut scar goes from his side to right under his chest.

He fingers his short hair in slight distaste. He had grown his hair to mid-back, similar to Jiraiya's in honor of him. It took years but in the end, it was worth it. Tsunade and Orochimaru faces were proof of that.

" What..." was whispered next to Naruto and he turned to see his grandfather figure, holding his head in his hands.

" Yeah, It's a lot I know. But right now we need a way to explain our scars and fighting styles that definitely weren't here yesterday" Naruto said.