The Forgotten Past

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

A/N: I know its starts off slow but things start to get interesting in this chapter. You will get a few more flashbacks about that incident 2,000 years ago, as well as a plot twist. Here’s where the new genre takes place.

Pairings: Past Naruto/Shikamaru, Past Naruto/Itachi, and Kiba/Hinata/Shino, maybe more later. Let me know what you want to see.

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The Forgotten past


Chapter 2


I stared at the familiar face of my old sensei. There in front of me stood Iruka-sensei and next to him was none other than Kakashi-sensei. They still looked the same as the last time I saw them. Iruka still had his brown hair in a ponytail and that familiar scar was still present. Kakashi still hid the lower part of his face but instead of his mask he had a turtleneck shirt instead. And his right eye was covered by his hair. I knew for a fact that he no longer had the Sharingon so why it was still covered. Maybe he has another scar.

I quickly covered my surprise and asked, "Which one of you will be teaching my old history class?"

"Iruka will," Kakashi answered. "I will be teaching a math class."

"I hope it's no trouble, I don't want to take over if you still want it." Iruka told me with a soft smile.

"No, that's fine. I'm changing my class anyway. I'm teaching Paranormal Studies now. My class seems to enjoy it as much as I do." I answered with an answering smile.

Iruka's smile grew wider. "That's good; I was worried there for a minute."

"Not a problem." I turned back toward Yamamura-san. "I'll be heading out now. See you in the morning." Yamamura waved goodbye and turned his attention back toward his new staff members.

I left the office and headed toward the entrance of the school. While I was walking I turned my attention toward my new freshman class. If they only knew the real depth of my knowledge on that subject they'd freak. I thought to myself. Soon my musings took me back over the last two thousand years. So much had happened. Kyuubi dying, my becoming immortal, the mission after Sasuke came back, and my apparent "death". Man, was life exhausting back then, but things are really mellow now. Too bad Kyuubi isn't here to talk to me.

I was shaken out of my musings by an amused cough. I looked up so see both Shikamaru and Neji standing in front of me. I smiled brightly. "What's up?"

"We were just wondering if you could tell us about those haunted places you said were close by, sensei." Neji explained following in step with me as the three of us headed for my car. Man I love technology. If it wasn't for technology I wouldn't have my pride and joy here. They didn't have Firebirds back in those days. I thought back on the question.

"Sure, what do you want to know?" I replied. I leaned against the hood of my black car. The Firebird had orange racing stripes. No I still hadn't grown completely out of my trademark orange. As from both my car and my outfit. I wore now, a pair of black jeans, black shoes, and a dark orange t-shirt.

It was Shikamaru who answered. "Where is this haunted place? And how exactly is it supposed to be haunted?"

"Like I said earlier, there are two. One used to be one of their greatest Shinobi villages and the other was attacked by a monster that killed every person. Shinobi were sent to investigate the mysterious deaths and the unusual bodies, but they were also attacked. They managed to make it out alive, but one ninja suffered horribly. He was never the same after that mission.

"The Shinobi village was destroyed over two thousand years ago. No one really knows what happened to it, but it is said to be haunted by all the people who were killed. The spirits seek justice for their deaths. They have the ability to possess you and show you their memories. In fact you guys were named after a couple of ninja that died in that village. There is a cemetery that has the name of everyone who died." I stopped there. I hoped they wouldn't ask me more about what happened. Or if everyone died, because it would be hard to explain how I know all of this already.

My hope was short lived. A very observant Shikamaru asked, "How do you know all this stuff?"

I looked at my feet hoping to come up with a good explanation. Then I had a thought. I looked back up and answered. "I took an ancient civilizations course in college and heard about the village from my teacher. I went there over summer break and studied the remains. My paper on it got a high score, because of all the information I managed to collect."

Shikamaru seemed to buy my explanation but Neji still looked a little skeptical. "Any way we could go and see those haunted villages?" He asked watching my reaction closely.

I looked at him and answered honestly. "Sure, I was planning to take everybody there next week. It's going to be for a couple of days and I still need to get the permission slips ready. I was going to tell you all about it tomorrow. My classes got changed. I'm now teaching you guys about the paranormal as an actual class."

"How did that come about?" Shikamaru asked surprised.

"My boss hired a couple of new teachers and I asked if I could teach Paranormal Studies instead of history and he said yes." I reached into my jeans pocked and grabbed my keys. "I need to head out now. See you both in class tomorrow." With that, I walked toward the driver side of my car and unlocked the door and got in. Neji and Shikamaru backed away as I started the engine. They waved as I drove out of the parking lot.

Yep, this was definitely going to be an interesting school year. I wonder what other surprises are in store for me.

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A/N: Well here is chapter two. I know there were some confusing things in there, but everything will be explained shortly. Be patient with me.

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