C-Rank - Chapter 02 - 10072009

C-Rank

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.
Warnings: Rated M, time-travel, cursing, and possible adult themes.
Pairings: SasuNaru, MinaKushi, other pairings later.
Published: 10.07.2009: HAPPY BIRTHDAY UZUMAKI KUSHINA & HAPPY SASUNARU DAY!

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Chapter Two

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It was so warm and comfy. And so soft too. Where was he? In a bed?

Naruto snuggled into the warm pillow and let out a sigh which alerted the other occupant in the room.

“Niichan?”

Naruto frowned. ‘Niichan?’ Then he remembered what had happened. ‘Oh…’ “Hmm?”

“A-Awe you awake?”

Naruto chuckled and opened his eyes to find a pair of green eyes staring back at him. “Yes, Arashi. I’m awake.”

Arashi nodded seriously. “Don’t sleep again, ok?”

Naruto grinned and pulled his youngest brother under the blanket. “You know otouto, sleep is an important thing. You gotta sleep sometimes.”

Arashi bit his lip. “But not that long… You’ve been sleeping for thwee days, Niichan… No mowe, ok?”

‘Three days? Oh man…’ Naruto thought, his eyes widening fractionally. “It’s ok, Arashi. I won’t sleep that much. How’s everyone?”

Arashi sat on Naruto’s stomach. “Fine. Well… Evewyone’s been weally wowwied and Sasuke’s been sitting hewe again… He sat lots with you when you wewe sleeping big time at the hospital.”

Naruto inwardly sniggered at the baby speech Arashi still had. Honestly, the boy was four, if his speech didn’t turn normal soon; he’d be picked on at the academy if he went there when he was six.

“Aniki’s weally wowwied though…”

Naruto turned all his attention to Arashi. “Kaida?”

Arashi nodded. “Yeah… He had a big fight with you befowe you left and then you came back and he was really wowwied because he thought you could die and you wouldn’t know that he was weally, weally sowwy about it and that he didn’t mean it when he said that he hated you and said that’d be bettew if you just died…”

Naruto jerked suddenly with a gasp as a memory rose to surface… a memory he didn’t think he’d have.

‘Kyuubi? Was that just a memory? A memory from this body?’

It seems you have the memories from this time as well as your own time, kit… Kyuubi grumbled before going back to sleep.

“Niichan? Awe you okay? Should I get Kaa-chan ow Tou-chan?” Arashi asked urgently, his green eyes wide with fright.

Naruto blinked and looked at his little brother, a smile forming on his lips. “I’m fine, Arashi. Don’t worry, okay?”

“Awe you suwe? I can go get them if you want?”

“I’m sure, Stormy. Let’s go get breakfast.” Naruto said as scooped the wide eyed boy into his arms, got up from the bed and left the room.

“How’d you know that?” Arashi whispered.

“Know what?” Naruto asked, tilting his head to look at his little brother while going down the stairs.

“Niichan always called me Stowmy. How’d you know that?”

Naruto chuckled. “I might’ve come from a different dimension but this is still your brother’s body, I’m still Naruto like I’ve always been and it helps a lot that the body still has your brother’s memories.”

Arashi let out a squeal and proceeded to hug his older brother around the neck so hard that Naruto almost choked.

“A-Arashi, not so hard, I can’t breathe!” Naruto laughed as he entered the kitchen but stopped in his tracks as he saw who sat in the kitchen reading the morning paper. The person lifted his gaze and tensed to an unhealthy degree.

Naruto took a breath and let it out slowly, relaxing his tensed muscles and took the time to observe his boyfriend’s older brother who had been trying to assist in killing him in his previous life. Itachi had a standard Jounin attire, dark blue khaki pants, a Jounin vest and his hitai-ate sitting firmly on his forehead, without the scratch across the leaf emblem.

Searching his memory how he usually reacted to the older Uchiha in this dimension he carefully put Arashi into the kitchen chair and nodded slightly warily to the older Uchiha. “Good morning, Itachi-nii.”

Itachi hesitated for a fraction of a second before warily nodding back. “Good morning, Naruto-kun.”

Naruto tensed at the familiar suffix, causing Itachi to tense even further, before, against every instinct yelling him not to, turning his back on the older Uchiha, and proceeding to rummage through the fridge. “Have you eaten breakfast yet?”

“No, I have not.” Itachi answered, his gaze burning the back of Naruto’s neck.

“Would you like to eat then? I was just about to make some for Arashi and I. You’re more than welcome to join us, Anioya.”

Itachi relaxed so fast that it looked like a puppet had had it’s strings cut, the familiar endearment having assured the older Uchiha greatly. “I would like that, thank you.”

Naruto smiled and relaxed as well, concentrating on making breakfast. “Do you know if anyone else might be joining us?”

“Perhaps… Likely your family and my otouto.” Itachi said as he stood up and set the table for eight.

“Do you wemembew what we always eat for bweakfast, Niichan?” Arashi asked from his chair where he had sat and observed the interaction between the two.

“Tamago kake gohan, Tsukemono, Miso-shiru and Nattō. Ryokucha and kôhii. And Hahaoya denied ramen in the breakfast table.” Naruto said, a slight whine leaving at the last part.

“You remember that, Naruto?”

Naruto’s head snapped up and he turned to see his parents entering the kitchen. “Ah, good morning. Yeah, it seems the memories are still intact even if the soul changed. Sorry… about that.”

“Oh Naruto, you don’t need to apologize for that. It isn’t your fault.” Kushina said and hugged him. “You’re still our son, no matter what.”

Naruto hugged his mother back before turning to face his father as his mother started to fuss about the food. Naruto stared at his father and his father stared at him, both of their faces serious, before Minato’s face melted into accepting smile. Naruto grinned and in a flash of yellow he slammed into Minato, crushing his surprised father into a hug. “Thank you. You have no idea what this means to me, Chichioya.” Naruto whispered as his father returned the hug.

“Oi, I feel a bit left out here. Don’t I get a hug, dobe?”

Naruto released his father to look at his smirking boyfriend who was leaning on the door frame.

A smile lit up Naruto’s face and he threw himself into Sasuke’s arms, nuzzling his face into Sasuke’s neck making the raven chuckle. “Good morning, dobe.”

“Hmm… Morning, Itoshii…”

Sasuke tensed for a fraction of a second before hugging Naruto so hard it seemed like he was trying to fuse their bodies together as one. “My dobe. Mine. No one else’s, but mine. Still mine. Always mine.”

Naruto tightened his hold on Sasuke. “Still? Even though…”

“Yes. Even though.” Sasuke growled in Naruto’s ear making Naruto give out a relieved sob and kiss Sasuke’s neck. Sasuke then grabbed Naruto gently by his hair and proceeded to kiss him silly.

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“Where’s Kaida?” Naruto asked with a slightly breathless voice as everyone settled down to eat, Itachi smirking discreetly as he put food on his plate at Naruto’s slightly glazed over eyes and ruffled hair.


‘Otouto sure know how to treat his uke.’ Itachi chuckled inwardly.

“I supposed he’s still asleep. Would you mind getting him Naruto-nii? Do you remember where his room is?” Amarante, who had just come into the kitchen, asked.

“Yeah, I remember.” Naruto said and left to get his little brother while Itachi chuckled out loud when the blonde swayed on his feet as he left the room.

“You sure scored otouto. Soon enough you’ll have him doing anything just by promising to kiss him.” Itachi laughed before freezing.

“What was it that you were saying, Itachi-kun?”

Itachi gulped. ‘Damn. How could I forget Naruto’s parents were here?’

Sasuke just smirked as his older brother’s misfortune and continued eating.

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Naruto opened the door to Kaida’s room and frowned when he heard the sobs that were coming from the direction of his little brother’s bed. Quietly he walked to the bed and sat down so slowly that Kaida didn’t even notice the dipping of the mattress. “Kaida.” Naruto whispered, putting his hand down to Kaida’s red hair.

Startled, Kaida jumped, rolling around to see Naruto sitting on the edge of his bed looking worried. “N-Niisan…”

“What’s the matter Kaida?” Naruto asked, looking down on his little brother who was desperately trying to fight tears and losing the battle miserably.

“I… I…” Kaida stuttered, before giving up on trying to be calm and just launched himself into Naruto’s arms. “I didn’t mean to! I didn’t mean to kill you Niisan, I didn’t mean to, please Niisan, I didn’t want you to die, I was just mad that you were going on the mission and not spending the day with me like you promised, I was just mad, please Niisan, don’t go, please don’t go!” Kaida sobbed.

Naruto looked at his little brother startled before pulling the frantic 9-year-old red head into his lap. “Shh, Kaida. I’m not going anywhere.”

“Don’t die! Don’t die! I didn’t mean to!”

“Shh… Calm down, otouto. I’m here. I’m not dead, I’m not going anywhere. I can’t bring your Naruto back, but I’m here, I have his memories and they’re starting to merge with mine. Eventually you’ll have your Niisan who played with you when you were a chibi, read you stories before you went to sleep and trained with you.

“I’m not the same soul, but I’m the same person, Kaida. I’ve been here less than five months with nearly all that time asleep, but I can tell you right now that I would die to protect you, rest of our family, Sasuke, his family and the whole village.

“The soul that belonged to you Niisan did just that. Died for this village, for his family, friends, and all his precious people. I can guarantee you, Kaida… Your Niisan died with no regrets and a smile on his lips.” Naruto reassured the read head, not noticing that they had company.

“B-But, what I s-said…”

“You were just angry, that’s all. Your Niisan knew that. It hurt when you said it, but he knew you didn’t mean it. He knew that as soon as he got home, you’d run up to him, throw yourself into his arms and apologize. He knew that, Kaida. It’s happened before, ne?”

“H-How…?” Kaida asked his eyes wide.

Naruto grinned. “I told you. I have his memories. The soul changed, he moved on, I didn’t. See, in my time, my body died, cuz my heart was destroyed. But here, he died because his Kyuubi didn’t have the strength to heal him cuz they were so chakra depleted, and so, with a blow so fast and hard that he didn’t even have the time to notice it, he died. No pain, instant death.

“He always enjoyed the thrill of fighting, the effort it took to win. He was smiling, even with his massive injuries, no regrets, cuz he knew he would eighter win and come home with another successful mission in his file or would die, and if he did, there was nothing that he had left undone.

“He’d told everyone he loved them, including you, he’d ate that last lunch that Okaa-sama made and he’d bought that pendant he’d wanted for Sasuke. The death came so fast that the smile didn’t even have time to disappear from his lips and so it froze there until my soul transferred into his body and my Kyuubi started healing the injuries.

“The soul and the body, both have the memories. That’s why it’s important for an ANBU or an Oinin to destroy the body, so that the memories cannot be viewed. But in this case, while your brother died and his soul moved on in peace, my body died, but I had regrets, I wasn’t ready to die yet. So when we got the chance, I took it. We were transported into your brother’s body where Kyuubi immediately forced the heart to start beating and even with the huge chakra depletion we had, it was still more than what your brother had left and Kyuubi succeeded to keep me alive until the medics arrived.” Naruto ended his explanation and was startled to hear quiet sobbing from behind him.

Naruto turned around and instantly his eyes teared up at the sight of his mother crying in the arms of his father. “Gomen.”

Amarante came in with Arashi in her arms and they hugged both him and Kaida. “It’s okay, Onii-san. It’s not your fault. You’re still our Onii-san.”

“Thank you, Amara-chan.”

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Later as Naruto was sitting on the backyard meditating he was startled out from his trance by a hand on his shoulder. Naruto opened his eyes and found himself drowning in smoldering midnight black eyes. “Sasuke?”

The youngest Uchiha didn’t say anything but just stood up from the grouch he had been in and offered him a hand which Naruto took and Sasuke pulled him to his feet. Without saying a word, Sasuke tightened his grip on Naruto’s hand and started leading the blonde back to the house.

Naruto couldn’t help but wonder what was on the raven’s mind as he led Naruto back to the blonde’s room, shut the door behind them and suddenly hugged the breath out him.

“Sasu? What’s wrong, koishii?” Naruto asked as the raven trembled against him. He wasn’t crying, and his eyes had showed no anger… but more of… confusion?

“What… what pendant? You… never gave me any pendant…” Sasuke whispered in his neck and Naruto relaxed instantly.

“You’re right. I didn’t.” Naruto smiled. “I can show you the package, but I can’t let you open it yet.”

Sasuke lifted his head and stared into his eyes. “Why?”

Naruto cupped the young Uchiha’s cheek and smiled at him gently. “Because… He bought it for you… for your birthday.”

Sasuke’s eyes widened before he squeezed them shut, tears sliding down his cheeks, his teeth grinding together and Naruto quickly put his arms around Sasuke when the raven’s legs no longer supported him.

“Let it out, Sasuke. Let it all out. It’s alright. It’s okay to cry.” Naruto whispered into the boy’s ear as he helped Sasuke to the bed and laid them down, drawing Sasuke to his chest and slowly stroking the raven hair with his other hand while the other rubbed Sasuke’s back as the boy cried out all his hurt, sorrow and longing until he fell asleep.

Naruto sighed and pressed a gentle kiss on the raven hair before falling asleep as well.

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It had been nearly four moths now since Naruto had been rushed into the hospital barely clinging to life from a mission near the border of Kusagakure. Sasuke had anxiously sat in the hall with Naruto’s family, his own family and their friends as the medics had done everything they possibly could to save his boyfriend.

After eighteen agonizing hours the doctor in charge had come out. Naruto’s father had stood up and asked for Naruto’s condition to which the doctor had replied that it was a miracle that Naruto alive, that without Kyuubi he wouldn’t have made it. They were informed that he was stable, but with that information had also come the knowledge that the doctors weren’t sure when his dobe would wake up.

The sight of his beloved in a hospital bed with all kinds of wires connecting him to the machines that kept him alive was devastating. It didn’t help that Naruto’s father didn’t have time to support his family because of his position as a Hokage, Naruto’s mother was trying to calm down Kaida, Naruto’s 9-year-old little brother and keep Arashi, Naruto’s 4-year-old little brother preoccupied so he wouldn’t cry over his brother 24/7, while Amarante, Naruto’s 12–year-old little sister, threw herself into training for the upcoming Chuunin Exam. The only one who sat there nearly 24/7 was Sasuke.

Itachi dragged him out from the hospital four times a week to get some fresh air, spar, shower and eat a home cooked meal with the family. Sasuke appreciated his older brother’s efforts, but all he really wanted was for his dobe to wake up. For Naruto’s heart to quit stopping every few weeks to create more panic within the families.

Sasuke sighed and took Naruto’s tan hand to his own pale one. “Come on, Naruto. Fight. Don’t you dare to leave me, you dobe.” Sasuke whispered as he sat in a chair next to Naruto’s hospital bed. A second later his head snapped up as the heart rate monitor started speeding up. “No… No, Naru, baby, come on, come on don’t do this… Naru please, come on, not again, please.” Sasuke pleaded out loud. ‘Oh God, please don’t let him crash again, please…’

Sasuke’s eyes snapped wide as he felt Naruto’s hand squeeze his own tightly. “Naruto? H-Hey… Can you…” The hand squeezed his own again with crushing force and Sasuke’s eyes snapped up to Naruto’s face and that’s when he saw it. Naruto was arching his back, the tan throat moving convulsively as the blonde desperately tried to breathe. “SHIT!” Sasuke pried his hand out of Naruto’s and ran to the hall yelling for the doctor to come and take the medical ventilator tube from Naruto’s throat.

Mere three minutes later Sasuke could sigh in relief as the blonde laid calmly on the bed, breathing on his own, but still in a coma. “Don’t scare me like that again, dobe. You fucking almost gave me a heart attack.” Sasuke scolded his comatose boyfriend. “But I’m glad. I’m glad that you’re still fighting. That you haven’t given up. I’m so proud of you.”

A weak squeeze of Sasuke’s hand, nearly only a twitch but slightly stronger, made Sasuke’s eyes water and he leaned closer to the blonde. “I know it’s hard, love… but you’re not alone, we’re here for you. Fight for us, Naruto. Fight to come home to us.” The raven whispered to Naruto’s ear and kissed gently the blonde’s temple. “I love you, dobe.”

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Sasuke shot up with a gasp. ‘No! No, he’s awake, he has to be awake, he -’

Pair of warm arms wrapped themselves around him, startling Sasuke from his panic. “Sasu? Wha’ is ’t? Did you ‘ave a nightmare?”

Sasuke froze before turning to face his sleepy boyfriend. “Just… Just a memory is all.”

Naruto sighed and pulled him back to lay with him. “You wanna talk ‘bout it?”

Sasuke shook his head, and buried his head into Naruto’s chest. “Just… It was just about you being in a coma… I was just… afraid that you were still…”

Naruto was quiet for a moment, stroking Sasuke’s silky raven hair before answering. “I could hear you. When I was in a coma.”

“Yeah?”

“Hmm. When… you asked me to fight… not to leave you… I hadn’t seen my Sasuke in a long time. He would never been there… in a hospital… he… tried to kill me after all. But when I heard you… I… All I could think of was that you were there. That… ‘Sasuke’s here… Sasuke’s home… He’s waiting…’ and then it just suddenly hit me… ‘Oh God, I can’t breathe, I can’t… Sasuke… I can’t breathe… Help me Sasuke, help me, oh please God help, I can’t breathe!’…

“But then after a while I could again. And then… I wanted to cry, cuz… you said you loved me. I hadn’t heard that… in such a long time from you. Last I’d heard, you’d wanted to kill me on a whim, and then suddenly you said you loved me… just like old times… it felt like the walls crumbled down and let me breathe again. First time in years.” Naruto said, his voice laced with tears.

Sasuke nodded his understanding and this time it was Naruto’s turn to bury his head in Sasuke’s chest and cry.

After a while they were both just laying there in each other’s arms, talking quietly, when the door creaked open and Minato’s head emerged from behind the door. “Dinner time, boys.”

“Yeah, Chichioya. Thanks. We’ll be there in a sec.” Naruto grinned.

“Alright. Just be quick so the food won’t go cold. We’re having barbeque.”

“Sure thing, Hokage-sama.” Sasuke smirked.

Minato sighed. “Sasuke, how many times do I have to ask you to just call me ‘Minato’?

“At least once more, like always Hokage-sama.” Sasuke said with a genuine smile.

Minato shook his head and disappeared in to the stairs with an amused laugh. ‘That boy is impossible.’

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Again, Happy birthday to Uzumaki Kushina, and hopefully smutty SasuNaru Day to everyone! xD

C-Rank - Chapter 01 - 25012009

C-Rank

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto. Kishimoto Masashi does.
Warnings: Rated M, time-travel, cursing, and adult themes.
Pairings: SasuNaru, MinaKushi, other pairings later.
Originally published: 25.01.2009: HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAMIKAZE MINATO (YONDAIME HOKAGE)!!

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Chapter One

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Beep… Beep… Beep…

“What’s his condition, doctor?”

“It’s a miracle he’s alive, Hokage-sama. If it weren’t for his tenant your son would be dead by now. He is stable now. We’re not sure when is he going to wake up.”

‘Chichioya…?’

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Beep… Beep… Beep…

“Come on, Naruto. Fight. Don’t you dare to leave me, you dobe.”

‘Sasuke…’

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Beep… Beep… Beep…

“Please wake up, son. I miss you so terribly and your father and siblings do too.”

‘Hahaoya…? Siblings?’

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Beep… Beep… Beep…

“Aniki, please wake up. You promised to see my Chuunin exam finals! You promised!”

‘… who? My… imouto?’

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Beep… Beep… Beep…

“Ugh…” Naruto groaned as he woke up. “God damn beeping, is it ever going to stop?”

“Niisan! Niisan, you’re awake!”

Naruto opened his eyes to see a boy with red hair and blue eyes. “Uh… Yeah…”

“I’m gonna tell mom! She went to get coffee…” The boy yelled excitedly before giving Naruto a kiss on the cheek and running off. “Kaaaaaaaa-saaaaaaaaaan! Niisan’s awake! He’s AWAKE!”

Naruto chuckled. ‘I’m a big brother, huh? And I have parents… Hokage and some woman… I wonder if they are my real parents… Sasuke’s in Konoha too…’

The door opened with a bang and a beautiful woman with red hair and green eyes ran in.

Naruto’s eyes watered. ‘Hahaoya… It’s my Hahaoya… Kushina… So… I have my original parents from the old world here…?’

“Naruto! Thank God, you’re awake. I was so worried, son.” Kushina sighed and hugged Naruto.

‘Worried… Someone else was worried about me that Old man Hokage and Tsunade no baachan? So this is what it’s like… to have a family…’ Naruto thought and hugged his mother with all the power he could muster without crushing her. “Hahaoya…”

“How are you feeling, son? Does anything hurt? You were in a coma for little over 4 months.” Kushina asked as the door banged open again and a man with blonde hair and blue eyes came in.

“Naruto!”

“Chichioya…” Naruto whispered as he stared at the blonde man, who was also known as the Yondaime Hokage.

Before his father could say anything the door opened with a bang again and hit the stunned Hokage in the back as Sasuke barged in. Naruto couldn’t hold it and burst into laughter. “Oh my God, you people. Calm down, come here and give me a hug!”

Soon the room was full of people. Old man Sarutobi, Tsunade, Sasuke, Jiraiya, Naruto’s parents and siblings… They all hugged him and asked him if he was alright, chattering about what had happened and how worried they had been.

“Maa… When am I gonna get out of here?” Naruto asked after there was only his family and Sasuke in the room.

“I don’t know, soon, I think. We have to ask the doctors.” Kushina answered.

Naruto looked around him. In a chair next to him was a small boy with blonde hair and green eyes. What Naruto had gathered, the boy was his youngest brother, Arashi. Then there was they boy he had seen just after he had woken up, red hair and blue eyes, Naruto’s second youngest brother, Kaida. Then a girl with a red hair and green eyes, Naruto’s younger sister, Amarante. Then there were Naruto’s parents, Kushina and Minato. And finally Sasuke, who what he had found, was still his boyfriend, like in the old world before Sasuke had defected.

Kit… Maybe you should tell them you’re not their Naruto anymore. Kyuubi crumbled in Naruto’s head.

‘What! Why? So they can stop loving me? So Sasuke can leave me again? So I’ll lose my family that I just got!?’ Naruto shouted inwardly.

No, but don’t you think hey have the right to know? After all… they will notice eventually.

‘But…’

Kit, you can’t act his part perfectly. Imagine if you and Sasuke end up in bed and the old Naruto had done it with him already. You don’t know what to do. Don’t you think Sasuke will notice that?

Naruto sighed inwardly. ‘Fine… but if I lose my family and Sasuke, I’ll kill myself, do you hear me fox?’

Since when have you been such a negative person?

‘Since I died…’

Kit…

“Um… When I do get out of here, I need to see you guys at somewhere private. I’ll need to tell you something important.” Naruto said.

“If you cheated me dobe, I swear to God, I’ll -”

“Calm down, Sasuke. I didn’t cheat you. It’s about something far more serious.” Naruto interrupted the livid Uchiha.

“You don’t think it would be serious if you cheated me?!” Sasuke growled.

“Sasuke, for God’s sake! I would never cheat you! How can you even… don’t you trust me at all?!” Naruto yelled, very offended by the Uchiha’s words.

Sasuke sighed. “Sorry, dobe. Of course I trust you…”

“Well it certainly doesn’t seem to be that way!” Naruto yelled, glaring at his boyfriend.

“Naruto, I -”

“Just forget it!” Naruto snapped and turned his back to his family and his boyfriend, attempting to sleep.

There was a sigh and a hand was placed on his shoulder. “We’ll let you sleep now. I’ll ask the doctor when they can release you from the hospital. Get some rest, son.” Minato said and squeezed Naruto’s shoulder before they all left the room. Or so he thought before another hand was place on his blonde locks.

“I’m sorry, dobe. I didn’t mean to doubt you. You were so still for a long time… I was so fucking scared that I’d lose you…” Sasuke whispered and Naruto could swear he heard tears in his voice.

Naruto turned to face the raven and sure enough, his boyfriend was crying. Naruto lifted his hand to dry his tears and cupped his pale cheek. “Don’t cry, Sasu.”

“I c-can’t make the t-tears stop. G-God, Naruto…” Sasuke cried.Naruto pulled the raven into a hug. “I missed you so, so much Sasuke.”

“But… I was here the whole time…” Sasuke said confused.

“Yeah…” Naruto said with a small smile. ‘You were here… not where I needed you… Here… not in the old world… there you were with Orochimaru… God, it’s so good to hold you like this… even if it’s just a little while…’

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It had been a day from Naruto’s release from the hospital.

The Namikaze-Uzumaki family, Sasuke and his brother and parents (who were apparently alive and well here), Uchiha Obito, Inuzuka Rin (alive as well), rest of the old world’s rookie 12 and their instructors, Sandaime, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Konohamaru corps and Iruka. They had all gathered to the Hokage tower to hear what Naruto had to say.

“Well… What is it, son?” Minato asked.

Naruto looked at them with tears in his eyes. “I’m so sorry…”

“What is it, son? Why are you crying?” Kushina asked.

Naruto made sure he held everyone’s eyes in his before activating the jutsu that Kyuubi had developed to show everyone who he really was. His memories… His world…

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A young blonde boy watched as other kids got food from the adults in the orphanage.

“Demon’s don’t need food.” A woman said, denying him his food.

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“Get out you monster and don’t come back!” The orphanage director yelled as he threw the young boy out of the orphanage.

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The old man Hokage smiled at him. “This is your new apartment Naruto. I hope you like ramen, I took the liberty to leave some of instant ramen in you fringe.” The old man said, showing around the apartment. The place was a dump.

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“Die, demon!”

“You killed my family, monster! I’m going to kill you!”

The people beating him yelled.

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“Monster!”

“Murderer!”

“Demon!”

“Kyuubi no gaki!”

“Die!”

The mob chasing him yelled.

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“How are you feeling, Naruto?” Old man Hokage asked.

“I’m fine, Ojii-san. Why do they hurt me? What did I do?” The young blonde asked after waking up in a hospital.

“I don’t know, Naruto.” The old man lied.

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The Uchiha Massacre.

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Him doing pranks and skipping class.

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“I’m gonna be the Hokage when I grow up, dattebayo!” A young blonde boy in orange jumpsuit cackled as he ran away from the Chuunins chasing him after he vandalized the Hokage monument.

“You have failed the test three times already, Naruto! There isn’t time for pranks!” Iruka yelled as Naruto sat in front of the academy class tied up.

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Knocking Iruka out with the Oiroke no Jutsu.

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Stealing the Forbidden Scroll, learning the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, getting caught by Iruka, hearing that he was the Kyuubi from Mizuki, getting saved by Iruka, beating Mizuki with the help of his Kage Bunshins, graduating and getting ramen with Iruka.

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Knocking the old man Hokage out with the Oiroke no Jutsu. Meeting Konohamaru and Ebisu. Teaching Konohamaru the Oiroke no Jutsu and knocking Ebisu out with the Harem no Jutsu.

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His and Sasuke’s accidental kiss in the academy.

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“Team 7 is Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke.” Iruka informed.

“Whaaat!? Why do I have to be in the team with that teme, Iruka-sensei?” Naruto screeched.

“Shut up, Naruto-baka!” Sakura yelled and whacked him in the head.

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The door opened and the eraser dropped into the silver haired Jounin’s head. “My first impression of you is… I don’t like you. Meet me on the roof in five minutes.” The Jounin said.

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“Okay, tell me your name, likes and dislikes, hobbies and dreams.”“Can you show us how, sensei?” Sakura asked.

“I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like and things I hate... I don't feel like telling you that. My dreams for the future... never really thought about it. As for my hobbies... I have lots of hobbies… Okay your turn pinky.”

The Genins sweat dropped. ‘All we learned was his name…’ Naruto thought.

“My name is Haruno Sakura, I like -”, a glance to Sasuke, “I dislike, Ino-pig and Naruto-baka, my hobbies are -”, another glance to Sasuke and a blush, “and my dream is -”, a third glance to Sasuke and a loud squeal with a blush.

Kakashi sweat dropped. “Okay, eyesore, go.”

“Humph. My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like Sakura-chan and ramen, I dislike teme’s and the three minutes it takes to the ramen to boil, my hobby is pranking and my dream is to become the best Hokage ever!” Naruto yelled.

Kakashi thought. “Okay, your turn Broody-kun.”

“My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan, and kill a certain someone.” Sasuke said in a dark, motone voice.

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The bell test. The memorial stone… Obito… Rin… Yondaime… Kushina… The Uchiha clan…

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“Hey, are you hurt, scaredy cat?” Sasuke asked with a smirk.

Naruto grit his teeth. “SASUKE!!!”

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“Ah, if it isn’t the demon of the mist, Momochi Zabuza.” Kakashi said.

“Sharingan Kakashi.”

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“Don’t worry Sasuke. I won’t let anyone in my team die.” Kakashi said with a smile.

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“I know you asked tips from Sakura. What did she say?” Sasuke asked as they were doing the tree climbing exercise.

“Not telling.” Naruto said with a smirk.

Sasuke turned to Naruto with a shocked expression.

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“Why! I didn’t ask you to! Why did you protect me!?” Naruto yelled, shocked as Sasuke stood above him, looking like a pincushion.

“I don’t know… My body moved on its own, idiot.” Sasuke wheezed before falling back, into Naruto’s arms.

“I hated you… That man… My brother… I didn’t want to die before I killed him… you… don’t die…” With that, Sasuke died in Naruto’s arms.

Naruto looked at Sasuke’s body in his arms shocked before hugging him. “I hated you too…”

“Is this the first time you saw a comrade die?” Haku asked.

“Shut up.” Naruto growled, placing Sasuke’s body to the bridge.

“It’s the life of a shinobi, friends die.”

“I said shut up… He had dreams… You… You killed the person I love… I’LL KILL YOU!” Naruto roared, Kyuubi’s chakra exploding from his body.

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“AAARRRGGHHH!” Naruto roared as he hit Haku so hard that the boy flew through the ice mirrors.

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“He’s cold. This isn’t a dream, is it? Sasuke-kun’s really dead… SASUKE-KUN!!!” Sakura cried.

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“Sakura, you’re heavy.” Sasuke rasped out.

“Sasuke-kun?” Sakura asked with tears in her eyes. “SASUKE-KUN!” The girl cried and hugged the raven haired boy hard.

“Sakura! It hurts!” Sasuke gasped.

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Naruto stared at the kunai in his hand. ‘It’s all my fault… My fault that Sasuke died… Why… Why did he have to protect me? Didn’t he understand that his life is so much more important than mine? He’s the last Uchiha… I’m just a demon. It’s not fair… I don’t have any right to live… Why… Why did Sasuke have to die?’ The blonde thought to himself and brought the kunai to his heart. ‘I’ll just die then too… Maybe Kami-sama can bring Sasuke back if he gets my life in exchange…’ Naruto thought and was just about to plunge the kunai into his heart where even Kyuubi wouldn’t be able to heal him when…

“Naruto! Sasuke-kun’s fine! He’s alive!” Sakura yelled.

Naruto whipped around to see Sasuke standing beside Sakura and raising his hand to greet the blonde.

Naruto cried in relief. ‘He’s alive… Sasuke’s alive… thank you Kami-sama…’

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A blushing Naruto confessing to Sasuke that he has feelings for him and Sasuke admitting that he feels the same.

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His and Sasuke’s first date and the first kiss they indented to have.

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Meeting Gaara, Kankuro and Temari for the first time.

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The Chuunin exams. Meeting Lee, Neji and Tenten. Kabuto. Morino Ibiki. Written test. Mitarashi Anko. Forest of Death. Orochimaru. Sasuke’s fight with the Sound-nin in the Preliminaries after the Forest of Death. Fight with Kiba. Neji’s and Hinata’s fight. Gaara’s and Lee’s fight.

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His and Sasuke’s second date.

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Meeting Ebisu again and meeting Jiraiya.

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Training with Jiraiya. Summoning contract with the toads. Chakra controlling trouble. Jiraiya throwing him of the cliff. Meeting Kyuubi for the first time. Gamabunta.

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Chuunin exam, the final round. Fighting Neji. Sasuke was late. Shikamaru’s and Temari’s fight. Sasuke arrives and Sasuke’s and Gaara’s fight. Oto-Suna invasion. Fighting Gaara and Shukaku. Old man Hokage’s death. Funerals.

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Leaving with Jiraiya to find Tsunade. Kakashi’s fight with Itachi. Sasuke finding out that Itachi was after Naruto. Meeting with Itachi and Kisame. Sasuke fighting Itachi. Itachi escapes and Sasuke falls into a coma. Starting to practice the Rasengan. Finding Tsunade. Fight with Tsunade. A bet with Tsunade. A fight with Orochimaru and Kabuto. Fully learning Rasengan. Returning to Konoha. Tsunade becoming the Godaime. Third date with Sasuke.

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Mission to escort Morino Idate. Sasuke getting hurt. Tsunade healing Sasuke. A fight with Sasuke on top of the Hospital roof. Sasuke defecting. Sakura begging him to bring Sasuke back. Pursuing the Sound-nin and Sasuke with Shikamaru, Chouji, Neji, Kiba and Akamaru. Fighting the Sound-nin with the pursuing team. Leaving Chouji to fight the Sound-nin. Leaving Neji to fight the second Sound-nin. Leaving Kiba and Akamaru to fight the third Sound-nin. Leaving Shikamaru fighting the fourth Sound-nin. Fighting the fifth Sound-nin. Sasuke emerging in the middle of the fight. Lee coming to fight the fifth Sound-nin so he can go after Sasuke. Catching up with Sasuke in the Valley of the End. Chouji defeating the first Sound-nin. Neji defeating the second Sound-nin. Kankuro helping Kiba and Akamaru to defeat the third Sound-nin. Temari helping Shikamaru to defeat the fourth Sound-nin. Gaara helping Lee to defeat the fifth Sound-nin.

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Sasuke badmouthing him. Sasuke burning him with a Katon jutsu. Sasuke telling him that he didn’t know about the pain of losing his family and how Sasuke needed to kill Itachi for killing their family and needing the Mangekyou Sharingan to do it and the only way to get it was to kill him. Sasuke throwing him off the cliff. Sasuke trying to hit him with a Chidori and him countering it with a Rasengan. Sasuke’s curse seal activating. Sasuke choking him. Sasuke slamming the Chidori through his chest. Him healing and using the Kyuubi’s chakra to get more power. Sasuke burning him with another Katon jutsu. Taking the pile driver head on from Sasuke. The pile driver breaking his neck. Kyuubi healing him and giving him more chakra. Him throwing Sasuke around like a rag doll. Sasuke activating his curse seal to the second level. Sasuke growing wings. The Chidori and the Rasengan colliding. Pain. Sasuke kissing him for the last time before leaving to Orochimaru. Waking up on Kakashi’s back and finding out that Sasuke left and he couldn’t stop him. Passing out again.

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Sakura finding out that he couldn’t keep his promise to bring Sasuke back. Sakura pummeling him to the ground because of it. Telling Sakura that he was going to bring Sasuke back and that it was a promise of a life time.

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Missions. Missing Sasuke. More missions. More missing Sasuke. Jiraiya telling him that he should give up on Sasuke. Him refusing to. Leaving to train with Jiraiya. Jiraiya researching. Livid women pummeling Jiraiya to the ground with loud shouts of ‘Pervert!’. Jiraiya training him. Missing Sasuke. Training. Missing Sasuke again. Return to Konoha after two and half years. Finding out that Gaara had become the Kazekage.

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Training. Missions. Training. Missions. Missing Sasuke. Crying himself to sleep after the villagers beat him up again. Meeting Orochimaru again and fighting Orochimaru. Losing control of the Kyuubi after Orochimaru called Sasuke ‘his Sasuke-kun’. Meeting Sasuke. Sasuke plunging the Katana through his back. Him being in a coma for a month after Sasuke’s last attack. Waking up and crying because Sasuke escaped again. Asuma dying. Asuma’s funeral. Him creating the Fuuton: Rasenshuriken. Jiraiya dying. Him finding out Kurenai was pregnant with Asuma’s child. Him finding out who his parents were. Him moving into the Namikaze Compound. Jiraiya’s funeral. Kurenai asking him to baby sit her’s and Asuma’s child while she went to handle some business.

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A C-Rank mission to escort Kagayaki Hana and her daughter Kagayaki Usagi from Konoha to Suna. Teaching Usagi how to say ‘Ninja’, telling Hana he was the Kyuubi no Jinchuuriki. Talking about Gaara with Hana. Hana fainting. Itachi and Kisame attacking them. Kakashi fighting Itachi. Sakura protecting Hana and Usagi. Sakura yelling in horror as Kisame’s sword pierced his chest, killing him instantly. Him going to see Kyuubi. Kyuubi telling him that in another universe another Naruto had died in a mission and that he was now going to take his place.

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Him hearing how Minato asked his condition from the doctor. Him hearing Sasuke asking him to not give up. Him hearing Kushina telling him that his family missed him. Him hearing Amarante telling him to wake up to see her Chuunin exams. Him waking up and seeing Kaida for the first time. Him hugging Kushina for the first time. Him seeing Minato alive. Him seeing Sasuke. His seeing everyone else in the hospital room. Him talking to Kyuubi about telling everyone the truth. Him hugging Sasuke and telling him that he had missed him. Sasuke being confused. Him being release from the hospital. Him crying as everyone gathered in the Hokage Tower. Minato and Kushina asking what everything was about. Him looking everyone in the eyes.

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Naruto fell on his knees panting and crying. “I’m so sorry… I’m so, so sorry…” The exhausted blonde cried before passing out.Sasuke was first to recover and run to the blonde’s side and take him into his arms. “Naruto, you idiot… Don’t say sorry, you dobe…”

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Again, Happy birthday, Yondaime-sama!

C-Rank - Prologue - 10102008

C-Rank

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto. Kishimoto Masashi does.
Warnings: Rated M, time-travel, cursing, and possible adult themes.
Originally published: 10.10.2008: HAPPY BIRTHDAY NARUTO!

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Prologue

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Just a normal C-Rank mission. Protect the little girl and her mother from bandits when escorting them from Konoha to Suna. Both of the clients civilian. No ninjas after them. So how could everything go so wrong?

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“Naruto, get out of the way!!” Sakura yelled on top of her lungs as Hoshigaki Kisame swung Samehada at him. Unfortunately for Naruto, all his strength had already left him.

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They had been walking along the road. Their client Kagayaki Hana had been explaining something about her work to Sakura, who had been very interested as it was something to do with medicine. Kakashi was reading Icha Icha Paradise, giggling and blushing like a school girl with a crush. (Or like Sakura at the age of 13 asking Sasuke if he would go out with her.)

Naruto had been looking after Kagayaki Usagi, Hana’s 8-year-old daughter who was actually pretty fun to watch after. A hyper little girl with light brown hair like her mother’s and dark green eyes, probably like her father’s as Hana’s eyes were deep brown.

“Nija… Niija… Nilja… Nijna…” Usagi stammered. “Uwaah! Say it one more time! Please, niisan!” The girl cried tugging Naruto’s sleeve.

“It’s NINJA, Usagi-chan. N-I-N-J-A.” Naruto sighed with a slight smile.

“Niiiiinjjjja?”

Naruto laughed. “Ninja.”

“Nin-ja? It’s Nin-ja?” Usagi asked.

“Something like that.” Naruto laughed.

“Nin-ja… Nin-ja… Ninja -”

“That’s it! Ninja, Usagi-chan!” Naruto praised.

“Yatta! Ninja, ninja, ninja… Mommy, mommy! Niisan taught me to say NINJA!” Usagi giggled excitedly.

“That’s nice, dear.” Hana acknowledged with a smile.

“Niisan, can you carry me?” Usagi asked getting tired of walking.

“Carry you?”

“Piggyback!”

“Oh. Sure.” Naruto said with a smile and lifted the exited little firecracker on his back. “Hold on tight, okay?”

“Haaai!” Usagi singsonged.

“So Usagi-chan, what are you going to do first when you get to Suna?” Naruto asked.

“Hm…” Usagi put her index finger against her cheek in a thoughtful gesture. “Mommy says we’re gonna see the… wind… wind… windy?” Usagi stammered.

“Huh? Hana-san, what are you gonna do first when you get to Suna? Usagi-chan says that you’re gonna see the windy?” Naruto asked confused.

“Ah, Kazekage-sama.” Hana said before going back to explaining about medical herbs to Sakura.

Naruto burst into laughter. “Windy! Oh my God, I wanna see Gaara’s face when I tell him his title has been dubbed as ‘Windy’ among the kids!”

Hana looked at his strangely. “‘Gaara’? You call Kazekage-sama ‘Gaara’?!”

“Huh? What’s wrong with that?” Naruto asked.

“Kazekage-sama is Suna’s most powerful ninja, and way above your level! How can you call him by his name, just like that? Without an honorific at that! Kazekage-sama could crush you with his sand in an instant!” Hana asked shocked.

Naruto threw his head back and laughed. “Hana-san, Gaara’s my friend. If I barge into his office with a loud shout of ‘Gaara!’ and glomp him, he’ll hug me!”

“HUG YOU!?” Hana screeched.

“Aa. Gaara’s one of my best friends. I may be a Genin, but we were ever to spar, Gaara wouldn’t be able to use his sand at all.”

“What!? You can’t be serious! You don’t know what he… uh… he’s different, Naruto-san!”

“Hana-san, are you referring to Ichibi no Shukaku?” Naruto asked.

“H-How?” Hana asked.

“I’m Uzumaki Naruto. The Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi no Yoko. Kyuubi has more authority that Ichibi. There’s nine bijuus. The amount of tails tells how powerful they are. Ichibi, Nibi, Sanbi, Yonbi, Gobi, Rokubi, Nanabi, Hachibi, Kyuubi. Gaara has the weakest bijuu, I have the strongest. If we were in a war, Gaara’s bijuu would lose to mine. Once, years ago, there was an invasion to Konoha by Oto and Suna. I beat Shukaku, and I mean literally, the demon was loose, and I beat the weakest bijuu, on my own, with only a tiny bit of Kyuubi’s chakra to help me.” Naruto explained.

Hana gaped at the blonde. “Y-Y-You’re… like Kazekage-sama? You have a demon too?”

“Yep. I’ve never used Kyuubi’s chakra to hurt innocent people. Not once. Only if the people I consider as my family and friends are in trouble, only then I will use Kyuubi’s chakra, and only after my own chakra is used up. You don’t have to worry, Hana-san. I will not need to use Kyuubi’s chakra on this mission.” Naruto assured.

“O-Okay… How well do you know Kazekage-sama?” Hana asked.

“Eeh… Well enough to call him Panda-chan?” Naruto said with a grin.

Hana promptly fainted.

“Ah… Now look what you did, Naruto.” Kakashi sighed before picking the woman up.

“Mommy! Mommy!” Usagi cried in distress.

Naruto sighed and switched Usagi from his back to his arms. “Calm down, Usagi-chan. Mommy decided to take a nap. She’ll wake up soon. Why don’t you take a little nap too, and go to dreamland to tell mommy to wake up?” Naruto soothed the child who decided to do just that.

“Oh my God, Naruto, where the hell did that come from? I can’t believe she believed something as stupid as that!” Sakura scolded.

“Mou, Sakura-chan…”

“Don’t you ‘Sakura-chan’ me, baka!”

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Little after their clients had woken up, Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame had shown up and engaged them into a battle. Kakashi was fighting Itachi while Naruto fought Kisame. Sakura watched over their clients.

Naruto had even taken Kyuubi’s chakra as much as he could without losing control, but it didn’t help as Samehada ate the chakra.

Itachi’s and Kisame’s mission was to capture him, but Sakura just had to yell a little bit late...


Naruto’s chakra was out and he hardly had any energy left to stand let alone fight. Kisame had obviously thought he would be able to dodge, but when he couldn’t…

“NARUTOOOOOO!!” Sakura screeched as Samehada that usually didn’t cut but shove, pierced his chest, killing him instantly.

“Fuck, Kisame you total IDIOT!” Itachi yelled totally out of character. “Leader told us to capture the Kyuubi not kill it!”

“I know! Shit, god damn it, fuck!” Kisame cursed and pulled Samehada from Naruto’s chest, letting the blonde’s body hit the ground with a thud.

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…Drip…

…Drip…

…Drip…

‘Ah, this damn sewer again. Kyuubi is probably really pissed. Not that I aren’t, I’m gonna die for sure. Fuck… I never had the change to become the Hokage… and I didn’t keep my promise to Sakura-chan to bring Sasuke-teme back. Granny Tsunade’s gonna think it was the damn necklace. I hope Gaara won’t start killing mindlessly again. Maa… Iruka-sensei’s probably gonna cry and Konohamaru… Tsunade-baachan is gonna be really sad. We just lost Ero-sennin too…’ Naruto thought randomly as he walked in the Kyuubi’s chamber, stopping in front of Kyuubi’s cage.

“Maa… Gomen ne Kyuubi. Didn’t mean to die on you.” Naruto said.

I know, kit. And you’re not gonna die. Kyuubi grumbled from his cage.

“What do you mean I’m not gonna die? That damn sword pierced my fucking chest! Even you can’t fix the damage that has been done.” Naruto yelled.

That’s true, kit. But it seems that we’re lucky. In another universe, in another Konoha, different from this one, another Naruto and his housed Kyuubi died on a mission as well. Kami-sama has given us another chance. We’re gonna go to that another Naruto’s body and live another life. There’s gonna be changes and differences, but we can live. You’ll have to adapt yourself to this other Naruto’s life. Things are different there. Old enemies might be friends and vice versa. What do you say, kit?

Naruto smiled a brilliant smile. “Kyuubi… is there any chance that… people that have died here… Maybe they are alive there?” ‘Ero-sennin… old man Hokage… maybe… Chichioya… Hahaoya…’

Aa, kit. Maybe some alive and others dead. Ready to go? Kyuubi asked.

“Hell yeah! If I can’t live here, I’ll just live there… And this time… I’m gonna be a Hokage too!” Naruto beamed.

Well said, kit. Try to adapt. Kyuubi cackled before everything went black.

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That’s it for prologue. I hope it didn’t suck cuz this was the first prologue I’ve ever written.