Chaotic Dynamics: The Butterfly Effect

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"I don't know what it is that you want from me right now Hinata… I really don't… I just can't, I… I'm sorry." Naruto walked away from the small Hyuuga girl, glancing back at her on his way out of the training grounds. She watched as he left, his figure disappearing into the light of the nearly setting sun; a scene which would usually elicit joy in her heart was pouring out a downpour of sadness

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata looked down at her feet as a solitary tear streaked down her cheek. Her heart felt like it was pulled from her chest and thrown to the wayside like a useless piece of garbage. Never had she thought that rejection would make her feel so empty and useless. Had she known that prior, she wouldn't have ever said a single word.

Naruto couldn't help but feel bad for her, despite how heartless he may have seemed in their conversation. She had finally gotten enough courage to confess to him and he had nothing to say when she brought it up again. It wasn't that he was ignoring the first one; it was just that he didn't have a good answer for her. He still had mixed feelings for Sakura and although Hinata was awfully cute, he couldn't bring himself to get into something halfheartedly. She deserved at least that much respect since he couldn't recall even the slightest bit of unkindness from her in the past. Looking over his shoulder, he could tell that she was very saddened by his answer and it did bother him, but until he could make sense of his heart, he couldn't give a proper reply.

He ran outside of Konoha and stopped in the middle of a dense forest and leapt up onto a tree limb. Sitting down on the large branch, he attempted to reflect upon just what had transpired recently. First on his mind was just how the past unfolded that led to him being right there at that precise moment in time. The battle with Obito and Madara during the war was a major turning point in his life. The battle was hard fought and had it not been for the intervention of the entire ninja forces coming to his aid, Naruto wouldn't have been able to defeat them.

Although that was difficult, it was even more difficult when they brought Sasuke back. Even after beating him within an inch of his life, he refused to return to Konoha, the village he despised for eradicating his clan. Had the retrieval team thought he was that opposed to it, they would have searched him for the pill he swallowed, ending his life on his terms just as they entered the village. His promise of a life time was fulfilled but Sasuke's selfishness still dampened everyone's life. Through all those events in the past year and a half, nothing seemed to be as difficult as feelings of the heart.

That brought him to the problem between his female teammate and a certain friend. For as long as he could remember, he had been after the pink haired kunoichi. Asking for dates, buying gifts, and even trying his best to be kind and polite to her was his usual approach. He attempted all things in a grasp for her attention and received nothing but a smack or got called stupid by the girl he was after. When he left for his training mission with Jiraiya, he thought that just maybe when he returned, her attitude would be better.

Finally the day came for his return and her attitude had changed. She was still harsh, but there was an underlying softness maturing in her. This gave a spark of hope and to his surprise, when they were going on a mission to take back Sasuke; she confessed her love to him. How long had he waited for those words but it felt hollow and empty; words that had no feeling, they were just words. It seemed like she was only doing it to convince him to stop trying to bring their ex-teammate back to the village; at the risk of his own life and sanity. When thinking about why her words felt empty he recalled the words haunting him, expressed by the quiet and shy Hinata.

He never noticed the dark haired little girl throughout the academy. He never noticed her muttered phrases of support or the obvious signs of affection and intrigue she displayed on her cheeks. Had she actually been more vocal during those times, she would have surely gotten the fan she desired in him, but it wasn't in her nature. She always felt awkward and lightheaded being anywhere near him, but for some reason he would also instill happiness and confidence at the same time, moving her to fight for he own success.

He first learned of her hidden abilities in the chuunin exam and he was amazed by it. She was so small and yet so strong, without a doubt he knew she was the strongest kunoichi from their class. He also learned though a few words of encouragement she gave him during the finals of the exam, that she was a great person with a wonderful heart and despite being weird and awkward; he actually liked people like her. Unfortunately her shyness and introversion didn't allow her to capitalize on those events, nor on the events during random missions with Naruto before he ended up leaving on his training trip with the legendary sanin.

When he returned 3 years later, Hinata realized just how much her admiration of the young blonde grew in that time. Her heart would beat uncontrollably when she only thought of him and her voice would shake when her team talked of his return. Then one day, she heard his voice and froze not knowing what to say. When she suddenly felt a presence next to her, she turned and saw his smiling face looking into her eyes, causing her to promptly pass out from the shock. Eventually that led to her realizing how deep her feelings actually ran for him.

Gone was the desire to help him and be inspired by him as it was replaced with the desire to be next to him and just be with him. What had started out as a schoolgirl crush, blossomed into full blown infatuation. She then decided to gather up all her courage and make an effort to tell him what she truly thought of him when his life was threatened and she couldn't imagine living without his presence in the world and gladly risked her life to save him and make sure he knew that there was someone who would love him.

This was what was bothering him. There were two cute young women he could choose to go after, the one he liked from the beginning, with hollow words, and the one who actually liked him which actually confused him. Logically you'd choose the one willing to give it a go, over the one who was very reluctant, but rarely are feelings logical. As a result of his confusion, he just tried to put it off until he could figure it out. Unfortunately, Hinata didn't want to wait as long of a time as he was taking and sought him out to see if he had anything to say about it. That of course led to the altercation which consequently steered him to sit up high in a tree on a large branch.

"Why does this confuse me more than figuring out the rasengan?" He asked himself, ignoring the calm breeze rustling through the leaves.

His mind was still running with the switch flipped to high and couldn't relax his body. The young teen sighed and decided to try something he's never done before, meditation. He sat motionless in the tree, feeling the relaxing waves of nature chakra flowing around his body from his hours of training. The soothing and relaxing movements of the chakra seemed to lull away the confusion. He focused on the feeling harder, going deeper and deeper, past the feeling of going sage. Soon there was a weird feeling, something tugging on him to go after that sensation. When he reached out for that feeling, a bright burst of light washed over his senses. His eyes opened and revealed an empty, perfectly white room, perfectly the same on walls and ceiling.

Floating Images of the past floated above him, allowing him to look back at each and every event in his life, there were even some things from earlier on in life which he had forgotten altogether. His emotions ran wild across his face, moments of joy and sorrow, as well as anger, was brought on by the pictures in his mind. When he saw one particular moment, when he and Sasuke were bumped together at the academy, he reached out in disgust and wanted to destroy that memory. Almost like the place read his mind, the pictures of his memories disappeared, replaced by a strange looking icon hovering above his head. He was sure the wording said something, but it was clearly foreign. He looked at it and got a sudden urge to touch it, causing him to reach out. Upon contact, there was another flash of white light blinding his sight. He shielded his eyes from the light and heard a muffled sound from beside him…

"Naruto! Move your ass! I want to sit on the other side of you!"

"Huh?" Naruto's eyes popped open when the sound rang clearly. Revealed before his eyes was shoulder length pink hair and a pissed off green eyes looking down on him. Without waiting for an answer from the annoying blonde, she shoved his face to the ground to get around him

"Sasuke-kun, Can I sit next to you?!" She screamed after making it over the orange clad boy's crumpled form.

'What the hell is going on?" Naruto asked himself. He looked over at Sakura and then to Sasuke. 'This is just like the day when we got our teams. Is this some sort of memory?' He felt himself rise from his seat and jump onto the table in front of Sasuke and started glaring into his eyes. He knew what was coming next.

"MOVE DAMN IT!" He shouted out loud before back flipping over the student who had bumped him in his previous memory. When he landed, all eyes were upon him, trying to figure out what that sudden outburst and movement was since it was not something he has ever shown.

"Naruto, take your seat." Iruka ordered while looking at the small blonde, himself wondering what that was.

"Sorry Iruka-sensei." He replied, and then grabbed his throat 'What the hell was that, my voice doesn't sound like that.' He sat down next to Sakura and looked at his hands. They were small and stubby, but still moved to his will. 'This is fucked up…but I avoided kissing Sasuke, thank god.' His thoughts were then drowned out by the loud voice of his chuunin teacher.

"Beginning today, all of you are real ninjas, but you are still merely rookie 'genin'. The hard part has just started." Naruto decided his speech wasn't as important as what was happening to him, so he decided to ignore him.

'Now I'm curious…' Naruto moved his hands again and felt his face curl up into a grin and he hatched a fun test. He looked around the classroom once more and then noticed a small girl with really short hair looking at him while tapping her index fingers together. Her pale eyes widened and her cheeks blushed when she saw him looking at her and promptly looked away. 'Wow, she really did watch me back then… was she always that sweet and innocent?'

"Today we will be creating the three man teams…" Iruka started again, this was the cue Naruto was waiting for with his previous devilish thought.

"You better not put me on the same team as that asshole Sasuke!" The blonde shouted. He looked very surprised when Iruka looked down at him; he had actually heard him…

'Holy shit, that worked!' He felt the hatred of his neighbor radiating off of her and knew he was going to be in for it. 'Oh crap…' He felt the sharp knuckles of Sakura's fists crack him right in the back of his head, knocking him forward while he held his eyes shut.

"Ahhh shit!" He shouted when he felt the acceleration from his body falling. He opened his eyes just to see the forest floor racing towards him.

"Only a dream, only a dream." He chanted while cringing, until the force of the fall pushed all the wind out of him, leaving him rolling on the ground trying to gasp for any bit of air to avoid the pain of suffocating.

"F… Fuck!" He finally managed to curse after getting a bit of air into his lungs. He continued rolling on the ground, clutching at his sides until the sharp pain dulled enough that he could bring himself to stand.

"What the hell was that?" He wondered while looking up from the forest and towards the tree limb he was meditating on. He stood up with a groan and could smell the scent of blood overwhelm his senses. Touching his nose, he could feel a sharp pain and saw red on his fingertips when he looked at them.

"Great, now my nose is broken too." He muttered before heading in the direction of Konoha to get his nose looked at.

It would have been an enjoyable walk through the comfortable forest had it not been for the throbbing pain. The sun was a few minutes from setting and the air was just cool enough to make for pleasant conditions. And if your nose wasn't broken you'd probably enjoy the fragrant smell of the pine trees floating in the air around the trees in the forest. Naruto walked through the gates of Konoha while holding his nose in an attempt to help it feel better.

"Ooh you pervert." Cooed a scantily clad woman standing outside a public bath after looking at his bloody nose. He looked up in surprise and looked at her with a puzzled look

"Huh, no, I broke my nose." He corrected before moving around her cautiously, thinking she was on something.

'Strange, I don't remember a bath being here.' He walked towards the Hospital and passed three more open baths along the way, further making him wonder.

'Now I know there wasn't this many.' Looking up from his hand, he then noticed a face on the Hokage monument was different from his recollection.

"What the hell is Ero-sennin's face doing up there!" He shouted while pointing at the grinning old man's face carved into the front of the monument.

"I must have hit the ground harder than I thought." The young man continued on until entering the doors to the hospital, which he knew so well.

"Excuse me sir, how can I help you?" Asked the medic behind the counter he looked at her and couldn't place who she was, which in and of itself was something since he knew everyone in the hospital.

"Sir? Oh well… I've got a broken nose." He informed the woman.

"Okay, just fill out these forms in triplicate and we will be right with you."

"You're kidding right?" He asked after seeing the short stack of paper handed to him. She looked back at him with an impatient glare, showing she wasn't kidding. He sat down before suspiciously looking around for anyone that would thwart his plans. When he saw no one was looking at him, he brought out two clones to help with the paperwork.

With the papers filled out, he was eventually led to a room where he waited… and waited… and waited. Finally the door opened, revealing a young brown haired woman, followed by a large breasted blonde.

"What do we have now?" The blonde woman asked her personal medic assistant.

"Looks like it is a possible nasal fracture caused by a fall."

"Thank you Shizune"

"Hey, baa-chan, can we just get this taken care of so I can leave?" Tsunade looked at the young guy like he was asking for a beating with a twitching eyebrow.

"Who're you calling 'granny' you little shit?" She asked angrily.

'Fucking little shit ninja.' She muttered under her breath. She didn't say a word while she started healing the bone in the surprised orange clad ninja's face.

"What's up your butt?" Naruto asked after he failed to figure out what the deal was.

"You should really have more respect. I didn't have to come back to train these medic ninja, I did so because Jiraiya asked me to. Now shut up and get out." She ordered, on the verge of breaking him in two after just healing him.

"Wow, you that sore because someone made your face look like ero-sennin?" He asked, but quickly decided it wasn't a good idea when she started cracking her knuckles.

"You trying to start a fight with me you little fuck?"

"Fine, I'll leave." Naruto didn't know what to think, first was the open baths, then Jiraiya's face on the monument, and now Tsunade was acting like she didn't even know him. He walked out of the hospital and yawned while looking at the night sky.

'I think I should just go to bed and figure this out in the morning' Naruto took off to the roof tops and ran towards his small apartment. He didn't really need much anyways, being single. He soon arrived at the apartment complex, opened the door, and stepped into the apartment.

'Did I leave the lights on this morning?' He wondered while looking at the illuminated fixtures. Shrugging it off, he stepped around the corner into the kitchen.

"What the hell are you doing in my home?!" Shouted a man's voice from behind the kitchen table, surprising the teen. Before Naruto could process everything, he was being chased out of the apartment and down the road, followed by the shouting man with a large kitchen knife in his hand.

"Get back here you home invader!" Naruto darted around a corner and disguised himself to blend into the fence, sighing as the man ran right by him without noticing.

'I need to find someone to ask about what it going on here, this is nuts.' As he walked around Konoha, he further realized that things were altogether different, even the buildings were different. The people who usually lived in the neighboring houses weren't the same either. While thinking about it, there was the possibility of it being an elaborate prank to get back at him. Seeing as how it could be the case, he realized that there would be one person who belonged to a certain family who would be forbidden from partaking in a prank.

Naruto found himself right where he wanted to be, standing outside the Hyuuga manor. The stuck up clan would be the only place around that would be unchanged by any outside force. It didn't matter what it was, even the absolute destruction of the village didn't keep them from rebuilding it exactly the same.

"State your business." Demanded the guard who came to the door at the summons of the knock.

"I need to speak with Hinata." He mentioned with clarity since he got a rude reply once when he wasn't clear. Naruto saw the puzzled look on the guards face after he uttered those words and knew something changed.

"Where have you been? Hinata should be with the Inuzuka clan." He told him and quickly swung the door shut.

"Uh… ok thanks I guess."

This was very unusual to him. Hinata was always at the estate when not training or on a mission, why would she not be there now? Her clan always had a watchful eye on her, many times even too much, and wouldn't start now. He quickly made his way to the Inuzuka house and knocked on the door. A choir of barking dogs followed confirming that at least their house didn't change. The door cracked open and you could hear various voices and laughter coming from inside from around the form standing before him.

"Yes?" Naruto smiled when he saw the familiar dark brown hair and red streaked face of Hana, Kiba's older sister.

"Hey Hana, I was told I could find Hinata here." He looked at her and the moment a faint smile spread across her face, he knew she'd be trustworthy.

"Yeah, she's here. Let me go get her." Hana disappeared into the house, leaving him standing outside the door. Naruto waited for a couple minutes, kicking at the gravel on the side walk, until the door opened again.

Hinata stepped out of the door, still talking over her shoulder with a smile on her face and glass of water in her hand. Her hitai-ate was around her forehead instead of her neck and her hair was drastically shorter than he remembered from their talk a few hours ago but still wore her usual jacket. Just seeing her caused him to smile without realizing it.

"Your hair is shorter…" He mentioned without knowing what to say. He was still afraid that she was upset with what he told her earlier and tried to keep it simple. Her eyes went wide when she turned towards the voice and the glass fell from her hand, shattering on the ground when she saw him.

"N… Naruto-kun?"

"Well yeah, don't act so surprised, I talked to you earlier today." The surprised look on her face left him in wonder as to how she forgot already... and got a haircut.

"No…" She shook her head and started crying. The tears streaked down her face making him feel bad for saying something which obviously upset her.

"Hinata?" Naruto stepped closer and looked at her while she stared frantically wiping away her tears with her small hands. "Are you ok?" He reached out and gently touched her cheek, causing her to jerk backwards from his touch.

"Hey jackass, get away from my girl!" Shouted an enraged guy launching himself out of the front door with a fist cocked back for contact within range. With the sudden surprise, Naruto acted on instinct and with surprising speed, he grabbed the assaulting fist and flipped him onto his back.

"Bite me dog boy!" He shouted while looking down at the form of his classmate Kiba.

"Now someone tell me what the hell is going on, I am so freaking lost!" Hinata gasped at the situation and ran to Kiba.

"Kiba-kun, are you ok?" Hinata asked while kneeling down beside him and tried inspecting him for injury. For some reason, their interaction brought a glint of irritation to his blue eyes.

"Oh, I'm going to kill him!" Kiba shouted as he tried to stand.

"Bring it on; I'll kick your ass so fast…" The blonde retorted until being interrupted.

"No, Kiba-kun, let me talk to him. It's OK." She assured while trying to calm the both of them down. Kiba reluctantly agreed and stayed lying on the ground while the other two walked a little ways away from the house; although it wasn't like Kiba could really back up his threats in his current condition, hurt pride and all. Hinata followed the bright clothed guy and walked in silence until Naruto spoke.

"So what is going on? Is someone pulling a prank on me?" She stopped and had a confused look on her face when he turned towards her for an answer.

"I don't know what you're talking about Naruto-kun. No one has seen you in years; Kiba-kun didn't even recognize you." She informed. Naruto shook his head, knowing it was wrong. He tried pinching himself and it still didn't clear up his outlook.

"I don't understand. I know I just talked to you earlier, we talked about the fight where you told me… how you felt about me." He saw surprise on her face and knew instantly that this wasn't the same person he talked to earlier.

"I… I…" She stuttered while blushing. She was so surprised that the person she knew as missing for years was in front of her and knew of her old feelings.

"That was a long time ago; I'm with Kiba-kun now." She muttered, not really wanting him to hear her fully. She still held a candle for him, but forced herself to move on when there wasn't even a shred of evidence of where he went.

"This is weird…" Naruto stated while trying to rack his brain over what happened. Everything changed since he meditated and had that weird dream… Then it him; maybe it wasn't a dream and he stumbled upon a time space jutsu or something.

"Hinata, can you tell me what happened the last day of academy when we got our teams? Did I do anything unusual?" She didn't know what that had to do with anything but remembered back to the better days of her life when she was still free to dream of a perfect future.

"Umm… you did this really neat backflip, which was the only thing that was out of the ordinary." Naruto's eyes widened since Hinata just retold what he experienced in his weird memory/dream.

"I didn't get pushed into Sasuke?" he questioned

"No."

"Weird…" He was glad everyone didn't have to see that gross memory including himself not having to relive it..

"Naruto-kun… Where were you all these years?" She asked, knocking him from his thoughts.

"Actually I don't even have a clue. I just was here… I don't know what happened, but are you at least happy here?" He started to wonder that just maybe he was correct and that what he experienced wasn't really a memory but actually rewriting history. If that was the case, then as long as everyone he knew was alive and happy, he would gladly get used to the situation and live with them, his friends meant everything to him.

"Um… I'm actually pretty good considering…" Even Naruto could figure out there was something wrong as she was rubbing her forehead protector. That was when it finally clicked as to why she had it on her head and not her neck like usual.

"I can't believe they did that…" He whispered in disbelief. It doesn't take a genius to know why she'd be covering her forehead. This was just unforgiveable to him. To brand someone he felt was very important in his life like this, he just couldn't stand for it. Part of him wanted to rage on everyone, but then thought that if he did it once, maybe he could do it again.

"I'm going to try something…" Hinata looked puzzled at his words when he just closed his eyes and stopped moving.

'I've gotta wake up properly, if this is a dream, than I need to wake up if it isn't then I need to change it.' Naruto attempted to get back to that room in hopes of ending his strange dream.

Drip, Drip, Drip… The scene was dark and ominous, water droplets fell from the ceiling, splashing on the cobblestoned ground, tinkling in a distinctive sound. He wasn't surrounded by the calming feeling he felt within the white room. The moment Naruto felt the water splash around his toes through his open sandals; he knew where he was and opened his eyes.

"This is so not the right room." His voice cut into the fur covered body in front of him, causing Kurama to stir from his slumber. The large fox stood up and stretched while looking around confusingly.

"Naruto… What have you done?" The kyuubi got a strange look from the blonde standing in front of him.

"What do you mean? I'm just having a weird dream... Right? Just tell me I'm right because I don't want it to be real."

"No, this is no dream. You have actually changed time itself and rewrote history. I once developed a technique that would allow me to jump into my past self to change the future, but I learned that even the tiniest adjustments to the past could greatly alter the future."

"Whoa, wait… Are you saying everything out there right now is real? So I was right that I wasn't dreaming?"

"Indeed."

"Well, how do I change it back?" He asked in a panic. He didn't want to leave Hinata branded like that because of something he messed around with.

"You can't, once the technique was started, it can't be undone. Each memory you relive allows you to see the outcome of your new choice when you switch back to the present. At that point you can choose to keep those changes or attempt to change another memory as long as you have another memory to experience."

"Can I get my world back?" He wondered, knowing that if the technique only held one time change, then it was possible.

"Maybe, like I said before, each change you make can have drastic consequences. In chaos theory, the butterfly effect was coined to illustrate this phenomenon. Did you ever think that not 'accidentally' kissing Sasuke would result in that pervert being Hokage? Now here is why this technique is bad, each event you experience may be your last one you have no idea when the technique will end, so don't get carried away. You can either try to recreate the event exactly how it was and you'll have you real timeline back, or you can try to better your timeline. It is up to you. "

"Well, I'd rather have ero-sennin as a Hokage than suffer through a single fanfiction story depicting that with Sasuke; gross, I want to hurl." Naruto commented while making sickening sounds. "Yeah, that's right! All you bastard Yaoi readers can go to hell! I like tits not dicks!" He shouted at what the kyuubi would refer to as an 'imaginary audience'.

"Anyhow…" Kurama interrupted, not really knowing what this 'fanfiction' thing was. "Your timeline is now up to you… Good luck…"

Naruto crossed his arms and thought to himself for a moment before realizing the truth behind the matter: 'I hate time travel; it makes my head hurt.'

With that, Naruto felt himself falling out of meditation and back into the world where Hinata was looking at him with interest. His eyes opened and he smiled at the look on her face, she still had that adorable, curious smile which he remembered well.

"What? Something on my face?" He teased, causing her to shriek in surprise and look away while blushing.

"Y… You have grown quite h… handsome." She muttered through her embarrassment.

"Really? Thanks. You too... er I mean you're not, like, handsome like a guy, I mean it's not like I like handsome guys, or guys at all. Ahhh…" Naruto scratched his neck nervously as he made a fool out of himself in front of a snickering Hinata. "I mean you grew up pretty, or whatever." She smiled shyly and looked at the ground.

"Um… did your 'something' work?" She asked, trying to change the subject.

"Not quite, but I did learn some things… Can you tell me everything you know about after we got our teams? Like what I did during the chuunin exam? How things ended up."

"Well, I'm not really sure; you should ask Kakashi-sensei." She told him. Her face held something in it that made Naruto realize that there was something more which she wasn't sure if she should reveal to him.

"Probably, but I wanted your view since you actually noticed me in academy and Kakashi was good at ignoring me." She let out a sigh and decided to tell him what he wanted, not like she could refuse much of what he could ask.

"Ok, well, from what I know, you went on a mission to the land of waves and came back severely injured. It turned out that there was a jonin that attacked. The mission was a complete failure and many villagers lost their lives. Despite that failure, Kakashi-sensei still put you into the chuunin exam. Then when you fought Kiba in the preliminaries, you got knocked out with a single attack. After that you disappeared, we never saw you again." I was really heartbroken to see you disappear, I never knew what happened.

"That is different than how I remember it. Wave was a success and I kicked Kiba's ass in the preliminaries and I even kicked Neji's ass in the final for hurting you." He told her with great flourish.

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata started feeling embarrassed. She had always wished that he would do something like that for her and his version seemed like a much better one in her opinion.

"Don't worry about it Hinata… but if I disappeared, then that means I never brought Tsunade back to become Hokage?"

"Huh? Jiraiya became Hokage after Orochimaru killed the Sandaime. Jiraiya also eliminated Sasuke when he tried to defect."

"And Sakura?" Hinata's faint smile faded upon hearing the girl who was always a stumbling block for her in getting the blonde to notice her. She never liked the girl and suspected that she was the cause of his disappearance.

"She went with Sasuke when he left and he killed her near the valley of the end… I'm sorry." Naruto looked saddened and upset before remembering that this can change. He put a smile back on his face, helping to lighten Hinata's mood as well.

"Don't feel sorry Hinata, I will figure out how to fix this, Kurama said that I can screw around with past events now, so don't worry, I'll fix this up." He assured with a glimmer in his eye making her want to believe him, yet one thing still confused her about that.

"Who is Kurama?" Naruto laughed nervously and lay back on the soft grass.

"I guess you guys didn't learn about the Kyuubi inside me then?" She shook her head and occupied the spot next to him.

"No one told us, we just figured it out. We also guessed that was one reason why you never returned."

"Well, his name is Kurama. I'm going to try fixing things now, so I won't explain everything since I'm sure it will change. I'd like to talk with you, but I'd rather change this as fast as I can… I hope you understand." Before she could interject, he focused his mind and found himself back in the white room.

Above him floated that strange icon again, but at least this time he knew what he was getting into.

"Somehow I've got to make this pan out like I remember, or my friends will die." He declared to himself, and then touched the icon and waited for the flash of light to fade into the next moment in time.

"Ninja fighting lesson #1 Tai jutsu, let me teach you about it…"

'Oh crap, already?' Naruto opened his eyes to see Kakashi pulling out his little book and started to read. 'ok, if I remember right…'

"Im gonna beat you to a pulp!" The blonde idiot shouted and rushed after Kakashi. He started throwing slow punches and kicks, all being blocked easily by the jonin.

'Alright, a punch, then kick… then… then.' Naruto lost his train of thought and soon got caught up in the fight. They started going back and forth while Naruto made clones to assist in his fight.

"Hidden Leaf Ancient Taijutsu Supreme Technique: A 1000 years…" Right as Kakashi was going to deliver the final blow, that particular Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke, surprising the copycat ninja.

"Of PAIN!" Naruto finished as he charged from behind and rammed his pointed fingers at Kakashi. The silver haired man dropped his book and took all his ability to avoid that attack. He twisted sideways and landed on his back, skidding across the grass.

'Fuck! This is so not right. It was funny as hell though. Oh, well, I screwed this one.' Naruto thought after realizing her had made a mess of his chance for recreating the even perfectly.

Sakura and Sasuke looked on in amazement at Naruto's well balanced and executed moves. There was no way that this was the same Naruto. Not even they could deny their own eyes… That thought was quickly knocked away when Kakashi spun on his back and kicked Naruto in the back of his head, knocking the consciousness from him.

"Dang… Memories hurt." Naruto groaned as he opened his eyes. When his sight focused, he realized that he was no longer in the training grounds. The sounds of dogs barking filled his ears, making him sit straight up. He was back in front of the Inuzuka House, but Hinata was gone.

"What are you doing here loser?" Naruto stood up and held the back of his head; the memory was still hurting like hell.

"I don't know what's worse, your barking, or Akamaru's." The blonde didn't even get a chance to get his bearings before a fist connected with his cheek, sending him back to the ground.

"Fuck you! Don't joke about my dead dog!"

"What's elsescrewed up in this world now?" Naruto stood back up and massaged the pain out of his jaw and started to walk away from Kiba. "Hey, where's Hinata?" He called back over his shoulder

"Your jokes aren't funny, just shut the fuck up!" Kiba called back while gritting his teeth.

"You shut the fuck up, mutt." He mumbled in reply and headed into the village. It was still night out and sleep was calling quite loudly. Naruto found a quiet park bench and decided to get some rest so he could figure out a way to cure his problems. He barely drifted off to sleep when he felt someone gently shaking his shoulder.

"Wake up, you can't be here." The gentle voice urged.

"Five more minutes Sakura-chan…" He mumbled in his sleep while rolling over on the bench.

"If I was Sakura, you'd be dead already, now move." He bolted upright and looked directly at the young woman at his side. Her hair was unruly and spiked up in places and wore silvery colored lipstick. She smiled and tugged on his orange sleeve.

"I don't know what you're doing here Naruto-kun, but you need to hide." She whispered while pulling him upright while he was still half asleep. She continued dragging him through the shadows of the village while he woke more thoroughly and was finally able to make sense of his surroundings.

"What do you mean? And what are you wearing, Hinata?" She was quite surprised when she blushed, but it faded quickly. She wore a skimpy black tube top and a sparkling silver skirt slit up both the sides to her waist.

"Talk later, run now."

Hinata ran through dark alleys with the blonde in tow until reaching a fence at the back of one alley. She activated her byakugan and scouted the area, to make sure they weren't followed. After seeing no one, she pushed Naruto through the fence, which wasn't really there, but was a genjutsu used to hide the entrance. He stumbled forward into a dark room, barely lit with a couple red lamps casting a strange glow across the walls. There was only one single chair and a large bed in the corner of the small room, barely being illuminated.

"Sit, then we can talk." She pushed him into the chair and she sat on the edge of the bed with a shy grin. Naruto looked at her attire and followed her smooth white legs up to her skirt where he decided not to look any harder.

"So what are you wearing? Isn't it a bit revealing?" He finally asked after averting his eyes from her attire.

"Of course it revealing, silly." She giggled. She stood up and twirled around before grabbing the front of the skit and quickly pulling it up, giving him a quick peek at what was under it. She started laughing loudly when he grew even more embarrassed and turned away completely.

"Enjoy the show?" She teased while sitting back on the bed.

"Well… I … it, er… Damn!" She continued giggling hysterically at his confused speech.

"I love it, Naruto-kun, you're speechless."

"Hey, don't blame me, you're the one showing your stuff off, I certainly didn't expect that from you." Hinata finally stopped laughing and looked more saddened than anything else.

"Well, a lot has changed… I had to change with the times. I would have been happy chasing you for years, to be noticed by you, but that didn't work out." Suddenly she looked up with anger in her eyes and a fierce tone in her voice said:

"Besides, you were the one who left us all here; you have no right to judge." Naruto was shocked at her ferocity, but she has been shocking him with everything recently.

"I don't remember what happened, but if you can tell me what led to this, I'm sure I can fix it somehow." He was thoroughly confused but knew this was not a time he wanted to be stuck in. He was going to immediately go back to the white room until the desire to help Hinata took hold of him.

"I don't think you can, but… It started with the attack by Orochimaru and Gaara of the sand. The third was killed and we were overpowered by the snake summons. Konoha fell and we are now ruled by Orochimaru. We weren't ever able to figure out where you went, but honestly, I'm glad you're ok."

"And what you're wearing?" Her lips curled up into a smirk and she started tapping her fingers like she hasn't done in years.

"I've had to take up a very revealing dancing job just to survive. Been doing it for four years now and it helped with my confidence, but a little detrimental to my self-worth." She saw his fists start to clench and the muscles in his jaw start to flex.

"Fucking snake bastard! I'll kill him!" She stood up and set her hands on his fists.

"Calm down Naruto-kun, we can't attack him; we just don't have the power anymore."

"Too bad, I'm going to kill him now." Naruto stood up, pushing her hands off of him and stomped towards the door when he was enveloped with small arms around his waist.

"Don't go! He's already killed so many." He turned around and saw the small tear drops streaking her face while looking up at him. Even in this extreme form, she was still caring and lovely.

"Why not?" He asked, trying to ignore her tears.

"Because… Because you're the last person I'd want to die."

"Hinata…" he took hold of her arms and pried them away from his body. "Trust me, I won't die. I want to take out my frustrations on that snake."

"Naruto-kun…" She reluctantly followed him out to the alley where he turned and gave her a grin which reminded her of his old self causing a rosy color to fill her cheeks.

"Hey, don't worry so much… I never go back on my promises." He smiled and held up his thumb before bursting into a bright orange flamed kyuubi cloak with the bright chakra actively rolling off his body. Hinata's eyes grew wide along with her gaping jaw.

"Besides, when I'm like this, I can't lose." In an instant Naruto disappeared as he ran towards the Hokage tower where the snake sannin was sure to be. Naruto's flaming body lit up the streets in a streak of light, ending as he landed in front of the tower.

"You have until the count of 10 to get that bastard Orochimaru out here!" Naruto shouted from outside the tower.

"1… 2… 3… 4… 5"

"Die shithead!" Shrieked an overly loud female voice. The harsh tone in her voice could really only come from one person. He looked up to see Sakura falling towards him with a cocked back fist.

"Shit!" He cursed while jumping backwards. There were a few things in life that he was scared of an 98% of those things were the fists of a particular two medic ninja. When he stepped back, he caused the kunoichi to punch the earth instead of him, he thought that it may have been too easy.

"Damn it! That hurt…" She whined while shaking her hand and looked at the ground like she wanted it to shatter.

'Should have known… she didn't get taught by Tsunade in this time.' Naruto smirked; it really was going to be easier than he thought.

"Having troubles Sakura-chan?" He teased, just to make her loose her temper.

"Oh that's it." Sakura ran at him with a drawn kunai. He still had a grin on his face as his chakra arms grabbed her wrists. He leapt to the air and rammed both his feet into her stomach, kicking her to the side with ease. He then situated himself back in front of the tower like nothing happened.

"6… 7… 8… eh, fuck it." His chakra hand helped concentrate his elemental chakra in another chakra arm. " Futon: Rasenshuriken!" He threw the spiraling orb forward with his chakra arm, delivering a precise blow to the Hokage building. The ground shook and debris swirled throughout the air. Within a second, the Hokage mansion was enveloped in the wind sphere, disintegrating everything within its zone of effect. When the dust cleared, there stood a large gate known as rashomon looking rather ravaged.

"Let's go you ugly bastard." He shouted, not really expecting a one attack kill. From around the gate stepped out the form of Sasuke. Something looked off with him while he walked forward, licking his lips with a long tongue.

"Hmmm, Naruto-kun. We've been searching for you." Just the sound of his voice clearly advertised that he wasn't Sasuke anymore.

"Orochimaru…" Naruto took off after him, chakra arms swung and swiped at him, throwing dozen of mini rasengans in a violent flurry. Orochimaru found it easy to dodge the arms with the help of Sasuke's sharingan, but it was limited to how he thought the arms acted and was caught off guard when one changed directions and headed straight for his back. He sensed the change of attack and averted his eyes, for a fraction of a second from Naruto, which gave him the opening to move in with his speed and catch him in a full nelson.

"Game over." Naruto whispered in his ear and turned them to face a bright orange chakra formed in the shape and form of the kyuubi's head with a giant black ball in his mouth. The bijuudama launched right as he turned, quickly consuming the pair in the attack. Naruto winced before disappearing in a puff of smoke, only leaving Orochimaru/Sasuke to take on the rest of the attack. The bijuudama slammed into the Hokage monument and exploded, leveling the mountain and sending rocks flying in every direction.

"Noooo!" The now conscious Sakura screamed while seeing Sasuke get destroyed. Naruto let the flaming cloak faded from his form, along with the visage of the fox, as he walked towards the pink haired kunoichi.

She was crying while she glared at him, holding a kunai in her hand. Naruto approached cautiously but didn't expect her to jam the blade into her throat and slide it violently to the side. Blood spilled out of the wound and she slumped onto her side. The blonde quickly looked away from the gruesome scene, trying to hold back the churning of his stomach. He violently shook his head to throw the thoughts from his mind and ran back to where he left Hinata.

While running across the rooftops, Naruto spotted the small girl watching the massive fire that was raging upon the leveled monument. She shrieked and jumped when he landed next to her on the roof, surprising her.

"What did I say?" He asked with a grin.

'This is strange though, everyone in my time were much stronger than this.'

"Naruto-kun!" She screeched and grabbed him into a tight hug. He reluctantly put his arms around her shoulders and held her as she started to cry into his chest. She looked up and made a sudden move with her eyes closed and rapidly closed in. Her eyes popped open when she felt her lips touch the flat surface of his cheek. She let him go and turned away violently and started walking away.

"Hinata, wait." Naruto called out as he grabbed her arm and turned her back to face him. "Don't be mad, it's just… you're not my Hinata."

'Wait, since when did I decide was she mine?'

"What do you mean Naruto-kun?" Naruto shook the thought from his mind to answer her question.

"This isn't the timeline I know and you aren't the same person that I know. You're still undeniably you, but just not the you from my time. You'll be safe here now though. I'll be going now." He sat on the roof and clasped his hands together, thinking about that white room.

"Where are you going, will I see you again?" One eye opened, looking at the scantily clad woman leaning over in front of him.

"I'm going to try and find my timeline… I'm sure we'll see each other again if you continue to look for me." He closed his eye again and was whisked away to the white room.

"When will this be over?" He asked himself while sitting in the white room with the strange icon floating above him.

"When there are no more events to experience, but remember, the last one is for keeps."

"Well, let's get on with it!" He reached out and touched the icon and waited as the world flashed and darkened.

"Yahoo, found you!" Shouted the undeniably brash voice of Kiba Inuzuka. "Well, well, everyone is assembled." Naruto's eyes opened. He looked at his hands and got used to the feeling of moving them, then looked around the room.

"H… Hello." Squeaked a quiet and tiny voice from his side.

"Hi Hinata." Naruto greeted without any thought while flashing his usual smile, causing her to turn bright red.

'She turns redder when she was younger… wait, This is the chuunin exams… I don't think I talked to her like this, shit, I already screwed it up.'

"I see all 9 of this year's rookie genin are taking the exam… I wonder how far we'll get, Eh Sasuke-kun?" Kiba teased baring his fangs through his grin.

"You sure seem confident Kiba." Sasuke retorted.

"He, he." He grinned. "We did a lot of training, we won't lose to you."

"SHUT UP! Sasuke might, but I won't lose to the likes of you." Naruto shouted, hoping that he remembered something close to what he said in the previous timeline to preserve as much as possible.

"Sorry Naruto-kun, Kiba-kun didn't mean it in that way." Hinata mumbled in an apology.

"Don't apologize for dog breath…" Naruto hurriedly covered his mouth; he knew that he messed up once again.

'Why can't I just ignore her when she talks to me?'

"You guys are rookies out of the academy, right? This isn't a picnic you know." Interrupted an unknown silver haired guy who just joined the group. It was hard for the blonde to not just crack that guy in the face the moment he saw his traitorous ass.

"Who the hell are you? Sasuke asked.

"I'm Kabuto… Look behind you." The group turned and saw the whole room was looking at them, all looking very pissed and itching for a fight. Seeing all there irritating faces took over Naruto's common sense, like always.

"Hey, I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I'm not going to lose to you jack assess!" He thought for a few moments and realized that he increased the speed of their conversation from the previous timeline, but figured it was much too late, there was sure to be a cascading change of events from his previous blunders. He basically was now going to have to switch to damage control and maybe have a little fun with it.

"Thanks for waiting." Greeted a large scarred man who appeared in a cloud of smoke with a group of others.

"I am Morino Ibiki. As a reminder, there will be no fighting without permission and even in the event that permission is granted, there will be absolutely no killing. Those who disobey will fail immediately, do I make myself clear? Now sit down and I'll hand out the test."

"What a written test!" The blonde shouted, keeping to his memory the best he could.

"Naruto-kun…"

"Oh, Hi Hinata." He greeted with a grin.

"Let's… do our best…"

"Sure thing Hinata, I always do my best when I'm with you." Ibiki handed out the test and went through the rules. Once the test started, they all flipped over their tests and started to read.

'Ha, ha, these questions are still impossible even after all these years. Well, I know I'll just have to wait until the end.' He acted frustrated at the test while already knowing the outcome.

"Naruto-kun, you can look at my answers." Hinata whispered from next to him. He smiled as he remembered her kind act, she just always seemed to try and help when he needed it most.

"Hey Hinata, why would you try to do that?" He whispered back.

"Because… I… I…" She started fiddling with her fingers nervously "I don't want you to disappear here."

She slid the paper closer for him to see her answers.

"That's ok Hinata, because an incredible ninja like me doesn't need to cheat." He grinned widely while pushing the paper back, accidently brushing across the top of her hand. She yanked it back like her hand was on fire and turned completely red.

'Looking back now, I finally know why she acted so weird around me. That shyness is something unique to only her.'

Naruto sat and waited while the participants were eliminated one by one. Quite a bit of time passed until Ibiki stood up in front of the room and announced the rules for the 10th question.

"You can choose to take the 10th question, but if you get it wrong, you fail… And if you fail, you can never take the chuunin exam again. I'll leave you one opening though; you can quit now and still have a chance to become chuunin later."

Naruto waited, this time it seemed to be even more difficult. He knew Sakura was going to try and quit, so he had to time his next move carefully so it happen as close to his memory as possible. A few more people dropped out and he started to feel the pressure. Remembering the same level of pressure from before, he finally raised his hand before slamming it hard on the table.

"Don't underestimate me, I will not run! I'll take your stupid question even if I'm a genin forever! I will become Hokage anyways, so I don't care! I'm not afraid!"

"Right, Naruto-kun." Hinata said clearly out of happiness. Naruto looked at her with a surprised look; he knew she never said anything that loudly and full of conviction at that point in the chuunin exams.

"To the 78 who remain; congratulations on passing the first test!" Announced Ibiki, surprising all but one participant. He sat silently while Ibiki explained the points of the test, nodding every so often as he verbally agrees with what he was saying , making the small girl beside him giggle. Naruto looked at her laughing face and smiled right at her. For some reason, he started liking the sound of her laughter from years ago. There were very few times when she would actually laugh according to his memory. Shaking the thoughts of the young Hyuuga out of his mind, he concentrated back on Ibiki. After Ibiki finally finished his explanations, Naruto sat with a smirk on his face, knowing what would come next.

'Cue Mitarashi Anko in 3… 2… 1…'

Anko came crashing through the a nearby window window, sending pieces of wood flying in every direction. Everyone was surprised at her entrance, none more so than Naruto since it was the wrong window. She landed with an evil smirk on the table he was sitting at. She looked down and saw the blonde was out cold with a reddened area of skin on his cheek from getting smacked by one of her feet while she was spinning in the air.

"Oops…" She muttered, with the smirk still on her face.

Naruto exercised his jaw while opening his eyes. The memory of getting kicked in the side of the face was still lingering in his mind. Light was just peeking through the thick coverings on a window next to the bed he was in when he realized that he had no Idea where he was. The building was completely foreign. The bed was soft and the blankets were warm and cozy. Even warmer was the heat coming off of the weight on his right arm.

Turning to his right he saw the back of someone with almost black hair lying next to him. The long calming breaths she was taking were obvious signs that the she was still sleeping. The smooth flawless features of her exposed neck extended to the top of a small, exposed shoulder. He carefully and slowly slid his arm out from underneath her small body, freeing himself from his captor.

Upon sliding out of bed, he soon realized that he needed to find clothes really quickly, even an ounce worth would be more than he had on. After throwing on some clothes that looked like they would be his, he started looking around the room.

It was a small living area, large bed at one end and a living room/ kitchen area on the other with a tiny bathroom tucked in the corner next to the bedroom. The exposed wood on the walls gave it that rustic feeling you get from a cabin in the woods. The strange part of the building was just that unknown feeling he had; it felt like he belonged there, like it was home.

Opening the front door, the fresh wooded breeze enveloped him while the sunlight glittered across his cerulean eyes, causing him to squint in the sudden onslaught. He stepped out onto the wooden deck and looked out past the young forest and could see the faint structure of a mountain range disappearing into the morning fog. Wind rustled the leaves in a nearby tree urging Naruto to close his eyes and just enjoy the senses nature was expressing. He tensed suddenly when a pair of small arms wrapped around his torso and felt the pressure against his back from the girl leaning on him.

"Good morning Naruto-kun." Cooed a sleepy, gentle voice from behind him. Just the sound of her voice made an uncontrollable smile spread across his whisker scarred cheeks.

"Good morning." He replied as he placed his hands on the tiny arms around him. Just the way she talked and greeted him was enough to know just who it was.

"What would you like for breakfast?" She asked while gaining a more alert mental state. "Food, or me?" Naruto immediately snickered which soon led to full out laughter. The concept was so foreign to him that it just came off as unbelievably funny. He felt the little arms retreat from around him, making him realize that it wasn't the best action to laugh at her tempting offer. He turned around and saw her saddened face, strengthening that previous thought.

"I'm sorry Hinata. Your offer is tempting, but it just struck me as a funny right now." She looked up at him with an obviously fake pout.

"Fine, laugh… See if you get 'any' today." The young woman than defiantly turned around and walked back into the cabin.

'I don't think this timeline is too bad. I could get used to this.' Naruto continued looking out as far as possible through the foliage in an attempt to figure out where exactly he was. Many minutes passed as he searched the horizon for just a fragment of a landmark to go off of. Soon, he was joined by a friendly Hyuuga face offering him a plate.

"Smells good Hinata." He complimented before sitting on the bench which was next to the door. She smiled and sat right next to him while they quietly ate. When they were finished, she collected the dishes and headed back into the cabin. She returned with a couple cups of a steaming hot beverage to relax with.

"Hey Hinata…" He started while grabbing the cup held out to him. "Can you tell me what led to us being here? Uh, it isn't like I don't know or anything, it is just that I'd like to hear your recollection of events." She sat down and leaned her head on his shoulder and made herself comfortable.

"It basically started at the chuunin exams. You got kicked in the head by Anko-sensei and fell into my lap. I was so embarrassed that I fainted and then apparently we had a few jokes played on us while we were both out… we had our hands tied together and no one would let us loose until the start of the forest of death. I was so embarrassed, but it helped me get used to being around you, so I didn't mind too much." She adjusted her head on his shoulder and continued her tale.

"Then you made me so happy when you cheered for me during the preliminary matches. After that we did a few missions together and then I was so sad when you left with Jiraiya-sama. It was only a year into your training trip when I decided to chase after you without permission from the Hokage. We spent the next three years together traveling the world eventually becoming a couple, but unfortunately when we tried to come back, they wouldn't allow me to return. You, of course, objected, and made a big deal out of it which led us to live out here when you couldn't have your way."

"I don't know what you saw in me back then." She giggled at his comment and pulled his arm around her shoulder.

"You always say that. Although if you stayed shorter than me, I'm pretty sure our relationship would have fallen apart." Naruto looked down at her and saw such a happy face, giggling and smiling at him.

"You think you're so funny…" He gave her shoulder a little squeeze and looked out onto the peaceful forest.

'This has to be the best feeling in the world' he thought. While sitting in the peaceful forest, he decided that there was just no point in changing from this timeline; it happened to be better than the original.

"What do you think everyone is doing back in Konoha?" Naruto finally asked after many long minutes of cuddling with the girl next to him. His sudden question caused her smile to fade, while he looked down at her, and she looked depressed.

"You forgot again didn't you?" She asked while a tear ran down her face. "I should have known from the other question…" She placed one hand on each of his whiskered cheeks and looked him in the eye seriously.

"Konoha is gone… Sasuke destroyed it." She saw the mixture of sadness and ager roll across his face like the times before when she had to remind him since he seemed to want to forget, and was quite good at it.

"Sasuke…" He growled with eyes flickering red.

"Naruto… You already killed him, it's just us now." She closed in on him and kissed his forehead before pulling him into a hug. Naruto loved these feelings, but the thought of all of his other friends not being able to enjoy his happines with him was getting to be too much.

"I'm sorry Hinata, I really like being here with you, but I can't stay." She looked at him questioningly while he closed his eyes and pushed himself back into the small white room.

"You know what? Fuck this! I'll just change everything to the way I want it. Who cares anymore!?" He just angrily grabbed the icon and threw it at the ground. The blank expanse of the room quickly faded to black.

"My body won't move…" Naruto groaned while opening his eyes. Trying to figure out where he was, he looked around the sparse landscape and saw two small toads hiding behinds some rocks.

"Gamatatsu…" He muttered while struggling to get to his feet.

'So I'm here this time.' The blonde looked around and finally saw Tsunade sitting on the ground while shaking. Kabuto was running forward ready to strike her down and Naruto knew exactly what was coming. 'It's now or never!' He jumped to his feet and made it just in time to block the silver haired man's punch with the plate of his forehead protector, stopping him in his tracks.

"I'll end you right here and now!" Naruto held out his hand, within seconds a ball of swirling blue chakra formed in his hand. "Take this!" He leapt towards Kabuto, swinging his hand forward only to be easily dodged by the higher skilled ninja.

"You can't hit me with that." Kabuto teased while turning to his fallen opponent.

"Think again fuckbag." Sounded Naruto's voice from behind the sound ninja spy. "Rasengan!" The brilliant blue orb effortlessly twisted through Kabuto's spine, instantly killing the signals to his organs. The orange clad ninja fell to his knees as the previous one puffed away. He breathed heavily as he watched the man that made a mess of the last ninja war turn into a corpse before his eyes; it was a very satisfying sight.

"Hey Baa-chan!" He called out while falling forward on the edge of consciousness. "I think this body has had it."

Naruto felt himself back in his usual body. He was aching all over from the memory bleed through and remained motionless to recuperate his senses. It was all but a few long seconds that he spent in that memory, but it hurt worse than the others.

"Naruto… Naruto… WAKE UP!"

"Come on Sakura-chan, I'm not feeling well." He whined, knowing her distinct voice.

"Chan my ass, now get up, we found the rest of them." Naruto rolled to his feet and groggily stood while opening his eyes. It was late morning and the sun was heating up quickly. He looked out and saw they were standing at the edge of a series of large craters.

"Sakura, what am I looking at?"

"Quit fucking around Naruto. You're the one who had the whole village out looking for them, don't go pussing out now." He was confused but decided to follow his pink haired teammate. They arrived in a flat area between two large craters lined with rows of white blankets covering various bodies. His usually sparkling eyes grew dim and widened at the view. Hundreds of bodies lay out before him. He had no clue as to what was going on or the cause of this disaster.

"Sakura…"

"It's over here." She replied dryly and led him to a defined area. "Are you sure Naruto? Her body is really bad."

"Her? Did you confirm her identity?" He asked.

"Yes, we have confirmed the bodies of both TenTen and Hinata; we are working on identifying others." His throat felt like it swelled to twice its size and he could hardly manage to swallow.

"I don't… Why Hinata?" He finally managed to get out.

"We've been over this a thousand times, Pain was encountered on his way to Konoha and while the village survived, we lost over half of our ninja forces. Hinata held them off until you could arrive and defeat him. You kicked his ass, but our forces were very low from his attack. A month later Sasuke killed even more in a follow up attack, including Hinata. We had nothing left to fight with and she protected you till her last breath."

"Hinata's really gone?" Naruto fell on his back side and only had one thought, without he, there was really no point. The white room appeared on command and through his blurred vision, he punched the icon, sending it toppling from his sight. There without even a fragment of a thought about staying there. He decided since everything seemed to be opposite what he wanted that he'd run the next memory with an opposite personality. This time he was actually looking forward to the next world as the light faded away.

"Naruto, I beg you! Please… Please bring back Sasuke!" Cried the voice of Sakura. Naruto remembered that as the day Sasuke left, ruining all their dreams and it was just pissing him off.

"You know what? Fuck you and your retarded love for that piece of shit. He can die for all I care!" He shouted while telegraphing it with a pair of middle fingers directed towards the annoying girl.

Thwap! Thud! – He was out cold.

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