A.N: Inspiration struck. It was very inspiring. I read the pilot chapter for Naruto and I've been trying to hunt down a story based on it on
Still haven't found it. Sadly. Maybe you guys can help? It's basically Kyuubi is Naruto's father and something about ninja. Kyuubi died and Naruto was taken in by the village out of pity. I remember something about him being taken in by one of the major clans.

Anyways, I'm gonna write a story about Naruto being swapped by someone else who is him but isn't him. Poor pilot Naruto verse, he is not going to be prepared for the ninja world.

Naruto was feeling rather pleased with himself. He managed to make a friend, a human friend no less, surely the old man would let him back to Mt. Oinari! He didn't mind stay in the human area, especially now that he had someone to hang out with, but he missed being back home. Even if he was a pariah, something about his dad and the old man's friends all being dead or something, Naruto still enjoyed himself. He was a fox and pranking people and taking his revenge of those who wronged him took a lot of time and thought.

Besides its not like he cared. What happened in the past happened a long time ago. It wasn't like it was his fault. Who knew why his dad decided to go crazy and kill everyone? He was just born.

He puttered along on his scooter, thinking about the great meal Kuroda was going to make in celebration for finding the murderer of his apprentice. "Yuummy!" Naruto said, as he zipped along, smiling at the thought of eating a hotpot.

Of course, as young thoughtless kitsune with an attention span of a gnat, he didn't see the pedestrians.

"Hey, watch out!"

It was only by luck that he twisted out of the way, the impact making him fly off of his scooter, the chicken soaring over his head. For a split second the only thing he could think of was how he never got a chance to mate. Then he half turned, grabbed the chicken and landed neatly on his feet. Don't forget, despite who he appeared to be, he was still a demon and as such a small thing like a vehicular collision would be an easy thing to get out of.

Pleased with his accomplishment, he did not notice the other motorcycle as it crashed into him, sending the chicken flying from his arms once more again. The world faded into black before his head hit the concrete.

IN THE NARUTO NINJA WORLD

It was the sound of a chirping bird that work Naruto up, that and someone prodding his body with a stick. He sat up, rubbing his face.

"Naruto!"

"Eh?" Still dazed by the accident, he didn't really think of who exactly was calling his name out. Or that it was a really young boy's voice who spoke with a bit of awe in it.

"Naruto! You okay?"

Naruto turned his head to spot...a human who wore a scarf long enough to be wrapped around several times around the boy's body. The boy looked at him expectantly. "Where is your hitai-ate?"

"Wuzuh?" What was a hitai-ate?

Now the boy looked exasperated. "Guess you hit your head pretty hard. Come on, we'll find Iruka-sensei and he'll know what to do. "

Naruto just nodded silently, climbing to his feet, as he did so he noticed the weird sandals. The even odder buildings that looked like they were built from sticks, spit and prayer. Even odder still were people running around on the rooftops. But never mind that! Where was his bike? The old man gave it to him on loan! He's gonna get skinned aliiiiive.

And he was still hungry!

After what seemed to a long time, it may have taken a bit longer as Naruto had spent some time to gawk at a few things. The people dressed in weird clothes, the weird smells, the feeling of constant danger. It made every part of him stand up on edge, teeth bared. This world smelled of metal and blood. It lingered on different people, the ones with what looked like metal headbands and the green vests.

"Naruto! Where the hell were you!" What sounded like a shrill bird appeared out of nowhere, followed by an equally irate pink thing. "We waited for three hours! Three! Even Kakashi-sensei arrived before you!"

Naruto and the boy backed up in unison, angry girls were a danger for boys, especially angry girls who had access to sharp knives.

"Ahh..I'm sorry?" Did he know this crazy human?

"You better be!" Sakura's rant, and indeed it was going to be one, halted when she noticed a few things. "Naruto, where is your hitai-ate? And your sandals..."

Naruto looked down at his boots. "The old man gave me these, what's wrong with them?"

Sakura just frowned. "It's different." She wasn't used to seeing her teammate in his old academy getup, goggles and all.

"Well I like them." It was easy to fall back on his old feelings about humans, his voice defensive.

There was an silence. Sakura was confused. Usually Naruto would look at her boisterously and shout things, nonsense mostly, but this confused person standing before her was not her blonde teammate. She couldn't reconcile that, not right now.

"Well...see ya," And with that dismissive note, Naruto wandered off, making it look like he knew where he was going.

'The fuck just happened?' thought Sakura, staring at the back of a boy that she thought she knew.

If all is lost follow your nose thought Naruto as he found a familiar smell. "Ramen!"

His little tagalong ran forward, shouting. "Iruka-sensei!"

"Konohamaru!" One of the humans in the green vest turned in his seat, a big smile on his face. "Naruto-kun!"

Naruto nodded. Who were all these people that knew him? Or said they knew him? When this Iruka smiled at him, he felt a weird feeling in his chest. It was the same sort of feeling he got when he got a human friend.

"Eh? Naruto, are you sick?" Before he could react, Iruka had his hand on his forehead, pushing the goggles up on his head. "You're just warm."

"And where is your hitai-ate?"

Again with that word? By now he'd figured it was the metal headband with the strange symbol etched on it. Did his accident land him in la-la-land? Or a dream world?

"I left it at home." He offered with an apologetic smile, "Sorry."

He thought the human would be angry at him, but all he got was an even softer smile. "Don't forget it next time Naruto. It's your symbol as an adult in the village, as a shinobi. "

"I know." The fox beamed at Iruka. He'll go home and figure this out. "Iruka-sensei, is that ramen?"

Naruto eyed the ramen bowl thoughtfully with big eyes. His stomach growled loudly, loud enough to make Iruka laugh, "Okay. First one is on me. You'll have to buy the others ones though Naruto. I don't have that much money."

"Okay, okay!" Naruto eased himself onto the chair next to Iruka.

Together the three ate and Naruto very quietly listened. When lunch was finished, they took their separate ways. "Good bye!"

"Bye Boss! You'll teach me some cool jutsu right?"

"No way! You're too small!"

"Jerk!"

And with that Naruto wandered off, thinking to himself, "...Where do I live?"

A/N: Okay I hope you guys like it. It's the beginning of Naruto in another world. Or rather plot universe Naruto in the Naruto universe.