Chapter 1:

"NARUTOOOOO!" Sakura screamed as Gaara arrived, carried by the floating sand that also transported her dying teammate. She rushed over to him, and with trembling fingers took off his coat to discover his heartbeat was fading.

"What happened to him? Why is he dying?!" The distressed kunoichi demanded.

"The kyuubi was extracted from him by Madara and Obito, along with the Hachibi from Bee." Gaara calmly replied, but everyone who knew him recognized the hidden sorrow behind his usually stoic voice. "

"But why is his heart failing? I can't see what's causing it!"

"Jinchuuriki cannot survive when separated from their demon inhabitant. I'm sorry Sakura, but there's nothing I can do."

Despite a rather ingenious plan to input Minato's yang half of Kurama within Naruto, they were too late and Sakura was left holding the still heart of her dead teammate in her hand. Tears streaming down her face from her clenched eyes, she let out a long, painful wail.

"NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

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NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

"Ah!" The blonde haired ninja fell out of bed, with a ringing in his head.

Ugh what was that? Was that my name? I think that was Sakura-chan who said that. Why would she…wait! Kurama! The war!

Naruto shot up and looked around. NO WAY! His old apartment met his eyes, but with no familiar picture frame of his team 7. What was going on? He had to think. What was the last thing he remembered? Ok, so Kurama and Bee and Gyuki (eight tail's name) were fighting when…NO! It all came back to him in a torrent of images. So why was he alive? He should be dead. Kurama! He tried contacting his new furry friend in his mindscape but received nothing.

He realized there were only two possible explanations. Either he was dead, which didn't seem likely as this seemed neither like heaven nor hell, or he was dreaming. A little of his unstoppable positivity leaked out and he grinned. Of course, that had to be it. He was dreaming! The absence of Kurama had led to his dying, and he was probably unconscious as his team attempted to revive him.

It seemed unlikely to him that they would succeed, as he knew without Kurama, he would be dead soon. Well, he was still alive right now, his dreaming proved that, right?

He walked outside, to see a familiar sight. Konoha, before Pain had leveled it. He walked around to be met with glares and unfriendly looks from the villagers. It felt like a punch to the balls, as he had spent so much time to earn their respect and love. Whatever, it's just a dream.

He just smiled at them and kept walking. They weren't real, or at least they weren't any more so he ignored them. He started jumping around the rooftops trying to figure out what his dream consisted of and realized something. His physical status had been shot. His muscles felt weaker, and he felt smaller. That didn't feel right, if he knew he was in a dream, shouldn't he be able to control things?

It also felt very odd, and it shook him off a bit. Luckily, it was only a dream, right?

Regardless, he decided to check other things to see what else was off. His chakra seemed fine, and he remembered all his jutsu and knowledge. The only thing that seemed off was his body, which felt like a 12 year old's.

Suddenly, a chill shivered up his spine. Could this be the infinite tsukoyomi? Heart racing, he realized that was a very possible thought. The only counter he could think of was that the last thing he remembered was dying, and to be in the infinite tsukoyomi you had to at least be alive. It wasn't very reassuring, but it was all he had.

Off in the distance, he saw the hokage tower as it had once been. Maybe he could ask Granny Tsunade what was going on. Even in his subconscious, maybe dream Hokage could possess answers. It still felt weird how realistic everything felt.

As he walked into the tower, he put together what he would say. It felt both scary and exhilarating that he could do whatever he wanted, and it would only be a dream. Although it felt so realistic…what if this was real? But that wasn't possible, and anyway everything feels real when you're inside the dream. It only seems crazy once you're out of it, Naruto concluded.

"Ah, Naruto, to what do I owe the pleasure?"

Naruto felt a shock and slowly met the eyes of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the long dead third Hokage.

"Gr-gramps? Is that really you?" Tears started to well up in the corners of his eyes. Sure it was only a dream, but it was cruel nonetheless to see his grandfather figure standing there right as rain.

"Of course, who else would I be?" The old man chuckled at the young blonde's antics.

Naruto couldn't take it and bolted. The memory of the old man dying was now fresh in his mind, and the stabbing pain of the death of one of the only people who had truly loved him in the past was more than he could handle.

What was going on?

That was it, he was done with this dream, and he had to wake up. He didn't relish the idea of slitting his throat however. Luckily, he knew other means of waking up from a dream. He just had to go to bed and sleep, which would wake him up usually. How would that even work out if he was currently unconscious? Well, only one way to find out.

As he walked home to his apartment, a certain emo duck-ass future traitor crossed his path.

"Watch where you're going, loser."

Naruto gaped at him, a surge of regrets and sadness flowing through him. First the old man, and now an untainted Sasuke.

"Sasuke…"

"Why are you looking at me like that, idiot? Still jealous you're not a ninja and I am?"

"Why you! What the hell are you talking abou-" He then remembered where he was. "Wait what are you talking about?" He reached up and felt…goggles? Of course! He had worn goggles before he wore his forehead protector! But wait, how far back in time was he in this dream? Well, he might as well play his part.

"Aw shut up you stuck up!"

"Hn. Go work on your worthless clone jutsu, loser. And stay out of my way tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? What's tomorrow?"

"Hn, figures you wouldn't know, you missed class today remember? We got teams, and somehow I got stuck with you and that worthless fan girl." With that, he left his fuming orange-clad subordinate and walked away, his hands jammed in his pockets.

Why that jerk! I oughtta- He suddenly had a thought, and a mischievous grin spread across his whiskered cheeks. Since this is just a dream, why not go out with a bang? He thought. This was going to be fun.

That Night:

Sasuke slept, unaware of his visitor. Naruto crept up to him, and had an evil grin on his face when

"NOOOOO WHY ITACHI!"

Startled, Naruto jumped up in surprise. He realized Sasuke was dreaming about his older brother. Or would it be nightmaring? Ah who cared. Heh heh, you're going to be in for a surprise Sasuke, when Obito tells you what really happened. He considered telling this dream Sasuke out of spite, but decided against it.

"Shadow clone jutsu!" With that, ten Narutos appeared.

"Alright guys, you know what to do."

"YES SIR!" The clones all went to work, setting traps for the much deserving brooder.

Naruto trudged home, weary but satisfied. If only he could stay long enough to see Sasuke's reaction. Oh well, some dreams just aren't meant to be. He slipped into bed and fell asleep instantly, his last thought of sadness at knowing he would wake up in a world with a must darker Uchiha and without a sorely missed Hokage.

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"NARUTOOOOOO!"

Said ninja flew up awake at the cry. Only this time, it wasn't a pained female voice, it was the voice of a male, and one that promised pain.

Sasuke Uchiha kicked the door open, and flew in.

"Naruto, I know you did this!"

Naruto wiped his bleary eyes, and took in the sight before him. Standing in front of him was a raven-haired teen with a moustache, a uni-brow, feathers stuck to honey on his skin, several lumps on his head, and permanent marker on his neck saying "Property of Orochimaru." He burst out laughing his head off, until he realized with a sinking feeling that he was in the dream. But how?

He had no time to think however, as in the next instant, only his instinct saved his underdeveloped body from avoiding the wrath of a certain Uchiha. Dodging blow after blow should have been easy according to his experienced memory, but his young body said otherwise.

"You're going to pay Naruto! This is the last straw!"

"Aw shut up you bastard! You had this coming, acting like you've got a stick up your ass!"

"Why you annoying, idiotic-"

Just when it seemed Naruto would have to take drastic action, help came from an unexpected source.

"Sasuke-kun! What are you doing here? We need to go wait for our new sensei for the bell test! And Naruto you idiot! Where the hell were you yesterday? Sasuke-kun and me got stuck with you UGH! AND Stop picking fights with Sasuke-kun! We're on the same team now so behave Naruto!" Sakura appeared, somehow having used her fan girl senses to track down Sasuke.

At this point, Naruto was bewildered beyond belief. What was going on? Why the heck was he still in this dream? That was it, drastic times called for drastic measures. And hey, despite the pain it would be interesting to see the reactions of his old teammates.

"And Naruto if I hear ONE more time you've been picking on my Sasuke-kun, I'm gonna turn you into hamburger meat! Did you see that Sasuke-kun? I defended you against that idiot!"

"Hn"

"Well, Sakura-chan, you've made you're point. I gladly concede and will take the appropriate measure."

"Wait, what? Naruto you're making even less sense than usual." Sakura slapped her forehead with her hand, annoyed even more somehow against her "new" teammate.

Naruto took out a kunai, and rolled up his sleeve. Hopefully it wouldn't hurt too bad before he woke up in the real world.

"Well, here goes nothing!" As his shocked teammate's eyes widened, he drew the tool across his wrist, drawing a worrisome amount of blood.

"NARUTO WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"

"What the hell you idiot, what's wrong with you!"

Naruto grinned and grimaced at the same time, crouching down as he felt the effects of the massive blood loss.

"HELP! HELP SOMEBODY HELP HE'S GOING TO DIE HELPPPP!" Sakura, useful as always screamed desperately for aid. Somehow, Kakashi found them.

It wasn't much of a surprise to Naruto, as he knew that Kakashi wouldn't be at the meeting, as he was always late. What was he even doing around this part of Konoha anyway? It probably didn't matter to him, he just read porn anyway no matter where he was. Then again, Naruto vaguely recalled that until Sasuke had left, Kakashi hadn't really payed attention to him at all. It was always all about Sasuke. He felt a tinge of anger, not enough to make him hate Kakashi, no he had already proven his trust to Naruto in the…future? Or out of this dream would work too. Well, he might as well screw him over just a bit as petty revenge, since it was a dream.

Kakashi had been reading his porn as Naruto had suspected, when he heard a bloodcurdling shriek. Racing to the scene, he realized it was Naruto's apartment. What could be going on? He body flickered in to see his new student bleeding to death.

"What the hell?! Who did this?" Kakashi took on a flabbergasted look, somehow with his mask. His eye grew wide, and one could only assume his other eye and his mouth had too.

"Heh, it was Obito. He killed me saying something about Rin?" With that, Naruto passed out.

"Wha…No….How…"

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"Eurghhh…" Naruto slowly rose to consciousness. Ughhh what happened…OH yea! I should be in the real world now. Hahahahah that look on Kakashi-sensei's face was priceless. I should feel bad, but it was just a dream anyway, and serves him right for his training, or lack thereof I guess. He glanced around to get his surroundings.

"So, Naruto, would you like to explain how you know about Obito Uchiha and Rin?"

"…..Oh shit."