Forgotten Dreams

Harry Potter/Naruto Crossover

Summary: Two souls stand as the bulwark against the dark. Will their light be enough to show the way?

Rating: Haven't decided

Pairings: Haven't decided

A.N.: Yes this is AU/AR. I'm taking the characters created by Rowling and Kishimoto and playing in my own little world with them. Don't own them, will return them suitably mangled when done playing. So beware that the characters will be OOC at times.

Prologue:

"Are you sure this is the only way?"

"Yes, both worlds face a time of great evil. We must separate them."

"I know, its just hard to separate them knowing what they'll face."

"The won't be separated forever. Just long enough to restore the balance. When the time is right they'll find each other again. Besides even though they won't be together they'll still be joined and able to draw strength from the other. They'll be fine, don't worry."

With those words the two souls in discussion were separated and sent into the worlds below.

"Are you sure that they will succeed?"

"They must or else the balance will forever be destroyed. But we have set them on a long, hard road. Wish them luck, they'll need it."

Had the two watched the two souls a few moments longer they would have seen one of the souls be delayed in its journey. For only a few moments a tendril of darkness held up the soul. These few moments would change the course already set in motion and the repercussions would echo throughout both worlds.

So first born of the twin souls was Harry Potter and he had fifteen months of happiness.

That fateful Halloween night the small form of Harry could be seen giggling happily. He could finally feel his soul bonded. As his twin soul was born, his magic levels spiked.

But the evil they had been sent to face had an unfair and unknown advantage, for soul fragments of evil had already slipped into the world.

So on the night of what was supposed to be joy, turned into despair.

Harry Potter lost his parents and almost his life, had it not been for his soul bond he too would have died. So Harry was found and placed with his relatives in Surrey.

Elsewhere, in a side dimension, a newborn Naruto was used as the vessel to contain the demon Kyuubi. Costing his father his life and Naruto the chance at a happy childhood.

With these shocks the soul bond was overwhelmed and shut down. It would take years before it would recover and reconnect completely. However, a minute connection formed over the first couple of years of the boys lives.

So that by the time they were six and five they began to dream of another life. It was just glimpses that disappeared upon awakening. This continued for years.

So as the boys slept, they dreamt. It is in a dream where the story truly begins.

Harry lay on his cot in the cupboard under the stairs. He was excited, tonight he was going to ask the boy in his dreams to be his friend, one Dudley couldn't scare off. With these thoughts Harry fell asleep.

He stood in a room with doors all around him. He looked around for the boy. As he looked he heard something whimpering, following the sound he pushed on a door where it sounded like it was coming from. The door slid open and there lying on the floor was the boy.

"Are you alright? What's wrong?" Harry asked as he rushed forward.

Naruto looked up at the questions, tears welling in his eyes, spilling over to his cheeks. "I'm okay. Who're you?"

"My names Harry. Would you... Would you be my friend?" Harry blurted out in a rush.

"You want to be my friends? You don't hate me?"

"Why would I hate you?"

"Because I'm a freak, everyone says so."

"So am I. My uncle says so everyday."

"My name's Uzumaki Naruto and I'm going to be Hokage someday. I love ramen of any type."

"Hokage? Ramen? So will you be my friend?"

"Uh-huh, always. How can you not know what ramen is? Or Hokage?"

"I'm not allowed outside."

So every night they met in their dreams and played.

One night as they were playing the heard growling. Feeling adventurous the boys decided to find where it was coming from . They ventured out into the hallway, walking down it finally at the very end there was a door that had a lock on it.

"Let's open it!" Naruto ever brash didn't wait for a response. He went ahead picked the lock on the door. Creakingly the door opened. Looking at each other nervously they stepped into the room. They stepped into a huge room with a portion of it barred off. At first the boys thought that there was nothing there, however, a shape began to form in front of the bars. It was a fox. Looking at each other nervously they slowly approached the cage. It was the fox growling.

The fox took no major notice of the boys, instead it just growled at them and turned around to lay down. Still with its back to the boys the fox spoke, "what are you children doing here? Are you sent to torment me, remind me of my guilt?" The fox's tone was angry but there was a note of sadness to it.

"Why would we torment you?" Naruto inquired being precocious.

"Don't you ever wonder why Uzumaki Naruto, why, you are so hated and reviled?"

"At times but I have Harry so it doesn't matter."

"I am the reason why you are hated."

Harry spoke up. "Why would you be the reason?"

"Because I am a demon and I am sealed within him." By this point the fox had turned to face the boys. Tilting its head it stared at Harry. "It is rare to see a traveler from another dimension. How did you get here?"

"Dunno. I've been seeing Naruto in my dreams for as long as I can remember. I mainly just watched him but one night I asked if he wanted to be friends. He agreed so here I am. Why are you sealed in Naruto?"

"Like I said I'm a demon. Someone attacked my family and I followed the attacker back. I wanted to kill the one who killed my family. But something happened. I was overwhelmed with bloodlust and hurt many. Too many. The next thing I knew I was here sealed into a cage in a portion of Naruto's soul."

"It's okay, I don't mind. What's your name?"

"You are innocent Naruto, too innocent and kind. I was known a Kyuubi."

"You seem okay Kyuubi. I understand why you did what you did. You were trying to protect your precious people. I can't blame you for that."

"Yeah you made a mistake and it seems that you regret what happened."

Kyuubi looked at the two boys in disbelief. "How can you be so forgiving?"

The boys looked at each other and then replied.

"Because you haven't hurt us and if we hate you for a mistake then we must hate everyone else, may family for hating me and Naruto the villagers for his abuse at their hands. But to go down that path is only pain." Harry responded to Kyuubi's question.

Kyuubi was in awe at the response given to him by a child.

"Kyuubi is there anyway to free you are at least let you have more freedom?"

"No, Naruto there isn't, that I know of, but the fact that you are willing is enough."

Looking that the two boys Kyuubi saw the fate before them but didn't say anything because it wasn't his place. However, he vowed to help them as needed.

"Naruto, while tonight I can't be freed in time if we work on it I can be. However, my life will still be tied to yours by the seal."

"Oh. But one day maybe?"

"Maybe."

"It's a promise, you better believe it!"

So the nights passed and the boys dreamed only to awaken the next day never remembering their dreams. Only the sensation of happiness and the knowledge that someone, somewhere loved them. The feelings remained as the dreams faded.

For dreams are the subconsciousness' domain. What is remembered on waking depends only upon the mind itself. And for now their minds didn't or wouldn't remember.

A.N.2: This is just a test chapter to see how people like it. Depending upon the response it will either be continued or pulled.