Year: 2002

Age: 5

Naruto Uzumaki shot up from his bed. The young blonde wildly looked around his room with fear. His mind was filled with the vivid images from his dream. Though something told him that what he saw while he was asleep, was very much real. Like they were visions of the past or something...

Naruto shook his head and banished the thought. "That sounds as crazy as the ninja story that Hashi-jiji was telling me before bed." But what he saw was so real and it terrified Naruto. So much so, that it eventually caused the five-year-old to scamper out of his room and into his parents' room. He carefully crept through their room, right up to his father's side of the bed. He was sleeping soundly on his stomach with his arm hanging from the side of the bed. Naruto gently grabbed his father's limp arm and gave it a tug. The blonde man simply groaned in response. Naruto gave it a more forcefully tug. His father gave another groan while he cracked an eye open.

"Naruto?" He rasped. Naruto's dad fully awoke when he saw his son's distressed face. "What's wrong Naru-chan?" Naruto didn't give any response. His dad sighed and sat up. "Are you scared of something?" Naruto nodded while shifting with discomfort. "Do you want to sleep with me and kaa-chan?"

"Yeah."

His father ruffled his hair. "Alright buddy." He turned around and shook his mother's shoulder. "Kushina!"

The red headed woman shot up and looked around. "What is it Minato?" Her violet eyes landed on Naruto fidgetting at Minato's side of the bed. "Naru-chan? What's the matter sweetheart?"

"The only thing I got from him is that he's scared and wants to sleep here tonight." Minato softly said to his wife.

Kushina exchanged a look with her husband before looking back at Naruto. "Sweety, we can't help you if you don't tell is what's wrong."

"I had a bad dream and it scared me." Naruto whispered.

"Can you tell us what happened in your dream that made you so scared?" Minato asked before lifting up his son and setting him on his lap. He frowned in worry as a light tremble shook his son's body.

"I had a dream where me and Sasuke were ninja and we were fighting. And Sasuke.." Naruto paused before giving his father a sad look. "He said he hated me and was trying to kill me. And the me in my dream felt so sad and it hurt right here." Naruto pointed to his heart before burying his face into his dad's chest. Minato and Kushina exchanged concerned looks.

Year: 2008

Age: 11

Naruto fidgetted nervously. "You promise jiji?"

Next to him, his great-grandfather gave him a reassuring smile. "Of course I do, Naruto-kun. I'm you awesome great-grandpa, you can always trust me."

"Kaa-chan, tou-chan, baa-chan, and ero-jiji said the same thing but..." Naruto sadly trailed off.

Hashirama sighed and shook his head. "I'm very sorry you feel that way about your parents and grandparents. But despite how poorly they are reacting to this, they really do love you and want what's best for you."

"I know that but when kaa-chan made me see a therapist, it made me feel I'm crazy and there's something wrong with me!"

"There's nothing wrong with you, Naruto!" Hashirama forcefully said. "I think that you're just like you, Uncle Tobirama, and me. When we were your age, we too had dreams like yours. They were so real that we refused to believe that they were otherwise. They had to be something else."

"What did you think they were?" Naruto's asked with a cautious tone.

"After a lot of research, we concluded that they were visions of the past. Tobi thinks we were reincarnated but I think," Hashirama paused, causing Naruto to lean forward with interest. "I think we were all given another chance at life. We all lived such chaotic and restless lives, and maybe we can finally have a chance at a more peaceful one."

Naruto frowned. "You're not messing with me right?"

Hashirama gave him a stren look. "I would never joke around about something like this. I truly believe that this is true. If you get any more visions, you'll believe the same."

Naruto nodded for he looked at his hands in his lap before giving Hashirama a desperate look. "If you're right, then what am I supposed to do? The dreams scare me a lot. And telling kaa-chan and tou-chan doesn't help. They make me feel like there's something wrong with me."

Hashirama sadly sighed. "I know Naruto. I'll have Tobi talk to your parents about that. I'm sure he can convince them to calm down."

"Thanks. But how do you and Tobirama-oji deal with this?"

"We had each other. Tobi thought what's currently happening to you would happen to us, so we kept it to ourselves."

Naruto tilted his head in puzzlement. "Did you ever tell Mito-obaachan? You told me you told her everything."

"I actually did tell her." Hashirama smiled wistully. "And then I had to have Tobirama confirm everything. I don't know how I married such a serious woman."

"But you could really trust her."

"Yeah, your great-grandma knew we were telling the truth when Tobi confirmed everything. She, of course, kept our secret and helped us with our rougher past memories."

"How am I supposed to find someone like that? No one wants to be near me because Sasuke had to tell everyone that I was seeing a therapist."

"Hmmm. Why would Sasuke do something like that? I thought you two were friends."

"We were until some of the worse...visions happened. One of them showed him..." Naruto trailed of with a haunted expression.

Hashirama nodded in understanding. 'I guess Madara and I aren't the only ones with a rough history.' "I understand Naruto-kun." Naruto curiously looked at Hashirama."In the past, Madara and I were forced to be enemies as well. He gave me some horrible memories for me to remember from that past. When we were growing up and I was remembering, I had a harsh time being around him. Madara being Madara, he quickly became offended. Which made things much worse. It took forever for us to mend our friendship. If you value your friendship with Sasuke, you should fix things before it's too late."

"But what about the visions?"

"Spend more time with him. The more good memories you make with him, the easier the past ones are to forget."

Naruto let the words sink in. 'Maybe Sasuke and I can be real friends this time.' He roughly pushed away the horrible memories of him and Sasuke's fight.

Hashirama watched a myraid of emotions cross his great-grandson's face. "Naruto, I think it's time I show you something that will really help you."

Naruto gave him a questioning look. "What is is?"

"Meditation."

...

"I can't believe you have a dog and a fox." Sasuke said as Naruto's pets licked his face. He shooed them off of him so his black cat could sit on his lap.

Naruto stuck out his toungue. "I told you so. But you're the one with the stupid cat. What kid our age has a pet cat?"

"Chidori's different." Sasuke huffed while gently running his fingers through the feline's fur.

"Whatever." He muttered before he took note of Sasukes older brother. "Itachi!" The sixteen-year-old noticed and gave a small smile. He walked up to him and poked him in the forehead, like he did to Sasuke.

"Hello Naruto-kun. It's been a while since I've last seen you."

"I didn't want to come over since Sasuke was being such a jerk to me." Naruto quickly responded.

Itachi gave a soft smirk. "Oh really now? Sasuke how could you do something like that to Naruto-kun?" Sasuke looked away in embarrasment, not seeing the quick wink Itachi gave Naruto.

"I-I-It was just me being stupid." Ignoring Naruto muttering, "So you admit."

"Don't worry about it, otouto. Friends get into fights. My two artist friends get into fights about art all the time."

Naruto instamtly narrowed his eyes before masking it with confusion. Itachi frowned when he saw this. "Artist friends?" Naruto questioned.

Itachi blinked. "Yes. Diedara likes to make clay sculptures and Sasori makes wooden puppets."

"That's cool. Do you have any other cool friends?"

"Well there is: Konan who does origami art and paints, Zetsu does body paint and gardens, Hidan is just super religous and swears a lot, Kakuzo is a mathmatician and sows for his family's business, and you know how your cousins Yahiko and Nagato are."

"Cousin Yahiko is so cool and Nagato is super smart."

"Hey Naruto-kun, would you like to see some of my friends' art that's in my room. I heard Aunt Kushina talk about your drawings."

"Sure. Can I let Kurama and Kyuubi off their leashes?"

"It should be alright, the yard is closed in." Itachi stared curiously at Naruto fox and dog. "Which is which?"

"The fox is Kyuubi and the Shiba Inu is Kurama."

"Kyuubi, huh." Itachi had a critical look in his eyes.

Naruto arched his eyebrow. "Like the nine-tailed fox."

Sasuke frowned in confusion as he looked between his brother and Naruto. "What are you guys talking about."

Itachi shook his head and smiled before poking Sasuke in the forehead. "Don't worry otouto. Just stay here and keep an eye on all of these animals."

"Alright, nii-san."

...

"From what I have gathered," Itachi had a serious look on his face. "You remember our past?"

"So does Hashirama-jij and Tonirama-oji."

"I can assume telling your parents and grandparents didn't work out well?"

"Not really. I think I'll harder to act as normal as possible so they'll stop worrying about me." Naruto murmured.

Itachi lightly smiled. "You're just the same as before, always worrying about others."

A sheepish smile appeared on Naruto's face. "I can't help it, I have a family for once. I want to protect them."

"I understand. The rest of the former Akatsuki members feel the same way. It's nice having a peaceful life for once." Naruto's eyebrows rose at the information the former Akatsuki remembered the past.

"Ya know Hashirama-jiji told me something similar. But how can you guys deal with all those memories? They terrify me sometimes. I can't sleep some nights."

"The past is in the past. It's no use dwelling over it." Itachi simply said. "Though I suppose being with Sasuke is hard for you?"

"I guess. I can't help it though. He...he...he.."

"I understand Naruto-kun. Will you allow me to help you? You and Sasuke deserve a better chance at friendship. No matter how much you deny it, I was part of your problems with Sasuke. I shouldn't have lied and manipulated him like that." Naruto was shocked by Itachi's plea. "Please allow me to help fix this. It saddens me that my past mistakes have bled into this life."

Naruto hesitated before responding with, "Alright Itachi." A silence settle between them before Naruto asked. "Do you actually have your friends' last in your room somewhere? I actually really wanted to see it."

Itachi chuckled. "Yes I do."

(A/N: I know I should update my other stories, but this idea has been bothering me for a while. I'll update my other stories as soon as I can. I promise I will finish them... eventually. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this new story and please leave a review. Have a nice day.)