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Dream/Flashback

Mindscape

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Previously:"Naruto Uzamaki, Sasuke Uchiha please step into the sparring area. Shake hands and then get into your taijutsu stance," Iruka said. Naruto and Sasuke complied and got into their stances. "Ready, Set, Fight!"

Sasuke pulled out a pair of kunai and charged Naruto. Naruto pulled out a shuriken and threw it at Sasuke while forming hand signs. "Mass Shadow Shuriken Jutsu," Naruto proclaimed and the shuriken multiplied into a cloud of death. Sasuke for his part dropped into a crouch and ducked under the advancing shuriken. Sasuke struck out at Naruto's abdomen with a kunai while bringing the other up to Naruto's throat. His cloak reached out and grabbed the kunai and pulled Sasuke onto his face.

Naruto reached down and helped Sasuke to his feet, then dropped into an offensive stance. Seeing this Sasuke slipped into a defensive stance. Naruto charged a struck at Sasuke's heart and lungs. The alabaster boy knocked Naruto's hands down, then bent over and hurled. "What did you do," Sasuke choked out. "I pushed air out of the seals on my palms and forced it to hit your chest," explained Naruto in his calm voice. "Match winner: Uzamaki Naruto," proclaimed Iruka as he ran over to Sasuke to provide medical assistance.

Naruto walked out of the ring and laid down, under a tree with a single lonely swing. He promptly fell asleep. When he woke he found a pineapple-haired kid lying next to him and a kid with a red swirl pattern on the swing eating a bag of chips, with a few bags around his feet. "Nara and Akimichi," thought Naruto. He sat up and got a better look at the Nara child, recognizing him as Shikamaru. "Geez, doesn't he get enough sleep at home? Best not bother him," thought Naruto. He heard the bell ring in the school and walked down the street towards Sima's shop. He was halfway there when he was surrounded by a mob of half drunk, half high villagers.

"Demon child, you got lucky when you got adopted." "Shouldn't even been born. But we can fix that now can't we guys!" and several other nasty comments came from the crowd as the advanced. Naruto took it in full and stood unflinching before the crowd. He'd heard it all before. Naruto knew about the fox, he always had. It comforted him when he was beaten into a coma, healed him when other's couldn't and taught him how to channel his chakra. Naruto regarded him as a brother. Of course he was surprised, and later terrified, when he found himself in his mindscape with a six-two business man with fiery red hair and a fox on his left hand.

Naruto just let the mob yell and taunt. When they were almost done he stepped back into a shady alley and the followed him into it, to wasted to think why he did it. Five minutes later Naruto stepped out of the alley and walked away tracking a bloody foot print that stopped halfway to Sima's shop.

Stepping inside he waved to the elderly man and walked over to him. "Hey Sima, look what my dad got me for my birthday," the boy said and held up the weapon for inspection. "Happy Birthday kid, your gifts on the rack at the back of the store," said Sima after looking over the weapon always coming back to the blade.

Naruto walked to the back and picked up a small black box. HE looked it over and dropped it to the floor. It made a load bang and fell open. Inside was another box double in size to the first. He dropped the second box and pulled out another box was twice the size of the second. Naruto repeated this several times until eventually he pulled out a pair of arm guards with his clan's affiliation on the forearm. "Had them special made add chakra and they resize themselves to fit you," Sima yelled after hearing the racket. Naruto picked up the boxes and put them back into each other and slipped the first into his pocket. "You and your puzzles, thank you Sima."

Naruto left and walked the rest of the way home. He could have shunshinned, but his dad wouldn't teach him the technique. So he was forced to using his feat. Naruto smiled and replaced himself with someone else closer to home. He heard the passing remark how did I get here?