Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, it is owned by Masashi Kishimoto.

Credit: The Keeper of Worlds, for helping put this story together.

Note: Canon-verse Kurama will speak with "Example". Parallel world Kurama(Kyuubi) will speak with "Example".

Naruto stood there, in total shock as he saw two of the large demonic fox standing in front of him. "K-Kurama? Where am I?... And... Why is there two of you!"

He then looked around at the black void. All that could be seen was thin narrow pathways that eventually led up to the platform that Naruto and the two kitsune were standing on.

Kurama grunted slightly, as he looked to the side. "It's hard to explain."

The other one growled lowly, as he hissed at Kurama. "Just tell him. Beating around the bush isn't going to help anyone."

Naruto's eyes fully opened, as he felt a rather large amount of... Malice, coming from the second Kurama. He also noticed that the second Kurama was noticeably thinner than the one that he was familiar with. He walked over to the fox, and smiled slightly. "I haven't seen Kurama angry for a long time, so clearly you're not a clone."

The large fox spat in another direction, as he glared down at the blonde. "Took you awhile to figure out that one, dipshit. And it's KYUUBI to you! You don't deserve to speak my name toward me!"

Naruto jumped back slightly from Kur... Kyuubi's words.

'Eesh, forgot how bad his tempers were.'

He then turned to Kurama. "Okay. Explanation. If he isn't a clone, why are there two of you?"

Kurama rubbed the bridge of his nose, as he let out a soft growl. "Okay... See, there are these things called alternate universes. Parallel worlds, if you will."

The blonde raised an eyebrow to this, confused as he folded his arms. "Parallel... Worlds?"

The large fox nodded to this, as he closed his eyes. "Basically, they are splits in reality. Any decision a person makes can create a parallel world, different, or even similar to the original."

Kurama's eyes opened slowly, as he looked down at Naruto. "The bigger the decision, the more the parallel world differs from the original."

The blonde had his arms drop to his sides, as he looked at Kurama. "Okay. So what does that have to do with me?"

The large fox looked over at his angry copy, then back at the blonde. "We believe, that something that you did in the past, caused this to happen."

His eyes narrowed, as he continued. "You made a parallel world."

Naruto's eyes widened slightly, as he took a step forward. "Something I did? What do you mean!"

Kurama's stare never wavered, as he answered the blonde. "There were many points in your life, where there were important decisions that you had to make."

The blonde looked down, as he cursed slightly. "Well, that doesn't help much... You know how many times I've had to make possibly life changing decisions?"

The Kyuubi sat next to Kurama, and growled lowly. "Well, if you would shut up, then you would know that it is actually simple to find out when it happened."

Kurama looked over at the other fox, and nodded. "Summon him."

Kyuubi nodded, as he began to glow. He growled in pain, as the area was engulfed in a red light.

Naruto rubbed his eyes, as the light began to fade. "Fuck, way to warn a guy! That light was blinding!"

"W-What the?..."

Naruto blinked, as he opened his slightly sore eyes to see... Another him standing only a few feet away. His eye naturally twitched, as he looked at the other blonde. The only difference that could be seen between them was their apparel. One was wearing Konoha ANBU gear, bearing a long sword on his back, and a fox mask resting on top of his head. While the latter was wearing a long black cloak with orange flames on the bottom, and wearing the hat of the hokage.

Both of them looked up at their respective kitsune, completely baffled.

"Kyuubi, why is there another me?..."
"Kurama, why is there another me?..."

Both foxes looked at each other, and sighed lowly as Kurama shook his head. "The reason why there is another you, is because you are both your respective parallels."

Kurama then gave a slight smirk. "It is the you from the alternate world."

The ANBU garbed Naruto wasn't too surprised, the information was already given to him. The latter... Wasn't as relaxed.

"EHHHH? A-Alternate world? W-What do you me- Nnngh..." The Rokudaime's eyes rolled to the back of his head, as he fell to the ground, completely unconscious.

The conscious Naruto, and Kurama look at Kyuubi in surprise. Who decided to grunt slightly, as he looked to the side. "Sorry, but I am REALLY not in the mood to deal with that."

Naruto sighed, as he looked at his unconscious double. "Was I really that bad in the past, Kurama?"

Kurama coughed lightly into his fist, as he closed his eyes. "A-Anyways-" He raised an eyebrow, when he noticed the Rokudaime begin to levitate in the air. A slight smile appeared on his mug. "Ah, looks like it has begun."

Naruto looked at all of this in shock. "H-Huh? What has begun? What're you- A-AH!" Naruto looked around in panic, as he began to levitate as well. He was then flung forward toward his alternate counterpart. "WAIT! WAIT! WAAAAIIIT!"

They both collide, causing a bright light to engulf the room.

Once the light faded, both kitsune looked to see Naruto slowly get up. "Iteee, I got such a headache..."

Kurama rubbed his chin, as he looked at the blonde. "Interesting... You both formed into one being, but-"

Naruto's eyes bugged out of his head, as he looked at Kurama. "Wait, WHAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?"

Kurama rubbed his temples, as he hushed Naruto. "Calm down... This was going to happen."

The blonde folded his arms, as he looked at the fox in confusion. "Wait... It was? Why? I get that I made a parallel universe, but... Why was this going to happen?"

Kurama looked at his alternate, who growled lowly. "Well, what my 'esteemed counterpart' failed to tell you, is that our worlds are becoming unstable..."

The ANBU garbed jinchuuriki stared at the Kyuubi, confused even more. "Un...Stable? Why?"

The Kyuubi growled as he closed his eyes, and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Have you been having weird dreams lately? Dreams of events that are familiar... But also different?"

Naruto rubbed his chin, as he began to think about the question, before his eyes fully opened. "Now that you mentioned it... I did dream of being the Hokage... During the dream I was talking to Shikamaru, and then Sakura.. Er, Sakura-chan, showed up... And I felt really... Angry for some reason."

The Kyuubi's eyes opened at this, as he looked at Kurama. "This is worst than I thought..." He then looked down at the blonde. "Naruto, what you dreamt of, was something that your alternate was doing today in our world. You were dreaming of events as they were happening."

The blonde's eyes widened at this "W-What? Are you serious?"

The Kyuubi nods to this, as he looks down. "It's been similar for your alternate. Lately he had dreamed of events that were similar to what he had experienced, but were also different in small ways..." Kyuubi's eyes sharpen, as he continues."You both are dreaming of memories and past events that never happened in your respective worlds. That is why our worlds are becoming unstable, our universes can't handle tears in reality such as this."

Naruto grabbed his head, feeling pain go through it. "Okay! No more of this over complicated universe stuff! My brain can't take it!"

Kurama took a breath, as he began to speak. "But, it's interesting that my world's Naruto became the dominant form of the two."

Kyuubi scoffed, as he looked to the side. "Makes sense... My world's brat was such a fucking pushover..."

Kurama then smirked, as he put out a hand. "But now that they've joined, we can now get to the root of the problem... Where it all started."He then brought up images from Naruto's past. All of his past battles, all of his emotional encounters... Everything.

Naruto looked at all the floating images, he then turned his head to Kurama. "What's this for?"

The large fox moved his hand around, lining up the memories side by side, based on the world that they came from. "We're trying to find out when the worlds had split from each other... When the memories began to change."

Naruto rubbed his chin, as they looked through the memories. He blinked, when he noticed they were going from when he was born. All of the memories so far had been the same. "Wait... Wouldn't it be smarter if we started from the present and go back from there?"

Kurama rubbed his chin, as he began to ponder the idea. "Hmm... Well, from what I can gather, the memories from your childhood are all the same. So, we'll go with your idea."

He flipped them around, so it would go in reverse order. Naruto saw all the memories from both sides. His eyes lit up, when he noticed that the memories from the war, were not there from the alternate side. "So... He didn't fight in the war?"

The Kyuubi sighed, as he shook his head. "I'm assuming that you haven't recovered all the memories from your alternate self, so... No, there wasn't a war in my world." Naruto looked at the fox in surprise, who continued. "Instead... The nations planned for a small assault group of the strongest ninja to go and attack the Akatsuki at the source... With Naruto as the leader of the group."

Naruto looked on, and cringed slightly when he saw his alternate self kill Sasuke. "Guess we never patched things up..."

After awhile, he looked in surprise. "Hold on! That... That's when Sakura and I..." He fell to his knees, as he grabbed his head. "W-What's going on?... I feel this splitting like pain in my head...!"

Kurama looked at the memory, then back at Naruto. "I see... This is the time when it happened!"

Naruto looked up at Kurama, with an eyebrow raised. "A-Are you sure?"

The fox nodded, as he looked at the image. "It has to be, otherwise you should have reacted to the other sets of memories." He then growled lowly. "Everything changed... In the Iron country."

The blonde shook his head, as the pain began to fade. "Yeah... Yeah, I remember...! Sakura and I... She told me that she loved me, but... I knew she was lying to me... After that, I let it go, because I understood that she was trying to protect me."

His eyes widened slightly, as he grabbed his head. "B-But there's more... I... I was so angry...! She... She used my feelings...! She took advantage of my feelings for her, and my trust...! In order to get to Sasuke...!"

The Kyuubi sighed, as he looked to the side. "Well, that's how your alternate self reacted to it... Seems you handled yourself better."

Kurama then gets into a more relaxed position. "It also seems like you're beginning to remember the memories from your alternate self."

Naruto groaned, as he rubbed his head. "So... So what do we do now?... We know the source of the problem... So what now?..."

Kurama and the Kyuubi both look at each other, and gave a sort of pained expression. "Well, Naruto... This is where it gets difficult."

The blonde looked at them both, totally confused, before the large fox continued. "You will have to give up one of the two worlds."

Naruto stared at them both for what must've been 20 minutes, before his jaw dropped. "W-Wait... What do you mean by 'give up one of the worlds'?"

The Kyuubi looked down at the blonde. "It's exactly what he said, you have to choose a world to give up, and a world to stay in." He stuck his finger out toward the jinchuuriki. "YOU are the cause of the two worlds being split apart, the moment you give up a world, it should disappear, along with your memories of it."

Naruto looked at them both in shock, as he looked down. When he thought about it, a rush of feelings surged through his body. More specifically, his feelings for Hinata and Sakura. "D-Dammit...! My circumstances couldn't be any worst!" He ran his hand through his hair in frustration. "Do I... Do I love them both?..."

Kurama blinked at what Naruto had said, and sighed slightly. "You're still getting accustomed to your alternate self's memories and feelings. You may love them both now, but once you and him fully fuse together, you might start seeing things in a whole different light."

The Kyuubi walked up, and sat next to Kurama, and growled lowly. "That's not all that there is to this... You have to choose to end a world... Of course it is not going to be simple." He put his arms out, in his left hand, an image of him being the hokage with Hinata in his arms appeared. In his right, an image of him standing in ANBU gear, bloody and heroic, with Sakura standing next to him appeared. "Which world will you choose to give up?... The world where the title, a beautiful girl, the acknowledgement, everything you could have ever asked for, was given to you? Or, the world where you are still struggling to obtain all that you have ever wanted?"

Naruto just stared at the fox, before scratching his head. "When you put it like that, at first glance anyone would pick the first world to stay in." He then looked down, biting his lip. "But... What about Sakura?... Plus... Working for your dreams is never a bad thing..."

Kurama nodded slowly, as he gave a slight smile "You still have time to decide. In the mean time, you will have to live in both worlds." His eyes then sharpened. "I hope you're ready... For these next several days will be rough on you..."

Naruto's eyes widened at this. "Wait... What do you...?" He then saw that the world was beginning to fade away. "W-Wait! Kurama! What did you mean!"

Soon his vision was engulfed in light.

Wooooooot almost took me a month to do this!

Yeah sorry, it was actually really difficult to write this chapter. Because I had to write it without making it sound... Well, illogical. Yeah, the whole parallel world thing probably isn't perfect, but I'm not going into TOO much detail with it. This isn't supposed to be a sci-fi fic.

Anywho, Laters.