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Here's the rewritten chapter 3. The story is gonna change much more from the original from here on out.

Chapter 3 – This is it! Naruto, Sasuke, and a guy named Fred

..."In..cre…AMAZING!" IT yelled, hopping around in a circle, hands in the air. "We actually have an enlightened on in our midst!" IT suddenly stopped and stared at Naruto in sheer joy. "You've passed! It's such an honor to finally meet one who truly comprehends the greatness of ramen!"

Naruto leapt in air, shouting his joy to the blackness while Sasuke twitched at the scene before him. The odds of IT asking about ramen would have been astronomical.

Naruto was never gonna let him forget this…

"Alright! Let's get going!" IT stated and a glowing doorway appeared behind the two boys. As they turned to look at the portal, IT shoved them through with a big push, cackling madly as IT followed them through.

Here we go again…

"What was taking you so long?" a feminine voice asked, rather frustrated.

Both boys opened their eyes, but were quickly blinded by the sudden brightness. Naruto and Sasuke slowly rose from the ground, shaking their heads to clear away the fog. Standing up, they stared at their new location. They were standing in a good-sized room, large enough to hold a dozen of Naruto's shadow clones next to each other, hands stretched wide. A dark brown sofa sat a foot to their right with a plump armchair stood to their left; a short table between the two. The walls were tall, painted a pleasant tan color, framed with dark wood floor runners. Giant windows replacing two of the walls, showing bright blue skies and giant clouds of fluff outside, were to their backs.

"Well?" the voice asked again. Their eyes turned to the source. A little girl, maybe 8 years old, was standing in front of them. She stood there, hands on her hips, glaring at them cutely. "Huh?" Naruto asked dully. "Who're you?"

The girl pouted. Her shiny brown eyes glared harder at the two shinobi.

"I'm the one that should be askin' that, you idiot!" She said, crossing her arms and tapping her sandaled foot. Naruto and Sasuke looked at her with skeptical looks. They glanced at each other confusedly, but looked back at the fuming 8 year old. "Seriously though," Sasuke asked her. "Who are you and where's that thing that followed us through?"

…Don't be that thing…Please?

"You mean Fred?" She asked as she tucked a dark brown lock of hair away, smiling cutely. "He went back to sleep. He's my imaginary friend." "ITs name's Fred?" Naruto asked. "What kinda name is Fred?" The girl glared at the blonde once again.

"HIS name is Fred," she stated proudly. "It's Fred because I decided that was his name. Since I said his name was Fred, he became Fred. So there!" Sasuke just stared at the little girl, thinking, "Great, a bratty little girl with a supernatural being as an imaginary friend brought to life."

The girl then looked at them, seemingly confused. Her eyes went wide and she took a deep breath. "DAAAAAAAADDYYYYYYYY!" she screamed, breaking Naruto and Sasuke's eardrums. The whole room shook and the windows rattled dangerously. "Damn, what a pair of lungs!" the two thought at the same time. They were lying on the ground, covering their ears when she finally stopped.

…Are we dead yet? Wait…that isn't…

A new figure had appeared. However, it wasn't a man like they thought it would be. It wasn't even IT (now known as Fred). It was a woman. A pretty woman… a really pretty woman; ok, she wasn't just pretty, she was freaking beautiful. She was tall, easily a good foot taller than them both. Her long black hair was like silk, glittering in the sunlight. The woman wore a long lavender robe that ended a bit above her ankles. She had a lithe figure, similar to that of a dancer, but exuded the aura of an elite ninja. They could see she was barefooted, but since her back was turned, they couldn't see more.

"Hello dear," the woman said. She had a pleasant voice, they learned. "Your screams would wake the dead, dear one." They could tell the woman loved the little girl from the way her voice was soft and nurturing. The girl blushed cutely, suddenly bashful and shyly hugged the woman.

…a mother and daughter? Cute, but we need to know what's going on…

Sasuke and Naruto got back to their feet. The blonde cleared his throat, but was ignored by the two hugging females. Sasuke tried, but the result was the same. Eventually, the two separated and the little girl was sent to Kami-knows-where. The woman turned to the boys and arched her eyebrow. She gestured to the sofa while she took a seat on the armchair.

They took their seats and an awkward silence filled the room. Both teens fidgeted and glanced at their host, but the woman, she just sat there relaxed with her head propped up by her right hand. Finally being able to see their entire host, they could see that she wore a large white T-shirt and a pair of purple pajama bottoms. After what seemed to be an eternity their host finally spoke.

"Well, what do two shinobi from the now-fallen Village Hidden in the Leaves want with me?" she asked, staring at the two 'curiosities'. The two glanced at each other and Sasuke was the one who decided to speak.

"We wanted to go back in time to save our home from destruction," Sasuke explained to her. Naruto nodded and spoke up, "Yeah, after those Akatsuki bastards screwed the world over, we ended up fighting Madara. Even though we beat him, we still failed." Both boys saddened a bit at that thought. The women just rolled her eyes. "But even though we failed the first time, we want to try and fix it," Sasuke continued. "We know what needs to be done and we won't fail our comrades again." Naruto smiled and nodded again in complete agreement.

The woman rolled her eyes before sitting up, seemingly giving them her full attention. "Well, that does sound important," she began as the boys smiled. "You two obviously have a good reason for this grand quest." Her voice took a sarcastic turn. "I mean, why else would two blood-stained killers come to my family, practically demanding our help."

She then leveled a glare at the two flustered shinobi. Naruto jumped to his feet and started gesturing wildly, saying, "Hey, we just followed the instructions from some stupid scroll the Teme's family hid in their cellar, lady." He crossed his arms as he continued his tirade. "We burned the scroll like we were supposed to, and then we got sucked into this giant eye-thingy. Then we were floating through the tunnel of doom. We ended up in this big black place and that girl's imaginary friend, Fred," he spat out that last part. "Scared the crap out of us, he did. We talked for a bit then we ended up in here after shoved by him into this door-thingy made of glittery light stuff."

…idiot…gonna get yourself killed…

He nodded, concluding his rant and plopped back onto the sofa next to Sasuke. Said Uchiha face palmed at the blonde's rant. "Naruto was really gonna get them killed…" he thought to himself. The woman smirked at them, finding the blonde's rant rather humorous.

"I see, you're either very stupid (which is very likely) or very brave (also very possible)," she said, staring at Naruto. "You want to go back and save your village? If that's what you want, then it's a rather simple, yet infinitely complicated task." She stood up and placed her hands on her hips. "Well, what are we waiting for?" She then walked to the glass wall, facing the blue skies. "Are you sure this is what you want? If you two do this, there's no going back," she said, glancing at them out the corner of her eye.

Both shinobi stood up and declared in strong voices, "Yes ma'am!" She smirked at them and gestured for them to follow. Walking to a blank portion of wall, a doorway appeared and they walked on through.

...here's the start of the divergence…

Chapter 3 is done. Some of you will probably see that not much is different. Like I said, the chapters are a bit revised but will start to differ later on. Tell me if it's better or worse than before.