Chapter 1

A new Chance

Naruto growled out his anger as Sasuke forced his back against the stone. One hand was around his throat, cutting off air and holding him in place. The katana in his hand was coming closer and closer to the man's heart but everything seemed to be moving in slow motion to the fox container. Speaking of the fox it was agitated beyond belief at the weakness that it's container was showing. Naruto couldn't think between Sasuke cutting off his air and the fox ranting in his head.

In a move of blind desperation he slashed at Sasuke's stomach and kicked him in the groin. Sasuke backed off for a moment but was back on the other man immediately. Naruto was panting hard as he parried a couple of blows and tried to force the raven haired man further away from him. Naruto was getting pissed, why couldn't anyone around here just leave him alone? That's all he wanted, all he really needed. He lashed out at the dark haired man in front of him. He wasn't going to loose this fight, no way no how. This was the last time Sasuke was going to push him around. All of his anger at the Uchiha that he'd bottled up for so many years bubbled up to the surface and his vision began to cloud with red.

Yeah, you tell him...Oh goody I can't wait till his bloods everywhere!

Naruto ignored the insane ranting that the fox was doing, the only thing in his thoughts was making the bastard pay for everything he'd done. He was going to make him pay for each and every time that Sakura had cried over him, each and every time Naruto had almost died trying to bring his sorry ass home. Rage built up within him and he lashed out again and again. By now Sasuke was covered in his own blood but was dodging most of the fox boy's attacks. This only made him angrier and his rage was building to a bursting point. All of his energy was now being focused on killing the Uchiha in front of him. His death was all Naruto lived for at this moment. It consumed his mind as surely as the red chakra was consuming his body. A distant part of his mind told him that it was unwise to allow the demon's chakra to run rampant but he shoved the thoughts away viciously. He didn't want to be rational right now, he wanted the Uchiha's blood.

Roasted tasty Uchiha...Roasted Tasty Uchiha!

Once more Naruto ignored the fox, he didn't have room to spare a thought for the insane being that resided in his mind. There were only images that were slowly leaking into his mind. His wifes body laying on the ground in a puddle of blood, her violet eyes misted over by death. She'd died fighting him, died fighting to protect this village and the child that had laid in the room next to her body. Naruto tried to stop the image of what he'd found in that room from his mind but he couldn't. The image of the room, the blood everywhere, seeped into his mind and the rage grew to a new level. Bile rose in his throat, why did he have to go that far. There was no reason to hurt the child! No reason at all yet the Uchiha had crossed the line. What was worse was that this bastard didn't care about any of the people he'd killed when he and had attacked their village, he didn't care that he'd killed an innocent child while she slept. He didn't care that he had a child's blood on his hands. He didn't care about anything other than his pitiful form of revenge!

All of this fueled the rage and Naruto shot forward faster than Sasuke could move out of the way and shoved his fist through the man's chest. He could feel the Uchiha's heart beating against his hand but he didn't register the thought as he stared coldly at the Uchiha. Sasuke just stared at the hand as if it couldn't be real, as if it was all an illusion to make him drop his guard. Naruto's eyes were devoid of any emotion as he pulled his hand out of the mans chest, blood dripping down his fingers as he reached behind the Uchiha's head and snapped it to the side quickly, effectively breaking the mans neck. For once the fox was silent as Naruto let the body fall. His mind didn't register the thought that he'd just killed the man he'd once called a brother. He didn't even register the blood that was dripping from his fingers and onto the ground beside him. The only thing in his mind was the image of his daughter's peaceful face framed in her own blood.

Naruto stared down at the body for a few moments more and then walked away. He was walking away from everything he'd ever known...everything he'd ever loved. But that was his choice. He had nothing to go back to in the first place. Konoha had fallen and so had the seventh Hokage. What more was there to go back to? His home filled with the scent of blood? His wife and daughter's funerals? No, he wasn't going back. He was tired of death, tired of Funerals. Naruto was done fighting, he was done with his life. He saw no point to living without his wife and his daughter. He paused to stare out at the scenery before him and a rueful smile tugged at the ends of his lips. This was the place where everything had started to go down hill. The place where this path of hatred and death had started. The Valley of the End, what a fitting name for the place where he'd killed Sasuke. Maybe it would be a fitting place for him to die as well?

He moved to the edge of the cliff and stared down at the water rushing down the water fall. His legs trembled slightly from the amount of chakra he'd used in the fight. He sat down and leaned back until he lay on his back, staring up at the bright blue sky. His blue orbs slowly closed as a few tears slipped down the sides of his face. He didn't want to think, he didn't want to know what he'd just done. He didn't want to remember what he'd lost. All he wanted to do was go to sleep and never wake up. He wanted to be free of his mistakes and all of the suffering he'd not been able to stop. He sucked as a Hokage...just goes to prove what Neji had said to him all those years ago: Once a failure...always a failure.

The Kyuubi watched from his cell as the boy drifted into the darkness of sleep and got his escape from the world, for the moment at least. Kyuubi couldn't help but feel sorry for the boy, he'd done nothing to deserve any of this. None of this had been his fault, it'd been the Kyuubi's. If only he'd been strong enough to fight the madness that had taken over him he might not have ruined this boy's life. A determined light came into his eyes, he was going to make all of this right. He was going to give the boy a second chance to do everything right. He was going to make sure that this time the boy didn't' lose his mate and kit. This time everything was going to be better. Everything was going to go right. He built his chakra into the boy and let it go. With a flash of light that would have blinded anyone looking Naruto vanished.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling in confusion. How had he gotten into his home? He was positive that he'd been outside when he'd fallen asleep. A frown formed as he recognized the ceiling. He sat up and glanced around the room as the frown grew deeper. He hadn't been anywhere near this apartment in almost ten years. He had been positive that it had burned down in the original attack on Konoha, the day that he'd faced and destroyed most of Peins bodies. Just the thought of the past made his throat constrict and he had to blink several times to stop the tears from flowing down his face. To distract himself he swung his legs over the side of the bed, his intent to go take a shower. He sighed and walked the familiar path to the only bathroom in the apartment, a little ill at ease but ignoring it for the moment. He placed his hands over his eyes and rubbed them in irritation. Nothing made sense anymore and he didn't particularly want to think about it, or anything,at the moment. He glanced in the cracked mirror and almost screamed in surprise. For a moment he wondered if someone had cast a genjutsu on him as he reached up to touch his face. The figure in the mirror did the same, a look of horror on the twelve year olds face. Naruto made a face and the reflection mirrored him. How was it possible? How was he twelve again?

What's the matter kit, surprised to see how dorky you used to be?

Naruto stared at his reflection in dumbstruck awe at his reflection. He touched his face again then frowned. He was twelve, which meant that Hinata was still alive and Sasuke hadn't betrayed them yet. A small smile tugged at his lips as the full implications of what was going on began to form in his mind. The sly old fox had given him a second chance, given Naruto something he'd never thought possible. He felt tears of welling up in his eyes again and he hastily wiped his eyes.

"Thanks Kyuubi." he murmured quietly.

No problem, now you need to go meet your new team.

Naruto smiled wider, his twelve year old face glowing brightly with happiness. He nodded, turning to quickly turn on the shower. It may not have really been there but Naruto could still feel Sasuke's blood on his hands. He felt a twinge of anger mixed with a bit of hope as he thought of the boy, maybe this time he could save him? Maybe this time everything could be different.

Maybe you can stop him from becoming a homicidal psychopathy?

Naruto snorted and stepped out of the shower, reaching for the towel hanging from the rack. He couldn't help but stare at the image in the mirror once more before making his way toward his closet. He tossed the towel on his bed and then turned toward the closet.

The moment he opened the closet his eyes were raped by the bright orange color that was his clothing. He had to blink several times before his could clear the spots that swam before his eyes. He frowned and pulled the outfit out of the closet with a sigh. He was going to have to find some new clothing. He had no idea how he'd managed to survive for as long as he had wearing it. It almost screamed to the enemy 'I'm Right HERE KILL ME NOW!'

He could almost feel the Kyuubi's amusement as he pulled on the clothes but he ignored it, feel a bit lighter than he had in a while. He briefly wondered about it as he tied the knot in his headband feeling a sense of normalcy and comfort having it's weight against his forehead. He grabbed his kunai holster and ran out of his front door.

Slow down, you have plenty of time. Besides, your channeling chakra into you legs whether you realize it or not. You need to slow down or someone's going to get suspicious!

Naruto had long since stopped questioning what the Kyuubi said when he was in one of his helpful moods and did as he was told. He noticed after a moment that the fox had been right, he had been channeling chakra into his legs without realizing it. As he walked he glanced at his surroundings and noticed several chunin casually standing around, apparently waiting for missions and such, and was relieved to see that no one noticed his slip up.

That was close, everything could have been ruined if they caught me doing that. I'm not supposed to have figured out how to do that just yet...

Damn Skippy Kit, and if they think that somethings up you'll never get a chance to change anything.

Naruto pondered over this while he walked, only to be pulled out of his thoughts abruptly. Ahead of him, walking into the academy, was the one person he'd been the most anxious to see. Hinata Hyuuga. His heart loosened so much that he wondered how he hadn't been in pain before. He held himself back from running to her and enveloping the girl in a large hug. He knew better than to do that, it would be very suspicious. He also knew that she'd only pass out.

Years ago, after their marriage, she'd told him about the hours she'd spent watching him when they were younger. He'd never really saw her that way when they were younger, and he'd kept back the information that he'd thought she was a little weird back then. He'd been young and really really stupid back then. And besides, he'd only had eyes for Sakura during that point in time. He took a deep breath and made his way toward the entrance, a little more than excited to begin the day and his new chance at life.

Re-Written for the THIRD time. -_-;;

There were only two chapters of it that I had written and I'm going to upload the other one tomorrow. Tell me what you think of this chapter.

~Sailor Emerald.