A/N: Sorry about the wait, but I am a very busy person. I go to school from 7 AM to 3 PM, then I have boxing til 5 PM, then from 5 to 11 PM I have work, then from 11 to about 3 in the morning I have to study and do my homework. I am getting better at managing time so I should get chapters out at a quicker pace. Also this chapter is very fast paced. I like to get to the meat of stories so I don't waste time fluffing up chapters or events.

Rebirth is Imminent

"Run! You are no match for him. Take Tazuna and get back to Konoha!"

Ahhh. The sweet self-sacrificing words of Kakashi bring a light grin to your face. You open your eyes and survey the scene before you.

There, in front of you, is Kakashi stuck in a water bubble prison. Holding the prison is Zabuza. You are standing behind Sasuke and Sakura, with Tazuna standing off to the side. You get a strong sense of Déjà vu, as you have lived this scene before.

You then look down at yourself and sigh in disgust. You are wearing an orange jumpsuit and your body is pathetically weak. You have no muscle, no nothing. Your body is in no condition to fight the way you usually do. Not to mention the rituals you will have to perform once more to gain the Heavenly jutsu.

You have some chakra control, and it is enough to be a factor in this fight at least. Fuck being a wussy, loud-mouthed brat. You are going to show Konoha who their master is. You will show everyone why they should respect you, fear you. But for right now, you will settle for humiliating Sasuke.

"Yea, Sasuke, you and pinky should run away. You have no ability and would be a hinderence," you say.

Sasuke turns around and scowls at you, no doubt ready to say some scathing remark. However, being stupid, like you know he is, he has turned his back on Zabuza, and a water clone appears right behind Sasuke.

"LOOK OUT SASUKE!" yells Sakura.

She is so loud, the backstabbing banshee. You wonder if you should invest in some earplugs sometime soon.

The Zabuza clone kicks Sasuke in the back, knocking him to the ground. Sakura attempts to run forward to save her 'love', but the water clone appears right next to her and backhands her. She also falls to the ground.

You remember an easy jutsu from the future that could be used by anyone if they knew the secret behind it.

You mutter, "Denkouhada (Lightning Skin)," under your breath, channeling chakra to augment your bioelectricity. Everyone person has bioelectricity, which their body generates, and Denkouhada merely raises the amount your body makes and spreads it all over your skin, so anything you touch gets fried.

You are surprised that it works. It is the first time you have tried a jutsu you will learn in the future with your old, pathetic body. You feel good as the bioelectricity races through your body, raising brain function speed and physical speed. Now it's time to zap some water.

You run forward, launching yourself at the water clone. You think you hear the pink banshee screaming in the background about how you aren't strong enough to take down Zabuza, but you ignore her, which is quite the feat in itself.

You hit the clone with a super bioelectricity charged punch. BOOM! The clone explodes as lightning zaps its body into nothing. Everyone but you cringes and closes their eyes, most likely because when the clone exploded in a burst of water, a lot of electricity was released. You are used to this, so you don't even falter as you continue your charge towards Zabuza.

Unfortunately for you, as you near Zabuza, the demon of the mist opens his eyes. You have been found out. You decide that another plan of action is need and so you halt and jump backward, scrambling to reach your teammates.

You make it back to them without getting hurt and the first thing you do is pull down Sasuke a couple inches so he is at your height. Zabuza is now laughing and talking more trash, but you ignore him.

"Sasuke, we have to save Kakashi, and I have a plan."

Sasuke looks at you with scorn. He clearly does not think you could come up with a plan to save anyone. You will prove the bastard wrong, eventually, you will rip his lungs out with your bare hands, but that is a matter for another time.

"Just listen to me Sasuke. I am going to henge into a kunai. I want you to throw me, as a kunai, at Zubuza, but make sure he can dodge. Then throw another kunai. This time, make the kunai harder to dodge. Zabuza will drop the water prison and then I will do my electricity jutsu again."

Sasuke gives you a strange look.

"Fine, Dobe, but you will teach me that jutsu when we finish this fight."

You resist the urge to laugh in his face. You could kick his ass to hell and back with one finger. The pretty boy has no idea who he is messing with. But for now, you will play the game; at least you will play his game until you own his little bitch ass.

"Okay."

You henge into a kunai, which makes you feel all cold and metal-like, as if your skin has turned to steel. Sasuke grabs you and throws you.

It feels as if you are flying. You watch as you head straight for Zabuza's forehead. You can see the surprise in Zabuza's eyes, no doubt from the fact that someone was still fighting him.

As predicted, Zabuza tilted his head to the side, and you sail past him harmlessly. As soon as you are a good distance from Zabuza, you unhenge yourself; landing on the surface of the lake.

You land on the surface of the lake and manage to stay atop the water by pushing chakra out of your feet. Damn! You almost sink. You then conveniently remember that you do not have the chakra control of your future self yet. You have to train your body once more.

Exerting much more control and thought to staying on top of the water then you should have, you almost miss your cue, however, a loud, "Shit!" from Zabuza jolts you from your reverie.

You push off, launching yourself high in the air; a perfect chakra-enhanced jump, if you do say so yourself (even if you got lucky with the chakra control). Quickly muttering, "Denkouhada (Lightning Skin)," as you did before, you are ready to take down Zabuza.

Your jump takes you to Zabuza, who has let go of the water prison. You land right behind him, and as he turns and quickly tries to kick you in the head, you duck. His kick sails harmlessly over your head, and you leap forward, clasping Zabuza around his stomach. You let the bioelectricity flow from your body to his.

Zabuza throws his head back and lets out a fearsome scream. You smile as you continue to pump electricity into his body. After a little while, you realize you only have a little electricity left so you let go of Zabuza and jump away.

You run back to Tazuna. You pull out a kunai and keep your eyes open. Zabuza is on the ground, almost unconscious, but you know Haku is around somewhere.

"Good job, Naruto. That was a good plan," says Kakashi, bringing your attention to him. "Zabuza is almost unconscious. I'll take care of the rest."

"Whatever, Kakashi," you reply.

Meanwhile, Sasuke stares at you with undisguised hatred in his eyes. You smirk at the little bastard, and keep an eye out for Haku.

"Alright, Zabuza, let's see if you are dead yet," says Kakashi, walking over to Zabuza's body.

Suddenly two needles fly out from a nearby tree and lodge themselves in Zabuza's neck. A second later a hunter-nin appears next to Kakashi.

"Thank you for killing the Demon of the Mist, I have been hunting him for some time now," explains the hunter-nin.

You smile to yourself. Good ol' Haku. So far, this timeline is going exactly the same way that your original timeline did.

"No problem, I will let you take care of the rest," Kakashi assures Haku.

You shake your head and just start walking towards Tazuna's house. You ignore the others as they try to catch up with you.

Eventually you all make it to Tazuna's house. There, Tazuna walks up to the door and knocks on it.

Tsunami opens the door and yells out, "Father!" as she leaps forward to hug the old man.

You like Tsunami, she made you good food and never said any ill words to you. You stride in through the open door, leading your team in. The house looks the exact same as the first time you had been here.

"You can put your stuff in the rooms upstairs. The boys can share the first room and pinky can share the second room with your sensei," says Tazuna.

You nod and go upstairs. Upon entering the room, you throw your bag at one of the corners and turn around and leave. You brush past Sasuke without a word.

As soon as you reach the kitchen and dining room downstairs, the heavenly smell of cooked food hits your sensitive nose. Damn, you love food. You had forgotten for a while that in this timeline you are underappreciated and you have shitty food at home. Ramen is still god, but you have expanded your palate beyond the three minute meal.

"Oh my god, that smells great Tsunami-san," you gush as you rush over to the dining table and grab a plate of fresh, hot food. You start shoveling food into your mouth as fast as you can. Something about dying and going back in time really brings out the stomach monster in a person.

You look up and see that Tsunami is looking at you. She is smiling.

"Thank you, Naruto-kun. I always try my best at making good food." She turns to the stove, pouring some oil in a pan. "There is not a lot of food or money in Wave, but we do the best we can."

Yea, you sympathize with her. You know what it's like to not have a lot of money or food.

"Don't worry Tsunami-san, your cooking is superb," you tell her, hoping to ease her discomfort.

She does not turn back to look at you, but you see her nod her head at your compliment. You smile at nobody again and get up from the table.

You head for the door, but as you are about to leave, you are stopped by Sakura.

"Where are you going, Naruto. Sensei is sleeping, but he said we should all stay here and guard the house, just in case," she says softly.

Bitch! She can't tell you what to do! Wait! She just spoke to you softly. She's not screaming, yelling, or punching you. What the hell. You don't know how to react, so you file away her disturbing behavior in your must solve mysteries file.

"I am going out to train; I will be back in a little bit." With that said you push past her and walk out of the house.

.oOoOoOo.

You step into the clearing that is a little ways away from Tazuna's house. It is at the heart of the forest, the forest that, in your last life, Kakashi had trained you at. The clearing is much deeper into the forest, but you remembered how to get there.

As you walk to the middle of the clearing, you see that there is someone already there, no doubt waiting for you.

You walk up to the supposed stranger and give a little bow. The stranger bows back.

"Welcome Yang, it seems you already know about me," says the stranger while straightening out of his bow.

"Yes, I know who you are, Yin," you reply.

Yin smiles and then sits down on the grass. "How do you know about me already? I am surprised that you are here."

You also take a seat. "I remembered that in the future, before his death, Jiraiya told me that my other half, Yin, had appointed times and places to be present, in case I showed up. Then we would fuse together, becoming one person again, and reach our full potential."

"You are correct," says Yin, nodding his head, "But something bothers me. You just stated that you are from the future. How is that possible?"

"Come now, Yin, nothing is impossible," you reply, laughing loudly, "In the future, when we are joined and I am the master of the heavenly jutsu and a sealmaster, I will learn many powerful seals, including the time travel seal."

"Interesting, Yang, no doubt we are very powerful in the future."

You nod. "We are among the most powerful ninja in the world. Really the only threat to our power is Jiraiya, who is nearly unparalleled in his combat abilities."

You're telling the truth. In the future you are the either the first or second most powerful shinobi in the world. The only reason you don't know for sure is because you have never been in a real fight with Jiraiya.

"Hmm, that is good, I would not want us to become one person as we were at birth and still remain weak."

It's good to know that Yin is like you. Well, he should be like you since he is you.

"So how are we going to fuse Yin? I know how we did it in the future, but I was older then. How will it work with my body at this age?" you ask Yin.

Yin props his chin up on his hand, looking thoughtful. "I don't know, Yang. I could try to paint the seals on you so that they mirror mine and then we can synchronize our chakra and try the regular combining technique."

That sounds like it would work.

"Yea, let's try it. Are you prepared to do it now?"

Yin nods his head. You smile and stand up. Yin also rises to his feet.

"It will feel great to be whole again. I hate the feeling of feeling like you are only half of your true self."

"Yea, I know Yin, but this was the only way that father could contain all the chakra of that dumbass fox."

Yin nods his head. "You're right. It was the only way, but now we can become one again and join our powers. We will have great chakra control and my knowledge of seals will also become available to you. Not only that, but we will have stronger senses and stronger muscles."

You smile. "Yes, I cannot wait to feel whole again. Then we can show the pathetic Konoha citizens the true power of Namikaze Naruto."

Yin smiles broadly and gives a small chuckle. Then he pulls out a brush and some ink.

"Take off our jacket and t-shirt, and lay on the ground," he tells you.

You do as he says. You lay on the ground, which actually feels quiet good. There is something about lying on some soft grass during a sunny, breezy and calm summer day that makes you feel all sentimental inside.

"Don't fall asleep on me now," warns Yin. "You only get to lie down until I finish marking you, then you have to get back up. We will have a few last minute things to discuss."

You nod, not wanting to open your mouth and take your attention away from the great feeling of just lying on some soft grass.

You feel the brush move smoothly over your sink, depositing ink. You just relax, and take a breather, which is quite hard to do with the hectic life of being a ninja.

After a few minutes, Yin announces, "All done."

You get up, opening your eyes, getting used to the bright sun once more.

"Alright, time to get down to business," states Yin, appearing in your line of sight. "In that bag," he points to a bag not too far away from you, "there is a special kunai with the seal for our father's most legendary technique on it. Also, there is our sword, Kuroken (Black Blade). Our Memories will combine, and you will learn of some of the spies I have already set up to serve us. Also, you should find some more spies in Wave, we will need them."

"Yea, I know. I can't wait to use Kuroken in battle again. I love that sword," you reply.

"Be careful. While fusing will make us much stronger, you will need to take at least a week or two to work out any kinks. Then we will be the strongest around," advises Yin.

"Okay, let's do this."

Yin steps closer to you, so that you two are only about a foot apart.

"Alright, pull up an aura of chakra that exactly equals mine. Then we will clasp our hands together and yell the jutsu. Are you ready?" asks Yin.

You nod and start channeling chakra. Across from you, Yin mirrors your actions. The birth of a god is near. Soon, you will be a hell of a lot closer to your goal of power than you were before.

"Ready?" asks Yin. "Just remember…not everything is the same as it seems."

You nod, deciding to ponder what Yin had said at a later time.

"Hikitatsu (to become active)," you and Yin yell together.

A bright flash blinds you, and then the white gives way to black. You try to hold on to your consciousness, but to no avail.

.oOoOoOo.

"Ohhhhh!"

Your head feels like it got hit with a sack of rocks…very hard rocks. You groan some more, gingerly touching your forehead. The pressure of your fingertips on your skin instantly sends more spikes of pain through your skull.

You slowly sit up. You pull your knees to your chest and let your elbows rest on your knees. Breathing heavily, you try to muster enough strength to stand up. The strength is not coming to you easily.

"I intended to see many things today, but two Uzumaki's becoming one Uzumaki was not one of them," says a voice from behind you.

You muster a little energy and turn around, rotating on your ass. You are not prepared for what you see next. Uchiha Itachi is standing right in front of you.

"Itachi, what are you doing here?" you demand to know.

Itachi slowly lowers his hand. You tense, ready for an attack. However, Itachi merely pulls a pocky stick from his pocket. He munches on it slowly, his face expressionless.

"Well, I am doing the same thing here that you are," he finally replies.

"You're here to merge with your other half?" you ask incredulously.

Itachi slowly shakes his head. "No, I am a dimension traveler. My sharingan shows me that you have wisps of chakra around you, chakra that only surrounds dimension travelers."

What? Dimension traveler? Itachi must be off his rocker. You used a time travel seal not some dimension seal, if such a think exists.

"You're wrong Itachi. I traveled back in time."

Itachi grins a humorless grin. "Time travel…really, Uzumaki, really? Do you believe that load of garbage? There is no such thing. I would know. I have tried to bend time and space so that I could gain the power that would make me a god, but even I am not capable of such things."

Saying that you are now confused is a giant understatement.

"I don't understand what you are babbling about, weasel," you say, trying to goad Itachi into saying anything that could potentially help you understand what the hell was going on.

"Trying to anger me, Uzumaki, will not work. I have been through so much, so many lifetimes of pain, that I lost my emotions a long, long time ago. But I understand you are very confused, and thus, as a fellow dimension traveler, I will help you understand."

You perk up. Finally, an answer to the very strange situation you are in.

"Go ahead, explain all of this to me," you say, waving your right hand at your surroundings.

"Have you ever wondered if there were other worlds, other lives, other places, where our souls might find peace?" asks Itachi. "Because I have spent my whole life dreaming of a life that was perfect for me and I started traveling the dimensions to search for my perfect life. A perfect life where I am at peace, where I am the most powerful, where I am a god."

You don't know anything about godhood, but your good old friend Itachi is off his rocker.

Itachi walks closer to you, sitting on a nearby tree stump.

"I first stumbled upon the time travel scroll when I was very young, when Sasuke was only a baby. I am a genius so I understood it quite easily."

Genius! Bah! A word to describe those who have everything handed to them in life. You're not a genius, but you wiped the floor with Itachi in your last 'dimension'.

"I used the scroll to escape, trying to go back in time, but instead I landed in an entirely other dimension. There I learned wondrous things." Itachi shifts around on his seat and then settles down once more. "I found out that there are about 5 to 6 dimensions, and the time travel seal actually takes you to another dimension."

Another dimension? No way, it is a bull and crock story at best.

"You see, the dimensions are very similar, but each one has something different in it. In this one for instance, you are still the Kyuubi container, but, instead of being alone your whole life, Sakura has been there beside you."

Now you decide enough is enough. "Sakura doesn't give a shit about me, there is no way in hell she has anything to do with me," you yell.

Itachi motions for you to be quiet, and for the sake of knowledge, you pipe down.

"She was also orphaned, and in this dimension, her parents betrayed Konoha to save her, so they were executed and no one wanted to associate with Sakura, except you, thus you two bonded at a young age and have lived together ever since. Well, that's enough information for now. I will continue my search for the specific time travel, aka dimension travel, seal in this world. I will give you more knowledge every time I meet you. But for now, keep in mind what I said, and learn to enjoy life."

Itachi gets up and is starting to walk away when you spring up and grab him by the shoulder.

"What?! You can't leave after telling me that much. You dropped your bait, I am hooked, now tell me the rest," you demand. The weasel better tell you more. You are confused enough as is.

"Uzumaki-san, I did not expect to meet you today, I did not expect to meet another dimension traveler today. I have told you enough for now. I will provide more information later. I will make good on my word, after all, I need someone to test my power against. I promise to give you all the information you need, piece by piece."

And with that, the almight Itachi-kun disappears, right out of your grasp! That alone stuns you. You are quite the powerful ninja, yet Itachi breezed by you with no problems. You definitely have to train more.

You shake your head at the turn of events and at the information revealed to you. One thing is for sure, whether or not things are different in this world, or whatever it is, you will get your revenge nonetheless. Sure, you might have to be nice to Sakura, but eventually everyone would pay the price of destroying your childhood.

.oOoOoOo.

You open the door and stroll into Tazuna's house. The first thing that happens is Kakashi says, "Yo," and then a pink-haired blur hits you.

You feel like the life is literally fleeing out of your constricted body. Sakura has you wrapped up in a super bear hug.

"Sakura, stop!" you manage to get out.

Sakura immediately drops her arms and steps back, her face shocked. Her eyes are also filled with tears.

"Where were you, I prayed nothing had happened to you. You've been gone all day. I was so worried," says Sakura.

You just square your shoulders and fix your clothing. Your bag, the one that Yin brought, is still on your shoulder, but it was almost knocked askew by Sakura.

Paying no more attention to the pink-haired banshee, you walk upstairs to place your bag down and change clothes.

What you don't expect is that Sakura follows you up. You turn to close the door, and Sakura is already in the room.

She closes the door and then grabs you in another hug. She squeezes and then pulls back her head to lean in for a kiss.

Whoa! Her lips feel really soft, but you do not respond. Surprised and still confused do not even cover a tenth of what you are feeling.

Sakura pulls back and lets you go. "Are you okay," she asks. Then she lowers her head and stares at the ground. "Are you mad at me? Did I do something wrong?"

She looks up quickly and you notice her eyes are tearing up. You are very confused now. Even if what Itachi said was true and she had lived with you for a long time, why would she kiss you?

You will figure it out later, because first you want to convince her you are the same Naruto. You had given away a little bit of your true self by defeating Zabuza earlier, and if you wanted to fit in long enough to exact revenge, you had to act like the regular Naruto of this dimension.

You grab Sakura and hug her. "I fine, I swear, I am perfectly fine. You did nothing wrong," you hastily assure her. Thank god you are such a good actor, as you should be after putting up a front, a mask, your entire life. Your acting skills will save you in the long run.

Sakura sniffs a few times and then digs her head into your chest. "I love you, Naruto."

Freeze! She loves you! Time-out! Time-out! She freaking loves you! The kissing was fine, if a little farfetched, but suddenly you are at love. In your original life, you had learned to hate Sakura, and looking at her made you sick. But this Sakura was hugging you, kissing you, cuddling with you, etc. You are way out of your element.

"Uhh…I love you, too, Sakura," you reply, trying to sound sincere.

You're not really sincere, but that does not matter right now.

You pat her on the back a few times and then push her away. You go to the nearest bed and plop down. You are damn tired and a lot had been accomplished in your day. Sleep was a welcome relief from this confusing new life.

A/N: Well, that was a quick chapter, with a lot of info, but not much actual progress. I just needed for some info to be pushed out of the way in this chapter, but next chapter is where the real stuff starts, like training and stuff. For those of you wondering, Itachi is the ultimate bad guy in this story. The pairings are not final yet. Also I am so pissed off that Itachi died in the manga. What the FUCK is that about. I am so pissed, like uber pissed. Cya next chapter.