Ch.4 Past

I don't own Naruto T-T sadly…

WARNING: may contain curses, words that should not be used by children and maybe some blood and violence

"blah" = speaking

'blah'= thinking

"blah" = Kyuubi speaking

"blah" = when reading or in a flashback

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Today it was raining in Konoha. It had been a few days since the trip with his brother, but Minato still hadn't gotten much out of him. He was now drawn between thinking he was a spy or that he just had a problem trusting people, like he was afraid of something.

He had tried to get to know more of his past and present, and tried to make his brother tell him what he was hiding in a way that seemed to have good intentions, not that he hadn't, still he was worried by it. He had no luck though, Naroyu would always change the subject, even if he didn't know that Minato knew he was hiding something.

And what worried him the most was that he'd see his brother having nightmares, not very good once ether. Minato had set up a spare bed in his room cause he didn't have a guestroom. The dreams seemed to be composed of a natural fear. It was as if he didn't have anyone, as if he was alone in a scary, unfair world, not believing anything except for what he saw himself. Never trusting anyone.

He was afraid that these dreams where reality, somewhat frightening memories, that had become fears. Cause if it was so, then it would explain a lot. Why he was avoiding his life and past, why he didn't trust him much, even though they had only known each other for about three weeks.

He also knew that he wasn't always hyperactive, like he showed out to be, all the time. He could be calm and sometimes he'd just relax thinking. But now that he thought all of this over, he couldn't come up with a reason. Naroyu seemed like a pretty nice guy, so why would he have a fear of people not liking him, or judging him. It just didn't make sense, he couldn't figure it out and it drove him crazy. He wanted to know if there was something bothering his brother, he wanted to help him.

But how could he help if he didn't know what the problem was… well he couldn't force it out of him, not that he wanted to, cause he had learned that Naroyu could be pretty stubborn. Actually he reminded him a little of his girlfriend Kushina with that stubbornness. But still he needed to find out about his brother somehow. If not for himself then for the other blue eyed one, and clear the suspicion he was under.

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Naruto didn't have the best week, he was trying to cope with the problem of being in the past. He had begun to think about how to get home, if home even still existed, after all this was the past. He begun to think like he had lost everything and everyone close to him with this, and he was so scared and afraid of that, he missed the people home, whiteout them he felt lonely and sad. He didn't like not being able to talk freely. But what was almost worse was that Minato had been asking a little, too, much about him, his past, his present, and hinted way too much that he could always tell him about himself.

Naruto sighed, he wanted to, he really did, but he was still afraid that he'd loose him as well. Now that he didn't have anyone else here, he needed to know he had someone who cared, he couldn't stand to be alone again. That was also a reason why he didn't tell him about Kyuubi and being a jinchuuriki, he also wondered what happened to the Kyuubi of this time 'Surely there would be one here in the past as well', he had thought. The other reason he wanted to lay of his past was because it brought forward both unwanted memories and memories of the people he missed. But he couldn't not tell him, that's why he would try to tell him soon, and if he so much as looked at him wrong he would up and leave for good, no matter how much it would hurt.

The fox and Naruto talked a lot, especially after Naruto's training with Bee, and their talks were usually during the night when the blond could both rest and be with the fox at the same time. The furball and him had talked a lot about the subject of their other self's that night, not that Naruto was born yet, and came to the conclusion that they needed to find information about it. Information like, 'where is the Kyuubi of this time?' And 'why can't Kyuubi sense him?' but also 'what year am I in?' and 'when is baby me gonna be born?'. he figured he'd just have to do some digging.

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A day later Naruto went to the library and over to the 'history' section. He didn't know what good it would do him, but he needed something to start from, seeing if at least one of these books had something on the Kyuubi and a date to figure out when he was. Huh, he'd been here for three weeks and he still didn't know the date… damn he had to try and pay more attention.

He searched through a lot of books, he did find a date, baby him would be born in about a two years time, but all he found on the Kyuubi was that there was no record what so ever about a nine tails. He found info about all of the other eight bijuu and Rikudou Sennin, but not the Kyuubi. 'I don't get it Kyuu, it's like you never existed' Naruto said to the demon fox. The only reply he got was a grunt. 'Ok, now I'm sure. You know something I don't, come on tell me' he whined a command

The grumpy voice that followed didn't sound surprised "I should have known from the start… since we have traveled back in time, we have changed the timeline from, not only when we arrived, but also from the time I have been present in this world" the voice said in a tired tone. He knew something was wrong when he couldn't remember much from before Naruto was born.

Naruto just furrowed his brows 'How did we do what?' he was seriously confused now. The dark voice grunted again but answered nonetheless "Well time traveling has consequences" Naruto just got out a "huh" out loud. The Kyuubi sighed answered once again "When whatever happened with that jutsu collision, I believe we where transported to the past, but because you had me, changes to the past had to happen for us to exist here. The other me had to disappear, that means all information, including memories about me, also disappeared. Even my memories of what happened in this time have been erased. We have screwed up the timeline by changing too much". The booming voice explained.

Naruto's face scrunched up in thinking mode 'I still don't get it… is it like the timeline changed because of the changes we've made since we arrived ' he asked. He only got a grunt in reply to know he was right. 'But what would that mean, what happens to the other timeline and how is this one so different?' .

Silence was all there was for a few minutes before the fox answered yet again "Well kit, I guess the difference is you and me… here no one knows of a ninth bijuu," Naruto got a confused look on his face "it means we get to change this place as much as we want, we don't know what the future brings, but we've got to be careful or something bad might happen. I have a lot of history in this village, that much I know, and I don't think that has changed, people just don't remember it. But the future wont stay the same, that's for sure".

Naruto mulled it over, new timeline, different future, new environment, no one knowing him, and all that. But his head stuck at one part. 'What do you mean when you say we have to be careful, what could happen?' he suddenly asked his furry friend.

Naruto heard a heavy sigh in the back of his head 'Oi, are you mocking me?' he thought in an annoyed tone. Another grunt came before the creature answered "no I am not mocking you, that would be far too fun to do now" you could practically hear the grin "if you, for once, could think for yourself, you would know this. Changes to the past causes a domino effect. Lets put it like this, if one person dies, in this timeline, that wasn't supposed to die then in the original timeline, someone might not be born cause one of their parents would be dead. What if that happened to someone you knew" Kyuubi knew that from there Naruto could figure it out on his own, he was smarter than people gave him credit for, he just had to sit down to really think first.

Naruto stilled and thought, dread and concern filing him. 'Damn I really do have to be careful, what if someone on team 7, or the rookies and anyone I once knew isn't born… what if… I'm not born…' he left his thought there. Damn it he hated being worried, especially when feeling so useless and lonely as he did right now. No one knew who he was here, and he had no one to talk too outside of his head… he felt lonelier than ever and he felt lost of what to do next. He sat down on one of the library chairs pulling one leg up towards his chest and continued that train of thought.

Kyuubi listened to him ramble to himself and had enough "Kit!, damn it listen to yourself! You know exactly what you're gonna do. Make the best out of the situation and try to make sure all the people you know in the future stays alive and well" he said, the Kit shouldn't feel so hopeless, that just wasn't him.

That brought Naruto out of his train of thought and his eyes grew large, he, Naruto Uzumaki had been brooding over his current situation… '…I'm acting like an Uchiha' he thought horrified 'guess the furball's right, but first I have to tell Minato something about me and my life. He told me some about his, it's only fair that I do the same. I should trust him, after all, he is going to be the Hokage, I have to tell him sometime, better now than later'. And with that he left the library with a small smile and determination in his eyes.

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Later the same day. Naruto and Minato had just eaten dinner, which had been rather awkward since Naruto hadn't talked or even looked at him, and sat down on the couch in the living room. Minato just thought he had a bad day or something, but was wary that he seemed nervous of something.

That got Minato thinking as he sat down beside the other blonde, he hadn't seen him all day, he'd been out somewhere. 'Wonder what he did' he thought absently. His thoughts brought back memories from earlier today with Jiraiya. His sensei had asked him if he had gotten any info about his blond copy yet. He had been honest and told him what he had been told of his travels, where and with whom, and Jiraiya had seemed pleased with that. It troubled him a little that the sage didn't trust the other blond, but he tried to understand his sensei. He was however broken form his thoughts when he heard his name spoken.

"Minato?" Naroyu said as to get his attention. "Yea, what is it". Naruto looked down and gulped, this was it, he would tell Minato about his past, he wouldn't mention Kyuubi just yet though. He would drop that bomb some other time. "Um, I know you've been asking me a lot of questions lately and that I have been avoiding them constantly… um… you still want to know?" he still didn't look up and he sounded nervous as hell. 'Damn what's up with me, I'm never nervous' he thought and tried to man up.

Minato heard the voice of his brother and tried hard not to worry too much, it was good he could talk about it… right?. "I do want to know, but only of you want to tell" he finally said getting Naroyu to look at him, he saw fear and longing in his eyes, and it worried him even more.

The whiskered blond shifted on the couch and started "When I was born a… tragedy came over the village with the orphanage I stayed in… It was pretty far from here." 'Pretty far as in two years form now' he added in his head "Some things happened and some people died, it became a day of mourning for most people… I was born that day, the only one born in that village that day too…I grew up mostly alone, shunned form the rest of the people…" he stopped, clenched his fists and looked away from the concerned listener.

Minato looked like he wanted to interrupt with a question, but Naruto continued before he could "I didn't know why people seemed to hate me until I turned twelve, all I knew before then was that I was partly blamed for that tragedy somehow… I was used as a scapegoat for their sorrow and fury… even as a child. When I was around four or five, cant really remember it that well, I was moved out of the orphanage to live on my own. The leader of the village was the only one who cared I guess, he gave me a place to live and monthly allowance." Naruto didn't know what came over him, he'd never told anyone about this. He'd just started rambling and telling, it felt almost easy, but he could feel tears prickle at his eyes.

He continued his story "I did go to school though, and there I met a teacher who seemed to care, he was the first person to ever got to know me, and I'm glad he did. He seemed to be the only one who taught me anything, the other teachers usually ignored me, or a few deliberately sabotaged the lectures for me, though I didn't know it at the time. After some time though some people acknowledged me and I made a few friends. I stayed there in that village till I soon would have turned 13, then sensei and I left for our journey, and well I ended up here some years later" he finished. He left out big details, but he would fill in blanks if he ever got questions.

To say Minato was angry was an understatement. He was both furious over the people that had done that, and very confused and sad as to why they did it. It only gave him more questions than answers, like: 'how could that have happened, shouldn't a child have been protected?' and 'why him, sure he may have been born on that day, but that shouldn't mean he should get the blame. So why?', Minato promised himself then and there that he wouldn't look at Naroyu any different than before. He wouldn't leave his brother like that. Minato was happy too though, that he had found someone that treated him properly at school and were there for him. But he was also furious at the other so called teachers for neglecting him like that. 'for what?' he thought again. But then a thought hit him and he asked "What happened to your friends form that village though?" it wasn't his fault he was curious, 'but,' he thought 'curiosity killed the cat' he knew he would have to tread casually on this, or risk losing his brother.

Naroyu looked at him with a small sad smile "When I was sixteen the village was attacked, and it was left pretty much destroyed, there was a huge crater in the middle of it in the aftermath. My friends were still in the village, and well they're not around… now" the younger one said. 'Well not a lie, Pain did destroy the village, not that anyone died, except for himself. My friends aren't around yet, but he doesn't need to know that' he thought to himself. The attack would ether way have been a believable lie after all the ninja world was in war about a year ago, and that war had just ended with the destruction of Kanabi bridge.

Minato looked sad, he didn't know that his past was so sad, he didn't want that. 'And to think I wanted him to talk about it so freely, I must have acted like an interrogator, pushing him like that' he though sadly. He thought back to what he had told him of his childhood and was surprised that he was still smiling and happy about so much. But he was to stunned to say anything.

Naruto took in the silence and the sad look in Minato's eyes before spoke up. "That's pretty much it, my past… My life hasn't been easy, but I've had my share of good memories. I guess the people around me gave me hope, something to believe in, and most of all it gave me a way of life, my ninja way" he ended it there, memories of his old genin team and Haku flashing in his head.

Minato listened to all of it, and sort of felt relived at that last part. He smiled and looked at his younger double "Wonder what that is?" he said quietly, mostly to himself, his brother had said enough for today.

Naruto heard him though "Maybe I'll tell you some other time," he began as he looked at the clock on the wall "it's already eleven, I'm going to bed, I'm beat" and he meant that, drawing up old memories was always tiring, especially when they brought feelings thought to be buried with them.

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A/N: There, the next chapter done. Sorry it took long again, but I'm a slow writer. So what do you think. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I'll answer. Personally I think I write Naruto a little out of character, and it annoys me. So please tell me what you think. R&R C: