Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
A/N: Writer's Block...ugh...can't do any faux fanfiction right now.
No offense to any one who writes stories about younger versions of the characters, I haven't actually read any.
Sorry the chapters are still so short, but if I don't do it this way, I'll keep putting it off and end up not updating it at all, like some of my other stories.
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Naruto faced himself.
His copy stared back with a smile.
"You don't have the power it takes to beat me," said the fake. "If you use the kyuubi, you might stand a chance," he said teasingly, "but you won't have won of your own power. Then you'll never be as good a ninja as Sasuke."
"I'm better than Sasuke," Naruto insisted. "I beat him, remember?"
"Hah," scofed the fake, gazing upon the real Naruto with pity. "You won through luck not skill. Anyone can get lucky once in a while."
"It wasn't luck," insisted the real deal. "I won because I'm good."
He ran toward his opponent letting the shuriken fly through the air.
Metal clanged against metal as Naruto's shuriken met their own duplicate.
Naruto repeated the action allowing more shuriken to fly. 'Please let this work,' he begged. 'I have to win. I have to prove my strength here.'
The shuriken again clanged to the floor.
"What are you trying to do?" Demanded the fake. "You're just wasting time and shuriken." He reached into his pocket for more shuriken to counteract the latest batch of Naruto's ninja stars.
"I refuse to lose to you!" Screamed Naruto. "I don't even know who or what you are!"
"I'm you," said the fake, smiling peacefully. He waited for the clang of metal as the shuriken met. Instead, Naruto's shuriken sliced right through his. "What?" He gasped, leaping into the air.
Naruto followed his look-a-like.
"I have wind natured chakra," he explained. "I chakra charged my shuriken to slice through yours." He smiled as he planted his foot on the clone's back.
Naruto sent his look-a-like flying into the floor.
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Sasuke's Oneshot
"Look out," cried Sakura, noticing the enemy before any of the others.
He wore a black mask and black cloak, his body was completely hidden. There was no actual guarantee he was even male. Nothing about this ninja stood out, not his appearance, not his looks. He used a simple kunai as his weapon, something any good ninja should have been able to dodge.
The enemy's hand moved in a flash, aimed at Sasuke's head.
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Jiraiya read the reviews for his latest chapter.
He had gotten over thirty for this latest chapter, but only one really stood out on the page.
Nurse Ramen
This chapter was beautiful. The look into their past was quite touching. You managed to make the characters seem like they actually were younger versions of themselves without making it cheesy, or turning it into a comedy. Most people can't seem to do that. They either make the characters seem too much like themselves or turn them into parodies of their true nature.
Jiraiya smiled as he wrote his response.
Thanks, that was my greatest concern as I went into the flashbacks.
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BoogiepopShippuden smiled as he monitored the activity of the fourth wall from his computer. "It seems he has arrived," he whispered, being intentionally vague about who had arrived just so that you could all get stuck wondering. "Now let the crossover begin."