Hey! I'm back! Sorry 'bout taking so long to update, I have a heavy semester. Also don't forget to vote on who should end up with Matt. If someone you want isn't mentioned, PM me and I may add her to the poll. Keep in mind there will be a separate poll for Naruto and possibly Sasuke.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto… sadly

Chapter 2:

Getting Acquainted

"Why does the sun have to be so bright?"

That was the first thought Matt had when he regained consciousness. He winced as he shut his eyes, trying in vain to block out the bright light. Not even a moment later the significance of seeing the sun struck him like a lightning bolt. Sitting up Matt took in his surroundings, knowing where he was in an instant;

An alley.

Moving to stand, Matt noticed something else quite quickly. "Why the hell do I feel so… small?" Looking at himself, he froze in shock. He was in a five year-old body! Somewhere, in the back of his mind Matt questioned how he knew it was a five years old, but at the current moment he was too busy taking in his now petite body. From what Matt could see, he was wearing a pair of black cargo pants with multiple pockets, a black T-shirt with a red sleeveless hoody over top, and black sandals. Walking to the alley's end, looking for clues, Matt found more unanswered questions.

Instead of the roads and sidewalks he was used to, there was a large dirt road with people wandering along it. Another thing he noticed quickly was that some people were wearing traditional Japanese clothing, like yukata, and not getting any stares. With these two things in mind, Matt guessed he was in a Japanese village. Wandering to the center of the road, he realized something quite shocking. There were a few stores along the road with signs stating what they were. However, the signs were in Japanese scripture and Matt could understand it!

Turning in a full circle, Matt took in everything with a curious glance. Suddenly he froze, fear etched into his face. "I didn't see that," he thought quickly, his mind racing, "Please tell me I didn't see that." Ever so slowly, Matt turned to stare at what brought about his fears. At the end of the road he was on, was a large red, circular tower with a silver roof and large spikes around the edge of said roof. Behind the tower was a gigantic mountain, at least 5 times the size of the tower, with a few buildings on top of the mountain and the cliff. There were also a few trees on top and four large faces carved into the cliff. The first appeared to be male with long hair and a large band across his fore head. The second looked to have short spiky hair and faceplate the covered the borders of his face. The third had hair as spiky as the last and a short goatee to boot. The fourth and final had long wild hair that fell on opposite sides of his face.

It was Hokage Tower and the Hokage Monument.

He was in Konohagakure no Sato, The Hidden Leaf Village.

He was in the Elemental Nations.

He was in an anime.

Matt felt his legs turn to jelly when the realizations hit him. As he struggled to stay standing, Matt started to notice things that he somehow didn't before. A few men on a roof, each with a forehead protector with the Leaf's symbol carved in. A man walked past Matt wearing a blue shirt with the white and red Uchiha fan on the back. A woman with pale lavender eyes dress in regal attire walked down the road with two men with the same colored eyes following closely.

Stumbling back towards the ally, Matt tried to wrap his head around the fact that he was in Konoha. How was this possible? He knew the portal was supposed to deposit him in another dimension, but did it have to be the Elemental Nations? When he reached the ally, Matt leaned heavily on one of the walls before sliding down. Sitting there, Matt got more questions than answers as he continued his pondering.

However, he was pulled from his thoughts when pain lanced through his head. He couldn't even shout out, so agonizing was the pain. Through the pain, Matt saw memories, that weren't his, forced into his mind. Memories that showed him running through the streets and alleys of the Leaf. Memories that showed him the faces, names, and information of various people. Memories of a blond-haired, blue-eyed, whisker-faced brother. But there was one memory that stood above the rest and even in his pain addled mind he recognized how important this memory was.

Somehow Matt was the jinchūriki of the Jūbi Okami, the Ten-Tailed Wolf.

Unfortunately, the boy didn't time to ponder this new development. The pain became too much for Matt and he fell into blissful unconsciousness.

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When Matt opened his eyes, he was surprised to see that he was now on the edge of a forest clearing. Adjusting himself on the tree he was now leaning against, Matt looked about for any signs of life aside from the plants. His search ended quite quickly when a large wolf stepped through the bushes on the other side of the relatively small clearing.

The first thing Matt noticed was that the wolf looked to be as big as a horse. The top of its muzzle, head, torso and tail were a pitch black, while its stomach, chest and legs were an ash grey. Its claws were as black and, if the light reflecting on their edges were any hint, very sharp. Looking at its face, Matt's eyes locked with the wolf's eyes. The iris were emerald green surrounding slit pupils. Then Matt noticed something he somehow didn't earlier. Sprouting from the end of the wolf's back were ten long and fuzzy black tails. That's when Matt put two and two together.

He was in his mindscape and the wolf before him was the Jūbi.

With this in mind he scrambled to his feet as the bjuu advanced on him. As soon as he was standing, Matt quickly turned to the great beast and bowed; it was the only thing he could think to do. A moment later, his bow was met with boisterous laughter. Standing back up Matt realized that the bjuu was sitting quite close to him and had its head thrown back as it laughed. Soon the Jūbi calmed itself and looked at Matt, a smile etched into its face, as it said in a decisively male voice:

"Well, I certainly didn't expect that."

"…Huh?" was the boy's eloquent response. The wolf just chuckled and shook his head. "What I mean is that most people either scream or faint when they meet me." The Jūbi explained as Matt nodded, seeing as the explanation was believable. Then a thought struck the young boy who then asked, "Um… Jūbi-sama. If it is all right, I would like to know your name."

Matt was once again caught off guard when the wolf actually fell down laughing. "Jūbi-sama!" the great wolf cackled. Calming himself slightly, he turned to Matt and said, "Pup, if anything I should be calling you sama. After all," he paused to reach a paw up to his neck and move the bushy fur, revealing a collar with a sealing tag firmly attached. "You are my jinchūriki. And as for my name call me Supīdo"

Speed? Matt just shrugged his shoulders, having already accepted the fact that he was now apparently fluent in Japanese. The name actually suited the wolf, considering that wolves were supposed to be pretty fast. Thinking back to one of his memories, Matt introduced himself. "I am Matt Uzumaki."

"No you aren't."

"…"

"…"

"Huh?"

"You are not Matt Uzumaki."

Matt glared at the wolf while crossing his arms and huffed, "Well than just who the hell am I?" Supīdo grinned at the boy and said, "You are Matt Williams and now, thanks to a few insanely powerful jutsu, you are also Matt Uzumaki." The wolf quickly held up his paw, stopping Matt from speaking. "And before you say 'That's just what I said' or some other bullshit, let me say you now have two names and only introduced one." The bjuu sat back on his haunches and shrugged while adding, "Plus it's common courtesy to say you oldest name first." Matt nodded filling that away, should he ever meet someone else that knew he had more than one name. "So Supīdo, have you looked at the rest of my memories?" The great wolf shook his head. "How about you do that while I try to find my … brother?" suggested the boy. Supīdo nodded with a smirk saying, "Sounds like a plan to me." Matt smiled before looking around. A second later his smile dropped as he turned back to his furry companion. "Uh … how do I get out of here?" His answer was a sharp-toothed sadistic smile.

Matt had no time to even blink before Supīdo disappeared in a flash and Matt was made aware that his head and his body had parted ways.

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Matt bolted up only to see that he was back in the ally that he passed out in. After climbing to his feet, whilst growling every curse under the sun, the boy couldn't help but mutter, "Was that really necessary?"

"Of course it was necessary."

Matt froze. Then he blinked. And then he listened. "What?"

"I said: of course it was necessary."

Matt sighed and began massaging his temple, hoping it would alleviate the headache he felt coming as soon as he recognized the voice in his head. "So, I take you've already established a mental connection Supīdo?"

"Obviously." was the wolf's simple reply. Matt just shook his head before once again heading towards the ally's exit. "Shouldn't you still be looking over my memories?" the boy questioned as he walked.

"Yeah. I just wanted to see the look on your face! By the way, you can just think your reply when we talk. See ya!"

And with that being said, Supīdo left his host's thoughts to return to his studying of said host's memories. Matt let loose a sigh of relief and his lips twitched upwards in a slight smile as he stepped back onto the dirt road. Ignoring the sights he once would have loved to see, Matt began searching for a certain someone. If his false memories were anything to go by, Matt, and the rest of the Rookie Nine, was five years old, and were enrolled at the Academy at six. That meant he had a year before he could learn anything about chakra. Well he could still learn about chakra, but because he wasn't part of a clan he would have to resort to either the library or spying on clan children which was illegal. But Matt would cross that bridge when he got there. In the meantime, a plan was forming in the dimension hoping boy's head and the first few steps involved befriending Naruto and then proving that the two of them were brothers. Though he had to find Naruto first.

The first place that popped into Matt's head was the Ichiraku Ramen stand. Taking of as fast as he could Matt began dodging through allies and running through streets, following his false memories to the ramen stand. Arriving at his destination, Matt was disheartened to see the stand devoid of the blonde Uzumaki. However, the timely intervention of a certain wolf intruded his thoughts. "Try sniffing."

Matt blinked, before seeing the significance of the idea; he being the jinchūriki of the Ten-Railed Wolf meant he gained a few abilities based off his bjuu and one of those abilities was, more than likely, a wolf's sense of smell. Without wasting another moment Matt took a large sniff filling his nose with the surrounding smells… and came close to collapsing. The strength of dozens of different smell assaulted his mind all at the same time. He could barely tell the scent of the ramen stand from the garbage in the ally beside it. Slowly he managed to make sense of the multitude of smell around him, even identifying some. Feeling he had given it enough practice, Matt approached Ichiraku's and took a sniff. He smelt the ramen and the multitude of ingredients that went into making ramen, but more importantly, he smelt fox. It was an interesting scent: it wasn't quite dog and smelled earthier as well as having a tinge of blood. After let the smell wash over him and permanently be downloaded into his memory, Matt took off, following the foxy stench.

Matt expected the trail to lead to the top on the Fourth Hokage's head. What he didn't expect was for it to lead him to the park and to the sound of fighting. Jumping through a few bushes he saw a group of four older boys beating on a younger boy and laughing. The victim was about Matt's height, wore green shorts and a white shirt, had spiky, sun-kissed blonde hair, and ocean blue eyes. Underneath each eye was three faint markings that resembled whiskers. This was Naruto Uzumaki, the jinchūriki of Kurama, the Kyuubi Kitsune, and Matt's brother.

Leaping into action to help his brother, Matt charged the bully closest to him, who was coincidentally about to throw another punch. Coming up behind the larger boy, Matt used all the power he had in his five-year old body, accidentally tapping into his chakra, and slammed his foot into the bully's groin. The older boy let loose an agonized scream and passed out from the pain. The other three bullies were shocked to say the least; nobody ever cared if they beat the blonde. Yet here was a boy, half their age, and had already taken out one of them and looked as if he'd love the chance to take down the rest of them. Matt took a second to glare at each of the trio before growling,

"Leave."

Unconsciously, Matt had started using a small amount killing intent and had it focused directly on the bullies. Sadly for the trio, they ignored the bad feeling they had about engaging the younger boy and instead charged at him.

Matt dodged around the first idiot's fist and had a sick idea come to mind. Acting on it immediately, Matt grabbed the idiot's wrist and twisted it so that his elbow was facing skyward. Bring up his arm in an instant and bringing it down just as fast, Matt slammed his own elbow down on the bully's, shattering the bone, more than likely crippling the older boy for life. The bully let loose a blood-curdling scream before being cut off as Matt planted a foot in his stomach and sent him into one of his buddies. The bully that wasn't in a tangled mess, was shocked by what he saw happen to his friend. Before he could recover from his shock, Matt was upon him. Sweeping the bully's legs out from under him, Matt's first plowed into his opponent's nose while he was still in the air and planted the bully's head in the ground, knocking him out and breaking his nose simultaneously.

The final member of the bully's group managed to untangle himself from his now unconscious friend and had barley stood before the … thing was upon him. Matt started his assault on the final thug by giving a quick punch to his opponent's shoulder that sent the older boy back a few steps. Recovering quickly, the bully lashed out sending a kick aimed at the brat's head. Jumping to side of the horrible kick, Matt grabbed the bully's ankle and pulled it towards himself while at the same time sending his own kick to meet the side of his opponent's knee. The result was the bully now possessing a shattered kneecap. Before the bully could even scream, Matt finished him off with a hard punch that connected with his opponent's temple, instantly dropping the broken boy.

Coming down from his battle high, Matt surveyed the battlefield. In his opinion, the first bully got off easily; he'd only have a pair of bruised balls. The second and final bullies would probably be crippled for life and the third would be nursing a broken nose for quite a while. Turning the last thug to have dropped, Matt wondered if the hit the bully took to the head would cause any brain damage and a second later, he realized he didn't care. These four were laughing as they beat on his brother. Put quite simply Matt hadn't killed them, ergo they were lucky. Though if anyone else tried to beat Naruto…

Speaking of his brother, Matt turned to where the blonde was laying when he entered the clearing. Naruto was now sitting up and staring wide eyed at Matt. Said boy smiled a bit and moved to approach the downed blonde, but stopped the instant the blonde scuttled back, whimpering. Matt sat down where he was and raised his empty hands, saying, "Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you, Naruto." Saying his name certainly grabbed the boy's attention. "How do you know my name?" the blonde asked wearily. Matt just chuckled and lowered his hands. "I'd be surprised if there was someone in Konoha that hasn't heard you yelling about how you'll be Hokage" Matt explained, still chuckling. With that said Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head and gave his own little chuckle, deciding it was alright to relax in front of this stranger. After they both finished chuckling, Matt turned serious, looked over at the still unconscious four and asked, "Naruto, many of Konoha is like these four here, so why do you want to be their Hokage?" Instantly determination shined in Naruto's eyes. "I will be Hokage so they'll all have to respect me and acknowledge me." He declared strongly.

"And if they still don't?"

That stopped Naruto in his tracks. He stared at the Matt who was now making eye contact and repeated the words he just heard his head. To Naruto, the thought of people not respecting the Hokage, or any Kage, was impossible! Though before he could voice this, Matt continued speaking.

"What if I was Hokage and attacked Suna? Would people still respect me? What if I was Hokage and executed anyone that break even the smallest laws, like loitering? Would people still respect me? You have to understand, Naruto, that there is a big difference between respecting a title and respecting the person behind the title. Take for example the Three Sannin. They are quite possibly among the strongest shinobi in the Elemental Nations and each have their own little titles; Tsunade Senju is the strongest woman alive and the best medic in the world, Orochimaru is an incredible scientist and a great strategist, and Jiraiya is a master infiltrator. You can respect those titles, right Naruto?"

"Definitely!" was the instantaneous reply. Matt smirked before continuing.

"But can you respect the people behind the titles? Tsunade is an alcoholic in every sense of the word and has a gambling addiction, Orochimaru experimented on people younger than you and older the Sarutobi all for his own gains, and Jiraiya is a massive pervert that writes smut and peeps on women. Can you respect those people?"

Naruto was baffled. The Sannin sounded amazing, but it was only the titles that were great. Maybe once they were worthy of their titles, though not anymore. And Matt still had more to say.

"As I stated before, most people in this village hate you, so why would you want to be Hokage? Better question, do you think they'd let you be Hokage? Before he went rogue, Orochimaru was a possible candidate for Hokage, but he didn't get it. People were slightly scared of how brutally and efficiently he killed enemies and because of this little thing, which many good shinobi do, he didn't make Hokage. Put quite simply he was too good. He was a well-respected individual, so if he didn't become Hokage because of such a minor thing, why would the village let someone they hate wear the hat?"

Naruto was utterly broken. He couldn't deny anything the other boy said. Even if the blonde wanted to argue, he couldn't. In an absolutely broken voice, he asked, "So what do I do?"

"Prove them wrong."

Naruto's head snapped up as he stared into Matt's eyes and this time it was Matt's eyes that were filled with determination and the passion was felt as he spoke.

"Prove to these idiots of this village that you would be an excellent Hokage. Show them what the Fox Brat can become. Pour your very soul into becoming as strong as humanly possible and then get stronger than that. Become someone who can create amazing foolproof strategies in an instant. Become exactly what every shinobi wants to be. Become someone whose name is spoken in fear and respect across the nations. Show the world just what Naruto Uzumaki can do."

Matt took a pause to place a hand on his brother's shoulder and smile warmly at the blonde.

"And I think I'll join you on this little quest." He declared with a chuckle. Matt leaned back and shrugged before adding, "After all, what kind of brother would I be if I didn't join you?" After hearing that, all Naruto could do was stare at Matt in shock. Matt just sighed before becoming somber.

"I'm your brother, Matt Uzumaki, and I've had my memories blocked since I was born." The boy said quietly. Matt locked eyes with Naruto and tapped his head while saying, "Thankfully, I got a friend that managed to break the seal. The same kind of friend you-"

"THAT SON OF A BITCH!"

Matt winced a bit as he felt the roar within his mind and Naruto noticed, instantly becoming concerned. "Matt? Bro? Are you alright?" the blonde asked. Matt tried to give a reassuring smile, which failed miserably, and nodded. "Just my friend being a little angry." Naruto's face became one of confusion as he looked around the clearing. After establishing that they were they only, conscious, people around, Naruto turned back to Matt, who was still in pain as he had to listen to a raging Jubi, and declared as much. Matt chuckled and taped his head, even though it would and did hurt immensely, and said, "My friend is in my head. And so is yours."

Naruto just looked more confused and before he could fire off any questions, Matt launched into an explanation.

"The first thing you should know, Naruto, is that no matter what anyone else says, Fuinjutsu is the strongest and best of the arts we can learn. With Fuinjutsu, you can seal away just about anything and that includes ninjutsu that are sent at you. With enough knowledge you could make a seal that makes you immune to illusions or a seal that can stockpile chakra to use later. The second thing you need to know is that there is a very big difference between a sword and the scabbard that holds it. With that in mind, let me tell you that the Fourth Hokage didn't kill the Kyuubi. The bjuu are made of chakra and you can't kill chakra. Instead he sealed away the Kyuubi. He couldn't seal it in a scroll or a pot because the Kyuubi would quickly break free, so he sealed it in a person."

Matt could see that Naruto was growing more and more anxious, so Matt quickened his lecture.

"Sadly if sealed in an adult, the Kyuubi would poison the person's chakra and eventually kill them. So the Fourth sealed the Kyuubi would have to be sealed into a newborn so they could adapt to the Kyuubi's chakra. But only two children had been born that day," here Matt paused and hoped Naruto wouldn't react too strongly. "The two children were his own and they were Matt and Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze"

Naruto was dumbstruck. His father was his idol, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze! But Matt wasn't done yet.

"Taking the youngest, Naruto, the Fourth sealed the Kyuubi into his child, but the sealing required a sacrifice and that sacrifice was the Fourth. You, Naruto, have the Kyuubi Kitsune sealed within you and I have the Jubi Ookami in me."

At that point, the Hokage Monument could have exploded and Naruto wouldn't have noticed. His own father, his idol, was the reason he was hated and scorned. He took some solace some the fact that his brother was in the same position, but there was something that shook him to the core: "They're right. I am a demon."

The next instant, Naruto was staring at the sky and pain was blossoming in his forehead. Looking at who hit him, the blonde was met with his brother's glare. "What did I just tell you about a sword and a scabbard!?" the boy shouted. "You aren't a demon, you aren't the Kyuubi! You are a human named Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto felt tears fall down his face as his brother spoke. No one not even Sarutobi had done this kind of thing for him. Nodding in agreement with his brother, Naruto smiled at the boy who had waltzed into his life and given him the most happiness he had gotten in hi short life.

Standing with a smile, Matt gave his brother a hand up, idly noticing he was a few inches taller than the blonde, and slung an arm across Naruto's shoulders. "So bro," Matt started, getting Naruto to look at him, "ready to show Konoha just what two Uzumaki can do?" he asked with a sly smirk. Naruto returned the smirk and declared "Hell yeah!" Matt nodded and the duo began the walk back to town.

"Then that's what we're gonna do! Believe it!"

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