Authors Notes:

From now on I am not going to advise the guests, you guys are impossible!

This is fanfiction. I can give Naruto whichever bloodline I want in my story, as long as I do not challenge Kishimoto's rights for Naruto.

Chapter 5

"This is impossible!" said Naruto frustrated while talking to a shadow clone, "I can't make sense with anything here. Then how am I supposed to find something that feels different?"

"Oh?" exclaimed Simon quizzically "Is that you were trying to do?"

"If not, then what should I do?"

"Tell your clones to look for something familiar"

"Oh!" said Naruto, things finally making sense to him.

Naruto gave some quick orders to his clone. Within 40 minutes a clone shouted out, "Hey boss! There is an Ichiraku's ramen stand here!"

"WHAT? Where?" asked Naruto excited, running towards the clone's voice with Simon.

They ran through the streets. Naruto occasionally jumped aside so that he won't hit other people. Though he knew these people were illusions, he was never a person to run through people- he preferred running with them. Even though nobody around him were real (except Simon of course!), he felt strangely at peace, at least nobody ran away from him now. I wonder what it is like to live a normal life, he thought, to have a family, friends, even brothers!

Then he thought about the faces engraved in stone in his village- the Hokages, he thought of his hero, the Yondaime Hokage, the man who gave up life to save his village. Nop, that is not a life for Naruto Uzumaki, to become like them… I have to walk this path, because that –that is the path of a ninja, a smile lit up Naruto's face, that was what Iruka sensei was trying to say to me!

His smile grew even wider when he reached the familiar ramen stand. "Oi, Simon! How come Ichiraku ramen is in your head? You kidnapped them too, didn't you?" said Naruto angrily raising up a fist at Simon intending to hit him. But even before he could actually process the thought-

TWAT!

With a blow to the back of his head Naruto was on the floor.

This guy is too much, Simon thought still standing with his hand stretched out from hitting Naruto.

"What the heck man? Why would you think that?"

"Well…", said Naruto grumbling, "you sorta kidnapped me from Ichiraku's"

Point, agreed Simon mentally "Sorry about that. To come back to the point, actually the ramen stand is in your mind, not mine"

"But aren't we in your mind?"

"Sorta. But hey! You are also here, right? That stand is the entrance to your mind from mine"

Naruto stood up, still grumbling something about 'careless fool' and nodded.

"Fine! Let us go to Ichiraku's- my mind"

Both of them walked into the ramen booth, Ayame was at the counter. When she saw them come in she got up and then smiled at Naruto.

Good. We are at the right place, thought Simon, smiling mentally.

"Please lead us to the kitchen", said Simon to Ayame, he then looked Naruto in the eyes and said "From here on Naruto, everything is serious, put a hold on your foolishness and be serious."

Ayame lead them to a door and slowly opened it.

"Your mind is not like mine, we might even meet the Kyuubi, so be careful"

With that both Simon and Naruto were pushed into the room by some invisible force and Naruto saw nothing but darkness.

Inside Naruto's mindscape

"Yuck! My mind is even worse than a sewer." said Naruto after they reached a place filled with many pipes and smelled like sewage.

"Well", chuckled Simon, "what can I say? It is your mind, idiot."

Naruto frowned, "So what next?"

"Next we meet the Kyuubi"

"What? You never said that. Why do you want to meet him of all people?" shrieked Naruto terrified.

"Wow wow wow calm down! Don't worry, he's tightly locked up in a cage. Besides, I just want to ask him some directions."

"For what?"

"You'll see." stated Simon. Slowly they followed the path taken by the pipes. After a few minutes they reached a place which had no ceiling, just a large gate with a strange paper stuck in middle with the kanji for 'seal' written on it.

An ominous roar captured their attention, slowly the duo drew forward.

THUMP

Four fingers with sharp claws each the size of a tree struck out from the bars.

"Who awakes me from my slumber? Who are you?"

"Me? I am your most humb-", started Naruto, quite terrified.

"Not you. I know you, brat. I am asking of the other one. The person with you who emits that power.. Why are you here?"

"Oh?" said Simon softly "You remember this power?"

"No I don't, but one doesn't really forget that kind of power. Now answer my question or begone"

"I have been sent by the one who made the pact with your father." Kyuubi reveals his face his red eyes shot out, the ocular nerves bulging "What?"

"Yes, he told me to tell you that the time has come. And that, the person your father foretold is the person holding you. The time has come, Kyuubi, the beginning of the end"

"Hm…are you joking? Wait… you can't be serious! Him- t-this brat is the one to unite us all an-and that the war is going to start?"

"Oh yes. And Naruto has to grow stronger before that happens, so tell me, where is the other him?"

"Oh? So soon? He has no hope against him. The brat will die if he faces him, not that I care though", concluded Kyuubi with a light growl.

"There is no time. It is now or never."

"Very well, I shall tell you, but he goes alone. You stay here, you and I have a lot to talk about."

Simon sighs, "Very well"

"Hey brat, touch one of my nails, then go towards your right. You will know when you reach him"

Simon smiled at Naruto encouragingly "Go on Naruto, he won't hurt you, not now anyway. But the other one you are going to meet would not be so friendly."

Naruto was now officially pissed. "What are you guys even talking about? What is this talk about Kyuubi's father. Wait a minute!" Naruto looked at Kyuubi clearly spooked "YOU- You have a father?"

Kyuubi looked at him serenely for a moment then he sighed.

"Naruto" said Simon "Didn't I ask you to be serious. Now do as I say: first touch Kyuubi's finger then find the person Kyuubi's power directs you and defeat him."

"Defeat who?"

"Do what I say and then you will understand."

Naruto nodded and slowly edged closer to the mighty beast's gigantic claw. He touched it and felt something enter his body. Then he sensed something evil to his right. Evil? How did I know whatever-it-is is evil? Never mind, I will whatever it is and do something about it.

With that Naruto waved a hand at Simon and went wherever his senses led him.

Kyuubi looked at Simon seeing that Naruto had left, "Now start talking. First tell me your name and then all that I want to know."

"You are very direct. Very well, my name is Simon. Now about the rest…

With Naruto

After 30 minutes Naruto finally reached the source of evil he sensed. What he saw the there made him go pale.

"Hello, other me", said a Naruto with red eyes, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, the real one. And you are?" he said extending a hand.

Next chapter: Battle with Naruto and evil Naruto

Sorry everyone, I will tell what happened with Sasuke in the next chapter.

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