A/N: The next chapter has finally arrived! I'll try my best to finish the next one within a week.

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"Aww, c'mon, Teme! I wanna go speak with him."

The three genin were sitting on the roof of the house next to the Sasuke's.

"Didn't you hear Kakashi-sensei. Besides, he's the same dobe as you, what can you even learn from him?"

"Ha-h?" Naruto narrowed his eyes at the insult and shot back a "You're just jealous that I'll learn some really cool jutsu in the future and you won't".

"How do you know?"

"Well, I don't see your future self here."

"That doesn't mean anything." Sasuke was getting irritated. "Maybe my future self is just smart enough not to use such jutsu. Does he even know how to get back, I wonder."

"Of course he knows! Otherwise why did he risk coming here. He probably wants to teach me some badass techniques in advance. So, you just wait, Sasuke, I'll be beyond your level in no time!" Naruto struck his tongue at his rival.

'Surpass me?' Sasuke's glare hardened on the blond. There was no way that he would let Naruto get ahead. How did he even dare consider the possibility of getting stronger than him? That brat without a goal can never dream of surpassing him. What did he have? A dream to become hokage? It was nothing compared to his motivation. He has to become stronger than anyone to kill his brother. He has to get stronger even if it kills him, because he simply cannot live with the notion that his brother is still somewhere safe and sound, after having murdered their entire family. Naruto would never understand this resolve of his. At some point Sasuke really wanted the blond boy by his side, since both of them had been left all alone. Still Naruto's outlook on the world seemed too different from his. All he saw was that childish dream, nothing else. Was he just using Sasuke as a measure stick for his growing strength? Then what? In the impossible case of Naruto surpassing him in terms of strength would he just throw him away and find another rival? Sasuke really hated the boy at the moment. It was him who did not need any one to achieve his goal, him who would shamelessly use other people to his benefit. He would not let others fool with him. That was his resolve, because he had decided that nothing will stop him from achieving his goal. If Naruto gets in his way he would be the one to sever all ties with him. Anyway, he could not trust the blond with helping to carry out his duty even if he wanted to. The boy was still too much talk instead of action. And now Sasuke even doubted that Naruto was capable of at least realizing his own so called dream. His older self did not seem to be brimming with determination to become hokage anymore. Did the difficulties cow him or did he actually, which would not be quite surprising, lack in talent to become the leader of the village and thus had to abandon his dream? Well, getting the reason out of him should be amusing. This would make the little version of the obnoxious blond finally learn his place.

"Do you really want to see him that badly?" Sasuke smiled in an unpleasant way. He suddenly came up with a nice way to dampen Naruto's enthusiasm.

"Of course! Was not I telling you this all along?"

"Really? In the morning you weren't so eager to see that kidnapper." Sasuke smirked.

"What do you-?"

"Didn't you find it strange?" Sasuke taunted. "Where do you think the guy who was after you disappeared to? And why there's your future self appearing here out of the blue? Didn't you notice his hands were tied down? That's because we thought he was an enemy and captured him before we actually learned who he was. He's the one who followed you this morning, Naruto. He just used henge so you won't recognize him."

Sasuke finished his speech looking Naruto in the eyes smugly. He could even see the desired effect on the blond's face as he paled slightly, eyes widening in shock for a second, but then his expression seemed drained of emotion. Sasuke even felt a pang of guilt. Maybe he got a bit too far.

"Oi, Dobe." He called out, as Naruto turned his back to him, slipping down the roof.

Naruto did not react. Smoothly landing on his feet, he leaped over the fence between the houses and slowly trotted through the garden, heading to the opened slide door, behind which Kakashi and his future self were seated. His hands, clenched into firsts, would not stop shacking slightly.

He stopped in the door frame. Although, the conversation between the two occupants of the room stopped immediately, when they had spotted the approaching boy, Naruto just stood before them silently, ignoring their questioning looks. Anger boiled in him, but he still could not bring himself to give vent to it, or rather, he was not sure how to put in words what he felt at the moment.

"Hey, is something wrong?" Older Naruto started. "You look wei-"

"Was it really you?" Younger Naruto shot out. "Tch, how could you-!"

"Oi, chill off, Naruto. He sure has to explain a lot of things to you, " Kakashi began, "but let us finish our conversation first, it's turned out way more serious than I expected, and-"

"I have nothing to say to that coward!" Naruto shouted. "You hear me, I hate you!"

Older Naruto was caught off guard by this outburst of emotion.

"Why would you say this? You and I am the same person."

"That's wrong! You're just damn impostor." Naruto shouted again, punching the door frame with his fist in agitation. "You're nothing like me! I would never abandon my dream. No matter what."

"You just don't know what happened, let me explain." Older Naruto tried to reason with his younger self.

"Spare me. Go use that fancy jutsu of yours and return where you've come from!"

With this Naruto turned on his heels and fled, leaving the two ninjas startled.

Naruto was jumping on the rooftops, not really thinking where he was going. He just wanted to be alone. He felt betrayed. How could this have happened? Would he really give up on his dream? Why? He could not bear thinking that he would end up throwing away his most sacred desire for some unknown reason. Was becoming hokage really beyond him? But then what? What was left for him, should he just give up and become the useless scum the villagers had always believed him to be? So unfair.

Naruto rubbed his eyes. 'Shit'. There is no way he would cry. If in the future he cannot make his dreams come true, he does not need this kind of future. He would never end up like him. No way.

Naruto stopped running, noticing just in time that the row of houses had ended. There was only a wall of rock before him. Even though he was not choosing his path, his legs still led him to the hokage monument. Sighing, he channeled chakra to his feet and started climbing the rock to reach his favorite spot on the Forth hokage's head – a perfect place to calmly think things over, which he needed badly right now.

TBC

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