Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's Characters. That right goes to Kishimoto Masashi, I'm just someone with too much free time.

"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams." - Jeremy Irons.

This world can turn me down

But I won't turn away

And I won't duck and run

'Cause I'm not built that way

When everything is gone there is

Nothing there to fear

This world cannot bring me down

No, 'cause I am already here. – 3 Doors Down (Duck and Run.)

'Thinking'

"Talking"

'Naruto/Sasuke talking to the Bijuu in his head.'

'Bijuu/Deities Thinking'

"Bijuu/Deities Talking"

Jutsu's will also be bold.

Careful What You Wish For. Ch 2: Making The Best Of It.

It had been two days since Naruto had awoken to find himself in the body of his one time friend and teammate Sasuke. Two very strange and confusing days. Due to him having fainted when he saw old man Hokage, he was forced to spend an extra day in the hospital. The Sandaime had asked him what all he remembered from that night. He had this Sasuke's memories, so he was able to tell the old man what happened. What he wasn't expecting however, was the emotions that came with the memories.

They were so strong and mixed up, it was no wonder they drove Sasuke into darkness. On one hand Sasuke loved his brother, not only that he had hero worshiped him. On the other hand that love and hero worship only made what Itachi had done even worse. Naruto shuddered to think what it would feel like when he and this Sasuke fully merged, seeing as Naruto knew the truth of what made Itachi kill his clan. Would Naruto want revenge like Sasuke had? Or would Naruto's own happy nature curb the anger? This whole thing was giving him a migraine.

The oddest thing about the last two days, was getting used to being called Sasuke. Every time someone called him that, the part of him that was Naruto wanted to rebel and say his name was Naruto, Damn it! But the part of him that was already merged with this Sasuke wouldn't let him. It made him want to pull his hair in frustration! Speaking of hair, there was noway he was keeping this duck butt hair cut! He would have to let it grow out or something.

Still things weren't all bad. After he was finally let out of the hospital, the part of him that was Sasuke led him to the pier where he had learned the Great Fireball Jutsu. It was when he staring out over the water of the pond, that he saw his younger self walking by. The younger Naruto scowled at him, but seeing himself was so odd that he forgot to scowl back. He remembered this memory from his first life.

He remembered how he came to regret not approaching Sasuke that day. How he didn't try to help Sasuke with his loneliness. It was at that moment when he truly accepted his new life as Sasuke. For he could not help this Naruto if he still considered himself as Naruto. How odd would it be, to make friends with himself. No, from now on he would be Sasuke. Only a better Sasuke, he would be nicer and a better friend to those he cared about.

Now we come to the present, and Sasuke was in the Uchiha training field. The Hokage had offered to give him an apartment out side of the Uchiha District if he wanted it, but Sasuke had refused. If he was going to be Sasuke, then he needed to be here. It also gave him room to think, and he needed to do a lot of that. He had to figure out how to help Naruto, yet at the same time if he helped him to much. Naruto wouldn't be the deadlast, and he needed to be the deadlast or they would be put on different teams. And that could prove to be disastrous.

No, he would have to help him just enough for now. Then when they were put on teams then he would help out more. Besides there were other ways to help this Naruto, that wouldn't effect his grades. With that out of the way, Sasuke started on his training. He was hoping to get an idea of what this body was capable of.

He started out simple with punches and kicks, than moved on to flips and acrobatics. It didn't take him long to notice the difference in this body vs his old one. In his old body he had always struggled to pull off the more complex moves. But this one was built for precision, it was far more fluid. His old one was built for power and in later years speed. This one seemed better for flexibility and accuracy, but not lacking speed either. All in all, Sasuke had the body of a born swordsman. He guessed that shouldn't have come as a surprise, seeing as the older Sasuke wielded a sword.

Done with Taijutsu, he switched to Ninjutsu. Reviewing Sasuke's memories, he saw that Sasuke only knew Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu and the only one they had learned at the academy so far, which was The Basic Clone Jutsu, but he had been in the process of learning the Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu when the Uchiha Massacre took place.

It took him a few tries but he managed to pull off the Great Fireball Jutsu, after that he could do it without fail. He held his breath as he performed the Clone Jutsu, but found much to his own surprise that he had no trouble with it. It would figure that Sasuke would have much better Chakra control, then he himself had, had. He was unable to use the Phoenix Flower Jutsu, But that wasn't really surprising given that this Sasuke was still learning it.

Having gone through this Sasuke's Jutsu's, he switched to his own. He started with the Shadow Clone Jutsu, and was dismayed to find he could only do two before he would become so tired that he would need to stop and take a break. He guessed Sasuke's Chakra levels weren't nearly as high as his had been at this age, and that was something he would have to work on.

Next he tried his Rasengan, only to have it blow up in his face, sending him flying backwards. It would seem that while he now has better Chakra control then he originally did, it was still not at the level it needed to be, to make a Rasengan. He though about trying to use Sage-mode, but then thought better of it. Without the Toads there to monitor him, it would be too dangerous.

All in all, it would seem he had his work cut out for him.

"Aren't you forgetting something, Sasuke?" Came the rough deep voice of Kurama.

'And what would that be, Kurama?' Asked Sasuke. He had asked the tailed beasts to call him Sasuke from now on, but it still grated his nerves a little.

"You're a Uchiha now, Whelp! Your Sharingan!" Stated Kurama, in his usual caring manner.

Sasuke could have slapped himself, he had forgotten all about the Uchiha Doujutsu. 'Hm, did the old Sasuke have his Sharingan this young? I can't seem to remember. Oh well, Worth a shot.'

Sending Chakra to his eyes, Sasuke stood amazed! It was like nothing he had ever experienced before. The closest analogy he could come up with to describe it, would be a blind man suddenly getting his sight back. He could see details of things he never noticed before, everything was suddenly clear. He could see the veins running through the leaves, ant's marching on a limb, everything!

Running to a near by stream, Sasuke looked at his reflection. His eyes were blood red and in them, were three black tomoe. But that couldn't be right! He was pretty certain that his Sasuke didn't get three, till they fought at the Valley of the End. So why was his different?

Sasuke suddenly felt very tired and weak. His knees gave out and he hit the dirt. 'What's going on?! Why do I feel so weak all of a sudden?'

"QUICK, SHUT OFF YOUR SHARINGAN!" Barked Kurama, inside his head. Sasuke shut off his Sharingan and immediately started to feel better, though not totally.

'What happened?' He asked. 'Why did I get so weak?'

"You don't have as much Chakra as you use to and you are not used to using the Sharingan. Add that to the fact you already used a few Chakra draining Jutsu today, and you get the point." Stated Kurama.

'So what do I do about it?' Sasuke asked the old fox.

"Your Uzumaki spirit, will make it where you have more Chakra then most, as you grow older. And we can help as well, by adding small parts of our Chakra to yours. But it is doubtful, that you will ever have as much as you did when you were Naruto." Said Kurama wisely. "The Best thing you can do now is work on your Chakra control, and keep practicing with your Sharingan so it doesn't drain you as much. The more you get used to it the better."

With that in mind he made his way inside, to the it was back to the academy and to be honest, he wasn't sure he was ready for it.

The next morning found Sasuke having an argument with himself.

'What should I wear?' Thought Sasuke, as he looked through his closet for something to wear to class. The problem was the part of him that was Sasuke and the part of him that was Naruto, had two completely different ideas on what was fashionable. While Naruto had always loved orange, Sasuke wouldn't be caught dead in it. And while Sasuke had always had his own style, Naruto was not feeling it. 'I'm not wearing one these high collar shirts!'

The whole thing was proving to be, to steal a word from Shikamaru... Troublesome. Thirty minutes later, Sasuke finally found something the two parts of him could agree on. It was black pants, with a dark blue V-neck shirt with a mesh shirt on underneath. Over the shirt he wore a black zip up hoodie, with the Uchiha Crest on the back. Last but not least, black open toed sandals.

With that done, Sasuke ate a light breakfast and headed out. Arriving in class, Sasuke was glad to see he was the first one there. As he was hoping to avoid a scene. The Hokage had told him he could take a week or two off if he had wanted, but he chose not to. He knew he needed to get back into the habit of coming here, and it was best to get started now.

Taking a seat near the back of the class, Sasuke started to loose himself in his thoughts. He knew he had a few years before anything significant happened, but knew he needed to start making plans now. The first thing he need to figure out was if he should tell the Hokage what had really happened to him. He knew at some point he may have to, but would it be better to do it now, or later?

He also needed to figure out the land of waves mission. He didn't want Zabuza and Haku to die this time, but at the same time their deaths had been an eye opener for him as to what Shinobi life was really like. Was it right for him to deprive this Naruto of that same epiphany? Then comes the Chunin Exams, and the attack by Sound and Sand. He knew he was going to do everything in his power to save the Third Hokage, but how would that effect the timeline? Would it make things better or worse?

It wasn't until students started showing up for class, that Sasuke realized that he had been brooding! 'Shit! I'm already starting to turn out more like Sasuke then I would like!'

He watched as his old friends started to fill in. First came Shino, who being Shino set quietly down without saying a word. Next came Shikamaru followed by Choji, both setting besides each other. Kiba walked in and was soon in an argument with another student about the usefulness of ninken. Then came Hinata, looking as shy as ever. He wondered to himself if he could somehow help with that.

After that Sakura and Ino walked in side by side. Looking back at his former life, he remembered that Sakura and Ino were still friends at this age. That would change when the two became interested in boys, particularly him. He would have to figure out how to keep that from happening.

Last to show up was himself, or rather who he used to be, before he made that stupid wish. As much as he wanted to help out the rest of his friends, he knew he needed to help this Naruto even more. Sasuke couldn't help but smile when Iruka Sensei walked in and used The Big Head Jutsu to bring the class to order. As Sasuke or as Naruto, he would always have a soft spot for his first Sensei.

Iruka called roll and when he got to Sasuke's name. He looked surprised to find Sasuke actually there, but thankfully made no mention of it. There were still some students who didn't know that his clan was murdered and he would like it to stay that way for a while. He could tell which ones did know vs the ones who didn't, as the ones who did kept sneaking glances at him. It was getting to the point, Sasuke was about to call out and tell them to Take a damn picture, it would last longer. But managed to refrain himself.

"Alright class lets begin." Said Iruka. With that Iruka started them on History. By the time the bell rang for lunch, Sasuke was about ready to pound his head against the desk! He had forgotten just how boring Iruka's lessons could be. Luckily Sasuke had been a whole lot more studious than he himself had been. So anytime Iruka called on him to answer a question, he knew the answer. Not that Iruka called on him a lot, he must be trying to cut him a break because of the Massacre.

Sasuke spent his lunch alone, eating his lunch and working on keeping his Sharingan activated. He would activate it and keep it activated till he would feel a noticeable drain on his Chakra, then he would deactivate it, recover and do it again. Doing this he was able to keep it activated a little longer each time. Hopefully by the time they graduated the academy in about four years, he'll have mastered it to Itachi's level. That is to say, able to keep it activated indefinitely if he so chose to.

After lunch, Iruka Sensei had them go out to the training yard.

"Alright class, we're going to do some sparing again. When I call your names, step up." Said Iruka, once they were outside. Some of the class cheered, others moaned(one Lazy genius in particular.)

Sasuke watched as his friends and class mates spared. None showing the skill they would have in later life. Finally when his name was called, he was unsurprised to see he would be facing Naruto. They were always paired together for some reason. Iruka had them bow, then begin the match

"You're not going to beat me this time, jerk!" Stated Naruto as he cocked his fist back and charged right at him. Sasuke almost wanted to face palm at the stupidity of the move. When Naruto got to close for him to stop, Sasuke side stepped and stuck his foot out, causing the boy to land on his face. Ignoring the laughs and taunts coming from his class mates, Sasuke planted his knee into Naruto's back, keeping him pinned to the ground.

"Why did I just beat you?" Asked Sasuke.

"Shut up!" Growled Naruto, thinking that Sasuke was bragging.

"I'm being serious. Why did I just beat you? I'm not that much taller, or stronger. So this fight should have lasted longer. I'll tell you why, it's because you don't fight with your head. You charged right in with your fist cocked back, letting me know that your first strike was going to be a right hook. I would've had to have been blind, for that punch to have landed." Stated Sasuke, as he let Naruto up. "Try again, and this time don't telegraph your move."

And so began a rather odd sparing match. Iruka watched in awe and bewilderment, as Naruto and Sasuke would fight. Which would always end in Naruto pinned without landing a hit, but what was odd was that each time Sasuke would give Naruto a tip. The tips seemed to be working to, as each fight lasted a little longer then the last one. Iruka knew he should have call the match to a end already, but didn't seeing as Sasuke seemed to be getting through to Naruto in a way that he himself never had.

"Damn it!" Cursed Naruto as he once again ended up on his back. "Why can't I at least hit you?!"

"Maybe you're not thinking of it right. You like pulling pranks right? Well a fight isn't that much different from a prank. When you pull a prank you scout out your target for weaknesses that you can exploit, you plan your prank using the weaknesses that you learned. Then when they least expect it, you strike." Sasuke explained, as he got off his opponent. "A fight is no different. First you scout out your opponent, is he right handed or left handed? Does he put his weight on his front foot or back foot? Is he calm or is he quick to anger? Then you come up with a plan of attack using that information. Then when he least expects it, you strike. Now try again, and hit me this time!"

Naruto got up and faced Sasuke again, he really didn't know what was up with him today. Why was he helping him? Naruto could still see anger and hate in his eyes, and just as in their first spar, the anger and hate was not directed at him. Naruto wasn't stupid enough not to know that Sasuke was toying with him, but it didn't seem to be in a malicious way.

In fact through out this whole thing, Sasuke seemed to be trying to help him. Buy why? Why would he want to help him all of a sudden? For the first time in his life he looked at Sasuke, really looked. What he saw wasn't a spoiled brat, it was a fighter. Someone who like him knew the pain of loneliness, but forged on anyway. In that moment Naruto gained a bit of respect for the Uchiha, not that, that would stop him from trying to pummel him into the ground.

Sasuke watched as Naruto got up and once again got into a fighting stance. His form was still flawed and imperfect, but that didn't matter. It was much more important to have the right type of fighting philosophy, than it was to have the right form. The form could come later. After a moment, Naruto once again cocked his right fist back and charged.

Sasuke really wanted to hit his head on something, did he already forget what happened the last time? When Naruto got in to range, Sasuke prepared to block the punch, only to have Naruto's left leg come at him instead 'A feint?'

Sasuke quickly focused on blocking the leg. He realized his mistake a split second later, when the forgotten about fist crashed into his jaw sending him to the ground. 'A double feint!' Sasuke shook the stars from his head and noticed that Naruto had pinned him while he had been dazed.

"W-Winner, Uzumaki N-Naruto!" Said a stunned Iruka. The whole class had gone silent, they had just witnessed the best fighter in the class taken down by the deadlast. Most were in complete disbelief, but there were two who were quite happy for him. One was a blushing Hyuga, and the other was the one Naruto had just pinned.

"A double feint, nice!" Said Sasuke, as he got up and spit the blood out of his mouth. Sasuke then did something the further shocked the class, he offered Naruto his pinky for the reconciliation seal. To every ones continuing surprise, Naruto actually accepted it. Sasuke couldn't help but smile, maybe it was possible to help this Naruto out. Plus this might just curb some of the growing fan girl-ism in the class, and that would be well worth a punch in the jaw.

Unbeknownst to every one, the whole thing had been witnessed by an old man with a crystal ball. Hiruzen Sarutobi, watched as Uchiha Sasuke, a kid who just lost every one he ever loved. Helped the village pariah, to his first victory, against himself no less. It was moments like this that made being Hokage worth it. 'Itachi, you would be proud of your little brother.'

Later that evening, feeling the growl in his stomach. Sasuke decided it was time to pay a visit to Ichiraku Ramen. Walking into the Ramen Stand he was unsurprised to find Naruto there. "Come on, Teuchi. You know I'll pay you back!"

"I don't know, Naruto. You still owe me for last week." Said the old man behind the bar, looking a little dubious. Sasuke remembered this from when he lived it. One of his bills had been very high that month, and so he had been strapped for cash. He remembered begging old man Teuchi, to let him eat now and pay later. Teuchi gave in after a while, but it had took a lot of convincing.

"I'll pay for him." Said Sasuke as he took a seat. Both Teuchi and Naruto turned and looked at Sasuke, Naruto looking wide eyed.

"What are you doing here?!" Naruto blurted out.

"Naruto, don't be rude!" Said Teuchi, before he turned to Sasuke and smiled. "Are you sure you want to pay for him? He can eat a lot."

"Yeah, It's no problem." Said Sasuke with a shrug.

"Alright, what will you have?" Said Teuchi, as kind as ever.

"How about two pork, and two miso ramen's please." Said Sasuke as his stomach gave out another growl, making him blush a little.

"Two pork and two miso, come right up!" Said Teuchi, as he turned to go make the ramen.

"Um, aren't you going to take his order?" Said Sasuke, gesturing at Naruto with his thumb. Teuchi eye's widened, he had thought that the boy was ordering for both of them. It would seem that his new costumer had a large apatite as well. Teuchi took Naruto's order of five miso ramen, then headed back into the kitchen area

"You didn't answer my question, what are you doing here?" Said Naruto with a glare as soon as Teuchi was out of sight.

"Eating, what does it look like?" Said Sasuke with a shrug.

"I come to eat here all the time, and I've never seen you here before. So why now? And what was with you helping me today? You've treated me like a jerk, since our first day at the academy. And now you want to be helpful?" Snapped Naruto, mistrustfully. He really couldn't understand what was up with Sasuke.

"I'm eating here now, because I've never had to cook for myself before and I'm not sure how." Said Sasuke. The statement was kind of a lie depending on how you looked at it. As Naruto he had been cooking for himself for years, but this Sasuke had always had his mom to cook for him. But while the statement may or may not have been a lie, the emotion he said it with was all true. The thought of Mikoto Uchiha invoked strong emotions in the part of him that was Sasuke. Just like the thought of Uzumaki Kushina invoked strong emotions in the part of him that was still all Naruto.

In truth the thought of Minato and Kushina, was a bit of a sore spot for him. Would he start to care for them less and less as he became more Sasuke? Or would it be like he had two mothers and two fathers? And what about when he died and went to the pure world? Would Fugaku and Mikoto hate him? After all he was not really their Sasuke anymore. No that Sasuke had been more or less killed by him and his stupid wish. Something that still filled him with sorrow and guilt every time he thought about it. He had killed his best friend with a wish.

"As to why I helped you today? Let's just say I know how it feels now to not have anyone." Sasuke finished.

Naruto looked down, slightly ashamed of his outburst. He had heard about the Uchiha Massacre, hell, most everyone had by now. "I heard what happened to your clan, for what it's worth, I'm sorry."

"Thanks, but don't pity me, pity the ones responsible when I find them." Snarled Sasuke. Somewhere a masked shinobi and a bandaged up warhawk felt a shiver run up their spins. Shaking away the negative emotions, Sasuke looked at Naruto. "Sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you."

"It's okay" Said Naruto with a shrug, he had, had worse said to him over the years.

Sasuke looked away for a second before turning back. "Look, how about we start over?"

"What do you mean?" Asked Naruto slightly confused.

"I mean like a fresh start. Like we were meeting each other for the first time." Said Sasuke, with a hopeful smile.

Naruto thought about it for a second, than smiled and stuck out his hand. "Okay, I'm Uzumaki Naruto."

Sasuke smiled wider, as shook Naruto's hand. "Nice to meet you, Naruto. I'm Uchiha Sasuke."

In the back Teuchi and his Daughter smiled, it would appear that their favorite customer made a new friend. Maybe there was hope for the world after all.

(A.N) Well hear is the second chapter, I hope everyone enjoyed it. Hopefully It won't take me so long to write the next one but I make no promises. In ways if you have any questions you can P.M me or simply ask in a review, as I always read them. And with that I will see you next time.

Sincerely: Reddog24485