"Do it...."

Naruto opened his eyes and he saw he was in a completely dark room. It was a room of emptiness, a room of nothingness.... He moved his right hand forward leaning towards the left side, almost as though he is caressing the dark intangible ocean of nothingness. He felt..... nothing..... 

The atmosphere felt eerily familiar, almost as though he had to deal with it on multiple ocassions. Was it his depression....? Was it his insecurity....? Was it his pain....? Was it his suffering....? Or was it his anxiety....? 

He felt the darkness take form of multiple voices. He started hearing all sorts of noises in his head. "Hah! Tailed brat!" "The 4th should finish what he started" "Why seal it in a kid and not kill him?" "Oh god, when will he move out of the village?!" "Damn kid needs to watch his tone!" "This piece of shit should go rot in a ditch!" "Can we kill him already?"

Naruto started to feel the temperature rise. The heat was forcing him to take deep breaths of air. He couldn't breathe almost as thought he was suffocating. The darkness took form of 2 hands as though it tuned in into what he was feeling. The pitch-black hand in perfect sync, with the color darker than black, rose up from Naruto's feet. Naruto didn't even notice it until he realized that there were 2 hands. It rose up from the ground and strangled him.

Naruto didn't feel like he was suffocating, he actually was suffocating. The 2 hands started to give form to a body. Next thing he knew, he was being held up in the air by the neck by a humanoid figure. 

"W-Who are you....?"

The figure just smiled. Naruto was just on the brink of passing out when he heard, 

"Back off.... Or else....." 

Suddenly there was a rush of bright orange flame which enveloped Naruto. "Huh....?"

All Naruto saw was an orange figure spitting bars- behind bars. It had an evil almost sadistic expression on it's face.

"GAH!!" Naruto woke up panting and breathing hard. He was on the brink of passing out. Just then he remembered, he wasn't dead yet.....

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"Ughhh, what happened....?" Sasuke asked as he woke up from his slumber. He scanned the room. Everything was different, and no, it wasn't that he was not in his parent's house anymore, he was in a whole new house, one he had never seen before. So.... I take it things really did change.... I.... just don't know if it was for the best, or if it was for the worst....

He got up and tried to think what happened last. All he remembered was that he, Izumi, and Shisui ran over to Itachi to check up on his end. He remembered that he acted as though he was passing out to get Itachi's attention and distract him. 

The door suddenly slid open. "Oh, so you are awake... Sasuke..." He looked up at the white haired man who just entered the room. "Do I.... know...."

Then it hit him, it was Copyninja Kakashi Hatake, also known as Kakashi of the Sharingan. An infamous shinobi who made a name for himself in the 5 great nations. The same man who likes to read por- Make out paradise. 

"How did I-" Sasuke grabbed his head as he yelped in pain.

Kakashi walked over to him and placed his hand on his shoulder as he said "It's okay.... you will be fine now.... You passed out from exhaustion...."

"What?!- OUCH!" He yelled, but it only hurt him more. 

"Where is my brother?!"

Kakashi took on a serious tone. "Well.... I'm not really supposed to.... Alright fine.... Don't freak out, alright?"

Sasuke felt his heart rate drop. Kakashi in a sorrowful tone said "Your brother well...."

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Shikamaru woke up after his short 9 hour nap and looked out the window. "Hmm.... Option 1.... Get up and do shit.... nah, too much work.... Or.... Option 2.... sleep.... Yeah... thought so..... I'll sleep...." He shuffled in his bed and tried to find a good position to rest in for a solid 20 seconds. "Ugh, too much shuffling, too much energy..... I'll just grab cookies...."

He got up and walked to his kitchen and took out the box of cookies his mom bought for him. He grabbed one cookie and looked through his window. Wow... yesterday was pretty crazy... Naruto pulled off the perfect Orochimaru, and everything went really smoothly, even if it had some difficulties....

Suddenly the older Nara walked in to the kitchen whilst spinning a kunai in his hand.. "Hey kid waddya doin....?" He stopped spinning it and held it tightly as he squinted at Shikamaru and asked him, "Also, who are you, and what have you done with my son?"

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Naruto entered his minds cape and saw a cage. He could faintly sense there was something behind the bars, something with crazy power. He simply smiled as he said "Hey....?"

Suddenly, a wave of hate and negative vibes and chakra flooded the whole minds cape. "Oh, what's this? This is impressive, far more quicker than what I had anticipated." said the thing behind the cage in a deep evil voice. Naruto could tell he was trying not to scare him off, but there was no doubt about it, if it was the real 6 year old Naruto, he'd have ran away.

"I know, the reason is because I weakened that the second I said something to you."

The thing in the cage started to take form into orange chakra. "Who...... are you.....? You don't seem to be afraid, or surprised in the slightest......" 

"Heh....'The 4th component... It requires the ten tail's chakra, or...a tailed beast's life energy...' I hoped you lied, but...." Naruto muttered under his breath, quiet enough for him to not hear Naruto.

"What are you talking about? Speak up!"

Naruto smirked and talked up to the seal. "Well, um..... I guess I'm going to have to start over then huh.... Hi there 9 tailed fox.....!" The second he said that, he could feel the fox get angry. Naruto looked down on the floor. Heh, even if it's not the same one I grew up with, its still him...

"No.... I should address you properly.... Isn't that right...." Naruto looked up with borderline tears in his eyes and said with a warm gentle smile "Kurama...?" 

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"WHAT?! NO WAY! WHY?!"

"Calm down-"

"THERE IS NO REASON FOR THAT!! YOU SAW IT!! IT WAS OROCHIMAR-"

"SASUKE....!"

Sasuke realized the little outburst he just had. It didn't make sense though. Why was Itachi getting arrested and going under trial? It seemed pretty obvious Orochimaru cough cough killed the Uchiha. 

"Sasuke listen to me. There isn't enough evidence to show it really was Itachi who killed the Uchiha clan. He is skilled yes, I definitely agree, but I don't think he could have taken Fugaku Uchiha down along with the rest of the Uchiha and still be in that condition. Besides, eye witness reports, including my, says Orochimaru was present at the scene and killed them."

"I know but....!" Sasuke tried to collect his thoughts. There has to be a solution right? But then again, if things just play out right, it could all be fine. But what if they wait too long...?

"Excuse me Kakashi, I have to head out for a bit to cool my head down. I'll return to your place again." Sasuke started heading to the door and right before he turned the knob, Kakashi called out to him.

"Oh one more thing Sasuke...." He gave Sasuke a warm smile beneath his mask as he told the boy, "Starting today, I-" 

Sasuke stormed off in frustration breaking Kakashi's heart a little bit. This wasn't part of our plan.... I have to do something.... I have to set things right!

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Shikamaru looked at his father as though he was hearing things. "Um, did you say something just-"

"Yeah." Shikaku's voice was cold now. "I've had this suspicion for a while now.... At first I thought you just weren't feeling good.... But not just your attitude.... your eyes.... your stature.... it has all changed...." Shikaku narrowed his eyes staring down at Shikamaru.

Shit, I didn't think about this thoroughly enough. I live in the same house as the one man who I know is smarter than me at the moment... damn.... Why did I think the slight change in me would go unnoticed by him of all people....

"So...." Before Shikamaru could react, Shikamaru got bind up by Shikaku's shadow paralysis. 

"W-Wait what are you doin-"

"You know damn well.... Now do you prefer if you tell me right now, or I take you to Ibiki, the infamous torturer of the lead, or me personally torture you until you beg for death....?"

"Huh.... I knew it.... I wouldn't be able to keep it low-key forever, specially because of you. I'll come clean, whether you believe me or not is up to you though...."

Shikaku responded with silence signifying Shikamaru to continue. (A/N Damn, just wanted to put this out there, the names Shikamaru and Shikaku are pretty hard not to mix up when writing, so when or if you see it being the other dude and not make sense, just connect the dots to figure out who is talking or reacting.)

"So, basically.... Let me give you the quick summary of what is going on.... Basically.... I am your son, Shikamaru-" A kunai flew by him from Shikaku who was staring daggers, well, throwin kunais too.

"Stop messing around, or next time, I wont miss on purpose.... Every second you stall from here on out, you lose a nail..."

Shikamaru cleared his throat. "Let me finish, I'm Shikamaru Nara from 10 years in the future. I know it's hard to believe but I'm saying the truth. the 4th great ninja war.... The fake Madara declared it on all 5 nations. We banded together and fought him and Kabuto. They had all sorts of crazy people on their side. Reanimated Jinchurikis, to reanimated kages, to even Madara Uchiha."

"What?! 4th?! Jinchurikis AND Kages?" Shikaku yelled in disbelief.

"Shut up and let me finish. So basically, the fake Madara, Tobi, was successful in taking the tailed beasts 1 through 7. He got the tentacle of the 8th, and the 9th's chakra from Ginkaku and Kinkaku. He absorbed them all in and was able to summon the ten tails. That is when...." Shikamaru started to falter.

"What is it...?" Shikaku asked intigued by what he was hearing.

"That's when Ino's dad.... and you die... So anyways, lets not talk about that. Things happened such as hokage, 1 through 4 are resurrected and fight alongside us. Madara gets revived and becomes the 10 tails jinchuriki. So what I heard happened next was the ten tails.... it went out of control and killed everyone on the planet. All who were left were the last Uchiha, lord 6th, me, and maybe 5 or 10 people on the planet. I can't tell you any details because of time paradox."

Shikaku sighed and asked Shikamaru, "So.... what makes you think I believe that....? For all I know, you could be BS-ing this whole.... plot."

"Heh, thought so.... Well then, I have no prood really, but.... For confirmation, you can ask one of the people who came here along with me.... Or, I could tell you what your final words were...." Shikamaru smirked as he said the latter one.

"Oh, my final words huh? I wonder what those could be....?"

Shikaku: If I were to tell them to my son, I'd probably tell him I care for him, and relay a similar message to Yoshino...

"So well, you started by telling me to relay something to mom, but then you said...." Shikamaru looked around and tried sensing if his mom was evesdropping. "You said to 'throw out that thing in the wooden box on the left-hand shelf of the storeroom' without finding out."

Shikaku froze up. He suddenly let go of the paralysis. "Hehe.... I made sure to cast a sealing jutsu on it. So long as I live, it can't be opened by anyone other than me.... And you shouldn't have any clue about it.... I guess this proves it.... you knowing my stash of por- I mean, intructural books regarding husband wife relationship.... You are from the future....

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"How did you know my name?!" Kurama roared in a voice signifying a mixture of anger, hate, but more concealed and important, happiness, and sorrow.

"Kurama... The 4th component.... your life...." Naruto said as he stared at his reflection on the water he was standing on. Kurama's pupils had constricted from shock. "No.... It can't.... Are you saying.... Me...? Of all the others.... I performed that jutsu?" Naruto simply nodded not meeting Kurama in the eyes.

"But that is not possible!!! I would never do such a thing!!! The process is excruciating. Try imagining what I am going to say right now. A lot of spikes attached to the ground facing up. Now imagine place a piece of paper on it. Now pull the paper across the hundreds of spikes. Now multiply thata pain by 100, not to metion your life forces gets ripped apart too."

Naruto's heart sunk in deeper and deeper every word Kurama spoke to him. "No.... Please.... that's enough...."

Suddenly, the whole scene shifted. Madara Uchiha could be seen in the background in the desert along with a couple other faces unknown to Kurama. 

"This is...." Kurama muttered under his breath. He could not believe what he was seeing, He willingly lent Naruto some chakra

"If you want me to lend you power, I wouldn't mind doing it, Naruto!"

Then the Scene switched once more. 

"You sure are talking to me a lot, lately. I'm glad you want to lend me your power, but before you do, there's something I have to say.... Thanks for helping me with the other Madara.... You really saved me...."

"DON'T THANK ME!! IT'S CREEPING ME OUT!! I just did that because I rather deal with you than Madara...! Besides... I could only give you a tiny bit of my chakra because of this cage.... I just wanna see you fight a little more.... That's right.... just to pass the time."

Kurama was stunned now. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Since when did he get so chummy with Naruto? Not yet yea, but he wouldn't ever get chummy with a measly human... 

"Hey! Why do you have to get mad when I just thanked you?! You don't have to stop glaring at me, but you could atleast work a little bit more on your attitude!"

He glanced back at Naruto once more.

Suddenly, the scene became centered at the fist extended out to Naruto. 

"Hit your chakra with mine..."

"Are we gonna play chakra tug of war again?"

"You idiot! We don't need to this time.... It's not like I have anything else to do.... So we could if you really wanted to..."

Naruto was still looking down. The scene changes corresponding to the thoughts and feelings of the human in it. Kurama looked at Naruto wondering if he had what it took to bring that change in him.

"You are no longer that monster fox....You are a partner of a citizen from the hidden leaf..."

Kurama could not believe the scenes he was witnessing. Will that really happen in the future? Will Naruto and him really become.....

The prophecy...

"Hahahaha!! It looks like you have surpassed all the other Kages in stupidity!"

"SHUT UP! STUPID, STUPID KURAMA!!"

Kurama gently smiled as he said "It'll be alright, don't worry about it..." 

Kurama had his mouth open. He couldn't remember the last time he laughed, comfort someone or even looked at someone gently. raised his hand up to Naruto once more. Naruto looked up, drawing his eyes away from the reflection in the water.

"I believe you Naruto.... You mindscape memories.... they were too real.... You can not possibly have forged it...."

Naruto could not believe what he was seeing. Was Kurama really willing to be his friend already? Unkown to Naruto, he had tears spilling out of his eyes. He raised his fist up and fist bumped Kurama as they had an understanding. 

"Hey kid, so do you know the sealing formula's key?"

"Uhh.... no........." Naruto said realizing what that means.

Kurama's sweat dropped. "So just because you are from the future and you befriended me, it doesn't mean you aren't stupid..." Kurama said muttering half-heartedly outloud, almost in a joking manner, loud enough for Naruto to hear him. 

"Yup, what have I gotten myself into...." Kurama spoke once more in a joking manner.

"HEY!!!! I'M NOT STUPID, STUPID!!!! THE MOMENT YOU DECIDED TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH ME, WE ARE DESTINED TO BE TOGETHER TILL THE VERY END!!!" Naruto said with a gleeful grin

Kurama closed his eyes as he heard a faint thought in his mind, from a certain fox with 9 tails from 10 years into the future.

"Take good care of Naruto...." 

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HEYYY YAH IM DONE WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER!!!! I tried ending it on a cozy feeling kinda point, don't really know how effective that is. Just hoping it is. So incase you want a jist of the whole thing in a few sentances, here you go:

Naruto woke up from a nightmare which basically gave form to his depression, anxiety and more, and also something else. Kurama forced that thing to retreat causing Naruto to wake up from his nightmare. He decides to talk to Kurama and convinces him, that he is from the future.

Shikamaru, wakes up to grab a bite to eat. His dad confronts him about not being the same. Shikamaru explains his situation and he tells him the proof which helped convince him too.

Sasuke wakes up and finds out Itachi is under trial now and understands the situation he is in. He walks out trying to figure out a solution.