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The boy who used to be

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Naruto related.

Summary: In the beginning it was just flashes, flashes of a face or a voice, even flashes of feelings. Then they started to grow...

Pairings: No pairings but if you really want to you could take it as a slight Kaka/Obi/Naru fic

Prologue:

It’s you again isn’t it, these feelings, these thoughts, they aren’t really mine... are they? But I know it’s you, the one from the dreams, the dreams that aren’t really dreams... you’re that one that is me but isn’t, I see you sometimes out of the corner of my eye, the boy who used to be...

Chapter one:

Raising a tanned hand to shield his eyes from the glaring sun the happy-go-lucky blonde turned his gaze back to the tree stump he’d been practicing on. The stump was an old one, worn down from use, and not just by Naruto. He was standing in the middle of an over-grown clearing that showed obvious signs of someone trying to fix it up. With the hacked up grass trimmed down to manageable lengths, trees with branches snapped off that had hung too low, and a pile of rocks and branches off to the side and out of the way. It was hard not to notice.

After collecting all of his stray kunai and shurikun, Naruto headed off in the direction of town. The clearing was located somewhere in between the Uchiha district and the Hyuuga residence in a no-man’s land so he was free to come and go as he liked. He found the clearing about a year ago when he was walking past an alleyway. Something just told him he was suppose to go that way, he knew it was him that it was his clearing but the sense of ownership and possession that over took him when he stepped into the old over grown clearing compelled him to stay. He kept coming back every time despite himself, and despite knowing whose clearing it really was.

Stepping on to the main road leading to the Academy, Naruto lifted his arms to adjust his newly acquired hiate-ate, only to spot his raven haired rival coming from the direction of the Uchiha district. The blonde tensed and quickened his pace slightly out of the corner of his eye he noticed Sasuke doing the same, gritting his teeth he speed up even more speed walking ahead of the other boy. Spotting the Academy not too far ahead he started to jog at the same moment Sasuke did.

“You’re going down b*****d!”

“Hn, yeah right dope”

Naruto grinned and shifted into a run, only to trip and fall flat on his face.

“Hn, nice going dope.” The last Uchiha threw a superior looking smirk over his shoulder and strolled off through the Academy gates. Grumbling under his breath about stupid, cheating, smug bastards, the blonde got to his feet brushing his orange jump suit off as he went and entered in after him.

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Sitting at a random desk in the middle of class pouting over the loss to Sasuke, only moments before when the low drawl of a voice brought him out of his musings.

“Hey, Naruto what are you doing here and where’d you get that hiate-ate? Did you dig it out of the trash or something?” the blonde turn to the lazy brunette with his normal grin planted across his face,

“Hehe nah, I past too and Iruka-sensezi gave it to me!” Shikamaru gave him a long stare before mumbling ‘troublesome’ under his breath and leaving to take a seat for himself. Not long after that the whole class turn to the door when they heard a loud screeching of the co-captains of the ‘Sasuke Uchiha is a god’ fan club.

“I WON! NOW MOVE IT INO-PIG!!”

“NO WAY! IN YOUR DREAMS I WON! YOU MOVE BILLBORAD-BROW!!”

Everyone sweat dropped when the both fell through on to the floor in a tangled heap of limbs only to jump back up and march right in Naruto’s direction! ‘Holy mother of- she’s gonna sit with me! I knew it she really does lik-‘

“NARUTO! Move it! You’re in my seat!” huh?

“Your seat? You mean my seat I’m sitting next to Sasuke!” while Ino and Sakura started another shouting match Naruto turned to find his hated rival occupying the seat beside him. The whole time. And he didn’t even notice. God damn it! Hopping up onto the desk in front of him the blonde leaned in and glared at the pretty boy Uchiha who glared back just as hard, he didn’t see what’s so great about him or why the girls liked him; he was a b*****d 24/7! Suddenly Naruto felt someone bump into him from behind sending him flying forward right into the lips of a wide eyed Sasuke.

“AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! NARUTO WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!!!”
scrambling off the other boy he hurriedly wiped his mouth and tongue clean, raising his head he was met with a hoard of rabid angry fan girls thirsting for blood. His blood. s**t.

“Wait!, WAIT! No, it wasn’t my fault! No, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

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“Good morning everyone!” the grinning chuunin set down a pile of papers before turning to face the class.

“Once again congratulations on becoming Konaha’s newest Genin! Okay today we’re just going to be placing you into your teams then you can leave, but make sure you back after lunch, because your jounin sensei’s will be coming to collect you. Okay listen up team 1...”

Naruto was practically bouncing I his seat, he was so gonna get paired up with R-Sakura! He just knew it! He could see it now, the both of them on missions together, beating bandits, escorting princesses and when his pink haired angel gets into trouble he would be there to swoop in and save the day! With no Sasuke b*****d there to get in the way!

“In team 7 we have Naruto Uzumaki...” This was it!

“Sakura Haruno...” YESSS!!!! It was fate it had to be!!

“WHAT!!!!! NO WAY NOT THAT IDOIT NARUTO!!!” nearly half the class jumped in their seats when the pink haired girl shouted her protest.

“Sigh, Sakura please be quite so I can finish.”

“eh he he, sorry sensei” sending her one last look Iruka-sensei read the last name of team 7

“And Sasuke Uchiha. In team 8 we have...”

“WWHHHHHHHAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!” even the combined yells of the two class blondes didn’t stop Sakura’s gleeful sequels of delight being heard from everyone in a 50 mile radius.

“YESS!!! YESSS!!! YEESSSSS!!!! True love triumphs again!!”

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“SAKURA! Hey Sakura wait up!” the blonde run after the pink haired girl trying to catch her before she disappeared behind the building corner. She turned around just as he reached her with a slightly put-out look on her pretty face, you could clearly see the annoyance in her eyes.

“What is it Naruto can’t you see I’m looking for Sasuke-kun!” abruptly her expression changed, the kyuubi container could practically see the hearts floating around her. “Now that we’re on a team together Sasuke and I will be sending so much time together, training, going out on da- ehem, but before all that happens we need to bond more as a couple, starting with lunch! I even made him a bento, he’ll be sure to love it!”

Naruto sweat dropped then mental shook himself ‘focus now’s the perfect time to ask her out!’ grinning wide he asked her

“ah, S-sakura? Since that jerk isn’t here how about we have lunch together! Uh, as a team I mean!”

“Yeah right! You just want a date! How many times do I have to tell you before it gets through that thick head of yours? NO, and that’s final! Now I’m going to go look for Sasuke-kun.”

As he watched her walk off with a frown marring his whiskered face he though how unfair it was that the ‘b*****d Uchiha, pretty boy’ got all of Sakura’s attention when all he did was ignore her. A wide grin spread across his face and he slinked away from the road side like a sly fox on the trail of his dinner...

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Sakura looked up from her seat on the street side bench to see the object of her desire coming down the path towards her. Getting to her feet the only female member of team 7 called out to her team mate with a pretty blush staining her cheeks.

“Sasuke-kun how are you? Did have lunch already? How about having lunch with me? I even made you a bento! I spent all night making it for you with all your favourites; we’re team mates now so we should be spending more time together now right?” Getting it out all in one breath really fast, she came out redder in the face than she began.

“hn I’m fine, did you say that bento’s for me?” Sakura swore she must have died and gone to heaven when the normally broody boy smiled at her

“Thank you Rin you must have spent a long time on it” scratch that she was most defiantly in heaven no doubt abo- wait. what?

“Rin?! No, Sasuke-kun my name’s Sakura we’re team mate’s now...” tailing off slowly she watched the realisation flitter across his face, not saying anything he frowned and looked away then back at her face as if trying to figure out some sort of complicated puzzle and couldn’t find the last piece cause it had been kicked under the table. Looking away again he started to walk off, so she called out to him to make him stop.

“WAIT!! Sasuke-kun! um you, I mean if you want! Maybe... have lunch with me, like a date?!” closing her eyes hopefully with a full blush staining her face she was completely unprepared for the image that greeted her as she reopened her eyes.

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Naruto continued to stare at Sakura after she asked him or rather Sasuke out, again. He was about to leave so he could sort out the mess in his head before he had to go meet his new sensei when he felt a hand grab him from behind.

“Dope you better have a good explanation for this.” s**t!

“WHAT THE HELL?! Why are there TWO Sasuke’s?! What’s going on here?!” double s**t!

“Um, well you see... it was, it happen like-, IT WAS ALL SASUKE’S FAULT!!!” breaking free of Sasuke’s hold on his shirt Naruto made a run for the academy, and as far away from his two team mate’s as possible. And it would have worked to, if he had realised that was where his entire team was to meet their sensei there. The beating that ensued when Sakura court up with the blonde gennin has been edited out do to harsh violence...

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As team 7 sat together in one of the academy classrooms waiting for their sensei to show up Naruto sitting as far away from Sasuke as possible while nursing his bruises and attempting to simultaneously glaring at the back of said boy’s head. Key word attempting to, with all his bruises it looked more like he was constipated.
Using the time he had he spent it musing over the resent mix up with Sakura’s name, the blonde figured it was all his fault none of it would have happened if he could keep his own memory’s and feeling’s in his own head! Naruto hated it when that happened, and it had been happening more and more frequently. In all honesty it was starting to really scare him, what if one day he woke up and he wasn’t Naruto anymore? What would happen then? Would he completely own his body would he become him? He was starting to lose sleep over it too, to scared to go to sleep because he was afraid he would never wake up again.

He was broken out of his musing’s when the door opened and a weird looking guy poked his head through the door, judging by the Hiate-ate covering his left eye Naruto guess that this must be his new jounin instructor, and he couldn’t help the feeling that he’s seen him somewhere before.

“YOUR THREE HOUR’S LATE!!!” the newcomer just smiled at the two angry genin and completely ignored the one who was glaring at him with murderous intent.

“Hmm my first impression of you all is, I don’t like you. Meet me on the roof!”

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Finally! It took me forever to finish this, and it’s only the first chappy too!!

A/N: FYI him is Obito, just so you know...

*sigh* now I have to write a second chapter!