Disclaimer: Naruto and all characters in the series Naruto belongs to Kishimoto Misashi. I don't own them, all I own is the fan-book and a few mangas.

Plot credit: I was thinking of an old fanfiction I read, way back when I never even heard of Naruto. There was a plot like this... I'm ripping them off, but that's how ideas spread.

I'll keep my A/N short and sweet: Like it, or die
Oh, and all the Genins are around 16 years old, and are now... Chuunin level.

WARNING: There are traces of Shounen-ai everywhere. Alt. Universe and Alt. Reality.

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Title: Realities Apart
By: SukiAme

"Go!" Sasuke commanded Naruto as he prepared to fight the three ninjas that appeared.

Naruto paused and stared incredulously at Sasuke, "I - "

"Go! One of us has to protect Yoshikawa-san!" Sasuke said again more forcefulness. Naruto opened his mouth to protest but Sasuke was already running toward the ninjas, "Don't stand there like an idiot! I'll catch up!"

Pressed with the urgency of the situation, Naruto took Yoshikawa's hand and began to run while Sasuke bought them time.

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Sasuke kept the three in his sight while he fought, if he took his eyes off them, then they would go after the client. He was able to keep this up for a good fifteen minutes, but they kept moving and driving him toward the direction Naruto ran off. Then they temporarily hindered his vision by throwing a few smoke bombs.

Damn. Sasuke winced as he felt a particularly sharp kunai pierce his flesh and embed itself into his shoulder. The warm blood slid down his arm in a steady manner as soon as he pulled the tainted weapon off. When the smoke cleared, he sent a weak glare to the enemy ninja and collapsed on one knee from fatigue as he put the handle of his own kunai in his mouth. The other two were gone.

His opponent's eyes widened as he saw the black-haired boy begin perform a series of seals. There was something different about the boy though. As he opened his eyes, the previous cold night pupils was now a bloody crimson.

A large amount of Chakra was gathered into the hand of the boy as he ran at a extremely high speed. A deafening chirping sound surrounded the area while the man watched the boy charged at him with a morbid fascination. The Chakra in the boy's hand was now visible and in the form of wild, ice blue lightening. His eyes widened in shock when he saw the boy aim his fist at him in a precise punch that he narrowly avoided. He was further surprised when he saw the boulder that the boy hit shatter in pieces from the attack.

"Damn," The ninja murmured sounding mildly impressed, but he didn't want to waste time with the red-eyed Chuunin and decided to finish him off. He began to form his own seals, "Nice attack, Kid. But, I have a mission to complete, so I'm going to finish you off."

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Off in a short distance away from Sasuke, a certain blond teenager was fighting off his multiple offenders while protecting a lavender haired woman who stood behind him as she clutched a cylinder tube.

Originally, Naruto believed that he had the advantage by creating several Shadow Clones, but the opponent was also able to produce a few clones himself. And that wasn't the only thing, Naruto was currently being outnumbered by two to one.

Damn it, Sasuke. Stop dawdling and hurry up! Naruto thought viciously as another one of his clones disappeared in a poof when the enemy struck it with several shurikens. It wasn't that it was difficult maintaining several copies of himself while fighting, but it would be a hell of a lot easier if his partner was there to help him.

"Arghhh!" A scream of agony pierced the forest, shocking the fighters into stopping.

Sasuke! Naruto thought with alarmed recognition. A strange wave of worry coursed through his body as he decided to end the fight. He ignored the spiritual alarms that were telling him to go to Sasuke. Concentrate! The bastard is fine! He reassured himself.

The two assassins charged at Naruto with their weapons raised.

Naruto pulled his palm back and drove it into the abdomen of one man and then to the stomach of the other ninja. Naruto landed a short distance away from the two as he saw the insides of the dead men land with a sickening splat on the forest grounds while the blood oozed from the now decaying corpses.

"Yoshikawa-san, please come this way and stay close to me. I need to find my partner." Naruto beckoned the pale faced woman to him as he took her hand and quickly lead her toward the direction of the scream.

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Naruto halted Yoshikawa when he saw a dead body.

Lying a few feet away from the body of the unknown ninja was Sasuke, whose face was contorted with pain. A bruise had formed on his cheek, and there was a little smeared blood that trickled from the corner of his mouth to his chin, and his clothes where torn and bloodied. Sasuke looked like he was on the bad end of a horrible fistfight but he was still breathing, and semi-conscious.

Naruto let go of Yoshikawa and walked over to his teammate. He kneeled next to Sasuke and propped him up so that Sasuke's back was resting against Naruto's leg while he held up his rival's head with his arm. Then he blinked at the strange attire that he wore. Was Sasuke wearing a dress shirt and blazer at first?

"Hey, Sasuke, you okay?"

Sasuke forced his eyes open and stared up at Naruto's face. He let out a small sigh of relief and brought his hand to the blond teen's face. "You're okay..." He paused as he struggled with consciousness, "I'm so glad," he murmured before he dropped his arm and lost consciousness.

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Sasuke awoke in a strange room. Strange was an understatement, Sasuke's never seen anything so... genteel before, even being from a prestigious clan, they never had something so lavish. He pushed himself up from the feathery bed and winced when he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. Sasuke brought his hand to the bandaged wound and pressed down on it. Fight pain with pain.

"Sasuke!" Sasuke looked toward the familiar voice and saw Naruto at the entrance of a door. The golden haired Naruto ran the dark haired teen's side. Naruto sat down on the bed next to Sasuke and inspected him. "Are you still hurting anywhere?" He asked with concern laced all over his voice.

"I'm fine, Dunce." Sasuke replied gruffly as he pushed Naruto away from his direct line of vision and looked around for his shirt. "Where are we? Did you complete the mission? Are those other ninjas dead?" Sasuke took a look at Naruto and frowned, "And why are you dressed in that?" He asked referring to the navy blue blazer, and white dress-shirt.

Naruto cocked an eye at Sasuke, puzzled that he asked all those questions. "First of all, I've told you hundreds of times to stop calling me Dunce. And I thought we were making progress with this relationship. Secondly, you're in your room in case you haven't recognize it yet." Naruto stood and gestured to his clothes, "And I'm dressed like this because I came to see you right after school so I didn't get to change because I was worried about you." Naruto paused, "And what the hell are you talking about, mission and ninjas? We're not living in a manga you know."

Sasuke scooted to the side of the bed and stood up on the wooden floor as he tried to comprehend what Naruto said before he crouched on the floor in search of his shirt.

"This is not my room."

"Sasuke?" Naruto cautiously strolled up to him and stared closely at his eyes, then he back up looking miserable, "You've lost your memory haven't you? This is my fault... if I had been alert, those guys wouldn't have tied me up and you wouldn't be hurt. It must've been those hand motions that the guy was making. You can't even remember that this is your room. Do you remember me?"

"Naruto... I haven't lost my memories. I know who you are." Sasuke scoffed, "It'd take a hell of a lot more than a kunai to my shoulder to forget you." Sasuke opened a door to what he assumed would be a closet only to find a bathroom. "Damn it, where's my friggin' shirt?" He cursed as he slammed the door shut.

Naruto gave him a slightly mocking smirk, "You seriously have no idea where anything is, do you?" Naruto asked as he received a glare from Sasuke, "And I still don't know how you got that cut." Naruto gingerly touched Sasuke's shoulder and rested his head on it, all traces of his smile was gone. "Sasuke, I'm sorry... For what happened."

Sasuke stiffened under the weight of Naruto's head. Naruto's closeness was a bit overwhelming for Sasuke and his hand twitched with a strange urge to hug the shorter of the two.

"Na-naruto, help me find my shirt first."

Naruto held back the flash of hurt he felt and stepped away from Sasuke before he gave a small smile.

"Sure."

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"How did this happen anyway?" Neji asked without any inflation in his voice, "He looks like he was beaten pretty badly."

"Che." Naruto ignored Neji and glared at the motionless body of Sasuke. "I have no idea what happened, but I can't believe that Sasuke got beat so easily. Not only that, but I had to drag his ass all the way back here and complete the mission myself."

"So are you saying that I'm a part of you now?" Neji asked with a smirk only to receive a annoyed glare from the blond.

"You know what I meant, Neji..."

A low moan came from where Sasuke laid and both young men turned to watch him awaken. A confused expression was etched on his face before he saw Naruto sitting next to him and broke into a small smile that quickly transformed into a scowl when he saw Neji standing behind the blond. He moved to stand only to feel the nonexistent pins and needles poke at him.

"You okay?" Naruto asked as he draped Sasuke's arm on his shoulder and wrapped an arm around Sasuke's waist to helped him stand up.

"Just a little sore," He replied as he lifted his head and met Naruto's cerulean eyes, "They didn't hurt you, right?"

"I can take care of myself, unlike some people who either runs away or gets hurt when he's not being watched." Naruto looked pointedly at Sasuke, "Which reminds me, I couldn't find your shuriken pouch or anything else. Not even your forehead protector, which I don't think is a good thing. And I don't know why you chose to wear that," Naruto looked up and down at Sasuke's somewhat torn attire, "For a mission. It's not like you're going to a formal party or anything."

A frown crossed Sasuke's face as he wondered what Naruto was talking about. "Why would I have a forehead protector? And I thought you liked it when I wore our school uniform."

To the other side of Naruto, Neji felt his eye twitch in a odd manner as he watched Sasuke give Naruto a look that Neji was unfamiliar with. It made him uncomfortable and gave him a strange desire to wring Sasuke's neck.

"You are making zero sense right now." Naruto informed Sasuke as he backed away and headed for the door. "I'll just get you some water and food or something."

"I'll come with you," Neji said suddenly as he realized he didn't want to stay in a room alone with Sasuke.

"No, it's fine. I can't stand staying in that room anymore. Gotta move." Naruto said over his shoulder as he closed the door behind him.

A silence enveloped the room as Neji turned around and watched Sasuke, who glared at him with distaste.

Annoyed by the look that the younger teen sent him, Neji snapped, "What?"

"I thought you gave up on Naruto when he and I got together."

Neji was thoroughly confused by Sasuke's statement. "What?"

"I've told you before, Hyuuga, he's mine and you don't touch what's mine."

"What?! Who ever said that Naruto was yours?! What makes you think I even want him?" Neji stopped his enraged ranting and stared through Sasuke, "You're not Uchiha." Neji said suddenly, "You're him, but you're not him. Who are you? Or more accurately, what happened on that mission?"

Sasuke's glare was replaced by a thoughtful stare. He took a look around the room and then back to Neji, "First, you tell me where I am, then I'll tell you what I remember."

-To Be Continued? Maybe...

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Hm... I don't know. This was a spur of the moment thing. I'm not sure whether to continue it or not because I'm sure it was confusing. Inspiration? Nonexistent, so I don't think so. There is a plot, but I'm too lazy to plan it out. Even if I don't continue, review and criticize? Hohoho Please excuse all grammar mistakes because I'm a one person team, har har har. I think I'll get around to it... eventually. If it's a stupid idea, someone just tell me, and I'll take it off.