This is a rewrite of Danfiction's Naruto Reborn: Sasuke Uchiha

I don't own Naruto

The dark skies thundered and crackled with lightning. A deathly quiet reigned as the howling winds ceased. Suddenly, a huge explosion of violet and gold light clashed for dominance, unearthing debris from the ground below. But as soon as it started, it ended, leaving a moon-like crater behind and revealing two figures.

Crimson eyes stared at orange orbs as each figure stood like statue, mirroring the other. An arm thrust forward through the others' chest. Charcoal orbs stared at cerulean eyes reflecting a myriad of emotions off each other. A set of charcoal eyes finally closed as a life was extinguished.

Soon, one lay lifeless on the ground as the other struggled, teetering on the edge of consciousness and breathing erratically. He fell to one knee and hacked up blood as the pain became unbearable. Blood marred his tan skin, leaving a red trail from forehead to chin. Quickly, the pain ebbed away to numbness as shock set in. The cold body that lay in front of him blurred.

"I told you…we'd die together...Sasuke." The words left Naruto's mouth, each syllable more haggard and frail then the last. Sasuke, his friend, his teammate... his brother, was now dead by his hand, but the act would soon be reciprocated. He could feel his life force fading as reddish-black blood continued to spurt from the open chest wound. He grinned weakly until a pair of red and purple eyes made its presence known throughout his mind. His grin twitched to a grimace.

Fuck…Naruto's other knee collapsed as he closed both eyes, willing himself to live. He became detached the only reason he was still living was because of the oxygen or because of chakra that was left inside his body...or maybe because of Kurama. He didn't care.

Naruto could barely hear the footsteps of the other ninjas as they approached, but he couldn't respond to them. All he could do now was keep the Shinigami from claiming his soul. Naruto struggled to gather his last thoughts. The disappointed faces of his mother and father crossed his mind. In the end… they were wrong. More dark blood spilled all around him; he felt like he was floating.

"NARUTO!" a few that knew him well yelled out.

Naruto's blood ran from his eyes like tears, spilling onto the shattered ground. Tousan…kaasan…I wasn't worth saving.

His eyes closed; he was unable to hold onto life any longer. Ero-sennin…I couldn't end the hate. I lost… he thought as the voices around him ceased. He couldn't feel the person who started shaking him or hear the yells that would make another deaf; instead, his eyes remained closed as he lay limply on the ground.

Naruto died.

...

Voices, yelling; he felt their anger and annoyance all around him. He He didn't care about them; he just wanted the end to come, but the voices prevented it. Louder, the voices sounded, waking him from his deep slumber. Now he was finally able to understand what the voices were saying.

"And I've said, I don't care." That voice was familiar. "I know what I've done; you know what was done to me, yet I want to change it."

"Yes, I know," answered a feminine voice. "But this case is quite unique; you had control over your actions. What you did made you unworthy of another chance."

The masculine voice sighed. "I tried to change, but I couldn't let them live. The Uchiha clan deserved better!" he explained, speaking as if he truly meant it.

That perked Naruto's interest. Uchiha? Wait a minute. Last thing he remembered was dying after a fight against….

"SASUKE!" Naruto roared, sitting up and opening his eyes. Though his pupils dilated and his head spun, he searched for the voice.

Sasuke sighed, preparing to greet his rival. Before he could do so, though, the wind was knocked out of him from a tackle to the stomach The third presence made a retreat as Sasuke landed on his back with Naruto on top of him. The rough tackle left Sasuke breathless as Naruto straddled his waist. Sasuke groggily opened his eyes before he was met by one of Naruto's fists.

"You! Stupid! Teme!" Naruto emphasized each word with another powerful punch to the skull. He continued the onslaught while Sasuke regained his bearings Sasuke growled. During one of Naruto's swings, Sasuke knocked away the punch and managed to get inside Naruto's guard. He grabbed both of Naruto's shoulders and then rolled the blonde over to the ground.

"What the fuck is your problem?" was Sasuke's attempt at trying to calm the former jinchūriki. Naruto bristled before flipping Sasuke back to their starting position.

"YOU!" Naruto shouted. "Because of you and your hate,we're dead. Sakura-chan, Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Tsunade-baachan, Kurama, everybody;they're going to die. Tobi won." He added a punch after each name to emphasize his point.

Sasuke closed his eyes, not wanting to hear Naruto's accusations. He tried to ignore Naruto until a water droplet splashed on his cheek. He was surprised to see that Naruto forwent the beating; instead,tears ran down his cheeks. "I failed them. I couldn't save you; I couldn't save anyone… Tou-san… Kaa-san… I've failed you. I wasn't worth saving…" Naruto rolled off Sasuke, placing both hands over his eyes. The emotional turmoil was too much, and he lost himself. "It's all your fault…" he whispered to himself.

"I know…"

Naruto's sobs slowed as he sat up. Sasuke's words still echoed through his head as he stared at his best friend. Naruto was shocked when he saw that Sasuke's face mirrored his own sorrow.

"I-I tried…" Sasuke began, gaining Naruto's full attention. "I tried to serve out justice on my brother, who killed everyone I loved, and Orochimaru, the greatest traitor to the Leaf. I exacted my vengeance, but then I learned it went deeper. My brother was a hero to be killed by the people he saved. Lines blurred. I couldn't tell the difference between justice and revenge. Everybody should just die!" He ended by pounding the ground. Blood soaked through his knuckles as he raised his hand to his face. "At least, that was what I believed."

The two sat in silence as they processed what the other had said.

He…tried, Naruto thought. Tried! He should have accomplished, not tried. His departure set off the chain reaction. If he hadn't left for Orochimaru, I wouldn't have had to waste the time I could have spent learning worrying about him; he could have helped. He had the choice to come back to Kohona and he didn't. The village held out for him and he spitted right at our faces. Jiraiya was right. I should have given up on him.

Neither moved a muscle as exhaustion claimed both of their bodies.

He doesn't understand, Sasuke thought. He never had to endure this. To know that the place where you grew up hated you. That my brother only left me alive… My life is more important than Kohona. The Uchiha clan will live on. This time it will be the right way. I will claim justice.

The deafening quiet was eventually broken by the blonde.

"Who was that you were talking to?" Naruto changed the subject, not wanting to dwell on their failures any more.

"That is someone who goes by many names, but who is resigned to being called Fate. It seems she wanted to see me before Death collected me." He turned and pointed at Naruto. "You are here because you happened to die right next to me." A questioning look from Naruto made him elaborate. "When the Shinigami collect souls, they affect an area, not a person. You were too close."

"Lucky me." Naruto turned to look Sasuke in the face. "So, what does Fate want with a dead guy?"

"A second chance," Sasuke replied, watching one of Naruto's eyebrows rise. "There's a way to go back, change all of the suffering that I caused," he explained

Naruto snorted. "Have fun with that," Naruto said, relaxing and lying on the ground.

"I'm trying, but the problem is that she's not willing to give me the chance to redeem myself!" Sasuke exclaimed.

"Wow, the Great Uchiha Sasuke not getting something he wants? Now I know I'm dead," Naruto remarked, giving off a few hollow chuckles.

Naruto tried to go to sleep, but Sasuke grabbed Naruto's shirt and brought him face to face. "Shut it, dobe. This is my chance. Another Sasuke was killed early in life, brain dead. I can take his body; with my knowledge I can make a difference. I have to make a difference," he ended. Sasuke stared into the Naruto's dead eyes. Quickly, Sasuke shoved Naruto away, unnerved by the hopelessness of the blonde. "Forget it; I shouldn't waste my breath on those who have given up." Naruto snorted and closed his eyes. His breathing evened out as he fell asleep.

"Lovely reunion," the female figure said, reemerging from nothingness. Silence greeted her as the two shinobi decided to ignore her. "So, Uchiha, you definitely can't go to this world."

Sasuke threw a heated glare at her. "Why the fuck not? What was the point of showing me this opportunity if you're just going to snatch it from my grasp?" Sasuke questioned while moving to face Fate.

"Silence!" Fate commanded, which was further pronounced with the sound of roaring thunder. Sasuke shrank at the display of power. Ignoring Sasuke's cowardice, Fate continued. "I thought that if I had showed you this chance, you might have changed your attitude. It was because of your attitude that you found yourself before me with your own world about to end. Stop being so arrogant!" she ranted.

Sasuke seethed in anger as he sat back next to the slumbering Naruto Fate studied the two before an idea popped in her head. "That might just work," she mumbled. "Uchiha, what are your thoughts about the boy next to you?"

The question confused Sasuke, but with nothing better to do, he answered. "The dobe… Naruto, he's different. The only person who thought I could be saved. Someone who defied the odds. He was able to overcome his hate, unlike I was. He is the person I gladly would call my best friend," he started. He took a quick glance at the sleeping blonde before continuing. "Was the person…"

A smile adorned Fate's mouth as she clapped her hands. "Then that settles it! Naruto will take your place as the other world's Sasuke," she declared.

"What?" Sasuke quickly sat up. "No… no… no! Him?" He illustrated his frustration by pointing at the sleeping blonde. "It would never work!"

"And why is that, Uchiha?" She stared back at him. "Is it because he is everything you're not?"

"Maybe if he were himself, but look at him. He's a mess," he announced, gesturing to the currently broken Naruto as an example to prove his point.

"Even in his fragile state, he is still more qualified than you are." She approached Sasuke. "Wake him up and tell him. We will start the transfer procedure soon, and I must answer any questions he has."

Sasuke walked towards Naruto's prone body. "Wake up." He stood there and stared at the motionless blonde. "Dobe," he added. If there was any hint Naruto heard him, it didn't show, as Naruto continued to sleep. Fine, you asked for it,Sasuke smirked as he kicked Naruto rather hard in his ribs.

"Gah!" Naruto stood up, holding his aching side. "WHAT WAS THA…" he started. He soon remembered were he was as his expression fell. His downcast look met Sasuke's. "Forget it. Am I'm going to die now?"

"Believe it or not, we made a decision."

"So Uchiha Sasuke gets what he wants. What does that have to do with waking me up?" A blow to his head was Sasuke's answer. Naruto grabbed the front of Sasuke's shirt in retaliation. "Teme!"

An invisible force pushed the two apart as Fate floated in between them. "We've decided…" Fate answered while staring at Naruto. "…to send you in place of Sasuke in his body."

A low giggle started in the base of Naruto's throat. It soon turned into full blown hysterical laughter as he began to hold his sides.

Sasuke stood in front of him. "Look, I don't like this either, but it's either you help our friends…" Naruto's guffaws became harder, but Sasuke ignored it. "…or no one does."

Naruto's laughter came to a halt as he rubbed the tears out of his eyes. "Man, I needed that. And the whole part when you said you had friends… priceless," he said as he finally calmed down. He stood up and looked the others in the face. "You're serious?" he received no indication of them joking. "No." The word was firm and held no emotion.

Fate's eyes held mirth as she gazed upon Naruto. "Honestly, you do not have a choice in the matter. This situation is miraculous as this is the only world were Sasuke is rendered brain dead Kami has told me to find out what made this change, and you two are the only souls that are compatible with the young Uchiha. You must go back," she explained.

Naruto's eyes widened. "Hell no! I can't go through that again, seeing them all alive! I'll break, knowing that I can't prevent their deaths! Watching them die one by one…I'd rather kill myself than live through that failure!" His eyes watered after finishing, but he didn't cry.

"Naruto!" Fate shouted, showing, once again, that she was all-powerful by the suffocating killing intent that affected both the Uzumaki and the Uchiha You selfish brat! Here you are, getting a once in a lifetime opportunity to save all of your loved ones, and you're going to throw it away. I thought you were the child of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina, the student of Jiraiya, the Toad Sennin! This isn't the time to wallow in self pity. It's your chance to rise and complete your mission that destiny had for you!"

During her speech, Naruto closed his eyes, since more tears threatened to spill once she mentioned his parents and teacher. Have I really fallen that low? his mind raced through all his accomplishments from his life. Scanning through his life again, he responded, "Fine…I'll go." He earned a smile and smirk from his present company. "But why Sasuke's body?"

"I do not create worlds, Naruto; Lord Kami does that. I look over each one, each dimension. I am the weaver of destiny; I determine who will succeed and who will fail. In this dimension, you have never existed; your parents' child died by the one called Tobi." She looked at him seriously while Naruto paid rapt attention. "You will find out that there are some similarities and many differences between your world and the other world."

"What was so different from the other realities that killed this Sasuke?" Naruto questioned with great concern.

Sasuke decided to inform the blonde, having already been clued in by the celestial being. "Itachi used the Tsukuyomi to leave that Sasuke brain dead."

"Finally, an Itachi with the right idea," Naruto said, earning another lump from Sasuke to his collection.

"But…" Fate said, gaining Naruto's attention again. "…the boy's body will have echoes of its former self. Some personality, thoughts, and dreams the boy had while he was alive might be passed on to you as your own thoughts will merge together." Naruto threw her a panicked look before she signaled for Naruto to let her finish. "Don't worry, though; you will still have your own mind. Subtle changes will just appear which will help you think like an Uchiha."

"If that is all, we'll begin the transfer procedure at once." She started crafting energies in the air by making hand motions similar to shinobi hand seals. Yellow energy-like chakra wrapped around Naruto.

"Listen, dobe," Sasuke spoke to an irritated Naruto, who was trapped in one spot by the energy. "Remember, you're in my body, an Uchiha's body—the head of the clan, actually. Don't mess this up, and don't act like you!" He stressed this part. "Everyone will be watching you." Naruto was about to retort when he saw Sasuke raise a fist. A question lingered on Naruto's tongue before Sasuke spoke up. "Think of it as a gift," he said. Nodding his head, Naruto met Sasuke's fist bump.

A bright flash blinded Sasuke, and suddenly, Naruto was gone.

Despite Naruto's death, Fate had made him a deal, a deal he couldn't refuse…and this deal came with a twist.

Translations

Tou-san - Father

Kaa-san - Mother

Ero-Sennin - Pervy Sage

Tsunade-baachan - Grandma Tsunade

Jutsu

Tsukuyomi - Moon Reader

First chapter done with the help of my beta reader Hollow Mashiro. As you see I tried to make it different from the original. I truly want to make this my story so these are the editors I've done. Please if you can spare the time review. Hope you enjoy.