A Different Reality || Kidfic

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Eren Jaeger and Naruto Uzumaki are both young boys. There is a girl named Mikasa who liked Eren, and a girl named Hinata who liked Naruto. One day, the two boys switched bodies and universes in a dreamlike state that felt a bit much like reality. Thinking it was just a lucid dream, both boys grew braver than usual and got the two young girls flustered, heightening their infatuation. By the time they went back to normal, the girls also had something to say to them.

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Dreams are an extraordinary thing. They can be absolutely wonderful, or they could be absolutely dreadful. When one thinks of the word ‘wonderful,’ what do they think about? It can be many things. For a small child, dolls and wooden toy cars can be considered wondrous. For a teenager, perhaps learning that your crush shared your infatuation would be sensational news. For an adult, receiving a raise from your boss would likely make you feel superb. And what is something that can be considered marvelous to all ages? Maybe an enormous ship, or watching as the water of the highest waterfall in the world cascades down.

Unfortunately, not all dreams can be as spectacular as that. The dreadful dreams, commonly referred to as nightmares, or night terrors, are the exact opposite of wonderful. And unfortunately, a young boy named Naruto Uzumaki was having these dreadful dreams. At the same time, another boy from another universe, was having nightmares as well. His name was Eren Jaeger. They were not sharing the same dream, but there was a common denominator between them. Both dreams felt too realistic.

Naruto was 12 years old at the time, and Eren was 10. Both had completely different personalities, and both boys were quite brave for their age, but alas they were also young and naïve. There was a young girl, Hinata, who had fallen for Naruto. But with his naiveness, he was completely and utterly clueless. Of course, there was also a young girl who had fallen for Eren. Her name was Mikasa. Both girls ired their interest a considerable amount but assumed that their feelings would never be reciprocated.

Naruto tossed and turned as the dream he had gradually got more intense by the second. It was a strange dream, and it was not even complete. It felt mysterious. There were lots of dead people...lots of blood...lots of giants? The giants were devouring the people. Naruto jolted awake and sat down. But something was off, very off. As Naruto brought his hands up to rub his eyes, his hands skid through the ground and he almost yelped. But instead, he jumped slightly. Opening his eyes and forgetting about his plan to rub them, he squinted. The sun was bright, and when he looked down, he noticed there was grass.

He was very confused. Naruto was sure that he had fallen asleep last night under a roof and was curious as to how he got here. He heard someone breathe in front of him and expected them to be either Sasuke, Sakura, or Kakashi. He must have fallen asleep because of the early time allotted for trai- “Eren, why were you crying?” Naruto’s thoughts were disrupted by a soft, feminine voice that was unfamiliar to him. Looking in front of him, Naruto saw a girl.

The girl was at least 2 years younger than him, and she had long raven hair as well as pale white skin and greyish blueish eyes. On her back was a large amount of wood that looked to be 3x the average weight a girl her age could and should carry. “W-who are you!?” Naruto exclaimed as he stood up hurriedly and was getting prepared to fight her. Mikasa stared at him blankly. “Eren, are you feeling alright? Are you feeling sick?” She asked worriedly. “It’s me, Mikasa.”

Naruto was perplexed. Wasn’t this a bit too realistic to be a dream? Then again, lucid dreams were a thing. So, he assumed that was what had happened, and sent one of his signature grins to the girl. She made no reaction and continued to stare at him blankly. The wind blew suddenly, and she stood up straighter. Naruto shivered slightly, but stayed quiet. “We should be getting back home” Mikasa said quietly as she picked up some wood from next to Naruto that he did not notice.

The wood was more than a quarter and a half less than what Mikasa was carrying. When Mikasa finished assisting Naruto on carrying the wood on his back, Naruto grimaced. It already felt extremely heavy, and there was not even half the load Mikasa was carrying. Trying to be a man and to impress the girl, Naruto grabbed a large amount of the wood from her and hoisted it onto his back. He flinched and almost fell due to the weight of it but stood his ground. He smiled at her and rubbed his head. “A pretty girl such as you shouldn’t be carrying all that! Let me do it for you!”

Mikasa was surprised. She was also flustered. Since when did Eren act like this? She wondered. She reckoned that he had never called her pretty before. Was he sick? “Are you feeling sick Eren?” She asked once more with slightly heightened worry. Naruto chuckled and shook his head no fast. “Nope. I feel just fine, maybe even feeling great being with a pretty girl like you now.”

Naruto had no idea who Eren was, but he did not pay much mind to it. Mikasa just pursed her lips. “Well...we better get going.” She said as she started walking down the grassy hill. Naruto followed her, his back hurting increasingly by the second. “THE SCOUTS ARE BACK!” Some random man suddenly yelled as he made his way over to the side of some road. Mikasa expected Eren (Well, Naruto) to grab her hand and pull her over to see, so she was confused when he paid no mind to the commotion and kept following her.

“Welcome back kids.” Carla Jaeger said as she approached them while they put the wood away. She giggled. “Eren, did you make Mikasa help you again?” Mikasa spoke up, blushing slightly. “No actually, Eren helped me this time.” She said shyly as she looked down. Today, Mikasa was planning on finally telling Eren’s parents that he was planning to the Survey Corps despite their protests. She had changed her mind. Eren seemed to be happy with her today, and she did not want to ruin his mood by making him angry at her.

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Eren woke up sweating and gasping for air. He had a strange dream. And he also had no idea where he was. The dream consisted of him jumping from tall tree to tall tree carrying some sort of important scroll, while a ninja who betrayed the Leaf Village named Mizuki chased after him trying to steal it. People were calling after him, but they did not call him Eren, they called him Naruto.

“N-Naruto-kun, are you awake? It’s me...Hinata." Eren heard the unfamiliar voice of a shy girl that seemed to be directed at him. Eren frowned seeing the unfamiliar girl. She was small and had almost completely white eyes but with a purplish hue to them. She had dark blue hair, which was remarkably close to black but not quite. Eren thought this had to be a joke. Blue was not a normal or possible hair color, right? At least from where he was from. The only natural hair colors were black, brown, red, and blonde. “Who is Naruto!?” Eren snapped at the girl, glaring. She flinched and looked to the ground with a sad expression written on her face.

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“Mikasa! Come here, I want to show you something.” Naruto said as he eagerly grabbed her hand and told Carla they were going out. After running for a while, he stopped suddenly and laughed nervously. “Umm do you know somewhere we can go that’s spacious?” Naruto asked smiling cheekily. Mikasa paused to think for a moment then urged him to follow her. “Over here, Eren.” She deadpanned as they made It to some river and she sat down on the steps, next to a blonde girl. Well, the blonde girl was a boy named Armin who simply had long hair.

But Naruto was too excited to show Mikasa that he didn’t pay any mind to poor Armin. “Mikasa, I'm going to show you my sexy jutsu!” He spoke. Mikasa looked at him in a questioning. “Eren, do you need to go to a doctor? What even is a jutsu?” She asked honestly concerned with him. “You’ll be shocked! You better believe it!” Naruto exclaimed as he went to stand in a more open space a bit further from Mikasa. Mikasa and Armin both watched with slight curiosity.

Naruto did a few movements that only furthered Mikasa’s confusion but when he finished, nothing had happened. Mikasa and Armin stared at him blankly. “Aw dang it! Why isn’t it working!?” Naruto exclaimed, a bit upset he couldn’t show this dream girl something and impress her. She stood up. “It’s okay Eren. Maybe next time” She said putting her hand on his back reassuringly. Since Naruto was upset, he was done with being called Eren when his name was in fact Naruto. “I’m tired of this! Who is Eren? My name is-” he started, but suddenly the ground shook. It felt like an earthquake, and the 3 kids stumbled and fell.

Unfortunately for Naruto, he hit his head during his fall. The hit was hard, and he fell unconscious. Before he lost his consciousness, the last thing he heard was Mikasa saying “Eren!”

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The last thing Eren ed was that he was talking to a girl, Hinata, then suddenly he felt an intense pain in his head, and the last thing he saw was Hinata’s shocked face staring at him. He woke up laying down on a floor with a blanket underneath him. He had a raging headache, and when he opened his eyes, locked eyes with Mikasa. “W-where’s Hinata? Is she alright?” Eren said, sounding panicked. Mikasa frowned. Who was Hinata? Mikasa shook it off and said something else instead. “You bumped your head pretty hard, Eren. There isn’t anyone you know named Hinata. The titans attacked, and we rode a ship to escape. We’re now seeking refuge here, in Wall Rose.”

She paused for a moment, taking a deep breath, and wrapping her red scarf tighter around her neck. “Eren..I never had the courage to say this, but I love you” She finished. The way she loved him was not really romantic, at least not yet. At the moment, it could be considered puppy love as she really ired him, but who knew, she might never grow out of it. But Eren was too spaced out to listen. Forgetting Hinata and everything else Mikasa said, Eren glared into the air with a scowl. “The titans..where’s mom?” He asked seriously as he looked around trying to find her. Mikasa couldn’t bear to tell him what happened yet, so she stayed quiet and sat there waiting as Eren frantically looked for his beloved mother.

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Naruto awoke to someone shaking him harshly. It was Sakura, and Hinata stood next to her shyly, avoiding his gaze. Hinata started to speak shyly. “Naruto-kun, while we were talking under the tree..an acorn fell on your head and you ed out.” Then Sakura lectured him. “Naruto! How stupid can you be? ing out from an acorn, really!?” She yelled into his face. “Hehe..” Naruto said as he rubbed his head with a grin. “Never mind that already, I had a bizarre dream. You better believe it! There was this really pretty girl named Mikasa, but it was so weird. She kept calling me Eren. But my name is Naruto Uzumaki and I’m from the Hidden Leaf Village, not some made up place called Shiganshina!”

Hinata felt herself getting slightly teary eyed from him Naruto calling a different girl pretty. First Sakura, and now someone named Mikasa? She’ll never have a chance, unless she says something now is what she thought. “I a-actually really like you, Naruto-kun" Hinata whispered, blushing. But both Naruto and Sakura heard her. Sakura was shocked, and knew what she meant as she looked back and forth from Naruto to Hinata with here mouth gaping wide open. Naruto on the other hand, was still completely oblivious. “I like you too Hinata! You’re a really good friend of mine” He said grinning at her.

Sakura was not very surprised that he had not gotten the hint. Hinata looked up at him. Somehow, she didn’t feel upset. Instead, she smiled at him and giggled a bit. She found it funny that he didn’t understand, and she promised herself that she would try again next time.

“Anyways, I want some ramen!” Naruto said.

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Naruto slurped his ramen happily. Well, he looked as if he was doing it happily. In all honesty, he couldn’t keep his mind off Mikasa. He didn’t know if that was allowed, since she probably wasn’t even a real person, and was also at least 2, maybe 3 years younger than him. Deep in thought, he realized that he really did mean it when he called her pretty. Blushing a bit from the sudden realization, a voice brought him back to reality. “What are you all flustered about?” Naruto didn’t even have to look up to see who it was. He ended up grinning sheepishly and running his hand through his hair, eyes mostly closed.

The next morning, Naruto had bags under his eyes. He couldn’t sleep at all and looked terrible when he turned up for training. Sasuke and Sakura stared at him with mouths wide open, Sakura’s mouth gaping slightly more. Kakashi looked a tiny bit concerned, but not too much. They trained as per usual, but Naruto wasn’t his lively self. He also wasn’t as fast, even stumbling every now and then. By the time it was lunchtime, Naruto felt as if his body had given up. Sakura was practically forced to feed him. He was starving, but not as hungry as he was sleepy.

Only halfway through the meal, Sakura went to feed him another spoonful. But when she glanced down to where he was sitting, Naruto was fast asleep, maybe even drooling a little bit. Sakura furrowed her brows but shrugged it off seconds later. Instead, she went to go and find Sasuke, the one she had a crush on. “Sasukeee!” She called out in a higher than usual cutesy voice. Sasuke visibly flinched but ignored her.

When Sakura was just about to reach the boy, she tripped over a rock that was conveniently there. She yelped (she also made sure the yelp sounded cutesy like). And to her joy, and to Sasuke’s dismay, she landed right on top of him, making him fall onto the ground. The dust flying around from the impact went all over their hair, but they didn’t seem to notice that. Both their eyes were wide open.

They had kissed.

Thank you for reading. I hope it was decent enough to enjoy. ^^