What It Took to Be Me – Naruto Meets Himself

Setting: A quiet mindscape. Three Narutos. One journey.

Kid Naruto stands defiant — confused and angry.
He meets two versions of himself.
One after the war.
One after the world.

Kid Naruto: “The village hates me. Because of the fox.”
Teen Naruto: “He’s more than that.”
Hokage Naruto: “He became family.”

Then… the voice speaks.
Low. Familiar. Monstrous.

Kurama: “You hated me — but never knew me.”
“You’re alive because of me.”

The truth hits like a Rasengan to the chest:
Kurama wasn’t the curse.
He was the weight — and the strength.

Hokage Naruto: “When he was gone… it felt like losing family.”
Kurama: “You’ll learn the difference between a jailer… and a partner.”

Through pain, they found purpose.
Through loss, they built legacy.
From Iruka’s faith to Jiraiya’s death, from Neji’s sacrifice to Boruto’s smile —
Naruto was forged by scars… and kept every promise.

Teen Naruto: “We didn’t become Hokage because it was easy.”
Hokage Naruto: “Some promises break you before they come true. But we kept ours.”

This is ‘What It Took to Be Me.’
This is Naruto — in every form.
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