I don't own Naruto.
Note: I hate Kabuto, but he was the one in the dream so . . .
Shikamaru, Kiba, Naruto, and Kabuto wake up in a little hut. There are bottles of stuff all around and a cauldron on a fire.
"Aaargh! We've been kidnapped by a witch!" Naruto jumps up from the floor and looks around.
Kabuto stands up and looks around. He dusts off his glasses. "The last thing I can remember is heading toward that old lady's house to do a mission."
"Yeah, we were supposed to find something for her." Kiba stands up and rubs his head. "Hey, where's Akumaru?"
He looks around for the little white dog, but doesn't see it anywhere.
"Oh!" A girl comes in and drops the basket she was carrying. Her face turns red and she stoops to pick up the herbs that had spilled out.
The four boys stare for a moment then Naruto steps forward.
"Are you the one who kidnapped us?"
An old lady (that was probably wider than she was tall) came in and saw them.
"Ah, good! You're awake." She steps around the girl and walks over to them. "I really wanted some older people, but you can't have everything you want."
"Who are you and why did you kidnap us?!"
"Kidnap you? I hired you."
"So you are this 'Granny' that wanted us to find three things for you?" Kabuto asks.
"Yes."
"So what is it you wanted us to find?" Naruto asks.
"A Book."
"A Book?!" Naruto's mouth dropped open. "Why don't you just go to a library?"
"This is a special Book, you knucklehead!"
"All right, so how are we supposed to find this Book, where did you leave it?"
"Naruto, Kabuto's in charge, not you!" Kiba said. "Let him ask the questions!"
"Fine!" He pouts and pokes at the bottles on a shelf.
Granny waves her hand and a scroll appeared.
"I knew she was a witch!" Naruto whispered.
She unrolled it and laid it on a table. She pointed at the far upper left corner. "This is where the Book is." She moved her hand down to about the center of the map. "This is where we are right now."
Kabuto looked at the map. "I don't recognize this area. Aren't we still in the Land of Fire?"
"Not exactly. The reason that you were unconscious a moment ago is because I had to teleport you to this world." She turned to Kiba. "And I can't teleport animals, so your dog is still back there."
"Wait!" Naruto looked over. "You mean to tell me that we're in another world?"
"Yes." Granny answered.
Everyone was silent for a moment.
"All right!" Naruto punched his fist into the air. "Sasuke's going to be so jealous! He's never been to another world!"
Everyone stared at him for a moment.
"That's a rather large distance; this mission might take longer than we thought." Kabuto said.
"Well, you can use Oroingi."
"Oroingi?" Naruto looked confused. "What the heck is that?"
"It's a giant frog. I'll show you." She leads them out of the hut and to a pen with a giant green frog in it.
"Oroingi, these are the ninja that I want you to help."
Shikamaru and Kiba both looked at the frog, shocked. Naruto just crossed his arms.
"I can summon a bigger toad than that! And he can talk. Watch!" He bit his thumb then made a couple hand signs. He slammed his hand on the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!"
Nothing happened.
"What?! Why didn't it work?!"
Granny laughed. "You can't use your jutsu here. This world is too magical and counteracts your genjutsu and ninjutsu. Only taijutsu works here."
"Aw, man!" Naruto pouted.
Granny turned to the others. "I want you to take Kari with you."
The girl they had seen earlier came out of the hut, carrying a huge saddle.
"She can help you find the place where the Book is."
Kari put the saddle on Oroingi.
"Well, if you're ready." Granny motioned toward the giant frog. "Kari should sit in front so she can steer Oroingi."
Kari deftly climbed onto the frog's back and the others followed suit, Kabuto sitting behind Kari and Shikamaru, Kiba, and Naruto behind him.
The giant frog jumped into the air and then began to hop forward, moving about eighty mph.
Naruto looked down and saw that Oroingi never touched the ground—he would jump from nothing, as if he could walk on the air.
"Aaah! What is this thing?!"
"That Granny lady did say this world was magical." Kiba said.
They rode the frog for an hour or so before they could see a huge mountain range.
"That's where we're going." Kari said. It was the first time she had said so many words.
"Mountains? How did Granny get her stupid Book lost in the mountains?" Naruto looked at the grey masses still far ahead of them. "Can she even get up the stairs?"
"I don't know; I haven't seen any stairs around her house." Kari answered.
"Don't you live with her?" Kiba asked.
"No, I've only been here for a day. She took me from another world."
"How many freaking worlds are there?!" Naruto grabs his head.
"I don't know, millions."
"It's too much to think about!" Naruto yells, waking Shikamaru, who had fallen asleep.
"Where are we?"
"Almost there." Kari answered.
A few minutes later, they landed in a little clearing.
Kabuto looked at Kari. "Why are we stopping?"
"We have to walk from here. Oroingi can't go any farther." She blushed as she said it. It was much harder to talk to guys when you were facing them.
"Stupid frog." Naruto grumbled.
Oroingi's tongue shot out and wrapped around Naruto. He pulled the screaming ninja into his mouth.
"Oroingi! Spit him out!" Kari said to the frog.
Oroingi looked defiant but then spit Naruto out onto the ground. Naruto hugged Kari, making her blush and covering her in frog saliva."
"Thank you so much! I would have been frog food if it wasn't for you!"
Kabuto was looking up at the mountains that barely showed above the treetops.
"We still have a long way to go. C'mon." He jumped up into the trees and Naruto and Kiba followed. Kari stood on the ground, wondering what she should do since she wasn't as fast as a ninja and definitely couldn't jump that high.
Shikamaru, who was still half-asleep, looked at her. "You can't keep up with us can you? You're not a ninja."
"N-no."
Shikamaru sighed and crouched down. "Get on."
"W-what?" She blushed.
"Hurry up! We have to catch up to the others."
Kari climbed on Shikamaru's back and he jumped up into the trees, following the other boys.
They reached the base of the mountain and stopped.
"Where do we go from here?" Kabuto asked.
Shikamaru set Kari down and she looked at the mountain. "We have to go up until we reach a huge cave. It shouldn't take that long."
"All right! Let's go!" Naruto started running up the mountain path. The others sighed and followed him, Shikamaru carrying Kari again.
Naruto stopped suddenly and the others ran into him.
"What's the big idea, Naruto?!" Kiba yells.
Naruto was staring at a huge dark hole in the side of the mountain. "I-is that the cave we're looking for?" He asked.
"Yup." Kari stood up and dusted herself off.
They all looked at the cave. It was incredibly dark inside and warm air seemed to be coming from it.
"Are you sure? 'Cause I'd much rather go in that one!" Naruto pointed to a little cave a few feet away that seemed perfectly normal.
"Heh." Kiba stuck his tongue out at him. "Chicken."
"I'm not a chicken! You go into that giant, creepy cave!" Kari clamped a hand over Naruto's mouth.
"Shh! We have to be absolutely quiet!" She let him go and looked at the cave. "We don't want them to know we're here."
"W-who?" Naruto looked fearfully at the cave.
"The giants." Kari said, then walked over to the cave and stepped inside. Kabuto followed, dragging the other three behind him.
Once they stepped into the cave, it was completely dark. They could barely see their own hands in front of their faces.
"Everyone stay against the wall so you don't get lost." Kabuto whispered.
"What if we get lost anyway?" Naruto whined.
"Then hold hands with the person in front of you!"
Naruto and Kiba looked at each other in dislike. Something deep within the cave let out a roar and they both jumped, grabbing onto each other for dear life. The Roar died away but they clung together, scared stiff.
"What a drag." Shikamaru pried one of Kiba's hands loose and held on to it. Kari held Kabuto and Shikamaru's hands and they continued through the darkness.
After a while, they could see an orange glow up ahead.
"W-what is that?" Naruto asked.
"It's the fire from their forges." Kari answered. They could see each other now, but only Kabuto let go. Naruto and Kiba clung to each other, still scared out of their wits. Shikamaru had to tug his hand away from Kiba because he was holding on so tight.
As they moved forward, the air got warmer and the glow brighter. They stopped suddenly because they had come to the end of the cave. It opened up into a huge cavern filled with glowing forges and huge people pounding away at red-hot metal.
Kabuto put a finger to his lips to tell them to be quiet and Naruto and Kiba both clamped a hand over the other's mouth. They slipped into the cavern, staying against the wall.
They stayed far away from the forges—it was already too hot. Kabuto led through the cavern, he seemed to know where they were going. They stopped for a moment and then the others saw what Kabuto was leading them toward.
There was a large tent-like thing set up in the other side of the cavern. There was one giant sitting beneath it, his face hidden by the hangings. Two giantesses were fawning over him. One had short pink hair and the other had long blonde hair.
Kiba had dropped his hand from Naruto's mouth for a moment. "G-giant Sakura and Ino?!" Kiba quickly clamped his hand back over Naruto's mouth.
The nearest giant stopped what he was doing and looked down at the floor.
Naruto's eyes got wide when he realized that it was Chouji. Kabuto quickly shoved them all between the giant's feet. Shikamaru just stood there with his mouth open. Afraid he would say something, Kari clamped her hand over it.
The giant Chouji shook his head, like perhaps he had been hearing things and continued working on whatever he was doing.
Kiba punched Naruto on the top of his head before they continued their silent journey through the cavern.
They got to the edge of the tent and Naruto almost passed out when he saw that the giant sitting there doing nothing looked just like Sasuke. Kiba had to firmly hold him to the floor with two hands over his mouth—well, that's what Kiba did, anyway.
Kabuto pointed to the piles of treasure surrounding giant Sasuke. Near his right knee was a large Book with leather binding.
He pulled Kari over and whispered in her ear. "Is that the Book we're trying to get?"
She looked at it for a moment then nodded.
"Stay here." He whispered to the others.
He slipped across the platform, unnoticed by the giants and grabbed the Book. He made it back safely, only being delayed by giant Sakura's foot for a moment.
"Let's get out of here." He whispered.
They all nodded and turned to leave. Giant Chouji almost stepped on them as they passed. They reached the edge of the cave leading out before something made them stop.
"Everyone stop!" Sasuke's voice filled the whole cavern.
Even though they were supposed to be running away, the five humans also stopped.
"My favorite Book is gone! Someone stole it!" They all looked at each other and then quietly began to back into the cave.
"I smell humans!" Giant Chouji said. He turned toward them and pointed. "There!"
"Stop them!" Sasuke roared.
"Run!" Kabuto grabbed Kari's open hand and Shikamaru grabbed Kiba's hand and they ran into the dark tunnel.
They reached the end of the tunnel and burst out into the light. Kabuto swung Kari onto his back and they ran down the mountain path.
"If we can get back to Oroingi, we'll be safe; they can't cross the area that we left him in." Kari told Kabuto.
The five of them plunged into the forest with thundering footsteps right behind them
"Shouldn't we hide?!" Naruto yelled.
"No! They can smell us!" Kabuto yelled.
"Besides, they'd destroy the entire forest looking for us." Kari said.
A tree flew over their heads, knocking down three more in front of them. Sasuke's voice could be heard from the mountains.
"Stop them! I want my Book back!"
They reached Oroingi and quickly climbed on.
"Home, Oroingi! Hurry!"
"I thought you said they couldn't cross here!" Naruto yelled as they took off.
"That doesn't mean they can't throw stuff at us!" Kari yelled over the wind. As she said that, a few boulders the size of a house went crashing down on their left.
"Oroingi! If you get us out of here alive, I'll love you forever!" Naruto bawled.
One of the giants threw a rock and it hit something sift in the forest below. Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing noise and hundreds of giant black beetles came flying into the air.
They spotted the frog and dove straight for him, their razor-sharp pincers clicking ominously. Someone dressed in white robes with a high collar sat on top of the largest beetle, pointing them toward the five sitting on the giant frog.
He wore black glasses and had spiky brown hair.
"No way! That's Shino!" Naruto yelled.
"Why's he trying to kill us?!" Kiba demanded.
"I don't know; he's your team mate!" Naruto yelled to him.
Oroingi deftly dodged the oncoming beetles and even grabbed two of them with his long tongue. Shino called off his beetles after a while and they returned to their hive, hidden in the deep forest below.
When they reached Granny's house, they all dropped to the ground.
Naruto hugged Oroingi's leg. "Oh we're alive! Thank you Oroingi! You're the best!"
Kabuto held the Book out to Granny.
"Is this the Book you wanted?"
"Yes, thank you." She took it and flipped through the pages. "Ah! Here it is." She ran her finger down the page. "Of course, of course! I should have known."
She held the Book up for them to see.
"This is the next thing I need you to find."
There was a picture of a bright sword.
"You want us to find something else?!" Naruto said.
Kabuto fixed his glasses. "Of course, the mission did say we were supposed to find three things."
"S-so there's still two more?!" He and Oroingi both faint.