After lurking on for years, I've finally decided to write my own story!

This is going to be an Inu-Yasha/Naruto crossover. It will be a Sasuke/Kagome fic.

It will follow the basic plot of the shojo manga 'From Far Far Away' By Kyoko Hikawa. It's kind of inevitable that I will have to use the same or modify some of the speech from the actual manga!

But since I have not read the entire series I'm gonna have to make up my own ending and stuff….

Forget all you know, or think you know (a quote from the movie Willow) about Inu-Yasha- because the Feudal era never happened in this story!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Naruto or Inu-Yasha nor do I own the basic plot from 'From Far Far Away' by Kyoko Hikawa

*means voice-over (they did this in the manga a bit so I'm gonna follow the books for a bit)

"~word word word~" means the Ninja world language

" word word" Kagome's native language. A.K.A Japanese

' word' means thoughts

Chapter 1: A Strange New World

"I had that dream again last night." A pretty 15 year-old girl with long black tresses told her three friends as they ate their lunches in their classroom.

"The one about that mysterious world, Kagome?" the girl with medium length hair, Eri asked between bites of her bento.

"Yeah." Kagome replied as she moved her food around with her chopsticks.

"Where a strange and beautiful bird flies in the sky?" Yuka (the short haired one) asked before taking a large bite of her triangle cut turkey sandwich.

Nodding her head Kagome responded, "Yeah." She took a bite of her food.

"A strange and beautiful view?" her third friend Ayumi asked. The girl pushed her wavy hair behind her ear as she sipped on a juice box.

Sighing, Kagome nodded her head once more as she said, "Yeah."

She grinned nervously at her friends. "Do you think I could have lived in that world… in a previous life or something?"

*I've been having the same dream over and over lately.*

"This afternoon a suspected terrorist was arrested." The news reporter announced urgently during a special breaking-news report.

"It was revealed that he had planted several bombs around the city." "Police are now trying to identify the locations. If you notice any suspicious paper bags, please exercise caution."

"How scary!" muttered the manager of an electronics store as she watched the urgent report.

A group of four first-year high school girls walked past the electronics store, too caught up in their own conversation to notice the special news report playing on the many TV screens displayed in the stores front window.

Swinging her small yellow backpack over one of her shoulders, Kagome gave a cheerful grin to her friends who were walking slightly ahead of her.

"Hey, ever hear about parallel universes?"

Yuka turned around so that she was facing Kagome, "No. What's that?"

Lifting up a finger in an informative gesture Kagome explained, "Well, according to some theories, there are other universes besides our own!"

Looking slightly awed Yuka replied, "Really?" Ayumi placed a hand on Yuka's shoulder, "You know her dad was a science fiction writer and that her grampa's always going on and on about all those ancient legends, right?" Eri cut into the conversation giggling a bit, " So Kagome has this great imagination!"

Frowning slightly Yuka stated, "Hey, if those theories are correct… Kagome's moving to her dream world to become a warrior!"

Laughing Ayumi said, "Cool! Like that warrior movie we saw last week!"

"Kagome, a warrior? Give me a break. She's too spaced out." Eri snorted.

"That's mean. I would just say she's a bit dreamy." Smiled Yuka.

"I'd say she's a total space cadet!" jeered Ayumi.

"Or maybe that she's missing a few screws." Quipped Eri, "Plus, she has no supernatural powers like Superman or anything. She's just an ordinary, un-athletic, high school girl. Maybe she could be the sidekick, like Robin!"

Standing to the side Kagome sighed. 'Gee thanks guys! Say whatever you want- it's not like I'm standing right in front of you or anything!!!' She groaned in annoyance as she kept on walking.

The group of girls had just finished the long trek up the Higurashi Shrine steps that led to the top of the shrine where Kagome and her family lived.

Kagome's younger brother Sota was already home playing with a soccer ball. The boy kicked the ball harder than he had planned, sending the ball bouncing away. Noticing his big sister and her friends he called out, "Kagome! My ball!"

Turning Kagome saw the ball bouncing towards them. "Okay, okay! I'll get it for you Sota!" Walking towards the ball Kagome crouched down ready to intercept the wayward ball. However before she had the chance to grab the ball, it collided with a fairly large stone. She couldn't recall the stone ever being there before though. But she didn't have to time to think about that now because the ball was currently going off in a different direction. "Ack! No! Get back here!"

"What are you doing? You kicked the ball away! What a klutz!" Shouted Eri. Ayumi laughed, "How far are you planning on going?"

"It's not me!" Kagome defended herself. "The ball hit that stone over there and bounced away!" as she pointed to where the offending stone was. Gritting her teeth she jogged after the ball.

"A stone?" asked Yuka as the remaining members of the group plus Sota slowly made their way over to where Kagome had pointed. All four people looked down as Sota asked, "Where?" The stone was no longer there.

The soccer ball ended it's plight as it tapped a bag next to a sign that read "Bone Eaters Well Legend:…" Her shoes skidded lightly as she came to a halt in front of her family shrine's well house. "Well at least it didn't get into the well house." Kagome muttered to herself. She eyed the well house door, which was opened up just enough to let a small object, like a ball through. "Ugh… it's soo creepy down there! Not to mention dir- huh?" She stopped her rant as she noticed what had stopped the soccer ball. It was a paper bag leaning up against the front door of the well house. Closer examination revealed that the bag was similar to the types that one would receive a birthday gift in or perhaps receive at a department store with a large purchase. Staring at the strange bag and its cloth handles Kagome quietly voiced her thoughts. "Why is this paper bag here?"

What Kagome Higurashi didn't know was that earlier that day a deranged terrorist disguised as a tourist had set one of his many bomb bags next to the well house. He would have placed it closer to the main parts of the shrine had it not been for the old shrine man who was pestering him with some legend or another. He didn't want to hang around for too long, lest the old man start to catch on to his plan. The terrorist was sure that once the world heard about a bomb that went off in a popular Japanese shrine, his small terrorist organization would receive the recognition it deserved.

However Kagome wasn't aware of any crazy terrorist's plot in grabbing the world's attention- nor did she care. Because in that moment she was caught in a fiery explosion. The tremendous force of the blast threw the stunned blue-eyed girl backwards through the open slit of the well house door. Gravity soon took its role, sending the shrieking girl down into the abyss of an old-dried-up well. Not even a second later a second shock wave from the bomb obliterated the ancient structure sending debris of stone and wood flying. Sota and Kagome's friends could only scream in horror as well house was blown up...

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Blinking Kagome looked around in a semi-state of shock.

'Where am I?' All she could see before her was a vast and endless stretch of darkness. A darkness that seemed to emit a psychedelic purple glow that rippled as she continued to stare at it.

Trying desperately to move any limb of her body, Kagome found that her body was seemingly paralyzed. Was she dead? Her mind reeled as it tried to interpret the bizarre sensations of whatever it was she was falling in battered her body in waves. It felt as though she were somehow falling upward, sideways, and spinning all at once yet she didn't seem to be moving.

Briefly she wondered if this was anything like what astronauts felt when they were in space. Although she wasn't feeling weightless like you should in zero gravity. She battled the feelings of panic-induced nausea down. A faint though entered her mind, where were her friends? Where did they go? Her thoughts seemed to echo in the endless abyss.

Letting out and inaudible gasp Kagome watched as a patch of the purple-darkness began to swirl besides her. An image materialized in the swirl, rippling like water.

Staring into the newly formed image Kagome was vaguely reminded of a TV.

In the strange window-portal-thing Kagome could see her mother. The poor woman looked distraught with tearstains marring her cheeks and her hair tumbling out of its normal neck-bun. The woman was currently shrieking in horror as she fought against two firemen. The firemen were attempting to calm the frenzied mother and trying to keep the woman from the smoldering rubble remains that had once been the well house.
Her Grampa was weeping in front of one of the shrine's altars cursing the Gods for taking away his precious granddaughter from him.
Her little brother Sota was standing a little ways off behind her mother. He was standing there, unmoving. He paid no heed of the commotion happening around him, merely standing and looking off into nothingness while fat tears made their way down his cheeks.

The image shifted its focus to her friends. The three girls were crowded around a police officer behind the 'do not cross' yellow police tape. Ayumi spoke in a detached voice that hinted at her current mental state. "Excuse me, Officer? … Is it true you couldn't find Kagome's body? What about pieces of her?"

Yuka gave Ayumi a reproachful glance, "Hey! That's disgusting! How can you say something like that?"

Kagome tried to speak, hoping that somehow they could hear her, "Hey! Don't you hear me?"
The image began to fade and become smaller. Was it shrinking or was she moving away? Kagome couldn't tell. Attempting one last time to somehow grab her friends' attention before she drifted completely away to wherever this thing was she yelled as loud as she could, "Hey!"
The sound was only swallowed in the unending darkness becoming twisted and distorted as it traveled.

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It had been a while since the image had disappeared. She wasn't sure exactly how much time had passed it could have been minutes, hours, or days.
She couldn't be sure time even passed in this bizarre place. Was this some twisted fate she was resigned too? To drift endlessly in this place, unable to move? Trapped alone in darkness with only her thoughts to keep her company? Would she go insane? Kagome felt her heart rate speed up at the thought of being trapped here, helpless forever. No! She didn't want to be stuck in this Hell! Unknown to the girl she had begun glowing a soft pink light.

'It's warm' she registered vaguely. She couldn't remember if there had been a temperature before she had felt this warmth… Her mind was still hazed in shock.

She felt something incredibly soft beneath her right hand. She hesitantly tried to move her fingers, recalling her previously paralyzed state. Slowly her fingers began to twitch. Soon enough Kagome found that she could ball her hand into a fist. Relishing the feeling of being able to move some of her muscles she tried to grab a handful of whatever was beneath her. She attentively roamed the unfamiliar texture with her fingers as her mind tried to come up with some sort of plausible explanation for what it was she was feeling.

'It's so soft and fluffy… Oh!... I get it!' Kagome's mind came to a conclusion, 'I'm dreaming. I'm sleeping on my soft down comforter right now.' Closing her eyes she nuzzled her face into the softness of her 'comforter'. She didn't realize that whatever had kept her body paralyzed before no longer seemed to affect her. 'I see this is a dream…'

Images began to play within her mind's eye. The first was of three men (AN: if you didn't see this at the beginning of the chapter "~word~" means the language spoken in the shinobi world!) Dressed in dessert climate clothing. "~Look at the water!~" "~The water has turned…~" "~Blood red.~" finished an old woman who was standing in front of the men. A fishing pole resting in her withered old hands, "~It's the Awakening!~"

The scene changed showing a close-up of a grotesque elderly woman wearing an eye-patch over her right eye. "~It's a sign that the Awakening has come to our world!~" 'Omigod! What a scary face that old lady has!' thought Kagome.

More scenes flashed before her: an elderly man standing before a giant metal tub that had a huge crack in it. "~My fortune-telling bowl is cracked!!~" he lamented, gaining odd stares from several people around him.

A blue haired woman wearing a white flower in her hair stood before a man sitting in a throne like chair. The man's features were concealed by shadows. The woman stated, "~ The Awakening has emerged.~"

'What? Who are these people? I wonder what they're saying…'

The images shifted faster now displaying important looking men. "~We must find the Awakening! Use your fortune-telling abilities to find it!~"

The imaged changed, displaying another official man. The man stood before a group of oddly dressed people who looked like they were wearing some sort of militaristic uniforms. Pumping his fist in the air, the man shouted, "~We must get it before the other countries do!~" The man continued his rallying speech, "~We will be masters of the world!~" His speech done, the man waved his arm off in some sort of signal (AN: No, it's NOT the Nazi salute-thingy…that's what my brother thought, but it's not!) The large assembly in front of the man nodded as they seemingly vanished in blurs or puffs of smoke.

"How weird. Everyone's so serious." Said Kagome as the images started to dull, "Anyways, what a cool science fiction movie this dream is!"

Unknown to the dreaming young woman, she was no longer in the dark abyss. Instead she was currently falling through a crisp blue sky.
If anyone had seen her, they would have likened her to an ethereal angel falling from the heavens the way her hair and school uniform moved in the wind. She was falling headfirst towards a very large forest. The forest was isolated from civilization by a ring of mountains. The term 'mountains' was a bit too light to describe the harsh rocky terrain. They were more like an unbelievable riddle of sheer cliffs, rugged drop offs, and frighteningly high cliffs. Even the world's most prestigious mountain climbers would be hard-pressed to trek through the nearly suicidal mountain passes.

A young man stood on a ledge of one of these high cliffs. His dark hair ruffled slightly in the icy mountain breeze as he surveyed the forest beneath him with dark eyes. Slowly a smirk spread across the boy's face. So, it had begun…

(I was going to stop there, but I think I'll go on a bit more, at least until I have you more into the story!)

Instead of crashing into the trees and dieing on impact, the gravity around the unconscious girl seemed to lift. The slowed gravity maneuvered the girl so that she was on her side before gently placing her on the ground.

The sounds of the forest slowly brought Kagome back to the land of the living. Some unrecognizable animal barked/brayed in the distance. She could hear the sounds of birds trilling out unfamiliar calls. She slowly opened her eyes with a soft groan. Her head hurt. She stared dazedly at her surroundings for a moment. A confused expression crossed her face as she began to sit up.

As the last vestiges of sleep left her, Kagome's heart nearly leapt out of her chest as she did a violent double take of her surroundings. Resting on her knees in a rather proper position, the girl brought a trembling hand to her other arm giving it a sharp pinch. All she could think was, '….OWW!.....'

She placed a hand on the ground to support herself as she hunched over beginning to hyperventilate. Something on the ground distracted her from her hyperventilation though. Looking at the ground, Kagome swept her hand around. Whatever was covering the damp dirt sure was soft. Glancing at the ground around her, she saw that she was currently sitting in a large patch of what appeared to be golden-colored moss. Carefully plucking a strand of it, she held it up. It glittered naturally in the small patches of sunlight that slivered through the trees. 'How beautiful! I wonder what it's called?'

Dropping the piece of moss Kagome shook her head slightly. She had more important things to be doing than looking at golden moss, even if it was pretty. Like figuring out where the heck she was. Her determination back, she stumbled to her feet. She was slightly off-balance. Once she steadied herself she observed her surroundings in more detail hoping to find some clue to where she was. Frowning slightly, she couldn't make heads or tails of where she was! 'I've never seen a place…like this before.' Looking up Kagome saw that she was beneath an enormous tree. It's long gnarled roots encaging her and the bed of moss.

Her eyes widened in amazement, 'It looks like one of those trees you find in swamps! What were those called? Oh! Cypress trees! That's what it looks like-a Cypress tree!' she grinned at being able to recognize the name of the tree. Her happiness was short lived however as a doubtful look overtook her face, 'But if it is a Cypress tree…where's the water?' She was pretty sure that cypress trees needed lots of water and the moss didn't strike her as a particularly aquatic-faring plant. She tentatively took a few quick steps around, checking to see if the ground was indeed solid ground. It was fine, a little damp in some spots, but it was really quite solid. How strange…

She made her way over to one of the large roots. She gave a tiny smile- she figured that she wouldn't be able to touch her hands together on the other side of the wide root if she hugged it. Touching the pale wood she found that it felt incredibly smooth and cool beneath her touch. Resting a hand on the wood she wondered, 'Is there even a place like this in Japan?' She quickly made her way back to where she had woken up. Her yellow backpack was lying there. How had she missed it before? She gave the bag a quick squeeze, glad to see something that was familiar. Something…familiar…Her head shot up as the gravity of the situation hit her. Where was she? Why was she here?

Her stomach dropped in dread as the girl realized just how alone she really was.

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The young man from earlier was currently perched in a thick patch of tree branches. He watched the strange young woman as she put her strange pack on her back before timidly stepping beyond the protection of the cypress-like tree's roots. He eyed her strange clothing. An indecently short green skirt that showed her thin legs. A semi-wide white top complete with green bands that brought the white sleeves to a narrow end at her wrist and a strangely shaped green collar around her shoulders and chest. A red cloth was fastened into a knot just below the end of the green triangle in the front. He vaguely wondered if her clothing was an indicator of her station in life, either wealth or job-wise. An unreadable expression flickered across his face.

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She brought her arms to her chest in a defensive and frightened manner. She began to call out to her friends, feverishly hoping they were somewhere nearby, "Eri?" She waited a moment for an answer before trying again. "Ayumi?" There was no reply. "C'mon Yuka, this isn't funny! Where are you guys?!"

The only answer she received was the various chirps and sounds of birds, insects, and animals in the forest.

Her anxiety increased ten-fold. "M…MAMA!" she wailed desperately. "SOTA!" She didn't want to be alone! She was scared! "GRAMPA!" Her breathing became sporadic as tears began to well up in her eyes. NO! She didn't want to be alone! No, please!

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From his hiding spot, the boy continued to observe Kagome. Staring intently at her as if he were trying to come to some sort of decision.

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High above the Sea of Trees (that's what it is called officially in the mangs), six men dressed in combat clothes rode on the backs of giant eagles (they are summoned eagles).

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Leaning an arm against a nearby tree Kagome breathed in and out slowly, calming herself down. It wouldn't do her any good to flip out now. 'Calm…. Calm down girl and pull yourself together! Ok… let's try to piece together what exactly has happened. One thing at a time. Baby steps.' She closed her eyes and searched her mind for a few moments. She opened her sapphire eyes, 'That's right--- Sota's ball! On my way home from school I was chatting with my friends and his ball came bouncing towards us. Ok, good. What happened next?' Her lips pursed together as she ran her free hand through her long hair in a nervous gesture. 'Oh! That weird paper bag by the old well house.' Her hand stopped running through her hair as she brought an index finger to her forehead. 'Dreams…Then I had some weird dreams… What dreams? … … I don't remember…'

Strange noises drew Kagome out of her deep contemplations. "W-what?" Several strange animals leapt from the shrubbery and tree branches behind her. The animals had a few characteristics of animals that Kagome was familiar with; she mentally noted there were several different types of animals running in this little stampede. One type looked similar to a lemur with a feline-ish shaped head, but its overall appearance was more graceful and cat-like than monkey-like to her. Another animal resembled a wide-eared giant hamster with a platypus-like flat tail. It was a little larger than her shoes and ankle. She turned her head dazedly following the mini stampede as the strange creatures scrambled past her legs. She watched as one of the cat-lemur animals landed on the ground from a branch. It was a couple of feet away from her.

She absently wondered why were they running?

The answer to her question came from above. Literally. It came dropping out of the thick canopy overhead. The thing slammed down upon the small cat-lemur that had just landed moments before. The poor creature gave a distressed shriek as the creature began devouring it alive.

"What the heck is that THING?!" Kagome yelped as she looked at the thing.
It looked like a gargantuan leech that had thorn-like nubs sticking out all around its body. The thorn things appeared somewhat fleshy she decided as she mutely stared at it. The largest concentration of the appendages surrounded what she supposed was the creature's head, as it was still devouring the cat-lemur from that end. It was also randomly covered in what seemed to be eyespots that were white with a violet-red spot in the center of each one. The flesh of the monster's body had a tough, leathery looking texture and it was a grass-green color. The thorny nubs were a paler shade of yellow-green while the mane of thorns surrounding its head/mouth were a peachy color.

Overall it looked like a giant, disgusting, and very poor, perverse imitation of a flower Kagome decided.

The filthy monster had finished its meal of the cat-lemur, leaving only a pool of blood behind. Sensing another possible meal nearby, the thing reared its body up like a cobra, poised to strike. The monster easily towered a good three or more feet above Kagome.

Crap! It noticed her. "Hey! Go away! I don't like you!" Kagome stated semi-loudly, hoping it would go away.

Her voice didn't seem to have any affect on the creature. It looked perfectly content to stay where it was. She could only watch as the monster began to shake out its thorny mane, opening and closing its circular-leech like mouth in small undulating clicks. She could clearly see several layers of razor sharp teeth in its mouth.

Her legs were now shaking in fear. 'I can't move! My legs!' was the last think Kagome could think as she stared wide-eyed as the thing lunged foreword, surprisingly fast in spite of its cumbersome size, mouth wide open.

What took place next happened so quickly Kagome's shocked mind could barely process it.
Like magic, someone had appeared in front of her, blocking her view from the monster with his or her chest and shoulder. The person grabbed her roughly, snaking an arm around her upper body. All Kagome could see was a blur of color as the stranger did a gravity defying leap, landing away from the monster. The stranger whom she could now tell was wearing a robe-like long sleeved white shirt, roughly shoved Kagome backwards. She hit a tree with a dull thump.

When the newcomer had moved the creature's prey it had smacked the ground, face/mouth first with a wet splat. Lifting its head/mouth up a green, sticky substance began to dribble past its front most teeth, dripping towards the forest floor. Clicking its teeth angrily with a guttural gurgling sound, it started charging towards Kagome once more.

Kagome's rescuer unsheathed a sword stepping into the things path once more. He skillfully brought his blade down, cleanly slicing the monster's head off.

Startled, Kagome flinched backwards. Forgetting that she was already tightly backed up against a tree, she promptly hit the back of her head. Hard. Some of the uneven juts of bark dug into her back, stabbing and grazing her skin through her school uniform top. She winced as the pain slowly registered through the adrenaline and shock. She didn't think she was bleeding, a little scratched up judging from the stinging sensation that was spreading across her back, but not bleeding a large amount. She gave a glance to the side as she ran a hand through her hair inspecting the growing bump, making sure it wasn't bleeding either. Her breath caught in her throat as she eyed the creature's head. It had landed very close to her. If she had reached out a foot she would have been able to nudge the thing. She slowly brought her hand away from the back of her head as she continued to stare at the disembodied head. The green substance that had been dripping from its mouth earlier was now sluggishly flowing from the area the sword had sliced it from.

The head gave a few minute twitches.

"Ugh…EEEEKKK!!" Kagome screeched as she bolted away from the offending, fallen appendage. All of the fear, anxiety, and confusion suddenly became too much for the poor girl to handle. All she could do was latch onto her rescuer, grabbing onto him in a bear hug as she buried her face into his chest as she continued screaming.
'No! NO! It's gross! It's GROSS!! I'm scared! I'm scared! I'm SCARED!' she repeated over and over again in her mind in a panicked mantra.

After a few moments her terrified screams died down. She continued to hold onto the person like a lifeline, which in a way they were. Feeling emotionally drained, Kagome let her mind shut of into an autopilot mode. She felt her breath evening out as her body began to stop shaking like a leaf. Her ability to think slowly returned to her as she listened to the soothing lub-dub rhythm of her rescuer's heartbeat. She gave out a deep sigh. 'Um… I think I'm calming down…' She thought in a relaxed manner.

'I'm so glad I ran into another person!' She continued to listen to the rhythmic beating. A sudden jolt of realization rushed through her.

'By the way… Who is this?!' A small chocking noise left her mouth.
'Gahh!! I shouldn't be doing this. I'm holding onto a complete stranger!' With that she quickly retracted her arms and shuffled back a step. She glanced up nervously to look at her savior with a sheepish look on her face.

He merely stared back at her with steely black eyes; a tiny nearly unnoticeable sneer was plastered on his face. Narrowing his eyes the boy shoved her another step back as he turned away from her. He sheathed his sword in a scathing manner. He began to step away.

"Excuse me… um" Kagome began rather weakly. 'I wonder if he's angry.' She didn't want the only other person she had met to leave her there.

"I'm sorry, but I….uh….didn't know where I was and got confused." Kagome began to ramble as she tried to explain herself to him, "Then that weird monster showed up and…. Ah! By the way, thank you very much for helping me. I was just so happy to see another person that I sort of held onto you. So please don't get mad at me. Okay? ... Okay?" She said as she waited for him to answer her.

The boy merely turned to face her and said in a semi-deep voice, "~ I don't understand the language you are speaking.~" as he lifted up his bag that he had dropped during the fight. He placed the drawstring bag over his left shoulder, keeping his left hand on the strap.

End of the first chapter.

Phew! Finally the first chapter is done. I hope you enjoyed reading this and I hope you tune in for the next chapter. I'm gonna try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. Please review and tell me what you think. Also can you guess some of the people from Kagome's dream? (some of them are not really anyone, but some will be seen again!)

Next time on Far, Far Away: (sorry no scenes yet, just clues)

Kagome: Well, I'm still totally confused. But at least I'm not alone anymore… It stinks that we don't understand one another, but I guess it could be worse! I just hope I can find out his name at least! Maybe he'll help me find a way home!

(She stares into the distance) Hey, is that man all right over there? (Grabs her rescuers arm, tugging on his sleeve, pointing to the injured man in the distance) He looks like he's hurt! We should help him!

Next time on From Far, Far Away: Escape from the Sea of Trees and the Bandits!