Here we go a new story has begun. I'm going to attempt to update once a week. Would love feedback from everyone, and got any ideas for the story? Share them! I just might use them. Anyways enjoy. And yes there's quite a bit of cursing in here. You have been warned.
Oh, and I do not own any of the Naruto characters.

Chapter 1

"Goooooood morning, people of Charlotte! It's seven a.m. on this glorious Wednesday! The temperature is currently sev-"

CRASH!

"Fucking. Hate. Mornings…" grumbled the lump draped in blankets on the bed. A blue eye glared at the sunlight starting to shine through the curtains.

Hello. My name is Jen Mananako. Age: 20. Occupation: Culinary student. And I am not a morning person.

Last month I finally moved out of my parents house and into an apartment of my very own. It's kinda shitty but what do you expect of a college student who goes to school full time and works almost 50 hours a week?

I'm studying to become a pastry chef, and I want to open up my own bakery. You know, like one of those you see on television with all the fancy cakes? It's been my dream since I was nine. My dad said I had a real talent in the kitchen. But besides cooking I'm big into video games and all sorts of anime. My favorite is Naruto Shippuden. Mainly cause of the Akatsuki. I know its kinda cliché for a girl like me to go for the bad boy but I cant help it. I am who I am.

Anyways, today was the start to my school holiday and luckily, I had the day off from work too. Go figure. Looks like something is finally going right for me. Well maybe except for the fact that I still couldn't sleep in. But today was going to be a good day, no matter what! My plans involved going for my morning run around the city. A girl's gotta stay in shape. And afterwards, the new Naruto episode would be out. My friend Jamie was coming over and we'd spend all day discussing the new turn of events. I couldn't wait.

I just started on mile two when sirens came flying around the corner ahead of me. When I looked up, smoke was starting to rise up above the buildings. People were starting to gather on the street corners trying to figure out what was happening. Since it looked like the commotion was on the way through my route, I decided to continue on and find out what happened.

After about five minutes, I came to a road block. Police cars and a couple fire trucks lined the street in front of a four story apartment building. I stopped dead in my tracks, my face blanched. That was Jamie's building… It was still early so she would probably have still been asleep. I pulled my cell phone from the clip at my waist and dialed my friend's number. Did she know her building was on fire? I barely picked up her familiar ringtone over the crowd, it was the Konoha music from the Naruto anime. I ran over to a single ambulance. Two men were sliding a covered stretcher into the back. A policeman was holding a plastic bag filled with a few melted and scorched objects.

"What the-" he looked at the bag as the phone continued to ring. I dropped my phone as I dragged my eyes from the phone to the back of the ambulance then back to the phone in the plastic baggy.

"J-Jamie?" I mumbled, as I took a step toward the ambulance. The policeman saw me and stepped in, blocking my path.

"Miss, please step back, this area hasn't been secured yet."

Tears burned my eyes as I gazed back at the ambulance.

"Jamie!" I cried out, trying to rush forward.

The policeman put his hand on my chest and tried to push me back. Instinctively, I grabbed his wrist and threw him over my shoulder, winding him.

Did I mention I'm a black belt? Been training since I was six. Dad thought I needed to know how to protect myself.

Seeing the altercation, two more policeman ran up, restraining me.

"Jamie!" I cried out again. "Let me go assholes! That's my friend over there!" I struggled against them.

"It's no use!" One of them yelled in my ear, "she was killed in the blast! She's gone." I watched with despair as the ambulance slowly drove away. I felt the fight leak out of me, I went limp in the arms of the two officers.

"Jamie's, Jamie's dead?" I looked at one of the officers. He nodded solemnly. I broke down and sobbed.

"No. No no no no no. She- she was my best friend. My only friend." I fell to the sidewalk.

After what felt like forever I was escorted home, apparently by the man I had thrown to the ground. I sat in the small living room staring at the dirty carpet. My mother called, but I didn't pick up. I listened silently as her gentle voice spoke through the machine.

"Hello my darling little chef. I know today is your first day of break but your father and I would like it if you came home to visit. We just received some wonderful- Click"

"Hi Mom."

"Oh Jen dear! I'm sorry, did I wake you up?"

"No."

"Okay, good. Well your father and I just received some wonderful news yesterday. We want you to come home so we can tell you in-"

"No."

"I'm sorry?"

"I said no, Mother!" my emotionless voice turned harsh.

"Jenny, honey? Is something wrong?" I could hear the worry in her voice.

"It's Jamie…" I sniffed trying to hold back another wave of tears.

"Oh did you two have a fight? Why don't you go back and-"

"Mom," I sniffed, my eyes and throat burning, "Jamie's dead." I wailed into the phone, my entire body shook. There was silence on the other end. Slowly, my mother's voice sounded again, with a question I too had been wondering.

"How?"

"I-I don't know! I think her apartment blew up! There were guys in tons of black armor and-" a sob cut me off and I threw the phone. The receiver broke in half as it hit the wall.

I didn't know what had happened, and no one there had told me anything, but I was determined to find out on my own.

I guess that leads up to how my life was turned upside down. That night I broke into Jamie's apartment. Everything was burnt and smelled similar to sulfur. Strange. I stumbled over burnt debris and into Jamie's bedroom. Almost nothing was left. I made my way to the far wall. I could remember the life size poster of Hidan and Kakuzu, the Zombie Duo, that used to hang there. Jamie had fawned over Hidan since his debut. I smiled remembering her gushing over the Jashinist as he was killing Asuma. I shook my head. I, myself, also like the Zombie Duo, but I preferred Kakuzu over the foul mouthed religious fanatic. It was however a tie between Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki as my favorite Akatsuki member. I touched the wall where the poster had once been, but my hand seemed to go straight through the wall. I lost my balance and fell through the opening. I landed face first in a grassy field.

"What the fuck?" I looked around squinting and bewildered. Hadn't I just been in my best friend's exploded apartment in the middle of the night? How was I suddenly out in some random ass field in broad daylight.

"Katsu!" I heard a shout from the far side of the field where I could barely make out a figure standing near the trees. Only feet away from me the ground exploded. Holy shit! I scrambled away tripping over my feet. I saw a small object fly towards me and heard another shout. Again the ground exploded. I shouted falling over on my ass. What the fuck was going on? Where was I? And more importantly, who the fuck is trying to blow me up? Laughing rang across the clearing. I glared as I watched the distant figure approach, growing larger, distinct features coming into view. My blue eyes widened in shock and acknowledgment. No way, holy shit, that was impossible. There's no way but he was there standing before me, a very real smirk on his young face. His one visible blue eye staring at me. It was Deidara.