Beyond Bed, Bath, and Beyond: co-authored/written by Michiyo Kumiko (Sara) and sherriahstargirl (Sherriah).
A/N:I write all the even chapters and Sarr bear writes the odds. Enjoy!!
Disclaimer: don't own Naruto! The plot of this story belongs to Sara!
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Friday -September
Sara's p.o.v.
The ringing of my phone was what woke me. The ring tone was caramelldansen . I really needed to change it. I quickly answered it, not even bothering to look at the number.
"Hello?" I asked, my voice was thick. You could easily tell that I was just recently asleep. The caller must have had it on speaker phone because I almost lost all hearing in my left ear.
"S-A-R-A!" was screamed by many people at once. I cringed. "We're going to the bowling ally. You wanna come with?" It was only Capri talking now.
I was surprised I could even hear what was asked with all the noise in the background. I looked at the clock that sat atop my TV. 9:30pm. My father was already home and asleep. I bit down on my lower lip, a habit I picked up from somewhere. I didn't know were though.
"Yeah. I guess, but I don't have a ride ther-" Capri cut me off. "No problem. We'll pick you up." I gave her specific directions to where to meet me; at the end of my road.
I quickly changed into a black skinny tee-shirt and black jeans. I slowly sneaked into the living room and grabbed my shoes and house keys, just in case I couldn't reopen my window. I paused, listening to see if dad was still asleep or not. I sighed in relief at the sound of his snores. Before reentering my room, I grabbed my navy blue and purple striped long sleeved hoodie.
Grabbing my iPhone, I opened my window and climbed out. I closed my window to where there was a small opening at the bottom. Running across my yard, and my neighbors yard, I switched onto the road. It was a long way to run if I were to make it there on time to meet them.
'I should have had them meet me closer' I thought as I finally made it to the meeting point. I had my hands on my knees breathing hard from the run. Beads of sweat rolled down my face. Surveying the area, I said, "..and they're not here" I had a problems with talking to myself, it didn't matter if I was alone or not. I still did it. I was too caught up in my thoughts and pacing back and forth in the middle of the road, that I didn't realize they had arrived.
The honk of a horn was what startled me out of my thoughts. Giving my friends a goofy grin, Sherriah stepped out of the van and pushed me in before reentering herself. Once we were moving I said, "It feels like a clown car in here." causing everyone to laugh. Nicole was driving. She's Capri's older sister. Said girl was in the passenger's seat. In the 2ndrow Kayla sat in the middle with Izzy, Capri's boyfriend, on her left and Sam on her right. I was sitting in the far back in the middle with Abby on my right and Sherriah on my left.
"Yo, Sam! Where's Tim?" I asked her. They're boyfriend and girlfriend like Capri and Izzy, but Izzy's here, but Tim's not.
"He's meeting us at the bowling ally." she said. 'Wow. I think that's a first I believe.' I thought
I turned to Sherriah and asked, "Hey, you update your fanfic yet?"
"No, not yet." she said to me before looking out the window and pointed out up ahead. "Hey look! Its Bed, Bath, and Beyond!" she said laughing. Why was she laughing? Was it some kind of inside joke or something?
"I wonder what the beyond part is?" I heard myself asking.
"Why don't we find out." Sherriahsaid. "It couldn't hurt to look around. Maybe it'll be like the movie Click." I said, thinking it was too good to be true.
'Yeah. Good idea. I've never been there before, the bowling ally can wait' I thought before asking who wanted to go along. It was only Sherriah and I. We had cell phones so we could easily keep in touch. "Okay Nicole. You think you could drop me and Sherriah off at Bed, Bath, and Beyond? This place is huge so you'd be picking us up after a while. " I asked 'I wanna see the whole place' I thought.
Nicole dropped us off at the front of the store. We started off at the far right of the building and slowly made it to the other side. I spotted a hallway and thought it led to a bathroom. Going down the hallway, we came across a door. I tried to open it myself but couldn't. Motioning for Sherriah to help. Together we managed to open the door half way.
"Man, what's this door made of?" Sherriah asked aloud. I had no idea. You would need a muscle man just to open it all the way. "Must be something important back here to have a door like this." I muttered. Sherriah nodded her head in agreement.
The room was empty. It really creeped me out for some reason and I think Sherriahfelt the same. We made our way into the middle of the room. From here we could view each corner of the room. A earthquake shook the room causing us to fall to the ground. "God, that's gonna leave a mark." I groaned, hopefully I, we, wont have problems sitting down. Or people might get the wrong idea. If you know what I mean. and if you do you're a perv.
Again, too caught up in my thoughts, I never noticed that the scenery changed. That is until Sherriah pointed it out. "Sarr-Bear, I don't remember the room being like this." she said.
I looked around us. I was confused. Is this the beyond of Bed, Bath, and Beyond? When I looked around I noticed that we were in a forest. The trees were like 50 times our height. Okay I'm exaggerating a little bit you could say. But those trees are fairly tall. It made me feel shorter that I already am.
"Sarr-Bear! Look! There's a gate up ahead." Sherriah called, already heading towards the said gate.
"Hey! Wait up!" I yelled after her, while I was running to catch up to her. 'Sneaky. I didn't even hear her walk away.' I thought to myself. The gate was about the height as the trees, if not taller. It looked familiar, but once I saw the symbol on it, I knew exactly where we were. I ran my hand through my hair causing some to fall in my face. All I saw was bright red.
"What the hell?" I asked confused. My hair had changed colors. It wasn't the dark brown, almost black hair I should have. Instead it was a bright red, like Gaara's from Naruto. 'Has Sherriah not noticed this yet? How could you not?' I asked myself
"Sarr-Bear. You know what that symbol is right? Because I sure do." Sherriah said to me. 'Yeah. I know the symbol. it's the symbol for Konohagakure, Konoha for short. We're in Naruto's world.!' I thought more than excited. This is like every child/teens dream!
I nodded my head to Sherriah to answer her question. I pinched my left arm only to yelp. "Okay. I'm not dreaming." I said out loud while rubbing my arm where I pinched it. I had to make sure if I was or not.
Two men jumped in front of us. The action was so sudden it caused Sherriah to scream. And let me tell you, her screams can make a person deaf. I'm used to the screams, but the men in front of us are not. Sucks for them.
She wasn't screaming anymore but she did have a hand over her chest. I looked back at the men. One had his hands over his ears and his eyes shut tight. While the other was trying to clear the ringing out of his ears. I cautiously walked towards them. I motioned for Sherriah to stay where she was. My face was blank. Void of any emotion. I was pretty much emotionless. I've been told many of times that I'm cold and emotionless. Its mostly true, only my closest friends ever see my emotions. Barely anyone other than them can barely get a rise out of me.
The men tensed up once they noticed I was closer to them. They were both dressed in green/black clothes and wearing headbands with the symbol of Konoha on them. Quickly they pulled out what looked like daggers but were slightly different. 'Ah, my first time seeing a kunai up close. Yay!' I thought. I always got giddy when it came to weapons.
The man on the right said, "Halt!" the man on the left continued for him. "State your name and your business here." he said
"Sara, Sara Edwards. The chick behind me is Sherriah Baker." I said, skipping the question about our business here. "Where are your headbands?" the one on the right spoke again. Sherriah moved to where she was standing to my right.
"Headbands? We don't have one. We're lost." Sherriah told them. The men looked at each other before looking us over. 'Probably looking for any threats.' I thought. The male on the left ran off, leaving the male on the right with us. He returned shortly with two more men. Now there was four men here. The two new men moved to stand where the old were before we approached. 'Replacements' I thought
The men grabbed one of our arms each. Smoke appeared around us. Once it cleared we were in a different place all together. The room we were in looked like an office. Behind us was a door and in front of us was a medium sized desk with a blonde haired woman laying her head on it. I smelt something in the air so I took a deep breath. I followed the smell to where it was the strongest and it led me to the blonde haired woman. Leaning forward, I sniffed again before I jerked back with disgust.
"She's drunk!" I shouted. "What is this bullshit! She's supposed to be your leader!" I continued to rant on how a proper leader should be. Sherriah quickly moved behind me and covered my mouth. Successfully shutting me up.
"Sorry. She gets like this when she sees or hears something she doesn't like. She was really, probably talking to herself." Sherriah said, attempting to reassure the men. The two men started talking to each other quietly when a brown haired woman walked in.
"What's going on in here?" she asked, eying the drunk woman before sighing. "She's drunk again?" the men nodded their heads in reply. Quietly she inquired about us. I couldn't hear what was being said but I could tell she was asking about us because she kept looking at us. The only thing I heard was what sounded like "team 8" or "10 8". The men disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Hello. I'm Shizune, and you are…?" she asked. This time Sherriah introduced us. "My name is Sherriah Baker" she paused while pointing to me and continuing "andthis is my friend Sara Edwards."
"I apologize for Tsunade-hime's actions. If you will come back later I assure you she will not be like this." Shizune told us before ushering us out of the room. We were left in the hallway, which had many people walking up and down.
"Uh, how do we get out of this freakin' building?!" I exclaimed, causing many people to stare at us. A woman tapped me on my shoulder and pointed to the end of the hallway.
"Oh…..okay. Thanks." I muttered. We made our way down the verylong hallway to the door. Once we were outside we surveyed our surroundings. It wasn't too different from the anime. Just not as bright.
'I cant believe we're actually here!'I thought, still shocked. Of course I would be shocked. Its not every day that you get transported to a very popular anime/manga.
"How about we go this way?" Sherriah asked, pointing towards what looked like a row of shops and markets. "Nah, I don't feel like going that way yet. Why don't we just split up. I wanna go this way." I said pointing towards some mountains.
With that said and done we went out separate ways. 'We'll find each other if we really nee to.' I thought as I walked away.
A/N: the next chapter will be written by ME!
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