Sakura rubbed her aching head. "What happened?" The last thing she remembered was gathering ingredients for her famous training pills in the forest when she… "What did happen?" She brushed herself off and slowly stood up. She was still in the forest, but… something was off. "I remember! There was a man…" She was walking through the forest when she saw a man in a dark cloak. He said something… Oh what did he say? Sakura grabbed her basket of ingredients and decided to head back towards the Leaf VIllage. Maybe that man was dangerous, but if that was the case then… Why would he knock me out for no reason? "Maybe he didn't!" She sped up her pace towards the village. "I have to warn everyone about him, what if he's dangerous?"

As Sakura neared the end of the woods she could see something, like a city. She burst out of the trees and caught her breath, which got stuck in her throat when she saw it. "A city?! Where's the village?" Maybe she just got lost on her way back and ended up somewhere else, or maybe that man moved her somewhere else. She walked up to a river that seemed to flow right through the city. The city was sort of old fashioned it seemed. With cobblestone roads and wooden houses. Beside the river's edge was a young blonde girl. A boat with two fisherman in it shouted "Be careful Lucy! Someday you will fall in!" The girl, Lucy, only smiled back but mostly ignored them. As the boat rowed away Sakura crossed the river. This small action seemed to startle the girl as she saw Sakura.

"Y-you're walking on water!?" She exclaimed.

"Um… yeah, haven't you seen a ninja before?" I asked.

"Ninja?" The girl burst out laughing. "Yeah I suppose, but that still doesn't answer my question.

"Well, I concentrate all of my chakra on the soles of my feet, thus allowing me to walk on the water. If you know what a ninja is than surely you knew that, right?"

"Um, well no. I thought you weren't serious. You're a real life ninja?!"

"Yes, and I'm from the Hidden Leaf Village. So please could you head me in the right direction."
"I'm sorry, but I don't know where this village of yours is anymore than you do." Lucy replied.

"Really? Hey wait a minute, how can you not know? We saved the world from utter destruction. I thought everyone knew that by now."

"Utter destruction? The world? That never happened here. Are you okay?"

"Where am I anyway?"

"You're in Magnolia in Fiore." Lucy answered.

"Where? I've never heard of this Magnolia or Fiore."

"You haven't heard of Fiore!? But that's the continent we live on!"

"What? No we live on the Elemental nations."

"Elemental nations?"

"Perhaps I can help you out." A deep voice spoke as a man in a black cloak stepping silently out of the shadows.

"Where did you come from!?" Lucy shouted.

"It's you! The person who knocked me out! What did you do to me?" Sakura insisted.

"My, my. To think that this would work so well! I guess I owe it all to Orochimaru after all."

"Orochimaru?!" Sakura's eyes widened in shock. What business do you have with Orochimaru!?" The man laughed and the replied smoothly, "Well little Sakura Haruno. I've had my eyes on your pals for a long time."

"My pals?"

"Oh yes. Boy, haven't you all gotten strong. Your team 7." The man spoke.

"You bet we have!"

"Who is this guy? And what's team 7?" Lucy cried.

"Sakura, once your little team finds out you're missing what do you think they'll do?"

"They'll find me and we'll kick your sorry butt!"

"Well, how rude! But I guess it's to be suspected. I'm afraid your friends will never find you." The man said.

"Why not! Don't underestimate team 7!"

"Oh I haven't. I actually want them to find you. That way I can seal the away in this dimension forever, and they'll never stand in my way!"

"What? Dimension?" Sakura asked dumbfounded. Did this man actually have the power to send her to another dimension?

"Yes. and once I send the others here no one can stand in my way. You see, I haven't underestimated your team 7. I've done the quite opposite, and I'll soon be rid of the leafs jinchuuriki and the last Uchiha. They'll soon be here and out of my way."

"But why? What's your objective?" Sakura demanded.

"Why, world domination, of course."