Chapter 1:
What the heck is going on?
Life was good. School was finally out and summer vacation had just begun. My days were most liking going to be spent hanging out with my best buds and obsessing over the all time coolest anime ever; Naruto! I was just your every day typical 12 and half year old girl. Well besides my crazy personality and the fact that I'm more of a tomboy. That takes away from being boy crazy and constantly worried about my looks. That's just not me. I had been taking a martial art class for 5 months and was actually starting to get good. I'd like to secretly imagine myself as a ninja from Naruto during class. I'd see our practicing karate more as 'training'. And loved having to call our instructor 'sensei'. I lived in a fantasy world most of the time, always lost in my day dreams. But besides that I was just normal. Nothing special or extraordinary ever happened to me, and I didn't think it ever would. But boy was I wrong.
"Stop being a ball hog!" I yelled to my friend, Alex.
"Why should I?" Alex said sticking his tongue out. Man was he immature or what!?
"Yeah why should he. I think him being a ball hog is fine," My other friend, Meagan, said with a smirk.
"Yeah your only saying that because he's on your team!" Ashley argued, "It's not fair! I mean it's only me and Casey against you two! And you know Casey sucks at sports!"
"HEY! I do not!" I whined.
"Do to and you know!"
"Ok maybe I do... If Danny were here we'd beat 'em! Why'd he have to go to Cuba!? Man what a boring vacation!"
"Can we please get back to the game now?" Alex asked. He ran to the end of my drive way and slam dunked the basket ball into the hoop.
"Show off!" I teased.
"Hey Casey! CATCH!" Alex threw the ball at me, it missed and began to roll down the drive way into the street.
"AGH! My ball! It'll be flatten!" I screamed as ran to try and catch it. Why does our house have to be on a hill!? It couldn't have just been on a nice flat piece of land! I thought angrily.
The ball rolled all the way down our steep drive way and stopped in the middle of the street. We didn't live on any big street or anything, but there were still a lot of cars that went by. I waited until the cars had passed and I couldn't see any coming from either way, then I cautiously stepped into the street and ran to retrieve my beloved ball.
I picked the ball up and was just turning around to start back when I heard someone scream, "CASEY LOOK OUT!"
The last thing I remember was two bright lights headed right for me, and then...black.
I awoke with a throbbing headache. The pain was so intense I wanted to scream out. I clenched my head and moaned. I must of had sugar before I went to bed again. Jeez just how much did I have? Must of been a whole lot. I thought while I struggled to pull my self out of bed. The headache started to slowly subside. I walked across my room to my full body mirror. "I could have sworn the mirror was on the other wall," I said with a yawn. I shrugged it off. Was it just me, or did I look...different? Like why wasn't my hair the unruly, tangly mess it usually was in the morning? Instead it looked as if I had just brushed it. Just like in a cartoon... I pushed the thought aside. Another yawn escaped my lips. "Eh, it's summer vacation. I'll just go back to bed."
I hopped into bed and no sooner than I did, I hear a voice calling from outside the door, "Get up! Your going to be late for class! It's the last day at the academy! You don't wanna miss it!"
Academy? I got out of bed and saw a pair of clothes folded by the foot of the bed. I picked them up and put them on. Then I looked in the mirror.
"Hey I look cool!" I said studying myself. I was wearing a long, orange quarter sleeve shirt that looked a little like a dress, and dark green capris underneath. A green band was around my upper arm. I was about to walk out the door when I saw a pair of blue flame ninja shoes against the wall, lying across them was a ninja head band with the hidden leaf village logo on it.
"NO WAY!" I exclaimed, "Mom finally got me a head band! And it looks so real too! Ohhhhh! And she got me ninja shoes too!" I put the shoes on, and the headband. The head band was backwards on my head, the metal plate on the back of my head, and the two pieces of material that remain once you tied it, were framing my face, along with two strands of my hair.
"I look just like a ninja out of Naruto! SO COOL!"
I walked outside my room into a hall way. Where the stairs should have been there was a door leading to another room. "Eh? This isn't my house!" Panic and wonder filled me. I wandered around until I finally found a stair case. I went down into what seemed to be living room/lounge sort of room. Noone was there. The exit to outside was straight ahead of me, so I decided to go out and see if anyone could tell me where the heck I was. I opened the door and stepped out. A voice from behind me shouted out,"Were you really going to leave without your weapons?" I turned to see a woman. She looked like she could have been Ino from Naruto, only older... Like, her mother perhaps?
Man I really must be Naruto crazy! I thought while giving myself a mental slap.
The woman tossed a holster, like the ones the ninja's from Naruto wear on their legs, and a belt bag to me. "Now hurry! You don't want to be late!"
I walked out the door and down the walk way. What I saw astonished me. Dirt covered roads filled with people, houses and open shops just like you would see in Japan, and a few of the people walked by had Leaf Village head bands on. Maybe I'm not the only obsessed fan here!
A girl with long blonde hair, that was up in a high pony tail came running up to me. She also had a head band on, only she was wearing her's around her waist like a belt.
Is that...INO!? IT IS! But what...How? What the heck is going on!? My mind started going crazy trying to process what I was seeing, I get it! This is a dream! I fell asleep watching Naruto and now I'm dreaming about it! Yup! That is defiantly it!
I gave myself a hard pinch on my arm. And it hurt...a lot. My arm began to tingle with the pain of the pinch. "Okay maybe it's not a dream..." I said to myself.
"Hey! I'm Ino. Want to walk to the academy together?" Ino asked me.
I slowly nodded and followed in the direction Ino was going.
What the heck is going on! Kept running through my mind.
"So," Ino started, breaking the silence, "It's great to finally meet you. I'm so glad you came to stay with us. I've heard so much about your side of the family."
"Heh...Yeah..." AGH! What was she talking about?! What is going on!?
"By the way, What's your name? I mean my mom told me that a cousin of ours was coming to live with us for a while, but since it was such short notice I guess she forgot to mention your name."
Cousin? I'm her cousin? Man this is so weird... "Well...uh...my name is..." I started to stammer. I couldn't tell her my name was Casey. The names are all so different in the Naruto world. If I said my name was Casey she might suspect something...
"Good morning Sakura!" Ino said in a rude way, forgetting about our conversation.
"Hello Ino pig," A girl with long pink hair, a rather large fore-head, and pink dress thing replied walking up to us.
It's Sakura! OMG! So I really must be in the Naruto world! But...how? I looked at Sakura. Wait, why's her hair long? I thought she cut it during the second phase of the chunin exams? I must be back in the beginning! So if I remember correctly this is when Ino and Sakura stupidly fight over who get's to sit next to Sasuke. I snapped out of my thoughts at the sound of the two girl bickering. Man they could be annoying!
"Hey! I'll race you guys to class!" I said and started running. After a few seconds I slowed down and let Sakura and Ino pass me. After all I had no idea where I was going!
"I'm first!" Ino and Sakura both shouted as they tried to squeeze through the door at the same time. I stood behind them laughing silently to myself. I can't believe they'd fight over a boy like this! Especially since it was Sasuke! I mean yeah he is cute, I'll give him that, but he can be such a self centered jerk at times!
After Ino and Sakura finally pushed through the door, I went in.
"OMG! There's Shika!!" I squealed. Shika's so cute!
Inner Casey: OH YEAH! Shika is the man!
HUH!? What was that!?
Inner Casey: Just like Sakura you have an inner you! That's me!!
O-okay?
I saw Sasuke sitting down, and Naruto next to him. Girls began crowding around and yelling at Naruto to move it. "Stupid obsessive fangirls," I mumbled. Heh Heh Heh... I have an idea!
"Oh my gosh!! Look over there! That guy is even cuter than Sasuke!!" I screamed pointing out the door.
"No way!"
"That can't be possible!"
"Noone's cuter than Sasuke!"
All the girls who had been crowding Sasuke, including Sakura and Ino, ran to the door and looked out. They began pushing each-other shouting they wanted to see.
I snickered and walked over to Sasuke and Naruto. "Mind if I sit with you guys?" I asked.
"Nope," Naruto replied moving over so I could sit down. Sasuke didn't say anything, he didn't even look up.
Jerk-o! I thought as I sat down. I was sitting between Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke on my left, and Naruto on my right.
Wait 'till the fangirls see of this! I thought evilly.
The other girls gave up on seeing this guy who was supposivly cuter than Sasuke, and began heading back into the class room. When they saw who was sitting next to Sasuke, scowls and evil glares appeared on their faces.
"Who is that girl!?"
"Yeah who does she think she is? Sitting next to Sasuke like that!"
I could hear the angry whispers of the mad fangirls.
"She's even more devious and sneaky than you are," Sakura said to Ino, "I can see how you're related."
"Sakura you little!" Ino snarled and was about to lunge at Sakura when someone at the front of the room cleared their throat.
"Hello class," Iruka sensei greeted. Everyone took their seats and turned their attention to the front of the room.
"You are all now Genin, and will be assigned to a three man squad led by a Jounin, an elite ninja, as you already know. We wanted every squad to have well balance. But, before I announce the teams, I would like to introduce you to someone." Iruka ushered for me to come to the front of the room. I slowly made my way to the front. I was so nervous I could feel myself shaking.
"Everyone, this is..." Iruka trained off, meaning he didn't know my name and wanted me to fill in the blank.
AH! What am I gonna do? Okay think anime and Japanese names and see what you come up with... But I gotta make sure it's not the name of someone who's on this show...
I could feel the stares of everyone's eyes on me. "Sayuki," I came out with, "My name's Sayuki."
"Sayuki just moved here. She's staying with relatives of her's. She is Ino's cousin I believe. Even though she did not attend class at the academy, she will be being paired onto a squad with the rest of you. One squad will have four members, because of the un-even number of students. I expect you all to treat her with respect and welcome her to our village." Iruka allowed me to sit back down and then began reading out the squads.
Hmmmmm... I wonder what team I'll be on...
"Team 7. Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha," All the girls moaned in unison. "and Sayuki Yamanaka."
WHOO-HOO! I'm on Naruto's team all right!
Iruka finished naming off all the other teams and then announced we would have a lunch break, and after that we would get to meet our new sensei's.
I wondered around outside the school a bit. Then I came upon Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura was sitting down on a bench, and Sasuke stood not to far from her.
"Sakura...Your forehead is so wide and charming," Sasuke said. Sakura looked at Sasuke in bewilderment, and utter surprise. "It makes me feel like kissing it," Sasuke finished.
Hey I remember this! I thought trying to suppress the laughter that was building up inside me.
Sakura's jaw dropped. "Just kidding, that's the kinda thing Naruto would say," Sasuke gave a friendly grin.
Poor Sakura she has no idea it's Naruto.
"Hey, Sakura, I want to ask you something," 'Sasuke' said.
"What is it?"
"Naruto...What do you think of him?"
Oh no. Sakura's about to say some pretty mean stuff about Naruto, to his face! I can't let Naruto go through that!
I ran up to Sasuke, well Naruto. "Hey! N-Sasuke! I need to talk to you a sec!" I pulled Naruto out of ear shot of Sakura.
"I know your really Naruto," I said quietly.
Naruto gulped. "Y-you do?"
I nodded. "And if you don't get outta hear I'll let Sakura know!"
"Please don't do that! I'll go right now!" Naruto begged. I smirked.
We walked back over to Sakura.. "I'm sorry to cut our conversation short, but I gotta go. Later." 'Sasuke' said walking away.
Phew
Inner Sayuki: CHA! We saved Naruto from being hurt! Oh yeah!
What happened to Inner Casey?
Inner Sayuki: I am her! Only the name's Sayuki now! CHA!
All right then...
"Sakura, Do you mind if I join you for lunch? I mean we're on the same team and all, and I don't really know anyone yet..." I trailed off. Okay so technically I knew almost everyone. But it wasn't like they were my friends or anything. While I was in this world I was pretty much alone.
"Sure. Do you have a lunch?" I shook my head no. "That's okay. I have enough for two."
"Thanks," I smiled and sat down on the bench next to Sakura.
I always told Meagan she was a nice character!
"He's late!" Naruto grumbled.
"Naruto! Just sit down," Sakura suggested.
" No! How come our teacher is the only one that's late? I'm ready to rumble, believe it!" Naruto declared, "The other groups have already met their new teachers and took off on some adventure or something. Iruka-sensi isn't here either."
Sakura was pacing the room. Sasuke was sitting down, and I was sitting down at the end opposite of him. Naruto began fumbling around making all of us look over at him.
"What are you doing?" Sakura asked.
Naruto was standing on a stool putting a chalky eraser between the wall and the door. So if someone were to open it it would fall on them, covering them in chalk dust.
"That's what he gets for being late!" Naruto said jumping down off the stool, "Surprise!"
I started giggling. It'll probably be funnier when you see it in person! I can't believe Kakashi's actually going to fall for this!
"You idiot," Sasuke said, "Our teachers a Jounin, an elate ninja. Do you honestly think he's going to fall for that?"
"You never know," I said with a smirk.
The sound of the door slowly being opened could be heard, and everyone looked. Kakashi's head popped through the door, the eraser falling on top of it, and then bouncing to the floor. Naruto began laughing like crazy shouting, "I got him! He totally fell for it!"
I began laughing as well. I was right! It is funnier in person!
Inner Sayuki: That's what he get's! Making us wait for so long!
Kakashi was now fully in the room. "Hmm... How can I put this? My first impression of this group... you're a bunch of idiots."
Ouch... I thought frowning.
Authors Note: So what do you think? This story was inspired by kikyouhater118's story "My Life as Sakura Haruno" and, "My Life as Hinata Hyuga" Her stories are absolutely awesome! I'd suggest checking them out. Expect fast updates, this took me maybe an hour and a half to write, which is really fast compared to the way I write. It's probably because I'm really into writing it. Casey is not me, she's a made up character, although I did give her some of my characteristics and a little of my personality. Please don't go too hard on me this is my first Naruto fic. I hope you all enjoyed it! PLEASE REVIEW!