This is my first time ever posting anything under Naruto – if you know me, you know that I write mostly about Resident Evil –
This is my first time ever posting anything under Naruto – if you know me, you know that I write mostly about Resident Evil – but it's not actually the first Naruto thing I've worked on. A couple years ago, I was doing a fan comic with a friend who I need to get back in touch with, and after that, I was working on a story that never really went anywhere. Even though I have a lot of stories to update, I decided to start this one because I'm too depressed to work on my other stuff much, and I just got back into Naruto after a long hiatus. Actually, I feel like co-writing this… So if anyone would be interested in helping me write this, drop me a line.
Anywho, this is the story of a girl getting trapped in the world of Naruto at a particularly bad point in her life, and my only real concept thus far for this story is that she adventures around looking for a way out and getting into trouble – and if somebody offers to co-write, she also meets someone else who gets stuck there and they work together. The introduction, granted, isn't the greatest… I wrote it quickly last night when I was in a hurry and very tired. But the next chapter will hopefully be better. Also, the title will explain itself, probably in chapter two.
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Hides in Crazy
By BurningBridges
Chapter One: It Begins
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Journal Entry:
Last night was a normal night… I played video games, I talked to my best friend on the phone… And moped around the house like I've done 24/7 for the last several months.
I spent some time wondering what's going on in my life right now, and why everything is so incredibly messed up. Then my severe depression led me to reading manga to take my mind off it… So what the hell happened?
One minute I'm reading Naruto, and listening to the radio while my cat sleeps on my stomach, and I started to doze off to the sound of rain splattering on the roof…
The next thing I know, I wake up in the middle of the freakin' woods… I have no idea where I am, or even if I am somewhere at all… There aren't any familiar landmarks… Or really any landmarks period. Did somebody drug me and move me in my sleep??
I don't know what to do… I don't know where I am… And I'm not dreaming.
End of Journal Entry
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She stuffed the piece of paper and pen back in her pocket, feeling she had passed as much time as was possible when trying to figure out where the hell you are without freaking out.
"Oh… What on earth is going on?"
There was suddenly a rustling-scraping sound nearby and three people – kids, actually, probably no older than fifteen; two girls and one boy – came towards her on the dirt road where she'd been stranded.
"Look!" one of the girls said, "Maybe she could help us."
She stared at the three as they approached.
"Hi," the girl who spoke before said with a smile. "We were wondering if you could help us."
She was silent for a moment, having no clue what was happening. "Err… I'm sorry?"
"Maybe you should explain to her what we're talking about first?" the boy suggested, and the girl pretended to ignore him.
"We wanted to become ninja, but we… didn't quite meet requirements. So we decided to form a rogue band of our own. The only problem is, we could really use someone older to mentor us… Be a Sensei, of sorts. We've asked a lot of people, and they always turn us down."
"Probably because they were wandering vagrants," the other girl added, rolling her eyes.
"Would you be interested?"
She was completely lost at this point. First she wakes up somewhere she's never seen before, and next, this. Was she in…? No, it couldn't be… Could it? "Uh… I don't know the first thing about being a ninja…" she managed to say through her confusion.
"Well, guess that's yet another one down," the boy said with a sigh.
"She didn't say no yet," the girl said in response. "Please? It's beginning to look hopeless for us."
She thought for a moment. "I have no idea what I'm doing right now, but I can't refuse a request for help. I don't know what I could possibly teach you, but sure, I'll see what I can do."
"Alright!" the three cheered happily.
Wow… What a weird place this was… Could she really be where she was beginning to suspect she was?
Well, the first thing to do anywhere when you meet someone new is introduce yourself… And since no one here knew her and she didn't want to stick out like a sore thumb with an American name, she quickly thought back to a Korean soap opera she liked to watch…
"My name is Na Misuk."
Yeah, Misuk. That was a good name.
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Well, that's chapter one for you… A little weird, but not as bad as it sounded when I scribbled it down last night.
I realize that Misuk's real name is never mentioned, but it's a writing technique I was always fond of that is supposed to make the reader relate more to the character. And there will be a lot of descriptions of all the characters so far in the next chapter, as well as the teenager's names. And the reason why Misuk talks about being so depressed will eventually come out… I want to sort of build up to it a bit.
And Misuk is named after a couple characters on a Korean soap opera I watch called "Likeable or Not". It's a fantastic show, and since I couldn't think of any Japanese names I wanted to use, I went with that.
Okay, that's it for now. Leave me a review and let me know what you think! And if you're interested in co-writing, let me know!