DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the of the Naruto characters or franchise only the girls involved in the series of events that follow.

An Evening Unplanned

Today is the day. Just a few weeks before their blissful summer ends and another dreadful year of school to begin- their last year to be exact. They didn't plan this day to be perfect but enjoyable at the very least. Perfect days are reserved for next summer when they're sure that they won't see each other as they do now. So the day finally arrived and all four girls couldn't wait for the time that they were supposed to meet.

They settled on meeting at Kiran's house at 4:00. That allowed for Michelle to get to the location without worrying about summer school, for Thalia to make sure she had a ride, and for Marisela, who could've met with them at anytime she wanted, but the other girls don't exactly know that. Kiran sorted through her laptop just one last time. Reservation for four at The Bowling Lanes in Cupertino at 4:30 is still brightly flashing on her screen. She smiles victoriously. Still as planned, she thought. While thinking about their reservation, her mind wanders to the rest of the day. After bowling they would catch a movie at the theatre in the mall right across the street. Then they would go and eat at the mall's food court. Lastly, they would roam around the mall until Thalia's mom comes to pick them all up. Just another girl's day out (not night because they're all too young to do those kinds of crazy shenanigans) is all that they want and, to their merit, deserve.

The first to arrive is Michelle. She was done with summer school and since she was too excited to stay put, she decided to be dropped off earlier. To be exact, she was at Kiran's doorstep half an hour early lest she wanted to be half an hour late because she's usually the last to arrive. Kiran, in her summer dress and boots looks over at Michelle's running pants, tank top, and Nike's before an exchange of greetings and catching up on their summer since Michelle wasn't able to go mini golfling with the other girls at their last reunion. They talked for a while before Thalia knocked on the door at exactly 3:50, excited as ever wearing jean shorts, a simple shirt, and some worn out sneakers. It's as expected of Thalia since she grew a habit of arriving just before the call time because of her being a member of their school's band. Marisela wasn't too far behind thanks to her wearing comfortable jeans, a nice, loose shirt, and the Converse she knew she could walk all day in. She rings the doorbell (which Thalia didn't know there was) at 4:01. The girls talk for a while before Kiran's brother calls for them to get ready.

All together, they walked down behind Kiran's older brother who, exasperated, has to drive the quartet of over-energized girls to Cupertino. The traffic isn't so bad and the girls happen to get to The Bowling Alley just on time. They bowl and had a good time. As expected, neither of them is even fair at the sport. But at least they had a barrel of laughs. At 6:37, they move to the mall to see a screening of Ant Man at 6:44 despite Kiran's consistent and dedicated protests. The movie ends with the girls having a hard time controlling their laughter due to Michael Pena's role. They then move onto the food court where they all decide to eat from Burger King. There is a moment where Kiran chokes at hearing Marisela and Thalia discuss the next generation of Naruto. She was so upset at hearing who marries whom that she started choking on a bite of one of her french fries and later scolds the girls while Michelle snickered behind them all.

Then the part of the day they all feared started to loom closer over their heads-the last part of their day together before their first day of their senior year. They walk closely, still chatting happily though the anxiety of the pressure clouded most of of their joy. Kiran's, Marisela's, and Thalia's purses swing lightly in rhythm with each step while Michelle's footsteps carries the beat of their small symphony of chatter. Then, they see something interesting.

"Hey guys," Thalia calls, "have you seen this store before? Is it new?"

"I don't know I don't come here often," replies Kiran.

"Yeah me either. Looks cool though," says Marisela.

Without another word, they enter the almost empty store, Straight From the Source. Inside, an old Japanese man welcomes the girls and beckons them deeper inside. "Ah, hello young ladies. Would you like to see some of our newest merchandise? They all arrived just yesterday."

The girls all shake their heads and continue to look around, noticing that most of the vendor's items are all straight from anime and manga franchises. They gasp to themselves, Marisela and Thalia gawking over Kamisama Kiss statuettes while Kiran stares wide-eyed at some One Piece plushies, all well below some prices they're used to seeing for these type of items. Then-

"Guys! Look at this!"

The girls immediately run to Michelle who somehow wandered off to a far corner of the store. There, their eyes all laid upon a scroll encased inside a glass case. And not just any scroll, a replica of a summoning scroll from Naruto, the paper blindingly gold and the handles a beautiful lush red that would catch even the most clueless person's eye and make them want to buy it if just for decoration.

"Wait, what is this from?" asks Thalia.

The other three throw daggers with their eyes at Thalia for asking such a ridiculous question.

"It's from Naruto. I thought by now you would've known what a summoning scroll is," replies Marisela.

"What episode are you on anyway, Thalia?" asks Michelle.

Thalia thinks to herself for a moment before answering. "I still haven't even finished the first season of Naruto so obviously not as far ahead as you guys."

Michelle's eyes glisten with excitement. Whenever it comes to manga and anime in general, Michelle can't help but lose her calm. "Oh my god, dude. What part are you on?"

"Well, they all took the-what is it?-Jounin exams and Shikamaru, Naruto, Neji, Kiba, and Chouji are going to rescue Sasuke."

"Oh, the Chunin exams?" Kiran corrects.

"Yeah that!"

Michelle puts her hands on her mouth, bright rays metaphorically emerging from the outside of her body. "Can I spoil something for you?"

Thalia considers this. She has never been the type to mind spoiler, that is unless she's extremely into the subject of talk. "I don't know. I guess since I'm pretty sure I won't be able to finish it anytime soon. Shoot."

Kiran chuckles. "Dude, I haven't even finished it."

Marisela grows a smile as well. "Yeah I just skip all the summary-type episodes and the ones that are take five episodes for a battle and go to the good stuff."

"Why didn't I think of that?" Thalia whispers to herself.

Without missing a beat, Kiran speaks up. "Wait, who's your favorite so far?"

"Uh, I guess Naruto since he's a goofball. Either him or Sakura because I'm too into unrequited love," Thalia says with a smirk. "Who's your guys? You know, besides Michelle who we all know is-"

"Uchiha Booty," they all say out loud. They giggle before going back to the previous inquiry.

"Hands down, Gaara for me," Marisela proudly states.

Thalia stares wide-eyed at her. "Gaara? Why?!"

"He's so sweet and cute."

"Not where I'm at. He's all evil-looking and scary. Isn't he a bad guy?"

"Oh, that's because he still hasn't gone up against Naruto at the Chunin exams, right? He gets defeated by Naruto and ends up looking up to him and sees him as a friend," Michelle explains with a satisfied grin.

"Yeah, he even becomes a Kazekage at sixteen while Naruto is still trying to be Jonin which makes Naruto all mad," Marisela interrupts with a laugh.

"Aw, come on," Thalia whines. "Now you're making me like him too!"

To that, Marisela strikes Thalia with the coldest glare ever conceivable, saying in a dark voice, "He's. Mine."

Thalia cowers behind the other two girls and tries to pass off her fright with a nervous laugh. "J-just kidding. Naruto for life."

"You know," Kiran starts. "wouldn't it be cool if we were in their world?"

All of the girls perked up at just imagining themselves in such a place. A place where the impossible is possible and good ventures over evil. Where they could perform the most absurd stunt in their world that would be considered normal in Naruto's. In their bliss, they all speak up without a second to consider who is listening to their conversation.

"That would be so cool! Just imagine being able to throw a shuriken at a target without missing. Not to mention that we would be able to have chakra to do all kinds of things," Marisela practically screams.

"Oh my god! I'd be able to meet Sasuke!" Michelle is trying her best to contain her fantasies to herself, bouncing up and down in order to contain it all to herself, but to much of her effort, she cannot.

"And meeting all the characters would be awesome. I bet Naruto would be a blast to hang out with," Thalia calmly explains.

Their conversation only grows to squeals of excitement causing the Japanese man to take into consideration a new proposal. He smiles to himself seeing how a made up world could bring pure joy to these girls. He thinks for a minute, wondering if the time would be right to give out his special scrolls. He waits a little while longer, engrossed in the girl's conversation as their voices slowly rose to almost pierced through his and his other customer's ears. He knows that what he plans is risky. Not only for the himself, but for the girls themselves. However-

"No way! Ninjutsu is way better than Taijutsu!"

"Say that to Lee who totally rocks it!"

He chuckles to himself. Seeing these girls emit such pure happiness makes him reconsider. He can't wait that much longer. He's in dire need. And these girls… There's no question about it. They're capable, resilient, and strong. He can see it by just hearing them and seeing their reactions. Then it's settled.

"I see you ladies are sincere Naruto fans. If you come over here I could show you more scrolls at even lower prices."

The girls halt their argument for the sake of Naruto merchandise and exchange excited nods before tripping on their way to the Japanese man. At the register, the man smiles to himself prior to bending down behind the counter and pulling out what looks to be a large, old black box. He opens it to reveal a dozen, if not more, miniature scrolls in all kinds of colors and designs. The girls marvel at the sight in front of them and, at first, hesitantly begin to sort through the box. For each of the girls, they don't only see rolled up pieces of paper attached to wood, they see symbols of the show itself within them, drawing them out like bees to honey.

Kiran gasps as she notices this and comes up with an idea as the others soon notice afterward. "We should all pick out ones that are like our favorite characters."

The others nod and then desperately begin looking through the black box for the ones that they mostly treasure.

Marisela sees Gaara in a red and brown scroll, the outside of the paper encrusted with a lining of sand that immediately reminded her of the sand jinchuuriki. She rubs the sandy lining wondering the whereabouts of the character throughout the series in which he was never mentioned. Michelle easily picks out a dark blue scroll with bright white paper. She hugs it to her chest tightly despite what most would say about the younger Uchiha. Kiran grasps a scroll with the combination of red, black, and white. Distinct red symbols embedded on the handles tell Kiran that she not only holds onto one of the more powerful scrolls but also one of the more malicious: that of the Akatsuki. Thalia struggles for a moment seeing as every one of her friends so casually picked theirs in a matter of seconds while she could barely remember what each of the other character's names are. She settles on an orange and black scroll that is obviously the most important character in the series.

The man smiles once more at their decisions. Not bad, he thinks. Things might become interesting. Far more than they can anticipate for sure. The girls return their gazes to his ensuring him that what he was about to do would be one of the best things that would happen to them.

"Before you buy them," he says in a smooth voice. "Go ahead and take a bracelet. It's a new deal I added just yesterday. Get a free bracelet for every scroll you buy."

The Japanese waves his arm over a large green porcelain bowl stacked with different colored bracelets. All appear to be made out of the same type of yarn and the same small wooden bead in the center. Each girl sorts through the bowl and picks out one. To their surprise, they all pick out a different color. Kiran with a deep red one to match her scroll, Marisela with a light green one, Michelle with a grey one in order to match it to whatever she wants to wear, and Thalia with a blue one. He watches as they just hold the bracelets in their hands. That won't do.

"Don't be shy. Go ahead, put them on," he prompts. They do as he says and wait to be charged. However, the man continues. "Now I want you all to close your eyes and think about what these scrolls represent." They hesitate but give in at seeing no harm to be done in that act(and that they are now the only customers in his store). They all think about the characters that they truly wish could be there in front of them, wanting to share a part of their world where they could be living in a way that they never thought imaginable. "Now," he continued, "I want you all to wish on these scrolls. Keep in mind what they represent and what you all want as a whole or else your wish won't come true."

The girls all smile. They knew what they all want. In fact, they just spent a good ten minutes talking about it. They want to be there of all places and meet the people their scrolls symbolize. It's that simple.

I want to be in the Naruto world.

There's a dazzling white light. The Japanese man shields his eyes as he begins to laugh. His shoulders roll as his mind reels with seeing his plan finally work. After many countless attempts, it finally worked. Despite being let down so times, he couldn't find it in himself to give up so easily. Something in these girls drew him to them and now, his plan can finally be set in motion. Those girls truly deserve what they wished for. They truly have a bond like no others. I now hope they use it wisely as I have by giving them what they wanted. Good luck.