How Did You Get to Me?

A Zabuza Love Story.

Note: I don't own Naruto or any of the Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters. The lyrics in this story are from If I Didn't Have You by Randy Travis.

Your name is Lily Grey, you're 20 years old and a top ranked duelist in America. You have long brown hair that reaches down to the middle of your back. Your eyes are a beautiful bluish-gray, like the sky on a stormy day. You also have a thick Louisiana accent. You usually wear baggy clothes to hide your figure from everyone. You also have your favorite card hanging around your neck on a necklace, kind of like Kaiba's necklace. You carry a backpack that's filled with your extra decks and special cards with you where ever you go. Your cards are like family to you…the only family that you've got. You're not exactly considered 'beautiful', just ordinary. However, whenever you're truly happy and smiling a true smile, people often describe you as being gorgeous.

Today you are on your way to a local tournament. You are walking across the street using a cross walk, when you hear a car horn blaze. You look up in time to see a large red truck heading straight for you. "Oh, crud." You hear the loud screech of the truck's brakes and feel immense pain run throughout your body. As you begin to pass out you hear screams and a man calling for someone to call an ambulance.

"HEY! KAKASHI SENSEI! THERE'S A GIRL OVER HERE!" Someone shouts, right next to your ear.

Your eyes flutter open and you see a boy that looks just like Naruto. "Hey, would you cut that out? You're almost as annoying as the real Naruto." You sit up holding your head.

The boy looks at you and raises an eyebrow, "What are you talking about lady? I am the real Naruto….Believe it!" Three other people appear beside 'Naruto'; Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura.

"Nice costumes you guys, where'd you get 'em?" you try to stand up, but your head is swimming so you decide to stay sitting down.

Naruto laughs, "You talk funny." You glare at him.

"Naruto, it's not very polite to say that. Besides, she can't help it…it's an accent; she's obviously not from around here." 'Sakura' says.

You clap your heads, "That sounds like something the 'real' Sakura would say. You all really did your research."

Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura look at you like your nuts. "She thinks we're all imposters." Naruto explains to them.

You pull out your cards to make sure they're all right. "And why shouldn't I? After all you all are characters in a manga, so why shouldn't I think you're all imposters?" you say and they all look at each other in confusion. You sigh, "Look, I'll prove it. If I'm really in the Naruto world then I should be able to gather chakra around my hand." You close your eyes and begin to imagine chakra flowing around your hand. "See…not…" you open your eyes and look at your hand. Your eyes widen as you see a bluish glow around your hand. "Chakra?!" You say in surprise and try yet again to get up, but your body seems to be paralyzed.

"No duh, Sherlock." Sasuke says, being his usually cheery self.

I try to get up again, but still no luck. "Can you not get up?" Kakashi asks, closing his book.

"No." you say, looking down at your cards. Suddenly, you get a good idea. 'Maybe I can use my chakra to bring my cards to life.' You pick up Celtic Guardian, 'Might as well give it a shot.'

"Well, I guess I'll have to carry you back to Konoha." Kakashi sighs.

"That's all right, you don't have to touch me if you don't want to." You're used to men not wanting to touch you, so your feelings aren't too hurt. "I want to try something." You focus chakra in your hand again and focus it into the Celtic Guardian card. A bright light comes from the card and as the light fades you see the Celtic Guardian standing there. "Alright! It worked!" You smile one of your real smiles and you hear the guys gasp.

"She's actually kind of…pretty when she smiles." You hear Naruto say quietly to Sasuke.

"Let's go Celtic Guardian." You say and he picks you up. As you all start towards Konoha, "So is the old man still alive?"

Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura look at you with alarm and confusion in their eyes. "The third? Yes, he's alive." Kakashi answers.

"Ok, have you guys met Zabuza yet?" you ask with a little drool coming out of your mouth at his name.

"Who?" they all ask me.

"YES!" I shout, and Celtic Guardian begins mumbling in elfish. "Sorry, Celtic. That means…there's still a chance for me to save him! Hehehe…." I say, now drooling over the thought of actually meeting the Demon of the Mist.

"Hello, earth to whoever you are!" I hear Naruto's voice call to me.

"Huh? Oh, my name's Lily Grey." You all continue to walk, in complete silence. You take out your cards and look through them. You have A LOT of cards; you've made a lot of different types of decks, but your main deck is a combination of Yugi's and Kaiba's decks. Finally you can't stand the silence anymore and you begin to sing….

"If I didn't have you I'd long ago
Been left in the dark out in the cold
Blowing around from town to town
Like a feather in the wind
If I didn't have you I know I'd be
Floundering around like a ship at sea
Lost in the rain of a hurricane
That's where I'd have been

But I didn't get lost cause I saw your light
Shining like a beacon on a cold dark night
And the sun came up and the skies turned blue
No I wouldn't have nothing
If I didn't have you

Well I count my blessings every night I pray
That the lord lets me keep you just one more day
And every day he does cause God knows too
That I wouldn't have nothing
If I didn't have you."

"That was pretty good, Lily chan." Naruto says.

Sakura hits him on the back of the head, "Naruto! Don't call her chan…it's rude, we've just met her."

You laugh, "That's all right Sakura, I don't mind."

Naruto sticks his tongue out at her, "See." Sakura hits him again and you laugh. You cuddle closer to Celtic Guardian and fall asleep.

You wake to someone shaking you, "All right, all right! I'm up already, stop shaking me." You say, yawning. You open your eyes and see that you're in the hokage's office. You look to your side and see Celtic Guardian standing beside you, sword in hand and ready to protect you if something happens. "Hello, Lord Hokage."

"Hello. Team 7 has already informed me about finding you, but I need to ask you some questions." He says, sitting down behind his desk.

You nod, "Sure, I'll answer them the best that I can."

"Ok, first who are you and how did you get here?"

"My name is Lily Grey and I have absolutely no idea how I got here. The last thing I remember was being hit by a truck." Your eyes widen, "Oh…my…god….I'M DEAD!" Tears start to flow down your cheeks, "I was too young to die! I never even had a boyfriend!"

"Its ok, Lily chan." Naruto says, hugging you. He then pinches you, hard.

"OW! What was that for?" you ask, rubbing your arm.

Naruto grins, "If you are dead, then you wouldn't feel any pain right?"

"Yeah, I guess." You say, still rubbing your arm.

The hokage clears his throat, "If we can get back to the matter at hand….Now about your friend here…who or what is he?"

You look at Celtic Guardian, "This is Celtic Guardian, he's a Yu-Gi-Oh card normally, but I used chakra to bring him to life. Oh, and Yu-Gi-Oh is a trading card game, in which two people duel each other using various monster, trap, and spell cards. He's also called Elf Swordsman, because he's an elf." You say, with another real smile. You pickup Celtic Guardian's card and focus on bringing the chakra you put into the card back. The Celtic Guardian is covered in a green light and begins to disappear. You then pick up Mystical Elf and bring her to life, "Holy Elf, can you heal me?" She looks you over and nods. She begins to mumble in elfish and a golden-silver light consumes her hands. She then places her hands on your stomach and the light covers you. You feel your spine snap back into place, painlessly. "Thank you," you say and return her to her card.

"Now, where are you from?"

You take a deep breath, "I'm from a world where you all are just characters in a graphic novel. I know all about you and what will happen to you in the future."

"Can you prove this?"

"Well…here in a couple of days a man named Tazuna will send in a request for ninja escorts, saying he needs protection from thieves and bandits. Naruto, being himself, will bug you about giving Team 7 a better mission and for once Sasuke will agree with him, not saying so out loud of course. You finally cave and give them the mission…and that's when HE makes an appearance." At the thought of Zabuza you begin to drool and stare off into space.

Naruto walks over to you and waves his hand in front of your face, "She's out of it. HELLO!!" he screams right into your ear, making you jump.

"OW! Quit that!" you hit him on top of his head. "If that isn't enough…I can go into the whole Naruto's father thing."

The hokage frowns and shakes his head, "That's all the questions I have for you today…it's late and you must be tired." The hokage looks at Kakashi, "Kakashi, I'm putting you and your team in charge of protecting Lily. Lily I hope you don't have a problem with staying at Kakashi's house?"

You shift a little, "No. As long as he controls himself."

Kakashi gets a sweat drop on his head, "You don't have to worry about THAT." You just ignore his insult.

"You'll be needing some clothes and other things right? Or do you have some clothes in your bag?" the hokage asks.

"No, sir. I only have my cards in my bag."

"Ok, well, here's some money. Tomorrow go shopping and get whatever you need."

"Thank you, very much!"

"Ok, you're all dismissed." The hokage says and you all leave his office.

It's dark outside and you all say your goodbyes and go your separate ways. You and Kakashi begin to walk down the streets to his house. He pulls out his Make Out Paradise book and you fiddle with your necklace. "What's that?" Kakashi asks.

"A necklace." You say sarcastically.

"I know that," he says rolling his eyes, "but what is the card?"

"A card that I hope I never have to summon here." You say as Kakashi opens the door to his home. You run inside and jump on his couch, "I claim the couch."

Kakashi sighs, "That's all right; you can have my bed."

"No way! I prefer couches over beds any day." You say, taking off your shoes.

"Fine, I'm going to bed." Kakashi says and walks upstairs. As soon as he's gone, you take your cards out of your bag.

You look at the collectible tins that they're in, "Goodnight."

WEIRD HUH? THAT'S HOW I TREAT MY CARDS…I DON'T SAY GOODNIGHT TO THEM, BUT I DO TREAT THEM LIKE THEY'RE PART OF MY FAMILY. I LOVE MY CARDS! PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!