A/N: Hi everyone! I'm new to fanfiction and this my first story that I've ever put out there for anyone else to see. So no flames please, but constructive critisism would be most appreciated!

This story is based off a dream I had a few years ago and I've been itching to put it into a story, this fic will also have a bunch of crossovers in the near future, you will soon see why.

Anyhoo I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the animes that will be appearing in this fic. If I did, Itachi wouldn't have died! .

Dreamland

Chapter 1

She was in not running away, hell she'd be too chicken to do that in the first place. She just needed to calm herself down before going back home.

Seventeen year old Natasha Vasquez scowled as she drove the white pickup truck around the small town that she had spent the last 9 years of her life in. She would've just taken a walk, but the current weather conditions prevented that. It was mid-September, the sun would blare down onto the earth with a scorching heat and the territory came with enough humidity to make a perfectly styled haircut to frizz up in a puff ball. And Natasha had no desire to burn her pale skin, not to common in the area where she lived. Only 30 miles from the Mexican border, the area was populated with many Spanish speaking residents and thus granted them the luxury of being able to be in the sun for mass amounts of time. She had moved to this small town from the bustling city of San Diego, California. Her inner city-girl screamed in protest when she had laid her eyes on the flat terrain of the border town. She missed the busy streets and the loud noises of the city. Not to insult anyone but she didn't like it here, everything had seemed to spiral downhill from the first moment she moved here.

Within the first two months of her arrival, her grandmother died. Natasha was close to her, and to not only have her home ripped away but to have her grandma taken away too? But don't be fooled, she did try to like her new residence. But getting bullied almost every day did not help in her new school. She could've tried to fit in, but she wasn't going to pretend to be something she wasn't. She never had the desire to be popular or anything, she simply wanted to be herself.

Natasha did make friends eventually, but not without conflict. She had lost many friends along the way but in her senior year of high school she had become comfortable with her circle of friends that she had come to love these past four years.

Stephanie was the first one she met out of their little group. The second day of school in first period English class, Natasha had dropped her little drawing that she was making of Itachi and Sasuke and Stephanie caught a glimpse at it. She liked to draw too, and from that moment their chatter was all that could be heard in the classroom. Stephanie was a joker, but in a cruel almost sadistic way. She enjoyed poking fun at everyone but her comments were always accompanied by her snickering and a somewhat evil comment. She was also rather graceful in everything that she did, even her features were elegant. Her heart shaped face and hazel eyes and her straight brown hair hanging just below her shoulders in layers.

However much to everyone's disgruntlement, Stephanie had a boyfriend. Now most friends would be supportive but this was a different case. Her boyfriend was, to put it simply, an asshole. Selfish and rude to everyone and when he and Stephanie fought he was so cruel in his words. None of them could understand, but it was her choice in the end. As a result she had lunch with them twice a week.

Kat was the tomboy with her short dark brown hair and baggy clothes. She enjoyed anything athletic and was a huge gamer girl. She always had a goofy grin plastered on her face and candy in her hand. She was an artist as well; she did everything from drawing to painting to sculpting. She even made t-shirts and little charms that she sold at anime conventions with her brother and sister and they were always successful. Kat was always known to also being an awesome cook; she could make anything it seemed. She always treated her friends to her baking and her mad cooking skills! She was very affectionate to her friends, showering them with glomps upon glomps when greeting them in her hyper manner. She always knew how to lighten up the mood if it was gloomy.

Risa was the crazy one to say the least. She was petite in every way, it was in an almost pixie like way. She always seemed to flutter about in every which way. She was a cheerful soul, with glitter brown eyes and cropped short dark brown hair that she planned to dye blue as soon as they graduated. She was a huge Lolita fashionista, taking every opportunity to dress in the style whenever possible. Her eccentric style made her stand out and that was one of the things that Natasha loved about Risa.

Klaudia was best friends with Risa since seventh grade so they were always a sort of package deal. Klaudia was very expressful of herself, in both her personality and her art. She always carried her black sketchbook and would sometimes pull it out to draw something. And if she was feeling something you always knew what it was. She had short curly hair and large brown eyes that are always in wonder with the world. She never got bored of anything; she always found something interesting about everything.

Qian-qian was quiet and shy. She had moved to America only 2 years ago from China. As a result she was held back because of her English but she adjusted rather well. As the oldest of the group she was the straight man, trying to keep the others in line, especially Risa and Klaudia who got into habits of trouble time and time again. She was really sweet and gentle, and probably the most innocent one out of all of them despite her age and because of this the rest of them tried to preserve that as much as possible. She was very pretty of course with her yellowish skin tone, almond shaped eyes, and straight black hair.

These five had stuck with her all four years of high school, their little group had started out rather different, and as such they have lost some people along the way. But these five had never betrayed her in anyway. She loved them all dearly and would miss them should she go to college out of their town.

However nothing could calm her down from her fury at the moment. The day had started out normal enough but she knew something was wrong when her mother had called her sternly into the kitchen. She had checked her grades online, and had demanded an explanation to Natasha's 64 in Biology. It was due to low quiz grades, but those weren't available to retake. And she had a test coming up that she had been preparing for but her mother wouldn't hear of it. Instead of retaliating back like she always did, Natasha simply went out for a drive in their gas sucking monster of a truck.

Taking a left turn at a light, Natasha did a double take. Outside the window she saw a forest…

"What the hell?" She muttered to herself as she pulled into the small clearing.

There are no forests here, so why and how did this appear? Letting her curiosity get the better of her, Natasha hopped out of the truck, not before grabbing her purse and locking the vehicle behind her.

There was a faint path that led into the forest, and Natasha looked around, wondering why nobody else was marveling at the strange anomaly. Shrugging to herself she stepped cautiously into the forest.

She wasn't a nature person, not that she disliked in anyway. But the mosquitoes in the area made nature difficult to enjoy. Also she wasn't really athletic in the least, no she was blessed with clumsiness and tendencies to trip over her own feet. Thankfully this wasn't the case, at least not yet.

She soon reached the end of the trail and in front of her was a small clearing, a meadow of sorts. But the strange thing was that there was a running fountain in the middle. Strange… She stepped closer, surveying her surroundings as she did so. Did someone live there? It didn't seem like there was, just the chirping of some birds. Listening to the soft trickling of the water, Natasha sat down on the edge of the fountain enjoying the calm feeling taking over. After what seemed like thirty minutes, Natasha decided that it was time to take her leave, not before making a wish of course.

She smiled lightly to herself as she dug into her wallet for a penny. Finding one she clasped it in her hand and whispered her wish and threw it back without looking. Hearing the plop sound she made her way off the side of the fountain to travel back to her truck. However somehow she managed to lose her footing on a few pebbles and lost her balance. Instead of regaining her balance, she fell backward into the fountain.

She shut her eyes anticipating the impact with the cold water, but felt nothing but air this time, along with the feeling of her stomach wrenching upwards as if she was riding a rollercoaster. She cracked one eye open but soon both were widened in fear; she was free falling through what seemed to a tunnel. She screeched and seemed to see her life flash before her eyes. She didn't want to die here; she hadn't even gotten to college yet! Hell she was still a virgin!

She caught sight of a light from beneath her and was getting steadily larger as she fell closer to it. She shut her eyes again and prayed to dear god to let her survive, there were still many things she wanted to do with her life.

Suddenly she made contact with ice cold water biting through her skin.

Screaming again as she made contact with the water, she squinted her eyes open again and her mouth gaped open with shock.

She seemed to be in the middle of a sort of shopping plaza, with cobblestone streets and countless shops here and there. She certainly wasn't in Texas anymore. Her green eyes scanned the area to and fro, very confused and dazed at her surroundings. However she wasn't prepared for the next shock.

"Oh my! Are you alright?" a startled voice cried in concern.

Natasha turned in the direction of the voice and nearly choked. I must've hit my head or something. In front of her was Tohru Honda from the manga Fruits Basket along with Kyo Sohma in tow. Although they seemed older than the time when they were last seen in the final chapter of Fruits Basket.

Natasha was at loss for words, her mouth opening and closing like a gaping fish.

"Hey, you alive?" Kyo's sharp comment snapped her out of her trance.

Natasha looked sheepishly to the ground and attempted to get out of the fountain, but not before tripping again and nearly falling.

"Oh, be careful! Don't push yourself!" Tohru fretted over her like a worried mother hen even though they had scarcely met.

Natasha eyed the brown haired girl, "T-Thank you." She was still in shock that she was talking to the character that she cosplayed as in her sophomore year.

"You're welcome, I'm Tohru Honda!" She smiled cheerfully and she motioned to Kyo, "This is Kyo Sohma."

Natasha blinked spasmodically for a minute before answering, "I'm Natasha…"

She figured it would be unwise to use her real last name, "Bastidas… It's nice to meet you." She added the last part with a nervous smile.

"You must be freezing! Come on, we'll get you dried off."

"Um-!" Natasha wondered if she sounded like an idiot, "Where am I?"

Tohru blinked at her for a moment then her eyes snapped up as if she realized something, "Oh! Of course you wouldn't know! This is where all us manga and anime characters go to after a season or series ends."

And then Natasha fainted.