Chapter One: I Just Fell Out of a Tree!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!

I sighed as I put a small piece of paper in my book to mark my place. I leaned back against the tree, and repositioned myself on the branch so that I wouldn't fall. I was only five feet off the ground, but I still didn't feel like bruising my butt. It had been three weeks since school let out, and I was spending my time reading and writing. There was an evening chill, so I was wearing my simple black hoodie with some blue jeans.

I figured that I should go inside, before my mom called me in. I grabbed the small bag that was hanging from a close branch and went to put my book in it. The bag had a few other books, a volume of the Naruto manga, and a notebook. I took this bag with me everywhere during the summer. It contained everything I needed to keep myself entertained.

Unlike most girls my age, I wasn't very obsessed with my clothing. I preferred reading to shopping, and hated dressing in an exposing way. Because I read so much, people often called me a know it all. And with good reason. If you wanted to know something,
I was the go to girl. I could spell almost anything correctly, and understood everything and then some about the schools curriculum.

A small breeze made me shiver slightly, and before I knew it, I had lost my balance on the tree branch. Clutching my bag to my chest I waited for the impact of the ground on my side, but instead, I continued to fall. The sensation of falling stopped suddenly as I hit something. I was expecting the ground, but instead I fell on something softer. I opened my eyes, which I had closed during my fall to see I had landed on a boy.

Well, boy wasn't the right word. He looked to be about fifteen like myself. I heard him mumble something, and I realized I was still on him. I got off quickly, feeling very embarrassed about falling on someone. He slowly sat up, and all I could do was stare at him.

I may not have been the most obsessive of fangirls, but I knew a character from 'Naruto' when I saw one. Sitting before me was none other than Shikamaru Nara. I continued to stare at him while he rubbed his back where I had fallen on him. My mind was a total blank. Normally, I would have said something cocky, but I was speechless. My brain wouldn't comprehend anything, and I gaped at him.

"Are you just going to stare, or are you going to explain how you fell on me?" My brain finally started working and my next words left my mouth before I knew what I was saying.

"Well I fell out of a tree. Did you expect me to float through the air and land gently like a feather?" I glared at him while he gave me a puzzled look. "What?" I asked, getting more aggravated.

He looked around for a moment, and then sighed. "There aren't any trees within fifteen meters of where I was standing. Unless you fell from an invisible tree, I'd say you were crazy."

I looked around and realized he was right. We were in the middle of a clearing, and the closest tree was fifteen meters away. I brought my hand to my head and ran my fingers through my curly brown locks. It was a habit I had picked up when I was little, and I did that whenever I was confused or thinking hard.

It was then that I realized that there was something wrong with this scenario, besides the fact that the trees were too far away for me to have fallen from one. I wasn't in my backyard anymore. In fact, it was about midday, whereas it had been dusk when I fell from the tree. But most importantly, I was talking to Shikamaru Nara, a fictional character from manga and anime series. There was defiantly something wrong with my situation.

I looked at Shikamaru for a moment, and shook my head. There was no way this could actually be happening. But it couldn't be a dream, I had felt pain, and things were way to real to be a dream.

I was hesitant to talk to him again after my snappy comment had been proven wrong, but I decided it was for the best. "I think," I said, running my hand through my hair again, "That I need to see the Hokage…" I let my sentence trail off, still contemplating how this could happen.

Author's note!

I'm currently sick, and extremely bored. Excuse the stupidity of this story, or any mistakes I may have made. It's not my best, but I'm still planning on going somewhere with this story.

So, take pity on this poor sick girl, and review. Or review because you loved this story so much, and want me to write more while my mind is still in Lala land from the medicine. I don't care. Please review!