Chapter 1: A language to learn

Haruno Sakura stared wide-eyed as she sat in the middle of a deserted street. Her pink bubble gum hair was tied into a very short ponytail. Her village headband was on her lap since it had fallen when she gotten to this street. Her jade eyes stared at whatever was in front of her with a shocked expression. The young girls' body stood still clearly not ready to be moved. Sakura carefully tried to rethink what had happened and why she was here.

Closing her eyes she began to concentrate. Alright so…

Hinata was with her, well not technically, but she had bumped into Hinata inside the library. Sakura was researching something to do with taijutsu. She had asked Hinata if she knew of any books that could teach her the art of taijutsu. The Hyuuga heiress did in fact help her find a book that could teach her how to master her taijutsu a little better. She would try to remember more but…

"Ugn…" she whimpered, Sakura had clutched the side of her head. She was getting a headache by recapping the events.

'I need to find out where I am…' she thought picking herself up at a slow pace. She didn't want to fall flat faced. Putting on her headband, she began to walk out of the deserted street and into a street that was more sociable. The street was crowded with people walking by, either running or just strolling. Sakura smiled, she had found a way where she could get some information on where she was. However, once she was out of the deserted street she noticed that she was getting odd stares from people she did not know.

She was not in Konoha, she knew that much. The streets and the buildings surrounding her were foreign to her. Also people were starring at her and pointing at her direction. It was most likely that her hair that was getting some odd stares. Sighing and clutching her fist she decided to get some decent attention. If anybody made fun of her hair or even her forehead, they will understand sooner or later what real pain would feel like. Her jade eyes began to search around for someone decent.

Noticing that a man around the age of thirty was coming towards her, she decided to stop him and ask where she was at the moment.

"Sumi masen…!" she had said while her hands were clasping each other.

The man gave her an odd stare and left. Sakura stared dumbfounded as she had been ignored. She wanted to punch something or someone. She began to think of a certain blond hair ninja with an orange jumpsuit that could catch an enemy's attention quiet easily. Trying to regain her cool, she decided to try again. This time it was a young boy with a hat on. Smiling, she ran over to him.

"Anone, chotto okiki shitai no desuga?" she said smiling at the young one while bending a little over to see him eye to eye.

The boys' onyx eyes stared at the bubble gum kunochi for awhile. Finally he said, "What the hell? I can't understand you lady!"

Sakura's posture stood still. Her eyes were shocked. She understood nothing of what the boy had just said a moment ago. Noticing that the boy was staring at her strangely, she decided to stay quiet. What good would it do if she kept talking? She didn't understand the young one nor did he understood her. Sighing, she gave an apologetic expression, bowed, and left the boy alone. Finally away from the boy she walked around aimlessly, thinking to herself. If she didn't understand the language that the boy had just talked not to long ago then how could she ask where she was? How to get back home? How far was Konoha from here? Sakura then realized that the language was way too different for her to understand in such little time, meaning she had a ten percent chance of survival in this village. She could live by communicating with body language! However, she hated playing charades and didn't even know how to know what people were saying. She could even agree to sleep with a pedophile! Groaning out of frustration, she began to think of a way to get help. What was she going to do?

'I need to find someone who can speak my language…just someone!' she thought biting her lower lip and walking around without looking. Because she wasn't noticing where she was going, she had bumped to a woman who looked around her early twenties. This caused for Sakura to land on her bottom, causing huge pain. "Ittai…"

Wincing in pain and rubbing her bottom while standing up, she noticed that she had bumped to a woman. The woman was currently having a hard time to get some consciousness. Not really knowing what to do, she frantically looked for someone to help the young lady. Sakura knelt down and stared at the body on the ground. What was she going to do now?

"Oow, first I get fired and now I get to feel the pain just because I was reading too many books!? Life's not faaaair!" cried the woman on the floor. She was still laying on the ground, so Sakura was a bit concern. The person was now rambling on about 'fairness' and 'justice' while people were passing by and watching the pink haired girl and brunette.

Sakura blinked her eyes, not understanding what the person in front of her was saying at all. Sighing, she decided to help the brunette somehow. Finally making eye contact with the stranger, Sakura had offered a hand to her. It was the only thing she could do, it was her fault that she wasn't looking. Sakura was too shocked to even noticed where she was going. Feeling the warmth of another hand touch her, she immediately pulled up the woman that was taller than her.

"Ah! Thank you so much! I was so distracted that I didn't even noticed where I was going! I apologize really!" said the woman talking to fast for Sakura to understand. Well she couldn't either way…

"Oh my! You seem lost!" said the woman adjusting her glasses to get a better view of the pink haired girl. Blinking her eyes she muttered. "You sure look foreign. I mean really the pink hair and that outfit…"

Sakura just stared not understanding a single word. Rubbing her forehead she whispered. "Kibun ga warui…"

"Hmm…" said the person in front of her analyzing her face features. "Ki-bu-n Ga Wa-ru-i…"

Maybe there was hope after all! Smiling, Sakura began to talk in her native tongue. "Anata wa nihongo wo hanashimasu ka?"

Silence.

Sakura hanged her head low, so she was stuck in this village with no one to understand her native language. The main problem now was, how did she get here in the first place? She could rethink the past events, but then she would get major headaches if she tried to think to deep.

"You know, you're a foreigner huh?" asked the woman pointing at her. The pink haired kunoichi blinked. "You're probably from the country Xing! I heard a lot about that place. Different culture and government! Yeah, I have some translators that could help me understand you! You're probably lost huh? I mean Central is pretty big, so foreigners could get lost easily. Oh yeah! Come over to my house, I'll prepare some tea and see if I can help you around. I mean I'm not really good at this, but I guess this experience would be nice! Come! Oh I forgot my name is Sheska!"

"Yu-Yukkuri shabette kuremasuka…" muttered the thirteen year old as she was being dragged by a rather cheerful woman. 'Why do I get the feeling…I still won't understand her even if I try learning the language?'

Being dragged by the preppy female, Sakura had decided that she wasn't so bad. Maybe it could be a possibility that this woman could help her out on getting back home. She didn't have an aura of a bad person that most of the time she could feel when a battle was about to begin. Passing through streets for about twenty minutes (Sheska kept rambling about her getting fired), they finally halted and Sakura stared t the building in front of her.

It was a small building with four windows and it was most likely Sheska's home. Walking some stairs (still being dragged by Sheska) they entered the small building

"Well here it is!" Sheska said as she banged the door open.

To Sakura's surprise she noticed that there was a mountain of books stacked. There were many shelves filled with books and on the corner was a desk covered with papers. Sakura sweat dropped at the scenery of the room. 'This reminds me of Tsunade-sama when she's too lazy to do her work, but this is ten times worse…'

Rubbing the back of her neck Sheska gave a nervous laugh. "So it's a little messy…don't mind it okay?"

Sakura stared at her not fully understanding what she had said. It was probably to ignore the mess, but this brought back memories of Konoha. Looking down, Sakura wondered where she was and how many days would take her to go back home. Tsunade, Shizune, Hinata, and her parents were probably looking for her this instant.

"Xing language is quiet hard to understand or even learn! Sorry if I mispronounce the words kid…" Sakura heard Sheska say as she was pulling out a book from the stash that she had. Out of curiosity Sakura was right next to her and saw the different writings. Both of them were sitting down on the floor and next to each other reading the book silently. Sakura's eyes budge wide open as she recognized a kanji word. Quickly pointing to the character (which startled Sheska), Sakura yelled out: "Onna!"

Sheska blinked at the girl and then stared at the character and translation. "No, it's pronounced Nu. It means woman in the Xing language…Hmm let's see here…"

Sheska flipped the book to another page. Suddenly standing up, Sheska pointed to Sakura and began to read from the book. "Ni hao, ren shi nin hen gao xing!"

Sheska saw the blank look on Sakura's face. Frowning slightly, Sheska flipped to another page. "Ni jiao shen me ming zi?"

Another blank face was on Sakura. Sheska began to worry and flip through pages. Each phrase she said the pink hair kunoichi just gave her a stoic look. Shutting the book and putting it down, she sat down in front of the girl.

"I guess you're not from Xing…" muttered the brunette. Sakura frowned and stood silent.

Sheska took a glance at the girl and smiled sadly. "I'll go make some tea, then we can think of how to communicate with each other."

Hyuuga Hinata stared at the wooden floor with a shocked expression. The apprentice of the Fifth Hokage had just been sucked into the floor. How? She had no idea how a circle had just appeared out of nowhere and sucked the pink hair girl. The disowned daughter of Hyuuga Hashi, was the one who witness the disappearance. Still being startled from the event, Hinata had picked herself up and reach for the book that Sakura was holding before she got sucked in. Touching the hard substance, her slender fingers turned over the book.

Alchemy

The legend of the Philosopher's Stone

Questioning the title, Hinata opened the book and began to read a random paragraph that her eyes had landed in.

The pink haired girl sat on the couch wondering how to communicate with the adult that she accidentally met on the street. Could it be true that her native language did not exist in this world or was it unknown at the time? Biting her bottom lip, she glanced outside the window. How was she going to get home? Was this place the future of Konoha? Or was she in another world? She shook the last idea out of her head, she decided to stop asking random questions to herself and do something that could help her understand the weird adult she was with. Sakura Haruno…

Hinata's eyes snapped back at the door. She could have sworn that someone was outside and she would be in a huge amount of trouble. Looking for a place to hide, she began to stand up and hide behind a shelf filled with history books. The fragile girl awaited for the wooden door to open. Once it did, she stood quiet as a mouse.

"Hey Shikamaru-san! Are you sure you saw them come here?" asked the voice of Rock Lee. Hinata gasped, but quickly covered her mouth so that no more noise would come out of her lips. "Sakura-san isn't here at all…"

"Well I'm sure I saw Hinata and Sakura enter this room," said Shikamaru entering the room. "Troublesome…it's so dark in here…"

Hinata averted her eyes to the book. She could tell them what had happened, but would they believe her? She knew Shikamaru was smart and could find a way to bring Sakura back home. But would it be a good idea to tell them? Closing her eyes tightly, Hinata slowly began to turn her body to show the two boys that she was here. She had to get help and get Sakura back to Konoha. She was stuck inside the book, she knew it. How? Because the book had mentioned her name and her pink hair. That just had to be the Haruno Sakura she knew!

Taking a deep breath, Hinata ran up to the two boys. She needed help and asking them would be a great help. Hinata suddenly stopped and stared at the closed door, holding the book tightly in her chest.

Hinata blinked her milky eyes.

Shikamaru Nara and Rock Lee had left the room.

Curses.

Sakura sipped the tea that Sheska had given her not to long ago. Both were quiet for awhile until Sheska decided to search a way for her to understand the pink haired kunochi. She thought about asking the girl to teach her language to her, but it would be a difficult task for Sheska. Although she may have photographic memory there was just no way she could learn them verbally. But then again…

Something in Sheska's mind clicked. "I got it!" she said while slamming her hands on the table, startling Sakura to death.

"Kid! Why don't you teach me your language and I teach you mine?" she said rather enthusiastically. Sakura blinked her jade eyes.

Sheska frowned, but decided to learn the language no matter what. Immediately her index finger pointed to herself. "Sheska."

Sakura took a look at what the woman. Sakura understood and also pointed to herself. "Sakura Haruno."

Sheska blinked. So she finally knew what her name was, it worked! Taking the young girls hand she stared at her admirably, with her other free hand she pointed to the cup of tea. "Tea."

"Koh-ocha."

She pointed to another object. "Chair."

"Isu."

This continued for hours, but the two of them didn't give up on each other. If they wanted to communicate with each other than they needed to study each others language. It was a good thing that Sakura was a good student and a fast learner. She was being tutored by Sheska how to pronounce words, spelling, grammar, and meanings. Finally taking a break, Sheska had communicated with Sakura.

"Where do you live Sakura?"

Sakura bit her lip. With her best possibly answer she said, "My home, Konoha."

"Konoha…? Hmm, I have to check a map for it…" she muttered thinking deeply. Her dark forest eyes took a glance at the window. It was already night time!

"Aaah! Man I forgot to visit mother!" she said quickly standing up and slamming her hands on the table. "She's going to kill me tomorrow!"

Sakura decided to leave Sheska alone. Staying quiet for sometime, she was getting drowsy. The brunette of course noted this and had dragged her to an empty bedroom that her mother once used. Tomorrow will be a busy day for the two of them to find Sakura's home place. But right now they needed rest. So they did just that.

WOW. My very first FMAxNaruto, I actually got inspired by this one video in you tube. So I blame that video really. : Um, sorry about adding Japanese phrases. They're really simple actually, but it's like a rough meaning, so I'm unsure. I'm still new to the language really, so I'm no good. Sigh, sorry if this was short. I'm still debating if this should be a EdxSaku fanfic. It's currently undecided. LOL. Well couples might come out would be: ShikaxHina or AlxHina those two are undecided also, but one of them will come out! Oh yeah the phrases:

Sumi masen - Excuse me.

Anone, chotto okiki shitai no desuga - Excuse me, may I ask something.

Kibun ga warui - I feel sick.

Anata wa nihongo wo hanashimasu ka - Do you speak Japanese?

Yukkuri shabette kuremasuka - Can you speak slowly

Ni hao, ren shi nin hen gao xing - Hello, nice to meet you.

Ni jiao shen me ming zi - What's your name?

Hopefully everybody enjoyed this. Criticism is very much welcomed, no flames please. I forgot to mention. I will never own Naruto or FullMetal.