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The Hidden Leaf Village, once a bustling village now reduced to rubble after an attack by Pain of the Akatsuki. The villagers were working together to rebuild their village to it's former glory and even the Hero of the Village, Naruto Uzumaki, was no exception as he helped oversee the reconstruction of Ichiraku Ramen. Neji Hyuga was helping look over the plans for remodeling the Hyuga Manor along with his uncle, Hiashi, and his cousin, Hanabi, both of whom just returned from a diplomatic mission in another land. All the rest of the main ninja are also helping with various projects around the Leaf for the rebuilding of their village.
In another part of the village, we see Shiho of the Leaf's Cryptology Dept. searching through the rubble of her former department, seeming frantic. "Where is it?! I can only hope nothing happened to it!" As she continued to turn over rubble after rubble, she became more frantic to the point that she was sweating so much that one could fill a small cup.
"What are you looking for?" said a voice. "Huh?!" Shiho jumped back and landed on her butt as she looked to see who was speaking, it was Hinata Hyuga. "Oh… Hinata, you scared me. I am looking for something that I had been working on for years." she said as she adjusted her glasses.
"What sort of something?" asked Hinata. "It is a device that whenever one slept, the device would use genjutsu to help them play out their most desired dreams as if they were reality during their sleep" said Shiho. Shiho, while a part of the Cryptology Dept., is also a part of the Leaf's Research and Development for up and coming technology for the Hidden Leaf. Most of the projects undertaken by the R&D dept. are still in their prototype stages and would not be released for years to come.
"Most desired dreams?" thought Hinata. Not long ago, she professed her love for Naruto as he lay helpless by Pain but got herself injured trying to protect him. She knew that she wanted to be with Naruto but was not sure about how she would go about truly being with Naruto. "May I help you look?" "Of course, the more help the better I feel. But shouldn't you be resting? I heard about your injuries." said Shiho.
"Oh, I'm fine now. Thankfully the injuries were not as bad as it was made out to be." said Hinata. "Okay… just don't push yourself." said Shiho.
The two searched through the rubble throughout the day finding torn apart documents/blueprints for other projects, broken components, and other junk that was flung from Pain's Almighty Push technique.
All of a sudden, Hinata stumbled across a crystal-ball like object the size not larger than an orange and called out to Shiho, "Shiho-san, is this it?"
As Shiho inspected the item, she had a smile on her face, "This is it. This is what I call my Dream Reality Device. I guess all that time making it with super reinforced material paid off, to survive the destruction of the village. What you would do is infuse the device with your chakra and at night while you slept, the device would respond to your chakra and release a genjutsu so you would dream your greatest desire and it would only affect the dreams in your sleep so you would not sleepwalk and act as if under a real genjutsu."
As Hinata gazed at the crystal ball, she knew she had completed the first step to her greatest desire by professing her love to Naruto but it was the next step of being able to walk by his side forever that would be her greatest hurdle.
"Would it be all right if I tried this device?" asked Hinata. "Well…" Shiho looked at Hinata and her eyes were still drawn to the crystal ball. "One night, then could you please bring it back?"
"Yes." said Hinata.
As the sun started to set, Hinata decided to get an early start on infusing her chakra into the crystal ball, however as soon as she did a bright light shone around Hinata.
"Kyahhh!" yelled Hinata. "What the..?!" gasped Shiho. "It never did anything like this whenever I would experiment with it!"
When the light disappeared, Hinata was gone along with the Dream Reality Device.
"Hinata? Hinata!" called out Shiho but to no avail.
We now enter a different space
In a space of nothingness, Hinata felt like she was falling but moving forward. "Where am I?! Where am I going?!" As she looked around she could then see images of her village before Pain's attack, images of her days at the academy, even the Chunin exams.
Then she came across images of lands she had no knowledge of: lands of prosperity, lands of different architecture, great fields, and other many different images.
Before she could react and be surprised, she ended up landing on solid ground on her back.
"Ow-ow-ow" muttered Hinata as she got herself up. She hadn't completely recovered from Pain's attack so she was getting up slower than normal. As she looked around at her surroundings, the architecture of the land seemed very different than the Leaf Village.
"Where am I?" she wondered. She looked again and saw the people of this strange land and seemed to be wearing simple outfits like one would wear in ancient days. As people looked at her they would mutter, "Who is she?" and "Did she just fall from the sky?"
"I wonder if there is anyone here that could help me figure out where I am." said Hinata in her mind as she started to explore her new surroundings. She looked around and the buildings she saw seemed more rounded and not like the houses she was used to in the Hidden Leaf Village.
As she continued to explore, the people of the land continued to stare at her in wonder, "what is she wearing?" Hinata took notice of these comments and now the feeling of being in a strange land was sinking in.
After a while of exploring, she decided to use her Byakugan to see if there was anything to help her figure out where she was. "Byakugan!" she looked around she noticed something strange. "There's something wrong, I'm not picking up any chakra from anyone here but… instead I am sensing something… different… something… Wait! What is this?!" she looked to her 2:00 and noticed that at a pier there were four very strong signatures.
Hinata rushed out to the pier and saw the four people she sensed in front of her heading away from her, looking from behind she noticed a boy on the far left with blue hair, a braided ponytail and a wooden staff on his back, a girl with red hair on the near right, next to the red hair girl a boy with black hair, a wooden arm and a naginata, and the one in between the blue haired boy and red haired girl, a boy with blond hair.
Upon seeing the person with blond hair, Hinata's heart began pounding faster and harder and all of a sudden her face went red and her legs shaking, "N-n-n-n-Naruto…kun?" and she fainted on the pier.
The four heard a fall and looked back and noticed the girl with lavender hair fallen over and rushed over to her.
"Hey, are you okay Miss?" asked the blue haired boy.
The red haired girl approached Hinata and was listening for her breathing… as soon as she confirmed it she reported, "It's all right, she's just unconscious"
"Who is this girl? She does not appear to be from around here." said the black-haired boy.
Just then, the blue haired boy observed Hinata and his expression turned to shock, "Wait a minute… I don't sense any Magoi from this girl at all!"
"We should take her to Sinbad and see if he can help her. Let's hurry, Aladdin, Morgiana, Hakuryuu."
End of Chapter 1
What do you think? I have always dreamed of a story that involved a character traveling to different universes. This is my first cross-over series. This series will be incorporating many different anime series but if it feels like I rush through a universe, I apologize.
Also, before anyone thinks of this, the Dream Reality Device was not a precursor to the Infinite Tsukuyomi as the device was to only work when one was asleep.
Please review and let me know how I am doing.