I'll try to keep author's notes on a down low, but knowing me I'll have something to say each chapter. Gomenasai! ^,^; Anyway, this story will be a remake of a sort of another Naruverse fic I made on a separate account. . . *shivers* I can't believe it got as many favorites and follows as it did. Not that I'm unappreciative of those who had! I love you, guys! hehe~ It was just, in my opinion, poorly written. Hence, why I'm starting anew. I had lost interest in that, and had gotten busy with moving 'n such while writing it. The story line I have planned for this wont really be the same as in the last, but there will be a few familiar scenes that I liked and will hopefully be written better in this version. So, I guess the only relation this story will have with the last are a couple comical scenes, other than that, it's gonna be completely different.

IMPORTANT INFO (sorta) PLEASE READ SO YOU WONT BE CONFUSED: This will start before the birth of Naruto Uzumaki. After much thought, I have decided to take a certain path with this story that will result for Minato and Kushina to be alive. Rin and Obito will be a possibility, but in the way my mind is going now, I think I'll have it follow the same path as the Canon. Anyway, this will start in the early years (sorta) of team Minato, then work up into the Kakashi giaden, and possibly the Shippuden arch as well. Keep in mind that Maya (OC) will be transported into the Naruverse, though in her original world, "our world" in some sense, the series 'Naruto' would have not existed. It makes more sense to me that way; Maya having transported to another dimension rather than a manga/show. Now, since the names and honorifics in Naruto are indeed Japanese, I intend to have the natives remain speaking "Japanese". Maya, of course, speaks English. I want to write this out in the most realist way I can, including portraying characters correctly. So, since the majority of the dialog will be in "Japanese", whenever Maya speaks "English" the letters will be in bold.
"I'm speaking English."

"I'm speaking Japanese."

Okay, I'll shut up for now. Oh! Euhe.. One more thing, I feel safe rating this M for mature due to possible future events such as language and gore. Romance and sexual scenes is also something I'm considering, if so then according to this it would be rated MA. Though, nothing too gruesome nor intimate will happen until later in the story.

- M.B

.Preview.

Name: Maya Kojiki.

Age/DOB: 11. January 17th.

Occupation: Junior high student.

General Location: New York; USA.

It is said that patients in a comatose state are able to hear and sometimes even feel things around them despite being in a deep slumber; an out-of-body state is another sense. But, what they don't tell you is that it is incredibly boring. For three weeks, four days, seven hours and thirty-six minutes Maya Kojiki has been experiencing this out-of-body state ever since she's been hooked up to the large machine that kept her alive. It was pitiful having to watch her self be managed and bathed by others. On top of that her brother would come in and speak to the unconscious body of the brunette. Don't get her wrong, Maya was glad he would come and say hello. It was a relief to have another other human presence around other than it being a doctor or a nurse. The main problem was that she could not communicate back to anyone. No matter how loud she screamed, no matter how much she pleaded for her elder brother - for anyone to hear, it just did not happen. Which, eventually, left her to where she stood now.

It's been nearly four weeks, and she's already given up. She has over heard her doctor saying that her current state is stable, though is gradually descending. It was just a matter of time before she would take a major downfall. If it wasn't for the multiple machines, which had beeped at their own individual rate making their own simple tune, she would be already dead. Of course, that's how it was for most coma patients.

It was odd, really. She felt different, but not afraid. You would think being semi near death would knock the socks right off your feet, but that was invalid at this point. One, she wasn't wearing any socks, and two, Maya was fairly neutral about things now. Not that she necessarily wanted to die she just didn't feel the need to mourn over herself anymore, or at least that's how one would perceive if they could actually see her. Maybe it was some sort of an effect of all this. This was her first time ever being in said situation, so was this how she was supposed to feel? Dull remorse and repentance? Guilty that she didn't get to accomplish nearly anything she had truly wanted in life, or fulfill the promises and ideals she had made with others? Maybe the word guilty isn't the right term. Then again, sad wouldn't exactly fit the picture either. Antonyms of those words definitely wouldn't fit in. So, if not guilty nor sad, then what was it? This deep, growing pit of emptiness that gave her a sense of yearn - yearning to be filled up with something again. To be filled up with soul and story.

Soul, and story. . .

It was safe to say that what happened to the teenage brunette had and would give her plenty of soul and story. Possibly much more than to her liking. She was given another chance at life, or a sample, really. Everything would eventually come down to a simple pick and choose situation. Maya Kojiki had been given the gift, or burden, of being dropped in another world temporarily. Her memories are lost. Her origin is unknown. Her language is different compared to the natives, and she is scared.

Waking up on the cold, dirt ground isn't exactly the most comforting and uplifting experience. One moment Maya had been in her hospital room sitting on the end of her bed criss-cross looking at her unconscious form, then the next she's greeted with a face full of flat dirt with no recollection of what had happened nor of who she was. She knew her name, though that was just about it. Gaining some composure, Maya slowly slid her arms in next to her body and pushed herself up in a push-up position. Her brown hues stared aimlessly into the foreign earth beneath her, half lidded and dry. Gradually, a few strands of her shoulder length hair had slipped from having been tucked behind her ear to hanging next to her face grazing her cheek softly. It was a good couple of minutes of pure humdrum remaining in the same position with the same dull expression. She was scared, but she hadn't realized that yet. Blocking the label fear, and replacing it with being in a state of dismay was what Maya would subconsciously do and tell herself. If you were scared, then that meant you had a sound weakness, otherwise, you wouldn't feel scared, or worried, of whatever was occurring. Maya may have lost her memories, but her natural intent of not wanting any weakness still remained intact.

Grimacing from a sudden pain pulsing from her right ankle, Maya shifted in a fidgety movement to where she was sitting on her bottom. Grabbing onto her right leg she carefully moved her foot so it would be resting on her left upper thigh. Examining it, it wasn't hard to see the red skin that screamed irritation. It was also swollen and you could tell the skin was tight around that area. Hesitating to touch it, she placed her fingers on the skin and frowned from the minor pain she had received from her cold finger tips having made contact with the swollen area. Giving it a few light presses only made the pain expand causing Maya to quickly pull away her hand and hiss almost silently.

' A sprang ankle?', she thought.

A gust of wind and the very much audible sound of rusting leaves had pulled Maya out of her own thoughts and brought her to take closer observation into her surroundings. Lifting her head, her brown hair blew to over her shoulders; the same direction of the breeze. Her eyes flicked from one pace to another seeing trees upon trees. She also noticed that it was nearing sunset, and she was in a forest. Not having any memories and waking up in a forest sounded like the beginning of a bad joke. Maya took in a long inhale through her nose and closed her eyes trying to balance out her fear with rationality. Fear tended to lead people into rash and ignorant decisions, so remaining calm was an important part of survival. For someone as young as her, and in her position, she was honestly a brave gal. Bravery was something that could very well benefit her in this world.

Standing up, Maya kept her right knee bent in to reduce the amount of weight on her injury; she was still unsure on how she got it in the first place. With a turn of the head, she looked to her left, then right still unsure on where to go. Her first thought was to climb a tree somehow and stay up there for the night. One, it was safer than sleeping on the ground where various predators could choose her as a snack, and two, the tree's were rather large, larger than she would ever think trees would be. They also came with nice, thick branches. That gave her some sense of ease that falling off in the middle of her sleep wouldn't be very likely. Settling to her plan she exhaled and began to limp over to the nearest, and biggest tree. It would be difficult to climb one due to her condition, but she could manage.

Suddenly, she came to a pause in her actions just as another gust a wind blew, and this time it carried the scent of, "Food." she muttered before her stomach seemed to speak in it's own language as well. She frowned placing her hand over her belly before looking in the direction of the smell. Her sense of smell seemed to be stronger than the average person considering she started to follow it even after the wind died down, but she still managed to hold the scent. The smell was of cooked food, so that meant there were people. People meant, help. Well, their supplies could be useful, she didn't know much about actually interacting with the strangers.

The teen had almost tripped a numerous amount of times, and she could feel her ankle growing worse. But, luckily, she found what her nose had picked up on. Placing her hand against the rough, brown bark of a tree Maya soon had placed her forearm against it for more support. A small whimper had escaped her throat, though it was barely audible to even herself. She had taken another inhale and exhale trying to retain her fear once more. As soon as she had gotten her mind back in the place she had wanted it to be she took a few more steps forward and peeked around the tree she was behind revealing what had seemed to be a camp site. There were four sleeping bags set out, each being accompanied by a backpack. There wasn't much, which told her that who ever these people were only planned on staying here for a night. The next thing she saw made her mouth water. Fish grilling over the hot flames of the campfire. There were two bass, gutted and scaled, now being stuck on a stick and cooking. The meat sizzled and turned into a crisp that could leave a hungry person drooling. Which, in this case, someone actually was. Maya. Blinking from the realization, she quickly wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and looked around the area a bit more seeing that no one was in sight. She would just take one, and maybe a few other supplies she could scurry up. Nothing too important, though. These people needed to survive as well. She didn't plan on joining them, however. What if they were crazed beings? The last thing she wanted was to be in a perturbed situation.

Carefully, though unfortunately painfully, the brunette made her way closer to food being wary of her surroundings. She had to walk past the sleeping kits to get to the campfire. One seemed as if the owner didn't really care much for tidiness, or maybe they were in a rush. The bed roll was obviously just thrown down along with their pack; it was open and it's contents had spilled. The other three were fairly treated with some type of care.

Since Maya couldn't put much pressure on her foot without going through an intense amount of pain she had to settle on her knees. The warmth of the fire made a shiver run down her spine and evidently smile a bit. The orange flames flicked and danced emitting a warm light that reflected off Maya's brown hues and lightly tanned skin. She was suddenly indulged with a sense of excitement hearing the crackle of the fire and watching the crisp of the fish cook. It seemed well enough for her, and knowing she couldn't stay here long she couldn't exactly wait around for it to become perfectly cooked.

She began to reach over with her hand opening her palm and about to grasp the stick. 'Just one, and I'll be out of here-'

" Hello, I don't believe we have met before." A sudden foreign voice and language broke the reassurance Maya thought she had.

Having paused in mid grasp Maya looked over her shoulder with big eyes. She saw a man with undoubtedly blonde hair and blue eyes. Despite his tender features, a soft smile being included, Maya still lost grip of her fear control and it had gone loose. Her heart rate picked up as she quickly went to stand only to clench her teeth from the immediate sting emitting from her right ankle. In term, she had lost her balance and began to fall back. Preparing herself to get the wind knocked out of her chest she closed her eyes tight and tensed her body. To her surprise, instead of meeting with the hard ground she was caught in a simple grasp of two arms. A light thud was made when her back landed softly against the chest of another. This caused her to open her eyes and remain still for a moment. Her elbows were extended outward as the man's arms were looped under her shoulders. It didn't take her much of a thought to conclude that he had been the one to prevent her from the fall, though it still didn't make her feel any less uncomfortable. Not knowing what to say, nor do, she simply did nothing but let her head hang in shame. She should have known if the fire was still burning that someone was still near the camp.

The man continued to hold up the young girl in a gentle and nonthreatening grip as he started to speak up again. " Is it your ankle?" he asked in his natural considerate tone.

Honestly, he already knew her ankle was wounded, though he figured he'd ask anyway for her own self benefit. The ninja being the rank, and man, he is had easily spotted the girl before she had set foot anywhere near their camp and examined her with growing interest. He remained silent waiting for a response that was never received. The blonde pierced his lips before sighing. Straitening his legs and posture, the male had soon lifted the brunette off her feet keeping her in the grip he had placed on her. ' She's incredibility light...more than I would consider healthy.' he thought to himself before soon placing her down near a tree having her rest her back against the trunk. " I have a team-member who can provide you aid," he spoke lifting a finger and pointing to the swollen ankle. Placing his hands on his hips he looked down upon the girl continuing to hold his smile, although there were multiple things he was worrying about already. " I would feel more content if you were to wait until she and the others return. It wont take too long, I promise." he paused. " May I ask for your name?" he asked gently as he once again awaited for a response. All he received was a muddled look. Another gentle sigh escaped his lips before he bent his knees and squatted down in front of the kid. Their eyes remained connected, and they both remained silent for a few passing seconds before the blonde lifted his hand towards her. " I'm Namikaze Minato," he introduced hoping the girl would at least respond to his hand gesture.

What was this man saying? Maya couldn't understand a word. Well, actually, she could understand a few words. She had recognized the language, Japanese, but she didn't know why. She's fluent in English, and she thought it was the only form in verbal communication she knew, but here she is understanding a few words of this man's language. She felt bad for not responding to him, but it was only because she didn't know how. It wasn't until he was level to her height and offering his hand towards her that she gained a clue on what he may be referring to. Maya recognized the last word of his sentence that she presumed was a question. That word being 'name'. Even so, she still didn't respond as she wasn't confident enough about it. Until he introduced himself. Only then could she tell that he was speaking about names.

" Nami..kaze Min - Minato?" She repeated finding the name slightly hard to pronounce like he had. She with out a doubt carried an accent in his ears. This man, Minato, responded with a nod.

" And yours?"

" Maya Kojiki," she replied taking it as her cue, although she felt like she and introduced herself wrong. Shaking her head and blushing slightly she opened her mouth and corrected, " Kojiki Maya." She had lifted her hand, but hesitated to grab his for a shake.

Minato smiled. " It's nice to meet you, Maya-san," He nodded once more before closing the gap between their hands and gripping onto her petite palm in a warm hold. He had taken notice to her accent, and the way she had presented her name during the first attempt. It was foreign, and her some of her features weren't exactly something you'd find in Konoha or anywhere in the fire country. For instance, she had big, round eyes instead of the common narrow shape you would find around here. Her color of hair was also unique; not blonde, but not quite a solid brown either. It was a very, very light brown - ochre. Those were just a few minor things added onto his list of curiosities about the girl.

Soon, he let her hand slip from his and noticed how her eyes kept flicking to the fire behind him, or rather the food behind him. He couldn't help but to chuckle. Without much of another word, he pressed his hands against his knees pushing himself back up before turning around and walking over to the fire where he grabbed one of the grilled fish. Maya had watched in unknowing anticipation and suspension; her eyes were also big and glossy. A sight that Minato couldn't help but to smile at again. The kid was cute, he'll admit. But, why was she out here, and all alone at that? She certainly wasn't a kunoichi, he could hardly feel any chakra emitting from her system, and she didn't have the build of a shinobi either. It's possible she could be using some type of seal, or masking Jutsu, but by grabbing onto her hand earlier it was clear that she wasn't hiding her chakra signals mainly because she didn't have much of any chakra to conceal. Minato was somewhere near an expert at seals, and the vast majority of the time he would know if one had been preformed if he took the effort to look. Usually, people with that little of chakra would be nearing death by now, but her? Other than her ankle and the inevitable look of hunger plastered on her face, she seemed perfectly fine.

Minato walked back to the silent girl and had handed the grilled bass over, also having taken the other one off the fire and placed it to the side preventing it from getting burnt. After seeing her eyes get filled with hesitancy Minato insisted for her to take it. It took a few seconds, but Maya had taken the food and gazed upon it as if it were gold.

" Hmph," he huffed softly deciding to let her eat before asking further questions. The thought of her not understanding him, language wise, had already been one conclusion in his mind, but he wouldn't know anything for sure until he tried to talk to her further.

The sound of a loud obnoxious voice brought Minato out of his thoughts temporarily. The blonde closed his eyes and exhaled quickly before opening them back up and turning around so he'd be facing his up coming students as he stood beside Maya.

" Kakashi-baka! If you would have just gone with my awesome plan, we could have a whole basket worth of fish!", the Uchiha exclaimed as he pointed an accusing finger at his male team-mate.

With a finger looped under a thin silver string, two fish hung by hooks that were pierced through their mouths. Kakashi simply rolled his eyes. " It would have been a waste of time, Obito," he replied in an annoyed and almost monotonous voice.

" You're a waste of time! What if we get hungry tomorrow and there's no time to stop?"

" We'll be back in the village by tomorrow afternoon, and the fish would be no good by tomorrow." he sighed. " Anyway, if we went went your dumb ass plan then we wouldn't have had enough time to do our perimeter checks."

" Hmph! I don't know about you, but I would have had plenty of time to do my rounds." Obito grinned smugly and crossed his arms as he held his one fish by the string. " I think you might be loosing your game, Kakashi." he snickered earning himself another eye roll and hopeless sigh from the Hatake.

Meanwhile, Rin had given up trying to get them to stop bickering. She was well grown to the two being the way the are and came to the simple conclusion that this was just how they were. If the worst were to come, she knew in the end they'd have each-others backs. " Minato-sensei!" Rin greeted as she held up her arm giving her sensei a wave and smile. Though, a brown haired girl had caught her attention rather quickly. She looked around their age, maybe a bit older, and sort of foreign. Not to mention she wasn't here before. " Sensei?" Rin questioned as she walked up to them. Obito and Kakashi had stopped bickering as well, now taking notice to the brunette sitting down munching on a fish. Maya herself hadn't noticed all the eyes on her as she was too busy fulfilling her stomach's wishes. Kakashi had a hard and stern expression while Obito held more of a curious and fawn look.

" Hey, she's sorta cute-"

" Who is she, sensei?" Kakashi asked, interrupting Obito.

Minato hummed at first and glanced over to the brunette before looking back to his much younger team members. " Her name is Maya. She's lost." He didn't know that for sure, of course, but saying something like that rather than stating her true intentions, trying to sneak into their camp to steal food, sounded less stressful in the blonde's mind. Otherwise, Kakashi would have gotten suspicious, probably more than he already was, and pry for more answers which would cause Obito to jump in and protest against Kakashi's tactics and in term would cause Rin to try and settle down the two. Minato really did know his team inside and out. As expected, Kakashi remained wary towards the girl, but trusted that his sensei knew what he was doing. The Hatake made brief eye contact with the girl before turning on his heal and walking towards the fire going to place the prepared, raw fish over the flame.

" Rin?" Minato asked catching the medic-nin's attention right away. " Do you mind taking a look at our guest's ankle. I believe she may have sprang it."

" Oh! Of course!" she perked before jogging over to her bed roll and grabbing her bag before pacing over to Maya in a hurried fashion. Sitting down on her knees in front of her, Rin first looked at Maya's ankle taking a few mental notes before looking up and meeting eyes with the girl. " Hi, I'm Rin. I'm going to treat your ankle, okay?" she smiled while Maya gulped down her food having taken the last bite.

Maya still had no clue of what the majority of these people's words were, but she tried her best to understand at least some and hopefully put together contexts clues. But, that was proven nearly impossible as she hardly knew any of the context at all, anyway! Judging by the tone of Rin's voice, Maya guessed this girl was asking her a question. Again, she didn't know how to answer so she just stayed quiet. Rin raised her brows lightly with a look of concern and slight confusion.

" You don't have to be shy, I don't bite." Rin chuckled hoping to lighten the mood and make Maya as comfortable as she could. Still, no answer.

Minato had been observing from aside forming his own thoughts about Maya once again. Maybe she really didn't understand them. It would make sense at this point, but he would feel more confident with his conclusion if he could prove it. She wasn't fidgeting, blushing, or making much indication that she was shy. Confusion seemed to be the main feature she was producing. Rin had went along with her routine despite not getting any verbal answer.

" Aren'tcha cold in those clothes of yours?" Rin tried to start up a conversation again. Maya had only been in shorts and a tank-top. Gently pulling Maya's leg strait Rin positioned Maya's ankle in a better angle before placing her hands over it. Within a matter of seconds a warm, pastel green aura enveloped around Rin's hands. This seemed to alarm Maya as she had quickly pulled her leg in with a gasp. Her eyes were wide and filled with total shock.

" What the heck was that?!" Maya exclaimed in her native tongue, unable to hold back her astonishment. The kid had indeed lost her memories, but instinctively she knew that that wasn't normal. People couldn't make a green light flow from their hands, could they? It didn't sound right the more she repeated it in her mind. Her eyes scanned her ankle rapidly seeing if anything was different, though nothing was. Probably because of how fast she had pulled away from the glow. Rapidly, she looked up seeing Rin with just as much as confusion as she. Rin's reasons for being confused were far different than Maya's.

Due to Maya's outburst in foreign tongue, she had grabbed the attention of Kakashi and Obito whom were temporarily nonplussed. Minato was also stunned, though not as much as the others considering he had expected something like this.

" Um," Rin hesitated as she shifted gazes from Maya to Minato. " Sensei?"

" Yeah," he murmured before placing his hand on Rin's shoulder. " Go ahead and continue, Rin. Once she sees that what you're doing will help, I'm sure she'll relax a bit." he reassured. ' Interesting...This would explain why she wouldn't speak up until now. But, that language..No one, not even the other great shinobi nations speak in that tongue.' Rin was able to start back up again having to move Maya's leg once more. Luckily, Maya complied this time being more curious than afraid on what the green light could do. It stung at first, but then faded into a warm feeling; her ankle was feeling more than relief - it was being healed.

" What kind of gibberish what that?" Obito asked popping back into the picture.

" It wasn't gibberish, Obito," Minato corrected. " Though it definitely wasn't Japanese."

" Well, no duh, Sensei! Honestly, it sounded sorta cool." he snickered before walking forward and leaning over near the brunette's face. In return she shrunk back with a raised brow. " Can you teach me? That way I can talk crap about Kakashi-baka and he wouldn't even kno-"

Minato grabbed the back of the boy's collar and pulled him back. " That's enough, Obito," Releasing the boy he placed his hands on his hips and let out an exhale. " Looks like we're having one more member to the group,"

" Wait, we're taking her?" Kakashi's voice had spoken this time as he took his sensei's side, and he was rather aloof. Minato nodded.

" We'll leave first thing tomorrow morning, and arrive at the village before noon."

" What if she's a spy? You said she was "lost", right? That sounds pretty questioning to me."

Minato only smiled softly and placed his hand on the boys head. " That's why you're going to make sure she doesn't go anywhere." Kakashi twitched. " Her ankle has a sprang anyway, she wont be moving on her own very far. Rin," he looked to the kunoichi. " Don't heal her ankle fully, just enough to where it wont be as painful. You can wrap it up, but nothing more. We don't know for sure if she has tricks up her sleeve." He was fairly positive Maya was harmless, but you could never be too sure about anything.

Rin nodded. "Hai..." Her voice trailed. She had caught onto something that worried her. " Sensei, her chakra. It's—"

" I know, that's why if she's really no threat," the blonde paused giving Kakashi a reassuring look for that part. " Then we'll take her into the village hospital. Are you almost done?" he asked.

" Yes, I'll just have to wrap it up now. After that, it'll be good enough, but not too good." she smiled up to Minato having followed his orders earning herself a nod and smile back.

" Great! Let's hurry up and eat before it gets too dark."

It didn't take long at all for Maya's ankle to be wrapped up, and after that Rin had joined the rest of her group to eat. Maya was still in awe on how the short-haired girl could do such a thing! Maybe that was normal. After all, no one else seemed to have freaked out over it much like Maya had. With a small sigh, she tucked her arms in and hugged herself keeping warm. What was she doing here? Who was she? She was Maya Kojiki, but who exactly was Maya Kojiki? Her foot dragged across the dirt ground as her knee was brought close to her chest, her other leg staying out strait keeping her injury still. She wasn't too far from the group, they could easily see her and she could easily see them. She was close enough to where the flame of the fire could still produce her some warmth. It may have been abnormal the way she hadn't been freaking out like any other lost, amnesia suffering girl would be. These people were kind to her so far, and she couldn't help but to feel some type of security around them. Despite not understanding them, she didn't pick up on much negativity. Other than the silver haired one, that is. Just by the way he looked at her made her feel like she was in the wrong. Was it possible she was? If so, then what was she doing wrong? It was probably the fact that she's taken on the role as a burden upon their shoulders. They had helped her. So. . .was she just supposed to leave now? Her mind told her to get up and show some type of appreciation before leaving, but her body had start to feel tired. Her eye lids slowly began to shut as her mind was on the brink of falling into unconsciousness. The light from the flame started to blur as well as the foreign voices around her. The last thing she remembers is seeing an image approach her and a sudden feeling of being covered before falling asleep.

Typical ending, I know. :p I'm just excited and I wanted to post this already! Plus, this was only a preview, so nothing too spontaneous would happen. Feedback is always appreciative! No matter what kind. :] Hopefully, there's no spelling errors. I scanned over it briefly, but I feel like there's at least one I missed..euh, if there is then just tell me and I'll correct it! Thx~!

- MetairieB.