Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Hi guys! So I came up with a new story! Yay! :) Enjoy the prologue. I think I'm going to cut down on chapter lengths for the sake of saving you guys from tedious reading.
Prologue
His eyes snap open. Pupils darting from side to side, he realizes that the environment around him is not the same one that he closed his eyes on last night. The environment doesn't look familiar at all. It looks completely different from anything in his world.
He sits up straight to get a better look. He looks down at the mattress he is sitting on. It is rather uncomfortable and thin, allowing the metal rods keeping the mattress up to dig into him. So different. He looks at the clothes he is wearing – a white button-up shirt, plaid gray dress pants and a…red tie? What is going on? He hears a door open and he looks up to see the intruders.
Naruto walks in first. He is dressed in the same clothes as him.
"Teme, you're awake!" says Naruto, loud as always.
How long has it been since he looked and talked to Naruto normally? Why is Naruto talking to him as if nothing had happened? As if they never tried to fight to the death? When he reaches out to attack Naruto in some way, he feels it.
He can't use his chakra.
"Teme, what's wrong?" asks Naruto.
"Where are we?" he asks.
"Where are we?" Naruto looks confused. "Did you hit your head that hard? I thought you just fainted…"
"Where are we?" he repeats.
Naruto throws an arm behind his head, scratching the back of his head in a trademark fashion. "We're at school of course… Ne, should I get the nurse to check on you? Or maybe we should have brought you to the hospital."
"School?"
Naruto lets out an awkward laugh. "Oh come on, now you're just being ridiculous. We're only 16, Teme, of course we'd be in school."
Sasuke tries to wrap his mind around all that Naruto has said. School. The last time he was in 'school' was when he was in the academy – before he even became a genin. They are 16 now, so why are they in school? What is with their clothes?
Naruto raises an eyebrow. Then, music starts playing out of no where. Sasuke jumps a little, then he watches as Naruto takes some contraption out of his pant pocket. It glows as he presses on the screen, then he puts the device to his ear.
"What's up, Ino?"
Ino? What is going on? Is Ino somehow trapped in that small thing? What is going on? Sasuke slowly gets up, only to find that there are these hideous white shoes on his feet. They aren't shinobi shoes at all. How will he be able to run? How will he be able to do anything without his chakra? He silently tries to use his sharingan, but nothing happens. Is he trapped in some genjutsu? He walks towards the light – towards the window past one of the curtains at the side of the bed he was on.
Sasuke finds his mouth dried for once in his life as he looks outside of the window. This is definitely not his world. How did he end up here? There should be no way that this is his world. But, then, how is Naruto here? And Ino? He stares at the tall buildings outside of his window. Despite the fact that the buildings make a beautiful view with the setting sun, he can taste the air pollution as he breathes. This is definitely not his world. This is not the fresh air he grew up with. This is not the scenery he grew up with. He unconsciously reaches down to where his kunai pouch would be. When he realizes it isn't there, he retracts his hand. He would have taken a kunai and stabbed himself if he could. This has to be a genjutsu, right?
"Hey, teme, are you feeling better now? Ino and them wanna go eat," says Naruto. He is speaking strangely. Sasuke almost couldn't catch everything he said. What is this?
"Aa."
Naruto waits at the side, as if he is waiting for Sasuke to start walking first. Sasuke does as told but he stops next to Naruto, letting Naruto sort of lead the way. He couldn't have Naruto catching onto the fact that he has no clue what is going on. If this is all a genjutsu, how is this all happening? Why is it not painful? He has too many questions. He glances at Naruto from the corner of his eye. Maybe he can get some answers from Naruto.
"What happened?" asks Sasuke.
"I don't know. After geometry class, you said you felt dizzy. I told you to go to the infirmary, and you were going to, but then you suddenly collapsed. Everyone made a huge commotion, especially your fan girls," says Naruto.
"Where are we?" Sasuke repeats.
"Konoha High, where else?" Naruto answers as if it is the most obvious answer in the world. "I could have sworn that you didn't hit your head. I thought Sai and Kiba caught you before you fell…or maybe those fangirls. I didn't see you bump your head. Do you remember who I am?"
"Naruto."
"What's my last name?"
"Uzumaki."
"What's your name?"
"Uchiha Sasuke."
"You seem fine. You're talking a bit strange though."
Sasuke rearranges his words in his head, following Naruto's speaking patterns. He then opens his mouth, and attempting to use Naruto's language, responds a simple, "I guess."
"That's more like it," says Naruto, smiling. "You sure there's nothing wrong with you?"
Sasuke shakes his head. He'll have to find out what is going on from someone else.
"Anyways, the guys wanna go over to your house to eat."
"My house?"
"Yeah, they said that your mom has the best cooking. My mom can't cook after all. Last time everyone came over to my place, everyone got sick, remember?"
Sasuke pauses in his steps. His mom? What? Naruto's mom too? They're supposed to be dead…
In this world…are his parents alive?
If they are, Itachi probably is too - wait, someone's missing. Ino has been mentioned. Sai has been mentioned. Someone is missing.
"Where's Sakura?"
"Sakura? Who's Sakura?"
Sasuke could almost laugh. A world where Naruto doesn't know Sakura? What is this? "What about Itachi?"
"Itachi? Who's Itachi? Wait, are you talking about Haruno Sakura? And that Itachi?" There you go, Sasuke wanted to say.
"Yeah. Her. Where is she?"
"Um…where she normally is?"
Sasuke pauses. Naruto is acting weird. He…is acting like he doesn't know Sakura.
"Where is that?"
"I don't know, in her palace?"
"Who is Sakura, Naruto?"
"Sasuke, what – "
"Just answer me."
"She's the princess."
Sasuke's eyes widen a little.
"And Itachi?"
"Her knight."
In case you guys haven't noticed, a lot of this will be in Sasuke's point of view. Weird, huh? :) I want to know what you guys think of this so far. There are other details about the world Sasuke is in, but I will explain that in depth during the next chapter or something. The thing about Sasuke and Naruto talking weird is that Naruto is talking in contemporary Japanese while Sasuke isn't - he is speaking whatever version he speaks in his own time. :) The story may sound a little generic so far, what with 'Konoha High' and all, but I swear it's different. I actually took two of my original stories, merged them into one, and changed it so that the characters would be from Naruto. Harharhar. You'll see.
Anyways, review please. :) Tell me what you think so far?
