The Shaft
It was a seemingly beautiful day in Konoha.
Everyone was in high spirits, joyfully doing their everyday chores.
Suddenly, the sky grew dim, as something blocked out the sun.
Everyone looked up to see a gigantic structure in the sky?
"What is that?" Hinata asked.
"I don't know..." Kiba muttered,"But, that looks like...a building?"
"It's more than that," Shino added,"look the way their positioned, horizontal."
The large structure moved passed them and stopped.
After a moment, it occurred to everyone that something was coming down towards them.
A pole twice the size of the city went straight into the ground, shaking the ground.
There was a brief pause, then more shaking, then finally nothing.
"What the hell?" Tsunade said walking out her office.
The guards approached the pole slowly.
When they were certain it wasn't dangerous, they began to answer what it is.
"Hmm, maybe we'll find our answer up there." Kakashi said pointing towards the sky.
"But, that's all the way in space!" Sakura said.
"Yes, but, we could climb as high as we could to get a better view. Any volunteers?"
"I'll do it!" Naruto declared.
Of course he would..Everyone thought.
"Probably better if I go first."Kakashi sighed.
As he climbed up, others began to follow.
After what seemed like an eternity of climbing, they broke through the clouds.
"That's strange..." Yamato said.
"Yeah, I know." Kakashi added.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"There's still an abundant supply of air. We're nearly at the atmosphere, but there's still plenty of fresh air. We should be feeling lightheaded, but I don't feel it." Kakashi answered.
"Should we keep climbing?" Neji asked holding on tightly to the pole.
"As far as we can." Kakashi said.
Before anyone realized it, they were in space.
"The atmoshpere! It's gone!" Yamato said in horror.
"Yeah, whoever these guys are not only ripped us from orbit, but somehow, they're able to keep the planet from dieing by making a fake sun and oxygen." Kakashi said.
When they reached the top of the pole and jumped off, they looked up in amazement.
Earth, wasn't the only planet taken.
Rows of planets surrounded theirs, each one looking completely different from the other.
"It's like some kind of planetary necklace..."Sakura whispered.
"Who the hell is doing this?" Naruto asked.
They all heard an explosion and saw smoke in the distance.
"Guess we'll find out if we go this way." Shikamaru deduced.
They all ran in the direction of the explosion to see the cause of it.
"Sasuke?" Naruto said.
Sasuke was standing on a cliff in front of them, looking at something down below; he made no inclination that he heard Naruto, but merely looked down.
When they caught up to him and looked down, they couldn't stop looking either.
There were a band of human teens, fighting off what looked like robots with guns.
One girl, long black hair, light complexion, black karate gi with white tape on her hands and feet knocked one into a wall, and pounded another into the ground.
Another girl, a white kimono on, light complexion, hair that went to her knees, kept her distance, all the while shooting arrows at unsuspecting robots.
One guy, tan, shoulder-length black pants, wearing dress shoes, slacks, and a half button-upped shirt, was ducking an dodging the robots, causing them to shoot or punch one another.
Another guy, light complexion, shoulder-length black hair, wearing a white ninja suite, slashed through the robots with a katana.
The last guy fighting had dark skin, no hair, wearing a black vest, black cargo pants, and black boots, slashed a robots skull with a katana, grabbed one by the throat, the slammed it on the ground.
When he turned around, they all saw a white broadsword on his back.
The only person not fighting, was a guy in a white robe, light complexion, short brown hair, who was fiddling with some devices.
"Found it!" the guy said pulling a lever.
The robots stopped, and crumbled to the ground.
"Aww, I was having fun!" The girl in the black gi whined.
"Well, I could've left it on if we weren't in a rush Sam." The guy told her.
Suddenly, the girl in the white kimono shot an arrow towards the ninja above.
Kakashi caught the arrow, impressed that she heard them, and that she aimed for between his eyes.
"More bots? I thought you hit the lever Tom!" Sam said.
"I did!" Tom answered.
"Show yourself! We know you're there! Helena anyway!" Sam yelled in their direction, not knowing what she was yelling at.
They all dropped to the ground, and the others readied themselves for another fight.
"Hold on now, we're not here to fight." Kakashi said with his hands held forward.
"Well why else would you come here?" Sam asked in hostility.
"Out planet was just snatched out of orbit. We're here to figure out why." Kakashi answered.
"Oh, then we have the same goal." Tom said.
Everyone calmed down.
"Well, I guess an introduction is in order. I'm Tom, the hyperactive female fighter here is Sam, the girl who tried to kill you is Helena, the dressed up fellow is Matt, the ninja is Shawn, and our juggernaut Nori." Tom said motioning towards them all.
Everyone but Shawn and Nori said hi or even smiled, they glared at everyone.
They heard a gurgling sound beneath them and looked down.
A blue sphere of what looked like water was rising from beneath them.
Everyone moved out of the way as it crashed through the floor.
"What the hell?" Sam asked touching it.
It rippled where she touched it, and then it began to glow.
A liquid arm grabbed hers and dragged the her.
"Sam!" Matt yelled jumping in after her.
"Well that was smart..."Helena said sarcastically.
Matt suddenly looked as though something was grabbing him by the throat.
He shook it off, grabbed a struggling Sam, and pushed her out before being pulled out by everyone else.
"What...the hell...was that?" He asked catching his breath.
"Well, we know it wasn't water." Helena said.
Tom walked up to it and rested his hand on it.
He looked like he was listening to something.
He took his hand off looked lost.
"Tom, what's wrong?" Sam asked getting up.
"This isn't water,"
"NO DUH!"
"These things were born one billionth of a second after the big bang..."