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No, you don't get it, thats why I'm telling you. You think you get it, which isn't the same as actually getting it. Get it?

- Hatake Kakashi

Wow. It looked just the it did in the anime. The only difference was that I could actually smell the delicious food!

"So what would you like young lady?" asked the man who ran the place. I never really bothered to remember his name. His daughter could be seen cooking behind him.

I looked up at the menu. Crap. It was in Japanese. I couldn't read a word of it. Why was it that everyone here spoke English but things were still written in Japanese? That didn't make any sense!

Then again, neither does the fact that I'm standing in my pajamas before a restaurant from a fictional story.

"Hey, girl! Don't run off like that, I'm supposed to keep an eye on you!" scolded Naruto as he skidded to a stop beside me.

"Great, I'll have what he's having!" I grinned as I pointed to the ninja next to me.

The man looked for confirmation. "Two of the usual then Naruto?"

Naruto processed it through his head before he nodded, then sat down at the counter and got out Kakashi's money to pay. I joined him. An awkward silence followed.

Naruto finally attempted to break it.

"So uh—girl...wait, what's you name?"

After all this Naruto and Kakashi didn't even know my name. So much for thorough questioning.

"You can just call me Mattie, I'm not a big fan of my real name."

"Which is?"

"Matilda, blech," I faced him. "Do not tell anyone that that is my real name, got it?"

He gave me an odd look but nodded.

"Is everyone's name so weird where you're from?" he asked.

"Says the guy whose named after a fishcake," I muttered. "Where I'm from, it's your names that are weird. Well, except in Japan."

"Where?"

"That's the country where this story was made up, so everything here is written in that language and all the names are Japanese. Though for some reason you're speaking English, which is the language of where I'm from," I explained.

Naruto looked totally lost.

"Never mind, it would be way too hard to explain the details of my world, it's a lot bigger and more complicated than this world, trust me."

"Hey! This...uh world...is plenty big!"

"Yes, but in comparison to my world...it'd probably take up less than a fourth of it," I estimated.

"How would you know?"

"I've seen a map of your world hanging on the wall above my bed, so I can make a pretty good guess." I didn't mention that a giant poster of Naruto himself was tacked up on the wall next to the map.

Naruto was still skeptical, but before he could ask another question the man whose name continued to elude me placed two piping hot bowls of ramen before us.

"So Naruto, who is this nice young lady? She doesn't seem to be from around here," he remarked, taking in my colorful pajamas. He grinned. "Is she your girlfriend?"

"What? I've never seen the girl before this morning! She-" Naruto stopped, realizing that my being 'from another world' should probably be kept secret. "She's visiting from a nearby country, a distant relative of Sakura's!"

The man looked disappointed, having hoped for something a bit more juicy, and went back to his cooking.

The smell of the ramen reached finally my nostrils and my mind went blank, focusing only on the steaming delicacy sitting in front of me. Naruto put his hands together and did the "Itadikimasu" thingy, but I grabbed the chopsticks and dug right in.

Or attempted to. Despite my love for Japanese anime and memorabilia, I had never used chopsticks before. The noodles were slippery and the chopsticks weren't doing a very good job of holding on to them. They kept slipping off! It was so sad I could've cried. Here I was with the food I'd been wishing forever to try, and I couldn't even eat it!

"What's up with you? You act like you've never eaten before," noticed Naruto, already half way through his bowl.

"Not with chopsticks! What noodlehead invented these darn things anyway? Now I know why my country invented the fork."

"The what-now?"

I groaned. "Never mind, it would be pointless to explain."

"Ok, but you're food's going to get cold. Here, let me show you how it's done in our world," he said as he grabbed my hand and showed me how to hold the chopsticks properly.

I felt my cheeks grow hotter than the ramen. I was still getting used to the fact that I was hanging out with my all time TV hero. Eventually I forced my mind to get used to that fact and I was finally able to eat my ramen. Officially one of the best foods in the world by the way.

Later when our stomachs were full, we finally made our way towards the Hokage's building. I should have known this would happen. You can't have a girl from another dimension pop into town without consent from the Hokage I guess. Still, did I have to teleport or whatever into this world in my pajamas? This was starting to get really embarrassing. People kept on staring at me as Naruto and I walked down the street. One kid even did that thing that always happens in the movies. You know, where she points and goes 'mama, look at the funny girl. Doesn't she look funny?' and the mom shushes her and hurries off looking back over her shoulder at you. That wasn't actually supposed to happen in real life!

Why me? I bet the universe fifty bucks that any other teenage fangirl would have teleported over here in jeans and a t-shirt. And brushed hair!

"Naruto? Whose this? I don't recall ever seeing her around here before...interesting choice of clothes. Is she from a nearby country?"

"Oh, S-sakura! W-well, you see, sh-she's..." Naruto stammered as he racked his head for an excuse.

I glanced up. It was Sakura, in the flesh. I felt the fangirl in me taking over.

"Sakura! This is so cool! I can't believe I get to meet one of my favorite Naruto female characters! Temari's my favorite, I hope you don't mind, but you're pretty high up there on the list too! Well, not in the regular Naruto. You were kind of wimpy in that series, no offense. But don't worry, you became really tough in Shippuden. The way you kicked Sasori's butt was so cool!" I rambled as I stood before her, jumping up and down in hyper mode(ramen gives you so much energy, it's not even funny). "Oh, and it was so awesome when y—"

Naruto's hand came out of nowhere and slapped over my mouth, causing me to mumble incoherently into his palm.

'Okaaayyyy Mattie, that's enough ramen for you for a looong time. Oh Sakura, this is Mattie. She's just had a long night of traveling. And...wegottagoseetheHokagenowbye!" Naruto grabbed my hand and pulled me quickly down the street as I stumbled dazedly behind him.

"He said my name," I said joyfully to Sakura as he dragged me off. "Naruto said my name..."

Sakura just stared as she watched Naruto drag me down the street, before waving with a forced smile and quickly walking in the opposite direction, mumbling to herself about what the heck 'Naruto female characters' were.


Sorry, this chapter was a bit shorter, but I promise the next few are longer!