Chapter 2: A New World?

I woke and straightened up in the mud, wait, mud? I looked around to see trees covering the area like a blanket of green. It was raining and the clouds showed no intention of letting up. I raised my hand and wiped away the mud from my face, wait, my face! My hand! They're half the size they usually were and my face was like it was when I was 7! I looked around further into the thick rain and I saw something blur across the green sheet of trees. I mustered up a small amount of energy in my small, worn out, 7-year-old body, and called a barely audible. "Help." The blur stopped and came down slowly, revealing itself to be a man, seemingly in his twenties. The man walked over to me, with a mask and a strange headband on, he wore the same type of outfit that I would usually wear during Ninjitsu training. He knelt down beside me. After observing me, he gave me a smile under the mask, a smile, some one actually gave me a smile without trying to kill me? The rain continued to fall on my small body, he picked me up and I realized that my leg was a bit tender, I came to the conclusion that, I might have broken it! I leaned my head against him, he was warm, I felt safe, I relaxed my muscles a bit and fell into a deep slumber against this stranger.

I woke to see a white ceiling above me, I looked to the side to see the same man sitting there, in a small wooden chair, as if waiting for me to wake. "So, your awake?" he asked, sounding relieved, with a smile behind that mask. His voice startled me, but I did not allow it to show, I sat up, not taking my eyes off of him, when I remembered what had happened to my body the other night, I looked down at the small hands. My hair was back to being long again, like it was when I was small, and it cascaded down to just above my knees. "Um," I began, but my voice sounded so small and delicate, like a flower, "Who are you? Also, where am I?" 'Good, good, remain calm, do not show fear.' I thought, reminding myself of the harsh training sessions. My attempt to not show fear was not very well because of my small form, I seemed so delicate and cute.

He gave me another smile and replied in a calming voice, as if sensing my fear, "My name is Kakashi Hatake. You are in the Hidden Leaf village hospital, in the land of fire. What's your name, might I ask?" he asked politely. "M-My," my voice began to stutter as I realized that I was not in my own world, my world that hated me, "My name is Shikari." I said, trying to calm myself. 'Right, how am I supposed to remain calm when, I was taken out of my own world, and plucked somewhere random? I doubt that to happen.' I thought, evaluating the situation. "Where are you from?" The man prodded. 'He must think I'm a spy or something. The least I can do is tell the whole truth and hope he believes me.' "I'm from Utah, in America, but that isn't in this dimension, I can at least tell you that much." I sighed, thinking of what's going to happen to me. "Another dimension, huh?" He pondered, as if he was actually believing me. "Let's see, do you know that you have a large amount of chakra?" He asked, pretty much trying to see if I was telling the truth or not. "What? What's chakra?" That pretty much cleared the air for both of us. He now knew that I was telling the truth and I knew he wasn't going to kill me right off the bat, now we're all OK, right? That's what I thought until he said something that makes me think about what the hell I've gotten myself into.