A/U: Sorry for the wait. School started again and it's so mentally draining. So I won't be able to write as much and may cause long wait between chapters.
Pairings I'm thinking of so far: NaruHina, SasuSaku, and ShikaTem.
If you have any suggestions of another pairing please say so.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Naruto characters.
Light. It was the last thing he remembered before the darkness took over. He tried to move and found that he couldn't. Not even a twitch of his finger. So he tried to open his eyes instead.
First try: everything was fuzzy. Second try: things started to take shape. Third try: it became slightly cleared Fourth try: mission accomplished!
He was in an unfamiliar room. The ceiling was plain white, while the crimson painted walls were covered with various posters. The boy was trying to look around the room, in order to find his teammates, when he heard a sudden voice. "You're awake. You're also the first."
The blonde tried to turn his neck to see who it was, but couldn't. Whoever spoke sounded much like the girl they fought earlier, and that brought a spike of fear through him. Fear for himself and his comrades. Her name escaped him though…... that's it! It was Kana if he remembered correctly.
Seeing his efforts to see who she was, his captor moved into the boy's line of sight. The girl looked similar to Kana except for some small differences. Unlike Kana's plain long hair, this girl's was cut short to reach the end of her face, while a few strands of her hair in the front framed her face all the way down her elbow. Her eyes were a dull red instead of a white vortex. She wore an ebony kimono decorated with a white floral design instead of the plain white one the other wore.
Being both confused and on edge with the situation on hand, Naruto decides to test his voice. "Woooryu?" He frowned, 'That didn't come out rite.' So he tried again, this time focusing on sounding out the words. However, his result was, "Woo-aru?"
The girl's face suddenly shown an unusual realization, as if she just remembered something she had forgotten. "I'm sorry I forgot about the Anti-Chrome. Please wait for one moment," she said before disappearing to who knows where.
After a few uneasy moments though, Naruto felt a sharp pain, similar to a fire ant's bite, on his left arm. Then the feeling of something being injected into his skin, and whatever it was brought new strength to his body. "Try moving again," the girl suggested.
So Naruto made an effort to bring his right arm up his face. Though it felt heavy, he succeeded. Next, he tried out his voice again, asking the same question, "Who are you?" He turned his head to the left, smirking at his perfectly formed word, but dropped his arm when it felt to exhausting keeping it in the air.
To his left a girl was pouring some water into a glass. Then once she helped him sit up on the bed, she offered him the glass. With the water barely touching his lips, the blonde realized just how thirsty he was, and drank hungrily. Once he finished the girl took the container from his lips and returned it on the table next to the bed.
"You still didn't answer my question." Naruto stated.
The girl sighed. "I am Miaka of the Star, both Entrance and Exit, the Guardian of the Multi-Boundary."
Naruto couldn't say anything to that, so he just stared. After a few seconds, Naruto was able to stammer out, "So….you're not…..that Kana girl?"
A small smile graced Miaka's face, "No, I'm not."
"I see." Naruto said sheepishly.
"Your friends are about to wake. I will go and assist them for they will also need the Anti-Chrome drug. So please excuse me." Miaka bowed and walked around Naruto's bed towards the others.
To his right he finally realized that his comrades were also on beds next to him.
Once everyone was up and moving, Miaka ushered everyone out of the clinic-like room. On their way out, then group was able to look around unfamiliar surroundings. The rest of the house was surprisingly a traditional Japanese home. The mysterious girl led them to a kitchen, which held a small rectangular table with four chairs.
"Please, sit. I'll make you some tea." Miaka said as began fussing around the place.
The three genins glanced at their sensei waiting for the approval. When they were given a slight nod, they sat; Kakashi at the end near the entrance, Sakura to his right, Naruto to his left, and Sasuke sat at the other end.
They all drowned in silence that would rival that of a graveyard's. Naruto then began to fidget, unaccustomed silence. He was about to speak up when a tea cup was placed in front of him and the others.
"Please, drink. It is not poisoned." She added after seeing their suspicious looks.
Still filling untrusting, Kakashi lifted up his cup and took a small sip. Seeing nothing wrong, the others started drinking theirs too.
The silence returned until Sasuke decided to speak up, "So are you going to tell us what the hell is going on, or what?"
Miaka just stared impassively, and then she spoke, "I was expecting you three-" She gazed at the genins. "-but not you." She finished looking at Kakashi.
Kakashi just shrugged.
"Hmmm… Well do you want the long or the short version of the explanation?" She asked.
"The short one!" Naruto yelled, pumping his fist into the air. Everyone in the room looked at Naruto.
Then, Miaka shrugged and said. "You were teleported into another world. There short and sweet."
All of Team 7 with the exception of Kakashi stared at her as if she had grown a second head. You could practically see the veins popping in Sasuke's head as he grunted, "Please explain the longer version."
She nodded, ignoring the irritation shown in Sasuke's voice. "Then let's starts with the world. There are thousands of different worlds besides where you come from, and where you are. Between each world, there is a border took keep beings out of places where they don't belong. Plus, without those borders each world will collapse into each other.
The Hiro family, my family, is what you would call the guardians with those borders. We are also the gateways that allow access from one world to another. That is what happened to you. You were transported from your world to mine. So, any questions?"
Her question about questions (pun intended), was answered with silence. "None? Great. I'll make some rice balls for you." Everyone gaped at her as she started to busy herself.
"Wait a sec! If your one of the guardians, why can't you just bring us back?" Naruto asked slamming his hands on the wooden table.
"Certain people, who are meant to travel between borders, will have the portal open for them on a certain time. When one does open, I will know for how many people it was opened for, and
will send a ferryman to guide them into an open portal. While some will just stumble into it on their own. This means I cannot just open a portal at will; I can only keep it open."
She then turned to them and bent down slightly for a small bow, "Please feel free to wander about the house, but please do not go outside. There will be a lot of things to get used to in my world and once you have explored the house to your content we will have to talk about something important-"
They all turned to her wondering what it was about this time.
"-school"
A/U: If you think this was a short chapter please review and say so, so I can try to make it longer.
