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AN: I'll be honest, I have no idea why I wrote this or where the idea came from but I decided to post it as an apology for the lack of updates recently. Might be a one shot, might be a full story, this one is up to you guys. If you like it and like to see more please leave a review saying so, if not oh well hope it at least gives you a good five minutes of entertainment.

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-Chapter 1-

"…Uuuuuugh," A soft feminine groan rang out as light blue eyes flickered open and their owner slowly sat up, rubbing the side of their head with a grimace. "Wha… what happened? Where am I?"

The one speaking was strange almost human looking mouse girl, barely half a foot tall, with long strawberry blonde hair held back by a pair of goggles and wearing purple overalls covered in grass stains and a few tears. She shook her head a few times to clear the remaining cobwebs before slowly pushing herself up to her feet, stumbling more than a little bit as a wave of nausea ran through her.

Groggily looking around, the mouse's face scrunched up in confusion as she found herself in the middle of an unknown forest, with bits of wreckage and debris strewn about all around, and a soft drizzle of rain gently pattering to the ground.

As she took in the scene before her, the memories of what happened slowly started to trickle back into her mind.

-Earlier-

It was lovely and peaceful sunny afternoon in the forests of New York, with not a cloud in the sky as the warming rays of light streaming down onto the lush green landscape below. All in all it was a picturesque scene of natural beauty for miles around… except for one small little detail.

Zooming through the air at a decent speed was a small aircraft that had been created from various bits of junk such as having a bleach bottle for a hull, flapping fabric wings, little plungers for landing gear, and a large red balloon strapped to the top. And if that hadn't been odd enough, on a closer look one would find that the cobbled together plane actually had a pilot, none other than the mouse girl herself in fact.

She had a big grin on her face as she effortlessly managed the controls of her plane, occasionally making it do various stunts like loops and sharp turns.

"Golly, I really outdid myself with the improvements this time, the Ranger Plane has never run this smoothly before. Now let's see how well it can maneuver." She said to herself giddily as she sent the craft into a steep dive while pulling off an aileron roll at the same before snapping back to a steady glide just as she zipped below the tree line. Dodging and weaving between the various branches at high speed with a cheerful whoop, the mouse seemed so caught up in her fun that she appeared oblivious to the tree she was soaring straight at in a collision course.

However, this was swiftly proven untrue just a few moments later, when she pull upwards at the last possible second, the suction cups on the bottom just grazing the bark as she shot back up into the open sky.

"Whew, that's what I call a test flight, time to call it a day Gadget." The now named Gadget told herself as she spun the Ranger Plane around and started heading back the way she'd came.

*SHINK*

"EEEP!?" And then just like that the mouse's pleasant flight was quite rudely interrupted by a large metal spire bursting out from the foliage below right in front of her. Squealing in shock and terror, Gadget jerked the controls to the side as hard as she could, she just managed to avoid smashing headfirst into the cold steel.

*Crunch*

It wasn't a clean dodge though and most of a wing was shorn off as the aircraft scraped by. On the plus side, the sudden shift of weight made the ship lurch out of the way of three other poles that shot up moments later, but that was little comfort to Gadget as she was flung around in the cockpit from all the shaking.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" She shrieked out, barely managing to clasp onto her seat enough to keep put after a few moments and frantically work on getting the craft back under control. "Gotta rebalance the plane fast or I'm toast! Activating emergency wing detachment!"

The mouse punctuated her statement by pulling on a preciously hidden lever beneath her seat, which caused both the good wing and what remained of the broken one to suddenly spring off and fall to the ground below. Meanwhile, the plane itself steadied out and slowed to a near stop, even rising a bit higher due to the loss of extra weight.

"That was way too close," Gadget sighed in relieve as she wiped the sweat off her brow, double checking to make sure everything was ok again, before turning her attention towards the source of her recent distress, IE the metal spires. "…Whoa."

The sight she was greeted with was interesting to say the least as the tall metal poles began changing, ports opening all along them from which smaller rods extended and interlocked everything together into a narrow pyramidal shape, whilst large metal plates extended from near the top in a large curved circle.

"Golly, now that's what I call a satellite dish. But why would someone be setting one of those up all the way out here?" The inventive mouse wondered aloud, easily recognizing the device once it finished assembling itself, her face scrunching up in curiosity and mild suspicion the longer she examined it. "I better go tell the guys, this just screams Nimnul-*Crackle*-what the heck?"

Gadget cut herself off with a gasp as the inside of the dish lit and electricity started dancing around, rapidly growing more and more erratic and powerful by the second as the smell of ozone flooded the area. Then, before the mouse girl had a chance to compose herself she was forced to cover her eyes as all that power was fired straight up into the air in a single blinding pillar of light.

"Of course it's the one time I forget to bring my welding mask with me that I actually need them." Gadget muttered in regret once the light show died back down and she slowly opened her eyes again, rubbing them with a grimace as dots danced across her vision.

Once her vision fully cleared though, the little inventor found herself gulping nervously upon discovering the pleasant sunny afternoon was gone, the once clear sky now filled with ominously rumbling storm clouds that were spiraling around a pulsing and unstable looking black vortex just above the tip of the dish.

"Yep, definitely time to go." As she spoke, Gadget pressed a few buttons on her dashboard, causing the rear wing to fold and contort into the shape of a fan propeller, which in turn started spinning at high speed to push the aircraft long. However, unlike the moderately impressive speed in which the Ranger Plane had been traveling earlier, the solitary propeller was barely moving it at a snail's pace.

Add the fact that the ominous vortex was starting to twist and contort, the thundering was growing louder by the second, and the Dish was started to crumple and spark… well Gadget was understandably a bit antsy as she fiddled around with her controls. "Come on, come on, just a little faster."

Had she been paying just a bit more attention to her surroundings though, she might have noticed as the mysterious vortex spat something out with one last pulse before fizzling away into nothing. She may have also noticed that said something was flying straight at her and had enough time to dodge out of the way.

But she did not, and thus the only warning Gadget had was the unexpected shadow covering her, prompting the mouse to look up just in time to see a brief glimpse of orange and yellow before everything went black.

-End Flashback-

"Oh right… that happened," Gadget muttered with a heavy sigh, before wincing as it made the various bruises and bumps across her body throb painfully. "Golly, I have aches in places I didn't even know I had. Really need to remember to add more padding in case of crashes."

"…Owww… my everything…"

"Huh?" The blonde mouse's head flicked to the side as she heard the sound of someone groaning in pain. "Is someone there?"

…

"Hello? Can you hear me?" Gadget called again when she got no response besides a distant grumbling, cupping her hands to her mouth to amplify her voice. "Hello?"

"Yeah, yeah, I heard ya," The voice called back groggily, a boy by the sound of it, with their tone filled with annoyance and discomfort. "Now quit yelling… my head is killing me enough already."

"Oh, sorry mister," The tawny-haired mouse said apologetically as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly, before quickly growing concerned when a loud thud rang out followed by several choice swears. "Are you okay? What was that?"

"Stupid kami damned-*Thunk*-ow! I'm fine, just can't seem to get my bearings strai-*Thud*- fuck!" The other person grumbled out angrily between crashes that were steadily getting closer and louder. "Just give me a minute. I'm headed towards-whoooa!"

*SPLAT*

"EEEP!" A shrill shriek escaped Gadget's lips as something suddenly came crashing down right in front of her. Scrambling backwards, the inventive mouse yelped again as she tripped over her own feet and fell onto her rear.

"Owww, son of a bitch." Said something grunted out miserably, soon revealed to be a young human boy with blonde hair several shades lighter than Gadget's and whisker-like marking on his cheeks, wearing an orange and black jacket alongside loose blue pants and a headband with an engraved metal plate hanging loosely around his neck, all covered in mud. Lifting his head with a shake, the boy spat out a mouthful of grass as his mouth as his eyes flickered back open, before blinking in surprise when he saw he mouse girl on the ground in front of him.

…

"Hello." He said with an awkward wave.

"Hi." She mumbled while waving back, making the larger blonde grunt in mild surprise as he pushed himself and, after a bit of stumbling, leaned against the base of a nearby tree.

"So you're the one making all the racket, huh?" He asked with a raised brow as he looked at the mouse girl. "I kinda thought you'd be bigger."

"…I feel like I should be insulted," Gadget couldn't help but say before she snapped back to her senses and hopping to her feet. "Wait, you can understand me?"

"Uuuuuh duh, how else would I know what you were saying?" The boy asked back, his eyebrow rising even further until it almost vanished into his hairline.

"Well yeah that true," The mousy mechanic replied sheepishly as she scratched the back of her head. "It's just a bit of a surprise, most humans can't understand mice after all."

"If you say so." The whisker-faced teen said with a shrug… before suddenly hissing in pain while randomly grasping at the air around his head, getting Gadget to perk up in alarm.

"Hey, are you alright?" She asked worriedly as she scrambled back up to her feet and rushed over to the larger blonde's side, resting a hand on his hip in concern. "Are you hurt?"

"I don't know, the back of my head hurts like hell and for some reason nothing will fucking move like it shou-*smack*-fuck!" The blonde cut himself off when his body randomly spasmed and made him smack himself across the face, leaving a bright red handprint on his cheek and making the mouse girl jump back slightly with a squeak. "Owwww… look I hate to be a bother stranger, but could you possibly lend me a hand here? Mine don't seem to like me right now."

"Oh gosh, hold on mister, I'll see if I can find out what's wrong," As she spoke, Gadget pulled herself up onto the young man's leg before carefully climbing the side of his chest. "The name's Gadget by the way, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet ya too, I'm… uuh" The whiskered teen started to say, only to end up trailing off with a look of confusion and frustration. "My name is… dammit it's on the tip of my tongue. Starts with an N."

"Naruto?" The mousy blonde offered after reaching the boy's shoulder, making him blink in surprise before nodding.

"Yeah, that's it, how'd you guess?" The now named Naruto asked with a raised brow.

"It's written on the inside of this thing," Gadget stated while gently tugging on the headband around the blonde's neck, which sure enough had a small tag inside right behind the plate with 'Property of Naruto Uzumaki' written across it. "Sounds like you might have amnesia, are you having trouble remembering anything else?"

"Honestly no idea, I can barely even think straight right now." Naruto admitted, his whole body spasming again as if to emphasize his point, almost knocking Gadget off in the process.

Taking that as her cue to hurry up, the inventive mouse reached for her fellow blonde's head and started sifting through his messy locks at the back of his head, looking for anything out of the normal.

"Golly!" Like say a chunk of the Ranger Plane, part of the engine if she wasn't mistaken, half buried in the back of the blonde's neck.

"That didn't sound like a good 'golly', how bad is it Gadget?" Naruto asked, trying to sound calm but a noticeable edge of concern bled into his voice.

"Well… it's not great but I'm pretty sure I found what the problem is," She admitted nervously while taking a closer look at the lodged piece of machinery. "There's something in your neck, and it's in pretty deep."

"Oh, well then pull it out already. I'd like to be able to move on my own volition again." The whiskered blonde stated while glaring at his hands as they twitched and jerked around randomly on the ground.

"What? Are you crazy?" Gadget demanded incredulously, hopping around to the front so she could give the teen an incredulous look. "What part of lodged in your neck did you not understand? II can't just 'pull it out', it could make your condition monumentally worse."

"And if you leave it in I'll be stuck as a useless twitchy mess in the middle of Kami only knows where for sure. So unless you feel like hauling me over to the nearest… wherever it is you go to get helped for things in your neck," "Hospital?" "Right, hospital, unless you feel like dragging me to one of those yourself, I think I'll take my chances." Naruto retorted in a dry tone, though it broke briefly when he struggled to remember the right word until Gadget helped him out again.

Meanwhile, said mouse looked conflicted with her brow scrunched up in and head tilted as she thought over her options and the situation in general.

She knew that these types of injuries should be handled by fully trained doctors or nurses, not someone who only had a few crash course lessons of basic medicine for emergencies like herself. On the other hand though, Naruto had a point and leaving it in would guarantee he stay essentially immobile, thus meaning she would have to leave him behind… in the middle of nowhere… badly injured… and amnesic… in a rainstorm… with who knows what lurking about.

"Fine," She conceded in the end with a sigh after a full minute of internal debate with her conscience winning over after giving her a full guilt trip. So, with more than a little reluctance, the little inventor sidled over to behind the whiskered blonde's head again and gingerly grabbed the embedded shrapnel. "Try to hold still as best you can, okay?"

"You got it," Naruto muttered with a twitchy nod, taking in a deep breath before his face scrunched up in concentration as he went mostly completely still aside from some minute spasming here and there. "Ready when you are."

Nodding back, Gadget tightened her grip while taking a few deep breaths of her own to steady her nerves. "Alright, on three. One…"

*Thwishk* "Ouch!"

"Yikes!"

Naruto yelped in pain as the engine piece out was abruptly yanked out, causing his whole body to spasm violently and making Gadget fall from his shoulder with a shriek. Clapping a hand onto the back of his neck, Naruto swore under his breath several times while scowling at Gadget as she popped back into view, having thankfully landed in the nook of his headband.

"The hell Gadget? What happened to two… and… three…" The whiskered blonde trailed off mid rant when his brain finally caught up with his actions, more specifically the hand he had been using to rub his neck. Holding it out in front of himself, he looked over the slightly bloodied and mud-covered limb in surprise as he twisted it left and right several times. "Hey it worked, I can move on my own again!"

"Wonderful," Gadget said to herself with a sigh as her shoulders slumped in relief. "How about your legs? Do you think you can get up now?"

"I have no idea, let's find out." Naruto said before planting both hands on the ground much to Gadget's worry.

"Hey, hold on a sec, let me get down fiiiiiIIIRST!" She started to say, only to end up shrieking fearfully for what had to be the dozenth time that day as Naruto pushed himself up and onto his own two feet with surprising ease. The tricky part though was actually staying up, as the whiskered blonde stumbled forwards several steps in a drunken like manner, almost falling flat on his face yet again.

Thankfully, before he had to endure another serving of mud pie Naruto just managed to regain his bearings enough to come to a stop.

"Phew, talk about a doozy of a first step, huh?" He asked jokingly as he leaned against a nearby tree for support.

"Yeah… real doozy…" Gadget muttered softly, gradually released her grip on the headband to reveal the small indents her fingers left in the metal. "Please warn me before you do something like that again, my heart has had enough shocks for one day."

"Oh sorry Gadget," He said with a sheepish smile while scratching the back of his head. "I didn't mean to scare you, just got a little overexcited is all."

"It's fine, knowing me I'd have probably done the same thing in your position," The little inventor said with a shrug once she calmed back down, before pulling the plate part of the headband over her head as the rain started coming down even harder than before. "Besides, I think I'd rather stay here anyway if that's okay."

"Eh, sure, I don't see why not." Naruto said with a shrug, earning an appreciative smile from the mouse.

"Thanks, now let's get out of here already before we both get sick or something."

"Good idea," The whiskered blonde nodded in agreement as he pushed off the tree and started walking, though this time at a slower and much steadier pace…

…before promptly coming to a completely stop again after just five feet as his face scrunched up in uncertainty. "Uh, speaking of that, how exactly do we get out of here? Because I don't even know where here is."

"Well, I was flying westwards before the crash so our best bet would be to head back east, and moss mostly grows on the north side of trees, or I think that's how it is, soooo…" Gadget rubbed her chin in thought as she mumbled to herself for a few moments before snapping her fingers and pointing to the side. "That way."

"Good enough for me, let's go." Naruto said with a shrug as he got moving once again, this time in the direction Gadget had pointed. A silence settled over the pair for a while after that, only really broken by the drumming of rain and the squelching of Naruto's feet across the soaked ground.

However, after about five minutes, Gadget glanced back up at her impromptu ride with a curious and concerned gaze. "So Naruto, how are you feeling? Is anything coming back to you?"

"A little bit," Naruto's face scrunched up in concentration as he tried to recall anything, rubbing the side of his head with a groan as images flashed through his mind. "It's all jumbled though, one moment I remember yelling at some weird orange thingy in a dark place, then I'm being punched in the face by a pink person and arguing with a duck's butt? What the hell even is a duck and why was I yelling at one's butt?"

"Golly, that does sound confusing," Gadget agreed before smiling encouragingly as she patted the teen's shoulder. "I'm sure it'll come back to you though, maybe you just need to jog your memory a bit."

"And how do I do that?" He asked curiously, his head tilting a bit to the side as he spoke.

"Hmmm, I really don't know myself honestly, I'm an inventor not a doctor." The mouse girl said with a shrug, which only caused the whiskered boy's head to tilt further in confusion.

"A what and a what?"

"…Okay, I think I have an idea where to start."

-End Chapter-