Dimensions Apart

Chapter 2 - Departure

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Sakura trudged down the streets of Konoha, tears streaming down her face. "Baka Naruto!" She screamed. She let her head hang low, her pink locks sitcking to her face as it poured. Her pace quickened and soon she was running. THUD! She collided with someone and almost fell backwards.

"Ugh! Oh, I'm so sorry!" She apologized, not realizing who it was.

"Sakura..." A voice called to her.

She looked up, "Sasuke-kun...?'

He pulled her into an embrace. "It's going to be ok, Sakura, I won't let that stupid Naruto hurt you again."

Sakura looked up to him in amazement. He smiled down at her, it stopped raining and the sun's rays beated onto them.

"You've won my heart, Sakura, I won't ever leave you again..." He lowered his head down to hers, and just as their lips were about to connect...

BEEP ... BEEP ... BEEP ... BEEP

Sakura stirred in her sleep, refusing to open her eyes from her wonderful dream. The clock kept beeping, her temper fuming.

'Stupid alarm clock! I'm going to break it apart!' Inner Sakura yelled. She finally arose and slammed on the button on top of the clock to shut it up. She scowled deeply, what a way for such a precious dream to end. She stretched and scratched her head, getting up for her daily shower. Today was the day of that horribly long mission.

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Naruto woke up in a similiar fashion; except it went something like this:

Naruto trudged down the streets of Konoha, tears streaming down his face. "How could Hinata do that to me!" He screamed. He let his head hang low, his blonde hair flattening on his head as it poured. His pace quickened and soon he was running. THUD! He collided with someone and almost fell backwards.

"Ugh! Watch where you're going!" He yelled, not realizing who it was.

"Naruto..." A voice called to him.

He looked up, "Sakura-chan...?"

She pulled him into an embrace. "It's going to be ok, Naruto, I won't let that seemingly innocent Hinata hurt you again."

Naruto looked down to her in amazement, being a bit taller. She smiled up at him, it stopped raining and the sun's rays beated onto them.

"You've won my heart, Naruto, I won't ever leave you again..." She pulled him to her, and just as their lips were about to connect...

Well, you get the idea.

Naruto grimaced as he made some steaming hot ramen for breakfast, pulling off his nightcap before he gobbled all down. He took a quick glance at the clock. '8:00AM...' He thought. Getting up, he pulled out his usual outfit and put it on, he didn't think he needed a bath today, considering he didn't train at all yesterday, only trying to decide how many packs of ramen to take. You never know, they might not have any there.

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Again, a new version of the dream had been formulated. This time it was in the Copy nin's mind. He sat up in bed and remembered it as follows:

Kakashi trudged down the streets of Konoha, book in hand. "God! Why such a bad cliffhanger!" He screamed, seeing it was the end of the book. He let his head hang low in disappointment as his silver hair became damp as it poured. He walked along, trying to think of how long it would take for the next book to come out. THUD! He collided with someone and almost fell backwards.

"Ugh! What happened?" He said to himself, not realizing who it was.

"Kakashi..." A voice called to him.

He looked up, "...the hell?"

Infront of him, the next issue of the book hovered in mid air. He blinked a few times.

"Take me! Take me, Kakashi! You know you want me!" The book screamed to him, the feminine voice almost sounding ghostly. The rain clouds parted and they were greeted by the sun beating down on them.

"Ohh you have no idea how right you are!" He reached for the book, and just as he was about to grab it...

Bet you wanted to hear that deranged dream. I know you were wondering. I KNOW you were.

Kakashi shook his head, "That's just wrong." He muttered to himself. He grabbed his mask and clothes and headed for the shower, he only had a half an hour left. He did not like being restricted on time. He sighed as he got the water running in the shower.

Just be glad Sasuke didn't have a similiar dream, or you'd be hearing about that. Or maybe he did and I'm just not telling you? Never the less, I guarentee you, it wouldn't be pretty. Ohhh no it wouldn't.

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From four different directions, each of team seven walked in front of the building they were sopposed to meet at. The three chuunins gawked at Kakashi. He was actually on time.

Sasuke outstretched his hand to Naruto.

"Hmph!" Naruto slapped a twenty into his hand and fumed.

Sasuke smirked and stuffed it in his pocket.

Kakashi raised his eyebrows. "What was that all about?"

"They were betting on if you'd come on time or not." Sakura said, giggling.

"Oh." He said simply.

"How come your on time, anyway, Kaka-sensei?" Naruto asked.

"Well, Its important enough of an occasion, no?" Kakashi replied, rubbing his chin and looking up into the sky. He looked back down to them to see their nonconvinced faces. "What?"

"What about all those other life threatening missions you were late for? You almost got us killed!" Sakura yelled.

"Eheheh... well... a black cat crossed my path and--" He noticed they were all glaring at him.

"You shouldn't repeat things more than once, sensei." Naruto said.

"Yes, well..." Not having a good excuse, he fake coughed to get the attention away from the subject.

Tsunade walked out of the building, glad to see all of them on time.

"Well, glad you could all make it. Follow me." Tsunade led them to the outskirts of Konoha and into the forest. They soon came to a huge clearing, a huge circle-shaped piece of stone in the middle and pounded on the ground. Another circle was carved within that about 5 inches away from the edge, then another much smaller and near the center, sporting Konoha's symbol. The circle was divided into 4 sections; looking like an X without the center if looked at from the air. Four pillars stood on the outskirts of the complete circle and placed in the middle of each section, also having the symbol of Konoha on them; facing the outside and high up.

"Odd how I've never seen this before." Kakashi said, looking around.

"Oh wow! this is cool!" Naruto said, marvelling at it.It looked very old.

"So, is this some kind of portal or something?" Sasuke said, quite interested himself.

"You could say that." Tsunade said. She too had a bag. She pulled out 4 slabs of stone with something carved into it, each a little different. "These are the locations you will be transported to. Choose a section of the circle and stand in the middle, facing inwards."

The four nodded and did as they were told. Tsunade inserted the slabs into the pillars of the sections of which they were standing in.

"I bid you all farewell, I expect to see you in 5 months. An escort will be waiting for you at each location." The four nodded. Tsunade went around the pillars, taking the part of the slab that was sticking out and turning it to the right like a key. She went to where they had come in from and stood on a platform getting on her knees. She pressed her hands onto a certain part of the stone, it going down like a button. She looked up, the four pillars illuminating a golden glow; that same light going down to the circle and tracing its outline all the way to the inside of the circle and the Konoha symbol. A tornado like wind engulfed the outside of the pillars, the inside air very still.

They all closed their eyes as the four began to drift down into the stone; almost as if melting into it. Next thing they knew they were in a new world.

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Kayla shut down her computer and got up. She put a few of the pictures of Kakashi she had printed out in a folder to be laminated by her mother for her locker. One picture of him in there just was not enough.

Deciding she should at least try to burn off some calories, she got her bo and went outside to her back yard. She needed to practice a bit, and something drew her back there; she rarely went outside anymore. She started to practice her old techniques-- something drawing her attention down to the ground. She noticed a gold glow starting to form. It started to trace out Konoha's symbol. She gasped slightly and backed up away from it. In the center, a figure began to appear, coming up from the ground. She dropped her bo, her mouth gaping open as she saw who stood before her.

"Kakashi-kun..." She muttered under her breath.

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Martin's blue eyes followed his dogs running around the yard in circles around him, leaving a trail of slobber that dropped to the ground. Martin shook his head and looked up in the sky, hands on his hips.

He sighed, "Looks like its going to rain or something..." He started to see something trace out in the huge cloud above him. He squinted slightly to try and see what was really there. His eyes widened as the symbol of Konoha traced out then started to glow gold.

"No way..." he muttered, now he didn't think Kayla's claim wasn't as insane as he thought it would be.

He raised his eyebrows as he saw a figure starting to slowly appear. He couldn't tell from here who or what it was, though. Suddenly the figure started to plummet down to him and as it grew closer he could hear a shrill scream. He put out his arms to catch whatever it was.

Just then he himself plummeting to the ground, a girl laying on top of him about to faint. He opened his eyes and saw pink locks in front of him. His breath hitched and his mouth hung open. "S- Sakura..." He said, his voice almost shaking.

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"Becky baka!" Tima yelled outside to her 6 year old step sister. "Get in here! Mom wants you inside!"

A shrill whine escaped from the girls mouth. "You called me baka!"

Sarah ran out, "What did you do now?" Her shoulder length hair as dark as her sister's flew in back of her as she ran. She was much shorter than Tima and didn't have tan skin like her. She may have been 19 but her sister didn't make her look like it being so tall.

"Ugh! It's just habit! I call everyone baka, you know that..." Tima sighed angrily, looking at the whining child. "Just get inside! Mom wants to talk to you!"

Becky, still screaming, ran inside. Both the sisters shook their heads at the girl. Tima spotted something starting to form on the concrete in their driveway.

"Sarah... look..." Tima pointed to the forming Konoha symbol.

"What the..." They both ran over to it's edge and watched two figures rise up from the ground.

They both were a lost for words when they saw who stood before them.

Naruto looked beside him. "GAH! NOT SASUKE BASTARD!"

Sasuke growled loudly, "I got stuck with HIM for the mission!" They were both totally oblivious to the girls standing before them.

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A/N: Thanks everyone for the reviews! Sorry this is another uninteresting chapter... everything has to start out! The good stuff will start happening next time, don't worry! I'm also trying to make the chapters longer, so you'll get more in a chapter... and well, kakashi's my fav character and I've thought out more things about that with him, so they might be in more detail or something... I'll work hard on the others, though, too, don't worry.