Dimensions Apart

Chapter 3 - Arrival

A/N: Sorry for the gap in update time! I didn't mean for it to take so long!

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Tima shook her sister. "SARAH! LOOK! IT'S SASUKE!"

"I can see that! And Naruto's with him!" She sounded excited as well, almost not believing who was standing right in front of her.

"Shut up, Naruto! You're making a fool of yourself in front of the people we're going to be living with for the next 5 months!" Sasuke yelled to the boy in front of him, pointing a finger at the two.

The sisters gawked at this statement, looking to eachother and back forward.

"Hmph! Well, whatever..." Naruto looked over at the two girls that had their mouths hanging open. He spotted the one he was to be staying with and ran over to her. "Hi, Sarah, I'm Naruto!" He grabbed her hand and shook it wildly.

"I already know who you are, believe me." said Sarah, still in a state of shock.

"Oh really? How's that?"

"Well... um... your on TV..." she said, knowing full well they didn't have TVs in Konoha.

He tilted his head, "T... V...?"

"Um, yeah... I can... show you back in the house." She pointed in back of her to the door. Was this the actual Naruto or just a really good cosplayer? Thing was, he didn't look like a cartoon anymore; he was an actual 3 dimensional person, yet even his eye and hair color/shape was the same as the anime.

It was the same deal with Sasuke. His hair indeed was spiked back and his eyes black.

'Alright, if I'm gonna even try to win Sasuke over I gotta at least act powerful and the complete opposite of Sakura...' Tima thought to herself, closing her mouth and putting on her usual scowl and furrowed eyebrows; one hand on her hip and the other hanging loose. Sasuke started to approach her.

"I'm Uchiha Sasuke. Lady Hokage has sent us on a mission here to observe your world." He looked her up and down then noticed she was an inch or so taller than him. She sighed inwardly knowing what he was thinking and that it indeed was true. It was a curse.

In a low, monotone voice she said, "I'm Tima. Though, a lot of my friends call me Ryu-kun; its my nickname." She was trying her best to hold in her excitement. Sasuke was there. In real flesh and blood. At HER house.

"Sasuke! Sasuke!" Naruto called over, "Sarah says we can watch ourselves in our old and future battles!"

"And we have lots of ramen." Sarah added.

Naruto's eyes became starry, "I was so scared you guys wouldn't even know what ramen was, too!" He cried tears of joy. "Where! Where is the ramen!"

"Inside." Sarah pointed to the house once again. Naruto gasped and ran in, Sarah walking in as well.

"Well, come on in." Tima said, going inside, Sasuke not far behind.

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Kakashi looked over to Kayla who seemed to be in a state of shock. He started to walk over to her.

"Yo." He said with a little wave of his hand.

She stared up at him, her eyes wide and her mouth gaping open. "Ka- Kakashi..." She muttered, regaining some of her speech.

"Um, yeah... how'd you know?" He said, reaching up and scratching his head through his long silver hair.

She stuttered, "W- well... uh... I... already k- know you..."

Kakashi raised his eyebrows and his visible eye widened slightly, "Oh really?"

"Yeah... you're... Copy Ninja Kakashi from Konoha... the village hidden in the leaves... your favorite book is Icha Icha Paradise, the book you always read making people think yer a pervert." She pointed to the pouch where his book was.

He was speechless for a second. How could this kid know even that much about him?

"But, thing is..." She started, getting his attention, "You can't be real. You're only a fictional character..."

Kakashi stared at her long and hard. He knew he was real. Why was this girl thinking he wasn't?

He remembered her words, 'You're only a fictional character... that's strange.' He coughed. "Well, uh, I am indeed real. I'm here on a mission."

Kayla froze and she looked at him like her brain was trying to process his words. Her hands changed position, her right rubbing her chin in thought and the other supporting that arm. For a few seconds she stood there thinking. She pointed her right index finger into the air beside her saying she had an idea. She took that same hand and poked him in his stomach only to be met with rock hard abs. She continued to poke him in random places to make sure he was indeed standing in front of her.

"Is there a point to all of this?" He said, feeling little pokes around his upperbody.

Kayla stopped poking suddenly, "I just... can't believe this! You really are real!" She exclaimed, drawing her hand back and gazing at the copy nin before her.

She gulped slightly noticeably, clearing her throat. "So, Kakashi, what brings you here?"

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'Oh... my... God...' Martin thought, seeing pink locks spread across his chest.

Sakura groaned. How come she had to fall from the sky, anyway? She opened her eyes and lifted her self slightly to see what she was on top of. Her green eyes met with his dark blue ones. She gasped as she realized she was on top of a boy and scrambled off him.

Martin picked himself up and into a sitting position. He stared at her. "Like an angel that fell from the sky..." He muttered, a smile grazing his lips.

Sakura was turned away from him, blushing madly. After she felt her face had cooled down she turned around to face him. Standing up, she said, "Um, uh... I'm sorry about that..." She bowed, "I'm Haruno Sakura, and I'm gonna be living here for awhile." She held her hand out to help him up. He took her small one in his own and she helped hoist him up. He didn't let go quite yet.

He looked at her features, taking them in, especially her vibrant pink hair. He couldn't believe his crush was standing in front of him.

"I'm Martin..." he said, continuing with, "Well, if you need a place to stay... maybe I could sneak you in my house."

"Sneak me in?" She replied, confused.

"Well, uh... my parents are a bit strict in the girl department." He still held her hand.

She looked down at his hand grasping hers, "Eheh... you can let go now..."

"Uhh... Oh! Right... heheh..." He hastily let go and gave her a cheeky grin. She raised an eyebrow slightly.

"So, uh, I better get settled in...?"

"Sure, come on in, Sakura-chan!" He piped, grabbing her hand again and leading her inside, his slobbering dog barking and following behind.

She gasped slightly, 'Geez, he's gonna call me Sakura-chan, too?' She thought, 'Yeah! Looks like another Naruto-- they even both have blonde hair and blue eyes! only difference is this guy has lighter hair and is better built!' Inner Sakura piped up. 'You sound like your complimenting him!' she backfired. Inner Sakura stayed silent for the moment, withdrawing from the argument.

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Naruto stood in the kitchen, staring into the microwave, watching the cup of ramen turn continuously. He had cooked his on the stove in Konoha. He was engrossed in this... 'new' device.

"It smells so gooood..." Naruto commented, almost drooling at the smell of ramen.

"Baka..." Tima muttered under her breathe. She was leaning against the counter with her arms crossed, sasuke standing in a similiar fashion leaning on a wall.

Sarah scanned through the manga andDVD titles on her bookshelf. "Here it is!" She exclaimed. She pulled out her Naruto DVDs and went back upstairs to the main floor.

"These are all the DVDs... plus the ones we burned of the newer eps." She pointed to a stack of burnable disks that had episodes written on them.

Naruto got up from the microwave momentarily and went over to Sarah. He took aDVD and inspected it. "Hmm... well, whatever you say!" A ding was heard from the microwave as he rushed back over to it.

"What eps do you think we should start at?" Tima said, looking at her sister.

"Maybe the Zabuza fight... but we don't have to watch each ep, we can skip around." Sarah replied.

Tima nodded, "Right."

"Umm... guys, where do you keep the chopsticks?" Naruto said, inspecting the droors and only finding weird and sometimes pointy metal objects.

"Oh, well... we usually use forks, but here." Sarah bent down to a cabinet next to the sink and opened it, revealing disposable and more expensive chopsticks. She threw some wooden ones to him.

"Thanks!" Naruto smiled, opening them.

"Let's go down in my room and watch it. Mom doesn't need to wake up from all the noise and see these two right away." Tima said, stuffing her hands in her pockets and led them downstairs. Both her's and Sarah's room was down there. To the left was Sarah's room and in front of them was her own. She opened the door and led them in. Many wallscrolls hung above her bed.

"You're lucky you didn't see it before mom made her clean it!" Sarah said, snickering.

"Oh shut up! Hell, it almost looked better messy."

Naruto just slurped his ramen and listened while Sasuke browsed the room. He saw the Uchiha clan crest painted on her wall. He raised an eyebrow questioningly. He had a feeling there was a reason Tsunade had stuck them with certain people, but what was it? He'd piece it together soon enough.

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"Well, like I said earlier, I'm on a mission. Lady Hokage asked us to investigate your world." Kakashi said, looking down at her. He was recieving an almost unnerving stare. "What?"

"Nothing, nothing..." She shook her head and snapped out of it. "Well, uh, where do you plan to stay?"

"Here, actually."

"You serious!"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"...Wow..." She said to herself. "Well then... follow me inside?"

"Sure." he smiled. Kayla walked to the back door, Kakashi following close behind.

It lead to the kitchen where her mom was cooking. Her mom looked over to acknowledge her, then looked back at the pan. Her head then snapped back up and looked at the figure standing behind Kayla-- Kakashi.

"Who the hell is that and why is he in our house!" She freaked out.

"Mom! Calm down... he's gonna be staying here for awhile..." Kayla said, trying to calm her down.

"Who said!"

"He did!"

"Now hold on--" Kakashi interrupted, gaining her mother's icy glare. He sweatdropped and continued on, "I can just stay outside. I have before."

"Why don't you go back home...?" her mother questioned quite harshly.

"That's impossible for 5 months..." He replied, calm as usual.

"Mom, I'm not letting him sleep outside!" Kayla yelled. Her mom only glared at her. "Ugh! It can be my frikin birthday present for all I care!"

Her mom thought this over. Tough choice."He can stay here for a couple days. I'll see what he acts like. Then I'll decide." She said, then turned back to cooking her food. Kayla smiled and led Kakashi on a mini tour around the house.

"This is the living room... then my room... the office... my mom and terry's room... and then the bathroom." She let him look at each one for a second or two before moving on.

"I see. When's your birthday, anyway?" Kakashi spoke up.

"In 5 days. My birthday is August 5th." She said, smiling up at him.

"Oh." Was his simple reply. She led him back to her room and sat down on her bed. When she saw him just standing there she patted her bed, gesturing for him to sit next to her. He did and they sat in silence for a minute. It was a bit tense, but not awkward.

Kakashi noticed a few of the wallscrolls around the room included him. "So, how did you know me?"

Kayla looked over at him. "Well, I've seen you on TV." He looked at her blankly. "Oh, well, uh... It shows all your fights and stuff... not just you, though. But it revolves around Konoha."

"Hmm... well, I'll have to check that out sometime."

She nodded in response and layed back on her bed. "You just missed the dubbed version.. that was on last night."

"Dubbed?" He questioned.

"That's right. Dubbed is the american version and subbed is the japanese version." She explained. "Come to think of it, you have the sub voice-- you just talk english. That's awesome. The sub really is better than the dub, though I don't care which I watch-- though I'd rather have it uncut."

"Ah."

"Not much of a talker, eh?"

"Just thinking this over." Silence overcame them once again.

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Like a quiet ninja, which one of them infact was, the two snuck through the house and to his room.

"Martin!" a little leach looking creature ran up and hugged Martin from behind.

"Get off me, Luke!" Martin shouted, trying to get his 7 yr old little brother off of him.

"I'll eat your bellybutton..." Luke said, clinging onto his brother.

"I said, get off!" Martin felt the need to take a crobar and fling him off.

"Ohh! You brought home a pretty girl!" Luke got off of Martin and clung to Sakura.

"Hey! Kid! Get off!" Sakura said, trying to push him away, but to no avail.

"Rice is nice." Luke said, being irrelevant to the whole situation.

"BAKA!" She punched him on the side of the head like she did to Naruto. That got him off.

"Owwiee..." Luke rubbed his head. "I'm telling Dad you brought a girl home!" he shouted and ran up the steps.

"No! Stop!" Martin barely missed the kid's collar. Gabby, his dog, went running after Luke, tackling him to the ground. Martin sighed. He looked over to Sakura. "Sorry about all that."

"Its ok. But dont you think its gonna be hard for me to stay here for 5 months and not get noticed?"

"5 months...?" He smiled at this. "Yeah, but I'm not sure what they'd do. Mom may be a bit less harsh than Dad, but still."

"Let's reword this... I won't stay locked up in your room. I can't. My mission is to explore this world." Sakura retorted.

"Oh... well, I guess there's no choice." Martin sighed. She was right. No use hiding it now. "Alright, but here's a bit of warning... they usually speak a different language."

"Eh?" She said. 'A different language?' she thought to herself. 'Well, I guess this isn't your average family.' Inner Sakura snickered.

"Yeah, they're from Lithuania and don't completely speak english well. I was born here, and was taught both. I'm just glad i don't have an accent." He laughed slightly.

"I see... well, if I need to say anything... you can be a translator?"

He nodded. He led her upstairs and knocked on his parent's closed door.

"What is it?" His Dad answered. (1)

"I have something to ask you." said Martin from behind the door.

"Come in."

Martin turned the knob and opened the door slowly. Sakura was already confused as to what they were saying.

"Um, Dad, Mom... I need to ask you if this girl could stay with us." Martin said carefully, pointing to Sakura.

The two parents looked at eachother then back at them. "And why would she have to?"

Martin looked at Sakura. "They asked why you'd have to stay."

"Would telling them I'm on a mission from Konoha work?" Sakura asked.

He shook his head. "I can just tell them your a long lost cousin from lithuania and is visiting."

"If that's ok." He nodded and told them.

His father raised an eyebrow. "Then why isn't she speaking lithuanian?"

"Well... She was adopted from an american person and never got the chance to learn lithuanian..." Martin said sheepishly.

"We'll discuss it." His mother spoke.

Martin turned to Sakura. "They said they're going to talk it over." He smiled.

"Well, that's good." She smiled back and they left the room.

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A/N: About them being 3 dimensional and their eyes being the same... if you think about it, they really can be. We were doing self portraits in art today and I was trying out team 7's eyes on me... and indeed it looked like their own, so its possible. X3 Also, I have a lot of things planned for this story, so I don't think I want to quit it or anything... so if I don't update for awhile, I will eventually.

(1) Since I cannot speak lithuanian and since you have to understand them, I'll just put it underlined when their speaking another language.