A/N: EEEEEE. I'm revising Chapters 1 and 2… Sankyuu, Kei-su, for the crit. XD That may be why Chapter 2 seems funny after Chapter 1. oO I changed Chapter 2 to my liking, so now the plot's different-ish! o

"Let the Trouble Begin!"

By train-to-nowhere aka yotarou

As the taxi car came closer and closer, Sasuke's mind raced for ideas. Time was running out! In slow motion, he lowered his body onto the ground, the car screeching to a stop.

Luckily, the car had stopped and not hit Sasuke, killing him off as one of the main characters. Instead, the car's front bumper had hit Sasuke's head as he pulled it down.

Sasuke lay there, unconscious.

Moments later, a crowd formed around Sasuke, the taxi cab driver outside looking either sheepish or annoyed.

"Ummmm…" Naruto looked at Sakura, who was panicking. "Sakura-chan! We need to get Sasuke away! We'll attract attention and.. and… why do these people in this village look funny?" he asked as he tugged on Sakura's sleeve.

"N-naruto-kun…"

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"Compare ourselves to them. And tell me what you see. Then tell me what would happen if they found out about our abnormalties. WE COULD END UP IN A CIRCUS! THIS IS BAD!" Sakura said with small anguished cry.

It took Naruto a few seconds to see what she was talking about. Then, he noticed. Their humongous, ginormous, enormogous, abnormal, EYES! Not only that, but they had a tiny, miniscule nose and mouth.

"We better get Sasuke out of there before something bad happens!" With that, Naruto and Sakura began dragging Sasuke away from the crowd. The crowd exchanged mutters and dark glances at Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke.

"Look at their eyes! They look like some characters from a show I once saw!"

"And their NOSE… how do they breathe through it??"

"Mommy, will you get me a costume like that for Halloween?"

"Crazy hair, dude! What kind of brand did you use for the dye, Pink-dawg?"

Biting their tongues down, the two continued dragging Sasuke away from the crowd [the taxi cab driver was relieved; he wouldn't have charges pressed against him], enduring their "Omg-there's-someone-not-'normal'" remarks.

Now many meters away from the crime scene, they began to flee. They ran away as fast as they possibly could, with Sasuke weighing them down some. Sakura's puny strength didn't help much to Naruto's attempts to move him, so they dragged him across the ground, much to Inner Sasuke's discontent.

They ran and ran, until…

A large man with his face concealed approached them. "Hello…my friends," he said in a deep, low voice.

Naruto squinted at the man. "Are you part of an ANBU, 'cos we can't see your – WAAHG! Sakura, you didn't need to – "

Sakura had kicked him in the foot, hissing to him something with the words 'baka' and 'stranger' in it. They continued to run, half-heartedly dragging the poor disheveled figure of Sasuke onto the ground.

And the stranger had began to pursue them… This was definitely going to be trouble.

It was almost dark at night, and for some reason in Los Angeles, the dark was a favorite time of day. Casinos were pumped up with machines filled with money, the smell of beer and vodka was even stronger, and over half the population of Los Angeles was out tonight.

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were still on the run. Sasuke still had not woken up, and the stranger was STILL hot on their trail. They came to a stop, breathing heavily from having to run and drag an unconscious boy at the same time.

Out of nowhere, the stranger was next to them. He knocked both Naruto and Sakura out with a bonk of his fist, gathered them all up in a fishnet, and disappeared into the night.