CHAPTER ONE

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The hotel was packed with characters from every anime imaginable. A pair of girls pushed their way through the crowded halls on their way to the vendor room in search of their prized characters' memorabilia. The taller girl wore a gray t-shirt with a picture of Hatake Kakashi on the front and a glittering Sharingan on the back. Her dark brown hair was pulled into a high ponytail leaving a bit to frame her gray eyes. She shorter girl wore an orange shirt similar to her friend's, but hers carried the face of Sabaku no Gaara. Her burgundy hair was pulled on top of her head in twin bao, her eyes a deep brown.

They finally reached their destination a bit short of breath. The shorter girl spotted a table and began to buy boxes upon boxes of pocky while the taller squeezed down the aisle toward a booth sporting Naruto 'supplies.' While she was looking over the key chains, she felt her cell vibrate and she quickly flipped it open.

"Moshi moshi."

"Hey, I got the pocky…'nough for a whole year I think. I'm gonna head on up to the room. You got enough money?"

The brunette nodded and waited for an answer before smacking herself on the forehead 'She can't see me…' "Yeah I've got enough. See ya in the room." And with that, she snapped her cell shut and began grabbing up anything relating to Gaara or Kakashi.

Twenty minutes later found her lugging her bags up the stairs. "Stupid kids…puking in the elevators…" She mumbled as she neared the seventh floor and her room.

When she reached her door, she moved a bag to her teeth and fumbled with the keycard before finally slipping it into the door and opening it.

"Brittany, I'm back." She called through the plastic in her mouth, the phrase sounding more like "Vitney Ohm vak."

She let her bag drop from her mouth and caught it with her now free hand while walking to the back room of their suite and moved behind her friend who was busy watching an episode of Naruto on her laptop. When she noticed what Brittany was watching she dropped to the bed and started to whine.

"Angie…shut up." Brittany growled, turning the volume up.

"But I wanna watch it too! Why didn't you wait? You said we'd watch it when we got through shopping!"

Brittany rolled her eyes and looked over her should her friend sprawled on the bed. "Don't worry, I'll just start it over."

Angie brightened up immediately, fake tears disappearing quickly as she sat up and swung her feet excitedly over the edge of the bed.

Brittany shook her head and muttered something about mood swings and 'no more ramune' while she closely examined the keyboard.

"What'cha doin?" Angie asked.

"Trying to figure out how to start it over." Brittany offered while still dutifully searching for any key that looked correct. Angie jumped up, still clutching their bags, and darted over to the computer.

"Here, just push this one."

Brittany watched the girl's hand with wide eyes. Time seemed to slow.

"NO! NOT THAT BUTTON!"

When Angie pushed the key, the computer screen started to glow, and a swirling vortex of purple, red and black filled the screen. With a tug at their shirt collars, they were sucked in.

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"Kakashi-sensei, can't we stop and eat now? I mean, we've been out here for…OH!" Naruto's voice trailed off as he noticed the twinkling light in the distant sky. "Look! It's a star!" He exclaimed as he pointed toward the glowing dot.

Sasuke scoffed. "Naruto, it's noon. There's no star." But the blonde insisted. Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura all turned in time to see two dark figures fall from the sky. Soon a terrified scream reached their ears.

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The first thing Angie noticed was she was skydiving. She didn't know how Brittany had convinced her to go along, but she was glad she did. This was fun! She began turning flips and barrel rolls in midair before realizing her friend was screaming her head off. She looked over and saw a blur of arms and legs flying about in a frenzy to stay aloft. 'Why is she so afraid?' Angie wondered. 'It's not like we'll hit…the…ground.' Just as she thought this, she turned to face said ground and notice it not even ten feet away. She didn't even have the time to gulp.

The impact was horrible. Brittany landed first, taking all of her weight on her face, her body staying vertical. Angie hit next with a sickening belly flop. After the dust settled in their rather large crater, Brittany's body fell the rest of the way down with a dull thud. Brittany groaned and sat up slowly with her head in her hands, Angie not far behind.

"I told you not to hit that button!" Brittany screamed as her fist connected with Angie's jaw. "That was the randomly placed 'get sucked into an anime' button!"

"I'm sorry…but it was just so…so shiny!" Angie whined. Frustrated with her friend's stupidity, Brittany aimed another punch at her face. Angie retaliated and soon punches and kicks were flying everywhere in their crater.

This was the scene Kakashi, Team 7, and the rest of the Rookie 9 walked up on.

They gathered around and stared in awe at the two strange people fighting, not quite sure what to make of the situation. Growing tired of the fighting, Kakashi inwardly sighed and cleared his throat rather loudly.

Angie stopped immediately, a clump of Brittany's hair still in her fist, and looked wildly at her friend. "I know that voice, Brittany!" She quickly turned and looked up to the edge of the crater. "KASHI-KUN!" She ran up the side and dove at him, latching quickly on to his leg. Kakashi bristled and screamed before running around madly trying to dislodge the strange girl from his leg.

"GET OFF! GET OFF! HELP ME!" He started kicking his left leg, as if he were a cat with tape on its paw. Brittany started laughing and pointing while rolling around in the hole. Kakashi finally managed to kick the crazed girl from his leg and she tumbled back into the crater, crashing into Brittany.

"Who are you and where did you come from?" Kakashi asked, breathless and slightly frightened.

Brittany stood, as did Angie, and they exchanged glances. "I'm…Ketsuki Kyuu." Brittany said and laughed nervously.

Angie pondered for a bit before blurting: "Hitodama Rei."

Kyuu looked at her oddly. "Hitodama Rei? Rei Soul? You sound like a blues singer." She said quietly. Rei blinked.

"It actually means cold, disembodied soul." She stated rather smartly. Kyuu's eye twitched and a vein popped out in her forehead before she solidly punched Rei again. Brittany hopped out of the crater and after she had dusted herself off a bit, Rei clambered out behind her. For the first time, Team 7 looked at their shirts, and Gaara and Kakashi were staring back at them.

Naruto ran over and punched Gaara's face and therefore Kyuu's stomach. She growled and knocked Naruto into the crater and he rolled to a stop next to their bags. The group was surprised when he started sniffing the air. 'Hmmmm, what is that smell?' He searched through all of the bags, tossing items everywhere before he finally came upon the glorious scent and held one of the red boxes into the air triumphantly before ripping it open. His eyes watered as he nibbled on one of the items and he promptly crammed six more sticks into his mouth.

Kyuu turned, her eyes masked, voice eerily calm. "What do you think you're doing, Naruto?"

Kakashi looked over at the other girl. "Rei, is she usually this sweet?" He asked sarcastically. "I'm getting chills…" Rei turned and stared at him. 'He said my name…'

Kyuu then dove into the crater as Naruto jumped out, thinking he had escaped, but he was wrong. She jumped up right after him. He screamed girlishly and ran, the enraged girl close at his heels.

"AHHHHH! GET OUTTA MY WAY!" He screamed as he shot past Shino, who wasn't lucky enough to dodge the girl as she plowed into him, knocking him into the air before he painfully landed a few feet away.

"COME BACK HERE NARUTO---" The rest of her sentence trailed off as Rock Lee came out from behind a tree in her path. Kyuu threw on her brakes and skidded to a stop. She was face to face with Lee and after a few moments of staring at his chest, her eye twitched. She started screaming and ran back to Rei and Kakashi, crashing into the girl.

"What's wrong with them?" Lee asked as he got closer. 'Matter of fact, who are they?'

Rei's eyes got wide. "NO! NOT GREEN!" They started convulsing and passed out shortly after.

Lee looked around nervously before his eyes landed on the pile of items scattered about in the crater. "Oh! Look at this!" He said as he trotted over to the pile. He picked up two small, deformed, human-like dolls. "They have voodoo dolls…" As Lee said this, he twisted the left arm on the doll that favored Kakashi. Thinking his arm to be broken, Kakashi quickly grabbed his elbow and yelled before running around screaming like a girl. Kyuu woke to his screams, wobbled over to the screaming man, and poked his 'broken' arm. He screamed louder.

Five Minutes Later

Kakashi had finally calmed down enough to flop his arm around a bit and realize it wasn't broken. As if to prove his point, Brittany walked over and poked his arm again. Kakashi brushed past her and grabbed the doll from Lee and promptly smacked him over the head with it.

"You" He said darkly. "Are an idiot…"

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REI: Well, there was the first chapter! Hope you liked it...

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