In Wonderland

Chapter 3 - Drowning in Tears

Written by - Treina

Disclaimer - I do not own disney's or Lewis Carol's Alice in Wonderland, I am in no way making money off of this. This fic is written purely out of fandom, I have no money, so suing would be in-effective.

Warnings - OOC - AU - Crossover

A/N - Ive been debating...should I stick to cannon on this? Or should I have a bunch of crazy stuff happen...that never happened to Alice...I havent decided yet hehe! Anyway, sorry for the long wait, here is the third chapter!

Character List-

Alice - Hinata (naruto)
Sister - Kurenai (naruto)
Cat - Kyou (fruits baskets)
White Rabbit - Kon (bleach)
Mouse - Yuki (fruits baskets)

When she looked down at her feet, it seemed that they were almost out of sight, "oh no! My poor feet!" The only thing Hinata could think about was how would she ever be able to put on shoes or stockings? Would her feet remain bare for all times? She shivered at the thought of how cold the floors were at home, or even worse, in her kitchen.

"Heh heh, a little of that went a long way!" The doorknob laughed at Hinata, and she couldn't help but feel like a fool, "well...well I don't think its so funny," she tried best to keep back her tears, but they seemed to force themselves out of her sockets and down her face. To the doorknob, these mere streaks seemed more like waterfalls to him, "Come now, crying wont help, what about the key?"

Alice grabbed the key and unlocked the door, but sadly, there was no way to get in, the most she could do was lay on her side and look through, to the most beautiful garden she had ever laid eyes on. But, she couldn't get there. Once again, she began to cry, and this time, she didn't stop.

"You should be ashamed of yourself," she said to herself, "a great girl like you shouldn't be crying," she continued telling herself, "now stop this instant!" She yelled, but her crying didn't stop and soon she was sitting in a huge pool of water. After a long while of crying, she could hear pattering of feet off in the distance. Hinata dried her tears as fast as she could and waited to see who was approaching. Meanwhile, the doorknob was busy drinking away the tears, in hopes of not drowning.

"Oh! Its you!" She said, pointing her finger at the little stuffed animal in his white gloves and shiny pocket watch. "Oh! Oh the Duchess will be savage if im late!" Kon looked at his watch in a panic.

Hinata was so desperate and willing to ask just about anyone for help, so when Kon began to come closer, she began to speak to him, "umm, excuse me sir," but the stuffed animal stared at her violently before dropping his gloves to run down the hall as fast as his little legs would carry him.

Hinata picked up the fan and began to fan herself, "oh dear, how strange everything has been today. I wonder if I changed sometime during the night?" She began to think back on this morning when she woke up, "But, if I have changed, then who am I?"

The doorknob raised an eyebrow, "well, what happened to the bottle?" But she ignored his comment and continued to go on about who she might have turned into, until she got so frustrated that she began to fiddle with the rabbits gloves, "but I like who I was, I don't want to be someone else," tears rolled down her eyes once more and soon Hinata found that she somehow slipped the rabbits glove on, "what?"

She looked at her hand in question, and then all around her, "I'm shrinking again! But how?" Hinata looked down, she was nearing three feet rapidly, and suddenly it came to her, "the fan!"

She dropped the fan just in time to save herself from shrinking altogether. She ran to the door, but found it closed once again. "Ah, you're the right size, but did you remember the key?" The doorknob chuckled, already knowing the answer.
Hinata searched her pockets, but it was nowhere to be found, and as she looked behind, there it was, still on the table. "But...how?" What made things worse was, now she was too small, way too small and had already finished all the cakes.

"What should I do?" She asked herself, when, slip! SPLASH!

Hinata was now up to her chin in salt water, "have I fallen into the sea?" But soon she had realized that it wasn't the sea she was swimming in, but her own tears. She sighed, "I do wish I hadn't cried so much." The child began to swim around, attempting to find her way out, "And I suppose I shall be punished for it, by drowning in my own tears!"

Not long after that, she heard some splashing not far away, so she began to make her way there. It was so big, at first she thought that it had to be a hippo or maybe a walrus, but then she remembered, she was now very small and as she got closer, she realized that it was just a mouse, "I wonder..."

"Anou...Mr. Mouse, would you possibly know the way out of this pool?" For a second, she felt like a fool, here she was, talking with a mouse!

The mouse did not answer her, but looked at her in interest before winking one of his little eyes at her. "Maybe it doesn't understand English, maybe it's a French mouse!" Hinata began to get exited, she remembered having to learn the language, but she had never actually met a French person before...and this was much more exiting, for it was not a person, but a mouse!

So she began, "Ou est ma chatte?" Which was the first line in her French book.

The mouse jumped out of the pool and began to shake himself off, glaring at her in the meantime.

"I'm so sorry Mr. Mouse...you probably don't like cats," she blushed and avoided making eye contact with the creature.
"My name is Yuki, and of course I don't like cats! Would you like them if you were me?" Yuki said in a passionate tone.
"I suppose not. But I meant no offence, I should love to show you my cat Kyou, he is such a good cat. I think you would like cats if met him," she continued to go on to herself, swimming lazily in the water, "he curls up by the fire and always comes for his dinner, he is so cute when he licks his paws and face, and he's great at catching mice!" Yuki glared at her again, this time all his hair was standing on edge, "I am so sorry," now knowing the mouse was offended, "we don't have to talk about him anymore."

"Indeed!" Yuki was trembling from head, all the way to his tail, "I would never talk of such a vulgar thing anyway, my family for generations has always hated the cats, I don't want to hear mention of the name again"
"You wont..." Hinata could feel a lump growing in her throat, "do you...perhaps...like dogs"
Yuki didn't answer, and Hinata was looking for a quick change of subject, so she went on, "there is the cutest little puppy that lives next door to me that I would love to show you! He is the farmers dog and he's great at playing fetch, and he herds the sheep and catches all the rats...oh dear!" She knew that she had offended it again, for it began to swim away, making quite a commotion as it went.

"Oh please do come back Yuki-san, we don't have to talk about cat's or dog's anymore if you don't want to"
After hearing this, Yuki began to swim back to the girl, his face white as a sheet, "come, let us swim to shore and I will tell you my history. I will tell you why my family has hated cats"
Hinata, happy about hearing the word 'shore' nodded and began to follow the mouse back to land.

TBC