The first thing Kagome noticed was that the light she was traveling in was red, not the usual blue...

The second thing Kagome noticed was that when she landed in her time, she was greeted with the harsh glare of sunlight, not darkness.

The third thing she noticed was when she popped her head above the rim of the well, she met a pair of beautiful baby blue eyes.

Surprised to no end, she shrieked and unconsciously let go of the vine that was holding her up. Before she could fall to her 'death', the man's hands flashed in front of her and quickly grabbed her arms and heaved her above the well to where she sat safely on the edge of the hunk of put together wood.

"We wouldn't want a pretty thing like you falling to your demise because of Naruto's idiotic curiosity, now would we?"

She squeaked and looked at the man on the opposite side of the well, reading... a... romance... novel? She blushed at how he held it- as if he was proud to read such… strange literature.

He raised his one visible eyebrow. "Would we?"

She shook her head to stop hher wandering mind. "No, sir, we wouldn't." And she turned her head to... 'Naruto', was it? "Umm... N-Naruto...?"

He gave her a huge smile full of beautiful white teeth. The kind only celebrities had. It made his baby blues sparkle- if that was possible, with the sun rays shining down directly on them. "Yes?"

Looking down at how her legs- still on the inside of the well- were tangled in roots and vines, she motioned down to the mess that covered her. "Could you, umm, maybe... help me? I seem to be stuck..."

His smile widened. "Sur-"

"Playing the damsel in distress, ehh?" interrupted a man in his forties or fifties with long grayish silver hair. Geez… what was with these people and popping up out of nowhere? "And you're so beautiful, too! Oh, this is just great; I'll have to use this in my next novel!" He grabbed her delicate hand and gently kissed the back of it, causing her cheeks to turn a cute cherry red.

"Oh, give it a rest, Jiraiya!" Boomed a furious female voice as a glass bottle collided with said man's head. Wincing, (that's going to leave a mark, the miko thought) Kagome noted that the woman had come in right behind the old man, although, due to his… strange compliments, she failed to pay much attention.

"Ouch!" The man grabbed his bruising skull and rubbed gently, trying-but failing- to sooth the ache. "Tsunade, why are you such a bitter old hag?"

"I am not a hag, you insufferable pervert!" she retorted snidely. If you listened closely, you'd detect a slight slur.

Kagome's eyes widened and she tugged on Naruto's sleeve. "I hope you don't mind my asking, but are they married?" she whispered curiously.

His eyebrows furrowed in what looked like confusion, but soon he was rolling on the floor laughing.

"AHAHAHAHAHA, THE OLD LADY AND PERVY-SENSEI? M-MA-ARRIED? AHAHAHA!"

"W-WHAT?" Tsunade and Jaraiya said together. They had stopped arguing instantly when they heard their names and married in the same sentence.

The amused miko had turned her eyes to the woman who had carelessly thrown a glass bottle at a man's head. She had gorgeous, flowing blonde hair, pretty brown ey- HUGE ASS BOOBS! Kagome self consciously looked down at her own chest in wonder at how any woman so skinny could such large boobs.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and Naruto's voice whisper in her ear. "Don't worry, they're not real... We all know the granny puts a medical jutsu on her-"

"Naruto... You had better not be spreading any nonsense like my boobs are fake..."

Kagome giggled. "I guess you've been caught, Naruto-san."

He put a hand behind his head and laughed. "I guess I have."

She tried to stand, only to see that she was still tangled. The next thing she knew, her binds had been slashed by the masked man with some sort of small, sharp blade.

"Thank you," she said with a wide smile of gratitude.

He smiled through the mask. "Anytime…" he replied lazily.

The blonde haired woman's hand appeared before Kagome's eyes. "The name's Tsunade."

Kagome got rid off the shocked look on her face and shook Tsunade's hand firm hand. "Pleased to meet you, Tsunade-sama."

Tsunade's lip curled in disgust when she heard 'sama'. "Please, just Tsunade will do..."

Kagome nodded, agreeing to Tsunade's wish with understand- she herself hated formalities. "Well... you already know everyone else, except the fool reading the perverted novel... He's Kakashi Hatake, a prized Jounin."

He glanced up at the mention of his name. "Yo!" and then went back to reading his book.

Kagome looked around at all the strange people she had met and bowed low. "Please to meet you all, I'm Kagome Higurashi."

Tsunade smirked. "Ya know, Higurashi?"

Kagome was interested in what the woman had to say. "Hmm?"

Her smirk widened. "I like you. But I'll need to ask you a few questions before I can trust you. Come with me to my office."

And so she did.