When best friends Alison McKay and MichellePrince found a small piece of paper bearing a promise of the greatest Naruto experience of their lives, they were unwittingly sucked into the world they had only ever watched and read about. Now, hearts will be stirred, Bonds will be formed, blood will be spilt, and worlds will collideas fantasy and reality fuse inextricably into one.
Disclaimer: Obviously, as this is a fanfic, I don't own Naruto. Anything found in this story that does not exist in the real Naruto plot linethough, including the characters Alison and Michelle, I claim as my own.
This is a comedy/drama/romance story I've been meaning to write for a long time. Any pairings will be decided as the story progresses, though suggestions are welcome. Also, before I begin, I realize that there are some of you out there who may not like my writing style, or the angle I'm taking with this story. As much as I'd like constructive criticism, please do not simply review to say how much you hated it. It's common courtesy.
Chapter two is up! it's long since it's mosly another OC development part, but as promised, I'll update often. Enjoy!
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Chapter 2- All Too Familiar
I think I've been here before.
Far and away,
back when time had no meaning.
Alison groaned, slowly opening her eyes. Suddenly she realized something was wrong-very, very wrong. She sat up quickly, glancing around the unfamiliar forest setting in a panic as everything came rushing back to her. The scratch card, the silver tunnel, screaming, falling down into...
"AHHH! OH MY FREAKI----I'M ANIME!"
She screamed in alarm as she lifted her hand, recognizing all to well her favorite style of animation. Now she realized that the forest around her looked nothing like a real one. Everything was just too... smooth and flat and 2 dimentional. Alison looked down at her body.
Her jeans and blouse were gone, leaving her wearing a pair of black cargo pants, a white tanktop, black fingerless gloves and the ninja sandles she recognized from practically every character in the naruto series-only black. Her right arm was covered in chain-mail down to the elbow, and a Konoha forehead protector- a real one, not like the fake one she got for her birthday- was tied around her neck. She also found that she was armed. There was a short sword tied horizontally across her hips, and a Shuriken holder on her belt. A backpack lay about a foot to her left. She stared at it a moment, and was about to reach for it when a panicked sounding voiced cut through her train of thought.
"ALISON! ALISON WHERE ARE YOU! ALI!PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME HERE ALL ALONE! ALISON!"
A moment later, Michelle burst through a clump of bushes, tripping over her own feet and falling face-first into the ground. It would have been funny if she didn't seem so scared and upset.
"MICHELLE!"
Alison cried, jumping to her feet and running over to her friend. She knelt down in front of the frightened girl, helping her to sit up and wipe the dirt from her eyes. Though still recognizable, Michelle looked very different drawn in anime. She wore a light-blue shirt with overly long sleeves and a wide neck that revealed her shoulders and the chain mail shirt she wore underneath. She also wore blue ninja sandles and a Konoha headband, though it was on her forehead. On her legs were navy blue shorts, and strapped to each calf was a small holster that held a fan. Her normally dirty-blond hair was now about three shades lighter, and tied in two braids that fell just above her shoulders. Her blue eyes were now almost saphire-like.
Michelle sniffled, clinging to her friend and crying-but smiling at the same time.
"Oh Ali I though I lost you! I was so worried!"
She looked up, wiping her tears away and smiling. She developed a questioning look on her face and simply stared at her friend for several long moments. Alison was just about at the point of asking her what the heck she was staring at, when the girl laughed, sticking out her finger and almost poking her friend in the nose
"Alison! Your hair is so pretty! And your eyes have finally decided what color they want to be! And your BUILT!"
Alison tilted her head in confusion. Michelle just kept giggling, pulling a kunai from her pouch and offering it to her friend. Alison took it, slanting it at her face so she could use it as a mirror. Her hair that had formerly been a reddish-brown, was now a pure, dark auburn. It was almost like the color of dried blood, she noted with unease, and hug loose down to her lower back. Her eyes-which had once been a faded slate-grey color one day, an ugly teal color the next- were now clear silver, rimmed with black. She also noticed for the first time-and with considerable pride- that for once in her life she actually had muscles! Mind, she wasn't a female body-builder or anything, but was hardly the almost frail looking girl she used to be.
"Wow, this is awesome!"
She gushed, handing the Kunai back to Michelle. She ran her fingers through her hair, admiring how easily it seemed to defy the laws of gravity and retain it's shape.
"We've been like, pulled into a different dimension or something! A NARUTO dimension!"
Michelle giggled.
"I know, it's crazy! This is so... so...COOL!"
Alison agreed, failing at finding a better word to describe it. What on earth could be better than being in that Naruto world with your best friend? Nothing she could think of. They both started laughing again, and Alison slowly came to notice that the backpack Michelle carried looked almost exactly like the one she had found when she woke up. Curious, she asked.
"Hey, what's in your backpack? Mine is back over there, but I haven't opened it."
Michelle uttered a small questioning sound before catching on to what Alison was asking, and pulled the bag off of her shoulders. She stared at it a moment, then hugged it to her chest, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
"No idea! I haven't checked yet. Get yours and we'll find out!"
They both stood, sprinting back over to where Alison's bag lay untouched in the grass. It was a simple backpack, a light brown with two nylon straps holding the top closed. Both girls got on their knees, each eagerly unfasteningher bag. Together, theyreached in and pulled out large scrolls. Alison's was red and black, while Michelle's was blue and white. 'Odd' Alison thought, looking over the intricate bird patterns that covered her scroll. 'What on earth could this be?' She looked at each Michelle for conformation, only to see that her friend was doing the same. They smiled mischievously and pulling the beautiful scrolls open at the same instant. After a moment of studying hers, Alison yipped in surprise.
"Hey, it has a picture of me!"
"Me too! Except it's not a crappy one! I must be photogenic as an anime character."
Michelle said with a smile. The lay their scrolls out on the ground so they could see them better, glancing at each other's before looking back to their own. Both contained a head-shot of each girl and what appeared to be a list of information.
"They're like...profiles..."
Michelle mused, both girls noticing with glee that they could understand the Japanese lettering.
"Or character sheets."
Alison added. She started to read her's aloud.
"Name: Hikari Riku. Age:13. Ranking: Genin."
She looked puzzled at the name, and Michelle craned her neck over to read and be sure that she hadn't misread it.
"Maybe we get new names here? So we blend in a bit better?"
She suggested. Alison shrugged.
"It would make sense. Everything else here is accurate, like this..."
She continued to read.
"Blood Type: O. Birthday: April 6'th..."
Michelle nodded. Those facts were true enough. Alison read ahead a few lines before smiling brightly. She started giggling wildly. Michelle looked at her, confused, before growling her aggravation.
"What! Why did you stop?"
"Look Michelle! We have Jutsus! We're freaking ninja!"
"What!"
"Listen! Main jutsu Type: Taijutsu-Panther style Kung-fu..."
"But you always studied Panther Style Kung-fu. You just gave up on it because everyone kept beating up on you!"
"Shut up and listen! Known Jutsu Include: Pixie Dust, Chakra Crystals,Chiyute. Footnotes: Primarily a taijutsu user. Seems to have a talent for medicine. Total number of missions completed is unknown. No information on history."
"Do you think that by 'talent for medicine', they're referring the red cross and bronze star you earned back home?"
Michelle asked, as Alison started re-reading the scroll to herself. The redhead nodded without glancing up.
"Probably. That, and Chiyute is a healing jutsu. I saw in a dubbed episode of Naruto later on in the plotline that my friend e-mailed to me. The wierd thing is, Pixie Dust and Chakra Crystals are two jutsu I made up when I was role-playing online. Meh, probably just a coincidence though. This is awesome! I'm so cool!"
"Now mine!"
Michelle squealed anxiously, looking at her own scroll. Now it was Alison's turn to crane her neck over her friend's shoulder as she read.
"Name: Sutari Atsuko Age:13. Ranking: Genin."
She started, and couldn't help pausing a moment to giggle excitedly.
"Blood Type: B. Birthday: November 19'th. Main jutsu Type: Genjutsu/Ninjutsu. Known Jutsu Include:Vision of Fear, Visions of flames, Wind Blade, Wind Shuriken,
"You get one more than me! That's too many for a genin!"
Alison complained, a black cloud forming over her head and starting to rain. Michelle patted her shoulder and tried to cheer her up.
"Well, I bet I suck an physical combat, so it evens out, right?"
"Yaaaa..."
Alison murmured, staying gloomy for a few seconds, before snapping out of it with a bright smile, practically glowing.
"Keep reading darn it!"
"Relax! I'm working on it! Footnotes: Strange talent for casting genjutsu at such a low level. Wind style ninjutsu difficult to see. Total number of missions completed is unknown. No information on history."
Michelle smiled, thrusting one arm in the air in triumph.
"YES! I'm an illusionist! Just like that one chick with the bandages"
"Kurenai."
Alison murmured, a sweatdrop forming on the side of her head.
"Hm?"
Michelle asked, looking up from her scroll.
"The chick with the bandages. Her name is Kurenai. She's a jounin, Team 8."
"I knew that!"
"Riiiiight..."
Michelle ignored the sarcastic remark and rolled her scroll up, returning to digging through her bag. Alison rolled her scroll back up as well and set it off to the side, following suit with her own bag. As it had stated she was a healer in her bio, there were plenty of bandages, ointments, antidotes, and even some materials for putting in stitches. There was also some money she calculated to be about 50 dollars Canadian. Just as she was pulling out a warm looking blanket, she heard an excited high-pitched squeal next to her. Her eyes darted over to see Michelle had found a container of cup ramen and was hugging tightly while rubbing her cheek against it.
"Oh my gosh! Where did you get that!"
Alison screamed excitedly, clasping her hands in front of herself, eyes sparkling. This snapped Michelle out of her happy daze and put her into back-away-from-my-ramen-or-I'll-bite-you mode. The blonde bared her teeth defensively, clutching it tighter.
"Mine! It was in my bag, I found it, and it's MINE! I WON'T SHARE!"
Alison dove into her own bag like a bloodhound hot on a scent. She started tossing things around until she came up with her own cup of ramen.
"YES! This place has everything!"
She hugged the small plastic cup for a long moment before stuffing it and the rest of her new belongings back into her bag. They could eat later. Reluctantly, Michelle did the same. Alison watched her, and noticed that she had pulled from her bag several small , odd looking balls,- she judged them to be smoke bombs from their apearance- and abag of blinding powder, along with her own money and blanket. When they had packed up all their things and shouldered their packs, both girls wondered just what to do next.
"Well, I guess we should go looking for Konoha! Won't that be sweet? We can meet Naruto-kun, and our favorite characters and––"
"WAHHH! NARUTO-KUN! HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN NARUTO-KUN!"
Alison screamed, looking utterly horrified. A questionmark appeared over Michelle's head and she tilted it to the side.
"I really have no idea how you could have forgotten him! How could you? We're in his dimension for pity sake Ali!"
"NO NO NO!"
She screamed, now trying to balance being both mad and horrified at the same time. She grabbed her friend's shirt, shaking her back and forth violently.
"Not THAT Naruto-kun! MY Naruto-kun! MY Baby is out in these woods, ALL ALONE!"
Now she was crying, and Michelle had started to get freaked out. Both girls started darting around, calling for the lost puppy as loud as they could. After about five minutes of pointless shouting, the girls collapsed at the base of a tree, trying to catch their breath.
"We have to find him! We don't even know what point in the storyline we're in! What if Itachi gets him? My poor little Naruto-kun is all alone in a parallel dimension without his MOMMY to protect him!"
Alison started crying again and collapsed into Michelle's arms. Her friend hugged her, patting her head comfortingly.
"Aww, there there. Let's just calm down and come up with a plan."
Alison sniffled, sitting up and wiping her eyes. She nodded.
"Okay, first off, we have to start call each other by our new names. You are Hikari Riku, and I am Sutari Atsuko. No exceptions for that rule, not even when we're alone. We'll keep wandering around out here until we find Naruto-kun. After we do, we'll head for Konohakagure. When we find it, and people start asking us why they haven't seen us around before, we use this story; We don't remember where we came from, or anything about ourselves other than what was listed in those scrolls. We only remember that we were instructed to find Konoha. We'll have to go to the Hokage's, tell our story, and we'll wing it from there. Alright?"
"Alright..."
Alison said quietly, nodding. She was surprised that Michlle was suddenly being so ...well reasonable.The blondesmiled, helping her friend to her feet. She took a kunai from her pouch and placed it on the ground, sending it spinning clockwise with a flick of her finger. When it stopped, Michelle gestured dramatically in the same the same direction the bladed end pointed.
"We go THIS WAY!"
She cried with a bright grin. Alison nodded, giving a small smile and wiping her eyes on her glove.
"Alrighty then, let's find my baby!"
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"Naruto-kuuuuuun! Natuto-kun come here baby!"
Alison cooed, cupping her hands around her mouth. The pair had been walking for over an hour, and Michelle had given up on screaming and was trying to focus on keeping her feet moving without tripping on them. It was nearly dusk, the setting sun staining the sky and forest a dull orange-red color. She sighed, giving Alison a pleading look.
"Ali-er...Riku-chan? I don't think he's around, whey don't you give it a rest for a while? We could...you know, stop for a bit?"
Alison glared at her, her eyes burning so menacingly that the other girl shrunk back in fear. Michelle returned her gaze to the ground and Alison started shouting with renewed fury.
"Naruto-kun! Come here boy! Come to mommy! Where are you hiding baby? Naruto-kuuuuuuuuuuun!"
"Hey, just who the heck are you, and why are you yelling at me!"
Both girls froze in their tracks, turning slowly to look over to their left. In a small clearing not 50 feet away stood team 7 themselves, all looking at the pair as if they were totally insane. It was all Alison and Michelle could do not to dash over, tackle them to the ground and assailing them with random questions they had always wanted to know the answers to. The fact that they were terrified help stifle the urge. The girls smiled weakly, twitching, and Riku waved.
"Well, at least we found Naruto-kun, but not mine..."
She muttered to Michelle out of the corner of her mouth, a large sweatdrop forming on her head. Michelle had gone beet red in embarrassment, and looked as if she was half-way to fainting. Both girls flinched as they saw Kakashi -they still couldn't get of the fact it was REALLY HIM!- silently motion to his team. They started to walk toward the girls. Naruto was obviously furious. Sakura looked totally creeped out -'of course I can understand why...', thought Alison- while Sasuke and Kakashi looked almost as if they were mildly amused.
"Wow, great first impression Ali. He thinks that you're a stalker."
Alison paled, dropping her arm to the side as she saw the anger and insult in her hero's eyes. She whimpered quietly.
"Oh, man, he hates me already..."
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Author's Notes: Alright, end of chapter 2.The storyshould pick up from this point on. Reviews would be apreciated!