When best friends Alison McKay and Michelle Prince 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 collides 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 line though, 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 3 is up! Yay! Before I start though,I'd like to formally thank AngelsWind for being the first to review my story. I really apreciate that you took the time to read it. Well, I'm done yacking. Enjoy!

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Chapter 3- Introductions

And I'm thinking that you feel it too.

That beneath the lies and deception,

we aren't all that bad.

"Umm, there's a perfectly good explanation for what you just heard!"

Michelle managed to sputter out, trembling as she edged her way behind Alison. Naruto and team stopped several feet away, eying them with suspicion. The redhead tensed, trying to figure out just where to start when...

A bark,

A small bark,

sounded from behind the group of shinobi. Alison's eyes lit up as the tiny fuzzball that was her puppy raced into view, yipping happily. He leapt onto the head of his namesake-who cried out in surprise-and launched himself into his mistress's arms.

"Naruto-kun! Oh my baby, I though I had lost you forever! Oh are you okay? Did you miss me?"

She was answered my a lick on the cheek and hugged her puppy tightly against her chest.

"What th—she was talking to the dog?"

The original Naruto muttered, succeeding in looking confused, relived, and slightly disappointed all at the same time.

"I think it's kind of cute. It suits a dog."

Sasuke said with a smirk. Naruto growled, the comment rekindling his rage. This time he directed it at his teammate, and started shouting loudly at him. Michelle and Alison stood staring blankly at the increasingly violent scene for a few minutes, before Kakashi stepped forward and forcibly dragged Naruto away just as he was about attempt to punch Sasuke in the face. The jounin sighed.

"Naruto, settle down."

He scolded. The blonde in orange gave Sasuke one final glare before folding his arms over his chest and staring at the ground, looking like an angry child who hadn't gotten his way.

"I'm sorry if I offended you...I though it was a nice name for a puppy..."

Alison muttered, now throughly depressed. She kicked at the ground with her toe, and mimicked Naruto's child-like attitude. The difference was that she looked more like a child who had just been scolded for trying to make dinner- and destroying the kitchen in the process.

Now, Michelle peeked from behind her friend, still blushing crimson. She wanted to get out of this situation with a passion.

"Um, sorry to have bugged you all! We'll just be going now!"

She blurted out, grabbing Alison by the arm and trying to drag her away. Michelle had forgotten however, that she was both four inches shorter and a whole lot weaker than her friend. Alison braced herself, leaning backward so that she couldn't be moved.

"Hey!... let... go! We should...grrr...we should ask... how to get... to... Konoha!"

She jerked her arm away, wrestling it from Michelle's grasp and causing the blonde to fall backward into a sitting position with a yip. She moaned quietly, more disappointed than hurt.

"Konoha? Why are you headed there?"

Sakura asked, taking a step forward. Alison quickly brought their 'alibi' to mind and went over it. It would have come up eventually, and now was as good a time as any to try it out. 'You can't scare me' she thought with an internal smirk. 'I take drama!'

"Well, frankly...we don't know..."

Alison said quietly avoiding the girl's green eyes. Michelle caught on and did the same, trying to look very interested in plucking blades of grass from in front of her.

"See...we don't remember much... before we got to fire country."

The redhead continued on, with the acting skills of a pro. Every so often she would stick in an awkward pause, just to make it seem as if she was trying to find the right words without revealing too much.

"We just know that... we have to get to Konohakagure... and speak to the Hokage."

"We found some profiling information in our backpacks."

Michelle added, lifting her head slightly so that she could see Sakura, while still looking up at her.

"We figure that they're some sort of transfer papers or something."

Sakura frowned, but looked sympathetic.

"Oh, you really don't remember? That's just awful."

Kakashi stepped forward, and both girls tensed, wondering if he too had believed their story. Alison didn't want to think what would happen if he thought they were lying. How could he? It was true for the most part anyway, and they had needed to lie. After all, they couldn't very well go around saying 'hi, we're from a parallel dimension where you're cartoon characters!'

That would have been bad.

"Well, we can certainly show you girls to Konoha. I'm Hatake Kakashi, jounin sensei of team seven, who you see here."

He said, reaching out a hand to help Michelle up. She hesitated a moment before taking it and standing. Alison could tell by the twinkling haze over her eyes she was thinking something along the lines of 'OH MY GOD, I TOUCHED HIM!' Assuming that her friend wouldn't be able to speak in complete sentences for a while, Alison started talking again.

"Thank you very much! I'm Hikari Riku, and this is my very good friend Sutari Atsuko."

"Hi, I'm Haruno Sakura."

The pink haired ninja said with a smile.

"Uchiha Sasuke."

The raven haired boy said flatly, once again taking on his distant and emotionless expression. Naruto suddenly perked up when he realized everyone was introducing themselves. He took a deep breath as if to speak but was cut off by Michelle, who was smiling and pointing at him.

"And THAT's Uzumaki Naruto!"

"And HE's going to be Hokage!"

Alison added, her puppy barking for emphasis. The boy seemed totally amazed.

"Wh-what? How did you-"

"You've got yourself a reputation Naruto-kun"

Alison said with a smile. Michelle nodded her agreement. His look of bewilderment soon changed to one of supreme happiness. Amazingly enough he didn't say anything after that-probably because he was afraid of being cut off again.

"Well, I guess we should be going then. It's getting pretty late. Come on everyone."

Kakashi said, and motioned to the genin to follow him. He started off, back toward the clearing that they had apparently been training in shortly before. Team 7 fell into step behind him, and Michelle and Alison followed a few feet behind them, still somewhat intimidated and more comfortable in each-other's company. They walked in relative silence for a minute of two before. Naruto fell back next to Alison.

"Hey, it's Riku right? Do you guys really know who I am?"

He asked, seemingly still unsure of whether or not it had been a sincere comment. The girl nodded briskly with a secretive smile.

"More than you know."

He seemed satisfied with this answer, and grinned.

"I will become Hokage you know! Just wait and see!"

With that, he jogged up to join his team mates. Alison chuckled softly, and glanced around as she felt a warm hand touch her shoulder. Michelle was smiling at her.

"This is way awesome isn't it?"

She whispered, only loud enough for her friend to hear. Alison nodded in agreement.

"Way awesome."

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Authors Notes: Things should pick up from here. Reviews are always welcome, as are suggestions for the storyline-pairings, plot developments, antagonistsand the like. The more commentary, the faster I update. Thanks for reading!