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.

Note to Readers: My sincerest apologies for taking so long with chapter 7. My computer recently died on me(...well actually, it caught fire when the fan died...) And wiped out the chapters I had prepared. Needless to say I was pissed off, as I'm sure you were. As a combination Christmas/Birthday present though, I now have a new computer! 'Tis the season for miracles!W00t! And so, as my Christmas present to you my dear readers and critics, I present Chapter 7

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Chapter 7- Confrontation

Neither of us can contain

this rage we feel inside,

but is this really the only way?

"A...a jerk! You are such a-a mean spirited, egoistical little–he should have killed you too!"

Oh crap. Oh total crap I just mentioned his brother didn't I? Not directly but, oooooh- but that look in his eyes says that he knows who I meant! Oh crap. Oh crap Michelle you are in for it now. Oh crap crap crap crap crap...

Michelle couldn't believe what she had just said. She bit down on her tongue hard, almost as if to punish it as she fixed her eyes on an all too tense looking Sasuke. She watched as his dark eyes narrowed to slits and attempted not to flinch.

"You want a fight Atsuko?"

He asked in a voice that was far to calm and quiet to be anything but sinister. Before she even knew what was happening. Michelle found herself leaping to the side to narrowly dodge a kunai as it sliced through the end of one of her braids. She dropped to the ground and rolled, instantly drawing a fan from her calf, spreading it out lifting her eyes to try and see where the next strike would come from. A blow to the back of her head sent her flying through the air with a cry to smash into the trunk of a tree and slump to the ground. She moaned, opening one eye to see Sasuke coming at her for another attack..

Crap! Am I really that slow?

She asked herself with dismay as she hurriedly channelled chakra to her fan. As the kunai flashed toward her, she dodged off to the right, running as fast as she could to put as much distance as possible between Sasuke and herself. Michelle formed the seal of the bird over her fan to ready her jutsu, then skidded to a stop and swiped it in a broad arc before her. Sasuke only saw the near-invisible attack a moment before impact, and so could only half dodge it. Blood spattered in the air as it cut across his left arm.

Michelle clamped her jaw shut as she heard his small gasp of pain. Why, why on earth was she so tempted to call her apology? He was the one attacking her after all! It suddenly dawned on her that she was standing in the open like a hunting decoy, and so turned and started running again, firing off two more blades. This time dodged them easily.

He knew they were coming...

She thought in distress, freezing as she saw Sasuke come running toward her once again. She realized she had no time to dodge, and so Michelle planted her feet, lifting her fan up just in time to impale it on his kunai dagger as a make-shift shield.

There! This is my chance!

She thought, now incredibly thankful that the kids she babysat loved the Disney movie Mulan. Michelle snapped her fan shut on the blade, twisting it an wrenching it from her startled opponent's grasp. Unfortunately, rather than gracefully pulling the kunai into a fighting stance and casting the fan away, she accidentally tossed the entire thing over her shoulder.

Crap!

She thought as a punch to her jaw sent her skidding backward for a second time. She crawled up with a moan, her azure eyes glinting upward in time to see Sasuke withdraw his kunai from the tattered and mangled fan. Michelle stood shakily, reaching for her second fan. Her hand paused over it, then retracted.

Oh total crap, I can't pull the same trick twice! It didn't work with my jutsu, and it won't work with my fan. Oh darn it I really am pathetic! He was right all along...he's probably just toying with me too. There's no way I could dodge so many attacks without getting hit. He's too fast...

Now she reached for her own kunai knife, noting with irritation that rather than attack her again Sasuke simply held his position, his kunai held loosely in one hand at he stared at her with dark, emotionless eyes.

He thinks he's won already...that...that jerk!

She thought bitterly, suddenly re-discovering her earlier rage. Drawing the blade from it's pouch, Michelle leapt to her feet and charged bringing her kunai forward in a frontal attack. She saw her opponent move to block it and suddenly leapt backward, feeling the air in front of her move as the blade sliced through it. Now she placed both hands on her kunai and struck downward.

She cast her head to the side, squeezing her eye shut seconds before impact. Michelle winced as she felt the sickening give of flesh beneath steel, and blood spatter on her hands. A long tense moment passed before she dared to open her eyes. She gasped, feeling herself pale visibly in horror.

"R-Riku-chan?"

She whimpered quietly, feeling tears well in her eyes. She trembled, as she realized just what had happened Alison stood between Sasuke and herself, her head bowed, and her face obscured from view by her hair. Michelle's kunai was embedded in the top of her forearm. It was obvious that it had been purposely placed there to stop the blade's progress-into Sasuke's neck. Her other hand grasped the blade of the raven haired boy's weapon, that had been dangerously close to stabbing itself into Michelle's side. The blonde girl didn't miss the shock that was painted plainly on his face.

"Let go of them guys."

Alison breathed. Michelle dropped her kunai like it was hot iron, staggering back to fall to her knees on the grass. Sasuke hesitated only momentarily before jerking his hand away from his, stepping backward. Alison dropped the kunai she held, and Michelle saw with relief that her glove had stopped the blade from cutting her hand in half. The redhead then tugged the second Kunai from her wrist with a small pained sound and tossed it to the ground. She tossed her head back, sending her hair sailing back over her shoulders.

The soft sound of feet approaching, accompanied by Sakura's high pitched wailing for her Sasuke-kun and the yipping of a puppy caused the three genin to glance up. Sakura Naruto and the puppy came jogging into view

"Hey Riku, you found them!"

Naruto called cheerfully as he and the others came to a stop. He and Sakura's expressions immediately turned to deep concern as they noticed the puddle of blood that had started to form beneath Alison's right arm.

"Hey are you all right? What happened!"

Naruto asked, stepping toward her.

"Just a little accident. I'm fine."

She said shortly, the harshness in her voice causing him to freeze in his tracks.

"Where's Kakashi-sensei?"

"Uh...well he...he said that we could handle it, and so he stayed back at the training field."

He stuttered, worried that he would get bitten or something of the like. Alison snorted her irritation.

"He should have come."

The girl's clear grey eyes took on the intensity of the steel of a guillotine clear as they shifted to the blue-clad from that sat sniffling on the ground. Michelle flinched under them.

"Stop that crying right now. You deserved what you got."

"B-but it's not that...I... I...Riku I could have killed someone! And...and look what I did toy you're arm!"

"Get over it, I'm not that kind of a wimp! You're a shinobi! Try thinking before you act if you want to avoid this kind of situation! And you!"

She snapped, twisting her head around to meet Sasuke's dark eyes with glittering intensity that forced him to look away.

"I expect this from Atsuko, but you've got a freakin' pedigree! You should at least know better than to pick fights with someone just because they irritate you!"

"H-hey! You shouldn't say that to Sasuke-kun!"

Sakura stammered out, obviously reluctant to oppose Riku's logic and repressed anger, but also feeling obliged to protect her crush's reputation.

"It's not all his fault you know! People make mistakes-"

"People get killed when shinobi make mistakes Sakura! God, what the hell am I, you're mother? You should know this by now!"

There was a long awkward silence as Alison drew a length of bandage from her bag to staunch the blood flow from her arm. It seemed no one-not even Konoha's number one loudmouth- was willing to be Alison's next target. The girl sighed, then turned and stalked away, her puppy following in subdued silence.

"Come on, let's hurry up and get back to the training field. I won't bite anyone else."

The others seemed hesitant to move for a few seconds, but Sasuke finally stood and, without a word, started off. Sakura followed on his heels, while Naruto stayed back to help a still stunned Michelle to her feet.

"She is right you know."

He said. Michelle nodded, avoiding his eyes. She felt like such a total idiot. Now she not only knew that she was an incompetent ninja, but she had no self-discipline or common sense either.

"Why does he hate me so much?"

She sniffled, feeling her eyes start to burn again as she walked a step behind Naruto. She was somewhat surprised to hear him laugh, and looked up to see him smile at her.

"Sasuke hates everybody! He's just a jerk like that!"

Michelle smiled a very small smile.

"Ya. I know."

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Thanks a lot to anyone who's hung with me this far, and everyone who voted for the outcome of this chapter. I really appreciate it. Chapter 8 will be up soon, so just take a deep breath and resist the urge to throw something at me!