Rachel looked at them both, then settled her eyes on the female, shock apparent in her eyes.

"Nicoe?!" Rachel managed to say, attempting to get out of her shock.

She nodded, "Who wants to know?" She said with a chuckle.

"Um...Rachel? Your friend?" Rachel looked confused. Had she changed so much her own friend couldn't recognize her?

Nicoe got closer, and looked her up and down, noticing she did look an awful lot like her friend. Except the eyes, "I guess that would explain how you know who I am. Nobody else here knew me." She gave a shrug and waited for a reply.

"Haha, it's because you're not from around here, neither of you are. We aren't in the U.S. anymore. Actually, we aren't even on earth anymore!" Rachel noted the confused looks on their faces.

The male stepped closer, "What do you mean, 'not on earth'? Of course we are."

Hearing his voice made a slight blush appear on Rachel's face and she said quietly, "We're in another dimension..."

They both looked shocked at what had been said. Not on earth? Had she gone insane?

A few minutes passed in silence and Nicoe spoke up, "Speaking of oddities," she stated, getting slightly closer to Rachel, "Why are your eyes different colors?"

She said questioningly, "What do you mean different colors? They're still green."

Both shook their heads and Nicoe said, showing a little annoyance in her tone, "They aren't green. They're black and white. Do you even look in the mirror?"

It was then that it hit her: There aren't any mirrors there. She hadn't seen herself since the night she disappeared.

"Actually, there isn't a mirror where I'm staying." Nicoe scratched her head questioningly, and saw a piece of shattered glass nearby, handing it to Rachel.

She looked at herself, it wasn't a mirror, but it reflected. That was all she needed. Rachel also noticed her right eye was covered by hair, the eye was still noticeable, but covered. She moved the hair aside and saw her right eye was pitch black, almost like an abyss, or the night sky without stars. Looking at her other eye, she found it was like a blanket of snow, pure white, and unstained by a black, or any colored, pupil.

For a moment, Rachel just studied her eyes, until she realized what had happened with the Hokage. He said something about the 'Akane clan'; surely he would know why her eyes were oddly colored.

She looked up to her friends, and said with a worried tone, "I need to speak with the Hokage, would you mind coming?" They both nodded, and before they could head to the tower, a noise came from behind them. Rachel turned around, and squinted at the two coming towards her. The second she recognized them, her mind was full of thoughts, and emotions. Anger, worry, confusion, and others.

Rachel ran up to them, and yelled in confusion, "Why are you here too?!"

They were taken aback by the yelling stranger, until they noticed who the voice belonged to.

Both men stood up and brushed the dust off themselves, then the shorter one said with an annoyed voice, "What do you mean why? Did you have something to do with this, Lu-"

Before he could finish that last word, Rachel covered his mouth and whispered so only the two of them could hear, "Call me 'Rachel' during our stay here, it's unsafe to use our real names." Realizing, she had already blurted out Nicoe's name, her friend would have to use her real name.

Rachel removed her hand from his mouth and regained calmness, "So...do you know how you came here? And if that's a no, what was the last thing you remember?"

Both scratched their heads and sighed.

The taller one said quietly, "The last thing I remember was falling asleep at the computer."

Rachel nodded slowly and turned to the other man, and said quietly, "What about you, Devon?"

He assumed that was his new name, and nodded, "Same as Brian said."

Brian looked at him with an annoyed glare, he couldn't change his name now. Hiding his annoyance, he asked, "So, Rachel, where are we?" He said her name with slight annoyance peeking its way out.

She sighed, and motioned for the other two to come over. They did, and she said sadly to them all, "We're in the anime, Naruto."

- - - -

Author's Note :

Hey again! Tee hee, this is where my friends come in. I would've put more of my friends(or less) in the story, but like...as cliche as it sounds, I had a dream about this and it included these specific friends. ; If I messed with it, what fun would that be? So if any of my friends read this, that's why you aren't in it. Or at least, not yet.

Also, to anime-angel98, I know the time-line is a little weird. Sasuke is supposed to be maybe 10 or 11, and Itachi is like 14 to 16. Around those ages, just for the sake of making sense. Sorry if it isn't perfectly aligned to the time-line of the actual anime. (This also explains the Shisui-part of the story.) It's around the time before Itachi killed his clan, but Sasuke is still competitive with his brother. I hope that helped.

Please read, review, and have a nice day! 3