Well first thanks from myself and Maru (that's Shkamaru15, but he likes people to call him that) for all the reviews everyone. We really appreciate them and all the other traffic our story has been getting.

For those of you who are interested this is a crossover with Stargate Atlantis timeframe mid 1st season and it will go AU from there. At least that is the plan we might change our minds later but that is the plan as of now.

For those of you who, who tuned in expecting a Naru/Hina fic it is coming and it will be the most important element of the story.

Also there will be violence and fighting coming soon, most likely by chapter 5.

Anyway keep those reviews coming they make us feel all warm and squishy inside. And of course don't forget we don't own Naruto. If we did we really would feel all warm and squishy inside.

So, you guys from around here?

"So we're not in Fire Country anymore." Naruto said in a slow, measured tone. His voice held just a hint of disbelief as if he expected to be the butt of some unexplained joke. He eyed Hinata. He had come to find that he trusted her completely for some reason.

He wasn't quite sure when he had started to feel this way, but he had felt it for a long time. When he had been feeling down just before the Chunnin exam just talking to her had given him the will to try his best and win. Naruto also found himself very concerned about her health. Most of the time he could care less if one of the girls was sick, but not Hinata. No, if she even looked a little flushed his heart would seize up and he would get worried about her. This rather very interesting line of thought was rudely interrupted by an angry outburst from Kiba.

"Naruto, you moron! Of course we're not in Fire Country anymore," waving his arm in a vast sweep that took in most of the sky, Kiba continued "I mean, look at the sky. Since when were there three planets floating in the air like that!"

"Kiba-kun!" Hinata started to say, only to be cut off by the still angry Kiba.

"No Hinata, don't defend him! We need to deal with the fact that we are on another flipping planet. We also need to figure out how we are going to get home." Suddenly Kiba stopped in mid tirade.

"Wha....," Naruto started to say.

"SHHHH...," Was all Kiba said while he pointed with one finger at the now alert Akamaru.

Akamaru was standing fully erect with his ears perked forward.

The three shinobi clearly heard several faint voices in the distance. The voices were female and getting steadily louder. With a quick meeting of eyes a plan was silently formed and agreed upon. Using the Shunshin no Jutsu, Naruto and Kiba hid themselves on either side of the clearing, leaving Hinata alone for the time being. Within a few moments four girls entered the clearing along a very faint trail.

The girls stopped talking the moment they spotted Hinata. For a few moments they simply stood and stared at her not saying or doing anything.

"Well at least they aren't running screaming in terror or some other nonsense," Hinata said to herself. She took the few moments of awkward silence to study the four girls. They were dressed in primitive, but sturdy looking clothing made out of what looked like leather trimmed with fur. The clothes while not dull did seem designed to let the wearer blend into the forest background. Hinata decided to take the first step.

"Hello, my name's Hinata." Hinata added a small wave of her hand to help show she was friendly.

Taka stared at the strange girl standing in the middle of the Ring meadow. She was dressed in a tan colored coat, short pants, and what looked like open toed sandals. Taka could tell she was not of the Tazawa people.

Kitane, eldest of their small group of friends took the lead as she normally did.

"Hello Hinata my name is Kitane, these are my friends Aki and Kitamyia and her sister Taka," Kitane pointed to each in turn.

Just as she was about to speak up; Taka felt a sudden presence next to her. Before she could even blink a very excited blond was shouting at her.

"So, you guys from around here?"

At that point Taka did, in her opinion, the only sensible thing she could. "Aaaagh!!!!" And with that she pivoted in a half circle and took off running back down the path. Eyes shut, head back, and arms pumping for all they were worth Taka was just beginning to think about what was happening when she heard a voice cry "Watch out!"

Before she could open her eyes Taka felt herself plow into a rather doggy smelling obstacle. As soon as she hit she stopped moving, forward at least she could sense that she was now headed down. Less than a second later, even though it felt like an eternity, she felt herself and her unfortunate victim come to a sudden halt as they hit the ground.

Screwing up all of her courage Taka slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was some sort of grey jacket. She slowly let her eyes drift upwards. The next thing her eyes met was another set of eyes, puppy dog eyes to be exact. After a few seconds of staring at each other in shock and one lick by the puppy she was reminded that she had ran into someone.

"Ah hem, excuse me are you alright?"

At the sound of the boy's voice Taka looked all the way up. Right into the most exotically handsome face she had ever seen. He had brown eyes, red tattoos on his cheeks, and fangs!

"I..I..I'm alright," Taka whispered in a barely audible voice. Her throat felt like it had an iron strap wrapped around it. "Ar...are you alr...alright?" Taka stuttered out. She hated how she stuttered when she was nervous or upset.

"I'm fine and so is Akamaru! You know you don't need to be scared of Naruto, he's harmless!"

"I am not!" came the shouted reply.

Taka looked over and saw the rest of the group struggling to hold back laughter.

"Taka I knew you were friendly, but I didn't know you were that friendly!" Kitane said with a laugh.

Taka suddenly realized that she was still resting atop the new boy...Kiba, in what could only be described as a romantic embrace. With a strangled cry she pushed herself up and off of the boy. She felt herself getting very hot and realized she must be blushing a deep red. This only severed to start everyone laughing. After a few moments Taka couldn't help but join in to, after all it was kind of funny.

Hinata felt relief wash through her as she watched everyone laugh at Kiba and the young girl. Hinata felt that now would be a good time to get some information.

"Excuse me, but can you tell us where we are?"

"This is the planet Taza and we are called the Tazawa," answered the older girl who had called herself Kitane. "Are you traders? It is early in the season for traders to be coming through. We were just on our way to the gate to begin clearing the leaves from the steps for the start of the season."

"No we aren't traders, we're ninjas!" shouted Naruto at the top of his voice.

"What are ninjas?" asked Kitamyia.

"Yes, what are ninjas?" repeated Kitane. "My father is the elder responsible for keeping track of all the people who have contacted us through the gate and I've never heard of ninjas before."

"This is our first time using a gate," Hinata said. She opted to tell as much of the truth as she could, because these young girls might be able to help her and her companions return to their home. They certainly seemed to have more firsthand knowledge of this "gate" and how it worked then they did.

"Well that settles it then," Kitane said in a firm voice. "You absolutely must come back to the village and meet my father. You can spend the night with us." Glancing over to where Taka and Kiba stood shyly next to each other, Kitane remarked "besides it would give our newest lovey dovey couple time together."

"Kitane!" wailed Taka as she desperately tried to see if she could sink into the ground from total embarrassment.

"Hey! You don't have to act like it is the most awful thing that could happen to you, geez what am I, chopped liver or something?!" Kiba said as he put on his most injured expression.

Taka, who had never been very good with flirting with the boys of her village, let alone a stranger from the gate, fell right into Kiba's little trap.

"No..No your really handsome and....Oh My God!..I..mean your...I meant that your good looking...ahhhggg!!!" Taka stammered helplessly.

"Oh this is going to be good," said Kitane gleefully. "Speaking of handsome and good-looking fellows where did that blonde go?"

"Did she just call Naruto-kun good-looking and handsome? Oh no! Not that he isn't, but Naruto-kun is mine!" Hinata's inner self raged. Well, more like nervously rung her hands together.

"He is over with the other girl," Kiba helpfully supplied.

Looking over the group saw Naruto standing next to Aki. Aki was standing completely still with her head tilted upwards. She was trembling slightly.

Turning to face the group, Naruto jerked his thumb at the girl and asked," Hey is she alright?"