Naruto in Oz

Part 2

Naruto travelled down the yellow brick road for what must have been hours (not that he had any real concept of time) he felt himself growing weary, he hadn't a chance to get some Ramen before leaving his home that morning. As he kept walking a thought struck him

What if I can never go the Ichigo Ramen again to taste such delicious Ramen again or have Iruka sensei treat me ? I'll never be able to go on a date with Sakura or beat Sasuke or—

Narutos tear filled thoughts were interrupted by a voice from beside him

"Oi Kid!" Naruto turned to look at the voice and immediately started laughing hysterically

"Ka-Kakashi sensei?" He laughed out doubled over at the man on the cross in front of him.

"I don't know what you're talking about, I'm the scarecrow and I would appreciate it if you let me down" Kakashi glared with eye down on Naruto who stopped laughing enough to un bind Kakashi from the wood, only to laugh even harder when his sensei dropped like a rag doll.

"Not a word" Kakashi ordered from where he lay with his face in the ground. Slowly Kakashi got up with little help from Naruto, who was slightly less stable than Kakashi as laugh after laugh racked his frame hysterically. Kakashi of course fell over again.

"Why so wobbly?" Naruto asked with a grin

"The Wicked witch of the west, well one of his damn helper monkeys" Grunted Kakashi as he once again rose from the ground this time more stable as he stretched his joints out.

His? Naruto wondered to himself I thought witches were girls

"I'm going to the Emerald City, wanna come?" Naruto asked when Kakashi could stand properly.

"Sure" He shrugged "I got nothing better ta do" And with that said, Kakashi stepped forward … and promptly fell over.

"Oi, I've gotta feeling this is gonna take a while" Naruto sighed and went to help the Scarecrow.

Naruto and Kakashi journeyed down the yellow brick road for a while longer before Naruto decided he was hungry.

"That's it we're stopping for food!" Naruto said as if he expected the scarecrow beside him to argue.

"Then get some apples from that tree over there" Kakashi said as he sat down and started reading a "come come paradise" book he had pulled out of nowhere.

"Kay" Naruto answered and got to work plucking apples from the tree, cursing the forest for the lack of Ramen trees all the while. That's when the trees started throwing apples at him.

"WHAT THE HELL?" Naruto screamed as he dodged the apples (still getting hit by half of them)

Kakahi dodged all the apples expertly without even looking up from his book.

"I SEE YOU'RE FEELING MORE AGILE!" Naruto yelled as he got hit with yet another twilight-worthy-red apple. Kakashi just shrugged

"Awesomeness can only be held up for so long"

"YARO" Naruto ground his teeth together and was almost it with another apple when something blocked the fruits' path. Sand.

"You people are too loud" Complained a voice in the shadows and the trees seize fired immediately in recognition of the deep hoarse voice.

Naruto gulped and turned around. His eyes' widened as the person stepped out from the shadows.

"So you like it to rain apples?" the red head smiled viscously at the duo in front of him "I got a fun idea, let's make it rain blood instead"

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"What? This is wasn't our fault, it was the damn trees!" Naruto yelled but Gaara just smiled creepily.

Just as Gaara was about to send his sand out to kill the blonde and scarecrow Naruto yelled out "You're not heartless!" Gaaras' eyes widened and he stopped the sand before biting back "What makes you think that?"

"Because I know you, and I know what it's like to be you! I was treated like a monster, alienated, everyone hated me it was so lonely… that's how you feel isn't it?" Naruto yelled, hoping they still had that in common even in this messed up world he found himself in.

"…Yes" Gaara admitted "No one likes a monster"

"You're not a monster, don't let anyone ever make you think that you are!" Naruto yelled and Kakashi looked from his book and smiled behind his mask.

I don't know who this kid is, but I like him he thought.

Gaara (the tin man apparently) came along with them too to the Emerald City to look for the Wizard of Oz.

Little did they know that a certain wicked which was watching them and cackling as he thought up a villainous scheme to stop them reaching Emerald City.

"Mwhahaha Tobi is a bad boy!" He laughed and miles away the heroes of the story (despite not saving anyone) shuddered.

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As they wandered further and further into the forest (still on the yellow brick road of course) Naruto began getting worried.

"…and there's tigers and lions and bears-"Kakashi continued saying to Naruto

"Okay that is ridiculous, you won't find tigers or lions in the woods" Gaara said and Naruto sighed in relieve.

"But you would find bears" Kakashi said wisely and Gaara nodded in acceptance. Naruto gasped.

"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"He said and Gaara looked at him funny before saying

"Actually just bears-" He said but then a roar that definitely did not come from a bear contradicted his statement.

And outstepped from the woods a pink haired girl on all fours with a tail and furry ears.

"S-SAKURA?" Naruto yelled

"is he always this loud?" asked Gaara behind him

"I just met him but so far… yeah"

"I'm not Sakura I'm a great big lion and I'm gonna-"

"Did you get lost or something?" Kakashi asked

"WHAT? NO!" Sakura yelled back, getting up onto two legs.

"But you do know that lions and tigers don't live in the forest?" Gaara said monotonously

"But bears do" Kakashi said and Gaara nodded again

"He's right, bears do live in the forest, you should be careful!" Naruto warned the seething Sakura

"So I don't scare any of you even slightly?" She asked desperately.

"No"

"Not at all"

"You were meant to be scary?"

Sakura groaned "Whatever, where are you guys going?"

"The Emerald City, I wanna ask the Wizard how to get home BELIEVE IT !" Naruto said

"And we're just tagging along really" Kakashi said

"REALLY? If the Wizard can take you home, maybe he can rescue my Sasuke!" Sakura exclaimed

"What happened to Sasuke?" Naruto asked wondering why he got to keep his real name in this weird place.

"The wicked witch of the west took him, un!" Laughed a voice from above, they all looked up to find a blonde arsonist in the air riding on a giant clay bird as he dropped miniature versions down on the forest.

"Katsu"