YOWZA!! The hits are going up, people worldwide are reading it, I have another review, favorites... NEEHEE~!! XD

*looks over readers* - Oh, uh... I sound like I'm bragging or something, aren't I? ^^;; I'll try not to let that happen again, but I can't help the fact that I am so happy! ^^

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Sonic, or characters relating to either.

"You should've mentioned before that you didn't know what a train was." said Sonic, chuckling a little at the two furry shinobi.

Naruto and Sakura groaned as they sat down on one of the seats in the train. They had walked around Station Square asking many people where and what a train station was- while passing by the said station five to ten times- for a whole hour. Eventually, Sonic and Tails- after watching the two get hopelessly lost- helped them find the station and had to explain what a train was in full detail.

They were now on the train, exhausted and a bit embarrassed about their lack of knowledge of this new world. "Sorry. Next time you'll know ~nya." said Sakura, her cat ears drooping down to the sides. Naruto just groaned and lay down on the seats.

Sonic chuckled a little bit before taking a seat across from them with Tails sitting beside him.

"So… you two were going to tell us about that emerald?" asked Sakura. Naruto turned on his side to face Sonic and Tails.

"Yeah. What does it do?" he asked. Sonic nodded at Tails, telling him to show the purple Chaos Emerald. The young fox did so, then started to explain some things about the Emerald.

"This is a Chaos Emerald. There are seven emeralds total and each one is a different color." He started. "They all contain unlimited power and all together, they might make the user extremely powerful depending on his or her emotions. There are positive and negative energies in each emerald, so the user has to be careful, otherwise… Well, you get the idea, right?"

The two furries shook their heads.

"In the wrong hands," Tails continued. "The Emeralds could create destruction and havoc if controlled properly. But in the right hands, it'll be just the opposite!"

This information took a while to sink in before Sakura brought up a question, "What can they do besides become a power source for some… thingamajig… and whatever?" At this, Sonic and Tails sweatdropped.

"Uh…. It's a plane…" Tails pointed out. This made the furry shinobi duo even more confused, making the two-tailed kit begin to sink in depression and frustration. Sensing the upcoming tension, Sonic put a hand on his little buddy's shoulder and smiled.

"Don't worry about it right now," the blue hedgehog said. "You two will see for yourselves in a moment." No sooner had he said this that the train began to slow to a stop. They had arrived in the Mystic Ruins.

Once they stepped out of the train, Naruto and Sakura slowly began to regain their balance. They weren't used to riding in trains for they didn't have things like that back in their world. Sakura leaned against the wooden wall of the Mystic Ruins train station's upper platform before standing straight. Naruto on the other hand stumbled over a couple of his tails before landing flat on his face.

Sakura snickered at her teammate's clumsiness. "That idiot never learns!" inner Sakura said, holding her sides because she was laughing so hard. Upon seeing this scene take place, Sonic sighed and helped the blond fox get back on his feet. He then turned to the pink cat with a confused and somewhat disapproving expression.

"I don't know who you guys are, but I can already tell that you both don't get along well," said Sonic. "Aren't you guys teammates or something?"

At this, Sakura glared at him in anger. "Yeah. So what?" she replied, folding her furry arms across her chest.

"So what's your problem?" Sonic asked. "Why didn't you help him up?"

Sakura scoffed. "He's annoying and obnoxious!" she said. "Plus he's a world class idiot! He gets bad grades, goofs off, causes problems for everyone around him… He's a walking disaster!"

Sonic moaned a little and rubbed the corners of his eyes in deep thought. If anyone knew the blue hedgehog well, they'd know that seeing Sonic in deep thought was very rare. He hardly ever thought this hard!

After a while, he raised his head again and said, "Well… there must be at least one good quality that… um, Naruto has."

This made the pink cat shinobi think for a while. While it was true that Naruto could be a pest at times, when it really comes down to it, he did possess some good qualities. It made her think about the "Rank C" mission she and her team did several days ago. Even though it turned out to be a higher rank than expected, Naruto was the only one who didn't want them to give up on it.

He showed courage when he went up against Zabuza, a bit reckless, but even she had to admit that his being able to know what he was doing impressed her. When they were learning how to walk up trees, Naruto never gave up trying (even though he had to ask her for advice that time). Even so, Sakura wasn't willing to give the blond genin the time of day just yet. She refused to do so!

"S-So what if he does?!" Sakura exclaimed. "It's not like he can't take care of himself! He's good at that at least!"

Sonic was silent for a while, then he hung his head a bit, not really impressed with her answer. "… Right." He muttered. "Listen Sa… Saku… whatever your name is! I think you should just act more like a teammate to him instead of laughing in his face all the time."

Sakura laughed nervously at that. "Wha-What do you mean…?" she said, eyebrows twitching a bit in irritation. "Who says I laugh at him all the time?!?! Does this guy… hedgehog… THING think he's smarter than me!?!?" inner Sakura screamed furiously.

"A real teammate would cooperate with his or her team," Sonic gestured a thumb to his chest as his signature smirk appeared on his features. "Just like how I cooperate with my friends!"

Sakura raised an eyebrow at him with a look that meant 'Oh really?'. This made Sonic sheepishly rub the back of his head. "Well… when the need arises at least. But then again, that's pretty much all the time!" He then started laughing.

"Oi! Sonikku! Sakura-chan! Hurry up already!" someone shouted from the ground. Neither Sakura nor Sonic had to think twice on who it was.

"See what I mean?" Sakura said as she headed towards the stairs.

Sonic stood there for a while, sighing a little. 'That doesn't mean you can't try to get along with him.' He thought. 'Especially since he seems to care about you…'

It didn't take them too long to reach the stone stairs where Tails' workshop was. Tails went up them first; Sonic was about to follow his little buddy when he saw that Naruto and Sakura weren't following once he reached halfway up the stairs. They were still at the bottom, standing with their feet together, eyes closed in deep concentration, and hands formed together in a hand sign that made the blue hedgehog wonder if they were shamans or spirit mediums. It didn't matter to him, though, for he didn't have a strong belief in ghosts.

Out of curiosity as to what they were doing, Sonic ran back down the staircase and was in front of the two furry shinobi in seconds. He stared at them for a few seconds. "… What are you two doing?" he asked. "Don't you want to head over to the workshop?"

But they weren't listening to him. They opened their eyes after concentrating, then ran towards a couple of trees nearby. Sonic blinked a couple times, surprised by their speed. 'They're like ninjas…' he thought.

Once they got to the trees, both genin leapt towards their respective tree and landed their feet on it. Naruto fell to the ground almost instantly once he started to run up the tree. He didn't get very far, not even more than five inches off the ground before falling on his rear. "Owww…" he moaned pathetically. The fox's attitude quickly changed to frustration as he regained his composure (but still sitting). "What gives?! I had enough chakra, right??"

As a reply from his annoyed teammate, who had fallen off at the same time he did, Naruto received a hard smack upside the head.

"What did I tell you?!" Sakura shouted. "No jutsu means no chakra!"

Naruto whimpered a little as he gently rubbed his now sore head. Once he regained his composure again, he said, "Still, it doesn't hurt to try…"

At this, the pink cat sighed and rubbed her temples as if trying to soothe a headache. "You're hopeless, you know that?"

At that moment, Sonic was already beside the two. He smirked at them for a moment, then ran up the tree before either of them even knew he was there. The furry ninjas turned once they felt the wind from the run, then looked around.

"It was… just the wind, right?" Naruto asked, looking confused.

Sakura shook her head at that. "No, the wind isn't that strong and last time I felt it, it was blowing from the east." She calculated. No sooner had she said that when she heard the cocky blue hedgehog's voice call down to them.

"HEEEEYYY!! LOOK UP HERE!!" They did said action and were dumbfounded to see Sonic at the very top of the tree, standing on it as if it were the ground. They stared at each other, then back up the tree, rubbing their eyes a little to see if it was a trick. Next thing the shinobi knew, the blue hedgie was gone… until-

"Boo!"

"KYAAAH!!" Sakura screamed as she jumped a bit and spun around.

There was Sonic!

The fact that he scared the pink cat and seeing his smirk while chuckling a little started to annoy Naruto. The recent action also ticked Sakura off to no end. They barely even knew Sonic and he was already getting on their nerves!

"Would you KNOCK IT OFF?!" the two furries shouted at him.

Sonic laughed at that, brushing the outburst aside as if it were nothing. "You guys need to loosen up a little!" he said. "Especially you Sa… uh… what's your name again?"

A cat-like growl was heard from Sakura as she became very angry. One could practically see the hellish flames surrounding her as she screamed, "IT'S SAKURA NYA~!! SA. KU. RA!!" She then took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. "It's not that hard to pronounce!" A few more deep breaths and Sakura was calm again.

Naruto and Sonic on the other hand, were more than a little freaked out by her outburst. "Geez… relax," The blue hedgehog nervously said. "… I'm sorry if I offended you. I just don't hear foreign names often… Which is odd since I've been over the entire world!" He muttered the last part to himself. "Your names sound Japanese, though. And…"

"And what?" said Naruto, his composure regained.

Sonic struggled with his response for a moment before saying, "… You two have never heard of me."

This made the furry shinobi confused as they gave each other blank stares. Why did it matter if they knew who this hedgehog was or not? They didn't even know anything about the world they were currently in let alone anyone who lived in it! All they knew was that this world had technology they have never even heard of, shining colorful (and possibly powerful) emeralds, talking animals that walked and talked like humans and wore shoes and gloves, a city that made Konoha seem small compared to it, and didn't give them any use of chakra or jutsu to defend themselves! It also turned them into animals and made their weapons disappear!

It was a lot to take in and made it very hard for them to believe that worlds like this even existed in the first place. This wasn't considered normal for them. Before they had a chance to say anything to Sonic, they suddenly heard someone cry out, "SONIC!!"

All three anthros recognized the voice immediately.

"That sounded like that two-tailed fox!" Naruto exclaimed.

Sakura nodded a little. "It sounds like he's in trouble." she said.

Sonic panicked a little at that. "Tails!" With that, the blue hedgehog zoomed off up the stone stairs. Naruto was about to follow after him, but was held back by Sakura.

"Hold on Naruto!" the cat exclaimed. "We can't go help, we're defenseless without weapons or jutsu!"

Naruto growled in frustration at that and pulled away from Sakura. He then went up to the tree and snapped off a few branches. He gave them to the confused kitty beside him, then continued pulling off branches until he had three in hand. The red-orange fox smirked a bit. "We'll use these as weapons then!" he declared proudly.

At first, Sakura was a little dumbstruck. But then she smiled a little and sighed, "It'll do." After that, she and Naruto ran up the stairs. When they reached the top, they both gasped at what they saw…

Aaaannnd! Cue the cliffhanger... *is pelted with tomatoes*

... Sorry about the cliffy, I'll make up for it in the next chapter!

Until then...

Ja-ne!