Emily

“Waffles are good!” Naruto exclaimed, “But not as good as ramen.”

“Yeah, right!” I scoffed, “It’s so much better.”

“Nuh uh.”

“Yeah uh!”

We were currently hanging the decorations around the village.

“Hey, Hinata!” I yelled, “Thanks for helping us out!”

“N-no problem,” She smiled, hanging up a lantern, “It’s m-my pleasure!”

“Yeah, thanks Hina-chan!”

Hinata blushed at Naruto’s wide smile.

I felt a tinge of…something…when he smiled at her. He’d been giving me those smiles all day, making me feel so bubbly inside. But when he smiled like that to anyone else…

“You’re jealous,” Adliani appeared right behind me, her voice a whisper in my ear.

“Oh, my God, Ad!” I exclaimed, “Stop doing that!”

“Doing what?” She feigned innocence.

“Appearing out of thin air!”

“It’s fun,” She shrugged, “Kiba got me doing it.”

Damn him.

“Emily-chan, I’m starving!” Naruto yelled.

“Again?” I inquired, “We ate two hours ago!”

“What’s you’re point?”

I groaned. We’re never going to finish.

“Fine, we’ll eat,” I rolled my eyes, “Ad, you wanna come with us?”

“Nah,” She shook her head, walking towards the Hokage tower. “I was on my way to Tsunade’s office.”

“Okay, then,” I waved, “Come on, Naruto, let’s eat.”

“ALRIGHT!” Naruto grinned. I felt bubbly again.

I laughed.

Adliani

“Hi Tsunade,” I entered her office.

“Why doesn’t anyone ever knock anymore?!” She exclaimed, “Can’t you see I’m busy?!”

“I just needed to know something,” I shrugged, putting my hands up.

“What?”

“When are Claudia, Rebecca, and Laura getting back from their mission?”

“What mission? I didn’t send them anywhere.”

“But they’ve been gone for weeks!”

“WHAT?!” She yelled. I winced.

“They’ve been gone for weeks! I figured they were on a mission!”

“Shit! Get Shizune! Now!” She growled.

I nodded rapidly, running out of the room.

“Shizune! Tsunade wants to see you,” I rushed, “I think something happened to Claudia, Rebecca, and Laura.”

Her eyes widened.

“What happened!?” Shizune ran into the office.

“I don’t know!” Tsunade replied, “Ask Adliani!”

“They just disappeared one day!” I explained, “Emily and I just figured they were on a mission.”

“Do you think they were kidnapped?” Shizune asked.

“It’s a possibility,” Tsunade shrugged, “But by who, I don’t know.”

“They did call me…” I trailed off, “A few days ago, actually. Claudia said they were in a dungeon…”

“They called?”

“I didn’t believe them!” I exclaimed, “I mean, come on! A phone in a dungeon? I couldn’t believe that!”

“Did she say exactly where they were?”

“No.”

She groaned.

“Get the Rookie Nine here, Shizune,” Tsunade ordered, “Along with all available Jounin and ANBU.”

“Yes, Tsunade-sama.”

“What do I do?” I asked.

“Get Emily and don’t leave the village,” She instructed, “And…get Naruto as well. I’m not going to risk him getting kidnapped as well.”

“Yeah, okay.”

No one’s POV

“What do you mean they were kidnapped?” Neji asked warily.

“Exactly that,” Sasuke muttered.

“Who would even kidnap them? And why?” Shikamaru added, for once, not tired.

“Uh…” Tsunade stammered at Shikamaru’s question.

“You didn’t tell them?” Adliani asked accusingly.

“Tell us what?” Kiba asked, eyeing Adliani.

“I forgot. I only told Shizune and a few others.”

“Tell us what?!” Naruto shouted.

“Shut up!” Emily elbowed him. Hard.

Tsunade took a deep breath, bracing herself for the reaction.

“Do you remember a legend called The Daughters of Kami?” Tsunade began, “Surely you’ve heard it when you were children?”

Everyone nodded, though Naruto dumbly said, “No. You do remember I have no parents, right?”

“I’ll explain it to you later, Naruto.” Emily whispered in his ears.

“Yeah, well, we’re missing four of them.”

“Are you telling us they’re the Daughters of Kami?” Sakura asked incredulously.

Tsunade nodded.

The room burst out laughing – save for Sasuke, Shino, and Neji. They were just highly amused.

“Yeah, right!” Ino laughed, “We’re being punk’d, aren’t we?”

Is it so hard to believe? Tsunade wondered.

“No,” She replied, “It’s true.”

“We can prove it.” Adliani added hotly.

“Okay,” Sakura sneered, “Then prove it.”

“Where’s the scroll?” Adliani asked.

Tsunade handed her the scroll warily, warning her not to break it.

“Yeah, yeah,” Adliani brushed her off, “Here.”

Sakura unfurled the scroll, unfazed. There was silence for a few moments.

“No…way…” Her eyes widened, “These are the powers you have.”
“And does anyone else have those exact powers?” Adliani asked smugly.

Sakura ignored her.

“They’re going to fall in love?” Neji asked, “That means…they’re staying here.”

That part of the legend is the cheesiest thing ever, Emily thought, rolling her eyes.

Tsunade only shrugged. Sakura was on the verge of fuming when she heard that. It only meant that…thing would get to keep her precious Sasuke-kun.

“It also said that…the Daughters of Kami would grow apart,” Sasuke began, “What would that mean?”

“If I knew, I’d tell you.” Tsunade replied, rolling her eyes, “Right now, though, we need to find who kidnapped them. Any ideas?”

“Well, Orochimaru is dead,” Shino began, “It could have been the Akatsuki.”

“Possibly.”

“Not ‘possibly’, Hokage-sama,” Shikamaru said, “I bet it was them. After all, they possess the strongest missing nin out of all those types of organizations. How they could have found out, I’m not sure. But they did.”

“It’ll be useless to look for the Akatsuki base, though,” Kakashi added disinterestedly, “For one thing, it’s not like they called.”

“Ha ha, funny story,” Emily pointed her index fingers together.

“Don’t tell me,” Ino rolled her eyes, “They called you?”

“How?” Hinata asked, this time without stuttering.

“There was a phone in their dungeon, apparently.” Adliani replied.

“Then I suggest we wait for them to call again,” Asuma proposed, “If they do call, we’ll ask as many things as we can. If they don’t, we’ll start the search.”

“I like that plan,” Tsunade agreed, “Everyone, stay on high alert. The Jounin and the ANBU will explore around the village for clues. Anything. Be prepared for a mission at any time. Also, I want Emily, Adliani, and Naruto to not participate for the upcoming mission, as it would –”

“WHAT?!” Naruto exclaimed.

“It’s too dangerous!” Tsunade replied, “Naruto has the Nine Tailed Fox inside him. It would be a good idea to include him in it, but –”

“If it’s a good idea for me to be in it, then why the hell am I not gonna par –par…partic…”

“Participate,” Emily coughed.

“Yeah, that!”

“Because I’m not gonna risk you getting killed or kidnapped!” Tsunade finished hotly, “For Kami-sama’s sake, Naruto, shut up!”

Tsunade suddenly wished for her sake.

“Now, please, leave.” She ordered.

Everyone did as told; none wanted to anger her.

Shikamaru

I returned to the meadow, where Claudia first said yes to our date. When she didn’t come, though, I thought she stood me up.

I was waiting, sitting on the checkered blanket, with a basket of food I’d bought – I was too lazy to bake.

Something was bubbling inside me. Call it excitement, if you will. Excitement to see her face, and hear the sarcastic remarks she would make about my laziness.

It was a bit hypocritical from Claudia, seeing she was almost as lazy as me, but her criticisms weren’t harsh – well, not that harsh, at least.

I sat there, waiting. And waiting. My stomach was grumbling with hunger, but I didn’t want to start eating without her, figuring she was just late.

One hour passed. Two. Three. My excitement quickly turned to disbelief, disappointment, and then anger. I left the food there and made my way home.

I’d avoided her for weeks. And it worked – or so I thought.

Memories of her flew through my mind. Why? What was that feeling ripping in my chest since I’d found she was kidnapped?

“Hey, lazy-ass, wake up!” She shook me.

“What?” I groaned, “I’m sleeping!”

“No shit, Sherlock,” I could practically taste the sarcasm.

Who Sherlock was, I’ll never know.

“What is it?”

“Look at that cloud! It looks like a skull!”

I rubbed my eyes, following her gaze.

“That’s not a skull, Claudia.”

“Oh, yeah? Then what is it?”

“A happy face.” I shrugged.

“Are you serious? A happy face?” She mocked.

“Shut up. You thought the last one we saw was a fat clown with its pants around his ankles.”

“‘Cause that’s what I saw!”

“It was clearly a hot air balloon,” I retorted.

“Was not!

“Was too.”

“Was not!”

“Ack, you’re acting like a five year again.”

“It’s not my fault. Rebecca rubs off on me.”

The corner of my mouth flicked upwards.

More memories like that ran through my mind. They all made me smile or chuckle.

I sighed, looking up at the sky. I wondered if Claudia was okay.

Sasuke

She never told me. Why didn’t she tell me?

Why does it matter if she told you or not? A part of me wondered. I honestly had no answer.

I’d been suspicious when I hadn’t seen her for weeks, but I made nothing of it, figuring she was on a mission.

A Daughter of Kami? I still couldn’t believe it.

I mean, come on. She’s a wacky girl, so sarcastic and annoying and –

If she’s so annoying, then why do you like it when she’s around? Another part of me thought.

Ugh! I don’t! The other part thought.

Yeah, you do.

“Argh! I do not!” I yelled aloud.

I was free to yell. No one would hear me in this dead compound, after all.

What was going on with me? Why did I care if she was kidnapped? Why did I care that she was probably near him?

I flopped onto my bed, face down.

Damn it, I really need to get a grip. Rebecca would just die of laughter if she saw me in this frazzled state.

“Get a grip, Sasuke,” I muttered. Then I groaned.

She’s rubbing off on me. Now I’m talking to myself!

Even when she wasn’t around she was annoying me.

Kiba

“Why didn’t you tell me, Ad?” I asked.

“You wouldn’t have believed me,” She shrugged guiltily.

“I would have believed you.”

“You laughed your butt off in Tsunade’s office, smart one.”

“Okay, I’m sorry about that,” I kissed her lips lightly.

“Apology accepted,” She smiled, taking my hand.

We walked around the village in silence.

I did feel a bit hurt she never told me. Maybe I wouldn’t have believed her right away, but...

Oh, I don’t know. I just wish she told me before.

“Kiba?” Adliani spoke up.

“Yeah?”

“When you go on your mission,” She began, “Can…can you take me with you?”

“No!”

“What? Why not?”

“I’m not going to lose you!”

“Well, I don’t want to lose you, either!” She huffed.

“Look, Ad,” I looked her in the eye, “You’ve got orders from the old hag not to go. I’m not going to take you, because, for once, I agree with her.”

“But –”

“No buts, Ad,” I silenced her with a kiss, “I’m not going to risk losing someone I love.”

Naruto

I slurped some more ramen.

“You eat a lot for a kitten, you know,” Emily mused.

“I am not a kitten! I’m a fox, damn it!”

“Yeah, sure.”

Emily smiled a mischievous smile. My heart did a flip flop. I hope she didn’t see me blush.

“Oh, hey, Sakura-chan!” I waved.

“Hi, Naruto.”

Hm…that’s weird…I’d usually notice how nice her hair is…or how cute she looked…but nothing…

“I was wondering, wanna eat with us?”

“No way! I’m not eating with Pinky!” Emily huffed.

“Yeah, like I’d eat with you, too.” She scoffed.

“See ya, Naruto,” Emily got up from the table, “Have fun with Suckura.”

“Wait! Emily-chan!”

She ignored me.

Why did I feel a little hurt?

Pein

“Can’t we take a break, Pein? I’m tired!” Sue whined.

I sighed. “Fine, Sue. But just because no one is around.”

“Alright! I knew I was your favorite.”

“Hn. I don’t play favorites.”

“Aw, don’t worry, Pein. You’re my favorite Akatsuki member, too! You know, besides Itachi.”

I ignored that comment, tossing her a water bottle.

She caught it effortlessly. She had to stretch to catch it, and I could see the glint of a bellybutton ring.

“I didn’t know you had a bellybutton piercing,” I said.

“That’s ‘cause I don’t care to show it,” She shrugged, lifting her shirt up. “Like it?”

“No. I have better rings for my piercings.” I eyed her bellybutton stud with disgust. “The others, however, are fine.”

“Why, thank you!” She smirked, sitting down.

“Five minute rest,” I instructed, “And then we’ll continue training.”

“Fine.”

“Are you done yet?” I asked, a few minutes later.

“Yeah, yeah. I’m done. Don’t rush me.” She rolled her eyes.

If it were anyone but her who’d said that…they’d be dead by now.

Was I even angered by those comments?

No…actually, I was not. I found them amusing.

“Hn. Look into my eyes again. Feel angry.”

She did as I told her. Sue never questioned why I didn’t want her to find my worse nightmare. It was something I couldn’t find. I wouldn’t have it unearthed.

I was transported into the same small black room. Sue appeared, sword in hand.

She sliced at my stomach, leaving a thin red gash. I dodged the next blow. She came at me again; this time I elbowed her in the stomach. She roundhouse-kicked me with such a force, it sent me flying at a wall. I brushed it off, unleashing a fury of attacks, which she was having trouble keeping up with. I finally found an opening, hitting the back of her neck. I was suddenly back in the private training grounds.

“That’s good for now.” I said, brushing myself off and examining my wounds.

“You want me to heal you for once? Or can the big macho Pein take care of it himself?”

“Pein sounds like pain. I can handle it. I’ll go to the infirmary later.”

“Don’t be stupid,” Sue rolled her eyes, “Take off the cloak. Besides, I wanna show off!”

“Hn, the master is following the student’s orders. Amusing.”

“The grasshopper is progressing, then,” She retorted.

I took off my cloak, leaving myself in my pants, weapon pouch, and thin mesh shirt.

“Take the mesh shirt off, too.”

I did as she told me to. Now I was half naked. How nice.

She gathered the familiar glowing green chakra into her left hand and placed it on my bare chest. I shivered. And not because her hand was cold.

Soon the cuts were gone and the green chakra faded, but her hand remained.

“Hn, that’s weird…” She muttered, “I feel a bit tired.”

I grabbed her wrist, but didn’t move it.

“That’s because when you heal, you lose energy. Weren’t you listening when the Uchiha taught you this?”

“No.”

“Hn. No wonder.”

It was then that I noticed that I was half naked, she still hadn’t moved her hand from my chest, and I still had a grip on her wrist.

I let go of her, putting my cloak back on.

“Come. Put your manacles back on. Lunch break.”

“Ick, stupid manacles,” I heard her mutter.

“When we trust you won’t run away, we’ll let you roam freely,” I said, sealing her manacles with my chakra.

Once I left her in the dungeon with the others, I returned to my quarters.

It was then that I placed my hand on the spot where Sue had laid hers only ten minutes ago.

Itachi

“Balance. That is the key of this exercise,” I repeated.

I currently had Rebecca on a tight rope, positioned for battle with her katana. She’d fallen over onto the hard ground after I knocked her off. That’s where poor balance got you.

“How the hell do you stay on this thing?” Rebecca muttered to herself, but she positioned herself better.

“Now attack.”

I sent a series of blows with my one katana, most of which she blocked. I slashed at her ankle, but she managed to stay on the rope, even with it bleeding.

“Come at me again.”

She came at an almost top speed – we’d have to work on that – and sent a fury of attacks my way. I didn’t have much trouble with them. But others were in for a surprise if they encountered her.

“Can we stop now?” She panted, her hands on her knees.

“Two minute break.”

Rebecca drank her water greedily.

“So…” She trailed off lazily, “What’s it like being an Akatsuki ninja?”

“Hn.”

“Jeez, I’m trying to make conversation.” She deadpanned, “Help me out a little.”

“Hn.”

“Of course,” She muttered.

We sat in silence for another minute.

Why are you going to kill yourself for Sasuke? She asked.

My furrowed my eyebrows.

“Be quiet.”

Look, I know you love him, and all, but you don’t have to kill yourself for him. You want to be with him and you know it.

Hn.

Yeah, be that way. You two are so alike. It’s annoying. She thought.

Why does she even care about my plans? What is Sasuke to her?

“Hn.”

Just because you’re keeping him safe from Tobi – or Madara, that sounds better – doesn’t mean that he’s still going to stay with Konoha.

“Excuse me?” This caught my attention.

She sighed, but continued.

Madara’s going to be right there when Sasuke kills you. He’s going to tell him everything and turn him against Konoha.

“How do you know?” I gritted my teeth.

I read the manga.

I raised my eyebrow.

Long story.

I got up and wordlessly put her manacles on.

“Stupid manacles,” Rebecca muttered, “I’m guessing it’s too much trouble to keep ‘em off.”

“Hn.”

“Stupid Emo.”

I decided not to ask what an “Emo” was

Gaara

“She’s…what?” I asked emotionlessly.

“Laura is…missing, Kazekage-sama,” Shizune replied.

“What happened.”

“We think she was kidnapped by the Akatsuki, Kazekage-sama.”

“Why?” It was hard to keep my anger in check.

“We will explain it to you when you come to Konoha. All I can say right now is that she is one of the Daughters.”

“I’ll be there in two days,” I gritted my teeth, abruptly hanging up.

A Daughter of Kami? Can’t be…she’s too…unusual.

I left my office, finding my assistant in her desk.

“Miko, hold my calls. I’m taking the day off,” I started walking off without waiting her reply.

How could they be so careless with her, if they knew she was a Daughter?

My eyes narrowed. How long did they know? Why didn’t she tell me?

Weren’t we…friends?

“Hey, Gaara!” Laura greeted, climbing onto the rooftop to sit by me.

“What?”

“Oh, come on,” She rolled her eyes, “You’ve got to be lonely staying here all night.”

“No.”

“Tch, yeah right,” She scoffed.

“Hn.”

“Well, anyway,” She shrugged, “I’m going to see what is so interesting staying up all night to watch the stars.”

“There’s nothing else to do; I don’t sleep.”

“Then I’ll just have to wait for you to,” She said simply.

“Hn.”

“Your Emo-ness is incredibly depressing, Gaara,” She muttered.

“Emo-ness?”

“Ask Sue or Claudia, or Rebecca. They’ll elaborate,” She yawned.

“Go to sleep.”

“No. I’m going to keep my friend company on this boring night.”

“…Friend?” I asked, startled.

“Yeah. Friend.” She smiled.

Something in me hated that word coming from her mouth. But another part of me…was…happy? Is that what that feeling was?

“Hn.” I would not let her sense the turmoil I was feeling. Not now, not ever.

“Just when I think you’ve warmed up to me, you revert back to your Emo self,” She sighed, yawning once more.

Twenty minutes later she was fast asleep.

I opened the door to my living quarters and slammed it harshly. I didn’t care.

I filled a backpack with water and food, packing a map in as well. Then my eyes caught sight of the gift Laura gave me.

“Alright! My service to you is over!” She exclaimed.

“It’s not like you did anything, anyway,” I muttered.

“Yes, I did! That wind Jutsu I pulled off was one of them.”

“Hn.”

“Jeez, say something that makes sense, won’t you?” Laura mumbled.

“Hn.”

“‘Hn’.” She mimicked me. “And just think, I was going to give you a present.”

My eyebrow rose. “If it’s another Jutsu I won’t accept it.”

“No, silly.”

“I’m curious. Elaborate.”

Laura took out an object from her pocket. It was a necklace, with a teal gem hanging from the hook. There was a little inscription on it.

“What is this?” I held it up with one finger gingerly.

“It’s a necklace, Gaara,” She rolled her eyes, “Cost me a lot, so take it. The store keeper said it was a friendship necklace. It’s supposed to say ‘good friends’ or something. See, I have one, too.”

I smirked.

“What?”

“Nothing,” I shrugged. “Thank you.”

That store keeper was a clever man. It wasn’t a friendship necklace. It was a lovers’ one. That little inscription said “Forever and always together.”

What an idiot Laura was.

My eye twitched at the memory. It touched me how she got me something…that…nice? I don’t know. But it filled me with a content feeling.

The corner of my mouth flicked upwards as I placed the item around my neck, tucking it into my shirt.

It was time to go.

Author’s Note

Hi! I’m Rebecca’s friend, Laura. I’m making this author’s note for two reasons.

1. Rebecca is too lazy to do it herself.

2. Well, someone’s got to do it!

Okay, this note is to let you know that Rebecca is re-writing When Reality Becomes Anime.

She has re-written it various times, actually. This is probably the fourth. But she really seems to like this one. She has a lot written. But… this version is a bit different.

Instead of being six girls thrown into the Naruto world, we’re already in the Naruto world. It’s basically like creating OCs. And now, it’s less Mary Sue-ish and a little more realistic. This version is much more thought out. And if I do say so myself: It is my favorite version.

Now that that’s said… I’ll tell you about the girl’s names: Instead of our normal names (Rebecca, Emily, Adliani, Sue, Claudia, and Laura), we’ll be using our anime names. Some of our anime names have changed… so they’re not completely the same as in this story.

Rebecca: Kyoko

Adliani: Kida

Claudia: Amaya

Sue: Aridoku

Laura: Yuki

Emily: Curomi

Some of the girl’s powers may have changed slightly… well, no… That’s just Emily and me. But you’ll see how it changed once she decides to post it up on FanFiction.

There’s one more thing I want to say! Some of you may be disappointed that we’re no longer from the real world. We don’t know as much as we used too. So we won’t be able to make any sort of jokes like that. As in… example! We won’t know much about Akatsuki. They’re an organization of S-Class Criminals. But we don’t know anything about the people in it. So no, we won’t call Kisame ‘Nemo’, sadly. But, I can assure you that the story is funny and betterthan the original version. We gave you the rest of what Rebecca wrote before declaring this story officially discontinued.

Meh. Rebecca speaking. As Laz (Laura) mentioned already, I was too lazy to do the author's note, but since I've uploaded the rest of the chapters I've decided to add my two cents after Laz's little note. I've written WRBA four times, and now I think I came up wtih a pretty decent plot this time. Granted, it is nothing like the old WRBA. But it IS way better written. I hope you could check it out, but if you don't I completely understand. Thanks for reading all the way up to this point. I appreciate it.