Epsilon tapped her pencil on the desk impatiently as she looked out the window to the school grounds. She checked the black watch on her left hand. 'Only 5 more minutes. Just 5 minutes until the bell rings for winter break.' She tapped her foot, anxiously awaiting that wonderfully annoying chime that let everyone know that their pain was finally over.

She looked at the glass to see her reflection staring back at her. She had long, dark brown, almost black hair that reached just past her hips. Her left eye was a bright green, but her right... She lifted the piece of hair that was always covering it, to reveal a black iris. In the sunlight, it glinted and changed colors from black, to purple, then yellow, then back to black. She looked down and allowed the piece of hair to fall back into place. She tugged at the sleeves of her giant dark blue coat that was over top a white, short sleeved blouse. She also smoothed out her black pants. Almost every other girl choose to wear a skirt, but she hated anything that prevented her from running, much less flashing someone every time she went to pick something up. She tugged her brown scarf away from neck before straightened her sliver headphones, which were also around her neck. Then contemplated putting them on and listening to music, but quickly rejected the idea.

She saw her teacher and half of the other administrators standing over her, giving her unwanted and tedious lectures. She shook the thought off. 'No more boring lectures in...' She glanced at her watch again. 'Two minutes and 34 seconds. Just gotta wait until then...' It seemed like seconds, minutes, hours when by before she heard it.

Ring ring! "School is now dismissed."

The people that had already crowed around the door began to push and shove their way out of the classroom. She grinned. 'Time for the fun to begin.' She waited until everyone was out before Turning to her best friend who sat right next to her.

"You walking with me today Kyle?" She asked with a grin.

He shrugged with a hint of a smile on his face. "Sure why not. I've got time to kill." He ruffled his short brown hair, making it even messier than before.

She picked up her backpack, which weighed at least a million times her weight, and slung it across her shoulder. She picked up his backpack and set it on his desk, just like always, while he was talking to the teacher. "You say that everyday." She said grinning. She began to exit the classroom. "Come on slowpoke or you're going to be late getting home."

He chuckled, picking up his own backpack. "Alright I'm coming Flash."

She grabbed his jacket sleeve and dragged him behind her as she began walking. "Too slow." He smiled and allowed the skinny girl to drag him along.

"Where to?" He asked curiously.

She smiled back at him. "The school library of course!"

He rolled his eyes playfully. "Don't tell me you are going to get even more books."

"Of course I am! More Naruto books!" She said enthusiastically. "Let's go come on!" She turned back around and bumped into a pair of girls. She grinned. "Hey April and Willow!" The two taller girls looked down at Epsilon.

"Well look who it is. Hey Epsilon. You going to check out more Naruto books?" The bold blonde asked.

"Does that question even need an answer April?" Epsilon asked back and April smiled.

"Of course not." She replied.

Willow, the other girl had short dark blue hair and glasses. "Maybe we should leave her be. I mean--"

"Nonsense!" Epsilon let go of Kyle's jacket and wrapped one arm around each of the girl's necks, making them bend down so she could reach them. "Hey, you should walk with us once I get my books, okay?"

April ruffled her long hair. "Of course little one." Epsilon pouted at that comment, but quickly ran off to the library, leaving her three friends behind. April turned to Kyle. "You should ask her out you know."

His face immediately flushed red. "B-but--"

"Come on." She pressed the subject. "Today is the last day to do it for another two weeks. Two weeks until you get a chance to ask her again." She put her hands on her hips. "You know she--" Willow tapped April's shoulder just as Epsilon burst out of the library with too many books in hand.

"Speak of the devil.." April commented. She turned to a grinning Epsilon with books everywhere she could fit them. She had six large pockets, three on each side, and each one had a book in it. She had at least four books in her hand and there was even one sticking out of her backpack. "Woah there. They let you take that many?"

She nodded her head. "I have twelve in total. But..." She trailed off, looking crestfallen.

Willow stepped forward and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "What is it?"

"I got books 2 through 13 because the first one was missing." She looked down.

April chuckled. "That doesn't really matter does it? I mean you've read the entire thing at least 3 times am I right?" Epsilon nodded. "And you've watched all the episodes at least twice, right?" She nodded her head again.

"But when even I restart a series, I always like to have at least the first book with me." Epsilon looked even more crestfallen. April walking over and ruffled her hair again, making her look up.

"But you already know what happens so you can just envision it in your head right?" Epsilon's eye lit up and she nodded, giving them a closed eyed smile. "Now let's get a move on so I can get home and sleep." They all turned and began walking home.

-

As they all were walking home, Epsilon trotted ahead of the group while they stood in a line, creating a sidewalk block. "Hey," she said turning to they so that she was walking backwards. "If you had to go into a fantasy world what would it be?" She directed the question to all of them.

"I would so want to be in one of those Jackie Chan or Jet Li movies." April said enthusiastically, throwing a punch in the air.

Willow put a finger to her chin. "Well, I guess being in the Harry Potter world or Percy Jackson world wouldn't be so bad." She turned to Kyle. "What about you?"

Kyle looked up. "I dunno really."

"Oh come on." April put her hands on her hips. "You could think of something, can't you?"

He thought about it again. "Alien maybe? Or maybe even Predator. Or possibly Jurassic Park." He looked to Epsilon. "You?"

She grinned, laced her fingers, placed them behind her head, and the turned around. "Naruto." April, Willow, and Kyle all said in unison. Epsilon giggled.

"Of course!" She didn't turn around but she was loud enough that you could hear her. "Wouldn't it be great though? To be a ninja and gain amazing powers and to gain so many friends in the process? Wouldn't that be great?"

All of her friends smiled warmly. "Of course it would be." April spoke up. "Now it's time for Willow and I to take our leave. Our neighborhood is right here." She and Willow turned towards the street. "See ya Epsilon."

"Bye!" She then started to skip on, even with her heavy backpack.

April chuckled. "I don't know how she does it." Kyle began to walk away when April up a hand on his shoulder. "Don't mess this up." She whispered in his ear. She and Willow then waved their goodbyes and headed down the subdivision's street.

Kyle had to sprint to her to catch up. With her hands still folded behind her head, she turned to Kyle. "So," she started. "You doing anything special over the break?"

He thought about it. "Nothing special."

"Good! I was wondering if you wanted to come over for Christmas? Or maybe just a Christmas dinner?" She smiled at him. "Maybe you could even sleep over so you can be there on my birthday." He was stunned. "Oh and don't worry, I've already invited April and Willow and they said yes to everything!"

He smiled back at her. "I would love to come. I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind."

"Great!" She turned forward again with a wide smile on her face.

Kyle thought it was so cute when she got so happy. His face began to get pink and he fidgeted as he walked. He wanted to ask her out, but didn't know how to do it or what to say. "Uh, Epsilon."

She turned to his with a serious face. "What is it?"

"It's just, um." His face became redder as he spoke. "Well, I know that Anime Con is coming up, so I was just wondering if you wanted to go with me."

She tilted her head. "Hm. I would love to go, but I don't know if my brother would let me."

He waved his hand dismissively. "D-don't worry about it. I was just wondering. Y-you don't have to come if you don't want to."

She let her hands fall to her sides and grasped them behind her back. She turned to him and gave him a close eyed grin. "No, it's not that, I would love to go! Really! It's just..." She trailed off, looking down. "Never mind." She looked up and forced a smile. "I'll text you if I can." She noticed her neighborhood coming up so she decided to go ahead and run to it. She waved goodbye to Kyle. "See ya! I'll text you later to let you know, kay?"

He nodded his head, a smile displayed on his face. He'd actually done it. She ran off without looking behind her. As she disappeared into her neighborhood, he couldn't help but wonder, 'Did I say something wrong?'

-Minutes later-

Epsilon took out the house keys and slid it into the lock. She turned it and the lock clicked open. She pushed the door open and yelled, "I'm home!" The tv could be heard from the other room so she walked in and shut the door behind her. She walked into the main room where the tv was playing and she spotted her older brother sitting on the couch watching the show 'Naruto'. "I'm back." She said casually.

His show went to commercial and he turned around to greet her. "Hey Epsilon. How was school?" His hair was white like snow and his eyes were a deep and warm brown.

"It was good, Rho." She passed by him and started up the stairs.

He chuckled. "When are you going to give me a different answer?"

She turned back around with a smile. "When you stop asking the same question." She then continued up the stairs, before stopping once more. She went back down the stairs to ask her brother something. "Hey Rho, a friend invited me to go to Anime Con with him, can I go?"

He looked up, thinking about it. "Maybe." He looked back to her. "I would say yes, but you should probably check with mom and dad first."

She turned away. "Thanks." She then headed up the stairs and opened the door.

Her brother shouted after her. "And don't forget to take those pills!"

"I won't!" She yelled back. She went inside her bedroom and closed the door. She dropped her backpack on her bed and signed onto her computer. While it was turning on, she open a drawer underneath the desk and pulled out a single white pill, just the size of any other. She set it down by the side of her computer, while she pulled up the website that contained the first Naruto book that she could read online. She walked back over to her bed and pulled out all the Naruto books in her pockets except for the second book. She stuffed her phone and it's charger in a different one. She didn't know why the charger, but it seemed like she needed to take it. She plopped back onto the chair next to her desk and leaned her head back. Then that's when she heard them.

The whispers. A hand immediately went to her head. Epsilon hissed in agony. Then it went away. 'It's wearing off.' She set her head down on the computer with a huff. 'It's so hard. It's so hard for me to pretend everything is alright, that nothing hurts.' She held her head in her hands. 'But it hurts so bad.' She took some more of the white pills and stuffed them into a different pocket. There was a knock at the door and she turned, dropping her hands to her sides.

"Come in."

Her brother entered with a sad smile on his face. "Mom and dad called. They said they wouldn't be home for another couple weeks."

Epsilon looked away angrily. "Ch'. Figures. They've been away for five months, a few more weeks won't hurt."

He took a step in her room. "Epsilon--" then stopped himself.

"Thank you." She said softly, the anger vanishing from her voice. "You remembered."

He gave a sad smile. "Of course. I know you don't like to be pitied." He walk over to her and hugged her. "How could I ever forget?"

She hugged him back and looked up to meet his gaze. "Why don't you get dinner ready?" She slowly pulled away from his embrace. "I'll be down in a few minutes." He nodded and gave her a smile. He then walked out and closed the door behind him.

She shook her head with a smile on her face. 'He always knows how to brighten the mood.' She walked by her computer when an ad caught her eye. She sat down to look at it closer. It was a small ad, not worth much attention, but there was something about it that was, odd, to say the least.

It read:

Enter the Naruto world!

Be a ninja and gain amazing powers!

Make friends everywhere you go!

Join the Naruto world now!

It had little animations of Kakashi other ninja fighting shadows of other ninja. Epsilon was bored so she decided to click it. A box appeared on her screen that had a loading bar in it with text above. The text said, "Loading you into the Naruto world now."

As the bar progressed, she began to get sleepy. It increased and she became even more tired. 54, 59, 65, 72, 83, 97... She was almost asleep by now, barely able to keep her eyes open. 'No, I can't go to sleep now. I want...' The gauge reached 98. 'To know...' It hit 99. 'What...' The bar reached 100 percent and the text changed to, "Within moments you will enter the Naruto world. Good luck!" 'Happens...' And that's when she blacked out.