Naruto's eyes began to creak open, only to slam shut once again due to his eyes not being adjusted to the light. Squinting up, Naruto saw a figure sitting down next to him. As his vision cleared, he found that it was a woman. She looked to be around forty years old, but she could be younger considering she wasn't wearing any make up. That and her being bald didn't help much either. Seeing clearly now, Naruto could see that she was wearing what he recognized as monk robes. The robes were yellow in color with a dark red waste wrap that held it together with the robes going down to her feet.
Sitting in a seiza postion with her hands in her lap, she smiled down at him before she said, "It's good to see you're awake." Her voice had a melodious, soothing ring to it. Sadly, the words she spoke were lost on Naruto, who couldn't understand her (to him) strange language. Seeing his confusion, the woman reached into her sleeve before pulling out and handing him what looked like monk prayer beads. On further inspection, Naruto saw that each bracelet held a different symbol. Seeing that she was motioning him to put it on, Naruto hesitantly slipped the bracelet along his wrist.
"Is that better?" There was that calming voice again. Only this time, Naruto could completely understand her. But how? Looking down, Naruto realized that it must have been the bracelet's doing, "Those are the Prayer Beads of Saraswati, a magical relic that allows the user to understand any language, and speak the language of the person he is talking to. You can use it until you learn some of the main languages of this world."
Naruto filed away that she knew he wasn't of this world. Licking his dry lips, he was temporarily distracted at how thirsty he was before saying, "Where am I?" His words were choked out in a raspy voice.
The mysterious woman kept her calming smile, "You are in Kathmandu, Nepal. This is the temple Kamar-Taj. You've been out for five days my friend. However, considering why it was you were unconscious in the first place, you shouldn't be awake at all." Her voice held the same tone, only with a hint of teasing to it.
Naruto nodded, slowly getting up and into a sitting position, "Yeah…I'm special I guess." Naruto, not knowing how this woman would react to learning of the abilities he had, tried to be as discreet as possible. Kinda hard considering he survived a fall from several thousand feet.
Her smile only got bigger, "Yes. It was the fact that you are so…special, that I took the liberty of bringing you here after it was apparent you survived in Bir Hospital. From what the doctor said they didn't have to really do anything as your body mended on its own." The woman leaned forward slightly, "Quite special indeed."
Naruto's eyes narrowed, "Who are you?" As he said that he began to gather as much Natural Energy as possible in case he had to fight his way passed this woman.
"I go by many names." She said, "the Master, High Lama, the Mystic. But you may call me the Ancient One." She finished her introduction with a slight bow.
"And why exactly have you brought me here?" Naruto asked, slightly perturbed by the Ancient One's strange name.
"Five days ago I felt a sudden flash of intense power before it just as quickly disappeared. One of my students then heard word of a man that appeared to have survived a fall no mortal human could survive. The media of Kathmandu covered it up, saying they believed you to be a victim of a skydiving accident. But I knew better. It was you that power spike. So, I sent some of my top Masters to make sure you'd survive before bringing you here should you be of the world conquering entity variety where you would then be…taken care of." Her own eyes narrowed, "So the question is, are you of that variety?"
Naruto stared into the Ancient One's eyes for several seconds before throwing his head back in a burst of laughter. The Ancient One leaned back, her face relaxed as she waited for Naruto to finish. Slowly but surely, Naruto calmed down. Rubbing the back of his head, Naruto gave his patented smile, "Sorry about that. To answer your question, I wouldn't really say I'm of the world conquering variety. More of the world saving actually." He finished with a chuckle.
"Well I suppose you wouldn't mind me asking as to why a world saving man such as you is here?" The Ancient One asked.
Naruto sighed, "I'm not exactly here for a reason. My arrival here was entirely accidental…at least I hope so anyway." Naruto said as an afterthought.
"So what where are you from then?" She asked.
"The Elemental Nations." Naruto said immediately, a flash of hope entering him at the possibility of this Ancient One being able to return him home.
Ancient One seemed to ponder his answer before saying, "I'm sorry but I've never heard of that dimension."
"…that was the name of the continent I lived on. I don't actually know what the name of the dimension is. Or the planet for that matter." Naruto said scratching his cheek with his cheeks red from embarrassment.
"Your planet most be rather primitive for it to not even have a name given to it by its occupants."
Naruto felt his stomach drop, "So I'm gonna assume that that means you can't help me."
The Ancient One nodded with what looked like a sad smile on her face, "I'm sorry for the poor news…I'm sorry, I never learned your name."
"The name's Naruto Uzumaki."