It was cold. Cold and blissfully quiet. At least, it would have been if it weren't for the sounds of crashing undergrowth and muttered curses spewing from the mouth of a sixteen-or-so blonde shinobi who was stumbling not-so-gracefully through the Konoha forest. "Crap. I knew I went the wrong way." Uzumaki Naruto sighed forlornly. He pushed his hair off his sweaty forehead and out of his despairingly bright blue eyes.. The dark was getting even wetter, and more impenetrable by the second, and he still had to complete his solo mission. Crap was a word perfectly suited to this situation. So was Shit.
"Shit. Just great, Oh! What's that?" Forgetting all pretense of silence [or anything remotely close to it] Naruto ran toward an odd light on the unfamiliar ground. Yaaagh!" His cry echoed out over the wide lake he had nearly fallen into and across the forest as well. The bright light he had seen was coming from the lake, and was, oddly enough, moving in circles, as though......swimming..? "C'mere fishie-fishie, I'll catch you!" The boisterous ninja peeled off his shirt, tied his shiny Hitai-Ate leaf headband around his neck, and dove spectacularly into the wide blue lake to pursue the glowing light. Little did he know that this simple act would change his life.
"It's scary."
"Don't worry. I'm here for you."
"Kurogane is very happy!"
"WHO'S THE REAL KUROGANE?!?!? You are Mokona, right?" Kurogane was a Shinobi. Really. Just, well, when he gets mad.
"Kurogane is Mad!" Mokona Modoki was a monkey-bunny-squirrel-chinchilla- well, thing. To be more precise, it was a marshmallow with ears, a short tail, and a clever brain.
"THEN DON'T MAKE ME MAD!"
"Mokona can do a very good imitation of someone else's voice though!" Fai D. Flowright was a magician, or more accurately, he used to be. [He's very handsome too! Just, don't tell Kurogane I said that]
"It's Mokona's One-hundred-and-Eighth Secret Technique!"
"What about the other 107?" Fai inquired with his usual charming smile.
"They're a secret!"
"Mokona is very good at leaving cliffhangers!" Fai said whilst nuzzling Mokona closely.
"You two can stay like this forever." Muttered Kurogane crossly, stomping off into the misty evening.
"Wait up Kuro-Tan!" Fai shouted chasing his long-legged 'Friend' off. Then the two heard a shout and some garbled noise.
"What?!?!" Kurogane turned to react to the sudden splashes that were adding to the mystery of what happened.
"Burble-Warrble. Wurble-Nurble!" [ This roughly translates to: No way! I never knew this existed!....] Naruto was beginning to run out of air. To his credit, though, he did manage over two minutes underwater. But as he rose up, he was shocked to find an oddly-dressed young boy, around fourteen, maybe fifteen, and a very cute girl, around the same age as the boy, inspecting his shirt closely and talking quietly.
"Maybe Kurogane-San or Fai-San know who this belongs to." The boy said and adjusted his hold on the shirt.
"Do you think so? So Syaoran-Kun, you've never seen anything like it?" The cute girl smiled warmly at the boy, supposedly 'Syaoran.
"No. When I traveled with my father, I never saw anything like this! It's so different from anything else!" The boy smiled eagerly and pushed a lock of shaggy brown hair out of his eyes, though in a very different way than the spluttering young ninja in the lake had a moment earlier. Speaking of the spluttering ninja.
"HEY! What are you two weirdos doing with my shirt?!?" Ignoring any manners he had ever had, Naruto ran over and grabbed his shirt from Syaoran. Dripping wet, steaming mad, and half undressed, the girl couldn't help but giggle nervously at the blond boy.
"Sakura-hime?" Syaoran asked her."What is it?" Naruto reacted oddly to the news that he had inferred from the honorific. This scandalously cute girl was a princess? Really? And of where?
"Oh! It's, well, it's just so.... He was in the lake!" Sakura-Hime giggled again, but this time she smiled kindly at the sopping wet Ninja.
"Hey! Sakura-Chan, Syaoran-Kun! Who's this?" Fai came in, panting slightly. He seemed a bit uneasy at the young Ninja's presence. Meanwhile, Kurogane ran through the edge of the foggy clearing, Mokona on his shoulder.
"Me? I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I'm a Shinobi, and one day, I'll be the next Hokage! Who are you old Loonies?" Naruto said obnoxiously. "And why is there a city in the lake?!?"
"What?" Blinked Syaoran."We're from th- Well, Sakura and I are from The Kingdom Of Clow, Kurogane-San here is from The Country Of Japan, and Fai-San is from the Country of, well, I don't know exactly where, Oh! And Mokona, is from The Dimension Witch's shop. It's a pleasure to meet you." Syaoran shook Naruto's hand.
"Hey, pork bun, any feathers here?" Kurogane asked, ignoring Naruto completely.
"Mokona? Is Kuro-Wan asking a good question?" Fai enquired.
"Mokona can't feel any feathers here, Fai-San." Sakura said to Fai from her position over by Syaoran.
"Should we leave?" Kurogane asked bluntly. "Mokon-" Naruto began to ask what a 'Mokona' was. Just then Mokona's mouth opened, wings grew splendidly from it's back, and a large seal appeared on the misty ground.
"Hey!?! Wait! Hold On!" Naruto grabbed Syaoran's arm, attempting to ask what was going on. Before he could, Konoha seemed to spiral away from his vision, leaving him senseless.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!
"Shit. Just great, Oh! What's that?" Forgetting all pretense of silence [or anything remotely close to it] Naruto ran toward an odd light on the unfamiliar ground. Yaaagh!" His cry echoed out over the wide lake he had nearly fallen into and across the forest as well. The bright light he had seen was coming from the lake, and was, oddly enough, moving in circles, as though......swimming..? "C'mere fishie-fishie, I'll catch you!" The boisterous ninja peeled off his shirt, tied his shiny Hitai-Ate leaf headband around his neck, and dove spectacularly into the wide blue lake to pursue the glowing light. Little did he know that this simple act would change his life.
"It's scary."
"Don't worry. I'm here for you."
"Kurogane is very happy!"
"WHO'S THE REAL KUROGANE?!?!? You are Mokona, right?" Kurogane was a Shinobi. Really. Just, well, when he gets mad.
"Kurogane is Mad!" Mokona Modoki was a monkey-bunny-squirrel-chinchilla- well, thing. To be more precise, it was a marshmallow with ears, a short tail, and a clever brain.
"THEN DON'T MAKE ME MAD!"
"Mokona can do a very good imitation of someone else's voice though!" Fai D. Flowright was a magician, or more accurately, he used to be. [He's very handsome too! Just, don't tell Kurogane I said that]
"It's Mokona's One-hundred-and-Eighth Secret Technique!"
"What about the other 107?" Fai inquired with his usual charming smile.
"They're a secret!"
"Mokona is very good at leaving cliffhangers!" Fai said whilst nuzzling Mokona closely.
"You two can stay like this forever." Muttered Kurogane crossly, stomping off into the misty evening.
"Wait up Kuro-Tan!" Fai shouted chasing his long-legged 'Friend' off. Then the two heard a shout and some garbled noise.
"What?!?!" Kurogane turned to react to the sudden splashes that were adding to the mystery of what happened.
"Burble-Warrble. Wurble-Nurble!" [ This roughly translates to: No way! I never knew this existed!....] Naruto was beginning to run out of air. To his credit, though, he did manage over two minutes underwater. But as he rose up, he was shocked to find an oddly-dressed young boy, around fourteen, maybe fifteen, and a very cute girl, around the same age as the boy, inspecting his shirt closely and talking quietly.
"Maybe Kurogane-San or Fai-San know who this belongs to." The boy said and adjusted his hold on the shirt.
"Do you think so? So Syaoran-Kun, you've never seen anything like it?" The cute girl smiled warmly at the boy, supposedly 'Syaoran.
"No. When I traveled with my father, I never saw anything like this! It's so different from anything else!" The boy smiled eagerly and pushed a lock of shaggy brown hair out of his eyes, though in a very different way than the spluttering young ninja in the lake had a moment earlier. Speaking of the spluttering ninja.
"HEY! What are you two weirdos doing with my shirt?!?" Ignoring any manners he had ever had, Naruto ran over and grabbed his shirt from Syaoran. Dripping wet, steaming mad, and half undressed, the girl couldn't help but giggle nervously at the blond boy.
"Sakura-hime?" Syaoran asked her."What is it?" Naruto reacted oddly to the news that he had inferred from the honorific. This scandalously cute girl was a princess? Really? And of where?
"Oh! It's, well, it's just so.... He was in the lake!" Sakura-Hime giggled again, but this time she smiled kindly at the sopping wet Ninja.
"Hey! Sakura-Chan, Syaoran-Kun! Who's this?" Fai came in, panting slightly. He seemed a bit uneasy at the young Ninja's presence. Meanwhile, Kurogane ran through the edge of the foggy clearing, Mokona on his shoulder.
"Me? I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I'm a Shinobi, and one day, I'll be the next Hokage! Who are you old Loonies?" Naruto said obnoxiously. "And why is there a city in the lake?!?"
"What?" Blinked Syaoran."We're from th- Well, Sakura and I are from The Kingdom Of Clow, Kurogane-San here is from The Country Of Japan, and Fai-San is from the Country of, well, I don't know exactly where, Oh! And Mokona, is from The Dimension Witch's shop. It's a pleasure to meet you." Syaoran shook Naruto's hand.
"Hey, pork bun, any feathers here?" Kurogane asked, ignoring Naruto completely.
"Mokona? Is Kuro-Wan asking a good question?" Fai enquired.
"Mokona can't feel any feathers here, Fai-San." Sakura said to Fai from her position over by Syaoran.
"Should we leave?" Kurogane asked bluntly. "Mokon-" Naruto began to ask what a 'Mokona' was. Just then Mokona's mouth opened, wings grew splendidly from it's back, and a large seal appeared on the misty ground.
"Hey!?! Wait! Hold On!" Naruto grabbed Syaoran's arm, attempting to ask what was going on. Before he could, Konoha seemed to spiral away from his vision, leaving him senseless.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!
