Author's Note:
Skeetle (The author): Hey everyone! Long time no see! You probably hate me for having removed my old story, huh? Well, I've decided to repost it! Cha!
Lomie-Pumie: Yeah, with my help!
Skeetle: So true! Thanks for posting it!
Lomie-Pumie: Hey, I edited, too!
Skeetle: Yeah, yeah. Anyway, this is the newer version of Human Shinobi's. The Naruto couples are Na-
Lomie-Pumie: Do you really want to spoil it?
Skeetle: I'm not gonna tell ALL of the couples. Only the obvious ones.
Lomie-Pumie: …fine…
Skeetle: So, the Naruto couples are NaruHina, SasuSaku, NejiTen, ShikaIno, a-
Lomie-Pumie: WHAT?!!!
Skeetle: What?
Lomie-Pumie: ShikaINO?! I thought you said it would be ShikaTema?!
Skeetle: Nope. :D
Lomie-Pumie: Well, then… Who's Temari going with?
Skeetle: That, my friend, is a… secret.
Lomie-Pumie: Whatever, so, the story has a whole bunch more couples and a TON of crossovers.
Skeetle: Now read…
Lomie-Pumie: …and enjoy…(Goes off muttering something about how Shikamaru deserves Temari and Ino can go die in a ditch or something)
Skeetle: Oh, and I don't own Naruto.
"Naruto," Myomi breathed. She opened the manga.
"What?" asked Yuki, looking over her twins shoulder. "Did you just say Naruto?"
"Look, look!" cried Myomi. She jumped up and down energetically. "The new manga just came out!"
Yuki looked at the manga. "Eh?" she said. "But that's volume one!"
"I know," said Myomi, smiling. "I'm gonna get this one. I wanna re-collect the series from scratch."
Yuki snorted. "The only volumes we have," she said, "are Shiipuden. That's because someone"--she poked Myomi's cheek -- "decided to give all of our other ones away as gifts at lunch."
"Hey, I was desperate!" cried Myomi. "I hadn't gotten any of our friends gifts, and since we have tons of friends..."
"Whatever," sighed Yuki. "Let's go home now, ok?"
~.~
Myomi woke up the next morning contentedly. She yawned, got up, and saw the sun shining brightly outsi--
"Oh, nyooooooooooo!!!" she yelled, spinning to look at her alarm clock (which was ion a peculiar position that seemed to hint at it being thrown across the room). "Aaaugh! It's 10:50! Oh my god, noooooo!!!" With that, Myomi ran around the house like a madwoman and was out the door in five minutes. "I'm soooo late!"
By the time she's gotten on a bus and ambled her way to school, it was 12:00. (Myomi... is easily distracted. She's got NO sense of direction.)
"I..." she muttered, "Should just go home." She sighed. But then she steeled herself and walked inside.
~ . ~
"YOU LEFT ME AT HOME!!!" yelled Myomi. Yuki covered her ears.
"Yeah, well, you refused to wake up!"
"HOW COULD YOU?! I'VE GOT DETENTION AFTER SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE OF YOU!!!"
"Hey, hey, calm down!" said Mitsue. Her black curls swished slightly as her hand touched Myomi's shoulder. "It's alright."
"NO IT'S NOT!!!" yelled Myomi, jerking away from her friend's grasp. The cafeteria buzz continued; Myomi's frequent outbursts like these had become something of a routine.
"Shut up already, Myomi." said Ichigo, re-tying her raven colored hair into her usual low bun-thing.
"Hey, don't talk to Myomi like that!" said Nasu. Her spirited hyperactivity showed brightly, from her loud yellow jacket over the school uniform to her shiny dirty blonde hair, to her twinkling brown eyes. "If she wants to yell, she can yell!"
A giggle escaped a girl sitting at the edge of the lunch table. Her black hair was tied up into pigtails.
"You're all so...so..." she giggled again in a rather creepy way. "So amusing."
"Grr…," said Ichigo, " No one asked for YOUR opinion!"
"But it's so fun to give," was the reply.
"Aaaugh...!" screamed Ichigo.
"WAAAAH, WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO MEAN TO ME?!" asked Myomi.
"We're not being mean," said Yuki. "We're trying to prepare you for the outside world! You can't be a burden on others by relying on them so much!"
Myomi gasped. Then she looked around her. "Y...you..." she said, "You think I'm a ... burden...?"
Yuki groaned. "Myomi, no, we---" why did her sister always take things the wrong way?!
Myomi looked around her. "Is that what..." she said," What all of you think...?"
The bell rang. Everyone left the cafeteria in a hurry, and no one noticed little Myomi going into the restroom to wipe her tears away.
~ . ~
Myomi sighed. Bad day, she thought. First the detention, then the scene at lunch, and now....She folded her test so that nobody would see the 67 on the top of it. She plastered on a grin and jogged over to her friends.
"Hey, guys!" she yelled, waving.
"Hi Myomi" was the unison reply.
"Look, look!" she said, taking her Naruto manga out of her backpack. "Look it what I has! Oh, and the newest Shiipuden is..." she trailed off. Everyone was laughing, talking, and being friends...without her.
Myomi crumpled to the ground, sobbing.
Yuki's words from earlier rang in her head: ... a burden... you rely on other people...
A tear trickled down her face.
So I was right, she thought. I'm a burden...to all of them!
Something poked her in the neck. She looked down to see the manga.
"Oh, Naruto..." she said. "If only I could go to your world..."
FWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...
A strong wind picked up and blew around her. Myomi's eyes opened as if in a trance...and then...
'='_'='
"Myomi?" asked Yuki. A strong wind blasted her in the face. "Augh...!"
She looked over at Myomi, who stood a few feet away from her. "Wh-what the...?"
A blackish purplish blue swirl appeared before Myomi.
"Wha...?" she said. "A black hole?!"
"No," said Ichigo. "It's different...but..."
"Ooooooooooh, is Myomi gonna go play inside it?" asked Nasu. "Me. too, me too!" With that, the silly girl launched herself towards Myomi.
"Nasu, waaaait!" called Yuki, chasing her.
"OH, dear!" cried Mitsue. She grabbed Ichigo and rushed to follow. "Guys, wait, it may be dangerous!"
"Lemme go, woman!" yelled Ichigo. Jumping into the hole, she yelled, "Bonzai!"
Miaka looked at the interesting scene folding out before her and followed the action.
'='_'='
Myomi took a step forward. She touched the oval her hand went through it. Suddenly, Myomi was overcome by something and walked into the object in front of her...
And found herself in a circular tunnel the same color as the object she'd walked through.
"It's like a door," muttered Myomi. She took a few more steps forward.
Echoes followed her. She turned.
In tumbled all her friends.
"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" squeaked Nasu. "Cooool!"
"Wha...wha..." stuttered Yuki.
"Oh, Myomi, thank goodness you're ok!" said a relieved Mitsue.
"Where are we...?" breathed a transfixed Ichigo.
"Oooooh, look behind us!" singsonged Miaka.
Everyone turned to find that the 'door' they'd come through was closing!
"Holy sh-!" Ichigo began, but was stopped by Mitsue's hand covering her mouth. Nodding her head, Mitsue's hand was removed and Ichigo said, "Oh my Goddess…"
Myomi payed this no heed. Of course it had closed. Because the only way out was...
"The light," whispered Myomi. Everyone turned to see Myomi silhouetted by a dazzlingly white light, presumably the other side of the 'tunnel.'
"Uh...going towardsthe light is, like, um..." said Mitsue, "not my idea of a good plan..."
Myomi turned her head back to look back at her friend. "It's closing," she said. "Hurry." Then she turned back around and started walking.
And with every step she took, the light on the other side grew smaller.
The group of friends looked at each other. None of them exactly LIKED the idea, but considering the circumstances...
They ran towards the light, passing by Myomi.
Nasu leaped into the light...
...and plowed face-first into an ant pile. Ichigo landed on her butt beside her friend. Miaka stepped on Nasu's back and fell onto the surrounding grass. Mitsue leaped over Nasu and almost ran into a tree. And Yuki DID run into a tree after tripping on Nasu's ankle.
Myomi was still inside. She took small, leisurely steps. The light grew smaller and smaller with each step she took. When she reached the end, she had to lift her leg to sort of climb out.
She ended up standing on Nasu's back. Behind her, the hole swirled into nothingness.
And Myomi was flying through the air as Nasu stood, screaming and running around. She ran far enough that she fell into a stream, and sighed with relief as the ants were washed away. (She hadn't gotten stung!!!)
"Oh, Nasu!" yelled a concerned Mitsue, who struck out after her friend.
"Why the heck are you dragging me with you?!" screamed an angry Ichigo as she unwillingly followed Mitsue. "Why is it always ME!!!"
"Hmmmmmm..." said Miaka. "To watch Nasu, or Myomi...oh, what a tough decision, they're both so amusing!" she sighed, taking off after the others.
"Myomi, you ok...?" asked Yuki, rubbing her nose. "Ow, my face..." she trailed off as she saw Myomi's awed expression.
"What?" she asked. "Myomi, what's wrong?"
"This..." said Myomi. "This is..." and she flipped open her manga to a certain page, looked around, and looked back down again.
"We..." she said, "We're in... KONOHA!!!"
Author's Note:
Skeetle: And that is chapter 1!
Lomie-Pumie: Yay. Whoo. Whatever.
Skeetle: You're just jealous.
Lomie-Pumie: Oh, no. You found me out. What ever shall I do now? (note sarcasm)
Skeetle: Meanie.
Lomie-Pumie: So, if you enjoyed, Skeetle would very much enjoy a review. And, good-bye.