She sighed as passing children made comments on her unnaturally red hair she was use to it now as she had been teased all through school and even now in college, she had even been teased about her eyes a few times, being blue with a hint of purple to them… The doctors couldn't find anything wrong with them so she was told not to worry about it. She knew as an eighteen-year-old young woman, she will never get away from peoples scrutinizing eyes ever and learned to take the comments in her stride.
She got on the buss and sat in the very back corner like everyday and shoved her earphones in to blare out Pendulum. She imagined all of the superhuman things she would do if she had power but she was one of the lucky few who still believed in magic and could manipulate things to a certain degree. The wind blew when she wanted it fire became larger when she wanted it and she could also manipulate water to some degree. There was also the thing where she would cause things to go flying when she was really angry and it normally ended up with that thing hitting the person she didn't like.
She left that all behind when she entered college and the real world, she knew she would never have some super cool power or end up saving the world but it made life easier to live if you imagined it actually happening. She just spent her free time in the world of anime now and it hurt to realise that you are still in the real world but what is another option dying? I don't think so, we don't know what's waiting for us and there is no going back after taking the plunge.
She thought about her messed up life and how she grew up in an orphanage until, she was adopted by two rich and fake people but it was better than the orphanage and they left her to her own devises all of the time and Skylar was grateful for it. She never had any friends as they would suffer for her differences and she would just let them go. She never knew her parents and the orphanage had done everything to find out who left her on their doorstep on a stormy night but there had been no leads and so they gave up, as did Skylar.
Life had been unfair in some ways and fair in others. She could never truly relate to the human race but she had the gift of a photographic memory and always got top scores which lead her to going into the dramatic arts as a career choice as well as singing and dance, taking a triple threat in college and it was her last year and she wanted to open up a dance school afterwards… At least she had something going for her life. She was also adopted by a very wealthy family which gave her the best of everything, even the best car that she wanted, a Ferrari Spider that she only drives on the weekend on open roads to feel free. It was way to exposed to be used during the week and definitely wasn't built for town driving.
She got off at her stop and proceeded into the giant sky scrapper and took the elevator to the top floor to her apartment. It was her parents building for work but they converted the top floor into an apartment for her when they learned which college she wanted to go to, hell her parents even offered to build her an apartment on the actual school grounds. She politely refused and they gave her this option instead and she took it.
She stepped off of the elevator and dug in her bag for her key and went inside. She threw her bag and landed on her bed after a jump. She turned everything on and began watching her anime where she fell asleep not long afterwards. She woke up to her doorbell ringing frantically and moved quickly to open the door to see her frantic mom with a frantic look on her face.
"Mom, is something wrong, what's happened?" Skylar asked her mom after giving her a quick hug and holding her by her shoulders.
"It's your dad… Your real dad, he's at the estate right now… He looks so much like you it's uncanny, come now baby, let's go." He mom said gesturing her to go with her. Skylar ran into her house and grabbed her bag and her I-pod before following her mom down stairs and into the… pink limo… She hated that colour. Her mom was ringing her hands around and didn't even shout at Skylar for biting her nails, giving her a clear indication of the current situation. Skylar didn't know what to think, whether she should be angry or glad or some other emotion… After eighteen years she was going to meet her possible real father.
The limo stopped at the main house and the door opened for them to get out. Skylar followed nervously behind her mom and into the sparking white and gold living room and she sat down on the couch while her mom disappeared to find her fathers. She started to tap her feet while she sat hunched forward with her hands clasped together, her elbows resting on her knees. Her parents appeared in the doorway and parted for the person and lightning struck, causing her to see a shadow first and her eyes widened.
He had glowing purple eyes with a glowing red necklace of six tomoes and two pointy horns on his head… her immediate thought moved to a character from Naruto; The Rikudo Sennin. Before the lightning ended but afterwards there stood a kind faced man with red hair like hers and wearing a neat and casual shirt and black uniform pants and shoes.
"Skylar, this is Richard Serrin, possibly your real father." Skylar's dad said. She shook her head and smiled at the normal looking man before standing up and shaking his hand. They stopped shaking and she gave him a fake smile back to his before suddenly slamming her fist in his gut and he doubled over slightly as he lost his breath.
"I think I definitely deserve that." He wheezed and Skylar smirked as she stepped back.
"Yeah, you're damn right you deserve that." Skylar said with a satisfied smirk. "Now we can talk, please, sit down Richard." She said with a lighter tone and gestured to the couches.
He began by explaining why he never looked for her. It was a one-night stand when he was still a teenager and he never knew her mother became pregnant. He told her that her mother died a year after her birth with a long-term sickness and knew placing her in an orphanage was her only option. He heard about Skylar from a friend that he had encountered someone that looked a lot like him and he came to check it out and he found her. He told her he would not say he was sorry as she was in a better position than she would have been with him as he finished school.
"Thank you for explaining everything Richard but I'm eighteen already. I would like to get to know you but I don't think I'll ever see you as my father… It's getting late, do you have a place to stay or do you need help finding one?" Skylar asked calmly, with confused emotions.
"Your parents have offered to let me stay for the night. I want to ask you to come and visit me tomorrow after college so maybe we could get to know each other, is that fine with you?" Richard asked her and she nodded before giving a quick good-bye and took her Ferrari out for a spin to clear her head and get home.
She returned to the estate the next afternoon and they got to know each other and started to become friends rather than father and daughter. He was quite amazed and happy to learn of her manipulations of elements and she was surprised he wasn't actually freaked out until he showed her he could do the same thing. They spoke of things they never imagined speaking about to other people and a deep bond was created as this carried on for three months. Richard found an apartment and stayed close by her and they hung out a lot.
That particular night, Richard was coming over and Skylar was going to introduce him to anime. He came in and they settled down on her bed as she flicked through some anime and showed him Naruto. He became tense and his mouth became a thin line as he started to ask questions about it.
"How does it end?" He asked her.
"Well it actually hasn't ended but they're in the Fourth Great Ninja war at the moment. You know about this anime Richard?" Skylar asked.
"Ye-yeah I have, I haven't caught up with it for a long time… So who's fighting who… Which nations?" He asked.
"It's not nations but they have banded together to form the Allied Shinobi Force against Madara Uchiha… That's where they are at the moment." Skylar said with confusion and Richard was deep in thought and mumbling under his breath. "Is something wrong Richard, you look very pale." Skylar said with worry as she reached to touch his forehead but a very quick hand caught her wrist tightly and she flinched at the pain before calling his name with a doubtful tone and his eyes met hers… They were the rippling rinnegan. Skylar's eyes widened and she tried to pull away but he still had her wrist. "Okay, I'm going to be frank with you Richard… The first night I met you, you looked exactly like the character from Naruto, the Rikudo Sennin now tell me the truth, who are you?" Skylar asked straight forward.
"You will probably think I'm crazy but I'll start with the most believable. You really are my daughter. The next thing is that the anime, Naruto is another dimension and is all real and I have come back here as a reincarnation because they lost the war Skylar. Everyone is under the eternal Tsukuyomi and I need a way to fix it. Sure in the anime they will win but this is real, just as real as your world right now. You know how controlling this society is as I have lived through it like you or your parents but this is ten times worse and you're their last hope." Richard begged as his appearance became more like the Rikudo Sennin's. Skylar was dumbstruck and realised her mouth had been hanging open and closed it as she thought this over.
"Why can't you go back and fix it, I'm not trained as a ninja or anything plus you would be a better match against Madara and Obito and the Jyuubi, you've done it before." She said with panic and he shook his head sadly before meeting her eyes seriously.
"I am too weak in this realm but I've seen your potential in the few months I've known you. With your triple threat at college and you extra curricular of belly dancing and pole dancing to expand your skills, you're strong enough Skylar and I believe in you because you are my daughter." He said with confidence as he brushed back some hair and placed his hand on her cheek.
"What do I do dad?" She questioned shakily as she let some confused tears fall.
"You would be happier there Skylar. You act too much like a ninja already for your own good, you will pick up the necessary skills quickly. It has been just over a year since the war and there are only three people not under its influence. Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke and Hatake Kakashi but I will give you something that will help… You will be able to deactivate the Tsukuyomi on ten people and make them your allies again. Just go with what's in here." He said with a sad smile as he touched her heart and she smiled with a wet laugh and he smiled lovingly. "I want you to think this over Skylar so get some sleep and you can prepare in the morning." He said, moving off of her bed.
"How will I get there?" Skylar asked suddenly.
"I have enough power to send you to that universe, don't worry now sleep." He said closing her door and turning off the light. Skylar got comfortable in bed and began imagining how drastically her life had shifted again and she hoped it was going to be for the better and fell into a dreamless sleep.
Skylar sat in bed for a while the next morning and was researching everything about the world of Naruto as she had only gotten so far with the anime even though she had been keeping up with the manga. Richard walked in with some breakfast for her and began helping her with the information and some basic jutsu's she could try for self-defence. She was becoming more confident by the second and decided she needed new clothes as she would stick out like a sore thumb and Richard agreed.
After spending most of the morning already in normal clothes shops she decided to try a last resort… A cosplay shop. They definitely should have tried there first as she found proper Naruto world clothes. She got a black skin tight long sleeved shirt and tight pants as well and some shinobi sandals with the standard weapon pouches and the same out fit in a few other colours. She also got a cloak like the ANBU wore and she was set. The stopped at a weapon store and bought some kunai and shuriken with enough to practise with as well and went back to her apartment. He gave her a quick lesson on shuriken and kunai when she was deemed good enough. She packed some clothes and necessities before deeming herself ready. Richard drew on her wood floor in the living room before she was ordered to stand in the middle.
"Good luck Skylar, I know you will be alright and remember I believe in you." Richard said as he cut his arm and let some blood drop on what he had drawn and began to chant. Skylar took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she found herself in the newly built Konoha and nearly groaned as she tried to remember where everything was. It was raining and she pulled her cloak closer to her body to keep warm and to not be seen. Everyone seemed to be acting normal until she looked up and saw the three ripples with nine tomoe spinning lazily in them on the red moon, the people looked happy but their eyes were dull and board as they moved about predetermined. Sure the people acted normally but there was something missing, the village had no life or fighting spirit, it felt exactly like her old world felt, people just kept going as they had nothing else to do.
She left Konoha that afternoon as it felt so depressing and stayed in the woods. She had no clue what to do, no money or help or even a clue of where to start looking for the three unaffected by Tsukuyomi. She wasn't sure if she had been brought to Konoha on purpose or if it was just the first place she was put. She began thinking about the war and what had happened, the main war was up in Kaminari and Akatsuki's original base was north as well. She started thinking of where to go from there and decided to thoroughly search Konoha first and move up to Akatsuki's old base and Kaminari then she would try Otogakure on a whim as it had been abandoned since Orochimaru's death.
She walked around for a while and found herself surprisingly at the memorial stone and began reading the hundreds of names before landing on familiar ones of Nohara Rin, Uchiha Obito, Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina and touched them gently.
"Did you know them miss?" A voice spoke up from behind her and she jumped around with a hand to her chest and luck had been on her side… It was Hatake Kakashi.
"Kind of but not personally, I know their story that's all. Konoha's become depressing hasn't it?" She said as he moved to stand next to her with a similar coat on.
"Why do you say that?" He asked suspiciously.
"Since the war, people's attitudes have changed. What had once been a great village with the Will of Fire is nothing but ash and dampened spirits now… It's kind of sad that a dictatorship has been created because of that stupid moon up there, almost like it's laughing at us." Skylar spat venomously.
"I'm surprised to hear that you hate that moon… Many people have said that it is lovely and they couldn't imagine a day without it?" Kakashi asked as he placed a hand on the stone.
"Yeah well, if I was holding you between life and death and commanded you to tell me I'm pretty or I'll kill you, you would lie to keep your life even if I was the most ugliest person alive." Skylar said. Kakashi grabbed her roughly by the shoulders and looked her straight in the eyes seriously.
"You're not under the Tsukuyomi are you?" He asked with disbelief.
"No I'm not. It's nice to meet you Hatake Kakashi, my name is Serrin Skylar and I know there are two more of you around… Is there somewhere private that we can talk and not be discovered, I don't want to die on my first day." Skylar asked, looking around cautiously. He looked around as well before grabbing her wrist and dragging her around. They walked for hours under the cover of trees and the night as the sun set. He held tightly on her wrist as they walked at a fast pace and she had to jog to keep up.
"Are you a ninja or a civilian?" Kakashi asked in a hushed whisper, he sounded hard and tense.
"I'm a civilian but I know a few moves if I need to defend myself… We've been followed haven't we?" Skylar asked as she felt something buzzing in the back of her mind.
"That's good, you may need to defend yourself but don't do anything reckless, I feel I need to keep you alive." Kakashi said and they stopped back to back and in a lowered stance. Skylar took a quiet and deep breath to calm herself and took out a kunai and held it at the ready. She accidentally deflected a kunai aimed for her heart and was shocked before she came out of it as four ANBU showed up and surrounded them.
"Give us the girl Hatake and we'll let you go." One of them said giving nothing away from their coats or masks. The air started to become heavy, almost choking and Skylar realised this must be killing intent.
"I don't intend on going anywhere who's planning on hurting me… What do you want with me?" Skylar asked surprisingly calm but defensive.
"You threaten our way of life and that must be stopped." Another ANBU said. Skylar huffed and rolled her eyes. A thought occurred to her so she straightened up and put her hands under her coat and put on a non-threatening stance as she performed some hand seals under her coat carefully… She hoped it works.
"What will you do with me if I go with you?" Skylar asked cautiously as she did the hand seals.
"We will try to conform you and if not you will be locked away or killed depending on how threatening you are." The same ANBU replied and tried to step closer.
"Don't come closer! Don't do this Skylar… I know you can feel that they're lying." Kakashi warned.
"I know, I was just making sure… Duck." She whispered with a small breath, he hesitated before his eye widened and he ducked. "Wind style: Wind dragon jutsu." Skylar said and focused her will and luckily a wind dragon appeared and exploded, sending the surprised ANBU flying with the wind cutting them up badly. Kakashi took the opportunity, grabbed Skylar's wrist again and threw her onto his back as he began flying through the trees at top speed. Night settled over them and the moon was now high in the sky when Kakashi finally slowed down and jumped to land on the ground silently. Skylar carefully slid herself of his back and sat down as she felt light headed and woozy.
"You used to much chakra but that saved us from a sticky situation… You said you were a civilian yet you blocked a kunai easily and used a C-ranked jutsu… Just who are you?" Kakashi asked, standing in front of her. Skylar closed her eyes for a second, trying to stop the world from spinning.
"I will tell you and you may not believe it but I want it to be in a secure place and with your teammates as I only want to explain it once. I was taught some defensive ninjutsu to protect myself until I could find you guys, I just wasn't taught properly which is why I feel like I'm going to fall off the edge of the world… How much further?" Skylar asked, holding her head and could feel a headache coming on.
"We are on the boarder of Hi no Kuni and Oto no Kuni. I'll have to blindfold you when we get closer though for our safety, you understand?" Kakashi asked and she nodded and pulled herself up against a tree with Kakashi holding her one arm and helping her. "How do you know there are more of us and how many do you think we are?" Kakashi asked as he helped her onto his back again and began at a slower speed.
"It's part of my story and I know there are two more of you not under the Tsukuyomi… Like I said, you may not want to believe my story, its kind of bizarre." Skylar said and she felt a silent laugh through his back.
"What were you going to do if you didn't find me by accident today Skylar?" Kakashi suddenly asked as they could see the sun rising ahead of them.
"I was going to search Konoha thoroughly first as that's where I got dumped… Long story then I would move up to Kaminari no Kuni as that's where the war took place and then to the old Akatsuki base north of Hi no Kuni and lastly Oto no Kuni as a last resort but it seems I was placed in Konoha for a reason." Skylar said. Kakashi stopped and put her down and dug in his pouch and pulled out pieces of black material.
"I'm going to have to blindfold you now as we're getting close… Do you trust me?" Kakashi asked seriously.
"Well I guess I'll have to gain your trust so yes, I trust you Kakashi, do what you need." Skylar said with a bit of reluctance. Kakashi nodded and stepped behind her and tied a piece around her eyes and bound her wrists together. Skylar's other senses kicked in as she listened to the sound around her and the smell and the strange buzzing sensation as Kakashi moved around. She felt him duck his head between her bound arms and place her on his back again as he began to move again. It went cold and smelt earthy as she felt the sun disappear and sound echoing, knowing they had gone underground. Kakashi walked calmly with quite a few turns every now again and Skylar was keeping track just in case. On the last turn he took a few steps before standing her on the ground and removing her bound wrists and closed a door before removing her blindfold. Skylar blinked from the dim light and looked around as surprise crept on her face.
"You are using one of Orochimaru's old hide outs? Brave guys but I guess it was the best option as you have a person on your team that knew the hide outs well plus you can move if you need to like he did without worry as they are protected… Nice." Skylar said, looking around with interest.
"You know a lot but we'll find out about that later. Right now we're both tired and I have to talk to my team about you, the one won't take it easily though and I hope you can prove your story otherwise he will kill you… He's not as easy going as me anymore." Kakashi said with some sadness in his eye and Skylar could only guess it was Naruto he was talking about.
"Don't worry… It's been tough for him and I'm sure he's still the same person but he's hard because of the circumstances you're under right now… Having your friends and comrades turn against you… It must have been hard for all of you." Skylar tried to reassure him. He nodded and snapped back to his previous self.
"Well you'll be staying here for the time being so rest up while you can and I will be locking the door and placing some jutsus on it. I'll bring you some food later and there's a bathroom through there. I'll see you later Skylar." He explained as he walked out and closed and locked the door behind him. Her room was set out like the one Sai used when he went on the first mission to find Sasuke with Team 7. She moved the desk to the other wall next to the door to the bathroom and dropped her bag on it with a thump and removed her cloak and hung it up on the door hook.
She sat on her bed and pulled out her I-pod and began reading up on the information on Naruto before she left. She had an extra battery and a solar panel charger for future usage, as she was sure they didn't have that type of technology there. She started to think about the ten people she would snap out of the Tsukuyomi and how she would do it she didn't know but her father believes in her and she had to start believing in herself otherwise if Naruto has changed so much like Kakashi said, she would be dead in the next twenty-four hours. She already decided on Shikamaru, Ino and Sakura as they could be of the most help with Shikamaru's strategies and Ino and Sakura's healing abilities would be useful. Hinata would be useful with her byakugan as Neji died during the war and either Shino or Sai with their abilities. Maybe Guy, Lee and Gaara but she wasn't sure.
Skylar's head was pounding now so she put her I-pod away and put her head on her pillow after removing her pouches and shuriken holster and putting a kunai under her pillow like her father suggested and fell asleep.