Note: The stories main protagonist, Namazaki Kiyo is an Original Character of mine. If any of my readers has any questions based around her specifically and her background, then I reccomend my fanfic 'One More Chance' which looks into her history in better detail.

Anyway, happy reading and enjoy!

The day got as rainy as it could get.

Stormy, grey clouds rampaged in the sky, a downpour of rain flooding the area with the clear liquid as the heavens opened to welcome the village of Amegakure. Then again, this has always been a natural thing that shinobi in the village have gotten used to over the years, as well as the fact that they lived in a society where they didn't have a leader, but rather they weren't looked after by what was presumed to be a god. Even so, no one in the village dared to question the mysterious person's authority. After all, they were all living safely in their homes because of so. Yet, this doesn't mean that outsiders weren't suspicious.

This was where a certain Konoha kunoichi had been assigned to investigate. The red-head whom went by as Kiyo had been given this important mission in order to uncover the secrets behind the village, as word had it that it was the main base for the Akatsuki leader. Being a covert mission, this was her speciality, so it was natural to pick her, despite only being of chunin rank when a jonin should have been assigned. Either way, one way or another, it was still a life or death situation that she had accepted.

Yet, she didn't expect to happen so soon…

Sneaking past security was more than easy enough. It was all just a matter of forcefully stopping her chakra flow for now. However, sneaking around on the streets without being caught out by any shinobi was difficult since her unusual appearance would have been identified. Yet, unknown to the reconnaissance expert, she had been caught in the act the moment she had stepped onto Amegakure grounds. It was just a matter of time before a fight would break out.

'Come on… Come on…' The girl had thought to herself whilst looking for any subtle hints on the matter she was investigating. It primarily came from following other shinobi and ease-dropping into their conversations within the shadows, just like a typical ninja. Yet, no luck at all on the matter. Most that had come up was about their family and any plans they had that evening, a subject that was quite depressing for the lone Namazaki member. Even so, her job came first over her personal problems, and she knew that well…

"Ah! Tobi can finally see our visitor at last!" Sung out a voice from above one of the buildings. The woman's head jerked upwards to view a single individual with a swirled orange mask hiding his facial features, yet much else was hard to identify from the rain and the darkened environment despite being day out elsewhere.

The masked figure had leaped off the building and came down onto the girl like a ton of brinks. Luckily for her sake, speed was her ally. She had been able to dodge the impact and judging by the shallow crater that was left as soon as the smoke cleared up, it seemed that it would have ended there and then if she had been caught by that one single punch. But now that she was able to get a good look at the person, as well as the black cloak coated with blood red clouds, it came to her understanding that he was a member of the Akatsuki whom had remained dormant for some time. For some reason, which was more of a presumption, it placed a sense of dread into her soul. There was definitely something going on with this individual.

Wait… How was she finally caught out?

"Tobi was being a good boy and following orders. Besides, we have been tracking you since you came here. But I can't say much else. It's a secret." The seemingly childish man had stated, placing one finger up to where his lips would be.

Before responding back to his comment, the red-head had taken a brief moment to split up what he had said. He mentioned 'we' and 'following orders', so he was clearly not the one in charge of the organization. This means that there was someone still around who has remained behind the scenes of everything that had been going on, especially with the uprising of some of the Akatsuki members whom had, for some unknown reason, had been collecting tailed beasts. Someone who had lead this 'Tobi' persona in her direction. But one thing was for certain…

She had to get away… Or else…

"I guess we got off on the wrong foot…" Kiyo said with a friendly expression, no signs of hostility in her tone or expression. The truth is though, there wasn't anything of the sorts deep down, but more so, it was pure fear yet she did her best to hide it from the enemy before her. A fear of a slow, painful death with no one to know what had happened. Or more likely, no allies. Her hand had reached up to scratch an occurring itch on the back of her soaking crimson locks that clinged mercilessly onto cold, pale skin of the Kunoichi.
"But can we just let this one slide? I'll be on my way and I won't tell anyone what I saw."

That was a lie and it seemed that whoever this strange guy was, knew well enough it was just a dirty lie in order to get out of the situation unharmed. Although, despite not having much of a chance of escaping, at least she had gained herself some time to conjure up a plan.

"But if Tobi did that, then he wouldn't be happy. He told me that I could have the pleasure of destroying any spies that came our way. ~ Looks like it's my lucky day! Whee!" He gleefully yelled whilst spinning in a circle in a childish fashion.

'Seriously, what was wrong with this guy, if he even is that.'

This was precisely what the girl was thinking, judging by the look she gave and the comical sweat drop running down her face. Is this guy even a threat to her? Perhaps that one punch was just out of luck. Was she simply just being paranoid since she was currently in enemy territory?

Nope… There was more than that…

Within that split second of letting her guard down, Tobi had taken the opportunity to give the first strike; a blow to the stomach. Blood spurted out of the female's mouth from the forceful impact, eyes widened in surprise and a surge of pain striking every part of her lower body. It felt as if her organs were turned into mush.

"You're too late…"

No… This couldn't the end. Her sight was slowly beginning to fade, and her body felt heavy, but if anyone knew anything about this red-head, it was that she had quite a fiery temper when forced against a corner. A smile slowly eased on her lips, blood running down her chin as she merged her hands together to form ninjutsu. Her right hand came away from the other and tensed us, chakra induced lightening flowing and sparking drastically in said hand.

"Chidori!"

With such a short range and with such a deadly jutsu, there's no way that this guy could survive this attack. Within seconds, it would simply create a hole in the enemy's chest and she could get out there without anyone seeing her face. Or that's what she presumed.

In fact, it was the complete opposite.

Her hand did go through his chest, but so did the rest of her body as well. It was like he was a ghost, but at the same time, his body looked absolutely solid, not translucent like a spirt. What the hell is this guy!?

The battle had gone on longer than expected. From ninjutsu, to weaponry, nothing was hurting this guy at all. Everything she gave just phased right through him! Could he even be hurt at all!?

But worse yet, could she even handle any more of the continuous battle? The Kunoichi wasn't exactly in the best condition. In fact, she could barely stand, her chakra was running dry and her vision was falling into darkness more and more by the minute with every hit she took. Sweat poured down her face whilst her breathing remained ragged for the longest time. With no time to stop and regain any energy, all she could do was minimise the amount she used, but it didn't seem to make much difference.

Her head turned to look back at the man. What she had seen in that precise moment had made her entire body freeze up in horror. Her two eyes widened once again as they stared deeply into the hole that was in the mask, a red luminescent glow with three black spirals forming the shape of the pupil with the shadows that the mask made. Was that…?

Sharingan!?

"You should have ran when you had the chance." Tobi said, his voice turning far more deep and dreadful than before, a voice that could make your spine crawl. So that sadistic yet cheerful side of him was just a gimmick? She was sure that he was hiding something, but what exactly was something that she would never find out. At that point, she was surely to be brought back into the afterlife once again.

It was time to say good-bye…

Kiyo had shut her eyes at that precise moment. She didn't have much chakra in her system and her strength was quickly depleting the more she realized that she couldn't hold on for any longer. Besides, her line of sight had already met with the males for too long. This was surely the end of her. She could feel her form being pulled into the void, her body morphing in ways that she didn't think was possible.

But for a moment, despite opening her eyes slowly, everything was still pitch black. So, this must have been the afterlife. No, she knew perfectly well what it was like. There were sounds surrounding her.

And one unfamiliar one? It was like a low rumbling, almost like a powerful engine. The noise was growing louder and louder, the bright light emanating from the source growing brighter and brighter the more that the girl stared. What was this? Her eyes narrowed to fixate on the light without becoming blind, her hand reaching out to touch it, as if it was going to be her saviour from a never-ending darkness. But something snapped…

With her instincts to avoid danger kicking in so suddenly, it was no doubt that this was some sort of trap. The man with the mask she had faced before did have Sharingan. Maybe she was just trapped in his genjutsu. But that feeling of her body being forced into the void – how could that be explained!? Either way, her questions were to be kept for later, especially with the such a risk quickly approaching.

The sound of a horn became her alarm, the light becoming clearer and splitting into two to form a set of head lamps on a car. Judging by the people in the front seats, they had been panicking, and trying to stop the fast-moving vehicle, but it seemed that within the distance of her and the car, there was no way they would be able to stop to a halt in time.

There was only one last resort.

Her legs produced as much chakra as she could with the amount of time she had left before leaping off to the side away from danger. But something felt wrong. She had plenty of chakra unlike moments ago, and for some reason her wounds had miraculously healed. But with leaping to the side, and her attention preoccupied by the smaller things, she didn't look into the bigger picture. When leaping away off the road, her form had collided with a steep hill before actually noticing, the red-haired girl spiralling down in a clumsy heap of flips and twists, grunts and yelps following every single crash. The pain did kick in the moment she had finally reached the bottom and into a set of bushes, but between being ran over by the vehicle and that, she would take the latter any day of the week.

Her shut eyes had eventually awakened to take in the breath-taking of the moon, her blurred vision eventually clearing up once again. Well that was definitely an experience, but it was probably for the best to keep it a secret between herself and her bruises, otherwise she would never hear the end of it from Kakashi. Just the thought of him mocking her pissed her off to no end.

But once again, it was strange… Everything seemed so different. The fresh smell of the night air was gone, the peacefulness was destroyed, and not only that, her surroundings were so unfamiliar. It must have been an illusion, considering how whoever she faced had so much up his sleeve that it wouldn't surprise her if he did something so futuristic. But at the same time, why was everything so clear? Why was everything following an orderly fashion?

Whatever…

It could have been anything, so it was probably for the best to keep her guard up and study the area as soon as possible. If this had been a reality, a completed world filled with humanity, she wouldn't reject the idea but could there be the chance that she…

Travelled to another universe?