Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way, shape or form. If I did, I really wouldn't be writing this. On the other hand, the characters Jenna and Miranda and other OC's that may appear are owned by me and my friend who is helping me write this. Consider her a Co-Author. Constructive Criticism is accepted, but flames will make me depressed. Also, I'm not the best writer and am liable to make mistakes. If you catch them, please kindly tell me, so that I may go back and fix them. Thank you and please enjoy the story.
Chapter 1
It started out like every other day usual did. With nothing but the long summer months ahead, school out for a good 2 ½ months, two teens lay curled up on a rumbled looking bed, nothing but the flickering of a TV screen illuminating their faces. Both were pale, but it could've been a trick of the light, or lack thereof. Both had long hair, one brown, one black, but that was where the similarities ended. One girl, a little shorter than the brown haired one, wore glasses perched upon her nose covering blue eyes. Striped black and white socks adorned her feet, holes torn in the soles and toes of them. A Black tank top and a pair of Trip pants were all that she wore. The girl lay upon the bed, head tilted off the side of it in such a way that she was currently viewing everything upside down. Her name was Jenna and, no, she wasn't related to the other girl.
The other girl, with her brown hair tied back in a ponytail, was a little larger, both in terms of weight and height than the upside down girl beside her. She wore a purple shirt, etchings of vines and leaves adorning its thin material, and a pair of regular denim blue jeans, holes torn in the knees from various activities, mostly roller blades and rough housing. She wore no glasses, but occasionally donned contacts to make her eyes different colors and shapes. Today, they were her usual dark brown as there was no need to place any sort of contacts in them. Her name was Miranda.
"Hmmm, Okaa-san…I'm bored," Jenna said as she shifted and looked at the older teen beside her. The use of calling her mother was just for fun and Miranda had gotten so used to being called Mother (that or Okami-chan or even a mixture of the two) that it hardly bothered her anymore.
"That's nice Jenna…but really, there's nothing on…and it's too hot to go outside without burning to death," Miranda replied as she turned her attention to the shorter teen beside her. "Unless of course, that's what you consider fun." She added with a quirk of her lips.
"Bleh, no, I'd rather not burn. If I die, I wish it to be very dramatic with you to avenge my death Okaa-san," The girl said with a grin. Miranda looked at her friend and chuckled.
"That's nice to know. I promise to make it as dramatic as possible then, Usagi-chan," She replied with a smile. It was another nickname, much like her own animal styled one and mother one. Of course, this one had been made up purely on accident. Miranda had meant to tell the girl to shut up, but had accidentally said bunny instead. In her own defense, she wasn't too good at Japanese anyway. What she did know what self-taught out of CD's or learned through long amounts of time watching anime. Silence reined for another ten minutes as the two looked back at the TV. It was on mute, but seeing as there are subtitles, it bothered them little.
"Wanna watch some anime? It would be better than watching this. Why's it on mute anyway?" asked Jenna as she once more turned to face Miranda.
"Because we decided to put it on mute and sure," The girl replied with a slight yawn. "Go ahead and choose. I chose last time." She added as she gestured to the plethora of anime DVD's that were lovingly placed into a glass case. They were even alphabetized, for easier searching. The girl made a noise, neither accepting nor declining the offer as she slid from the bed and landed on the carpeted floor with a soft thump.
She twisted her body, moving so that she was on her hands and knees, before crawling towards the DVD case and looking at it with a curious eye. There was a click, the soft noise of the case opening, and she murmured softly to herself as she dragged a finger across the covers of the many movies and shows placed inside.
"Let's see…Black Butler? Vash the Stamped? Inuysha? Nah, seen those too many times before, though I'll keep Black Butler in mind. Always did like Sebby-chan and Griel." Jenna said as she moved through the movies, sometimes going in order and sometimes jumping down the letters; moving from A to F and back to C. "Hmm, How about Naruto? We can start that over, and then watch the Shippuden episodes online. That would take us, what? A week, maybe more if we decide whether or not to sleep?" She offered as she looked up at Miranda.
The brown haired one blinked, a sure sign that she had spaced throughout the entire conversation, before she grinned. "Very well. Why not, I may hate the Mission to the Waves ark, but it'll be interesting," She replied with a smile that curled her eyes a little and made them shine with an inner light. A sure sign that she was happy and honest, instead of lying her head off to make her friend happy.
Jenna grinned, as she had always been a loving fan of Naruto, although she had freaked out when she had learned that Itachi wasn't evil, and plucked out Season 1 Disc 1 of Naruto and popped it into the DVD player. She placed the case back, then crawled her way back to the bed and settled on it as Miranda picked up the remote to the DVD player and went through the screen. She put it on English subs and pressed play, settling herself back against the cool wall as she did. Jenna hummed the opening song, her mouth curled upwards in a happy grin as it started.
"I hate Sakura…" Miranda muttered as the pink headed girl appeared on screen. "She's more or less useless until Shippuden and even then she's annoying as hell,"
"I know what you mean! Ugh! Besides, she totally has stalker status for Sasuke and everyone knows that Sasuke has the hots for Naruto," Jenna said with a roll of her eyes as they watched Naruto get yelled at by Iruka-sensei for Sexy no Jutsu.
As the anime played on, Jenna slowly scooted closer to Miranda and once close enough to where Jenna was basically curled up as close to Miranda as she possibly could be without being in the girls lap, she smiled. Miranda looked over at her odd acting friend and sighed.
"Awaaaaay...." She muttered pushing the younger teen away, so that at least 5 inches of space was between them. Jenna put on her most pathetic puppy face and whimpered,
"B-but...Okaa-san... Aishiteru..." She said as she nuzzled her head against Miranda's leg. The older teen rolled her eyes and pushed the girl away again. "Okaaaaasaaaaan!" Jenna teasingly cried, rolling around next to her. "Aiiiishiteruuuuu!" Miranda simply rolled her eyes and sighed, the merest twitch of her lips showing just how close she was to smiling.
"Shush you," She said finally as the girl continued to whine and tease the older one. Miranda had long ago given up on getting any space and had simply accepted the clingy closeness. "Or I'll turn this DVD off and they'll be no ninja action for you!" Jenna gasped; a look of horror on her face as she looked at Miranda.
"You wouldn't dare! You love the ninja action just as much as me! Besides…you know you love me," The girl replied with a giggle as she sat up, crossing her legs Indian style as she stretched her attention between the older girl and the TV. Naruto was now thoroughly beating up on Mizuki-sensei with his hundreds of shadow clones.
"While I may love you…and that's thoroughly stretching the term love, I also love not being glomped countless times out of the day." Miranda said as she shifted and picked up the remote. She placed it on her bedside table to avoid either of them from sitting on it or generally destroying it. She had already had to fix it six or seven times in the past year from the sheer amount of times she had dropped or stepped on the thing.
"But…but…but you love me! And you love my hugs! And you love me," Jenna stressed as she stuck out her lower lip and whimpered faintly. Miranda eyed the girl oddly, before sighing and giving in. She graced the teen with a rare smile and giggled.
"Fine, fine…I love you." She said with a sigh as she slumped against the bed in mock defeat. Jenna laughed and stood up, balancing her weight easily on the bouncy springs of the bed.
"I win!!" She yelled happily, before yelping as Miranda pushed against her knees. Jenna swayed a bit, before she wind-milled her arms then finally fell over with a loud shriek. Her hand smacked against the remote, sending it shooting across the room where it hit the DVD player just right. There was a blast of static, before it worked again then simply froze. Both girls had frozen as well, Jenna on her back, Miranda propped up on her elbows. Identical looks of fear covering their faces as they jumped off the bed and went to check on the DVD player.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean too! We can fix this, right?!" Jenna asked in a panic as they threw the remote on the bed and began checking the connections between the TV and the DVD player. Nothing appeared to be wrong. There were no frayed wires or broken connections. Nothing appeared to be knocked loose…it just simple was not working.
"Aw man! You've got to be kidding me! I don't want to use my PS2. That thing isn't that great seeing as it's so old…" Miranda said with a pout as she smacked the flat of her palm against the top of the DVD player. It didn't magically fix it like she was hoping and she sighed.
"Sorry…" Jenna said softly, pouting as she looked at the Miranda, then back to the now flickering screen. It appeared to be stuck on the seen where Naruto got his headband from Iruka sensei.
"Nah, it's okay. I did push you after all. Besides, my sister might be able to fix this, seeing as she fixes computers and anything else that happens to break and is electronic," She replied as she gave Jenna a reassuring grin. "Let's just get the DVD out and move on from there. I'll just have to plug in my PS2 and hope it doesn't freeze in there." Jenna nodded and as one, the two girls reached over and pressed the Open button on the player, yelping as they both received electrical shocks from the equipment.
"Ow…" Jenna said as she shook the tingles out of her fingers, Miranda copying her.
"That was strange," Miranda said as she pressed against the Open button. It didn't even move, not indenting or nothing as she pushed her finger hard against it. Jenna tried as well. "I guess that means we're unplugging it." She said with a sigh as she reached over and gripped the plug. She pulled and blinked as…it didn't move. "Um…" She said softly as she pulled again. "J-Jenna?" She asked softly, "Help!"
Jenna blinked and tilted her head, "Stuck?" She asked and sadly received a sheepish nod in return. "Okay, I shall help you with my strength!" She added with a grin as she too gripped the plug and pulled. Again nothing happened and combining their strength led to simply falling over.
"Damn it!" Miranda yelled as she kicked at the wall and placed her hand on table which held the TV. "God hates me right now! Why. Won't. You. Work!" She shouted, hitting the offending DVD player and TV with each word. She blinked and stepped back as another burst of static went across the screen, before it simply faded to blank blackness. "Fuck…" Miranda muttered as she rubbed at her temples. Jenna appeared to be thinking along the same lines and was glaring at the TV.
"Okaa-san? I think the TV really hates you," She said with a sigh as she leaned against the table Miranda had been hitting.
"No duh." Miranda replied as she smacked the TV one more time. Light flashed across the screen and both girls jumped back as the light grew brighter and brighter, until it became too bright to look at without burning your eyes.
"Holy shit! It's gonna blow!" Jenna yelled as she dived for the floor, Miranda following closely behind. The white light grew brighter and brighter and the two girls screamed as they covered their eyes and waited for the inevitable.
"I don't want to die this way!" Miranda yelled as the light reached its peak. There was an outward explosion, most easily felt rather than heard, before everything went silent and black for the two young teens, not even the screaming was left to pierce the ears of those who may or may not have been listening.
