Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I'm not nearly that talented. If I did, do you think I would be spending my time writing this? I do own Hitori and Shihan, though.
Sorry if it's bad. I'm watching Howl's Moving Castle while I write this, so I'm pretty distracted. If there are any errors, I apologize and blame my short attention span. Sorry if it's kinda boring for now. This chapter will set up for the rest of the story. It's really important, so they don't actually leave our world yet.
Hitori grumbled to herself, her dark lips turned downward in a frown.
She was looking at her reflection in her mirror. She looked as she normally did: straight black hair that went past her waist, her small, delicate nose, thin lips adorned with her favorite dark purple lipstick, eyes with dark gray eye shadow, outlined with thick black eyeliner that hid the dark rings around her eyes from lack of sleep.
She was an insomniac. She could only get about an hour of sleep every night, but she had gotten used to it over the years.
She sighed, accepting that she still had to do as her parents had told her to do.
About an hour earlier they had informed her that they were going to pick up some old friends from the airport and go to dinner, and that she was expected to come along to entertain their son so that the adults could catch up in peace.
Still grumbling, she changed her clothes. Her parents hadn't found her original attire suitable, so she had been forced to change. Granted, her parents were afraid of her, but they were even more afraid of being found strange by their neighbors.
She went in her closet and selected a maroon shirt that exposed her shoulders. The bottom of the shirt was slanted, the longer half on her right side. The sleeves went a full five inches below her hands and were slanted as well.
She also selected a thin black spaghetti strap shirt to wear under it. She changed into it then examined herself in her full length mirror.
Yes, she would keep the pants she had been wearing. They were more or less similar to Hinata's, but black. She had made them, just like she had made all her other clothes. All her shoes had been bought online, since she couldn't make shoes that looked similar to those in Naruto.
Naruto was Hitori's favorite show. You could even say she was a bit obsessed. Well, a lot obsessed. The kind of clothes that were sold online for cosplaying weren't very good quality, so she made her own. It was a hobby of hers and helped calm her down.
She put on black ninja shoes she had bought online, grabbed a small maroon bag with a long, thin black strap that she put over one shoulder, and then sat on a chair in front of a smaller mirror mounted on her wall.
She examined her strange eyes. They had always puzzled her. When she felt any kind of emotion strongly they would turn red. Any amount of any emotion in between would be some form of darker red, depending on the amount of emotion.
When she was calm or indifferent, her eyes were black.
No matter what the color, she never had any pupils. That was what puzzled Hitori the most.
She was pulled out of her daze when she heard her mother call up, "Hitorimono Taira Kanashii! Get down here this INSTANT! We're going to be LATE!"
Hitori didn't answer. Instead, she finished getting ready. She opened her dresser drawer and pulled out three kunai and put them in her bag along with her money.
She opened her door and went to the top of the stairs, then remembered something.
She rushed in her room and grabbed something off her dresser. It was a Leaf Village ninja headband. She was so obsessed she even trained as well as she could, but some things they did in Naruto weren't possible.
She had deadly accuracy with weapons, though, since that was something she could practice at.
She had also taken gymnastics to improve her reflexes. It had worked. She was able to do back flips faster than anyone else she had ever met before, which delighted her.
She put her headband on her waist, slanting the opposite way from her shirt and went to the stairs again.
When she walked into the living room, her mother frowned. She was obviously displeased about how Hitori was dressed.
"Couldn't you have worn something more, I don't know, nicer?"
Hitori just grunted and glared at her mother, shutting her up.
In silence, they drove to the airport. After about ten minutes of waiting, some people walked out the main doors of the airport and looked around until they spotted Hitori's parents. The two adults smiled and walked over, tugging an irritated looking boy after them. He was looking at the ground, frowning.
Hitori heard him grumble something like, "…another frilly girl that'll be appalled by me."
His mother looked at him sharply and whispered sharply, "Hush, wretched boy."
In the mean time, Hitori's mother had kept smiling and slowly bent down, whispering harshly, "Don't you dare do anything offending."
Hitori just ignored her mother, seeing as she didn't care what her mother said. Her mother couldn't make her do anything.
Finally, the boy looked up. His eyes widened in shock, as did Hitori's. For a moment, her eyes flashed red, but she quickly calmed herself. As soon as they had made eye contact, they knew that there was a secret they had in common.
'Do you sense it?' Hitori inwardly groaned. She had hoped it would keep quiet.
Yes. Something about him is different. Does he have one too?
'Yes. He has Anei, my counterpart. It is odd that we would meet. You should confront him about this later.'
I know that! I'm not stupid!
'Could've fooled me,' Kumori stated, clearly amused, making Hitori angry. Kumori was good to her, though. She wasn't reallyean, just a little rude sometimes.
Her eyes flared red, only to slowly turn back to black as Hitori calmed herself. She remembered that she would be able to talk to the boy later, when they returned home.
She sized him up. He had short black hair and pale skin, much like Hitori. He was apparently a goth too. He had on a plain, long sleeved black t-shirt and baggy dark blue pants on.
The thing that surprised her most was the fact that worn on his left leg was a Leaf Village headband.
They got in the car and drove to the restaurant. The adults talked, but Hitori and the boy were silent. When they arrived at the fancy restaurant they got out and went inside, sitting at a table they had had reserved.
Hitori just ordered water, not being hungry. She didn't eat much. She only ate lunch. The boy didn't order anything to eat either, just water.
When the adults had finished eating, they all piled into the car again and drove to Hitori's home.
Hitori and the boy walked silently up to her room, having been ignored by their parents. When they got in her room, she closed the door quietly and spun around, her eyes red.
"Who are you, and why do you have Anei?"
He calmly sat down on Hitori's bed and looked at her, his black eyes suddenly blue. Hitori's eyes widened when she saw he had no pupils.
"My name is Shihan. Why do you have Kumori?"
Hitori actually smiled, her eyes lighting up with amusement. Shihan smiled back.
"I don't know why. I just know that because of her, I don't belong here. I suppose that means you don't either."
"I don't. I guess that's why I'm here. I know a way to get where we belong."
In case you didn't know, the italics are Hitori's thoughts, while the italics in apostrophes are Kumori's thoughts.
Yeah, I wrote the entire first chapter on paper, then I got an idea and had to change the ENTIRE thing, then I had to type it all up. I meant to put this up a few days ago, but it took longer than expected. I don't think I'm going to waste time writing it down anymore. As soon as I get on the computer, I decide to change it all anyway.
Please review! This is my first fanfiction, so please review! I want to know what you think. If you think there's something suckish about it, don't just tell me it's suckish. Tell me why you think it is, so I can make it less suckish. Thanks for reading!