Megumi stood outside the gates of Iwagakure staring at the terrain of the rock country. She was leaving. Her only problem was she didn't feel like walking to her unknown destination. Unlike the other shinobi of her country, she's quite lazy and only moves when absolutely necessary.

She sighed deeply at the thought of travel and started walking. Of course, her walking is slow and leisurely so it takes forever to get anywhere. She had a small backpack with her containing only her essentials: a few changes of clothes, toiletries, ninja equipment, and her cookbook.

Not even a few hours into her travels, she felt a large figure fly right past her at a lighting fast pace. The force of the wind that came after nearly knocked her flat on her face. Groaning and rubbing her newly grazed knee, Megumi heard someone talking to her.

"Oh, sorry about that! We didn't see you there," The voice came from a young male. Megumi looked up in the direction of the voice. What she thought to be one large figure turned out to be two separate figures, a boy and a girl. The boy was giving Megumi a toothy grin while the girl looked down at Megumi with lidded un-amused eyes. "What's your name?"

"Um," Megumi got up and brushed the dirt off of her knees. "I'm Megumi Shioya of Iwagakure."

"Iwa?" The boy's eyes lit up. "We were just heading there! We heard that there was a Jinchuriki there. Would you happen to know where they are?"

A junchuriki. The human vessel for one of the nine tailed beasts. Sealed into a human to keep their powers at bay, these humans can posses a tremendous amount of power if they know how to control the beasts inside of them.

"May I ask who you two are first?" Megumi asked politely.

"I'm Reiji Utagawa and this is my companion Toshiko Dan," Reiji replied with another grin. "We're looking for a jinchuriki like us to recruit and form a team wi—" Reiji was cut short after getting punched in the head by Toshiko.

"You idiot," She sighed. "Do not give away our identities to random passersby. You know there are individuals looking for the jinchuriki to extract the tailed beasts."

"Wait, when you say 'like us' do you mean you're also jinchuriki?" Megumi asked sounding hopeful.

"Since Reiji already spilled our secret, yes," Toshiko replied. "Would you happen to know where the Iwa Jinchuriki resides?"

"Well, um," Megumi scratched the back of her head and laughed nervously. "That would be me."

"No way! We managed to find them before even getting to Iwa! This is great!" Reiji beamed.

"What are you doing outside of the village alone? You can't be on a mission by yourself at the speed you were going," Toshiko pointed out, seeming suspicious of Megumi's behavior. Megumi slumped a little.

Taking a deep breath, Megumi began telling her fellow Jinchuriki about her life. How no one ever wanted her around, how they thought she was useless because of her sluggish nature and lack of motivation, and how her family never accepted her as a true member of the family. Megumi finally had enough of the neglect and left home with no intention of returning. Meeting two others like her was exactly what she needed to help her start her new life.

"Your whole village neglected you? Harsh," Reiji crossed his arms and tilted his head with a sympathetic expression. Though he and Toshiko went through similar situations in their own villages, neither of them had parents. Hearing Megumi talk about her parents being alive and well but still neglecting her was saddening. "You should join us."

"Really? You'll accept me?" Megumi's eyes were bright and hopeful. The two shinobi nodded.

Their adventure begins.

The three shinobi began a quest for Konoha. They heard that another Jinchuriki lived there and wanted to know if the village would accept them since their other villages didn't.

On their travels, the shinobi talked amongst themselves about their tailed beasts. Megumi is host to the Six-Tailed Slug, Reiji is the host to the Seven-Tailed Horned Beetle, and Toshiko is the host to the Two-Tailed Monster Cat. Each of them are well acquainted with their demons and can even converse with them. The demons don't always cooperate with the children, however.

As they kept walking, Megumi finally got a good look at the two jinchuriki, as well. The boy, Reiji, had spiked black hair keeping his bangs out of his face with a red headband sporting the Waterfall village sign. His clothes were simple, loose black pants, a tight fitting fishnet t-shirt, a red vest-like shirt overtop that was left open, and a black sash over his waist. Toshiko, the girl, was wearing an extremely tight black jumpsuit that covered her entire body, stopping at the neck, wrists, and ankles, with a small pair of shorts overtop with a couple belts resting loosely on her hips. She had a crop top jacket covering her upper body, the sleeves stopping at her elbows. Her hair was platinum blond, almost white, and it rested below her shoulders. Her right eye is yellow and her left eye is green.

Megumi was also wearing a simple getup, a fishnet tube top, covering her chest and abdomen, small light grey cargo shorts, and a tiny poncho of the same colour. The poncho had an elastic band so it could be placed snugly on her arms, keeping her shoulders and collarbone bare, and only covered her chest. Her hair was a pale minty green. Bangs covered her forehead but the rest of her hair was kept in a tight bun to keep it out of the way. Her ninja headband was used as a bow for her hair, the metal plate placed at the back of her head while the black ribbon made a cute bow at the top of her head.

Megumi began feeling drowsy. Before she knew it, she was on the ground snoring.

"Whoa, Megumi!" Reiji stopped and ran over to her. "Hey, come on, snap out of it. Wake up. What's going on? Genjutsu?"

Megumi's eyes opened. "Oh god, did I fall asleep again? Sorry…" She rubbed her eyes and yawned.

"Does this happen often with you?" Toshiko raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, actually…I, uh…I have narcolepsy," Megumi laughed nervously.

"Oh dear," Toshiko pinched the bridge of her nose. "That's not exactly an amazing quality for a ninja to have. You could fall asleep at any moment and blow your cover on missions."

"Another reason why I was never useful to anyone back home," Megumi hugged her knees close to her chest. "I'd understand if you guys don't want me on your team. There's a reason they called me the Useless Nin of Iwa."

Toshiko chuckled. Megumi amused her, an interesting character for sure. "Meh, I think we'll keep you," Toshiko shrugged with a smirk. "It's not everyday three jinchuriki band together like us."

Megumi smiled at how accepted she was in the group despite all of her flaws. She teared up a little, overwhelmed.

"Here we are!" Reiji outstretched his arms as they approached the gates of Konoha. It took a few days and countless hours of Reiji carrying the narcoleptic Megumi on his back but they finally made it. The only question now: will they be accepted?

"State your business," A Konoha ninja stopped them at the gate.

"We are three Genin level shinobi rejected by our respective villages and would like to ask the Hokage if we can be accepted into Konoha, sir," Toshiko replied respectfully to the ninja questioning them. The ninja pondered Toshiko's request and turned to his partner for their opinion. They escorted the three jinchuriki to the Hokage's office, keeping sharp eyes, making sure they did nothing suspicious.

"What's wrong with your companion?" One of the ninja asked as he stared at Megumi, who was asleep on Reiji's back.

"She's sleeping, she's very tried from our journey here," Toshiko replied emotionlessly. They arrived at the Hokage's office and entered the building single file.

"Hokage-sama," The two ninja bowed. They explained what the jinchuriki had explained to them earlier. The Hokage nodded slowly and stroked his chin.

"Hmmm," He pondered.

"Hokage-sama, if I may interrupt your thoughts," Toshiko interrupted. "I would like to explain the reason behind our rejections from the cloud, waterfall, and rock villages."

"Go on," The Hokage leaned forward slightly as he waited for Toshiko's explanation.

"You see, Hokage-sama, all three of us have tailed beasts residing within us. We are feared and neglected in our villages. We have come here to Konoha to seek refuge. In return for this refuge, we will happily fight for this village, protecting it by any means, if you will have us," The two shinobi that escorted the jinchuriki to the office are now armed and ready to attack after learning how dangerous these three shinobi really are. "We can control our tailed beasts but we understand if you are uncertain or do not trust us."

"Hokage-sama, are you really going to let three more jinchuriki into the village?! We already have Naruto to worry about!" One of the ninja stated firmly.

Reiji began feeling uneasy. He turned to Toshiko, who still kept her cool demeanor despite the two ninja who are very ready to attack at any moment. Megumi was still asleep on his back so he kept his guard up in case the ninja tried attacking her.

"This is quite interesting," The Hokage chuckled to himself. "We can always use more capable shinobi. I accept your offer."

Toshiko smiled. "Thank you Hokage-sama," She and Reiji bowed respectfully.

"Of course it will take some time to get all of the paperwork sorted out. I do believe we have some vacant housing in one of the apartments close to here. If you three can find some odd jobs in the meantime, it would help to keep you busy while we make you official Konoha shinobi," The Hokage explained.