Disclaimer: I don't own them.
Rating: R. Cursing is allowed; deal with it, nudity and some drug content and graphic sexual content.
Pairings: Read to find out. Ha-ha.
Summary: Sent to a school out of the countryside, not to mention, an alternate universe. Our hero sisters, Sora and Mai make the trip and see what kind of trouble they get themselves into.
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Kyuubi Speaking
A/N: Hello! Sorry! It took me so long to come up with something. Filter is on hiatus for my loyal readers, no one is really interested in it, so my inspiration is like nil at this point so I decided to do a little side one called "Axis" sounds cool, eh? Basing it off 2 original characters, well not original, they are based off of my sister and me. I just noticed how much of me and her are so much like Naruto and Sasuke. It's weird.
Chapter 1: Around the World
Dust particles settling about in the air, warm raspy pants inhaled the remaining dirt into her lungs. The girl flopped down on her ass and pulled out her hair tie, letting dark brown flow down sticking to her skin slowly. The sun slowly began to set; slowly bathing her body in a gentle sunlight. She had a pale tone skin color, almost glow to the moon if it hung in the sky.
Her appearance consisted of a black tube top, boy shorts, loose socks, and athletic shoes. Scars littered the surface area of her skin, she also wielded this giant weapon that looked 2x her weight. It looked like a large rot iron Bo staff with a spiked ball on each end. She got up to do one more kata with her weapon.
Breathing in, she closed her eyes and opened them, crouched, breathed out, put the Bo staff over her shoulders and yelled, "Kai!" With a snap, half the Bo staff turned into chains and the straight part was latched onto part of her upper shoulders.
Off she went spinning and turning, whipping those chains around in one of the loveliest dances. The barely-there girl jumped into the air swirling and tumbling around like she was soaring like she dove in the highest in the sky. Landing in a silent crouch, she heard some sarcastic clapping from the corner of the gym, she immediately knew who it was and knew who sent it. Mentally she was stabbing an unknown picture of someone.
"You've improved so much, Sora-chan." Purred Yamato.
A vein popped on Sora's head.
"Uh-hmm."
Steam was practically rolling out of her ears by now.
Here's the story on why Sora dislikes our Prince Charming (Yamato Chris)
"Daddy, I will not marry that pompous ass little twit, look even I can kick ass, he's even crying!" Screamed Sora. "Look, Dad, Sora is right, she is too young and doing it to seal a business deal is just too wrong, not fair." Explained Mai.
Their Mother was in the kitchen hiding from her husband scared all to hell from her husband's wrath, she knew when she'd disobeyed him, and he'd beat her from one end of the house to the next. The girl's knew better and fought back with their weapons training they'd learn over summer vacations their Mother secretly sent them to. After that, he wouldn't touch them ever again.
After Sora's yelling argument they decided to wait until after graduation and try again, but Chris was welcome in their home and around Sora of course so they could get to know each other of course. She loathed him, beat him, cussed him, and ignored him. But he was the energizer bunny and kept coming back for the abuse.
Sora began to gather her belongings, finding her plaid miniskirt she slipped it on and clipped it. She felt eyes on her and saw Yamato watching her intently, rolling her eyes, she pulled on her white button-up shirt and left it open. Sora put her backpack on and shouldered her weapon with a grunt and let Yamato follow her home as always.
It didn't take long for them to get home because the school was in the district where both of them lived in. On that side of the tracks. Yes, being the daughter of a business owner, it has its perks. You either get privileges or you get mugged.
In this case, Sora didn't get either being too young she had to be worried about one thing, perverts. She was a pretty girl, not extravagant, but pretty nonetheless. Kind of dense, some say she should have been blonde, a case of mistaken identity. She has these incredible brown eyes though, maybe plain, but beautiful in her own way.
Feeling quick footsteps in her direction, Sora nods towards Yamato as he heads off to the side of street lamp to get the advantage of the person approaching.
Whenever Sora had kicked his ass all those horrible years ago, it finally clicked in his highly intelligible brain that he needed to get strong. He needed to get strong quick to even earn a shred of respect from either of these girls. They weren't half bad, especially the loud one that he was supposedly betrothed to. She had the biggest pair of jugs he's seen their age. 'Chris mentally drooled and oozed into a puddle on the sidewalk as the passer Byers stopped to look at his muddled form.'
'FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! He did it again. Oh ye, of little brains and of other little things…….' Another vein appeared on Sora's brow as she went to go scoop up her goop. She never did feel anymore killing intention so she went the rest of the way home without a hitch bitching her friend out and bonking him on the head.
Fifteen meters behind the two unaware teenagers a lone figure pushed his spectacles up giving off a glint in the night.
"MOM! He's done it again!" Screamed Sora.
Toki came in rubbing her hands off with a dishtowel rubbing her hands absentmindedly and looked up and started to laugh. She put the towel over her mouth to cover her laughing as to not to disturb her husband.
"Sora-chan lay him on the couch and I'll put some ice on his forehead, he just overheated again."
"Alright, then I'll look for Mai." Sora hefted Yamato onto the couch with a soft grunt and left her book bag at the door then ran upstairs with her weapon in tow. Coming to her sister's door, she gave one hard knock, then three soft knocks. Waiting for the hard knock she came in, there was her sister Mai.
Mai was taller and a little bit more muscular/slimmer than her. Also, she was darker like an Indian and dark brown eyes. Her hair was longer that Sora's, but it was red/brown, a beautiful color, like no other. Even though they were born in the same year she was the younger of the two and went to grade below her, notice her uniform colors, a little different, but that didn't mean they didn't abide by the school code.
"How was school, Mai?" Sora flopped down on her back not noticing her sister trying to paint her toenails.
A vein popped on Mai's forehead, "Just peachy, now get off my bed, your screwing me up, bitch."
Sora looked down and saw her mistake and rubbed the back of head. "Sorry."
"Whatever, just get out, I need a little me time before Yamato comes up here to torment me." Sora grins wickedly and clicked her tongue wildly letting her sister know she did something naughty.
"Spill, what did you do?"
"What do I get if I do?" Sora wriggled her eyebrows around crazily.
"Hmm. How about I teach you that one move you've always wanted where it takes both of us, but its going to take a lot of training to get to where we can actually do it and master, "Around the World."
Sora clobbered Mai and blabbered the whole thing so fast she had to say it three times so Mai could understand it, Mai didn't know if it was worth it or not, but Sora was so happy she was almost crying some times. Mai still loved her goofy older sister, after all its good to have one than not to have one at all.
After saying their goodnights, Sora slinked out Mai's room with her weapon under her arm trying to be quiet, and then she heard the doorbell.
Jin was not in a good mood, he was watching his evening sports cast, and the girls were in bed and his wife was in the kitchen where she belonged and now this stranger was invading his living space quarters. So, when he opened his door, a remarkable site met his eyes.
There stood in a dark black robe and Anbu mask, a boy of stern stature of no more 17 years old. The hand went to the mask and pulled it away and revealed a face you could love or hate. Snow white hair and round glasses, black gloves constantly pushing them.
"Sorry to bother you at such a late hour sir, but May I speak with you, Jin?" The Master of the House kind of sputtered a bit but passed a bit to let the stranger into his home just to see what the mysterious stranger wanted from him. Jin led him into the living room and shown him to the couch where the foreigner took off his robe revealing strange clothes and sat down and sighed as he was out of breath.
He held his hand out, "My name is Yakushi Kabuto, and I am from Otogokure."
Jin reached out his hand and gave it a firm grip and shook it and smiled for once and said, "Ai-jou Jin, Tokyo, Japan." Both of them smiled. Kabuto's brow's furrowed "Ai-jou" sounds familiar, "Any family at the edge of the South of China?"
Jin thought for a moment, "Can't say that there is or isn't, sorry."
"Anyway, back to the topic to why I'm here." Kabuto leans back and crosses his legs. "It's about both of your daughters; we've seen both of their martial arts training. And we want to further it and their education. So, it's kind of like a boarding school if you will."
Jin leans back and reaches into his cigar box for one and offers one to Kabuto but he declines saying he's a Doctor.
Taking in the first drag of the cigar, Jin stands up and walks over to Kabuto, he puts out his hand saying he has himself a deal and can take them whenever he wants. And that he's welcome to stay the night if he wishes. Kabuto does accept free room and board. freeloader Kabuto
"DAD SOLD US TO A WHITE-HAIRED PERVERT?" Screeched bosom-buddy Sora.
"Sora, he can't be a pervert, he's like 2 years older than you." Mai drawled sarcastically.
Kabuto's cheeks reddened a bit listening to the teenage girls go on about him like he wasn't standing behind him. Sure he was still a virgin, but he was sure these girls weren't. And they were hot.
"TOMO! BRING ME SOMETHING FROM BELGIUM!" Sora Yipped.
"She'll probably bring you the good shit, ha-ha." Mai popped her gum for the hundredth time.
"Sora-chan, ne, ano, Sora-chan."
"No use, Kabuto, Look at her."
Sora decided to wear her school uniform with a few modifications, open shirt and chains around her waist, but she had her mp3 player on her and on. She had it on full blast hips swaying to each techno beat into her ear, very erotic.
It was hypnotic to Kabuto, but it was to all 19 year old virgins. When she felt someone pinch her ass she was about to turn around in line at the airport and deck the asshole and come to find out it was her sister and she pointed at a drooling Kabuto.
'Mental sigh'
'Another Yamato'
"I think we're boarding now, are you sure they will let with our weapons?" Sora asked with a curious face.
Kabuto quickly wiped the drool off and pushed his glasses up and went through some paperwork out of his backpack, he pulled out two weapon permits.
"They will still have to check them, so taking them out of the case is required so I hope nothing else is in there. Once we land in Hong Kong, Orochimaru-sama will be waiting for our arrival."
No one was really on the flight to Hong Kong, out of season, so the tourists were out of sight. Kabuto came at a good time if he wanted to get what he wanted, in the cockpit, disguised Oto-nin were flying. Both girls were sound a sleep huddled next to each other and their lead pipes like it was their life lines, and in real life, it was.
Kabuto when ahead and put them even further asleep with medicine as everyone else on the plane and began powering his jutsu so he could get them to the other side. The pilot started his ascent and increased it giving Kabuto his cue. Going through his seals he ended his half seal and muttered, "The Technique of Space and Time."
The inside of the plane began to glow purple and twist, bend as it went through a wormhole of some sort. The descent of the plane of the plane was too much and it ripped apart in the tunnel throwing it somewhere in the same country, same time, but where?
Somewhere, where the lush green treetops beautiful sun shines brightly and there's a huge fucking rock up your fucking ass! OW!
"MAI! Where are you?" Sora struggled to get up to see her weapon by her side, protecting her. She picked it up and looked over and noticed a symbol not on there before, a small circle with a comma inside. Must be something new or something.
"Mai!" Sora shouldered her weapon and began walking to find her sister, until she came across the most oddest of sights.
"Ne, Ne, Ne, Sakura-chan, go out with me please, I'd treat you right." Begged the handsome blue-eyed teenager.
Sora blushed profusely, 'he's hot, and she's retarded.'
"I can't, you know how I'm saving myself for Sasuke-kun, 'bats eyelids at said person.'"
'I can't believe this pink-haired bitch; she'd blow away Blondie for stoic darkie, sounds like Mai. Humph let's see if I can get a little closer to their conversation.'
Sora concentrated on her tree climbing technique she had to do while in martial arts training camps, it wasn't anything like chakra control but it was hard enough, especially in a miniskirt and tube top. She was too dense to know the three down below have already sensed her presence.
CRACK.
BREAK.
There she was in all her glory on the ground, boy shorts givin' poor Naruto red cheeks and Sakura frustration and Sasuke indifference. She had leaves in her hair giving it a messy look and when she looked up she looked right at Naruto right into those deep blues, but after a second, he looked away bashfully. Sora gave him a small smile and a wave as she stood up. Her weapon fell to the ground with a thud.
She walked over to the Orange and Black clad ninja and stuck her hand out and said, "Hi, I'm Ai-jou Sora from Tokyo, Japan. Nice to meet you."
Naruto's eye's lit up like fireworks and gripped hers and shook it and said, "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, Konohagakure. Very nice to meet you too." After he said that last part out loud he blushed crimson. He went ahead and introduced his friends to her as well, Uchiha, Sasuke and Haruno, Sakura.
"So, what are you guys?"
Everyone stopped their friendly banter and just looked at Sora like she was an alien, they thought it was natural to be a ninja, hell they thought she was one because she wielded a weapon.
Sasuke decided to break it to her, "we are ninja, what are you?"
"SORA! WHERE ARE YOU?" Screamed Mai.
Sasuke pulled his pinky out of his ear, "so, there are two of you." Sakura's eyebrow twitched three times and once was bad. Naruto on the other hand, had his elbow on his knee just looking dazed looking like he was drunk on something. I think he's over Sakura-chan now.
"You okay Mai? Anything broken?" Sora asked earnestly.
"Nah, just your usual pervert trying to get a peek while your trying to change out of bloody clothing, I had to change out of my bloody miniskirt, but this dude with a mask kept asking for directions and whatnot, such a fuck ass. What about you? You score?"
Sora looked down and blushed shyly like she usually does when she meets a cute guy and tips off her sister.
"You did score! Well show me! Does he have a cute friend?"
Sora led her sister over towards Naruto's team to show her "score" hoping her sister would approve. She knew the signal for the approval too. Two pinches on the ass was her way of approving. Nice way huh?
As soon as they got there, Mai stopped in her tracks and took two glances between the guys and looked at the yellow one; dark-haired one twice, then pinched her sister twice. She had to have Sasuke and she would stop at nothing to have him.
Sasuke had his arms folded and leaning against a tree waiting for his guests to reappear, as he heard footsteps he heard voices he still didn't look at her. Figured she looked like all the rest of the girls, acted like just like Sakura and Ino, always fighting.
When he heard the whispers and footsteps go past him, he looked up as he was blatantly ignored by the back of this young girl. Sasuke was in a bit of shock; no one passes up Uchiha Sasuke and gets away with it.
"Oh, I'm sorry Sasuke," Mai turns around while her sister introduces her, "this is my sister, Mai." A gust of wind blew through Mai's hair and her skirt, the sun lit up the natural red highlights in her hair and it shone. Sasuke swallowed twice and thought, 'dark-skinned beauty.' Then he shook his head and winked at Mai, something he has never done before.
Sakura might as well been having kittens, she stormed off to train with Tsunade-sama.
Naruto had talked the girls into coming to the village for some ramen and to check in with the Hokage. Tsunade-sama. After some convincing, actually, bribing for Mai, they made it to the village in no time. Mai thought their gear was awesome and wanted some but didn't have the right cash for it, or so it seemed. Besides, their Father never let them wear fishnets.
"So, this is Konoha?" Asked Sora.
"Yes, it's awesome, isn't it?" Naruto asked excitedly?
"Tokyo is bigger and busier, but I like this setting better, much homier."
"Yeah, but your homely looking Sora, ha-ha!" Mai exclaimed.
A vein popped and she threw the nail file she was using at Mai as the other ducked under the projectile, "Shut up bitch! I'm as beautiful as they come!" She waved her hand in her hair extravagantly and popped her skirt around and made it go up and down.
Poor Naruto had to keep his eyes straight ahead; he had to keep this treasure away from Ero-sennin.
YES KIT, SHE WILL BE OUR TREASURE TO REEP IN LATER WEEKS WHEN WE GO INTO RUT.
'Stupid fox! She's not some fuck toy for your pleasures! She's a genuinely nice girl.'
I SMELL IT ON HER. SHE REEKS OF IT.
'Smells like what? Teen Spirit?'
NO SMARTASS, THE SEAL. MIKO.
Naruto was shot back out of his mind right before he walked into Sora's backside; his hands went straight for her hips to prevent other parts from touching her nether regions. Naruto's faces were the reddest shade of crimson Sasuke had ever seen before he saw his friend fall backwards and pass out.
"Naruto, hey Naruto, you okay?" Sora crouched on top of said shinobi. Sasuke watched through amused eyes and Mai looked around the village waiting for the idiot to wake up, why did Sora always get those kinds? Naruto opened his eyes to see concerned looking brown ones searching for his. She stood up and offered her hand to pull him up.
"Lets see if we can amuse my little sister, ne?" Sora asked quietly.
Naruto nodded and pointed towards the Market Square district and noticed all the hustle and bustle on the streets. The blonde-haired shinobi nodded to his teammate as they took each girl in front of themselves and began signing around their shoulders. The girls had no clue what they were up to, but as the jutsu was activated, they were whisked away in a swirl of leaves and teleported in front of the store Naruto chose for them.
Mai looked up and saw all the weird articles of clothing and stepped cautiously inside the store with her sister in tow, Sasuke decided that shopping wasn't his forte and left it up to his teammate to instruct them on kunoichi wear in this day and age. Naruto followed them in.
"LOOK SORA! They have sticker bras! WHOOHOO!" Mai yelled and danced excitedly, she hated wearing bras from day one, even though she wasn't that well endowed but they say only a handful is needed, right?
"What does it matter, I have to bind mine, you suck Mai!" Hers were still jugs, sucked.
Naruto sweat dropped. He still didn't get girls.
After thirty more minutes of shopping and a large tab on the Uchiha account, Sasuke had agreed to pay for the girl's purchases since they were new to town, he knew Naruto would do it just to show him out, but Naruto would be broke for weeks if he did.
The girls didn't just pick one style they messed with it a bit, a little of this and a little of that. Mai chose a fitted belly bearing fishnet shirt with a green bandana tied around her breasts. She chose the sticker bra for this outfit especially; Naruto was drooling over it for 2 minutes before Sora hit him. Mai chose to keep her school girl skirt and traded her athletic shoes for knee-high leather zori sandals.
Sasuke made note of the bandana and had a flashback of mechanical bull zip through his brain, then he doubled over sweating profusely. 'What the fuck was that?'
Mai rushed over to Sasuke and pulled out a handkerchief from somewhere and began to dab the sweat off his forehead, "You okay, Sasuke?" The Uchiha genius let her baby him then grunted as he stood up and put on his stoic looking face again, Mai liked cool guys like him.
Out came Sora and Naruto, she decided to keep much of her old wardrobe and add some misc. things to it instead. Her plaid skirt, chained belt, a new button up white shirt that had short sleeves, sleeveless fishnet shirt, black tube top over it. She decided to wrap her hands and forearms as she decided to take taijutsu lessons from Naruto. And one other priceless thing, two beautifully carved chopsticks that were intricately put into her hair. It had a fox charm hanging from one of it.
Naruto was proud to stand next to the girl, she was a firecracker, like himself and he couldn't wait until they sparred, but that had to wait until after ramen.
"Lookin' good ladies would you two like an escort tonight and loose these two fags?" Cooed a stranger.
Sasuke and Naruto looked over and saw Kiba smiling like a jackal getting ready to tear away the leftovers of someone else's meal. Sora and Mai's brow burrowed, they weren't some piece of meat to be squabbled over.
"Listen, dog boy, go wash and maybe one day some lucky girl might go out with you." Mai said menacingly. Sora clenched her fist and started to raise it, but Naruto caught it and shook his head.
"Ne, Kiba, I think I heard Hinata-chan's going out on a date with Shino, better go catch them if you want a chance." Naruto said seriously. Kiba got a scared look for a moment and smirked, and then he slinked off with a large Akamaru in tow.
"Don't listen to him, he's just in a bad mood right now, he's in love with his teammate but he thinks its unrequited love." Naruto pondered out loud.
"Don't use such big words, dobe or your brain will explode." The Uchiha smirked as he said this. Naruto exploded with a variety of curse words for Sora and Mai to use in the future.
"Let's go for some ramen! My treat!" Yipped Naruto. Sora followed him shyly while the other two just walked next to each other pretending not to notice the other person.
"Tsunade-shishou, there are strangers in the village, I mean strange strangers, like from another time!" Screeched the pink-haired kunoichi.
"Sakura, I will not tolerate my subordinate behaving this way." Tsunade stated mechanically while signing the many forms as her job calls for.
"Go help Shizune in the hospital for the rest of the evening then report to me in the morning; I will assess your strengths." Inner Sakura fumed, but Sakura did as she was told.
After her latest subordinate left two Anbu appeared in her office on one knee ready to take orders. "Genma, Aoba follow them, but do not capture, they are with," she picked up a picture frame of her, Naruto and Jiraiya, "my brother." Both of them nodded and vanished in a whirl of leaves.
Tsunade could only think of three words, 'Gemini. Miko. Descend.'
"How did you two end up in the Fire Country anyway?" Naruto asked as he slurped his ramen at the same time. Sora laughed as he got some stuck on his face and began to pick it off.
"Our Father wanted us to go to a boarding martial arts school in Hong Kong, China, but it didn't all turn out right." Sora's nose scrunched up as she thought about that hentai young man and his evil ego underneath, she smelled it alright.
Mai finished what Sora began, but the very important details were being left out because they forgot.
"I swear all I remember is white-haired pervert and glasses!" Screamed Sora. The old man from the ramen stand looked up and smiled.
"I think she's telling the truth guys give her a little break, besides; do you know anyone who has white hair and glasses?" The old man was sly; of course he'd seen his fair share of customers. Naruto thought for a moment but he couldn't come up with anything, his memory had always been sketchy since Kyuubi had been consuming parts of the seal at a time.
Sasuke knew exactly who it was and he thought he would enlighten Naruto in a moment after he watched him squirm a little bit in front of the girls. Sora flipped her bangs and looked to the side and screamed, "EWWW KABUTO!" Almost landing in Naruto's lap, he had an epiphany and it hit him hard, in the groin, screaming, Kabuto.
"You okay Sora?" Naruto asked flushing a bit. "Yeah I'm okay." She looked at him shyly.
"My sister hates beetles; actually, she hates all insects." Mai informed them on the late side. Sasuke sat amusedly; it wasn't half bad hanging out with the dobe with girls. He always kept it interesting. Mai wasn't really a talker, and that was a plus in the Uchiha's book, he liked girls with a presence, not just incredulously loud girls like Sakura and Ino.
Sora climbed out of Naruto's lap accidentally rubbing his groin as she slid down his legs. Naruto zoned out (again.)
TAKE HER KIT. SLAP IT ALL NIGHT.
'What the fuck horny fox? Slap it all night? Can't you see I'm busy trying to make friends that you ruin every time?'
DESCENDED HAS THE MIKO, GEMINI, TWINS (OR SISTERS) THEY MAY BE.
'Some of that did make sense to me, damn fox and their stupid riddles.'
Naruto was injected back to reality, but the more he thought about it, the more he noticed on their weapons and on the neck of Sora the same mark. He'd have to ask Sasuke to find the same mark on Mai later to see if they were indeed what his perverted tenant was going on about.
Naruto excused himself and grabbed one disgruntled Uchiha from his stool and into the bathroom, "What the fuck do you want, dobe?" Sasuke demanded. He didn't like being manhandled at all. The foxy shinobi put a finger to his lips and went into the bathroom with Sasuke in tow.
After ten minutes of explaining the whole thing the both of them came up with a good scheme to see what was really going on with these two girls.
Emerging from the bathroom, Naruto and Sasuke took their stools and finished their dinner. Sora and Mai had a little conversation, while outside.
"OH MY GOD, SORA! How was he?" Gushed the brunette. Sora flushed brightly and sputtered a bit, but calmed down a bit to talk to her one and only sister. She inhaled noisily and said something below a whisper. Mai grinned wickedly and sat down next to her sister; put her arm around her pulled her close.
"Louder, or Naruto will hear about what happened at practice in 5th year." Sora's head popped up almost knocking out Mai.
"Alright, alright, I said he was packin', geez." Sora blushed even harder.
"That's better, Sora, I'll tell you about the Uchiha later," she tapped her boob to make bounce because she knew it infuriated her sister to no end, "that's a promise." Then she winked to seal the deal. That was it, Mai had sealed it, or so she thought?
After the dinner, it was getting close to sunset and everyone figured they would get some rest before going to see the Hokage and training.
Naruto and Sasuke stood next to each other and grabbed a girl, "WAIT A MINUTE," Sora broke out of Naruto's grasp.
"Where are you taking us? Sora managed to rush the words out. Sasuke looked at Naruto who was blushing crimson, so he decided to take it upon himself to tell the panicked girl.
"I've got a few vacant rooms in my house; I have no problem with lending them to you all providing that you are careful of the décor. Naruto is staying the night because he's there for protection in case you two are being hunted by anyone. Don't be fooled by his looks, he is quite a strong shinobi." That was the most Sasuke ever said in grouping of words, Sora's mouth dropped. He had a nice voice too, Mai smirked.
"Okay, I can handle that," Sora went to Naruto so he could wrap his long arms around her as he began sealing in time with Sasuke.
Genma and Aoba peeked out from the shadows of the building and watched the shinobis teleport to the Uchiha mansion. Both turned to face each other and nodded to confirm what they saw was true.
To be continued?