Welcome to the world of Naruto! Kyaa, Naruto is one of my favorite animes so I'm trying a few fanfics on it. Whew, another self-insert story with...the Destinies/confetti falls/ Ahaha, being silly. So...this is my second written Naruto fanfic so be nice but don't be afraid to be mean. Not really mean but you know what I mean. o.0 Okay, that's it. I'm stopping right now. Before I embarrass myself. Kyu...
Disclaimer: Naruto is in the possession of Masashi Kishimoto. Yay him! Or her...
Chapter One
"What are you doing, Sun? We can't just walk in here. This is Konoha. A ninja city. They'll massacre us!"
"Oh, Calismo--you worry too much. Besides, you know everything about this place, right? And we know our fair share of its happenings too..."
"Neriede, this is all too familiar," Abyss states, thinking back to when they were with the Teen Titans. "I mean, the anime portal is really picking on us. Teen Titans was bad, but this is Naruto. I mean, serious blood and death."
"I know," Neriede shrugs, "but until the anime portal chooses to take us back we're stuck here."
"Great," Calismo whacks her head. "We are all going to die."
"Come on!" Sun shakes her. "Where's your sense of adventure?"
"Oh, don't worry--I have one. Just...not for Naruto."
The four girls stop at the edge of Konoha's gates, preparing to knock. Labeled above they are Sun, Calismo, Neriede, and Abyss. But in reality they are none other than the Destiny Scouts: Meagan, Olivia, Nissi, and Vanessa. The nicknames are only temporary, until they find out who are their enemies and who are their allies. And it looks like they are just about to find out as four people come walking down the road towards the gates. Three kids and one adult. The four look up expectantly as they come closer into view.
The three teenagers in front look somewhat friendly. At least, the one with bright blond hair does. He is grinning like a maniac, blue eyes sparkling. The Destinies know him to be Naruto. The pink haired girl at his right is...smiling and frowning all at the same time. It seems that she is smiling to the raven haired boy next to her and frowning at Naruto. The Destinies do not know how this is possible but are not going to question about it now. Sakura. And the raven haired boy looks a bit pissed. Ah, Sasuke. The adult behind them is none other than the famous Kakashi, reading his dirty book: Come, Come Paradise.
But wait. There is one more teenager sulking at the back of the group. His cold demeanor sends shivers down the Destinies' spines. Red hair, light green eyes, and a kanji sign of "love" on his forehead. Gaara. /a.n.--Please remember that Sun is Meagan, Calismo is Olivia, Neriede is Nissi, and Abyss is Vanessa./ Olivia shivers, staring at the demon that is Gaara. They'll have to be careful around him.
"Ah?" Naruto notices them first. "Hey, Kakashi-sensei! Look!"
"Hm?" Kakashi looks up from his book, spotting the sitting Destinies. "Oh. Who are you girls?"
"Um...new." Nissi shrugs. "Are we allowed to go in?"
"Are you citizens?"
"No."
"Well, where are you from?"
"A long, long ways away," Meagan informs them.
"And what is your business in Konoha?"
"We want to become ninjas!" Vanessa blurts. Her friends stare at her in awe. "Right, guys?"
"Uh...right." Olivia confirms. "We want to become ninja."
"Hn. That's stupid. I can't even sense any energy from you," Sasuke sneers. Olivia chooses not to reply, but Meagan flares.
"Hey. How dare you insult her? She knows tons about you, so why don't you shut up?"
"Sun!" Olivia whispers furiously. "Shut up!"
Before Sasuke can reply, Kakashi cuts back in, telling the Destinies that he will take them to see the Hokage and see what he can set up for them. They bow respectfully, thanking him profusely. Then he instructs them to follow behind them. So the Destinies scurry to the back, close to Gaara. They keep their distance, flinching when he turns around to stare at them. Thankfully, he turns back around quickly as if he finds them of no interest.
"Ne, Calismo--what's his story?" Vanessa pokes her.
Olivia's eyes widen in fear and she shakes her head to indicate that she will tell them later. He'll kill us if he finds we know his past. So the four continue on in silence, passing through Konoha with wide eyes. It's just so...big. Much bigger than the anime makes it seem. The Hokage's office comes into view and the team heads for it. Slowly the Destinies pick up their pace until they are in front of Gaara. Either that or Gaara's trying to get away.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Nissi asks Gaara.
Kakashi turns around. "Oy, Gaara--you have to stay here, even if you don't like it. So don't make it hard on yourself."
Gaara scowls, sending several glares towards the Destinies. Particularly Nissi. The cork of his gourd comes out and falls to the floor. Olivia pales, taking a step back. "Um...sorry about that." She grabs her friends and runs up towards Naruto, accidently bumping into him. He turns around to face them and gives them a wide grin. They smile also. Kawaii...they think.
"Hokage-sama? I've brought Gaara and...some others."
"Others? Kakashi, what have you done?"
"Mou, it wasn't me. They just appeared."
The Destinies poke their heads in. The Hokage, Tsunade, sits at her desk looking bored. She immediately perks up when she notices the Destinies. She is pretty, the Destinies notice. Olivia purposely neglects to tell her friends that Tsunade is actually around 50, as opposed to 20 or so as she looks right at this moment. She can't trust them to keep quiet about that fact. Tsunade beckons for them to come in.
"What are your names?"
"I-I'm Neriede," Nissi chooses to stick with the nicknames. "This is Calismo, Abyss, and Sun."
"I am the Hokage of Konoha. But you girls can call me Tsunade-sama. This is--"
"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and Gaara," Meagan cuts in.
"Eh? How did you know?"
"Um...Calismo told us!"
"And how did she know?"
"Uh...she's psychic!"
"We're all psychic, actually," Calismo informs them. She shoots her friends a don't focus the attention on me look before smiling at Tsunade.
She shrugs and asks them what they plan on doing in Konoha. Nissi explains, and Tsunade once again shrugs. "Where would you like to stay?"
"S-stay?"
"I guess I should put you in the same complex as Gaara. You can make sure he doesn't run away."
The Destinies can feel Gaara's red hot glare focused upon them and shiver, but nod their heads in a weak "okay." Tsunade tosses Meagan the keys, which are quickly snatched away by Gaara. She pouts, but doesn't do anything. /a.n--Yay for Meagan's self-control!/ Gaara turns and walks out of the office, the Destinies hot on his heels. Living with him is going to be difficult, the Destinies can tell. But they'll just have to make the most of it until they can go home. The building is nice and new as opposed to some of the buildings around the area. The inside is furnished neatly as well; equipped with three rooms; two beds in each.
Gaara instantly chooses the biggest room and locks himself in it, leaving the Destinies to fend for themselves. Meagan looks at Olivia and the two walk into one of the rooms, leaving the other one for Vanessa and Nissi. As soon as they take a good look around their rooms, they meet in the front room and situate themselves on the couches. Meagan's stomach growls.
"I'm hungry."
"Obviously," Vanessa gets up and follows her into the kitchen.
Olivia warns them, "You can't eat all the food you know. Better save some for us. And Gaara."
"So," Vanessa speaks with her mouth full of fresh fruit, "what's his deal anyways?"
"I'd rather not tell until he's asleep," Olivia ponders that last statement. "Wait, scratch that. He doesn't sleep. Okay, I guess I'll tell you when we're very isolated."
"Aww, why?"
"Because he could kill me."
"Would he?"
"Yes," Olivia nods her head furiously. "Yes he would. Abyss, toss me a kiwi."
Vanessa complies and Olivia is soon biting into the delicious fruit. Then Vanessa sits back down, "I wonder what kind of training they're going to put us through?"
"EHH!"
The Destinies stare dumbfounded as their new teacher, Iruka, explains what he wants them to do.
"I want you to form a seal of the tiger and say 'bunshin no jutsu.' Is that too hard?"
"N-no but...you want us to replicate?"
"Just to see if you can do it."
The four glance at each other in dismay. They had been woken up early in the morning by a scowling Gaara who told them that they were wanted over at the Academy. So they dressed and rushed out the door without any breakfast until the fact registered that they did not know where the Academy was. So after trying to scout it out for a few moments and failing, the girls decided to ask this man on the street who turned out to be their sensei.
"I feel so stupid saying this..." Olivia whispers to her friends. "It's just...weird."
"Bunshin no jutsu!" the four recite simultaneously.
There are four loud "poofs!" and when the smoke clears away, they see the results. It's a bit pathetic, actually. Three copies lay sprawled across the ground in useless heaps. Only one copy is actually worth anything and that is Vanessa's. Her friends grin at her and give her the thumbs-up which encourages her to jump and dance around the floor on which they are practicing. Iruka watches in amusement. They're not even upset that they couldn't do it. "Once more for those that couldn't do it."
"Bunshin no jutsu!"
Three more useless copies lay on the floor. Iruka-sensei makes them practice and practice and practice until all four of them can--at any given moment--summon two copies of themselves. Two perfect copies, I might add. But...all the practice is wearing them out. They are not used to using so much chakra, or any chakra for that matter. So Iruka dismisses them early, telling them to come back at the same time tomorrow.
"Oh man, I'm wiped," Nissi collapses into a chair once they've reached their temporary home. "Did anybody even know we had any chakra in ourselves to begin with? Because I didn't..."
"Ditto..."
"What time is it?" Sun demands as she fans herself.
"Mm..time to eat."
"RAMEN!" a voice shouts from the doorway. The Destinies shriek.
Naruto flies in, grabbing their hands and calling for Gaara to come out of his bedroom. He does so, looking extremely unhappy. But Naruto, oblivious to his anger, pulls him along anyways, yelling something about bowls and bowls of ramen. The Destinies pick it up quick and mouth "Ichiraku Ramen" to each other. Not too hard to figure out, actually, considering it's practically the only place Naruto eats. The Destinies and Gaara are dragged through the streets and as they walk through the entrance of the ramen stand, they see Kakashi and Sasuke sitting on the stools.
"Ano...where's Sakura?" Nissi looks around.
"Date with Lee," Naruto informs her as he seats himself and prepares to order.
The Destinies raise their eyebrows. Lee, the hyper subordinate of Gai-sensei. Who'd've ever thought that Sakura would fall for him? Oh well. The four girls sit themselves down until they realize that there is no more room for Gaara. "Um..."
"It's okay," he says softly, "I'll stand."
The four watch him move over and lean against a wall. What a weirdo. But we really can't talk so... They give their orders to the pretty girl before them and within five minutes before each of the girls is a huge bowl of steaming ramen. The smell of it wafts up to their noses. Picking up their chopsticks and giving the traditional "Itadakimasu!" they dig in. By the time that they finish with their first one, Naruto is on his sixth. Sasuke stares at him as if he's going to puke, and Kakashi reads his novel. Curious, Vanessa plucks it out of his hands.
"Oy, Abyss--give that back."
"Catch me if you can!" Vanessa runs out of the ramen stand, finished with her lunch.
o.0 Nissi and Meagan shoot off after her, closely followed by a laughing Olivia. In desperation, Kakashi begs Sasuke to go get back his book. Sasuke refuses but with a little blackmail on Kakashi's part, he quickly rushes out to catch them. By this time the four girls are all together, skirting through the trees and trying to lose whoever it is that's following them. They are all laughing by this time, writing little side comments in the book (in pencil; we're not that evil) as they run. But then the terrible happens: they trip.
In the confusion of the fall the friends do not exactly know who tripped first. Some say Vanessa, some say Olivia, and some say Meagan and Nissi. But the fact is that the four trip and go toppling over the edge of a waterfall. /a.n.--I wouldn't put it past us...kyu.../ It is not a very large waterfall, but it is large enough so that the Destinies pick up a good amount of speed before actually hitting the water, making a very loud splash in the process. And with the noise it is much easier for Sasuke to pinpoint their location. That and the rainbow now hanging above their heads.
"You four..." Sasuke drags them out one by one, starting with Meagan. "How much trouble do you think you're going to cause before you go back to wherever you came from?"
"Oh, trust us Sasuke. We'll be causing lots of trouble. It's in our blood."
"Hn. Perfect. You're like...mini-Naruto's!"
The picture that pops into the girls' heads at that moment makes them stop and think. They imagine themselves wearing that bright orange jumper saying "I'm going to be Hokage!" over and over again. And then they laugh. Sasuke twitches at their stupidity, then demands that the book be placed in his hands. Vanessa looks away, "Uh..."
"Well, Sasuke," Nissi takes over, "Abyss kind of...let it go."
"What do you mean?" Sasuke whispers furiously.
"I mean on impact I dropped the stupid book so now it's floating out there somewhere," Vanessa points.
"NOO!" Sasuke drops to his knees in defeat. "Now Kakashi will expose my secret."
"Eh?"
"If I don't get that book back," he glares at them angrily, "Kakashi is going to tell the whole city about the time I lost a bet to Naruto and had to dress as a maid and serve him for two weeks."
"What was the bet about?" Olivia inquires.
"I bet him that I could eat more ramen than him."
"Well that was stupid," Meagan grins. Sasuke nods glumly. "Don't worry, Sasuke! We'll just get him a new one. But...we don't have any money and I know we're underage so...what to do?"
"I have a plan," Nissi cackles.
Ten minutes later, the closet-pervert Eibisu is walking into a bookstore buying a new copy of the book for the Destinies. Sasuke stares at them, amazed. "How did you know Naruto had blackmail on him?"
"Psychic," Olivia taps Nissi's head. "Duh."
The four beam at Sasuke, who sweat drops. But he immediately perks up as he sees Eibisu coming out of the exit door with a bag clutched tightly in his hands. Nissi holds her hand out for it. Eibisu hesitates.
"I don't know. I've been wanting this volume for quite some time now..."
"What was that?" Meagan says dangerously.
"So yes, I think I'll keep it."
"Uh-oh...problem," Vanessa says.
Meagan puts her hand on her forehead before kicking Eibisu where it hurts and catching the bag as he drops it. "Problem solved!"
She runs back to Ichiraku Ramen only to find Naruto on his twenty-fifth bowl. Her stomach turns, as do the other Destinies when they see it. Sasuke presents the book to Kakashi, who takes it without a second glance. Good, Sasuke sighs, he doesn't notice. He collapses back into his chair and orders a bowl of ramen for himself. Normally he would die before eating here but...working with those girls really racks up an appetite. The Destinies excuse themselves and try heading back towards their home, only to become hopelessly lost again.
"It's this way," Vanessa insists, pointing to her left.
"No, I'm sure it's this way," Meagan points behind her.
Olivia doesn't really know which way it is and Nissi doesn't care as long as they are moving so they choose to go Meagan's way, walking in that direction until they have become even more lost. The four lean against an old building as they feel themselves becoming more and more tired. They chide themselves for not being more patient and waiting until Gaara was ready to leave so they could've left with him and avoided this whole conflict.
"Guys, I'm really sure it's over in this direction," Vanessa points again.
"Hey."
The four girls shriek and point as Gaara comes into view. "Oh my gosh, don't do that."
"Shut up. I'm saving your butts here. The house is that way." He points in the same direction that Vanessa did.
"SEE! I told you! No one ever listens to me!" Vanessa cries.
Olivia pats her friend sympathetically, "It's okay Vanessa." o.o "Oops."
"Vanessa?" Gaara stares at her. "I thought your name was Abyss."
"Um, it is!" Nissi jumps in. "Vanessa is her nickname."
"...Whatever. Let's just go."
Gaara turns to lead them back to the house. Olivia sighs, apologizing to her friends for nearly blowing their cover. They assure her that it is fine and as long as she doesn't do it again they will be good. Vanessa, still fuming over the fact that she was right and no one believed her, strode a bit ahead of her friends until she was almost surpassing Gaara. Needless to say he didn't want her around him so he himself put on an extra burst of speed. And then it became a race back to the house, with Gaara as the victor and all the Destinies coming into second place.
"Don't bother me," he whispers dangerously low, stomping off to his room.
The Destinies stick their tongues out at him before dropping wearily to the floor and remaining there for several hours. Their first adventure is complete, and it is obvious that many more are soon to follow.
/Okay that does it for chapter one. Well, Meagan and Nissi are writing that one fic about us going to the world of Teen Titans and Meagan is writing--by herself--that one of us in Inuyasha. So I'm going to try us going to Naruto! Even though I'm doing one of us in Yu Yu Hakusho...that's not exactly the same as we weren't transported there or anything. We were just there and we ended up meeting them. Okay, I'm rambling. But I'm done now. So what did you think? Good--please comment. Bad--please comment. And if you are going to flame me then don't bother reviewing but if you just have to please make sure that you are signed in. I hate people who can't sign in or at least give their real username. Pisses me off...anyways that's just if you want to flame. Other than that do whatever you want! Calismo, signing off! Oh but before I do...it's true. No one ever listens to Vanessa and then she is usually right. Haha./
