Chapter 1: Where Are We?
"Who are they?" said a female voice.
"Are they lost?" said a male voice that seemed to be chewing on what seemed to be crunchy chips.
"I think we should take them to the Hokage and ask her what to do with them," said a deep voice. "Shikamaru, Choji."
"What a drag," said a third male voice.
The two boys named Choji and Shikamaru carried the two girls that were collapsed on the dirt floor in front of them and began walking to the Hokage's mansion with the man and girl behind them.
"Ramen..." murmured the girl with ocean blue highlights and mystifying black hair.
"What did she say?" asked Choji, who was carrying the girl with other girl with electric blue tipped black hair.
"This is such a drag," Shikamaru said, shaking his head. "Asuma-sensei, Ino, go and report this to the Hokage. Choji and I will take them to the ramen shop," he added.
Shikamaru held out his free hand.
"What?" asked his sensei.
"Did you think I was going to pay out of my own pocket?"
Asuma dug into his pocket and handed Shikamaru a couple yen. Then, he and Ino jumped off to the Hokage mansion.
The girl over Choji's shoulder let out a big yawn as her eyes fluttered open.
"What are you doing you big PERVERT!"she yelled as she struggled to get free, then dropped to the ground.
The other girls' eyes open up sleepily and scanned around the village. Big red and white house, big tree, kids, ramen shop. Nose. Her eyes fully opened when her nose touched Shikamaru's.
"Let go of me!" she cried as she kneed him on the side. "Who are you?" she asked, panic in her eyes.
"We should be asking you that," Choji countered, still enjoying his crunchy potato chips.
"Where are we?" The other girl asked, observing the whole scene.
"Konohagakure" Shikamaru replied.
Both girls loosened up and asked, "Where?"
"Kono-whata?" the girl with the highlights said, followed by a small laugh.
"This is so weird. Let's go," her friend said as she grabbed her wrist.
They both started walking away when Choji called them back.
"What?" they asked, really annoyed.
"My name is Akimichi Choji, and this guy here is Nara Shikamaru."
They both stopped and turned around.
"Yukiko Tenshi. And this is Mousuka Mei," the blue-tipped haired girl replied.
"Where are you two from?" Choji asked.
"I don't know," Tenshi whispered back.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Shikamaru asked.
"I don't know," Mei repeated.
"What are you two talking about?" Shikamaru interrupted.
They exchanged a concerned look and said, "Nothing."
"I want some ramen," Mei said, trying to change the subject.
"What a drag," Shikamaru said for the third time already and led them to the shop.
They sat down and waited for their ramen.
"Why aren't you eating, Shika?" Tenshi asked.
"I'm not hungry" he replied, obviously irritated by the girl not putting on the honorific and the nickname.
The sweet smell of finished ramen filled the shop and Choji's mouth was starting to water.
One bowl for Tenshi, one for Mei, and four for Choji.
The three of them enjoyed their Ichiraku ramen as Shikamaru looked disgustingly at how they were scarfing down the noodles and soup. Aren't girls supposed to have some sort of manners? Shikamaru thought.
"When did you two get girlfriends?" the shop owner asked.
Tenshi and Mei spit out what they were eating and laughed. Poor Choji was drenched with the ramen.
"I know this may sound mean but no way. My expectations are ways higher than this," Tenshi said.
"That's so mean, Tenshi-chan. You need to think about their feelings" Mei said, hands on her hips.
"Um, we're still here," Choji stated, wiping himself off with the towel the shop owner gave him.
"Oh, we're sorry," Tenshi said sarcastically.
She looked over at her friend, thinking she would talk back at her. Instead, Mei's eyes were turning a cloudy white and her blue/green eyes began to disappear.
Tenshi grabbed Mei's arms and began shaking her hardly. "Mei! Mei-chan, what's wrong?"
Panicked was in everybody's eyes. There wasn't a doctor anywhere in sight. What was happening?
"Akatsuki," Mei whispered, her eyes coming back to normal.
Tenshi embraced Mei tightly and thanked God that nothing was wrong.
"L-let go. I can't breathe!" Mei managed to choke out.
"Oh, gomen. What happened to you?" Tenshi asked, slowly getting back in her seat.
"Akatsuki," she said again.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Someone kept on repeating that in my ear."
"Akatsuki?" Shikamaru finally said.
"But they're the enemy," Choji added.
"Enemy?" Tenshi said.
"How? They were really nice to me," Mei said.
"Now what's that supposed to mean? You're not making any sense," Tenshi complained.
"When I was, I guess you can say, out, it was like I was dreaming. There were these nine, ten guys who were surrounding us. Yes, you were there, too. They invited us into their home and gave us a room and everything. Then I felt someone shaking me and then the dream ended."
"That's kind of creepy," Choji said.
"We definatly need to go to the hokage now." Shikamaru said as he paid for the ramen.
"But," both Tenshi and Mei said.
"What?" Shikamaru looked outside and it was already dark.
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Choji and Shikamaru led the girls to a hotel so they could spend the night. When they left, Tenshi spoke up.
"Do you think that's really going to happen?"
"What?" Mei said.
"That dream/vision thing you did. Do you think so?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know anything do you?"
"You don't either. Now tell me this: Is your name the only thing you can remember? Do you remember what you did yesterday? I think not."
"No..." she said, finally realizing herself that her memories had gone blank to her, "Do you think something is wrong with us? Like, our memories got wiped or something?"
"I think that Hokage person has something to do with this."
"We better leave before they come tomorrow," Tenshi said as she began pacing.
"Yes, we should. But where would we go?"
"First, we'll get out of this Konohaga-place. Then, we can just camp out."
"Ok..." Mei said nervously.
And with that, they jumped out the window and made their escape.
To Be Continued In Chapter 2
Kita-chan's Note's:
Well Hey! Nice to see that the first chapter is already out and ready to read!
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