Chapter 2: Trip to the Outside World! (And a little chase scene~!)
It was late afternoon in Konoha and Tsunade busy trying to sneak a few Zs while Shizune was not around to monitor her doing paperwork. The sound of wings flapping was heard as Inazuma the falcon had returned and landed outside Tsunade's office window. He cocked his head to the side when Tsunade didn't seem to notice him. She didn't even stir when Inazuma pecked loudly on the glass. Inazuma fluffed its feathers in annoyance when an idea came to his little falcon brain. Puffing his chest out, Inazuma took a deep breath and released a shrill falcon screech that echoed throughout Konoha.
The plan seemed to work as Tsunade jumped up from her seat screaming causing papers to fly everywhere as she looked around in shock. "I'M AWAAAAAAAAAAKE!"
"Tsunade-sama, are you alright?" asked a bewildered Shizune as she burst into the office.
This was Inazuma decided to try catch their attention again by pecking on the glass once more. This time, he was successful as Shizune quickly opened the window to let the falcon in. Tsunade frowned at the falcon as Shizune began to pick up the fallen papers. "Jeez, Inazuma you nearly gave me a heart attack!" she exclaimed.
Inazuma squawked as he turned around to reveal a new message in his holster. Tsunade eyes brightened as she quickly removed the paper and had Shizune take Inazuma back to his roost. The moment the door closed, Tsunade wasted no time in reading the message. Slowly, Tsunade's smile grew larger and more excited as she read each line.
"SHIZUNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!..." she called loudly making the whole tower shake.
"Faster Akane! Fly like the wind!" urged Hikari as Akane took off high into the air in her Winged beast form.
"I'm flying, I'm flying!" replied Akane a little annoyed.
On the way, the now winged, sabre toothed panther had managed to collect Sakura, Ino, Tenten and Hinata and was flying at top speed towards Hokage tower, where Shizune was on the rooftop waving a pair of neon orange fans to catch their attention, guiding Akane in like an airplane.
The girls quickly jumped off as Akane de-transformed and hopped on to Hikari's shoulder as the group quickly followed Shizune to Tsunade's office.
"The Ryouzanpaku Dojo?" chorused the girls in curiosity.
Tsunade nodded, her smile beaming off her face. "An old drinking friend of mine, Furinji Hayato, runs the Dojo with his grand daughter and five other masters who specialize in individual unique styles of martial arts, apparently they agreed to take you five and train you guys individually."
"SERIOUSLY?" the girls chorused at the same time excitedly as they began to jump up and down.
"So where is this dojo, Tsunade-sama?" asked Hikari, breaking out of the group.
"It's located in a city known as Tokyo," explained the Hokage.
Sakura suddenly looked at her master with huge eyes. "Tokyo? But isn't that.."
"In the Outer lands, yes."
"THE OUTER LANDS?" echoed the other four girls in shock.
(CUT!)
*The author, R.F. comes riding out of the ground on a motorized rotating platform with a large screen behind her .*
R.F: HI! It's time for 'Trivia with R.F.' -NYA!
*whips out a pointer and begins to point to the five shinobi nations being shown on the screen*
R.F.: As you can see here, these are the five great Shinobi Nations. And over here...
*Picture pulls back to show the more familiar world map with the Shinobi Nations located far, far, far, FAR away off the coast of Japan.*
R.F: ...Is Japan. It's a little known fact to most shinobi that there actually exists great lands beyond the Shinobi nations where ninja are a myth and jutsus are unheard of. Few shinobi have had the privilege to travel to these lands. For those who did, many have claimed that these lands were highly advanced in many ways as compared to the Shinobi nations, and have a very vague idea of the Ninja world. Due these countries being located far beyond the boundaries of the Nations, they became known as the Outer Lands. So Now You Know~! See ya~!
*Platform rotates back into the ground*
(Anyway..Back to the story...)
"Wow...the Outer Lands..." said Ino in shock as she leaned on Hikari for support.
"It's so far away..." breathed Tenten, fanning herself with her hand.
"How ever are we going to get there so quickly?" asked Hinata, slightly worried.
Tsunade rapped her desk to gain the attention of the girls once more. "I've got that problem covered, but before you go home to pack your stuff, I just have a few things to discuss with you guys. First off, Akane can't go with you guys."
"WHAT?" cried Hikari and Akane in protest. "But why?"
"I've been to the Outer Lands myself once, and trust me a talking cat like you in that world only exists in fiction. Especially one that can transform into a winged panther," explained Tsunade bluntly.
"But that's not fair!"
"And Hinata, you're gonna need to come with me to get some colored contacts, your white eyes are going to really attract attention in the Outer lands. We could just save us the trouble and say you're blind but that would mean you have act blind which would be a hindrance," continued the Hokage, ignoring Hikari and Akane.
"Hai!" replied Hinata, nodding vigorously.
"IT'S NOT FAIR!" Cried out Hikari and Akane at the same time once more.
"URUSAI! NOW SCAT YOU FOUR! Let's go Hinata!" ordered Tsunade as she pushed the group out of her office and ran, dragging Hinata off by her collar, leaving the girl squealing and flapping in the wind. Ino, Sakura and Tenten looked after them sweat dropping. As for Hikari and Akane, well, they were too busy fuming about Akane not being allowed to go.
"By the way..." Shizune began to say after being quiet for so long. The remaining four kunoichi looked towards Tsunade's assistant. "We need you girls to meet us by 8 pm, oh and make sure to pack enough clothes for a month at least, don't be late ok?"
"Yes Ma'am!" chorused the girls.
Later that night, the five girls met up, all looking excited except for Hikari, who was still pouting since Akane wasn't around. "Mah, mah, Hikari-chan. it can't be helped, it's the Hokage's orders after all..." said Sakura trying to cheer Hikari up.
"Easy for you to say... my sisters had to tie her up so she wouldn't follow..." muttered Hikari, as she recalled dramatically leaving a crying Akane in the hands of her two younger triplet sisters, Kaori and Cori.
Meanwhile, Ino and Tenten were busy trying to guess Hinata's new eye colour, since they couldn't tell in the dim light of the gate lamp and plus they were bored so they told Hinata to keep mum about it to make the game fun.
"I'm guessing bright blue, like my eyes!" guessed Ino first.
"No way, they look pretty dark so I'm thinking Forest Green," said Tenten confidently. "What do you two think?"
"Hmm, I'll take a wild stab...Gold!" replied Sakura.
"*sigh* Probably silver..." muttered Hikari, not even bothering to try.
Just then, the girls heard two pairs of foot steps coming their way. The girls looked up to see Tsunade carrying a large red scroll and Shizune carrying Tonton walking up to them. "Yo, Minna!" called the Hokage.
"Bui-bui! squealed Tonton raising a trotter.
"Konbawa, Hokage-sama!" greeted the girls with the exception of Hikari, simply nodded.
"Are you five ready?"
"Yes Ma'am!" replied the girls eagerly.
"Ok, then," said Tsunade with a smile as she whipped out the large scroll from her back, giving it a spin before unraveling it on the ground. "Then let's get started!" she said cracking her fingers as Shizune took her place on the other end of the scroll. The girls quickly grabbed their bags and gathered.
Tsunade and Shizune looked at each other and nodded as they both bit their thumbs and began to rapidly write out a few lines of kanji characters. When they finished, they both slapped their palms onto the scroll. "Secret Technique: Teleport Vortex!"
Suddenly the kanji characters glowed and flew off the paper and began to intertwine spin rapidly in a large circle, creating a large swirling blue vortex. "We can only keep the portal up for 30 seconds, go now!" yelled Tsunade over the noise of the portal. Not wasting any time, the girls all looked at each other and nodded. Sakura and Ino gripped each other's hands tightly as they both dived head first into the vortex.
"Here I go!" exclaimed Tenten jumping in after them followed by Hinata. Hikari glanced at Tsunade and gave her a small smile which was returned before jumping in last. No sooner she did so, a small black shadow darted out from a dark corner of the street and jumped in unnoticed just seconds before the portal closed up.
Seconds later, the portal opened up in a dark alley way as the girls were spat out one by one, quickly landing on their feet. "I think we made it!" announced Tenten as she dusted her clothes just as the portal closed.
Ino appeared a little green as she leaned against a wall for support, gagging. "I think I'm gonna puke..." she muttered as she covered her mouth and breathed slowly.
Sakura and Hinata decided to take a peek out of the alley and gasped. "Woah..." they both said at the same time, causing the other girls to come and look.
"Woah..." said Ino, Tenten and Hikari this time as they saw the magnificent night life of Tokyo. The hustling and bustling, the glimmer of the neon signs was way more extravagant than the more subtle night life of Konoha, or any other ninja village for that matter.
The girls quickly grabbed their stuff and exited the alley way, looking around excitedly. "Oh my gosh! Sakura-chan look!" squealed Ino as she pointed to a jewelry store displaying birthstone bracelets. Sakura squealed as well upon setting eyes on them as both girls pressed themselves up to the window to take a look.
The remaining three girls stood nearby and stared in awe at the numerous vehicles that drove by them on the street. "Wow, those must be what they call 'cars'," commented Hikari in surprise as she watched a red sports car go by. "By the way...does anyone have any idea where Ryozanpaku is?"
Hikari was replied with stunned silence as dots appeared over the girls' heads. "Oh Snap..." went all five girls as they realized their situation.
Meanwhile...
Lady Tsunade quickly got up and stretched while Shizune rolled up the scroll. "WEll! Glad that part's over, time to get some shut eye!" exclaimed the Hokage doing side stretches when a folded square piece of paper fluttered out of her shirt. Tonton gave a quick sniff as she poked at it with her trotter.
"Bui! Bui-bui!" squealed Tonton as she picked up the paper and handed it to Shizune who looked at it curiously.
Taking the paper from the piglet, Shizune carefully unfolded it to see it's contents. It didn't take long for her eyes to grow big as she realized what the paper was. "Ano..Tsunade-sama?"
"Yes, Shizune?" replied Tsunade still doing stretches.
"Do you know where exactly is Ryozanpaku Dojo?" Shizune asked calmly.
"YEP! Directions are still fresh in my head!"was the confident reply.
"And do the girls know the way?"Shizune asked calmly again.
"They should, I drew a map to the dojo before hand to give to them!"
"And did you give them the map?"
*CRACK!* Went a popped joint as Tsunade froze in mid-stretch with her eyes wide open. Slowly, she turned to see Shizune holding out a hand drawn map with a point marked 'Ryozanpaku Dojo'. "Oh Doo-doo..." said Tsunade in shock when she realized her mistake.
Sakura's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "So let's get this straight...we are here...far, far, FAAAARR awway from Konoha to train with masters...AND NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO GET TO THE STINKIN' DOJO?"
"HEY DON'T BLAME US BILLBOARD BROW! YOU'RE THE HOKAGE'S SUBORDINATE, WHY DIDN'T YOU GET DIRECTIONS FROM TSUNADE-SAMA?" retorted Ino angrily.
"NOT MY FAULT!" screamed Sakura back. Within seconds Ino and Sakura both had to be held back by Tenten and Hikari respectively, while Hinata stood in the middle unsure of what to do as people walked by staring at them strangely.
Meanwhile at said dojo...
"APAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAPA!" chanted an extremely large bronze-skinned man who trotted back and forth from a particular room carrying and moving stuff in and out of it.
A blond, well-endowed girl yawned heavily and opened her bedroom door to see what the fuss is all about. "Apachai-san? What's are you doing at this late hour?" she asked sleepily.
"Apapa! Hayate-san says we'll be having new students! Apachai is very excited- Apa~!" replied the Muay Thai master carrying futons into the the room.
Miu's eyes began to brighten at the news. "UWAAH~! FINALLY! WE SHOULD HAVE A WELCOMING PARTY FOR THEM WHEN THEY ARRIVE~!" Miu exclaimed as she quickly ran down to the kitchen humming.
Back with the girls...
"Well, so what do we do now?" asked a still annoyed Ino as the girls found themselves walking through a secluded park.
"W-we could ask for directions I suppose," suggested Hinata, still trying to adjust to the tense atmosphere that was radiating between Ino and Sakura.
"You mean like those guys?" pointed out Tenten gesturing to a large group of guys who happened to be eyeing them at the moment. The girls felt a little grossed out as they tried to avoid eye contact and decided to move on except Hikari who glanced at them. Big mistake on her part as the gang got up and began to follow them.
'Aw, crap...' groaned Sakura, Ino and Tenten inwardly as their kunoichi instincts kicked in.
Tenten had her hand prepared for her weapon scroll while the rest of the girls began loosening their fingers. As expected the guys began approaching them.
"Hey there, little kittens are you lost?" asked one of them in a very smooth tone as he bent over to their eye level obviously trying to turn on his charm.
The girls raised their eye-brows unimpressed. Ino tossed her hair, purposely avoiding eye-contact. "That's none of your business!' she said haughtily, making the guy whistle.
Meanwhile, a couple of guys had sidled up up to to Hikari and Sakura and began toying with their hair. "Wow, these two sure have unusual hair color, how exotic~!" one of them commented much to the annoyance of the girls, who tried to ignore them. Hinata had huddled close to Tenten who stood in front of her protectively as a few other guys began to lean in on them.
"Excuse us, but we have somewhere we need to be," said Tenten firmly pushing through them while the others followed suit.
The gang began to look peeved at being told off by girls as they continued to follow them. "Hey now," said one of them, reaching out for the nearest girl, who happened to be Hinata and forced her close to him, much to her great discomfort. "Don't be such kill joys, what's the rush? Come and hang out with us and we'll show how to party like us grown-ups! How about that cutie?" he flirted bringing Hinata's face close to him.
Poor Hinata couldn't take it anymore. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she screamed giving the guy an uppercut palm thrust.
The guy's friends went slack jawed seeing their buddy go spiraling into a bush unconscious and swirly-eyed. Not wasting any time, Hikari quickly grabbed Hinata's hand. "RUN!" she cried, prompting the girls to barrel through the gang members like nine pins.
"You're gonna pay for that!" yelled the men as they gave chase and so it began.
*Suddenly the scene pauses with R.F. appearing out of the ground on an elevated platform*
R.F: Before we begin lets make this a little more fun with some fun chase scene music. *picks up a bass guitar and walks into a recording room with duet singers Puffy AmiYumi. Ami was ready at the drum sets while Yumi was finishing with tuning her guitar*
R.F: Ready girls?
P.A.Y.: HAI!
*Ami raises her drumsticks* Ami: 1, 2, 1-2-3, GO!
*R.F. and the girls begin playing the song K2G* Recommended to play the song while reading this for your own amusement...
The girls ran as fast as their legs could carry them while the gangsters behind them were trying to catch up. The guys watched as the girls disappeared around a corner and quickened their pace, running past a couple of colorful garbage cans.
Nagare nagare te kita mon da,
Suddenly, the garbage cans poofed into smoke, revealing to be the girls in disguise as they ran in the opposite direction. Unfortunately they got spotted and got chased again.
Kita kara nishi e kake nuke te kite
Tadori tsuita koko wa ittai doko..
The girls had temporarily managed to lose the group, and panted heavily while trying to find another place to hide before they got spotted again.
Karada wa yake ni karu kunaru,
Too late, they got spotted once more, this time with two groups coming from either side.
Too kude minna tema neki shiteru,
The kunoichi whipped their heads rapidly back and forth before Sakura suddenly spotted an entrance to a hedge-growth maze and pulled the girls in after her with the guys after them. The chase continued with everyone running in circles.
Hata mata koko wa tengoku ka chi no hate ka,
Somewhere among the confusion, the groups had gotten separated and mixed up with everyone running past each other repeatedly through the different path ways occasionally with heads popping over the hedges trying to see who or where they are.
So kawaii hito yo, kocchi e kite o kure,
Maa boku no hanashi o kikanai ka...
Now that everyone was split up, the confusion was crazy to the point that I've lost track on who's really doing the chasing...
Mata kawaii hito ga waraatte kureru nara,
Saa itte miyo oka yume no kuni...
* R.F. breaks it down here sliding on the ground into a spotlight wearing sunglasses and playing a saxophone wildly while the chase scene craziness continues below with Yumi playing the trumpet.*
Some of the guys could be seen running after Sakura and Hinata while Hikari ran past them in the opposite direction with being chased another group. Ino's head poked out from behind a marble sculpture before tiptoeing and diving into a nearby hedge just in time from narrowly being seen by three guys who were being chased by Tenten with a battle rake.
Sakura mai chiru hana fubuki
Nokoe yama koe kaki wakete kite
Yasashiku sarete sonoki ni natte...
Sakura had jumped over a hedge and pressed herself flat against it, whipping her head back and forth before running and disappearing behind another bend. At that moment, Hikari came zooming by on a lawn mower followed by Hinata on a bike as they got passed by the gang once more who had somehow managed to grab a couple of scooters and drove past them.
Tooi ano hi ni chuu ningu
Hatsukoi no ano koto kasa ne ruze
Amai kao ri ni yowasarete awa ni naru,
Just then, a part of the hedge wall shifted revealing Ino using the cloaking technique. She suddenly got spotted by one of the gang members at that moment, prompting her to run off in another direction with the gang hot on her heels while Tenten appeared running past on a nearby hedge wall before jumping down while another gang member jumped out of the hedge wall and ran in another direction.
So kawaii hito yo kocchi e kite o kure
Maa me utsuri shichau boku dakedo...
The craziness continued with Hikari being chased by three gang members and disappeared behind a hedge wall when suddenly they all came running back frantically along with Hikari in the opposite direction as they found themselves getting chased by barking dogs.
Mata kawaii hito ga waraatte kureru nara
Saa itte miyo oka yume encho...
Tenten appeared diving out of a hedge and into another one as it was revealed that the lawn mower Hikari rode before had somehow gained a mind of its own as it barreled through the hedges after her leaving great big holes in the hedge walls.
Ino and Sakura came through these holes being piggy-backed by two of the gang members for some reason while running in the opposite direction followed by Hikari and Tenten piggy-backing two of the dogs from before. Hinata then came riding by on the back of a Great Dane from the group of snarling dogs before chasing another gang member that was being pulled on roller skates by a Husky on a leash. The mix and mash up continued rapidly with a whole crazy chase scene combination you could ever think off over the next three minutes.
*Scene switches back to R.F. and Puffy Ami Yumi singing in chorus.*
Together: Hana yo cho oyo tori tachi yo
Kusu gutte kureru na...
Momoya ai ya yama buki ni
Tsutsumarete yurameku...
* Music begins to pick up as it switches back to the chase scene*
Hikari came riding by a few gang members on a bicycle with one of the dogs on her back while five dogs drove past on the lawn mower. Tenten, Hinata and Ino ran together with some of the guys from snarling bulldogs while Sakura chased the group on the lawn mower with a broom. Hinata then appeared again having broken away from the group and stopped a moment to catch her breath only to find that one of the other guys had done the same and quickly split with the guy following her. Sakura and Tenten then skated past the area on roller blades while Ino drove through the hedges on a scooter with Hikari sitting behind her with a pair of terriers on their heads chasing the lawn mower which zoomed away at top speed narrowly missing some gang members riding bicycles.
Mata kawaii hito ga waratte kureru nara
Saa itte miyo oka yume no kuni...
At that moment, the whole pack of dogs were seen running from Hinata who swung a shovel at them wildly. Shortly, a few of the gang members tip-toed quickly past them unseen before running at top speed when they realized the freaky lawn mower had come after them again.
Mata kawaii hito ga waraatte kureru nara
Saa itte miyo oka yume encho...
The craziness ended with the whole kunoichi team, the gang and the dogs bumping into each other. Before the three parties could do anything to each other, the rogue lawn mower appeared from behind and chased everybody screaming out of the hedge maze after circling the area a few times. The parties broke up once more, this time in their correct groupings as the dogs ran to the left, the kunoichi to the right and the gang members to the front. Fortunately for Sakura and the gang, the crazy gardening machine had decided to go after the gang members as they ran off into the distance far, far away from them, too busy trying to get away from the lawn mower...
*The song slowly comes to an end as Ravena wiped the sweat of her forehead*
R.F.: Minna, Otsukaresama-desu!
Puffy AmiYumi: Hai, Otsukaresama!
R.F.: *Turns to the readers* And now back to the story!
A few minutes later...
The girls found themselves at a playground and quickly dove under a large play dome to hide in case they get caught again.
"That...was the craziest chase... I had ever been in..." panted Tenten taking of her headband and fanning herself with a hand held fan she pulled out of her pocket.
"Yeah... but that was crazy fun!" piped Hikari despite breathing hard herself.
All of a sudden, thunder rumbled in the air as it began to rain outside. "Oh great..."muttered Ino. "We're never gonna find Ryozanpaku like this...
Hinata slowly took out her contact lenses and tossed them. "It's alright let's get some sleep," she suggested.
"What about your contacts?" asked Sakura seeing Hinata toss them.
"It's alright, they're disposable. I have three whole boxes of them."
Sakura simply shrugged in response as she and the others rolled out their sleeping bags on the ground, huddled together and slept soundly as the rain continued to pour heavily outside.
R.F.: Anticipate more my friends! Hope you enjoyed this fun chapter and don't forget to review~!