Yay, chapter two already!!!! Special thanks to tehbeastxx for being my first reviewer ever and giving me the suggestion to type in paragraphs, and to my friend 7andthefluff for helping me with this story from the beginning! *gives cookies* Anyway, I hope you like it! Rate and Review, please?
Oh, and I don't own Naruto!
Kakashi pulled himself to his feet and stepped out of the alley, looking around at the odd buildings and people, confused. Immediately, he was nearly run over by a trio of skateboarders, a psychopathic jogger, and a lunatic on rollerblades. Eyes wide, he dodged back into the relative safety of the alley and stared, bewildered, at the buzzing, honking, utter chaos of Times Square.
Already getting a few curious stares from passerby, some of who looked even odder than he did, he lowered his head and, this time looking both ways, left the alley. He edged his way up the sidewalks, jostled by the rushing crowds all around him. He wandered a few blocks, trying to get his bearings, then looked across the street, confused by the sea of gleaming, colorful steel-and-chrome domes that moved along it. After deciding that they didn't look too dangerous, he stepped off the curb, into the road, and started to make his way across. Being narrowly missed serveral times, he flinched away from the cars, now regretting his decision to try and cross.
By now, most of the drivers had stopped and were honking and yelling. He paused and looked back and forth, unsure of what to do. A brown-haired woman ran up to him, and grabbing him by the arm, growled, "What the heck do you think you're doing?!?" as she yanked him out of the road. Once they were safely back on the curb, she turned to him, probabaly to yell at him again. Knowing this, he drew back slightly.
Instead, she took one look at his silver hair, hiti-ate headband, the dark mask covering the lower half of his face, and stared, slack-jawed. His eyes widened. She was dressed like the other people here, wearing heels and a business suit, and of course, much older, the familar purple bands painted across her cheeks gone, but there was still no mistaking her.... "Rin?!?" He choked out, staring incredulously. "Kakashi?" She gasped, her last words before she crumpled into a dead faint.
He lunged forward and caught her limp form before she hit the ground, carrying her over to a nearby park bench. He laid her down, tucking his green vest under her head as a pillow, and sat next to her, trying to sort out his jumbled thoughts. He was utterly lost in an entirely different world, the one person who might have been able to help him unconsious. He muttered something under his breath about "Stupid missing-ninjas!" and stared out into the leaves of the trees. Those, at least, were familiar.
Meanwhile, back in Kohona, Tsunade was searching for Kakashi. "Where is that idiot?" she muttered to her asisstant, Shizune, pushing strands of her blonde hair off her forehead in frustration. "He's always late, of course, but not this late! He was supposed to be back yesterday!" Pacing the floor, she turned to Shizune. "You don't think something could have happened, do you?.... It was such a simple mission..." Shizune just shook her head helplessly.
"Why don't we just give him a few more hours, then send out a search party?" She suggested softly, trying to calm her hokage down. Tsunade nodded and took a deep breath. "I'll do that... would you find Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and..... Gai for me, please, Shizune?" Her assistant nodded, and setting Tonton the pig down on the floor, left the office to track down the four ninja.