Naruto:
Heartless? What the hell is a heartless? Naruto looked to Sasuke questioningly and to his surprise, Sasuke was staring at the two boys who were sitting in each of their beds holding hands and mourning for who ever 'Kairi' was.
"Alright, so who are you two?" Sakura asked while holding a medical clipboard. The brunette looked at the silver-haired boy for agreement and nodded.
"My name is Riku and this is my friend, Sora. Where are we?" Riku asked. Naruto felt a shiver run down his spine when he heard Riku's smooth and mature voice. "Well, this is Konoha, the leaf village. I'm Naruto, this is Sasuke and she is Sakura. So, why are you and your buddy here?" Naruto asked, trying hard to get Riku to say anything more.
This time, Sora spoke. "We were escaping from Castle Oblivion when we were ambushed by the heartless. A darkness portal appeared in front of us and we dove in. We thought our friend, Kairi, was running behind us but the portal closed right before she could jump in," he said sorrowfully in a warm and quiet voice.
Naruto looked to see Sasuke sitting at the edge of his seat. Why did he look so intense? Almost like Sora's words actually caused him physical pain. "Naruto, can I see you in the hall for a minute?" Sakura motioned him to follow her. Gradually, Naruto stood up and followed her but not before throwing a worried glance towards Sasuke.
"Alright, what's going on now?" Naruto asked impatiently.
"I need you two to watch them." He rolled his eyes up and stuck his tongue out. "Don't give me that look! I have to tell Lady Tsunade about these two. They don't know where they are and we don't know who they are or where they're from. They could be a threat waiting to happen. I'll be back in a few hours. She'll most likely show up before I will," Sakura said, waving behind her as she ran down the hall.
'Why did Sasuke and I get chosen for babysitting?' Naruto trudged back into the room and informed Sasuke of the guard duty. "They're interesting so I have no issues watching them. You can leave if you want," Sasuke said watching the patients intently. A smirk began to play on his lips and Naruto suddenly couldn't leave the room quick enough.
Sora:
"Riku," I whispered. "I don't like this place. I just want to back to the islands and see Kairi again." Despite the current situation, Riku messed with my hair.
"We'll figure this all out. Why don't you try talking to him? Maybe they'll let us stretch our legs a bit?" Riku suggested as he swiped the hair from his face.
I nodded quickly and tried to form a reasonable sentence. "Um.. Sir, do you mind letting us walk around? I'm afraid we're getting kind of restless just lying here." He looked almost thoughtful for a minute before nodding at my request.
"I don't see any harm in it," he said, shrugging his shoulders; I noticed that he slid his chair closer to the door. Maybe he thought we would try and escape. Where would we go when we didn't even know where we were? Riku and I walked around for only a few minutes before we sat back down on our cots out of boredom. Riku, deciding it was safe enough for the moment, laid down and began memorizing the tiles in the ceiling.
"Riku..? Do you mind if I sleep with you? I really don't like this place," I said, hearing Sasuke chuckle in the corner. Riku also seemed to notice this and glared at the man.
"Come on in, Sora. I know how freaked out you get sometimes," he said as he shoved himself to the other side of the small cot. Steadying myself, I leaped from my cot to his. I landed right on top of him and felt him laugh beneath me. "At least your aim has improved some," Riku said, rolling to face me.
I tucked myself into him like a cat and began stretching just to annoy him. Sighing, he smacked the back of my head and cuddled into me. "See you in a few, Sora," Riku said as he closed his eyes. Within minutes, his soft snores could be heard throughout the room.
Sasuke sighed in the corner and his chair seemed to move away from the door. With Riku's snores acting like a lullaby, I quickly fell asleep, wondering what would happen here in this new world.
Sasuke:
Sasuke watched the two boys fall asleep in each other's arms and wondered again where they came from. Sora said something about the 'islands' but which ones? The only ones here were a few hundred miles away, if not more. But what was Oblivion Castle? Sasuke shook his head. He wouldn't find out any more about the pair until Tsunade got here to question them. With his mind settled on the boys, he turned his thoughts to Naruto and the shenanigans he was probably up to.
Naruto:
Naruto wandered the heavily trafficked streets looking for anything that was worth buying to get those boys, especially Sora, out of his head. Naruto sighed heavily as he walked into Ichiraku's and noticed Kiba sitting at one of the end booths. Quietly, Naruto attempted to sneak up on him and was only a foot or so away when Kiba turned around to look at him. "I can smell you from a mile away, Naruto." Kiba sighed heavily as he signalled for me to sit on the other side of the booth. "Man, it's been a really messed up day today, you know?" He looked shaken about something as I motioned for him to begin.
"Well, I was heading out to the school training grounds and I saw a really dark spot hanging above one of the trees. Akamaru and I went to investigate but we didn't see anything and when we turned to leave, a girl landed on my back. She demanded that I take her to Sora and Riku but I didn't know what she was talking about. After that, she collapsed and we decided to take her to the Hokage. But before we took her, we got a good whiff of her and she smelled so.. strange. She didn't smell like a girl per se but more along the lines of pure adrenaline. That is the weirdest part... But who knows, maybe our noses are failing," he mused before picking up a menu. Upon hearing this news, Naruto thanked Kiba and bolted out the door to find Sasura and the Hokage.
