Chapter TWO

Sakura knew about the powers she wielded as the Reaper Child. There were plenty of gossip, rumors and stories to learn from.

It was the night after her first meeting with the spirit that she was first pulled into the realm of the dead.

She had gone to bed and closed her eyes, only to open them again what seemed to be seconds after to find herself in a world of red and black. She quickly glanced around, taking in the dark shadows that looked like mountains in the far distance, then the torii gates seemingly placed randomly in the area around her.

"I've been waiting for you, Sakura."

Sakura turned around to come face to face with her first spirit friend. "Where am I?" She asked, though she was sure she already knew.

"Yomi no Kuni." Yagura replied casually. He eyed Sakura's confused look. "Choose one." He said suddenly, gesturing towards the torii.

Sakura eyed him, but randomly pointed towards a door. "That one."

Yagura hummed. He reached out and Sakura let out a soft gasp when his hand wrapped around her smaller one. He let out an amused chuckle and swung her up into his arms.

"I can walk!" Sakura said.

"We're faster this way." Yagura cleared the space between them and Sakura's chosen torii in one bound.

"How can we..." Sakura trailed off.

"Touch?" Yagura asked. "That's because currently, you are your soul."

Sakura blinked and Yagura sighed. "Think of your physical body as a container for your soul." He said. "When you are awake, you are a physical being while I am a spiritual being. However, when you are asleep, you shed you physical host. In the realm of the dead, you are also a spiritual body."

Sakura hummed, only really getting half of what he had said. "So I can touch you cause I'm asleep."

Yagura did not seemed very pleased with the simplified version of his explanation but he nodded. "Yes."

"Okay."

Yagura stepped through under the torii and Sakura opened her mouth to question what he was doing, when she blinked and found herself in a completely different location from the previous world of black and red. "Huh?"

"There is more than one scenery to the Yomi." Yagura said. He placed Sakura on the ground, and she did a twirl, taking in the green scenery of the forest. She turned around and noted the the torii gate was still there.

"We're still in Konoha." Yagura sighed. "I think I know where we are."

Something screamed at the back of her sensed and Sakura strained her ears. "Is that...?"

Yagura nodded, a frown on his face. "They're at it." He rolled his eyes. "Again."

"Who?"

Sakura turned towards the sound of clashing metal but Yagura stopped her. "You'll die if you go there."

"But you won't, right?" Sakura grinned. "You're the great Mizukage-sama. I'm sure you can avoid a couple of fighting people."

Yagura did something that looked like a pout. "They're pretty good."

"I wanna see."

Yagura sighed and this time, Sakura did not complain when Yagura threw her over his shoulder. "Hold on." He jumped up onto the trees.

Soon, Sakura caught a flash of red from between the trees. "Fire?"

"Yup." Yagura moved onto the next branch. "One of them is an Uchiha. All of those bastards are proud of their 'fire techniques'."

The fire was soon put out by a huge water dragon.

"Cool dude, that one." Yagura said, sounding impressed. "He doesn't waste time."

Soon, Sakura could see the faces of the two people fighting it out. "Oh gods." She whispered. "Is that..."

Yagura jumped onto a branch directly above the fighting pair. "If you're about to say the second Hokage, you're right."

Indeed, fighting each other like their lives depended on it were Uchiha Izuna and Senju Tobirama.

Yagura watched one more fireball fly across the clearing before he landed neatly, a polite smile on his face. "Good day to be killing each other."

Both Izuna and Tobirama stopped in the middle of their...whatever they had been doing. Sakura frowned. If they stopped because someone had appeared, it must not have been a fight to the death.

"You're back!" The Uchiha scowled. "You always interrupt us!"

Tobirama eyed Yagura, his red eyes glowing even in the daylight. "You would know about killing." He said. His gaze landed on Sakura. "Kidnapping little girls now?"

"I'm not the one that fights the same person at the same time at the same place everyday just because of a grudge that came from a century ago." He turned to Sakura. "The whitehead is Senju Tobirama." He said. "And the weird one is Uchiha Izuna. They fought each other when they were alive." He said. "And they decided to keep it alive as a tradition until the end of the world."

"The end of the world won't finish off the Yomi no Kuni." Sakura said. "Tou-sama said so." Sakura frowned. She tugged at Yagura's arm and he put her down on her feet.

"Who's she?" Izuna padded over to them, hostility of the previous fight gone. "She's cute. Can I keep her?"

Yagura narrowed his eyes. "No."

Izuna seemed to take that as a challenge. "I am the younger brother of Uchiha Madara." He said. "Even that should be worth more than a crazy old Mizukage." He smiled at Sakura. "Come here." He said. "I'm sure Nii-sama'll let me keep you."

"She's a living being." Yagura said. "And you're much older than me." He added.

Izuna paused, seeming to have decided to ignore the latter comment. "Really?" He asked, looking surprised. "Wow. I've never seen someone who can travel this way." He made a hand gesture. "Usually, it's only us going that way." He pointed the other way.

"When was the last time you've been to the surface?" Yagura asked mockingly. "She's special." He tugged Sakura behind him. "Of course she is. I found her."

"More the reason she shouldn't stay with you." Izuna said.

"Like you're any better." Yagura sneered. "I've been with her since she was born."

Izuna crossed his arms. "What's your name, girly?" He asked. "Get rid of the stitch face and I'll haunt you instead."

"You wish." Yagura yanked Sakura up into his arms. "Stay away from the creep."

Sakura glanced over at the white haired Senju, who hadn't said anything during the whole commotion.

She couldn't read his expression.

Yagura jumped up onto the trees, much faster than when he had been heading towards the fight.

"JUST WAIT, PINKY, I'LL FIND YOU!" Izuna yelled after them.

Sakura held back the urge to shudder. Yagura was someone she had known for a day, though if she said so, she was sure Yagura woudl count all the years he had spent talking to her. Still, she felt much more safe with the Mizukage than she did with the Uchiha, who was apparently supposed to be something great.

Yagura snorted at Izuna's yell. "Stay away from the creep." He repeated.

Here's chapter two!

Yomi no Kuni is basically the land of the dead.

Darque: Easter holidays are starting in two weeks time.

Raven: So you get a holiday while I have school. Nice.

Darque: I know, right?

Raven: I wasn't being nice.

Darque: Oh.

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