DISCLAIMER: Marina and I do not own Naruto. Sad, but true.
Xx-Hotaru's POV-xX
I went to bed before Marina. She was watching the chuunin exams, and she probably wouldn't go to bed till they were finished. What a bore…
I woke up, and hell, it was COLD!
"Hey Marina, give me back my blanket, or I'll make you watch sasusaku tribute videos!"(Marina hated sasusaku. She's a yaoi addict. 100% sasunaru.)
"Man, this is such a drag…" A familiar voice came from beside me. Wait, was that…?
"I wonder if she's alive. Maybe someone should poke her and see."
OK, now I was ticked off. Why were they talking about me like I wasn't there?
"Touch me, and you wont live long enough to know the answer." Stupid Chouji, waking me up from my …CHOUJI?!
"Chouji?! What in the name of all that's holy are YOU doing here?!"
"This is so troublesome…"
"Sasuke, Sasuke ,Sasuke…"
"Shikamaru?! Ino? What is team 8 doing in my room?"
"Your room?" That annoyingly shrill voice could only be Ino. "Well, I love what you did with it. The trees are a nice touch."
"Shut up, Ino-pig. My room doesn't have trees." I opened my eyes, and I was outside with a worried/angry Ino, a hungry looking Chouji and a bored looking Shikamaru looking down at me. Wait, looking down? I'm not short! Oh wait, I'm lying down. Ok then. Back to the story.
"What am I doing out here? Where's Marina?"
OK they took me out of my room, dumped me outside, took my blankets and woke me up. What am I worried about!? Marina could kick their buts easy-peasy; she's probably in on all this.
"We haven't done anything. You were out cold... Such a drag!"
"Tell me about it!" I sighed loud enough for them all to hear.
"I come in peace. Take me to your leader." Chouji and Ino looked confused. Shikamaru had a huge grin on his face.
"No way!"
"Beam us up, Scotty!"
I stood up and did the 'alien peace' sign, and we said in perfect unison "May you live long and prosper."
"Seriously, though, I do need you to take me to your leader. I need to talk to the Hokage." I guess, if I was in Naruto-land, the best thing to do would be to see Tsunade. She might know how I got here. Not to mention that if Marina was in Naruto-land too, that's where she would go.
After about a kilometre, we arrived in Konoha. I used the time to see what was in my bag. This being an adventure that makes no sense, I probably start off with the basic items, like in a RPG. There weren't any swords, but I did have a scroll, some clothes, some kunai and shuriken, my 'necessities' and my laptop.
Ino and Chouji both teased me when I needed Shikamaru's help halfway there. I'm not the world's strongest person, but I didn't say Chouji was fat, or call Ino a dumb blonde. Shikamaru was pretty nice about it though. We talked about sci-fi movies as we walked. Is this guy real? He reads, watches sci-fi movies, plays chess and is a Trekkie! Dude, where have you been all my life?! Anyways, back to the revenge!
"Hey guys! You do realise that you just brought a stranger you found unconscious right to the gates of Konoha, and that for all you know, I could be a rival ninja, here to kill you all, right?"
Revenge is sweet! Ino and Chouji both looked really worried that I was about to kill them. Shikamaru, however, looked as calm as ever. "I did realise that, but if an enemy country were to send a ninja to kill us all, why would they send a twelve-year-old girl? Also, you cough a lot and need help to walk a kilometre. And thirdly, a twelve-year-old defeat all the ninja in Konoha single-handedly? Yeah, and Ino's the Queen of Sheba!"
"You mean she isn't?"
"Good point, but nevertheless, you couldn't be sent to destroy Konoha. It doesn't add up."
That's Shikamaru, smart as ever!
"True, but I wanted to get Ino and Chouji back for teasing me."
"Ok, Hotaru-san, the Hokage tower is just up there."
"You should come with me. If I am an enemy ninja, you get the credit for capturing me, and if I am not, you get to say you saved me."
I probably needed a Konoha ninja with me to get an appointment, since I wasn't anyone special.
"TARU-CHAAAAAN!!!" I was glomped…
"General point of view.
"Tsunade-sama!" Guy-sensei was knocking furiously at the door. "Tsunade-sama!!!"
The door opened to reveal a very grumpy looking Tsunade.
"Hm?" Tsunade lifted her head from her desk. "Guy, what is it this time!?"
Guy lead the two girls in, then pointed at Marina's headband. Tsunade let out a small gasp, then stood up and bowed.
"Tsunade-sama," Marina asked. "Um, you're the Hokage, you don't bow to us, it's the other way around. We're supposed to bow to you, right?"
"No, I could never ask someone of your status-"
"Our status? What status?" Marina was clueless. "Do we even have a status?"
"Um, very funny Marina-hime. Hotaru-hime could you please explain-"
"Hotaru-hime? Tsunade-sama, why are you calling us princesses?"
"You don't know?" Tsunade had a puzzled expression on her face. "You really don't know?" Marina shook her head.
"Tsunade-sama, if you could please explain to us I'm sure we could understand…" Hotaru asked, very politely.
"Very funny, girls. Stop messing around." Tsunade gave us a smirk "Your father would not approve of such nonsense!"
"Tsunade, we are being perfectly serious. We have no idea how we got here." Taru said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"I am very sorry, but I am forbidden to talk about business of your village in Konoha. I will get in contact with your father immediately, then we can talk."
"Wait a second," Marina was still clueless about the whole situation. "Why did you call us princesses?"
Tsunade leant over to the two girls. "Because you are."
Hotaru looked like she was still processing the information, while a massive grin had appeared on Marina's face. "So I'm a princess!?"
"Yes, it would appear so."
"Ok… I suppose we have no choice other then to believe you, although this does seem like a very tall story…"
"Taller than me?" Marina asked with a stupid look on her face. Hotaru hit her across the back of the head. "Why did you hit me? I asked a serious question!"
"I assure you Hotaru-hime, that I am being serious." Tsunade was reaching for her sake.
"Until your father sends someone to escort you two back to the village, you will have to stay with our ninja for protection. You can also study at the academy to make sure you don't fall behind on your studies. If you would like I could assign you each to one of our teams to train with."
"Can we do ninja missions too?" Marina always wanted to rush into everything.
"I'm not sure your father would allow me to let you go on dangerous missions, but you could do a few D-ranks, I guess."
"Yay!!!" Marina had a big, stupid grin on her face. "Can I go with team Guy? Oh, and I bet Hotaru wants to go with team eight!!!"
"Those teams will be fine. Let me go talk to the two senseis." Tsunade took a gulp of sake and went out the door.
"Ok, you are in! I'm sure your senseis will show you two around Konoha and make sure your stay is as nice as possible. Oh, and you two are staying at the hotel down the street, in room 97, ok? Until you earn enough to rent a house. It would seem suspicious if I paid for a house for you, but visitors to Konoha always stay there, so you won't be questioned."
"Thank you, Tsunade-sama." Hotaru took the key Tsunade was holding and popped it in her pocket. "I'm sure we will both like it here." Hotaru and Marina both bowed and walked out of Tsunade's office.