Chapter 2 - An Introduction

"So, why dont the two of you introduce yourselves properly, seeing how you interfered earlier. It's the least you could do after your actions on the bridge." Kakashi said with a closed eye smile.

The twins quickly glance at each other before Hotaru lent back in her chair, sending a signal to her brother. Kaiba turned to face the group and let out a sigh before opening his mouth to speak.

"Well my name is Kaiba and that there is my sister Hotaru. Before you ask we don't know our surname, we were never told it. We're twins, but I'm sure that I'm better looking" He smirked slightly, though the smirk left his face as it smashed into the table.

"Asshole! We're twins, we look the same!" Hotaru's fist was still in the air where it had hit Kaiba's head, "And fine if you want to be better looking then I'm smarter!" His sister scolded.

The Konoha ninjas looked on in stunned silence. The twins argued between themselves, almost as if they had forgotten they were there.

"Ahem" Coughed Kakashi, focusing the attention back onto the topic at hand. "We have a few questions for you. Where did you come from and what is it that you're wearing?"

"Well, we're from Australia. Or at least, that's where we were living for the last four years. As for what we are wearing, these are animal skins." He tugged at his clothing as if to point it out, "It was a necessity, you see. We were living in the wild for well over a year, the clothes that we had at the start wore down to scraps. We made these from the animals that we managed to hunt." Revealed Kaiba before pausing and turning to glance at his sister, who just nodded, "Now if we're being honest," He pursed his lips before continuing, "We kinda got lost while we were on a trip with our foster family. We couldn't find our way back to them." He rubbed at his neck nervously, "We somehow survived on wild berries and water for a while, though I can't remember how long that lasted. Then we stumbled upon a tribe who eventually taught us how to hunt and fish as well as a few other survival skills. They showed us all sorts of tricks, they gave us the tattoos that we carry as well."

After that last remark he held up his hands and unravelled the wraps that bound them. As the wraps fell they could see markings and symbols all across his hands and lower arms.

"Well, I can't say I know what this Australia is, though your story does explain your almost animalistic instincts. I'm afraid that you will be coming back to Konohagakure with us." Kakashi said as he moved behind the two with a malicious glint in his eye. Before anyone could react he raised his hands and chopped the twins on the back of their necks rendering them unconcious,

"Well now, let's go home."

The twins woke slowly, staying relaxed and breathing evenly. As they did this they could sense the other doing the same, it calmed them. However neither could tell where they were, it certainly wasn't the place they remembered being in. The air was too dry, and lacked the salty taste as well. They evaluated their situation. They were chained to chairs, and after opening their eyes only just wide enough to see they glanced around the room. They kept their heads low and tried to move as little as possible.

After a few moments they could see that they were together in a dimly lit room, a very similar room to the ones they had occupied during their stays at the Florida Sheriff's station. Before they could do anything more the door flew open with a bang, slamming against the wall as a man walked through it.

"Now time for you to really answer a few questions." Said the man, who could have been intimidating, what with the large scars covering his face and head and the hollow look of a seasoned killer in his eyes. Hotaru noted his long leather trench coat. Turning slightly he slammed the door closed, leaving the guards outside.

For a few moments there was silence. Then, like a thunderclap, loud bangs and crashes could be heard coming from the room. After a minute or two there was silence again, before a loud piercing scream echoed through the wall. Looking at each other the guards opened the door to the cell only to see it in complete shambles. Scorch marks and bits of broken metal and wood greeted them. As they looked on in awe at the damage they notice the head of Konohas Torture and Interogation unit cowering in a corner, mumbling about crazy children. Looking closer still it became clear that Ibiki had lost his trench coat as well. Hearing a comotion behind them they turned and saw an entire wall missing. In the resulting gap stood the two teens that had been chained. They were surrounded by ANBU, The guards noticed the girl was wearing Ibiki's coat.

This was a sight that they would never forget, a young boy and girl back to back facing down the best in the village. The boy was the taller of the two, standing at around 5'5" with messy black hair, while streaks of white and silver ran through it. The girl stood slightly shorter at 5'2" with yellow hair tinted by orange highlights. The most bizzare thing however was their clothes, or rather, lack of. Their clothing of animal skins left little to the imagination, the solid muscles which made up their beings were only made more obvious as their lean limbs tensed with the threat of battle.

"Ugh, Hotaru why do you always do this?" The boy sighed shaking his head. He could hardly believe that she'd really done it.

"What? You know I've always wanted a trench coat, it's that guys fault for wearing one and making it so easy to steal!" The girl, Hotaru replied.

"Enough! You are coming with us to see Hokage-Sama!" One of the ANBU said before grabbing them both and disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"Well that was… different" One of the guards said before turning around, "Now, let's get Morino-San sorted.

"Lord Hokage, I have brought the two prisoners, as you asked." Said an ANBU who wore a bird mask, all while dragging the two teenagers behind him.

"Thank you Bird, Now leave us." Came the reply from an old man sat behind a desk. He stood slowly as the door closed and observed the two that had been giving him such a headache since they had arrived into this world. He watched them fidget. They could sense how powerful he was, and their instincts told them not to mess with him. No matter how old he was.

"Sit down, I'm not going to hurt you." He waited until they complied, "My name is Hiruzen Sarutobi, and I am the leader of this village you are in, the Hokage of Konohagakure." He gave them a look that hinted at his seeming lack of patience. "What are your names, and how did you come to be here."

The twins glanced at each other unsure of what to do. Though the tone of the Hokage's voice told them to hurry with their explanations. Kaiba spoke.

"Well, Hiruzen Sir… My name is Kaiba and this is my younger twin Hotaru. We are very sorry for any trouble that we have caused you." He apologised, "I'm not too sure what happened, but we woke up in a field the other day and… and we could just sort of feel this energy around us. It felt like it was pulling us towards that bridge. When we got there it was all misty and we couldn't really make out what was happening until we were hit by this blast of… something… it was in the air and just felt plain evil. It took on the form of a fox, I think, and then all I really remember is pain. And then I'm sure you know what happened from there."

"Hmm, Yes you are correct Kakashi told me all about the bridge. Now, I have something for the two of you here." The old man turned around and grabbed a pair of scrolls. Walking round the table he handed them to the twins before leaning back against the edge of his desk, "If I am correct in my assumption, you two, and only you two, can open these scrolls." He nodded to them, indicating for them to proceed.

At this both of them perked up in their seats. Slowly they began unraveling their respective scrolls. Once fully opened it became clear that the paper was completely blank. However, before they could say anything a surge of energy erupted from the scrolls, engulfing them both for a moment before fading away just as quickly. Kaiba and Hotaru turned to each other, knowing that they had both experienced the same thing. Looking forwards again they saw that the Hokage had returned to his seat. A sad smile adorned his face.

"It is as I thought," He shook his head, not quite believing it, "You are the lost Anahata Twins, The last of the Anahata clan." Sighing the Hokage lent forwards, putting up a hand to stop the twins from the exclamations they were urging to say, "I will answer all questions in due time. But first, I will tell you all I know about your family"

Nodding the twins lent back and got comfortable, wondering what they were about to be told.

"You'll have guessed your full names are Kaiba and Hotaru Anahata. You were born just over 14 years ago to the clan leaders of the Anahata. Maiyu Anahata was your mother and Koto Anahata was your father and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that they loved you both. For your first 2 years you all lived together and you were cared for by them until one terrible night when our village was attacked by the Kyuubi, the Nine-Tailed Fox." He paused and looked at each of them in turn, they looked on, wide eyed and waiting for more.

"Your clan were instrumental in saving this village. Especially your grandmother, Seisu, who was older then than I am now. She came rushing to the outskirts of the village as the Kyubi came forth, creating a shield of fire to hold the fox back. For over an hour she protected our village allowing our people to get to safety while we prepared to fight for our lives. Now even to this day your Grandmother is celebrated by all and known throughout our land as Konohas Flaming Shield." The Hokage saw pride gleam in the twin's eyes before he continued,

"It was not until after the Fourth had stopped the Fox for good that I found that she, your grandmother, and the rest of your clan disappeared. They were destroyed. Your clan's compound was attacked while we were dealing with the fox. Your father fought valiantly while your mother prepared their ritual. They trapped the attacker and used the Anahata clan's secret jutsus - On you Kaiba they used Seigyo Kaosu Ten'i (Controlled Chaos Transference) and Seigyo Boei Ten'i (Controlled Defense Transference) on you Hotaru. These jutsu were your clan's way of protecting its Bloodline trait. What it did was draw out the trait from a dead or dying member of the clan and implanted it into a younger member so as to keep their secrets safe. Because so many of the clan had died they had to split the abilities into two different forms. They gave one too each of you. The Anahata bloodline was famous - Kontorou was feared throughout the world. In principle this bloodline allowed your clan to draw in nature chakra continously without any side effects from it, thus giving them a nearly infinate supply of Chakra.

"Mainly Kontorou manifested in every Anahata the same and gave those who wielded it amazing Chakra Sensory abilities, as well as the offensive form Seigyo Kaosu, and defensve form Seigyo Boei. In its offensive form it allows the user to create explosions of chakra either from there own body as a whole or concentrated ones from specific areas. The Anahata clan are also able to inject chakra into people and objects to create chakra bombs. Meanwhile the defensive version allowed the wielder to create a nigh impenetrable shield of chakra around themselves or their chosen target. With training they could also incorperate different elements into their shields.

"As I said, between the two of you, you have these abilities. But only one each. At the time if you had received both of them it would have destroyed your infant bodies. Once the bloodline abilities from the deceased Anahatas had been transferred to you your parents sacrificed themselves to create a portal and send you to another realm, to keep you safe."

Standing and turning out to face the village Hiruzen looked older then he had ever before. After gaining his composure he turned back to face them.

"Now that you are back though it is time for you to be trained, to master your bloodline and Chakra. Which is why I have arranged a Sensei to look after you and make you into the best ninja possible, that is of course if you want to be ninja?"

Looking at each other the twins smiled before jumping up.

"Of course we do Hokage-Sama! We have to show the world that the Anahata Twins can kick ass!" Yelled Kaiba with a fire of determination in his eyes.

"Like the doof said, we have to show everyone that we are back and make our Clan proud" Hotaru said with the same confidence and resolve.

"Well in that case then, TEAM 10! Enter!" The Hokage shouted, The door opened and in walked 3 kids and one adult, "Here is your first C-Ranked mission, I want you to show Kaiba and Hotaru here to there home in the Ninja housing estate and then take them shopping to buy them some proper clothes! Now I shall see you two here tomorrow morning at 10 am to meet your new teacher. Dismissed!"

"Kaiba, that boy would feed us for a month back home" Hotaru exclaimed jokingly, pointing at a round boy with light brown hair parted by his headband. His cheeks paled causing the swirl like birthmarks adorning them to stand out, he dropped his bag of chips taking a slow step back away from Hotaru.

"Now, now Taru-chan, we don't eat people… too often" Kaiba replied letting a sly grin creep across his face.

"Fine" Hotaru huffed, sounding annoyed. She turned her attention to the three people stood with the still horrified boy. The first, presumably a Jonin, wore the standard green flak jacket. He had a beard that connected with his sideburns, a cigarette hanging precariously from his lips, his Konoha headband sat where it should, on his forehead. The next, a boy wearing a fish net top covered with a grey jacket with his Konoha headband attached to the right sleeve, looked on with a bored expression. He had his black hair in a short spiky pony tail making him resemble a pineapple. Finally a girl wearing a purple crop top, matching mini skirt with bandages covering her stomach and thighs, her Konoha headband was tied at around her waist. Her long blonde hair was in a pony tail that left a bang coving her right eye.

"Anahata's I presume" The jonin said.

"You presume correctly" Kaiba said tartly followed by "I take it your our escorts for shopping."

"Yeah, let's get it over with shall we" The girl snarled back.

"What a pain" "Troublesome" Two voices sounded at the same time. Hotaru and the tired boy stared at each other. The purple clad girl looked horrified.

"There's two of them, are you kidding me, Asuma-Sensei please don't make me do this" The girl half shouted, turning to whine at Asuma.

The Jonin completely ignored her instead saying "I think introductions are in order, Ino is the girl, Shikamaru is the lazy one, finally is Choji and I'm Asuma."

"I'm Hotaru and this is my idiot brother, Kaiba" Hotaru replied dodging the hand her brother tried to hit her with.

"Let's just go" Ino complained turning and storming off without making sure the others where following.

"Right then, someone's on the rag huh" Kaiba chuckled, trudging after the girl.

The others exchanged looks, Hotaru rolled her eyes before following the duo. They walked in silence until they reached the ninja clothing and weapons store. Hotaru immediately went to the weapons section, Kaiba browsed the clothing section. The Genin team looked at each other and knew this was not going to be easy.

"Ugh... Remind me why I go shopping with you again?" Hotaru mumbled as her brother dragged her down the stairs of their apartment building, "You always go overboard."

"Shh, I'm trying to read!" Kaiba replied as they walked through the streets, true enough to his statement his nose was buried in a book, "Anyway, we're nearly at the training ground."

Turning a corner they came to the entrance of the training ground. In front of the gates they see the Hokage stood there waiting for them. A man and woman stood alongside him. The man was tall, he had naturally tanned skin and was quick to smile as they approached. He had a scar across the bridge of his nose and his hair was pulled back into a floppy ponytail. His attire consisted of the usual for a chunin, the green flack jacket over black long sleeved top and black pants that ran down to his ninja sandles. The twins looked him up and down, all in all he was a handsome man. They secretly hoped he was their new teacher.

The woman next to him was only slightly shorter, but her devilish grin and her air of overconfidence made the twins uneasy. Her hands were on her hips and her beige trenchcoat was open revealing her to wear nothing but a netted mesh body suit and a khaki mini skirt. She wore shin guards over her ninja sandals. She seemed to be silently laughing at them, if her bobbing spiky purple ponytail was anything to go by. If the twins were to hazard a guess the female ninja thrived off of their sudden discomfort.

"Ah, Kaiba-Kun, Hotaru-Chan. It's good to see you're settled in" The Hokage referred of course to their new change of wardrobe.

The twins had discarded their animal skins in favour of the clothes team 10 had taken them to buy. They looked ready for anything in their new ninja gear. Kaiba was dressed in black tapered combat pants with bandages wrapped around his shins and disappearing into his new black ninja sandals. On his torso he wore a mesh shirt under an open leather jacket. On his hands he wore fingerless gloves, more bandages could be seen disappearing up his sleeve.

Hotaru had kept Ibiki's Trenchcoat. Beneath it she had donned a simple black crop top and had chosen to wear combat pants like her brother, though hers tapered halfway down her shin. Like her brother she had bandages wrapped around the rest of her shins but instead of ninja sandals she had opted for leather boots. Her hands were covered by fingerless gloves too.

"We are, Hokage-Sama. We were able to get everything we needed. I was even given this book about seals by some wierd old guy. He had white hair and red face paint... He called himself a super-something-or-other but I cant remember what he was talking about. Oh! And Hotaru got a book about summons?" Kaiba replied while placing his newly aquired book away.

"Hmm..." The Hokage thought for a moment, "Well then, it's time for you two to have your abilities tested by Anko here," The old man said, gesturing to the woman stood next to him, "She's going to spar with you a bit and all you have to do is survive until the time limit," The twins' eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, "The time limit is ten minutes! BEGIN!"