Hi guys! I'm back again. I'm sorry it took so long. Animatronic dinosaurs were at the museum...

My brother called me a five-year old. I couldn't argue with him.

I'll answer some questions:

How long do you plan to make this story?

Well, I wouldn't say that it'll be super short. I do have a plot. It should be more than ten chapters, and I'll probably get plot bunnies along the way.

Will you go into detail about how the soul transfer was accomplished?

I plan on slowly cluing in on it. It adds to the mysterious nature...

Thanks to swsk117 and TokyoTeddyWolf for reviewing my last chapter, as well as to any who followed or gave me a favorite.

Enjoy!


Juvia woke up in the hospital.

She decided to let a nurse know, but she couldn't move her arms. It was strapped down to the bed, barely budging with her struggle to move her arms.

"Excuse me, is anybody here?" Juvia called out, panicked at her current state. She had done nothing wrong to end up tied and wondered if she had been taken captive. There had to be some sort of dark guild that would do so.

Her voice sounded strange. Was she sick? That could be it… Being constantly rained on could do that to anyone, and Juvia was always rained on, so much that she was frequently ill.

The door swung open with a forceful push, revealing a busty blonde woman with a serious expression clouding her face. The woman pulled over a chair and sat next to Juvia.

"Would you mind telling me why you're in Sakura's body?" the woman demanded.

"J-Juvia does not know what you are talking about."

Tsunade snatched a mirror from the bedside table, thrusting it in front of Juvia's face.

The moment Juvia gazed into the mirror; she knew the woman was telling Juvia the truth. The girl in the mirror wasn't Juvia. She couldn't even pass for a relative. The girl had shoulder length pink hair, stringy from the hospital stay. Her eyes were huge green orbs, now welling with tears, not produced by her, but by Juvia.

"Juvia is sorry. Juvia's aunt made Livia do it. Juvia didn't know what was happening." Juvia sobbed, not knowing how to handle the situation. It was too odd. This body… it wasn't her's. It was the girl's. It was Sakura's.

"Who is your aunt, Juvia?"

"Mimi Lockster."

Juvia didn't want to rat on her aunt, but what kind of aunt would do this to their niece? Anger built up inside of Juvia. How could her aunt, her only living relative, do this to her?

"Livia?"

"Livia McGarden. Juvia's aunt paid her."

"How old are you, Juvia?"

"Twelve."

"Any family other than your aunt?"

"No."

"Do you know where you are?"

"No."

"You are in Konoha's hospital."

"I don't know where that is. Is it outside of Fiore?"

Tsunade's brow furrowed.

"It would have to be. I've never heard of Fiore."

Juvia's brow furrowed.

"Can Juvia ask a question?"

"Sure."

"What happened to Juvia's aunt and Livia?"

"We don't know, Juvia. The jutsu used was a technique that could have been performed from anywhere. There will be someone else in your body for a week."

Juvia nodded, trying to take the information in. It was hard to do so. In fact, the situation seemed like an overly realistic dream.

Tsunade got up to leave.

"I will get someone to look out to you. My name is Tsunade. It was nice meeting you, Juvia." Tsunade stated while kindly undoing Juvia's arm straps skillfully.

Juvia smiled, thankful that Tsunade had at least given her some knowledge on the strange place.

"You as well."

Juvia wondered what a "jutsu" was. She then concluded that it must be some sort of rare magic. Being a rare magic user, she knew that rare magics were often dangerous sorts. Only Juvia's family used her particular form of water magic, having the ability to bond with the water. While others could only draw power through skill, Juvia's relied heavily on will. That being combined with her skill, honed through vigorous training with her deceased grandmother. Rare magics, were not to be messed with.


The remaining members of team seven gathered in the hokage's office.

"I have a mission for you." Tsunade started. "As you all know, Sakura will not be Sakura for a while. She will have a girl named Juvia inside of her. She's a twelve year old from a land called Fiore. I had a member of the Yamanaka clan outside of the room when I spoke to her. I have reason to believe that she isn't lying and was tricked into the jutsu by her aunt. Your mission is to watch over Juvia. She has no other family members and we don't know if anyone will come after her, any questions?"

"We'll do it."


Juvia was led out of the hospital by a brown haired woman who said that she was Tsunade's, the Hokage's assistant.

She had stayed in her hospital room for only an hour after she woke up, leaving her to her thoughts. Juvia still couldn't wrap her head around the situation. And she couldn't understand why her only living relative would abandon her in such a way, throwing her into another world, like unwanted trash.

Juvia had never been around her aunt much, preferring to live with her grandmother, so wasn't exactly close to her. However, that didn't mean that it didn't hurt. She had shed a few tears before Shizune arrived to take her out of the hospital.

To Juvia, she seemed nice enough, kindly ensuring Juvia that all would be fine and work out. Just one week. Just one short week, and she could forget this had even happened.

Juvia tapped down the hospital's tiled flooring, not quite used to Sakura's body. Walking felt weird. It was as if she was learning to ride something new. It wasn't overly difficult per say, just different.

Who was Sakura? The girl with pink hair was unfamiliar and Juvia was having trouble adjusting to being the temporary Sakura.

"Shizune-san?"

"Hmm."

Juvia had her attention.

"If it's okay… would you please tell Juvia where we are going?"

"A genin team will be supervising you until the jutsu wears off. We're going to meet up with them."

"A genin team? Juvia does not know what that is."

Shizune had been warned about the girl's lack of knowledge about the world by Tsunade. Still, she couldn't help but to be a bit taken aback.

"A ninja squad, consisting of three ninja's who were previously attending the academy. This one, I'll warn you, may take some getting used to. Sakura was a member of their team."

This didn't sit well with Juvia. It was nerve wrecking enough for her to meet new people. The friendships she had had never ended well. Rejection was something she feared, and it was reasonable to assume that if she was to meet them, they wouldn't take her kindly. She was after all, in their teammate's body.

"Juvia understands." Juvia pouted, not exactly liking the situation.

She was quite positive that getting along with the team was impossible. Juvia would however, try to make it bearable. If she had to be with the team for a week, she might as well.

Shizune gripped the grey door to the hospital lobby, ready to push it open.

"Ready?" Shizune asked, making sure that Juvia was prepared.

Although she was visibly nervous, Juvia managed to squeak out a hurried "yes". She stumbled after Shizune into the bright sunlight. Sunlight?

It was a rare occurrence, scarcely seen by Juvia. Therefore, she stood in place at the hospital exit, lifting Sakura's hair out of Sakura's eyes and squinting at the harsh rays. How beautiful…

"What are you doing?" Shizune barked.

Juvia jumped, visibly scared by the harsh wording of the question.

"Oh, sorry to scare you, but you really shouldn't stare at the sun like that. It's bad for your eyes." Shizune reasoned, taking Juvia's trembling hand and leading her to where the supposed team seven were waiting.

Juvia stood by Shizune, shyly raising her eyes to meet the members of team 7.

To her relief, two of them looked mildly curious, though it was mostly the blonde boy who was flat out staring. Juvia found that a bit unnerving, but it wasn't as bad as the cold looks she was getting from the dark haired boy. They were nerve wrecking.

Juvia didn't ask to be in this situation. In fact, she would do anything to zip off to her real body. Of course, she had absolutely no idea how to do that.

"G-good morning. Juvia is pleased to meet you." she choked, hoping to come off as more of a friendly individual than an unwanted invader. Though, Juvia is…

The blonde boy's face lit up, still holding a bit of uneasiness, but none the less, friendly. Juvia couldn't help but feel a bit hopeful.

"Morning, Sa- Juvia-chan. I'm Naruto Uzumaki."

"Morning." The masked man responded, lowering his… interesting choice of literature.

There was no response from the dark haired boy, making Juvia uneasy. She didn't want any more problems than she already had.

The man with the sketchy book coughed in the dark haired boy's direction, to which he scowled, turning in Juvia's direction.

"Sasuke Uchiha." He finally greeted in an uncaring tone.

Juvia was not pleased at all. Clearly, not all the members would be easy to get along with. Maybe I can ninja my way out of this…?


Juvia sat criss-cross in a circle along with Naruto and Sasuke. The man with the interesting choice of literature had gone off after explaining to Juvia that she would have to be watched at all times, just in case. She would have to stay with one of the boy's houses, who would have to be with her at all times.

It was not a happy day for Juvia, but as she was outside and not soaked with water, the world seemed to contradict her feelings. The sun blared over her head, instead of dreary rain clouds. Juvia was terrified of this new world, of which she knew nearly nothing about. It opposed everything she knew about the world.

It was at this moment, as she was staring off in the distance, marveling at the warmth of it all, that she realized her aunt's intentions.

As long as Juvia wasn't in her "cursed", as she liked to put it, body, her emotions wouldn't impact the world around her. Her aunt seemed to have known that, and wanted to invade someone else's body to get that freedom, leaving someone else in the rain.

Now, Juvia understood her aunt's longing. Juvia hated the rain as well. It was the reason why she was often teased, excluded, and rejected. That was the only reason Juvia could possibly think of. She was different, and from what she had learned, others didn't always like that so much.

Juvia couldn't however, understand why her aunt would wish that pain to be passed onto someone else. As much as Juvia despised her nagging rainstorms, she wouldn't want anyone else to suffer. She was selfless in that endeavor.

"Juvia-chan?" That was the blonde boy, who she had learned was Naruto.

"Huh?" Juvia blurted, coming out of her thoughts. "Oh, sorry! Juvia didn't mean to. Juvia was just caught up in her thoughts. It is a new world for Juvia and all…"

"It's okay." Naruto assured, giving Juvia a reassuring smile along with the words.

Juvia politely returned his kindness with a polite smile.

Sasuke coughed, seemingly the one that Juvia wasn't paying attention to.

"Please continue…" Juvia said, hoping to not be too far on Sasuke's bad side. (She already knew from looking that she was defiantly on that side of the scale.)

"I said that you will have to stay with Naruto."

"Ah, okay."

Sasuke left without a word, leaving Juvia and Naruto in a brief silence.

"Really?" Naruto exclaimed, obviously not one to contribute to long periods of silence. "I thought you'd be after Sasuke."

"Wha-?" Juvia started.

"I mean, Sakura would have gone for it… as well as most of the other girls."

"Juvia has the feeling that he doesn't like her that much."

Juvia wouldn't "go after him" per say. She wasn't even from this world, and wanted to stay out of as much trouble as possible.

"He's like that with everybody. It's irritating." Naruto grumbled, not at all pleased with Sasuke's treatment of others.

"That's good to know…"

Naruto gave her a horrified look, jaw dropping.

"Ah, th-that's not what Juvia meant. Juvia meant that it's good that Juvia isn't the only one that is treated that way. She was worried that he didn't like her that much, because of me being in Sakura's body for a bit…"

"Well… It wasn't really your fault. I'm not happy either with Sakura being gone, but then again, it wasn't your fault. I can't blame you, so don't worry!" Naruto assured, hoping that Juvia wouldn't press the topic.

While Naruto held no grudge against Juvia, Sasuke wouldn't have been glaring at her if he held nothing against her. He would have just been indifferent, not really caring that she was there.

Juvia noticed that Naruto had avoided the topic of Sasuke's thoughts on the issue, confirming her assumption to be correct.

Sasuke wasn't happy at all with Juvia being there, and Juvia squashed all hope that they could all get along. There was no reason to keep her hopes up…


Is everyone okay with this length? It's about 2600 words without the author's note.

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