Chapter 4: Listen to the Rain

Tall trees and thick mists… and lots of rain. It had been raining almost non-stop and the three of them were soaking wet. Apart from MJ, the two other girls were on the verge of giving up. Fia being the worst. It was funny really, since she was their appointed guide. Among the three of them, only she knew how to get by in such conditions. She even had a walking stick. At first they had thought this was some practical joke but after the end of the second day moods rapidly changed.

Fia kept insisting they were in Rain Country but the other two girls knew well both her paranoia and her otakuness well enough to take her words and bullshit. Still with every minute passed they began to actually process whether what Fia was saying was true or not.

There weren't such thick woods anywhere on Earth. Fia knew that much. And the flora didn't match anything they've ever seen. These woods were so thick. And these humongous trees! Those branches seemed thick enough to carry not one but many ninja.

Strangely enough they had found their stuff lying close to their location. Among other things was Fia's so called supercomputer, The Bible. That thing was like a plane's black box. It could survive almost anything. It had to. Fia metaphorically kept her soul in it. The rain however made it nearly impossible for her to use it.

Being the pampered girls they were, even good ole' gluttonous lazy tomboyish Fiffie-kins, constant rain did wonders for their skin… but ruined their hair. As things were, they looked like wet rats. On a more humorous note, L-chan had taken off her fake piercings due to Fia's warning about her being a living grounding device. And, out of fear for dear life, she took them off, indeed.

One of the more useful things they found in their own possession was Fia's creepy collection of Swiss Army Knifes, flint, MJ's weapon pouches, and, thank god, tampons.

According to Fia, the forest was full with critters they could kill and eat. And, indeed, after setting out several traps made of strings, they were where the reader would find them- happily eating squirrels.

The now dried up blond girl (whose hair was now severely curly) was munching happily on a warthog's hind leg, cooked, of course. The two other girls had long finished eating. Despite all, with Fia everything was always about food, laziness, Madara, Kakashi, Pein (All of 'em) or the universal use of Deidara's smutty hand mouths… the list of things was long but it was either food, games or anime and manga.

"So what are we going to do? We can't live like cavewomen for the rest of our lives." Started Rose.

"*munch* we could try and climb a tall tree and poke about….when it stops raining…"

"Fia, you mean IF it stops raining."

"That *munch* I do, Jessica-kun."

"We really need to find civilized life, people." L-chan sighed.

"If there is any, I believe they would find us by our tracks. And we live in a modern world…since the three of you still think we're on Earth, and then finding home should be easy. We're probably somewhere near Canada."

"It doesn't rain like this in Canada."

"Yes, it does."

"Fia…."

"Day after tomorrow."

MJ facepalmed herself. This wasn't getting anywhere,

"Fiona."

"Don't put me under stress! I can't think under stress!" The blond yelled defensively.

"Both of you shut up and listen! I think I heard some voices."

For the past two days the three of them had gotten rather paranoid. If they were indeed in the world of Naruto, then that meant they had to deal with medieval things like lack of transport, rogue ninja, bandits, dirt roads…. And the worst of all things imaginable…..8-bit computers.

There was the possibility of being captured by some really wacky criminals, getting raped, sold to slavery, killed and THEN raped…. Eaten… things kept running through Fia's head since she was the most paranoid of the three.

They were in a rather dry cave, compared to the rainy wilderness outside. They had lit up a very small fire to warm and dry themselves. Those voices were of a group of men. They couldn't quite capture what they were saying and they might be criminals so they kept it quiet to hear what they were saying.

They seemed to far away and did not come any closer. The rain had a positive side as well. If these people were truly criminals then they couldn't find them. The rain had probably completely washed away their tracks and they had stumbled upon the cave by chance when Fia tripped on a root (yet again) and fell through some bushes and into this opening that turned out to be a cave.

Fia was known for being a chance hazard anyways.

"Should we check it out?" whispered Madam Leader.

"I vote for MJ."

"You wouldn't pick it any other way. Dobe."

"Of course. Teme."

"No fighting."

"Sorry."

The black-haired girl swiftly and silently went outside in search of the voices they had heard.