Yakino's Travels: Chpt 7 Test Drive

Note: Innocent Squirrel Incident

The next day, I decided to test out the Time Traveler 2000. "Let's see. Oh my story would be a good place to start." I turn the knob until a picture of Raisuke appears. I set the time and date. Then I press the button down and open the portal. I jump in and land on a soft piece of grass.

"All right, let's see if this works." I say standing up and brushing off the dirt. I check out the buttons "Slow, fast, pause, back, forward. Sounds simple." I press the slowdown button and I watch a squirrel mosey on past. "Ok, I get that. The fast button must do the opposite. Let's try pause." I press it and the squirrel stops. "Ooh, that's interesting." I walk over and pick it up "Like this. Hee hee." I place the squirrel on top of a dog's head. "Alright, go." I hit the play button and watch the madness. "Poor squirrel, back." The scene on my watch shows what just happened and I scroll back until the scene before the fight started. "Everything back to the way it started." I place the squirrel on the tree and press the play button. The squirrel goes up the tree and the dog just walks off. "This makes everything easier and I'm the only one who can use it." A 'poot' sound comes from the watch "Guess I can't use it too quick. It looks like it'll be about an hour before I use it again. I'll just wander around until the meter fills back up."

I walk around until I spot someone I know. It was Raisuke's brother. "Hey, Rick! Turn around." He turns around "Oh, hi Yakino. Nice to see you." We meet under a tall tree and he notices my Time Traveler. "Oh, what's this? A new watch?" I take it off "Just a watch to enhance my powers. It needs to recharge before I can get back." Rick smiles "Nice. Do you want to go with me on a trip to the Akatsuki lair? They need help with training a new member." I nod "Sure, I need an hour to burn." Rick gets up "Ok."

It takes a half hour to get to the lair. Rick knocks on the door "Zetsu, it's me." Zetsu opens the door "Hey, Rick, come on in." We follow him in. A man stands at the end of the hall. He wears an orange mask over his face and armor over his body. "Zetsu-san, are you ready to train me? Tobi is a good boy." he says. Zetsu sighs "Yes, Tobi. Rick will train you. Then you will be paired with Deidara-san." Tobi walks over and grabs Rick's hand "I'm ready, Sempai." Rick walks off with Tobi and I stay with Zetsu.

"So, Yakino, how have you been? I'm glad you took me to that body-buffet. I got stuffed." He says with a smile. I nod "You're welcome. Light was quite some help by killing them in the first place. I'm glad you enjoyed; I'll take you back sometime." Zetsu nods "That would be nice." We walk out to the main room and sit "So, Zetsu, were you always a plant-man or did something happen?" I ask nervously "I was normal, but when I was little, I fell into a mess of radioactive material and it changed me to what I am today." I relax "Ok, so do you get lonely here?" Zetsu chuckles "Far from it; I'm on guard until Lord Pein comes back." We talk for a while and then I look at my Time Traveler. "Oh, gotta go. Bye Zetsu." I calculate my home dimension and go through the portal. I arrive back home and realize my friend was waiting for me. I sense something different about her.