YAY! I'm soooo sorry readers that this took soooo long. It's my fault, not Bittersweet's. I've been real busy at my new school and with family problems... -sigh- ANYWAYS, here is the next chapter and you can beat me with random sticks if you think that I took too long. I dont mind. :]

And I noticed I aint ever done this(MWA HA HA HA! BAD GRAMMER RULES!) so I'm gonna do it now.

DISCLAIMER!: Me and Bittersweet sadly, but really wish we did, own the Naruto cast. We only own Melody and Muffin-chan... and Ink-chan, who was mentioned earlier in the story I think. So... yeah.



Melody's POV

"I can't believe it! A town, right when we needed it!" I exclaimed. Then I paused, glancing at Muffin-chan suspiciously. "You didn't pop it here out of nowhere, did you?" I asked. She huffed, obviously offended and annoyed.

"No!" she growled. I nodded. She must need more sugar, she was getting grumpy. I sighed, somewhat in relief, and nodded. Then started skipping into the village.

"Okie dokie!" I grinned, hyper. I usually got really hyper when I was tired and, boy, was I tired! So if anybody saw me they'd think I was either a hyperactive maniac or high on crack. Which, candy was my crack, which I did in fact get 'high' off of. If you understand my nonsense that is. A lot of people can't though, so it's a little sad. But my nonsense means that I can understand other people's nonsense, so that's good! Right? Left? UP! DOWN! LOL!

I really needed to get a grip… or sleep. Sleep would help a lot. I hadn't slept in hours! It seemed like ages ago that I had been back in the other world, sleeping on my queen sized bead with the silk comforter…. I whimpered. I miss my bed! I thought, mentally crying hysterically. I wondered if Kabuto used his technique now, when I was tired hyper if he would still be mentally scared… Probably.

I grinned, remembering Kabuto writhing on the ground, practically crying for his mommy. I wondered if he still had a mommy. Was she alive? If she was, she'd be pretty old and wrinkly. OH! Maybe she was one of those cute old people! Or was she one of those sour, call-the-cops-on-kids-who-cut-through-her-backyard kind of old person? Those ones sucked… especially back in the other world… mostly because I cut through backyards. Or was his mommy dead? That would be sad…

Maybe she was dead. That was probably the reason for his horrible dress code. I mean, his mom would have chosen him something better than that if she'd been living! Poor Kabuto… poor Kabuto's mom. Poor clothes… I started to laugh at that thought, making Muffin-chan give me a weird look. I grinned back, giving her a wobbly thumbs up. She rolled her eyes and walked a little quicker through the streets of the town. I danced through the streets, moving to the music in my head.

Then I saw a motel. "MUFFIN-CHAN!" I shouted and then giggled at the funny looks people gave me. She turned to stare at me, tired herself. I pointed to the motel. "LOOKIE! IT'S A MOTEL! LIKE IN OUR WORLD! MOTELLIE THINGY SLEEPER MOBABBER!" I laughed, swaying in exhaustion. Muffin-chan came over and slapped her hand over my mouth, grinning apologies to the staring villagers.

"I'm sorry, she hasn't had her medicine today." she apologized. People grumbled and shrugged, turning their backs on us. I frowned and tapped her hand. She slowly let go.

"I don't take medicine." I told her. Her eyes widened and she gave me an urgent look.

"Shh! They don't know that!" she told me. I nodded and then walked into the motel. She followed and booked us a room under the phony names Amaya and Miyu Kurosaki. As we walked up to the room I gave her a curious, very exhausted look. "So, who is Amaya and who is Sada?" I asked. She shrugged.

"Take your pick." she mumbled tiredly. I nodded.

"I will be Amaya Kurosaki and you shall be Miyu Kurosaki! And we shall OWN!" I told him, punching my fist into the air. I then yawned loudly. Muffin-chan, AKA: Miyu Kurosaki, gave me a dry look.

"If this is you with no sleep, I don't think I'd ever want to see you wasted." she muttered and then opened the door to our room. We both collapsed onto a bed. Soon, me and Muffin-chan where in a room and sleeping soundly. It was a good thing too. We both really, really needed sleep.

Sasuke's POV

At first when they disappeared, I panicked. "WHERE DID THEY GO!?!? FIND THEM NOW!" I shouted the order to anybody in listening range. I ran back up the dungeon stairs and back into the elevator of pure evil doom, glaring at the guy who'd stolen my favorite blue razor. "Up, you sorry excuse for a human being." I growled. How could those two girls escape? I'd been right there and I was unstoppable. How could this be? Where? What? When? WHY?!

I face palmed my emo forehead. Why were there so many idiots here? Soon, the elevator door opened and I threw one last death glare at Billy before sweeping down the hall and running for the entrance. Karin suddenly popped out of nowhere and trailed me. I turned and bitch slapped her across the face. "Hn, leave me alone!" I shouted as I glared evilly at her. She stopped, wincing at the pain in her cheek before throwing herself to the ground and sobbing.

I shook my head and gave her a disgusted look. "Pathetic!" I spat and rushed away again. I burst through the entrance and was momentarily blinded by the wicked sun. Rubbing my eyes, I stumbled into the shaded forest. Blinking a couple of times, I rushed to the spot above the dungeon. That's when I heard the voices. I hid behind some convenient bushes and saw Muffin-chan and Melody Char. I glared at them, the only ones who'd escaped me and my emo powers.

"Come on, let's go!

"Go where?

"Erm, the village?"

"Oh yeah! I totally forgot about that…" Then they looped their arms together and skipped into the village. Dark music played as I grinned and followed them, lurking in the shadows so I would stay unseen. I followed them through the village, skillfully jumping from roof top to roof top. They soon couldn't fight their fatigue and slowed in exhaustion. Muttering to the other they both seemd unhappy.

Suddenly, Melody Char pointed to a motel. "LOOKIE! IT'S A MOTEL! LIKE IN OUR WORLD! MOTELLIE THINGY SLEEPER MOBABBER!" she laughed, sounding hyper. But she looked so tired, how could she be hyper? I wondered and then just shrugged it off. Wait- what does she mean, 'their world'? I pondered. It was an odd thing to yell, since what other world would there be besides this one? But what if that was wrong…. What if there were other worlds?! And they were from another? Were they spies? Had the accidentally been summoned here? How had they transferred to one world to another?

Questions swarmed my mind like angry bees. I watched as Muffin-chan ran over and covered Melody Char's mouth with her hand. Slowly, they went into the motel and signed their names in. I waited four minutes after they had walked up the stairs until I jumped down from the roof and entered the motel.

A girl dressed in a blue business suit looked up. Her eyes drew me in, instantly melted and she smiled seductively at me. "What can I do for you?" she purred. I smirked at her and leaned across the counter, acting like my cool emo self.

"Those two girls that just signed in… can I have their names and room?" I asked her and looked her in the eyes. She fluttered her lashes and smiled again.

"Why would you want anything to do with those weirdos?" she asked, pouting. I shrugged.

"They… ran away from my…settlement." I said evasively. She opened her mouth to object more, but I threw her a soft glare. "Just give me the names and room." I snapped. She gulped, a sudden fear in her eyes. Quickly and fumbling she reached for the clipboard and thrust it towards me.

"Here!" she said quickly. I scanned through the list. I found them at the very bottom. Miyu and Amaya Kurosaki in Room 472, third floor. I nodded, tossed the clipboard back to the girl and walked up the steps. I quickly found the room and slipped inside. What I saw made me smirk. They were on their beds, sleeping soundly. Muffin-chan was curled up on the bed on the bed to the left side of the room. Melody was curled up too and hugging a pillow, on the right bed. She turned in her sleep, a frown on her face.

Her lips moved, murmuring soft words that I couldn't pick up. I tried to walk closer, just to listen to what she was murmuring in her sleep. Muffin-chan stirred herself and muttering a tart: "Stupid pancakes, stop running away! I will eat you, dammit!" I quirked a small smile. They were quite harmless and amusing when they slept, I had to admit. I sat down in between the beds, closing my eyes and listening to them.

Melody started to murmur in her sleep again. "I hate him… Why did he do that?" she murmured and turned again, now facing me. Her face was tight with anger. "Stabbed them all in the back, the bastard. After they accepted his sorry-ass too. I hate him…" she breathed and she curled up even tighter. I peeked my eyes open and stared at her through the edges of my eyes. What was she talking about? Who did she hate? Someone from 'her world'? I frowned and got back up.

There was light in the far off distance. Dawn was approaching quickly and they would be waking up soon. Somewhat reluctantly, I went to the window and jumped out. I summoned a small snake and wrote a letter to Orochimaru. All it said was:

Stalking the prey.

I tied the letter across the snakes neck. It glanced up at me. "Orochimaru-sama?" it hissed. I nodded silently. It flicked it forked tongue and without another glance, slithered away. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. Silently, I waited for Muffin-chan and Melody to walk out of the motel.

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Mel's POV

I yawned and stretched as I rose. I tried to recall my dreams but a black void walled my memory. Sighing, I rose and walked to the shower. I took a quick one and then redressed. It felt nice to shower, since all that rubble and explosions at Orochimaru had gotten me and Muffin-chan quite dirty. I wondered how the butt-bow people dealed with it…

I walked out, brushing my wet hair. Muffin-chan sleepily stumbled past me and closed the bathroom door. I chuckled, was she always this zombie like in the morning? It was funny. I yawned again and stretched, hearing my back pop. Sighing, I waited for Muffin-chan to finish taking her shower. While I was waiting I looked around the room for something to entertain me… Sadly, there was nothing.

I walked over to the bathroom door and banged on it. "MUFFIN-CHAN! I'M GOING TO GO INTO TOWN! MEET UP WITH YOU LATER!" I shouted. I heard a muffled response and nodded. I hoped that was ok because, either way, I was going out to town. I pulled on my black sneakers and walked out the door. When I passed the clerk I smiled her way. But her attitude for us had changed completely! Last night she'd been warm and welcoming. Now she glared at me coldly and huffed.

I wondered what I'd done wrong… But I just shrugged it off and walked past. "Bitch." I heard her mutter. I stopped and slid a glare at her. Something flashed in her eyes but she quickly hid it with her own glare.

"Look who's talking. Though, maybe, your more of a bitchy whore than just a bitch." I snarled. She looked taken aback and I smiled innocently at her. "Have a nice day!" I sang as I skipped out of the room. The town was bustling with life, with people rushing through the streets and vendors. It was really cool, to be honest. Much better than my old town, which was small and boring. This was such an improvement!

I gave a little squeak of excitement and then started to run around, peeking at some of the things on the market. There was a lot of pretty items. But I didn't have any money… that sucked. Where was Muffin-chan to make money suddenly appear out of thin air when you needed her! Darn it. Oh well, I guess I could earn money somehow… I looked at my surroundings. How could I earn a buck or two?

There was a game of petty duels down the street. I didn't have a weapon, but then… there was that mysterious element thing I could do. It would get me some money if I won and help me exercise that weird mystery thingy with the elements doing stuff I wanted. Grinning, I raced down and slammed down the only valuable thing I had. Which was my crystal teardrop necklace on the silver chain. The betting man took it an examined it. Once he was sure it was real he nodded.

"You go up against 'Sada The Jaded'." he told me sourly. I giggled. That was a funny title. Pure One the Tainted? How…creative! I wanted a title!!! The guy squinted at me. "Your name?"

"Mel The Badass!" I told him evenly. He nodded and wrote that down, seeming accustomed to weird names. I skipped off and waited for my turn. Soon, my name and the creative name was called. A chick with white hair and glowing silver eyes walked up.

"I'm going to make you wish you'd never called yourself badass." she smirked. I nodded.

"Ok. I didn't think it was very creative like your name, but hey, I tried. This is actually my first street fight. At least… in this place. At my old… home…" I chuckled. "I actually was quite a badass, but that was because I had authority problems. You know?" I said, only taking one breath for the whole thing. She looked bored.

"Whatever, just fight!" she yelled the last word and charged me. Which was stupid. All I had to do was step out of the way. Sada stumbled and fell to the floor. I thought hard about the stone floor coming around and locking her in place. Suddenly, the ground shook and the stone road crumbled and rose upwards. Then it wrapped around Sada. I laughed, pointing to her struggling form.

"You look like a burrito!" I told her, still laughing. She sent me a backwards glare. After struggling some more she finally gave up and declared forfeit. I smiled and asked, "Who's a badass?"

She sighed dejectedly. "You are." I smiled and thought of the stone going back to the way it was. Slowly, it did so. I suddenly felt a little tired, but I pushed it away. I'd just taken a eight hour nap! It was probably nothing. Smiling I went to collect my money. Oh, yay- I'd made 20 ryos! I had money!!! I could buy stuff!

But my tummy told me otherwise. I needed to buy food. So, instead of going back to the market, I walked to the food stands. But just before that somebody grabbed me from the shadows of a alley way. It was Sada! Now what did she want? She glared at me.

"Give me the money! I deserve it, not some tourist!" she growled. I raised a brow.

"You do? Who says I'm some tourist anyways?" I asked her, frowning. She laughed bitterly.

"I live here, you dummy. I've never seen you before." she spat. I nodded, understandingly. Then I just smiled.

"Well, I guess I'm just more sneaky then you, eh?" I giggled. She glared and took out a gleaming katana. My eyes darted to it. "OOH! SHINY!" I squealed. I then sighed. "I wish I had one, but my friend wont pop one out of thin air for me. I don't know why, but I think she just wants her pancakes most the time and then after she does that she gets all tired and doesn't want to pop anything for me…. It's sad really, don't you think?" I nodded at her, grinning. She rolled her eyes.

"Shut up and fight me bitch." she snapped, getting into a fighting stance. I frowned and made the tisk tisk motions with my fingers. That was the second time today I'd been called a bitch. I seriously wasn't...most the time.

"That's a naughty word. I should wash your mouth out with soap! Which, trust me for reasons I do NOT want to explain, tastes very bad." I said matter of factly. She groaned with impatience and then started at me.

"FINE! I'LL ATTACK FIRST! GET READY TO FEEL THE BURN!" she screamed, rushing towards me with that anime determined face. I sighed and stepped aside just at the right time. She lost balance and tripped, falling right on her face. I shook my head.

"That was a horrible battle cry." I told her flatly. I thought about fire coming up and hitting her butt. Almost immediately it did so. I grinned and thought: So cool! She screamed as her booty caught fire. I laughed so hard, that if I'd been drinking chocolate milk, it would have most likely come out of my nose. Which would have made me laugh harder. I watched as the girl got up and started slapping her butt. I think I would have died of laughter had not someone grabbed me from behind. I stiffened.

"Put her out." someone whispered. The voice sounded familiar, but I didn't remember it. I ground my teeth together and then thought about the fire going away. It did so, but slowly, almost reluctantly. Like it was how I was feeling. Wowie. "Now, give her the money."

"Why? I won it fair and square!"

"I'll give you a sword."

"OOH!!!! IS IT SHINY?!?"

"Sure."

"Can you let go of me so I can get the money and Frankie."

"Frankie?"

"Yeah, my new sword! I'm naming him Frank." I said, brightening. I heard a soft groan and a shake of someone's head. I wondered who this could be. This person really did sound familiar…

"I seriously will never understand you… or your friend."

"Nobody ever will… wait- how did you know about Muffin-" Something hard hit my head and I slipped to the ground. My eyes rolled up into my head and the darkness misted around me.


I wearily opened my eyes. The sky was dusky and a pale purple. Could it be that late? Had I been knocked out for hours or minutes? I couldn't really tell, since you never really knew how much time you'd been sleeping. It felt like minutes to me, but obviously it was more like hours according to the sky. I stumbled to my feet and looked around.

Then, gasping, I remembered the weird person who'd been slightly familiar and the girl and my money and Frankie! I searched my pockets to find they'd been emptied and sighed. "Stupid person, jacked my hard earned money!" I muttered distastefully and looked around. "Dammit! HE DIDN'T LEAVE-" I started to shout. But when I kicked the ground stubbornly my foot hit something hard. "SON OF A BISCUIT, THAT HURT!!!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Angrily hopping on one foot, I looked down to scowl at what had hit my toesies.

I gasped and forgot about the pain in my foot. "FRANKIE!!!!!" I squealed as I scooped him up. "I thought the random person who I think I know forgot to give you to me! He held you ransom, didn't he. Or was it a she? Let's just call it an It. I love you Frankie." I told my new sword. It was a katana, slim and shiny with a plain black handle. I shook my head. "Poor Frankie, your in such horrible condition. Well, I'll just have to spice ya up later. Maybe add a dragon imprint and a sapphire-"

"It's not safe to be alone in a dark alleyway, yeah." someone interrupted. I turned around to look into the darkness. There was a silhouette creeping up on me from the sun. I blinked and shaded my eyes with my hand. What I saw took my breath away. A hot guy… with blond hair and blue eyes. I grinned at him, suddenly loosing my whole train of thought. If I hadn't loved Frankie so much, I think I'd have dropped him. Good thing I love him to death.

I came out of my mind to blink at him. "Oh… um…" I was still speechless. He was so pwetty… and familiar. Where had I seen that jacket? I know I know that jacket. Red clouds…. Black background and that haircut. My buttery pancakes, he was hot… and SO DARN FAMILIAR! I heard him mutter something.

""Wait- what?" I asked, blinking groggily. It was so easy to get lost in my head. Sometimes, I wondered if me thinking resulted in danger…. The man with blue eyes and blond hair in his face rose a blond brow. I squinted my eyes at him, wondering why he looked so familiar. It was on the tip of my tongue! The blond man shrugged.

"Well, I said that you shouldn't walk alone into unsuspecting alleyways alone, yeah. Someone can like, attack you or steal from you." he said, grinning lightly. I tilted my head and decided to tell him the truth.

"But that is what happened to me." I said, blinking innocently and then giving the blond man an evil smirk. The blond man dropped his grin, his face growing purple. Why purple? I thought people turned pink when they blushed? Oh wait... maybe he's not blushing. Maybe he's just you know, like amazed by my awesomeness. That would be understandable, because you know, I have a lot of awesomeness. It's pure too! Hm... should I share my secret awesome amazing pure awesomeness with him? I mean, he's pretty cute... but... Something is telling me that Muffin-chan would hurt me if I tried to move on him. Wait- why would I feel like that? Hm... I thought curiously.

Suddenly, Muffin came through the opening of the alley way. She took one look at me and then at the blond man. Her eyes bugged and grew ten times their original size. Wow, that looked funky. Why did anime worlds do that? Oh well. Anyways, Muffin-chan squealed loudly. Then she madly ran down the alleyway screaming:

"DIEDARA-KUN!!!"


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