Chapter 10: Never fear, Pakkun's here

Now we're back to Mikomi. Let's see how she's been doing these past two weeks, shall we?

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy 7 so deal with it, I have to.

"Talking"

"Thinking"

"Usagi talking"

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Another week went by for Mikomi. She was still stuck on Gaia sadly, but it wasn't really so bad. Cloud had managed to be more sociable since he had that talk with her. He could look at her now without seeing Aerith's face.

Mikomi was much the same. Even though she never admitted it to anyone, she saw her father or Naruto whenever she got the chance to get a glimpse of him. It was a little sad that it was true, but she knew that her father and brother weren't here and that it wouldn't be right to Cloud if that's what she saw in him. They both made a deal not to compare each other to someone else for each other's own good. So far they kept their promise without any trouble.

Or at least tried to stay out of trouble.

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"Come on! Throw harder!"

She was teaching him how to throw kunai knives. Yuffie was creaming him and hitting the target every time. Cloud couldn't even hit the target. He would either throw way off or the knife would bounce off the board.

"You throw like a girl! Yuffie can do a better job than you!"

Cloud just glared at her. True, he was getting along with her better, but she could get on his nerves sometimes. Today was no exception.

He threw another Kunai. He managed to get it to stick to the target, but it wasn't anywhere near the bulls eye.

He cursed at his own luck. H should have known that he was more attuned to swords that messily little knives. What was he thinking? He couldn't handle such small objects, he used big. This was just a waste of his time.

Mikomi grabbed his face and made him face the target. He looked like he could use a little help.

"Try this: I want you to picture the person you hate the most. Pretend the target is your enemy and you want to strike him down. Don't think about the bull's eye, just picture that person's face and aim for the kill. Make sure they don't get up ever again"

Cloud didn't need to think hard on how he hated. He saw Sephiroth where the target was. He just looked at him with that cold, cruel smirk he would always wear.

"Face it, Cloud. No matter how many times you cut me down, I will still return. You don't have the strength to beat me. You're simply an empty puppet"

The knife flew like a bullet and went through the target. It stuck in the wall behind it and looked like it was never going to come out again.

Mikomi clapped.

"Now that's more like it. Just keep throwing like that and you'll be an expert in no time"

Cloud simply kept throwing his knives at the 'Sephiroth' target until he ran out of knives. All stuck within the bull's eye. He was proud, yet disappointed that was all over so soon. He needed to let out some steam and was the trick.

Mikomi handed him some more knives from her pouch. She winked at him as she dropped them in his hand.

"Go wild, but not to wild or else you'll hurt someone"

She patted him in the shoulder as she walked past him to check on Yuffie's progress.

With more knives in hand, he kept hacking away at his invisible enemy.

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"Man that was some workout!" Yuffie lounged in one of the booths. Cloud and Mikomi sat across from her.

"That was pretty good" Mikomi admitted. "If you were from Konoha, I'd say that you would have what it take to be a Konoha ninja"

Yuffie pumped her chest with her fist.

"I'm a full blooded ninja. I can take on whatever you Konoha wannabe's have in store"

Mikomi laughed.

"You're on then"

Cloud didn't say anything but simply smirked.

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A loud popping sound caught everyone's attention. Mikomi felt something heavy land on her head.

"What the? Where the heck am I?"

Mikomi knew that voice. Picking up the object that was on her head, she found none other than…

"Pakkun!"

She hugged the pug close to her chest.

"Oh, I've missed you so much! It's been so long!"

"Ack! Can't …breath" the little dog choked.

"Oh, sorry"

She dropped him on the table. The pug cracked his neck to get all the kinks out.

"Geez, your chest is a dead trap. You could kill someone if you're not careful"

He looked you when he realized that he wasn't the only one in the room.

"Oh"

Mikomi picked him up.

"Pakkun. These are a couple of friends of mine. This is Yuffie Kisaragi and Cloud Strife"

Both of them waved at the dog awkwardly. They didn't know how they were suppose to greet a talking dog.

Pakkun waved a paw at them.

"What's up?"

Mikomi placed back on the table again.

"What are you doing here, Pakkun? I didn't summon for you"

"Kakashi did' he said as he looked at his other owner. "He was getting worried about you, so he sent me to find you. The Hokage has sent out a search party for you to see if you're still alive"

She sweat dropped slightly.

"Um…I'm most positive that I'm not dead"

"I can see that, but…where the hell are we?"

"Um…that's kind of a long story. But you can tell Kakashi that I'm alright, I just won't be coming back until I figure out how. Ok?"

The little pug sighed.

"Only you could get caught up in something so complex. Hang on, I'll send the message and come right back. Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone"

A tick mark appeared on her forehead.

"I can manage, thank you very much"

He gave a mock salute before 'poofing' away.

Mikomi laughed nervously.

"Sorry about that. Pakkun is a dog that I summon when I need help. He really belongs to my friend, Kakashi but I kind of own him too"

They just shrugged it off. They had seen weirder things than dogs popping out of nowhere before. This was Gaia after all.

Pakkun came back a few minutes later.

"I told the Hokage your situation and he asked for me to stay with you until you return. So you're stuck with me until you return home"

Mikomi sweat dropped.

"We're being babysat by a pug? That's kind of low"

"Yeah, no kidding"

Tifa came into the room. She spotted Pakkun on the table.

"Where did we get a pug?"

"This is Pakkun, he's my summoning dog" Mikomi said. "He's going be with us for a couple days just so my village knows that I'm alive"

Pakkun waved at Tifa.

"What's up?"

She waved back at him.

"Hi. I'm Tifa Lockheart"

He nodded at her in acknowledgement before looking at Mikomi.

"So, care to explain what the heck is going on and why you're here?"

She rubbed her head nervously.

"Well…it's kind of a strange thing really. I was coming back from my mission and I somehow wound up in a different world through this strange orb"

She held up her strange materia to add her point. Pakkun looked at her skeptically. That was a load of bull, but then again, Mikomi never did lie or made stuff up, so perhaps she was telling the truth.

"Do you know when you'll be back?"

"Well… not at the moment, but as soon as I figure out to work this materia thing, then I'll be back. But for now, it's undecided"

The pug sighed. Leave it to Mikomi to get it a sticky situation.

"Wait until Kakashi hears about this" he mumbled.

Denzel and Marlene came downstairs to see what the commotion was all about. Marlene's eyes lit up when she saw Pakkun.

"Oh, a puppy!"

She picked him up and cuddled him. Pakkun tried to get out of the girl's grasp.

"Hey, let me go! I'm not a puppy; I'm a full fledged ninja dog. I can rip you to pieces if I had the chance!"

It was useless since Marlene had him pinned. Sighing in defeat, he simply let her cuddle him. He didn't mind really, he just didn't like being called a puppy.

Mikomi snickered at the scene. Pakkun had to suffer the wrath of a little girl. Next thing he knew he would be dressed up in frilly clothes. She remembered when she did that to him when she was little. He was not happy about it when she did that.

Still, it was nice now that she wasn't the only stranger on this world. Pakkun was with her and he would keep her safe, despite his size. She just hoped her new friends didn't mind having a talking dog amongst them. He could be a real chatter box at times.

This was going to be interesting.

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A/N: sorry for the shortness. It was just filler for Pakkun's entrance to the story. I look forward to those reviews. And for Bakuto Masaki, I will use your OC in the story; I just need to figure out how to introduce him in.

See you next time.

Until then,

Ja ne