A/N: This is the second to last. Last update will be on Christmas day. Just because we have nothing better to do than please you. Doesn't that make you happy? - James
If you want to see what they look like:
http:// grimmpsyke . deviantart . com/ art /Saiki-Melo - Original - 107327186
http:// grimmpsyke . deviantart . com/ art /Saiki-Melo - 107326923
http:// grimmpsyke . deviantart . com/ art /Random-Saiki-Melo - 107030689
http:// grimmpsyke . deviantart . com/ art /Saiki-Melo-SNJ - 107030449
(just take out all the spaces.)
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Tuesday (06:12:46am)
"Saiki, Tsunade-sama needs you. She says to meet her in her office." Kakashi had actually knocked on the wood of the shoji screen doors but it did no good because 1. it was six in the morning, and 2. he came in immediately after he knocked, thus not giving the girl time to collect herself and cover up. This was becoming a habit for the males of Konoha, one that she was going to have to break them of. Kakashi dodged the paper airplane that was thrown at him but received a face full of book instead. The encyclopedia britannica? His nose felt broken.
"Out. Now." She was considerably more calm than when the boys closer to her own age had intruded on her sleep, but also considerably more pissed. She pulled on her pants. I need to get some more clothes... wait, I don't have any money. She stared at the clothes she'd been wearing for the past few days and folded them neatly and took her spare clothes from her bag. And her knives (which had somehow multiplied.)
Tuesday (06:30:25am)
When Saiki went into the now-familiar office room. In the room were Melo and Tobi (Sasuke was not there, for a somewhat obvious reason.)
"What is it?" Her speech was clipped due to her irritation, though Tsunade seemed to be in a similar state and didn't remark upon it.
"These representatives are from the Sound village," Well yeah, I already knew that... I guess the Sound village isn't known yet. "They would like to establish an embassy. I would like you to be the liaison to their village. Therefore you will be partly living there and make regular trips here with their embassy head. This... girl here. We needed to establish more female emissaries throughout the Konohakagure anyways (stupid affirmative action!)"
"Really, you'd think you'd choose Naruturd for this job instead of me..." muttered Saiki. Saiki wanted to murder whoever had decided to have their meeting so early in the morning, but decided that she was ultimately too lazy to do anything about it. Plus, seeing as it was probably Tobi who'd done so, she'd get a headache if she tried to confront him. It was safer for her sanity if she didn't.
"Why?" Even in Tsunade's sleep deprived state she was still sharp. But she'd also probably been drinking the night before.
"Uh... no reason." She blinked. She turned to the Tobi and Melo. "So, what now?"
"As an expression of our good will, Tobi and girl will take you shopping!" Tobi danced around happily.
Saiki spluttered.
Tuesday (07:15:45am)
"No. Absolutely not." She stood resolute as Sasuke tried (not very hard, it wasn't like he wanted to go into the shop either) to push her into a dubiously titled shop called "Pretty Pretty Pink!"
"And when I say absolutely not, I mean 'Hell No.'" Tobi pouted. "And do you even have any money? Seriously why are you buying me clothes in the first place!?"
"Well because Musica didn't have any clothes when she came here and your clothes looked so dirty," ("DIRTY!? Are you trying to pick a fight with me!?") "and they were really weird." ("I'm dressed weird?! The fashion police need to come and arrest you!") And as to money... Tobi has control of the entire economy of the Sound village!!!" He shouted happily. (Somewhere in Sound village, Orochimaru was crying.) Saiki's eyes widened and she winced, and for some reason she suddenly felt sorry for Orochimaru and Kabuto (and Itachi for good measure.) She growled and shoved Sasuke off of her arm.
"Fine, but I'm going to this store." She pointed at it, the large redish sign saying "Burning Issues."
Sasuke and Melo gave a suspicious sounding "pfft!"s. HA! Payback! Both teens had had to get their clothing from the seriously deranged store called "Its a Girl's World." That was the only store available near the Akatsuki lair. Something about how the Akatsuki owned it or something so they were able to monopolize the clientèle. All three teens walked into the store, leaving Tobi to pout outside. Sasuke pulled him unceremoniously inside.
Tuesday (07:45:58am)
Saiki stared down at her new attire. She was wearing no pink, much to Tobi's dismay. She had on a military-esque leather jacket that fell mid-thigh, with many buckles, that was adjustable, the sleeves were able to roll up and would stay because a strap would hold them. She wore a long sleeved black turtle neck underneath it, her left hand was covered by a fingerless glove and her right hand by an archery glove. For some reason she wore riding length boots that matched the jacket in amount of straps (which she detested because she had to wear shorts with them. She would later replace them with more reasonable footwear.) She also wore a page boy cap. Had she been wearing pants, it would have been impossible to tell that she was a girl. She smirked. She turned to Melo who nodded in approval. Saiki frowned.
"Your eyes..." Saiki's voice trailed off uncertainly, she was having trouble understanding what she was seeing. Melo cocked her head. Saiki stepped forward and pushed the other girl's bangs back to reveal vibrant blue eyes. "They weren't that color before." Saiki said flatly.
"Mine aren't the same color? Look at yourself!" Melo snapped after staring intently at her eyes in the mirror and turning back to Saiki. Saiki swiveled around to glare at the mirror. One of her eyes was green and the other... gold.
"What in the Hell is happening?!"
Hmm so it finally begins. Tobi glanced at the two females staring at the mirror shocked and confused. The power they have is finally releasing itself. I wonder is this a defense mechanism? Being drawn into a new worl-
"OH MAI GODS WTF IS HAPPENING?!"
"OMG CLEARLY IT'S CAUSE WE'RE IN AN ANIME-!" Ahem. Defense mechanism sounds the most plausible. That Saiki-chan has heterochromia is rather peculiar. Is it due to her splintered personalities? Melo-chan's eyes switched to one separate color though Sasuke-kun mentioned her eyes being blood red during the spar.
"AHHHH!!" Saiki and Melo's voices pierced the sky causing civilians to stare up and wonder where the noise was coming from. Sasuke rubbed his temples. Tobi walked into the store amusingly staring at Saiki and Melo.
"What's their problem?" Tobi jabbed his thumb in the direction of the females.
"Dunno, maybe they have a zit or something?" Sasuke shrugged. Tobi attempted to pick up Melo but was interrupted by Sasuke.
"I wish to keep my man parts…you carry Saiki." Sasuke twitched as he heard Saiki threatening to hurt Tobi's family jewels if he got too close. Sasuke knew Melo wasn't that cruel. Tobi shrugged and picked up Saiki (though not without first receiving what would have been debilitating blows had he anything in his head) while Melo was lifted by the younger Uchiha. The customers let out a sigh as the source of the noise traveled away and the screeching dissipating.
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Wednesday (12:34:52)
"Melo," Saiki tapped Melo on the shoulder after they exited the Hokage's office. "C'mere. There's something I need to talk to you about." Sasuke, Gaara, Kakashi, Naruto, Iruka and Jiraya (who were standing outside near the stairwell) followed not-so-discreetly behind.
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Wednesday (12:39:32)
"Sparring?"
"Yeah, that's what Melo said." Sasuke (disguised as Asuken of course) leaned back against the tree. Gaara blinked and sat while the other four stood nearby. "Doesn't look like they're doing much though, does it?" The mask of course was still in place, but until the second part of the chunnin exam (aka the practical/survival test) Tobi had allowed him to take off the blindfold. The two girls in question were currently stretching slowly and warming up.
"Hey Asuken... You seem so familiar. You live around here?" Naruto, idiotic as always, interrupted their conversation without preamble.
"Hn." Scoffed Sasuke and turned back to the empty glade that the two were going to spar in. "Just watch them. We have to make sure nothing happens to them correct? Our two all important emissaries." All six men redirected their gazes to the slight figures shadow boxing in the open area.
"Why are they doing those weird gestures?" Asked Naruto, breaking the silence, once again, with his stupidity.
"Naruto," Sasuke snapped at the blond teen, "if you're going to talk, go somewhere else. I'd like to see this. So either shut up and watch or go the hell away." Naruto blinked and shut his trap. Did I ever tell him my name?
Wednesday (12:49:19)
"Ready?" Melo glanced over to Saiki.
"Something feels off with this whole deal. What with our eyes changing color and well... you have "special powers" too don't you? I know we were both somewhat good at sports and martial arts, but really. If their powers were as spectacular as in the anime and manga... we wouldn't have been able to beat them." Saiki glanced over to the stand of trees that the males were standing under. "Unless there's something else to it. There's something I want to check. You know those things we used to do when we were children? Where we..."
"You sure about this? I mean, what if something goes wrong? And if this is what we think it is... What will you do with it?" Saiki stared back at Melo with alien eyes. The golden one now closer to green now that the other girl had calmed. She rolled her neck, working out kinks.
"Yup, now let's get this show on the road."
Concentrate your "energy" through your entire body. Predict where the blows are going to land and counter, when attacking, force the energy into the body part that makes contact.
Melo reached out a fist and Saiki countered slowly. Their movements were slow like going through jello.
"SERIOUSLY!? What are they doing?! Why are they going so slow, how do they expe—mmmph!" Blindfolds were apparently also effective as mutes. They finished tying the knot on his restraints and turned back to the "match".
"Faster?" Melo said. Saiki gave an affirmative grunt and with each movement they went faster. An uppercut and an arm to block it, if they had been walking it would be a power walk, almost a jog. Saiki pivoted and Melo dropped to the ground, rolling. Saiki leaned down to punch the other girl, her left smashed into the ground, leaving a small crater, the other Melo caught. Melo pushed and sent Saiki flying toward the trees on the opposite side of the clearing.
The males watched, awestruck and dumbfounded, as the two girls viciously tore into each other. "I thought they were friends!" and for once, nobody shushed Naruto. Suddenly, splinters flew and the base of the tree that Saiki had punched was the only thing left. Both girls stood, at an impasse, panting. Saiki glanced toward Melo and a mere drop of the eyelid and motion of the chin had Melo nodding and they began their cool down. Naruto looked toward his teachers, both former and current, for some sort of reassurance. "What just happened?" Jiraya, Kakashi and Iruka glanced anxiously at each other.
"You were right."
"Uh..." Iruka licked his lips nervously. "Think of it like the friendship you and Sasuke had." All of them glanced toward "Asuken," but he showed no indication of noticing, his eyes still riveted on the two who were working to loosen their muscles. Naruto frowned.
"Yes, but this complicates things."
"But it just feels different!" All of the men knew what he meant, but had no way of expressing that strangeness. They shrugged and Saiki came over grinning.
"We're done now."
"You and that Melo girl are weird!" Shouted Naruto. Saiki rolled her eyes, but the other men tended to agree. Not that they'd say anything.
"But what does it mean?"
Sasuke scowled at Saiki. "You could have injured each other, what would we have done then? We're supposed to protect you guys." He growled. Saiki snorted.
"I don't know."