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Chapter Two - Home Sweet Home

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Luca made it home in record time. As she pulled into the driveway and turned off the car she looked back at the pale faces of Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura.

"I'm guessing you never took a ride in one of these babies?" Luca said as she patted the steering wheel lightly.

"And with your driving, I'm surprised they're still alive." Rica said as she turned around to see their pale faces.

Naruto shook his head as he was still trying to gather his wits. Rica got out of the car and slammed the door, snapping everyone back to earth. She opened the door and pulled Kakashi out as Luca went to the other side and took Sakura out.

"We need to get inside." Rica said as she took out her house keys and opened the door.

As usual, no one was home. No one would be home for a long time. Both her mother and father took a semi permanent business trip to Europe. They were living somewhere in southern Europe for however long it would take. Rica just took it as them leaving her and her brother behind, since they were pretty much baggage. The only plus to this was they had the house all to themselves, and money wired to them for food every two weeks.

Rica shoved everyone inside and shut the door behind her, locking it.

Naruto and Sakura wandered around the living room of Rica's house looking every which way as they wandered. Kakashi and Sasuke just stood by the door looking at their team mates as they wandered around.

Rica sighed and leaned against the door. The day had gone by so quickly for her, all she wanted to do now was get everyone to a room and go to sleep.

"So, care to explain how you got here?" Rica said as she pushed herself off the door and walked into the living room where Naruto was poking her TV.

Rica smacked Naruto's hand away and waited for a response from whoever wished to speak up first.

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Damon sighed loudly as he kicked the last of his friends out of the car. They staggered down the street to their homes as he sped off. All he wanted to do was go home and get some sleep, but he knew he wouldn't be getting much since he told Rica to bring her little friends back to the house.

He pulled up to the house and saw that all the lights were on. He pulled his keys out of the inner pocket of his jacket and walked up to the door and opened it.

Rica jumped slightly and turned around to face her brother. She all got from the others was their story of going on a mission and suddenly being here. If they had no idea how they got there, then Damon was sure to know the details as to how they got there. .

"So how did they get here, Damon?" she said slightly annoyed.

Damon blinked as he shut the door behind him.

"Same way I sent you and Luca to their world." he said simply as he took off his jacket and put it on the coat rack to his left.

"Well, I assumed as much. I want to know how the hell you're able to do that." Rica said as she walked up to her brother and looked right up at him.

"There are some things I cannot explain, since even I don't know the answer." he said looking down at her. "I did this for you, since you missed them. Now all I want to do I go to bed. Goodnight."

Damon patted Rica's head and waved to everyone else as he disappeared up the stairs and into his room. A loud slam was heard signaling that Damon made it to his room.

Rica blinked as she turned around to face everyone.

"Alright. I guess this is a good time to show everyone where they will be staying." Rica said as she turned to Luca. "Can you help me before you go home?"

"Screw going home, I'll stay here tonight." Luca said excitedly as she went to go find a phone.

Rica watched as Luca ran into the kitchen to find the main phone. She turned around to face everyone else and cracked her knuckles.

"Everyone, follow me." she said as she walked towards the stairs.

The upstairs of Rica's house was pretty basic. A simple hallway with several doors on each side made up the second story. To the left of the hall was a small upstairs bathroom, guest bedroom and Damon's bedroom. To the right was the master bedroom, then Rica's room. Next to Rica's room was a hallway closet in which most of the excess supplies were kept.

Rica stood at the foot of the stairs looking down at everyone.

"Sasuke, Sakura come with me." Rica said as she pointed at them.

Sakura and Sasuke followed Rica as she walked to the guest bedroom.

The guest bedroom was also pretty basic. Two narrow beds with two pillows each were on either side of the room, along with two small bedside tables to the left of each bed. A small dresser was placed against the wall near the door. Small paintings lined the walls ending at the closet, which was also small.

"This will be your room for the time being. There are two beds, towels, extra blankets and other things are in the closet." she gave Sasuke and Sakura a pat on the back as she shut the door on them.

Sakura and Sasuke faced each other and blinked.

"I'll take the bed by the wall." Sakura said as she sat down on the bed.

"No big deal to me." Sasuke said as he sat down on the bed next to hers.

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"Okay, Naruto, Kakashi come with me." Rica said as she appeared back in the hallway and led the other two to the master bedroom.

Since her parents had left, the bedroom looked pretty bare. The only things in the room included a queen sized bed, two bedside tables on either side of the bed with a large dresser to the left of the bed. Family pictures lined the walls as well as paintings of flowers. The adjoining bathroom was cleaned out except for hand towels and bars of soap in the compartment under the sink.

"I will get some extra towels, blankets and whatever else you need in a little while. This is where you both will be staying."

With that, Rica walked out and shut the door on them as well.

"Okay, I need to get some extra blankets and towels for Kakashi and Naruto." Rica said to Luca as she pushed her to a hall closet.

Luca slammed into the door of the closet and groaned as she opened it. Rica disappeared down the stairs and into the living room where she turned on the TV and sank into the couch. She was tired, achy, and completely confused. Having Kakashi and his students in her house was totally unexpected. She had to think of a way to have them blend in with society since there was no way she was to keep them inside for their stay.

Alright…I need to find suitable clothing for them all. Kakashi…Sasuke…Naruto…in sexy clothes.

Rica smacked herself hard as she flipped through the channels.

I refuse to think like Luca in this situation. Dammit. Though seriously…clothes are a must. I'll deal with it in the morning.

Rica stopped at a channel with a woman running from a man.

"Looks like an old horror movie." she said as she rubbed the side of her face. She smacked herself a little too hard.

As Rica had her attention to the movie she was watching, Kakashi and Naruto stood at the top of the stairs listening to the sounds of the TV. They both shrugged as they walked down to see what the noise was.

Rica blinked and turned to face the stairs as Naruto and Kakashi slowly made their way down. They were as confused as she was, possibly more.

"Over here." she said as she motioned for them to sit down next to her.

Kakashi and Naruto sat on either side of Rica and stared at the large TV screen before them.

"What's that?" Naruto said as he pointed at the screen.

"Friday the 13th, good series. I'll let you guys watch it sometime." Rica said as she turned down the volume.

Kakashi yawned and sank into the couch just as Naruto and Rica had done.

"So what are we to do now?" he said turning his head to face Rica.

"I have yet to figure that out myself. Though I will think of something." Rica said as she bit her finger nail absentmindedly. "In the morning I will get you guys new clothes so you'll fit in better."

"What do you mean new clothes?" Naruto said curiously.

"Well, the clothes you are wearing now are odd by society's standards. The only place you'll be able to fit in is at an Anime Con." Rica explained.

"Anime Con?" Naruto said cocking his head to the left.

"I'll explain more about that later. Tomorrow I will raid Damon's closet for clothes for you and Sasuke. For you Kakashi I'll have to check what my father left behind. Sakura can look through my closet, since we're around the same size anyway…I think." Rica said as she racked her brain for more ideas.

Naruto and Kakashi nodded as if they understood everything Rica was telling them when both of them absolutely had no clue.

"So lets not think about what is to come right now and enjoy the rest of the night." Rica said as she turned up the volume on the TV and continued to watch the movie. Kakashi and Naruto followed her lead and stared at the TV screen.

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"Sakura. Why are we just sitting here?" Sasuke said as he stared at the closed door of their room.

"I don't know." she said as she turned to look at him.

"Lets go see what the others are up to." Sasuke said as he got up and opened the door. Sakura nodded and followed him out.

It took them a minute to find the stairs. They had went right, instead of left and met a dead end. They went downstairs to find that Rica, Kakashi, Naruto and Luca were sitting in the living room, staring at the TV screen.

"What's going on?" Sakura said looking slightly confused.

"TV. Come. Sit." Luca said as she motioned for them to sit down.

Sakura nodded and took a seat in the large armchair next to the couch as Sasuke took the last space available on the large couch. Both of them just stared at the screen as everyone else did as well. Sakura jumped as Luca wailed and threw something at the TV screen.

"I hate commercials dammit!" she cried out loud.

"What?" Sakura said looking at Luca.

"Nothing, nothing." she said trying to calm herself down.

The rest of the movie passed by quickly. Sakura and Naruto fell asleep during the last ten minutes as Kakashi and Sasuke were still alert by the end. Rica yawned and shut off the TV, snapping Sasuke and Kakashi out of their trance-like state.

"Alright. I'm going to bed. I suggest you two to drag the sleeping ones to their rooms." Rica said as she pointed to Naruto and Sakura sleeping soundly.

Kakashi and Sasuke nodded as they picked up their teammates and headed upstairs. Rica yawned as she threw a pillow at Luca, who was nodding off on the couch.

"You can sleep down here if you want, I'm going to bed." Rica said tiredly.

Luca nodded as she took the pillow that was thrown at her and set it on the couch. Yawning, she laid down and promptly went to sleep.

Rica shrugged and went upstairs. Before going to her room she checked on everyone. Seeing that everyone was already asleep, she went to her room and shut the door behind her.

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Rica groaned as she hit her alarm clock until she found the switch to make it stop buzzing loudly. She rolled out of bed and got dressed. It didn't take long for her to make her way downstairs only to find Kakashi and Naruto sitting on the couch looking at the newspaper. Luca had not moved since she fell asleep there last night, and was not phased at all with Kakashi and Naruto sitting next to her feet.

"What a strange place you live in." Kakashi said as he flipped through the sports section.

"Oh yeah, that's true." she said as she made her way into the kitchen and pulled out some pans.

"Wake up the others, I'm making breakfast." Rica said as she threw a pan onto the kitchen counter making a loud noise. Luca still slept soundly despite all the noise Rica was making.

"Nn…no need for that." Sasuke said as he rubbed his forehead before placing his headband over it as he walked down the stairs. Sakura followed him rubbing her eyes.

Rica ignored them as she hurried around the kitchen getting food together for breakfast.

"Shit, looks like I'm going to have to go to the store again. Damon ate most of the food I bought last week." she said as she shut the door to the refrigerator and opened the cabinet. To her surprise the kitchen cabinet was left relatively full.

Rica snorted with amusement as she threw several packets of ramen into the kitchen counter.

"Looks like its going to be ramen." Rica said as she counted out six packets.

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After breakfast Naruto was busily licking everyone's bowl and eating any remnants of ramen he could find.

"Such small portions." he whined as he set Kakashi's bowl down.

"I know, I know." Rica said as she collected the bowls and threw them in the sink. The plastic clatter of the bowls was louder than she expected.

"So what now?" Luca said yawning.

"Well, how about throwing these guys into some normal clothes so we can set them loose upon the town." Rica said as she leaned over the table to meet her friend's gaze.

A small smile crept across Luca's face as she gasped and ran off upstairs. Rica stood there and blinked as her friend ran up stairs. The faint sound of a closet door opening could be heard, as well as a scream.

"Baka…" Rica said as she put her hand to her forehead. She quickly ran upstairs and to Damon's room where surely enough Luca was rummaging through Damon's things as if it was a 50 off sale at Ross. "What are you doing!" Rica raised her voice loud enough to catch Luca's attention.

"Yeah, what the fuck is going on here?" Damon said as he slipped a shirt on and rubbed his eyes. He was rudely awaken by Luca, who suddenly barged into his room and started pillaging his closet.

The noise upstairs caught the attention of Naruto who made his way to Damon's room and craned his neck to see what all the commotion was about. The others eventually made their way up just in time to see Rica shout at her brother for some unknown reason. Sibling confrontations were not situations for outsiders to even step into.

Luca stood between the two yelling siblings and coughed slightly.

"'cuse me, but we have to get them clothes." Luca said quietly as she tugged on Rica's shoulder and pointed to the small congregation that formed by Damon's door.

Rica and Damon immediately stopped fighting and looked around.

"Yeah…good idea." Rica said in a low tone as she pushed her brother out of the way and went into his closet in search of clothes. "Do you have anything from when you were younger still?" she said as she pushed hangers out of the way in search of something decent.

"Try the very back, I should have something." he said as he sat back on his bed. "Hurry up and get out, I'd like to get more sleep if you don't mind." he said as he laid back on his bed and placed a pillow over his face.

Rica rummaged though his closet for several minutes taking out random shirts and passing them to Luca. After searching the entire closet, she rummaged through his dresser drawer and took out a few shirts from there as well. After looking through all the available resources, Rica walked over to her brother and patted the pillow on his face and walked out of the room, and into the master bedroom. She ushered everyone in and shut the door behind her as Luca threw the clothes she held onto the bed.

Rica hummed to herself happily as she sorted out some clothes and placed them neatly on the bed. Stepping back, she nodded to herself and cracked her knuckles.

"Alright boys, pick your clothes. Sakura, follow me." Rica walked past Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke as they stood there eyeing the arrangement of clothes. She grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her out of the bedroom as the guys began to undress. Luca just stood there, frozen, obviously in fan girl mode as Rica shut the door to the master bedroom and walked to hers.

"You're lucky. I have a lot of clothes that no longer fit me." Rica said as she shoved open the sliding door to her closet to reveal a vast assortment of clothing. It was hard to tell which was which since most of the colors were the same. Rica quickly shuffled through her wardrobe and pulled out all the clothes that no longer fit her the way she liked them to. By the time she was done, a good heap of clothing was piled up on her bed as Sakura examined the pile with curiosity.

"These are nice…" Sakura said as she picked up a tank top of gauzy material and held it to her chest.

Rica nodded as she patted Sakura on the back.

"I'll leave you to pick out whatever you want while I go check on the boys." she said happily as Sakura nodded. Rica exited her room and went back to the master bedroom to see that the guys had already picked out their clothes and sat on the bed in a row as Luca sat huddled in a corner.

Rica cocked her head to one side to get a better look at her friend and blinked.

"What happened to her?" Rica asked to no one in particular.

"We just changed and she just backed herself into a corner." Naruto said as he got off the bed and crouched down next to Luca and poked her a few times.

"Alrighty. I'll deal with that one later. Though right now, line up so I can have a good look at you." Rica said with a wide grin as Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke lined in up a row.

"Awww. So cute." Rica mused as she walked up to Naruto. He had taken off his headband, and in place of that a black tie was wrapped around his head. Rica laughed as she tugged on it gently. The rest of his outfit was quite normal to a teenage boy's standards. In place of his orange jacket was an orange top with the word "caution" in bold black print, with black jeans that appeared to be a little to big for him length-wise.

Rica grinned as she walked up to Sasuke and ruffled his hair. She ignored the icy glare he gave her as he ran a free hand through his hair to correct whatever damage Rica had made. Sasuke too was quite normal for a teenage boy. In place of his normal attire was a black undershirt with a dark blue button up shirt which was left unbuttoned with a pair of blue jeans.

After fussing with Sasuke, Rica walked up to Kakashi and tried to conceal her laughter. Despite his change of clothes, he left on his headband and ninja mask, which made him look quite amusing.

"You're going to have to take off the mask." Rica said as she looked up at Kakashi, who looked down at her and blinked.

"The mask stays." he said coolly.

"Not in this lifetime." Rica replied with a smirk.

Kakashi stood there looking down at Rica. She didn't dare break the gaze, the mask and headband had to go. She'd find something to conceal the sharigan somehow, but for the time being getting the mask and headband off was a must. Despite the headband and mask, he looked quite conservative than his students. Dressed in a black collared shirt and black slacks he looked as if he was ready to go to a business meeting, or even a funeral.

"C'mon at least take off the mask for now." Rica said as she poked Kakashi in the chest.

Kakashi grunted with annoyance as he looked down at her. He really didn't wish to take off the mask. It wasn't as if there was anything wrong with his face, he had just grown accustomed to the mask as if it was a second skin. Without it he was sure to feel "naked".

A few minutes had passed as Kakashi just stood there contemplating on if he should take it off or not. Shrugging, he slowly pulled the mask off which made Naruto and Sasuke look at their sensei with open mouths. They had wondered for years what was behind that mask, and all it took was one girl to be able to get him to take it off.

As soon as Kakashi took off his mask, Sakura entered the room and stood by the door, her mouth open too.

"W-what's going on?" Sakura stammered as she looked at her mask-less sensei. She too had always wondered what was behind the mask.

"Just making Kakashi take off the mask so he blends in." Rica gave Kakashi a sharp jab. "Now the headband too."

Kakashi reluctantly took off the headband revealing his sharigan eye.

"I'll get something to fix that later today." Rica said confidently as she turned to Sakura. "Looks like you made good use of my wardrobe." she said proudly.

Sakura took time rummaging through Rica's clothes and found a red long sleeved top with a zipper down the front which was left unzipped to show a gray gauzy tank top with a pair of black shorts that never fit Rica, but fit Sakura just fine

Sakura stood there for a few moments looking at everyone else. A faint blush colored her cheeks as she looked at Sasuke. And to her surprise he looked away appearing to be paying attention to the detail of the painting behind him.

Rica smiled as her plan was slowly falling into place. Now all she needed to do was to find something to cover Kakashi's sharigan. And she knew the exact thing to do it.

"Yo, lemme take a look at your good eye Kakashi." Rica said as she tugged on his shirt and pulled him down to her eye level and examined his good eye. A few seconds later she let his shirt go and smiled. Kakashi stood there blinking in confusion as Rica quickly walked out of the room and went downstairs to make a phone call.

Luca began to stir in the corner she backed herself into and pulled herself up. She smiled and gave everyone a thumbs up as she walked out of the bedroom, down the stairs and out of the house. She walked down the driveway shaking her head as she walked home. She needed to check in with her mother before she did anything else.

Rica smiled as she hung up the phone and ran upstairs to meet with the others.

"Good news." she said slightly out of breath.

"What?" Sakura asked.

"We're going on a little trip." Rica said happily. "Now everyone into my car."

Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura just stood there blinking until Rica had to push them down the stairs and shove them into her car.

"Where are we going?" Naruto said from the back seat.

"We're going to go get something for Kakashi's eye, then we're going to meet with some friends of mine." Rica said as she started the car.

The sound of the engine startled Sakura as Rica put the car in reverse and pulled out of the driveway.

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I know, I know its lacking. I've been so overworked lately and with working this story in bits and pieces things are bound to be garbled up somewhat. I tried my best to fix it. But I doubt I made any serious progress.

My skill is obviously lacking, so there is a lot of improvement to be made. I'm just not used to writing "lighter" fiction. Though lighter fiction is all I can think of at the moment.

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