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Chapter 2: The Girls
Gaara stared at the girl in front of him.
"…How do you know my name? Why…"
"Why do I look like you, what was that thing that attacked you, and who the hell am I, right?'
"….Yes."
"Maybe we should sit down, this could take a while."
Naruto closed his eyes, pinched himself, and then opened them again. The girl was still there.
"Y-You… I…"
"You want to know who I am and what I'm doing here right? And what that freaky thing was?"
"…WELL, YEAH!"
"Jeez, no need to yell. Um, do you want to sit down or something? You look slightly disturbed."
Gaara took a deep breath and opened the balcony doors to his office… to run into Temari and Kankuro.
"Gaara, are you okay? We heard somthing from outside and…"
Temari's voice trailed off as she stared at the girl next to Gaara. Garra looked at her for a moment then smiled slightly.
"You're Temari right? And that's Kankuro…"
They both stared at her, too shocked to answer. Garra sighed then walked into the office and sat in a chair.
"I think you should all sit down. I'll try to explain things to you, but it's going to sound weird to say the least.
Naruto was about to collapse on the ground when Sakura ran into the clearing.
"Naruto, are you okay? I felt some weird chakra in the area so I came to check… WHAT THE HELL?"
Naru looked at Sakura with amusement.
"Heh, you look like Sakura-baachan! 'Cept you're younger than she is!
The two ninja looked at her, jaws hanging on the ground. Naruto was the first to find his voice. .
"I think that we should bring her to Tsunade- baachan."
Sakura merely nodded. Naru grimaced.
"Is she the leader of this place or something? Man, I hate talking to them, they're so boring! Oh well, where does she live? Let's go and get this over with!"
The three sand siblings were trying hard not to have nervous break downs. Garra thought for a moment.
'Now, how should I put this…?'
"Okay, first of all you want to know why I look like Gaara and why I knew all your names right?"
They nodded.
"Well… I'm not from this world. I travel around with my friend and we help people battle demons and various other spiritual beings. I've heard that in other worlds there are other versions of yourself, but I've never seen it until now. Trust me, this is as weird to me as it is to you, I'm just coping better 'cause I'm somewhat used to weird things by now."
"...So the thing that attacked me was a demon?"
"Yep. You've been around a demon haven't you? The other demons tend to attack people with special abilities or connections to demons first."
Gaara knew that Garra was telling the truth; what other explanation could there be?
'It sounds ridiculous, but… there's no denying that I was attacked by a demon, or that she looks exactly like me.'
"So you're saying… that you're another version of Gaara?"
Temari looked really stressed out. Kankuro was about the same.
"Yep. We kind of share the same soul, even though we're different people. We could have been brought up in completely different situations, be completely opposite from one another, or whatever, but we're still the same person kind of."
"…So there's other versions of us in some other world?"
Garra looked at Temari and Kankuro and they swore that they saw sadness in her eyes... but also tenderness.
"Yes, you guys look exactly like my older siblings."
The sad look in her eyes increased, and the two older sand siblings wondered what could have caused it… then Gaara spoke.
"You mentioned a partner; where is he?"
"Actually, I'm not sure. Usually we end up together, but I guess she got put with someone else who was likely to be targeted. Do you know anyone who's associated with a demon or something?"
"…Yes."
"Good, she's probably with that person. If he's a friend don't worry, Uzumaki Naru is on the job!"
"WHAT?"
Tsunade stared at the girl in front of her and felt a headache coming on. A major headache.
"So your name is…?"
"Uzumaki Naru!"
Tsunade turned to the former members of team 7.
"Naruto, you say she saved you from a monster in the forest?"
"It wasn't a monster, it was a demon. So baachan, do ya want to know who I am or not?"
Tsunade smacked her on the head.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING BAACHAN, GAKI?"
Naru clutched her head.
"Itai! That hurt baachan! And my name's Naru, not gaki!"
Tsunade massaged her forehead.
"Well Naru, would you mind explaining who you are, what you're doing here, and why you look like Naruto?"
Naru sighed; it was hard enough explaining normally, but now she had another version of herself here!
"Okay, I'm here because the powers that be decided that it wasn't that guy's-
She pointed to Naruto.
"-time to die yet. I'm a guardian; my partner and I travel in between worlds helping people with demons and things. I look like that guy because I'm another version of him. You usually never see your other self, but I guess I got lucky."
"…So you're a female version of Naruto?"
"I guess. Just because we look alike it doesn't mean that we're the same. Well, we might be but I don't know yet. Anyway, he was attacked because because he's a jinchuuriki. . They wanted to get rid of him before he could cause trouble or bacause they wanted his power; they always do that."
"Who's 'they'?"
"Could be a demon or human. It doesn't really matter, becuase they're both bad; but sometimes... its worse if they're human.
"So basically you've been sent to protect Naruto against demons?"
"Probably, but it could be more than that. I have to find my partner and see if she knows what's up…"
"Who is your partner anyway?"
"Huh? Oh, her name's Garra!"
There was dead silence.
"HUH?"
The three sand shinobi stared at Garra.
"…Uzumaki Naru?"
"Yep! She's a good fighter; she'll be able to protect this guy. By the way, who is he?"
"…Uzumaki Naruto."
"…Wow, that's going to be interesting. Does he live over that way?"
She pointed in the direction of Konohagakure.
"…Yes, how did you know?"
"I can definitely sense a demonic aura over there. Since you know the guy and where he lives, could you you show me where? You're all going with me, because if you don't you'll be attacked again."
Gaara thought about it. This was all insane, but… he couldn't forget the evil aura that the demon had radiated off. Besides, Naruto was an ally right? I'd been a while since he'd seen him... not since Naruto saved him from the Akatsuki actually. He made a decision.
"Temari, start packing to go to Konohagakure. Kankuro, send a message to the Hokage that we will be visiting, and inform her of the situation. I will find someone to fill in for me while we're gone."
Temari and Kankuro nodded and left the room. Gaara started to fill out some papers.
"Gaara-san, can I have a map of this country? One that includes this town and Konohagakure?"
"…Yes. Why do you need it?"
"You didn't think that we were going to walk there, did you? It would take way too long and be a waste of energy. I'm going to transport us there."
The three people in the room stared at Naru. Naruto broke the silence.
"So… you travel with a person named Garra?"
"Yeah. Does she exist here too? Red hair, green eyes with a black outline, 'ai' tattoo on her head?"
"…Exactly, 'cept he's a boy."
"Oh. Jeez, wonder what she thinks about that…"
Suddenly the conversation was interrupted as a bird appeared above Tsunade's desk. She recognized it as a sand messenger.
"State your message."
It bowed slightly.
"Kazekage-sama would like me to inform you that he is coming for a visit to discuss matters of vast importance. He should be here… about now."
Tsunade was about to ask him what he meant by that when a sphere of sand appeared in the middle of the office. When it dissipated in the middle stood both Gaara's, Temari, and Kankuro. Naru squealed.
"GARRA!"
She glomped Gaara… the wrong one. Gaara tensed when he felt her arms around him.
'A female Naruto is hugging me… WTF?'
Female Garra was amused.
"Wrong Gaara Naru, you baka."
Naru realized her mistake. She let go of male Gaara and grinned.
"Sorry! GAA-CHAN!"
This time she glomped Garra. Garra grinned and patted her on the head. The room's occupants stared. Seeing a smiling Garra who was not afraid of human contact was… scary. To say the least. The two noticed the stares and Naru reluctantly peeled herself off Garra.
"So, did you explain to them Gaa-chan?"
"Yes, I did."
"Okay! Hey baachan, is it okay if we wander around the town and see if we can sense anything unusual?"
Tsunade was about to tell the gaki to not call her baachan when an ANBU guard burst in.
"Hokage-sama! Strange beasts have appeared on the training grounds, and are attacking at random!"
Garra and Naru snapped to attention immediately. They turned to the guard.
"Show us where!"
The ANBU looked at Tsunade, who nodded her consent. Then everyone in the room hurried to the training grounds.
Gai, Asuma, their teams, and Kakashi were trying to hold off the beasts. One of them was dead from a slit throat, but the three others were circling around trying to find an opening. All of them were about to leap when help appeared.
"FOX FIRE!"
"SABAKU KYUU!"
Suddenly the dogs were either on fire or crushed by sand. Garra and Naru looked around for more adversaries. They found nothing. Garra let her sand back into the gourd and Naru withdrew her fire. The girls were suddenly aware that they were being stared at. They turned around to face the teams of Asuma and Gai, who were looking at them in shock along with their sensei. Kakashi turned to Tsunade.
"Tsunade-sama... what's going on?"
TBC
Wow, I wrote a long chapter! Thanks to everyone who reviewed, I really appreciate it! Okay, next chapter how will everyone respond to the girls? And what's with all of this freaky stuff? See you next chapter!
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