Hey! Sorry for the wait.. Well, normally this is the part where I complain 'bout being busy and stuff , but I guess I'll spare ya guys for this one eeny-weeny time! So , dun'worry about it and start readin' !

ThanX for all your reviews! Love ya guys! If it weren't for you I'd probably not even bother to continue! Sorry, I can't answer this time, cuz'I gotta go somewhere in a few minutes.. Forgive meh and thnx again!


After the whole, 'I–got–trapped-in-a-world-that's-not-mine' had been sorted out, Rukia led the Konoha ninja to the person she was sure could help them--Uruhara Kisuke. That man was a pro in solving things like this. He could surely help them… right!

'This time I messed up BIG time...' Rukia thought as she led the group to the shop and tried not to sigh deeply. She was a shinigami for God's sake! She wasn't even supposed to think like human.

"Umm...--" Came a small voice. Rukia turned around when she assumed that the noise was directed to gain her attention and looked up to a white-eyed girl, who was twiddling her fingers in front of her as she shyly, made eye contact.

"I-I was just wondering w-what you're name is. Could y-you tell me please?" She said stuttering. Rukia made a sudden stop as realisation hit her.

'That's right, I don't even know their names and they don't know mine. How could I even forget such a big detail? What's going on with me?'

She smiled a bit when she answered. Everyone seemed to pay attention.

"My name is Rukia, Kuchiki Rukia. And what about yours?"

"I-I'm Hyuuga Hinata, nice to meet you Rukia-san."

She looked expectantly at the others and some did get the hint as they started to introduce themselves as well. By the time everyone had finished, they already arrived in front of the little shop. When Rukia was about to tell them to come in, Uruhara Kisuke himself came out.

"Aaaah, Rukia-san! Long time no see! Are you in need of something again? Who are your friends?" The man with the hat said cheerfully as if he was expecting them all along.

Neji stared at the man with suspicion. Sasuke seemed to do the same thing too. This man was powerful.

"Hi, Uruhara-san, I just wanted to have your advice about a little problem..."

Temari snorted, "Just a little problem?" She sneered.

Ten-Ten raised her eyebrow and Sakura coughed a few times to add a bit more to the sarcasm. Hinata just bit her lip and Shikamaru was being his usual self at thinking life was troublesome. The two geniuses gave her a death glare and for the first time in his life, Naruto decided to SHUT up.

"Hmm… a little problem you say? Come in, come in!" A few seconds later the street was deserted again and everyone had gone inside.


Back to Gaara and the unfortunate victim- er.. Ninja of Konoha…

After the fight with Naruto, Gaara finally started to appreciate and consider his siblings. Maybe the kyuubi-boy had knocked some sense in him at long last. Maybe even a bit too much since Gaara also started to act overprotective a lot. Especially over his older sister; Temari. So when Temari said that she had to go away for a few seconds, he took it literally. But when she didn't return, he got kinda pissed off… Let's say that the Konoha shinobi were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Fortunately there were no victims… this time. They didn't know how exactly Ino calmed the guy down when she started to shout her head off. Perhaps she had forgotten she was swearing at a psychopath. But nonetheless, they were really, REALLY glad that they all got away without their bodies being crushed into billion pieces by pressurized sand. You see, that wasn't exactly the perfect way of dieing… all messy and sandy and stuff. Anyways, eventually they (this includes the sand siblings and the remaining part of the rookie 9 plus the two sensei) ended up in the Hokage's office and told their tale. Of course things got a bit difficult when THAT part was being told… the part that Temari disappeared in some black hole and never came out ever since. You can imagine that our red-headed ninja got upset and tried to murder everyone standing within 2 feet. But being the strong Hokage she was, Tsunade-sama calmed the guy with some medicine and Kakashi continued telling about the… 'event'...

"….. And so the hole disappeared together with our ninja." Tsunade groaned mentally.

'Why can't they just NOT get in trouble this ONE time! I'm not asking any more than that! But I guess Naruto + big monster TROUBLE with CAPITALS! I swear that that boy is going to be my downfall.'

"Hmm…"

"And if I may say another thing, I think that they're in another dimension…" Kakashi should have probably not said that since Gaara had started to twitch again. But Tsunade didn't pay much attention to him.

"What makes you think that, Kakashi?"

And so another long explanation followed. ….

'Damn it! Naruto, Sakura, Hinata… all of you! Just be safe! Be safe until we can help you!'


Back to Karakura, and to our favourite heroes…

"What do ya mean you can't help us old man? TELL ME!" Naruto shouted.

Normally this would be the part in which Sakura would tell him to shut up, but this one time she actually wanted him to yell since she agreed and couldn't yell herself (being a 'lady' and all)... but her inner-self was shouting along.

"Rukia-woman, this is all your fault..." Sasuke exclaimed darkly.

"Yeah!" Ten-Ten agreed.

And tension started to rise again.

"W-wait everyone!" Suddenly a little voice interrupted them.

Of course it was the one and only Hinata.

"I-It's not fair accusing Rukia-san of this. I'm s-sure that she didn't do i-it on purpose. I-I think that we should t-try to solve the problem, i-instead of fighting each o-other." Everyone shuffled uncomfortably on their feet and a small feeling of guilt began to well up in their stomachs.

"S-so will you help u-us, Rukia-san?"

"Of course! This is mainly my fault so I will take the responsibility upon myself to see that you get out of here."

"How bothersome... so, what are we going to do and where exactly are we going to stay?" Shikamaru asked annoyed. It was here that Uruhara butted into the conversation.

"I can get you some false I.D. so that no one will get suspicious and you can enter Ichigo and Rukia-san's school. As for the location…."

Rukia shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't think Ichigo will mind, so the place is settled. "

Suddenly a certain shinigami barged in... (speaking of the devil…)

"What wouldn't I mind!"

"Er-…"


TO BE CONTINUED….!


Well, that's it.. Hope ya liked it. Anyways, special thanks to Anukis-san, my beta reader, again... Reallly, you're great!

ThanX for reading and lemme know what cha think!

Love y'all!

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