After repeated attempt at dispelling any genjutsu , Kakashi sat digesting the existence of witchcraft, he didn't even notice that the reptilian creature had made a neat nest out of his head and several of the birds had started pecking at his vest. 'What's she gonna do next? Turn a pen into a sword?' One beak to his ear brought him back to the realm of the living and he asked,

"Let's say I believe you. What's your name? What is this creature on my head?"

"That's a dragon. A Norwegian Ridgeback to be specific. What's that mask for?"

"This mask is for a special talk force in our military. Our dragons are more serpentine in looks. Though they are all myths here. "

"Not where I come from. By the way where am I?"

"First your name Ma'am."

" Fine. My name's Hazel. And this is Teddy."

" Mansaku? That is a boy's name. Is that your real name?"

"Yes. Although in my language, this is without exception a girl's name. What's your name?"

" Kakashi."

"Scarecrow? And I thought Dumbledore's name was bad taste. So , where are we?"

"You're in the land of frost. Bordered by land of lightning and hot water on two opposite sides and sea on the other two."

"I've never heard of this land. I'm from the country called England."

"That's something I've never heard of. And I am quite well traveled. I've been inside every country in the elemental nations."

""I don't know know what to think. First when I heard your words,I thought I've been transported to eastern Asia. But now I'm not so sure. Can you show me a map of this continent?"

Kakashi got his bingo book out and spread the map on the backside of it in front of her. The longer Hazel continued to look at the map , the higher her horror mounted. She didn't recognise any of the outline. She asked for the dimensions conversion and quickly calculated that the whole continent covered the entire earth. She then placed her wand in her right palm and said " point me Europe". The wand continued to spin without stopping. Then she went through, "point me England. Point me London. Point me the Rook. Point me Ronald Bilius Weasley. Point me land of hot water." In all the cases except the last one the wand continued to spin without stopping on any specific direction. This can only happen for two reasons. Either she's standing on the places or people she asked for directions to...or ... or the places and people don't exist here.

A horrible scenario bagan to make sense in her head, sending her into a frenzy. She abruptly stood up and started pacing the floor. All the while Kakashi kept a curious eye on her ,and kept Teddy away from the dragons fire. When Hazel finally accepted that yes, she really is in a different dimension, if not a planet, than her own. And yes, she has no idea how she got here or how to get back. Heck, she didn't even know where she's supposed to go without any resources at her disposal. She stated to feel light headed and short of breath. Rainbow coloured dots littered the wall infront of her. Suddenly the world tilted sideways and she was falling,but something out rather someone caught her. Then her head was forced between her knees as she hugged them.

Kakashi noticed her breaths getting erratic, he realised she must be on the verge of a panic attack. He immediately caught her as she started to sway in place,sat her down and put her head between her knees as she was hyperventilating. The baby sensing his mother's distress started to sniffle. When that didn't get him any attention for a few minutes, he outright started bawling.

That is the situation Hazel came to. Teddy screaming and Kakashi looking like a deer in headlights. She let out a little giggle and opened her arms for Teddy. He half crawled, half toddled towards her, sat on her lap and asked "mooey?"

" Oh honey, I'm so sorry I must have dropped Mooney when we came here. Here , why don't I make you a new Mooney?"

" Not mooey. No. No."

Here Kakashi interjects, "He must realise that's not his toy. Baby's identify things not only by sight but also by smell and sound as well."

"You don't seem that knowledgeable about babies. If your reaction to him crying was any indication."

"I'm on the guard detail of a baby. He is very very hyperactive. Though now he's called a kid, not a baby."

" I have to ask. What is it that you ninjas do?"

" We are the military forces of our countries. The civilian side is ruled by the daimyo, and the military side is ruled by the kage , who only defers to the daimyo. But we are also mercinaries for hire. You can get us as guards, assassins, spies, workers, etc etc for a fixed price. That is how we operate separate from the capital unless the daimyo is in need of us."

"That's a messy system. Anyway, can I hire you guys to find a way back home for me? Oh wait, I don't have any money. Damn it."

" What do you mean?"

" I am stranded here. I come from another dimension,or maybe even a different planet, I'm not sure. Because all the maps you showed me,I don't recognise any of them. Any attempts at finding my home has been futile so far. I don't know where to go, what to do, who to ask?"

"Is that what those point me were for? I did notice that it showed the direction to hot water but nothing else."

"Yes, so either I'm standing on London ground or it doesn't exist here. So, do you guys have any way of dimensional hopping here? If so please help me."

"Not that I ever heard of, but if there does exist any kind of dimensional hopping, then sandaime hokage sama or orochimaru are the go to people. They will probably know something."

"Considering you didn't add any honorific after this orochimaru fellow,I take it you don't like him much. Not my problem. How can I get to this sandaime dude or orochimaru?

"I would advise not even thinking of going to orochimaru. You will probably end up on his operations table in his lab along with your son rather than find a way back home. Sandaime sama is the kage of my village, so I can take you to him. But you may wanna hide his special powers. It will only get him unwanted attention from higher ups."

" Do you not wish for your village to gain knowledge of our power?I thought you would like to take advantage of my plight any way possible. Why? What will happen if they know about Teddy?"

" They will try to acquire him, turn him into a soldier of the village. And if the civilian council gets wind of him,they will saddle him with multiple wives as soon as he hits puberty. Let's not forget Danzo,if he learns of him, then he'll likely kidnap him to be turned into a mindless puppet soldier to serve him. As for my reason for warning you about this, well you are an adult, your can handle their attention, your son can't. He's a baby, he needs to enjoy his childhood. And the boy I'm guarding, he's being denied a chance at normal life just so he can be turned into a good weapon for the village. He's neglected more or less by many. He's kept away from his god-father, god-mother, and more importantly I'm forbidden to go near him outside of uniform. He's all I have left. So no, I'm not feeling particularly generous towards the village or its general populace at the moment. Is not like I'm doing treason. As long as you're not an enemy, I don't mind giving you a few helpful tips."

"That was quite a rant. But why would your village waste time and effort after me?"

"Do you have specific skill set to offer? Any kind of service you can do in exchange that will be invaluable to us?"

" Well I can brew potions pretty good, but without magical ingredients around, that talent is useless here. I can repair broken stuff as long as I have all the pieces."

"Wait, you can repair anything? Even chakra conducting metal?"

"I don't know what that is, but as long as you give me all the pieces,I can."

"That will be of very good use at a weapon Smith's. You could specifically cater to chakra conducting metal as it is wasteful to forge and sharpen by fire and whetting. What else?"

"I can read people's minds."

" We have Yamanaka for that."

" I can make a map of your village where it shows every person by name,if and only if there's a magical layline for me to tap into."

"Sold. I'll get to devise the draft for your contract."

"One more thing, this translation spell wears off after a night's sleep. So I'll have to recast it every morning before I talk to someone."

"Fine. I'll come to you every morning."

"Now what to do for food?"

"I have ration bars."

"For teddy. I don't even have any bag with me."

"What about that cloth bag the boy is holding?"

"What?"

She then noticed for the first time that teddy's quietly chewing on the drawstring of a cloth bag that she distinctly remembers not buying. She gently pried it off of his fingers and looked inside. The first items she found was a tent, an emergency potions set, and a nimbus 2001. She stood up and started whooping and jumping around in delight,with teddy joining in. When Kakashi asked the reason, she showed him the tent and potions set. Then went on to set it up and heat a bottle of milk for Teddy from the fridge. When she noticed Kakashi wasn't getting inside, she asked for him to come inside. He got inside with trepidation about the no doubt limited space but froze as he took in the sight infront of him. There was a full two storied building with a complete kitchen and bathroom along with a dining table infront of him. He could only whisper " It's bigger on the inside. Wictches are freaking awesome."

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