Two's a Crowd? – C 'n B in the NarutoVerse

Episode 3

Kakashi knocked on the door and waited for an answer.

"Come in." spoke a familiar voice from inside.

He observed Bettina and I for a few seconds, then pushed open the door, motioning for us to wait.

"Godaime (Fifth), sorry to disturb, but I have 2 people who would like to speak with you." Said Kakashi.

"Can it wait, I'm dealing with something at the moment." She said, slightly tired.

I craned my head to see what exactly she was dealing with, and saw a glimpse of shiny black hair.

'Now who could that be…' I thought to myself, as I tried to get a better look.

"Well, I think that you should deal with this matter now, because the current one might take a long time." Spoke Kakashi, looking over at the other people in the room.

Tsunade sighed and said "Alright, you have a point. Bring them in."

Kakashi motioned for us to come in and smiled at us again. I think he could probably tell that we were nervous.

"Tsunade-Sama, this is …?" he said to me, and I took that as a que for me to introduce myself.

"I'm, um, Candice." I said. I mentally winced as I said my name, knowing they were going to be like what the hell?

"Yes….and this is ..?" said Kakashi and motioned to Bettz.

"…….Bettina." she must of thought the same thing because her eyes flickered- something she does when she's hesitating.

"Hmmm…." Said the Hokage, and surveyed us. She wasn't the only one. Everyone in the room was staring at us in curiosity.

The 'matter she was dealing with' turned out to be Team Gai, with the exception of Ten-Ten. 'So Rock Lee was who I saw.' I thought, and smiled at them.

"That's some very interesting names. Where are you two from?" asked Tsunade with narrowed eyes.

'I knew this question was going to come up…crap what do we say…?' I thought quickly.

"Does it matter? If it's no trouble we just like a place to stay, until we figure things out." Said Bettina, gazing hard at the Hokage. Something she does when she's determined.

"Yes it does. I can't permit you to stay in my village, if I don't know who you are and what your intentions are."

Bettina was silent for the moment, and I could see that she was thinking hard. I looked back at the Hokage.

"You wouldn't believe us, even if we told you." I said to Tsunade.

The Hokage smiled to herself, then glared at us.

"Try me."

'Damn It Candie!' I thought furiously, throwing a glare over at her. 'Think, think, what do I say?!'

"We're from an alternate dimension, where this whole world is a cartoon that we watch." Said Candie bluntly.

I closed my eyes in disbelief. 'She did not just…'

When I opened my eyes again, the whole room, Tsunade, Kakashi, Shizune, Team Gai, even freaking Ton-Ton was staring open-mouthed at Candie.

They looked at her and then they looked at me.

"Yeah, what she said." I said uneasily, looking over at her.

"What the hell are you doing?" I whispered to her out of the corner of my mouth.

"Say that again." Said Tsunade, squinting at us.

"You heard right. It's the truth." I said sighing. Might as well, now that Candie practically said it all. "And we can prove it."

"And how will you do that?" scoffed Tsunade.

I smirked and said "I know all about everyone in this room…I know all your names, everything."

I heard Candie mutter "Way to freak them out B," from my side and I grinned.

"Your Kakashi, Gai sensei, Neji, Rock lee, Shizune, Tsunade, oh and Ton-Ton." I said in order, as I went anti clockwise through the room.

"So you believe us now?" Candie asked.

"Why…don't you start from the beginning?" said Shizune, looking a little overwhelmed.

Candie and I exchanged looks, and Candie sighed.

"Ok, I'll explain." She said, while shooting me a glare.

I grinned and stuck my tongue out. I hate explaining things.

As Candie started talking, I took my time to examine the Hokage's office, first hand. She had a bookshelf I never noticed before, in the far left hand side of the room, with scrolls and books strewn across it. But other than that, the room looked the same as what they show in the episodes. I then went on to examine the occupants. Team Gai looked like they had just gotten back from a mission, and a hard one at that; they were all scratched and bruised.

'Omg, Lee! I love him, he's so cool.' I thought with a smile, as I looked at him.

'Damn, Neji's hair looks even hotter in person.' I thought with a chuckle.

'GAI SENSEI! You rock :3' I thought with a grin.

I paused in my explanation of how and why we're here to catch my breath. I was almost done, so I took a second to look at Bettina to see what she was doing. I saw her staring at Gai Sensei like an idiot and anime sweat dropped. (And I can say that, because that can actually happen here. :D) I finished my speech and felt proud of myself; where Bettina fails miserably, I always excel in- I could get a team of football jocks to understand calculus if I wanted to, not that I would though, pffftt.

Tsunade sighed and closed her eyes. "Why is it always me that has to deal with this kind of crap." She muttered under her breath, as she massaged her temples.

I held back a laugh, and watched as she pondered. Kakashi coughed and asked if he could ask a question.

"Yeah, whatever," she said off-handedly, still with her eyes closed.

He faced us and surveyed us curiously. I stared back at him with equal curiosity – what the hell was under his mask!

"So you guys obviously know Naruto, and the rest right?" he asked.

"Yes." Came a swift reply from Bettina. I glanced at her quickly; I hadn't realised she was listening, still staring off at Rock Lee or something.

"Of course you would know Naruto, wouldn't you?" I murmured slyly to B.

Bettina's eyes flicked to me and back at Kakashi and a smile tugged on her lips as she looked at him.

"So….would you like to meet them?" he asked slowly.

My mouth opened in an O. I could tell Bettina's did as well.

"YES!" I blurted out and clapped a hand to my mouth.

"Wait, before they can, we need to sort a few things out." Called out Tsunade.

B and I turned to face the Hokage, as she observed us silently for a few moments.

"You know things about everyone in this……Series. So I would like you to give information about whatever I require when needed, in return for your residence here." She said in a strong voice. "Is that agreed."

Rather than a question, that sounded more like a statement. I didn't know what to say, so I looked at Bettina- thinking was more her thing.(lol)

"It depends, we only know as much as the manga tells us. If you're behind what it's up to, we can tell you what happens. If you're ahead of it….then we don't know what happens, because we haven't seen it yet." Bettina said, looking Tsunade in the eye.

'Hmm… true, she has a point….Oh, I wonder where they're up to!' I thought.

"Fair enough. So, you two will live together or separate?" said the Hokage suddenly.

"What?" said Bettina.

"Your residences. I need to clear this up quickly, because team Gai needs to be elsewhere right now. We will continue out discussion in the morning, 9 am sharp." She replied quite impatiently.

'Oh my god…is this really happening….? I'm going to spend the night in Konoha….KONOHA! omfg!' I thought.

"Uhh, separate please." Said Bettina, glancing at me.

I snorted and nodded. We're best friends and all, but if we had to live with each other? We'd rip each others throat out by the third day.

"Fine. There is an available flat here, by this road. Theres also this one here. Take your pick." Said Tsunade taking out a folder from her drawers.

Bettina and I walked closer to the table and saw the locations. There was one in the inner city and there was one on the outskirts. I instantly chose the one in the inner, that's more of my style. And I knew B would pick the one on the outskirts anyway, that's more her.

We made our selections, and she found the keys and handed them to us, with a map each.

"I will inform you of how you are to pay for your apartments tomorrow also. Dismissed." Said the Hokage, and faced Team Gai.

"Alright girls, come with me for a second." Said Kakashi quietly to us, and motioned for us to follow him outside.

We walked out into the hallway and he stopped a few feet away from the door.

"So. You know everything about us huh?" he said and…smirked? It was hard to tell, but it seemed like that's what he was doing.

"Yeah…. Something like that." said Candie.

"Hey Kakashi, can you tell us what's been happening? So we know where we're up to." I asked seriously. I really wanted to know; it had been bugging me since we arrived in Konoha.

"Alright well, the major threat we have at the moment is Kabuto, who also has a portion of Orochimaru in him, who is out to capture and kill Sasuke as revenge. Sasuke now currently resides in the village as a conditional resident, which is that he is under constant surveillance, and is subject to counselling, and frequent official interrogations and such. He lives and can go around the village freely, however, he by no means allowed to step foot outside, and has a tracking device on him. His previous teammates, except Karin, are here also, but less of a strict sentence, just constant surveillance. Other than that, we are at, well, at the moment, peace." Finished Kakashi, and put his hands in his pockets.

Candie and I were both silent at that while we processed what we had just heard.

'Damn….ALOT has happened….how far back is the manga man?!' I thought. I looked to Candice and saw that she was most likely thinking the same thing; her brows were furrowed slightly, something she does when she's annoyed.

"Anything sound familiar?" asked Kakashi, tilting his head.

I laughed and shook my head. "You guys are far ahead."

"Hmmm….Tsunade-sama probably won't be happy with that….do you guys want me to be there tomorrow to soften the blow?" he asked.

'Oh really? Whatever, he just wants to be there when it all goes down…..' I thought with an inward smirk.

"Yeah, that would be helpful." Said Candie and stepped to the other side of him a bit.

As Kakashi laughed and straightened up from the slump he has all the time, I noticed Candie squint at him, as she tried to get a better look at his features. Again. But at least this time she wasn't quite so obvious- he didn't notice. Or if he did, he didn't say anything.

"So, when are we going to meet Naruto and the others?" I asked, stifling a laugh.

"You can meet them now, if you like. I can't go with you, I have….other plans. But they're usually at the BBQ restaurant at this time having dinner. It's on the fifth street from the left of here vertically as you go out of this building. They should all be there. See you guys tomorrow." He said quickly and poofed away. Literally.

Candie looked blankly at the spot where he was a few seconds ago, then suddenly shook her head. "Wait- what?!"

I chuckled and took her arm. "Come on, this way."