Author's Note:I do not-eth own-eth -Bleach-eth or Naruto-eth. Please-eth give-eth thanks to thee original authors-eth. (You know, Ichigo admires Shakespeare ;) Eh. He's not even in this chapter. Oh well. Sorry to the Bleach fans who read this only for Ichigo.)
I think this chapter is boring. I'm sorry. It took me awhile to write. I seem to struggle with boringness. I tried to spice it up, but...no. It explains things, and I think some you either know or assumed. I think it was necessary, though. The characters need to understand the current situation. I did, however, shorten some of the explaining into a brief paragraph summary. YAY...?
I would like to apologize for the long wait as well. I had summer school & Term Paper & finals, and tennis camp, but now I am done with both.
Thanks to Kimihaine and Tsunamichikara for the reviews! I'll share Gaara with you. A strand of hair each. Ha ha. No, I'll share the whole thing. Promise. ;D
"All right, I'll just ask—do you guys even know where you are?" Urahara asked as everyone took a seat around a traditional Japanese table set up in Urahara's living room area. Ururu was placing tea cups on the table next to where everyone was sitting, and Tessai was coming around and filling them with the tea. Very hot tea—the steam came creeping up towards the ceiling and the warmth that emitted from it could be felt if one just leaned in towards the cup slightly. The group he was speaking to just looked up at him with eyes full of questions and uncertainty. "Obviously not." Stupid question.
There was a pause. Tsunade and Sakura took their tea cups with care and sipped it quietly. Naruto smelled it to see if he would like it. He wasn't much a tea drinker. Sasuke just sat there, not in the mood for tea, or anything, as usual, and Kakashi wanted to drink the tea, but then he would have to take off his mask. He sighed. Gaara just stared at the tea.
"All right, you are in Karakura Town, in Japan, and in the 21st century," Kisuke began. "Any of these places sound familiar to you?"
Kakashi took the role of answering most questions. "No, as Sasuke mentioned before, we just come from The Village Hidden in the Leaves, otherwise known as Konoha, and that's located in the Fire Country. The time period? Hmmmm…." Kakashi wasn't sure on how to answer that one. What time period are they in anyway? They had computers and wireless headset communicators, but no cars or airplanes…
Urahara didn't wait for Kakashi to finish his thinking. "All right, this is what I came up with: you are in a different dimension or universe. We know nothing about your way of life and you probably don't know anything about ours. Well, we did know the Uchiha clan, or course, but that's common knowledge." A smirk from Kisuke swept across his face, and he looked over at the ninja wearing orange to see his face reawaken with jealously. What fun.
Sasuke is even known in other dimensions!Naruto thought as he pouted. He glared at Sasuke, green with envy.
"I did get that you are all ninjas, of course, but I doubt you ever heard of soul reapers?" All shook their heads no. "Just as I thought…" He then went and explained the concept of soul reapers and their jobs of defeating hollows and arrancar. He also included some information on how the Soul Society and how the Seireitei ranks and rules go, and the treachery of Aizen and his army of arrancar in Huceo Mundo. Most of this information was hard to grasp for the newcomers into the Bleach world, and some went over their heads a bit, but no one was as confused as Naruto. He asked so many questions, and later asked almost the same questions over, missing the main points and highlights of the current events. The Hat Man, though usually understood by the stupid people, like Ichigo, was about to hit him. Luckily, the rose-haired girl known as Sakura finally landed a good punch on his head and told him to pay attention.
"I would now, although I know you are tired of hearing me talk, like to explain the situation in which I am in. You see, I was trying to transport Ichigo, the orange head that entered your world and the others that were with him to Huceo Mundo to defeat Aizen, but I messed up, and they ended up in your world. As I tried to bring them back, I didn't account for time differences. You see, the Teleporter works with the sun and moon, and if your time was different, it would have affected it. As your sun was rising, ours was setting, thus the portal ended up in the wrong place, and you ended up coming instead of Ichigo and the others."
"I would just like to ask, if the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, why does the portal end up northwest or northeast?" asked Sakura.
"Well, Japan is in the northern hemisphere, and since the Teleporter is in Japan, everything needs to be pushed north a little bit."
"Oh, I see."
"Yes…" Urahara paused for a moment because now he had to deliver the "best" news of all. "Well, I am sure you are tired of hearing me talk about all this, but I had a reason. I'm afraid I need your help now."
"To fix our current situation?" asked Kakashi.
"Kind of…. Presently, the Head Captain of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads is awaiting the return of Ichigo, the Captains, Lieutenant, and Rukia. Some arrancar are out and they need taking care of. The only problem is that I have no idea how long it will take for me to find out when the time of day or night is the same in both of our universes. So… in the meantime, I need you to take their place."
"Wait a minute, just because youmessed up means that we have to fight your battles?" shouted Tsunade.
"It is a lot to ask, but if I have the Soul Society down my back while I try and get the shinigami back and return you, it will take a lot longer…"
"Can't the Soul Society help you find a way to return us?"
"Yes…. but they do not know the invention like I do, and for taking two captains, a lieutenant, a powerful substitute, and a should-be-but-not seated officer without permission, plus losing a seated healer from squad four, when they are all needed by the Soul Society, I will most likely be put to death or severe imprisonment. But, if I can send in some sort of replacement, I'm sure they will let me work under supervision. I already know who they will probably send to watch me, and trust me, it's not someone I want to work with, so it's not fun for me either, but at least I can probably get you back the fastest way possible in this current situation."
"But—" started the Fifth.
"Granny Tsunade!" Naruto interrupted. "Just shut up and let's go! I wanna fight these arrancar guys! They seem pretty strong, and I wanna take them down, shinobi style."
It does seem like there will be some good opponents, thought Sasuke. I need to get stronger still.
"Naruto, that's no way to talk to Lady Tsunade!" shouted Saukra as she hit him again.
Tsunade sat there, with a look of thought on her face. She held her head up on her arm that was on the table and stared at Naruto. He had that determined look on his face. I bet he's thinking this experience will help him become Hokage, she thought. I wonder if my little brother would think the same thing…"Kakashi, what do you think?"
"I don't mind. It is kind of troublesome, but we can't help the current situation. We should help in anyway we can."
"And you, Gaara? Your village won't mind?"
"No," he said while shaking his head. "They will assume I am still on the regular mission I was supposed to go on."
"Fine, but I'm not fighting any battles. Somebody do them for me. I'm the Hokage and I have paperwork to do."
"But your paperwork is back in Konoha," said Naruto.
"I said I have paperwork to do!" No one dared to question her again.
"Right, now if you will all step over to the teleporter. I will get you to the Soul Society and explain this to Head Captain Yamamoto as fast as I can," Hat Man said as he got up from the table and headed towards his basement. Everyone followed.
Author's Note Part Two: If something doesn't make sense, please let me know in a review. I'll try and explain it the best I can. And, even if it does make sense, review. ;) I love getting them. Thanks again to those who reviewed!