Disclaimer: Everything, except our OCs and the Earth, belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. Itachi suffers on in silence...
Author's Note: It's Reila again! And guess what! I WENT TO THE ZOO! MWAHAHAHA ZOO! It was fun, we went with my younger cousins for my mom's birthday and had crazy fun and I get to see my bestest guy friend tomorrow, so that makes me happy too. Oh, and I'm listening to part of the RENT soundtrack because it makes me happy 'cause it reminds me of my cousin who lives in California, but she's in Galapagos right now -jealous-. Anyways, this is Chapter Four of Home and I'm excited! It's a sortof transition chapter, but I like it. Anyways, here is the next piece of Iris' and my creation:
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#Chapter Four: We Can't Go Back#
#Molly's POV#
Once upon a time, everything was fine and dandy, course this wasn't that time. I watched sullenly as Tsunade made Neji, Hinata, and that little girl (Hanabi?) leave. As Neji left, I flicked him off and then turned to face the Hokage and Shizune. Tsunade was looking at me with interest and Shizune was pointedly ignoring me…again.
My glance slid over to Heather and I mouthed, Now what?
"Well, now, we will be talking about how two foreigners who obviously arent from anywhere in the Fire Country came to be knocked out inside the gates of the Fire Countrys ninja village without any of the shinobi knowing that the two girls, who had NO training, obviously and apparently, got inside in the first place!" Tsunade said loudly, her face wasn't happy...neither was her voice.
"I bet you the Hyuugas can hear her," Heather muttered.
"Yeah, probably," I answered, just as quiet.
Tsunade turned to glare at us, "SHUT THE HELL UP!"
I flinched a little and Heather just stared at her like she was a demon from hell.
"So, now that you know where you stand, how did you get into Konoha and how did you come to be passed out outside the Hyuuga compound's gates?" Tsunade asked after Shizune had put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down.
I glanced at Heather and shrugged a little; she shrugged back and I turned to the Hokage.
"Weeeeeeeeeeell," I looked around the room and picked a point over by the door to stare at as I tried to find the words to explain. "As you can tell, we're not from around here, at all, and frankly, we have no clue how the hell we ended up in your world; all I know is that one minute I'm at Heather's house, on the computer, and then I was choking and it hurt to breathe," I paused to catch my breath, feeling the tightness that had choked me into unconsciousness that had landed us in this whole mess. "Then, I get knocked out and the next thing I know I'm waking up to Heather blabbing on about 'This is all a dream! We can't freakin' be here!', so yeah."
Tsunade is looking at me like I'm crazy and so is Shizune; both of them look at Heather to make sure I'm telling the truth and that I'm not some sort of mentally ill person, but she's nodding to tell them that I'm telling the truth. The Hokage grabs a chair and sits down with a 'whump' sort of noise.
"By the gods..." I heard her mumble. "If you are lying, you will pay dearly for it."
Then Shizune comes up behind Heather and her hands are glowing; she grabs her head and Heather goes all space-y on me.
"Heather!" I scream, worried. "HEATHER!"
Tsunade comes up behind me and puts a hand on my shoulder.
"She's just making sure that you two are telling the truth," she says, her eyes never looking away from my best friend and her protector.
I froze a little and looked up at her.
"But, Godaime, won't that hurt her?" I asked, still worried.
"Not if she doesn't fight it," she answers simply, her face confused as she looks at me. "How did you know I was the Godaime if you aren't from this world?"
"Well, where I come from, you all are fictional characters," I tried explaining. "You don't exist in my world except as a sort of television show and manga."
Tsunade's eyes widen and her face is troubled for a moment.
"You are the first people to fall from your world, correct?" she asks, still not looking at me.
"I think, I dunno," I answered, looking away from the stressed out Hokage and back towards Shizune and Heather.
"We just must hope that none of our enemies fall from our world into yours, though you and He-ther-" she started.
"Heather," I corrected her.
"Heather," she says over again. "May be of some use to us."
I nodded and Shizune released Heather.
My friend glared at the medic nin, saying, "You could've asked; you didn't need to share all my childhood memories since I was THREE!"
Shizune shrugged and looked back towards Tsunade, her eyes troubled too, telling her, "What Molly says is true; they do not come from our world. It doesn't even resemble our own world and they've only had contact with our world through the television and manga series which was surprisingly accurate...and about Naruto-kun."
Tsunade nodded, her eyes becoming more troubled at this news and she glanced back towards us.
"How much do you know about us?" she asked, turning her face towards the wall, masking her emotions.
"More than I would like to about some people..." Heather muttered, her eyes glaring off into the corner.
I lay back on my pillows and stared at the ceiling.
"I used to know a lot about everyone," I answered truthfully, "but now, I don't really remember that much; it's been a while since I've watched or read anything that has to do with Naruto."
Tsunade shrugged and glanced over at Shizune; her eyes were filled with questions, but she kept them to herself.
"Did you learn anything?" she asked her quietly.
"Only that Heather has enough chakra to become a shinobi and a good one at that," was all she said. "Molly probably has potential too."
Tsunade shook her head slowly, but closed her eyes, considering. When she looked back at us, her face was serious.
"We have a shortage of good nin at the moment; you two are way too old to start training to be shinobi, but we'll give you a shot," Tsunade said, turning her face away again. "I will send someone to the Hyuuga compound tomorrow morning with instructions on your senseis and such. You will be allowed to stay in Konoha and become citizens, if you wish, while you are visiting our world. By the looks of it, you're ready to leave with the Hyuugas now, so as the Godaime and Head Medic Corps, I release you from the hospital. I will talk to you two later and please do not let word get out of where you are from; for now, you will be two girls seeking citizenship into Konoha from the Wave Country."
Tsunade turned and walked out the door, leaving Shizune behind to finish up with the medical tests; Hinata and Hanabi peered around the door at us and then came in...followed by the baka-teme, Neji.
"So you two are staying; this'll be fun!" Hanabi promised, grinning.
"Yeah, whoopie," I said, burying my face back into my pillows.
#Tsunade's POV#
'We need them to stay,' I thought as I walked down the hall quickly, not meeting anyone's eyes or greeting anyone back. 'No one can know any of the secrets of Konoha and those two girls are a liability, but we might need them in the future...who knows, maybe people will like them too.'
#Neji's POV#
'Well, now, we will be talking about how two foreigners who obviously arent from anywhere in the Fire Country came to be knocked out inside the gates of the Fire Countrys ninja village without any of the shinobi knowing that the two girls, who had NO training, obviously and apparently, got inside in the first place!'
'So they're not shinobi, they're not from Konoha, or even anywhere in Fire Country for the matter. So where are they from, and how did they get here?' I thought as I looked both girls over from the door.
Shizune began to speak, "Tsunade-sama said they were free to go."
'Nani?' I thought, I felt my right eye twitching somewhat. "Demo-"
"Oh don't be so fussy, Neji-san!" Hanabi chimed waving her finger at me. "It's gonna be fun, you and Hinata are so boring all the time! These two girls are funny!"
I scoffed and Hinata sulked. 'These girls are just going to be two big problems.'
"Um, Shizune-san, do we have any clothes besides these?" Heather inquired looking down at her hospital clothes.
"Oh, yes, in the wardrobe over there," Shizune said pointing to the closet in the corner. "Your other belongings are in there as well."
Molly raised an eyebrow but turned to Heather and grinned, and Heather returned the gesture. "Sweet," they said together.
I shook my head; this was going to be a long few weeks. "We'll be at the front desk when you're ready." I motioned to my cousins to follow me out and Shizune followed us out as well. When she closed the door behind us and I turned to her. "Is there anything we should know about these two before we take them into our home?"
Shizune spoke almost uncertainly, "They're simple girls from Wave Country seeking citizenship here. If you'll excuse me, I have other patients to attend to." She stepped away from us and continued down the hall.
'She's lying,' I thought to myself and my eyes narrow, but my cousins seemed satisfied with this answer. 'They're not from Wave Country, I just know it. But why would they lie to us?'
Molly and Heather stepped out of the room fully dressed, in very strange clothes, if I might add, and had bags slung over their shoulders. Heather stood there silently as if waiting an order, adjusting her glasses. In the meanwhile, Molly was glaring at me, probably still upset that I wouldn't let her leave earlier.
"A-a-are you h-hungry?" Hinata asked them.
Hanabi grinned happily at the idea that had obviously just popped into her mind, "Oh, I know! We can all go to Ichiraku Ramen Bar!"
Heather beamed and looked at Molly knowingly. "That sounds great," she said and Molly nodded in agreement.
Hanabi grabbed their arms and began pulling them down the hall, babbling on. "And Hinata and I will have to take you two shopping of course. No offence but you'll stick out like a sore thumb in those clothes. Hinata didn't we see a few cute outfits in that one shop on the way here? We should stop there and look-"
I reached up under my headband and massaged my temple in attempt to sooth the sudden headache that began to rack my brain. Something told me we weren't heading home anytime soon.
#Heather's POV#
I looked around in awe at the somewhat familiar streets, ignoring the strange looks the villagers gave us. I had always dreamed being able to live here; my thoughts would always get me by when my mother was yelling or something. Now I'm really here! And living with the Hyuugas! I began to pray that no one ever found a way for us to get back. Ever.
"Where is the ramen bar anyway?" Molly leaned over and whispered to me.
I scoffed and whispered back, "What did you think I use to have a map of the whole damn village?"
She put her hand up defensively. "Just asking, geez."
"Sorry," I sighed.
"Gomen," she corrected with a chuckle.
"Ah, touché!" I giggled.
"Ah, there it is!" Hanabi said. She had nearly dragged us out of the hospital. Either she was as hungry as we were, or she was just excited to make some new friends; those were my best guesses. "Come on." She lifted one of the white colored banners with red kanji on it and walking inside, Neji and Hinata at her tail. Once I brushed pasted it, I spotted a very familiar pair.
I nearly screamed, "Molly! It's-hmp!" I was interrupted by her hand acting as plaster over my mouth.
"Shut up, you moron, we're not suppose to say anything!" she snapped.
"I know but-" I stopped when she glared at me. "Fine."
