Here's chapter 2! I tried to make it more "action packed", but I'm not a very action-y person =.='. I tried my best, so here's the fruits of my effort! I do not own Naruto or any characters of the Naruvers!

"SHE'S AWAKE!"

"Shut up! We all know that! Why are you such an idiot all the time?"

I tried to push aside the argument, since it was only contributing to my headache. After I was found by those three people, who promptly introduced themselves as "Uzumaki Naruto", "Haruno Sakura", and "Hyuuga Hinata", they took me to their nearby camp. Apparently they were on a mission to steal back a rare diamond from a thief or something, and were getting water from a lake when I fell on top of Naruto. They don't know how I got there, and truthfully, I wasn't completely sure either.

"Um… W-w-w-would you like something to eat? I mean, we have a lot of supplies." Hinata asked me tentatively.

I stared at her for a second. She seemed so frail, like if I said something even only borderline mean, she would collapse into hysteria. She had clear, white eyes, but was apparently not blind. She had a very soft voice, and long, black-blue flowing hair. She looked at me with so much concern that it was surprising that this was the first time we had met.

"Some water would be great, thanks" I said, trying to sound as polite as possible.

The other two stopped their arguing and stared at me. Even Hinata looked a bit perplexed.

"Where're you from?" Naruto asked, his face filled with confusion.

"I'm sorry, what?" I asked.

"He asked, where are you from?" Sakura answered, her face suddenly becoming very serious. "You're accent… it doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard before. It's so strange….."

"Accent? I have an accent?" I asked, trying to make sense of it all. And then it hit me, I was speaking Japanese.

Japanese? I think I'm still learning how to speak English, and now, I'm speaking JAPANESE? Ok Rini. Don't freak out. Act cool. Act cool. Who cares if these kids your age are trained mercenaries capable of assassinating a person and leaving no evidence behind? Just act natural, and while they're asleep, make a run for it! Now, say something, dammit!

"Er, nice weather we're having, huh?"

You just blew it.

If I had blinked, I wouldn't have noticed the three kunai come pointblank range, and I wouldn't have noticed how suddenly, three other Narutos appeared behind the original one, all holding weaponry themselves.

"What are you? A spy for another country? Or a mercenary, hired to take out important lives?" Sakura hissed out, anger brimming in her voice.

I didn't know how to respond, so I decided to keep my mouth shut. I guess that was the smart, because Sakura went on, talking about something about the 'Land of Fire' and 'Hokage' and some other crap. Truthfully, I zoned out, because I didn't understand what was going on. Suddenly, all of Naruto's clones disappeared in a puff of smoke, and all three of them seemed to retreat in front of me.

"What the hell's going on with that flower?" Naruto asked, pointing at the lotus that I was wearing on my hair.

It was glowing. Well, more like pulsing, but it was completely open, and it was glowing. What did Aphena said that meant again? The key was for transporting and apparently for "Defensive measures", the map was for locating pieces of glass, and the lotus was supposed to glow when….

...

That was all I remember before a horde of Tenebrae smashed through the tent, tearing up everything in their path.

"So, you're from another WORLD? Like an alien or something? That's so cool! Like, do you have alien powers or something? Or do you fly or have a flying saucer or …OW!" Naruto was silenced by his pink haired friend hitting him.

"I'm still trying to heal you! So stay still!" She said, this weird green energy coming from her hands.

"W-w-we're really sorry we attacked you." Hinata stuttered out, apparently so embarrassed she couldn't hold eye contact.

"It's alright. I mean, I did kind of bring a gang of evil monsters that want to kill me to your tent. So, even?" I said, forcing myself to smile.

Hinata looked at me and gave me a small grin. "Even."

I looked at Naruto, and felt horrible for the deep gash on his leg. He noticed me looking, and gave me huge grin.

"It's alright! I've gotten a lot of worse wounds! Besides, Sakura-chan is just about the best medical ninja in the whole wide world and- OW!"

"I SAID SHUT UP WHILE I HEAL YOU!" Sakura said, and Naruto became instantly silent. She looked like she was healing her patient more than helping him, but who was I to talk? I didn't even understand anything yet. For all I know, this could be another messed up dream.

...

The Tenebrae crashed through the tent, destroying everything in the path. The only thing I could do was stare wide-eyed, not fully being able to comprehend.

"What the hell are those things!" Shouted Naruto, and suddenly, around a hundred- no- two hundred of him appeared.

"Come on!" Sakura screamed, as she grabbed my hand and pulled me away.

My legs felt numb, but I ran. It seemed running was the only thing that I was good at. Then I remembered something. The key had a defense mechanism. Aphena said it would reveal itself when I really needed it. I really needed that defense mechanism now. I pulled away from Sakura and started running towards the large mass of Tenebrae. There might've been hundreds of Narutos, but there were thousands of them.

"Are you crazy? Come back here!" Sakura shouted after me.

Yes. I am crazy. Just about as crazy as this whole thing.

"Naruto!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

He looked back and his eyes widened with surprised. In front of him, all of his clones were popping out of existence left and right as they were being pummeled by the Tenebrae.

"What are you doing here? Go away, you'll just get yourself killed!"

"I'm going to help you, no matter what." I said.

I pulled out my key. "Please. I know you're an inanimate object, but I really need you. I know I must sound crazy and all but please! People are in danger and I…"

The key started glowing, and floating in front of me. Then, in a huge flash of light, it became huge. Like a good 5 inches larger than my 5'3" figure. Huh. Maybe I accidentally had LSD or shrooms or something? Cause this was not normal.

"How did you do that?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know…but I'm kinda glad it happened. Like, really glad." I said while I attempted to lift the key up. It was light, almost as light as a feather. I picked it up with relative ease.

"Now what?" Naruto asked, his eyes not leaving the large key.

"I don't know- WOAH!" The key spurted out a large ray of yellow light, and it hit one of the Tenebrae. The thing collapsed to the ground, and feebly tried to move, but to no prevail. Finally, the body lay limp and still. The others, looking at the one who had fallen and slowly began to retreat themselves, pulling into the nearby forest. Finally, the last one disappeared into the dense underbrush.

"Wow! That was so cool! But what were those things and why did they attack us?"

"Well it's because- You're hurt!" I said, looking down at his leg.

"Oh, yeah. But seriously, you were awesome out there. Where did you get that key? I really want one of those!"

"Let's go get Hinata and Sakura. I have some explaining to do."

...

"…and then Aphena gave me everything and I jumped. Then I guess I landed here." I said, finishing up my story.

They all stared wide-eyed at me. I can understand that it took time to digest the information, it took me a long time too. I decided to quietly drink from my cup of water while they tried to comprehend what was going on.

"So… you need to find these pieces of glass in order to defeat all these things?" Sakura asked, finally breaking the silence.

"Basically. Speaking of which, this map technically is supposed to tell me where the glass is located." I said, pulling out the blank sheet of paper.

"How can that tell you anything? It's completely blank!" Naruto said, grabbing the map from me and turning it into all possible direction and sides.

"Don't do that!" I cried, snatching it back. "It's only supposed to show itself when I say a word. It's…It's…"

I racked my brain, trying to remember the word, but nothing came to me.

"It's what?" Hinata asked inquisitively.

"Ummm. It starts with an 'a' I think."

All three of them gave a collective groan.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T REMEMBER? THE WHOLE WORLD IS IN STAKE OF BEING CONTROLLED BY THOSE THINGS, AND YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE ONE STUPID WORD THAT CAN HELP US?"Naruto said, going onto a long rant.

"Well, shouting about it won't help us now. We've got to figure that word out in the shortest possible time. I would have suggested we go look in the archives of a village, but we're miles away from any, so let's make do with our resources." Sakura said, pulling out an ancient looking book from her backpack.

"I have a book too. I don't know how useful it will be, but I guess it's better than nothing." Hinata said, also pulling out a slightly newer book from her backpack.

"What about you, Naruto?" Sakura asked the blond.

"Ummm…I have books…but I don't know if they'd be suited for this situation…" Naruto stammered, a little blush appearing on his cheeks.

"Anything's better than nothing." Sakura said, reaching towards Naruto's backpacks. She turned it upside down and dumped all of it's contents. The only "books" I saw were porn magazines. I've never seen anyone be punched so far into the distance before.

Sakura's book turned out to be interesting, but useless. It told about all the major organs of the human body, diseases and how to treat them, and even had a very random recipe on how to make chocolate that was also good for the teeth. Unfortunately, there was nothing on trying to magically make a map appear on a blank sheet of paper. Hinata's, however, proved to be more useful.

"Legends of the Ninja World. My mother gave it to me as a birthday present as a child." She said, handing it to me.

I've got to admit, ninjas probably have one of the most imaginative minds I have seen. If "imaginative" meant violent and stone cold torturous.

"I remember that one!" Sakura said, pointing to one of the stories. "That's the one where the guy went and stole money from the rich land merchant and then slit his throat!"

"And that one!" Naruto said, pointing to another story. " That's about the girl who lured men into her cave and then ate them, right?"

And they would just continue on doing this for around an hour. Man, this was a long book, and it made me think. What kind of stories did these people grow up with? Then, it caught my eye.

"This one!" I shouted.

The others looked up, startled by my loud voice, since I was mostly quiet during this time. The story I pointed to read "Hanashima and the Star Piece".

"That's probably one of the most told stories ever!" Naruto said.

"What's it about?" I asked.

"Well, a poor fisher named Hanashima had just lost his wife, and went to kill himself by jumping off of Yama, the tallest mountain in the world. Just as he was about to, he saw a beautiful shooting star. It seemed as if the star was getting closer and closer, and finally, it crashed into the ground beneath the mountain. Hanashima thought this as a sign from the heavens that he should not die, and went and gathered the star piece, and ever since then, it is said to be kept in his house in the present day Land of Sound." Hinata said.

"But what does that have to do with anything?" Sakura asked.

"Read what the description of the star piece up close is." I said.

Sakura turned to the book. "The star piece glowed brilliantly, and had a wide variety of colors. Touching it Hanashima would have sworn it was a piece of….stained…glass." Sakura stopped, her eyes widening with realization.

"It might not be true, but it sure is a good place to start." I said. "How do we go to this 'Land of Sound' place, anyways? Like, can we catch a train or something?" "What's a…train?" Hinata asked.

"No trains? Fine, how about a car, or bus, or even a horse drawn buggy?"

I was met with more blank stares.

"You guys don't have any modes of transportation? How do you get anywhere?"

"Walking, of course." Hinata replied.

"…Ok. Let's walk. How far is it?"

"Around a day's trek. But that's only if we don't get spotted by any enemies, in which the risk is high. I suggest we take a longer but safer route around the borders so we don't get caught. There's also a denser forest, and that will make sleuthing much easier." Sakura said, pulling a map out of her backpack. Everyone else nodded, so I decided to nod too.

...

"Are we there yet?" Naruto whined for the umpteenth time. I didn't blame him. I wanted to whine too, but my brain was barely functioning from lack of sleep to be able to string any words into a proper sentence. I've got to hand it to these guys. I thought my life was rough because of all the homework I got, but man, I probably couldn't spend one week in the lives of these people. Constant fear and suspicion. Carrying weapons around everywhere. And yet, they trusted each other more than anyone else I have ever met. Sometimes, I find myself envying them.

"Yes." Sakura said, putting her finger to her lips, signaling us to be silent.

I felt so tired, yet something nudged at my conscience. Something important, something I should know…

"I remember!"

"Shhhhhh!"

"Sorry." I said, lowering my voice to a low whisper. "I remember the word! It's 'aperio'!"

On that note, the piece of paper in my pocket slipped out and began unfolding itself. Lines and dots were made in all directions. Finally, one golden dot could be seen, to what I assumed to was the piece of glass, and another blinking red dot somewhat near it, which I assume to be me.

"Man. Things keep getting weirder and weirder with you." Naruto said, scratching his hair.

Sakura stared at the map intently. "Ok, it looks like it's in… Otagakure."

Everyone gasped at this.

"Ok. I have no idea what's going on, but I'll take a gander. This "Otagakure" is a place filled with a lot ninjas and bad people, and just the name is tabooed in the ninja world?" I said.

"Not exactly." Hinata said, shaking her head.

"The village was founded by a man named Orochimaru. He's dead, or at least thought to be dead, but lots of his ninja cronies are still there, and I'm sure many traps will be set around the village. Not many inhabitants are left there, and I've heard it looked like death." Sakura said.

"So, how are we gonna get in?" I asked.

The three of them smiled at each other, and made a weird sign with their hands. Suddenly, in a puff of smoke, they all transformed. Yes, transformed. Can I wake up now?

The one in the middle smiled. "We'll take you as a prisoner, and infiltrate the village. Then we'll create a large distraction while you look for that piece of glass."

The one nearest to me picked me up, and told me to act unconscious. I'll tell you, pretending to be unconscious is actually a lot harder than it looks. Hours seemed to pass as we made our slow journey across the land. Finally, we stopped. I heard people coming in front, but didn't dare open my eyes.

"Who are you?" Someone asked

"Otagakure ninjas, of course. We found this girl lurking around, and we wanted to turn her in."

There was silence. I prayed weren't caught. Finally, one person let out a loud huff and said "Go in."

"We're in." One of them whispered to me. "We'll take you to the center, and then create a loud ruckus. Sneak away when nobody is looking."

I tried to make the smallest nod possible in order to ensure nobody would notice. We kept walking for a while, until I heard a distinctively Naruto-like voice yell "NOW!", and whoever was holding me dropped me. I looked up to see all of them back to their original selves, and in an attack stance. That's when I noticed them. People, no, ninjas, were coming from everywhere. From rooftops, from behind doors, from shadows, even from the ground itself.

"Go now!" Sakura screamed, as she lunged towards one of them, her hands balled up into a fist with the distinctive green energy glowing from it. Except now, it wasn't exactly for healing.

I decided not to stay to find out what would happen to that poor man as I heard a sickening crunch when Sakura's hand impacted him. I looked to see how Hinata was doing, and her eyes were… bulging. Well, not her eyes. But the veins around her eyes. And her eyes sort of got pupil like things in the middle. It was truly a terrifying, yet awesome, sight, and if I were not on a mission at them moment, I would've just stared at them for a long time. But I didn't have that time to waste.

I crawled away from the scene, hoping not to be seen. By some stroke of luck, I wasn't. I somehow made it to a nearby tea shop, and rushed inside. I looked back outside and started backing away slowly. That is, until I backed into something.

"Oof!" It cried, and started crying. Wait a minute, start crying?

I looked back, and saw I had hit a little child, only two at most. "I'm so sorr-"

There were people. Sakura told me there were only ninjas, but there were also people. Well, a child, but where there was a child, there must have been somebody taking care of the child, right? A couple of seconds later, my thoughts were confirmed.

"Please! Don't hurt him! He's only a child!" A lady with dark brown hair came running in, wrapping her arms protectively over the kid.

"It's ok, I'm not going to hurt anyone. I'm just looking for something. Can you help me find it?"

Slowly, other people started surfacing. All looking tired, scared, and having dirt all over their clothes. They had dark rings under their eyes, and they seemed untrusting.

"Please! I heard about the legend of the Star Piece, and I need to find it! Help me, please." I begged.

The people murmured amongst themselves, and finally an old woman emerged from the crowd. Her hair was up in a white bun , and shw used a walking stick.

"Why should we trust you? And what do you want with that old legend anyways?"

"You won't believe me, but it's all true. Well, mostly, anyways. The star piece, I need to find it. If not for myself, do it for your children, and their children. I don't have time to explain, but my map tells me it's in this village, but gives no more detail. I need you." I said.

The lady stood rigid, and then sighed. "Follow me", she said, leading me to the back of the tea shop, where the entrance to what looked like an underground tunnel. "Go in. What you seek should be there."

"Thank you. You won't regret this." I said, and started down the steps.

"One more thing. Didn't anyone tell you that no civilians inhabited this city anymore?" Said the old lady, giving a sinister cackle. Suddenly, in a cloud of smoke, she transformed into a ninja.

"What? NO!" I said trying to climb back up the stairs, but for some reason, my feet had sunk into stone. I tried moving, but to no prevail.

The old lady-ninja smiled and said "Good luck, foolish one", before making some sort of sign with his hands and closing the entrance to the tunnel. I started crying. Why was I so stupid? I shouldn't have jumped! I shouldn't be here! These mental messages went on for around 6 minutes in total darkness. Then, a faint glow appeared. My lotus was glowing, and it was rapidly increasing speed. That only meant…

With my feet sunk into solid concrete, and with my eyes full of tears, I came face to face with around a million Tenebrae, their eyes looking full of hunger, their mouths open, revealing their sharp teeth. Why was I so stupid, I told myself for the millionth time that day.

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