Chapter 2:

Explanations

Sakura (Jaime) looked back to face me. "So you finally woke up. I think Naruto hit you harder than he intended."

I crawled through the window with Reiya following. We slid the window shut before Naruto could get in. " What's going on Kakashi?" I asked again. He had his forehead protector on as well.

"Well?" Reiya pushed.

Kakashi sighed, "Somehow Orochimaru has been able to get around to different worlds and he's trying to take over the United States of America."

I silently laughed to myself, "What could he possibly want here?"

"We don't know, but we have to stop him."

There was a short pause, "So where do we come in?" Reiya questioned.

"Well, we knew we couldn't take on him ourselves…especially since we don't have well…"

"Sasuke," Sakura whispered to herself.

"But, even if we did have Sasuke, we would still need some help. When we met you two, we could sense an unusual flow of chakra…or at least compared to everyone else."

"Plus, you already knew who were in some freaky way," Naruto added through the glass. Reiya banged her fist on the glass where Naruto's face was, making him jolt back. When then sat there for a while, trying to absorb all this confusion.

Naruto started to bang on the window, yanking us back into reality. I slid it open. "What?!" I asked.

"Let me in!" he demanded.

"NO!" Reiya answered and pushed the window shut and locked it. Another pause followed with only Naruto's excessive banging on the glass as noise. "So why did you come to the school?" Reiya asked, breaking the awkward silence.

This time Sakura spoke, "We needed to find more about you, this world, and Orochimaru's plan. We're not sure if Sasuke is here, but there's a good chance he is."

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, we haven't seen any depressed kids with cockatoo styled hair, plotting revenge on their brother," I said.

Sakura gave me an evil glare (can you blame her?). Naruto slid the window open (he probably picked the lock) "We think he might be laying low until the right moment."

"No duh?" I said and, once again, pushed him back through the window. "And I guess that's what we're going to do…I mean, look for Sasuke?" I asked.

No answer. Not like I expected one. I mean, Sakura looked like she would strangle us any moment (probably because of the cockatoo thing).

"What happens if we find him, but he gets away?" Reiya asked.

I thought for a moment, " We could put a FBI tracker on him."

Naruto, once again, opened the window and said, "Oh yeah, I'm sure we could just say, 'Hey! Nice gun! Mind if I use it to shoot you with so we can steal one of your tracking devices?"

I sarcastically laughed and slammed the window shut in Naruto's face. There was a short silence when I opened the window. "You know, that might actually work!"

Naruto looked at me like I was crazy. I pulled him into the truck. He came in head first, so he was in his seat upside down. "Do us ALL a favor and stay like that," I told him and turned to Reiya. "You know those spy kits they have at grocery stores?"

"No."

"Well they do. If we could get one of those, we could switch it out with the one the FBI has!"

"Great idea if you want to commit suicide!" muffled to himself.

"I think it could work," Sakura agreed.

"Exactly what I meant!" Naruto said, "You just can't hear me all the way down here."

"Of course," I said and kicked him in the head. Kakashi pulled the truck over. "We'll have to postpone this conversation for awhile."

"Why?" Naruto asked, still upside down.

"Because," he said, "We're being followed.

Hours had gone by when we finally took a break to rest. Naruto pretty much feel on his face. And, I was pretty sure I heard snoring. Kakashi scanned through the trees, as expecting someone to appear. Every now and then, his hand would go to his forehead protector, then back down again.

Unfortunately, Naruto's snoring was getting louder and, as you could imagine, it was hard to concentrate. I turned him over and grabbed a nearby stick. I started to poke in the stomach saying, "Narrruto. Narruuuutooo." Until I eventually lost my patience and whacked in the stomach.

Naruto sat up with his mouth wide open. "Owww," he slowly said.

Reiya started to laugh. "How is it funny?!" Naruto asked.

"Because," Reiya said, "It's fun to watch you do stupid stuff like falling off a cliff because you were too busy reading a book."

Naruto looked to Kakashi, "Didn't that almost happen to once sensei?"

Kakashi looked at us, "That depends on what book it was…"

There was a rustle in the bushes not far from where we were sitting. "Do you think that's you-know-who?" Reiya asked.

"Well that depends on who you-know-who is," Naruto commented.

Reiya shot him a nasty glance, "I mean you-know-who from Harry Potter!"

"Voldemort?" I said.

Reiya pointed at me, "Yeah! That's it!"

Naruto turned around, "Someone's stalking us and we're saying that some Voldemort guy is following us?! WE HAVE TO BE THE SADEST SIGHT EVER!!!"

"You mean you're the saddest sight ever," I corrected.

"Do you think it could be…well…Sasuke?" Sakura asked.

I let out a sigh. "Even if it was Sasuke… its not like he's gonna swoop down and take you."

And right when I finished saying that very sentence, a blur came down and took Sakura. I stood there trying to gather what had just happened. After a few seconds, I said, "I guess we need to go get her then."

We looked around, "Where's Naruto?" Reiya asked.

"My guess…he already left, oh smart one!"

"Well, he's not getting any closer!"

When we turned to go after him, 5 Chinese stars flew by. They hit Kakashi and he died of blood loss…not really, I just wanted to scare you. Five ninja appeared out of the bushes, "SOUND NINJA?!" all three of us said at once.

Naruto was a few meters from Sakura and her captor. The tree branches were intertwined with each other, making it difficult to keep up. Naruto put his fingers in a cross-like sign and shouted, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

In seconds, ten more Narutos appeared. Naruto took one clone and put its feet in his hand. "Here we go!" he yelled and launched the clone forward. He then, launched three more after the first one. When they reached Sakura, they turned to puffs of smoke.

Naruto cursed to himself and sent the rest of the clones, only to have them turn into puffs of smoke too. Sakura slammed her fists on her captors back in distress.

The captor turned his head slightly, "Sakura…I need you to calm down."

Sakura stopped and looked in shock, "But how?" she whispered.

The sound ninja were now in a circle around the three of us. "We don't even have any weapons!" I whispered to Reiya.

"Yes we do!" she whispered back. She pulled out a small sack and opened it. Inside where some Chinese stars and kunai (spelled it the best I could). "Got them from the truck," she explained.

I took out a kunai and so did Reiya. Everyone stood there, waiting for who would make the first move. One of the sound ninja reached down for his pocket. Reiya immediately threw her kunai toward him. The kunai sunk deep into the left side of his chest.

The best se could have done was puncture a lung, which is still fatal. The ninja stood there, then his body started to turn brown and melt together. What was once a ninja, was now a pile of mud.

"Well…at least they're substitutions," Reiya said.

We turned and saw one of the sound ninja going straight for Kakashi. Then, two…three…four. He managed to avoid the first three, but the fourth one sunk a kunai into his back. "Shit," I said.

Suddenly, there was a puff of smoke and a log replaced Kakashi. "Double shit," Reiya said.

I put my fingers in a cross-like sign. Reiya looked at me puzzled. "Could work," I said.

Reiya did he same thing and we yelled, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Sakura continued to stare in shock. And no, it wasn't Sasuke, it was Kakashi. "Weren't you back there?" she asked.

"A clone was," he responded glancing back.

"So why are you pretending to kidnap me?"

"Sound ninja were following us and we had to go some how."

Sakura gave him a puzzled look. Kakashi sighed, "By taking you, I was hoping everyone would follow. The clone would just be a distaction."

Sakura looked over his shoulder, "Well, I only see Naruto."

"Oh! So it is!"

Kakashi stopped to let Naruto catch up. When he eventually did, they turned back to where Reiya and I were. They found us drawing pictures in mud with sticks. "Oh hi! We were wondering when you guys would come back," Reiya said.

Naruto's jaw had to be so low, it could go around the entire world! We went back to the truck and started to drive again. "What about that plan you were talking about earlier?" Naruto asked, "You never told us how to get the tracking device."

"Thought you might ask that my small brained one."

Naruto gave me a nasty look. "We'll need a puppeteer," I simply responded.

A giant (and a mean GIANT) smile crossed over Reiya's face.