Yay here it is. My partner and I are both working on the next chapter RIGHT NOW so it still may take a little while for us to update but we'll have the chapter.
Chapter 3
Day 1
The day, as Aoi-sensei had put it, was still young and her training would begin today and continue until the day after tomorrow. After which her training would have advanced her enough to be able to rescue Dawn. Megumi was slightly doubtful not fully believing that she would really be strong enough to break into the sound base and rescue Dawn especially if Orochimaru was there, or Sasuke.
As Megumi/Christine thought about this, Aoi lead her to a large field that was surrounded by trees.
Looking up Megumi became entranced and unknowingly wandered from her place at Aoi's side. The field was by no means the textbook definition of beauty, but it did have grass it seemed to be whittled with numerous scars from ninjas practicing and perfecting their techniques over the years. Though it seemed to have its own beauty going for it; as she observed the different types of scars, each seeming to have come from a different technique than the others giving each a bit of originality and personality.
Aoi watched her new pupil from the edges of the field while sitting on a stump in the shade. The fact that not only was herself but also her pupil, were both taken in by the haunting beauty of the field made her smile. The name, Megumi, truly fitted the girl, because to Aoi, she was honestly a blessing.
After she had mastered her training she had been looking for the proper pupil to leave her legacy of techniques and knowledge to for years. Aoi hadn't found one person that had the same ability she and Megumi possessed, or had the right kind of… heart, really. Each one of her earlier choices of pupils would have used their newfound knowledge and power for terrible reasons or had given their blood loyalty to someone who would, but she could sense that were they were too ambitious; Megumi was more hesitant and timid. She could tell that Megumi had someone that held something very valuable, her blood loyalty; and that, that person had a good heart and spirit and wouldn't abuse that.
Snapping out of her thoughts Aoi looked to see that Megumi was standing near where she was sitting having finished admiring the field and was patiently waiting for her to begin. Smiling at Megumi she began to inform her of the schedule for the next three days including today.
"Today I'll tell you about your chakra system and how to use it to enhance your body and also how it in its uniqueness will affect your body."
Seeing that Megumi was about to ask something Aoi cut her off, "Don't worry about it, I'll tell you everything you need to know. Oh and rule #1. Don't interrupt me while I'm talking about something important or in teacher mode. Okay?"
Seeing Megumi visibly shut her mouth and obediently nod Aoi continued, "Tomorrow I will teach you how to use various ninjutsu and how to effectively use your unique chakra system. I think this will be the worst day for you, I'll try to make it as easy as possible for you but I can't promise anything, Megumi."
Megumi felt slightly worried about what was to come tomorrow but just swallowed and nodded.
"Since you will have been using chakra for the past two days I'll give you a chance to replenish it by teaching you how to use the basic ninja tools so that you can use them to their full potential, ya know kunai, shuriken, and senbon; and helping you perfect your aim."
Getting up from her seat Aoi began walking towards an area in the field that was relatively free of deep scars. Megumi followed her obediently the sound of the grass, the only thing reveling her movements.
Turning around Aoi began to address Megumi, "I won't waste your time by telling you to focus your chakra to an area of your body using traditional means." Spotting Megumi's confused look she continued to explain holding up her fist to give an example, "Hold up your hand, picture the blood flowing through your body, when it reaches your hand, picture the blood begin to glow and energy surround your hand then…" Curling her hand into a fist Aoi slammed it into the ground, causing a large crater to appear.
Prompting Megumi to do the same, Aoi watched as Megumi silently began to repeat what Aoi had done not moments before; and was delighted to find that when her fist connected with the ground it made a decent sized crater, though not as large as Aoi's, it was a decent size for her first time.
Megumi looked at the crater she had caused in amazement; she hadn't thought that she would really have had the same result as Aoi-sensei. When Aoi-sensei cleared her throat she looked up to see her smiling widely before she began to explain what exactly was different about her chakra system. 'Ugh, these are going to be the longest three days of my life.' Megumi thought tiredly.
Meanwhile…
Dawn skulks as a freakishly tall man in odd garb drags her behind him, her long hair getting dirty as it rubs between her and the filthy forest floor. She gazes into the distance, thinking of Christine who hopefully got away from any idiot, bastard, predators who dared to even think about laying a hand on her Christine.
Dawn sighs out loud the sound so soft that it is barely heard by her, going unnoticed by tall dude. She puts on a bored look. 'Save or be saved', she thinks. She nods her head for a moment to think before deciding to wait for her anti-social friend to save or message her in somehow, instead of startling this guy and making a swift escape.
If she hadn't heard from Christine in about a month and a half then she would escape to go save her. Hopefully she wouldn't find a corpse instead. If that be then, she would stay in this world forever, if only to get revenge on the bastard who dared to harm her dearest friend.
Dawn softly sighs inaudibly once more, she tilts her head to the side hiding a smirk before starting to talk to freaky tall guy, purposefully raising her already child-like voice to make a soft cutesy and innocent sounding one.
"May I walk on my own, please?" she asks softly carefully hiding a disgusted smile behind a pure innocent looking one, as the idiot standing before her blushes and nods. Perverted, gross, old, pedophile, she thinks to herself, forgetting that although her body was incredibly childish looking she still appeared about 3 years older here.
He stops to wait for her as she quietly and sleekly stands up, quickly and easily getting out of the ropes tied around her wrists and body with a hidden pocket knife that she carried around. It looked exactly like a ceremonial knife, as it had delicate carvings strewn along all the edges and a blade made out of only the purest and best metal. 'Thank you Internet the place where you can buy ANYTHING.' She thought happily.
She quickly hides the knife before the man can see it. She quickly pats the dust out of her hair and brushes the dirt off her pants before looking at her surroundings for the first time.
A bare forest meets her searching and surprisingly uncaring eyes, no animals in sight or sound. She sensed no other presences aside from the older man and herself. There was no one around for quite a distance it seemed unless they were carefully hiding their presence. Dawn paused for a moment wondering how she knew that.
She shrugged, well whatever. She looked down at a puddle in front of her feet, narrowing her eyes at the fact that there were no other sights or scents that suggested it had rained recently. Her eyes widened a bit at the reflection that met her, as clear sapphire colored eyes looked back at her, like jewels.
An incredibly odd and foreign color that clashed ridiculously with her red hair and pale complexion giving her a look that could be seen as either hostile or adorable, she shook her head at herself with a frown. 'You've gotta be kidding me, I look 13 years old finally and now I look like a freak', she shook her again.
Well, whatever, she thought choosing not to care or wig out over the unchangeable and unappealing circumstances. 'Unchangeable for now anyway', she thought evilly. "Hey…" the older man called back to her from about a yard away, their backs facing each other. Her expression quickly went from cool to cute in an instant as she turned to the man, "yes, I'm coming." Dawn cooed as she ran forward a bit to him.
Yes, she would wait for Christine to find her…that would be an all-around easier plan; she definitely didn't want to lose all ways of contacting Christine in this place. She sneakily switched the cell phone in her back pocket to vibrate.
Besides, she thought grimly…she would definitely would trip and fall if she tried to run right now. She wouldn't be able to focus with this lovely scenery surrounding her…she would probably end up tripping or getting lost as she would start day-dreaming or losing focus of the things around her. She sighed, audibly this time. Better follow tall, dark, and creepy for now.
Dawn let out a loud yawn, the sound somehow coming out sounding slightly petite. Dawn grimaced slightly. She gazed off into the distance as she closely followed after the man in front of her, not really focusing on where she was going, stumbling every other step or so. She walked a few steps when she heard the man in front of her exclaim "ah…" she reacted a moment late as she ran head first into a tree to the left of the man.
She stepped back a bit seemingly unharmed, she rubbed her head softly as if quite used to it already. Dawn turned back to the man smiling sweetly, "heh, heh, sorry" she said softly, her clear eyes betraying nothing. The man bit his lip softly as though concerned before turning back "we're almost there" he stated before giving a worrying grin and stepping towards her, positioning himself close behind her.
Her body tensed automatically, her eyes barely keeping from casting the creepy man a suspicious glance. Instead she managed to smile up at the man behind her, "what's up" she asked. The man took her moments distraction to chop the nerve running along the back of her neck, still biting his lip as she slowly passed out, hissing slightly.
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Dawn slowly came to consciousness, opening her eyes to a dark cold room. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness in mere seconds, she squinted slightly as she looked at the dark cold bedroom that met her eyes. She looked down slightly to find her legs folded beside her on a soft and fluffy bed.
She smirked, not that bad a place to wake up I'd say, she thought to herself as she moved to brush her hair. She was startled to find chains restricting her arms movement when she moved though. Her back leaning against the wall, she found that chains had been latched around her wrists and held her to the wall.
The metal had obviously been attached for a while as the chains had long since risen to her temperature, so that she had not felt it at first. She shivered slightly, why was this room so damn cold, it was like someone had taken a basement cell and designed it to look like a bedroom.
Dawn slowly unfolded her legs rubbing them against each other slightly to help the blood flow through her nearly sleeping legs. She tilted her head, the chains restricting her hands making her horribly uncomfortable, as she was completely used to having her hands free and ready at all times.
She rubbed her wrists together, the most she could manage to move with the chains on. She found that if she stretched the chains out that she could lie down, however she still felt the restrictions would not let her reach the knife and cell phone she could still feel ever so slightly in her back pocket. She sighed, softly, deciding to test the restrictions.
Dawn slowly got up off the bed and walked slowly to the door across the room from her. She just about reached the door when the chains pulled her back. She smirked, oh if she could only get a hot guy in this position, the sweet look like that of a puppy begging for forgiveness from their master…not the time for that, she shook her head.
Now then, where did creepy dude go? She pondered this, sort of gazing off into the distance when the door slowly started to open. A slightly tall man entered the door, he had long hair and would almost look hot or possibly slightly feminine if it wasn't for what looked like a crappy make-up job on his face and the clothes that make him look like some kind of trashy drag-whore…is that some kind of freaky robe?
The man's freakishly long tongue came out to slide across his bottom lip. Did he think that made him look sexy or something? God, this guy needed a reality check. "Wait a sec…" Dawn muttered out loud, for the first time really focusing on the man in front of her.
"Goddess, you look exactly like Orochimaru." She stated in a bored tone. "Man that's just freaky" she stated quietly, a look of what was almost amusement showing in her eyes.
Orochimaru's gaze flicked involuntarily, "How do you know my name, child?" Orochimaru asked sharply.
Dawn hid her shock as the realization dawned on her, as to the dimension that Christine and she had TRIPPED INTO. However, a plan was quickly being constructed in her mind.
"Well, Lord Orochimaru…" Dawn stalled for but a moment as she finished formulating her plan. "There is something I feel I must discuss with you, my Lord." Dawn spoke softly, almost tauntingly.
Orochimaru raised his eyebrows in acknowledgement. "However, if I may be so bold as to first ask a question, my Lord?" Dawn gently inquired. "Does Sasuke Uchiha happen to be in your possession, my Lord?" Dawn asked slowly, needing to know how far the plot had progressed in this world.
"Tsssss" Orochimaru hissed, slightly angered as his tongue flicked out across his cracked parted lips. "The Uchiha brat refused outright to join me more than 3 years ago…"
"Ooh, so the all-powerful Uchiha isn't as such a bastard as I thought" Dawn exclaimed. Orochimaru hissed at this but chose to ignore it; Dawn held in a snicker at his scornful face.
Orochimaru hissed once more in annoyance, "How do you know my name, child" Orochimaru once more asked, a hint of threat sneaking into his voice; Dawn softly upturned her lips.
"I am the best fortune-teller in this world-"She pauses to silently snicker at the irony of "this world". "Is that so? Tell me my child, what is your name?" Orochimaru eagerly inquired.
Dawn hid her smirk at the child-like anticipation that the older man before her now showed. "My name is Minako, My Lord". Orochimaru raised his eyebrows and put on a look of disinterest, not managing to hide the conniving look that shone through his eyes.
He hissed slightly. "I will speak to you about this matter later…Minako" he tried out the name slowly rolling it on the tip of his tongue, sending chills of disgust down Dawn's spine.
"For now, however I shall leave you, Kabuto will arrive shortly with your dinner" He continued, as if trying to sound kind. Needless to say, he totally just looked creepier, Minako noted. She smiled slightly; 'better get used to that name as soon as possible', she thought.
Three days later…
Megumi who in the past three days, had become slightly more muscular and tan from training from dawn to dusk with Aoi-sensei so she could become a skilled enough ninja to save her friend from the sound base.
She stood alongside her sensei facing a forest which unlike the one she had trained within, held almost no signs of life and the atmosphere was definitely less welcoming then the forest she had trained in… it felt almost sinister.
Aoi grudgingly left Megumi with directions to the sound hideout and a variety of supplies ranging from weapons to food and even to multiple doses of sleeping powder and poison, along with new clothes that were better suited for a shinobi to wear than what Megumi had been wearing before.
Following the directions Aoi-sensei gave her, Megumi soon came upon a strange complex which seemed to produce waves of the sinister energy she felt while traveling through the forest. She guessed was the sound base; cautiously entering, wary of any traps, and also at the fact that there didn't seem to be any sound ninja, or any one for that matter.
She silently crept through the halls trying to be as quiet as possible while she checked all the rooms she came across for any signs of Dawn.
After searching what seemed like over 50 rooms Megumi closed her eyes and focused on finding Dawn's chakra like Aoi-sensei had taught her.
Sensing Dawn's presence in the farthest recesses of the eastern wing of the hideout, Megumi, who had been searching in the west wing, turned around and began to run to the east wing, where Dawn was located.
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Minako sat bored out of her mind in the same room she had woken up in three days ago, she had just finished eating the meal that Kabuto had brought her and was laying on her back staring at the ceiling when she felt her heart skip a beat. In that moment she felt Christine's presence in the hideout over in the western wing.
'That idiot, she's in the wrong wing! And it's about time she got here I was bored out of my mind' Minako thought critically while she made sure she had all of her possessions with her; she stared angrily at the single chain that connected her ankle to the wall, it was the only thing in the way of her freedom and her reunion with Christine. Minako then proceeded to sit on the bed and impatiently wait for Christine to find her and break her out of this hideout.
When Megumi entered the east wing of the hideout she once again focused on Minako's chakra so that she wouldn't have to search each of the rooms that she came across and lessen the chance of accidently running into Orochimaru or Sasuke.
When she finally reached the room where Minako was being kept she was met with the sight of her best friend who had her left ankle chained to the wall sitting on a bed, but was otherwise unharmed.
"Dawn! I'm so glad you're okay!" Megumi began as she approached Minako, before she was forced to dodge an axel kick aimed for her stomach by Minako, her victory was short lived when Minako quickly retaliated and punched her in the head instead, Megumi having not noticed the attack was sent sprawling to the floor; while Minako exclaimed, "You're late!" before she gathered up a still dazed Megumi in her arms and hugging her.
After regaining her bearings Megumi hastily struggled out of Minako's grip, Megumi rarely being a fan of physical contact. Hardly sparing the chain on Minako's ankle, as quickly as she could, Megumi focused chakra in her hand and severed a small portion of chain from the wall, about seven links remaining attached to her ankle. Minako frowned shortly, great, just enough to trip over later.
Looking at each other they both decided to save any talking until they got a safe distance away from the base, and they both broke out into a run, eager to get out of the hide out.
Megumi and Minako ran around for about thirty more minutes, basically running around in circles Minako stopped which caused Megumi to do the same. "Hey…"Minako started "don't you know where the exit is?"Minako finished suspiciously. "…uh…of course I do…don't you trust me?" Megumi asked hesitantly, Minako stared at her, seeming to pierce her with her gaze, "No." she replied bluntly.
"Well shouldn't you remember the way out from when you were brought here?" Megumi questioned crossly.
"No, I was knocked out before I even entered the base." Minako deadpanned. "Oh." Megumi responded. "So we're lost." Minako stated looking angrily at Megumi.
Trying to appease Minako, Megumi countered, "No, we're not lost. We're just wandering around and we just happen to have no idea where exactly we are or where the exit is; very different from being lost, Dawn."
The sound of a nearby explosion prevented they're conversation from progressing any further, and at the sound of footsteps both of them broke out into a sprint. In their frenzied attempt at getting away from the source of the footsteps, Megumi caught Minako's attention and pointed to a room for them to hide in and hope that whoever causing the noise would run by without checking the room.
Minako quickly opened a door and dove in without checking the room for people, due to her rashness she slammed her head along with the rest of her face and body into the person who had been standing right behind the door.
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A pair of onyx eyes widened at the impact of a small red haired and blue eyed girl running into him; before his eyes became slightly clouded over by the pain the impact resulted in. He instinctively caught the odd looking female in his arms as she was knocked out from the impact of her forehead against his chin.
Megumi was shocked to see Uchiha Sasuke holding Minako while standing in the doorway that Minako had chosen, 'Dawn has some really sucky luck, eh? Looks our world isn't the only one that hates her' Megumi thought used to Minako's bad luck.
Quickly as to at least attempt to catch him off guard, Megumi once again concentrated chakra into her hand, and threw a punch at Sasuke's face.
Much to Megumi's relief Sasuke quickly dropped Minako to block the blow aimed towards his face. Instead of following through with the punch Megumi quickly caught Minako before she could hit the ground and proceeded to carry her over her shoulder while running as fast as she could in an effort to get as far away from Sasuke as possible.
Sasuke stood in the doorway still slightly dazed at the strange encounter with the two females. Sakura, one of the members of the team sent to eliminate Orochimaru, came up behind him, "Sasuke-kun, are you alright? Did something happen?"
Snapping out of his dazed state Sasuke shook his head while calmly answering, "No."
Naruto, who was also a member of the team, along with the rest of Team 7 including the now permanent member, Sai; came up behind Sakura and impatiently stated, "Come on Sasuke quit blocking the way!"
Sai just observed the scene calmly from his position inside the room.
Sasuke calmly responded to Naruto's statement while he removed himself from the doorway, "Shut up, idiot."
Sasuke didn't bother to mention his encounter with the two females to the rest of the team, and they continued in their search for Orochimaru.
Seemingly by magic Megumi found the exit as she dashed madly through the hallways of the sound base.
It was the exact moment that Megumi found the exit that Minako chose to wake from her state of unconscious. "Bishies~…GAH!" Minako woke with a start as she was messily being carried over her friend's shoulder, the cuff around her ankle jangling against the links.
Minako sighed as Megumi roughly dropped her on the ground outside the base. Minako rose slowly rubbing the sore spot on her butt. "Thanks a ton." She said unattractively.
"No problem, buddy" Megumi replied happily. "Name?"Minako asked, hoping Megumi had the foresight to give a different name to anyone she had encountered in this world.
"….huh?" Megumi replied confused. "What name have you been going by?" Minako asked impatiently. "Oh…OH! Um…Megumi?" Megumi replied quickly. "Great, my name is Minako." Minako said, choosing not to question how she had gotten the name, seemingly out of thin air. 'Sharpest knife in the drawer she is not', Minako thought to herself.
However, she was incredibly intelligent…in studies, reason and thinking things out which was something Minako rarely did. Although Megumi was too shy and timid to be able to survive on her own without someone she could rely on, this person happened to be Minako.
Minako wandered over to a near-by stream and took out her cell phone before proceeding to stumble and drop it in the stream. Minako looked up slightly to Megumi, "well…at least we have yours." She stated calmly, already quite used to this. Megumi quickly looked down at the ground, "uh…right" she replied hesitantly. Minako looked at her suspiciously, "Megumi…"
"Fine, fine, fine; I left it in your room." She stated quietly averting her eyes hoping to not bring about Minako's wrath.
"What!" Minako exclaimed angrily, Megumi backed away in case Minako decided to take her anger out on her, but luckily for her Minako repressed her violent tendencies and instead face palmed.
Motioning for Megumi to follow her Minako began to walk in the direction where the portal that had taken them to this world and see if they could find it and get back out, "Come on we need to see if we can find it."
"It?" Megumi tilted her head, confused.
Minako turned her head around to give Megumi the, are-you-an-idiot-you-know-exactly-what-'it'-is look before continuing in the direction towards where the portal had been located. It's amazing how her eyes could carry on a conversation.
Widening her eyes in realization Megumi nodded and resumed following Minako through the silent forest.
When they finally reached the clearing they had landed in when they TRIPPED in to the strange hole; Minako began searching for the hole they had entered this world through.
Unknowingly they had attracted the attention of the team of leaf shinobi, who they had passed by, unknowingly of course, and were currently be watched as they examined the small clearing which still contained traces of the unusual chakra.
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Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Sai stealthily hide among the branches and watched the two girls.
Sasuke warily watched the brown haired girl who had faked a punch at his face in order to get him to let go of her companion; thinking of her his eyes wandered to observe her. Now watching her movements he was noticed her wavy red hair and caught a glance of sapphire blue eyes; he wasn't sure whether to find the short girl extremely cute or creepy.
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"Please, oh please tell me you still have the runes." Minako pleaded. Megumi nodded, "Oh, yeah I do." "Thank the heavens!" exclaimed. "Why don't we hurry up and find the portal, once your finished thanking the heavens of course." Megumi remarked impatiently. "Yeah, we need to find it fast." Minako agreed and continued to search for the portal.
"Have you found it yet?" Minako questioned after a few minutes of searching. "Yeah, then I hid it away so that we could search for the darn thing together forever. Of course I haven't found it yet!" Megumi replied snidely.
"Found what?" An unknown voice questioned the two.
Immediately responding out of habit Minako practically yelled while turning around, "Don't you know what we're talking about?!"
At seeing the source of the voice and the multiple people accompanying it, Minako froze for a moment before whipping out her knife and getting into a defensive crouching position, keeping her knife arm in front of her to allow her to easily block or attack.
Seeing that the group hadn't had enough time to fully register her movements or her weapon Minako quickly hid it behind her back while she stood up to assume a more relaxed stance, while stealthily taking off one of her earrings she innocently answered the voice while alerting the ever unobservant Megumi who still hadn't turned around due to her concentration on finding the portal and that she was very much used to Minako's random angry yells, but whose body had tensed just now sensing the ninjas; "My earring!"
Turning stiffly around her body still tense Megumi smoothly recovered responding, "You found it?"
"Yup, just a moment ago!" Minako chirped happily, dangling the earring in front of Megumi before putting it back in her ear, thoroughly ignoring the four male ninjas and lone kunoichi who were also standing in the clearing with herself and Megumi.
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The whole team watched stoically as the two girls bickered, he could tell that they were wondering what the girls had meant by the runes and portal. Deciding that neither one of them were much of a threat he, along with the rest of the team stepped out from their hiding places and after getting a nod of approval from the team he critically eyed the two as they quarreled, thinking exasperatedly, 'Oh god, I don't need to deal with these two idiots right now.'
Forcing himself to sound somewhat interested he questioned the two with his eyes narrowed, "Found what?"
He was slightly surprised when the smaller girl with long red hair turned around and practically shouted at him as she swiftly turned around, "Don't you know what we're talking about?!"
When she caught sight of him and the rest of team seven she almost immediately fell into a fighting stance with a small, finely decorated knife held out in front of her, as soon as she got into the stance she straightened up, hiding the knife behind her back and quickly taking off one of her earrings, she made it appear as if she had never assumed a fighting stance. She moved so fast that he didn't think anyone in the team had noticed it except himself and perhaps Sai.
His eyes narrowing even further Sasuke observed the red head's, to him, obvious plan to get them to pass them off as a threat and move on, but due to her earlier fighting stance and her and her dark haired companion's presence at Orochimaru's base, that was now fairly unlikely.
He, along with the rest of team seven and Sai watched as the two girls spoke with each other in hushed tones that were barely heard by the Konoha ninja, the only thing giving them away was the dark haired girl's tense body and glances towards the group.
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As stealthily as she could Megumi motioned for Minako to give her the knife Minako currently held behind her back. Minako mouthed 'why', unsure of Megumi's intentions.
Megumi edged closer to Minako before she began to quietly explain, "I might need to draw some blood for an escape technique and it would look suspicious if I took out a weapon right now."
Nodding her head slightly, Minako handed Megumi the blade as inconspicuously as possible.
Noticing Megumi's hesitance at performing the technique Minako tried to save her the trouble by trying to leave the area without causing a scene.
Once again putting up her fake personality Minako waved to the ninjas cutely and said, "Well… Bye!"
Foolishly the two turned their backs to the ninja and began to power walk out of the area, both resisting the urge to run away from the ninjas.
Okay there it is I think this is my longest chapter EVER so far that is.
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