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Okay. This is a story from a dream I had that randomly popped into my mind while I was spacing out in class. If it gets deleted, I WILL be p*ssed. Enjoy.
Chapter 1
"Beth! Hey! Wait for a second!" Ashton yelled as she finally caught up to her friend. "I could hear you running again. That dog chain isn't really good for stealth." Beth replied. "Well, excuse me for keeping close the only thing that gives me any hope anymore." Ashton said, giving Beth a joking look. "It's not like there's much to worry about, anyway. Why need stealth? At least this way you can dodge when I'm running at you." Ashton said as she messed with the military dog chain she had gotten from her father. Ashton was a relatively short girl, about only five feet tall, with short hair, cut slightly above her chin. Thing about Ashton, she dressed like a boy. She wore those kinds of shorts that went down to her knees with extra pockets on them and kind of baggy, comfortable shirts. Ashton's biggest strength was her strength. She could easily lift her 185 pound father, and she could lift her mother even when she was eight. She had a love for martial arts and hand-to-hand combat. In addition to her father's dog tag from the military, she kept many useless charms on it. A lock, a key to it, a blue stone bead, and a charm with a cross on it made from silver. She also kept her school ID on it, which she was probably going to burn later. She didn't want to remember a single thing about this place. She hated it. Beth, though, was a little more neutral about school. Beth was a slightly taller than Ashton, about five-three, with medium length black hair pulled back into a ponytail. She dressed slightly more feminine, with knee-length shorts as well, but with a more girlish stitching and the typical kind of t-shirts with short girlish sleeves and feminine patterns. She liked most of the things about school that Ashton hated, and Ashton…well, she hated the things Beth hated. Ashton hated a lot of things. Too many to explain. And Beth, she was okay with schoolwork, and teachers bossing her around. Both being things that Ashton hated. Ashton didn't like anything about school. To her, it was just another day of loud kids, annoying teachers, work, and disgusting lunches that always felt like there was a rock in her stomach if she ate them. Beth actually liked the schoolwork, and the teachers. Since Ashton never wanted to eat the lunches, so Beth sometimes wondered if she was going to starve herself. But that wasn't the case. Ashton ate well, when she was at home. Beth knew that, but still wondered. "So!" Ashton said. "So" being a quirk of hers, since she sometimes put it at the beginning of a sentence. "When am I gonna see you next?" Ashton asked, dreading the coming summer and not being able to see her friend. "well, my dad will probably want to work on the land a lot, and my mother is kind of strict. So I guess I'll just ask when I have a free weekend, and see if I can come over." Beth replied, looking straight ahead as they walked toward the buses.
Then everything turned black.
"what the he-" Ashton Shouted as a dark portal opened up in the blackness. "What the…what is that?" Beth asked, staring at the unknown swirling doorway. "…let's just get out of here." Ashton said, walking away from the portal. "Where will we go? It's not like we can see anything." Beth pointed out, gesturing toward the darkness that surrounded them. "Maybe if we keep walking, we'll get somewhere. I just want to get out of here. The more I look at that thing, the more I think we should go through. And that's probably a bad idea, in case you haven't noticed." Ashton stated, looking a bit nervous. "Yeah…" as Beth started to follow her friend. They walked for a few minutes, the minutes feeling like hours, only to return to the strange-looking portal. "wait, what the? Were still at the same place!" Ashton yelled, beginning to become frustrated. "maybe we really should go through?" Beth asked, curiosity overcoming her usual logic. "ya think? Yeah…let's go!" Ashton yelled, a little more excited than she had led on.
Once they had passed through the portal, they were suddenly caught by a bright ray of sunlight. "agh…the sun gives me a headache!" Ashton exclaimed, covering her eyes. All of a sudden, loud-mouthed blond boy wearing goggles on his head ran into Ashton. "What the hell? Walk much, dumbass?" Ashton stated, immediately regretting the first impression. She actually hated to be rude. "What? Oh, sorry! But you were in the way!" the boy shouted back. "Well, you could at least watch where you're going! Take that to mind, stupid!" Ashton immediately snapped. "urgh…I don't have time for this!" the boy yelled, running away. "Well…I wonder where we are." Beth said, gazing at the oddly familiar scenery. "What the…?" Ashton trailed off, also admiring the familiar landscape. "are we…in Naruto?" Beth said, slightly louder than intended. It took them a moment to realize that most of the people were staring at them. "Oh…sorry!" Ashton yelled, dragging Beth out of the large crowd. "hm…where…should we go? I know, or, at least I'm pretty sure that we're in the Naruto world." Beth said, slightly puzzled. "Um…you're in Konoha." A quiet voice said. Ashton and Beth turned to see who it was. It was a girl with black hair, in a slightly odd style. She had pearly eyes, but no pupils. "I..I'm Hinata. i…I've never seen you…around here before." She said, with nervousness or fear, neither of them could tell. "hm. My name is Ashton. It's good to know that there is one kind person in this weird town! Oh, and this is Beth. Or Yima." Ashton said. Yima was Beth's middle name. her mother was Taiwan, and her father was American, so she had both an American and Asian name. "i-it's nice to meet you." Hinata said, slightly bowing her head. "So…can you tell us where we should go? We're kinda lost, in case you haven't noticed." Beth said, as friendly as she could. "Oh! Aren't you students of the ninja academy? Wait…you already have your headbands." Hinata pointed out. "Wait…where'd these come from?" Ashton asked, eyeing a headband on her left upper arm with a music note on it. Beth had a headband as well, on the same place, but it had kind of an hourglass-type shape on it. "Oh…maybe you should go see the Hokage…" Hinata suggested. "Uh…we have no idea where to go. Can you point the way?" Beth asked. "mhm. That way." Hinata said, pointing deep into the town. "Thanks." Ashton stated with a little nod, and headed toward the building Hinata had pointed to, with Beth following. It had been a few minutes before they reached the building, and they walked in they saw someone at a desk near the entrance and walked up to them. "Can you tell us exactly where we are?" Ashton asked. The person seemed to be eyeing the headbands they wore. "You are in Konoha." She stated. "I would like to ask you to see the Hokage." She requested, still looking at the headbands. "hm? Ok." Beth replied. They were led to a rather large office and were instructed to wait by the doorway. As they did so, the lady entered the room and muttered something to, who they assumed, was the Hokage. After a brief confirmation, they were instructed to enter the room. "hello." They were greeted by an old man, sitting behind a desk. "I am the Hokage. And…I can see you come from different villages." He said, looking at the headbands around their arms. "Could you tell me what rank you are?" he asked. They both stared at him blankly. "I'm sorry, sir, but…we don't know what you're talking about." Ashton stated, looking puzzled. "You…don't know?" he repeated, looking at them questioningly. "Yes, sir. We don't know where we are, or how we got here. All we know is that when we appeared, we had these strange headbands around our arms." Ashton explained, wondering if she should choose her words more carefully. "…you seem to have lost your memory…" he replied, still looking at them. "We will instruct someone to escort you to the hospital." He stated immediately. "Yes…sir." Ashton replied uneasily. Soon afterwards, the hokage whispered something to someone standing beside him, who immediately disappeared, only to return with several people who then escorted them out of the room. Soon after leaving the building, they were headed down the street, toward what they guessed was the hospital. They entered the room to see a few receptionists, and some people in the lobby, not much. "Yes…we need a brain scan." One of the escorts explained. They murmured something else, but neither of the girls could hear what it was. "yes." The receptionist smiled and stood up, coming around the counter and toward them. "I will lead you to your room." She said, with a sweet smile. Beth guessed it was to keep them calm. Ashton thought the same thing. Soon they were being led down the halls of the building, soon stopping at a door. "Room 204…brain scanning?" Ashton thought aloud. "We aren't hurt." Beth said, trying to convince the woman. "Don't worry, they will just see if they can access your lost memories, with a type of medical jutsu. Completely harmless. " The woman said, wearing the same painted-on smile. The woman opened the door and Ashton and Beth immediately entered. "The doctor will be with you in a moment." The woman said cheerfully, closing the door. Ashton sat down on the chair in the corner of the room, and Beth sat on the hospital bed. "What do you think they'll be looking for, exactly?" Ashton asked, surveying the room. "I don't know. I know about the whole rank issue and stuff, but how we got here, that's still my main focus." Beth replied, also observing the room. "Well…as far as I can tell…we are in the Naruto world. And that boy that ran into me…I'm pretty sure he was Naruto." Ashton said, contemplating the situation. "Yeah…everyone says we're in Konoha." Beth added, trying to understand it. "Hello?" a female voice said. Ashton and Beth fell silent as the doctor entered the room. "Well, from what I understand, you two seem to have lost your memory." The doctor stated, eyeing the reports she held. "Heh. There's nothing to worry about." The doctor said, doing a strange hand sign and approaching the girls. The doctor's hands started to glow a strange green-blue color. She placed her hands close to Beth's eyes and forehead. The doctor closed her eyes, and after a few moments, opened them with surprise. "Hm. This is very interesting. You seem to be a jounin! And at twelve years old! This is very surprising! I was sure that if there was a ninja like you, we would have heard of you by now…you are originally from the sand village. It didn't say anything in your memory bank, but the headband says so…" She said in astonishment. Then she did the same to Ashton, and closed her eyes. A few moments passed and she opened her eyes, surprised as well. "Oh my! You're a jounin too! Two twelve-year old jounins! And it also seems that you are a pair. A two man team. But…you were from the village of the sound…did you two run away?" she asked, this becoming a growing concern, as far as either of them could tell. "…I don't know. I don't remember." Ashton said to the doctor. "In your memory bank, there are some hints at it. You should just make that your story until you can remember. Also…you both…have demons inhabiting your bodies. Wolf demons. One-tailed-silver, and two-tailed-blue wolf demons." She stated, then pointed to Ashton. "You are the one-tailed-silver." She explained, and then pointed to Beth. "And you are the two-tailed-blue." She said, her face now showing a hint of fear. "You may now leave. Please come again. And by the way, if it's anything about memory, ask for me. My name is Dr. Yuuki." She said, and then exited the room. Ashton and Beth sat there for a moment, contemplating what they had just heard. "…demon…wolf…jounin…" Ashton listed the things running through her mind. "This…is not normal." Beth said, thinking of what to say next. "Should we report to the Hokage?" Ashton asked, not sure of what their next move would be. "…let's just go see if our escorts are still down there." Beth said, trying to be reasonable. Ashton and Beth exited the room and headed down the hall to the lobby where the escorts were waiting for them. "…they told us everything. You ran away, or, you were never there at all, but you are jounins. You are welcome to stay in this village." One of the female escorts said, a friendly look on her face. "Thanks…" Ashton replied, she couldn't think of anything else to say. "But…we have nowhere to stay. We have no money, and no job." Beth stated, trying to think of what to do. "…the Hokage will assign you a mission, and you will be paid for it." One of the male escorts explained, trying to sound comforting. "…alright…" Ashton muttered under her breath, just enough for him to hear. It took a few minutes to reach the Hokage's office. "Sir, we will give a full report." The female escort said, and started to explain everything they were told by the doctor. After a few moments, there was a silent confirmation, and the Hokage directed them over. "You two…seem to have interesting abilities. You will have a mission coming up soon. It is a low-ranked mission, but it will pay enough for you to rent an apartment." He explained. "The chunin exams are coming up soon…and I need you to supervise them along with the other jounins." He said. "Alright…when is this mission?" Ashton asked, kind of excited. "In two weeks. Until then…I will provide some money. Besides the headbands, you don't have a case, either." The Hokage stated, signaling one of the escorts to bring them. Soon the escort returned with two small blue cases. Ashton and Beth looked around the room to other people to see how to put it on and they both attached it to their right upper leg. "Thanks…" Ashton said, not sure what they were for, but that they needed them. She opened the case and found some knives and throwing stars. "Kunai and shuriken…" Beth thought out loud. "Yes…well, you don't have one of those jackets, either." The Hokage said. "um…we don't need them. We like to make our enemies think we are genin and underestimate us, so we can kill them." Ashton explained. "…all right…" the Hokage replied uneasily. "but how will people in this village know you are jounins?" he asked. "…fine. We need a jacket." Beth agreed, and soon one of the escorts brought two jackets. Ashton and Beth put them on and waited for the Hokage to speak. "…it seems that you will be living in this village, so you need some money so you can afford a place." He said, signaling another one of the escorts to bring some money. The escort soon returned with a small bag of money and handed it to them. "Thank you." Ashton and Beth said simultaneously. "It's alright." He replied, and dismissed them from the office. "…that guy was really nice, huh?" Ashton asked on the way out of the building. "Yes, we should be very thankful." Beth replied. "…which of these is an apartment building?" Ashton asked, unable to make out the signs that were, unfortunately, in Japanese. "uh…let's just ask someone." Beth suggested. They walked up to a girl with pink hair to her middle back, green eyes, and a big forehead. "Hey…can you tell us which of these is an apartment building?" Ashton asked the girl. "haha! You seriously can't read?" the girl blurted out. "That's hilarious!" she almost yelled. "Look! Shut up and listen. We are from America! Ever heard of it? We read English, stupid! In case you haven't noticed, I'm not Asian, and neither is she!" Ashton exclaimed, pointing to Beth. Beth nodded and took a small book out of her pocket and showed it to the girl. "oh…you're American…sorry!" She shouted, seeing that Ashton was ready to break her in half. "Hm. Now will you please tell us which is an apartment building?" Ashton asked, with the distinct look of kill on her face. "Y-yes. It's that way!" She pointed to a large building in the middle of town. "thanks." Ashton said, calming down. "By the way…my name is Sakura." The girl said, seeming oddly friendly. Ashton nodded, "My name is Ashton, and this is Beth. It's nice to meet you. "…are you two jounins?" Sakura asked, surprise on her face. "Yeah…what of it?" Ashton asked. "nothing. It's just…strange…see you around." said Sakura, turning to go to the academy. "Thanks, again!" Ashton Yelled before turning to go to the apartment building, as Beth followed. After a few moments, they entered the large building and walked to the front desk. "We would like to rent an apartment." Beth said, trying to sound professional. "…four hundred dollars per month." The person answered. Ashton and Beth turned to check if they had enough. They had enough to rent, enough for a few meals, and enough for supplies. They paid the man and got their room key. "Room 308." The man added as they were turning. "Thank you." Ashton said, turning to leave. It took a little searching, but they found it. Once they entered the room, they were a little surprised. It was organized and sanitary, unlike what they expected. "This will be fine. It looks comfortable enough. There are two bedrooms, so that works." Ashton said, looking around. "Yes, it's a good living arrangement." Beth added. "There are two bathrooms as well. It's nice, considering we are the only ones living here." Ashton stated. "One more thing…we don't have any other outfits." Beth reminded. "We should go buy some." Ashton suggested. "It shouldn't cost too much, since I normally wear a plain black or blue shirt, and some of those boyish shorts. You wear a white jacket, and some knee-length feminine shorts. That shouldn't be too bad." Ashton thought out loud. "yeah." Beth replied. After observing the room, Ashton stuck the key in one of her extra pockets, buttoned it, and they went out. They went to a girl's store first, for Beth, and luckily, she got several outfits for cheap. After spending an hour in that store, Ashton and Beth went to a boy's store. All the clothes Ashton needed were, luckily, at a good price. All in all, they still had enough left to buy other things they needed. They went to the grocery store and bought everything they needed and found necessary. After having done all that, they had enough to last the coming two weeks. They returned to their apartment and set everything up. They felt like they were gonna be here a while…