I do not own Naruto! Or any of the music in this fanfic! I will do my best to cite my music sources in the end of the chapters in the A/N! I do, however, own the OC's.
After staying here for a couple of days, I headed off to Kirigakure. I walked into the village, and the Kirigakure ninja all stared at me. Oh, yeah. I'd put my Konoha and Suna clothes in my closet and was now dressed like a street urchin.
I repeated the process of jutsu research in Kirigakure that I had in Suna, and it worked surprisingly well. Nobody suspected a thing, and I was shocked to find a Kaguya clan female in the crowd.
"Hey! Hey, wait!" I called out, and she took off running. I performed my jutsu and caught up to her in ten seconds flat. "You're a –"
"Meet me later. I'd get killed if they knew," she murmured, and I nodded. Kimimaro would be so happy that he wasn't the only one – I'd probably just saved his life and his clan.
"Right. Sorry. My mistake," I said, and the two of us parted. I looked around, headed to an abandoned building, and performed the numerous doppelgangers needed to spy on the village. Right as I was about to ship them off, though, a new voice showed up.
"You've made quite the reputation for yourself," he said angrily. I whirled around to face Pein himself, and I froze. He wasn't supposed to come in until Shippuden! Shiz, man! "Who are you working for? Why did you kill the Kazekage?"
"I didn't! It wasn't me, I swear! I don't even know what she looks like!" I said quickly, and he froze.
"She? Well, this proves that you're innocent. You can't even figure it out on which sex and appearance, then you have issues," he laughed, and disappeared into the mist. Hoo, boy, I just got off really lucky just now. I'd have to keep a lower profile if I'm going to survive here.
"Well, if a rogue is after you, then I'd best take you to Lady Mizukage," a ninja said coming up behind me. Oh, crap, here we go again. It was the same way with the Elders in Suna and with Tsunade. I show the smallest signs of trouble and they want to kill me. Doesn't anyone here believe in the 'wrong place at the wrong time' theorem?
"I didn't do it, honest!" I insisted, but he dragged me back anyways. I was royally doomed now.
"We found a nomad stealing jutsus from us," the ninja said darkly, and I buried my face in the floor. I was so doomed. "This little wench's been using doppelgangers all month!"
"I was trying to find my cousin! He said he'd meet me here!" I protested angrily, and the ninja put his foot on the back of my head.
"Prove it," he spat, and I moved to face the left. "Well? Prove it!"
"You're all the same," I murmured. "This is part of why I'm a nomad – you all think you're so high and mighty because you're in one of the big five villages. I'm sick of all your crap!" I yelled, weaving hand signs angrily. I grabbed his ankle and snapped it in half with my thumb. "You want me to prove it? Fine! I'll prove it! Your third Mizukage went off to join the Akatsuki! He's the one in the orange mask!"
"What?" the fifth Mizukage yelled in shock, and I froze. Shiz. I wasn't supposed to do that. "How do you know?"
"My cousin recognized the chakra signature when he was being held captive there. He also said something about Uchihas, but I think he meant Uchiha Itachi," I said with a shrug, throwing the Chunin across the room and dropping the jutsu. "That's just what I was told, okay?"
"What other sources do you have?" the MIzukage asked, and I looked at her sadly. "None. I thought not. Get out of my office. If we catch you stealing jutsu, we will kill you."
"I have stolen no jutsu, ma'am. I am a nomad – I tinker with jutsus, not steal them. I improve upon them," I corrected as I left. I felt like I was going to puke, and that was not easy. I froze, counting the weeks on my fingers. Three days in Leaf. Five weeks in Sand. Three weeks in Mist. Oh crap. Oh crap oh crap. This was not good.
I raced back out of town, scared, and not wanting to puke, but was forced to do so anyways in an alley. I then met the female Kaguya clan member just outside the village perimeter. She looked at me, and nodded, and we raced to the hideout together. I told her about Kimimaro, but locked my jaw when I started gagging over words. She got the message. I burst in, making a mad dash for the toilet as I put my hair in a low ponytail.
Sasuke was waiting for the bathroom as Kabuto was walking out, and I shoved them aside desperately and slammed the door behind me. I wretched into the basin and felt my knees and legs give out.
"Pet? Sarah?" Orochimaru asked as Sasuke came back angrily from fetching the only one with any authority over me. "Kabuto, go tend to our guest. Find out everything you can."
"Orochi," I moaned out, and he walked in to find me vomiting some more. "No…help…help…sickness…" I gasped between vomiting fits.
"Change of plans. Kabuto, come here! Sasuke-kun, take our guest into Tayuya's chambers. Let her interview our new kunoichi," Orochimaru ordered, and the two ninja hastily obeyed.
Kabuto put his hand on my back, but yanked it away in shock. He put it on there once more, and I put my chin on the rim of the toilet bowl to catch my breath. After a few minutes, I let myself fall to the floor in a crumpled and exhausted heap.
"Pregnant," Kabuto announced, and my blood both froze and boiled at the same time as I lay on the floor panting wearily. I knew my eyes looked feverish, and everything was blurry, but I could still hear him.
"How long?" Orochimaru asked as he flushed the toilet and sent snakes out for who knows what.
"She's about two months along, sir. I think it was during your honeymoon," Kabuto replied as the Sannin lifted me gently off of the floor. "I think it best that she stay on bed rest for a while. We don't know how her body will react. Besides that, she's also got a stomach bug."
"Indeed. Prepare some medicine to ease her nausea," the Sannin growled and I felt him carry me away to the bedroom.
I opened my eyes carefully. I was tired, more so than ever before. I realized that it was because I'd used the speed and strength jutsu, as well as the speed one to get me here so quickly. I put my hand up to his face in an attempt to make sure, but my arm gave out at about halfway. I felt him lower me onto our shared bed, and he put my hand on my desired destination.
"Yes, it's me, pet. How long did you know?" he growled.
"Since Kabuto told you. I'm used to my cycle disappearing for a few months, so I figured this was one of those times," I told him wearily, my voice cracking. "I don't care if it kills me. I want him or her. I can do this. I know it. I can do this. As long as you're near me, I can do this."
"You sound like you're trying to convince both of us," he frowned.
"I am. I know you don't think I can do this, and I'm scared, too, but the power of words is astounding. A man died because he told himself he was freezing to death when he was in a compartment that got no lower than fifty degrees over the course of four hours," I told him. "True story – that was in the news in my world."
"Fine – but if the baby starts to kill you, then Kabuto will be performing an emergency cesarean section," he relented. I couldn't believe it – he was going to let me have his baby! Someone pinch me!
"I won't let you down. Everything will work out fine, I promise. Heck, I might even be able to go to one of the hospitals in my world if we really needed help," I smiled. "I found a female Kaguya clan member, by the way. The one I brought with me."
"Here's the medicine," Kabuto said as he rushed in. "Do you want me to kill it, sir?"
"No. You are to perform an emergency caesarean section on her if it begins to kill her," Orochimaru said shaking his head. For a mass murderer, he knew how to make a woman happy. Especially this one.
"As you wish, my lord," Kabuto said dipping his head. "Here, Sarah-sama. This should help ease your nausea, and it's inside apple juice, not tea. I know how you despise the latter."
"Thanks, Kabuto-san," I said before chugging it down. It tasted like crap, but it was better than nothing. I sent a few doppelgangers out to the Mist, and had them become invisible to spy on the Kirigakure ninja while they trained.
After about a week, the jonin finally started hunting me down. They'd found my vomit, and one of my bunshins alerted me to the danger. I jerked upright in bed, startling Orochimaru somewhat as he was doing paperwork beside me, and making Kabuto jump as he walked into the room.
"We've got company. Kirikagure is trying to track me down. They suspect that I killed the Kazekage," I said quickly.
"Well, let's prove them wrong, shall we? You are in no condition to leave this town, Sarah. We'll stay in a hotel, meet with the Mizukage, and prove your innocence. If they ask about Kabuto, then he's your cousin. That is the lie you told them, is it not?"
"Yeah. I told them I was looking for my cousin. As soon as they see Kabuto tending to me, they'll have no choice but to believe me!" I said happily before gritting my teeth in nausea.
"Good. Kabuto, you know what to do," Orochimaru said simply, and Kabuto nodded.
I watched him perform the corpse reanimation jutsu on a male brunette of about twenty, and I grinned as the corpse began taking care of my every need. He'd packed plenty of herbs for nausea, and we headed out atop Korosu to the shore. I was tired – very tired. I fell asleep in the hotel, and awoke only to Kabuto's reanimated corpse (christened Nawaki) opening the door for the two jonin and the Mizukage.
"What the hell?" one of the jonin said loudly, and I fidgeted fitfully 'in my sleep'.
"She's ill. She's pregnant, and has a stomach bug as well. Can I help you with anything?" Nawaki asked, and the Mizukage nodded.
"We've got word that she was stealing our jutsus and killed the Kazekage. Does she have a sword?" she asked quietly.
"No. Feel free to go through her things – there's nothing there that won't prove her innocence," Nawaki invited, and I was suddenly glad that Orochimaru had performed a secret jutsu on the books. It hid the real words of my jutsus, and scrambled them up into novel ideas.
"Novel ideas, huh? So that's what she was writing all the time," one of the jonin muttered.
"Not a single sealing jutsu, Mizukage-sama," the other agreed. I felt the room begin to heat up once more, and wasn't sure if it was from the fever or their chakra becoming angry.
"Nnngh," I whined, and Nawaki immediately put his hand on my forehead. He raced over, wet a rag, and put it on my forehead. "Nnnnn…"
"Man, I wouldn't want to be a girl," one of the jonin laughed, and I heard a thumping noise.
"Shut up," the other jonin said. "Can't you see the kid's in pain?"
"What's this?" the Mizukage asked, and I felt my blood freeze. "Artwork?"
"Yeah. She likes to draw when she gets writer's block. She tried to picture one of her characters, and those were her first drafts," Nawaki explained. "She had to change her character, though when she realized he looked like a criminal, though."
"Indeed. Orochimaru," the Mizukage said simply. "And yet – there are a few things different. Ah, these must be the newer editions of the character?"
"Yes, Dan," he said simply, and I was glad to have at least one picture of Tsunade's old lover.
"Well, boys, I see nothing in either of their packs that proves they're the ones who killed the Kazekage. I think it best that we leave and let her recover while we tell Sunagakure that we've found their little nomad and proved her innocent," the Mizukage said with authority, leaving no room for arguments.
"Thank you, Mizukage-sama. If there's anything we can do to help Kirigakure, just let us know," Nawaki said kindly.
"Keep her out of our village until the other four great nations agree with us," the jonin spat in unison before slamming the door behind them.
"That went well," Orochimaru chuckled quietly as he walked in through the wall. "You can open your eyes now, pet."
"Konoha's coming," Kabuto alerted, and Orochimaru nodded before leaving once more.
"Well done," he praised as he left. Sure enough a few moments later Anko, Inoichi, Ibiki, Naruto, and Gaara showed up.
"Where – whoa," Naruto said quietly as he padded in. "What happened?"
"Stomach bug," Nawaki replied.
"Is she pregnant?" Ibiki asked, and Nawaki nodded.
"What? With – oh, no… you mean, when Orochimaru attacked her, he got her pregnant?" Naruto screeched.
"Naruto, shut up!" Anko hissed, looking over at me as I turned over onto my side.
"It's alright. I've given her medicine to keep her asleep. It's best to let it run its course," Nawaki told them gently. "Although she will probably still hear you if you yell like that again."
"You never answered my question," Naruto growled, and I sensed the Kyuubi's chakra. The room got suddenly hot again.
"Nnnnnnghh…" I moaned quietly, and Nawaki switched rags for a fresher, wetter one.
"I'm going to tell you the same thing I told the Mizukage – look around, you won't find anything to convict her," Nawaki said quietly. There was the same rummaging of papers, books, scrolls, and equipment, and I vaguely felt sand creep on my bed.
"Gaara, we have to wait till she's convicted," Naruto growled, and the sand receded. I owed the Kyuubi one, by the looks of it. "Can't we get rid of that bastard's bastard spawn?"
"No – he's already found out, and he'll kill her if she does. If it dies in infancy, he won't care. But before then, he'll kill whoever does the murdering, and Sarah as well," Nawaki said defensively.
"Can I look through her mind?" Inoichi asked.
"Sure – do what you want," Nawaki said, and I felt Inoichi come into my memories.
I channeled him through to what I was doing with Tsunade, which was after the Kazekage was killed. I showed him how I'd blacked out, and showed him blackness before meeting Jiraiya, and the memories of making friends in leaf and Sand, Gaara trying to kill me. I kept my mind off of Orochimaru except for the part where he drugged me up and 'raped' me. Finally, I got tired of him being in my mind, so I pushed him out and eventually pushed to reverse the jutsu on him.
He left immediately.
"Well, the kid's innocent. She wasn't even in this world when the Kazekage was killed. She was transported here by some freak accident," Inoichi told them. Great, now they knew about my world. "The first ninja she met in our world were Jiraiya-sama with Naruto as they were trying to find Shizune and Tsunade-sama."
"You got into her mind?" Anko asked incredulously.
"Yes, but her fevered state caused her to skip around a lot. Yes, Naruto, Orochimaru's the father of her baby, but not by her choice," Inoichi told them. "She went to push the jutsu back onto me, so I had to withdraw pretty quickly."
"So – it's not her fault?" Naruto asked, and Inoichi nodded.
"That's what 'rape' is, kid. Unwanted sex for one of the party members," Anko told him, and Nawaki glared.
"Sarah doesn't need any more reminder of what happened that night. As soon as the baby's born, she's getting rid of it, and never looking back at that night," Nawaki declared as he put his arms across his chest.
"You can keep your lousy cousin," Anko spat as she walked out the door. "And tell her that Orochimaru will die at my hands."
"You wish. It'll be my hands," Naruto growled angrily. Gaara looked back, and shoved the sand into a piece of wood nearby.
"Tell her I'm sorry," the Suna-nin said quietly, and Nawaki nodded. Kabuto was losing his grip on it.
"Out, she needs to rest without disturbances, and I need to clean up so she doesn't have a panic attack when she wakes up," Nawaki said quickly, and Inoichi and Ibiki followed in suit quickly. "Thank you, and have a nice day," he said before shutting the door quickly.
I could hear him cleaning up and stacking the books back into the backpacks with doppelgangers, and hurrying to get everything spotless. I wouldn't care, though. He'd just proved me innocent – that was all I cared about.