Sarah PoV
I awoke groggily, looking around me in confusion. I was in a run-down shack, and nobody was nearby except Naruto and Yamato, the former of which was still roiling mad at me for the prank I'd played on him with the ramen. I stared at him for a bit, and then fell back into the dark waters of slumber.
When I woke up again, we were on the ship on the way to Naruto's training grounds. I had meant to ask Tsunade what she knew about the Totsuka blade, but I couldn't now, not anymore. I sighed, and performed a summoning jutsu and smiled as my dark purple ghost with a maniacal grin appeared before me.
He growled in excitement at being summoned once more, and I smiled, writing a quick message for him to take to Tsunade.
"Hey, Lucifer," I greeted my Gengar. Oh yeah, did I mention that I can summon my Pokémon from my party in my Pokémon: Black Version? Well, they were my original summoning, and the summoning contract on my right arm that permits me to do so is the kanji for "Black Void".
He growled in reply, twirling circles around my head.
"I need you to take a message to Tsunade, asking her everything she knows about the Totsuka blade," I told him, and he nodded as he took the written note from my hand. He flew off, and Guy looked at me nauseated. I weaved the necessary hand signs once more. "Kuchiyose! Korosu!"
A familiar light purple fish-cat like creature erupted onto the waves. I grabbed Guy-Sensei, hurled him onto my back as best I could, and hopped right onto Korosu's back. I held on tight to his neck, and Guy's digestive system began to calm down now that we weren't rocking back and forth. I almost smiled at my final tricks in Konoha upon its inhabitants.
I'd casted a genjutsu on Ino, Shikamaru, & Choji about Asuma returning, to which they were only too eager for a reunion. I grinned and had the Asuma genjutsu do all sorts of stuff for training them – I put Choji on a starvation diet, had Ino gain about thirty pounds, and had Shikamaru start dating the girl from the decoding sector of Konoha's forces that had helped decode the message from Jiraiya to Naruto. I then transformed into Might Guy and had TenTen, Lee, & Neji walk on hands while having flypaper stuck to their tongues & balancing cheese on their feet. I could have sworn Naruto was going to die from laughter and Neji and Hinata from embarrassment.
As a setup trick, I transformed into the Third Hokage and began creating chaos around the village and had all the guys go around in nothing but boxer shorts and girls in Kimonos. What was so much more funny was that I'd even tricked Tsunade and gotten her drunk to complete the final part of the ultimate prank – I'd had a giant prank set up upon every single shinobi by attaching a spell tag to their headbands. The spell tag would react when the war would start and all the armies would unite, and turn each one into a humiliating animal. The Jonin were cats, the Chunin were dogs, and the Genin were rats, all complete with fur lining. The academy students were little weasels, and the Special Jonin were naked mole rats – with only their most private parts covered by the most skanky clothing. Tsunade had the short end of the prank – she was a salamander, with the only thing covering her was a tight layer of skin-colored leather. The looks on the other Kages' faces was priceless when she explained my prank to them.
Out of nowhere, my mind snapped from my fun-filled pranks to Orochimaru as my right hand seared in pain. I glared forwards, everything hurting, my mind still screaming at it to do one thing then another. Kill Orochimaru & Kabuto. Separate them then kill Kabuto to save Orochimaru.
"You know, your husband had a cousin," Guy said nervously. "She disappeared when she was twenty-five, and nobody has seen her or her son since."
"What was his name?" I asked, honestly curious.
"Akuma, and his aunt's name was Kiseki," Guy told me, and I stared. "His father was Kiseki's older brother, and Ikari is Orochimaru's kid sister. None of them have been seen for years, though. They disappeared during the last ninja war."
"I found a Stone Jutsu that froze people in time. I stole it off a rogue," I told him. "Is it possible that this jutsu was used on them?"
"I believe so," Guy said finally. I wanted to believe him – maybe I could lure Orochimaru into one of his clan members' bodies.
"I hope so," I said finally, scared of what Orochimaru would do now.
3rd Person PoV
"Kabuto, let me out," Orochimaru growled angrily. "Damn it boy, don't make me give you a migraine until you're half-dead. You know I will."
"I'm afraid I can't," Kabuto said calmly. "I don't have the required jutsu."
"Then find Madara and get it from him," Orochimaru growled. "In case you hadn't noticed, if you die, I die, and I will kill you over again if we have to be resurrected from the dead."
"I know," Kabuto said calmly before crumpling to the ground clutching his head in pure agony. "No! Stop! Please! I'll obey!" he pled, but Orochimaru was too angry to listen. "I'll find him!"
"Screw finding him," Orochimaru growled. "Sarah's my target. If she doesn't know what to do, then she will find out."
"I tried to kill her last time," Kabuto gasped as his master eased the pain, but not completely. "Should I still find her?"
"A portal's been opened," Orochimaru gasped. "Follow that portal – if my guess is correct, Sarah's going back to settle the score."
"With who? For what?" Kabuto asked confused.
"Her brothers," Orochimaru chuckled, "Which somehow manage to make her cry over the smallest things even when she's not emotional because of hormones."
"Oh, dear," Kabuto murmured before continuing on to meet the masked Uchiha.
Sarah glared at the place she'd once called home – she'd transferred Naruto and herself here for more training. She knew how to get back to her world in the exact evening like no time had passed – the piece of Orochimaru inside the blade was still communicating with her well enough to tell her how.
Naruto, of course, was still trying to figure out how everything worked. She, however, had other things in mind. she knew from the Tsuchikage that Orochimaru's relatives had been sealed inside her world on accident – it was just a matter of finding them and rescuing them. Out of desperation, she'd gone to Conway to a bookstore to see an author she had once met that wrote one of her favorite series.
To Sarah's delight, the final book in the series was out now, and he was doing book signings there still. He was famous, apparently because she'd grabbed his books, and she strolled to the front of the line as he motioned her forward.
"To what do I owe this honor?" he asked in perfect Japanese.
"I need some help," she replied just as fluently. They may have spoken English in the ninja world, but the ninja world's English was the equivalent to Earth's Japanese – it was just that the mind automatically spoke English, and the longer in the ninja world, the more fluent you became.
"With what? I see you've found the nine-tails host from the anime," he asked as he continued signing books.
"There are some people I'm looking for – people that would probably resemble Orochimaru, but have been missing for years," she explained, pulling out a photo of her husband. "Most of them are females and would look like him."
"I was wondering when someone would come from that world to pick them up," he laughed. "They're at my place in New York. Care to join me there?"
"Sarah!" a new, male voice interrupted. Sarah's head jerked up to find Sam, and she immediately went into fighting mode. "Sis, please! I just want to talk!"
"that's what you said last time, you liar!" she retorted angrily as her right arm twitched towards her kunai holster. "Get and stay out of my life!"
He cried out in shock and pain as she raced and shoved past him to get out of there – she knew how to stalk someone when she needed to. She surged forward, hot tears racing down her face, cold memories flooding to the surface.
She was in the kitchen, in a massive family reunion after Orochimaru had gone back to the ninja world without her. They were playing Phase Ten Twist with her father, two older brothers, and Sarah, and it was her turn. Sam had laid a card down right before and she'd yanked her hand to get it. Right as he saw her hand reaching, he'd switched the card he'd laid down onto the one she needed. He'd grinned, and she'd turned to her father in accusation.
"He's cheating! That's cheating – you can't change where you put your card once your turn is over!" she spat angrily.
"My turn wasn't over," Sam retorted testily.
"I was reaching for the card before you switched locations! It was my turn!" she insisted.
"You know I just did that cause you needed it," Sam taunted.
"Screw you! I hate you! This is why I hate playing card games with him – he always cheats!" she screamed as she threw down her hand and stomped off into her former bedroom. She slammed the door harshly, and sunk against it crying at how unfair everyone was.
"Maybe that was below the belt," Sam muttered. "Sarah?"
"Go away!" she screamed, desperately willing the floor to swallow her up back to the ninja world, or for the room to collapse on top of her. Heck, even a tracker ninja killing her would be welcome right now.
"I just came to apologize," Sam began.
"Then you shouldn't have done that in the first place!" she screamed as she yanked open the door. "You knew that was the card I needed!"
"Where are you going?" Joe asked worried.
"OUT!" she screamed as she ran out into the night, desperate to get away.
"Sarah, wait!" Sam began desperately, but she was already up the hill and out of earshot.
Hot, angry tears flooded down her face as she ran her lungs out, and collapsed at last in a location that she knew nobody would ever look – the college she'd disappeared at. It was closed now, but she camped out anyways under an awning outside their cafeteria, sobbing as she climbed into her sleeping bag barefoot and fully clothed. She weaved the hand signs, half expecting it not to work, and managed to summon one of her favorite pokemon – Zoroark.
"Why?" she sobbed onto its chest as it transformed into a perfect replica of Orochimaru. "Why does he always do that? Every time I play a game with Sam, he cheats. Every time I'm having fun or doing one of my hobbies, he comes around and makes fun of me for it. Why? Why am I the only one cursed with a family that's filled with a bunch of traitors? Why am I the only one whose husband abandons her for another dimension? Why am I the only one who can't go see her kids in said dimension? It's not fair…"
As desperately as Sarah wanted to kill Sam out in front of that bookstore, she couldn't, she glared as she snapped back to the present day. She'd put up with years of hit teasing and hurtful words, but no more – it would end, here and now. Just as she'd gone to get her kunai, Naruto put a hand on her wrist, shaking his head.
"I know what it's like – just ignore him," the blonde whispered.
"I put up with his shit every day for my whole life," she growled back, "Don't tell me what I can and can't do."
"Sarah," Orochimaru's voice came into her head. "Enough. I realize why his words and my actions have hurt you so much. Actions and words are your two main love languages. You need verbal cues and small actions to be assured that someone else loves you, but you remember the bad more than the good. Recall that he was terrified for your safety after that car wreck."
"That he got me in," I retorted aloud.
"True," Orochimaru conceded. "However, it was not his fault."
"He was going one hundred miles an hour," I retorted. "He should have gotten arrested. I would've told the cops the truth if my dad hadn't told me to keep my mouth shut."
"You kept it shut for the wiser," he reminded me. "You would have gone to jail as well."
"not since I was telling him to slow down every few seconds," I reminded. "A real brother would have listened whenever his only sister was terrified but did he? No, he ignored me and had the car do three or four three-sixties and put me in zero gravity."
"You make a very good point. Very well – go right on ahead, tell the police the truth," Orochimaru encouraged as Naruto stared at me like I'd lost my mind. "Speaking of which, I honestly don't care that my sister, cousin, and the boy is out there – I honestly couldn't care less. You and our children are the only family I need."
"If it's a war that he wants," I growled, pulling out my knife, "It's a war he'll get."
"Go get him, tigress," Orochimaru encouraged, leaning my right hand towards the kunai holster on my right side.
"Gladly," I growled, racing forwards so fast that I was almost as fast as the Yellow Flash. I reached out towards my brother with the knife, letting him know my intentions, and covered his mouth as I raked four knives across his right hip and down the leg. "Let that be a lesson to you, brother."
"Sarah," Naruto gasped as he raced out. "Is that legal in this world?"
"No, but who cares?" I scoffed as I raced away back to the bookstore, pocketing my knives for further use later. "Let's go – we've got a city to go to."
A day later, we arrived in New York City, with a lot of help from my super speed jutsu. I'd had to carry Naruto on my back, but I didn't really care since he was too shocked to do anything about it. I raced around, not knowing where I was going, and stumbled upon a smaller and younger version of the author I'd become friends with in the course of one day.
"Hey, Fukui-san!" I called out, and the kid flinched as Naruto and I raced towards him.
"Please, don't hurt me or use me for blackmail!" he said quickly, and Naruto gave him a WTF look.
"Relax, you're brother's a friend of mine," I said firmly. "I just need to follow you home, kid. I'm not going to hurt you – although those mafia guys probably will around the corner."
"Run!" I heard them yell, and raced after them, tripping them with the hidden snake hands. They fell immediately, and began begging and pleading for their lives. I grinned evilly, and weaved hand signs.
"Sweet nightmares," I sang before ramming my hands atop their foreheads. Their eyes rolled backwards into their sockets as they let out silent screams of pain. I walked back to Naruto, who stared confused.
"Wow," they muttered, one in awe the other in disgust at Orochimaru's technique. "What was that?"
"Nightmare jutsu," I shrugged. "That's beyond the point – time to get back to base. We've got a war to win."
Naruto gets stuck in real world & freaks out.
A/N: Pokemon in Sarah's party that are included in the Chapter are, in order:
Name: Lucifer Species: Gengar Level: 65 Level 4, Apparently transferred from Johto (Sprout Tower) Moves: Hex, Shadow Claw, Poison Jab, and Dark Rift Ability: Levitate – gives immunity to ground attacks
Name: Korosu Species: Swampert (Shiny) Level: 67 Beginner from Sapphire – gift from Prof. Birch Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Muddy Water, Hammer Arm Ability: Torrent – raises water moves a pinch
Name: Phantasm Species: Zoroark Level: 45 Ability: Illusion – comes out masked as another ally