A/N Thank you everyone who reviewed and submitted your OC's! I have decided to use Amaya, Akane Shisan, Hana and Raito, and Miyako Hiroshima! To those of you who submitted an OC but didn't get into the main cast, don't worry! You still have a role in this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Asura, Amaya, or Hiimdasiy's Persona 4 comics. All I own are my OC's.
It was a peaceful day in the Naruto world. Every member present in the base was happily enjoying the fact that Tobi had not been seen in the base for more than three hours. Deidara was enjoying his freedom from the orange-masked man and was currently molding clay sculptures in his room. Itachi and Kisame were training in the training grounds, happy that their training was not going to be interrupted by one of Deidara's-
BOOM
Okay, maybe not. But hey, at least he wasn't trying to blow Tobi up. That meant there were fewer explosions. And that was why Kakuzu was happy; because less explosions equals less money needed to pay for the repair costs!
And when Kakuzu was happy, Hidan was happy. The Jashinist did not appreciate when Kakuzu stormed into the room they shared during his rituals, after all. That would lead to Kakuzu cutting off Hidan's head and chucking it in a closet where the Jashinist would proceed to spend the night cursing at his partner until he duck-tapes his mouth shut.
If Pein were around, he would have been happy too. He did not enjoy dealing with the noise and problems of the other members, and would have surely relished this day of peace. And when Pein was happy, Konan was happy too. Pein was, after all, her best friend and she hated to see him so stressed out all the time. And Zetsu? Well, he has his own ways on dealing with the noise.
So everyone was enjoying this peaceful day, until,
"ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT I AM GAY? I AM NOT GAY DAMNIT!" A voice rang throughout the base.
"What was that?" Kisame asked Itachi, taking a break from their training to go investigate the noise.
"Hidan must be questioning Deidara's sexual orientation again." Replied the stoic Uchiha.
Meanwhile, through the open closet doors currently adjoining the two dimensions, shrieks of laughter coming from two girls were heard. The first girl, Asura, was leaning on a desk to keep herself standing. Katsumi, the second girl, was leaning against a man holding an orange mask. He smirked at a fuming boy and said,
"So why didn't you help Katsumi then, Tsubasa? She clearly needed help, yet you just stood there gaping."
"An anime character was in my sister's room! Of course I would have done that!" protested Tsubasa, cheeks flushing red from embarrassment.
"Oh really? So if, lets say, Sasuke, was holding a knife to Katsumi's throat, would you have done the same?"
"No, I would have beat him to a pulp." Tsubasa said straight away.
"So why not Sasori?" Madara asked, smirk widening.
"Because I hate Sasuke and like Sasori." Replied Tsubasa. Three seconds passed and he soon realized what he said. Asura and Katsumi, whose laughter had been reduced to giggling, started laughing again, only harder than before. Sasori looked slightly disturbed at the green-eyed boy and shifted as far away from Tsubasa as possible. The corners of Pein's mouth twitched upwards in a small smile as a flustered Tsubasa cried out words of protest.
"I don't mean it like that! I mean I like him as in he's one of my favorite characters! I don't have a crush on him and I never will!" Tsubasa said, red-faced.
"S-Sure, keep t-telling yourself that." Asura said, recovering from her laughing fit.
"You're still not coming near me, brat." Sasori shifted until his back was against the wall.
"Oh, come on!" groaned Tsubasa.
"So, anyways, Madara, what was the problem you were talking about when you burst through the closet door?" asked Pein, after everyone had calmed down. Katsumi and Asura still giggled slightly, though, but Pein paid no attention to that.
"Well, after you, Tsubasa and Katsumi went to entertain Asura and take care of Sasori, I decided to do some research on why the jutsu did not work the way it was supposed to." Said Madara. "After a while of searching, I came up with this,"
From his robes, Madara pulled out an ancient-looking scroll. He opened it, but the only thing on the scroll was a large, crystalline butterfly painted on it.
"This supposedly tells us where the jutsu originated from and I thought we may have a clue about why it didn't work the way it should have. However, every time I try to read it," Madara then did a hand sign. At first, nothing happened. Then, there was a tiny movement of its wings, so small that it could have been mistaken for your own imagination. A few seconds later, the butterfly flapped its wings.
It flew around the page it was drawn on, before the lines that made it up turned into words:
Hello there, lucky person that found this scroll. Since you have worked hard to find this scroll, I shall assume that you were sent to another world with the jutsu that was on the scroll that was created at the same time as this one. I congratulate you, as it is nearly impossible to find. Inside contains the origins of the jutsu made to revive a person, but don't think that you'll open it that easily.
Before you open it, you have to undergo a little test. It may seem simple, but don't underestimate it. It is by far one of the hardest tests you will ever encounter, and only one other person has passed. Oh yes, I'd better explain the rules to you. First of all, you must find the person you are bound to. Don't worry, they've been marked so you can find them easily. Second, you must protect each other and keep yourselves alive. Third, you must help find that person's role in this world. Do all that, and you'll have a chance to pass. Well, here it is:
Can you catch Destiny's Butterfly?
As soon as everyone had finished reading it, the words turned itself back into the butterfly, which settled in the middle of the page.
"… Wow." Asura finally said.
"That's… Kinda cool." Said Katsumi.
"But I don't get it. What did the scroll mean by the people being revived getting bound to another person? And what the hell is Destiny's Butterfly" asked Tsubasa.
"Well, I'd say it means exactly what it means. Sasori must have a contract of sorts with one of you three." Said Pein. "But as for Destiny's Butterfly... I'm afraid I do not know."
"But how do you know it was one of us who has the contract?" Katsumi asked.
"Simple really. He appeared here in your house. Since Asura wasn't here at that time, perhaps it's safe to rule her out." Pein reasoned.
"Yeah, so that leaves either Katsumi or Tsubasa." Agreed Asura.
"And since I appeared in Katsumi's room…" Sasori started. Everyone turned to look at Katsumi. Katsumi's eyes were wide with shock.
"What, me? Wait a second, we don't even know whether I was chosen or not!"
"I should think that was clear. All we have to do is find a mark on your body that wasn't there before. After all, the scroll did say that the ones that are chosen have a mark on them…" said Madara.
"Yeah. Katsumi, why don't you go to the bathroom and…"
"Sure. Be right back. Asura, can you please…?" Katsumi gestured for Asura to move to the side so she could walk to the door. Asura nodded and started to walk away. Suddenly, her hand caught on an eraser that Tsubasa usually just left on the desk and dropped it. Katsumi caught it with her fast reflexes.
"Huh, I never knew you were that fast." Commented Asura. Katsumi said nothing but continued to look at her wrist.
"Katsumi?" Madara walked over to her and looked at her hand. He smirked.
"Well, looks like we don't need her to look for it anymore." Pein, Tsubasa, Sasori and Katsumi blinked.
"What?" They peered at Katsumi's wrist. There, looking like it was drawn with blood was the kanji for sphere. Sasori's Akatsuki ring character.
There was silence for a little while, before Tsubasa said, calm as he could, "So, can Sasori go back to the Naruto world?"
Madara looked at him questioningly. "What brought this up?"
"Just answer the question."
"I really don't know. Let's try, but don't try to walk through. Just sticking a hand through the portal should be enough," Madara motioned to Sasori to try. Sasori walked over to the open closet door and peered inside. Sure enough, he could see the inside of Tobi- no, Madara's room. It was filled with doodles of unicorns and rainbows. Sasori cast a disturbed look at Madara before putting his hand through the portal. As soon as his hand crossed the doorframe, it disappeared. Where Sasori's hand should have been was an empty space.
Sasori stared at it in shock, as did everyone else. Then, without warning, a mysterious force began to pull him inside. He gasped and tried to pull himself back out, but to no avail. Quickly, Pein and Madara latched onto Sasori's arm and pulled. Asura, Tsubasa and Katsumi quickly helped them and after much effort, they managed to pull Sasori free, the three teenagers falling over.
"That… was…" Asura began.
"So, now we know that he can't go back, lest he wants to disappear." Said Pein.
"Why did you want to know, Tsubasa?" asked Madara.
"Umm… Well, I was just thinking of how we'd manage." Replied the brown-haired boy.
"'Manage'? What is going on, Tsubasa?"
"Well, you see… We're kinda…"
"Moving to a dorm." Katsumi finished, laughing sheepishly. "You know, for school. And it's pretty far away, so…"
"… WHAT?"
"We had a scholarship, so we had to accept it! And it's a co-ed dorm, from what I hear, so..." Katsumi tried to explain. Madara closed his eyes, thinking. After a little while, he sighed and opened them.
"So, how do you propose we manage this?"
"Woah, Asura! Don't you think that that's a little… much?" asked Kasumi, gesturing to the many, many bags that her crimson-haired friend was carrying. Asura was extremely happy; so happy that she didn't slip a cuss word in her sentences like she normally did. She usually never used swear words when she was happy or hyper.
"Oh, relax Katsumi! We're all rich around here, we can pay for this stuff!" Asura shrugged off the brown-haired girl's statement.
"No, I mean, we're only getting clothes for Sasori, right? We don't have to get that much." Katsumi reasoned.
"Then what would we do when the others arrive here, hm? Oh, which reminds me, gotta go get extra-large shirts and pants for Kisame."
"That's a little extreme, Kisame doesn't die until much, much later in the series!" protested Katsumi.
"Guys! Spoilers!" Tsubasa gestured to Sasori, who was tagging along with them.
After much debate, Madara had decided to allow Sasori to be enrolled in the same high school that they were going to. In a week, Madara would go with them to the dorm to 'help them get settled in', using a mind control jutsu on whoever was in charge to allow Sasori to get into school and be in the same dorm with them. At first, Katsumi had argued that Sasori was a boy and shouldn't be in the same dorm as them. Then, after a glare from Tsubasa, she immediately took her words back, apologizing profusely to her twin.
Currently, the small group of four was at the mall, shopping for clothes for Sasori, since Tsubasa's clothes were a little small for the redhead. It was clear that Sasori didn't particularily like shopping, since he looked bored and irritated. But as soon as Katsumi mentioned Kisame dying, his look changed to one of curiosity.
"Kisame dies?"
"See! Now look what you've done!" Tsubasa scolded the two girls.
"Oh, come on! He's dead already, he can hear all about it. Or maybe watch it?" Suggested Asura.
"Excuse me, but I am alive, thank you very much."
"Yeah, but you were dead before. Moving on," Asura said, before Sasori got a chance to reply, "What do you guys think? Should we show Sasori?"
"Well… I don't see anything wrong with it…" said Katsumi, thinking.
"But don't you think it's a little… Wrong? I mean, is we show him the entire anime, he'll know exactly what his comrades are doing and-"
"Stop it Tsubasa, you're making me feel like a stalker." Asura stopped him mid-sentence.
"Fine… But isn't it going to be a little weird?" Tsubasa pointed out.
"Well, then lets ask Sasori himself! Sasori, do you want to watch your teammates die in battle?" Katsumi smacked Asura's arm as said girl burst out in a fit of giggles.
"Don't put it like that!"
"Die… in battle?" Sasori raised an eyebrow.
"Yup!" said Asura brightly. Sasori was quiet for a while. He, he shrugged.
"I suppose I should keep track of what happens in my world."
"Okay! We're continuing that Naruto marathon when we get home!" Asura cheered loudly, causing many people to turn and stare at the four.
"Idiot, don't talk so loud." Scolded Tsubasa.
"Sorry."
"Katsumi-san, do they always talk this loud?" Sasori asked the brunette.
"Yeah, they do. And call me Katsumi-chan. You don't need to be so formal around us." Katsumi smiled at Sasori.
"Yeah, we've seen you naked." Tsubasa said in a creepy voice. Asura laughed out loud while Katsumi smacked his hand.
"Stop quoting Hiimdaisy's Persona 4 comics!" she reprimanded Tsubasa.
"Ha! I knew it! You WERE looking at him like that!" laughed Asura.
"Can we not talk about that anymore? I already told you: I'M. NOT. GAY!" Tsuasa yelled. The ensuing argument between Asura and Tsubasa was loud, noisy and attracted the attention of many, random passersby. Katsumi tried to pull them apart, but gave up after several minutes and instead took a few steps back and engaged in a meaningless conversation with Sasori.
During the commotion, a black-haired girl with purple highlights in her hair walked over to the bickering pair. Her silvery-gray eyes shone with amusement as she said,
"Asura, this kind of behavior belongs somewhere private; not in public. Take this little argument with your boyfriend somewhere else."
"He is NOT my boyfriend!" Asura snapped at the girl. The girl chuckled.
"Yeah, how obvious." She said sarcastically.
"I hate you, Amaya." Asura said. The girl, now known as Amaya, smirked.
"Yeah, love you too." Both girls stared at each other for a while, before bursting out into laughter.
"Haha, so, some coincidence, meeting you here, eh?" said Amaya.
"Yeah! What were you doing here?" asked Asura.
"Me? Well, until I saw you, I was bored and decided to come here for to walk around and get lunch or something." Said Amaya. "So, who are they?" she gestured to the three people standing behind Asura.
"Well, that's Tsubasa and Katsumi, the twins I told you about who will be moving here in a week. The person beside them is… Satoshi, but we call him Sasori for obvious reasons." Asura lied smoothly, smirking at Amaya. The black-and-purple-haired girl smirked back.
"Yeah, he does resemble him a lot." Agreed Amaya.
"You like Naruto too?" asked Tsubasa.
"Yup. Oh yeah, my name's Amaya, nice to meet you." Amaya greeted.
"Asura already introduced us, but I'm Tsubasa and this is my twin, Katsumi." Tsubasa said.
"Amaya is going to be living with us in the new dorm." Said Asura.
"New dorm?" asked Katsumi and Tsubasa in sync.
"Oh! I forgot to tell you! The dorm we'll be stayng in is a co-ed dorm for 'gifted' students." Asura said.
"Really?" Tsubasa said.
"Yeah, i don't know why they opened up a dorm like that either. Hey, you guys are there on scholarship, right? So I guess that's why you're going to move there." Said Asura.
"How about you guys?" asked Katsumi.
"Us? Well, we get pretty good grades. I guess that's why." Amaya smiled.
"Asura gets good grades?" asked Tsubasa in disbelief.
"Hey! I may not look it, but I am smart." Asura stated proudly.
"Well, I bet you're not as smart as me," challenged Tsubasa.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay, that's enough, brats," said Sasori, pulling them apart. Amaya watched as Tsubasa and Asura continued to argue, despite Sasori's attemots to stop them.
"They always like this?" she asked Katsumi. The brunette nodded, smiling fondly at them.
"Yep. Tsubasa's pretty competitive, and Asura's not one to back down from a challenge. They get into arguments almost every time they meet each other." Katsumi said, "honestly, I feel like I'm the older twin sometimes."
"You're the younger twin?" Amaya said in disbelief.
"Yeah…" Katsumi smiled sheepishly.
"But you're so much more mature!" Amaya said, earning her a 'hey!' from Tsubasa.
"Well, actually it depends. Sometimes I'm childish and he's mature, and sometimes it's vice versa. There are times when we're both hyper or mature, but that's actually pretty rare." Said Katsumi.
"I see…" Amaya checked her watch. "Woah, it's three-thirty already? I gotta go," she said, "I'll see you guys in school."
"You're leaving already? But we were having so much fun!" protested Asura.
"It's about time we take our leave too, Asura-chan." Said Sasori, wanting to leave the mall as soon as possible.
"Aw, fine. See you!" Amaya waved and walked away from the group.
"Well, let's go." Said Sasori.
"Alright, fine! Geez, are you always this impatient?" Asura glared at Sasori.
"Yes, I am." Replied Sasori, smirking at her. Asura mumbled something inaudible and began walking to the parking lot.
"We're home!" called out Katsumi as they walked into the living room.
"Welcome back, Katsumi." Madara greeted. He was sitting on the sofa, eating a bag of chips. Katsumi briefly wandered how he'd gotten them. Oh right. The kitchen.
"Oh, Madara-sama." Katsumi smiled. "Hello."
"So you finally remember to use a suffix, eh?" Madara ruffled the girl's hair. "And by the way, I haven't seen Hitomi all day. Where is she?"
"Mom? She and Dad went on a trip to Canada to see her parents a week ago. They'll be back sometime next week." Explained Tsubasa.
"I see… Oh yes, Pein went back to our world. He told me to tell you to alert him as soon as you encounter another member." Madara said seriously. "He said that when they wake up, they will be disoriented, and won't recognize the twins or Sasori. They will attack, seriously injuring someone if not stopped. That's why it is important to call Pein, or myself, when you see them. Is that clear?"
"Yes… But one question: will they be naked when we find them?" asked Katsumi. There was a pause as Madara thought.
"Maybe not, but perhaps it would be best to get clothes for them just in case." Madara replied her.
"Already got it." Asura held out the many shopping bags and Madara raised an eyebrow.
"How much did you spend?"
"Oh, don't worry about that. We could afford it." Asura said.
"She means, a lot." Tsubasa translated. Madara sweatdropped.
"I see."
"So, Madara-sama, will you be staying with us or are you going to go back to the Naruto world?" Madara thought about it for a while.
"I think its more practical to stay here, but keep the closet door open. I will drop in every now and then to visit my partner." Madara replied. "Time passes faster in our world, and the portal alters that so it changes the time flow in our world to match yours. If I am not seen in my own world for a long time, they will start to wonder what happened to me."
"Cool." grinned Tsubasa. "I'll go get the guest bedrooms set up. Unless of course, you want to stay with Katsumi, Sasori?" Tsubasa laughed as two pillows, hastily grabbed from the sofa hit him in the face.
This chapter was supposed to be waay, longer, but I got tired and so I decided to end it here. I will be posting the next chapter soon, and that one will have all the OC's in it ^^
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