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3rd person P.O.V.
Early the next morning, two hooded figures waited outside with Pein and Konan. "She's late" Konan said. "Unusual, yes, but it's not a first. Every time she's been late, she's had a good reason, other than when we were in drama and when we had to make up entertaining stories to get excused." Said one of the cloaked ones. "That doesn't clarify much, Kira." Miranda said. Kira shrugged. Thunder rang out from the sky as a steady rain flowed out of the clouds.
"Damn it, Pein!" Kira said and punched the leader. "What?" Pein asked, confusion across his face. "Stop making it rain!" Kira said. "I didn't do that." Pein said. "LIES!" Kira said. Pein looked at her like she was crazy. "Your 'god' right?" Kira asked. "Yes, that is my goal." He said. "THEN QUIT MAKING IT RAIN! Unless… you're a liar and your not god and have no godly powers… at all." She said. (A/N: I am not Pein bashing (much) I am just voicing my brother's opinion… Because he won't shut up.) Pein stared at her for a moment. "Okay, where the hell is your leader when you need her?" He asked, snapping OOC for a bit. "She's probably leaving Itachi his birthday present. It is June ninth." Miranda shrugged. Pein nodded. "True." He said and they continued to wait.
The cloaked figure of Ana came swooping up. "Alright, you dot what you need?" She asked. The two others nodded. "Good. Let's go, then." She said and nodded to Pein and Konan. "Are you sure it's a good idea to do this? With out someone to guide you to the village?" Konan asked, worry in her voice. "Don't worry about it, Konan. Ayu is still in my head. She's familiar with this world. She can guide us there." Ana said. Pein and Konan nodded, even though they didn't understand any of it. "But not telling anyone?" They asked. Ana nodded. "We did just get here, but I can sense things are getting close, so if we want you to stay alive, we can't have the guys keeping us here. Because we just got here, the guys would want more time with us. So it's really better, if you think about it." Ana said. Miranda and Kira exchanged looks with Pein and Konan. "Okay then, good luck to you three, I guess." Pein said. Ana nodded. The three set off on their way to Konoha.
Miranda's P.O.V.
I yawned as we set out. I was a little peeved. For one, we had gone to bed before sunset and I was still tired. Ana had us wake up at five in the morning, make sure we didn't wake up our boys, and get out here so we could leave, was a bitch. I had never wanted to punch that girl so much before. But, at least I'd be able to see Kakashi. He was my favorite before Deidara.
"Miranda, heads up." Ana said. I looked up at her and face full tree branch. I batted it out of my face and glared through the darkness in Ana's direction. "Ana, what the hell?!" I said. "If I let you keep your head down it would have re opened your head. And we don't have Kakuzu to stitch it up for you. Now lets go, we've got a long walk ahead." She said and continued on. I sighed and followed her through the forest. Kira yawned and threw her arms behind her head. "How long do we have to walk, anyways?" She asked. "Until we hit the Konoha River, then we just follow it up stream from there." She said. "How long, not how far." Kira said. Ana was silent for a bit, probably talking with Ayu. "Ayu says two and a half days at this rate." She said. "Two and a half days?! I would have brought more food if I had known that!" I said. "Relax, I know how to hunt. No quit bitching and let's go." She said and we followed on.
As we walked on through the forest, it began to get lighter. I turned my attention to the sky and watched the sun rise. I sighed. A week. Why didn't Ana just tell the guys so at least Deidara would be able to at least give us a clay bird to ride on? What did she expect us to do? Walk through the night? Yeah, right, like that was happening. I sighed again. I wondered how things would go when the guys finally woke up and noticed we were gone.
3rd person P.O.V.
Sunlight hit Itachi's face as the sun rose. His eyes twitched and turned to put his arm around Ana, but found the bed was lacking a body weight. He opened his eyes and saw that she wasn't there and in her place was a note. He picked up the piece and read the woman's hand writing.
Itachi,
Sorry I wasn't here to say it myself, but, Happy birthday, love! I love you with all my heart and I hope it will be a good day for you. And before to you drop this and go running out of the room to find me, don't worry, I'm fine and on my way to Konoha with Miranda and Kira. Don't worry about us, honey, we're fine and we will be back in a week and a half.
Love, Ana
It said. Itachi stared at it for a minute. "You… are kidding, right?" He thought to himself and waited to see Ana walk out of the bathroom, brushing her teeth. Nothing happened. He went into the bathroom to see if she was standing at the sink brushing her teeth. Nothing. Empty as a shell. He was about to sprint down to Pein's office, then thought it would be a good idea to put some cloths on first. So he got dressed and sprinted to Pein's office as fast as his legs could carry him, he burst in with out knocking. Tobi was in there with Pein and Konan. He must have peeved off Deidara, again.
"Konoha! You sent them to Konoha?!" He asked. "It was their idea, Itachi. Don't be mad at me, it's them you need to be angry with." Pein said. "You let them go! They just barely got here, Pein! Couldn't they have waited?" He asked. "No, Ana said something about things are coming close, or something like that and they didn't want you to keep them here. Think about it, Itachi, she knows things that we have yet to see, things to live through. If she says it's to help us in some way of the future, then I trust them." Konan said. Itachi dropped his head, defeated. He sulked right out of the office and down to the kitchen. Then in to the living room and plopped on the couch. Hidan and Deidara walked in and saw him. "Yours went to Konoha, too, hm?" Deidara asked. Itachi nodded. "Pein is really pissing me off with the whole 'let it go' bitch again. They're our girls." Hidan said. "All we can do is trust them." Itachi said. The other two plopped down on either side of Itachi and waited. As each girl saw them, they said happy birthday to Itachi and he'd just grunt. This was going to be a long, long week and a half.
Ana's P.O.V.
I helped Kira set up the tent while Miranda gathered fire wood for tonight's dinner. We had walked all day. We had found the river at noon and we had walked along the bank until we had to climb over some rocks and it felt like climbing a mountain. But just like old relationship problems, we got over it. We walked until the sun began to set when we found a nice ridge next to the river and set up camp.
Miranda threw down the branches she collected for fire and six stick we would use to cook our food. She set aside some extra logs. "All we need now is some food." She said and pulled out a knife and began to tie it to a stick. "What are you doing?" Kira asked. "Making a spear for spear fishing." She said. Kira and I exchanged a look. I shook my head and sat down on the stump that was near by and began to clean some of the kunais I had gotten from Itachi. Kira sat at my feet and did the same with the extra ones that Hidan gave to her. Apparently, he had some just lying around. Deidara had given Miranda some, too. Each girl had received six kunais when we got here. They would come in handy at some point.
Miranda pulled off her shoes, rolled up her pants and now stood in the water and waited. Her "spear" shot down. Kira and I turned out attention to her. She checked, grinned, and pulled up her spear, showing her catch; a weed. Kira and I applauded. "Good job, you caught some brown algae. Congrats." I said. Miranda flipped us off. "I'd like to see you do better." She said. I shrugged. "Challenge accepted. Ready Kira?" I said and set down my kunai. I looked at Kira. She nodded. I pulled off my cloak, my shirt and pants. I was left in my tank top and shorts. I always have under cloths on. Just in case there was a swimming emergency. Or if Shay's brother tries to drown me. Kira picked up her kunais. Miranda folded her arms across her chest. "What does this have to do with fishing?" She asked.
I pointed across the river. "See those trees right there? The ones in a strait line." I said, noticing they were kind of identical. "What about them?" She asked. "Keep your eyes on them." I said and took a few steps back and waited. Kira nodded at me. I broke out in a full out sprint and made the hand signs for the shadow clone jutsu and suddenly there were three of me. I jumped into the water and threw wood in the air. Kira threw the kunai and hit the identical trees. Immediately, the images dropped and six perverts stood there. I threw some paper bombs and made them dance. "Get your asses out of here or I'll do worse!" I yelled at them. They yanked the kunai out of their shoulders and threw them at me. I caught each one with out hurting myself easily. When I jumped from the water, they got the heck out of there. I got out of the water, gave Kira her weapons back and we tried again. This time I went in without my shadow clones. I was in luck, when I jumped in, a school of huge fish came over me. I kicked six into the air. Kira shot them down no problem. I swam up, and saw the fish on the other bank. I swam over and gathered them up and swam back over. I was glad I was able to swim now.
I leapt on to the shore and plopped the fish on the stump I'd been sitting on. "Yum!" Kira said. "Yeah, but we don't have any seasonings." Miranda said. I shrugged. "That can be fixed. Some one didn't pay attention to her greenhouse class in high school." I said as I changed back in to my cloths and cloak. These cloaks we had were plain black, to keep us hidden and not-so-obviously Akatsuki. I stepped out of the tent and walked into the forest a bit. I found some of the plants I had been looking for. I couldn't remember any of the names of them, but I had perfect memory of the shapes of the safe and poisonous ones. I grabbed some of the safe plants to give the fish some kick. Soon I was back, and the fish were cooking. I grinded the plants and sprinkled the dust over the fish. It took half an hour to cook them properly, but I did it.
Miranda was wolfing down the fish and Kira wasn't even stopping to chew. I smiled and chuckled. "Ana, this is awesome!" Miranda said. "Ana," Kira said, swallowing water from her water bottle. "Aren't you going to eat?" She asked. I noticed I hadn't touched my fish yet. "I'm letting the spices calm first." I said. "Why?" Miranda asked. "Three… Two… One…" I said. Immediately, both girls yelled and ran over to the river and jammed their faces in it. "That's why." I said, smirking. "Why didn't you fucking say something?!" Kira said. I laughed. "Because I needed a good laugh, and it worked!" I chuckled. "I…. Hate… you…" Miranda said from the river. I smiled at them when their throats finally cooled. "Laugh it up, fire crotch." Miranda said. I chuckled and took a bite of fish.
Not long after I swallowed, it was like my stomach said; "Hell no, woman!" And I dropped the food and ran to the river to throw up. "Ana? Are you allergic to the fish?" Kira asked, pulling my hair away from my face. "No. I've eaten fish like this before. This is the first time it's happened. It's even cooked the same way!" I said and puked again. What the hell was happening? No idea. Just what I needed to hear. Sorry. I think you should stay away from fish for a while, at least until we know what's happening.
"Ana, I think you should stay away from fish for a while, at least until we know what's going on." Miranda said, pulling an apple from her bag. "Funny, Ayu just had the same idea. And I agree with you both." I said. She handed me the apple and that was my diner. We put out the fire and slipped into our tent and fell asleep.
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At about five in the morning, I heard foot steps come nearer. My eyes snapped open and jumped out of my sleeping bag and into my ninja mode that Ayu had taught me so well. Kira sat up. "Ana? What's wrong?" She asked. "Shut up, I hear people coming." I hissed. She shut up and pulled out a kunai and mimicked my position. I listened to each foot step. There were two of them. A young one and an elderly one. The young one was enthusiastic. The elderly one was strong. I hoped that there wasn't a fight- I suddenly heard the younger one fall. Shit. You took the word right out of my mouth. "Ah, hell." I heard the elderly one say. "Come on, kid, wake up. Hell. Is anyone there? Can someone help? Are you friend or foe?" I heard him say. Then I recognized his voice and I knew I had to help. I stood and headed for the entrance of the tent. "Ana!" Miranda whispered. "Shush. I'm not just going to let him die." I said and darted out.
"Who's there?" Called the elder man. "Some one who can help." I said and came in to view. The white haired man's eyes went wide and he took a step back. "Impossible." He muttered as I knelt next to the fallen boy. "How?" He muttered. "We need to get him inside. I have a tent set up just off of the path. Miranda! Kira!" I called over my shoulder. "What?" The old man asked, still bewildered. Kira and Miranda came running up. "What a chance encounter." Miranda murmured. Kira helped me pull the boy on to my back and carry him towards the tent. I looked over my shoulder at the other one. "Hey, are you coming? Don't worry, we aren't going to hurt either of you." I said and he followed us in. "Miranda, go start the fire up, I need light." I said Miranda carved out a small pit in one of the logs and got the log wet so it wouldn't burst in to flame. She threw some sticks and dry grass in and lit it. I was able to look at the boy lying in front of me.
"How long have you two been walking?" I asked. "Two days. Strait after training." He answered. "No wonder he passed out. He's completely exhausted." I said. "Sorry, we wanted to get home as soon as we could." He said, his eyes not leaving me. "He'll be fine by the morning." I said. Hey, Ayu, do you have a middle name? I asked. Yeah, it's "Shinko" You have the same Idea as me? Yeah… wait… your middle name is Faith? Yup. "Is there something wrong?" I asked the man in front of me. "How are you alive?" He asked. I turned my head to the side in confusion. "By living?" I suggested. "But, I watched you die! You died in my arms, Ayu!" He said. I blinked. "Who now?" I asked, playing stupid. He stared at me. "Did you lose your memory?" He asked. "All of my memories are perfectly in tact, tank you very much, sir! Let me introduce myself. I'm Ana Shinko. This is my twin sister, Kira Shinko and my best friend, Miranda Shinko. We're from the clan of Shinko." I said with a smile. Kira looked at me with a weird look. "Este numele ei de mijloc. Asta inseamna credinta." I said to them. I told them it was Ayu's middle name and it meant faith. They went along with it.
"I'm Jiraiya. That boy there is my student, Naruto Uzumaki." He said. I bowed. "It's nice to meet you Jiraiya-san. I'm glad I was able to come and meet one of the great legendary sages." I said. "Oh, you've heard of me?" He asked. "No, actually." I said with a smile. He gave me a confused look. "We have this blood line trait called Bokura Shidoku. If we hear someone's name and see their faces, we know their past, present, and future. But, some times we do miscalculate." I said. He nodded. Kira and Miranda nodded in agreement. Apparently Jiraiya isn't as bright as I thought, because he didn't catch that our little technique was called "Mind Sight" in other words… Mind reading.
"So you have a Kekkei Genkai?" He asked. "It's more of a birth defect. And plus, it's in our ears more than our eyes." Miranda explained, covering for me. "H-hey, Ana… Kira … or… Miranda…. You guys… got any food?" Naruto mumbled. "Hm? Oh right, sorry about that, kid." I said. I tore some pieces off of the left over fish and let Naruto eat it. Soon he was strong enough to eat by him self. "Look at him go." Kira said. "I didn't think that anyone could eat like that." Miranda said. "It's like PAC-MAN." I whispered to them low enough to where Jiraiya and Naruto couldn't hear me over Naruto's eating. We giggled at it. Naruto sat back and sighed. "Ah, that's better, thanks!" He said. "Your welcome, Naruto." I said with a smile. "So where are you two headed this late at night?" Kira asked. "Konoha, our home village, I'm going-" He started. "To be Hokage?" the three of us finished. "How did you know what I was going to say?" He asked. "Your memories are full of it." Kira said. "Kira!" I said. "Well?!" She shrugged. I sighed. "Sorry about that." I said. Naruto stared at me confused. "It's kind of an insult from where we're from." I said. "Where are you three from?" Jiraiya asked. I looked at them. "Idaho." We said, unsure of what else we should call it.
"I've never heard of that village." He said. "Not surprising. It's a very small country. We're not on any maps, and we're really spread out. It's no shock we weren't heard of by Konoha ninja. It would shock us if you actually did know about us." Miranda said. "So, where are you three headed?" Naruto asked. "We're also on our way to Konoha." I said. "Really? What for?" He asked. "We've heard such great things about it, and we want to see what it's like there. Just in case we are ever taken over by our natural enemy and need to move." I said. "Or if the Idaho Werewolves (1) actually rise up and take over." I mumbled for a joke. Miranda and Kira giggled. "What's an Idaho Werewolf?" Jiraiya asked. "And how is it different from a regular Werewolf?" Naruto asked. "Well, there's an entire story behind it, but I'll get to that later." I said.
"So what's your natural enemy?" Naruto asked, even more curiosity than the werewolf story. I knew I shouldn't have said anything about it, because I didn't know what to say. "Canadians." We all said in Unison. (A/N: No, I'm not against Canadians. I just find them Hilarious. So if you are Canadian, don't worry, this is the only time I bring up Canada. Until later, but it won't be a joke.) Naruto and Jiraiya once again looked confused. "Their an even smaller country right above ours. Not friendly and really strong." I explained. They nodded. "We'll be your escorts there. You'd want to visit the Hokage before anything else." Jiraiya said. I nodded in agreement. "Let's rest for now." I said and we went to sleep after Miranda threw the log in to the river.
Miranda's P.O.V.
I yawned as we packed up the tent and sleeping bags and we were on our way. Once again, we had been waken up before sunrise so we could get to the village faster. We were silent until the sun rose, then Naruto began to question us about Idaho. "Like I said last light, it's a small country. And we don't have a Kage like all of the bigger countries like yours. Instead we have a governor." Ana explained. "A what?" Naruto asked. "A governor. It's kinda like a Hokage, but in stead of a small council meeting with a Feudal lord for the next Governor, the current one selects a younger person to take their place. This successor is chosen only a few days after the new Governor is established. A Governor stays in command until they die or are kicked out for a serious crime or conspiracy. And immediately, the new Governor is put in to action. Only when the current governor is near death, the next is revealed. And our current one doesn't have much time. And the next one has been chosen and revealed." Kira said, taking over for Ana. Ana nodded and mouthed "Thanks" in her direction. Kira nodded.
"So, who's next in line?" Naruto asked. "Ana here is." I said. Ana looked at me. I nodded. "Really, so we have a future country leader with us?" Jiraiya asked. Ana nodded. "Yeah, I was sent to Konoha to see if it would be a good place to take refuge if we do lose our home. And it was supposed to stay secret until we talked to the Hokage." Ana said and glared at me. I shrugged. "So, you won't say anything about this to anyone, right?" Ana asked with her sad abused puppy face. "I promise!" Naruto said with enthusiasm. Jiraiya nodded in agreement. "You can count on us." He said. Ana smiled. "Thank you." She said with a bow. We continued on ward and it seemed we were closer than we thought. But, of course, Jiraiya and Naruto lead us through a short cut, in which Kira and I had trouble keeping up because it involved tree jumping.
We walked in to the village and immediately, all three of us started looking around like tourists. "Wow, it's so pretty here!" Ana said. "Yeah, it's a nice place to call home!" Naruto said. He dropped his bag and ran right up a power line pole. "IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME! HEY THEY ADDED GRANNY TSUNADE'S FACE TO THE MOUNTAIN." Jiraiya chuckled at the boy while the three of us had the same thought running through our brains. Idiot. And at that point, Konohamaru and Sakura and Konohamaru's little friends came running up. "NARUTO!" Sakura yelled, sending pain through my right ear. I clamped my hand over it. "Ow." I murmured. "HEY, SAKURA!" Naruto yelled and jumped down. "Konohamaru! Great to see you guys!" Naruto said. "Wow, you've really grown up! I almost didn't recognize you." Sakura said. Really? I thought. "So, do you think I've matured, too?" Sakura asked. "Not really." Naruto said. "I recognized you right away." Sakura punched him. I decided it was time to break this up.
"As much as we'd like to stay chat, we really need to meet with the Hokage." I said. "Aw." Kira said. "It was just getting entertaining." Ana said. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't notice you. I'm Sakura Haruno. I'm the Hokage's apprentice." Sakura said. "I'm Konohamaru!" Said Konohamaru. "I'm Moegi." Said Moegi. "I'm Udon." Sniffed Udon. "Nice to meet you. I'm Miranda Shinko. This is Ana Shinko and her twin sister, Kira Shinko." I introduced us. Ana and Kira waved as I introduced them. Konohamaru and the other two ran off and The six of us went to the Hokage's tower.
Ana's P.O.V.
I ended my long story of who we were, where we were from and what we were doing here. Naruto and Sakura were already out of here with Kakashi and I'm pretty sure Miranda lost it when she saw him. Tsunade, Shizune and Jiraiya stared at us. I waited for a long Tsunade speech telling me about how the village would be honored to take us in if we were over thrown and how they would welcome us with open arms and all of the other blah blah blah. I fully expected a "Why should we help some country we don't even know exists?" Speech and I was prepared to come up with reasons that were more or less lies. I never expected what she did say.
"Yeah, okay."
We all sat there and stared at the Hokage. "Really?" I asked. "Yeah, if the next Governor or what ever the hell you said it was can come and ask for help herself, than I have no reason to turn her down." Tsunade said. I bowed. "Asante!" I said in Swahili on accident. "What?" Tsunade asked, looking up at me. "I'm sorry, I meant to say, thank you. I will sometimes do that. We all speak multiple languages back home." I said. Smooth. Shut up, Ayu! "Really?" Tsunade asked. "Well, their kind of the same, but their also different. We all speak each fluently, though. We will just slip in to it from time to time." I said. Tsunade nodded. "I will arrange for you to take housing in the Uchiha home for now. I'm sure Sasuke won't mind." She said.
That through us for a loop. "What?" We asked. "Are you three familiar with a villain named Orochimaru?" Tsunade asked. "Yes." I said. "We have a spy named Sasuke Uchiha in there. As far as everyone else knows or cares, he left the village to join him two and a half years ago. Some believe it's because his brother is still alive, instead of dyeing in the other world that he was sent to two years ago by Sasuke's team." Tsunade explained. We all shared a silent look. Well… fuck. We're screwed…
"Thank you, very much." I said with a bow. "I will send an ANBU Black op for you when we have it cleared up." Tsunade said. We bowed and turned to leave. I was last out. "Ana, before you leave," Tsunade called. I turned and looked at her. "Yes?" I asked. "Do you know of anyone named Ayu Namakazi?" She asked. "All I know is that she's Naruto's dead sister." I answered. Tsunade nodded. "Yes, but, do you have any relation to her in any way?" Tsunade asked. "I'm afraid not. All I know of her is what Jiraiya-sama said about her. I'm sorry that I could not be of help." I said and left.
~Later~
I walked down the streets with Kira and Miranda. Ayu was soaking in the view of her home as we walked. It's nice to see this place again. We're not staying. Damn it. We conversed with each other. I wondered what we would do while we were here. I saw Naruto, Choji and Shikamaru ahead. I froze when I saw Ino. I felt rage bubbling up inside me. Okay, I'll admit I had a slight unbridled rage towards Ino, but hey, it just proves I am 2,000% SasuSaku and I would claw off the face of anyone who got in the way. Just ask Amanda. "Ana, she ain't after Sasuke any more, remember?" Kira hissed in my ear. A hiss slipped through my teeth as my eyes saw a black dot appear on the roof behind them. "Not… Who… I'm… looking at…. Anymore." I hissed. The other two saw it.
"Miranda! Ana! Kira! Over here!" Naruto called. I saw Sai's hands move. "This is Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji. Guys this is Ana, Kira and Miranda Shinko. The ones I was telling you about." Naruto said. "Nice too meet you!" Ino said. But my attention wasn't on them. None of ours was. We were looking at the rooftops. As ink exploded from them, I rushed a head and pulled out a kunai. Ino ducked. I used her back as a boost. "What the hell?!" Naruto yelled as the other two followed my lead. "Ow, ow." Ino said as we used her as an Olympic spring board and we launched our selfs on to the roof and at Sai. We threw kunai at his ink lions. Miranda landed on one and we launched at him again.
"Naruto, look out!" Choji said as one escaped us. Naruto used Shadow clones and sprang up with us. He soon got ahead of us and Sai went on ahead with his teasing. "I was wondering if you had any balls to go with your mouth." I heard him say. I ran up. "Naruto!" Miranda called. Naruto pulled away and I kicked Sai across the face. "You won't need to protect him, Sai.It's your own back you need to watch." I said. Sai blinked at me. "Do I know you?" He asked. "I wouldn't expect you to remember. After the interrogators removed that memory." I lied. "Ana, you know this guy?" Naruto asked. "He's your new teammate. Watch out for him. Wouldn't want him to die on his first mission, now would we?" I asked and jumped from the roof. Miranda and Kira followed. "How did you know?" Ino asked. "Open your eyes and broaden your horizons, blondie. You could die that way." I replied. "Your one of the few I wouldn't like to see die, Ino. It's very rare that my Bokura Shidoku is wrong." I said and walked away. Ino stared. "Wait, so you're here for my benefit?" She asked. "Not just yours. The entire village. So far, I don't like what I see in this future. So, I'll do what I can to change it." I said.
As soon as we were out of eye sight and ear shot, the cuss out began. "Are you fucking crazy, Ana? Revealing that could have fucking blown our cover!" Kira hissed. "I know, I know. It was a stupid mistake. Or was it?" I asked and walked on. Miranda shrugged at Kira and followed me. Kira followed shortly after. We rounded the corned and none other than Hinata Hyuga stood in front of us. She suddenly bowed to us. "Th-thank you very m-much for h-helping h-him." She said. I blinked. "Yeah, no problem. It's what we do." I said. "M-My name i-is Hinata Hyuga." She said. I smiled. "Nice to meet you Hinata! I'm Ana Shinko. This is my twin sister Kira Shinko." I said. "Hey." Kira said. "And my best friend Miranda Shinko." I said. "Nice to meet ya' Hinata." Miranda said. "So, you have a crush on Naruto?" Kira asked. Hinata blushed. "H-how did you kn-know a-about that?" She squeaked.
"Our Bokura Shidoku lets us do that. Just by hearing you name and seeing your face. We know you. Past, present and future." I explained. "O-oh. I-I thought s-some one t-told you about it." She said. I grabbed her hand. "Hinata, I'm going to give you some advice that might just help you with Naruto. And everything else, too." I said. "W-what?" She asked. "Grow a back bone." I said. She turned red. "And I mean it in the nicest way possible. You gotta take a chance, other wise you'll never know." I said. "Wh-what if the d-doesn't th-think of me that way?" She asked. "I-I wouldn't be able to handle it!" I felt like it was High School all over again. "Then at least you'll know, right? Instead of 'what if he doesn't?' think 'what if he does?' would you want to go on your whole life thinking he wouldn't when he would?" I asked. She blushed.
"If I find out for you, will you take the chance no matter what I say?" I asked. She thought about it. "Promise me!" I said. She nodded. "I-I promise!" She squeaked. I released her and folded my arms across my chest in satisfaction. "In that case, this will be a piece of cake." I said with a grin and put my arms behind my head in a very Naruto-ish fashion. "Hinata, there you are. Your father is wondering where you are." I heard a cold voice say. "O-oh, Neji-kun. C-coming." Hinata stuttered. "Hm? Oh, hey. Sorry, I didn't mean to hold her up. You must be her cousin. I'm Ana Shinko." I said. "I'm Miranda Shinko." Miranda said. "And I'm Kira Shinko, Ana's sister." Kira said as we all turned to Neji. "Hn." He said. With Itachi it was fine by me. But with this arrogant bastard? No way in hell!
"The polite thing to do is to at least introduce yourself, ya' ego maniac." I said with clear irritation. "My name is Neji Hyuga." He said with out turning. "Puh, and I thought ya' learned back in the chunin exams." I said. Hinata turned. "H-how do you know of the Chunin exams? I thought this was y-your first time here!" She asked. "Bokura Shidoku." The three of us said. "Neji! You must be kind to visitors!" Yelled a voice that was way to unpleasing to the ears. Neji, Kira, Miranda and I all cringed. "Yes, sensei." Neji said as the three jumped from the roof. "Can I go home now? My day with you two is up!" Tenten said with a growl. "Come on, Tenten! Share the power of youth with our youthful visitors!" Lee shouted. My irritation meter was at the edge of breaking.
"Hinata, head home, I'll be there shortly." Neji sighed and Hinata hurried off. The four of team Gay- I mean Gai- no I mean Gay- stood in front of us. Tenten looked ready to break. Neji looked ready to run. And the two gay-some stood looking as proudly gay as ever. Miranda looked ready to run. Kira looked ready to scream. I was just keeping a strait face as best as I could. "Hello there, youthful travelers! This is my team! Tenten!" Gai said. "Hey." Tenten said. "Help" She mouthed. "Hello." I said. "Hey." Miranda squeaked. "H-ow's it going?" Kira hissed through her teeth. "You have met Neji!" Gai said. "Yes, we have." I said, irritation getting bad enough to where my head was starting to hurt. "Rock Lee!" Gai said. Lee bowed. "Nice to meet you, I hope we can become youthful friends!" He yelled. "Hey." We all uttered through our teeth. I am going to brutally murder these gay bastards. Please don't. I'd like to come back. "And I am Might Guy! The handsome Devil of Konoha!" He said. I blinked. "Hello. I'm Kira Shinko. This is Miranda Shinko." Kira said. "Hello." Miranda said quickly before she went back to resisting her screams. "And My sister, Ana Shinko." Kira said. I didn't say anything. Just nodded.
Gai flashed a grin. "Welcome to Konoha, youthful flowers! I hope Neji did not offend you in any way! To repay any disrespects he may have caused, I invite you to dinner with us! And we hope to become your youthful friends!" He started. And like that my irritation meter snapped. All waited. Kira and Miranda waited for me to answer for us. I forced out the kindest smile I could manage and began my monologue of irritation that even shocked Neji.
"Oh. My. Gosh you are quite the annoying one, aren't you? Can you stop yelling every word you say? Your family must have hated you to put you in such cloths. I mean what is up with the green leotard? Do you even wear anything under it? I am not getting a very good view from where I'm standing! I'm sorry, but I could have lived a perfectly healthy, normal and innocent life without seeing all of your junk hanging out, thank you very much! But now, I think I'm going to be stuck in years of therapy. And your parents must have hated you if they named you Might. If you ask me, they should have named you Walrus. Because that's what you have the complexion of. And what is with that ridiculous voice? I mean, it sounds like your strangling a bear! Yes, you irritate me. You irritate the living day lights out of me. Sure, I'll be your friend, until it comes to the day where I can beat you until you bleed to death, long and slow. And as soon as I do, I will gather up some of the people who hate you the most and we will build a fire from your bodies. And you won't be dead by then, no. You will live to feel the flames burn away your skins and eyes. And all you will hear during that time is your screams for help and the sound of a drum while we all sing about how we dismember you crispy and charred bodies and feed what's left to our pet carnivores plant. And the entire time we will sing 'Meet you in hell. The great hall of hell.'" I said.
Neji stared at me with wide eyes. Tenten's jaw hung out wide. Gai and Lee stared with confused looks on their faces. Kira's and Miranda's mouths hung open slightly. Everyone was pretty sure that I was dead serious. "What? You presented your offer of friendship, so I gave you the highest form of an Idahoan offer of friendship. You didn't think I was serious, did you?" I played it off. Gai suddenly grinned. "Hear that team? We have just made friends! So, will you join us for dinner?" Gai offered us again. "Sorry, we have a prior engagement. But, thank you for the offer." I said and we left them in the dust.
As soon as we were sure they weren't following us, Miranda and Kira burst into laughter. "He… Actually thought… that was an offer… of friendship!" Kira laughed. Miranda was in tears of laughter and she was laughing so hard there wasn't sound. "You were… foreshadowing… how you would…. Kill him!" She squeaked, it was still low, so I could barely hear her. I smirked. "Yeah, that's what happens when my irritation meter snaps." I said. We got a hold of ourselves by the time the sun began to set. We were wandering about when Ino, Sakura and Tenten came running up. "Hey, girls, sorry about my team." Tenten said. "It's fine." I said. "Tenten told us about your monologue to Gai." Ino said. "I didn't think you'd have the power in your tiny body to pull out something like that." Sakura said. "Who are you calling tiny? I'm twenty!" I said. Sakura sweat dropped. "Really? You look like your sixteen." She said. "Sakura, don't try that. She hates that kind of thing. It makes her feel inferior." Kira said.
"Well, to make up for the whole embarrassing thing back there, I'll treat you guys to dinner tonight. I could tell by the looks in your eyes you just wanted to get away from Lee and Sensei." She said. "Thank you, Tenten. We appreciated it." I said. We went with them and Tenten paid for our meal and as we began to eat, they made conversation. While I was eating like Naruto.
"Wow, I thought only Naruto could eat like that." Sakura said as she watched me eat. "I thought it was only possible for Naruto and Choji to fit that much food in their mouths at once." Ino said. "Well, it's not surprising. She is eating for two now." Kira said. I chocked and spat rice all over her. "Ah, gross!" She said and used her napkin to clean half eaten rice out of her hair and off of her face.
"What the hell, Kira?!" I asked. "Well, think about it Ana, you suddenly start throwing up after you eat fish, your mood has been all over the place lately, and this morning, we found you throwing up into the river again." She said while Sakura helped her clean up. I shrugged. "So? That could mean anything. It could be an illness with all of the signs of pregnancy. It doesn't mean I'm pregnant." I said. Sakura shook her head. "It doesn't sound like anything else like those diseases. It does sound like your pregnant. Have you had and sexual activity lately?" Sakura asked. I blushed deep red. "Th-that's a private matter!" I said. "I'd say yes." Miranda said. I clamped my hand over her mouth. She bit my hand. "Ow! Did you just bite me?" I said, retracting my hand. "Yup. And you taste terrible." She said and took a drink of water. I glared at her. "I am not pregnant, alright? I'm perfectly normal." I said. "Ana, you are anything but normal." Kira said. "You know what I mean!" I said and went back to eating. "It's still a possibility. If you think you might be pregnant, come to me and I'll check it out. Just to be sure." Sakura said. I nodded and kept eating.
We soon finished and left. The op Tsunade sent for us finally found us and took us to the Uchiha home. When we were in side the house away from prying eyes, the ANBU removed his mask. "Hey, little duck spy, what's up?" I asked. Kira and Miranda stared. "You're a spy? You've been a spy this entire time?" Kira asked. "Yeah. Then Orochimaru found out my brother was still alive and not lying in a gutter in your world." He said with a snarl at me. "Relax, duck ass. If you remain calm and behave, I'll give you what you want." I said. Kira and Miranda turned to look at me. "And what would that be?" Kira asked. "Answers." I said. "I never go back on my word, Sasuke. Behave your self and you'll get your answers. Each time you misbehave, you lose an answer. Behave correctly, you'll gain one answer. Got it?" I asked. He opened his mouth to protest. I got in his face and glared at him. "Got it? You want your answer. You work for me." I said. He clamped his mouth shut and nodded.
I eased back on to my feet and away from the boy who should be pretty much considered my brother-in-law now. "Don't worry Sasuke, I'll be fair. I always know where you are. I will leave your answers in places you will find them. Some I will deliver verbally. Just know what your getting into, I'll give you one answer now. So give me a question." I said. Sasuke stared for a moment. "Is Itachi really alive?" He asked. "Kind of a stupid question, but yes." I said. Sasuke looked mad. "I know you hate him, but maybe you should hear the true story instead of the lie he told you back then." I said. Rage fell and was replaced with confusion. "What do you mean?" He asked. "Behave and you'll find out." I said. "Each time I answer a question, I will leave another one in its place. Can't have you scraping the truth just yet." I said. He growled and took us to where the rooms were.
He placed his hand on one of the doors. "This is my parents' room. Stay out of here." He said. "Okay." I said. He led us further through. "This is my room. Stay out of there, too." He said. "'Kay." I said and crossed my fingers behind my back. What? What if he had a diary? Don't deny it, you'd read Sasuke's diary if you got the chance. "Here's Itachi's room I could care less if you went in there or not." He said. I nodded. He showed us two other rooms and then where the kitchen was then put on the mask and left. Kira and Miranda stared at me questioningly as soon as he was gone.
"What?" I asked. "Are you going to tell him the truth?" Miranda asked. "Don't be stupid." I said and rolled my eyes. She seemed to relax. "Of course I am." I said. "WHAT?!" They yelled. "It affects him, too. He is pretty much considered my brother in law now. If he doesn't know the truth, He'll push Itachi over before I have a chance to find the cure to that illness and save him. I studied the series carefully when Itachi promised he'd be back. And I know how we can win." I said. Kira and Miranda leaned close. "Itachi has to stay alive." Kira said before I did. I stared at her. "How did you-?" I asked. "I studied it, too, Ana. It's obvious if you look at it. After Itachi left, you became a wreck and lost. And when you were lost, we were lost. With out us, the Akatsuki could die. If you lose Itachi, we lose you. We lose you, they lose us. They lose us, they lose their lives. I notice more than you think." Kira said. I nodded.
"So you see what I'm getting at." I said. She nodded. "And you know I have a back up plan." I said. She nodded again. "Let's hear it then." Miranda asked. I looked at Miranda. "You." I said. Miranda blinked. "Me?" She asked. I nodded. "Why me?" She asked. "You were the one helping Kira keep everyone under control when I lost it. You have been my friend longer than any one else. When I needed help I came to you. I've told you things that she hasn't even heard of." I said and pointed to Kira. "Kira even said it. If I lose Itachi, you all lose me. If you lose me. Expect you to take two hundred percent control. I need you to take my place for that. No matter how I'm lost. If it is I lose my self or I lose my life trying to save him. Can I trust you with that?" I asked. She nodded. "Thank you. I'm headed off to bed. Good night." I said and went into Itachi's old room and fell asleep.
And Ta-da! I finally gave you a long chapter! Well, long enough. And look, it's not a cliffy! Now I have to get off so my brother will stop bitching over my shoulder. Good night everyone! Review please!