Chapter Two: Explanations

I grabbed the first thing I saw, which turned out to be a flimsy dress. I had barely put the dress on before I ran out of the room. I needed to see my friends.

The long hallway was actually very expensive looking with ivory walls, sheer white curtains and mahogany chairs and desks with crystal cases and pretty flowers in them. Nothing like a hospital. Which reminded me that Izayoi had said she'd saved me. Saved me from what?

I didn't ponder on that to long before I reached a marble staircase. I could hear the wind along with... wind chimes, from here. I walked down the stairs softly, unconsciously relaxing in the peaceful atmosphere.

When I reached the first floor I heard voices. My feet carried me to the fully equipped kitchen and through the glass doors that opened up to the most beautiful garden I'd ever seen. In the shade of a tall oak was a metal table laid full with food. And Kana and Yuuki were already seated, drinking orange juice.

"Good, you made it." Izayoi smiled at me. Kana and Yuuki looked over at me and smiled.

"SHINA!"

"You're awake!" They got up and tackled me.

"Kana? Yuuki?" I asked dumbly. My friends nodded, their smiles faded.

"Are you okay?" Yuuki asked. A tear slipped down my face.

"Of course I'm not okay!" I yelled sitting up. "The last time I saw you two you were pinned with a branch and glass, already dead!" I was full on crying now. I grabbed onto them and hung on for dear life.

"Oh... Its okay..." Kana murmured rubbing my back gently.

"Yeah, we're still alive... Ish..." Yuuki said happily. I sniffled.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"I think that should be explained now." We let go of each other to stare at Izayoi. She hadn't moved. Well, except to drink her tea.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I think its best if we sit and talk instead of being huddled on the ground. Unless you'd like me to talk down to you, literally." I got up with Kana's help. A third chair was placed at the table so I sat in the middle one.

"We finally get some answers?" Kana asked sitting on my left. Yuuki plopped down on my right looking very intense. She wasn't a nurse for no reason.

"Yes." Izayoi said taking a sip of her tea. "But the first thing that you must understand, is that you're dead. At least in your world you're dead."

Silence. I looked around at the unnaturally beautiful garden. My body felt fine, I felt healthy. But I could also feel the stress of my daily life was gone. I was at peace here.

"I can believe that." I said slowly. Izayoi smiled slightly.

"With your organized mind I don't doubt that."

"It... But..." Kana looked lost.

"But my finals!" Yuuki blurted. We looked at her.

"That's all you're worried about?" I asked.

"Of course! I studied for my doctorate for six months." Yuuki's voice had gradually gone shrill.

"My sister..." Kana said suddenly. "I can't be dead, I have to take care of my sister."

"You're sister is with Shina's mother." Izayoi said firmly. "I made sure that you're families were to be well taken care of without you. Shina's mother took custody of your sister as per your will."

"My will? What will?" Kana demanded angrily.

"Kana calm down. Let her talk." I said. Izayoi sent me a grateful look.

"I took the liberty to write out a will for each of you... after your accident. I then put them in a friend's hand." Izayoi said. "She's taken care of everything for you."

"But... But..." Kana and Yuuki stuttered. My gaze turned sharp as a thought hit me.

"Why us? I'm pretty sure not every dead person gets a will, especially at our age." Izayoi nodded.

"You're right. The reason being, you're the perfect girls for a certain mission I have. And since not three teenage girls die in the same accident, all of them being best childhood friends, I chose you to help me."

"With what exactly?" I asked. Izayoi smiled grimly.

"I need you to become my Seers. To help a certain world in trouble."

Silence.

Not even a cricket chirped. (I'm not sure if there were any since I couldn't see anything besides bees and butterflies.)

"I'm sorry what?" Kana asked, distressed.

"You killed us for this mission?" Yuuki asked, outraged.

"I didn't kill you." Izayoi snapped losing her calm for a second. "If I hadn't intervened you would have traveled straight to the Underworld to live a dull life full of emptiness. You haven't exactly been religious in your lives."

"Ouch." I said raising an eyebrow. Izayoi huffed before taking a deep breath.

"I need you. Every innocent in this particular world needs you to help them."

"What do we have do?" Yuuki asked.

"I want you to steer the future of this world away from the catastrophe it will become. I'm pretty sure you know of it." Izayoi finally reigned her composure and took a sip of tea before she continued. "Have you heard of a ninja named Naruto?"

"Name rings a familiar bell for me." Kana muttered. I frowned before it hit. An anime show?

"Naruto Uzumaki?" Yuuki asked cautiously. Izayoi nodded.

"I've watched some of the show but I skipped a few episodes." I said slowly. "Aren't they just a TV show?"

"Not everything is fiction." Izayoi said. "Humans don't realize the power they have over telling stories and believing in them. Every person who has ever thought of a fiction world where they are the hero or even daydreamed has created a world just by thinking it. Though in this case, since so many believe in Naruto's world, it has become a separate reality. And thus, it is under my protection and rule."

"So you're saying one guy, Masashi Kisimoto, actually made this world real?" Yuuki asked in awe.

"Not him per say." Izayoi explained. "Just the people who've read the story and fallen in love with it. Unfortunately the Naruto world is spinning out of balance as people think different things. Like making they're own fanfiction."

"So what?" Kana asked. "Isn't fanfiction just harmless fun?"

"Yes, but it's also popular. And most people wish that their endings were the true version. As such it's ripping the Naruto reality apart."

"Can't Masahi or Masashi just fix it then?" I asked.

"No, the story has taken a life of its own and is making everything worse. Masashi may have created it but he is not god, he has no idea the story he made has become a reality. His story and the reality have branched off in different directions."

"So what happens to their world?" Kana asked. "If it's under your protection?"

"It is destroyed, not by me, but by the villain. I'm hoping you three, as my Seers, will help lessen the destruction. Naruto Uzumaki is a favorite of the Gods and Immortals. But we cannot interfere in his world, physically."

"But we can?" I asked.

"Yes."

"You want us," Yuuki pointed at all three of us, "To go to a world full of ninjas and make sure the Juubi, Obito and Madara don't destroy it? How do you purpose we do that?"

"Simple." Izayoi grinned a pretty smile. Kana and I shared an uncomfortable look. "I'm going to turn back time and place you three before the trouble began. To save their future."

A/N: I don't know what I was thinking about the stories becoming real speech but it made sense to me. The human imagination is a very powerful thing. Anyways, read and review. I'll probably update again on Friday. Hopefully.