Chapter Three: It's time

Italics: Visions

Disclaimer: Why am I still doing this? I already know I don't own Naruto.

I slammed into the mat before my body rolled with it. The aches and pains had long since failed to bother me. My only concern was beating my opponent. And since my opponent was Kami-sama, the great and powerful, I had to concentrate. One does not beat Kami in mortal fighting by hoping and daydreaming. (No matter how much I did so.)

I barely balanced my weight in time, making sure to stay loose yet alert. I'd need to move quickly with her speed and strength.

We sized each other up once more trying to see where the next move was going to come from. I thanked Daisuke for teaching me stillness and patience (The Shinigami will pretty much have leniency with you as you make good banana bread for him). It just made me more lethal.

She moved. I only had a split second but that was enough. I twisted out of the way bringing my leg up and kicking her blocked arms. She grabbed me but I flipped and hit her chest. I twisted to land on my hands and knees.

In an instant we were fighting faster. I blocked and attacked making sure my hits counted. Until finally, finally I swiped my arm sending out a shield to distract her while I kicked a line of kunai into the air sending them at Izayoi before going invisible.

She shoved the shield away but I was already hidden. And with my stealth skills she didn't notice me until it was to late. I had a knife against her lower back right where her kidney was. My other hand was holding a senbon against her nerve preventing her from moving.

"Gotcha." I panted.

"Very good. You've gotten better." She clapped her hands and the weapons disappeared. I revealed myself as Kana and Yuuki came out of their meditative poses.

We formed a straight line in front of our sensei. (I find it funny that Kami-sama wasn't just a pretty face but a total badass too).

"You've all gotten better. There is nothing more I can teach you." Izayoi said.

"Seriously?" Yuuki asked. "No more getting our butts handed to us?"

"Or getting bruised and broken?" Kana asked suspiciously.

"Yes." Izayoi nodded. Her smile quickly faded. "You are ready." We bowed.

"We will be leaving?" I asked.

"Yes." Izayoi sighed. "This morning I finally stopped the Naruto world from rewinding. You will have six months to make a name for yourselves as Seers while you also get the Kage's to believe you. They will make things easier if you are given the right to come and go as you please."

"We understand." I said. Izayoi nodded. She walked into the house with us following behind her. She headed to the pool room to show us the familiar clear water with lotus petals.

She waved her arm over the pool to show a village, five to be exact.

"The ones known as Akatsuki are moving again. They seek the Jinchuuriki and their Bijuu hosts. Naruto has just graduated to Genin." Black cloaks with red clouds swirled in the pool before changing to a blond boy with blue eyes. "But he is not ready for you yet. No one will remember anything from the future but there will be times when they experience deja'vu."

"We know." Yuuki said seriously. "You explained this all months ago."

"So when do we leave?" Kana asked staring at the map intently.

"You leave tomorrow. Remember, make a name. You are the Fates, my unofficial daughters. The people and ninja must see you as neutral, a good neutral. Not evil. Stick to the plan, rely on your visions and powers."

"By helping civilians?" Yuuki asked, unsure.

"Remember, small ripples will eventually turn bigger and bigger. They may be civilians but they are people to." Izayoi changed the water to show tiny villages.

"Stay with the little ones..." Kana murmured.

"And the ripples will spread." I finished.

"Exactly." Izayoi nodded. "Change this worlds fate. I have faith you in you all."

Yuuki sighed as we walked down the ivory hallway. "I'd have faith in us to… If we didn't look like midgets." I looked at her small twelve year old frame. Her snow white hair and purple eyes went along with her tan skin and melodic voice.

"At least you're not the tallest anymore." I said.

"I am." Kana grunted. We looked at her black spiky hair and golden eyes that emphasized her pale skin.

"Well at least my position hasn't changed." I said, proud of my red hair, cerulean blue eyes, and tan-ish skin. I was still in between my best friends, height-wise, which was pretty much all I cared about.

"Don't ruin it." Kana and Yuuki chimed. I smiled.

"But seriously, you guys think we can really do this?" Yuuki asked, unsure.

"If we couldn't Lady Izayoi would have never picked us." Kana said.

"But what if we fail?" Yuuki asked.

"Then we're dead." I said simply. Yuuki looked alarmed. "I'm just kidding Yuuki. I have faith in us not to mess anything up. We are Seers; as such it is our duty to change what we can. We won't fail."

"Listen to the pep squad leader." Kana grinned. I smacked her head.

"F*** you." We departed to our different rooms to pack just the essentials.

I grabbed the ninja outfits I had along with my weapons before using a Fuinjutsu seal to put them in one scroll. Lady Izayoi had been adamant that we learn Fuinjutsu along with weapons training and our 'gifts'. She'd also had us watch a couple episodes of Naruto. Just so we'd know the major characters and timelines. (Though we did get special permission to change anything we found troublesome.)

I finished packing quickly before going to my window to see a familiar wooden house.

We were in Heaven, I think, and since we were Izayoi had let us watch over our parents like we'd lived next to them. (It was only our window but it was better than just staring at the pale pink and golden clouds.) We couldn't interact but knowing and seeing that they were okay was enough.

Right now my parents were sitting at the table looking at their grandchildren. My brother and sister had had children and had even named two with my first and middle name. I was sentimental the day they'd announced it.

Twenty-four months may have passed here but on Earth twenty-four years had passed there. I'd learned that after the first day here. Time was different in all the dimensions. It just depended on everyone's perspective really. I could go into the whole speech Izayoi had given us but after thirty minutes even I had started to go glassy eyed.

I watched my family until dinnertime when I ate with my sisters and Izayoi. This would be the last time we were somewhat stress free so I enjoyed the silence while I could. (Not that anyone can when Yuuki is talking).

(A/N- Y:Shut up Shina!)

(A/N-S: What it's true, you can even hold a conversation with that bottle in your hand.)

(A/N-Y: Wanda is a good conversationalist.)

(A/N-S: See?)

(A/N-K: SHUT UP YOU TWO AND GET ON WITH THE F****** STORY ALREADY!)

(A/N-S: Someone's on her monthly... Kana... KANA... KANA PUT THE KNIFE DOWN! *Runs outside*)

(A/N-Y: And they call me the idiot. Oh, uh, carry on.)

The next morning we all stood in our ninja gear with a hita-ate that had the kanji for 'Fate' engraved on it. Lady Izayoi stood with a crystal ball in her hand.

"Remember, everything happens during the Chuunin Exams. Protect Sasuke. Help Naruto. And knock some sense into Sakura. You may look twelve but remember you're older than them."

"Understood." I said.

"If we can't knock sense into Sakura can I just run her into the ground?" Kana asked. She was not a fan of Sakura's whining and crying. In fact she hated girls who were more girly than they needed to be.

"We need Sakura." I admonished. "She may not be that good right now but she will get better. You know that Kana."

"I know, I know… sadly."

"Don't worry Lady Izayoi," Yuuki grinned, "We're ready." Lady Izayoi nodded. She waved her hand and three weapons floated to us. I reached out and grabbed the steel fans. Yuuki grabbed the sickle with a chain that linked it to a metal ball. Kana grabbed the katana.

"These weapons will not hurt the innocent. But it will rip the soul out of anyone else and send them to the Shinigami. Use them wisely. And for my sake, don't use it on each other!"

"Yes Lady Izayoi." We chimed putting the weapons away.

"Then I wish you luck." She dropped the ball into the pool. The second the ball hit the water it turned into a swirling vortex with light.

Yuuki grabbed my hand. I grabbed Kana's. I took a breath before we jumped in.

The vortex swirled around us looking like it would rip us apart. But it was like being in a water slide; slippery, wet, and all around scary as hell since we were falling from Heaven.

"WEEEEEEE!" Yuuki screamed as she flipped.

"WILL YOU STOP THAT BEFORE YOU BREAK YOUR NECK?!" Kana yelled. I just closed my eyes. Changing bodies may have made me more fit and healthy but it did nothing for my fear of heights.

Thankfully it ended as early as it started. My feet touched the ground lightly as if I'd just taken a step forward instead of having fallen a few miles. Though I could've done without the rain.

"I could take a shower in this." Yuuki said. Kana and I snickered.

"No sense in delaying this." Kana said after we finished laughing. I nodded.

"Remember, the plan." My vision went blank before a brief scene played itself to me.

A small village that slept in the dark. In the shadows, bandits were creeping towards the town. They were going to destroy it. Many who did not need to die would.

My vision cleared. I glanced at Yuuki and Kana.

"We go west." Kana said.

"They're going to attack in one week." Yuuki murmured.

"Then lets go. Preferably before Pein kills us for being anywhere near Amegakure." I said, recognizing this rain. I grabbed my friends hands and concentrated on a different part of the country.

To anyone watching we disappeared in a flash of white light.

A/N-Yuuki: So Kana hasn't stopped chasing Shina yet and since they're most likely running in the forest I'm taking it upon myself to do this. I'm guessing Shina will update after she stops looking like Bloody Mary and Kana is either tranquilized or has some ice cream. I think that should be by Monday. Hopefully. Unless I hack into Shina's Documents then I'll just post the new chapter later. Okay then, ta-ta!