Ch3

~Emily's POV~

Kakashi led me to the Hokage's office through a maze of halls. We had exchanged names when we left the hospital but all other conversation died. I let my eyes settle on the back of my white haired guide. 'Should I be trusting this guy?' I found myself thinking as I stared at his gravity defying hair. He seemed to feel my gaze and he glanced back at me, making eye contact with me for a moment before turning to watch where he was going again. 'Heh. I wonder if I'm creeping him out.' I thought as I continued to stare at him. 'Should I try to start a conversation? Or would that just be awkward?'

I only realised Kakashi had stopped when I bumped into him. I muttered an apology as I took a step away from him. The ninja glanced at me with an unreadable expression, then turned to the double doors we had stopped at and knocked on it.

"Come in." I heard a voice that sounded old. Kakashi opened the doors and led me inside. On the other side of the room behind a desk, sat an old man.

"Lord Hokage, this is the girl I found." Kakashi said. The Hokage looked at me,

"I see, you must be Emily. Am I wrong?" He asked. 'Huh? How did he know?' I thought.

"Uh yeah. Wait," I said as a thought struck me. "Your name wouldn't be Sarutobi, right?" The Hokage chuckled.

"That's me." He said. "Thank you Kakashi, you can leave now." I glanced at Kakashi before he disappeared behind the door then turned to face the Hokage.

"I'm guessing you met Clockwork then." I stated dryly. Lord Hokage nodded,

"Yes. He said that you needed help to settle in this dimension and to find your brother." I nodded. 'Did Clockwork not tell about me being half ghost or about Em?' I thought as his eyes scanned me.

"He also told me that you are not exactly human." He said. I frowned and avoided his gaze.

"So?"

"Don't worry, you can trust me. Clockwork also told me that your archenemy could possibly destroy this universe, so even if I did hate you because you weren't human I would help you." I looked at him then sighed.

"I was going to try to trust you anyway. Clockwork said I should, But this only because he is the ghost of time." The Hokage chuckled again,

"Ok. I'm glad." He said. 'Huh? Is it just me, or is there something weird about the way we're speaking?' I ignored the thought and spoke again.

"So, you going to ask me anything? I'll tell you everything you want to know so long as you promise not to tell anyone, ever." The Hokage raised an eyebrow.

"Everything? You sure about that?" He asked. I replied with another question.

"Yakusoku?" 'There it is again. Why is it weird?' The Hokage nodded.

"I promise not to tell anyone, ever. Unless you give me permission, of course." He said.

"Then hai, everything." I answered his original question. 'There it is again. Actually... now that I think about it my entire speech pattern feels weird, but I understand everything perfectly and obviously everyone else does.

What did you do Clockwork!?

"Hello?" The Hokage waved to get my attention and I jumped.

"Ah! Gomen I got lost in thought." I apologized. "Before I answer everything, can I ask you something weird." I saw a curious expression spread across the Hokage's face as he nodded.

"What language are we speaking?" I asked and the Hokage chuckled.

"Japanese." He said. "Clockwork told me to tell you that he took the liberty of getting the ghost of knowledge to give you the ability to speak any language you might come across." 'There's a ghost of knowledge? Oh well, at least I know why it feels weird.' I thought as I nodded. The Hokage clasped his hands together under his chin and lent fowards slightly.

"If you don't mind, the first thing I would like to know about, is what Clockwork meant when he said you weren't exactly human." The Hokage asked. 'Of course.' I thought as I let out a sigh.

"Wakata. The ghost zone knows me a one of the halfas. The halfas are half ghost, half human, so I'm not quite human and have a variety of different powers. There are only four halfas in existence because it's technically impossible, but either way my brother and I are two of them."

"Interesting, would you show me these powers?" I shrugged and transformed, 'Saw that question coming.' I thought.

"You want to see everything?" I asked the Hokage as he took in my new appearance. The old ninja nodded,

"Hai, please." He replied. I smiled, for some reason it felt nice to be revealing everything.

"Okay then, first my most basic powers are my inhuman strength and enhanced senses. Then there are three basic powers that all ghosts have, and they are flight," I hovered a little. "intangibility" I grinned and flew right through the Hokage, causing him to shiver "and invisibility." I finished by demonstrating and flicking him in the head. Then I returned to my spot in front of the desk and continued. "Another common power are the ecto blasts" I shot at some unfortunate bug that had flown into the room. "and overshadowing. Not all ghosts have these but the majority have a version of it, then ghost powers vary from there."

"What is overshadowing?" The Hokage asked.

"It's basically possession, and I don't like to use it. Though it's pretty easy to tell I'm using it because my host's eyes will turn green like mine and I still use my voice." I answered. The Hokage nodded and I continued my explanation. "All ghosts have an obsession, and most of the time their powers have something to do with the life they led when alive, for example there was a man out in the world who loved boxes then when he died he became an annoying box ghost who could "control all things cardboard and square, and the occasional bubble wrap." Man, he was annoying." The Hokage raised an eyebrow but let me continue, so I decided to show him the other powers I had.

"If the obsession isn't tangible, I think the ghost is given a core, oh by the way a core is just the centre of our powers, anyway, is given a core affiliated with the elements. I think my brother and I's obsession is to protect seeing as we always chose to keep the other ghosts at bay rather than just stay out of trouble, so the first power we gained that came from our core was to make ice like this." I smirked and slammed my hands on to the floor. Within seconds the room was covered in a thick sheet of jagged ice. The Hokage looked a little shocked before his face relaxed and he chuckled,

"Impressive. Though it's also possible with some jutsu." He said. "That's a fine set of powers you've got. Is there more?" I nodded,

"One, no wait, two more." I answered. "There's the ghostly wail, that's my most destructive power and it takes up a lot of energy, so I can't show you here. Then the most recent one is my teleport but I have no idea how to activate let alone control it. Now if you don't mind, what's a jutsu?" The Hokage chuckled again,

"Matte, first let's get you settled here in Konoha." He said, and I reluctantly agreed, though I was still full of questions about this new dimension. The Hokage continued,

"Also you'll need something to cover your face in your ghost form, I don't know about your old home but ninjas are very observant, so unless you want everyone to know you're half dead it's a good idea to conceal your appearance." I nodded, a small smile pulling at the corners of my mouth.

"Wakata, arigato." I said.

"Just doing my job." He laughed, "now lets get away from this cold ice and sort you out a place to stay."

Mini-dictionary-like-thing:

Yakusoku = Promise

Hai = Yes

Gomen = Sorry

Wakata = Okay, Got it/I understand

Matte = Wait

Arigato = Thank you