>Be a ninja

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

[There's a new teenager in the DR.  A very, very confused teenager.  His face is likely familiar, but the clothes don't seem right--especially the metal headband around his neck or the standard-issue Konoha sandals on his feet.

His main problem is that he walked through a door that he thought led into his apartment.  Instead, he stepped into one of the dressing room's hallways and the door disappeared right before his eyes.

He's currently examining the wall where the door was, hoping he wasn't stupid enough to wander into a genjutsu trap.]


[OoC:  AU Naruto/KH crossover Riku.  Is 16, has been living in Konoha for about 3 years.  Important info in userinfo.]

Comments

[nitroaddict.livejournal.com]

Good luck getting that one to open again. Unless you want to try some dynamite, I could take out that wall in ten seconds, eleven, tops.

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

[Blink blink. Confused Riku here.]

...Would the door come back if you destroyed the wall? [This is a disbelieving face.]

[nitroaddict.livejournal.com]

Why try to bring one back when you can make your own?

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

The door you make might not lead back to where I want it to go, that's why.

[nitroaddict.livejournal.com]

Maybe, sure. You could decide not to try, but then you would never know if it would have worked.

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

...If I let you blow up the wall, are you gonna blame me for it later?

[nitroaddict.livejournal.com]

Only if something from your world will come out to eat me. You're not gonna hold out on something important like that, are you kid?

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

[Eyebrow raise over here while he tries to think of what could possibly come out of Konoha that ate people. Nope, got nothing.]

That probably wouldn't happen. There'd just be a huge hole in the wall.

[nitroaddict.livejournal.com]

Then what could possibly go wrong? Here, hold this.

[he just handed you a bundle of dynamite sticks pulled from his pack, and is busily unwinding more fuse wire to twist into place with what's sticking up from the sticks in your hands.]

[f1re0nthesun]

[this dude doesn't look much like any sort of ninja, especially right now, in his worn sleep pants slung low on his hips, his bare feet, and his lack of a shirt. but if Riku's anything more than a genin, he should be able to tell without even looking that Axel is someone with a massive amount of chakra. like, kage or similarly powerful ninja level, or, gasp, a jinchuuriki.

he's slowing on his way down this hall, anyway, and eyeing Riku curiously.]

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

[You should see his roommate. He doesn't look like a proper ninja most of the time, not with the traffic-cone orange outfit. Also, Riku is still a genin, due to getting started with the whole ninja business a lot later than most kids.

Axel does not go unnoticed--not by chakra, just Riku catching movement out of the corner of his eye--and the examination of the wall is abandoned temporarily.]

Uh, hi...who are you?

[f1re0nthesun]

Axel. You uh... you're from Konoha?

[nods at the metal headband, and bites his tongue to keep from saying half the other stuff that's coming to mind. wouldn't do to confuse the poor kid right off the bat.]

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [He looks Axel over to see if he has anything that would immediately identify what village he's from. Nope.] Are you? I've never seen you in the village before.

[f1re0nthesun]

[hm. so Riku's either not from the same world as him, or he's just ignorant. interesting.]

Ha. I dunno, I might make it in the Konoha you're from, depends on how you guys feel about Suna.

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

[They could be from the same world, since Riku's not met everyone in it.]

There were some kids from there in the exam a while back, but I don't think we're not at war with them or anything.

[He gets most of his information secondhand, but he's pretty sure he's right.]

[f1re0nthesun]

[hence the ignorance, since he knows genin kids aren't usually informed about a who's who of the Bingo Book, um.]

Ah, that's good. So are you a chuunin or what?

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

Not yet. I'm not worried about it. [He's leaving out the part about everyone telling him he's not ready to take the exam.]

So, what is this place? It's definitely not my apartment. [He's still holding on to the theory that it might be genjutsu.]

[f1re0nthesun]

[well, whatever, he can respect that. Rikus generally know what they're doing, even if 16 does seem a bit old to still be a genin.]

Yeah, it's not, and I can assure you it's not a genjutsu, either. But the short version is that you're not on your world anymore, and this place can be a little overwhelming at first, because it pulls people in from all over, so there are lots of doubles and alternate versions of people.

[iwont-runaway.livejournal.com]

[Wait a second...Riku?

He, seems different...But. The headband.]

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

[Sudden blonde ninja that's not Ino or one of his squad members? Staring for a few seconds while he tries to figure out who you are.]

...Do I know you?

[iwont-runaway.livejournal.com]

[...Sigh. Apparently not.

Shakes her head.]

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

Oh. You looked familiar is all.

What's your name? I'm Riku.

[iwont-runaway.livejournal.com]

My name's Namine Hyuga.

[Bows her head a little.]

[chakraandkey.livejournal.com]

Naminé, huh? Nice to meet you, Naminé.

[iwont-runaway.livejournal.com]

[Little shy smile.]

It's nice to meet you too.