Samui paused, looking around and seeing nothing out of the ordinary in either the wooden floors or the immaculate white walls. Of course, when she turned around, she saw nothing behind herself. Very nervous and slightly afraid, she turned back to the direction she'd been going at in the first place and yelped, taking a step back. "Oh, it's you." She said, calming down noticeably.
"Are you alright?" The other figure asked, tilting her head and causing a cascade of golden spikes to spill over her shoulder. Samui shrugged, indicating that she was not gonna answer that question truthfully, which was fair enough given that such information was probably not commonly given. "How are they?"
"I think both are hiding a lot of their fear and pain… I do not think your academy prepared them very well." Samui explained, sighing. "While a real situation is far more shocking and unnerving than a simulation, I admit that our training in such situations has made this much more bearable."
"I see…" Naruko said, frowning slightly.
Samui sighed, calming her nerves somewhat as she did so, however she didn't fully relax. The sun was starting to set and the unlit areas would soon get pretty dark. She'd hoped that her new friends would join her and her team in a bonding activity, but given the lack of light, she found it unlikely. Regardless, the cruise had several days left until they got to the closest port to sort out the massive complications they'd come across. "You should probably change your clothes…"
"I have nothing else. I… kinda forgot to bring extra changes with me and the outfit they loaned me was ruined in the fight."
Samui pursed her lips. "Still…"
Naruko shrugged. "They're clean and comfortable and, for the moment, it's enough for me." She spoke, looking down at the long red coat trimmed in gold she wore, which had sleeves that were a fair bit longer than her arms and which almost touched the ground.
"Still… you took his sword, too."
"It was mine to begin with. Apparently, I have a clan, and this thing…" She lifted a pure white sheath, decorated with an elaborate golden design near the blade's small cross guard and tipped with gold on the tip, along with the blade in it, which was a simple weapon that wasn't outwardly unique. Surprisingly, it happened to be the perfect size for Naruko to use as a katana. "… belonged to them. I also took his hat. I liked it."
Samui frowned. She was far too casual about the fact she'd fought a jounin, admittedly with backup provided by two rather powerful jounin, and come out on top, not to mention the things that Samui had seen but nobody else in those kitchens had. She'd been the only one to remain awake. Ultimately, Samui said nothing about the other blonde's choice of action or words.
"Oh, well. I'll see you tomorrow, Samui-chan! B-nii told me he'd show me some of his raps tomorrow! I can't wait!" Naruko said, grinning and running past Samui to the room she and her teammates had been moved to after the pirate attack.
Once she was gone, Samui permitted herself a full body shiver and she rubbed at her upper arms, before walking off at a brisk pace.
***
OMAKE: When Canon Attacks
"This is, very clearly, a joke." Sasuke stated.
"It can't be anything else." Satsuki replied, glaring at her male counterpart. "This is so non canon it hurts."
Both of them crossed their arms and huffed, angry at each other. They then turned away, closed their eyes and grunted. "You're trying way too hard to be cool." They said in a chorus so perfect that neither noticed. They turned back to glare at each other.
"Oi, get a room, you two!" Naruto spoke, raising a blond eyebrow and leaning back in the lawn chair that one of his clones had transformed into. He made the handseal to bring another clone into existence. "Yo, Naruko-chan, want more lemonade?"
"I'm so jealous of that jutsu!" Naruko cried indignantly. "Goddess, why can't I have cool things like that?" She asked, looking at the fourth wall with tear filled eyes.
"Because she is sick and tired of seeing Kage Bunshin used as a crutch, plus the whole thing with us training to be super strong in no time at all using the clones would really throw the story's flow out of whack. Meh, you're cool the way you are, Naruko-chan!" The blond spoke, reaching over and ruffling the girl's hair.
"You're pretty cool yourself!" the female blonde replied.
Sakura sighed. "I'm surrounded by idiots." She spoke, rubbing the bridge of her nose.
The other Sakura looked at her. "Wait, if the Sasuke in your world is female… does that mean you're a gay?" She asked, blinking in confusion.
"No! I'm not a goddamn gay!" Sakura cried out in indignation.
"Bullshit you aren't!" Naruko replied.
"I can't even begin to describe how cool your universe is, Naruko-chan." Naruto replied. "Wait, how old are we in this omake?" he asked.
"That depends." Naruko replied. "On whether or not those two over there…" She began, pointing at where Sasuke and Satsuki had engaged in good old fisticuffs. "…are gonna have sex after beating each other up."
"So… legal, then?" Naruto asked.
"What describes 'legal', anyway?" Sakura asked. "I mean, pretty much every country and culture has a different age at which they'd consider something proper. So what could be potentially seen as okay in one culture would be terribly offensive in another."
The other Sakura hummed. "Like your obvious gay crush on Satsuki." She mused. "In some countries, it's seen as an immature phase that you have to grow out of…" She absent mindedly coughed something that sounded a bit like a certain country in Asia's name. "… while in others, it's seen as immoral since you're still underage, but would be perfectly accepted if you were, say, three years older."
Naruto and Naruko had procured popcorn out of nowhere. They were munching on it while they watched the fireworks that ensued from the two Uchiha fighting. "Wow. I didn't know Satchan could bend that way!"
"I didn't know that Sasuke was that flexible either! You know, your Sasuke is kinda cute…"
"Oh, hell naw!" The two Sakura spoke in unison, getting on either side of Naruto and punching him upside the head.
"Hm… Well, if he scowled less and smiled a little more, I'm sure your Sasuke would be plenty attractive too…" Naruko mused. Then she grinned.
The two Uchiha immediately stopped fighting as they felt a chill running down their spines. "For some reason, every single one of my instincts is telling me to run, run and never look back." Sasuke informed.
Satsuki nodded and helped him to his feet. Both were running for the hills in a second flat.
"Aw, Satchan! Sasuke-kun! Come back!" Naruko yelled, standing up and running after them with a grin.
One Sakura blushed from anger, the other from shame. "Is she always like this?" The canon flavor Sakura asked.
"You have no idea…" Yuri Flavor Sakura replied.
Naruto raised his head and grinned at them. "I think I'm in love!" He said, as he saw both of the 'Last Loyal Uchiha' running away from his female counterpart. Then he was off like a shot after them.
Sakura sighed. "You're used to minimizing the damage Naruto causes, right?"
"Well, yes. I'm willing to bet that mine is more disruptive to missions, though."
"Really? How so?"
"You'll see… I just hope she doesn't get the bright idea to henge into the nine tailed fox or something equally stupid…"