Mi Ho pov:

I sat with my arms crossed, a pout and a glare. Yeah, I know, that was a weird combination for an expression, but I was pissed.

I was sitting in Hashirama san's office along with Tobirama san, their parents and a few of the clansmen. All of them were discussing things about my abilities seriously and I was feeling totally left out. Jeez, I thought only girls talked a lot....well, I wasn't a chatterbox but I had seen a lot of people saying this and I had definitely seen us girls talk to no end when we were on an interesting topic. But these guys were over the top! Mostly because they were too serious.

I sighed and leaned against the wall as I watched them. They were talking about the Uzumaki clan, this clan, that clan and of course, the Uchiha clan. Well, there you hear it again. The 'Uchiha Clan'. What about them? I was hearing that clans name every time someone had a conversation and it was annoying.

"Who are the Uchihas?" I asked and the room went silent. All pairs if eyes landed on me and I frowned. "What? You guys mention that so much, so I was curious." I shrugged and Butsuma san narrowed his eyes at me. "You don't need to know." He sneered and my eyebrow twitched. I was seriously starting to get annoyed by his bossy and stuck up attitude and I thought I'd give him a piece of my mind. "Look here, buddy. For your information, whether you like it or not, I happen to be staying here because you guys were being so paranoid about everything."

"And since I'm here because of your force, you should be glad I'm not giving you problems and just asking you some basic questions. And I have every right to know the reason why I'm being held here more like a prisoner." I glared and Butsuma san was at a loss of words. It looked like no one had ever spoken to him like this before and everyone in the room had become tense. Tobirama san was more angry than tense, but I continued to glare, not ready to back down one bit.

"You wench! Learn to hold your tongue in front of a man!" He yelled at me as he banged his fist on the table and Hashirama san looked between us nervously. I scoffed and crossed my arms as I turned to look away from him.. "Puh-lease....just because everyone here is so old fashioned, don't expect me to act the same way. Everyone has the right to speak and get information when it concerns them, so I want answers." I glared again and he stood up. He walked to me, pulled me up by the collar and slapped me.

Okay, now this really pissed me off! I turned to him, jumped, turned on my feet and tried to kick him in the face. He easily caught my foot in mid air and I lifted my other leg, going upside down and wrapping it around his neck. I put my hands on the ground in front of his feet and tried to pull him forward and throw him, but he didn't budge. Instead, he caught my leg and threw me into my back several feet away from him. I coughed and pushed up on my elbows and watched him with an annoyed gaze.

Damn it! Why wasn't I able to get him! And this was a pretty advanced move! If it were anyone else, they would have falls ti the ground in a flash! "This is worse than child's play." He sneered and I tch'd. How could I have forgotten? These guys were 'ninjas'. Well, just 'cause they had the fancy title, it didn't make them superman or batman or something. But still, I could tell they were on a different level than me.

I scowled and looked away and Tobirama san was the next person to kneel in front of me and bring me up with a grip on my collar. But I shoved his hand off, stood up, dusted myself and went to sit in the place I was sitting before.....with an angry pout. "Stupid ninjas, stupid powers, stupid everything." I muttered to myself and after a few minutes of my audience staring, they went back to their boring discussion. Well, they had realized that I wasn't going to try anything funny again so they seemed to calm down and went on with their discussions.

Jeez, it took them almost three hours to finish talking. I had managed to get a nap, take some time day dreaming and staring into spaced bored out if my brains and then they finally came to me to talk. "I thought you weren't going to finish till tomorrow....took you guys long enough." I deadpanned and received a glare from Tobirama san. I gave him a 'seriously-stop-glaring-at-me' look and they all sat down in front of me.

"We have decided that you will stay in the room given to you during Hashirama's wedding. You will be on full guard and until the ceremony is over and the Uzumaki clan has left, you are not allowed to leave the room. Since its a part if the interior, no one will come there and we will have someone bring you food regularly." Butsuma san said and I raised a brow. "So you're basically locking me up?" I asked and he nodded. "It can be considered that way."

I frowned and sighed. "C'mon! You cant do that to me! I'd get bored out of my brains if I have to stay in one room for God knows how long!" I whined and I received another glare. I sighed and held up my hands in defense. "Alright alright.....I'll stay in the stupid room." I muttered and Tobirama san glared. "Learn some respect girl." He said in a low voice and I stuck my tongue out at him. "Yeah yeah, and I have a nice name you know?" I looked back at Butauma san and he narrowed his eyes. "Look, I respect your concerns about your clan, so if you don't want me causing anymore trouble, I have a few requests that I want granted. So you can choose....I make a big fuss when the Uzumaki clan is here and you guys get caught, or you cut me some slacks and I'll wait patiently in my room." I crossed my arms across my chest and leaned back agains the wall.

Butsuma san stiffened and I did a mental victory dance when he sighed and nodded for me to state my requests. "Okay, now first of all, I want some books to read. Preferable one that will give me knowledge about this world and what you ninjas do. I would also like to have a few good story books to read....fiction, action, comedy, anything of that sorts. Secondly, I already mentioned this to Tobirama san. I happen to be very strict in my daily exercise and I want privacy and freedom to do my exercise...which means, I don't want anyone spying on me when I'm stretching and working. Oh, and it will include me listening to music as I work." I said as i counted my requests on my fingers.

"That device that you had in your room yesterday from which music was heard....I suggest you show it now. If you hide it, we will have to take it away from you considering it as a weapon." Tobirama san said and I rolled my eyes. But I took out my cell phone and held it for all of them to see. "Tobirama san, I already told you....it doesn't really work here." I said and I switched it on and went to my playlist. I selected a random instrumental song and everyone stiffened when it began to play.

Butsuma san walked to me and I held out my phone to him. He took it from my hand and observed it carefully. He kept turning it around in his hands for five minutes finally, he gave it back yo me when,he realized that it wasn't a weapon. I mean, how could it be a weapon? If I tried to hit someone with it, I'm sure the phone would break even before the person attacked with it for hurt.

I switched off the music and Butsuma san nodded to Tobirama san. Tobirama san turned to me. "Come, I will take you back to the room." He said and I nodded. I gave a slight bow with my head to the others in the room and followed Tobirama san back to my room. Hr left me alone for a few minutes, and when he returned, there were four other people with him, out of which one of them was Raito.when I saw him, I smiled. "Hey! Raito right? How are you and how is Hatsuko?" I aske and he smiled back. "Thanks to you, he's doing alright. I'll be one of your guards until the Uzumaki clan leaves." He said and I shrugged. "I figured."

"Here." I looked to the side and Tobirama san was holding out some books. "Oh!" I took the books from him but I almost dropped them because they were thick and heavy. But Tobirama san caught my hands and help me put down the books on the ground. I chuckled and shook my head and I lifted the books to see their titles. A few of them were about ninjas....like 'The art of Ninjas', 'Basics of chakra control', 'The shinobi life' and there were also some story books. I looked up at Tobirama san and smiled. "Thanks!"

He narrowed his eyes and I frowned. "If you try to do anything to disrespect tou sama ever again, consequences from my side wont be pleasant." He sneered and I cringed. "Hey, its not my fault. You should be cutting me some slack! In my world, I've always been independent and I've always spoken my mind. I don't know the rules of this place and everything is alien to me. For all I know, you guys should be patient and mice to me since I'm willingly cooperating with you since things about your clan are so important to you.....even though I don't understand anything about it." I muttered to myself at the end.

Tobirama san sighed and shook his head. "If you need anything, you can ask one of the people watching you. The Uzumaki clan will be arriving soon and I trust that you will not cause any trouble." He said and I nodded. "Don't worry, I'm not a five year old kid to cause a ruckus." He nodded to the people who would be guarding me and walked away.

I sighed and plopped down on the ground in the room and Raito chuckled. "This is the first time I have seen anyone talk to Tobirama sama like this. Most people are really afraid of just his glare." He said and I chuckled. "Eh, fighting for justice is in my blood!" I punched my hand in the air and we both laughed. "But seriously, Hashirama sama is very patient and people aren't afraid to tell him about their troubles. But Tobirama sama seems to have taken over Butsuma sama....he's very scary and protective of the clan....mostly because he wants to watch over his brother." I smiled and nodded. "I suppose....but I am new to all this, so he could be a little nicer."

Raito became silent and he was no longer smiling and I tilted my head in confusion. "Raito? Is something wrong?" I asked and he sighed. The threw other people who were guarding me seemed to be interested in the conversation as well and one of them spoke. "Butsuma sama had five children....three were killed in the battles against the Uchiha clan. Tobirama sama is strict, but there's a very genuine reason for his protectiveness towards the clan." One of them said and my heart skipped a beat.

So these guys weren't joking when they were seriously talking about the different clans and the war and peace between them. I guess I understood a little bit why my open attitude wasn't really appreciated here.

"You mean....this is like real fighting? A real war?" I asked to confirm if my understanding was correct. The one who spoke nodded and looked away with distant eyes. "Our clan is one of the strongest and there are other clans that wish to join up with us. The Uzumaki clan is very good at chakra control and if the alliance works pit through Hashirama sama's marriage with one of their highest ranked families, we will have a better chance at going against the Uchihas." He said and I frowned. That name again....I was hearing it so much.

"The Uchihas? I've been hearing that clan name a lot...are they really strong?" I asked and Raito nodded. "They are strong. They are the only clan that has been fighting with the Senjus for ao long and neither of us have won. Well, the Senjus have the upper hand, but they are getting stronger as well and don't want to back down." I nodded in understanding. "Why don't you try making peace with them too?" I asked and everyone stiffened.

I blinked and shrugged. "Did I say something wrong?" Raito sighed and shook his head. "No....but I suggest you never say something like this in front of Butsuma sama or Tobirama sama. Things will get ugly." I somehow cringed at the way he said that. It didn't sound good at all.

Raito seemed to notice my confusion and he sighed. "This is supposed to be really confidential information....but I don't feel that you're a bad person so I'll tell you." I nodded my head, curious as to what he was going to say. "Hashirama sama and the current leader of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha madara, were friends when they were younger. They used to meet and train with each other often and at that time they didn't know which clans each of them came from. But when Butsuma san found out, things got really serious. And after that, the fire between the two clans increased two fold."

I swallowed thickly. This was a lot of information to take in at once. First of all, I was in some different crazy dimension and now these guys were telling me about clans and wars and what not's....which was stressful.

I sighed. I couldn't do anything just by thinking about it. Besides, if the situation was as serious as what these guys were saying, I had to be a little more considerate and think about the worries of these people too. So yelling at Butsuma san and Tobirama san felt a little embarrassing now. I would have to apologize to them when I saw them next....and I guess I could cut them some slack too.

I picked up one of the books that was on the ground and opened the cover page. All of these books were hand written....not printed like the ones I always read. In some places, the ink was smudged and some parts if the page was discolored. I sighed and smiled up at Raito. "Thanks for telling,mw this, Raito. If not, I probably would have continued being annoyed at the way I was treated and I would end up making eveyonw angry again." I said and he shook his head. "Its okay, you needed to know some things too since you'll probably be here a while." I nodded and the four ninjas straightened up.

"We'll be standing outside on guard. If there's anything you need, just let us know." He said and I nodded and watched them walk out of the room. I sighed again and looked back at the book. It looks like I still had a lot to learn about this world....and it would be best if I kicked off my temper for the time being and actually listened to these people. It would be good for me and they might not be such bad people if I got to know them. Everyone worried and became strict and stern when they had to protect what was important to them right? So these guys were the same way....so I had to be more understanding and consider other people's feelings too.

Well, now that I wasn't going,ro meet them,for a while, I decided to get some reading done. If I was going to be here for a while, I had to know about ninjas and their abilities, didn't I?

>>Timeskip

It's been one week since I have been locked up in this room. Well, I have been able to learn quite a bit about this world from the books that I read but of course, I hadn't seen them for myself so I wasn't sure how it looked or felt. But I had understood that I was the one at fail for thinking about just myself instead of everybody here and the kind of unstable lifestyle they had here.

Well, the books were really informative, but when I had asked for some bok that had information on the clan concept here, they refused for security reasons.

Besides that, Raito and the other people who have been watching me have been really nice. They get me anything I want, anytime I want it, and food and they even spend time talking to me too. So I haven't been as bored as I thought I would be. And of course, I have been doing my regular workouts. In fact, since I'm not allowed to leave the room for my usual run, I've been doing about 3 hours of workout just to pass the time. Beside that, I sit at the window and watch the sky and drown myself in books, music and dancing....usually when no one is watching.

I could clearly hear cheers and celebrations on the day Hashirama san got married and I felt a little jealous of all the people who were there for his wedding. I had always considered weddings as a magical event when two people loved each other took a vow to love each other forever. Ot was really romantic and I really loved watching the shy bride and the happy confident groom. And in one way, I wanted to congratulate Hashirama san. After all, he was really nice to me and he had made my stay here nice.

Well, Raito had told me that the Uzumaki clan would be leaving today and then I would probably be free to walk around again. I was really waiting for that and I would definitely get a chance to congratulate Hashirama san then. I gave a sigh as I sat near the window. It was early evening and I gave a stretch as I stood up. it was time for my usual evening workout and I got out the mat and put it on the floor.

I unlocked my phone and switched on my favorite playlist and I began my workout.

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