A Shift Between Dimensions

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"I don't know for certain but I think he might," Konahamaru said softly.  "Also... Kakashi and Sarah have some kind of weird dynamic going right now too.  Last I knew, they had some kind of blow up and she's been evading him and he's been trying to catch her."

Naruto started laughing  hard, "The old man is in pursuit of a woman?  THIS I have to see!"  He continued snickering for a while before clearing his throat, "I trust that if Iruka and Kakashi both have found no fault in these women, they must not be a threat to the Leaf.  I'd actually like to talk to them about this... show and about their world."  He then narrowed his eyes on him, "Why did you come to me, Konahamaru?  I don't think it was to keep me informed about their presence."

"I don't know what I should do about Klaudia," he finally responded.  "You've always been my mentor and the person I trust the most in the world.  I don't know how I'm supposed to react to this, Naruto.  She didn't exactly lie to me but she also wasn't up front with me about where they were really from."

Naruto folded his hands in front of him as he looked at him.  "Let me run something by you, Konahamaru.  Klaudia knows all about us, obviously, from just the little bit that I saw on her phone.  I'm going to assume the other two women do as well.  With that in mind... I would say they would be very cautious about revealing that.  They could be viewed as spies or worse... imagine if we viewed them as another potential Kaguya.  We'd have to have the ANBU lock them down."

"Klaudia said something similar to that as she was trying to explain to me why she didn't tell me from the start," Konahamaru said softly.

"It took a rather large leap of faith and trust for her to confide in you," Naruto then said.  "She must care for you a lot to do that.  How do you feel about her?"

"I like her a lot," he responded feeling more ashamed of how he reacted after Naruto's words.  "I don't think I'm in love with her yet... but I think I could come to love her.  God knows I've fantasized a lot about her."

Naruto chuckled then leaned forward, "Then you better patch things up with her Konahamaru.  The sooner the better.  Women get pretty emotional when their heart is involved."

Konahamaru gave him a smile finally,  "I knew you'd know what to do.  Thank you, Naruto."

He stood and Naruto clapped him on the shoulder as he walked him to the door.  He gave a wave of goodbye before running fast in the direction of Klaudia's building.  He ran up the side of the building and opened her window as easily as he had the night before.  He frowned as he saw that she was already up and gone.  He glanced to the sky and cursed softly.  It was way too early for her to go to work and he was suddenly worried that she might have left - permanently.  He cursed beneath his breath before going to the rooftop.  He would first check to see if she went early to work.  With her love of animals, he could see her going to them for comfort.

He ran across the rooftops to save time then flipped to the ground as he reached the path that would take him to the Inuzuka Clan.  The sun was just starting to crest the horizon as he got close to where the clan was located when a ray of sunlight crested over the top of one of the trees and a gleam of metal caught his attention.  He slowed down as he approached it and knelt.  It was Klaudia's necklace and it had obviously been broken from her neck.  His eyes then went to the ground and noticed impressions in the dirt that indicated some kind of struggle.

Fear leaped up in his heart and he looked around the area carefully.  Someone had taken her, he was certain of it.  His eyes narrowed as he noticed only a faint trace of which direction they had gone, a single broken plant in the direction of the woods.  He cursed and immediately set out in that direction which would take them towards the Land of Rice.  He never ran so fast in his life as he bound through the trees after them.  He stretched out his senses and chakra, looking for any faint trace of the person who had taken her.

He was becoming more horrified the longer he ran and wondered if he would be able to find her.  Then he felt it, a faint trace of another's Chakra.  He increased his speed, feeling the trace becoming stronger.  The hint of danger was growing stronger as well, those old instincts that he had felt many times right before a battle was growing more and more in his mind.  The sun was now fully overhead.  He then heard a voice at a distance not far ahead of him.

"Now see..." the voice was saying in a rather patronizing tone.  "Isn't this better than the other? Don't feel bad, Klaudia, there is no shame in taking some pleasure, even if it isn't your wish."

"I hate you," Klaudia whispered back, he could hear the disgust in her voice.

As he landed on a tree not far from where they were, Konahamaru felt almost sick as he saw the man on top of her and pulling her shorts off.  "That's fine by me... hate me if you wish. Just try to remember that when I have you crying out beneath me."  He then kissed her almost violently as he started fumbling with the front of his own pants, having successfully removed her bottoms.

Rage unlike anything he'd ever felt before went through him and he leaped towards him, igniting his Rasengan.  The other man sensed his presence before he could pound him with it and abruptly twisted to the side and was on his feet in a fluid movement.  A Rogue Ninja, without a doubt.  He shifted his trajectory and landed with his feet on either side of her naked legs.

Klaudia could not believe it as she looked up at Konahamaru standing over her, his back to her.  The Rasengan swirling in his hand as he stood in a defensive way.  She grabbed her shorts and underwear, pulling them on quickly before scooting back out of the way.  "Stay behind me, Klaudia," he said softly without looking back at her.

She gasped as the two abruptly went at each other.  She had never seen Konahamaru so angry ever on the show.  His movements were fast and quick as he battled the other man.  She curled tighter in a ball, shaking as the shock started to pass.  She couldn't believe he found her.  She couldn't believe he had even come for her.  She was crying and didn't even know it as she watched the two men fighting.  He came for her.  She had been certain that no one would even know she was missing until there would be nothing left to find her.

The other man was formidable but Konahamaru's rage was giving him an edge over the other man, an edge that came to fruition as  he finally slammed the Rasengan into him.  The other man flew back a good twenty feet from the blast to slam into a tree, the bark cracking from the impact.  She covered her eyes as Konahamaru dispatched him to the afterlife, not wanting that image in her mind.

Konahamaru knelt down in front of her, his hand cupping her face wiping the tears from her cheeks.  "I'm so sorry, Klaudia.  I'm sorry about everything." He grunted when she threw her arms around him, holding him tight as she cried.

"I didn't think anyone would find me.  I thought... I had to..."

"Sssh," he said against her hair.  "It's over.  I've got you now and I'm not going to let you go."

He picked her up in his arms as she cried against his neck.  It just about broke his heart.  If he had been just a little bit late... or worse, if he hadn't gone to her at all.  He tightened his grip on her before leaping into the trees to go home.  He was shaken at his core.  He had almost lost her.