Chapter 2

Just For One Second

Terra, Afternoon

Haelth keeps on glaring at the clock when the teacher wasn't looking. It was 1:55 almost time for school to end, and when Haelth is supposed to meet up with her friends, Oliver and Scoot, at the abandoned factory in the outskirts of town. Haelth wanted to see what was inside the factory, but it was too dangerous to go alone. Monsters creep along outside of the town. Or at least that's what the old folks keep on saying. That's why Haelth brought Scoot and Oliver along, so she won't be alone in the factory and she brought weapons just in case.

Finally, the bell rang, and Haelth quickly grabs her stuff and ran out of the classroom. She ran out of the school, into the street, stopped by a fence that was around the town, and waited there for her friends. The spring's breeze blew through her short red hair and Haelth adjusts her hat.

After a couple of minutes, Oliver appears with his spring styled clothes. Oliver is tall but not very built, has very pale skin. (2). He wore a stylish blue jacket, black shirt, blue pants, and a pink scarf as well.

"Wow Oliver, I thought you would be late." Haelth teased him. Many times, Oliver arrives late for their meetings because he always wants to look his best when he goes out. Haelth finds it rather silly sometimes, even when they just want to hang out he still wants to look his best. If Haelth had to guess, it was because the sisters and brothers of the All-Mother have spoiled him, and even when he joins the army and goes to combat school he still can get away with that.

"Wow Haelth, have a little faith in me will ya?" Oliver replied his eyes sparking in playfully at her. Haelth playfully sticks her tongue out at him. The two (along with Scott) have been friends since kindergarten and always stick by each other side.

Soon Scott came running toward them. Scott was only a few inches shorter than Oliver but more built than him, his hair brown and spiky, eyes a hard green, and a grumpy look on his face. He is wearing a green shirt that some soda logo on it, jeans, and a brown jacket.

"You're late Scott!' Haelth teased him.

Scott's face turned into a scowl as he explained, "I would have been here sooner, but Mr. Apple wanted me to talk to him after class."

"You're not in trouble are you?" Haelth asked worried about him. Scott was one of the top students in combat and therefore was bullied a lot because of it.

Oliver's eyes narrow, "It's not those Turner twins again are is it?" The Turner twins are two sibling bullies that happen to come from a very rich family and think they can do whatever they want. Haelth, Oliver, and Scott have been subject to their bullying before.

"No, it's about my grades," Scott answered. "He said I'm passing his class and is thinking I should lead a squad soon for a mission."

Haelth let out a sigh of relief, "Good, I don't want to deal with those two again."

"Same here," Scott replied grumpy, "Those two bring nothing but trouble."

"So, are we going in?" Oliver questioned as he looks at the old factory. Haelth jumps up from her spot and runs to the factory.

"Come on, slowpokes! I'll race you!" She called out to them as she climbs the fence.

"Hey!" Both Oliver and Scott shouted, and chased after her. She laughs at them; life is as good when you have friends to hang out with.

Terra, Factory, Afternoon

Dust, decaying metal, and broken glass are scattered across the floor of the old factory. Haelth's nose wrinkled at the smell, but she couldn't help but be excited! She always wanted to see the inside of the old factory, because it makes her like have a sense of adventure. Since she wasn't a hunter yet, she and her friends can't explore outside of the kingdom borders. And even then, there are still monsters that creep around the kingdom, so many older folks don't want kids like her and the others to go exploring. This was the closest that she was going to get.

"Haelth! Don't go too far!" Scott warned her as he and Oliver walked through the door. Haelth glared behind at herself to see if they were catching up to her, as she turns a corner.

"Come on you slowpokes! There is so much to see-" Suddenly an unmovable force knocks Haelth to the ground, and she lands on her butt. Haelth yelped in pain as Oliver and Scott move to where she was.

"Watch where you're going, kid!" A young boy's voice snarled.

When Haelth looks up, she found three pairs of eyes looking down at her. One was a young boy that looks about 18 with silver-grey hair and steely eyes that glared at Haelth. One was a girl that looks the same age as the boy with blue hair and blue eyes, with a worried look on them. A tall man was standing behind them with a bored look on his face; he was muscular but lean, had longed spiky hair, one jade green eye, his right eye was missing and replaced with a long scar. They all have weapons and armor on, making them look out of place in this factory but still threatening to say the least.

Haelth backed away from them as Oliver and Scott came around the corner. The boys were taken aback at the appearances of the three strangers. The grey-haired boy hissed when he saw Scott and Oliver, "More kids?! Didn't your mothers teach you not to bump into strangers?" Before Haelth, Scott or Oliver could protest he cut them off.

"Well if your parents can't teach you a lesson, perhaps I should." Haelth, Scott, and Oliver froze in disbelief and fear. Was he really going to beat them up, or was he just talking crap?

The blue-haired girl glared at the other, and shouted at him, "That's enough Romeo! Let's just focus on the mission and leave the kids alone." She tried to have an indifferent look on her face, but she sends a worried glance at the children. "Besides, they're just kids. They're not that big of a deal."

In any other setting, Scott would start telling Romeo to back off, but something about this guy makes Scott want to bolt. There was a dangerous air around him like he'll rip people apart for just looking at him wrong.

"You're just being soft on them because they're kids, Jess," Romeo sneered, and glared at her with an annoyed look on his face, "You've always been too soft." He glared at Jess, who back down from him, but glared right back at him. Out of the corner of her eye, Haelth saw Scott trying to get closer to her.

'What do I do?' Haelth tried to think out of a way out of this, 'If I run to Scott and Oliver, they will catch us. But if don't...' Her thoughts trail off a bit, trying to think of a way out without these stranger knowing.

"I say we leave this to commander Goro," Romeo turned to the red-hair male who hasn't said anything yet, with a sickly eager voice. "Please sir, allow me to show Jess how things are done around here. Teach these kids a lesson. One that they remember." Goro's eyes darted to Haelth (who was slowly backing away from Romeo) and looked back to Romeo. After a few moments, Goro answered him, "So be it."

Haelth, Scott, and Oliver all froze in fear when Goro said those words. Jess turned around to Romeo and Goro with a disbelieving look on her face, "Now there is no need for this!" Romeo ignored her and lunged at Haelth with a dragger. Time seems slow down for Haelth, as she caught the glimmer of the dragger heading towards her and Romeo bloodthirsty grin.

'I...I have to fight. Maybe I can beat him. Maybe I can...' Haelth tried to dodge, she really did. Romeo hits the ground as she sidesteps and tries to run past him, but he quickly grabs her jacket and pulls her right back. Half stunned she tried to get up, only to find Romeo stabbing her right shoulder. She felt a warm liquid dripping down her shoulder; never before had Haelth felt this much pain and fear. Before she could even cry out in pain, Romeo throws her into the air. With Haelth in mid-air, Romeo grabs her again and slashes across her face with the dragger, then throw her into a wall. Haelth was blinded by pain and blood for a moment, before hitting the wall causing her ears to ring. She's then pinned down by Romeo with one hand holding her neck, causing Haelth to hiss in pain. He then held the bloody dragger up to her face.

"Any last words, weakling?" He spat out the word 'weakling' like it was some curse word. Haelth panicked tried to escape from Romeo's grip, by kicking, biting, scratching. But Romeo didn't lose his gripped, it just annoyed him, and Haelth was losing air. 'This is it? This is how...I die?' Haelth sadly thought and closed her eyes.

Suddenly the weight was lifted off of Haelth, and she opened her eyes. Scott pushed Romeo off of Haelth, but Romeo's knife raked across her throat. Blood splattered the floor; Haelth knows that it is deep enough to kill her, but if she gets to the hospital in time, then her life can be saved. But Romeo knocks her aside with a heavy blow to the head. Haelth's breath comes out ragged as she blacks out.

The last thing she saw was Scott running at Romeo with a rock in hand and her body being carried off.

Traverse Town, Hospital, Night

Sakura sighed, as she sat down on a chair in an empty hospital room. This shift was longer than usual. Sakura just wanted to lie down and rest. She found it rather hard to heal people without the use of her chakra. Luckily she has knowledge of how to heal people without the use of her chakra, but it was still easier for her to heal people with her chakra. She also had problems with the technology in Traverse Town, because her world lacked the technology found in this world. (3)

The break room was lively with the other nurses and doctors, so Sakura decides to spend her break in this empty room for peace and quiet. She often wonders where Naruto and the others are. She was the only one from her world to have arrived here at Traverse Town. Every day she hopes to see someone from her world, but there is no sign of them.

Sakura wished she could head off to other worlds to find them, but she has no ship or any way to get off this planet. She hopes that Edward can find a way for them to use their powers again and find the ship so they can to find their friends and families.

Suddenly there was a bright flash of light that blinded Sakura for a moment; she jumps to her feet and covers her face with her arm. Then someone throws something into Sakura's arms, knocking her off-balance, and pushing her back into the chair.

"DON'T LET HER FOLLOW ME!" A male voice ordered, full of pain and panic. Sakura caught sight of something white at the corner of her eye.

"Wait!" Sakura shouted, quickly jumping to her feet again to catch up to the guy while carrying whatever the guy threw at her. But when she turns around the corner, the figure was gone. Sakura let out a sigh and looked down to see what the figure threw at her.

"Oh my god!" Sakura shouted in surprise, almost dropping the little girl in her arms. The poor girl was bleeding all over, especially around the throat covered by a pink scarf. Sakura forgot about the mystery figure and raced to get this girl to the emergency room fast.

To be continued...

(1)- In this fan-fiction, if certain that people have powers that depend on what kind of power source, if they go into a different world that even simpler to their world source, then they can't use their power.

(2)- Yes Oliver is albino

(3)- In Naruto's world there some use of technology, but it's not as advanced as us.