Catharsis | AVOOCU Sequel

Chapter 2: Once More, Meeting

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Thoughts/ Text/ Emphasis

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Language other than Japanese

Author's Note

[Chapter 2: Once More, Meeting]

What the fuck. My hands were pressed to my face as I refused to stare at the people in front of me. What the fuck. How the fuck did this even happen?

Long story short, I ended up throwing everyone in the shower. Not fun I tell you— having to both drain up the water and shut up all the screams that came along (mostly Sakura). Thankfully, I'm a cheap ass motherfucker that only wears oversized clothing so they weren't naked now. My clothes...

Shuffling awkwardly in my seat, I heaved a deep, deep sigh as I craned my head back up. They were all looking at me: suspicious, curious, cautious— not that I blame them. I deadpanned, if it weren't for being Megumi, I would've been more intimidated by this. "Um..." I placed a hand under my chin and cleared my throat. "Hi?" I waved at them. "Uh, how did you get here...?" I can't just automatically assume that fanfiction powers exist, can I?

Instead of an immediate answer, all I got was even more confused eyes. "Hey, what are you saying?" Naruto spoke up with his face scrunched. Although they didn't say it, the rest of the team nodded in agreement. "That's not Japanese!"

I blinked. What? What do you mean that's not... It hit me— I was speaking in English. I resisted the utter urge to slap myself. I'm... I'm already... Once more, I sighed, pursuing my lips together. "Ah, sorry," I didn't like the fact that it felt weird conversing in another language. "I... I mean, I just didn't think you didn't know English."

"English?" I almost choked on Sakura's terrible attempt at the word. "Is that... what you were saying?"

I nodded, narrowing my eyes. "Yeah, but it's weird you've never heard it." I mused, cocking my head to the side. "Wait, but if you've never heard of that then..." In an act, I furrowed my brows together.

"You're quick," Kakashi noted— how the hell did he get a mask? I didn't have a mask around— staring at me with a single eye. He made a small hum, glancing back at his students. "But it's most likely that we're in a different world."

"How does that even work?" Sasuke butted in. "I doubt there's any jutsu that can do that." Well, I thought to myself, maybe Obito's Kamui or Minato's Hiraishin could do it.

Honestly, I'm just surprised that they're not freaking out that both Naruto and Sasuke were here. Maybe something happened in the box?

I crossed my arms, pursuing my lips in thought. How did they come here...? "Maybe some world rift was created...? If that even exists." I let out a sigh-- but then why did they turn into cats? Well, three cats and a dog.

"Wait just a moment," Sakura spoke up, fiddling with the clothing I gave her. Craning my head at the pink-haired girl, I blinked as she pointed an accusing finger at me. "Why is it that you're so calm about this?" Her brows furrowed. "Heck, you seem to recognize us!"

Fuck. I almost cursed out loud. I was so consumed by the fact that we were here that I forgot to mask myself. Eying them with a side glance, everyone seemed to be on edge. I resisted the urge to sigh, no, I can work around this. "Um, well," I scrambled for any ideas to come knocking in. "Do you know what parallel universes are?"