Xover: Jump Force (The Rewrite) - [CONTINUED]

Sakura Harano

Chapter 07: Sakura Harano

(Mr. Urahara's Shop, Karakura Town, Japan)

The pink-haired kunoichi, sat in a traditional Eastern-style room next to the pale Shinobi to her right, her only familiar companion in this strange new place. Wherever here was, it definitely wasn't the Land of Fire.

(A/N: How I think Sai might look at this point!)

Across and around her, Sakura regarded her current company cautiously. Though she wasn't a Sensory-Type, she could tell whatever she was feeling from them wasn't Chakra. And that unsettled her. The teenage boy and girl she knew were hiding something big from her. Then there was fully-sentient dolls. A perverted living skeleton. A black/green-haired boy dressed in a white vest and green shorts, with honey-brown eyes that burned with an untold passion. And most suspicious of all, the aforementioned 'Mr. Hat & Cloggs' himself at the forefront of the group. A fan held close to his face.

"Right, as you've all probably noticed by the shimmer by now, we're currently surrounded by a barrier that hides our reiatsu-"

"Reiatsu?" asked the black/green-haired boy curiously. The hatted man answered casually without interrupting his flow, "Yes, reiatsu. That would be our word for the energy that exists in all things, or to be precise the souls of all things, which can be harnessed and focused in many ways for various uses. It's particularly more concentrated in humans and spiritual beings." Sakura was curious to know more about 'Spiritual Beings' and the 'souls of all things' before the boy spoke again. "There's something like that where I'm from, but we call it Aura, or when used practically we call it Nen." Then Sai spoke in his own calm, flat tone (before Sakura could stop him). "We too have something like that, but we call it Chakra.", "And I would call it Haki, though I have only seen its use by the living. I'm not exactly proficient in its use myself. Maybe because I'm not technically alive. Yohohoho!" the skeleton added with his odd sense of humour.

The hatted man continued his flow despite the interruption. "As I was saying, we're currently surrounded by a barrier created by a friend of mine that hides our respective energies (and he mumbled '.. along with any other suspicious energy' into his fan), from any unwanted visitors. And now we've got some breathing room, I think it's time for some formal introductions.

"I am Mr. Kisuke Urahara, owner of this humble shop in Karakura Town, North Tokyo, Japan. As well as former Captain of 12th Division of Gotei 13 Soul Society, former President of the Shinigami Research and Development Institute (S.R.D.I.) and 3rd Seat of 2nd Division of Detention Unit Corps. Some of you I believe have already met my associates the Mod Souls Noba and Kon, along with young Mr. Keigo Asano and Ms. Tatsuki Arisawa. And all of you are...?" he finished in a sing-song sort of voice.

Sakura wasn't sure how she should take this man being so open with strangers, nor how much it would be safe for her to divulge. Yet to her surprise, and slight annoyance at him for talking for her yet again, Sai continued the introductions. "I am Sai, a Shinobi of Konohagakure [Hidden Leaf Village]. This is my comrade of the former Team 7: Sakura Harano, a Top Medical Ninja and a Kunoichi of the Leaf. And I would like to formally apologise to Mr. Asano and Ms. Arisawa for our earlier rough treatment of them. Although it is the nature of Shinobi to be suspicious of outsiders, and often is the case where not exercising due caution has proven fatal." Sakura silently pouted. "I'm Gon Freecss, a Pro Hunter." the black/green-haired boy said flatly, still with that hidden burning passion in his eyes. Sakura got the impression the boy thought of all this as a distraction from something important. Or that he really didn't want to share anything with complete strangers. She couldn't blame him. "And I am Brook, the Soul King, a musician and member of the Mugiwara [Straw Hat Pirates]!" Sakura didn't fail to notice the clear note of pride in the skeleton's voice as he finished introducing himself (nor Arisawa and Asano shuddering or 'Mr. Urahara' giving him an odd look when he called himself 'the Soul King').