I'm back! This one took me a bit longer because I had to rewrite a section to get the characters right. (I hope I got them right, fingers crossed!) Sorry about that, but hey, March break is here, so you should be hearing a lot more from me for the next week. Yay!

Note: Kal-El is Superman's Kryptonian name; Grumpy ass is how Supergirl referred to Batman in Superman/Batman Apocalypse the movie.

Enjoy!

Chapter 4: A Threat or a Friend?

The Land of Fire has always been well known for its beautiful country sides, vast forests, and preferable climates. It made for the ideal place where human civilizations can grow and flourish. Therefore, it was no surprise that it developed into one of the five superpowers in the world. However, as the Land of Fire thrived, it also attracted many envious eyes from other nations that shared its boarders. Prompted by their greed and lust for power, they often attacked the Fire Country for land, resources, or personal gains. The country frequently found itself in the heat of many conflicts.

War seemed to be a constant part of life ever since the very first days of the country. Three great shinobi wars ravaged the country and affected its people before some form of peace could be reached. The last Great War has left scars on the land that is still taking time to heal. Rising from all the destructions and death, new trees have finally started to fill up the once destroyed forests, houses have finally been rebuilt, and people have started to hope again. However, this tender peace is hanging on just by a slight margin. The country is still besieged from all sides, from the constant threat of S-ranked nuke-nins to the distrust between other nations, from power struggle within the village to the mercenary group Akatsuki operating in the shadows, and now, a super powered girl that appeared out of nowhere. Will she become a new enemy to add to the ever growing list, or will she prove to be an unexpected ally?

Kakashi let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. It seems the battle is over. He had just witnessed Darkseid get sucked into the portal the blonde girl had created. He left just as swiftly as he came, leaving no trace of his existence except for the ravaged landscape caused by the battle. I certainly hope he is gone for good… Feeling strength flowing back into his body once again, Kakashi stood up from his crouched position.

"Thank you Sakura. That will be enough for now."

"If you say so sensei, but I want to take a better look at you once we get the chance. You were hurt pretty bad. I don't want any lasting injuries to hinder you in the future."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Kakashi gave Sakura one of his closed eye smile. Comparing the teenaged medical ninja to her older self, Kakashi couldn't help but let a small smirk reach his lips. You have grown much more capable, Sakura. He noted with satisfaction and perhaps a hint of pride.

"It looks like the battle is over." stated Sakura.

"Yes, it would seem so. Come on. Let's go check on Naruto and the girl."

The two easily made their way pass the clearing. Jumping over fallen trees and craters and landed next to a crouched Naruto, who have laid the girl down on her back.

"Kakashi sensei! Sakura-chan!"

Kakashi nodded to him once, showing his acknowledgement, "How is she fairing?"

"I'm not too sure. She looks fine, but she's not waking up. I'm not surprised, from all the damage she has taken in the fight, it's a miracle she's not dead yet." Naruto replied with a hint of worry in his voice.

"Step aside, let me take a look. I'm the medical ninja here." Lightly shoving Naruto out of the way, Sakura knelt down next to the girl and put one hand on her forehead. She reached out with her chakura to get a picture of the state her patient is in, "She seems fine. No internal injuries, just some cuts and bruises here and there." She paused a moment adding with a hint of surprise in her voice, "Although the level of her cellular density is quite off the charts! Her skin is tougher than steel!"

"I'm not too surprised, seeing as she survived all that with only minimal injuries." Could it be some kind of jutsu that allows one to toughen their body for a period of time? Intrigued, Kakashi used his Sharingan to examine the girl. The unique nature of his Kekkei genkai allows Kakashi to see the flow of chakura in someone's body. It would normally show up in a light blue colour with different intensity in colour representing the different amount of chakura one had at his or her disposal. A bright blue would indicate someone has a large amount of chakura while a dim blue would mean the opposite. However, that is not the case with this girl. Yellow chakura? Like the sun? Can it even still be classified as chakura? The possibility of that happening is very real, seeing as this girl has appeared out of nowhere and wielded strange powers. She has a lot of explaining to do when she wakes up. Although the colour of her chakura (Yes, he will refer to it as chakura until he can identify it as something else) seems rather dim, like that of chakura exhaustion. Maybe she over stretched herself?

"It seems like she has out-done herself. She will be fine once she gets some decent rest." Having come to the same conclusion as Kakashi, Sakura stated her analysis.

"That's good." Sounding relieved, Naruto let out a breath he has been holding.

Ignoring Naruto, Sakura turned to Kakashi, "So what now sensei? What do we do with her?"

What to do indeed. This is a serious matter, thought Kakashi. He let out a sigh, why does it always have to be me?

"We take her with us, of course! We can't just leave her here."

"I wasn't asking you, Naruto."

"She risked her own life to protect me. I think we can trust her."

"You can't be so trustful, Naruto. Just because she saved you once don't mean she is on your side. She could have very well done that so you could help her defeat Darkseid."

"No, I don't think that's why she did it. She seemed genuinely concerned about my safety."

"Tsk… I see how it is. You truly are smitten with this girl. Jumping to her defence and trying to play the prince."

"What? No, of cour-se not!" Naruto shudders a bit and blushes, "I'm only stating the facts, dattebayo."

"Un-huh…" Sakura raised one of her brows, not believing him.

At this time, Kakashi cleared his throat to get their attention and stop their argument before it got out of hand. They never change, do they? Crossing his arms, Kakashi addressed the two, "For the moment, I am willing to give this girl the benefit of the doubt. She will be coming with us." I need answers, and she seems to be the only one that can provide them at the moment. Of course, Kakashi never voiced out his true intentions, "We will take her with us to an inn in the next town. It will be safer than camping outside since we are all exhausted from the fight. No point in setting up watch and wasting more energy."

"Yosha!"

"Very well."

His two student turned teammate replied.

"Since you are the one so insistent on bringing her along, it will be your job to carry her for the rest of the way, Naruto." Said Kakashi.

Naruto was more than willing to comply. He picked up the girl and carried her on his back. Then, they set out for the town.

It was well into the night when the three shinobis and the girl arrived at the small town. Being next to the road on the country's boarder meant that a lot of travellers often passed through the town. Hence, even though it was past mid-night, the town was still bustling with activity. People could be seen having good time drinking sake and chatting with friends in the many bars spread out in the town, shoppers went around restocking on supplies they would need for their travels, and others just strode through town to get to their destination.

Team seven marched their way up to an inn in the center of town. It had simple designs. The building is mainly constructed using wood and had many open windows. It would be easy for a shinobi to make his escape if the need ever arises. This will do, thought Kakashi before leading his team inside.

"Two rooms for one night please." Kakashi said to the old lady that stood behind the counter.

"Of course, right away." She didn't even spare an extra glance at the battered forms of the ninjas and the weirdly dressed girl that they carried. One learned to accept these kinds of things as normal when ninjas often stayed the night here during their missions. You did not question them unless you wanted trouble. Also, the fact that these are shinobis from Konoha also helped to ease her tension. "Here are the keys. They are the first two rooms on your right when you reach the second floor."

"Thank you." Accepting the keys, Kakashi nodded to the lady once before leading his team up the stairs.

Stopping in front of the first room, Kakashi turned to look at the medical ninja, "Sakura, take the girl and stay in this room. Naruto and I will be in the next room over. Should anything happen, let me know right away."

"Hai, sensei."

"Here is the key."

Accepting the key, Sakura opened the door to her room. She then took the girl over from Naruto, sliding under the girl's arm and using her own body as support for the unconscious girl.

"I'll take her from here."

Naruto nodded before turning and walking over to his own room with Kakashi. The team shared words of good night before closing their doors.

"Get some rest Naruto. We will figure things out in the morning."

Exhausted from the events of the day, it didn't take long before they dozed off into the land of dreams.

The first rays of the morning sun filtered through the small opening in the window only to land on the face of a peacefully sleeping girl. Eyelids closed against the dim light of dawn, the girl's breathing was deep and relaxed, her chest rising and falling rhythmically with each intake of air. Her face the picture of perfection, the girl lay comfortably on the futon spread out on the floor. She looked so peaceful and at ease. It is hard to imagine that just last night, her life had been held on the line. Yet, here she laid, a sleeping beauty.

Feeling the warmth of the sun on her skin, Kara fidgeted in her sleep. Still not wanting to open her eyes to greet the world, she retreated deeper into her blanket. Just a little more, she promised herself, I'm sure Kal won't miss me for the morning training. She let a small smile play on her lips at the thought of this. Yes, Kal-El, her long lost cousin. At first it had been hard to accept the fact that her baby cousin had grown into a man without her knowing. However, when she left Krypton in her shuttle, Kara's portal had taken longer to reach Earth, so she ended up frozen in time. Krypton… having been reminded of the destruction of her home world, the smile on Supergirl's face disappeared.

"You know," A voice! Someone is in the room with me? "If you are already awake, you really should be getting out of bed."

Alarmed, Kara slowly opened her eyes, icy blue met bright green. Kara took in the girls form. She had short pink hair that fell to her shoulders. The strange girl wore some kind of combat clothing. Kara only assumed it to be designed towards battle due to the way it hugged the girl's form perfectly and seemed quite easy to move around in, the utility pouches strapped to her back and leg was also a dead give-away. However, isn't pink a bit too flashy? Thought the girl of steel, although, I really don't have the right to judge her on that…

"Who are you?" after a moment of silence, Kara finally decided to ask.

"Wait here." Not answering Kara's question, the girl simply stated before she turned and walked out of the room, the door closing behind her with a soft click.

Kara was left alone in the room to collect her thoughts, how rude! Then, as if just noticing it, her eyes went wide, Wait, this is not even my room! Where on Earth am I? Next, the memories of last night hit her, that's right! I was at the farm with kal before we were attacked. Then I went through the Boom Tube and fought Darkseid in a strange forest. Ahh… I could be anywhere in the universe right now, great….

Before Kara could think more on this subject, the door opened again. The pink-haired girl came back, with two figures following after her. The taller one of the two had spiky white hair and wore a mask that covered the lower half of his face. He also wore some kind of head protector with a strange symbol on it that covered his left eye, Strange. Then, a teasing glint shone in Kara's eyes, a mask, just like grumpy ass. Although I bet his is not lined with lead. Switching her X-ray vision on, Kara took a peek under the mask. Right away, her face lit up like a tomato. Kara tried desperately to suppress her blush, but it was proving impossible. Taking the second best approach, she turned her head away, not wanting the man seeing her blushing face. Damn, I didn't expect that. He is just too… Kara couldn't find the right words to describe it, just… wow.

The white haired man raised his only visible eyebrow at the girl's strange behaviour, but otherwise didn't question her. Kara was glad that he didn't.

Clearing her thoughts, Kara turned and looked at the other figure. He was a teenager that wore a weird looking orange jumpsuit. Short blonde hair, blue eyes, whisker marks… wait, hold on a minute! Realization hit her.

"You are the one from yesterday!" Kara said, pointing a finger at the other blonde in the room.

"So you remembered me?" he flashed her one of his trade mark smiles.

"You guys can catch up later. Right now, we have more important matters to discuss." The white haired man spoke for the first time. His voice deep and his lone visible eye calculating, he REALLY reminds me of grumpy ass… thought a not so amused Kara, Just great….

"Before we get started however, I just have one thing that I must confirm." The temperature in the room seemed to have dropped several degrees by the coldness in his voice. His lone eye stared intently at Kara as if he is seeing right through her. If only a look could kill, Kara was sure she would be long dead by now. It sent a shiver down her back, "Are you here as an enemy or…" He left the question hanging on purpose and waited for Kara's reply.

As a Kryptonian living under a yellow sun, Kara knows that there were only a few things in the universe that could actually hurt her. However, this did not change the fact that she was still a teenager, and teenagers are afraid of many things. Her Kryptonian skin did not protect her from the fear that entered her system. He is definitely grumpy ass reincarnate, damn my luck! Kara steadied herself before replying, "I assure you that my being here was purely an accident, and that I mean no harm to you or other people of this place."

The white haired man's response was to glare harder at Kara while releasing more of his killing intent. The air in the room was suffocating. Cold sweat rolled down Kara's face, but she refused to back down. She stared back at him with determination and fire in her icy blue eyes. The seconds ticked by slowly, no one dared to say a word. Slowly, the white haired man leaned in closer, coming eye to eye with Kara. Kara fought to not flinch back. Then, he suddenly changed attitude and gave Kara a close-eye smile. The killing intent in the room retracted and time sped up again.

"You pass," he gave Kara a thumbs up, "I believe you."

"What?" was all that Kara could say, she was still dumbfounded at the sudden turn of events. One second he is releasing so much killing intent that almost made me suffocate (if that is even possible to do with a Kryptonian…) and the next he is giving me a thumbs up and smiling at me?

"It was a test, and you passed." Sensing Kara's confusion, the man explained his actions, "had you truly wished to do us harm, you would have tried to attack me when I released my killing intent."

"I see…"

Deep down, Kara was glad she passed his test. She did not wish to know what he would do if she failed the test. Remind me not to get on his bad side…

"See! I told you see was a good person dattebayo!"

"Not now, Naruto." The pink haired girl sent the blonde boy a death glare. It was effective in shutting the teen up.

Ignoring the little exchange between the two behind him, the man cleared his throat and continued, "I'm sure you have many question for us, as do we for you. So, let us talk."

At this, he took a seat in front of Kara, with his legs crossed. The other two also sat down on each side of him. Kara narrowed her eyes.

"No need to get so tensed up. We mean you no harm." The man assured her.

Kara loosened up after this, although she still felt a bit uneasy in front of the guy.

Seeing the girl was willing to cooperate, Kakashi continued, "Let's start off with introductions first. You may ask questions first after that. We are talking about trust after all." He eyed the girl in front of him. She nodded once to show her acknowledgement, "My name is Kakashi Hatake. I'm the team leader of squad seven and these are my subordinates, Naruto and Sakura." He paused and gestured to the two on either side of him, "We are shinobis of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, also known as Konoha." The other two didn't seem too bothered that they didn't get the chance to introduce themselves. However, unknown to Kara, Kakashi already told them to leave the talking to him before they entered the room.

Kakashi stopped again, giving the girl time to process what he just said. Konoha? Where is that? Thought Kara, I'm really far away from home aren't I?

"We met you and-," he paused again, searching for the right words, "the one you were fighting when we were returning from a mission."

The one I was fighting, he means Darkseid?

"He referred to you as Supergirl. I don't suppose that's your actual name, right?"

Catching the hint, Kara decided to also introduce herself, "That's right, it is my title." She stopped after this, debating whether or not to tell them her real name, it should be fine, it's my Kryptonian name after all, so I'm not really giving away my secret identity or anything. Having made up her mind, Kara continued, "My real name is Kara, Kara Zor-El. I come from Metropolis, United States. It is on the planet Earth."

The three shinobis exchanged glances with each other after hearing this, clearing confused by what Kara had said. The two younger ninjas identified as Naruto and Sakura looked at Kara with surprise on their faces. Kakashi stayed indifferent, only the slight narrowing of his eye showed that he too, was surprised. Naruto looked like he wanted to say something, but stayed silent when he saw Sakura giving him a warning glare.

"It's the Boom Tube," Kara explained, "It allows someone to travel vast distance in a flash. It can reach pretty much anywhere in the galaxy. I was accidentally sucked into it when I tried to stop Darkseid from hurting my cousin." Kal must be looking for me right now. I hope he is not too worried.

"You mean the space-time portal you appeared from and the one you used to send Darkseid away with?" Kakashi asked to clarify.

"Yes, that's the one."

Then it hit her, the Mother Box! I'm going to need it if I want to get home!

"Did you happen to see the small black box I was holding before I passed out?!"

Startled by the sudden urgency in the girl's voice, Kakashi took a second before answering, "Yes… However, it was destroyed by Darkseid when he released his last attack…"

"!" Kara slouched back into the floor after hearing this. Oh no, I have no way to go home! Home…that's right, Kara has already lost her home once when she left Krypton. It has only been a month since she landed on Earth. Kara had a hard time readjusting to a new world after learning of her home world's destruction. Everything she has ever known was lost, except for her cousin. Kal was the main reason why she could find a new life again on Earth. Then, there was Darkseid. He had manipulated Kara and turned her against her own cousin, and now, after overcoming all the hardship to finally settle in on her new home, Kara ends up stuck in a new world. Despair filled her heart and tears threatened to spill out from her eyes. Kara hugged her knees to her chest, searching for some sort of comfort.

Out of the corner of her eyes, Kara noticed Naruto looking at her with a look of understanding. It is as if the teen had been through something similar and understands her loneliness. The ninjas stayed quite for a moment, giving the girl some time to take in the information.

After what seemed like an eternity, Kakashi finally spoke up, his voice much softer than before, "Don't give up hope yet. I'm sure your friends from the other side are looking for a way to bring you back."

That's right, there is still hope. Just because she can't go home doesn't mean they can't come to her. Kal must be trying his best to look for me, even grumpy ass too. I'm sure they will find a way. I just need to give them some time.

"Also, I might be able to help you get home. I'm working on something similar to your space-time traveling myself as well."

"Really?" Kara asked with hope in her voice.

"Really."

"We will get you home Kara, you can count on it dattebayo!"

Sakura didn't stop him this time, instead, she also added her own reassurance, "That's right, you can rely on us."

Kara looked at the three strangers in front of her that has shown her kindness. With tears in her eyes, she replied, "Thank you."

Kakashi put one hand reassuringly on her shoulder.

Naruto gave her a thumb up and smiled.

Sakura closed her eyes and nodded.

Although she is stranded on a new world with new people, Kara is not alone.

And there you have it! I hope you like it. I know there was no action in this chapter, but character development and plot is just as important, if not more so, than battle and fights in my book! However, don't think that I won't try my best when I write fight scenes. I will always try my best to share my story with you guys! Also, I didn't forget that team seven and Supergirl didn't really exchange questions. It will be for next chapter. I just thought it was a good place to end this chapter. Take care, where ever you are, and have a wonderful March break! Until next time.

Ja Ne~