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Chapter List
- 4
- 5
- 6
Author�s Notes:� Shino
entrance countdown:� Shino will appear in
3 more chapters!�
J Thank you for the lovely reviews!� I feel special!

Title:� Reading Totems
By:� GrizzlyTeddyBear
Disclaimer:� I
don�t own Naruto, and this makes me sad.�
I do own Paige Stone, my OC!� All
information regarding totem animals was taken from Dancing the Wheel by Sun Bear and Animal Speak by Ted Andrews.
Main Pairings:�
Eventual ShinoxOC, NaruxHina, SasuxSaku
Rating:� M for
mentioned adult themes
Warning:� AU,
Post-series start time.� Rookie 9 is
23-24 years old.� Fic mentions pagan
religions, if you can�t handle it, don�t read! Also is OC-centric.� Hold your pants, all will be revealed as the
story progresses.� And yes, Shino does
appear, but not for a few chapters.

Chapter Summary:�
Meeting the Hokage and totem readings for the sannin.

***Chapter 5***

The next day Kakashi halted the group with the declaration
to Paige, �We�re about a mile away from the gates of Konoha.� I�m gonna let you down now so you can stretch
with Sakura and walk under your own power.�

Paige smiled at the thoughtfulness of it.� She wouldn�t be forced to perform strange
positions in front of strange people.�
Even though Sakura was a medic and probably didn�t mind, Paige
definitely did.� She was of the opinion
you shouldn�t scare the locals more than is necessary.� �I appreciate it, but let me have one last
bit of fun before you let me down.�

Kakashi turned his head to try and look at her with that
darned raised eyebrow of his.

�Don�t look at me like that.�
Just keep hold of my legs.�� And
with that, Paige let go with her arms and slowly bent over backwards.� She was now dangling upside down from
Kakashi�s back while he held on to her legs.�
Paige giggled madly now.

�How old are you?� Kakashi joked.

�Twenty-four going on seven.�
A very good age,� was her reply.�
�Ok, now slowly let my legs slide from your grip.�

Kakashi obliged her again.

Paige was now standing on her hands, but quickly lost her
balance with a groan as her muscle cramps made themselves known from staying in
that piggyback ride position for way too long and for too many days in a
row.� She grinned and giggled again.� �Ok, fun time over.� Sakura, stretch me!�

After the stretches and the now required lesbian comments
from Naruto, the group set out again, but this time with feet on the
ground.� Paige was a little surprised to
see a pack on Kakashi�s back now.� It
appeared Naruto and Sasuke were repacking while she was being stretched back
into shape.

�Should I carry something, too?� she asked.

�Nope!� was Naruto�s reply.�
�Just enjoy looking around the village when we get there.�

Paige got to enjoying the scenery right away.� After a short while, she could tell the trees
were parting up ahead.� Slowly a wall
came into view with a large gate on it.�
To either side of the gate were towers, presumably for guards.� Their pace slowed as they approached the
gate.� Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto hung
back with Paige while Kakashi went a few feet ahead to speak with the guard.� Not being able to hear exactly what was going
on, Paige attempted to see if she could sense something of the
conversation.� Curiosity.� Placation.� �Is everything OK?� she asked.� She was a little nervous about the glances
and feelings the ninja on guard duty was giving her.� It must look a little odd to wear Sakura�s
clothes when she wasn�t a ninja.� The
thought of being around a lot of people she wasn�t sure how would react to her
abilities also worried her.� Why did she
think it was a good idea to play a prank on the Hokage again?

�Nothing Kakashi can�t handle.� The guard can tell you�re civilian since you
don�t have a lot of chakra�no threat there.� Naruto grinned.� The group started forward again at an unseen
signal from Kakashi and the guard.� When
they passed through the gates, they let Paige stop and take a look around at
Konoha.� Naruto broke the silence first,
�Welcome to our home.� Let�s go find
Ba-chan!�� Strangely it was Naruto who
now took the lead of the group.� Paige
looked at Kakashi questioningly, but it was Sasuke who answered.

�The Hokage and Naruto have an interesting
relationship.� He can get away with
calling her Ba-chan when no one else would dare.�

�What does Ba-chan mean?�

�Old Lady.�

�Oh.� Is she old?�
Paige ventured.

�Yes, but goes through great lengths to conceal it.�� Sasuke was silent after that.� It looked like sharing time was over.� Paige contented herself to taking in her
surroundings.� It was an odd mixture of
old and new, but she decided she could get used to it.

The group walked in companionable silence towards what Paige
was notified was called Hokage
Tower.� It was aptly named since that was where the
Hokage conducted her business for the village.�
When they reached their destination Kakashi took the lead of the group
once more to negotiate getting Paige past closed doors.� He knocked and, after a short while, the door
opened to reveal a man.

�Kakashi, you�re back early.�
I heard your mission was two-weeks long.�
It�s been only one.�� This
statement was said with surprise.

Kakashi shrugged at the statements.

Paige almost fell over with the force of the orange blur
barreling past her.� �Iruka-sensei!�� The now named Iruka-sensei blinked as he
realized he had a Naruto attached to him.�

Paige made a mental note about the use of �sensei.�� She recognized the Japanese honorific for
teachers.� While she didn�t know much of
the language, she used to have some otaku who were into anime and used the
honorifics in class.� She then
groaned.� Use of family names first,
Ba-chan.� How stupid of her to not notice
before!� She just hoped what she could
piece together from brief conversations a few years ago wouldn�t come out wrong
if she had to get fancy and use the honorifics herself.

�Good to see you too, Naruto!� Iruka laughed.� Eventually Naruto detached himself.� �I see you have someone new with you too.�

�Iruka-sensei, meet Paige Stone.� Paige Stone, meet Iruka-sensei,� Naruto
winked at her.� It looked like their
prank wasn�t going to be blown yet.� �She
has a meeting with the Hokage.� She ran into
us on the mission and would like to stay in Konoha now.�

�Pleased to meet you Iruka-san.�� Paige added a small nod of the head to test
the reaction to her formality and file the information for later.� She might have to play politics.� She hated it, but she was pretty good at
it.� The basic idea was test things out
in safe environments with safe people and keep the information until
later.� Paige noticed Kakashi noticing
the change in attitude.� He was smart; he
probably knew what she was doing.

Iruka laughed nervously, �Just call me Iruka.�� He turned to Naruto, �I was just heading out
from giving the Hokage some reports on the academy students.� I�ll see you around for ramen sometime,
Naruto.� Have a good day Paige-san.�

�Please call me Paige.�
If I don�t get to be formal, neither do you,� she smiled.� He seemed like a nice man.� Dolphins.� That totem was a good sign for Iruka
too.� Naruto trusted him, she trusted
Naruto, she was pretty sure she could stretch logic and trust Iruka.

Iruka nodded his assent then waved as he vacated the door
and walked away.� �He knows about the fox
demon.� Iruka-sensei is good to trust if
you can�t find one of us.� Naruto stated as they walked through the door.

�Thanks for the information.� Paige smiled at Naruto.� She went back to looking around as they wound
down hallways, through doorways, around corners, and up stairways.� �Dolphins,� she stated as they were walking
down a hallway that didn�t have anyone else occupying it.� �Iruka has dolphins as his totem.� Playfully spirited, they teach enjoyment of
life in the moment.� They can be
altruistic and self sacrificing too.�
They�re aligned with sound, breath, and water, powerful forces that give
life and vitality.�

Naruto nodded at the new information Paige volunteered.� �His name means �sea dolphin� so it�s not too
much of a surprise.� And you�re right, he
is altruistic.� He saved me once from
someone who didn�t understand me.� People
want to destroy what they don�t understand.�
He gave me new life that night,� Paige turned her head; she and Naruto
shared a look.� She recognized what he
was alluding to.� Naruto knew the pain of
being an outcast because of his fox spirit.�

The group came to a halt in front of yet another set of
closed doors, but this time, no one knocked just yet.� �Stay out here until we get you to come
in.� We have to debrief and not
everything is something to be said in front of civilians,� Kakashi stated.� Paige nodded and made her way to a set of
chairs to make the wait a little more comfortable.� His eye creased, and Paige thought she could
make out the outline of a smile under his mask.�
�Show time!�

Naruto then burst through the doors without knocking, but
with a loud shout of �Ba-chan!� We�re
home!�� The rest of Team Kakashi gave a
collective sigh and followed Naruto.�

The doors shut before Paige could hear the reply.� It was a little surprising, but she reasoned
sound-proofing the Hokage�s office was probably a security thing.� She sighed, not knowing how long she had to
wait.� She recognized the clothing of the
people walking past her.� They wore
similar outfits to Team Kakashi.� More
ninjas.� The Hokage was the leader of a
village full of ninjas.� She was probably
a ninja.� Paige felt a little nervous
again.� She decided on doing more light
meditation to pass the time and calm her nerves.� Nervousness could be misread as
weakness.� Paige knew she could not look
weak in front of the Hokage if she wanted to have a good outcome to the
meeting.�

She guessed about a half an hour passed before she felt a
light tap on her shoulder.� She opened
her eyes to see Sakura smiling at her.�
�The stage is set.� I�m bringing
you in to discuss the medical end of things.��

Paige nodded.� �Just
let things happen.� I�ll see what I can
sense, and wait for the right opportunity to spring everything.�

�She�ll ask you how you can contribute to the village.� That will probably be the best
opportunity.� You�re abilities are
amazing and could really benefit in a variety of ways.� Let�s get this over with though.�

Paige nodded again, stood up from her seat, and followed
Sakura through those sound-proof doors.�
She was greet by a visibly reassuring smile from Naruto, a soft smirk
from Sasuke, and what appeared to be a sympathetic eye from Kakashi.� Paige turned towards the other occupants in
the room.� There were actually two of
them.

She had a hard time believing that the Hokage sitting behind
the desk in front of her was old like Sasuke had told her.� �Great lengths to conceal her age indeed,�
Paige thought to herself.� She looked
like she was in her thirties!� Her blonde
hair was held back from her face in two pig-tails.� The other occupant definitely was more comfortable
with his age.� The older gentleman
standing off in the corner to the right of the Hokage had white unruly hair
pulled into a single pony-tail and had some odd red markings near his eyes.

Paige bowed as Sakura made the formal introductions.� �Tsunade-shishou, Jiraiya-sama, please meet
Paige Stone.� Paige Stone please meet our
Fifth Hokage, Tsunade-sama.� And this is
one of the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya.�

Paige continued to bow as she did some quick thinking.� Sannin was probably a ninja rank, and well
the word �legendary� spoke for itself.�
The suffix �-sama� was required for everyone it looked like.� �It is an honor, Hokage-sama,
Jiraiya-sama.� I thank you for this
opportunity.�� She straightened when
Sakura took the conversation over again, listing her injuries and
treatment.� She listened with half an
ear, while she took in her surroundings, including the people.�

Paige reached inside of her mind to poke at that box
again.� Maybe the offering and meditation
helped some, although she couldn�t really help reading Iruka before.� She still had work to do to figure out her
new limits.� Opening the box a fraction,
she closed her eyes, and then reopened her eyes after a moment.� Refocusing on what was occurring around her,
she met the gaze of Jiraiya.� He was
gazing at her critically.� Did he
know?� Attraction.� Appreciation.� Lust.�
Paige suppressed a shudder.� Nope,
just being an old lecher.� It was sort of
good.� It meant their surprise was still
intact.� She inwardly grinned; maybe she
could get the old man to back off as part of the surprise?� She then mentally smacked herself again.� The Ero-sennin Naruto mentioned was
Jiraiya.� This presented the question, to
use, or not to use the nickname.� Paige
decided to stop over thinking and just let things happen, like she tried to
tell Sakura before.

The Hokage addressed her, �You�ve been through a lot.� And the entire team speaks highly of you for
some reason.� Kakashi has declared you
�interesting.�� What benefit can you, as
a civilian, be to the village if you stay?�

Paige wanted to use build-up.� She bowed again before speaking, �Many,
Hokage-sama.� One of which is my formal
training as a therapist with a specialty with inpatient psychiatric patients
and schizophrenia.�� Paige rose from her
bow with a half exasperated expression on her face.� She was having hard time containing her
anticipation.� �But before I continue,
could you tell the Frog Lecher in the corner to stop lusting after me?� It�s distracting.� His emotions are rather loud.�� She heard snickers and a giggle behind
her.� The Hokage raised an eyebrow at
Paige.� Paige pressed on with the surprise,
�Although your frogs seem a little dry.�
You�re affiliated with the wind, so your frogs could also be
toads.�� Letting her eyes go unfocused
she relaxed and opened the box in her mind again.� �Toads, definitely toads.�� Paige then turned to face a grinning Naruto
with a grin of her own.� �Toads and wind
are with you too, Naruto.� Did you
acquire them from the Lecher?�

Naruto nodded, �Yeah, Ero-sennin taught me wind jutsu and
gave me his toads to summon.�

Paige nodded back and turned back to face the Hokage and
Jiraiya, both of whom now sported the raised eyebrow.� Jiraiya looked vaguely impressed, and vaguely
insulted.� With her eyes still unfocused,
she grinned now and continued reading his totems.� �Toads are actually surprisingly sexual
creatures�most notable of this is their vocalizations for calling mates to
them.� You continue to chase and woo the
ladies, don�t you?�� She waved at
him.� �No, don�t answer; I don�t want the
mental image.�� She began again, �Toads
are also related to frogs.� Frogs living
in the water represent the need for an ever changing environment.� You�re a bit of a wanderer, liking new
places, and probably the new women that go with them.� But you�re also affiliated with air, symbol
of constant creativity and surprise.� You
have�interesting�hobbies.�

Naruto couldn�t hold in his laughter anymore.� �And his hobbies have to do with sex
too.� He rights those orange books
Kakashi loves so much.�

Paige rolled her eyes, �Figures.� Is anything you do unrelated to sex?�� Paige couldn�t resist joking with Naruto
more, �So, does Hinata know anything else Jiraiya-sama taught you?�

Naruto blushed at this.

The Hokage seemed to recover at this last question.� �I see you�ve made friends with Naruto.�� She then turned her gaze towards Naruto,
�Kid, did you give her this information?�

Naruto grinned, �Nope, and she knows about the nine-tailed
fox too.�

Tsunade regarded Paige with curiosity, �How?� What else do you know?�

Paige opted to answer the second question first.� �Earthworms are your totem.� Symbol of physical health, regeneration, and
rejuvenation.� For rejuvenation�You�ve
had a great pain in your past that you were able to overcome.� It felt as though a part of you were missing,
until you moved on.� With physical
health, I�m guessing you�re a medic like Sakura.� You�re powerful, like the earthworm you can
recreate the whole from only a fraction.��
Paige saw another totem come to her.�
�Waboose walks with you.� The
White Buffalo of physical healing, leadership, wisdom, and rebirth.� �Paige turned to Sakura.� �She gave you Waboose, her knowledge in
healing�-shishou is another title for teacher?�

Sakura nodded.� �She
summons slugs.�

Paige refocused her gaze on the Hokage.� �They�re sort of close to earthworms, I
guess.�

Tsunade gazed at Paige for several tense moments.� �How?��
She repeated.

�I am empathic.� I can
feel other people�s emotions.� I can also
read totem animals�animal spirits.��
Paige decided a bow was in order.�
She was beginning to feel intimidated again.

Tsunade sighed, �Get up, and start the debriefing from the
beginning, with no blanks this time.�

So Paige, with Team Kakashi told the Hokage every detail of
how they met, including her vision of how she got to Fire Country.� Silence at the end was deafening to
Paige.� She could only sense a great deal
of concentration from the Hokage, so that didn�t provide her with any insight.

Sasuke stepped forward.�

�You have something to share, Uchiha Sasuke?� questioned
Tsunade.

�I have observed her abilities with my Sharingan on several
occasions.� They are completely natural,
using no jutsu, kekkei genkai, or other ninja technique.� She has also been accurate in all of her
readings that I have witnessed.� She
named totem animals for the entire team, each accurately representing the
member.� She has had no prior knowledge
of you other than your names.�

Sakura stepped forward next, �She has civilian levels of
chakra.� We witnessed her communicating
with some of the spirits she chooses to honor and if anything, she exchanges
chakra with them instead of just giving hers up�no discernable change in
levels.��

It appeared it was Kakashi�s turn now, �She was speaking
truthfully when she told us of where she was from.� It�s not on any map.� She says she was lead here by a vision of her
own totem animal, and she was also not lying when she explained this.� Sasuke observed all of this with his
Sharingan.�

Naruto grinned while stepping forward, �Come on
Ba-chan.� She followed us home!� Can we keep her?� She has no where else to go!�

Tsunade listened in silence as she presumably processed all
of this information.� Some of the
information a little more believable than others, but those parts were
delivered by Sasuke and Kakashi.� Paige
felt they were trying to present her in the best way possible.� Tsunade sighed and rubbed her fingers over
the bridge of her nose, �I need a drink, badly.�
Good thing Shizune is working at the hospital right now.� And you, Paige Stone, will have to face the
council; they get input on civilian matters.�
You�re a walking security risk and a liability.�

�I know.�� Paige
figured there was no use in denying the obvious.� �I don�t suppose reassurances of a personal
code of ethics and my tendencies towards over-protectiveness count for much.�

�A little, but all of Team Kakashi vouching for you counts
more.� The council must also be informed
of possible security risks.� If your
abilities check out with them, I think you could be valuable, but we have
procedures.�

Paige nodded, and then thought of something.� �I have a question and a few requests if I
may?�

It was Tsunade�s turn to nod at her to continue.

�I�d like a physical.�
Preferably by Sakura if possible.�
I trust her, and well, it�d give you some proof of my lack of physical
abilities.� I was also being treated for
some conditions before I came here, I�d like to continue those treatments.� And glasses�need my glasses.�

�That can be arranged.�
It goes with our quarantine procedures.�
Sakura can walk you to the hospital after we�re done here.� And the other things?�

�Some general information on the council would be nice.� And how long could you put off such a
meeting?�� Paige gambled with sharing
this part, but figured honesty was usually a good policy.� �Since coming here, my abilities have
changed.� I�m not quite in control of who
I read and when.� I need to meditate and
practice to test my new limits.�

�Honesty is appreciated.��
Tsunade glanced at Naruto, considering her next statement.� �I can give you no more than a week to
prepare.� Anything longer would be
suspicious on my end.� And the council is
made up of the village elders as well as the heads of clans of the village and
the jounin.� It�ll be a tough crowd, but
that�s all the information I�m giving you.�

�What information will they be given on me?� Paige wanted to
know if she was going to be at a disadvantage or advantage.� Information was crucial.

�The basic statistics from your physical.� No confidential information will be revealed
though.� Also the names of your abilities
as you described them to me.� I think
giving them anything more would put you at a disadvantage.� I want a level playing field.�� Tsunade was writing this information down as
she finished addressing Paige.

�You�re�interesting,� Jiraiya told Paige.� This time his look was more assessment and
less undressing-you-with-my-eyes.� �You
keep a cool head, and gather information well.�

Paige shrugged, �It comes from working with actively
psychotic schizophrenics.�� Turning to
Sakura, since Tsunade was busy, she asked, �You have them here?�

�They�re kept in a locked unit in the hospital�you worked
with them?� It must have been difficult
with your abilities.�� Sakura looked at
her with sympathy and some respect.

�At first�It was either adapt or be overrun with rampant and
confusing emotions.� And that doesn�t
include the therapy.� With schizophrenics
you have to constantly assess and react to the situations as they happen.� I�ve even had a few knives pulled on me.� I got really good at talking people down.� I still think they�re great people
though.� It was nice to help them in
anyway I could.�

Jiraiya nodded to Paige, but asked the question to Tsunade,
�You�re the medical expert, does that sound about right?�

�Yeah, it does.�
Schizophrenia is definitely something that will keep you on your
toes.�� Tsunade then rose from her desk
to give Paige a piece of paper and a small pouch.� �The pouch is money to get you through the
week, until the council meeting and their decision is made.� And that is your address for however long
your stay may be.� Because of the
security clearance issues, you will have a jounin escort with you at all times.� I�ve arranged it to be Kakashi or another
member of his current team.� They�ve seen
you�re abilities and should best know how to keep you out of trouble for a
week.��

Kakashi nodded with a smile at Paige when she glanced at
him.� �Procedures,� was all he said.

Tsunade turned to Sakura, �Take her for that physical and
let me know when she gains medical clearance.��

And with that, Paige Stone and Team Kakashi were dismissed.

***

Author�s Notes:� dun dun dun�What information will be
revealed during Paige�s physical??
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