Now this was irritating.

[sparkplug_chan]

She had been within sight of her apartment. In fact, she'd been able to see her bedroom window from the street below said apartment before a breeze had kicked up. Unfortunately for her, she had been under the mistaken impression that closing her eyes against the dirt stirred up in this fashion would not be to her detriment.

She was wrong.

Her rather unimpressed gaze swept around the open area she found herself in the middle of, trying to pin down anything that might look like a seal. Anything to explain -how- this had just occurred. Her search turned up nothing, instead leading to her resting her fingers on the hilt of her blade, relic that it was, to feel the hum of leashed electricity that always answered the gesture.

It was soothing, and she could use that just now. After all, she wasn't the diplomat of her team. No, that was, contrary to popular belief, actually Naruto's job. Shaking off the thought, she headed toward what looked to be shops. She was going to interrogate a local.

Now to remember not to look like she was threatening them while doing it.

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[proudofmybaby]

But no, the woman was perfectly alive, and as she came into the room, she blinked at the girl standing on the other side of her eldest. "Hello there. So you came back with Itachi?"

[sparkplug_chan]

But, she wasn't dead. She was standing right there, alive, and breathing and -there-, and Itachi was given barely a second to get out of the way as the girl moved forward to throw herself at the woman in a hug. She was solid, and even the sharingan didn't see through her.

She'd deal with Itachi... later. "Mom."

[itachi_san]

Itachi gave them a moment, and then walked toward the hug.

"Life, death... age, gender, world... I'm still not sure what this village is. But perhaps... it is a place to bring people back together."

He put his arms around both his mother and his... sister? If the woman could welcome two different aged Itachi into her home, this shouldn't be so hard.

"Mom. This is... Sasuke..."

[proudofmybaby]

She managed to shift her grip to tighten it on the girl before Itachi made contact, noticing the way that she'd stiffened when her son had started speaking. "I'd guessed as much. I'm just happy I'm not dead here."

Maybe that would help?

No, no the girl didn't relax at all.

[itachi_san]

"I'm sorry, Sasuke..." Itachi whispered. "Perhaps... we can all have a second chance here..."

[sparkplug_chan]

As her mother had too tight of a grip on her for her to escape or attack without hurting the woman, she instead sidled away from him. "Don't touch me."

[itachi_san]

Itachi pulled back.

"... Sorry, Sasuke."

[proudofmybaby]

Mikoto sighed, then freed a hand to touch her son's arm. "Go on and put the groceries int he kitchen, okay?" She gave him a sad smile. "I think she and I need to talk."

[itachi_san]

"I understand." he replied politely, and did as he was told.

Feeling fatigued from the errand, he decided to go lay down for a while. They would find him when they were through. Right now, if anyone could help the poor Sasuke he found, it was their mother.