Flames stretched across the sky
turning the night sky into a flaming inferno
cries rang out
"We must not let it reach the village"
"We have to hold it back"
'Sensei'
"Mother! Father!"
A boy yelled
as he was carried away
the flames reflecting the scar that ran along his nose
A blond man stood atop a giant of a toad.
Within his arms lay a small babe
with a sad smile the man turned and faced
the one who made the fire's roar and the earth tremble
Nine blood red tails gleamed in the full moon's light
a body of massive size with fangs shining
promising death to all that crossed its path
The man began the seals that would stop the beast
appearing only to the man
the shinigami but simply smiled its deathly smile
With a roar the beast began to fall and fade
the man fell as well
holding tight in his arms the babe
A smile full of sadness, regret and love
was given to the babe.
"Goodbye my little Naruto, my son"
The man closed his eyes
never to open them again
a cry rang out in the night
breaking the silence that seemed to hang in the air
the babe cried
be it from the cold or that
it knew the man was dead
its cries ringing out into the night
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