Hello again everyone!
This is my official second story from my first account. Re-made of course because I had originally planned to remake it anyway.
Summary: " No one has ever tried to see his face?..." he questioned. His companion smirked. "Maybe they're afraid of what they'll find....."
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
Warnings: Blood, gore, and violence.
Couples: Main: SasuSaku, Side: NaruHina, ShikaIno, KakaRin, NejiTen, (Others? )
Music Listened to/ that helped inspire in this chapter
1: To Return by Chevelle
2: Vanishings by Secret & Whisper
3: Emotional Drought by Chevelle
Prologue: Vanishings
Some vanishings are conjured mysteries....
To anyone not involved, the night was just like any other. Quiet, peaceful even.....
But to them, it was night they wished had never come.
They disappear inside of a mist and breeze.....
A cloaked figure ran through the dark foreboding forest, not stopping even as the thick branches sliced across pale skin and black cloak. The small hand of a young child clutched in their grasp as they ran from an unseen enemy.
Gunshots echoed through the darkness.
The cloaked figure ducked behind the shadow of a bush, pulling the child close to muffle any sound, just as a group of men with guns clutched in their gloved hands rushed by and faded into the night beyond.
If I lost you....
The cloaked figure's hood fell back to reveal the smooth, pale skin and long, dark hair of a woman. Her eyes as dark as polished onyx, glittered with an unknown emotion as they fell on the child slumped against her chest.
"It's alright, dear......they've gone." she whispered gently to the boy, rubbing soothing circles into his shaking back.
I swear I meant to give you a second chance.....
The child warily looked up at his mother with scared onyx eyes.
"M-Mother.........w-who who were those men?.....why....why did they kill Father?...."he questioned, trying his best to keep his voice from shaking and failing misserably.
"I don't know, dear...........but they're very bad men.........and you mustn't allow them to catch you......." she told him, trying to keep the quiver out of her own voice as she did the best she could to calm his trembling form.
The boy nodded shakily and nuzzled closer to his mother for comfort. They both lay there in silence, as they rested from their long run.
After a long moment, she gently pushed him away to look her in the eyes. "Listen to me, my son........" she whispered, tears welling up in her own dark eyes as she looked into the scared eyes of her son.
"If something happens to me..........I......I want you to run.........run as far and as fast as you can.........never look back.........hide yourself....never let yourself be caught by anyone..........." she told him, tears slowly streaming down her pale cheeks. "Do you understand?..........."
The boy looked into his mother's tear-filled eyes, unsure, but he nodded slowly. "H-Hai..........." he whispered, his dark eyes falling shut as his mother placed a gentle kiss on the top of his head.
"That's my son.........." his mother whispered fondly, a loving smile on her lips as she gathered her son back into her arms.
Not knowing that this would be the last time........
And we will go where no one ever knows......
"THERE THEY ARE !!!!!!!!" a loud voice bellowed, shattering the silence, causing both mother and child's eyes to widen in fear.
His mother stood quickly, pulling her son to his feet as well, before bolting through the forest, her son following as fast as his legs could carry him.
The boy ran as fast as he could, fear driving him in the worst of it's ways. Fear for himself......Fear for his mother.
"You must run faster! Hurry!" his mother encouraged breathlessly as she ran, dragging him along behind her.
Suddenly the forest disappeared around them as they entered a clearing, devoid of all life but one enormous cherry blossom tree at it's center. It's light pink petals being buffeted by the cool evening breeze.
His mother stopped before the magnificent tree, her pale hand touching a knot in the bark just before she grabbed a fistful of her son's cloak and used the last of her strength to throw him around the trunk and out of sight.
"Run...........and don't look back.........." her voice echoed in his ears, before the sound of bullets hitting flesh and wood echoed through the darkness.
.
.
Then all was silent....
And we will never have to play the part of afeared in the dark......
TBC...
Well There's the re-write of the prologue :) I hope it was at least alittle bettr than the original. It would have been better but my stupid internet explorer failed epicly and deleted the awesome new chapter I originally wrote so I was forced to simply fix a few things in the original chapter instead of a full re-write :(. Though I must say this looks much better :)
I'll re-write the first chapter next :) so keep an eye out for it!
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L8ter......