Yo, I know I should be on my other stories, but seriously couldn't get this muse out of my head. Well here's to another story! (hopefully I can complete one of them these days...)
So yah here's the opener. Please help, by telling me what you thought of it. What you liked, what you didn't. I'm trying out a new style, so hopefully it's not too drastic that you can't tell if you have read my other works :b
Summary:
Uchiha Yuto was now left with his only son, Uchiha Obito. He knew himself, that he wouldn't be able to live long enough to see his son grow. He wouldn't be able to be there for him, like a father should. His mother would take good care of his grandson, but he felt it wasn't enough. That's why, he had to do it, he had to go to her for help. Self insert OC
Warning: Umm I may change the rating later on? Other than that, I don't think so many warnings are gonna be needed in this story. Save for grammar and other 'technical' problems, like 'stone-walling' the story.
Disclaimer: If Naruto belonged to me, Obito wouldn't have died in such a suicidal manner.
Beta: No one, but if anyone volunteers... I definitely wouldn't refuse them.
Chapter 1: In the Beginning
The Haunting Red Ghost Shield
The day was bright like any other February day. A few sprinkling showers had hit Konoha; which only made the scenery shine more. Uchiha Yuto held his little boy, as the nurses bowed their heads. The tiny hands grasped at his clothing, as he held back his tears. The nurses left, as their whispers echoed in the halls.
"So unfortunate the mother didn't make it..."
"Too young of a father to take care of a baby all by himself, if you ask me."
"I wonder how the baby will fare during this time."
Yuto shut his eyes, drowning out their whispers. He looked at his son, as he gargled happily, enraptured by the Uchiha symbol on the inside of his jacket. He smiled, as he kissed his son on his head.
"I promise I'll protect you. You're the only thing left of Ai and I. You'll be safe, Obito."
The white room suffocated him. It's been 4 months since that day. Yuto has been waiting in this godforsaken white room, it's bright paint hurting his eyes. He held a hand up to their burning pain, as his eyes had been getting worse. He couldn't read without glasses and if the sun was too bright out, he'd just stay indoors with his son.
His mother took good care of him, while he was away on missions. His son was growing up fast, too fast.
"Uchiha-san?"
Yuto looked up, as the doctor had a solemn look on his face. He kept his face taut and stoic, as all Uchiha's do when they hide their emotions.
"I'm afraid there is nothing we can do about your eyes."
He closed them, as he inhaled a breathe. He had already accepted he would go blind.
"That's not all the bad news I have though, Uchiha-san."
His eyes opened, a little shocked. Ryusei-sensei was always straightforward, that's why Yuto liked him. It wasn't like him to put little phrases to prep his patients. Unless-
"Your blood work came back. It isn't good. There is an abnormality, that if left untreated I'd give you at best a year. Even if treated, it would only give you an extra year to live. The treatment is costly-"
"Is it genetic?"
Ryusei shook his head, as Yuto let out a sigh.
"It's thought to be caused by a parasite from the whirlpool." Yuto's body flinched at the mentioning of whirlpool. "Even if we removed the parasite, it's already done the damage. There is no cure for the toxin it releases into the blood, only stabilizers that slow it's damage."
"I understand."
Ryusei bowed his head. "I have to go. I'd advise getting a will."
With that the doctor left, as Yuto gripped his knees. A year at best. To see his son grow while he was slowly dying. All because of that woman!
His teeth clenched. If he had been chewing on his lip as usual, he might've drawn blood.
"Uzumaki Rei. You better fix this."
"Yuto where are you going?"
He turned back to that familiar voice. His mother was standing in the doorway, a worried look on her face.
"I'm going to the whirlpool."
He cleared his throat, as his voice came out a bit too blanched. She'd notice.
"With Obito?"
She kept fiddling with her white apron, as her grey hairs tousled around her hair as her anxiety showed in her small movements.
"It'll be fine mother. I'm only taking Obito to see the place where his father proposed to his mother."
A poor excuse, but Yuto could only think of that to bide time. Enough time to get out of the village, before his mother went after him to make him change his mind.
"Can't you wait until he is older?"
She took a few steps forward, as if to take his own child from him. He held a firm grip on Obito, as he turned away. His gaze fell onto the roses in the front yard, the same ones Ai used to tend to 5 months ago. Their bright red color now only irritated his eyes, instead of bring a soothing feeling of nostalgia as they used to.
"I-I don't have a lot of time left."
It had been only 2 weeks, but he hadn't mentioned his doctor's visit to anyone. He heard his mother make a small gasp, before he could see the tears well up in her eyes. She held them back. Why? He didn't know. He felt a small hug from her as she wrapped her arms around him.
"Just come back safely this time."
He nodded, as she let him go, while she pinched his cheek; like how she used to when he was young and was being cheeky.
Yuto walked out with his son, as others looked on at the 4 ½ month-old child in his arms. The boy was excited, taking in all the sites with a widely held open mouth of awe. He silently clicked his son's mouth shut, and wiped away the drool.
"Don't worry. You won't be impressed with this. Just wait when we get out there, I'll show all the beautiful places your mother and I went. Before-"
Yuto let out a sigh. He went to the front gate and showed his ID, as the others looked at him strangely.
"Ain't it a bit early to take your son sight seeing. He may not even remember."
Yuto hefted him up, as Obito looked at the guards, smiling at them.
"He recognizes you as a person, I'm sure he's smart enough to enjoy the scenery."
With that he began walking, a long walk to places that would spark his most heavenly dreams and the most hellish nightmares.
The trees curled in, as if entrapping the very narrow path Yuto walked on. The tree branches were broken, crooked, and menacing. They gripped and clipped at his clothing. He kept walking, shielding his son from their claws.
The frenzied plants suddenly ceased, as he looked on at the debilitated shack in front of him. He glared at the clothing hanging from two coiling poles, as he stepped closer. The door frame lacked a door, so he knocked on the outside wall.
"Who enters my domain? If you do not leave, I'll make you wish you had." A foul feminine voice echoes from the darkness of the small lair.
"Come out, Uzumaki Rei. I have a deal to make with you."
A red-haired fair woman slowly makes her way to the doorway. Her stance is unpredictable, she goes to and fro from side to side. She circles around Yuto, as if trying to place him and why he is here. She notices the small child tucked away in his arms.
"You make a deal with me. The Ghost of the Trees. It is like-"
"Making a deal with the devil himself. I know." The woman glares at his interruption. "I'm not here for small chit-chat. I want to make a deal."
"Well, it depends on what you want. Is it power? Couldn't be for Uchiha Yuto." He held Obito closer to himself. "Fame has definitely not been something you are after." She eyes his son, too much for his liking. "You already seem to have your woman." Her cold blue eyes gaze into his. "Is it money you seek? For that damned diseased blood in you?"
Yuto doesn't react, but Rei knows he is panicked. "The treatment is costly, but it won't save you."
"Money isn't what I'm after."
Rei's eyes linger on him. Then they look at the child.
"Do you wish for me to raise that brat?"
Yuto glares. "No, he is mine."
"But you're going to die, and who will he end up belonging to-"
"My mother."
"So what could you possibly want from me." Rei whined. "I thought you didn't want to waste time?"
"I want you to protect my son." Her eyebrow scrunched up in confusion.
"I don't do bodyguard status."
"I don't need you specifically."
Her grin widened. "You want me to create a seal for him?"
"No, no seals on him." Yuto held Obito, turning him away from this wicked woman. There was no way he would trust any seal of hers on his son. "I want you to create something to protect him."
"A charm?"
"I don't want a charm, I want something to protect him for the rest of his life that won't break."
Her eyes gleamed. "That's a pretty specific protection request. So something like a guardian. I can do that, but it'll cost you."
Yuto tensed, as he nodded his head. "Anything."
"Anything?" She teased back.
"Yes."
She twirled around, as she put her hands together satisfied. "Then you shall raise a child with your son, as if they are both siblings."
Yuto's face contorted, a rare sight of him and confusion mixing together.
"What?"
She scoffed. "You heard me. You shall raise another child I shall give you. The child I give you should be raised as his sibling. You do not have to treat this child as your own child, but only make everyone believe that they are siblings."
Yuto's anger was struck hard. "That would mean-!"
"Yes, that you would have to make everyone believe you had an illegitimate child. But don't worry, this child I shall give you shall protect Obito." He flinched as she said his name. "This child will sacrifice everything for Obito, whether it be a limb, be their reputation, or be their own life. Oh and of course, the hefty price that comes with all my 'advise'."
Yuto threw a sack of coins at her, as she weighed the amount in her hand, before grinning in satisfaction at the fat sack.
She held out her hand. "Deal?"
Yuto looked at her hand. As deadly and evil as she had been described, her deals were known to always hold true. They would be double-edged words; hurting the user in some way, but also letting them benefit in whatever way they had wished for in their deal. However, Yuto's deal was different. It was for his son, not himself.
"Deal." His hand touched her freezing fingers.
"Good, wait here. I have an infant to make for you."
Yuto's face writhed up, her phrasing always made him feel unpleasant. Her presence alone made him want to skewer her. He could sense a great amount of chakra coming from within. A sharp snap, and it disappeared.
Rei came back out with a bundle of red hair. Yuto turned to look down at whatever this thing Rei had created. It's black eyes shot out back at him, as it lifted up it's hands to him.
"Remember, you do not have to treat her as your own."
"Her?" Yuto questioned. It would make more sense if it had been a boy, that way it would be easier for the child to stick closer to Obito.
"Eh, it was 50/50, and it ended up being a girl. Same thing with actually making a baby." Yuto's eyes glared at her, as she shoved the bundle into his arms. "So just say she's half Uzumaki and half Uchiha."
Yuto glared at the little girl. "They have tests to disprove she isn't."
Rei laughed. "Oh but she is. I just created her out of my grandmother's DNA and some Uchiha DNA that I picked up."
Yuto could feel less panicked for the clan, he had already sacrificed so much for them. All he cared about now was his son.
"And remember to raise them as siblings. Nothing more, nothing less." Her words echoing from within the shack as she retreated back to her barren home.
He stared at the little girl. She hadn't even been given a name, but she stared at Obito. With eyes of that of an adult.
"Uchiha Akarei. That is your name from now on."
Yuto coughed, as he tried to regain his breathe. It would soon be over, but his worries over his child only increased. When he had come back, his clan at first did not accept the new child. But although she did not pass a paternity test to Uzumaki, she did to the Uchiha clan.
Obito was currently playing with hirgana-lettered blocks, as Akarei was next to him. She handed them to him, and he stacked them precariously. True to her words, the child only ever cared for Obito, although she was clearly younger than him. When Yuto had received her, she was a newborn, June 24th was that day. That dreadful day. Ever since, his health seemed to deteriorate even quicker. However, Yuto was determined to live out as long as he could to see his little boy grow.
"Obito." His son perked up, as he crawled his way over. Akarei stood up and waddled on over. Yuto glared at how she seemed to be more mature than his own son.
He burbled, as he raised his hands from where he sat at his feet. Yuto lifted him and sat him on his lap. Akarei watched, as she sat in front of Yuto, lifted her hands and burbled the same. Yuto ignored her.
His own son was now a year old, while she was only 8 months. Suddenly he felt her grab onto his pants, as she slowly, yet awkwardly, climbed up. She made it to the top, as Yuto was too surprised to interfere. Obito lit up with joy, as his baby gurbles lit up the room as he reached over to Akarei.
Yuto watched the two, but then felt a fit of coughs begin. He covered his mouth, but his body was an unsteady force as he coughed. Obito swayed as he lost balance on his lap and began to fall. Yuto panicked, but his coughing fit was inhibiting his reflexes. He heard a small thump, and then Obito's crying. He continued coughing, before regaining himself.
"Obito-" He stared at the sight. There was Akarei beneath Obito getting squished, as Obito cried out his hands up for his father. He picked up Obito, as Akarei lay there, as if assessing the situation. She rolled over, before looking up at Obito. Obito was still crying, and Yuto assessed him for any damage, but he seemed fine. He looked at Akarei and noticed a bit of red on her back, but it would fade.
"D-did you jump?" Yuto rarely voiced his thoughts aloud, but was startled when Akarei headed on over to the blocks.
She put together two of them, as Yuto read the reply.
Yes.
His blood cringed, but at the same time he felt relief. Suddenly the door opened, as his mother came inside.
"Oh why is Obito crying? Are you putting off changing his diaper, again?"
Yuto let out a sigh, as he comforted his son.
"No, he's just being a bit fussy." He looked back at Akarei who stumbled over to his mother. She tugged at the bags she was carrying.
"No, they are too heavy for you. Oh isn't she a sweety. She's trying to help me out like she does with Obito." His own mother was shocked when he first came back with her, but after a few hours she acted as if it was her own grandchild. Not that she could ever know Akarei was not his daughter.
"That she does."
Later that night, Yuto stared at Obito, as he slept. He gently touched his small tuffed hair, smiling at him.
"I love you, Obito."
He then stared at Akarei, as she twisted and turned in her sleep, mumbling and groaning as if entranced in a horrible nightmare.
He gently flicked her nose, as her eyes flickered opened with surprise. She looked around, noticing Obito in the other cradle through her bars, before looking at Yuto. She turned back to Obito.
"Akarei." Her black eyes looked into his. "Protect Obito." She seemed to move her head, but couldn't nod while laying on her back. She held up her hand, her tiny pinky outstretched. Yuto held his pinky, as they linked, her hand to his finger. Yuto noticed how warm she felt. She let go, as he continued to watch Obito, as Akarei fell back into slumber. He didn't know what time it was, but he retired back to his bedroom late in the evening.
Atsuko would wake in the morning to find her son dead in his bed. But strangely he had a peaceful smile on his face, while she silently shed her tears.
So leave a review? or flaming comment on all the things wrong with this?
Idk, just trying to spice things up a bit.
If anything I appreciate you just taking the time to read :D
Also, I have no idea where this is going...