It was over. She had finally beaten the false goddess, but at the cost of all her dearest friends.
What good was victory when there was no one left to celebrate with?
If only she had been quicker in defeating her! Then the army of Zetsu's wouldn't have been able to destroy her precious people.
Sasuke, who had been battling alongside her, was lying on the ground about 20 meters away. Tears formed in her eyes as she recalled how his death at the hands of the mad rabbit goddess had pushed her to finally end the battle.
Limping her way over to the still-cooling body of her soul brother, she looked at the peaceful expression on his face. An expression she hadn't seen on his countenance in a very long time.
'Sasuke, I hope you are finally at peace, wherever you have gone.' She mourned over his body as fat tears began rolling down her face.
"Why? Why is it I'm the only one left?" She sobbed as she collapsed onto her knees. "Why did they all have to die?" She wailed to the sky, which was slowly morphing into dawn.
The sky gave no answer, and continued with it's eternal task as it watched the young womans' heart break with her loss.
"Kit..."Kurama spoke for the first time since the end of the battle.
'Kurama...' The blonde paused in her weeping, tears still making their way down her face. 'At least you're still with me...'
She entered her mindscape, the seal which had once tethered the fox to her, now wide open and useless. Approaching the now complete Kyuubi, she buried her face into his side as the overwhelming sadness threatened to consume her.
"What do we do now?" She mumbled as she turned her head to face her oldest companion, but newest friend.
Kurama peered down at the tiny human he had watched grow for 17 years. He saw the emptiness that was hidden behind her eyes, and decided that he didn't like it. She was always supposed to be vibrant, and full of life. Today was her birthday, and here she was... shattered.
"Sleep... Little kit... we can figure out things after you have had a good rest." He urged her to close her eyes. She had been fighting non-stop for almost 2 days after all.
At Kurama's urging, Naruto felt the combined tiredness from her non-stop battle, and the exhaustion of her anguish, overwhelm her as her consciousness slowly faded away.
As Kurama watched her eyes close with a steady trickle of salty liquid still flowing from her tear ducts, he decided that he would make it better for her.
He wanted her to be happy. As the first human he had come to respect since his father, he felt he owed her that much.
If her happiness could no longer be found in this place, he would just have to take her where he knew she would be able to finally find happiness.
Or rather, where he knew she would be able to MAKE her own happiness...
So, yeah... I know I'm supposed to be working on 'Learning How to Breathe', but my computer is still broken, and I can't access my work, and getting the problem fixed is out of the question for a while.
So anyway, this has been stuck in my head for a while, and I've been typing it out on my phone for the past week or so...
This is the prologue, and chapter one is mostly done I think... it just doesn't want to end...
One positive reveiw, and chapter one will be out within the next few days I think...
Much Love! Skylark Sky