The Bliss of Ignorance
Prologue
Kohana had stared down at her mother's grave. Sans stone; too expensive and none of the payments she received from her missions was going to pay for one. Tears had dried on her cheeks; she ran out of tears to cry ages ago. It had been days since her funeral and wake. She had not been able to keep herself away from here, especially after finding the letter she had wrote to her, intended to be read only after reaching a certain age.
It had been a trying 5 days. After all, finding out you're the illegitimate child to a clan of Shinobi from your village's rival is not exactly what you want to find out around your mother's death.
It was a day like any other. Kohana had just left the missions HQ after collecting payment for her escort job well done. She opened the door to her home only to find her mother lying on the floor, with a cup of spilled tea.
"Mother!" She shouted. She rushed to her side and found blood flowing from her mouth down her chin. She held her up right and her mother coughed.
"Kohana…my sweet daughter…I feel my time has come." She coughed; more blood spraying around her chest and mouth.
"Mother you must not speak such nonsense! We can get you to a doctor!" Kohana insisted.
"No…Sweetheart. I'm not long for this world any longer. I have one last thing to tell you." She whispered holding her daughters hand. Kohana's grip tightened as tears flowed like rivers from her eyes involuntarily.
"Yes…mommy?" She stammered weakly.
"There is a letter, stowed away in my journal on my nightstand. Meant for you on your 18th birthday…but I fear it must come sooner than that. It is about your father." Kohana's eyes widened.
"Mother! Please hang on! I can bring you to a doctor. I want you to tell me more of him yourself! Please hang on!" Kohana frantically begged. Her mother simply sighed happily, with a grin on her face and relaxed in her daughters arms. In that moment, Kohana knew she was gone.
"Mother!" she screamed one final time before breaking down and sobbing, holding her mother close. "D-d-don't go!" She hysterically sniffled.
The last image of her mother engraved into her mind was the blissful face she had when she passed on. Like her spirit had glided away with ease. Kohana's midnight tresses flew around haphazardly in the vigorously blowing wind. She held the letter her mother spoke of in her hand, and one word burned in her retna, and had given her a strange fiery feeling in the pit of her stomach.
That name, was Uchiha.
This is my first Naruto fic (that I have ACTUALLY published). This is only the beginning, and I plan on there being more than just a measly 500 to 600 words per chapter. I will be updating this shortly, like a day and a half hopefully. Hope that this prologue caught your interest, and that you will continue reading. Rate and review! Let me know what I should work on!
I also have included quite a number of characters from the show (in my future writings of course) and several OC, to keep everything true to the spirit of Naruto (the show and the character himself.) After all, what's a fanfiction without the inclusion of the characters we all know and love.
~Sahara :)