Harsh breathing and frantic footsteps filled the pre-dawn air. Out of the tree line burst a pink haired woman clutching a bundle to her chest. Her green eyes were wide with panic, and her skin and clothes were torn and covered in mud and blood.
She knelt on the forest floor for a brief moment, pulling back the blanket from the bundle in her arms. The face of a sleeping Chibi Iruka was revealed, and she kissed his forehead while bitter hot tears carved tracks in the dirt on her cheeks.
Still silently tearing up, she placed the child on the forest floor, safely nestled into the protective arms of a few exposed roots, and held her hands together to form a seal. Instantly, her child was gone, hidden behind an illusion.
She stared at the spot for a few more seconds, in a silent farewell, before standing and turning to face her hunters.
She could hear them out there, drawing closer to her child hiding spot. Her face set in a grim line of concentration, she dashed forward, back into the woods. If she couldn't shake them, she'd take them down with her.
For her son, and for Konoha, she could not, would not, fail.
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The first rays of light cut through the dark, chasing away the shadows and fear that morning, landing on the sleeping Chibi's face. Still he slept, blissfully unaware of what had taken place only moments ago.
Yards away, just inside the tree line, his mother's captors laughed, walking away to their campsite to bunk down for the day.
The early morning light reflected in the woman's wide, glassy green eyes, but she paid it no heed. Her face was frozen in a death mask, the determination of her final moments of life still present.
As the birds sang to the morning, and his mother lay silent, the Chibi still slept, and would sleep for a few more hours.
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A.N. Well, this is the first chapter. The new trainer will make her appearance in the next chapter. If anyone is interested in making an appearance as a trainer, please email me at sontsunami (take out all the spaces) with your trainer bio (name, age, appearance, brief idea of personality and how long you've been in the bishi-world) and a list of your bishounen/bishoujo (please kept it reasonable, nobody needs 100 bishounen, that's too many mouths to feed!) and a bit of an idea how they interact with you, that'd be awesome!
Ja ne!
Tsunami