The leaf had been blessed that day, on the night of October 10, as the daughter of Teuchi, the leafs best and only ramen master, held the leaf's first poppy in her arms. She had to get the doctor's help to sit up, but it was worth seeing her baby girl's chubby face.
A sweet giggle made everyone in the room smile as Poppy gave a toothless grin. Little hands holding onto her mothers face as she wiggles around.
"A bright sprit this one, haha!" A man with long black hair laughed as the new mother smiled at her husband. His black raven gaze meeting her light golden one. "She has your hair and smile"
"But her fathers spirt and eyes as well" she finished after her husband and they both gazed into Poppy's black eyes, filled with childish wonder and innocence. "I will never let harm come to you, my little Poppy"
Poppy giggled at her mothers promise and waved her hands around. The couple shared the joy as big smiles split their face's.
"I hope you didn't forget old papa, here?" A voice sung and the mother giggled.
"No papa, come!" She said, beckoning her father to hold Poppy. Teuchi nervously picked up his granddaughter and smiled when she stilled, looking up at him with a curious gaze.
(Beep, Beep, beeeeeeee...)
"Darling? what's happening!" Poppy's father screamed as his wife grew pale and stared blankly at them.
Doctors and nurses hurried into the room, trying to find what had happened, as poppy began to cry from all the noise.
"Shh, it's going to be okay..." Teuchi whispered to her as he left the noisy room and gave her a painful smile. but, when she reached up and cupped his cheeks with a pout, the old man couldn't stop the tears from falling down his cheeks.
The hall way grew silent before a huge explosion rocked the building. Teuchi clutched the baby to his chest, holding on to her for life as his knees gave way. He kneeled on the tile floor, knowing that the little flower in his arms was the only thing he had left of his eldest daughter.
"It's going to be okay..." Teuchi choked out as he silently sobbed. A rower of a great beast echoed around the leaf as Teuchi's youngest daughter ran up to him in worry as he vowed to keep the girl in his arms safe and innocent as long as he could.
"Father!" Ayame cried and rushed to help her father to his feet as the floor cracked under the power coming from outside.
"Ayame, take poppy and get to the shelter!" Teuchi yelled over the screaming of hospital staff and explosions. "I need to find Jin!"
"Father!" Ayame's cry went unanswered as her father ran towards the room that held Sana and Jin, Ayame's eldest sister and brother in law.
Ayame swallowed up her tears and darted with poppy in her arms towards the exist, to only see it blocked by a slab of concrete.
'Come on Ayame you can do this!' She thought to herself as she made a mad dash threw a window and prayed that it was the first floor.
"Agh!" Ayame grunted as she landed onto the ground, tumbling into a roll, as she kept the baby safe in her arms. Pulling herself up, she felt blood trickle down her left knee. But, ignoring her injures, Ayame ran and did not stop until she saw the white flags of safety.
"Over here, Help!" She screamed as her legs gave out. Five medics ran to her, catching Ayame before she and the baby hit the ground. They were safe.
"Jin!" Teuchi called. But, no one answered and no one would, the old man's eyes witness the whole leaf get attacked by the nine-tail's threw a giant hole in the wall, where his eldest daughter's hospital room used to be. No bed, no floor, no walls, every one was gone and the only thing left was the rooms door that barely held to the wall beside him. He fell to his knees, his chest tightened painfully, as he clenched his eye's shut and punched the broken tile floor.
"No... Jin, Sana!" Teuchi'a blood curling scream echoed around the leaf as the nine-tailed beast was finally sealed and painful cry's raked the land.
The day poppy had been born and the day the fox had scarred the leaf would never be forgotten...
To Be Continued...
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