Chapter one: The Prophecy Dream
There is a storm coming and Ino could feel it in her bones. Looking out the window of her bedroom she could see the orange hue of the sun starting to rise.
"I wish I could just freeze this moment," Ino whispered to herself.
"And why do wish that?" Sai whispered in her ear. She could feel his arm wrap around her waist and his breath still lingered on her ear tickling it.
"It seems so peaceful, like nothing bad is going on or ever will," Ino says as she leans in closer "Although when the sun fully rises there's going to be bloodshed." Sai tighten his arms around Ino and pulls her even closer. He could feel her smooth, solid abs underneath her lilac colored, silk night shirt. He buried his face into her neck kissing her gently.
"Did you have a nightmare again?" Sai asked. It took a while for Ino to respond. How could she possibly explain that it wasn't simply a nightmare, it was so much more. It's something more like a blocked out memory trying to resurface. It would be impossible to explain it to Sai when Ino didn't even understand it herself, no matter how much she wanted to. Ino couldn't bring herself to say any words. She just nodded her head, "yes."
She knew she had done the wrong thing when Sai's arms loosened a fraction then disappeared completely from her waist. He took a small step away from her, the hurt clearly visible in the eyes that once showed no emotion. She knew he thought that she was holding back on him. Ino knows that Sai isn't all that happy with her, after all he has been trying to get her to open up to him for almost a year so that she would go and tell him about her dreams. She could feel his concerned eyes on the back of her neck; she refused to turn. They stood this way for while in the most uncomfortable silence. It seemed like hours before Ino could no longer stand it and turned to look at the man.
"Ino I can't help you if you won't talk to me," Sai said to her his voice husky from raw emotion. He looked at her with pleading eyes, begging her to tell him. Ino only looked at him with scared, sad eyes. She wanted to tell him but the words would never come out. She had only tried a hundred times in front of her mirror when she was alone. Even then they wouldn't come. Five minutes ticked by and Ino couldn't stand it anymore. She looked away from Sai and walked over to the bed. She sat there for a few more minutes with Sai, who was still staring at her waiting for her to open up to him.
"What do you want me to tell you?" She finally asked irritated, "It was just another nightmare. I'm fine." Ino knew she was fine. Those nightmares would shake her out of a dead sleep and sometimes it gets so bad that she has waken Sai up. Ino knew Sai didn't believe a word that was coming out of her mouth. It wasn't long until Sai was right there by Ino putting his hand on top of hers and intertwining his fingers into hers.
"Ino I know you're not going to be fine," Sai stated, "Just tell me what's been going on in your dreams?" Sai waited for Ino to finally tell him, but the words still never seemed to come out. He could tell that she was fighting with herself, going back and forth debating if she should tell him, if she could trust him. He hated seeing her like this. He wishes he could take away her bad dreams and make everything better but he knows he can't. After what seems like a life time Sai again broke the silence, "Ino, what's so horrible about these dreams that you can't bring yourself to tell me about them? You can't hide the fact that you're scared. I know you Ino and I can tell what you're feeling even if you choose not to believe your feelings yourself."
Ino knew she was riding a really tight rope with Sai's patience and if she doesn't speak anytime soon about the nightmares Sai was going to walk out on her and she couldn't have that. Sai is the only guy that she has ever loved besides her last ex, whom she thought she loved, and that relationship ended badly. She had to start talking. Ino tried to think of the right way to start the conversation but nothing came out. She could see the disbelieving and sadness in Sai's eyes when never started talking.
"Alright Ino, I see that you've made up your mind that you aren't going to tell me." Sai said in such a heavy sad voice, "I guess I'll just leave and let you go." Sai slowly let go of Ino's hand and slowly got up from the bed. He couldn't take being their anymore. He knew Ino had a bad break up and that it was going to be work before she actually opened up to her. Though he never would have guess that a dream would be why they ended.
Those words struck Ino hard. They pierced her heart and made her catch her breath. She couldn't believe Sai just said that. Those words hurt Ino in a way she couldn't believe her heart felt like it was shattering into a million pieces. It was getting harder for her to breath, her world around her felt like it was crumbling and everything was going black. All of sudden Ino could feel a tear fall down her cheek. She didn't want Sai to walk out of her life and she wouldn't let that happen. She wasn't going to have a repeat there was no way.
With that final note, Ino was up and out her bedroom door running towards Sai before he could even open the apartment door. "No! Sai Don't Leave Me!" Ino yelled down the hall. Sai froze in place not believing what he just heard. Ino's voice sounded like she was falling about. Finally he felt a shaky delicate hand on his wrist. Sai looked at the hand and he let his eyes follow the length of the small but strong arm up to the ocean, blue eyes that belong to Ino. "Please Sai don't leave me." Ino started begging Sai.
Sai couldn't believe his own eyes, Ino never cried openly and especially not in front of him. She always locked herself in the bathroom or hid under the covers. But now here she was crying and begging him not to leave. How could Sai leave her now or ever? "Ino, I'm not going anywhere. Not when you need me more than ever." Sai told Ino making her believe it was all some hoax so that she would realize just how much she needed him. Sai couldn't take looking at such sad eyes anymore. With one swift movement Sai pulled Ino into his arms and just stood there holding her. He lightly kissed her forehead when he felt Ino's arms wrap around him. She began to dig her head into his chest while she shook with tears.
"I'm sorry I'm being difficult. I'm sorry I haven't been letting you in like I should. I'm sorry for everything." Ino apologized to Sai.
"Sweetie there is nothing you have to be sorry for." Sai pulled back a little bit so he could look into Ino's eye and then he continued, "Ino I just want you to tell me about your nightmares. That's it."
"I know you do. It's just hard for me to do," Ino said while she wipped her eyes, "It's just hard because I can't even understand it and that scares me."
"Maybe if you actually talk about it your dream will start to make sense." Sai told Ino while brushing her hair out of her face and the tears out of her eyes.
"Maybe your right," Ino said with a small smile, "Come back to the bedroom and I'll tell you everything."
Sai nodded his head and followed Ino back to the bedroom. Ino sat down on the bed and waited for Sai to join her. Shortly she felt Sai's weight sink into the bed. She knew Sai wasn't going to say anything and that he was waiting for her to start speaking. Ino took a deep breath, looked at Said and started speaking.
"It's always in mid-afternoon. The sky is clear and the sun is shining in the sky. Everything is so peaceful and everyone is happy. Then when the clock turns 3 a storm starts to come. It covers our beautiful sun and sky and it turns it black. Once everything is all black these masked figures start coming out of nowhere and start attacking Konoha. Everyone starts to fight these figures but they're too strong for us. Every attack they use on them is useless they just block or dodge them. People try hand to hand combat and it's just as useless. They're far too strong. Then there's fire's starting everywhere. People try to put them out but every time water gets splashed on the fire just grows bigger and hungrier." Ino took a minute to gather herself.
"Everything we loved is getting destroyed. There's no helping it we are too weak. I look around and I see bodies of people I know just laying on the ground dead and there's nothing I can do to save them. I'm so weak. Then the storm starts to lift and fires start to go out, the smoke starts to clear. Once I can finally see clearly, I notice that I'm the only one that's made it out alive. Everyone else is dead. I look around and there is no one else. Then I look down at myself and I see I'm covered in blood and then it hits me. I killed everyone. I'm the one that started the unstoppable fires. I'm the one that brought the dark storm to Konoha. Then everything starts to go black. I'm finally waking up from this nightmare but before I do I see these two bright green yellow eyes. But I can tell in those eyes that the person is amused and that's when I hear that laugh. The laugh that haunted me ever since I was a little girl. I close my eyes and I start to scream trying to deafen the sounds of laughter with screaming. A few seconds after that I wake up."
Once Ino finally finish telling Sai about her nightmare he doesn't say anything at first. This worries Ino a little bit she wants to know why she keeps having this nightmare. "Ino, it seems like some dark memories from your past are resurfacing." Sai finally said.
"But how?" Ino asked confusingly, "I never remember this ever happing when I was younger."
"Hmmm," Sai thought for a moment before he continued, "Maybe you blocked them out and you forgot."
Ino pondered this for while. "Yea maybe your right." Ino said. No one said anything after that. Ino could feel her eye lids start to get heavy. She was still oh so tired and would love to go back to bed for a few more hours.
"Come on Ino," Sai sleepily said, "Lets go back to bed and just forget this ever happened." Ino nodded in agreement. She scooted over so Sai could lie down next to her. Sai crawled under the covers and opened his arms up to Ino which Ino without hesitation cuddled up next to him. She rested her head on his chest while her arm lazily draped around his waist. Sai closed his arms around Ino and pulled her closer. Sai kissed Ino's head gently before closing his eyes and drifting off into a deep sleep. Ino look at Sai for a few seconds before she stretched her neck and head up to give Sai a gentle kiss on the cheek while cupping his pale cheek.
Ino returned to her position and closed her eyes and instantly found soundless sleep. Hours passed and Ino not once had a nightmare. It was only when Sai shook her awake with such urgency that she finally realized. Her nightmare has finally come alive. Ino ran to the window and saw Konoha covered in sheet of smoke. Ino finally realized that her nightmares where more than nightmares they where a warning, a premonition. With no time to think Ino and Sai grabbed their weapons and ran outside into the fight.