She Stands at the Shoreline with Hands in the Air
彼女は空気中の手で海岸線に立っている。
A Prologue
プロローグ
"Sarutobi-sama…"
An old man's eyes lifted from his papers and into a pair of emerald.
"Sora-chan. I did not realize that you were here" the man said evenly.
"My apologies, I am sure you understand my urgency though." A young woman of no more than sixteen stood in front of his desk. She was dirtied and bloodied with multiple tears in her standard Jounin uniform. A thin layer of dirt stretched over her young face and illuminated her eyes.
She was an exact copy of her older brother. Except for her eyes, they were all her own.
The old man set his pen down before rubbing the space between his eyes. "You have heard then?"
"No. But I do not feel their chakra signatures" The girl tried to keep as stoic as she could, but she was rapidly losing. Hiruzen could tell that she was close to tears. She already knew what had happened; she just didn't know the details.
"I am very sorry, Sora-chan." There was nothing else that could be said, nothing else that could be done.
A small whimper was heard before a thud. Sora had slumped down unto her knees. The sudden motion caused her torn hitai-ate to clamber to the ground and sent her blonde waves flowing in her face.
"I know it is painful. Minato and Kushina died to protect Konoha. The village is in debt to your family."
Hiruzen's words did not seem to faze Sora at all. She remained a crumpled mess on the floor. The minutes stretched and the third Hokage listened as the girl sobbed. There was nothing that could be done to comfort her.
Sora finally calmed herself and wiped at her nose and eyes before lifting her head to look at the man in front of her. "The child?"
If possible, Hiruzen's face grew even grimmer. "He survived…"
A shadow of a smile grew on Sora's distraught face.
"Minato sealed the Kyuubi into his son" he studied the girl carefully as she retained the information he had shared. Her expression went from that of confusion to shock. "Minato was very clear that the boy should be looked upon as the savior of Konoha," Hiruzen sighed before lowering his head, "though, I am fearful that the persons of Konoha will look at him as the Nine-Tails demon and not the innocent child he is."
"Where is the child?" The woman asked with a new determination.
The third Hokage's eyes traveled to her, "Naruto is at the hospital, guarded by ANBU that I have selected by myself."
"Naruto…" she muttered to herself and gave him a slight nob before continuing, "I will take the child and raise him."
"And what of your Jounin duties? What happened to your dream of being in the ANBU?"
The young woman stood herself up and clinched her ripped headband in her hands. "I resign of being a ninja of Konoha," she stared down at her headband and her hand tightened around it, "And my new dream is to raise Minato and Kushina's legacy." She raised her head back up to stare at the man.
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Author's note!- Yes a new story! That was sarcasm. This is nothing but the prologue, stay tuned for more. Please tell me what you think! Check out my profile for what Sora looks like :)