Tell Me.
Suigetsu x OC
BEFORE HAND: The oc of this story is the daughter of Kabuto Yakushi and Zera Mitzunashi. Tell Me is set fifteen years after the end of Hate Me, Love Me, Just Don't Go, and the oc's name is Yura Yakushi. She is the rightful heir to the throne of Deddogakure. Zera is sick and dying from a deathly plague that not even Kabuto can heal…
Now for the story…
I looked down at my pale, sickly mother. How log had she lain like this? Her frame was so emaciated and thin, everyone knew that she would not last any longer. They all said it in hushed tones. The supposedly immortal Deddokage was dying. My mother was dying.
Turning to leave, I was stopped as my father entered, trying yet again to save my mother.
"Zera-koibitokun… Please! You must get better! I have found another way…" I closed my ears and tried not to cry. Father had been trying so hard to save her, yet this plague was inescapable, even for the most powerful people. "Zera… I will save you…"
"K-Kabu…" Mother stirred and looked up at my father. "No…. it-it's…. time…. I can…. Can't endure this…. Yura…." I looked at her and felt tears roll down my face. My name meant Growing Hearts, yet mine would never live up to that. This much I knew.
"Mother… Please don't go! Please don't die, and leave us all alone!!!" I rushed to her and wept bitterly. She stroked my long, auburn hair gently.
"I can't …. Control how or when I die… *cough*… I will die soon…. My…child… but, do not… cry for me…. I will keep you… safe….. Yura… when I die…. You must… take your place…."
"NO MOTHER!!! YOU CAN'T JUST DIE LIKE THIS!!! I DON"T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO WHEN YOU'RE GONE!!!" I burst up from my place by her bed and ran to my chambers, tears blinding my vision. None had the heart to yell at me, there was just too much on my shoulders right now.
Zera watched as her only daughter rushed away, distraught over this sickness. Can't there be some way to heal this? No… If there was, Kabuto-koi would have found it by now… A tear ran down the older woman's face. She was powerless. The plague had taken all of her abilities away, and she was unable to even open her eyes for more that a few minutes.
Suddenly, her heart tightened in her chest. No! Not now! Not when my baby needs me… Not when…It… It's over…There is nothing… I …can …do…
…
Kabuto looked down at his love and his heart broke as her last breath pushed out of her lungs. She's gone… the plague was too much… Tears streamed down his face and he placed his hand on Zera's now cold cheek.
"…I love you…"
Three days passed, and the funeral for Zera seemed to never end. People from far and wide came to pay their respects and pass on messages to Kabuto and Yura from old friends who couldn't make it. Why mother… Why?!?! It seemed as if the poor girl would never snap out of her depression. But she had loved her mother more than anything in the whole world. Hell, Yura had lived to be exactly what her mother wanted. Now that she was gone, though, Yura had no one to turn to, no one to trust.
Mother… Please, My heart cannot take anymore of this… I am sorry if I don't become what you want…
"Yura, come now. It is time for you to take your place." The young Deddokage looked up at her father. This was what her mother had trained her for, wasn't it? Now was as good a time as any, but Yura still thought it was too soon.
"Yes, father." She rose and allowed the serving maids to lead her to her chambers to dress into the traditional kimono. It was blood red, with a black obi and black buttons. Upon her head was set a silver crown, and all of her jewelry was fashioned from Rubies set in silver. As she looked into the mirror, Yura did not see herself, but her mother.
"Lady Kage, it is time." A male servant came forward and bowed respectfully.
"Thank you." She allowed him to lead the way to the village square for the ceremony. All the way there, she contemplated on how she would deal with certain issues. A crooked, cynical smile crossed her face. How ironic. At one time, this would have been even better than my birthday… but now, it is like I'm walking towards my prison…
Suigetsu looked about and noticed that the garb of the people had changed a bit. The day that he had arrived with Sasuke, Juugo, and Karen, the people had all dressed in black, and dumped ashes on themselves. Now, however, they wore bright, optimistic clothing.
"So, I guess that this is it…" He looked to Sasuke as the Uchiha spoke. The leader of this little rag-tag group of teens, it was common for them to derive their motives and opinions from his. Suigetsu avoided this when he could help it, which was surprisingly very often. But the way that Sasuke looked around anxiously, the young fish-boy became curious.
"What's up? I know that we have a mission here…. Does this have something to do with it?"
"Yeah… Orochimaru sent us here to kidnap the former Deddokage's daughter, or should I say, the new Deddokage herself." A smirk crossed his face as he spoke. It had been so long since they'd been given a real challenge for a mission, but this was it. "She's been so heavily guarded, that there was no way we could have grabbed her before."
"Couldn't we have asked Kabuto if we could see her? Then this all could have been done sooner, Sasuke-kun." Karen wrapped her arms around one of Sasuke's and practically hung off of him. Looking at him with 'bedroom eyes', she tried unsuccessfully to incite lust in him. "Sasukeee… I wanna go back home. Then we can spend more time together…"
"*Coughslutcough*! 'Scuse me…" Suigetsu laughed wildly and ducked as said slut tried to kill him.
"Juugo, restrain Karen, but don't hurt her… much." The heavily muscled teen obeyed the one he called master and restrained Karen by yanking her back by her hair.
"OWWW! YOU FAT FUCKER!!! LET ME GO!!!!" A swift kick to the groin made him release her, and she at once forgot all about her rampage against Suigetsu.
"Oh boy… We should get a group name, like 'Teen Drama Squad'." Suigetsu laughed at his joke, while Sasuke proceeded to straighten out the other two.
Yura felt as though something was going to happen. She could feel it in her heart. It was like her mother was trying to warn her. What… what is this, this feeling of disaster…? She did not have time to ponder it though.
"My daughter… Yura-chan… please promise me that you won't shame your mother's memory when you take this position." Her father stood before her, a look of serious determination on his face.
"I promise, father. Mother taught me all that she could; I will not forget it." Nodding, he allowed her to pass, and she was taken up onto the podium to face her people… and a danger unlike any faced by her mother.
They all looked on as the Deddokage was brought out for all to see and approve.
"Wow! She's hot!" Suigetsu's eyes nearly popped out of his head. A slap from Sasuke knocked his mind back onto the task at hand.
"Pay attention, jackass! One wrong move, and we will fail!" Rubbing his sore head, Suigetsu nodded. Damn…Get a load of that rack… Eyeing the young, attractive girl, he suddenly came upon a realization.
"Sasuke-san… she can't be any older than us… How can that—"
"She is the daughter of the former Deddokage, who died only a week ago. Yura is the rightful heir to the throne of Deddogakure." Upon hearing the target's name, finally, Suigetsu looked thoughtful. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl…
Suddenly, Sasuke gave the signal.
"Shes open, Juugo. Grab her. Suigetsu, back him up. Karen…" He froze as he shoved her off of him. "… Make sure our way out is secure. I will supervise." All four of them ran off, Suigetsu following Juugo in the direction of Yura, Karen towards the exit. Sasuke alighted upon a roof top were he could get a good look and jump in, if needed.
Now, the real mission was on…
Yura didn't hear the announcer as he began his speech. All she knew, was that she was standing one minute, then thrown over the shoulder of a strange teen the next. She let out a screech as he leapt off towards the village wall. Another followed close behind, and his eyes seemed to never leave her face.
"Juugo, Hurry up! ANBU are coming!" Yura looked up at the voice from the rooftops and say a third teenaged boy. This one, however, she recognized immediately as Sasuke Uchiha. A realization dawned upon her. No! Hell no! Where's father?!?! Why isn't he stopping this?!?!
"Put my daughter down, Juugo!!!" He appeared as if summoned by her mind instantly. Using medical ninjutsu, he put 'Juugo' into an unconscious state. The teen following them, grabbed Yura and slung her over his much smaller shoulder, in a similar fashion.
"FATHER!!! HELP ME!!!!" She reached out to grab his outstreached hand, but a kunai from Sasuke sent her only hope of salvation reeling back.
"Sorry, Kabuto-san… Orochimaru wants her, and her only." She felt her captor leap over the wall, then her father and her village disappeared behind stone, wood and steel.