A young girl, no older than eight, started towards her cousin, her dark hair slipping from the elastic that had held it into her usual shoulder-length ponytail.
"Sasuke!" She cried, racing towards him.
There was blood. Everywhere you looked, crimson stained the walls, the ground, bodies collapsed in every nook, every corner.
'We need to go!' She thought desperately, overwhelmed. 'We don't want to meet their fate!'
"Sasuke! The clan's gone, we can't do a thing! Do you want to die too?!" Tears threatened to spill from her onyx eyes. She'd always prided herself as the tough one, who looked after her ototo.
The younger boy's words froze her, sending her skidding to a halt in front of him, Itachi-niisan did it, Hikari-niichan! He's the one who k-killed the whole clan!"
Reaching out, Hikari gripped his hand. "W-what?" When she only got silence as a response, a tear trickling down his face, she whispered, "We'll get through this together, o-okay?"
He just nodded, not daring to speak. Still holding his hand, she leaned against a wall, slowly sliding down until she sat. The air was still, silent, broken only by the young Uchihas' sobs.
Well! I figured this would be a good way to end the first chapter!
Strange, it seems to be a sort of tradition with me! I started The Fan and the Cherry Blossom at 11:30 PM, which is the same time I wrote this.
And I'll just go and write at least one more chapter XD The third paragraph was lovely, was it not?
You can find a very large form-thing for Hikaru on my DeviantART, Natade13, and a picture I drew in Paint Tool SAI
I plan to add more art soon.