Title: Never Believed
Author: Ashley
Summary: You never believed that one day this would happen, and that you would be left standing in front of the Hokage with nothing but an impossibly heavy porcelain mask, his dog tags, and his standard issue Katana left of him.
Genre: Angst/Tragedy
Disclaimer: I don't own the sandbox, I am just playing in it.
Warning: Implied Character Death, un-betaed.
Pairing: You decide!
Rating: T (for implied character death)
Authors note: Okay, I have never tried this style before! Let me know what you think, and see the authors note below. I hope you enjoy!
You never believed that one day this would happen, and that you would be left standing in front of the Hokage with nothing but an impossibly heavy porcelain mask, his dog tags, and his standard issue Katana left of him. The metal of the dog tags is cold and heavy, clutched to your chest in a tight fist. The Katana feels awkward and unfamiliar in your seasoned hand. The impossibly heavy porcelain mask is tied tightly to the hilt of the Katana, and it seems to mock you with its empty eyes. Especially because now you long more than ever for the familiar eyes that used to fill those now hopelessly empty black rimmed holes.
You never believed that it would happen to you, that your beloved ANBU wouldn't come home. You don't even feel the first tears run down your face, and you barely feel warm arms around you. The arms feel all wrong anyway, too soft and warm. You long for familiar arms, solid and strong. You sob into the chest you've been pulled against, but you don't hear the word's that she's whispering into your ear. All you hear is him promising you he would be back in a week, when he left three weeks ago. All you hear is your heart screaming that he broke his promise to you, the last promise he ever made.
You are a Shinobi of Konohagakure, you should have been able to protect him. You should be able to pull it together for your family and friends. Gasping, you clutch the person rubbing your head closer and continue to sob. You aren't even sure you know how to returning to life without him, but you know you have to for the sake of your family, and your village. You try to catch your breath, and it feels like you're suffocating, you hear things like "…maybe time to sedate…" and "… you think, Hokage-sama…" before your world goes black, and the last sound you hear is the soft clatter of his dog tags falling to the floor.
Well there you are, dark little piece that came out of nowhere and wouldn't let me work on Chapter Seven of "Unexpected Journey." (Which, is almost done and should be posted sometime tonight or tomorrow now!) Give me ANY pairing you think this could fit, and I will add a rewrite of this with that pairing. Yaoi, het, whatever. If you want to see a yuri pairing, there's things I can change to make it work! I will also add a omake that fits the surviving half of the pair. Also, let me know which you would like to see as which.
Let me know if there's any interest for that, if there isn't, that's the end of this story :) Will be taking pairing requests indefinitely.