Revival in the snow
I awoke with eyes fluttering, seeing a space of pure white. I looked around with a sense of puzzlement immediately replaced with immense shame. I had failed my master in his hour of greatest need. Suddenly I saw a face that I thought I would never see again. Mother, I choke it out not believing my own eyes. She looked at me with a look of grief for all the pain I had gone through. No words were needed. She gripped me in a tight hug crying deeply for me. I had nothing to cry for. I had completed my mission. I did my duty as a soldier. My mother released me and looked at me with an intense determination. She said, look at me, this isn't your time son you're to go back and live. She turned me around and me down into a gap. With that as her farewell I hurtled down in to darkness. Afterwards I saw two paths. The first I saw was the path leading back home to the earth. The second path I saw was a fiery road which I knew instinctively led to hell. My business in the heavenly realm wasn't finished yet. I decided rather quickly to take a detour to hell to visit a certain somebody. That somebody was my father. I know that most people would think that if I went to hell, the first person I would visit would be zabuza. However, even if I was just a tool over the years you understand the people you are around quite easily. Master by his very personality would enjoy hell. If anything for the fact that he could punish gato repeatedly for all eternity. With that in mind I paid a visit to my father. Even in the everlasting punishment that was hell he wouldn't change. When he saw me he somehow broke free from his bonds and charged. That was fine by me as I parried his feeble attack quite easily. Knowing that this would be my only chance for a while I took it quickly. Secret technique, crystal ice mirrors! I couldn't stay forever, so I quickly summoned some water clones and had them go in on my behalf. My father would hit with senbon for all eternity. When I completed that I felt an amazingly familiar grip on my shoulder. I knew it was zabuza. With a sense of closure I turned and faced my master for what I knew would be our last meeting for a while. With that In mind I bowed my head. After that, to my surprise my master said, it's your time to live, haku. I said, what mission is there in a life without you? The mission is to live life to the fullest. So are you going back to the girl, boy? What girl master? I ask with genuine confusion. She's healing your body now haku. Healing my body? I wonder with confusion. I searched my memory until I realized who he was talking about. Afterwards I had to slap my head due to my stupidity. He was talking about mitsuri. She had a kekkei genkai that could heal all wounds. I still requested things from my master like a child at times. This was one of those times. Master, would it be alright for me to return to earth now? Master said, Haku I would be madder if you wasted anymore time, now go! With that as his fare well, I hastily got back to earth. As I was about to reenter my body I saw a sight that tore my heart my heart in two. Mitsuri was crying far more than what was necessary for my healing. As I entered my body my first instinct was to give her some comfort. She was fifteen but, she was at her tallest up to my chest. I cradled her head into my chest to cry her heart out. I had a need to stroke her hair at the moment. She has light brown knee length hair. I stroked her hair to calm her down. After that she looked at me with a look of wonderment on her face. With that done I had a job to do. Zabuza in spite of what he did still deserved a proper burial. I gently shoved her off my chest. I went over to his body and did a teleportation technique. I buried him in a casket of ice. After the burial was complete I went back to the bridge. Unexpectedly my knees gave out and I fell in to the oblivion that is unconsciousness.
