New Moon Rising
By LifeGoesOn101
Disclaimer: It's not mine and never will be…
Chapter Four: Now or Never
Kaiya walked calmly to the Hokage tower, ignoring the probing stare of the wary villagers. She gotten used to the indifference they treated her with. With a sigh she began her walk up the spiraling staircase to the office above.
"Hello, Kai-chan." Smiled the blonde Hokage, when his gaze caught the young raven-haired girl in the doorway.
"Hi, Naruto-Sama." Kaiya replied as she took a seat in front of the desk. She brushed a straight lock of hair that had fallen into her face behind her ear as she waited for Naruto to speak. Moments passed before Kaiya broke the silence with a sigh. "My mother wanted you to talk to me, didn't she?"
Naruto blinked, pink tinting his whiskered cheeks. This girl's intuition was amazing.
"Ye-yeah, she did."
The raven-haired kunoichi sighed once again… "It's about the way I'm treated isn't it?"
Naruto's blue orbs turned away from her onyx ones. "Yeah…"
"It's not fair!"
The Hokage's eyes shot up at her sudden scream. Sympathy clouded his once bright features, as he watched crystal tears fall from the strong- willed girl's dark obsidian eyes.
It was rare for her to pull down her guard in front of someone who wasn't her mother.
In this time are we loving?
Or do we sit here wondering,
We this world isn't turning round,
It's now or ever,
Naruto was quiet for a moment. This girl…
"I was just like you once…"
Kaiya stared at him, the moistness still falling. "Yeah, right!" she screeched, "You're the big powerful Hokage! No one's ever hated you!" She was now standing. The chair she was sitting in had been thrown and smashed against the back wall behind Naruto. He hadn't flinched. He was used to such powerful displays, considering he had been Sakura's teammate for three years of his life and her friend for longer.
We have no use,
For the truth,
And now it's time for us to lose,
Who we were and how we've tried,
Taking every step in stride,
It's now or never to decide,
"It was true," Naruto added, his piercing gaze on the angry girl. Kaiya was mystified.
"Why?" She asked, calming ever so slightly. She relaxed, but her fists were still unclenching and clenching.
"I had something sealed inside of me that caused great despair for this village and because of it people refused to see the real me and judged me bases only on that demon."
Naruto stated. His cerulean eyes stared at the floor, as though it pained him to remember.
"Just like me," Kaiya murmured under her breath as the Hokage's tale reached her ears.
In this time we are loving,
Or do we sit here wondering?
Why this world isn't turning round,
It's now or never,
"But, I got through it," Naruto continued. "Because I had friends like Kakashi, you're Mum, and …you're Father."
Kaiya didn't say anything to this. Her gaze was fixated to the outside where a bunch of Academy students were playing with a giant ball. Oh... How she longed to be like them? Carefree… truly happy.
"You'll get through it too." He finished. He gazed at Kaiya whose eyes were looking the other way.
"Kaiya?"
She suddenly looked at him, eyes a bit glazed. "You have friends and family that love you dearly, you'll be ok."
The girl nodded. "I know," She answered softly. After a few moments of silence...
"Can I go home now?"
"Yes," The Hokage replied his sad gaze still on her on moving form. With a quick turn of on her heel, Kaiya left the room with a loud slam of the door.
Naruto gaze shifted to the playing kids outside. He sighed and ran a hand through his messy blonde hair. How did life get so confusing and painful? His cerulean eyes shut tight with discomfort when the first rounds of sobs sounded from the hallway.
"She needs to know...Sasuke."
In this way we are learning,
Or do we sit here yearning?
For this world to stop turning round,
It's now or never,
Where's the truth,
For us to use,
Cause' all we seem to do is lose,
Who we are and how we've tried,
Are we all the same inside,
It's now or never to decide,
Sakura arrived home to find apparently empty house after her tracking mission was over. There had been no recent reports of the Atasuki or Itachi. That was the one thing that surprised the pink-haired kunoichi. Had Sasuke failed to defeat his brother or had he even attempted it yet?
These thoughts were still on her mind when her gaze caught her teen daughter all ready in night clothes and flipping through TV channels when it was a mere five o' clock.
"Hey Kai-chan!" She greeted, dropping bag near the stairs and heading for the living room.
"Hi, Mom," The girl replied, pulling her legs closer to her on the couch. Sakura sighed.
"Honey, I'm going to go get changed and than I'll start dinner, okay?"
"Fine," The girl mumbled flipping through another five hundred channels. Sakura gave her a light smile as she tottered off to her bedroom.
In this time are we loving?
Or do we sit here wondering,
Why this world isn't turning,
It's now or never,
In this time we are learning,
Or do we sit here yearning,
For this world to stop turning round,
It's now or never,
Dinner went peacefully enough and a little while later Sakura and Kaiya were settled on the soft old gray couch. Kaiya was lying with her head in her mother's lap, while she played with long glossy strands of black hair.
"Mum?" asked Kaiya, staring at the TV.
"Hmm," Sakura replied, running her hands through her Kaiya's soft locks.
"Did you love my Father?" She shifted to look at her mother with soft onyx eyes. This Question had been bugging her since her conversation with uncle Naruto-sama.
Sakura was quiet for a moment as her gaze became cloudy and almost unfathomable.
And in no more than a whisper, she answered, "More than anything in this world..."
In this time we are loving,
Wondering,
Isn't turning round,
It's now or never.
Note: There is chapter four you. I'm sorry I went from a high to a low but this plot bunny thingy was bugging me, I had to stick this conversation between Naruto and Kaiya in this Chapter I think it fit ok after that first sighting of a Itachi who Sasuke was supposed to have killed by now. But why he is alive and kicking will be revealed later.
So, how was this chapter good, bad, ugly? I know it was horrendously short...
The song was Now or Never- Three Days Grace.
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