Chapter Eight: That Night... I Lost An Important Thing
Author's Note: So I know what all of you who are reading are probably wondering why I haven't updated and I apologize! I've been getting stuck with ideas for this story and I don't know what to write. For example, I want to write fighting scenes in this story, but I am afraid that they will be terrible so I'm starting to wonder if I should drop this story all together. *Sigh* I don't want to be that kind of writer so I am going to keep trying to continue this story no matter what. I also would like to thank all of you have reviewed, favorited, and followed; it really helps me to see the support. I have also seen a couple of flames, but it's alright they do not bother me. I expected there to be flames before I even posted my first story on fanfiction. Now on with the story! ^w^
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto! It all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto!
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"I just want to protect them no matter how much pain befalls me."
-Masashi Kishimoto
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Boruto's P.O.V:
Sarada fell asleep on my shoulder.
Just telling her what I said made me remember that day.
I remember that day like no other.
The day my mother died and someone else…
Someone who was going to be an important person to me and be someone that I would protect with my life, no matter what.
Even if it costed me my life, that person would be worth it.
I am haunted by it every night and I always wonder if it will ever stop.
Sometimes I blame my father…
For not being there for us.
But other times…
Other times I blame myself.
I just wish that it never happened.
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"Boruto-kun!" A blue haired woman called out to her son who was playing on the play ground.
A boy with blonde hair and icy blue eyes ran up to his mother.
"Yes! Mama!" The boy shouted at his mother with his eyes full of life from playing on the playground.
"Mama has something important to ask you." The blue haired woman told her son with a smile.
She continued with her eyes full of curiosity, "How would you feel about being a big brother?"
The boy pondered for a moment and his face lit up.
"Mama! I would love to be a big brother! I would protect my baby brother or baby sister with my life! Believe it!" The boy yelled out.
The blue haired woman laughed.
"Believe it… Hmmm. You're so much like your father." She mumbled with a small smile.
"Honey… What if I told you that you are going to be a big brother really soon?" The woman gently grabbed her son's hands.
"Mama? Are you telling me I'm going to be a big brother?" The boy asked with excitement.
The woman laughed.
"You are correct." She told him.
The boy began jumping up and down with excitement.
"Do you… Do you know if it's a boy or a girl?" The blonde haired boy asked his mother shyly.
"It's going to be a girl and I want her to have a big brother who will always care and be there for her." The woman told him with a smile.
The woman then took his hand and put it on her stomach.
He felt the baby kick his hand.
"Does she have a name?" The boy asked in awe while touching his mother's stomach.
"Himawari. Her name is Himawari." His mother told him with her eyes closed happily and a smile on her face.
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That was the last time I saw my mother smiling so happily.
Himawari.
The name of my baby sister…
If only that night didn't happen.
I broke my promise with my mom that night.
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Papa didn't come home.
Mama and me sat at the dinner table for an hour waiting for him to come home.
The food was already cold and mama…
Mama looked like she was about to cry.
He finally called and I could tell mama couldn't hide her pain anymore.
"Hinata I can't come home tonight. I have to stay here and finish the rest of this paperwork. I'm sorry…" I heard papa say across the phone.
"I-It's alright. B-Boruto and m-me are f-fine with t-that." Mama mumbled.
"I love you. Goodnight." Mama continued.
"I love you too." Papa whispered back.
He hanged up.
The phone fell out of her hands and I watched mama fall slowly to her knees.
Tears began rolling down her face.
It was always like this.
Papa always missed dinner or came home late due to work.
It didn't help that mama was pregnant.
"Mama… Are you okay?" I asked her while holding one of her hands.
I watched as she wiped her tears away and give me a small smile.
A smile that was fake.
"I'm okay." She told me.
No your not I wanted to tell her, but I couldn't.
"Now how about we go and eat." She continued.
So we ate dinner.
The cold food tasting delicious, but bitter.
Bitter because papa didn't come.
Mama gave me a kiss on the head and told me goodnight, once I finished dinner.
I went to bed and left mama in the room while she cleaned up.
I entered into my room that felt so lonely.
It was filled with toys, a bed, and a dresser, but it felt so empty.
I lay in bed wondering why I had a papa who rarely came home.
Slowly my eyes began to close and the darkness took me.
I awoke to the sound of the wall being hit.
Boom! Boom!
Something wasn't right.
Mama was usually asleep by now.
I got out of bed and slowly went to the door.
I heard a scream.
"Leave my family and me alone!" The voice screeched.
That… That was mom!
All the blood in my body turned cold.
"Mom!" I shouted.
I ran downstairs.
A man with black hair was in the room
Mom was trying to fend him off, but I knew she was weak from being pregnant,
"Boruto-kun!" My mom yelled in shock.
"You have to-" She stopped mid sentence.
I watched as my mom got stabbed in the stomach by the man with a sword.
"Mom!" I yelled.
Blood spurted out of her mouth and the wound in her stomach grew.
"You… You have to go…" She weakly mumbled.
Tears began rolling down my face.
My heart began to hurt.
"I-I can't!" I yelled back at her.
"Go… Run… Don't... Don't… Come back…" She huffed.
The man began to push the sword into her body even more.
"Argh!" My mom began to scream.
"You need to learn how to shut up!" The man barked at her.
"Stop!" I shouted at the man.
"Hn would you look at that the last of the dobe's brats." The man said with a smirk.
I stared back at him trembling.
He tossed mom away and began to walk up to me.
"Brat! I'll spare you because I need someone to send a message to the dobe. Tell your father that the person who was here was Sasuke Uchiha and that he's coming back for his revenge." The man said while smirking.
"Otherwise I will kill you." The man cackled.
He then disappeared leaving my mom and me.
My body still trembled from his appearance.
I ran up to mom.
"Mama!" I shouted.
She weakly put her hand in mine.
"B-Boruto. I-I'm s-so s-sorry f-for l-leaving y-you l-like t-this…" Mama told me with tears running down her face.
"Ma-" I began.
"S-Shhh. H-Honey I-I'm n-not g-going t-to m-make i-it…" Mama stopped and coughed more blood.
Mama looked at me and gave me a small smile.
"H-Honey... G-grow u-up, a-and f-fall i-in l-love a-and s-stay s-strong. E-Even w-when y-you f-feel a-alone j-just k-know t-that H-Himawari a-and m-me w-will a-always-" Mama stopped.
She weakly lifted her hand and put it over my heart.
"B-Be i-in h-here." Mama said with a smile.
Tears ran down my face.
I put my hand over hers where my heart was.
"A-Always?" I asked.
Mama gave me that last warm smile of hers and murmured back, " Always…"
Her eyes began to become dull and her breaths began to shorten.
"I-I l-love y-you…" Mama told me with her last breath.
Her hand fell down from mine.
She died with a smile on her face and her other hand above her stomach.
Her stomach which held my dead baby sister...
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"Boruto?" I heard a voice full of worry ask me.
I looked for the source of the voice.
I looked down and saw that it was Sarada.
I must have woken her up.
She gently lifted her hand up and put it up against my cheek.
"Why are you crying?" She asked.
I'm crying?
I slowly lifted my hand up to my face and felt a warm liquid from my eyes falling from my face.
"Nothing…" I mumbled.
She looked at me with a knowing look like she knew I was lying, but didn't push me.
"Just remembering two important people in my life that I lost." I told her.
Two important people that I hold today in my heart.
The two people who have helped me stay strong and made me not feel alone.
"Do you miss them?" Sarada whispered.
A lot I wanted to say, but I couldn't speak as my throat got heavy.
So I just nodded my head.
"Boruto-kun." I heard a familiar voice call out, but it wasn't Sarada's.
I looked in front of me and saw a woman with blue hair holding hands with a little girl with short blue hair and a pair of whiskers that matched mine.
"Big brother!" The little girl shouted ecstatically while waving at me.
Himawari and mom.
My vision began to blur as I saw them.
"We love you!" They both shouted.
Then they began to fade.
"Yeah I miss them a lot…" I murmured with a smile on my face while looking up at the sky.
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Author's Note: Okay! This chapter while I was writing it made me cry! :'( Please review, follow, and favorite if you want me to continue. Also I hope this is longer than my other chapters because I haven't updated in so long. Thank you for reading! ^w^
