This chapter takes place during the duration of which Nenin became unconscious during Chapter 7 and 8. Consider this as a little bonus chapter, to add more backstory, at the end, we'll see more of a fight with Kurai. Anyway, enjoy!
-----Nenin's Point of View-----
"W-Where am I?" All of a sudden I find myself here, after I protected Siren from that... The shuriken. Am I in the... The... The afterlife? Every corner, every nook, cranny, and visible aspect of this place was pure white. Even more so than Kemari's chaste clothing. There was no senses... No sense of touch, hearing, taste, seeing, smell, or balance. I... I... I can only think... C-Calm down N-Nen... I...
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"Get me out of here!" Get me back, I'm not dead! Ahhh! Stop! Get me out! I don't want to be dead!
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"Get... Get me out...!" I... I lost my sense of v-voice... Then... I could no longer think...
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"Aaack!" I collapsed, I squinted open my eyes and found the now visible floor beneath me. I felt my hands and my body on the muddy earth just to reassure I regained at least one of my six senses. I saw colors, shades, tints of everything that faded in and crammed into my curious eye. I managed to return upwards in a quick and panicking way, I cautiously scanned my surroundings to recognize where I'm at. I saw swaying trees that started to forest in a circle 62 feet away. It was pouring with rain, but... The rain drops were floating in the air! I looked over my shoulders.
"Ack!" Sironar!
"What are you doing here?" No answer... He wasn't moving, as if he was frozen in time, he's using both arms to defend himself; he was closing his eyes in a startled expression too... Was this the moment I protected him? I glanced at Itachi four yards away north, frozen. He kept that emotionless face; he was blank. Deyanira was to my east a yard away, she looked like she just about thrown something... Frozen in time. Why am I here...? Did time really stop...?
"You've come a long way Nenin Hugeato." W-Who's...? I looked around me, there seemed to be no one there.
"Don't be alarmed my brave ninja." W-Who, what..?
"W-Who's there?" I ask, requesting an answer from whoever is there, if things are frozen in time, it must be the person who did all of this or some powerful being.
"Ahh, it is me, Nenin, the Moon Oracle."
"!" The MOON ORACLE?
"W-with all due respect, your brightness!" I've never seen the Moon Oracle himself in person, and only our family has gotten rough memories when he first visited our hideout! I treat him with respect because he is the one whom I worship! H-He's the god of the Moon! I turned around, overeager to finally meet him.
"Oh there's no need to treat me with royalty, Nenin." I took a look at him; he was completely untainted white, brighter than the light that the Moon can reflect from the sun. He could of easily blinded people, but we're from the Village Hidden under the Moon, we're used to the Moon's brightness. He was, short, and took on the appearance of an eight year old child, his voice was childish and soft, doubling the fact. All he had for clothing was short gray pants which were torn and ripped; it ended about on his kneecaps. His hair was also grayish that went until his shoulders, almost in a style like mine, only messier.
He winked at me with his rigid, but thoughtful gray eyes. "What's the matter, Nenin? Frightened?"
"N-No...! It's an honor to meet you!" I'd never thought I'd meet him, right here, right now, maybe he can explain why that I'm here, why time's frozen, or why that HE is meeting ME, out of all... Wait... Sironar, Deyanira... Me... I get it now; I doubt he'd contact Deyanira when she's a traitor and killed our family. Maybe he can explain why she did this, why all the pain and suffering in an age of harmony?
"Nenin... I'm channeling your quintessence because there's something that I must tell you." He glanced at my eyes dead-serious. Do you mean, he's channeling me? So, all of this freezing time was the works of the Moon Oracle? I wonder what's important?
"I took the opportunity the moment you were out cold," He looked down for a while, was something wrong? He remained in a perfect posture while placing his fist clenching sideways to his right chest area; he looked at it.
"Deyanira has the Augury Pendant," T-The Augury Pendant? How'd she get a hold of that? The Augury Pendant... It was given to my old sensei Jouru by the Moon Oracle himself, and then he gave it to my mother as a sign of brother-sisterhood. It was used to predict and protect incoming invasions, we used it to protect the Waning Gibbous of the Moon branch town from the often raids they encountered. It could have predicted up to a decade, but it'd be less accurate; to this reason we agreed to set it to a year's envisioning. As legacy from our family goes, we get our power of Plyden from the Moon Oracle, it was a special ceremony when you came to age, at approximately 8 years old you'd wear the Augury Pendant at the Temple of the Moon Oracle, light up the two blazing fires near the statue, and perform Lunar Release. Then, if you'd successfully performed it, the flames would be extinguished and the yellow cheek marks would appear on your face. By that age our mentors and family members had been teaching us how to perform Lunar Release, it was complex and difficult for a child, many ninja from Getsugakure do not learn this jutsu until their Chuunin exams. I guess that's why the Moon Oracle is taking on the appearance of an 8-year old child.
"Allow her to destroy it." W-what, why...?
"To whoever relinquishes the power of the Augury Pendant will suffer an immense pain... Emotionally." What pain though...? He rested his fist and looked back at me eye to eye.
"Your sister, Deyanira, is half-blood; she isn't even entirely born to this family." H-Huh? Deyanira isn't family? Does that mean... She's my step-sister?
"If Deyanira destroys the Augury Pendant, she'll lose her ability to perform Plyden, and she'll be disconnected from the Hugeato family." The Moon Oracle continued, I don't know what'll happen if she's disconnected from our clan. He turned around and he started walking toward Itachi, I observed as the Moon Oracle stopped about a yard away and pointed to Itachi.
"He is a full blood Uchiha." He then pointed to Deyanira. Glancing at me in the process.
"She is also an Uchiha, however, she is only half-blood of Uchiha, and half-blood Hugeato."
"If Sironar is dead, especially by Deyanira, the murderer who has done the deed would gain the Plyden eye permanently, foreseeing the future in almost a century, causing havoc. Sironar was gifted from me for a reason, his eyes are sharper than anyone, and so his Plyden has a more accurate envisage. However, I took a risk, and I know that the risk will be not in vain, you will stop it." He thought for a moment, but realized something.
"I'll leave the rest to you, Nenin; my brave ninja." He winked, and added something else.
"Every stick breaks, all you have to do is find a way to snap it." He then smiled and winked. He started to fade.
"I'll see you Nenin! Maybe not in a situation like this...!" He proceeded to laugh softly as he completed faded into nothingness.
"W-Wait!" I started toward him, but I tripped over a stray twig, ouch!
Everything started moving again.
Deyanira, Sironar, and Kemari were in different positions than the contact from the Moon Oracle, was this a fast-forward? I felt the rain pouring on me again, I saw Siren two meters east of me, Deyanira was walking toward him, I don't think she realized I regained consciousness and returned to reality. She had a special-shaped shuriken in her hand, the same a robed man struck me with, I won't let him get hurt! I recovered from my imbalance and rushed in front of Siren, arms out, in a protective posture.
"Siren!" Without question I looked toward Deyanira.
"Nen? B-But, how?" I knew Sironar was puzzled, just seeing me in front of him; guarding him from the wrath of Deyanira mustn't be a pleasant sight. I told Deyanira what I felt, and she'll pay, not with death, but torment.
"... Listen Deyanira... You will be defeated... N-Not us..." I felt fatigued; maybe my chakra energy disappeared when I was being contacted...
"You will vanish."