CSA Version 10Parallel ContinuityEternity is Not What it Seems
Parallel: Continuity
Summary: When the Kazama Clan fell, one Hatake Kakashi was sent to the past by the will of his dead love. He changed everything by dying in the place of a friend, and it falls to those who are left behind to complete the Oracle's will…
Chapter 11: Arashi
The last thing Arashi had ever expected had been for his sister to perform the sealing. But then again, it should have been expected. She was doing the very thing that the Oracles of Konoha were known for, and unlike other Oracles, Chizuru, a Jounin of Konoha, would have a Hero's funeral. It had been a surprise to wake up in the lobby of the Hokage's Tower, to find a team of ANBU hovering over them, their chakra flaring with anxiety while Obito clung to him as he regained consciousness.
"What…" Arashi groaned as Obito leapt to his feet to help his teacher up.
Arashi looked around and frowned, noticing the dimming red glow on the horizon. What had happened returned to him in a rush.
"Shit!" Arashi leapt onto the roof of the nearest building.
"Hokage-sama!"
"Sensei!"
"Damn that Chizuru!" Arashi growled as he rushed across the village. "What the hell was she thinking?"
He barely noticed the ANBU following him from a distance.
Arashi arrived at the edge of the battlefield and felt his blood freeze. In the midst of all the blood and gore lay a figure clad in dark grey, a small writhing bundle clutched to her chest. Delicate strands of black floated gently in the crimson pool as ninja landed around her. Arashi scrambled forward to pull his sister and his son to him, tears falling unchecked from sorrowful cerulean eyes.
"Chizuru…" Arashi whispered, "Why?"
He turned his head to the bundle in his arms and his eyes narrowed.
"Naruto…" he whispered, "My precious son… I'm so sorry… But at least, this way, your mother and I can still protect you, ne?"
Cerulean pools stared up at him, and chubby whiskered cheeks puffed up as the baby cooed and reached out to grab the fabric of his father's jacket.
Arashi gently laid Chizuru on the blood soaked ground and stood up, still clutching his son to his chest and barked out orders. When the ninja around him were occupied, Arashi stared down at the child in his arms pensively. The infant yawned widely and fell asleep, and Arashi felt his heart warm at the sight.
"I will protect you, my son," he whispered, "and I will aid you in your uncertain future as best as I can in place of your Mouth…"
He lifted his eyes to the sky as the sun rose slowly, dying the sky a multitude of shades of gold, pink, violet, and reds. A flock of nighttime birds flew by overhead, returning to their homes now that the danger was passed.
"For the Golden Era of our dreams…."
TBC…
Totally Random Babbling… Or Not: Ok, so I lied. Definitely the next chapter will be longer. I promise!
SanadaSayuri
