Rating: T
Warnings: Sad
A depressed sixth Hokage sat at his desk, not really doing anything. He just stared at the wall. One of his elite teams had just reported him with the news. There were so many questions going through his head.
Why did it happen?
How could it have happened?
Why did it have to happen to her out of all people?
For one of the few times in his life, Uzamaki Naruto spilled tears. "How could this happen?" he hollered, slamming his fists onto the table.
"Tousan?" asked a small voice from the doorway.
Naruto looked and his gaze softened. There stood his daughter, clad in her pajamas, her blonde hair in pigtails, holding her teddy bear. "Uzanara, what are you doing up so late?" he questioned.
Uzanara rubbed her white eyes. "You didn't come to tuck me in, Wasn't that Kaasan's squad that I heard in here? Is she back from her mission?" the little girl asked excited.
"Uzanara," Naruto started. How was he supposed to explain to his three-year-old daughter that her mother was dead…and she was never coming back?
"Tousan, you look sad?" Uzanara questioned her always-cheerful father.
Naruto gulped. "It's about your mother…she's…gone to a better place," he stated. What else was he supposed to say.
"When is she going to be back?" the little Uzamaki asked.
Naruto felt more tears fill his eyes at the innocent comment. "She's not coming back, sweetheart," he said softly walking up to his daughter and kneeling down to her height.
Uzanara looked at her father, quizzically. "Why not?" she asked.
The blonde Hokage didn't know how to answer this.
"Does she not want us anymore?" the little girl questioned.
Naruto's eye widened and he shook his head. "That's not it at all," he replied.
"Then why?" Uzanara asked, sad that she would never see her mother again. None of this made sense to her naïve mind.
Naruto hugged his daughter close. "I don't know, squirt. I don't know," he responded honestly. He didn't know why either. The same question kept repeating in his own head.
"Tousan, are you going to leave me too?" the innocent child asked, her eyes filled with tears. Her eyes were full of pain that no child should have.
The twenty-six-year-old choked back more tears. He needed to be strong: for the two of them. "No Uzanara, I'm not going anywhere," he replied.
Uzanara hugged her father tightly, never planning to let go of him, afraid he would go too if she did.
"Let's put you to bed," Naruto said, picking his little girl up.
Uzanara rested her head on his shoulder. "Don't leave me Tousan," she begged.
"I'm not going anywhere, buttercup," her Tousan assured.
"You better not," Uzanara stated, falling asleep before they reached her room. Naruto gingerly put his daughter in her bed. He laid down next to her, stroking her blonde locks. He looked at the ceiling. "Hinata-chan, why did you have to go? What am I going to do without you?" he asked but he received no answer.
Okay, this was depressing for me to write. Did you find it depressing? Please review.
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