Naruto Fan Fiction
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"The Weasel and His Cat"
DISCLAIMER: I do not own 'Naruto'!
WARNING! RATED M! For warnings of harsh language.
The young boy's soft whimpers eventually died down, allowing the sounds of the forest to surround them again. It wasn't until he gave a slight shiver that the Feline realized how late into the night it had gotten. She leapt down from his shoulders and stood upon the forest path.
His tears had dried, he had spent enough time alone in these woods.
"Come," she said, walking ahead. "You will catch your death in this weather, and these ruins will offer you no comfort."
The little weasel stood to his feet and followed behind her obediently, just like all those years ago. In many ways he was still that bright-eyed child that was fueled by a boundless curiosity. Yet, at the same time there were too many things unfairly stolen from him by this life to allow the light to remain in his eyes.
She thought it was rather tragic.
"Tomomi," he whispered, voice still rough from crying. "…do you think that all the dead are be reborn? Somewhere else?"
She paused, peering back at the boy whose eyes were no longer as bright as they once were. A rather cynical answer crossed her mind, one that she had come to many years before. No, she would answer. There were only a chosen few, limited to their own worlds and it's rules, and none ever like herself.
No, is what she was compelled to say.
Instead, she began walking again.
"There are an unfathomable amount of things that I do not know, little weasel. Perhaps they do. Perhaps they merely turn to dust in the wind. Perhaps they are taken to some Heaven for eternity… or perhaps," she turned her eyes skyward, beginning to count the stars. "Perhaps, we are all merely starstuff, waiting to become something new again."
His eyes lifted and he too, began to look at the sky.
"…have you ever been a star before, Tomomi?"
She chuckled.
"Only once."
The Weasel and His Cat
TO BE CONTINUED
A/N: Sweet jehoshaphat—where did that wholesomeness come from Tomomi?! Are you actually growing soft on Itachibi?! And why did you so casually answer his last question when you haven't had next chapter's conversation yet?! Oh, because you realized there was only one possible reason why Nekobaa would want to talk privately with Itachi? okay, kinda easy if you ask me...
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