Chapter 7
Visions
Merodi's pov
"Can we please make this conversation quick Merodi-san?", Sakura asked. "I have to go and see Tsunade-sama soon."
"This will be quick...", I muttered. I led Sakura to the Ichiraku, and we talked behind the building. "Sakura-san, listen to me, and listen to me carefully..."
"... I'm listening... What's wrong Merodi-san?", Sakura cocked her head.
I closed my eyes and bit my lip. I was trembling, and Sakura noticed. She put her hand on my shoulder.
Merodi.... kill... death.... gone....
*flashes of people, blood, and deaths all around*
Gone... all gone... you're losing it, you're gone... Merodi... Merodi...
*Bright red blood, familiar faces, surrounding him*
Blood, death......
"Hey, what's wrong?", she whimpered.
"Sa-Sakura-san...", I choked, opening my eyes.. I held her hand, then moved it off my shoulder. Then, I placed my hands on her shoulders. I shut my eyes, and they got wet. Tears... Shinobi do not show their emotions... no matter what happens... The mission or job is their main priority, any losses or unbecoming are just part of the test, learn to live with reality... Take your own advice Merodi... I swallowed a lump in my throat. Then, I looked into Sakura's emerald green eyes. "Sa.... kura... san... I... I don't know what to do...", I whimpered. "Sakura-san, help... me... Please..."
Life... Life... Death... Die... They will all die...
*family, friends, all surrounded by enemy shinobi*
They die, they all die... You will lose her.... We will take her... Look... Look...
*Blurry figures, fighting, and black nothingness...*
"No..", Merodi whispers... "No... No..."
Yes... Listen... Hear them scream... Hear them suffer... Hear them... You can't help them... You can't... You can't even help yourself... Look what you did...
"Merodi-san! What's going on???", Sakura exclaimed. "Are you injured, ill???"
"NO!!!... No... I'm... I'm just...", Sakura's green eyes captured mine. I strained to look away, thus, closing my eyes again. Tears flowed down my cheeks. "Oh my God... Holy shit... Sakura-sa... No... Sakura... Dammit...", I choked on my words once more. I fell to my knees, and Sakura, because I was holding on to her shoulders, fell too. She was kneeling in front of me. I was crying, gripping her shoulders. "No... no... no no no no—NO!", I shouted. My tears were falling on my pants, and I bit my lip, trying to stop myself from suffering. "SAKURA!!!"
figures continue fighting, a flash of a blade and lightning cross*
Scream... Suffer... Without you... Love... Love is no more... Give up... Give up... Give up...
Merodi gasps... "No... No... She loves me.... SHE LOVES ME!!!"
blades, and horror, gore, and death... blood, blood*
Blood... blood... no one can survive... he did it... he did it... get revenge Merodi... get revenge... kill him... kill him... He killed them both... Both of them died by his hand... Both of them are going to diiiie...
"No... No!", Merodi hugs himself. "You're lying!!! They are strong! They kill him!!!"
*They die... death and horror before his eyes...*
Sakura threw her arms around me and stroked my head. I cried, wetting her shirt. Sakura didn't mind. "Merodi...", she whispered in my hair. "What's wrong? …Can you tell me? I promise to not tell anyone..."
I swallowed. "Shinobi do not show their emotions, no matter what happens. The mission or job is their main priority, any losses or unbecoming are just part of the test, learn to live with reality." My tears left my eyes, and I couldn't stop them from leaking. "Sakura... I-I-I can't Sakura... I'm not—Sakura......... I can't do this anymore......"
Stop thinking... stop thinking... it's going to happen... you can't stop it... can't stop it... Stop dreaming Merodi... stop dreaming... wake up... wake up...
"I... I am awake.... I AM AWAKE!!!", Merodi clutches his head. "LEAVE!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
*images... more images... blood, death, faces, love, hate, death.....*
"It's not true... It's not true...", Merodi shuts his eyes. "IT'S NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!"
Merodi... believe it.... this is reality... did you not tell your friends that as well...?
"I was lying! I was possessed!!!", Merodi screams.
*Visions... visions... Death... Death... Whispering... Body...*
"Stop... STOOOOOPP!!!!!"
"Tell me what's happening.", she hugged me tightly.
"Sakura...", I lifted my head, and kissed her forehead, then brushed my lips against hers. "Please... I'm losing hope..."
Blood and tears are shed... how weak... a shinobi must never show emotion on a mission. The mission is the main priority.... No emotion...
"............. Help...............", Merodi blinks. "This is a nightmare....."
Wake up Merodi... It is a forever lasting nightmare... Lose hope... you're weak...
"Hope?", Sakura wondered, staring into my eyes, also slightly shocked that I just barely kissed her.
"Visions... Visions... Visions... Visions...", I repeated. "Voices... Voices... Voices... They won't leave me alone..." I embraced Sakura, allowing myself to cry more. "I'm not strong enough Sakura... I'm useless... I can't stop it... Fate... Fate... Fate... Fuck it...", I hissed violently. "FUCK IT ALL!!! Sakura!" I pulled out of the hug. "I-I can't do this..."
Losing hope... losing hope... losing hope... Die... Die... Blood... Kill... Death... Merodi... Merodi... Gone... Merodi... Gone... Revenge... Get revenge...
"No... Its not right... ITS NOT RIGHT!!!!!", gasps in horror.
*Blood is here, spewing, leaking... Tears are shed from familiar faces... Death... Gone...*
"It's not happening....", Merodi cries. Unable to shed tears...
"Can you tell me what you see in the visions? What you hear the voices say?", Sakura's voice and eyes full of fear and worry.
Kill him Merodi... Kill him... He influenced the death... Kill him...
I breathed heavily, my face wet with tears. I glanced up at her, my expression changing. My mouth turned up into a sick twisted smile. I showed my teeth and hissed. "Sakura Sasuke must die, not just because I think he should...Because I want him to die by my hand..." Then, I went unconscious.
My pov
My eyes flickered, glancing around the forest. We had changed out of the festival kimonos and such before we had left the village, which was preparing for the next part of the festival, but we weren't going to attend. We were going to continue with our mission. The relaxing was over, and now we had to work, and we couldn't relax again. Until we would be able to again, but I knew that wouldn't come soon. Then, a sharp pain in my head.
"AAAAHHH!!!!", I wailed, my hands on my head. I dropped to the ground. Tobi and Deidara's eyes widened.
"Kyra???!!! KYRA??!!!!!", Deidara shouted. He gripped my shoulders. Then, I went unconscious.
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*Blackness... Nothing but blackness...*
I glanced around. "Hello? Who's here?"
There was a bang! I glanced around again. Then, in front of me, someone on a chair was there. Smoothed down, raven black hair, head looking to the ground. I walked toward the person slowly. Then, his head shot up. His eyes were icy blue. They widened. Mine did too. I rushed toward the boy.
"MERODI???!!!", I shouted.
"KYRA???", he shouted back.
I jumped into his arms. He embraced me tightly. I looked up at him.
"How is this happening??? Am I dreaming?", I asked questions like there was no tomorrow. He shrugged. "What's going on?? Do you know something? Answer!"
"Okay, okay, I'm not sure what's going on, but what I do know is that we are in some dream together. I blacked out before this happened.", Merodi told me.
I gasped. "That happened to me too!"
"Indeed...", said an eerie voice. It killed the mood. "Kyra... Yoru... Welcome..."
Merodi made a face. "Not Yoru, Merodi..."
"Fine...", the voice muttered.
"... Who's there?", I quivered, clutching Merodi's shirt.
"Kyra... It's sad how you don't remember... I'm sad.", the voice whined.
Then, there was a bang! Merodi and I flinched, and looked around. There, a light appeared behind us. A person was standing their. Long red hair, and arms crossed. It gasped, Merodi stared intently at the person. Then, his serious expression changed to a scared one. The person's head looked up, and we saw, gray eyes. Ripples around the pupil.
"You... You're...", I couldn't find words.
"How're you feeling Kyra?", he smiled a warm smile, and walked over to us. We watched his every move, his every step.
"... You're...", Merodi hissed.
"Dad?", I asked, cocking my head.
When he got to us, he nodded. "In the flesh and blood. Nagato, formerly known as Kyra's father."
"...", Merodi and I were speechless.
My dad gave us a frustrated look and crossed his arms. Then, he sighed angrily. "I get no hug?"
I snapped out of my trance, and laughed. Merodi just frowned. I walked over to my dad and hugged him. "... I know what you did dad... I know what you and mom did to me..."
"... No, you don't...", he muttered.
"?!", I narrowed my eyes at him. "I-I saw my memories! In the lock!!! I saw them all! You just abandoned me, and you didn't need me!"
He shook his head. "It wasn't like that. People were after Yoru and yourself for your powers. Kyra, Yoru—"
"Please call me Merodi.", Merodi growled.
"... Fine. Kyra, Merodi and you have powers beyond anyone's wildest beliefs. Believe it or not, you're stronger than the nine-tailed jinchuuriki itself.", he said.
"How... How does that work?", I asked.
He stopped hugging me, and scratched his head. Then, exhaled, with an annoyed expression. "Okay, look. You and Merodi are something not of this world. Like angels, gods, and spirits. I hate to link you both into history and myths and crap. However, it's like that. Kyra, Rin was an angel, given healing abilities like no other.", he said. Then, he turned to Merodi who widened his eyes, and looked to the left and right. "And you Merodi. You, the Obito inside of you. He was Rin's partner angel. In no way could you both go to Hell when both of you work for Heaven. You are also to be soul mates. It was a test for you two. It was to see whether it was best to send angels down to our worlds. However, it didn't work the first time around whereas Rin and Obito died. Now, you were allowed to get reborn. You need to keep your power.", my dad snorted. Then, lifted his head to look up at the nothingness surrounding us. "People on this world can easily take your gifts. No, not gifts. Just pure power. If that were to happen, the universe could fall into spiraling depression. God, or whoever is worshiped to people, is powerful. However, having the powers of an angel that works under him can make that leader feel weak as to know that his greatest creations of good and purity have been killed or taken."
Merodi and I blinked. "So, really, we're not normal...", I sighed. I just wanted a normal life. A life with much adventure, but not one that meant I was an angel, a reborn of one that died. Or, the first test of my angel self. "Dad, I don't like this... Who was after Merodi and I 14 years ago?"
"....... Spirit Traders....... They're shinobi that have learned to control spirits. To contact them, to take over them. They are able to suck them dry of their powers and gifts. Spirit Trader shinobi are death for all holy and sinful. They can do anything to any demon of Satan and any angel of God. Or whatever.", he explained. "The thing is, they're still looking for you. Protect each other, and please, Kyra, come back home..."
"Dad... I don't want to be this...", I muttered. It was quiet. I was staring down at my feet, but after a bit, I looked up. I made a fist, and clenched it tightly. "... Dad, don't worry. I'll come home, I won't let those Spirit Traders get a hold of my nor Merodi's power, and we won't let the universe be destroyed."
"Atta girl!", he grinned.
Merodi shook his head and made a smile. I gave them each a smile, and everything disappeared...
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