Peering Into The Water
(Naruto Fanfic)
Pairing: OC x ?
h-o-p-e
Her throat was nearly parched as she began to sing. Yuuko didn't care for the consequences of losing her voice at such a crucial moment of time. Anything was helpful, as long as it helped keep her mind off the very darkness that surrounded her.
"Please always watch over me from Heaven
I am here"
It was a song meant for protection...
"The wind cuts on the prairie, suddenly bringing the cold season along
Its mane swaying toward the slender sky, the horse's neigh sounds so sad
The sun disappearing beyond the vast land, in our village columns of smoke rise
from the hearths"
She suddenly paused, slowly curling up into a ball. She shut her eyes tight and tried hard to imagine her life before she became the "princess" of the village. She opened her mouth and -
"T-t-to t-the o-only h-hou - "
She stopped as she couldn't help but start coughing due to the lack of hydration in her mouth and throat. Nevertheless, she persevered in continuing her song despite her body saying otherwise. She tried again.
"T-to t-the o-only hou - se without rising smoke, I re-return
P-Please a-always w-watch over me f-from Heaven
Father, Mother
I-I am here
Pl-Please always watch o-over m-me from H-Heaven
F-Father, M-Mother
I am here"
A reminder for herself to not give up.
Don't let the darkness take me. She prayed.
She coughed once again, her throat no longer holding up the strain of singing. Once she could no longer continue singing, she imagined the song playing in the background of her mind as she thought of her old home.
The crescent moon is like a bow that takes the arrow of a traveler's thoughts to
Faraway
The shooting star that crosses the night sky guides the way for somebody
In our village, fire has been lit, the banquet's sweet aroma drifts on the air
Please always watch over me from Heaven
Father, Mother
I am here
No matter how difficult it was for her to stay in such a place.
Leaving the noisy crowd,
to the only house without lit fire, I return
Please always watch over me from heaven
My beloved, I am here
[Prayer - Akiko Shikata]
In a place filled with nothing but darkness.
She leaned back against the cold, slab of rock. She felt cold and alone.
She didn't dare open her eyes.
It was because she knew that there would only be darkness in front of her.
It was no different even when she closed her eyes but she chose to do it instead because it meant she willingly wanted the darkness to engulf her. Rather than her being forced to bear being alone and isolated without anything to see.
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"And now we're done. I'll return you back to where you came from for now. Summon when you need me, I'll be going to sleep now."
A familiar deep and masculine voice from her dreams stayed with her just as she slowly woke up in a slight daze -
to darkness yet again.
Ah, yes. She was summoned to another realm where she met a gigantic white inugami who made her sign a contract. And then she was suddenly returned without any notice and forced to bear a whipping to her back as punishment for trying to escape.
...Contract... She thought absent-mindedly.
Contract... And then her thoughts begun to whirl inside as she remembered the last words of her summon.
...!
"The contract!" She shouted but immediately went into a fit of coughs. She rubbed her throat, it seemed she couldn't talk just quite yet.
She shook her head. That wasn't important now. What was important that she might have just found a way to escape. Hope bloomed in her chest as she settled into a lotus position. She took calm and deep breaths as she concentrated in gathering the chakra in her body.
Boar.
Dog.
Bird.
Monkey.
Ram.
Once she finished the molding the chakra in her handsigns, she conveyed all her thoughts and her will into summoning anything that could save her as she slammed her hand onto the ground.
There was a momentary pause before a familiar white cloud appeared.
Instead of reverse-summoning her as before, she had instead summoned the very inugami she was hoping to appear.
"Yeowch! Where the heck did you summon me, Yuuko?!"
"Madara-sama." She called out his attention.
He stopped thrashing around as soon as he heard her voice.
"What is it?" His voice lowered as he could sense the seriousness in her voice.
"Please, I implore of you and ask that you may grant me a boon."
"Gaki, stop it with that creepy respectful way of speaking. First and foremost, you are my summoner and I am your summon. If I did not wish to at least adhere to some of your wishes, I wouldn't have let you sign that summoning contract in the first place."
"Ah." She paused momentarily before bowing to him in thanks.
"Now, what do you want?"
"Please, please take me away from this place, Madara-sama!" She cried out as she ran to hug his furry snout. Tears streamed down from her eyes and down across her cheeks. He didn't mention it but he could taste the salt in her tears as they landed near his mouth.
He let out a deep sigh. He could smell the scent of fear yet also that of relief surrounding her.
It seemed his presence was a relief to her.
"Alright, just hold tightly onto me." He said to her gently to which she only tightened her grip around his snout in response.
Once he deemed that she wouldn't fall off from her hold on him, he gathered chakra around his body and proceeded to break down the walls surrounding them. It didn't even take a second before the walls broke off and fell down, allowing for some light to pass through the dark and isolated cave.
He leapt and landed right outside the newly-made hole of the cave before running far away from the said place just as his new mistress wished.
She was safe...for now.
A/N: And that's a wrap! Wow! It's been so long since I updated this story. Hehe, sorry 'bout that. Hope you liked this chapter! Please review because I really want to know what you guys and gals think of this story.
Baii~