Disclaimer… I own none of the naruto characters, but I can dream. Okami belongs to Riley Killer.
Ka-Chan- Mommy
Aka-Chan- Baby
Nani-What
Ch 19
"If I don't make it take her, get her out of here." A female voice whispered heavy with emotion.
"Don't talk like that, you are strong every thing will be fine." A deep voice tried to calm the woman's fear.
"You know what he will do to her if she is left here." There was urgency in the voice.
"You know what he will do to you if learns that you intend to take her from him." The voice was stern and truthful.
"He already knows I intend to take her from him, I had full intent of keeping her from him." The woman's intense fell like death on in the dark.
"Ka-Chan." A small voice called into the darkness seeking solace for unseen fears.
"Aka-Chan, you are supposed to be asleep child." The woman's voice had no fear as she stepped into view. "Come here."
The woman's skin was so pale it glowed in the darkness, as she scooped the tiny child in her arms.
"Ka-Chan?" The child's voice held a questioning tone.
"Hush Aka-Chan." The woman's voice soothed the insecurities of the child as she held the child to her body. "Sleep now, do not fear."
The child looked up connecting with the woman's bright green eyes as her small fist locked around a long lock of midnight hair.
"I can't let him take her future from her." The woman's eyes were full of sorrow as she stroked the silent child's hair.
"You know who he is." The man's voice drew the child's attention to the side, her bright curious eyes fought to see him as she twisted slightly in her mother's arms to see the giant before her.
"Yes, I know but I won't put her through that, she will not be the mindless killer of his design." The woman's voice was bitter as she stroked the raven hair of the child.
"He will not stop till he finds her, she bares his mark and no amount of gen is going to hide it from him." His voice was firm and empty.
"He didn't know she existed till three weeks ago, and now look where I am." The woman's voice was full of venom as she resisted the urge to yell.
"Look what we have here." A voice made the woman tense, all the color draining from her.
"Nani Ka-Chan." The child tried to move in her mother's arms to see the cause of her fear.
"Did you think you could keep her from me?" A man's voice made the woman close her eyes before she took off with the child in her arms, running as if the devil was hot on her heels .
"Aka-Chan you must stay here, go to no one, I will be back for you." The woman whispered as she came to the stop in a forest the moon shining bright above her, she lowered the child to the ground, pushing her into the hollow of a tree trunk. "Stay here Aka-Chan, Mommy loves you." The woman muttered turning from the tree taking several steps into the woods.
The child sat in the tree listening to the sounds of the night, there was yelling and screaming the sound of metal on metal filled her ears.
"Ka-Chan?" The child's weak voice was lost in the darkness as silence surrounded her.
The child sat in the dark silence hugging her knees listening for any sign of life.
"Ka-Chan will come back." She whispered her voice falling on dead air, she moved back as she heard heavy foot steps.
"Find the child… he is taking care of the mother." There was talking between men as they search for her.
After a while the voices faded and the silence came back.
"Maybe she's not coming back." The child's whisper was answered by a scream.
"I will never tell you where she is!" The voice was very close.
"Tell me where she is, if you don't fight me I may let you live to see your precious child." The voice was empty.
"I would never give her to you." The woman hissed. "I will die before I tell you where she is."
The child stuck her head out of the tree peering into the dimly lit forest landscape.
"Very well I don't need you to find her." The figure which was obviously male stated.
"Ka-Chan?" The child called drawing the attention of both adults.
"Run Aka-Chan." The woman's voice was panicked as she ran towards the child.
The man moved his hand throwing four kunai into the back of the woman dropping her with a fatal hit that pierced her heart.
"Ka-Chan!" The child screamed running to her fallen mother, she touched the woman's shoulder below a kunai.
"Ka-Chan get up… get up, get up." She shook the body.
"Ka-Chan, get up… not funny." The child touched the middle of her mothers back, tears forming in her eyes as she continued to shake the body.
The child pounded her small fists into the woman's back as tears flowed down her face, she reached up wiping the tears from her face replacing them with the blood of her mother.
"Child she will not wake up." The voice made the child furrow her brow.
"You lie." The child sobbed wiping her tears away with her blood covered hand.
The man kneeled beside the child placing his hand on her shoulder..
"No I am not lying, she will not wake up." His voice was empty as the child shoved away from him.
"You lie, you lie… Ka-Chan wake up!" The child sobbed kicking the body, before kneeling beside her mother lying herself over the body. "Wake up."
"She will not wake up, she is dead." The man's voice was soft as he picked up the sobbing child, holding her to his body.
"No, Ka-Chan not dead, Ka-Chan!" The panic in the voice made the man shake his head.
"Shh, there is no need for these tears." The mans voice did not calm the blood covered child as she looked into his eyes, the swirl of the full sharingan meeting the distraught single tiered sharingan of the child before they came to rest on the mark that stretched from her hair line to her chin dancing like a black wisp of smoke curling around her left eye till it was blacked out like the moon by a midnight cloud.
Akatenchii shot up to the sound of thunder covered in sweat. "It was just a dream." She whispered staring into the darkness of her room.
That was certainly a fucked up dream.
"For once I agree." Akatenchii was shaking as she took in a few breaths to steady herself.
But I don't think it was just a dream.
"If it's not a dream then what do you say it is?" Her question fell on the storm filled air.
Dreams don't occur over and over like this one, I think this is a memory; that child is you.
The thought echoed through Akatenchii's mind making her shake her head.
"No… no I was raised by the Anbu." Akatenchii's voice was empty as she muttered into the darkness.
You don't pay me enough to clarify this early in the morning.
Akatenchii quirked an eyebrow at the last mental comment. "Pay I don't pay you at all you are just there." She muttered looking over at the glowing hands of her clock. "Three in the morning damn every time never fails, fucking dream."
Maybe we should talk to Okami Nissan.
"She would be up, but I don't want to be a bother besides I should get what rest I can before I become plaything for the religious bigot and the not so jolly giant." Her voice fell on the empty stone walls making her shake her head at the realization of her solitude.
"Wow I'm pathetic." She muttered laying back down.
The sun shown brightly decorating the sky in its evening colors, the light scattering through the mist creating rainbows that danced through the air; as the smell of the ocean assaulted the senses.
"You are done with your training for the day child." A harsh voice growled. "Take a break, and stay out of trouble, remember to keep your curiosity in check."
"Hai Sensei." A small voice answered the requests of her.
"You may go now." The man dismissed the child with a bow.
The child's raven hair hung around her waist as she walked in the sunlight, part of the long locks draped over her left shoulder, hiding part of her face from the world.
The child walked entering the cover of the forest, moving with the sounds of nature she took to the trees, her eyes scaned the area as she heard soft foot falls and scuffling.
"You owe me." An angry voice rose in the forest. "I did your task now give it to me."
"You are a child you do not need sake, and patience is of virtue." A gruff voice made the treed child tilt her head, shifting her position to get a better look at the situation below her.
"I don't give a rat's ass if patience is a virtue or not I have been waiting for two weeks and that is TOO LONG, so you either give it to me now or-."The angry voice was cut off.
"Or you will do what kid?" The gruff voice held a humorous tone as the question came out.
The kid let out an angry shriek before rushing the man pinning him to the tree with a kunai to his throat.
"Don't fuck with me, now get my sake or I will slit your fucking throat are we clear!?" Her voice gave no alternative for the situation.
"I will get your sake." There was fear in the voice.
"You have one hour and I will meet you in the southern village… this is your last chance." The little voice was full of warning as she drug the kunai down the man's throat making faint lines of blood appear on his skin, a malicious smile appeared on the girl's face as she released the man, watching him stumble into a sprint back towards the village.
The treed child watched as the white haired child laughed at the fear of the man, shifting slightly to get a better look causing a slight rustle of the leaves.
The white haired child turned her head to the tree her eyes scanning the trees till her eyes came to rest on the spot that the treed child sat in silence their eyes locked through the leaves.
The white haired girl smirked throwing the kunai into the tree, causing the other girl to catch the kunai and drop from her branch, catching herself on another branch before she hit the ground.
"What do we have here?" The white haired girl's voice was amused as she watched the small child let go of the branch, landing on her feet.
The smaller girl stared silently at the obviously older child her empty blue eyes shifted colors to green and then to purple as the wind blew softly making her waist length hair wrap around her body.
"What are you doing out here?" The white haired girl's child's question was answered by a shrug.
"What do you mean you don't know, where are your parents?" She asked surely a kid that small playing in the trees like a target had to be a civilian.
"Parents?" The child's empty voice made the single word a question.
"Yes your parents, a liability like you should not be alone in this area." The older girls agitated voice made the smaller child blink.
"I don't have parents." The small child stated.
"Ok where is your master?" The older child asked watching the small child stare without blinking.
"My master… it is hard to tell, he is probably in the village." The small child stated her empty eyes locked with the eyes of the white haired child.
"What's your name?" The white haired girl asked.
"My name?" The small child puzzled.
"Yes your name what is it?" The white haired child's voice held a high amount of agitation.
"Name… I don't have a name." The small child stated twirling the kunai between her fingers.
"What do you mean you don't have a name, your master has to call you something?" The white haired girl let out an aggravated breath.
"Well he usually just calls me child, so does everybody else so I suppose you can call me what ever you want." The small child stated looking up into the trees.
"Great..." The older child sighed rubbing her forehead with her finger and thumb.
"Can you teach me the art of death?" The child's bright empty eyes were fixed on the older girl before her.
"What!?" The white haired child quirked an eyebrow at the small childes question.
"Can you teach me the art of death?" The child repeated. "I am already training but my master has taught me nothing about the art of death, all I do is forms, and jutsu over and over, I never go into the field and I have a lot of time after training to do nothing."
The older child placed her hand on her hip, chuckling slightly. "You want me to teach you to kill?" She looked at the serious look on the child's face and shook her head. "No fucking way." She stated. "Go play with toys, or whatever it is you were doing."
The small child watched as the white haired child started walking away.
What do I do now? Her question was silent. Follow her. The child did not think about the potential outcome she just followed in silence.
Akatenchii woke to a loud slam her eyes focusing in the darkness; she looked around the room then at the clock. "Who is slamming things at 5:21 in the morning?" She muttered moving to peak out the door.
"What the…" She muttered watching as Pein was moving attempting to move a very large object down the hall.
"It's too early for Akatsuki theatrics." She muttered her voice carried in the hall making drawing Pein's attention to her.
"What are you staring at?" His voice was harsh and angry.
"I don't know." Her voice held a tired edge in it.
"Well stop staring and figure it out else where." His grumpy voice made her blink.
"What are you doing?" Her question made him glare in her direction.
"Nothing now stop bothering me." His voice was a growl as he looked at her.
"Ok." She muttered going back into her room. "Some one has issues."
Yeah big issues. She yawned and looked at the clock. "I still have two hours till it goes off, I'm going back to sleep." She yawned again as she climbed back in the bed and closed her eyes.