I got all the things I needed into my backpack. Of course I didn't want to do this mission but I also wanted to do it, like I said before, I can't leave the sister I love to die. By the time we got outside it was dark. It's always good to leave when it's dark. The cicadas chirped while we walked to the front of Konoha. We started walking into the forest, I was the only one who knew where the base was, I was kidnapped by them before, I barely escaped from them, I thought I died but I didn't. We started jumping from the trees, it was faster. Every second mattered to us, we didn't know if she was alive or not. The sun started rising and we stopped. Sasuke set up the tent and we slept in there. We slept by day and ran by night, we thought it would be a good idea. If we had to fight them then one of us was going to die, we would be lucky if we both lived through this. It took a week to get there. We stood at the front. We had no idea how to get in. They probably already knew we were here. I walked up to the rock and did some hand signs and hit the rock. It cracked but not that much. I tried again and it cracked some more. "This isn't working." I said to myself. I started swearing to myself. This wasn't the hardest part either, we had to get her out of there, we don't even know where she is in there. After doing more hand signs I struck the rock again. To my surprise the rock broke. I didn't know I was that strong. Maybe the Hokage was right, we were strong enough to beat them. I noticed Sasuke didn't talk much. I knew his brother was in there, waiting for him. I saw him shaking; he was as scared as me. I walked in slowly, I didn't see anything .Then I saw her, Kirari. She was dead, her skin was pale, and her eyes were wide. Her wings were ripped out of her back. They beat her and just left her here. No one was here. This was just some base that they ditched. I ran up to her, tears in my eyes. The first time I've cried for years. I hugged her cold, dead body. "I'm sorry I couldn't help you in time. I'm a bad big sister aren't I?" I said to my sister. I knew somewhere she could hear me saying these words. I looked at Sasuke, he looked almost worse than me. He was holding his tears. "You can cry" I told him. He started sobbing. We walked back to Konoha. I guess we failed our mission. We had a proper burial for her. I walked home, my head hanging low. "It's not your fault this happened" Sasuke said, he tried to comfort me. I walked into my apartment and stood on the balcony and sang. "To get my happiness I had done everything. But had done nothing to be blamed and accused of. The sound of footsteps became louder every day. Then I noticed the fact there was no time. I was a believer in life to be myself always, and was asking whether I would be alive. Give me a reason why not to adapt in this way, or judge me to be guilty of so many incurable sins. Tell me why, or why not. Complaining way too much, maybe I overlooked something fatal for me." I sang those words, I started crying after. Sasuke wrapped his arms around me, he was behind me. I was shocked but I didn't show it, I just cried my eyes out the rest of that night.
To be continued!
I almost started crying when I was typing this!
The song is called Why, or why not-Katakiri Rekka
From the anime 'Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni'