Evening
"Hinata, wake up."
Hinata slowly stirred from her nap. As she opened her eyes, she saw Kenshin's face in front of her, illuminated by the pale moonlight.
"I've got something to show you."
"Okay, just wait a bit…"said Hinata as slowly stretched, and rubbed her eyes. The forest had grown dark as she slept. She spotted Kenshin walking towards the forest, a light in hand.
Hinata stood up, and followed Kenshin.
As they walked through the moonlit forest, she watched Kenshin as he led her through the undergrowth. Shafts of pale white light filtered through the leaves. At last, they reached another clearing, larger than the one they came from. In the middle of it, was a large monument, made of jet-black obsidian.
"This is where I felt the cosmic energy coalesce."
"I made it for my team, 20 years from now. We'll die right on this spot, right here. The facility that was built here would explode, burying us in rubble, our names unknown to the world."
"But why put these up now?" asked Hinata.
"So they know that they haven't been forgotten, that there's still someone who remembers. Now they know that someone still remembers us." said Kenshin.
"The Seventh Hokage will put up an power plant, and seeing this monument, maybe, just maybe, he'll leave our gravestone untouched…"
"In Pace Requiescat…" Kenshin whispered as Hinata leaned on him.
"Rest in Peace…"
