Chapter Nineteen: To Heaven and Back
I just had to say really quick that I'm sorry for the delay guys, I've been busy some days and not feeling too well the other days. Anyways, most of this chapter is from the roleplay but I've added some stuff as well. I hope that you enjoy it!
Sasuke suddenly felt himself being surrounded in a white and foggy angelic mist. As he slowly opened his eyes he heard an angelic choir begin to sing. "W-W-Where am I?" he questioned himself with a groan while he slowly started to sit up and that's when suddenly a woman with long black hair and dark brown eyes appeared in front of him wearing a bright white robe and a rather large pair of angel wings. She also had a bright golden halo above her head.
"Where do you think you are Sasuke?" she wondered.
"Is this,… is this Heaven?" he asked her as she simply just nodded at him before he quickly leapt to his feet.
"I have to get back! Keiko's in trouble and Sakura and Sachi both need me!" he exclaimed.
"Who's Keiko and Sachi?" his mother inquired before all of a sudden Itachi appeared beside her.
"Haven't you been paying attention Mother?" he asked her. "Sachi is my daughter and Keiko is Sakura's little sister." He explained.
"You mean the girl with the magic powers?" his mother wondered as Sasuke nodded.
"Yes Mother, that's her." He told her. "And I love her as if she was my own little sister. And right now Orochimaru is after her and I have to protect her." He explained. "I'm sorry, I really wish that I could stay but I can't." he apologized while sadly hanging his head.
"It's alright Sasuke, I understand." His mother told him before she wrapped her arms around him and embraced him tightly. "At least I got a chance to see you again. Even for just a few moments." She told him before slowly pulling away from him again.
"Take care of Sachi Sasuke, she has something that she wants to give you." He explained.
"What do you mean? What does she have?" Sasuke asked him but before he could find out the answer he suddenly woke up. He was all alone inside his hospital room. "S-S-Sakura?" he questioned. "Keiko? Where is everybody?" he wondered aloud.
Meanwhile Keiko had managed to walk with Sakura down to the graveyard where Itachi was buried. "I don't get it," Sakura began. "why are we here again?" she asked her.
"Big sis can you keep a secret?" Keiko questioned her as Sakura nodded.
"I can awaken the dead for an hour without passing out, and I was thinking about reawakening Itachi to make Sasuke-Kun feel better." She explained.
"Really?" Sakura inquired. "That's awesome!" she cried.
"I know, but please keep your voice down. It's supposed to be a secret. I don't want too many people to know because otherwise they'll think that I'm a freak." Keiko told her before she glanced down at Itachi's grave. "Ninja art, secret death jutsu!" she exclaimed and that's when all of a sudden the ground started shaking and it shook so much that Sakura felt herself being knocked off her feet. Keiko gasped.
"Are you alright big sis!?" she cried but before Sakura could answer her Itachi's grave opened up and he pushed the lid of his coffin open with his fist while Sakura struggled to get back onto her feet. Meanwhile Itachi started crawling out of his coffin and rolled over onto the ground before he slowly stood up suddenly feeling very confused and started asking her a bunch of questions.
"Who are you? What happened? Where am I?" he inquired.
"That's right, you don't know what's going on yet." Keiko began. "Let me explain. "My name is Keiko Haruno and I am Sakura's little sister but I'm also like a little sister to your brother. I brought you back for one hour because I figured that it would make Sasuke-Kun happy. But nobody you can know that you're in the village because I want it to be a secret." She explained before she handed him a black cloak. "Here, put this on." She instructed and Itachi did what he was told. "Now, follow me to the hospital." She told him before she grabbed ahold of his hand and started leading the way.
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Sasuke hadn't realized it but he had fallen back asleep. Meanwhile Sakura, Itachi, and Keiko stood outside his room. "He's in there, go ahead and have a few minutes alone to talk to him. Sakura and I will wait for you outside." Keiko told him as Itachi squatted down in front of her and smiled warmly at her. "Thank you Keiko, I really appreciate it." He told her before he stood up and entered the room. Although he had attempted to be as quiet as possible, Sasuke had still managed to wake up from the glowing golden light that was now inside his room.
Itachi stopped and warmly smiled down upon him as Sasuke squinted from the light. "Itachi, what are you doing here? How did you get here? Am I still in Heaven?" he wondered as Itachi simply just chuckled and shook his head.
"No." he began. "Let's just say you have one gifted little girl who's extremely worried about you and loves you very much. She might only be ten years old, but for that reason, I say that we have an awful lot in common." He told him before he sat down beside him on the bed. "I know that you still feel guilty about what happened to me Sasuke, and I have to let you know that you don't have to feel that way anymore. You're a big brother yourself now, and it is your job to love and protect her just as much as it's mine to love and protect you. It is for that reason that I'm here to help you." He explained.
"What do you mean? What are you going to do?" Sasuke asked him.
"Just hold still Sasuke, I'll have you back to normal in no time at all." He told him while placing both of his hands on top of Sasuke's chest and starting to heal him. Sasuke knew that's exactly what he was doing because he felt a sudden warm sensation within him. "There, that should do it." Itachi told him. "Well, I better go back home now. That way Keiko wouldn't have used the full effect of her jutsu and she won't end up passing out. Take care of her Sasuke." He whispered before he disappeared in a gust of wind that went through the window.