lostmoonchild: Konbanwa! Thanks for the reviews, everyone, I enjoyed reading them. This actually wasn't what I had planned to be in the story but one of the reviews kinda woke my muse up just when I was ready to go to bed. Haha, in the end I enjoyed writing the chapter so it's all good.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto so don't sue.
Chapter Twenty Four
She didn't know this place but still she was able to work her way through the numerous halls. "You're late, Mishima." An old woman said, weary gray eyes flashing.
My name's Hisoka! Hisoka tried to tell the woman only to reply in a voice that wasn't hers, "I was trying to decide if I want a part in this stupidity or not. Agreeing to help that man will bring nothing but misery and shame to this clan."
"What in the hell's that supposed to mean, you wretch?" A man with a tan streak in his hair demanded.
"I don't think we can trust him. He doesn't feel right."
"Uchiha Madara will be the one to rescue our family from the depths of darkness that the world has shoved us into." The old woman said patiently. "Do you want us to die out without a word?"
Hisoka stared at the woman before looking at the people that had been waiting. Nine of them each had a colored streak in their hair, coldness reflecting in their gray eyes. She didn't know how she knew, but each of them was desperate to save their family despite knowing that they were already dead. Their family had once had their time to shine; it was time to fade away with history. "I can't agree with this. This is wrong." Hisoka told them. "I don't trust him and I won't have a part in this stupidity."
"Stupidity?" A woman with russet orange hair demanded. "You think this is stupidity?"
"I do, actually! We don't know what the Juubi will do or what its abilities are! We at least know what the nine Bijuu can do."
"All but one is locked up in a human! Hachibi is taken out of so many hosts it's ridiculous."
Hisoka huffed in anger, her eyes narrowing as a masked man entered the room with an air of confidence. "Uchiha-sama. Welcome." The old woman said as she stood. "We were just discussing the plan to bring the Juubi to this world."
She hated the man with a passion and stiffened in anger as Madara looked at her. "I take it you don't agree?" Madara questioned lightly.
"I don't. I think this whole idea is complete bullshit and that it'll backfire horribly on you all." With her warning given, Hisoka turned and left the hideout.
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Fear pounded through her entire body as Hisoka hid, her eyes wide in horror as she stared at the ruins that lingered around her. Everybody was dead, save for that Uchiha bastard that had summoned Juubi. She could see the corpses of the Jinchuuriki littering the ground, her eyes and mind refusing to accept the identity of the red-haired woman. She could mourn later and bury the dead but she needed to survive first. If everything worked out fine, they would all be alive and she wouldn't have to bury any one of them.
A cry left her lips as she fled, barely avoiding a blast of deadly chakra. Fear flooded her entire being as Hisoka ran with tears pouring down her face, desperately searching for a place to hide. Her mind raced as she ran, knowing that something needed to be done and that she'd be exhausted by the time everything was said and done.
Running down into the hidden lab that Hisoka recognized as the one she had woken up in, she struggled to catch her breath. "I can't let them do this. I need to change everything." Hisoka said, suddenly recognizing the voice as her mother's.
Is this Momma's memory? Tucking her hair back behind her ears, she made a few hand signs and concentrated her chakra. Before she could activate the jutsu, the ceiling began to crash down and a scream tore itself from her lips as she stared up at the terrifying demon.
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Screams continued to leave Hisoka's lips as Naruto shook her awake, his blue eyes panicked as he watched his daughter rejoin the living world. "It's okay. You're okay." Naruto said soothingly as he hugged his hysterical daughter.
"Juubi attacked Momma!" Hisoka screamed hysterically. "The older Uchiha man got everyone to agree to get the Bijuu for him and they did it so then he made Juubi show up!"
Naruto picked up his daughter and walked around the apartment as he lightly bounced her in his arms and rubbed her back, making soft shushing noises. "It's okay, honey. Juubi's never once come back." Naruto told her softly. "Nobody's ever done it."
"I saw the red-haired lady too! She and other people were dead too!"
Did she somehow access her mother's memory? If she had, what in the world kind of memory had their daughter been shown that terrified her so badly? "It's okay, baby. Daddy's here to keep you safe." Naruto murmured soothingly as he laid down on the couch with her draped over him. "Forever and always, I'll keep you safe."
Hisoka hiccupped as she listened to her father's heartbeat, her tears still falling. "Something's wrong with me, Daddy." Hisoka said finally. "Sometimes I'll remember something that I never did before and people call me by Momma's name."
"When you were a baby, your momma made sure that you wouldn't make the same mistakes as the people that came before you. I think we'll need to talk to someone and see if they can't seal up Momma's memories."
The girl nodded slightly as she felt the steady rise and fall of Naruto's chest. "Daddy?" Hisoka murmured.
"Hmm?"
"I don't want Juubi. Not ever."
"I know, honey."
"I mean it. Momma felt him and she wasn't like me. He scared me and I don't think if he ever came back, I could stop him from hurting people."
Naruto smiled as he lightly pulled the small tuft of russet orange hair before answering, "You're six years old and already you can tell where all the demons are. I think that if Juubi ever did come back, you could control him."
"How do you know?"
"I'm your dad. I'm supposed to believe in you."
Nodding slightly in understanding, the girl snuggled closer to him. "Daddy?"
"Hmm?"
"The Uchiha man… Momma didn't like him at all and he knew it. She told them that the whole idea they had was bad and that it would backfire on them."
Naruto stroked her dark hair softly as he listened to her breaths deepen and even out before softly kissing her forehead. "I don't know everything your momma did, honey, but I do know that I'm gonna make it right. Believe it." Naruto said softly. "Sweet dreams, my little one."
He continued to stroke her hair until sleep overtook him as well, comforted by the weight on his chest. If he hadn't met Mishima when he did, he knew he'd never know this comfort or how much he could possibly love another.
lostmoonchild: Right, so I ended up having two random flashbacks. The first one was when Naruto meets his dad (a truly beautiful scene) with the whole a parent's supposed to believe in their kid thing and then the second flashback was for "Lion King II: Simba's Pride" (a great movie in my opinion) when Kovu's mom says goodnight to him. I swear she was about as creepy as Scar but that's the end of my little rant. Read and review!