Chapter 19 The funeral
Scarlet groaned, as fresh sunlight entered her closed eyes. She sat up, in her bed. On the other side of her was a sleeping Kimi. Beside her was a concerned Yue. His expression was grave. "We won our little war." He said, once Scarlet and Kimi were up and fed. "Garra has gained control over the One tails. Our alliance with the Sand is fine and we were able to put some major dents in the armies of the hidden sound. Everything you two predicted came true." Yue's voice was still grave.
Scarlet was confused for a moment, until she figured out what he meant. She started to weep. Yue wrapped his arms around her in a hug to comport the poor girl. Kimi was looking angry. "What's...wrong?" Scarlet asked, tears still running down her cheeks.
"Maybe if I hadn't weakened him with my battle, he might have won." Kimi mumbled
Scarlet and Yue actually laughed. Kimi looked outraged. "What?" Scarlet brushed the tears, from her eyes. "Kimi you're a great friend and partner, but I'm afraid you're no match for an Hokage. Besides, we knew this was going to happen. We just have to accept it." Kimi nodded, looking now depressed. Yue looked at the two for a moment. "We should go. The funeral will be starting soon." The two nodded and got out of their hospital beds.
Scarlet was dressed in a black sleeveless dress, which exposed her back. She had a small black rose in her hair which was pleated at the back and her white streak hanging down.
Kimi had dressed in something that looked kike a gothic version of a wedding dress. She even had a veil. It wasn't long before the girls ran into Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto. They looked depressed, as well, but Naruto was also looking confused, like he couldn't understand why the third had died.
Sasuke saw his crush and hugged her. "Your okay!" Scarlet smiled, at her crush. Then frowned. "Sasuke. In the forest, did your curse mark start activating again. Sasuke looked surprised. He grimaced, but nodded. "I was battling Garra. Sakura was in trouble. Then Garra said something to me, or that tailed beast said something. And then the curse mark started activating."
Scarlet was still frowning. At least he was able to resist the curse mark for longer this time. "What did he say to you?" Scarlet asked, curious. Sasuke hesitated. "Um...he said what's it like being the descendant of a family full of traitors. I don't even get why he said that. Only Itachi ever turned traitor, well there might have been some trouble with my great-uncle Reggie, but seriously that's like two guys." Scarlet gulped. "Yeah. He was most probably trying to mess, with your head". she said smiling
Meanwhile, Kimi and Naruto were also having a little talk. "I don't get it. Why do people throw their lives away for this village, is that what an Hokage is? Someone who will die for their village?"
Kimi shook her head. "Not exactly Naruto Kun. Although that is a common trait, people sacrifice themselves to leave a legacy to others. So they will follow in their footsteps and be remembered forever."
Naruto looked at Kimi surprised. "And when did you get so wise?" He asked, honestly. "Hey!" Kimi retorted. "I've always been wise. I just don't like to show that side of me." The five friends laughed and joined hands as they walked to the funeral together and stood through it together through seemilingly endless rain and defiantly endless sorrow. Scarlet looked around at the faces, in the crowd.
`Asuma. And a lot of other people in the crowd. How long would it be until we mourned them.` she thought.The idea was sickening. "And now we will move onto the will." Iruka had taken up the responsibility of handling the third's will. "To the land of fire." He began reading.
I live my body, my soul and my hope for a better world.
To the people of the leaf I give you my wisdom. My library is now open to the public.
I leave all my possessions to the next Hokage except for one thing.
To my newest friend I leave one scroll to Scarlet Kotare.
Iruka walked over to a shocked Scarlet and handed her a very large scroll, which Sasuke had to help her carry.
The funeral went on until the skies cleared, Scarlet looked up and smiled to herself `Lord Hokage, I swear I will capture all the cards and protect this village from Orochimaru, I will end him once and for all` she promised. Scarlet felt a hand tug hers "let's go Scarlet, the funerals over" Sasuke whispered, Scarlet looked around and found that people were leaving. She nodded and walked with Sasuke who carried the scroll for her since it was to heavy. What was written in the scroll that the Third left her she wondered…well only one way to find out.
Back at home, Scarlet finally opened her scroll. Inside of it were a bunch of names and hand prints, all in blood. "This is a summoning contract." She exclaimed. "but which one?" Kimi asked scratching her head. Scarlet shrugged and set to work on writing her name in blood. She bit her finger hard.
"Ow! Naruto! How did you do this? It stings like hell." Yue smacked her on the head. "How many times do I have to tell you. Remember you're only eleven." He said sternly
"Sorry." Scarlet laughed, sheepishly. When the contract was finally done, Scarlet prepared to do a summoning. "um Scarlet… shouldn't we go outside. We don't know how big this summoning animal is." Kero said fearfully. Naruto waved his hand. "It won't be too big. It takes a lot of practice to get the summoning perfect."
"Summoning Jutsu!" Scarlet cried, pressing her hand, to her bedroom floor. A huge puff of smoke appeared, in the room. Standing, in the middle of it was the great and powerful Monkey King Enma!
"Your my new summon?" Scarlet whispered shocked. The monkey smiled an nodded. `Thank you Sarutobi. Thank you.` Outside of Scarlet's house The picture of the smiling Third Hokage was the first to receive the sunlight of the new day.
Aw I'm so sad! I hated it when he died. Next time :BONUS CHAPTER!: A spooky time in Konoha