"Mom?"
I was standing in the darkness. Then a fire appeared to me—there was a woman standing up to turn and face me. It was like she knew… she smiled, and nodded at exactly what I had said. That caused me to run up to her and hug her.
"Jeez, you look like you just got out of bed." said my mom. "It's good to see you've grown so much… but your time was cut short I presume? I bet your father is heartbroken..."
"No mom, I'm going back after a while." I said, leaning up to kiss her cheek.
"I sensed that you would go back within a certain amount of time." said my mom. "I just couldn't be too sure…"
"Yeah. I drank this weird amber liquid that made my head scream at me and I died-just like that!"
"Explain and sit down, please…" she said, motioning me to sit at the seat next to her.
"I wish you were young enough to balance on my knee." she laughed, closing her eyes tilting her head with a smile, "What happened to make you so big?"
We talked about how I got sick from a lake and it was a deadly enough illness to kill a couple other girls like me. The only cure was to drink this amber liquid, which tasted like briny water.
"What do you mean you heard screaming?" said my mom.
"I heard the screaming of girls and stuff like that… it was like they were screaming their heads off, like they were going to be raped or murdered." I said with a scared look.
"Well, I don't know what you heard, but you need to go back."
"Is it time? Already?"
"Time travels differently here. Also, I see you have a boy crying over you. Treat him with care, now. I'll know exactly what you'll do when you do it, so don't deny anything you saw here." said my mom, "He's also quite the looker."
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"God… damn… it… I hate this. I wish you would wake up… all those things I did to you and those things I said! No… this can't be how it ends…" he said as I heard a boy cry out to me.
"Naruko, wake up goddammit!"
I sprung up in my bed and slapped my hand into Sasuke's face.
"AGHHH! Goshdarnit! Did you hear-" he said hurriedly, grasping his face which looked red from inside his palms. "AGGHHH…" he groaned.
"Hear what? You screaming at me you?! What nerve!" I said, bringing him close to my face. Instincts kicked in, but I was also thinking about it, too! I loved seeing him enough to do it, my tears falling uncontrollably as I had my first kiss, with a boy at least! I had kissed him! "Don't think we're boyfriend and girlfriend again. I'm still giving Kiba a shot, hear that?"
"A-Alright. How much did you hear?" he said aloofly.
"Enough!" I said cutely. "Hehehe… I've never seen you show that side before… you were crying you loser! OH man, we got Mr. Sensitive over here!"
"Well, it doesn't matter now. You're alive, and that's all that matters."
"Did they think I wasn't?"
Sasuke nodded, "Y-Yeah, you've been out for two months. You didn't decay however… so we had hope. What did you see? Anything?"
"I was dead, how would I?" I lied. I felt instantly like my mom was going to tear my head off the next time I saw her.
Sasuke shook his head, "You don't believe in an afterlife?"
"I don't believe. Never have, never will." I said. Okay I know I shouldn't have lied, but I'm not about to say I spent a whole two months (which was more like 15 minutes up there) with my mom. I'm not even sure of what I saw up there. Anyway, He looked like he wanted to change the subject so I did. "What's going on now? Are we still searching?"
"No, we found Jiraiya a long time ago. Itachi and I… well, we've gone into hiding. I called back home to tell Sakura it was alright-that we'd be back in about 3 years after training. I'm supposed to bring out my Sharingan while you're supposed to learn Senjutsu. After the mess in the village has died down, I'm supposed to become an Anbu like my brother and you, Sakura, and Kakashi are supposed to carry on the team. It was the only way to escape the Uchiha Massacre, you know."
"So… your family is dead?! Is that what you were so messed up about?" I said, grasping the top of my head with my mouth going partially wide.
"Don't rub it in… my heart's still aching at the loss of my clan." said Sasuke, "The good thing was that my mom and dad survived. They've made an effort to change in the past two months, and I've called them as well."
"That's great not everyone had to die… where's my dad? The last thing he told me about was about some alliance that he's going to find members to."
"Do you know?"
"No, I don't know-" I said, but then I realized... my eyes grew wide moment later. I nearly screamed! "No!" I said as put my hands to my face as tears started to fall.
I caught Sasuke's face and he turned away as he shook his head. "Uh?" I said. "Was it him?"
He nodded as he took hold of me and hugged me tightly. "I wish I could understand how you feel, losing both your mom and dad."
"What are you saying!?" I yelled as I cried tears of sorrow. "He just left me...? To be a Rogue Nin...?"
"Yes, I'm sorry, Naruko-chan." he said finally, "Gomenasai."
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I really hated the writing in this chapter… it was poorly written and paced… just be happy :)
Bye-bye.