(Third's Point Of View)
It's been two days since the war has ended, yet no one is really that happy except for the civilians. Most shinobi are uspet or depressed because they have either lost a love one or is unable to be a ninja due to an injury. Team Minato has been one of those shinobi who has been affected most of all from the fall of their teammate Obito Uchiha. Though they are pleased that he has been called a hero for his sacrifice for winning and ending the Third Shinobi War.
Tomorrow is the day of remembering the dead from the War, and because there were so many who have fallen, we couldn't have a funeral for every single person who went to a better place. For now, everyone is home spending time with their loved ones, but not for the Namikaze's. Jiraiya has been visiting Minato and his wife since the day they came back from their mission. He picks up his cup of tea and took a sip, "So, how are the kids."
Minato looks up at him, "Well Kakashi has been training non stop, trying to get his mind of his death. Rin has been helping around the village and the elders, to help get over his death while also remembering him." His master nodded, "Understandable," he nodded, "And your sister?"
Minato groaned, covering his face with his hands, "She's taken it far worse. At the time, it was an explosion that killed obito, and that was the last thing she saw before Mom and Dad died." He explained, putting his head down. "It was almost like that night, and it made her symptoms relapse." The toad sage looked over at his student with confusion.
"...Symptoms?" He nodded, "Insomnia. Nightmares. Psychosis. She was lucky that her PTSD didn't get worse."
"Wait a minute, Ruby has PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Are you serious!" Minato weakly nodded, "That's why she remembers nothing from her third birthday." Kushina walks in with a cup of tea, "That poor dear, she hasn't eaten anything for the past two days, she hasn't even gotten out of bed. I am very worried about her, dattebane!" Minato stood up and started to walk towards her room, "I'm going to go talk to her, maybe convince her to come and eat something."
(Ruby's Point Of View)
Ruby's eyes flutter open, slowly she sat up, and a major headache attacked her immediately. She grunted as pain struck her stomach, and she pinched the bridge of her nose while she leaned on to the wall. Memories of the last two days rushed into her mind, causing her to flinch. Her and Rin getting captured, her getting abused, Obito's death, the nightmares, and the voices in her head.
She remembers her just sitting there as Obito talked and Rin transferred his eye to Kakashi's left eye. All I did was sit there as Obito got crushed by a rock, and got killed. I just stood their and let Rin nd I get captured and let her put into a genjustu to get information.
"Ruby," A voices snapped her out of her thoughts. She turned her head to find her brother standing in the door way, 'I see your up, are you okay?" I scoffed and turned away, "Yeah, why wouldn't I be," I said bitterly, clenching my fists tightly. The older Namikaze let out a sigh, and entered the room, closing the door. My eyes slightly widened at his outfit. He has never taken off his shinobi attire since he turned a chunin. He's now wearing his old dark blue T-shirt with a white jacket with his headband around his neck. It is the only thing that shows that he is a shinobi.
Nii-sans gaze softens as he approached me, before he sat down and pulled me into a side hug. "I guess I should say Happy Birthday, huh." I stayed silent as my lower lip starts to tremble. "It's been a long time since we spent the whole day together. What do you think, it's their tenth anniversary. Mom and Dad must have missed us." He said as he ruffled my hair.
The older Namikaze tilted my head so I could look into his matching blue eyes, letting out a sigh. "Please, Ruby. I hate seeing you like this. You never tell me what is wrong. You always keep it inside." I closed my eyes and started to bite my lip. I turned to my big brother and burrowed my face into his chest. "Ruby, you can't stay strong forever. It's okay to cry once in a while, its okay. I'm here." I cried, letting out the tears that I have been keeping in for ten years.
After an hour I started to calm down, but Minato still held me. I looked up at him with big, teary eyes and he just smiled down at me. "See its good to cry once in awhile." I nodded while thinking, 'I wish that Kakashi knows that it is okay to cry to.' I wiped my eyes and he gave me the famous Namikaze smile, "So it is your birthday, how about we go out today and celebrate it!" I giggle at his antics and nodded. He stood up and told me to get dressed, and he would meet me downstairs.
I got out of bed which felt weird because I haven't walked in a few days. I walk over to my closet and picked out a white, sleeveless dress with lace at the bottom and around the neck. I put on slip on light blue shoes and put my hair in a pony tail. I walked over to my dresser and pulled out a brown box a white ribbon around it. Opening it I saw a necklace with a red ruby at the end of it.
Some tears come to my eyes as I look at the necklace with the sparkling stone. This necklace was my mothers for which was the present I got for my third birthday which was the last thing that I have in memory of my parents. I have only worn this necklace once because it brought back to much memory of that day. I put it on and put on the rose barrette that I also worn on that day.
My mother treasured this necklace because she got it from her mother on her third birthday and had never taken it off, as Minato-nii has told me, for which is why she named me Ruby and gave it to me on my third birthday. It was more of a hand-me-down for which I will give to my child when he or she is born. I don't care about the gender of my child, I just want to bring down the necklace for which will go for generation to generation.
I walked downstairs to see Minato-nii, Kushina-nee and Master Jiraiya talking among each other. Master noticed me first so he stood up with a smile on his face, "Ruby my girl, its good to see you up and about, isn't that right Minato?" He nodded and look towards me with a smile, "I told them about us having a day and we were thinking that we could also have Rin and Kakashi join us." I gave him the famous Namikaze smile and nodded.
The bobbing of my head brought up my necklace that I was wearing which made Minato gasp. "That necklace...that's mother's...I can't believe it...your actually wearing it!" I nodded and said that I am going to try to get over there death and move on, quote on quote try. He hugged me with tears in his eyes saying that I am a very good girl. i giggled at his antics and told him that we should get going because it was one o'clock in the afternoon. Jiraiya told us that he would meet us at the ramen shop at five.
He is probably going to go do research for his prono books. We started walking towards Rin's house to see if she could come with us. I knocked on the door of her house and she answered the door wearing her normal clothes. "Hey Ruby, whats going on?" I told her that it's my birthday and that we are going to the festival to celebrate it and we were wondering if she wanted to come. She gasped saying that she forgot that it was my birthday, and said that she will come to make up for it. I told her that she didn't have to, but she was already putting on her shoes and was out the door.
I shrugged and said that we were going to get Kakashi as well, which made her blush a little. We walked over to Training Ground Seven to see the masked Jounin working on his Taijutsu with a log that is standing up in the ground. i shouted at him to stop for a minute for which he did and looked over at us. "What?" I told her that it's my birthday and that we are going to the festival to celebrate it and we were wondering if he wanted to come. He declined which made me frown and made Kushina go into red hot-habenaro mode and hit him on the head. She said that he had to come because they are a team and it is one of your teammates brithday, so stop acting like a dick!
He looked at me then said he would come which made me smile. We headed to the festival that is going on for the end of the War. The civilians put it up to celebrate the Leaf Village winning the Third Shinobi War, and to remember all those who fell in the War. We got the the middle of the festival to see many happy faces of children and their families. Minato smiles and says that him and Kushina is going to get some food, and said that the three of us should go have fun.
We agreed and walked in different directions. I saw a cotton candy shop and said that we should go there. Kakashi said that he doesn't like sweet things and I told him that I didn't like his attitude. "Touche." I smiled and we walked over and got three orders of cotton candy. "That will 4.74 euro, please." I was about to pull out my wallet but Kakashi stopped me, saying that he would pay. I agreed and let him with a shy smile on my face.
We started eating them until I saw a game stand that had a fox plushy as a prize and I got stars in my eyes. Kakashi must of saw and walked up to the stand and gave him .94 euro saying that he was going to play for the fox plushy. My eyes widen at him, 'Kakashi, are you...showing your emotions?' He started to play the game of hitting the bottles with three balls, if he hits all of them down, then he would get the plushy. He. Won. He walked over to me and gave me the fox plushy I was looking at and told me that I should keep it.
A blush brushed across my face and I looked down. I look over at Ruby and I see her have a small, sad smile. I remember her saying that she lost her last friend by her falling in love with her crush. I don't want to lose my best friend, so I shake my head, pushing my feelings away and thanked him for this wonderful gift. We played a few more games, until we came across a carousel with the most beautiful lights. I grabbed their hands, saying that we are going to ride it.
I tried to get on a dragon seat but I was to small, "Man, why do i have to be so short!" I told myself until I felt myself being lifted up onto the seat and I look down to see Kakashi putting me on there. We stare at each other until he looks down and says that he say me struggling, so I thanked him. He got on an ostrich next to me and Rin got a dog on the other side of me, making me in the middle. I look over at her to see her have a bright smile, 'good, she didn't see what Kakashi did.'
We went around a few times and then the ride stopped. I looked up at the sky to see that it was around four thirty, so I tell them that it was time to go to the ramen shop. We ran through the crowed and found the couple and Master standing in front of Ichiraku Ramen. Minato waved at me saying to come over. We walked over to see Kushina ushering me over to a stool. I look in front of me to see a Ramen Cake with thirteen candles. My eyes widened and looked over to my brother. He smiled and said that he reserved the whole shop just for me.
My eyes start to tear up as they start to sing happy birthday to me and I blow out my candles. "Haha! I have cried to much today that my eyes are probably going to dry up like the Land of Sand!" Everyone laughs at my joke except for Kakashi who just smirks. Mr. Teuchi and Amaye passed out ramen cake slices out to everyone, and everyone celebrated today.
Kushina got excited when she finished her cake because she said that it was time for presents.
Minato noddes and Kakashi said he already got me a present which was the fox plushy. Rin pulled out a dog plushy that was black and white and the tag on it, it was called Zwei. I squealed and hugged the dog plushy and thanked her with a tight hug. Jiraiya brought out a scroll, "Here is my present which is a summoning scroll for which you can summon toads like me and your brother!" I gasped as he put it on the ground, "All you have to do is write your name in blood and put your finger prints.
I did what he said and once it was done, it glowed yellow then it closed up. He picked it up and told me that he would teach me how to use it on a later date. Minato and Kushina looked at me and said that it was their turn. They pulled out a black box with a smile on their faces. I grabbed the black box with curiosity in my eyes as I stare at it. I open it to see red headphones that have speakers on the outside and have more stability and buttons on the side that let it the music stop and go and the volume go up and down.
I gasp and kept my stare at beautiful contraction in front of me. "This...This is...beautiful! How did you...How did you get this." Minato-nii scratched the back of his head, "Well we took the plans from your original headphones and brought it to the Hokage, he did the rest." I took off my headphones and stared at them, "Well, out with the old," I put on the new ones, "in with the new!" Everyone clapped as I took a bow with a bright smile on my face
'This was a good day after all.' I thought to myself with tears in my eyes.
**********Time skip brought to you by Spyro three - Year Of The Dragon**********
The day has come for the funeral who has died by the last two weeks. That is what the Hokage has decided to do for the funeral because there is to many to do at one time. So they do a funeral every two weeks so they will be able to give respect to all who has fallen. I dressed in a black dress with black boots and a black rose barrette. I walk downstairs to see Kakashi, Rin, Master, and the couple waiting for me to come down. Minato stood up with a tired and depressed look on his facial features.
"Alright lets get going." I nodded as we walked out the door to go the funeral. The funeral was held in front of the Hokage Tower. We got there just in time for the Hokage to speak.
"We are all gathered here today for our last funeral ceremony for those who have fallen in the war. All of these shinobi and kunoichi who have fallen are all a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a cousin, a friend, and a teammate. To all of those who have fallen, and are now layed down here to rest and to forever live in our hearts and minds. Our lives would not be the same is these solders have not chosen to lay down their life to help win this war, so we could live on in peace. So we thank thee to all who are here today to say goodbye to all who have left us for a better world. We shall now have a moment of silence before we lay down our flowers for our loved ones."
We all stayed quiet for about five minutes just thinking to all who have fallen which for me and my team was our teammate, Obito Uchiha. "We will now put down our lilies as Ruby Namikaze sings for the loved ones we have all lost." I walked up to the podium and turned on the speakers on my headphones, so they could hear the music that I am hearing.
As the music have started, the rain started to sprinkle on to all of the ninja and civilians who are in the crowd. I breathe in and start to sing to the song as people start to put their lilies.
"Cant Help Falling In Love With You" by Haley Reinhart
"Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?"
Kakashi and Rin puts their lilies on the table.
"Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you"
Kushina and Jiraiya put their lilies on the table.
"Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you
For I can't help falling in love with you"
Minato was the last one to put the lily onto the table out of everyone there.
Everyone clapped as I bowed and walked off the podium and put my lily on to the table and did a prayer. 'Obito Uchiha, everyone, thank you for your sacrifice that you have given, so we can live peacefully with our families and friends. I shall miss you, goofball, Obito.' I walked over to Minato as he gave me a side hug as the Hokage finished his speech.
After is was all over I walked with Nii-san home as he carried me on his back.
'Please, keep the rest of the family safe, and watch over us, Obito.' I thought as I feel asleep on my brothers back.
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The song I used for this chapter is called "Cant Help Falling In Love" by Haley Reinhart!
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