Chapter 1: Visions
Everywhere Kohana looked she saw dead people.
No this wasn't right...she saw how they would die.
It didn't make any sense!
As she entered the classroom a cute girl with lilac stripes on her cheeks and brunette hair greeted her.
Rin...her name was Rin Nohara...she remeberd. The girl was her friend and study buddy.
And doomed to die at the hand of the protege Kakashi Hatake! A fist of lighting pierced through sweet Rin's heart!
Kohana had nearly puked as she saw this...scene.
It had felt so real. Like she was there, rain hitting her body and the sounds of a thousand birds in the air.
Nothing made sense!
Worried Rin had asked if she was okay, she was as white as a paper sheet.
Kohana didn't know how she should respond.
So she mumbled something.
Thankful she didn't need to say anything since their Sensei, a woman by the name of Mai, started the lesson for the day.
The green-haired could not follow.
When she looked at one of their classmates, she got this vision!
It was not always death, it seemed to show the future!
Asuma Sarotobi, dying in the arms of a teenager who looked like a Nara.
Kurenai Yuhi, alone with a child, a photo of Asuma watching over them.
Hayate Gekko, killed by a Suna Ninja with a Wind-Jutsu.
Kakashi Hatake, the arrogant protege, alone before a memorial seeming to mourn someone.
Death here.
Death there.
Alone in the world.
Killed to save their teammates.
So much death so much grief!
Then her eyes fall on Obito Uchiha...what she saw...it made the last of sense...dying under a boulder...in a cave with an old man, barely alive...witnessing Rin's death and killing hundreds of enemy ninjas with Wood-Release!
Wearing a mask, letting the legendary Ninetails attack Konoha! Forming a group of dangerous people wearing black cloaks with red clouds!
Hunting down people who had Tailed Beasts in them.
Then this strange statue absorbed them.
A war!
Bigger than the current one.
On his side Madara Uchiha! How, he was long death?
And a terrible beast with 10 tails killing thousands!
This was too much!
Kohana formally begged Sensei Mai to go to the restroom.
There she puked all her guts out.
It seemed like hours she spent over the toilette, but it was probably only a few minutes.
Anyway, Konoha was done. She didn't feel her legs anymore. She was sweaty and shivering at the same time.
With a tired groan, she took her hairband out and stroked her green hair.
What was happening with her?
What kind of powers were here at work?
Was she turning crazy?
Turning crazy sounded better than whatever future she saw.
These were her friends and comrades none of them deserved this future.
It seemed Obito was the key to all this.
But how?
Everybody knew that the Uchiha loved Rin, even Rin herself, yet could her death really turn Obito into this...monster, who killed thousands?
Who awakes something that should stay where it was?
That was ridiculous!
She may be not Obito's best friend, but they were friends. Kohana knew the boy.
Someone who wanted to be Hokage and change the life for the better couldn't turn...so evil.
Or could he?
For Rin?
Did he really love her that much?
So much that he would burn down the world and anybody in it to avenge her?
Without caring anymore for his family and friends?
The green-haired girl was sure she missed something.
She hadn't seen all.
Nonetheless, one thing was clear...Rin Nohara couldn't die if the world was to be saved.
Only how could Kohana save her friend?
And yes, she decided that she couldn't imagine this all, it had to be visions from the future..maybe even a Kekkai Genkai she awoke.
Konoha wouldn't take any changes. Better to be extra careful and keep Rin alive, to be ignored for her own mind and just say this all was crazy.
Too much was at stake for it.
"Kohana-Chan.", she heard Rin calling for her. In the next second, she felt a soft hand stroking her hair. "You puked a lot. Want me to escort you to the nurse's office?"
Like a cat, she leaned into Rin's touch. She had always liked Rin. She was such a pure and good soul.
Maybe it was also for her own selfish reason that she didn't want her friend to die.
"I don't know Rin-Chan. I can barely feel my legs."
Rin's hand moved to her forehead.
"Mhm, you don't seem to have a fever. This is at least good, but I would feel better if Nurse Rinka looked at you."
"Can you help me up?"
What could Konoha say? She was weak for Rin too.
Of course, this was not a problem and Rin threw Konoha's arm over her shoulder and led her to the Nurse Office.
There the young Nurse Rinka gave Konoha something for her stomach and told her to rest in one of the beds.
Rin, the sweetheart, gave her a tiny get better kiss on her forehead and returned to the classroom.
Tired Konoha falls asleep.
She was running.
Demanding that her legs go faster.
She jumped from the rooftop and landed on another.
For a second she looked if her pursuers were behind her.
She heard their shouts.
"Assasin! Get back here!"
Yeah sure.
She huffed, fixed her hood and then slid down the pole on the house.
Now she was on the streets.
People were still out.
Good, she could hide there in plain sight.
With a deep breath, she joined the mass.
The artefact in her pocket burned her formally.
Slowly Konoha opened her eyes.
Absentminded she rubbed her left leg where in her dream she had felt the burning.
One thing was for sure this day was getting crazier.
"Ah, you are awake.", greeted the voice of Nurse Rinka. The young blond gave her a glass of water. "You slept for two good hours Kohana-San. Your brother Kizashi-San was even here. He was worried when he heard how unwell you felt."
With big gulps, Kohana drank the whole water in the glass. Her tongue felt like sandpaper and the water was balm on it.
"I'm much better now. You think I can return to class Rinka-San?", she asked.
"Let me run a few tests then you can go."
Rinka did just that and Kohana was then free to go.
On her way to her classroom, Kohana thought about her dream.
This was probably the most normal thing of all the future visions she had today, and yet it had been super bizarre too.
In her dream, all had seemed...more futuristic.
For example, there were strange metallic things on the street with people in them.
People even were dressed much differently than she ever had seen in the 5 Shinobi Nations.
And why would hair brain call her in her dream assasin and not ninja, kunoichi or shinobi?
Bah, more questions than answers.
Kohana decided that her dream was a minor priority.
Her main mission was now to keep somehow Rin alive to avoid this future where Obito would go totally bananas.
And for that, she decided, she needed to get even closer to Rin and Obito.
Heh, not even a Genin and already trying to change the world for the better.
Like Kohana had thought earlier, she wouldn't take any changes.
If it turned out to be just some crazy hallucinations because she had been sick, then she had only deepened her friendships with Rin and Obito.
That was far from being bad.
With a deep breath, she knocked on her classroom door, till Sensei Mai called her back in.
No turning back.
Mission: Save the future was a go!