Chapter 9: Same world, different perspective
'Inner thoughts'
Writing
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Leaning over the passed out figure of the small girl a shadowy figure leaned over inspecting the bloody figure. "Why did I have to go…" The figure grumbled lifting the girl's eye lid as he noted it's unusual coloring, resembling the pale coloring and brightness of the moon instead of it's light blue coloring, sighing the figure whispered to themselves "So today's the day…."
Pinching the dress to separate the blood from the fabric the shadowy figure whined "Why me…" as they kneeled near the little girl, extending his hands that emitted a light green glow placing them on her back illuminating their slightly tanned face. "Both of them are better at this than me…" he grumbled as sweat trailed down their face trying to carefully maintain the flow of chakra steady to prevent further harm. The growls and cries in the distance didn't help, stopping they were doing they set up a barrier to stop the flying rubble as they began concentrating once again to stop the blood flow but not heal up the wound completely as they then moved on to the other wounds on her legs and arms.
A cry from the distance erupted into the night, stopping what he was doing he turned to the huge figure as he saw it collapse into sand. "So they restrained it…" He whispered to himself wiping the sweat off his forehead, turning back to the girl he looked at his hands becoming particles of lights once again, and just in time too he sensed the some shinobi approaching. "Hang on… my imouto." He whispered before disappearing.
Sunagakure-Hospital
Some of the shinobi that took part in restraining the creature we groaning in pain, the doctors and nurses hurriedly ran back and forth attending to them, some unfortunately not being able to make it.
The doors to the hospital slammed open revealing some members of the houki household carrying on their backs two of the members along with an unknown girl on their backs. A member of the same household ran to them, a nurse.
"What happened?" She asked confused looking over the wounds-cut and bruises lined their bodies-different from the other injuries she's seen that morning. The others stayed silent, noting that it was a private matter she nodded moving it aside all that matters at the moment is to tend to the injured. "Come quickly." The nurse motioned to an empty room.
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Looking over the two members she sighed relieved both were unconscious but they were patched up and healed and the poison within Kaho-san and Niko-san was gone. Finished with them she turned and looked over the wounds of the little girl that one of her clansmen had brought in. While looking over her wounds she realized that they weren't as severe, most of the injuries were on her back but they were practically almost fully healed the only concern she had was the huge bruise that had started to form on her abdominal region, concluding that her clansmen were fighting someone. She placed the girl in a separate room and her two clansmen in another in case they wanted privacy when they woke up.
Yukino's POV
A strange light burned through my eyelids, groaning I raised my hand over them covering it. 'Light?' opening my eyes I saw the room I was in, a beige room with little round windows while I was in a weird shaped bed, kicking the blanket away I saw the bandages on my arms and legs, as well as a simple grayish shirt and pants that I had on. I lifted the shirt revealing the bandages on my torso as well. 'So it was real...' I thought remembering how Shijima-sama was taken away by the unknown shinobi. Looking around from where I was I saw the diffrence in my sight, like before at the library I could see color and whatever was in front of me, instead of it's usual gray and my surrounding including myself. 'Is this another dream?' I thought 'If so... then I could focus on Shijima-sama when I wake up.'
Jumping off the bed I looked around the room there were two doors in the room one leading out into a hallway and another leading into a bathroom and there were other beds with small dressers beside them with white dividers between them, however these beds were empty.
Returning to my bed I opened the top drawer beside it, inside was my dress folded in a hasty manner, pulling it out I noticed the dark red stains in the back part of it as well the metallic scent sticking to it. Feeling into the pockets I pulled out the comb, the paper I was given as well as the stones, one was round and white with a shine to it while the other had some transparency to it and had no shape. Opening the bottom drawer I found the scroll I was looking for it was green with a red and white fan like drawing on its side. Placing the items in the bottom drawer I closed it shut and took the dress with me to wash the off stains-luckily there weren't any holes weirdly enough-, there wasn't a river nearby so a sink had to do. Leaving the wet dress on the sink I closed the door behind me. Sliding the door open I closed it behind me as I looked at the number next to the door
406…
Remembering the number I walked down the hallway following the quiet voices, reaching the end of the hallway I went down the stairs hearing the voices become louder coming from the floor below me. Looking into the third hallway I could see people with white outfits running back and forth tending to those groaning in pain in brown outfits. The floor below that was the same but there were more people than the floor above and the first floor was the worst, people lying on the ground doctors running back and forth with people and items. The same metallic scent from before was stronger and red trails were smudged on the beige floor. Walking past them no one seemed to notice me as I walked through the hallway avoiding the one's in white until it opened up to a room with glass doors in the center and a desk across from it, across from me was another hallway. Something about the way it was set seemed familiar brushing away the thought I walked through the doors when someone came in.
'What a realistic dream' I thought as I exited the building. The outside was quieter and hotter than the inside and much bigger too. There were large beige colored structures around me, some were broken with rocks scattered around the ground. Heading to my right I looked around to see people were picking and gathering the rocks on the ground. 'Usually my dreams are about an old man with horns. Or an old lady.' I thought weirded out by the sudden change.
Shaking my head I looked ahead to see a lady with long black hair in a white dress a few feet in front of me glide towards a building and up a couple of steps before entering, by walking through the wooden doors. Staring wide eyed at what I saw I ran towards the building placing my hands at the door and closing my eyes trying to do what she did to no avail. Huffing I grabbed the handle pulling open the door slowly with each step back that I took once I opened it a wide as I could I let go before slipping quickly inside.
Flinching as the door slammed behind me I raised my head looking up at where I was. 'A library….' I thought looking at the shelves, and the staircase leading to an open second floor it was different from the one before but it was still a library. Eyeing the books in the first floor I looked up at the labels 'Children's, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography, Sci-fi, Mystery, Adventure, Romance, Adult…'
Not finding what I was looking for I went up the stairs to the second floor repeating what I did 'History, Laws of Shinobi, Geography, Tactics, chakra control' and finally 'Jutsu.'
Sunagakure Library- Second Floor
Placing the book down I frowned at it. 'These require something I don't have.' I thought gathering up the books in my arms as I hopped off the chair and began walking back to the shelves from where I got them.
'Why do they require tools? I mean, what about those that require chakra?' I thought while placing each book from where I got it not paying attention to the footsteps going up the stairs. 'I can't wait to ask Mikoto-san about the academy-'
"Hey there!" A light and cheery voice behind me said suddenly. Flinching I turned around quickly to face the person behind me, staring at the lady's big brown round eyes I waved shyly at her. "Well hello, you must be from out of the village. Where do you come from?" She asked kneeling in front of me.
"How-?"
"How do I know?" She said pushing her black glasses back up. "Well it's obvious you are so much paler than everyone else I've seen." Looking down at my pale hands then at her golden toned ones I noted she was right. "Oh. Silly me…. In case you didn't know I'm the librarian here." She said fidgeting with her brown hair. "My name is Michiko it has the kanji for chi meaning wisdom how funny is that… and what's your name?"
"Yukino Uzumaki." I stated simply extending my hand.
"Well nice to meet you Yukino-chan it seems you are almost as pale as the snow." She laughed silently shaking my hand. Stopping she hummed in thought "Uzumaki… I heard that name before…" she murmured suddenly in all seriousness.
Standing up she walked to the history shelves with me following after her, watching as her hand skimmed over the titles "Aha!" She exclaimed pulling out a book from one of the higher shelves. "I knew I heard the name…" she said opening the book. "So you must come from Uzushiogakure (land of whirlpools)." bending down to show me the image of an island and on the opposite page was an image of what I believe to be a sunset 'will I ever be able to see one?' I thought as she stood up and continued reading "That's quite far…" she said in thought burying herself in the book while turning some pages. "And from a prestigious clan as well…" skipping over some more pages her gazed dropped looking at me with sad eyes. "Forget what I said….I'm sorry." Her voice cracked as she forced a smile. "There are more books suitable for you." She said placing the book back. "Just look in the Children's section in the first floor if you want to check something out just go to the front desk. Okay?" She choked up even more as she ran down the stairs.
Eyeing the book on a shelf above my reach I ignored the odd behavior and walked back to the table and pulled on the chair quietly. 'If this is a dream I don't have long…' I thought pulling the chair and setting it close to the bookcase and standing on it reaching up for the book on my toes, my fingertips brushed against the book pulling it out slowly before falling reaching forward I quickly took hold of the edge before it hit the ground. Sighing relieved I got down from the chair and pulled it slowly back to the table.
The Uzumaki clan was a prestigious clan that resided in the land of whirlpools until an unfortunate event befell them. The clan was attacked by multiple nations after the second shinobi world war. The reason behind the attack is only speculation but many seem to believe that it was due to the nations fearing the clan for their exceptional talent for fuinjutsu.
However they weren't the only ones to face the same fate many other clans were destroyed even by their own allies due to the fear that their abilities brought leaving the survivors to scatter fleeing to others lands to live in hiding as well as hiding their abilities and kekkei genkai, like them it is possible that some of the members of the Uzumaki may have escaped and are now in hiding to avoid the fate of their fallen clansmen and are now scattered throughout the world.
Rubbing my head I closed the book and placed my head on the table. 'Humans really are violent beings…' Shaking my head I organized what I learned. 'Uzumaki have greater chakra reserves, have great stamina, they specialize in fuinjutsu, they also live long, they lived in Uzushiogakure, they were allies with Konoha, and most members have red hair… red hair.' I thought remembering the guys words. 'Why would he mention red hair?' I thought remembering the mysterious guy that brought me here, frowning I sat up leaning over the table. 'Could he have been an Uzumaki?'
'No he couldn't...could he?' I thought standing up and returning the book to it's shelf. 'No one talks about hair color. Or do they?' I thought while going back down to the first floor.
"Uhm… Michiko-san?" I asked pulling myself up by the edge of the table to see her quickly wiping her eyes with the inside of her sleeve.
"Yes? Yukino-chan how may I help you." she said.
"Do people bring up hair color while talking?"
"Not usually why?" She said wiping her glasses.
"Nothing." I said staying silent. 'So he maybe was…'
"So where is your family? They must be worried as to where you are." She said smiling.
"What's a family?" I asked noticing how people threw the word around as if it had significance to it.
Her smile fell immediately as she stood up. "Here. Follow me." She said walking over to the Children's section.
Sunagakure Hospital-Fourth Floor
'I hope it's not her.' The young man walked quickly with a nurse tailing behind him. 406. That was the room she told him, he stopped in front of taking a deep breath a part of him hoped that it was if not he would have no clue as to where she is, opening the door slowly he walked to the last bed.
The nurse gasped. "I swear I put her here. Maybe she slipped out. Somehow." walking to the bathroom the man knocked gently without hearing a response he opened the door to reveal a familiar white dress on the sink.
Staring at the bathroom he turned to the nurse. "It's not your fault. She's my responsibility so I will look for her... there are people here who need your help."
Sunagakure Library
After picking out her favorite books we sat down in the small area underneath the staircase and looked over the books she chose showing me what a family was and it's members among other things 'So they are related by blood.' I thought also noting how animals in the stories spoke. 'I should apologize to the bunnies when I get home then.'
At that moment the door creaked open and Michiko-san stood up. "I'll go see what they want."
Staring at the drawing of the family my hand grazed over it. 'Do I have parents? Of course I had to, all humans have a mother and a father how else would they be created. Then… where are they?' Was the thought that crossed my mind.
"She's here." I heard Michiko-san's voice.
"Yukino-chan." The young man said in a relieved tone.
"Yashamaru-san…. Why are you in my dreams?" I asked confused.
The man looked at me in surprise before kneeling before me. "But you're awake." I turned to Michiko-san staring back worried about what was happening. "We need to get you back to the hospital Yukino-chan. There are some things we need to know about what happened last night." Nodding I agreed. 'So I can see now…' was what came to me as my hand hovered over my eyes.
"Wait!" I heard Michiko-san yell when we reached the doorway. "Yukino-chan please be careful on who you tell your last name to." She said clutching the books we were reading.
'Right…. someone may kill just because of my name.' "Okay!" I said waving bye to her "Thank you for showing me the books." I added before leaving.
Sitting back at the hospital bed I told Houki-dono and those present what had happened, since Kaho-san and Niko-san hadn't woken up yet. "So Shijima-sama is really…." The lady in white stated sorrowfully. Houki-dono stood up and left the room in a rush as the two shinobi that were with her followed after her. 'What would happen to her.' I thought. 'Would they kill her? No. If they did they wouldn't take her.'
"Thank you for telling us what happened." Yashamaru-san said bringing my attention to him. "Please stay here until the doctors tell you it's okay for you to leave." He said looking at the nurse agreeing with what he said. "I'll come back to pick you up."
After they both left the room I sat there on the bed looking at the bandages on my arm realizing that it was real before laying down and turning to my side, to see that the sky began to turn into a pinkish color. Standing up on the bed to get a better view I moved around to try to see it better but unable to. I got off and walked towards the bathroom putting on my slightly damp dress and snuck out, going up the stairs to only come across double doors at the end.
Pushing the door open bright light shined through the crack as I squeezed through. With wide eyes I looked at the sky and all of its colors. Nearing the edge I ignored all the rubble and destruction below me and focused on the colors and the sun in the distance that I was unable to see before, along with the familiar warmth. Sitting at the edge I gazed at the sky going from pink to red to blue to purple as little white bright dots colored the sky above me until my vision became blurry and a familiar warmth returned to my face.
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I will post another image soon (3 actually, how Yukino looks like as well as how the librarian looks like but that one will take longer since I need to color it in.) but I wanted to post this chapter first.
I forgot to mention in the last chapter that I got Gaara's teddy bears name from chapter 38 of Rock Lee and his ninja pals.
