Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Life for a Life ❯ Sasami fights to save a Fractured Soul Part 2 ( Chapter 54 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Fyrloche... I know that I at least try to catch myself doing that though...

Faern... To cliché in my book.... There will be times when that will happen, but to be honest for dramatic purposes I thought that was better....tee hee

Chapter 54

A picture may be worth a thousand words....but a single happy memory is worth a million. Fate things to himself, his anger at letting his charges feel so much pain and anguish, he does not notice the smaller goddess approaching and glowing with her own power.

Memory had a small idea of her own to help out this world...one that hopefully of everythinghappened according to her small plan...would move things along.After all, she was tired of having to listen to her big brother bellyache about it....

Inside the mindscape of Sasuke Uchiha...

Sasami was frightened beyond belief. Having her mother there with her, had given her the strength to do what needed to be done. But to have that dark force throw her out like it did, scared her beyond belief. Cradling that fragile hope of a memory to her body, she can feel it trying to lend her strength....

The dark force already starts pulling at her. Her black hair being yanked hard already, it caused the young girl to grasp that memory even further and protect it with all her might.

GET OUT!

“No! I won't let you take over Sasuke-sama! I won't!”

The force getting stronger then ever, now as it physically tries to left her from the mindscape, a blue aura grows infinitely stronger around the little girl. Weighing her down, aiding and guiding her, the little girl is stunned as two hands touch her shoulders this time.

One she recognizes as her mother...the other of an older blonde man.

A few minutes earlier in Konoha...

Arashi was struggling harder to control Umiko. The red having falling off of her head, a curtain if raven black hair was revealed, confirming that she was indeed a Tanaka. Her body glowing blue with intense chakra...

“Let me go I have to save her! I have to save my Daughter! SASAMI!”

Feeling her aura surround his own body, Arashi feels himself being pulled into some kind of plane of existence. Dark and foreboding as it is full of hatred, he looked to Umiko who was shocked at his presence.

“How....?”

“Long story...let's find Sasami, ok?” Arashi smiled gently. Grasping her hand within his, the woman looks up at him. In the mindscape, she retains her normal figure, and although she looks like his wife as Arashi notices. Her coloring is different...

She has gold eyes...not green and her hair is black not red. Thinking it should bother him as he helps her; he had seen that face as she screamed for her daughter. It was loss...loneliness...and despair.

“Thank you...come, she is protecting the Uchiha's hope...”

Following her, as she leads them, her senses searching out for that blue aura that connects her and her daughter, she finds the child being pulled in so many directions by the darkness.

Concentrating, Umiko imagines weights and a brighter shield around her baby. Watching as it works, she rapidly approaches with Arashi. He places his hand on Sasami's shoulder as Umiko does the same, so that she can bend down towards her.

“Mommy?”

“Yes it's me baby I came back.”

“I didn't let go Mommy...I didn't let go of Sasuke-sama's hope at all!”

Smiling gratefully, the child shows her the fragile little light that she clutched onto with all her heart. Hugging her daughter, Arashi looks confused at the glowing aura in the little girl's hands.

“It's a memory, Arashi-san.” Umiko whispered. “The darkness surrounding us is his memories as well. But the power in them is unbelievable...”

“What do we do?”

“We protect the ones we can. Once a mind is fully dark...there is no turning back.”

Nodding her head in agreement, with her mother's words, Sasami looks up at the man with puzzlement and confusion. The light in her hands fragile starts shaking with hopeful glee. Becoming stronger and brighter.....

Pulling at her mother's arms, the woman nods her head, and gently, they both touch Arashi and show him what the light wishes him to see. The same memory again, this time stronger and well defined is repeated. As it disappears another one comes from nowhere...

Recent and full of happiness as he spies his son surrounded by his teammates....

Then why...why did you not kill me then? TELL ME! SASUKE!

A feeling of regret washes over him, and Arashi feels the longing to be with his son and the others deep inside. Happiness at seeing Naruto is a part of this light's memory....

As it disappears, Arashi finds himself clutching the woman and the child close to him. The light has become brighter and stronger in Sasami's hands. Looking to the older woman, Arashi asks her a simple question that she is startled at...

“Can we make him a memory?”

“What do you mean?” Umiko asked as Sasami looked up curiously. The light having grown stronger with the pure hearted emotions, the darkness finds itself being pushed back and away from this hope.

“Just can we?”

Nodding her head, Umiko closes her eyes and kneels down with Sasami. Whispering to the little girl, the child nods her head in understanding and smiles. Looking up at the older blonde with a tad bit of suspicion the little girl asks one question.

“Will it be a happy one? I don't want Sasuke-sama feeling sad!”

Smiling and nodding his head to soothe the little girl's question, Arashi looks to Umiko who is giving instructions to her daughter. Feeling the weight of the darkness bearing down upon them once more, Arashi finds his hand's being clutched by the mother and the daughter.

A questioning gaze of ready or not on their lips, Arashi simply nods his head and allows himself to be surrounded by that iridescent blue light.

Moments later, as the light becomes quieter and softer, in the mindscape, Sasami looks at him with a quiet sense of awe. Umiko is just stunned at the dream she had helped create, her gold eyes swirling with a myriad of emotions. She looks at Arashi with wariness...and maybe a little hope.

“You...you would do that for me and Sasuke-sama?” Sasami asked with a dreamy look in her eyes.

“Yeah I would...” Arashi whispered as he bent down. “So I have a mission for you as the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, Sasami Tanaka. Your mission should you choose to accept, is to help him remember what we just made all right?”

Nodding her head happily, the sheer blackness of the dark aura around them has lightened considerably. As this time it gently pushes them all out of the mindscape of the Uchiha.

In two separate areas a small group of people come to...

Two are in Konoha, surrounded by a mixture of medic ninjas and ANBU ready to take a prisoner for dragging the Yondaime into her mess. A blonde youth feeling a mixture of relief and worry turns to betrayal as he spies the woman's differences now. He thinks before he acts. Leaping to attack, he is stopped by the older blonde....

Growling in anger and hatred at the feelings, which have forced too many memories that he himself does not want, he lashes out at his father, who slaps him. Glaring with disbelief, despite the horror on Arashi's face at what just happened. Naruto runs away in a flash of blue light.

About to go after him, Umiko prevents Arashi from doing so as a young dark haired woman with familiar pale eyes runs after him as best she can.

“This is something that you can not hope to fix, and make all better Arashi-san...” Umiko whispers softly. “I don't think any of us adults can now...maybe she could...”

Elsewhere and at the same time this is happening...

Sasami waits as her protector and maybe something else...if she has anything to say about it comes to. Amaretsu smiling gently, as she had pulled the Lost one's head into her lap, continues singing a healing song.

The Shrine Maiden knew what had happened in the temple that day and was pleased. She could feel her master's happiness at the gradual healing of this lost one's soul thanks to the blonde and now this child.

Implanting the false memory or vision for lack of a better term was something that even impressed Fate. For the images Arashi had chosen, were going to be real ones now if Fate had anything to say about it.

But as the youth came to, a familiar dark coldness erupted from his features. As he sat up, he found himself wanting to lay back down as all the blood rushed from his head. Giving him a massive headache...

Finding his hand being taken into a smaller one, the younger Uchiha finds himself staring at the amber eyed little girl, who is happy.

“Sasuke-sama feel better?”

Wanting to say what he would usually respond in a question such as this, which is nothing at all. He finds himself answering in a kind and gentle tone. “I'm fine Sasami-chan.”

Grinning happily as he called her by her first name, Sasuke finds himself returning the little girl's smile. He doesn't remember why or even ever feeling warmth for this child in the beginning. But somehow she does not repulse him as others of the opposite sex do...

It is time for you to go home Lost one...

Nodding his head he prepares to leave. Realizing that his last question had never been answered the youth turns around. Only to find that Amaretsu had vanished....

Growling in annoyance, he is startled out of it as a 10 year old girl pinches his hand hard. “Sasuke-sama!”

Turning to glare at her, he instead finds himself partially amused as somehow she had picked up a mini version of his infamous stare. “Behave Sasuke-sama! I don't want the darkness to take you away again!”

Surprised by her exclamation, Sasuke is now puzzled as he follows the little girl out the cave entrance....

What does she mean by darkness?

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I think this might be one of my better ones....heh I like this chapter...

Anyhow....I may or may bot be able to do anything tomorrow guys just to let you know...