Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Grand Summoning Jutsu ❯ Only Hope ( Chapter 17 )

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

Grand Summoning Jutsu

The night seemed to go by slowly, the way she wanted it. She wanted to sit with him at her side for as long as possible. As the sound of the soft music of the piano played in the background, everyone seemed to be enjoying the meal that consisted of a main course of different types of sushi. the Gossip was in full flutter throughout the hall, laughing and talking as the Dinner continued. on occasion a few ninja would rise to their feet to toast the young blond for his achievements in his time away. Kakashi, of course, raised from his chair, pushing it from behind him as he stood. the Grey haired copy ninja still had his face covered but was also wearing a black and white Tuxedo as all the other men were.

"a Toast to Naruto, you have grown much in the past few years, and your taste has greatly improved." he spoke aloud. "thanks for the the book" referring to the not yet released volume of "make out tactics"

A slight nod came from the tall blond boy from his seat next to the beautiful blushing Hinata, his arm was draped over the back of her chair that caressed her shoulder.

Maya leaned herself in Gaara's direction slightly. "have you read those books before?" she giggled watching an uneasy look in his eyes swiftly shoot in her direction.

"no" he blushed.

"haha, just kidding."

The Hokage sitting on the other side of the red head was twitching her ears in order to listen in on their conversation, only to be interrupted by her date sitting next to her.

"what are you doing? you look like your off in space." heaved Master Jiraiya, the red marks trailing from his eyes to the bottom of his cheeks now crinkled slightly as he smiled.

"er' nothing" a quick responds as Tsunade drew her attention back to her plate.

"you seem like you were listening in on something? anything interesting?" he lifted his eye brow at her.

Her honey eyes closed at the comment only to grunt under her breath. "it's nothing" she whispered watching the Kazekage engulfed in his own conversation with beautiful, but strange girl at his side.

"I have something for you" Maya smiled wide watching Gaara stuff a piece of raw salmon in his mouth using his chopsticks. his eyes fell upon her when he heard the creek of the chair as she began to lift herself.

"hum?" he muffled from between bites unable to answer her properly. She pushed herself from the seat where she was next to him and fluffed her dress out a bit. the attention at the head table was now drawn to the, now standing, girl dressed in red. she walked by Gaara placing her hand over his shoulder as she swiftly made her way behind him. his head followed watching in fear.

~crap, what is she doing....~ the voice in his head was telling him to prepare himself.

the room began to calm down in gossip a few following the young woman dressed in red, with her ribbon trailing behind her in a small flutter of wind as she walked, looking almost majestic. the jewels over her gown, now sparkled with every moment the further she walked. she took a final step beside the old man dressed in a Tuxedo sitting at the grand piano, placing a hand on his shoulder leaning to his ear at the same time. Gaara watched as her mouth began to move in conversation with the man and a small smile curled over her lips.

~she is going to sing?~ he figured. ~but she said it was for me? is she going to put me asleep again?~

The dark haired older man raised himself from his position on the bench in front of the keys of the grand piano. He slid himself from between them to allow the small frame of the young woman take his place. She swept the dress flat once more to sit on the smooth surface of the bench when silence fell over the hall of people waiting for what will happen next.

she let her foot slid onto one of the 3 paddles underneath the key board and hit one ivory block. The hammer of the key struck the cord the paddle allow it to create a longer pitch.

"what is going on" Sakura whispered over Temari's shoulder.

"I really don't know" she softly replied. "I didn't know Maya could play the piano, or sing for that matter."

Gaara's eyes were in complete shock, ~what was she doing, she can't sing right here....unless.. ~ he thought back to the night and remembered her words. ~"it depends on the situation"~

Tsunade watching the girl, the same as the rest of the room, awaiting for what she was about to do. instead Tsunade's eyes were narrow glaring down Maya as she struck 8 keys at once creating a loud harmonizing sound.

A few cords had followed as she drag her fingers along the different ivory blocks with both hands, and her song began to fill the room. it wasn't like last time Gaara had remembered, this time he could understand the words she was forming, listening to their meaning with every sound.

here's a song that inside of my soul.
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again.
I'm awake in
the infinite cold, but you sing to me over and over and over again.
So I lay my head back down,
and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours.
I know now you're my
only hope.

The words seemed to ring though the young Kazekages ears, listening to her sweet voice fill the room with her gentle cords, her fingers moving to create an enchanting melody to match her song. She was singing for him, he stared hard at Maya as she opened her eyes to look directly at him, her blue and green eyes met his Icy blue-green ones as he felt a twist that almost devour his stomach.

Sing to me the song of the stars.
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again.
When it feels like my dreams are
so far, sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again.
So I lay my head back down,
and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours.
I know now you're my
only hope.

The people seemed to forget everything happening in the gossip and were getting lost in the wonder sound of her voice. Tsunade on the other hand continued to glare at the woman with greatest intensity, she knew something about this girl she has read something about her strange presents from her scrolls, her odd features were mentioned in the ancient text.

The ring of her voice began to climax with the song, her lungs now reached the highest notes matching the rhythm of the piano, the sound now stronger as she finished.

I give you my destiny.
I'm giving you all of me.
I want your symphony.
Singing in all that I am.
At the top of my lungs,
I'm giving it back.
So I lay my head back down,
and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours.
I know now you're my
only hope.

(ref: song: Only Hope, from Mandy Moore/ switchfoot)

The song was finally done followed by a few last harmonizing cords to wrap it up. a smile swept across her face as she recoiled her arms and placed them flat on the bench to lift herself to stand. the room was completely silent for a split second then erupted in a clap, and cheering. she curtseyed once again to the many people whom enjoyed the song lifting her head again to the Kazekage, now with his mouth open staring at her. ~ you really need to close your mouth, you look like your catching flies~ she smiled as she lowered her head to him in a slight bow.

"oh my god" the Hokage's breathing became more than she could bare as her honey colored eyes were now contracted in complete fear. "what is she doing here" she breathed under her heaving. slowly raising herself to her feet using her hands planted on the table to force her body to stand. The young woman flashed her multicolored eyes in the standing official in her shocked expression, her face became flat as she made her way slowly back to her place beside Gaara."could this be what he is after?"

Her thoughts were cut short when a burst of smoke appeared a few feet away from Maya. the entire room seemed to jump at the sudden sound watching the smoke fill the room.

Maya stopped dead in her tracks half way between the piano and Gaara staring at the cloud now starting to clear revealing a figure in plain view.

"you?" she whispered at the tall dark haired boy she saw at the massage parlor earlier that day. his dark eyes scanned the room quickly before draw his sword seeing the ninja in the room begin to move towards him in attack.

"Sasuke..." Sakura's jaw dropped at the sight of the young man dressed his kimono a purple rope tied around his waist, the sleeve of his sword held between as he lifted it's long blade and aiming it directly at Maya's face.

"SASUKE!" Naruto now with one leg prompted on the table standing on his chair his fist clenched.

"Don't move, or she dies" he followed calmly.

Gaara now standing his eyes wide with anger, and his teeth grinding to the sight of him point the blade of his sword in Maya's face. she was afraid and he couldn't get to her quivering frame in case the Dark haired boy was true to his word in killing her if anyone moved. "damn it" he threw his fist down hitting the table, the dishes rattled making a cluttered clinking sound when he made contact. it was a great time for him to not bring his Gourd with him, he figured nothing like this would have happened tonight.

Sasuke's dark eyes followed the sound of the angry red head, knowing full well what he was pissed about. a smirk formed at the corner of his lips watching the Kazekage stare him down with great hate. he turned his attention back to the frightened girl at the end of his blade. "I am sick of waiting for you to be alone." he spat.

~oh no...~ her mind seemed to quiver as her eyes darted in Gaara's direction, his hard gaze now fell upon her. ~please not in front of him....~

"Give me the scroll" she spoke calmly flicking his wrist a bit to remind her of the sharp end in her face.

"what scroll?" she spoke, her voice became racked with fear, as she straightened herself looking past the sword into the dark eyes of her capture.

"this isn't good" breathed Tsunade, Jiraiya nodded in agreement, Gaara of course knew what they meant, something about her being a siren, he figured.

she took one last look over at the red head Kazekage before making a dash for him. her ribbons in a gust behind her as she tried to make it , his eyes were wide now watching the helpless girl try to reach for him, only to be grabbed in the firm grip around her upper arm by Sasuke.

Pulling her back spinning her tiny frame around so her back was flat against his chest his arm swiftly moved around her waist moving his blade to her throat, forcing her to tilt into the dip of his exposed neck. the smirk reappeared watching all the ninja in the room unable to do anything with this helpless female at his mercy. "you have all become weak." he stated his breath was heavy in her ear as the moisture from his words collected on her lob. his eyes shifted to the now raging Gaara grinding his teeth waiting for an opportunity to snatch back what was his. a wide evil smile formed, Gaara remembered all to well, he use to smile like that when he would thirst for the blood of others.

"Does he know you are monster, like he is" he raised his voice at the small girl his firm words gripped the room full of people.

"no..." a small whine erupted from her soft voice as her eyes fell downwards from their position to her now, dumfounded Lover.

"monster?" Gaara followed. "no she isn't"

"Give me the scroll" Saskuke snorted, cutting the boys words short.

"NO!" she cried. her voice began to change, it sounded like it was mixed with someone else's giving her a chilling tone. "you obviously know what will happen if you try and extract the scroll yourself, it will kill me, intern killing your chance at the 2000 year old power you seek." her voice became calm and relaxed as the other voice took over her speech.

"that's why I am giving you the chance to give it to me now, or I will kill you and no one will wheeled it." he lifted his lips to her soft ear breathing his words to her.

"I will not yield" she raised her voice. soon followed a strong haunting tune emerging from the back of her throat, the same song Gaara had heard before. her words fell, once again, into a Celtic brand of language as the chilling melody rang though the room. all whom the song reached became useless in their movements, just as Gaara remembered his body became dead to him as he stand leaning over the table ready to pounce. everyone, including the Hokage, the young man whom had her in his grip had all became frozen lifeless figures. But as remembered, the song did not steal the consciousness until she had allowed it, the mind was still intact. The last of the song echo though the hall giving a still quiet feelings in its wake.

~bitch~ spat Sasuke in his head. ~I can't move, what did you do?~

~no, not again~ Gaara fought to move his limbs ~I can't go to sleep now~

Maya removed herself from the dark haired boys grip slipping from the blade of his long sword and stumbling a little as she freed herself. her multicolored eyes grazed the room for anyone she might have though escaped her enchanting voice. nope, they were all frozen in their tracts, mouths open, attack positions, all frozen. she sighed letting her arms fall to her side closing her lids tightly looking to the ceiling a tear fell from her blue eye rolling down the side of her cheek. when she finally opened her eyes only to tip her head down so she was able to reach to unclamp the butterfly from her hair and unwrapped it from her curls. the long red strands of the ribbon attached to it fell from the bottom of the beautiful clip as she removed it looking down at it in her small hand. "huff" a large huff emerged from her lips as she made her way towards Gaara, his body half over the table his hands almost pushing him forward and an angry, yet flat expression frozen on his face.

"I'm sorry" she whispered as she drew closer to his nose. "I will miss you" her tears were hard to hold back at this point, she tried to fight the swelling erupting from the corners of her sockets. lifting his hand from its frozen state on the table she opened his palm to place the butterfly hair pin in it wrapping the ends of the ribbon over his forearm. "It's time for me to disappear for another century" she leaned in and gave him a soft kiss on his stiff upper lip slipping her tongue in his, slightly opened, mouth. a final tear followed down her cheek as she swiftly turned her body and began to walk out of the hall.

~no.....~ Gaara was frustrated he couldn't move he just stood feeling her soft lips against his, not even able to react back. he watched as the ribbon fluttered behind her and she vanished out of the hall. ~I feel...~ a faint feeling fell over the room, everyone seemed to be feeling the same thing as their bodies began to drop slowly to the floor in slumber and everything went black.