Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Have You Ever Seen The Rain? ❯ Have You Ever Seen The Rain? ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

I almost cried as I wrote this. If you play the song as you read, or even just hum the tune, it'll become something so beautiful and sad. And right after the first 'I wanna know - Have you ever seen the rain?', the story actually goes to the tune. And I just realized, that if you do it right, the entire thing goes to the song. Huh.

Oh, and just so you know, this isn't about Naruto. This isn't Naruto's story. It is Deidara's, one of the most ill understood and often wrongly genderized characters. This is the first chapter of his story, AU of course, and it's something like a prologue. This is where his story begins. This is where a happy life ended, before it even really began. And if you read this right, you will never see the rain again in the same light.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto or any of the characters therein. They are the property of Masashi Kishimoto.

'lyrics' in italics
'story' in bold italics

Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm I know
Images flash. A newborn child cradled in his mother’s arms, the father standing by. Another. This time the child is held by his father, rocking it gently and smiling down. There is love it seems.

It's been coming for some time When it's over so they say It'll rain on a sunny day I know

Another. Years later, a small boy stands over his mother as slow droplets of cold water fall on her once warm skin. Blue eyes open wide and empty, staring to the sky as the tears begin to fall. She will never see them. Her arms will never again encircle a frightened child to take away his fears. Her soft voice won’t ever croon another lullaby into the darkness. A small hand brushes across a fair cheek and tiny fingers flutter across lashes glistening with false tears. Their reddened tips trace through the moisture gathered there, rivulets of water running away from their delicate touch to slip out of sight into the ground.

Shining down like water
I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain?

Water spots the back of a small hand as it’s little fingers run softly over golden tresses pressed into the damp ground; silky locks that will never again be brushed as a woman sits before and open window, golden sunlight bathing her in radiance as she hums a simple melody to the canary that warbles back from its wire cage. Never again.

I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain?
Coming down on a sunny day
Beautiful blue eyes rimmed with tears for what can’t be understood, as he holds his mother close.

Yesterday and days before Sun is cold and rain is hard I know

And his father comes across them, lying there upon the road. His eyes are rimmed in tears and its all one child’s fault. Things will never be the same, no longer a happy home.

It's been that way for all my time Till forever on it goes
Through the circle fast and slow
Love is forgotten, and all the child shows is another set of welts and another night alone. He dreams and all he sees is rain falling from the sky.

I know And it can't stop I wonder
I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain?

He dreams and all he sees is another day gone by.

I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain?

He lives and all he knows is that there used to be a time without the pain.

I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain?

Now the mother’s gone leaving a child all alone. And when he sees the rain, falling soft and falling slow, he can’t help but wonder, if anyone will ever know what its like to see the rain, when it’s the only love you know.

I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain?
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Thank you for reading this sad, sad story. It is only the first chapter of something, but I know not what. Reviews are welcome, but flamers will be rebuked.