What Came Down the River

Part 2: Chapter 1

It's so cold in here...and dark...it's cramped and hard to breathe too... where am I? I reach my hands around a crate, of some sort, that entraps me. It feels almost like a coffin. There's a pillow under my head, I can tell that much. But nothing else. Where am I? Have I left that horrible place? I begin to bang on the wooden wall in front of me.

"SO-" I begin to cough viciously. As if I hadn't had water for months. Now that I notice ... my mouth is extremely dry. Was it always this dry? I cough again as I try to make a sound. Guess it's no use calling for help.

"You're in a coffin. They buried us awhile ago." A voice from the dark emerges in the tiny box. I can't really react since I'm limited in space.

"W-who are you?" I whisper back, licking my lips and hoping I can return some moisture.

"That's a little too tough to explain fully. But I'll give you the basics of everything. So save your breath. You're going to need to if we stay in here any longer.

Basically during the 'fight' with Itachi. If you can even call it that~" she remarks more towards herself. "Itachi killed you. But in the process he broke the seal that was over me. I was 'power' they were trying to reach inside of you. But since you died I obviously died too. Itachi hadn't planned for me to die apparently. But anyways, you technically did die. That's evident from the time you spent, well, down there. In the mean time I was using the last bits of myself to heal your body. So you can thank me for us being alive right now. Although it took awhile for us to come back."

W-what in the world is this woman talking about? This is a lot to just dump on a person. I mean I guess, okay. I can't really argue or say she's lying because I've seen and experienced a lot the events she just said. Still, we can't start off with a simple name? This is hard to follow. And she said it took awhile for her to bring me back. How long? Has Kakashi thought I was dead all this time? Is he still up there? Does he remember me? What's happened while I was gone?

"I can tell by the thoughts going on in your head that you don't really care." She sighs. "You come back to life and the first thing you think about is him, huh? No regard for yourself as always. That's gonna get us killed again. Now that I'm somewhat free we are gonna have to make some changes. Tell you what, if you agree to my terms I'll help you get out of this coffin before we both run out of air. And I'll help you get to Kakashi."

You can hear my thoughts?

"Yes, yes I can. I'm part of you so..."

Okay I guess that makes this easier to communicate. What are your terms and what are you?

"Hm, I'm a goddess if that makes this easier? Mostly the goddess of things like mind control. But-" she adds quickly. "I can't use it on you since we are part of each other. I can also do some other cool godly tricks." She seems to find amusement in herself. "You've experienced that much.

Also, my demands are simple. I want freedom outside. I can send part of myself into a physical form outside, but it's much easier if I want to take control of your body every now and then..."

Sounds like there's more too it.

"Well, I also want permission to kill."

I'd prefer not.

"What if it was only your enemies and people that aim to harm those close to you?"

I pause for a moment. Actually considering it. But decided against the idea. I'd seen too much death in my life as it was. Plus I never want anyone to experience what I did in the afterlife.

No.

"Alright then how about this, I just hurt them. Not to the point where it's critical. But still enough to incapacitate them."