Remembered Light (Naruto FanFic)

Battle

I stared in shock. Nonononononono. No. Gaara gasps in pain, sliding to the ground. Why hadn't his sand protected him? I looked around, and realized that he had had half his sand protecting oters and the other half resealing an animation. There'd been none left to protect him.

And yet he still stepped in front of the kunai, saving me. He had been stabbed to protect me.

I feel my knees thud to the ground as I catch him, laying him down on the ground. My hand hovers over the gaping wound on his stomach, visibly shaking. I was panicking. So much blood... and the Medic nins were so far away.

I'm aware of a circle of Shinobi surrounding us, protecting the fallen Kazekage. Gaara tries to sit up, But I push lightly on his shoulders. He has no strength to resist me. I can't let Gaara die now. I leave the knife in the wound, knowing that it was currently slowing the blood flow. Staring into his pained and shocked eyes, I saw our time together just flash in front of me.

I begin to sing softly, pain etched into my voice. I sang, forcing the healing chakra to my hands. I just had to slow the blood. Why had I never bothered to properly learn medical ninjutsu before? I heard the sound of dying Shinobi surrounding me, but I was focused on Gaara.

"Safe & Sound"

(feat. The Civil Wars)

I remember tears streaming down your face

When I said, "I'll never let you go"

When all those shadows almost killed your light

I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone"

But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight

Just close your eyes

The sun is going down

You'll be alright

No one can hurt you now

Come morning light

You and I'll be safe and sound,

I promise him. We WILL be safe. We will be sound.

Don't you dare look out your window, darling,

Everything's on fire

The war outside our door keeps raging on

Hold on to this lullaby

Even when music's gone

Gone,

A tear slips down my face. Remember this lullably, Gaara. Soon the music may be gone. I keep healing him with one hand, the other wanding trough his sweaty, unkempt hair, brushing along the side of his face, lingering over his parched lips. My chakra wasn't healing him quickly enough. Without immidiate proper medical attention, he was going to die. But there was an army between Gaara and the medic nins.

Just close your eyes

The sun is going down

You'll be alright

No one can hurt you now

Come morning light

You and I'll be safe and sound

I stand, determination blazing in my eyes. If he was to survive, the medic nins would have to be able to reach him, But an entire army stood in their way. I wasn't strong enough to fly him away or summon a hawk to carry us away. I didn't have enough chakra.

I looked around at all the pain. All the suffering. All the death, all my fallen comrades. So much death. To much death. And this would only end in more death. I didn't want any more death. I was exhausted with it, feeling the cessation of minds, the sometimes gentle and sometimes violent release of life. I had to end this death. Even if it meant more death.