The Light Of Konoha

Oba-San And The Plan

Izumi's P.O.V.

The woman lay sprawled in a sea of white hair tipped with Crimson and deep red folds of kimono fabric.

Her skin was porcelain with a face as delicate as china.
The fierce red of her clothes and eye shadow contrasted greatly with her fragile appearance.

It wasn't long before the figure started to rouse, softly moaning at the stiffness of her body.

"Stand back everyone," I ordered, cautious of the woman who was sealed.

On closer inspection, the woman deeply resembled our own albino, right down to the exploding firework stitched onto her kimono.

"Bino-chan, do you recognise this woman?" I said carefully.

He was staring wide-eyed and bewildered,
"T-That's my c-clan symbol, on her kimono... B-but I've... I've never seen her before in my life...." He muttered.

She looked about my age, but being trapped in a stasis may have prevented her from ageing for all the years she was locked away.

"Wh-who... Are you..." She muttered sleepily, her eyes still closed but her face contorted with fear as she continued to shift slightly.

I cleared my throat,
"We are a team of ninja from the hidden leaf village, we recovered you from a seal that you were trapped in..."

Upon those words her pale red eyes snapped open,
"You broke the seal?!! How... The only person who possibly could would be..."

Her breath caught in her throat as she sat up with a jolt, her eyes scanned her surroundings until her gazes locked onto Aki, who was still shell-shocked.

"Aki..." She breathed with a soft smile,
"My little Aki..."

She rose to her feet and enveloped Bino-chan into a lily-scented hug.

"D-do I know you?" Aki stuttered as the rest of the team tensed at her proximity.

The woman looked hurt for a moment before her face relaxed in understanding,
"Of course you wouldn't remember me," she sighed,
"You were just a baby after all..."

She held Bino-chan at arms length with a broad grin,
"I'm your great aunt, sweetie!
Hana Furasshu~"

Bino-chan gasped,
"G-great aunt?!"

"I was your grandmother's sister, hun.
Me and Kohana were inseparable back in the day!...
But... Why're you so old? You were a little bawling baby last time I saw you... How long have I... Been..." Her eyebrows furrowed in a painful memory.

"I don't know," Aki breathed, his eyes filled with a deep happiness.
He has probably longed for family for most his life.
I can only imagine how uplifting this must be for him.

"H-Hana-San?" Came a shy voice,
"Do you remember me perhaps?"

Kit-kun shifted nervously as Hana raked her gaze over him,
"Hmm... I don't think so. Why, should I?"

Kit-kun visibly drooped,
"Not particularly, just having some memory trouble..."

"Ah, well, sorry I couldn't be of much help..."

Hana turned her attention back to the albino, admiring the swirling design of his kimono

Bino-chan gulped,
"H-how did you survive... I-I mean, there was a... a massacre of our clan... And everyone was...
How are... You...
How did you survive...?" He rambled.