Fire style: Burning Love Jutsu

Chapter 39: Letting go

The days went on, each day she'd sit in her parents' room and talk to them about her adventures and travels over the years. She talked about me and about how Deidara's changed. Then the day finally came. "Sasuke?" She called. "Yes, Azamuku?" I said from the living room. "It's time." She said. "How do you know?" I asked. "I just know." She said, without another word. "We leave through the back, it leads right to the forest." She said. We gathered whatever we brought and cleaned any mess we created, wanting to leave this house as we found it.

"Alright. Let's go." Deidara said. She stopped him and ran into her mother's room. She returned folding a picture up and sticking it in her shirt. We left the house and left the back door open. "Give me one more second, guys." She said. She transformed only changing her outfit. She now wore a dark cloak and a bamboo hat that covered her face and had black fabric in the back to hide her hair. I'll be back. Take cover so no one sees you.

~POV CHANGE~

I pushed off the ground and made my way down the streets towards a house in the middle of the village. "State your business." The guards said. "I have personal business with the Raikage." I said, keeping my face hidden. "You will be escorted up. Don't try anything funny." One of them said. The other walked in front of me, leading me to the office of the Raikage. "Lord Raikage. I have someone here who has requested to see you." The guard said. "If it's not urgent, I cannot deal with them right now.

"In numbers we rise, as singles we fall." I began, hearing him freeze up. "The sky will cry and the clouds will crawl. The sun kisses the earth as she kissed my face. The moon dances in the sky, never leaving its place." I said. "Thank you, Shee. Leave us." He requested. "Yes, sir." Shee said, leaving the room and closing the door. "Azamuku?" Raikage whispered. "Yes, Lord Raikage." I said. He quickly shut all the blinds on each and every window. I took my hat off, revealing my face.

"It's so wonderful to see you again." He said, hugging me. "As it is, you, sir." I said. "I cannot be here for long. I have to depart soon. I have come to make a request." I said. "Of course, darling. What is it?" He asked. "Tear down the Chikara house." I said. "What? Do you know what you're saying?" He asked. "Yes. Tear it down. And in its place, I request a memorial. Nothing big and fancy. Just something I can come back to." I said. He nodded and watched me as I walked to a window.

I slipped my hat back on, covering my hair. "We will meet again, Lord Raikage. I have business to tend to first." I said, opening a window. "Take care of yourself." He said. "Always. It's what Mama would have wanted." I said before jumping out the window and onto a roof top. I ran back to behind my house and kept my face hidden. "Speak." I said. Sasuke's voice chimed up, repeating the Ninki from the exams. "Deidara hasn't left my side. I can promise you we're both us." He said.

~POV CHANGE~

"Let's get out of here." She said. "They're going to start demolishing this house as per my request. Next time I return here, a memorial to my family will be in it's place." She said, her outfit going back to normal. We all nodded and began running back to the sand village, sticking to the shadows and being as quiet as possible.