The Child of Prophecy

└ C1 ┐

└ To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one. -Jack Kornfield ┐

"Are you sure that you want me to do it?"

Naruko sniffled before she sent a quick glance towards the dead bodies lying on the ground.

Somehow, she could still hear Madara's sickening laughter even as he disappeared.

Uchiha Madara.. That goddamned, messed-up man had murdered every single one of them..

Sakura-chan, Ino, Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Lee, Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru, Kakashi-sensei, Tsunade-baa, the Raikage, Mizukage, Tsuchikage, Gaara... and even Sasuke. He killed every person that she has come to love.. every single person that has come to acknowledge her. And he still had the audacity to let out that sickening laughter. It made her want to hurl.

Once again in her life, Uzumaki Naruko is left alone. She felt bare. Even with the familiarity, she felt strange. This shouldn't be happening.. They were.. They weren't supposed to die!

She vowed to protect them all. She vowed to not let anyone die for her sake. She vowed that no one would suffer the same fate that her parents and ero-sennin had to suffer just because they loved her and wanted to protect the village. And yet.. And yet, they all died.

Once again, she couldn't save anyone.

She couldn't save Sasuke. She couldn't save Sakura-chan, Kakashi-sensei, Gaara, Tsunade-baa-chan, Neji, Hinata, Lee, Shino... Everyone... She let them all die.

"Naru-chan.." Naruko snapped out of her thoughts and turned to see Octopops grinning at her.

And once more, she was reminded of the seriousness of their situation. Even Octopops wouldn't rap in this situation, huh..

"..what i-if.. I can't do it? W-What if, in the end, I still can't save anyone? What if I let them all die again? What if I make a mistake and things go wrong again? I—" she stumbled through her words, making Kurama's eyes soften.

"That's strange of you to be worried about mistakes, Kit." The nine-tailed fox insulted, making her glance at him. He averted his eyes when he saw tears threathening to fall from her blue ones.

"But.. I just don't want to lose anyone, again. I'll be alo—"

"I'll be with you, won't I?" Kurama interrupted, eliciting small smiles from Killer Bee and Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo. "You won't be alone, anymore."

For a moment, the blonde-haired female grinned as well before she approached the fox and hugged his fur.

"Yeah.. arigato." She mumbled and he couldn't help but purr softly.

"Well then, can we leave everything on your hands, Naruko, Kurama?" the Rikudo Sennin asked the pair, who both glanced at each other before turning to him with determined looks.

"Yeah. Leave it to us, dattebayo!"