All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend

Under The Water - Nohara Rin

"Under the water we can't breathe, we can't breathe

Under the water we die

Under the water there is no one watching

Under the water we are alone

Then why do we jump in?

Why do we jump in?

Under the water we die"

--

Nohara Rin.

She was a kind girl with a kind smile and glowing eyes.

She was a medic. A healer. One who mended.

She loved her village dearly. As a Konoha-nin, she was immensely loyal.

Then, it happened.

Foreign ninja.

The sealing of a beast.

Bubbling anger.

The incessant chirping of one thousand birds.

"Chidori!"

And a final leap of faith.

Blood spilled from the dry and rapidly paling lips of Nohara Rin.

The hand in her chest dimmed, the thrumming of sparking chakra recedes.

Widened gray eyes stare at her limp form. His mouth opened in a soundless scream. Hatake Kakashi had impaled his teammate and led to her death. Nohara Rin committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a killing blow.

The truth was blurred.

--

One moment, Rin was alive and breathing.

The next, Rin has an arm through her chest and was slowly bleeding out.

She was drowning. She knew.

Her heart was fine. Her lungs in tatters.

She was drowning in her own blood.

How morbid.

As she choked, her surroundings blurred, twisted, and faded.

Then, water.

Suspended in liquid, Rin swam.

The water was slowly turning red and thicker, but she still swam.

She faced a giant beast.

A brief gentle smile graced her lips.

Her eyes wavered, glazing over with pain and unshed tears.

A soft whisper echoed in the deep expanse of water.

"I wish we could have met on better terms.

Perhaps, we could have been good friends."

Blood steadily bled around her, forming a deeper patch of red around the slightly red waters.

The creature blinked, eyes somber, and replied.

"If the others were as kind as you, I wish..."

A mirthless chuckle reverberated through the bars of the cage holding the creature.

"Maybe, I'd be lucky, and have a good friend."

Rin didn't reply.

Her eyes were gazing blankly into the distance.

Regrets clouded her mind.

What if she could have saved Obito?

They should have brought him back.

Kakashi...he'll be devastated.

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm so so sorry!

If only I was strong enough, then maybe we didn't have to die.

I'm so weak.

I should've gotten stronger. I should've gotten better.

Maybe I could've been good enough, and not SO WEAK!

I'm...Sorry...

Blood filled up her lungs, clogging the airways.

And

    She

        Couldn't

             Breathe.

Memories rush through her head.

The edges of her mind become spotty.

She is laughing, Obito and Kakashi getting along in a rare moment of peace and calm and tranquility. Minato-sensei is smiling brightly at them. The sun is setting in the distance, casting a golden glow upon everything it touches

A beautiful memory, no?

Rin tries to grasp the last ends of her consciousness; cries of her name resonate in her head.

A glimpse of white hair. He's down.

A flash of bright red.

Obito?

Everything blurs.

Darkens.

She drowned.

It

    Is

        Cold.

It

    Is

         Dark.

She is afloat.