miyako
"Now, now, Miyako, that's not how you tie your hair."
"What?" Miyako whispered against her chest as she looked on, only paces away, two soft giggling smiles and each a pair of dotted black eyes. "You're--"
"Here, here, show me kaa-san," the young girl urged, turning her back to the woman. And said woman, with her warm laugh, obliged, sliding the ponytail gently from the girl's hair and banding it onto her own hand.
And Miyako dared a step backwards, drawing further away and until the wood stained floors extended and the living room grew its length and, from where she stood, even then, the only line of sight was of a loving woman and a pink, pink child.
"When I go, will you remember me?" The child asked, staring down at her pink dress.
"Of course I will," the mother replied with a soft tug on the tie as she finished her work. And, grappling the girl's small shoulders, she turned the child to meet her eyes. "Of course."
"I wish I could say goodbye to Sasuke-kun and nii-san," the girl continued, her smile still bright. "Tell them I said bye. I love them."
"I-I will, now--"
"Mikoto. They're here," the man called from the down hall, steps as loud as his grumbles and the woman stood quick to her feet, looking down at the child beside her feet. "No time to waste."
"Yes, yes." And she crouched down once more to the girl's eyes. "W-well, I-I guess, I guess that's it. Now you have fun, okay?"
"Okay!" The girl called, running to the man's outstretched hand. Looking behind her, she kept the fond gaze of the woman. "I love you!"
And, the two walking down the hall, the woman found the seat waiting just behind her, letting the chair scrape loud as the front door creaked shut and the girl's giggles, loud yet muffled, rang as an echo through wood frames. And Miyako, letting her head pound, kneeled down to her lowest, crawling her legs to her chest and her arms round her calves as she, breathing hard, sunk down to where her eyes used to reach--a mother's pretty blue toes and her wide striped dress, just another weight from dragging on the ground.
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夢 - 2021 rewrite
FanfictionNOTE: rewrite of old fanfic, includes lots of new changes The Fourth Shinobi War has taken its toll on the Alliance. The Ten Tails continues in its rage, Madara still stands tall, and the ground they stand on is sucked dry. But Naruto has a plan. Th...
