[Open] Intro - Rudly Awakened

[beforethedarkness]

When he had woken up, it wasn't in his bed and it wasn't in the Uchiha Compound. The startled boy raced to his feet and nearly stumbled over the cliff-side -- that was there!? He froze then, having regained his balance as he started looking around. He would have woken up if he had been ambushed and kidnapped, he was sure. Unless it was Kakashi...

No, for an elaborate training mission it was too much work for him to do anything more than leave a note for him at home. And Naruto would have been too noisy... Where was he?

At the sound of footsteps approaching he tensed before quickly slipping up to a nearby tree and out of plain sight, watching carefully. He had to be careful, cautious now...

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[proudofmybaby]

"That's pretty much what the motivations for the whole thing boiled down to sweetie." She shook her head. "And then there were people like me who were the passive idiots who let it happen."

[beforethedarkness]

He sighed at that, his shoulders slumping a bit. Apparently he wasn't going to get the answers he wanted that easily, not if his mother had anything to do with it. It was time to ask about something else, "Why did Itachi kill them exactly? You said that the clan was going to revolt... Does that mean it was a..."

He found he couldn't say the words. They made him feel sick. He didn't want to think that was it, but the fact that the clan was going to revolt... What else could it have been?

[proudofmybaby]

"Itachi did what he felt was right." Her voice was soft. "He was my strong gentle boy right up until the last second of my life, okay? He never did it maliciously, know that."

[beforethedarkness]

"... Was it... Did the village order him to?" He finally managed to ask, wanting to not believe that it was true and pleading with his eyes that it wasn't.

[proudofmybaby]

Her voice is soft and almost apologetic as she moved a hand to pet his hair. "I never asked."

[beforethedarkness]

He sighed at the answer, shoulders slumping before he just leaned in and hugged her again. He'd... He'd have to find him and ask himself. But, right now, his legs didn't want to carry him away from the warm motherly embrace that he had so dearly missed.

[proudofmybaby]

She let him go quiet and just cuddled him, able to tell he needed it. Yes, this was definitely her baby, and she could stand here forever if he needed her to.