69 Special Chapter : The Park

"Things are much quieter nowadays or Maybe that's just in my head."

The wind grew strong passing through the moving trees. It was a sunny yet windy day in the public park. The highlight of it was the quiet and peaceful atmosphere. Something that Miyuki preferred to be in such places everywhere she went.

She sat down on the bench to which she had stumbled upon while she was taking a stroll. It had been an hour passed and it was finally the right time to take a break from walking. She also held a certain snack in the form of a lone ice cream, which she bought from a small Ice cream stall.

Miyuki had a little annoyed face that was slowly fading away. Apparently, she had a tough time of buying her snack since the stall itself was surrounded by a big number of children. Children, who were about the same height as her and were more hyperactive than ever. She was even mistaken for a child like she often does and she really looked like a child.

An adult in a young child's body.

She gave sigh as she rested her head on the bench. Thoughts would soon began to entertain her once again. There was a puddle of water near her in front of her and she easily could see her reflection.

A pale short haired little girl.

She had no choice. It was the form that she had taken after she had resigned from the council and before she left the Pure Land. She intentionally left behind her old self because it only brought the bad memories and failure that she coudn't achieved the goals that Kami had entrusted to her and him a long time ago.

Even though, she already had one of the highest positions in the system, she still couldn't achieved the changes that needed to be done. It was one sided situation. Her goals and ideals were different from the rest of the council.

Most of them were already blinded by their own selfishness which caused them focus more on matters that really wouldn't solved the current problems faced by the Pure Land, the other worlds, and especially, the Human world itself. It was only until her longtime friend had taken advantage of that and created his own solution.

Right now, the world has been put into this temporary peace yet in the brink of having a world war once again.

Not only that, Miyuki found herself handling the full responsibility of preventing a possible world wide destruction in the near future. She was basically going against every enemy that is existing and also having the limited chess pieces in this sick game of Destiny orchestrated by none other than him.

She discovered and learned out that there will be these certain events that will apparently have a crucial impact towards this so called "Plan". She still haven't figured out it yet but the possible theory about the plan is that it was supposed to be "Grand" and that will end all the major conflicts and problems around.

As she focused her attention on the small puddle of water, the wind grew stronger affecting it, causing small ripples. She then noticed that her reflection was slowly changing. A few moments after that, she found herself staring at an old familiar face which hadn't seen for a very long time.

Instead of a little girl looking back at her, it was a beautiful short haired young woman with eyes that could really slow a person's world by just staring at it. She had to admit that were a lot of endless attempts from guys, who courted her and risk everything just to win her heart.

All of them got busted but in a good way.

For a several moments, she observed herself. A small smile slip on her lips as she remembered certain memories. It was quite surreal for her to think that there was a time where everything was alright. She recalled how everyone was willing to work together for the sake of peace and progress.

It was during that time when the word "Unity" was still relevant and a certain friend took that word to his heart.

She gave another sigh as more thoughts came into her mind. Just a night ago, a certain friend made a surprise visit and by no means, he was only there just to greet and to check if she was alright. It was something that she would always expect from him. Even though, they have their own differences, the friendship was still there.

Miyuki could sense that he really cared for her well being, with the exception that he won't stop just to fulfill his own plans.

So she also told him that she will be a hindrance to that plan and will do anything to stop it, which brought her to the fact that she had no big help nor the enough resources to prevent it. Yet, she made sure that she will have her own pieces to control in the form of a certain trio of teens.

"Hope for the best."

That was the only response that she had received from him. It seemed that he was giving her a head start since there were no assasins or any attempts on eliminating her from the face of this world.

Should she call it a merciful gift?

"Miyuki-san!"

A familiar voice of a teenage girl called up to her name.

Miyuki was suddenly brought back to reality as she turned her head up find herself staring at a certain short haired dark blue haired teen, with bright and warm smile on her face." Himawari." She said with a surprised tone.

"What a surprised! I never thought you'd be in a place like this." She commented with a slight smile.

"What brought you here by the way?" She added.

The sun was shining through the Uzumaki teen. She had a bright smile on her face that can light up a person's day. She was donning a different outfit this time, with a thin light yellow bomber jacket covering a peach shirt, and light blue pants. Lastly, she had a small waist bag to which was strapped on to her.

Himawari simply nodded as she gave out a grin." Well, Let's just say I came back from a very long window shopping session at the main district."

(A LITTLE LATER ON)

The day continued on uneventful with the exception of the two having a conversation in the midst of a windy day.

Miyuki had to admit that it was a good convenience that she had someone to talk to in this times of quietness. She was clearly not the friendly and outgoing type of person. She would often focused on her work and let alone slowly neglecting the social aspect of her life which was slowly fading away.

Luckily, there was the Uzumaki girl, who suddenly came along and appeared out of nowhere. Whenever someone's day would be filled with disappointments and worries, she would just be there coincidentally with a time to even talked about it and sort it out.

A person with that kind of character are often considered to be very rare until now. It was just luck that made this happened.

"I'm sorry, I haven't had the time to talk to you properly." Himawari apologize, closing her eyes with a little cringed.

Miyuki nodded in understanding. The last time they crossed paths was back in the festival about a day ago. She still recalled a nervous dark blue haired teen asking for advice on how she would handle a certain situation involving a young Hyuuga Heiress.

A small smile formed across her lips.

"It's alright, I knew you had a business to take care of." She said, before continuing." In addition, it's also my duty to help young kids like you to have confidence to handle situation problems." She added, giving the teen a look.

Himawari gave out a slight chuckle." And It's my job to listen and take those advices to heart." She commented, which caused the other to give her own little laugh.

There was brief moment of quietness that took over before Miyuki followed up the second question.

"So did you managed to handle it well?" She asked, referring to the previous situation from yesterday.

Himawari gave small smile and nod." Well, I guess could call it a Blessing and a Miracle at the same time." She replied, before continuing on." A Blessing, because I was able to see and spend time with mom again." She then paused." A Miracle, because my Aunt and Uncle were there to support me." She explained, those two were also responsible for giving her the courage to be able to put aside her negative thoughts.

A single tear fell from her eye when she recalled that wonderful time.

Miyuki had noticed this as she drew out a brand new sachet of tissue paper to which the Uzumaki teen gladly accepted." I guess it was a wonderful reunion!" She gave her own comment.

"It really was." Himawari simply nodded." And I never knew my mom would be that type of a very sociable person." She added.

By this time, confusion entered the scene as Miyuki gave a puzzled look." What do you mean, you never knew?" She asked.

Quietness took over once more. Himawari took a deep breath as she began to explain the weird things that she had noticed about her teenage mom recently" Well, for starters, I was always been told by my Aunt Hanabi that my mom was a very shy person during her younger years." She said.

"You mean, your mom was an introvert back in the day?" Miyuki raised an eyebrow as she tried to clarify the teen's statement.

Himawari gave a nod along with a shrugged. At the same time, some of her own thoughts began to cloud her mind again. She wondered if she was really was imagining things and her mom was always that kind of person. But at the same time, it was hard to believe since pretty much everybody was telling her the same testimony.

Not only that, from what she had learned, her teenage mom had been experiencing these strange dreams and visions of unknown memories to which she had no Idea where it came from. In times, these dreams would somehow affect her life a little, in a way of changing an aspect of her personality. Such as giving her a sudden confidence boost or a change in preference and hobbies. She occasionally even wore a type of civilian clothing similar to the style when she was nineteen!

It was just a part of the main problem that had Himawari a little worried. She wasn't hesitant to asked this question.

"Do you think it has something to do with us going back in time?" The Uzumaki girl finally asked. There was little worry growing inside of her. There was a small fear that if she and the rest were to change most of the past, it could severely affect their future.

There was quietness that took over once again. Miyuki was baffled yet interested on the topic. She was also beginning to wonder if it really has something to do with the time travel aspect. Further, thoughts brought him to the Jougan in the end. It was the only possible case so far. Maybe the eye itself also had the ability of bringing in some of their parents' memories when they travelled back.

"I guess it could be a possible answer but..." Miyuki suddenly trailed off from her sentence. She had just realized something. "No, that's not even possible." She thought to herself as she tried to deny that simple possible fact.

There was something more to it and she could not decide whether to believed in that theory.

As for Himawari, she was even more confused yet curious right now. Her whole body didn't move as she waited for a response. What could be that possible fact or missing link?

Another silence took over once again.

Miyuki was hesitant to tell the girl about this. This revelation could be the possible truth someday but it was still early to consider this as the reason on why these recent dreams and visions were happening to the Hyuuga girl.

It didn't matter though, she needed to know this so that she can prepare herself and the other two in the near future.

She then took a deep breath. Looking directly at her in the eyes." I'm not really sure on should I explain this but, I think it really has something to do with the travelling back to the past aspect." She explained while the girl nodded in understanding.

Taking another deep breath, Miyuki then proceeded to explain her theory.

"The Jougan, when activated to its full power, would only react to those who are still living." She explained, before continuing on" And during that time when it was triggered, it somehow brought the memories of your parents along and those memories were directly implemented to the younger versions of themselves." She paused.

Himawari was losing her words and becoming speechless, although she managed to open her mouth again." So you mean, they're only memories that came along right?" She asked.

Miyuki gave a little nod." Well we can consider it for now." She said before continuing." There's also a possibility that those memories are not even memories at all."

Himawari raised both eyebrows in confusion." What do you mean by that Miyuki-san?" She asked. This topic was really turning her head upside down, as much as she wanted to discuss more about this.

As for Miyuki herself, the young woman gazed upon the sky for a brief moment before turning her attention to the lavender haired haired teen. She closed her eyes for a moment, clearing her throat before finally revealing the revelation.

"It's possible that your parents' mind or at least a part of their souls had somehow been transferred into their younger selves hence the occasional headaches and visions or maybe their souls had returned from the future beyond and won't stay down."

Silence once again had took over.

This finally reduced Himawari, she was now loss for words and as she absorbed the new information which had been revealed to her. It was very hard to believe this kind of revelation.

Was it really possible for her parents' souls to be reincarnated or reborn into their younger selves?

The available evidence was right in front of her and it was really scaring for a little bit. She rested and leaned on the bench as she thought of any idea on how will this affect the past and their current lives.

If this was really true, then she had no choice but to spend more time with her teenage mom and get to the bottom of this mystery. She gave this little grin of deny as she slowly shook her head.

As for Miyuki, she gave the teen an encouraging look. "Well, there's only one way to find out." She replied.

Another silence then took over once more, the wind grew blew stronger this time, giving the way for another topic to be discussed.

Himawari took a deep breath as she finally recalled another thought that she wanted to share to the other.

"Uhmm, I also wanted to tell you about something."

Miyuki, who was still gazing at the blue sky asked." Yes, what is it about?"

"Have you ever experienced the feeling of being followed?" She asked.

By the time, she had heard that certain statement, the black haired lady quickly turned her focus towards the younger girl." You mean that someone's stalking you?" She asked, being surprised the girl's statement.

Himawari simply nodded." Yeah, something like that." She said, before continuing." And it really is giving me the creeps.

"When did this stalking thing start?" Miyuki asked, wanting to know more information. She had that slight guess that the enemy was responsible for this.

Himawari scratched her chin and attempted to recall the events which led to this." Well, I really can't remember the exact details but what I do recall is that after I visited the Ramen shop, I started sensing that someone was following me." She explained and continued." And just about today, while I was strolling along the village, I kept seeing two figures."

Miyuki raised an eyebrow." Two figures?" She muttered." Have you tried using your Byakugan on them?" She asked.

Himawari simply nodded." I did, but when I activated it, these figures would be gone immediately." She explained, still wondering about those mysterious figures.

"Oh I see." Miyuki nodded in understanding. Just what or who were these figures? This was very much alarming and she needed to figured it out.

She had the responsibility of keeping the lavender haired girl safe away from the enemy's move.

Every passing moment, the wind grew stronger around the park. While the lavender haired teen was left to wonder the mystery, Miyuki somehow had figured out a part of the mystery.

In that moment in time, she suddenly felt a presence around the area, specifically in one of the areas where the bushes and trees where located. In fact the area was just right in front of them.

Finally sensing the mystery presence that had been bothering the young Uzumaki girl.

The young woman from the Pure land, narrowed her eyes on two certain spots, which were just a few distances away from each other. She gave this slight threatening look projecting a small part of her wrath towards those so called mystery stalker.

"You think you could get away that easily?"

(MEANWHILE)



A slight pinch of crimson red could be seen moving along the bushes as a certain small nine tailed fox froze all the way instantly sensing that supposedly menacing aura to which he had received from the little girl.

Kurama's eyes widened in surpised as he never expected for his presence to be immediately detected by the little girl. This was best way he could to conceal all of his aura and energy and yet he epically failed to do so.

"How's that even possible!?" He exclaimed inside his head.

This was the one time opportunity that he could get to the bottom of this. His curiosity fully took over and he left the third's grandson back at the district, pondering his own whereabouts once again. This was indeed the chance that he was waiting for yet only to get his cover blown just like that.

His eyes focused once more at the little girl, who was now looking at his direction. Somehow, the little girl was very familiar. He tried to search through his memories and found out that the girl was the one who he had stumbled upon during the food festival not too long ago.

He was brought back to reality once more as he found the little girl looking directly at his eyes from that distant a far. She gave this small smile and flashed her eyebrows towards him.

This gave Kurama the creeps as slight chill went up on his spine. He could feel his furs standing up and he wondered once more about this mysterious little girl. She seemed to have that old and mature nature.

"Just who or what was she?"

(MEANWHILE)



It was another sunny yet slightly eventful day for one Itachi Uchiha. He had been searching through every corner of the village looking for that mystery girl, that visited the shop earlier. By the time she had left, the poor man was left ponder about her traces and whereabouts.

An hour already had passed and still, he hasn't given up yet. The man found himself walking along a certain street with eyes of an eagle. There was one time that he caught a glimpse of the girl and followed her traces to the streets, there was also a time when he was finally nearing her yet, he was unable to reach her since fate had ordered the crowds to grew and naturally hindered his search.

Itachi gave a sigh as he stopped his tracks on a certain street. He moved his eyes once more surveying his surroundings in an attempt to locate the girl.

"Hey man! Wait Up!"

A familiar voice then called up to him and he turned around to see his blue skinned companion, who was chasing his breath." Will ya slow down!? You're walking too fast!" Kisame complained.

Itachi could only sigh once more." Sorry about that Kisame-san." He apologized, before returning back to surveying.

Kisame felt exhausted. He had been keeping his eyes up on the Uchiha, yet he was just too fast and slick that it made him now dizzy by just traversing through the streets. He just wanted to stop the search right now, since there was no chance that they could locate the girl.

"It's useless man! *Gasp* We won't be able find her here." He said." The last place we could look for her is in a park or whatsoever." He explained, randomly blurting out a suggestion that could possibly not help the situation at hand.

Itachi paid no heed to his rumblings and focused on his survey, yet he took note of what the blue skinned man said about a park here. It didn't take too long enough for him to stop looking around and saw a certain pathway leading up to a wide park in the middle of the busy district.

He stopped for awhile and thought about it for a few seconds before finally proceeding to head towards the certain park.

"Hey wait up!" Kisame asked." Where are you going?" He added.

As for Itachi, the man just turned around and beckoned his blue skinned companion with a small smile to follow him." To the Park of course!" He simply said.

Kisame could only roll his eyes in complaint as he had no choice but to force himself once more to follow the Uchiha. He was supposed to be at the inn, taking a good nap, yet he was here being somekind of babysitter and could only blurt out his comments.

"You've got to be kidding me!"

(SPECIAL CHAPTER END)