I keep coming back to this plot bunny and adding bits of ridiculous scenes to it. I'm hoping to eventually get a proper story plot. But for now it will have to be my strange little experiment.
No Madara in this bit, because I had Sasuke on the mind after working on AtO.
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With chakra silencing his
steps, Sasuke crept after Tsukuyomi. Even in the dim light of the
moon, Tsukuyomi's red hair seemed like a beacon in the dark forest.
When he finally stopped,
Tsukuyomi stood at the mouth of a dark cave for a mere instant before
he rushed in.
Sasuke followed but paused
as he saw Tsukuyomi kneeling beside a heavily injured tiger.
Tsukuyomi glanced up, not
surprised at his presence and motioned for him to come closer.
Sasuke hesitated, wary as
the tiger's faint pained sounds turned angry.
Tsukuyomi shushed the
tiger with a gentle pat and motioned to Sasuke again.
Sasuke knelt beside
Tsukuyomi and assessed the gash in the tiger's back, the gash that
clearly showed bone. The tiger would most definitely die if it wasn't
healed. If it couldn't be healed. For all that Sasuke had done since
becoming a ninja, and since Orochimaru, he had never liked seeing
death up close.
Tsukuyomi patted Sasuke's
shoulder.
Sasuke leaned away from
the contact.
Tsukuyomi grabbed Sasuke's
hand in a strong grip and placed it atop the tiger's neck with a
stern and almost murderous expression.
Sasuke froze. As far as he
remembered, Tsukuyomi had never shown such an expression. He had
always seemed friendly.
The tiger seemed unusually
calm as Tsukuyomi prodded it, it's pulse weak under Sasuke's hand.
Sasuke cringed at
the pained sounds it made. “Are you going
to heal it?” He blurted before he could help himself.
Tsukuyomi didn't
acknowledge his words. He just frowned and prodded the tiger yet
again. And then without so much as a word, look or even the tell tale
pull of chakra, Tsukuyomi cut into the tiger's belly and plunged his
hand inside.
The tiger's fur rose under
Sasuke's fingers.
Sasuke stared, feeling a
mix of horror and shock. All of which turned into surprise.
Because in the next
instant Tsukuyomi pulled out a tiny tiger cub- an ugly and tiny
creature that was so very alive.
Before he could quite
process everything, Sasuke was clutching the tiny cub within a thick
blanket that had appeared on his lap, and watched as the red-haired
God pulled out another squirming cub.
By the time he held three
blanket-wrapped cubs, Sasuke felt a lot calmer. So when Tsukuyomi
pulled out the fourth cub, Sasuke leaned forward ready to put it in
the blanket with it's siblings.
Tsukuyomi just smiled
sadly and placed the cub by the tiger's head.
The weakened tiger made a
mournful sound as it licked the fourth cub.
The unmoving fourth cub.
Sasuke pulled the three
cubs closer to his chest, reassured by their squirming warmth as the
tiger looked straight into his eyes and made a soft pleading sound
before it stopped breathing.
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Harry sat beside Ron and
watched the scene in front of him in amusement.
“He's doing good,”
Ron said with a grin as they watched the pale teen 'train' the three
tiger cubs.
“Hard to remember
him as that cold person from when we first met when he's surrounded
by playful cats,” Harry said.
“Nothing changes
you more than taking care of new lives, right?” Ron leaned forward
as one of the tiger cubs rushed away from Sasuke and clambered onto
his lap. He scratched it's ears and said, “I'm not going to feed
you ever time you jump on me.”
Sasuke yelled across the
yard, trying to call the tiger back.
The tiger glanced back at
Sasuke but made not move to leave Ron's lap.
Harry chuckled and patted
the tiger cub, who purred with pleasure. “You're going to grow up
with an interesting attitude. I approve.”
Ron snorted and summoned a
piece of raw meat. As soon as he had the cub's undivided attention,
he threw it towards Sasuke with a banishing charm.
All three cubs pounced on
Sasuke trying to get the meat piece that he's caught.
“Ah, there's that
familiar spark of anger in him,” Harry commented.
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That's all for today. I'll see you lot on the 15th.
Polar.
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