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Yes sir/ma’am/secret third thing

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It was a brainstorm- literally.

Lorelai’s mind wasn’t red like Joel’s. It was dark gray, with her memories scattered around like brain fog. Jackson held his breath as he walked through the dreary place. This is what Mom’s intensified mind looks like? He carefully eyed the glitches overhead- they somewhat resembled streaks of lightning.

The mind syncing isn’t stable… Jackson thought. I have to hurry, before we disconnect-

“DO IT ALREADY, LORELAI!” Hatchford’s voice boomed throughout her mind; Jackson flinched, startled by how loud it was. “His voice is like thunder.” He muttered. “At least Mom usually speaks softly-”

“He isn’t supposed to be here…”

Jackson heard that faint whisper- and he recognized the voice.

“MOM?” He called out, trying to see past the memories. “IS THAT YOU?”

“I’ll NEVER forgive myself if I do this….” She shuddered again, her voice becoming a little louder. “PLEASE, HATCHFORD- DON’T MAKE ME KILL MY BABY.”

Her voice is coming from somewhere… but I can’t see her.

Jackson took off.

“MOM!” He yelled again, charging through the storm. “MOM, I’M COMING!”

“NO, NO, NO, NO…” She shouted, still focused on his physical body. “RUN, JACKSON- CAN’T YOU SEE I’M ABOUT TO KILL YOU?!”

The glitches in her mind became stronger and wider. Jackson glanced at them while he shoved his way through the memories. She’s still trying to break free…That’s making the connection even more unstable-

“NOW, LORELAI- THAT’S AN ORDER!” Hatchford’s voice shouted, and Jackson paused for a moment. She’s also being forced to act at the same time.

Too many layers… she’ll come crashing down soon, and then it’ll be too late.

I gotta HURRY-

“I’M NOT LEAVING YOU, MOM.” He roared. “I’M HERE FOR YOU!”

As Jackson pushed and shoved, his eyes also took notice of a few memories- until he realized the majority were about him. I… I didn’t expect there to be this many…

He thought there’d be lots of memories of her grief over Joel, her father, or the Goliath Program. Maybe the military, fighting with the rebels, or growing up in Emberwood. Literally ANYTHING that was about her.

And while those memories were present, the ones about Jackson kept standing in his path.

There was a memory of when he was being born- and how long it took Lorelai to push him out. It showed her crying- she thought Jackson was too small and had died in her womb. But the tears fell even harder when she saw he wasn’t a giant. It finally registered in Lorelai’s brain that he presumably wouldn't be like her.

I… I didn’t know she was that worried. Jackson raised an eyebrow.

He pushed by another memory; this one displayed Lorelai as she taught little Jackson to walk, singing a drill marching cadence as he stepped. “Left, right, left,” Her past self chuckled as he wobbled along.

… She really remembered all of this? Jackson whimpered as he shoved the memories aside. There’s so many… He growled, struggling to get by them all. At one point, he tripped- and when he looked up, they all surrounded him.

Rocking him to sleep as they waited out thunderstorms. Subtly panicking as he sized up for the first time. Splashing around in the lake with him. Protecting him from wild animal attacks. Telling him rebel stories around massive campfires. Simply kneeling just to kiss him. 

All of these memories, and more, stared down at him.

“She hasn’t forgotten me,” Jackson muttered. “I’m actually…. important to her.”

He got up and called out to her once again. “MOM?”

He waited to see if she had heard him, but her voice had gone silent. She’s gotta be here somewhere… Jackson thought as another red flash lit up her entire mind. “DO IT ALREADY, LORELAI!” Hatchford’s voice rumbled. Lorelai made a soft wince afterward, and Jackson followed the noise.

Mom loves me… more than I’ll ever know. And now she’s being forced to kill me against her own will? Jackson huffed, his rage boiling over. No… I won’t let it happen. He shook his head, then looked up again. I WONT-

Jackson stopped.

There she was, kneeling in the middle of the chaos, tears dripping down her face. She was weak- almost breathless- but trying to break free. At the same time, she was being forced by the nanobots to kill Jackson. One top of all that, they were mind syncing. It was way too much for her- Jackson could tell.

He wanted to help carry the burden.

“Mom?”

Lorelai flinched- in the corner of her eye, she saw him.

“Jackson?”

Immediately, she staggered onto her feet and ran to him.

Is… is that really her?

She latched her arms around him completely, hugging Jackson as tightly as she could. Jackson hugged back, but was breathless himself. They both slipped to the ground, refusing to let go of one another.

Jackson took another look at her, just to be sure.

She’s not a giant. Not here, in her mind.

She’s human.

Previous chapter or next chapter! (What can I say? I'm speechless...)

I could imagine him thinking he is being romantic by leaving Kakashi gifts, but my man is so fucked up and basically a cat so the "gifts" are mostly creepy and scarry. Probably something like a dead enemy that graced Kakashi in a fight once. Kakashi is ofcourse freaked out by the "gifts" and knows he has a stalker, but everytime he gets guards, they end up in genjutsus and sleep through it. So everyone start thinking that Kakashi is either possessed, crazy (and actually the one doing it) or protected by the spirits of his dead team. Since it happens from quite a young age - Kakashi starts thinking that it is normal and stop telling others about it, because if they know, he can't go on missions.

Maybe this is also the main reason that Obito helps kill all the Uchiha. They have been pestering Kakashi for his eye and obito has been looking for a reason to destroy them.

The other Akatsuki know of their bosses obsession, so some of them decide to challenge Kakashi when they see him, to make sure he is good enough for their leader. Other members run away when they meet him, cause they know, they will die if they touch him.

Okay I'll see myself out now.

YESSSSS YESSSSS I am too sleeby to reply fully but like - THIS IS GLORIOUS