Prologue

'Dammit! I can't...NO!'

A dark chuckle echoed through the empty hallway. "Dear brother. did you think you could run away?"

'NO!' He tried gasping out, but blood filled his mouth as he was knocked over. 'My wife, my daughter...Are they alive? Did they manage to get out of the compound safely? If only I could...'

He let out another scream of pain.

"Hmph. Pathetic."

Metal clashed with flesh. Blood splattered on the once white walls. Bodies scattered the wooden flooring. It was over. The Haruno clan was dead.

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"Mama." The little child that she straddled on her back said sweetly, not hinting the pain she felt at the very moment.

"Shush." The blond mother cooed her small child sweetly. She finally stopped running, landing on a low branch. "Looks like we're safe for know my sweet." The mother ran her fingers softly through her young child's pink hair as tears welled up in her eyes. She already set the child down and was kneeling down to level their heads. "My little cherry blossom. I vow today that no one--ABSOLUTELY NO ONE can hurt you after today." The woman's hands glowed green as she placed it on her daughter's cut on her right arm.

The little child just looked at her mother. The girl looked at the woman with bright green eyes filled with innocence. At her young age of 4, she already could read her mother's intense eyes and body language. She saw her mother's hands tremble as the gash disappeared slowly. Her mom's face paled as she nearly fell off the branch. "Okaasan!"

Luckily, the former kunoichi acted quickly, catching herself and her daughter quickly. "Sakura," She said, picking up her daughter and transferring her body to lean against a tree.

"Okaasan, you were right."

"Nani Sakura-chan?" She played with her daughter's oddly colored hair again.

"You wouldn't let anyone hurt me."

"Don't worry about anything Sakura-chan. We will be safe...together. Nothing will tear us apart, don't you know it." The mother tapped the little button nose of her daughter gently. "We will be together. Forever."

"Forever okaasan?" The little girl said, clutching the loose cloth of her mother's sleeping yukata.

"Forever and ever, my little cherry blossom."

And that night, Sakura repeated her mother's promise in her head, making sure she would keep it forever and ever in her memory.

That promise was broken.

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"OKAASAN!!!!!"

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A/N: Hey guys! Here, I present DARK DAYS! I wanted to start early. My fingers have been itching to write this. AND this is my first storyline I thought of BY MYSELF! No older sister making the plot line for me! Honestly though, I think I'll be updating this more than 'Impatience'.I also think I'm gonna change my formatting. Don't you think the chapters of 'Impatience' were a little short? Well, I'm not the type to make long chapters. Might as well just make a lot in my point of view. :)) I won't be able to update for a few days though, I have my class retreat and I'm going to the beach the day after (my parents are crazy). Anyways, R&R please!!

xoxo,

Bella