The Fourth Ninja War...
They have been fighting for days now, and the end was coming close. It was night, yet the fighting dragged on. Under the full moon, bloodied by Madara's Sharingan, the sounds of blades striking filled the cold air. Sakura was gliding through the tree in haste. She felt a sudden a strong force of colliding chakras from afar. She knew whose it were and dropped everything to go to them.
Naruto and Sasuke once again attacked each other head on. They were both thrown miles from the blast because of the intensity of the explosion the created. The first body, Sakura passed was Sasuke's. She knew Naruto could wait awhile-he had miraculous healing abilities after all. If anyone needed her immediately, it would be Sasuke. She rushed to him, no longer caring which side he belonged to. Sakura saw him swimming in his own blood, his body partly burnt and his eyes dripping red. She approached him and laid his head on her lap with tears falling down her eyes. "Sakura," she heard him say weakly, "you shouldn't be here," he was gaining a bit of strength as she transfered some of chakra to him to keep him alive. Sasuke reached out his hand and touched her face, "If only I could see your face one last time, but I don't want to open my eyes just to see it all teared up." In a burst of emotion, Sakura brought her lips down to his and kissed him. She rushed her energy to heal him. He was there in her arm, she did not want to loose him now.
Much to his surprise, Sasuke found his body to be recovering instead of dying. When he had enough energy to do so, he returned her kiss without thinking. However, the moon turned another shade of red. Then they both felt it- Naruto's chakra flurry once more along with Madara's. They knew what should be done- Sasuke stood up and went to the new battle field, leaving Sakura worried for the life of her two friends.
Five years later...
Sakura had been promoted to Jounin level. She'd recieve a directive from the new Hokage- Hatake Kakashi, that she will be recieving a new team of genins next month; thus, she had requested that she be allowed a few months off before starting. She left Konoha to go traveling around the other non-shinobi countries. She wanted to see the samurai lands and she wanted to hope.
In a twist of fate, as she was journeying to the land of valleys she heard a loud wail. Sakura felt she needed to help the man in need and rushed to his side. Upon jumpind down the woods, she found a wounded man dressed in samurai armor heavily bleeding. She healed him at once, enough to get him to talk. Upon regaining consciousness, he thanked her and introduced himself.
"My name is Ryujin, thank you for saving my life." He was a handsome man, fair skined with light grey hair. Sakura could not help but blush when he smiled at her. He tried standing up but collapsed with the pain.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know who you were so I healed you only to the point of keeping you alive," she said forcing him to lye back down.
"I wouldn't blame you, I do look like a suspicious person," he smiled at her again. He was such a congenial character. Sakura made a mental note to remind herself ones again why she was traveling in the first place.
"Well, I'm pretty certain now that you're fine, so i'll be on my way now," Sakura announced as she picked up her bag and got ready to leave. As she turned around to make her steps, a hand reached out to stop her.
"Please wait a while, I'm sure my father's men will get here soon. Let me bring you home and thank you for helping me," he said pleadingly, in a way that Sakura could not refuse. She obliged him and waited with him quietly.
It was not for another hour that a group of Samurai arrived. They were frantic and exhausted. It seemed like they have been searching for Ryujin. They stood in file and kneeled down upon finding him. "Master Ryujin, forgive us for our lateness," the captain said.
"It's okay, I'm fine now. Let's just go home and make sure this lady comes with us," Ryujin said as he was placed in a stretcher by his men. He gave Sakura a wink before he was moved away.
Much to her surprise, they arrived in a large castle-fortress in the middle of the deepest valley. It was a grand castle with beautiful gardens and strong walls. She was guided to a main hall where court was apparently being held. All the men and women were dressed in formal attire, and were bowed down to the man on the throne. She was in the presence of the great Daimyo of the land of Valleys, and Ryujin happened to be his son and heir.