Thank you for taking the time to read this story. I've been itching to write a Naruto fanfic. I hope you enjoy it. As far as my other two stories go I have put them off. Promises Anew I plan to continue. I just have been trying to decide if I was going to change the plot and make it a crossover. I have decided not to and write a separate story and that will be a crossover. I have started to write that one already so that will be out when I have gotten this story up to about chapter 5. I will continue Promises Anew when I have chapter 3 finished. That's all I wanted to tell you if you are interested.

Btw- Sakura was about 21 back then. You'll understand when you read.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Naruto characters. Please excuse any grammar errors.

My Jade Eyes Fade

PROLOGUE

Konoha was experiencing the spring weather and missions were pouring in steadily. Everyone was at peace, everyone but the broken Cherry Blossom.

She walked steadily through the ally ways trying as much as possible to avoid human contact. Her eyes were a dull green and hair a vibrant pink in the darkness. Trash cans lays on their sides while rabid animals ate the contents that lay before them. It had been six years.

Six years, five months, three weeks, and five days since that horrible day. Since then her heart had hardened, her resolve made steel and her vibrant jade eyes became a dull green. Her laughter and naivety had disappeared. She felt the hate and the self-loathing permeate throughout her being. She became cold and distant. She thought being alone would be the best for those she cared about. She left her former life to ascend in the working ranks and descend with her soul.

Shinobi. She finally knew what it meant and saved her hate. The one thing she had left for him. Shinobi. She had cut out her own heart to be what she needed to be. Not a naïve girl, not a weak ninja, not a powerful medic. No, she finally became a shinobi.