PROLOGUE

2nd month of winter, Eastern District of Konoha,

BOOM!

"Sarada, run!"

"Not without you, Mama!"

"For this once just listen to me, you stubborn daughter, or both of us will die!"

BOOM!

"Then run with me! Why would you rather stay?"

"I still have some things that I must do, I will come to you later."

"Then I'll stay with you until you're done!"

BOOM!

"Listen to me, Sarada. I'm the only one who can stop this mess, and this place is no longer safe. If both of us run, the village will be totally ruined and most probably, no one could survive. Now, for my one and only daughter, please... run and find the nearest shelter. I promise I will be back."

"...you promise me?"

"Of course, my dear."

"...okay."

And she never did. The village is under attack by unknown enemies for some unknown reason, and it's an ambush. The attack is already last for about two hours, women and children are quickly sheltered... except my Mom. She chose to stay to stop the attack.

My Mom, Sakura Uchiha, is the strongest woman in the village, yet the most skilled doctor. She is most praised and treasured by the villagers.

And Dad is... the most respected man in the village. Mom always told me about him. He's very brave, and very wise.

But I guess not really brave and not really wise to not come back to the village to help this mess we're having. And I never know what he's like; never met him once.

Or so I thought.

After it seems the attack stopped, I rush to the last place I got separated with Mom, which is near our house despite the heavy snowing. The village is nearly half destroyed. There are still some fires and smokes, some houses are completely destroyed, some are still intact with little damage because the location isn't near where the ambush came from. I'm still running through the road, and when I get there, no one's there.

"Mama?"

I called her once. No respond. I tried to call her again a little louder and walk around, searching her presence.

"Mama?"

I saw several men lied down, some of them are still panting raggedly and injured. Maybe at the hospital...?

I run directly toward the hospital, hoping to see a woman with pink hair. I entered the place, it got damaged but not too severe, and it's quite dusty from debris. I run through in, searching for Mom.

"Mama!"

I ignore the bustling nurses and doctors trying to help injured villagers, and I keep running through the hospital. But it's a useless effort. Surely, it's easy to pinpoint my Mom because of her unique hair color. But I see no sign of Mom anywhere here. I exit the hospital, still trying to search her.

"Mama...?"

I turn my head right and left, opening my eyes widely and concentrate if I could just spot that pink hair of my Mom. I search her everywhere, from corner to corner, but to no avail. And it seems I've been searching her for hours that the sky's beginning to turn to dusk.

I become desperate. Where is she...?

"Mama..." I'm beginning to sob and tears flowed through my cheek. My legs are throbbing from running too long. I wrap my body with my arms to warm myself up. I walk tiredly around, nowhere to go. I weep silently, letting my feet dragging me along the road... as I'm thinking about how I will live all by myself without mother.

Am I... really alone now?

And just when I thought about it, a man with a dark cloak appears in front of my eyes, and I gasp from shock and stumble backward, jerking my head to his face. And I gape at him. His eyes are coal black, contrast to the white snow, and his hair is also dark, somehow straight down and shoulder-length. I couldn't really picture his expression because of the snowfall. Other than that, he stands in front of me with his body straight up and staring at me warily.

I suddenly remember in the back of my head about him. I think met him once before. Don't tell me he's the-

"Your mother can't be with you anymore."

-he's the... wait... what?

For a moment, I stare at him blankly. Did he just said...?

As I register his words, my tears overflown and I turned my face down slowly. This man I barely know who just said that Mom isn't around anymore, and I just believe for what he said.

For the first time of my life, my Mom lied to me. She promised to come back... but she didn't. And it's the first time she break her promise. And this time, she's no around to make it up.

And suddenly, I become so exhausted. My body is freezing. Right now, I just want to go home and cry all day and night. Too much happened for today, and I couldn't take it anymore.

I sob silently in front of him, with my head bowed down deeply that my chin touched my own chest. My shoulders are hunched and shuddering both from sniffling and cold. The frozen weather biting my skin despite my thick red jacket. And I feel him staring down at me from his height. Slowly, I lift my head to stare back at him, revealing my glazed face. I look at him at his eyes, inaudibly asking.

What am I going to do now?

I think I see his expression shifts for a moment. Then, he takes steady steps toward me until there's only a step distance from me to him.

"Come... my daughter."

He stretches his right hand, opening his cloak carefully for me to follow him. I stare at him, still blankly, disbelieve at first for what I just heard.

He's... my father?

But I choose to stay silent, too tired to think and too much shocked to dwell on asking any question to him. Eventually, I mindlessly walk toward him, following him, and he guides me home. He covers me gently with his cloak, drawing me closer to him.

He's so warm. So warm, that I almost instantly calmed down and no longer feel the freezing, cold winter.

A/N: Hello!

This is my very first fanfic I publish in here. This fic is inspired by a certain Disney movie... can you guess what it is? I suppose it's a really big hint by just the scene and title haha XD

I made a screencap for this chapter, and it can be viewed in my artblog. Just go to my bio and the link is there :3

First chapter will be published tomorrow, just for this once! I'll try update this once a week, but please understand if I forgot or I don't update this weekly, 'cuz I'm currently busy with work ;;;;

Thanks for reading! xxx