"I will bring you back Sasuke-kun." It was a hope that she kept inside herself. It was a tiny flame of optimism, that she may one day look into those dark endless eyes and saw him seeing her… all of her. That she will see those onyx orbs gaze into her jade ones and understand her completely.
It was that hope that made her work that hard for two years…
It was that hope that made her endure the amounts of strain she put on herself…
It was because of that hope that she kept her hair cropped short…
It was because of that hope that she trained and studied… that was her life and all that it consisted of for two years. Because she knew that if she did not work hard, if she did not succeed, than that hope would be extinguished.
It was that hope that made her encouraged eyes narrow into determined slits…
"I will bring you back, Sasuke-kun." It was no longer a wish or a small flame in her heart… it was her drive and her purpose in this world…
It was her reason for sweating until dehydration took over her conciseness.
It was her reason for the countless hours of pain.
It was her reason for living.