Scaevitas
Prologue
Finality
Sakura knew from the beginning that it was a trap. She knew, yet still allowed herself to drag Temari along. Sakura condemned them both the moment she entered the small cave and she knew that. Yet, she continued on. Fighting forward through the few shinobi approaching and whispering words of encouragement to the fatigued kunoichi beside her.
It wasn't anger that settled within her as she faced the end. As she stared Kaguya in the eyes with no intention to back down it was a different feeling within her. One she could only describe as… peace.
The kunoichi knew she wouldn't last against such an opponent, but held her head high and raised a kunai before her. She could only assume Temari had accepted the same, hearing the quiet sigh that left the blonde's lips before she tightened the grasp on her kunai, slightly lost without the fan that had been destroyed by a fire jutsu three weeks prior.
Kaguya merely smiled at them, and the very action sickened Sakura. It was as if Kaguya knew the two wouldn't put up a fight. They should, for they were two of the last survivors from any shinobi village. But as the goddess regarded them with a sense of finality and victory, Sakura knew she could see how broken they were. How utterly and sincerely defeated.
Sakura knew she was damning them both as she lunged forward with her kunai, yet somehow she knew Temari didn't mind either.
