The cherry trees were always in full bloom during my birthday, but this year was different. Charred with fire and splattered in blood the trees seemed to mock me as I walked down the oh-so familiar path, now almost unrecognizable.
The war had not only reached Konoha's gates, it had destroyed them and almost half the town beyond. The bruised village would probably never be the same as the few of those that survived packed their bags and fled, nothing left to fight for when everyone was dead.

You'd think that people would at least honor the deaths of their loved ones by trying to fight back, but no. It no longer seemed possible to fight, to do anything. Even for me.

My pink hair, dirtied by dried blood, gently moved in the wind as I turned towards what used to be the Hokage-tower. I took a step towards it -wondering whether it would be worth the pain of rifling through the rubble when I probably wouldn't find anyone alive- when I caught a glimpse of blonde hair on the ground next to me.

"Naruto!"

He was half buried in mud and he made a gurgling sound as he tried to breathe, coughing up blood. "Naruto, are you alright?!" I collapsed on the ground beside him, trying not to think of all the other people we had lost today. My hands immediately glowed with the familiar green color of healing chakra, although I knew I was already at my limit.

"Sakura…"

"Don't worry, Naruto everything will be fine, I will heal you!"

"Sakura… Listen to me… -cough- It's already too late…"

"NO! Naruto, don't say that!"

"It is the truth… -cough- Sakura, you have to stop this… -cough cough- you have to go back…"

"Shh, don't worry Naruto, just let me-"

"No! Sakura, I don't have very much chakra left-cough-I need you to make it undone…
-cough- you have to stop... him…"

I didn't realize until much later what it was Naruto had meant by that but as I was enveloped it a white light, I knew that I would never see him again… The Naruto that I knew.

- Note:

If you didn't realize this, this is just a prologue and future chapters will be a lot longer than this. I haven't really decided yet but it will probably be Itasaku, if I don't have a huge change of heart as I develop the story… I really have no idea what it will be about yet but yea… xD We shall see.