DISCLAIMER: I don't Naruto or Shippuden. If I did I wouldn't be writing this
IN TIME
Prologue
It was a cold night when Sakura Haruno was lying in her bed thinking. It had been only 9 years since she had graduated from the Academy and she had seen a lot in those years. She thought about the time she was put in Squad 7, with a lazy Kakashi as their sensei. The missions, Chunin exams, Sasuke's run off with Orochimaru, Naruto's vow to bring him back and everything was just getting started. There was even a war in which shinobi long dead had fought. So many lives lost including innocent children and civilians. Even the Akatsuki was filled with ninja who were cheated in some way or had had a bad childhood. She couldn't deny she had grown up and gotten stronger almost as good as Tsunade in her medical skills but she felt utterly helpless.
There had been some good changes after the war too. It had taken a while for the survivors to let go of the guilt and trust each other. Together they repaired the damage and left to care for their countries. There was little to no disputes among the hidden villages and clan pride was all but gone.
Konoha was almost back to its former glory. The crops grew regularly and most people had started their old business and all surviving ninja were either made Jonin or put in Anbu. Sakura was one of the head medics at the hospital. Naruto was a couple of years from being the youngest Hokage when Tsunade would retire, for now he was the captain of Anbu. As for Sasuke, he was under house arrest for a couple of years after which he joined Anbu and was one of the best. Kakashi had had a time for a few years since he was affected the most as his best friend whom he thought dead and believed him responsible for it, was the head of Akatsuki. He had to undergo a lot of therapy to get through and now he was almost back to his old pervy self (if carrying around his ruined copies of Icha Icha was any indication) had taken a new batch of Genin and was having fun training them. The rest of the rookie nine didn't have such a clean slate. They had lost some of their families or had paid some sort of price. Casualties of war, everyone knew. Some understood and others were having a hard time coming in terms with it.
Sakura Haruno replayed everything once again and wondered if it was worth it? Could she do nothing to help people now? She hoped to have a dreamless sleep as she remembered she had to spend most of her next day at the hospital.
AN: So this is the prologue of my first Naruto story. This will be a time travel fic and it won't be this angsty. Let me know what you think and the next chapter will be posted within tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed :)
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