Note: Hi. This is my first Naruto fanfic. Enjoy the prologue. It's short, but things will get longer later on. If I added much more here, it'd mostly be filler.
Prologue
It was pointless.
Sakura Haruno knew it from the start. Still, she went on with the plans.
The plans to rescue Sasuke Uchiha.
At first, maybe she did have faith that they would catch him.
That he'd come back to Kohona, that team 7 would be reunited, and that life would be normal again.
But in her heart, she knew that it was all fantasy.
She knew that if Sasuke didn't want to be caught, no one would be able to catch him.
None of the battles they'd fought were easy. The eight-man team had come close to death many times.
Yet, they chased after him all the more, to try to prove to themselves that it was still possible.
The team had been close, many times. Still, in the end, all their attempts were fruitless.
Every single one.
Sakura knew that everyone was still keen on bringing him back, but she also noticed how slowly, everyone was starting to doubt. Were they not strong enough? Had they not been trying hard enough? Was the whole mission pointless, since it was difficult to find any leads?
She saw how Naruto started off a bit less chipper every morning, how Hinata grew even more tired throughout the day, and how she, herself stopped lying to herself.
There was no chance in hell they'd get Sasuke to come back.
TBC