To Start Anew
A single tear slipped down Sakura's cheek as she signed the letter with black ink. She bit her own finger, winced with the pain and watched the blood drip down onto the parchment. She soon realized that her own tears were mixing with the blood, forming a pool on the paper. She looked at her long hair in the mirror. It had grown longer over the years. She still remembered the day she cut her hair to save herself fro the sound-nin. But it was not just for her, she also did it to protect Sasuke-kun. Had just dyed it black a few hours ago. Black, to match her hatred and her sorrow. Black to match the shadows that surrounded her.
She picked up a kunai and held it up to her hair. She hesitated for a moment, then she cut her hair. The black hair fell to the floor, almost as if it was in slow motion. She realized that she probably should of cut it before she dyed it so that they did not know that her hair was black, but that could not be helped now.
She left the note on the table, next to her Team 7 photo. She looked at the calender, as in to assure herself that there was no going back. For today it was
Haruno Sakura's birthday and he had sent neither a present, nor a simple card. And it was the small things that hurt the most.
She left the house as it was, leaving everything behind. She walked down the street, then looked back one last time before preforming a jutsu that would throw all of her memories away for good. Just before her mind was emptied, she whispered to the wind,
"Goodbye Naruto, Sasuke-kun..."
And from that moment on, she was no longer Haruno Sakura, but Ikari Hana. Hana fainted from the jutsu, and fell towards the ground.