Title: To Return To You

Summary: Do you believe in past life? Haruno Sakura never did, and now she's in for a surprise. A DeiSaku fic.

A/N: This is my first attempt on writing a fanfic, and I hope it's still readable. Thanks to all DeiSaku authors who inspire me to write this fic. I'll try not to be too OOC... though I think I need more practice. Hope the idea is original enough... if you feel that I'm stealing anyone's idea here on please let me know.

"Do you believe in reincarnations, Haruno-san?"

Sakura looked at the old man in surprise. She was taking a short break after a long duty in Konoha hospital by just walking around the village and saying hello to the villagers when this weird old man approached her out of nowhere while she took a shortcut back to the hospital with this back alley.

It was strange enough that she didn't notice his presence previously, but more importantly, what caught her attention was the mention of her family name.

"Do you know me, sir?" Sakura inquired politely, carefully sidestepping the question the old man imposed.

"That's not important. Do you believe in reincarnations, my dear girl?" The old man dismissed Sakura's question with a wave of his frail hand, and repeated his own again.

Feeling slightly put off yet curious, Sakura gave it a little thought. "Well...," she trailed off. "I don't think I do, sir." The question was, in fact, one which Ino had asked her plenty of times before. She knew what her answer would be without needing to think about it, actually.

The old man just looked at her peculiarly, and he did for such a long time that Sakura felt a tad uneasy under his long, intense gaze. "If that is all, I'll be on my way. Have a nice day, sir."

Sakura started to walk away, when the old man reached out and grabbed her wrist. Befuddled, Sakura could only watch as he whispered, "You will believe in it after today."

Sakura narrowed her eyes at him. Something about him was not right. First of all, she couldn't recognise him. Granted, Konoha was a big village, but she was sure she knew, if not befriended, most of the villagers. Secondly, he sure didn't act like an old man, at least not when he's gripping her wrist with such surprising strength. Before she could pause to recollect her thoughts, one word tumbled out of her mouth.

"Why?"

The old man let go of her wrist and smiled mysteriously. "You will see."

"Sakura-chan!"

Sakura turned around at that familiar voice. "Naruto!"

"Sakura-chan, what are you doing here alone?" Naruto ran towards her. "The nurses at the hospital told me that you are on your break, but I couldn't find you anywhere!" Without waiting for her to reply, he continued, "Do you have anything to do? Let's go get ourselves some ramen!"

Sakura smiled. "Sure, but let me ask the old man something first." She turned back to the old man, and to her astonishment, he was gone.

"Old man? Where?" Naruto looked around the alley.

Sakura blinked, as something on her left wrist glowed. Looking down, she noticed small bracelet was safely clasped around her wrist, giving off a faint blue hue. Her heart skipped a beat. She never wore any kind of girly accessory, and this definitely didn't belong to her. She tried to get it off, but it just didn't seem to be able to slip off her wrist easily. Briefly, she wondered how it got there. Did the old man slipped it onto her wrist when he grabbed it? How did he manage to do it without her noticing it? She bit her lip as thoughts raced through her mind.

"Sakura-chan?"

Her head snapped up. Naruto was looking at her with concern.

"Yes, Naruto?"

"Um... are you all right, Sakura-chan?" Naruto pointed at her wrist. "You have been staring at your left wrist for quite a while now. Are you hurt?"

Sakura shook her head. "It's nothing, Naruto... just that the bracelet..." She held up her hand to show Naruto the weird bracelet.

"Bracelet?" Naruto squinted at Sakura's wrist, then at her. "Are you feeling okay, Sakura-chan? There's no bracelet there... Oh! You mean you had a bracelet, but lost it? Don't worry! I'll find it for you! Where do you think you have dropped it?"

Sakura looked at Naruto in shock. He couldn't see the bracelet? Something's really wrong. She could feel it. She flicked her panicked gaze back to the bracelet on her wrist, which seemed to be pulsating now. Her eyes narrowed. What the hell -

And her world became dark.