I hope you guys like my first fanfic!! Reviews are greatly appreciated!!!!
~gengetsu-chan
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'blah' - thoughts
"blah" - speaking
Sacrifices Made
Chapter 1: Found You
"No." Sakura whispered as she backed out of her parents' house with glistening, wide eyes. "This isn't... They can't be...."
Sakura knocked on her parents' door, excited to finally have that family dinner they'd planned to have a month ago, before she was assigned a long mission in Suna. There hadn't been much time for goodbyes, but she'd left with the promise that they'd have their dinner the very night she returned. Mrs. Haruno was renowned for being the best cook in the family, perhaps even in all of Konohagakure. Her smile wavered for a second when no one answered.
'I guess they're busy.'
Taking out a spare key from inside a potted plant on the stairs, she turned it in the lock and realized it was already locked. Growing worried, she walked briskly into the house.
'That's strange. Mother would never leave the door unlocked. She's always on top of stuff like that.'
"Mom? Dad?"
Silence greeted her. She sniffed the air, smelling fresh food, and followed the scent to the kitchen. Her eyes glazed over in shock at the scene that greeted her. The room was in shambles. One wall was almost completely gone and another looked like Swiss cheese. The island in the center of the white marble kitchen was slit in half and kunai were scattered everywhere. Crimson stains soiled every surface in the room, the smell of fresh and drying blood permeating the air. Sakura almost choked on the potent, heavy smell, but was unable to move. She was paralyzed by the sight before her very eyes, the scenario she'd had nightmares about since she'd read top secret files in the Hokage's office. On the far wall, in the very center, lay her parents. Their feet dangled a couple yards from the ground. They had strange marks on their necks and katanas through their hearts.
It took her a few minutes to snap out of her stupor and run over to their bodies, frantically searching for a pulse, any sign that they may still live on. Finding nothing, she pulled away and felt a sense of numbness overcome her. Sakura stumbled back a few steps before finally spotting the message written in her parent's blood a few feet above their corpses. Three words was all it took to send her running out of the house and falling to her knees.
"I found you."