Author's note: Now I've been trying to make successful fanfics for a while now, some remained unfinished… I won't let that happen to this one. This is one I was actually thinking about for awhile and thought what a good story this will be, I want others to read it too…

disclaimer I don't own naruto

Enters Sakura, her hair kept up in a nice bun and a pink sundress which she wore every Sunday in the summer, It was April. It was the year 1940, and other than the wars going on Sakura was pretty content. She had a nice home, a nice little teaching job, and of course the love of her life Sasuke…

Sasuke walks through the front door with a letter in his hand

"Sasuke... you're home early" said Sakura cheerfully as she finished the last of the dishes.

Sasuke said nothing as he opened the letter.

"What's that?"

"I don't know…" pulling out the letter and reading it

"Sasuke…" sakura was looking kinda concerned when sasuke's expression changed from curious to worry.

"I'm being shipped to china…"

"Wha-What why now, why china?" **

"I don't know sakura… but I'm being shipped off in a week, they need more pilots…"

"Well can you tell them no?"

"Sakura, you know I wouldn't do that even if I could that's the whole reason I became a pilot in the first place"

"But…"

"No sakura I'm going and that's final"

"But… sas-" Sasuke cut in the middle of her sentence "Not another word sakura, our people need me"

"I need you…" she said softly, as Sasuke walked into the other room.

A week, which seemed like it would last forever suddenly, came to a close and sakura wished it would last forever but it didn't.

Sasuke in his uniform, looked at the giant ship waiting for all the soldiers to board it, sakura by her side.

Taking her hands in his "Listen I'll write whenever I can and you can write me"

"Please… don't go"

"sakura…"

After that she was silent and dropped her hands.

"Why are you being so childish?"

He turned to leave and sakura stopped and looked up, running after him.

"Please… I'm sorry" rubbing her face in his back as she cried

"Sakura…I'll be home before you know it"

"I certainly hope so" she then lets him go as the last call whistle blew.

Sasuke walked aboard the ship, as sakura stood there almost frozen. She could see a figure wave to her as the ship started to drift away. After that he walked on the ship and was gone.

** referring to Second Sino-Japanese War