Author's note: I did not steal this story. This is posted under two other names, Colonel Sarcasm, and Fionab, but those are both me. I lost the passwords after long periods of inactivity. I intend to keep this account, and not have to move this story a third time. xD Please enjoy, but keep in mind that I wrote this my sophomore year of high school, and I'm now a freshman in college, so it may not be up tp par with my current writing abilities.
I never thought I'd feel this way about him. He was just a weird guy, with big eyebrows. Sasuke was the one. He always was, from day one. If you asked me where I'd be 3 years from now, back then I would have said with Sasuke. A loving family. A jounin. House by the riverside. But everything changed when the Sound Village attacked.
The country was devastated. Konoha was completely run by the sound and Orochimaru. In a last attempt to save what we once called home, a group of ninja and kunoichi banded together against Orochimaru; and lost. He was too powerful. There were too many to fight. The Sand Village was aiding them as well. Konoha was leaderless, after the death of the Hokage. Then Sasuke Uchiha stepped up.
Orochimaru had had control over all of Konoha for months now. The people were starving, and all the leaf ninja were being hunted down and killed. The natives were defenseless. Sasuke Uchiha, and the remaining Nin of the village hidden in the leaves launched a secret attack on the Hokage tower, where Orochimaru had taken up residence. Nearly all of them died. The few that remained went into hiding. Sasuke was killed. The only leader they had left was Naruto Uzumaki, who was currently breaking down. The village of Konoha had finally fallen under Orochimaru's full control.
Through the final battle for our village, we destroyed the Hokage tower. Ninja remained there for years. Trapped underneath the rubble. Few survived. After three years of reign, Orochimaru gave up on Konoha. There was nothing left to do. There was no one left alive. Except for the few Nin who were still hiding, deep underground, waiting to regroup. Ready to take their village back.
In one particular shelter, was Rock Lee, Naruto Uzumaki, and me; Sakura Haruno. That's where my story begins.