It all begins with something, a person, a death, whatever. Regardless of the beginning, I can guide your entire life. In my case, some could say it was that day, or perhaps it was just bound to happen. We were just two innocent souls being brought to this world and that very act resulted in everything crashing down. Sometimes I think what if I let myself live that life. Maybe I, you, everyone would be happy… but then I remember I won't, no, I can't return to that. Because that life, it was just a lie.

Chapter One

/Sakura/

"Sakura?" The sound of the mature voice brought me back to reality. I abruptly stood up straight.

"Yes!" I shouted suddenly.

"Did you hear what I said?" Kakashi-sensei looked at me with worry. I normally was the one to be in completely focus, daydreaming was more of Naruto's job.

"Uh..." I tried to remember what exactly were doing. "We're traveling to the border of the fire nation, in order to recover the lost letter. Am I right?" Kakashi-sensei raised his eyebrows.

"That's right." He responded after a second. I let out a sigh of relief. "Alright, is everyone ready?"

"Yes." We all shouted in response. The mission was simple. The letter was nothing special but something special to a senior citizen of Kohana. Although it's something from years ago, it meant the world to this dear old lady. The client was a in her late 80's and was quite attached to this scroll. From what we heard from her, it was from a past lover who was rejected by her family. Honestly, I found it all too romantic but Naruto and Sasuke could care less. Naruto protested about how the mission was too easy and we needed something harder while, Sasuke remained quiet but it was obvious he was in mutual agreement with him.

The mission according to Kakashi-sensei will last about two days due to traveling. We only been walking for a couple of hours, before Naruto began his complaints about being tired and in all honestly I was thankful. My feet were aching and I felt as if I could fall over due to exhaustion at any moment. Kakashi-sensei sighed in annoyance. I couldn't blame him, after all he was a former anbu and had twice as much of stamina as any of us. He probably could finish this mission in about two hours.

"Alright, we'll take a quick break but—"Naruto gave out a shout of celebration before plopping down on the floor. Kakashi-sensei shook his head.

"Honestly," I mumbled hiding a small smile as I sat down to rest my aching feet. I looked up at the sky. It was a tender blue touched by the grayness of approaching clouds. It was a sure enough sign of rain but it was beautiful. It gave me a certain feeling of comfort that always seemed to relax my nerves. It was not like I was fond of rain in all honestly, all it did was ruin my hair but the way the world seemed before is relaxing. Like the world just becomes at ease before the storm approaches.

Just as I was going to get comfortable, I sense a presence. I looked over to Kakashi-sensei who too sensed it. He gave his head a small nudge to the bushes to warn us. I went for a kunai hiding in a bag on my thigh when a figure was pushed out of the bush. Kakashi-sensei's clone held a grip on the man so he didn't receive an opportunity to run. The man wore a white jacket with an odd symbol on its back. It wasn't of any recognizable clans so perhaps it was a smaller one.

"Who are you?" Naruto questioned.

"What a foolish question to ask." The man smirked. "Like I will answer that, really? How dumb do you think I am?"

"Well how about a better question…" Kakashi-sensei pulled his headband up to revealing his sharigan. I felt my body become tense. If Kakashi-sensei was using his sharigan it meant he sensed real danger. "Why were you following us?"

"Ah, the Sharigan. Classic." He smiled. "What a lovely group of people you surrounding yourself with, Sakura?" His dark eyes landed on me. My heart raced with fear. How did this man know me and why? If anything he should know about Kakashi, or even Naruto and Sasuke. I was nothing special compared to them.

"W-what?" My voiced croaked.

"Oh, my poor child." He suddenly disappeared from Kakashi's grip and in front of me. He placed his cold hand on my chin and lifted it so I could look straight into his eyes. "Do you not know who you are?" His eyes stared deep into mine. I felt as if I was a rabbit and he was a wolf drooling with hunger. I had shivers go down my spine as goosebumps appeared over my body. My chest tighten and my heart ached. I was afraid.

Kakashi-sensei quickly appeared behind the man with a kunai touching his neck. Sasuke and Naruto were also prepared to attack but Kakashi raised his hand to tell them to stand down. The man backed off slowly with his arms raised up.

"The raised is raised once more, who are you and why are you following us?"

"The answer is simple," He smiled glancing at me once more. "I'm here to bring Sakura to her dear sister."