'This is it...' Sakura thought to herself. Her knees and arms bruised, her face covered in her own blood. Kunai and knives litter the small area she had tried to make a safe haven for her unconscious teammates in the forest of death. The sound nin had bested her, though that wasn't that difficult to do. The weakest link was left standing, after all, when the stronger of the two fail and she had to stand up, there was a better chance at surviving falling off the Hokage’s tower into a field of kunai facing skyward.

The sound nins only felt annoyance at her existence at this point, like a dog she came back coming to try and attack. It was an admirable effort at first, even entertaining, then it became an annoyance. The dark haired male of the group held her by what remained of her recently cut hair.

"I'm sick of this bitch, it's been 30 minutes of these bullshit attempts at us. Orochimaru is probably bored out of his mind waiting for us. Throw me a kunai I'm going to put her out of her misery. "

Sakura heard the clanking of the knife hit the windpipe in the center of her hand. So this is how it would go. Never making it to Chunin, barely fit to be a genin. Her heart sank as she felt her head be pulled up to bear her neck.

'Why am I so useless...' She thought to herself, feeling the coldness of the blade near her skin. She thought back to her teammates, Naruto who's main goal was to become Hokage no matter what, Sasuke who swore his life to the darkness, to avenge his family against the murderer he once called brother. What is it they had to make them so strong? She graduated at the top of her class, she studied the same things they had, but what was it that granted them their spirit and power. What did she have to offer to her group? Nothing...

'I never had...I never had a goal, I've just...just floundered all this time.'

'Correct.' Sakura's eyes widened hearing the third voice, it was one she never heard before. A voice that felt beyond a mortal made noise, it gave off the feeling of bells in the wind, the hidden message within the chants sung near the temples of Konoha. It felt almost as if time stopped just from the sudden revealing of this voice. Perhaps it had, the knife pressed against her neck halted, seemed to stay there for an unbearable amount of time.

Before her, a silhouette of a person seemed to come into view. A man seemed to descend from the sky to the ground and started to walk casually into the field, his face was hidden, if not by shadows than what appeared to be the texture of outer space. His clothes reflected that of Anbu but his feet seemed to grace the ground her stepped on, flowers and grass grew with each step he made.

"Who are you?" she asked weakly, she couldn't move her body but words seemed to flow despite time being frozen in place.

"That's not too important my dear, I am here to grant you a wish in exchange of a task you must do." if she was able to raise an eyebrow she would.

"My dream?"

"Yes, you don't seem to have one...Your heart has few desires, however, a dream or goal for your life, there isn't one." Sakura sat there before this being, he stood there only a few inches from her, his face was still hidden but she watched a bare arm lift and touch her forehead tenderly.

"If you had one wish, one ultimate desire for your life, what would it be?" He asked as bells rang around with each motion of his lips.

"I..." She sat there, her arms numb and tears wanting to flow down her face. She could wish for her life to be saved, for this nightmare to end. She could wish for the returned affection of her young love, the dark haired ninja to finally view her as an individual who could be a partner. Perhaps riches, or eternal beauty. Infinite thoughts came to her mind, but no matter what each idea was shot down in her mind. It seemed no matter what her ideas were, she truly desired nothing...she had no goal no motivation to live. She may have been better off dead, a wasted space eliminated.

"I don't know." She cried, it was truly pathetic, Naruto, Sasuke, even Ino could find something they wanted to live for. Why was it so hard for her to figure out something as simple as a wish? The figure before her noticed her hesitation and could sense her inward dilemma. However, instead of scolding her or calling her a disgrace he simply chuckled, it didn't seem to be a reaction of hilarity but more of one of whimsy or fondness.

"That is fine, Usually I must act on a wish of someone, however, I'll make an exception this time if you can make one later. I do have a request for you, Haruno Sakura." She perked up, what did this person want to ask her.

"I ask to give you something, a power only you can harness." the fingers on her head began to glow. " I must ask you to find the colors of sin within the sinners." Sinners? What were those? The colors of them? Multiple questions came to her mind,

"but...why me?" She asked hesitantly.

"It's very rare to find someone to desire nothing, your probably the best candidate on this plain." The light from his fingers surrounded her, her body seemed to go numb. The wounds didn't disappear but a burst of energy seemed to lessen the sting of them.

"Bound to your body is a weapon, the ten color sword. A blade that can cut through anything you desire. from the body to soul. To summon it you must insert the invoker into your body. A knife, a blade of any sort, the key is your blood and soul." Her eyes widened.

"I have to-?" Time seemed to go back, the knife against her neck was gone, and seemed to flow backward only a few minutes.

"Believe in my words...and I will believe in your ability." The man disappeared, leaving her restrained to the sound nin.

"I've had enough of your pathetic attempts, death would be easier!" She was returned to the nightmarish battle she was caught in. She shakily reached for the pouch on the side of her leg, a single kunai remained.

"Didn't you have enough earlier? Intend to scalp yourself this time?" She looked at it, clean, unused. Tears slowly fell down her face, she would have to-

'Believe in my words.' rang in her head. A shaky hand pointed the kunai at herself and thrust it into her stomach with all her force

"Suicide? you don't have the guts to-" The black haired girl was silenced as her teammate was thrown from the pink haired girl with the sheer energy released.

The crackling of energy flowed from the knife, the pain was harsh, but the energy flowing through her body almost made her fully numb. She slowly stood to her feet as the kunai handle changed shape, flowing more into the shape of a katana rather a small knife.

Naruto slowly began to stir as the energy from the battle flowed, his vision was blurred but he could tell something was wrong. He sat up only to hit the room of the trunk they were hidden under. He rubbed his forehead and looked around, his dark-haired teammate lay next to him, both defeated by their previous encounter with another ninja.

"Teme..." He muttered before seeing the feet of the other squad and the flow of power and its source. "What the..." He slowly crawled out to see what was going out. His eyes widened in almost horror as he watched their female teammate slowly pull out a long sword come out of her abdomen.

"Sakura- chan..?"

She stood the center of the field. this mysterious blade in hand and stained in her blood.

'Believe in my words' he had said.

"believe in my ability." she whispered before descending into the 3rd round of this child's war.