And all along

All along

Your intention was to run

You couldn't be somebody else

You longed to be someone

And all your colour's running off

And you feel it giving up

You couldn't be somebody else

When the miracle came undone

- Elliot Minor

All Along


As Kakashi faced his former (now rogue) students he could see the madness glinting in Uchiha Sasuke's sharingan activated eyes, however when he looked over at Haruno Sakura's eyes he saw nothing. It was as if she had completely shut down. Her re-grown waist length pink hair and emerald eyes were dull, as if all of her colour had run off.

"I've felt some wavering loyalty lately Sakura, why don't you prove you're still loyal to me and our plan of destroying Konoha by killing Kakashi. He never paid any attention to you anyway - you were disposable to him - the required Kunoichi alongside the two he wanted to teach. Now he's disposable to us, so Sakura dispose of him." Sasuke urged.

Kakashi saw a flash of panic cross through Sakura's eyes before fading to dull resignation.

"Hai, Sasuke-kun." She drawled in a monotone.

It was the tone of her voice that got to Kakashi. Dull, dead, resigned. He realized as soon as she'd known Sasuke might leave the village she'd planned on running too. He could tell she regretted it now. The man that stood next to her resembled almost nothing of the boy she pledged her love, allegiance and had forsaken her village and Kage for. This man had seemed to have lost all trace of humanity, any care he held for the Pinkette was gone - she was merely a pawn now, a tool for achieving his goals.

Kakashi knew he had to kill Sasuke but maybe he could just incapacitate Sakura and return to her the village with her as he knew she could be rehabilitated - maybe even in time for the impending war.

All Kakashi felt was that he couldn't want to kill Sakura and he wanted her back in the village with her colour back.


END