Sakura could feel all of the stares people sent her way and she hated it. She clenched her fists and teeth. She couldn't see anything, just hear things.
After a few minutes, Tenten stopped and Sakura did too. She heard a familiar slurping sound and smiled softly.
"Ichiraku?" Sakura asked.
"Yep" She said and walked in, taking a seat. The others followed.
"Hey girls!" Came Naruto's voice. Sakura looked up. "Sakura, what are you staring at?" Naruto asked. "Hello...Sakura? Yoo-hoo!" Naruto said, waving his hand in front of her face. "What's wrong with your eyes? They're like foggy green and pale" Naruto said. I heard Tenten hit her forehead with her hand.
"N-Naruto-kun...Sakura-"
"I'm blind Naruto" Sakura said. Naruto stopped moving.
"What?"
"I've been blind since I was 8. My mother placed a jutsu on my eyes that would give me half of hers. Tsunade-shishou ordered she remove it and now, here I am" Sakura said sadly.
"I'm sorry Sakura" Naruto murmured.
"Don't pity me" Sakura said coldly. A bowl of ramen was placed in front of her.
"It's on the house Sakura-chan" Ayame said. "It's miso ramen" She said. Sakura nodded and began to eat. When she finished she stood.
"Where are you going?" Tenten asked.
"No where important" Sakura answered and headed down the path.
After 5 minutes, she stood in the middle of Team 7's training grounds. She walked to the small lake and dropped to her knees on the bank. The moonlight hit her face and the lake. Tears fell from Sakura's eyes. She looked up at the sky, unseeing.
"Why?" Sakura asked sadly but memories she had long forgotten came back to her.
Sakura dropped to her knees as tears and sobs escaped her.
"Why? Why am I like this!" Sakura yelled and pounded her hands on the dirt ground. "No, I can't give up!" Sakura yelled as she got up.
"No, I can't give up" Sakura repeated from her past. She stood up again and darted through the forest, she dodged to the right as a tree appeared. She jumped as a fallen tree came before her. But, because she was in mid-air, she couldn't dodge the tree branch. It got her in the torso and the wind was knocked out of her. She got up and kept running. She couldn't stop. Eventually, she knew she was in the Forest of Death. This would be her home and playground for now.