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Konoha~

"I-it's Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked very confused.

"Remember, at the springs…the story she told Princess Kuniko, I know for certain that Sakura has a tattoo on her back of a cherry blossom, it wasn't there before" Sasuke said. Naruto put his hand up

to his chin, like he was in thought.

"But…..where is she?" he asked.

"If anyone knows…it's her parents" Sasuke said. Naruto nodded.

"Let's go" Both boys left the field and ran towards the Hokage monument, where they kept the villager safe. They arrived within 5 minutes.

"SAKUMO-CHAN!" Naruto yelled.

"Naru-chan?" Sakumo said standing up. She smiled brightly and tackled both Naruto and Sasuke in a hug. "I'm so glad your both okay, they said that you were fighting the Akatsuki and I was so

worried" she rambled.

"We're okay" Naruto said.

"Sakumo-san, we need your help" Sasuke said. The ground shook again, causing some of the villagers to fall over. That's when Sakumo's eye's softened.

"Where is the Sacred Sakura Tree?" Sasuke asked. Sakumo looked up.

"There's nothing you can do to help her" Sakumo said sadly, tears already falling down her cheeks.

"We know" Naruto said.

"But, we owe it to Sakura to see her one last time" he added rather sadly. Sakumo nodded.

"Outside of Konoha, it's about 15 minutes away by walking, but go deep into the forest, follow the scent of cherry blossoms, then you'll find the sacred tree" she said.

"It'll be okay" Sasuke said reassuring her. Sakumo could only smile, with tears running down her face. Naruto and Sasuke left, heading towards the Sacred Tree.

Sakura and Itachi~

Itachi looked around the spot he left Sakura and she wasn't there. Examining the area he saw a little trail of blood and decided to follow. It only took a few turns, until he spotted Sakura. She was

laying on the ground, panting, dirty, sweaty, etc.

"Haruno-san" Itachi said walking towards her. Sakura slowly lifted her head up. "Itachi…..the tree" she mumbled. Itachi nodded and lifted her up. He started walking back.

"Haruno-san…." Itachi said while walking around a fallen tree.

"Mm?"

"I'm going to explain everything to Sasuke, when this is over" Itachi said. A small smile played on Sakura's lips.

"That's…good" she mumbled. "Itachi"

"Hn?"

"Would you think I was weak…..if I said that I was afraid?" Sakura was staring up at him. Itachi was focused on walking and making sure he didn't fall every time there was a earthquake.

"No" he merely replied. Sakura looked down at her body. She stared at her hand, and noticed marks on her. They were green line's almost like vines. She smirked a little.

"I'm sorry" she mumbled. "for you….having to do this….I'm pretty useless" a tear rolled down her cheek. There was a long pause before Itachi spoke.

"Don't apologize, it's a sign of weakness" he stated. Sakura stared back up at him with a little smirk on her face.

"I thought…..it was a sign of strength" It was Itachi's turn to smirk. He stopped causing Sakura to look and see why. For a moment, she thought her heart stopped beating.

'The Sakura Tree' she thought sadly.

Meanwhile~

Naruto and Sasuke landed on a branch.

"Do you smell it?" Sasuke asked. Naruto twitched but sniffed the air.

"Yeah, we're going the right way" he said. They kept moving, the closer they got the more strong the smell became. Sasuke widened his eye's.

'This is…..Itachi' he thought. He decided to pick up the pace. Naruto did the same.

"I can feel her chakra but it's faint, there's also another chakra signature there" Naruto said.

"I know…..it's Itachi" Naruto's eye's widened.

Itachi and Sakura~

"I believe….your friends are coming" Itachi said still holding Sakura. They both hadn't move. Sakura nodded.

"You can put me down now…Itachi" Sakura said. Itachi did. He held onto her arm to make sure she didn't fall.

"I got it" she reassured him with a small sad smile. Itachi let her go and Sakura took a step foot, limping, so she didn't put pressure on her broken foot. As she got closer, the Tree started to glow a

brighter pink, which caused Sakura to stop. Sakura gulped as her body began shaking. Branched from the ground came up and circled around her and the tree, cutting Itachi out of it. Itachi was about

to rush forward, but Sakura stopped him. "It's okay" she faced him. Turning back around, Sakura saw a small light floating to her. Amazed by it, Sakura reached her hand out to touch it. As she was 2

things happened. One the light gotten brighter and Bigger. Two, Sasuke and Naruto showed up yelling. "SAKURA-CHAN!" "SAKURA!"

Sakura shielded her eye's with her arm. Once it disappeared, and everything was silent she moved her arms and slowly opened her eye's. A woman, or more like a spirit was floating in front of her. She

had brown hair, pink eye's, and 2 green tattoo's under her eye's. Both in the shape of a Leaf and wore a white cloak.

"Daughter of Haruno, the time has come for you to be the seed and save the world from destruction" she spoke.

"NO!" Naruto yelled. Sakura turned her head towards them and gave a smile. "Sakura…..I'm sorry" Sasuke said. "Yeah, Sakura-chan, we're sorry, to yell at you like that….Please…don't go" Naruto said.

His eye's were already becoming watery. Sakura wiped a tear from her face.

"I'm sorry Naruto…I won't be there when you become Hokage.. And when you finally ask Hinata-chan out" she said. "and Sasuke…Listen to Itachi….he hasn't done me any harm…..and please….be

happy…both of you" she said in between sobs. "Sakura…I Love You" Sasuke said. Sakura smiled more, and even laughed a little.

"T-Take care of my parents…and tell Ino that I'm sorry, I won't be there to see her get married and have lots of kids…."

"Sakura-chan….."

"Daughter of Haruno…it is time" the woman said. Sakura turned towards the woman and nodded. She turned towards the boys.

"Thank you Itachi, Naruto, Sasuke….Tell everyone…I'm love them" she said waving. A branch wrapped around Sakura and lifted her.

"SAKURA!"

"SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto yelled. Both were trying to break through the branches, Hitting it, cutting it, but it wasn't working. Smaller branches wrapped around their feet to hold them in place. Sakura

closed her eye's. The woman floated towards her and put her fingers on Sakura's forehead.

'I don't….feel any pain….' Sakura thought. She felt calm, and relieved. She felt lighter, as if she could she fly in the wind. There was a big flash. The branches disappeared. The glow from the tree was

fading, and it was full of beautiful cherry blossoms. Naruto fell to his knee's.

"Sakura-chan" he said sadly. Naruto leaned over on the ground, his forehead touching the ground, crying. Sasuke stood there. He couldn't cry, he was a Uchiha, he's not aloud to cry. Itachi put his hand

on Sasuke's shoulder.

"It's okay" Itachi said. Sasuke broke down. A small, but strong and beautiful cherry blossom floated to the ground.

Suddenly, a Flower Sweet, Is Plucked From The Garden At Our Feet….Sadly Missed She's Flown Away, The Wind Of Her Wings, Will Guide Our Day