Title: Traitors and Heroes
Date: October 10, 2010
Summary: The roles prescribed to them were far from how they were defined.
Rating: M
Themes: Friendship/Action/Adventure/Drama/Romance

Traitors and Heroes

They had given her a choice.

An ultimatum.

Naruto's life or her loyalty.

So – of course – she had chosen to give her allegiance.

Especially if it meant saving her best friend's life.

Especially if it meant keeping this secret to herself.

Especially if it meant changing the way everyone viewed her as a person.

Haruno Sakura was ready and willing to take that risk – to make the ultimate choice.

And her first task: To leave Konohagakure no Sato…in ruins.

Smart as she was, she found a loophole – no orders were given to end any lives – yet rampaging through her home village, smashing buildings and causing earthquakes with her chakra-enhanced strength – witnessing the looks – of terror, fear, betrayal – on everyone's faces…killed her more than anything.

She saw what was swimming through their eyes clear as day – her heart clenched when she briefly met astonished deep-blue before the rising dusts covered her escape.

She was a Traitor.

Traitor in the eyes of her Village, comrades, friends – the family she was secretly trying to protect.

But if being that Traitor meant saving Uzumaki Naruto and – by extension – the Hidden Village of the Leaves…

…Then so be it.

A/N: Hmmmm…I'll leave this to your interpretation. Let's just say, this was one of the ideas that started Forbidden Bonds and its premise. And I always liked the idea of secret heroes and their hidden conflicts – like Itachi-kun! I liked how third person parties can view someone one way when in fact the person they hate, fear, or is an enemy to is actually someone who has your best interest at heart. That they're that way to protect what's precious to them – by choice, even if it hurts them, isolates them, etc.

Should I Keep or Scrap this? Even if it's not this particular beginning but the premise? Haha, maybe I should jump back on Forbidden Bonds. Ack! Too many projects! What have I done?

Good News:

Updates Soon to be POSTED!

The Curse
Psychotic
Missing In Action
Vengeance
False Façade
The Road of Touch; The Road To Feeling
A VERY LATE SASUSAKU Month One-Shot
A NEW STORY – Rehabilitation
A NEW STORY – Confinement
AND EVEN MORE TO COME!

Sorry for the long wait everyone, thank you so much for your patience. Life has just taken me by storm and I'm in the process of moving so chaos is still prevalent but I do want to get these updates out to you as soon as possible!

Also, I joined NaNoWriMo this month too, so yeah…pretty busy! I like making new friends so feel free to PM me or something! I have a Twitterbut I hardly use it. Maybe I'll start once things start to settle down…

Anyways, thanks again for reading, your feedback, and your patience! You're all the BEST!

Love ya!

Len83
aka Luvinukag83