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I stared at him while he looked back at me. I wonder, does he remember me? Does he know I am?

Does he remember her?

His onyx eyes seemed so blank…but…they also held longing looking into mine. I wonder why? I always heard rumors about why he left. So many people I've heard say that he had abandoned Konoha because he had another woman in the Sound Village. Others I heard said he just simply didn't care about Konoha and left because he didn't want to stay anymore. I started to glare.

Would he really leave both her and me for such reasons? Whenever I asked, what kind of man was he like, she would always say that he was a kind, noble, and caring man, would loved us very much. Did he really? Or was she just fooled by his lies? I clenched my fist. I've waited sixteen years for this.

"Sasuke Uchiha…" I called glaring. He closed his eyes and smirked.

"It's been some time…Rai." So…he remembers me. I'm a bit surprised. I must look like her a lot, or look like him a lot. She's always sad that I look like him, with her eyes. He looked back into my eyes again. They went reminiscent.

"You have your mother's eyes…" He whispered smiling softly. So he remembers her too. He remembers both of us, so why did he leave us. Why didn't he come back home? Did he really have some other family that he decided to care for more? I clenched my hands into fist and gritted my teeth. I've seen my mother suffer long enough. Every time I asked, her eyes went sad, and she would always close her eyes as if in some kind of pain. I'm bringing him back to her. I don't know if she still loves him or not…but I will give her some kind of closure. I made that promise to myself.

I still feel kind of bad though. I told mom Tsunade was sending me on a scouting mission just for a few days.

"So you remember us. Where have you been for the last sixteen years?" I growled out. I'll fight him with everything I have. I'll bring him back home. He stayed silent. What did mom see in this guy?

"My mission…" He finally answered. I raised an eyebrow. What mission? Man, I should've asked mom if she knew why he left…but I was scared that it would hurt her…I didn't ever want to see my mother cry. It was hard enough seeing her become saddened when I asked her what he was like. Well looks like I'll have to go with what the villagers whispered about.

"What mission? Taking care of some other family back at Sound?" I growled out his eyes turned serious, and his eyes turned red with the sharigan.

"Is that what you've been hearing from those over-exaggerating ignorant gossipers?" I growled. His chakra rose, and it felt…terrifying. But I stood my ground.

"Is it true or not?" I said. He scoffed.

"Hell no!" He growled. I couldn't help but let my eyes widen slightly. He…doesn't have another family? Mom always said he was an honest man, no matter how brutal the truth may be. She even told me one time her, along with uncle Naruto, along with Sasuke, were hanging out with each other, and Naruto asked the reason he came back from Orochimaru in the first place.

Yes, I know the whole story by the way.

Sasuke's answer was for my mother. Naruto asked if he would've come back with him just for Konoha or his friends, he said no. Only for my mother would he return. How much of a lie was that?

"Then what? You lost interest in us?" I asked. His eyes widened and his Sharigan seemed to have intensified. It…scared me. There are not a lot of things that scare me, but his reactions to the villagers' rumors were terrifying.

"What do you mean?" He growled. His eyes glared, but…it was like they weren't glaring at me. It was like he was angry at whoever said such things. I wanted to keep up my strong stature though, that way he can see what a warrior I came to be; how strong and worthy I am of facing him.

"You heard me? What? Got sick of family life, and wanted to get away from it?" He glared at me this time and next thing I knew I was pushed against a tree with him gripping my collar, and raising his fist. My eyes widened. I wasn't expecting that. He brought his fist, but instead of hitting me, he hit the tree.

"I never left you and your mother for those reasons. And never would I." He growled. My eyes widened. It's like mom said, he's very serious, and yet both passionate and caring. He let go of me and started to walk away. I glared and grabbed his shoulder, spinning him around.

"Wait just a damn minute! If you didn't leave for those reasons, then why?" I screamed out. He stared at me for a moment. His eyes became somewhat saddened but remained strong, and hard. He looked down. He looked into my eyes and his sharigan spun. My eyes widened, when the forest we were in turned into my home, in my mother's bedroom. I looked on, and in the room he was there dressing, at around what appeared to be a little ways before dawn. He already had pants on, but he put on his shirt. My mother then moaned in her sleep and she slowly opened her eyes.

My mother was always so beautiful. She still is. Time has not taken its toll on her at all. In truth I'm not really sure it ever would. She was very fit, since she still went on her own missions from time to time, and would train a lot. She even trained me.

"What is this…?" I asked looking over to Sasuke.

"You want to know the truth don't you? Why I left?" Sasuke said. Okay smart mouth…I couldn't help but glare. I looked back towards the memory, watching as he splashed water on his face.

"Tell me. How has your mother been…?" He suddenly asked staring at her in the memory. I looked down.

"She's been fine." I said shortly. He smiled…and it looked like the smile was out of relief, and even comforted.

"Still childish?" He asked. I scoffed. My mother was beyond childish. She beat two year olds when it came to a contest of who was more of a kid.

"She's worse than a two year old." Suddenly…he chuckled. I was not expecting that. I was a bit shocked.

"So…she hasn't changed…" He whispered and his eyes went reminiscent again. I went back to the memory.

Mom moaned and looked over to Sasuke. She smiled warmly as he noticed and walked over to her. She grabbed his hand.

"Sasuke-kun, come back to bed." She moaned out as he sat down. She moved her hand to caress his face and he nudged his face into her hand. I stared. Mom looked so happy. I mean, she's been happy all the time besides the few saddened moments she's had, but she seemed…serene and happy. I couldn't help but smile. Sasuke closed his eyes and it shocked me a little too. Sasuke seemed at peace and he seemed…rather than the slightly arrogant, emotionless man he appeared to be when I first found him just moments ago, he was warmer, and emotional.

Way different from the man who threw me up against a tree.

"I would want nothing more than to do as you wish, but Tsunade request my audience." Sasuke explained. He grabbed the hand that caressed his face ever so gently and kissed it before clenching it in her hand. Mom groaned and harrumphed, and turned to her side away from Sasuke.

I couldn't help but laugh. That's exactly like mom to do.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and pulled Sakura up so she sat up and her chest met his. I just noticed something.

"Was this the night I was conceived or something?" I said slightly disgusted. Sasuke smirked and chuckled.

"No. You were already born." He said. My eyes widened. Wait, he left after I was born?

"How old was I?" And I was surprised at the fact that he answered this next question without hesitation. Maybe I really do mean something to him.

"You were going to be two months." Sasuke answered.

"Sa-ku-ra…" He sang out lowly, and buried his face into her neck. This is actually what I've wanted to see. Sure most kids would feel nostalgic about their parents hugging up on each other and kissing and such, but me…I've always actually wanted to see this. Mom didn't go out with another man, well at least not that I know of, and I know very well, if she was she would've introduced me to him. I've always wanted to see my mom with someone, happily, like my Uncle Naruto and Aunt Hinata. They always seem so happy, and kissed showing their mutual love for each other. In my eyes, it looked good.

"What's wrong?" He asked. Mom looked into his eyes and pouted.

"Neh, why do you have to go?" She whimpered out and buried her face into Sasuke's neck. He smiled down at her and kissed her forehead gently.

"I'll be back. I'm not going anywhere. Maybe she's just going to give me a short mission of some sort." Sasuke suggested to mom. She smiled and nodded. They kissed then and there, and a baby's cries were heard at that moment. Sasuke looked out and sighed smiling.

"So he's awake. I'll get him. Why don't you go ahead and get back to bed." He said gently and after sharing one more kiss, Sasuke stood and walked into…my room. But at this time it was more of a nursery, with a few baby toys, and a crib. Sasuke pulled me out. I watched. Now I feel kind of bad. The reason I treated Sasuke so badly, was that I figured he was a dead-beat, no good douche-bag who didn't deserve my mother.

Sasuke smiled down at my two month old body, and smiled gently running his hand very gently through my sprouting jet black hair. He kissed my forehead, as I continued to cry and he rocked me gently.

"Hush my son…I'm here." He whispered. He looked down at me.

"Hn…you're not wet, and you don't smell…" Sasuke head up a bottle of warm milk to my two month old mouth, but I wouldn't take it. His eyebrows knitted together. He slowly began to rock me, and hummed a song…one mom sang to me when I was sad, or scared, or sometimes I just couldn't sleep. All Through the Night. As he hummed, mom showed up and she began to sing. Mom had a lovely voice. It was amazing. I was always entranced by it.

Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night

Angels watching, e'er around thee,
All through the night
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night

I fell asleep then and Sasuke put me back into the crib gently kissing my forehead lightly before doing so. Sakura smiled. Sasuke looked down at her.

"I love it when you sing angel…" He whispered hugging her close. She smiled gently and walked downstairs with Sasuke. He suddenly smacked his head lightly as if he was forgetting something.

"Ugh, I forgot my Katana." Sasuke said, but before he could walk off Sakura lifted his Katana, having it lay in both her hands as she presented it to him. He stared down at it and smiled. My heart clenched. I…always wanted to do that. I often imagined myself standing at the front door, with my father's head band while my mother held his sword, and as he was going to leave for a mission of some sort, he would stop grabbing our offerings, and kissing me on the forehead, ruffling my unruly hair, and then giving mom a kiss and leaving, soon to return.

I looked at Sasuke. His eyes were completely saddened. He missed mom, and…he missed me. That was completely obvious in his eyes. I…guess I should warm up to him. After all, from the looks of this he really did love mom and me…but then what mission is it he got that he had to leave and stay away for so long.

"Can I ask you something?"

"You just did." He said. I glared.

"Well, are you faithful to mom…and be honest." I said glaring.

"Of course I am." He said. I crossed my arms. He had looks, so I doubt fully that women would stay off him.

"How do I know that?" I scowled. He held up a hand, showing me the back of it, and there shined a wedding ring. I stared.

"You can take it off you know." I said.

"I've never taken it off." He said calmly, but strongly and he even sounded a bit irritated. "Besides, there's no one else I'd lay down with unless it's your mother." He said smirking. Great. He knows that grossed me out.

"Ever heard off, too much information?" I growled out. I scoffed.

"It's not too much information. It's not like I'm giving you details. I'm simply being honest." He explained himself. I rolled my eyes.

"Yep. Mom said that you were brutally honest." I groaned out. He raised an eyebrow.

"She's talked to you about me?" He asked. I nodded.

"I couldn't help but ask. She had nothing but good to say about you. The exact words she said were that you were a strong, noble, honest, egotistical, caring man who loved us very much." At the words of my mother a smile made its way to his face. Not a smirk, a smile.

He gave mom another kiss and caressed her face gently.

"I won't be long." He said, before disappearing and then, the setting changed into the Hokage's office, and mom was gone. Tsunade stood there with a serious look on her face, as she looked at Sasuke.

"You called for me Tsunade." Sasuke said crossing his arms. Tsunade nodded, and took out a file. She held onto it, glaring down at it, before looking back at Sasuke. Her hazel eyes stayed locked on Sasuke's dark ones, and she spoke.

"Sasuke, before I show you this, did you kill Orochimaru before you came back here." Sasuke's eyes narrowed at her and he nodded.

"I wasn't going to return to Sakura unless he was dead. I would not put her, or Konoha, for that matter, in that kind of danger." Sasuke said. I watched him from the past. He looked assured, and like there was no doubt Orochimaru was dead. Tsunade's sighed and she looked down at the file before turning it so it faced Sasuke. Sasuke walked over and opened the folder that caused his eyes to widen, in both shock and anger. In the file, laid pictures of Orochimaru walking around.

"Sasuke, he's alive. I don't know for how long, but he's been spotted heading back to the Sound Village." Tsunade informed before leaning back in her chair, and turning in it. She faced the window watching people slowly made about they're day, as it began. The sun had just begun rising. Sasuke shook his head.

"No. He can't be...I made sure." Sasuke growled.

"How?" Tsunade asked. Sasuke glared and slammed his hands against her desk.

"I cut off his fucking head. How's that for you?" Sasuke growled out. Tsunade took some shock to Sasuke's outburst. She looked down putting a hand on her chin, then crossing her arms in deep thought.

"Then…how could he be alive?" She thought. She sighed.

"Sasuke…I need you to go after him." Sasuke's eyes widened at his mission. He shook his head.

"No! I have Sakura, and Rai! Are you insane? I can't just leave them alone without protection!" Sasuke yelled at her. She put her hands up in a calming manner.

"Calm down Sasuke. Sakura's a strong warrior. She can take care of Rai and herself." Sasuke glared.

"And if something were to happen to me? And Konoha get's attacked? Then what? Can you really assure me that if war breaks out my child and wife will be "safe"?" Sasuke yelled more and more, his anger brewing. Tsunade shook her head.

"No I can't. But I know that you won't fail. Sasuke, I need you to go and track him down. You're the only one who can. You're connection is still not cut with him." Sasuke shook his head.

"It could still take years. I don't want to miss out on my sons first words…his first steps, his first training session." Sasuke growled.

"Sasuke…Think of it this way." Tsunade said, looking at Sasuke from the window.

"If you don't leave, and sacrifice such things, there could be a chance where your son will never get the chance to do any of those things. We don't know if Orochimaru may already have something planned. Who knows, he might even try to attack by tomorrow. We don't know. And think of Sakura. Imagine what will become of her should you not go after Orochimaru. When he comes into Konoha, and he finds you, which he most likely will, he'll find you with Rai and Sakura, and who knows what will happen. Maybe you could be strapped down, and be forced to watch at Sakura and Rai are killed." Tsunade said. She placed her hands behind her back.

"I love Sakura. She is like a daughter to me. I don't want anything to happen to her. And because you are there, means you are bringing threat to her. And not only her, your bringing threat to your son." Tsunade continued. Sasuke sighed. He knew she was right. Tsunade said all of this…I didn't know I could've asked her...

And Sasuke gave her his answer.

The scene then changed again. It looked to be early morning; from the looks of the sun, maybe about eight or nine in the morning. We were in the Garden, which mom had always kept well preserved. There were times, a lot actually, where me and her, would just sit at the fountain where water spewed upwards and back into the fountain in a never ending cycle. There we would talk, and laugh and she'd share her wisdom with me.

Mom was sitting at the fountain with me in her arms, placing her hand in the water, and lightly flicking some on me. I gave out a little baby laugh, and reached up to my mother, with my small short arms. She smiled down at me and kissed my forehead. Sasuke watched from the entrance of the house, which was in the back. His eyes were sad and he stared at us for a long while, before walking over to us. Mom looked at him, and just staring into his eyes, her eyes turned worried.

Sasuke sat down with her, and began to explain, making tears brim in her eyes.

"Sakura…" Mom forced her tears back and she looked down at me. She walked inside with Sasuke and placed me in my play pen, and made a clone while she and Sasuke walked back outside to the Garden.

"When do you leave…?" She said looking down to the floor. Sasuke stared at her.

"Tonight." He said. Her eyes filled to the brim with tears again. She looked away trying to stay strong. Sasuke caressed her face, wiping away a stray tear, before pulling her tightly into an embrace as she cried quietly. Not silently, but quietly, with low sobs, and hugging his neck tightly. Sasuke let his own tear fall and it was the only one I saw before he buried his face into his neck and wrapped his arms tighter around her waist. They only pulled away slightly and stared into each other's eyes.

"Sakura…I don't want to go." He whispered. She caressed his face, and gave a bittersweet smile.

"Shh…" She hushed him.

"I don't want to leave you Angel…." He continuously whispered over and over. I don't want to leave. The day then shifted to night, where Mom stood at the gates, with me in her arms, with Sasuke staring down at her. He was now a hardened warrior, no longer a father and husband. At least he couldn't be for now. Mom looked up at him, as he caressed away a stray strand of her pink hair that went into her face.

"I'll try not to take long…." Sasuke said. She shook her head, and kissed his lips.

"You know Orochimaru. He's a coward. It'll be some time before you find him." She said. Sasuke looked down. It was like he wanted to believe he would be back in a few months.

The memory faded, and back came the forest we once stood in. I looked over to him, and he glared at the ground.

"Now you know." He said turning and slowly beginning to walk away. Does he do that often? Seems like it. It's angering, and agitating. How did mom deal with him? I sighed.

"Sasu-…" I stopped. He deserves the title…and I need to be a bigger man than I've been acting. I've been acting like a child who was mad because I lost my lollipop, and now I didn't want another one. Sasuke stopped and turned his head slightly. I wasn't sure though if I wanted to say the word though…

"Sasuke…come back home with me…Just for tonight." Sasuke shook his head at my request before turning to me.

"I can't." Sasuke said.

"Just for tonight! Then you can go right back to your camp or whatever." He stayed silent. I thought of another reason.

"And you can see mom." I mentioned. His head turned fully so I saw the profile of his face. I couldn't help but smirk. That got his attention. I put my hands behind my back and walked over to his side, looking innocently to the side, and the sky.

"She's not on a mission or anything, and she's not working at the hospital tonight. I'm sure she's awfully lonely, since I started looking for you a few days ago." I said feigning a sad look.

"She hasn't been seeing any other men…" I continued. Sasuke seemed pleased with this.

"I'm sure she'd want to see the man who she surely hasn't gotten over, a-…" I was cut off when wind flew past me and next thing I know Sasuke's on a tree branch above me. He looked down at me, his eyes no longer holding the sharigan.

"Hn. Let's go." He commanded and hopped off. Geez, he can't wait up? I sighed and ran after him. He's pretty freaking fast. He covered his chakra for some reason. After a few hours of travel, non-stop might I add, we ended up at the home I shared with my mom. I opened the door with my keys, and slowly walked in.

"Mom? You here?" I called out with Sasuke behind me. That when I heard my mom's voice.

"In the kitchen Rai!" she called out. She stood at the counter, not facing us, cutting up something, which I would assume to be vegetables. She smiled at me as I walked over by her and leaned against the counter on my side.

"You're back a little late. A scouting mission would usually take less than two weeks." Mom said continuing to cut, but for some reason, the cuts became more violent. Sasuke looked at me smirking and raising an eyebrow. His face just read "well, well, well, lying aren't we?" It pissed me off. I glared at him. Her focus remained on the vegetables though and I couldn't see her eyes through her hair.

"Well yeah, you see, the rouge ninjas that held the scroll Tsunade wanted, gave me a long fight and they kept running off. I didn't find them until about a week ago. So it took me a while to search for them again. I'm sorry mom." I lied. Sasuke glared at me, as if not approving of my lying. I glared back sending a message silently telling him not to say a damn word. He stayed out the kitchen and in the hallway so mom wouldn't see him, but would often peak his head in to smirk at me.

"Ah…I see." Mom said and sighed suddenly stabbing the knife into the board she cut the vegetables on.

She turned and looked at me and I saw the look in her eye. Oh shit. She knows something…I'm going to get it now. I gulped.

"Mom, what's wrong?" She had an angry look in her eyes. Sasuke watched with his arms crossed and with intrigue.

"Where. Were. You." She growled. My eyes widened.

"What? What do you mean I was on the Sc-…?" She glared.

"Don't lie to me. I spoke with Tsunade, asking where your location would be around for the scouting mission, she replied with 'What scouting mission?'" Mom growled. My mom was pretty scary. I have to say, scarier than Sasuke. On a scale of one to ten of fear my mom caused, she tipped it at about one hundred. Sasuke, I'd say about fifty. I looked down.

"Well…I uhh…" I searched for another lie while scratching the back of my head. Mom crossed her arms. I sighed.

"I was at the Mist Village…to visit that waterfall we went to…remember?" I said. Mom glared.

"And you lied rather than asking me." She said. Her voice was always so stern when she was angry. With her face, you'd think that she's harmless to the smallest fly, when in reality she could catch one in her hand.

"Mom…I'm sorry…" I said. She sighed and turned back.

"Rai…you don't need to lie to me. If you want to go somewhere just tell me, and you can go." She said. I smiled. Mom is always so understanding and forgiving. I felt even guiltier. I lied to her again. Suddenly Sasuke walked in, his steps unheard, even by me, as he walked by me and walked behind my mom. I stood watching as he placed his arms around her waist. She stopped cutting and looked over at me, to see me looking at her. So she crossed out me as a suspect of being the imposter who was holding her. She turned and when she came face to face with Sasuke her eyes widened. He stared into hers.

"Hello Angel…" He whispered. A smile appeared on her face, and tears filled in her eyes. She wrapped his arms around his neck, and cried silently. Sasuke held her just as tightly, and buried his face into her neck. I smiled. My mom looked like she was fully happy. No, she looked like…she gained a piece of herself again. I smiled.

"What are you doing here?" She asked as Sasuke wiped away her tears. He smiled.

"I came to see you. I've missed you. Also…" He turned towards me.

"I ran into Rai at the Mist Village. Apparently, I was a dead-beat father who left you for some other family." Sakura's eyes widened when Sasuke said this. I was just thankful he didn't rat me out. Maybe he is a good guy after all. He's not that bad.

"Who told him that?" She asked.

"Villagers. It doesn't matter anyway anymore. He knows the truth now, and I'm finally with you." She smiled at his words as he kissed her gently. I couldn't help but smile at them. Lying is good sometimes, so long as you have good intentions. Mom looked over at me at and smiled.

"By the way Rai…" She said sweetly. Too sweetly…she knows something else…

"I know you lied." She growled. She suddenly grabbed both my ear and Sasuke's ear, causing us to yelp.

"You! How dare you throw Rai up against a freaking tree and try to punch my baby boy!" She yelled at Sasuke. We both yelled lightly in pain since she was pulling our ears so we reached her height of five six. And keep in mind, Sasuke is about six feet, while I'm about five ten.

"And you! Do you understand how dangerous that was, running off to go find your father? You could've ran into someone you couldn't handle! Are you insane?" She screamed.

"Sakura! We're sorry. Just please let go!" Whoa…Sasuke's begging. That must mean mom even scares him. It's official. Mom can rule the world if she wants to. If she scares Sasuke, she scares everyone. There's no way anyone tops that. Sasuke's first appearance to me was strong, and powerful, someone you wouldn't want to mess with. The fact that he's begging mom to let go and saying sorry, says a whole damn lot.

"Yeah mom please we're sorry! Let go." She let go and both me and Sasuke stood up in unison, rubbing our now red ears.

"How did you know anyway mom?" I asked. He waved her hand, and after smoke emitted from it, a blue and white slug appeared. She was watching us this whole time.

"Crap." I growled. Mom then sighed and smiled.

"So, how long are you going to stay Sasuke-kun…?" She asked. Her eyes seemed to sadden. Sasuke stopped rubbing his ear and stared down at Sakura.

"Until dawn. We're planning to move out since we finally got confirmation on Orochimaru's location." Mom smiled and she nodded.

"So you'll be home soon." She whispered. Sasuke smiled and caressed her face.

"As soon as I have his head and it's in Tsunade's hands, I will come straight back into your arms." He said. I looked down. Maybe he does deserve the title…I shouldn't pry him from his rightful name.

After spending a full night together, eating dinner, and discussing what I've been doing, and my journeys. We also caught up to my training, and even started talking about some of my embarrassing moments as a child, like the time I was about seven, and I was underneath Tsunade's desk to hide from her, and got it in my face. I shuddered.

Then we were at the gates, a little ways before dawn. Sasuke looked at me.

"You take good care of your mother until I come back. Understood?" He commanded. I smiled and nodded. He then looked to mom. She stared up into his eyes, and the wind blew. His eyes turned smitten, and his mouth parted just slightly. They kissed again, and he pulled away.

"I love you Angel." He said lowly. Mom smiled.

"And I love you Sasuke-kun." She whispered.

He stopped and didn't let go of her hand, even as he started walking. Their hands slowly slid away from each others, and I wrapped my arm around my mother. She stared at his back again. Wait…I can't let him walk off before telling him…

"Father!" I yelled. He turned with his eyes wide. He wasn't expecting me to call him that. Ever since we met I've been calling him Sasuke. He deserves the title…he definitely deserves to be called Dad…

"Good Luck." I said. He stared at me, still in some shock before smiling and nodded, and hopping into trees once more, leaving me and mom to Konoha. He came back to us a few days later…and things were good again. I had my father, and mom had her husband again. And she was happy. That's all I wanted really. Later, I got a little sister too and everything was perfect.

To think, he was a Dead-beat dad…

Yeah right.


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Fate

Her eyes felt heavy and the emerald green color that was vibrant faded from them. She was tired and in pain. The wind blew frolicking with her short pink locks and although it meant to comfort her, her state of weakness made the wind feel like a tornado, and she dropped to her knees exhausted. She had been traveling nonstop for two weeks, fighting off men who were filled with disgusting fantasies when they saw her. Her clothing was torn so her red vest that was once fitted on her was torn so her entire stomach was exposed. The zipper had broken off showing a little bit of cleavage and the vest sleeves had had fallen to just off her shoulders. A group of men, she wasn't sure if it was the second or third, had gotten a hold of her skirt and she killed them before they had the chance to take off her shorts. That didn't stop them from getting scraps though. Her shorts were pretty ripped up now a full four inches above her knees.

Sakura Haruno was truly surprised she was even still walking. She guessed it was her determination. But she wasn't sure if the determination was to get to Naruto or just to stay alive.

And at that moment she wasn't sure if she wasn't going to accomplish either one of those task. She looked down at the kunai piercing her stomach. There was no way she could heal it, with her chakra as low as it was. She sighed.

She figured she'd best find a place to die.

She got to her feet and walked, and before she knew it, she was at an abandoned campsite. There were four tents, and being slightly disorientated she missed the first one, and walked into the second one. The second one had a familiar scent to it; specifically a musky minty scent. She walked fully inside into the sleeping bag, being enveloped by its warmth, and soon her heavy eyes began to shut.

'I have to keep moving…' she began thinking to herself. 'But I can't. It's so nice here. It's…a nice place to die, warm and asleep, without fighting…with anyone.' She ended her thoughts and slowly shut her eyes, falling into her slumber.

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