When first he laid eyes upon her, he thought her the very personification of spring. He watches, from the depths of shadow; waiting to steal her away from the land of the living. Waiting to make her Queen of the Dead. Hades/Persephone retold. SasuSaku.

Tora enjoys being his rich, stunning self. Of course he fakes his way through most of what he does, but he's learned to live around the lies, absorb himself in the worst of his ways. But this girl... She's something entirely new to him. Michiyo Akari sees through it all, and surprises herself by falling in love with the guy who's been pissing her off ever since she moved in.

'They're asking us because these soldiers have absolutely no one left to write home to,' Sakura thought with a frown. So she signs up for the Shinobi Letter Exchange, not realizing how large the consequences would be. - AUish one-shot [KakaSaku]