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"I bet this is way better than before." She sighed of relief. Sakura wore a gorgeous women's Hakama dress. It has a red colour on her upper part with groups of scattered cherry blossom tint all over the area. Then, the black colour of her trousers decorated with some aligning flowers below.

In the warring-era, Sakura wasn't allowed to wear her shinobi outfit that she usually does as it is inappropriate for these...old fashioned people. She realised that kid Madara was startled at her... clothes. In addition, Madara had called her names...as what her best friend, Ino usually named her.

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'...forehead girl!'

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Sakura heard Madara's young voice echoed in her mind. Her left hand turned to fist, gripped trembly, gritted her teeth of annoyance.

" Ugh..I didn't know Madara was like that when he was a brat!."

Then she stopped, noticed something onto the wall. She turned her head to the wooden wall with an old poster written in black ink. Which was said accordingly, was all about free rent, food with salary for successful applicants.

Ensuingly, Sakura has finally found a place to stay by renting a room owned by a civilian business family. She decided to work with their business by selling dumplings, a variety of sushi rolls and nigiri with different choices of hot bento foods. She did this for her rental exchange with free food and water. Sakura work as a waitress then serving customers and help them cleaning the kitchen when they close the shop. She also cooked for them and clean the house without bothering herself working a lot of time. She did this to forget something and focus her job, the reason she became a workaholic person.

The couple is very contented with Sakura's working performances to their business which is a huge help for them because she performed and volunteer for any extra jobs. They are elated at her because they felt towards Sakura, a responsible oldest daughter. They actually have two kids; Hana, their eldest daughter age 10 and Toshio their youngest boy at the age of 7. Sakura had told them that it was nothing for her and love to help them as an exchange payment of her rented room. The couple told her that she may stay with them for many days or years as she wanted and encourage her to get more rest. Sakura thanked them for welcoming her and treated like their real daughter. Hence, she reminded them of her parents. A realization as she felt how she miss them so much.

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When the nightfall comes...

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Sakura enters her room carrying a shoji lamp and slides the door closed. Her cheery smile turned to despair as she put the lamp down near on her kotatsu futon then went to her Tansu cabinetry and change her Hakama dress into a plain white Yukata. Sakura didn't bother herself without doing any beauty night sessions that she used to be but rather, she's thinking of how she had to resolve this kind of complicated problems.

"I wonder where that scroll could be?" she muttered and worried. She blamed the scroll, that thing was the reason she went back in time.

Sakura walks in stepmeal forward to the Shojo door. After she reached it, she slowly gliding the door open, sitting on the floor then watches above the nightfall sky with some few stars and a crescent moon shown. She even not bothering herself with a cold wind of winter even she did not activates her chakra to make her body warm. In spite of that, Sakura began on her wool-gathering as she breathes deeply. When she exhaled, there were cloud-breath out from her mouth. Her eyes turned orb-less.

Notwithstanding, her mind suddenly flashes back again during the Fourth Shinobi War and how her loved ones tragically died. Tears falling on her pale cheeks. Later on, she starts shivering and cried despite trying not to let her sob out. She quickly grabs the pillow from her lap then covered her face with pressure and then she starts wailing. Covering her face using her pillow which helps to minimise her wailed voice.

Feeling alone, sad and afraid of what kind of destiny awaits her...it's either good..or perhaps an instant death and died as a useless kunoichi.

After her grieving moments, she then closes the window calmly and walks step-ly through the kotatsu futon and she lay herself down. She closes her heavily depressing pair of eyes, slowly, until her sight turns gradually to pitch-black.

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'Sakura...'

An echoing male voice has been calling her name. Sakura didn't respond.

'Sakura...'

The same voice had called her again. She responded by a humming then her eyes start opening slowly, blinking until she felt completely conscious and aware but all she saw was nothing but empty darkness.

"Where...am I?" She muttered. She rolling her eyes from left then to right. "I can't see...anything," she said. She felt her body were frozen and unable to move. She felt very weak like all of her strengths were drained.

Suddenly, a light of massive chakra appeared in front of her, then she alarmed herself weakly. In a few seconds, it became an apparition-like of a huge chakra until it forms into a strange-looking man.

Sakura saw a tall, pale-skinned man, had deep wrinkles and a strong jawline. He had spiky, shoulder-length, pale-red hair, with a chin-length, braided lock hanging in front of his left ear. He also had a sported goatee, had a pair of horn-like protrusions extending from either side of his forehead. His eye had Rinnegan-like marking in the centre of his forehead. He wore a white, full-length kimono with a pattern of six black magatamas around a high collar, beneath which, he wore a necklace which was also made up of six black magatamas. On the back of his kimono was a larger, black Rinnegan marking with a pattern of nine magatamas arranged in three rows of three beneath it.

Then an empty dark space turned gradually into a remarkable galaxy background. Sakura then can move her body freely while floating herself around. She then looked slowly at the surroundings and was amazed. And lastly, she turned and look at that man.

"Who—" Sakura cut her words when this man suddenly speaks.

"—Well, well, it isn't that you..the one who found my scroll,...Haruno Sakura." He spoke with a smile on his face. Sakura's face was astounded.

"Y-You...know me?" she said and astonished. The man nodded at her.

"I start knowing you from the time when you found my scroll." He said.

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Sakura was searching for a book of medicinal herbs and chakra control for a medical Justus at the Konoha library. She walked into the library bookshelves while scanning her eyes through the old books and scrolls from left to right then back and forth until she found one of those books which what she was looking for. She stopped and then she pulled that book from the shelf.

While she's holding the book on her left hand and carried other three books on her right arm, an object from above was suddenly fell on the wooden floor not far from her left side. She was startled at first, then she checked the thing downwards...it was a medium size of a scroll; 7 inches tall and 2 inches wide.

She gave that a curious and furrowing look at that scroll and then she looks up the bookshelves and planning to put it back but what she was wondering what this section was all books, not scrolls then she staring back at it again. Sakura placing those three books down on the floor then picking up the scroll with her sceptic look. The scroll had brown colour without any kanji title on it. However, it doesn't look new to her but based on her judgement...it looks probably kept this for a long time because of some dust particles and spider webs were stuck on it. She cleaned the scroll by patting her hands.

"I wonder what this thing doing here?" a 13-year-old Sakura tilted her head. She didn't hesitate to open the scroll but when she saw it, it was blank. However, she felt weird with this unwritten scroll. Someone told her mind to keep it and will able to use this for something. She checked if there's any mark owned by Konoha library, but she didn't find the marking seal. So, she decided to keep it.

"Hm...Probably I'll use this in the future." She chuckled. Then she put the scroll into her brown shoulder bag. Then, she picked up those books from the floor and then she proceeded her way.

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"Let me introduce myself. I am Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Sakura-san. I guess we never met during that Fourth Shinobi war but Naruto, Sasuke, and the former Hokages did encounter me from your time," he said. Now, Sakura didn't know how to say but was speechless. Then in a few seconds, she suddenly speaks.

"I just heard about you already." She said then suddenly frowns. "If you were present during that fourth shinobi war, then why don't you even try to stop this psychotic mother of yours?" She asked enraged while fisting her hands. Hagoromo noticed a furiousness upon her but he understands how it felt when she loses someone very important to her.

"I can't perform a sealing Jutsu. As you can see...my body was destroyed and I'm already dead," he explained with a pang of guilt on his face. Sakura turns downcast.

"I'm...sorry. It's not like I'm blaming you. I just felt so desolated and confused for the whole time." She said despondently.

" I understand, my child." Hagoromo gave her a gentle smile. However, guilt struck him. He was thinking to blame himself for such plight that he created. While Hagoromo was silent, Sakura then looks back at him when she's about to speak.

"By the way, Hagoromo-sama, what is your intention of sending me back in this era?" She asked him.

"You will rectify the mistakes starting in that part. On the other hand, I created and sealed the special power within that scroll during my sons' younger age. This took many years to complete so I hid and placed it at Gamamaru's place where I used to trained and learned senjutsus. I also created an invisible formula sealing the scroll to avoid detecting from other bad entities and will send it to the one who deserves to keep it...and the scroll had chosen you, Sakura..." He explained with a stern look. Sakura in the other hand was completely stupefied after she heard Hagoromo's elucidated utterance. "I granted that to you only for an in case if my aspirations were failed." He continued.

Sakura flashes her mind back at the time when she accidentally reviving Kawarama at the cave...'That crimson chakra! Right!'

"Is this activated when I healed the boy?"

"Actually that was activated when you opened the scroll for the second time before you were sent back and sealed it to you." he corrected her. "The time when the mother started to notice the chakra sealed inside the scroll."

"W-Wait...why don't you give this to someone who's stronger instead of me?" she asked him to clarify his reasons.

"Perhaps it's a faith. It doesn't matter who. The scroll will grant you a vast chakra level in order for you to defeat the real enemy. And I assumed you know hom. The Shadow beast." He said knitted his brows. Sakura shocked and knew who he was mentioned about this black manifestation thing.

"Black..Z-Zetsu?"She asked.

"Indeed. Because that chakra that I gave it to you is enormously powerful than you anticipated. If this was created briefly, this is certainly will revive my mother in a short period of time even before Madara and Hashirama's existence". He said and Sakura stiffly froze. "That's why I use that special scroll to conceal and avoid sensing it from anyone else while the power is still stockpiling inside of it"

"B-But why me?...I am nothing but...a mare weak kunoichi who failed to attack your mother while Sasuke-kun and Naruto tried to sealing her." Sakura said and was upset about remembering her failure again like forever. Then she startled when she heard a chuckled voice from Hagoromo. "Uhm...is there any funny thing that I've just said?" she asked with her left brow raised.

"You remind me of Asura. Both of you have strong and emphatic hearts. You chose love than being thurst of power and greed, Sakura. Just like him." He stopped as Sakura didn't respond. Sakura looked downward, those words that Hagoromo mentioned was more likely described of Naruto's personality.

She then widens her lips, mesmerising about Naruto's mischevious personality, an optimistic who determined to be a Hokage. However, her smile shut when she flashes an image of his lifeless body. She shut her eyes, trying not to cry like a baby again.

She breathes in a deep inhale, and quickly exhaled, sudden perseverance had turned her. "Well then, I'm ready." She spoked. Hagoromo smirked.

"I granted you this chakra to ameliorate yourself to become far stronger than ever before and this will be a massive aid to accomplish your mission. You...are my only hope, Sakura. And I'm sure this time, you will never fail." Hagoromo said confidently. Though, it will also grant you ... immortality"

"Immortal...what?" Sakura was disbelieved. Hagoromo sighed and sweat-dropped at her. "Why the hell did you do that?" She asked confusingly.

"This chakra is forbidden to pass with someone. If you died, that beast will eventually be absorbed you that can use for mother's instant revival." Hagoromo stopped.

"...What a cheeky beast.." She said. "But, I don't want to live...longer life, Hagoromo-sama. I-"

"-You will find out soon what you'll be your decisions soon. But, make sure you sealed that beast before you can decide anything about your life and this power."

Sakura raised her hands, gazing. 'That explains why Kawarama were revived.' She thought. "Accepted, Hagoromo-sama." She looked up to him. "Thank you for blessing me such exceptional power of yours."

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"I see...so these warring eras were Madara and Hashirama." She said inquisitively. Hagoromo replied her a node.

"One of your mission is to protect them leading to a right path...especially Indra's reincarnation," Hagoromo said stern looked at Sakura when he mentions his corrupted older son.

"Madara..Uchiha." she downcast muttered. 'Now I know why I felt that way when I first met him...'

" By the way Sakura...the sealing diamond on your forehead, I make it invisible to avoid confusions. That seal was present from the Uzumaki clan. It will visible and shown if you see yourself in the mirrors or any reflections. In addition, my power was sealed inside of it."

"I see..so..that's why no one noticed and asked about my seal on my forehead..especially to that bratty Madara," She said with her palm touched on her forehead while her face irritated when he remembered Madara's insulting words were thrown at her.

'There's no time.' Hagoromo suddenly said on his mind."...Sakura.." He called her name and Sakura's head startled then she looks at him.

"Hai, Hagoromo-sama?"

"I will formally ask you this time...Will you accept my offer to accomplish the mission and save the lives of people?" He asked her. Sakura quickly node.

"Hai! No matter what it takes, I will fulfil this mission! I promise, shanarro!" she exclaimed. Hagoromo smile at her with a sad look in his eyes.

"Your friends and parents would be so proud of you." He said. However, Hagoromo glows wildly in a sudden and Sakura was startled. "I'm sorry Sakura, I have to leave..." he apologized with the guilt of his face.

"Hagoromo-sama...Are you not going...to accompany me? Or at least will be seeing you some other time?" Sakura asked worried and seems disconsolate.

"Do not be downhearted, Sakura. I trust you and the power that I gave you. I may no longer be roaming in this world...but the power will guide you on the right path. I'm sorry for leaving you such burdens that will carry and facing you in the future. I'm sorry...for letting these things happen which I am the one who originally made this such a huge perilous mistakes."

"No Hagoromo-sama! Its..not your fault.." She spoke. Then Hagoromo saw Sakura's eyes becoming watery..

Hagoromo suddenly flashes his memory back...During his son's middle-aged years...

Hagoromo laid dyingly on his futon. That time during with a fierce weather...lightning strikes on..and he sensed Indra presence mysteriously appeared at his side.

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"...Is that you, Indra?" He spoke weakly while his eyes remained closed. Indra gave him a hatred glance down to his father and then looked away. "Have you come to kill me?" Hagoromo asked.

"There's no need to do that for me anymore. I came here...to end the future of this hell disguised as Ninshu. You have always feared the power of my grandmother. And instead of understanding this enormous power, you merely ran from it... using love and bonds as a shield." Indra then faces down to his dying father again. "Your selfish misconception will mar the future of Ninshu with wars and calamities. Until I destroy Asura and his brethren and wipe out Ninshu from the face of this world, I have no intention of ever stopping my fight. Until I accomplish this. My soul will reincarnate and fight however long it takes!" He said with such loathing aspects on his both face and voice while his Sharingan activated. The lightning roared...and Indra already then disappeared.

And then he remembered the last moments of Asura...

"Forgive me..." Hagoromo raised his hand weakly. Asura immediately reaches and hold his father's hands firmly.

"Father...please be at peace. If the elder brother's soul will reincarnate over and over again, so shall mine." Asura promised. Then Hagoromo glanced weakly at his son without seeing his sight towards Asura's face.

"Asura...I entrust the future of this world..." He shivered. "To you and your descendants..." his final last words delivered to his youngest son.

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Hagoromo closes his guilt looking eyes and now he is sure will all the things will go right. Hagoromo opens his eyes and staring back at this girl. An innocent girl without a connection from the two main clans. Now she's involving with his sins that he made. He has no choice but she was the only last hope ...like his last playing card to beat the enemy.

"Thank you, Sakura... My burden guilt will be no more. Now I'm finally free...once again." He smiled at her for the last time. The light of chakra glows stronger in a sudden until it slowly scattering around the whole space. "Thank you...Sakura...—" Hagoromo completely disappeared

The galaxy view fades away. Sakura's sight turns into the dark once again.

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It was still early in the morning but the sky was dark covered with nimbus clouds.

Sakura slowly opens her eyes and saw a wooden sealing wall. She raises her upper body up from the futon. When she rubbed her eyes, she unforeseeable found the scroll on the futon table in front of her.

'..the power will remain, and will seal in you only'. a voice of Hagoromo echoed on Sakura's mind.

'You...are my only hope, Sakura.' She picked up the scroll, clutched and then put it on her chest. She then put down on her lap again while holding her hands gently.

"I'll never let you down...Hagoromo -sama..."She muttered and downcast her sigh at the scroll while holding her hands tightly.

Sakura closes her eyes. Her fate awaits her, decided to be a protector of this world.

Sakura opens her eyes but was changed into a full glowing crimson and suddenly a massive crimson of chakra glistering wildly through her body. Then... a flash of tumultuous lightning from the outside strikes...

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Hashirama woke up in a sudden and gasped in terrified. He turned his head and scrutinised his room. But all he saw at this instant were his brothers asleep, realizing he saw an eerie dream. He breathes deeply to calm himself.

'What kind of vision did I just saw?' He asked in puzzled. It felt so real for him.

Nevertheless, he glanced back at his brothers' peacefully asleep as smiled gently. He rapidly forgot the dream and considered it as just an image...red eyes that he saw...probably a Sharingan ...he thinks of too much about the war that perhaps was the meaning of his dream.

Hashirama then lay back to his futon and closes his eyes.

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AN: Anyone knows or wanting to be my Fanfic beta reader? Please let me know' cause I need to betaed these chapters. Anyways, please review. (=^.^=)

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