Disclaimer: Raven: Well, Toshio has fallen somewhat Ill, and uh Kakashi... indesposed & Iruka's at ballet class, so I'm here to do the disclaimer. Toshio, does not own Naruto, but he wishes he does...and so do I for that matter, so, enjoy the first chapter of "Did you not Promise me" and now I need to go and check myself into a mental institute. D sayonara.

Kakashi: Yes, and Raven might wish to tell you that 'indisposed' means 'Kakashi's tied to a bedpost in my room'

Iruka: Hey, I don't take ballet! clears throat in a manly way I take jazz.

Raven: Kakashi! How did you escape!

Kakashi: points to self Ninja. Say it with me, Rae. Ninja.


Did you not Promise me

-Chapter One: The Tide (Part I)-

...and I sat there. Wondering what life was going to be like, without you.

Head in her hands, Sakura sat there.

How could he just walk out on me like that. But he did. Sasuke left her. He swore vengence on that demon, but at what cost. His life, yes his life.

There was a knocking at the door, fallowed by a rush. Sakura, sniffling went over to the door. She saw water coming into the house from under the space between the door and the floor. Sakura opened the door. Only to find... the dock had been distroyed. The thunder was roaring and the wind was rushing. It was a storm, mass chaos. The dock itself we gone, and the house was wabbling. Twenty miles away from the house was the village.

"Can I make this...". No she couldnt make it, before she had time to think the floor under her feet had collapsed into the water. Sakura, went with it.

Flustered she swam every whichway. Flipping and turning. She could hear the rest of the house crashing into the sea. The tide pushing her into the debris. She could taste the salt. Bitter & heartless. Sasuke. Thats all she was thinking about. Survive. It never entered her mind. Her head was pushed above the water. She was screaming. Begging for breath. What was she to do? Screaming and gasping. More, more. SHE NEEDS AIR, WATERS OF FURY HAVE MERCY ON HER SOUL. Saltwater, in her lungs. Take it and roll with it. Her head was forced out of the water again...This time, between the screams and the gasps, there was a shadow standing on the shore. Her head was pushed out again. THE SHADOW...IS GONE.

Sakura was blacking out now. The last thing she felt was hands on her back.