"You are accused for murdering an elder and giving away information to the enemy."

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The room was white. She looked around, but there wasn't anything she could look at. The white walls were blinding her, so she looked down into her lap and studied her hands. They were bloody and dirty, since she hadn't been allowed to wash herself after healing ninjas all night. Her hands were bound together by a chakra suppressant rope and she could fell it slowly sucking her chakra out of her. She felt faint and closed her eyes for a moment to control the sudden rush of dizziness that momentarily struck her. She heard a door slowly open and she opened her eyes in response. Ibiki Morino walked through the open door and into the room. He held a folder in his hand and in the other he held a thing that looked like a small box. But she knew better. It was a torturing tool used together with the ropes that was tightly bound around her wrists. She looked up into his eyes and scratched herself on the chin.

"Ibiki san, it's nice to see you again." She smiled, but this time it was a false one. She settled into her emotionless mask and softly met his hard gaze,

"Sakura san" He greeted and nodded at her. She didn't do anything in response. He flipped the folder open as if he was going to read into it, but she knew he had already memorized its entire content. She sighed as she sunk a little deeper into the wooden chair she sat on and waited.

He looked through it slowly and flicked each page loudly when he turned it. The sound was a big contrast to the silence in the room. She turned to one of the walls and her face softened slightly.

"Naruto is watching this, right?" She nodded towards the white wall and then back at Ibiki. He nodded slowly.

"He asked if he could and is accompanied by Ino, Kiba, Hinata and Lee." She nodded and smiled slightly. They were worried about her. He looked up from the folder again.

"I'm going to ask you this once, and then the next time is going to be worse." He briefly waved the box towards her. "You do know what this is, right?" She nodded slowly, while her brain processed the information she just had got.

"It works with the ropes around my wrists." She lifted her arms to show them. "And if you want to, it will send a strong electrical impulse through my body." She could almost hear Naruto gasp, and her face became a cold mask yet again.

"Did you betray the village by giving away information to our enemies?" His hard voice echoed in the room and she felt him waiting for the answer. She sighed and smiled slightly at him

"Yes, I did." His eyes widened slightly in surprise and he almost dropped the folder. He then collected himself and looked at her again.

"How much information did you give away?" She felt the blood and dirt on her hands, and wondered how much of it were on her face right now. She closed her eyes and relaxed in the chair.

"I merely gave away the fact that the elders betrayed Konoha a long time ago." Ibiki didn't look surprised but the look in his eyes hardened, and he tightened his grip around the box.

"That is S-class information and forbidden to give out to anyone. You aren't even supposed to look at it." She nodded and looked at the small box in his hand. His anger could be felt, when small shocks slid through her body. He glanced at the folder and flipped through to the last page. He looked into her eyes and opened his mouth slowly.

"Did you kill the elder Homura Mitokado?" She smiled sadly and met his gaze. It was serene, but at the same time cruel.

"Yes, I did kill the traitor you called an elder." Then Ibiki Morino did something an interrogator should never do; He lost control of his emotions.

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The stone floor in the cell was hard and cold, but she didn't really care. A moment ago she had been the Hokage's apprentice and respected by everyone in the village. Now she was Sakura Haruno, a civilian stripped of her ninja status and a traitor that was always going to be hated. She sighed and put her head between her knees and breathed slowly. Ibiki was one of her best friends. In a way he knew what she was going through and supported her in his own way. If things hadn't turned out like this she probably would've become an interrogator together with him. Now she was burdened by being the first person that, in a long time had been able to make Ibiki Morino cry. She could feel the tears well up and she didn't even try to stop them. She was stuck in this situation with a lot of feelings she would like to forget. The sudden sound of footsteps made her push back the tears and dry her cheeks. She looked up and saw four people standing in front of her. Ino, Kiba, Hinata, Lee and Naruto looked at her with pity. She stood up carefully and met their gazes. They didn't say anything, they just looked. She walked towards them and rested her forehead against the cool metal bar that separated them.

"What do you want?" She didn't even try to hide the cold and harsh tone in her voice as she spoke to them. She could feel their hostile looks and the anger boiled inside her.

"Why, Sakura Chan?" Naruto's voice cracked with sadness and he was on the verge of tears. He swallowed and his sad gaze rested on the metal bar above her. Her face softened into a warm and loving look as she looked at him. Her eyes were sad, and yet they were filled by so many other emotions. The others looked surprised at her, not used to the emotions she was showing. She reached out through the metal bars and softly touched Naruto's cheek. She felt the tears threaten to surface again, but she pushed them back again. She didn't want to show him weakness right now. Her fingers caressed the edge of his chin, and then she pulled them back into her cage.

"I don't know what they told you…" She turned towards the three others, who were staring at her." But I hope you will believe me when I say this…" She closed her eyes and put her hand on the metal bar.

"I will always love you." They flinched when they heard her words and tears started running down their cheeks. A voice called out through the corridor.

"You have to leave now! There are people coming!" Sakura's face turned hard again as she turned her back towards them and walked away in the cell.

"Go." She whispered, but the hard tone was still there. They nodded and silently ran away from the cell, while she felt the reality swirl around her. Three ANBU came and opened the door to her cage. She turned around and looked at them. One of them grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the cell. She didn't even try to resist.

"It's time for you to leave." She closed her eyes and let them take her away.

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The crowd looked at her as she walked down the path with her hands bound behind her back. She was dressed in a white dress and her hair was combed and put up in a tiny ponytail. She walked slowly, as if she tried to avoid the destiny that awaited her but she still had her head lifted high and proud. She reached the small podium at the end of the path, and climbed up on it. On it were three ninjas; the hokage, Tsunade, the interrogator, Ibiki, and her former sensei, Kakashi. All of them looked at her with sad and almost pitiful looks. She met their eyes and looked at them with one single emotion, Sadness. Tsunade stepped forward.

"Sakura Haruno, you have been charged for murdering one of the elders and betraying the village by giving out information to the enemy. Do you have anything to say in your defence?" Sakura looked at her with an emotionless look.

"It doesn't matter what I say, I'll be executed anyway." Tsunade flinched and looked down into the ground. Sakura turned towards Ibiki.

"I confess. I was the one who killed the elder and I did give out information to the enemy." Surprised murmurs could be heard from the crowd. Ibiki looked suspiciously at her.

"Is that the truth?" She mustered up the strength to give him a small smile.

"I would be disposed of later anyways." She glanced at the crowd. "This way is better" Kakashi opened his mouth, but was stopped by Tsunade's hand.

"Very well, you confessed." Tsunade's voice was heard clearly in the stunning silence. She looked at Sakura with a cold gaze. "Do you have any last words?" Sakura nodded and turned towards the boy in the audience she was feeling most sorry for right now.

"Naruto…" Her clear voice rang through the thick silence of the crowd, watching her with cold eyes. He lifted his head and looked at her. She smiled a sad smile.

"We chose different paths. You would be loyal to the village, even if it had done something terrible." She glanced on Kakashi, and looked back at Naruto again. "But I'm different. I chose the path I thought was the best. It was as you said at the chuunin exam, 'I don't go back on my word, that's my ninja way'." She smiled softly as memories flooded her brain. Those days would never come back but he would treasure them forever. "I wish that you become the Hokage someday, and can change the village. I hope you understand my actions, because if you don't they will all be in vain." She met his gaze and saw tears running down his cheeks. She smiled sadly and let a single tear roll down her cheek, as in response to his tears. She closed her eyes and turned around.

"Naruto…. Thank you."

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Ibiki held the kunai in a tight grip and looked at Tsunade.

"Are you sure about this?" Tsunade nodded, as tears overflowed from her eyes and ran down her cheeks. Kakashi's visible eye was filled with tears as well, even though they weren't overflowing yet. Tsunade raised her hand and looked at Sakura. Sakura smiled at her and nodded. Tsunade nodded in response and opened her mouth:

"Let the execution of Haruno Sakura begin!" Ibiki tightened his grip and rushed forward, towards the defenceless girl in front of him. She opened her eyes and looked at him.

"I wish things were different…" She whispered and saw his eyes shine with sadness.

The blood splattered on the ground as the kunai pierced flesh.

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