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Dropping Your Guard
Sakura thought that in the years she'd had to train as a kunoichi, mastering secret arts that previously belonged only to the clan of her master, that she was ready. She could take on the one thing that haunted her and resolve it once and for all. It required lying, but then, what didn't in the life of a ninja? She brushed off the memory of her lying to her friends. Sasuke stood tall and proud as she tried to kill him, only to fail at the last hurdle as her love for him surged back.
"I can't do it."