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Three Wishes

Sasuke looked up at the shrine he was visiting, with all the little bits of paper detailing the deepest, darkest thoughts and desires of their flawed race. There was a piece of paper clenched in his fist, too, black ink marring it as he wrote his deepest wish on it. His best friend's was already hanging up, the wish to be Hokage unchanging through the years. Sakura had kept hers secret from him and he had no idea which one of the hundreds hung up was hers, or if she'd even visited yet. His?

"I don't want to be alone."