Sakura in the Past

by Tsurara11

In order to save Konoha, Sakura had to give up her life. She is given another chance and all that is asked of her is that they make sure things do not end as they did before. Sakura must make sure that things that were major events in her time never occur and that people who caused major problems for Konoha never have the chance to. Follow Sakura in her new journey.

4. Chapter 4: A Start to

Hello and welcome to the fourth chapter. This one will be shorter than usual but if I try the whole chapter together it will be much to long for my liking.

To 'time.i: Thank you for the comment. As for the timeline mess up, it was done on purpose at least left that way on purpose by me. SasuLovesSaku4Ever had it that way and I decided to leave it that way because it makes more sense for the story line I have in mind.

Chapter Four: A Start to …

After that, Itachi and Shisui went on missions sometimes coming back half dead, other times coming back completely fine. They were a good pair of ninja. Their skills and abilities to analyze thing kept them alive when many others would have failed or died. I checked up on Itachi's disease, and it had gone away completely. Only a slight trace of it was left. I gave him some more medication just in case it could come back, telling him to take it weekly until there wasn't any more, and telling him to come to me for a check-up when he ran out.

Then we were sent out on a mission. The criminals in the high class prison had escaped and were getting out of control. Itachi and I were ordered to go bring things back into place and order. If the prisoners who escaped resisted, they were to be killed. I flew through the trees with my mask and cloak on and Itachi was beside me.

"Itachi, make sure you're on guard. We're in the prison grounds now." I said closing my eyes and sensing for the prisoners chakra.

I directed Itachi towards the groups of prisoners who were surrounded by the ninja who had been guarding the prison. We helped bring most of them back and once everyone was gathered, we checked all the prison cells. They were all in and Itachi and I decided to stay the night to make sure everything was secure so that we didn't have to come back a second time. I lay on the roof of the prison and watched the sky, staring at stars. I had my eyes closed when Itachi came up.

"Couldn't sleep?" I asked Itachi.

He seemed a little surprised I was awake. For years now I have only been able to sleep late in the night because of how much work I have had to do. It is hard for a ten year old to do this but I developed the skill on demand. I could not just sleep for long periods of time. Even now with help with my work, I still have to stay up late because of the upcoming war with Orochimaru.

"No. Sorry, did I wake you?" He asked.

"I was just relaxing and staying up as my usual schedule demands" I said opening one eye.

I motioned for him to sit beside me. He sat down and we were both silent for a few seconds. He stared up at the skies. I broke the silence.

"Itachi, what do you think happens after death?" I asked.

He looked at me slightly confused and wondering why I was asking this.

"I don't know. I think that people go to heaven and other people go to hell," Itachi said.

"Hm. I think that there's a lot more than that. What do you think of reincarnation," I asked him.

"It might be possible," he replied with confused wrinkles on his forehead.

"I think there's also a place where the gods live, and there's a place where the souls who have regrets are placed. A lonely place, but a place to think about their lives and that's the place where their souls are still attached to this world. If they have regrets, they're still attached and I also believe in rebirth." I said.

Itachi blinked at me.

"Rebirth?" He asked.

"Mh hm. The fates decide how long their life will be. I think if their lives ended before they were supposed to die, they would be reborn. Maybe they'd look exactly the same, or they'd have the same personality as someone different. I don't know but I believe if they were good in their lives, and they weren't supposed to die so soon and they died to do something that was great, those people can be reborn." I answered with a smile seeing as I know this from expirence.

"But they wouldn't be the same person." Itachi said.

I looked at him and smiled wider.

"No. Maybe not. But if old friends of that person met him or her, in their new form, don't you think it'd be great if they could be friends again? Don't you think they'd be happy to know that they got another chance at life without being forced to be revived by some evil jutsu and controlled?" I asked.

Itachi closed his eyes and nodded.

"Yes, that would probably make many of their close people happy." He said.

I smiled and nodded looking up to the skies. Itachi lay down beside me. I closed my eyes and hummed a soft tune of a song that my mother in this life had always sung when I had been feeling scared or lonely and couldn't sleep. Itachi's breathing slowed while I softly sung the words of a short version of the whole song. He was still awake. The melody echoed into the area.

"Beneath the veil of starry sky,

As cold as winter's darkest night,

It's there you sleep,

Silent and deep,

You're all alone.

I sing the prayer's soft melody,

Across the lonely silent fields,

A little light began to shine,

It shines on and on.

I watched you as you so peacefully dreamed,

You laughed like a child, happy and carefree,

It's all familiar, and yet so far,

That's the future's promise for you and me.

One day on a green and shining morn,

One day we will finally make it through,

Cause in this sky, so dark with winter,

We still have to believe that it's true.

Fields of Hope,

Fields of Hope,

Fields of Hope..."

(A/N: The song's from Gundam Seed and its called "Fields of Hope")

Itachi smiled and softly said, "It's a nice song, peaceful."

"Yes. Like how we wish for this world to be and it all starts with our village," I said.

Itachi nodded with his eyes closed.

"My mother used to sing that song to me, when I was young. It helped me sleep. I couldn't sleep sometimes as a child, and she'd be able to sing to me and put me to sleep." I said looking up at the sky.

The stars shone brightly and beautifully. The moon was full tonight as well.

"It's a full moon tonight." I said looking up at the moon.

Itachi nodded half asleep. I sat on the roof and watched as he slowly fell asleep. I smiled lightly at his calm face.

Itachi's innocence and pure want for peace was no doubt strong. He was selfless, too selfless. I could still change that though. I would change I, for sure. This time the Uchiha clan would stay alive, and I would change their continuous cycle of death. I just hoped that he would be strong enough to argue against the elders in his clan, to stop them from attacking the village, and to keep the peace in the village without sacrificing himself.

Soon Madara would attack, when Naruto was born. I had a bad feeling about something that would happen soon. I slept, but kept alert. Everything around the prison and in the prison was peaceful.

The next morning, we left and got back to the leaf village. Months went by, and Mikoto's stomach got very obvious. I had also heard that Uzumaki Minato and Uzumaki Kushina were going to have a son of their own. Naruto. I asked Mikoto what she would name her son. She had no idea yet. After a few more months, it was finally Sasuke's birthdate in my past life and his due date had been assumed a little later.

I was working in my office when there was a sudden alert from the northern look-out contact machine.

"Taichou! The sensors sense a huge amount of chakras coming towards the leaf village. They're just over an hour away from the village at running speed! Most of the chakras are small but there is a single sinister and larger chakra! They're to the north of the village! They're traveling quietly for now! We're at the lookout tower in the northern area from 30 kilometers the village!" A voice came in.

I nodded with an internal sigh. The day had finally arrived for the defeat of Orochimaru. I would not let him live past that day.

"Very well, Keep track of the situation. I want to know more about the situation when the forces get there. Contact the other towers to keep their guard up and watch out for any other chakra. For all we know they could be a decoy. I will handle everything else." I commanded.

"Hai," The voice responded.

I put up the announcer through the whole building.

"This is Head Anbu Captain. I am calling an emergency Anbu meeting on the roof. All Anbu are to come prepared for battle. I repeat, I am calling an emergency meeting on the roof, all Anbu are to come prepared for battle." I ordered in my very serious tone.

Even the new Anbu knew better than to mess with me when I used this tone. Those who disobeyed my orders when I used this tone where forced on babysitting duty. We call looking after the Genin Squads babysitting because essentially that is what it is.

Tsurara11: Like I said earlier this chapter is not very long. It is about four and a half pages long.

Sakura: How many chapters will SasuLovesSaku4Ever's chapter 2 be divided into?

Tsurara11: Just like her first chapter, the second chapter will be divided into three chapters.

Sakura: Ah.

Tsurara11: Sakura, where is Itachi?

Sakura: He went somewhere.

Tsurara11: Sakura*raises voice slightly* what have you done with Itachi? *Glares*

Sakura: *Gulps* I'll go get him. *Runs off*

Tsurara11: Good. Well anyways that is the end. I hope you all enjoyed it. If I have time,I might update the next chapter later tonight. So until next chapter bye.