so i've decided that i want to make this a collection of one-shots, since i cannot even keep up with my own stories :c

Diamonds.

Fate was a fickle bitch, Sakura deduced.

Situations that set consequences in motion made her leave the village, her precious Konoha, and everyone that was there in it. Tsunade was dead, Kakashi and Naruto were locked up while Hinata was being married off to some other Hyuuga she could never love. Everyone was suffering under Danzo's rule except her; Sakura ran far away, fighting for her life trying to escape from the place she once called home.

It took one complicated jutsu and a huge explosion to make them think she was dead and incinerated into nothing. That was far from the truth though, since she was alive and greatly scarred by that event. Days had turn into weeks as weeks had turn into months since the nightmarish event that still plagued her in her dreams. The thought and fear of being caught made her throat constrict.

Still, the years went by and the sixteen year old nuke-nin slowly turned nineteen, coming to her full potential as a powerful nuke-nin. Sakura still was glad she was still K.I.A. in the eyes of Konoha and not in the Bingo book. She did well to keep it that way though, and lived in a small cottage in a tiny village on the outskirts of Kiri, leaving only when nescessary.

Which lead her into the situation she was in now. Sakura had been gathering some herbs when she sensed a flare in chakra miles away. Placing her hand on the ground and weaving her chakra into the earth she sensed the vibrations of a battle through the ground.

She darted through the trees, barely touching the branchs as she flew by, surprisingly fast to anyone who knew her before when she was weak. The vibrations of the battle had silenced, making her more curious about the victor. The girl stopped abruptly at a cliff side with a fearsome drop. She tilted her head, green eyes narrowing as she stared down, seeing a half-black half-white creature with an unruly mop of green hair.

"Shit," She muttered before pulling her red scarf up to cover her mouth and nose. Smoothing out the hood of her cloak she made sure her hair was covered before taking a step forward, and fell. The wind wipped past her, and she embraced the feeling of free-falling.

it's almost like flying. The girl mused before gathering chakra at her feet, cushioning the blow as she landed a few feet away from the man. Lifting her head she stared at him raising a brow, before following his gaze to a dead Uchiha Itachi.

"Sasuke killed him." She spoke and Zetsu looked at her, giving her a sharp-toothed grin. It'd been more than five years since he left the village and it was no surprised to her that he accomplished his goal.

"Do what you want with his body." He finally spoke and melted away into the ground making her glare at where he once was. Stepping forward carefully over the rubble she crouched next to the elder Uchiha's body, tilting her head once more as she held her hand over his body, probing it with her chakra.

And suddenly his chakra flared brightly making her freeze.

Green eyes widened as his own black ones cracked open, no not black, but grey that stared up at nothing and seemed to not even acknowledge her presence. In a flash his hand wrapped around her neck and silently she chatised herself for letting her guard down. The hand tightened and her eyes narrowed before she poked him with her finger sending out a flicker of chakra making his hand fall limp.

"I don't..." He whispered, barely audible. "..want to die.." He choked out before coughing violently. And slowly the mold of the nuke-nin she had perfected ebbed away slightly as Sakura Haruno's face twisted into a grimace.

"Why?" She asked raising a brow before he wheezed again. Itachi was drowning in his own blood and she knew it, but still didnt have the heart to heal him without an answer.

"It wasn't... s-supossed to end up... this way." He wheezed again, before her mouth turned into a deep frown. "Sasuke.. he.." He began coughing again, blood flecking her knees. "He... was s-supposed to stay i-in Konohagakure..." Her eyes went wide before she slowly placed her hand on his forehead, brushing away a few strands before sighing.

"You won't die." She gritted out, as his own eyes flickered towards her, searching for the voice he'd heard. Lifting him slowly into her arms she stuck an explosive tag to the ground and ran off, Inner Sakura ranting away in anger as she did so. "You're lucky i found you Uchiha." Sakura whispered and he stayed silent, staring up at her like she was his last hope.

And, ironically, she was.