A/N: Two for starters, 'cause I'm cool like that.
Anima: (noun)
Soul; life
The inner personality that is turned toward the unconscious of the individual.
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The mission was a success. Sakura continued to jog through the border, noting the landscape as it slowly changed from deadly desert to lush forest. The slow rise in humidity created a damp sheen over her skin and clothes, but she ignored it. If she kept this pace, she could be in Konoha in two days. Maybe Sasuke would be back by then.
He said to wait for him.
She would wait. She said she would. She'd waited all these years, so what were a few more months? Sakura added a small trickle of chakre to her calves, widening her stride.
She would get home, take a bath and report to the Hokage – if she could find him. Then life would return to normal, like nothing had happened at all.