This wasn't the way he wanted it, and she knew that.

Life didn't get to go the way they wanted.

She saw it coming before he did. His sharingan was otherwise engaged and the enemy was behind him, so of course she did.

She ran without a word, without a thought of doubt or what would be best for the village, or any other consequence.

He was her sensei.

She'd lost too many friends today.

She saw comprehension and shock in his eyes mingle into something like horror just as she brought up her arm and violently shoved him out of the way.

She isn't sorry.

Life never happens the way it's supposed to.

She'll get one thing right though, the most important thing he taught her, something she'd failed at too often today. She'd do one thing right today. When it counted the most.

I won't let my comrades be killed