"Everything I was afraid of happening happened."

The skies, the color of a radiant royal blue, stretched across the endless prism of life, known now as an uncontainable void of anguish darkness. Sands once of grainy silk turned to brittle stone, the stones of a cool gradient known to float sunk, and the cooling mist that kissed the skin as a lover burned itself into acid.

Animals of both realms, diminishing while they ran rampantly to allow their clan to survive in the new world order. Humans, those left, scarcely remember a time when they once thrived in prosperity.

The dried soil cracked beneath the hurried feet of three warriors, two men, and one woman as they rushed towards the safety of the cave. The first man in his early to mid-thirties was handsome once, but half his face was scarred from acid rain. Silver hair hung limply to his shoulders, and if you looked closer, you would notice his left arm was partially missing. "Pakkun's gone." The silver-haired man choked out to his companions.

"Sakura, are you sure he cannot locate us here?" The youngest of the three warriors questioned his dark onyx eyes like the ink he weaved, peered up to the sky where a white drawn bird flew by, and then proceeded to explode.

The coral haired woman heaved a sigh as her haunted green eyes assessed the area, before putting up the final barrier to keep the evil out. "I'm certain he won't find us here, Sai. I even had Hatake-san set up the last of the barrier seals Naruto gave me." She confided as she watched the blood slowly drain out of the last Nara deer. In the depths of her mourning heart, she hopes Shikamaru will forgive her.

The wounded eldest gave a grim smile as he slapped Sai playfully on his shoulder. "Mou, we'll be fine." He uttered, turning his worn eyes at Sakura; who was finishing drawing the seals into the stone floor. "Sakura-chan, are you sure you don't want any help?"

Sakura turned and gave the man an annoyed glare, "Still doubting me, sensei?" she mocked out bitterly, before turning back to the sacrifice in front of her as she ignored the flinch from the man.

Sai blinked as he stared at Sakura's back, "I don't believe Ugly will ever forgive you, Kakashi-senpai." Sai stated with his usual bluntness due to his Root training.

Kakashi rubbed at his bare face, "I don't blame her." He admitted shamefully.

Sai shrugged, not caring for Kakashi-senpai's screw-ups. "Sakura, are you sure you have enough for this or will you need some of mine?" He inquired softly from his only friend. Sai, unlike others, minus Tsunade, had faith in Sakura's abilities and plans.

Sakura gave a shake of denial as she stood firm before the complex star seal. "I will be fine," she stated coolly, before taking the broad butcher knife and sliced deeply across both her hands. Kakashi and Sai flinched in behind her as her blood pooled quickly from her hands, Edo Tensei!" she bellowed, slamming her hands into the seal.

Sakura's blood dribbled slowly into the seal as it glowed greedily, eating her blood mixed with the animal's sacrifices. The wind had picked up for a moment before it lapsed, and from the pool of crimson blood came the undead bodies of Uchiha, Obito, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Fugaku, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uzumaki Mito, Uzumaki Kushina, Namikaze Minato, and Nara Shikamaru. "It worked!" Kakashi awed out with relief.

Sakura turned with a glare of ferocity Kakashi had never encountered, as her coral hair rose up behind her. "OF COURSE, I TOLD YOU IT WOULD WORK, BAKA!" she thundered, offended by Kakashi's lacking faith in her. Sakura in her fury threw a kunai and watched with disgust as it missed its target.

"Oh, not this again." Tobirama sighed out with aggravation as his arms crossed over his chest in annoyance and dislike. It was humiliating for the second Hokage to have his own Jutsu used against him. "I'm starting to wish the thoughts of reviving the dead never crossed my mind."

Hashirama gave his younger brother a look of utter apathy, "I told you it was going to be a terrible idea."

"Shut it!" Tobirama hissed at his brother, causing Hashirama to sink to the floor in an exaggerated fashion, much like he did when alive. Mito in her mild confusion began to pat him on the back for comfort.

"May I inquire why we have been brought back?" A healthy and content, Itachi questioned. Everyone alive and dead turned to Sakura as she finished healing herself up for answers.

"Where is Naruto?" Obito blurted, causing Kushina and Minato to glance wildly around for their son. "Did you manage to seal away that creepy moon lady?"

Sakura looked grim as her heart gave a sharp twitch at the loss of her closest friend and teammate. "We managed to seal Kaguya and Zetsu away, but Sasuke." She trailed off her fist, clenching as she gazed at Itachi and Naruto's parents.

"What happened?" Kushina softly spoke, grasping at her chest as she realized her son was dead and the planet's life was slowly declining.

"Sasuke was still so angry at what happened to Itachi, that he took control of the tailed beasts and began to wage war to control the world." Sakura heaved a sigh with the grime and crusted blood that clung to her body. "We have been fighting for five years now; then six months ago we lost, Naruto", her voice cracked at the revelation. "Sasuke's control of the tailed beasts has thrown everything out of balance, and the world we recalled, that you knew, is coming to an end."

Itachi hung his head in shame as his father placed a hand on his shoulder in silent comfort, "This is my fault." He softly admitted shame thick in his voice as he heard the heavy sobs coming from his godmother.

"Itachi!" Sakura sharply chided the former Uchiha prodigy. "What Sasuke has done and become is not your fault. You do not control his actions, he does." She insisted with a calm smile on her ashen covered face.

"This is all on my clan and myself." Fugaku lamented softly. "If we hadn't decided to use violence and go against the village we helped build, we would not be standing here today."

"We don't blame the Uchiha clan," Kakashi reassured the former clan head. "The Uchiha clan was unfairly treated, and the dissent Danzo helped sow against you did not help."

"The point is why are we here?" commanded Mito as she crossed her arms over her chest with an annoyed glare on her face, with the fact the Uchiha clan had the guts to try and secure the village foolishly.

Tobirama nodded his head in agreement with his sister-in-law, "Mito is correct, why have you called us back from our resting place?" I noticed our chakra's weaker, but we have more movement than before."

Sakura displayed nervousness and determination as she held the encouraging stare from Sai close to her heart. "I altered your jutsu, Nidaime-sama. I bent the seal in a way where we only need to sacrifice animals instead of human beings. The reason we have disturbed your rest is in hopes we can gain your help. I wanted Mito-sama, Kushina-sama, and Yondaime-sama to help me finish Naruto's time-traveling seal." Sakura stammered softly to the two redheads and former Hokage.

"Obito, Itachi, Fugaku, and others, we want you to also train and give us the information we need to change the future." Kakashi declared abruptly.

Sakura gave a desperate Saikeirei her knees digging deep in the ground. "Please, this seal is our only hope to correct the many wrongs done and hopefully prevent the Fourth Shinobi War," she urged frantically.

Hashirama held his hand up stopping Sakura mid-rant, " Sakura-chan," he reassured softly with a smile. "We'll help you."