It's the start of a not-so-happy story
that's been in my head, where Sakura is the main character. Something that a part of me
wishes happened at the end of Naruto.
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Sakura painted the rest of the seals on
the two bodies lying in front of her. Going over the information in
her head again, Sakura double checked her symbols and seal lines.
Reassured that she had done all she
could, she took a deep breath and pulled on her chakra. The seal at
the top of her head unravelled unleashing a rush of chakra that made
her skin glow with energy. She grit her teeth at the heady feeling of
power and channelled everything she could into the newly crafted
seals.
With a twist of power and an almost
whispered prayer, Sakura said, "Impure World Resurrection."
She wondered if she should have renamed the technique. After all the
changes she had wrought, it only vaguely resembled the original.
The two bodies in front of her surged
with life, the elaborate seals around them channelling her power and
allowing the bodies to shift forms.
After what felt like hours but was
probably mere minutes, the procedure ran it's course and a strange
aura filled the air. Sakura swallowed back her apprehension and
stood, waiting for the two she had summoned to get their bearings.
It was the familiar blue eyes that
blinked open first. "Sakura-chan?" Though hesitant,
Naruto's familiar bright voice made Sakura's chest ache as he sat up.
"Where... what?"
Beside him, Sasuke clutched at his
chest as he looked around with narrowed eyes.
When Naruto looked at her, his
blue irises seemed twice as bright against the black sclera. "Sakura-chan, you look different. Your hair..."
Naruto paused.
Sakura resisted the urge to fiddle with
her greying hair.
"We died," Sasuke said
succinctly.
Sakura nodded. "You bled out
before I could reach either of you morons."
They both blinked, as though surprised
by her choice of words. Or maybe they were surprised by the roughness
of her voice.
"It's been two years since you
died. And things have gone…wrong. Very wrong."
They tensed as loud footsteps headed in
their direction.
"Oi, Pinkie are you..." a
white haired male stopped at the entrance, his purple eyes fixed on
Sasuke. With shark like teeth, he smiled, "She actually brought
you back, huh?"
"Suigetsu," Sasuke greeted,
glancing between him and Sakura and managing to keep his confusion
confined to a single quirk up of his eyebrow.
"There's a lot we need to catch
you two up on," Sakura said. She turned to Suigetsu. "Where
are the others?"
"Karin sensed something in the
South, so she sent Juugo for recon."
Sakura nodded. "Then you're stuck
with me for now."
Suigetsu leered.
Sakura sighed. "If you don't
behave, I'll be sure to tell Karin."
"As long as I get a few hours of
you to myself, I'll..."
Naruto raced forward
with a burst of wind and caught Suigetsu by the throat, his hand
glowing gold with his unique chakra.
Sakura rolled her eyes and placed a
hand on Naruto's shoulder. "He's just messing around. But it's
good to know that he can't shift forms when you capture him."
Suigetsu glared and rubbed his throat
as he fell to the floor. "Show some sympathy here, pinkie."
"Ah, did you get hurt again
Suigetsu?" Sakura asked apathetically. "Do you need to be
patched up?"
"That cold attitude is the
reason I don't want to bang you."
Sakura snorted.
"What going on?" Naruto asked
with a confused expression. "Sakura-chan, why are you here with…
are we in Konoha?"
The lightheartedness that came from
Suigetsu's ridiculous nature disappeared in a flash. "Konoha…isn't
safe. It's under the control of Zetsu."
"What?" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke echoed his disbelief with a
tense posture.
"Zetsu didn't die that day,
Naruto. When you two went off to do your… nonsense, Zetsu
retaliated. Kakashi-sensei and I were already weakened from Kaguya.
Zetsu got the upper hand."
"But you're..."
"Kakashi sacrificed himself to get
me away." Sakura admitted, the old guilt of her survival
returning with a vengeance. "To reach you two. But when I got
there..."
"We were already dead,"
Sasuke volunteered.
Sakura nodded. "Even before
everyone came out of that monstrous tree, I knew Zetsu would would
push his advantage. So I sealed your corpses and ran." Noting
that she had their complete attention, “The reason I summoned you
here is because I need help. I need to destroy Zetsu and everything
he's managed to accomplish in the past two years.”
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I wish I knew for sure what Zetsu's
plan was, but that's all I have for this story's starting scene at the moment. The
only other scene I have is a Team 7 emotional rollercoaster that's
full of sobs and heartbreak.
That's all for now,
Polar
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