Sasusaku Month 2021 Entries | Shachiyie

Day 22: Traitors

Thick smoke invaded his lungs and Naruto can't breathe.

The only thing he can do is watch in terror as the village he swore to protect gets engulfed in black flames.

Its strange color got him questioning where it came from, but he couldn't think straight. Not when his focus keeps shifting towards the screams of agony.

He looks at the unholy sight.

From adults to children, Naruto sees them run around in panic, the black flames embracing their bodies, slowly tearing and melting their skins apart.

He watches the people splash themselves with water, anything to relieve the pain.

But it just won't stop.

He feels his stomach churn- which resulted to him dropping on his knees and started to vomit.

"Naruto!"

He feels a pair of hands help him up for support.

"Kakashi-sensei? What's happening?"

He only got a grim look from Kakashi, "Amaterasu..." he mumbles.

Kakashi already had a guess on who's behind all this. The white haired ninja tries to speak until they felt the floor rumble.

Cracks opened everywhere, houses falling down to pieces, burying innocent people that only lead to their death.

The smell of fresh blood made Naruto scream.

They're helpless, a lost cause.

They don't know what to do.

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Standing on the 5th Hokage's stone face, Sakura released a sigh.

"There's no turning back now." Her companion speaks.

"I know."

For the last time, Sakura grips her headband, before throwing it away, letting it burn to ashes in Sasuke's amaterasu.

Will this choice leave her with regrets? Absolutely not.

Konoha's the reason for Sasuke's suffering, had she not known the secret behind its corrupt system she'd still be chasing the ravenette, unknowingly bringing him back to that hellhole.

But she's here with him now, so nothing matters.

Just them, and revolution.