The Hokage's Will by Airheaded dude

Chapter Eleven: The First Movement

Chapter Eleven: The First Movement

It had been quite a sight to see when she had finally reached the village that had raised the one responsible for Konoha's status as it is right now. Ame had a glorious site from afar, it look more metropolitan than Konoha was, the pipes that scaled the building up made it look like the city came from one of those steam punk novels.

Sakura had managed to get in contact with Konan a few seconds ago, now that she was finally settled down after that long trip, she awaited Konan's presence.

"I'm sorry I kept you waiting, Haruno-san." Mentioned Konan as she walked inside, gone was her Akatsuki cloak, and instead, her cloak was now plain dark in colour.

"I-It's no problem, Konan-san." Sakura raised her hands in gesture as the older woman sat down.

"Hokage-sama wanted to talk to you about what happened in the Summit concerning your… former associates." Sakura mentioned as she handed over the scroll to Konan who began reading the contents.

Silence befell the room, and Konan gently rolled the scroll her head bowing.

"So it's finally happened… I didn't think he would speed up his plan this much." Konan closed her eyes solemnly, feeling the guilt of the situation finally occurring in the masked man's plans.

"Uchiha Madara, the more I think of that man, the more I realize how twisted he is based on his ideals." Konan trailed off and looked outside; a flock of birds had flown up in the sky. Sakura mirrored the paper woman's gesture and looked to her left.

"Tell me Sakura-san, how is Naruto-san fairing these days?" Asked Konan, Sakura replied, "He's doing fine, he left after giving this letter to me to relay to you. Tsunade-shishou mentioned that he was going to train and research on seals. He wants to end this war as soon as he can and he's doing what he feels what he needs to do."

Konan then stifled a small smile as she began paper folding on the table that sat between them, Konan then spoke, "You know, Naruto-san is like Yahiko in many ways…"

"Yahiko?"

Konan then looked at Sakura who was looking at her in a confused manner, "Ah my mistake. Yahiko is… was a friend of ours…"

"Was?"

"He was killed right before Nagato and I joined Akatsuki, he was a very dear friend of ours." Konan mentioned as she continued to paper fold.

"I-I'm sorry…"

"Don't apologize, Haruno-san, it was not you that dealt the blow. Yahiko was the bravest out of the three of us; he was assertive, brash and took command of things when it got tough. If it wasn't for him, I don't know what would have happened to us when we were children." Konan then finished her paper folding and revealed her finished product.

A paper crane…

"When he died, Nagato and I were devastated, but out of the two of us, Nagato was the one who never got over his death. Nagato looked up to Yahiko, even I did, but I realized sooner that I couldn't wallow in that sadness, when Nagato vowed to continue Yahiko's dream, I followed him. It wasn't the same, but we knew that it was what Yahiko wanted for us." Konan then said to Sakura who by now was looking at the floor.

"In Nagato's perspective, he just wanted to protect those very few people that he considered friend. How about you, Sakura-san? I can tell that you have the same type of pain as I do, all the time you were looking on the floor and avoided looking at me, as if you know what it likes to lose a friend." Konan mentioned, Sakura let out a hollow laugh and said, still looking on the floor, "It's funny how I found a kindred spirit in you, Konan-san. In a way, yes, but instead of being killed, he ran away from home."