Peacemaker

Not giving up

Sakura avoided the Hidden Leaf Villageduring her three years of training. Instead she went to the Hidden Mist Village first avoiding Kaguya at all costs. She searched around the place, trying to find survivors. She only found corpses.

Aside from that she gathered many scrolls and found the Seven swords. It was odd to see them just there without anyone,but shedidn't dwell on merely moved on. Took a boat to the fallen Uzushiogakure.

She found survivors. Just like her.

The only one she knew were Omoi and Shizune. It wasn't exactly a happy reunion, more like a grim one. Hope was scarce after all.

She explained her situation to them. Shizune had been useful enough to pull up together a self-made scroll with a rough timeline of the past for her, though most of her knowledge were second hand information she gathered from Tsunade. Though she had stayed behind to help the other survivors. A medic-nin to the end.

Omoi had taken it upon himself to escort her to the Hidden Cloud Village. To educate her in their abilities, he had told her as a means of explanation. Later, when theyhad gotten closer and more comfortable with each other he had confided in her. Told her how he watched his friends die one by one before being trapped in the stupid illusion. He never did tell her how he broke out of the illusion. She didn't ask.

He only told her that he wanted to help. To fix things.

"If the Sage said you might be able to bring peace, I'm willing to put my bets on you. Not to mention I'm kind of obligated to trust you, being your comrade and all that."

"Is that the only reason?" She had asked him.

He gave her a humorless smile. "It's funny how the world had to end before I finally grew up and stopped being a lazy kid." Then he gave her a curious look. "When did you grow up?"

"When the boy who loved me with all his being almost died because I forced him to make a stupid promise to me."

"We're both fucked up people, aren't we?"

Sakura shrugged, "Right now the world's more fucked up than us."

"True." He admitted.

"So what now?" Sakura asked taking a glance at the destroyed village she was in.

"Haven't figured it out yet. I mean, I could go back and help Shizune and the others, but I can't leave you all alone."

"Ah."

"So what do you want me to do?" Omoi arched an eyebrow at her.

Sakura thought for a moment. "I...want you to stay with me."

"Then I will." He firmly said.

Sakura let out a humorless chuckle. "Forcing people to do things for me, I guess I still haven't grown up."

Omoi gave her a genuine smile. The first she's seen of him. "I-"

"We'll set up camp later." Kinkaku's voice sounded.

Sakura didn't open her eyes even though she knew the person carrying her on his back knew she was awake. She relaxed herself, or at least forced herself to seem that way.

'The devil twins are 2 o clock away from my position, and the boy who looks like Sasuke is 12 o clock. Which means...'

She tensed again.

Madara Uchiha was carrying her.

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Kakuzu fastened his backpack filled with supplies, money and scrolls.