How black your green eyes

Prologue

Blood.

Screams.

The roar of jutsu.

The clashing of steel on steel.

Sometimes she thinks it is all she has ever known. Then she remembers her teammates. Short, curly, black hair and always, always a laugh in ebony eyes and on his lips. Long, silky, black hair, expression stony but warmth in tired black eyes.

With the caress of the wind she tilts her head back, closes her eyes and breathes. The metallic scent of blood and the smell of burning corpses linger in the air.

When she opens her eyes again she catches sight of her partner. He signals her that new orders have come for them, she hopes that with the war ending they will be allowed to return home.

Return to Konoha.