Things weren't supposed to have ended the way they did. The war had lasted too long, countless of them had died fighting. They had fought until Madara was finally, truly dead. But now, there was only two left. With Konoha gone and everyone dead, neither of them accepted the cruel outcome. So, they went back. -- "You can't save everyone, death can't be avoided." "We can sure as hell try. We failed them once, it won't happen again."

You, reader, lie under a cave with none other than the Black Swordsman himself and you see strange visions. Very slight mentions of rape and violence. I felt my old love returning towards Guts after re reading Berserk, so I thought, why not write a fic which no one will probably read?