Full Summary:

Naruto and Sasuke duke it out in one last battle causing the death of one Haruno Sakura, who knew her boys would never stop until one of them died. To fix all of the horrible mistakes they've made, Sakura uses a time-reversal jutsu to change the course of their actions. Only, the world they entered is much too different. Magic! Jinjuriki Sakura! Outcast Sasuke! And... where the hell is Naruto?

The cries of the two brothers on Team 7 were loud and their attacks were vicious. Blood spatter and torn clothing littered the ground they near obliterated. One wrong move, one misstep, and it was all over for either one of them. They had won the war, they had beat Kaguya, they had secured damn peace for the world, and now what? Were they really going to fight like they had nothing on the line for either one of them?

Tears sprang out of the eyes of the sole female on their team. "They'll never stop… will they, Kaka-sensei?" Thick tears threatened to spill from the rosette. She turned her big green eyes to face the only other member of Team 7, the only other person who knew the pain that they had all gone through.

Hatake Kakashi, in all his wisdom, in all his effort to make peace with the Team 7 of the past and the Team 7 of the present, was at a loss for words. There was simply nothing he could say. Was he supposed to tell her that everything would work out in the end? That the two idiots would come to their senses and quit their battle and just live peacefully? It was pointless to lie at this point. They could have all died at any point of this war, a war even he, a survivor of the Third Shinobi War, couldn't fathom possible. He wished for peace between his team as he had done many times before.

Before he could reply any sort of nonsensical comfort to the one hurt most by their fighting, she took off. "Sakura!" he shouted. His body wouldn't cooperate with his mind. He was too exhausted and too mangled to sit up at this point. He watched her back with glassy eyes and knew that she was right. They would only stop if one of them died, and it never mattered which. But he was their sensei. He was supposed to protect his team from the evils of the world, even if it was a battle between teammates. He knew, and he fucking hated that he knew, that her sacrifice would not be in vain. She would be the one to stop them. She was the only one who ever could.

With newfound vigor, Haruno Sakura ran, and she ran for their lives. Screw any world that would leave her without the two boys she loved with everything she had. One of family, and one of love. She wouldn't be left behind, even in death. Pink eyebrows furrowed as she pushed herself to her limits and even beyond. She would love them for all eternity, and dammit they needed her.

She saved Sasuke from his darkness when his curse mark first activated. And she would save him now. She tried her best to never let down the blond who invaded her dreams she had over and over again. But not this time. This time, she would save their souls from their own clouded judgments and they could move on with their lives. She knew what she was doing and she knew that they all needed it. A wake-up call in life, a goodbye in death. That would be her legacy if this damned idea of hers found a way to work out.

Neither one of the two fighting boys heard her rushed footsteps, heard her silent prayers that after this… after this everything would go back to normal. She didn't have enough chakra to save herself, but she could knock some sense into them.

Neither one of the boys saw her until she flash-stepped in front of both of them. Her smile, genuine. She knew what this meant before they could even register to stop their attacks. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, the three of them would be together until the very end. Recognition flashed before the raven and blond haired boys' eyes and they knew what they were going to do, they knew that it was too late to call back their attacks, they knew everything and nothing all at once.

She didn't even shout or scream in agony when Sasuke impaled her in the chest or when Naruto's attack went through her stomach. Her smile was the last thing either boy had seen before the light went out in her eyes. It was instant death, they both knew it. It didn't mean that it hurt any less. It didn't mean that either felt anything but guilt and remorse.

Naruto held onto her body with everything he had, screaming her name over and over again. He didn't even remember their last real conversation. She confessed her love for him a while back, was it real? Or did she just want to go after Sasuke herself? Naruto loved her, loved her as if his life depended on it. He regretted leaving her when he left to train, he wouldn't dare think of her pain when he had to leave. Hell, when he found out that Kakashi-sensei had left her to her own devices he knew how much loneliness she must have gone through.

Her parents had died during the chunin exams, and she never once mentioned it to either of them. It had been Sai who informed their leader and Naruto of their deaths. It seemed that he had caught her once or twice crying to herself, something she begged him not to mention. None of the members of Team 7 or even Team Kakashi had parents still alive, and she knew that she would be preaching to a choir. She held back those feelings for all of them. She showed them all so much strength, always hiding her fears and weaknesses. Why did death have to claim her so?

Sasuke looked at his hands after he had dropped to his knees. It must have been some sort of irony of the gods when it started raining the second their bodies hit the earth below them. He remembered her love forcing the damned curse mark on his neck back during the chunin exams. He remembered her small and weak threats of alerting the guards when he tried to leave. He remembered her when they were younger, before the massacre, when her blush would turn his face red and the tips of his ears pink. He remembered trying to kill her so many times. Why did he have to succeed this time?

"Naruto…" the raven-haired teen began. His voice cracked all over the place, he couldn't keep his feelings inside. He killed the one girl he had loved. The one girl he would do anything for was laying in his best friend's arms just three feet away from him.

The blond's wails almost drowned out Sasuke's call to him. Tears just wouldn't stop coming for the Kyuubi container, "...w-what is it?" His voice was failing him, he had used it so carelessly in the fight, shouting out attack after attack. And now his best friend, the love of his life was resting peacefully in his arms. He cupped her cheek with his right hand. Dull green eyes and a stupid smile graced her face. She had faced him in the end. She had jumped in front of them and she had given her last smile to him. Him, of all people. Shouldn't Sasuke have gotten it?

"Her body…" his voice trailed off. He recognized those markings and the fuinjutsu that came with it. It had been a scroll he found in Danzo's office, he knew what she had done. "The writing on her body," his voice wavered by his own tears. He hadn't cried in so long. She, and only she was truly worth the tears.

"What does it mean?" Naruto's voice shook with the overflow of emotions. He really should have studied Fuuinjutsu like Jiraiya had tried to teach him. Did he have anything left to live for? Her sacrifice was too great for even his own heart. Her life wasn't worth both of theirs, not even combined.

"She used," Sasuke couldn't find the words to finish his sentence. He bowed his head to the floor underneath him, tears overflowing, leaving him with heavy sobs. She had made the ultimate sacrifice for all of them. Soon, the world they knew, they know, they remember… She gave her life for a cause they all needed. The last words he spoke before the world fell unconscious were for her.

"Thank you, Sakura."

This story will hopefully update once every two or three weeks, depending on how much writing I can get done. I'm trying to keep the chapters at a 3,000 minimum, but we'll see how that goes. I really want to know what you guys think!

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