Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto.

Warning : SasuFemNaru, slight SasuSaku, Boruto's setting but no boruto,

slow pace.

A/N

This is translated fiction from my original fan fiction that has been wrote in Bahasa Indonesia. Due to my background which doesn't speak English regularly, I m sorry if there would be a lot of grammar mistakes and such. I just wanna share my work with more people. Hope you all could enjoyed it!

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Uchiha Sasuke was hard to understand. He had perfect life in the eyes of Konoha's people which made him looked like he owned all things that they dreamt of. Ranging from strength, power, to family that would always support him when he fell.

Uchiha Sasuke was definition of shinobi's highest achievement.

However, in the same times, he was also the definition of loneliness and emptiness.

That was the reason why konoha's people thought he was difficult to understand. For them, Sasuke's life was incredible. Being known as the greatest shinobi in his era, became hokage when he was only twenty one, then had a wife who truly loved him--who didn't want it?

Inuzuka Kiba was jealous of what his 'ex' friend had. With all things that he done in the past, Sasuke should never be in his current position. Giving hokage title to him was a joke. Seven years ago, when Hatake Kakashi stated that Sasuke was his successor, Konoha seemed to have just been hit by atomic bomb. That news skyrocketed to the most talked topic for a month. Everyone was shocked, especially they who knew about Uchiha's track record. Many assumptions arose. All kind of questions and rejection were inevitable.

Then, in the first year of his leadership, he decided to take off his single status by marrying a women who was nothing but Haruno Sakura--a women who he ignored greatly although all of their friends knew how much the medic-nin feeling for him. This thing caused new assumption which being associated with the death of the Uchiha's best friend.

News about Uzumaki Naruto that personally entrusted future hokage's position to his best friend had spread among the Elemental Nations, not only Konoha. It because Naruto's name had widely known. His influenced not limited only in Konoha, but spreading to the other shinobi's villages. They heard issue about how Naruto entrusted his two most precious matter to Sasuke. First was Konoha and second was Haruno Sakura, the only women who ever filled his heart when he lived. Even though it was only an issue, that news managed to stop any questions about Sasuke's appointment as Seventh Hokage.

Kiba was one of them who shut up after heard that news. As a close friend, he had great respect for Naruto. Therefore, even if there were many unanswer questions about him, he still respect Naruto, including his decision to entrusting Konoha and Sakura to Sasuke. Moreover, being lead by Sasuke since seven years ago wasn't that bad. Sasuke was very responsible and reliable. If his current position was truly Naruto's last request, Sasuke had granted it well.

Handing over the result of Village Council's meeting to Hokage's advisor, Nara Shikamaru, Kiba listened to Sasuke's short speech that always be used to close the meeting. Not long after that, Village Council's Meeting--that consists of clans head, division leaders, Jōnin Commander, ANBU Commander, and Hokage himself--was dissolved. Among the many people present, Sasuke was the first one who left the room.

Sigh of breath that seemed to be held back too long immediately heard after the door was closed from outside. Everyone in the room stretched their body or lean his back on the chair. Their face looked tired, but more relaxed than when the meeting took place.

"Sometimes I still can't act usual in front of him," said Ino, broke the silence. She propped her cheek with her hand. "Is he always intimidated like that? His mood is horrible."

"You should attend the council meeting more often, Ino," reply Kiba who sat across her. His grin made Ino rolled her eyes. "Don't put all burdens to Sai although he has long been a Deputy of Yamanaka Clan Head. His position as Anbu Commander is already difficult enough."

Ino flick her hand.

"Clan's problems never burdens him. Besides clan's representations here only to ensure the equality position so that there won't happen any unwanted dispute," said her lightly. She stared her friends back with more serious. "You all haven't answer my question yet."

"Is your question one of the baby's request in your belly?" ask Hyūga Neji uninterested.

A smile across Ino's face had answered his question. However, among five people there, no one had answered Ino's question. Kiba was busy closing his eyes due to sleepiness. Neji was occupied reading the documents related to his position as Jōnin Commander, Shikamaru was talking with Shino about meeting results that involved Academy matter, while Hinata busy thinking on how to make their friends not ignored pregnant woman who tended to be more sensitive.

"Hey! You hear me?"

Kiba opened his eyes slightly, but immediately closed it again after yawning.

Shikamaru and Shino stopped talking for a moment before continued two second later.

Hinata held her grimace.

"Uh, he is like that, Ino," said Hinata, tried to answer that pregnant woman. "I thought--uhm--you've knew it. Both of you often attend meeting together while you still active in Torture and Investigation Division."

Ino rested her back in the chair. She frowned, looked disturbed on something.

"Did Sakura has come back from mission?" asked her stiffly. "I'm still can't believe Sasuke allowed her going on mission by herself."

Neji turned his head from the paper he was reading. He said, "Syndicate of illegal poison spreader would straightaway dissapear if they know that we had started to investigate them. Sending spy more than one would be so risky, Ino. Beside, the best candidate to this mission is Sakura. She is the only person who truly understand about poison."

"I hope she's okay."

After said that, Ino left the room immediately, followed by all of them. While her feet walked away from Hokage Tower, Ino couldn't distracted her thought from Sakura's conditions. Her first worry seemed began to surface. It's not only about mission. Not at all. She had worried on Sakura since years ago. Since Naruto's death. Since Sakura took off her single status and married Sasuke.

For everyone else, Sakura would seemed happy. However, for Ino, Sakura was far from happy. Ino didn't trust Sasuke. Not at all. Her feelings to him had disappeared years ago, since she decided that Sasuke didn't have any right to get her sincerity. She had managed to forget about her childish crush and faced reality. She found someone who truly care for her and until now she was grateful for her past decision.

However, being happy while she saw sorrow glint on her best friend's emerald eyes was wrong. Ino always uneasy everytime she heard Sakura statements which said she was fine while in fact she wasn't. Blaming Sasuke would made her looked selfish. Ino knew she couldn't blamed Sasuke over Sakura's condition. Yet, said that Sasuke didn't make things worse also wrong.

Sasuke might be marrying Sakure due to Naruto's request. But it souldn't be a reason why he didn't try to accept Sakura. Sai's statement about how he almost always saw fake smiles on Sakura enough to confirm Ino suspicions. Sakura admitted that she was fine. Yet, Ino understand that medic-nin than herself.

It was been six years Ino kept her mouth shut. She almost buried her suspicions over that marriage when Sakura got pregnant and gave birth a baby girl. The presence of child in marriage seemed expressing family's normality. Relieved gaze, thankful, and touched on Sakura's eyes had soothed Ino. That time, she also managed to catch blink of emotion on Uchiha's onyx eyes when he saw his and Sakura's daughter. Uchiha Sasuke felt thankful to the women who was his wife. Ino no more doubted her best friend's happiness.

However, that condition occurred only about two years before tired glint came back into Sakura's eyes. When Ino saw it, she felt bitter. Unified two broken people wasn't a good idea. Sakura and Sasuke weren't same anymore after Naruto's death. Sakura might be able to get over her best friend's death, but it seemed different for Sasuke.

As Yamanaka, Ino able to saw the emptiness on Hokage's eyes. Any kind of rays that ever live again due to whatever Naruto effort had died along with the death of his best friend. Sasuke who had fell into the darkness couldn't stood up again when the most bitter reality strucke him. When Ino heard Sasuke marriage news with Sakura, Ino had had doubted that her best friend able to filled that empty mind. Things that she saw this past six years had confirmed her doubt.

Both of them suffered by Uzumaki Naruto's death.

How could people didn't saw it and assumed the Hokage's life and his wife were incredible?

Was she the only one who could saw it all?

Did noticing sorrow that reflected on people eyese was a special skill of Yamanaka?

Ino didn't know anymore, but she was hurted saw Sakura in her current position. Because being trapped in a hollow marriage where the husband didn't love his wife at all was unwanted nightmare for all kind of women.

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Uchiha Sasuke knew that Yamanaka Ino was someone with high analytical skill. Her power to controlling people made her able to read people gestures and made it possible to read what people think. Yamanaka Ino was a person who should be wary of, yet it made her got into an important position in Torture and Investigation Division. Talking about wary, Sasuke never felt that he should wary on Ino. The way he felt wasn't her problem. Things that happened in his marriage weren't Ino's problem.

During Village Council Meeting hours ago, he awared about Yamanaka's calculated gaze. He knew what her thought. He knew Ino's worry. Yet, Sasuke didn't have any intention to respon.

Things that happened to him and Sakura were both of their compromised. Why should other people worried?

The voice inside his head said that he had fooled himself. Still, he didn't care. He can't care. Not after his life that only filled by few people got taken away by force. Not after his most precious bond disappeared, even before he got the answer from someone who had left him nine years ago. Left him with unfunny joke. Because, in his last Uzumaki Naruto still managed to prank his friend.

"You will replace me, Teme. I will grant your request to become hokage when we we fought in Valley of The End. But, please, let the other kages live."

That was he said.

And he gave that message by a letter.

A freaking damn letter.

That Idiot didn't even said it to Sasuke by himself.

Hearing the amount of noisy voice dominated by children, Sasuke opened his eyes and loosen his hand fold in front of his chest. He nodded his head to Iruka when they stared for a moment. That thirty seven years old man smiled to the Hokage when the leader of Konoha approached him who was standing beside Academy's gate.

Wave consists of children filled Academy's yard. They were running and laughing happily, an usual scene that could be seen in the afternoon of Ninja Academy. Some parents who were picking up their children also gave a polite nod when found that the Hokage was standing not far from them. They showed their respect. Even some of them were bowing.

Different from adult people, children who grew up with heroic stories of heros frankly showed their admiration towards the Hokage. Their eyes glinting with amazed and wonder. Even some of them tried to shake hands with him.

Met the Hokage who rarely went into public unless there were serious problems was actually rare.

"Hokage-sama! You haven't been seen lately! Even you don't have time to drop by Teuchi-jiji's shop!" said brown haired boy excitedly. His black eyes glinted with enthusiasm.

Extending his hand to the child's shoulder stiffly, Sasuke was about to answer it, but was preceded by a brown-haired woman who was the mother of the child.

A smile on the mother's face voiced the word sorry. She immediately pulled his son to stand more politely before nodding his head to Sasuke to express her apologies for his son's impolite behavior. Sasuke then considered the apology. He really wasn't bothered by such a reaction. What made him stiff was that he was not used to responding to the situation.

"Every now and then come to our shop, Hokage-sama," said the woman. He smiled softly. "My father often asks you."

"Tell Teuchi-san that the shop is too crowded to be my taste," Sasuke said honestly.

Ayame responded as a joke. She laughed lowly and left from there after making a few comments about Sasuke who still had to visit at any time.

As soon as the daughter of the owner of the Ichiraku shop left, Sasuke turned to Iruka who was busy dealing with bad boys. They are some of the children who do not care about the presence of the Hokage and consider it more important to make the principal explode angrily. Seeing their behavior always reminded Sasuke of Naruto. A little stung in his chest made him blink. Sasuke scanned his sight to see the owner of the voice calling him.

"Papa!" said the voice owner.

A bespectacled girl with short black hair seemed to be waving at him. She ran towards Sasuke enthusiastically, making the red skirt she wore swaying by the wind. When she approached, she immediately hugged Sasuke's waist and said, "You're coming!"

A faint smile was printed on Sasuke's lips. Bending down, Sasuke reached out and instantly grabbed the girl.

"I already promised."

Uchiha Sarada smiled. She tightened her grip to her father, as if afraid that this figure would suddenly disappeared. Without saying anything else, Sasuke led Sarada out of the Academy's yard to return to their home. Not too far from the Academy, they ran into Iruka who still handled three bad boys who had just scribbled the wall. The three children were being scolded, but none of them seemed to be afraid or sorry.

Sarada who saw them commenting on something about stupid kids who lacked work. Sasuke could only be quiet when he heard it. Knowing that his daughter had the same view as himself to Naruto felt a little painful. Living a day without thinking of that blond figure seemed impossible for Sasuke. Even though it's been nine years since that person was gone.

Entering the house, Sasuke told Sarada to clean herself before they had dinner. Leaving the Hokage Tower as early as this is indeed quite rare for him--or even never. Sasuke always spends his time behind a pile of documents he must sign. If he wasn't there, he would have been standing in front of the cemetery or in front of the Memorial Stone--drifting in his own mind. Several times, he would not went home because of political visits to other villages which could took more than a week. Whatever his activities, Sasuke would end up leaving home and being alone.

Old habits would be difficult to change. Sasuke summed it up bitterly. Naruto's plan to tie him to the village by making him the Hokage was indeed very brilliant. In this way, he couldn't run anywhere because his purpose is here, in the village. Even so, far inside his mind, Sasuke was still trying as hard as possible to distance himself from Konoha. One of them is by take advantages of various opportunities for political visits that made him possible to leave without many questions.

Warming miso and onigiri soup into the microwave, Sasuke turned his head when he heard his daughter's footsteps. The enthusiastic expression on her face had evaporated somewhere and was now replaced by a frown that was very similar to Sasuke when he was a child. The pink cardigan she was wearing had now been replaced by a pastel-colored knit sweater even though she was still wearing the same red skirt.

"Mama still not home yet?" she asked in a disappointed voice.

Without any expression, Sasuke replied, "She will be home soon."

Staring at his father with a pang, Sarada pouted her lips. "I've heard it dozens of times since a week ago."

"Her job as kunoichi made her have to go on a mission."

"But she's been gone for more than two weeks! Aren't you worried about her?" She exclaimed in a vibrating tone. Clear liquid appears to collect in the corner of her eyes. Sasuke held back the swearing in his head. He was never an expert in problems like this.

Never and maybe never.

Opening the microwave that had finished warming the food, Sasuke looked away from Sarada. Still in an expressionless voice, he replied, "Your mother is not a weak person. She is able to protect herself."

"Really? If so, why do I often see Mama crying?" asked the girl. The clear liquid that gathered in the corner of her eyes had now flowed down her cheeks. She continued her words while holding back the sobbing. "What happened to her? I don't want to see Mama sad. Out there, no one will accompany her. Mama is alone. I don't want her to be alone. Why don't you come with her?"

As if surprised by Sarada's words, Sasuke blinked. He felt his mouth stiff just to express the sentence that had been strung on his head.

Why was talking felt so difficult?

Shouldn't he know that Sakura will react like that?

Didn't he predict it already?

Sarada's sobs made Sasuke's daydream split. He put the bowl and plate he had taken from the microwave, before--stiffly--grabbing Sarada into his arms, calming her down with what he could because he was never an expert in words.

People tend to misinterpret what he said. So far, only a handful of people who have been able to understand it. Two of the four people were already gone.

Indeed, this thought was very helpful in times like this.

When Sarada's sobs had subsided, Sasuke let go of his arms. He rubbed the cheek of his little girl who had been wet with tears and lowered his arm to hold her small shoulder.

"Hokage can't just leave the village, Sarada. Besides that, your mother, she will be fine."

"Is that so?"

Sasuke nodded.

"Will she come back soon and cook for us?"

Sasuke nodded again.

"Will you take your time to go to the Victory's Anniversary Festival next month with us?"

Sasuke fell silent for a moment. When Sarada showed her disappointed expression again, Sasuke immediately said, "I'll try."

Her smile appeared. She wiped the rest of her tears with the sweater sleeve she was using before reaching out to Sasuke.

"I'll help you prepare dinner."

With that, Sasuke nodded again. Sarada is a glimmer of light capable of illuminating the darkness that almost swallows him every time he remembered the past he had faced. His desire to live may no longer be as big as before. The purpose of his life feels abstract. Sasuke always feels lost.

The only thing that made him continue his life was only because of Itachi and Naruto's request. If not, he would rather followed them than lived in this lie. Sarada's presence was another reason that made him lived. Although not fully giving light, her innocence was still able to touch Sasuke's conscience which had been closed for years.

Uchiha Sasuke thanked Haruno Sakura for giving him a new hope. He did not want to hurt his wife at all. However, his heart that had died since many years ago also cannot fully cured after what happened to him. No matter how much gratitude Sasuke wanted to reveal, he couldn't paid Sakura back by what she wanted the most.

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In the middle of the night, a pink haired woman was trying to stabilize her heavy breath. She put her back on the trunk of a large tree. With her eyes closed, she let herself fell as she realized the absence of the figure who had been chasing her.

The moonlight from above pulled Sakura's mind from danger which was behind her at that time. Moonlight always reminded her of the funeral. Moonlight always reminds her the conditions in her current state. The moonlight always reminds her of home which was Team Seven, about the tragedy and bad luck that always befall them, about the end that couldn't be called happy.

Because, the marriage she lived would never be in the category of happiness. Not with Sasuke who was far away and difficult to be held even though he was so close.

How the Uchiha thought about their marriage was almost always known by Haruno Sakura. Agreeing on a wedding plan when both were equally broken wasn't a wise choice. However, being with Sasuke had been her dream for a long time. The childlike dream had never disappeared even though she had been hit by various facts that encourage her to forget that ridiculous dream. Her feelings for Sasuke were difficult to explain with mere sentences. She really wanted to be a part of that man. She really wanted to and could not just erased her wishes. Even when she knew that she could not get a good respon from that man.

The decision she made was ignorance caused by selfishness. Her confidence was so high when she thought that Sasuke might open up by the time. Living together for almost seven years gave a very clear answer to Sakura.

She could never replace Naruto. Would never.

Even when Sasuke didn't realize that he had given what Sakura really wanted to their blond friend instead of her. Sasuke had buried his special feelings nine years ago, along with Uzumaki Naruto's funeral. Sasuke may be unawared, because in his eyes Naruto was only his closest friend and also a brother. However, Sakura knew that the reality wasn't like that. She found out when she took care of the Uzumaki's corpse.

Naruto's predicate as the most unpredictable ninja was actually attached to the end of his life. Some people might already know this fact. However, for Sakura who didn't pay much attention to Naruto, the fact that she knew on the day of her friend's death was very shocking.

When taking care of Naruto's lifeless body, Sakura finally found out her best friend's real identity as a women. Not a men.

But women, with beautiful golden hair that reached her waist. Female, with bright brown skin and a birthmark like whiskers on both of her cheeks. A woman, with a body that would made the entire kunoichi snorted because of jealously if the body didn't lie down--helpless without a life.

Sakura remembered Tsunade's dry laughter when she saw Naruto's Henge seal disappearing several hours after her death. Tsunade laughed dryly as he babbling about she was the one who won the bet with Shizune, but the tears flowing down her cheeks sounded as if she was unhappy about the victory if the requirements to win a bet involving Naruto who lay dead without life.

On the night of the funeral, Sakura wondered why Naruto hid her identity. She didn't know until today. However, the reason wasn't important. Because, in the end Sakura were still defeated. She was defeated by someone who did not even being calculated as rival.

Even though Sasuke still didn't know Naruto's true identity, Sakura still believed that the reason Sasuke felt so far was because deep inside he had more feelings to the Uzumaki. Sasuke's subconscious might felt it. Naruto's Henge cover which made her looked like a man was a wall that kept their bond to be not more than a close friends.

Reaching Sasuke is no longer possible. Sakura knew. Even with Sarada's presence.

Sarada ...

Biting her lower lip, Sakura cursed her selfish and careless self again. Age that had turned into twenty-seven seemed still not quell the selfishness that had arisen in her heart. She carried out a mission not only because of the obligation as a kunoichi. She going on mission to run away from Konoha and her messy personal life.

Sakura wanted to be alone for a moment.

She wad that selfish.

Yes.

But, who coulf stand a cold home?

Ino already warned her. Her friend knew that Sakura's marriage with Sasuke wasn't fine. Yet, if it's not with Sasuke, Sakura would never be with another men. She believef it. Even for now.

If only Naruto were still alive ...

Sakura shook her head. She couldn't wish any further if she didn't want to suffer anymore.

Feeling the movement back there, Sakura gritted her teeth. Her left hand tightly grasped her right arm which was now pouring blood nonstop. The number of poison maniacs was too much to handle alone. Her disguises were revealed when she wrongly brought the poison material ordered to her They seemed to have suspected her and gave the order to confirm their suspicion.

That's why Sakura was on escape right now. She was pierced by a syringe containing deadly poison in five parts of her body. Three of them were on the right arm while the rest were in each of the thighs. The antidote she brought from Konoha didn't seem to respond because it turned out that the poison that the enemy had had been renewed and changed to become stronger. As a result, Sakura has no other choice but to hurt herself so that the poison didn't spread throughout the body.

Unfortunately, effect of those poison was so fast. The purplish liquid immediately affected her only by ten seconds when she tried to escape from those people. When Sakura stabing some points exposed to poison with kunai, she felt nothing. Her condition did not improve but only getting worse. Her breath was tight and she lost a lot of blood. Het efforts to close the wound with medical ninjutsu were also in vain because the chakra flow was disrupted due to the effects of poison. She couldn't handle the complexity of medical ninjutsu with her current condition.

Her situation was really bad now.

Trying to stand with the remaining energy she had, Sakura swore to her miscalculations. Not carrying out a mission after long time seems to dull her instincts. She was so careless. How could she being known student of a Sannin? Byakugō on her forehead couldn't even be activated because of her chakra flow was disturbed. The poison from those people was so dangerous. Sakura must complete this mission and told Konoha all the data she has gotten from there immediately. Even if her life couldn't be helped, at least Konoha still got informations ...

But what about Sarada?

Her heavy breath faltered when she forced her body to walk. Her efforts now looked like a form of deep despair. As a medical ninja, Sakura knew that she would not last long. Not with all the toxic fluids that have been mixed with her bloodstream. Sakura realized that she had reached the limit, forcing herself wouldn't get anything. She couldn't forming chakra to summon Katsuya, she really ran out of ideas.

Why she was so weak? Was this the end of her life?

In the midst of despair, ten people wearing white lab clothing suddenly surrounded her. Two of them were women while eight were male. They all put on maniac expressions with knives and surgical scissors in each hand.

One of the women with tall black hair laughed madly when she saw Sakura's helpless condition. She pointed at Sakura with five scalpels held in her right hand.

"Where you wanna go, Bitch?" She squeaked while grinning widely. She stepped close to Sakura slowly, making Konoha kunoichi move backwards with reflex. However, another person who was standing behind her immediately grabbed her shoulders and kept her from moving.

Heavy breath of two men behind her resist the scream in her throat. Her already unstable breath became increasingly insulated when one of them licked her cheek and groaned, enjoying the flow of blood from Sakura's skin.

Sakura tried to run away from their graps, but her efforts were in vain.

The woman with a high bun laughed.

"Shout like a little mouse, Bitch!" She cried maniacally. She leaned over to Sakura, pulled her hair back, and scratched the scalpel on the pink-haired woman's cheek very slowly. Her breath tickled Sakura's ear as she whispered other sentences to mock.

Pain suddenly felt throughout her body. Sakura held back a groan.

"Yes! Yes! Like that!" said the woman once again. Her pale face displayed a grin that only a psychopath could display. She forms an x mark on Sakura's forehead, right where the Byakugō seal take a place. Unbearable pain strucke Sakura's entire body, making her twitch.

The woman laughed crazily.

The man behind him chuckled. He stepped closer to her.

"How many parts do you want to cut, Madam?"

"Eighty-one," squeaked the woman. Her eyes shone with joy. "I like multiples of three!"

"Roger."

At the same time, Sakura felt her body being held hard and she was dropped to the ground. With her hands locked on her back, Sakura gritted her teeth when she felt her legs being pulled to each of the opposite side by two people behind her. A second later, her hand was released and replaced by two other people who grabbed her wrist and pressed it onto the ground, making her unable to move. When she hadn't had time to process what happened, someone she assumed was a mad woman suddenly landed on her back. She heard the sound of torn cloth and felt a deep pain in her back. The pain wasn't just once, but so many times so that she couldn't count it.

Sakura screamed. Loud.

She screamed every time she felt an incision with an unexplained feeling.

She screamed when the woman laughed.

She screamed when her nose began to feel a familiar, rancid aroma.

She screamed when her ankle was being cracked intentionally.

She screamed when the same cracking sound was heard from other parts of her body.

Sakura screamed until her voice hoarse.

She still shouted a groan of pain when a burst of energy suddenly penetrated her body--stimulating Byakugō which had been tarnished by x marks and blood before another scream was heard again.

This time, this scream wasn't from her, but from those people. Sakura felt her vision blur. She felt her body move reflexively to attack those people. The jolt of energy was still flowing, making her able to ignore dozens of incision wounds that were still bleeding. Without significant awareness, Sakura faced ten people. Her breath was heavy. Her head felt like floating. She smelled a thick rancid aroma. She felt her body stick with blood. She heard a cracked bone that made anyone would cringe in pain.

However, despite being able to feel, Sakura was not sure what had happened. Everything seems blurred.

That night, at the base of the hill, a woodcutter saw a flash of orange and pink light mixed like a fireworks. There, he wondered if the Victory's Anniversary Festival had moved place. Such thoughts really surprised him the next day, he found the bodies of ten people dressed in white had been lying dead. All of them died with wounds in the stomach that formed a pattern of a whirlpool.

TBC