Yay~ this is my first fanfiction!EVER!

Me: Okay, guys. Get your behinds into the story!

Everyone in Konoha: Huh?

Akatsuki: WE ARE THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE NARUTO WORLD! HOW DARE YOU ORDER-

Me: Okay! That's enough! Let's continue with the story!

Naruto: Mearad doesn't own me or any of the Naruto characters! Otherwise she would've made Sasuke-teme stupid!

Sasuke: hn.

Me: CHICKEN BUTT! *Gets a chicken and throws it at Sasuke*

Sasuke: T_T

Chapter 1~

Sakura Haruno never thought it would end this way. As the rain poured down on her hair and the village was deathly quiet, Sakura's tears finally came down. It was the end of Konoha, possibly the five great nations, and Sakura was the only one alive in her village. Naruto…..he had died while fighting Danzo, way, way before the real fighting began.

Danzo had tried taking over the village and Naruto saved them all. It took his life to finally be recognised by the villagers.

He had coughed up his blood while Sakura looked at him, desperately trying to heal him. He grabbed her hand as the tears rolled down her face. "Sakura-Chan". His eyes were still shining, even in his last moments. He grinned at her and then his hand fell. Sakura never smiled after that. She got stronger and became the strongest in the village.

The devastation of Konoha continued from where Danzo left off, as Kabuto had used a resurrection technique and summoned many ninja from their graves, creating an army for Akatsuki, attacking all the nations, including Konoha. Many ninja from all countries lost their lives in the battles, from Konoha, some being Sakura's close friends. However, the nations still won the battle.

Sasuke never came back after he killed Orochimaru and then his brother, Itachi. He joined Akatsuki, meaning he, too, was killed. The one who had killed Sasuke had been none other than Gaara, the Kazekage of Sand and long term friend of Naruto. It was Gaara's revenge for taking Naruto's corpse out of his grave to extract the kyuubi.

The war still continued, blood being shed. Madara couldn't control the Ten Tails for his Moon Eye Plan. It rampaged around, killing thousands of others, reducing the once great nations to small figures of less than a thousand in each one. However, as the war with Madara progressed, Konoha faced the most devastation. They hadn't anticipated Madara focusing on destroying Konoha the most, and only a minimal amount of villagers escaped.

The Ten Tails was stopped by all Konoha's Clan heads using a technique, an explosion killing them along with the ten tails.

Sakura, along with the remaining ninja of Konoha, some of the Konoha twelve, which had been reduced to single figures, after fighting Danzo, Kabuto's army, and the ten tails, had faced off Madara in a final battle after the ten tails was destroyed.

But now...

Madara was dead now, finally after so much loss, but it looked like she wasn't going to make it either. Sakura hacked up some blood, lying on the ground, feeling death getting closer with each rackety breath. She wondered what her shisou would think now that she was going to die too. Tsunade-shisou, she was the only other likely survivor.

If her shisou was alive then...

Sakura felt a pang of guilt for leaving her shisou by herself. She heard somebody walking towards her. She couldn't get up to defend herself, not anymore.

Sakura barely moved her head but it was enough to see the blurry figure of her shisou. Sakura couldn't see her shisou's face in the rain and her half dead state but knew her face was in anguish. "Sakura, I'm so sorry. Because of me not being strong enough….we lost….everyone" Tsunade whispered. Sakura, even in her half dead state, tried talking but only managed to cough up blood. Tsunade fell on her knees, looking at her beloved student who was counted as her adoptive daughter. She pulled Sakura into her lap, holding her.

"Sakura, what if I sent you back to the past? What if you got another chance to change what happened? Would you be able to cope with it?" Tsunade was looking at her, seeing her student's eyes light up for the first time since Naruto's death. Sakura nodded, ever so slightly but Tsunade was already casting the jutsu that would send her back in time.

Tsunade felt herself going weak. To cast this jutsu, she would have to give up her life. But Tsunade didn't care. She was doing it for her beloved student. So she could change things. Tsunade handed Sakura a necklace that her mother had given to her. Sakura, was, after all, counted as Tsunade's daughter. "Goodbye, Sakura. Let your new journey be easier than your last one." Tsunade closed her eyes as white light enveloped Sakura. Then Sakura was gone to the past. Tsunade smiled once more before the blanket of death washed over her, giving her at least some relief that it was all over.

"See you soon, Dan and everyone else".

That was the final thought of the last legendary Sannin of Konoha.

Sakura opened her eyes. The first thing she realised was that she wasn't in pain anymore. The second thing was that she wasn't dead. Then she thought of her shisou and got out of bed. Did her shisou's jutsu work? She was definitely in her old room and as she walked to the mirror she saw herself in her four year old body. Sakura let out a breath. It wasn't possible, was it? But if it did work then that would mean that her shisou…..sacrificed herself.

Sakura didn't cry. She hadn't- wouldn't show weakness. She had a mission to save the future. Sakura silently got up and tried her chakra. She could use her medical jutsu abilities but she needed to build up her chakra again. Being in her four year old body gave Sakura a limitation to the amount of chakra she could use. A very big limitation. She hopped out of bed and looked at her alarm clock. Haha, I remember that alarm. I had it before my parents were killed in the crossfire of attacking ninja in the war. Sakura walked out her room. It was 4 am so she cast a shadow clone so her parents wouldn't get worried and went down the stairs. The first thing she needed to do was train to get her stamina and chakra back up.

Her parents both would go to work early and Sakura would walk to the Academy alone. Though she lived close by so it didn't matter. Her parents would often make her favourite meals at home for the evening, always asking how her day was. Sakura smiled fondly at one evening when she talked about her new friend, Ino (that she had yet to make).

Sakura's eyes adjusted slowly to the dark but after furiously blinking, she made her way through the house and opened the front door, stepping outside.

She shivered in the icy air outside her warm house. She closed the door silently behind her and walked to the training grounds. She had a sudden memory when she stood, looking at the training grounds. Team seven were training with Kakashi-sensei to improve for future missions after the mission with Zabuza. Sakura stopped for a second. They would have to fight Zabuza all over again but this time she wouldn't be protected by them like last time.

Maybe she could even save Zabuza and his weapon boy Naruto became friends with! Naruto would be very happy!

The wind blew through the early morning, making her shiver worse than before. But it wasn't like she wasn't used to this. Being a ninja taking S rank missions, following the fourth great ninja war, and the destruction of her home, never let her sleep in a warm house again. Sakura closed off her memories for now. It was time to train.

Sakura started climbing the trees pushing her chakra to her feet. She didn't have much chakra but she managed to climb the tree. She sat in the tree and cast another shadow clone. One, huh? Well, I thought I could make more than two but it is my four year old body. Oh well, it is a good start. Sakura finished up her training doing some medical techniques'. She decided to nap in the tree, already used to sleeping outdoors.

The sun shone down heavily on Sakura when she awoke. She watched dazed as the people of Konoha walked as if nothing would happen to them in the future.

But nothing will happen! I will prevent that at all costs. Even my own life.

Sakura tried to not think about all the lives that were lost trying to prevent the war. She would have been 19 in her timeline but now she was four again. She was back to square one.

Sakura fought furiously for control over her emotions. Of course, like always, she was never good at it. She began to cry. Not only because everyone she knew had died but because she now had to face them again in this timeline. What if she couldn't keep a straight face when she saw them all? What if she just burst into tears in front of them? What would they think? She continued to cry until she felt somebody else's chakra signal beside her. She tensed up.

She slowly looked to the person who was beside her. It was a man she had never seen before. He had black hair and looked like an Uchiha. He had a red symbol in a swirl on his jacket.

Shit. He WAS an Uchiha.

"Hello…." Sakura stuttered, remembering she had a shy personality.

Well, duh, of course you have a shy personality. Heck, even now you don't need to act it out.

Sakura knew that voice.

Inner, is that you? Where the hell have you been all these years?

…After Naruto died, you never smiled and I was forced into sleep because of your depression. But who cares, we'll talk later! Have you forgotten somebody is staring at us?

Sakura looked up at the teenage boy and met his eyes. He was studying her. After what seemed ages, he finally held out his hand. "I'm Uchiha Shisui. What is a small girl doing in the training grounds unsupervised?" He looked at Sakura again and his eyes paused for a while longer on her pink hair. "Come with me. If you're lost, I'll help you find your parents."

Sakura had no choice but to go with him as Sakura couldn't run away and cause suspicion about herself. He took her hand and led her down the streets. Sakura watched this teenager with interest. She thought the only two words that any Uchiha knew were 'hn' and 'hmph'. He led her towards the Uchiha compound.

Sakura walked in and got many stares, probably because her pink hair made her look all the more unnatural. Shisui stopped when a voice came from behind a house.

"Shisui, why is there a girl with you?" the voice said.

Sakura turned around and held her breath. Out of all the Uchiha, why did it have to be Itachi, the one who would betray his own clan, his village, and join Akatsuki on the orders of the village elders?

Itachi looked at her and Sakura with her childish notions, and fearing her eyes would betray her, (she didn't really have to act after all) hid behind Shisui. Shisui chuckled and an awkward silence past while Sakura wished to be anywhere but under the piercing gaze of the soon-to-be killer. Suddenly, another figure came and crashed into Sakura, toppling her over. She fell to the dirt and looked at the small boy who knocked her over.

The boy, who knocked her over, gasped and stood up. "I'm sorry, are you ok?" the boy asked. Sakura looked up at the boy, and her eyes widened at seeing the familiar face. Her hair covered her eyes thankfully, and Sakura bit back a sob.

"Sasuke, next time watch where you're going! Help the girl up." Shisui said.

Mini Sasuke helped Sakura and she saw that he wasn't the depressed version of himself.

So this is what Sasuke was like before Itachi murdered his clan? Pfff. I think I like him better this way.

Sakura smiled a little, thinking of a way to escape them 'politely'. What would Naruto think if he saw her like this? He'd probably laugh and say Sasuke was still a "teme".

Wait a second…..Naruto! If I find him, he won't be alone anymore!

Sakura looked at the three Uchiha boys and wondered what to tell them. "I found this girl sleeping in a tree in the training grounds and thought it would be dangerous for her to be there. So I brought her here until we can find her parents" Shisui was explaining to the other Uchiha. He looked at Sakura and Sakura saw the perfect opportunity to escape.

"I know my way home! Thank you for showing me the way onii-chan!" Sakura said, darting towards the Uchiha gates. She ran out and didn't look back, only stopping sometimes to catch her breath. She ran to the park where she guessed Naruto would be at, as she was too impatient to go home and wait to meet Naruto. She looked in front of the Academy before forgetting that they didn't start at the academy till they were six.

After she was walking around for most of the day, she gave up and decided to go home and eat some unhealthy ramen. Ramen! Duh! Obviously Naruto would be at the ramen shop. He ate ramen for 365 days of each year. With new found energy, Sakura made her way to the ramen shop. As she was about to walk in, another figure bumped into her for the second time that day.

Once again she fell down.

"Watch were you are going, shrimp! Next time get out of my-" the voice stopped, having finally registered the bleeding Sakura. "Ahh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you. It was an accident. Honest!" the boy kept rambling and Sakura looked up at him. Her bangs covered her eyes and good thing they did because her eyes widened to saucers.

It was Naruto. All of a sudden Sakura remembered Naruto's smiling face even in death and how he said her name with so much remorse and sadness. Sakura couldn't help it. Her tears spilled down her face and it was lucky Naruto was stupid because he thought she was crying because he pushed her over.

"Please don't cry! Um….I've got it! If you stop crying I'll treat you to ramen ok?" Naruto said, panicked at Sakura crying. Sakura wiped her tears and nodded slowly, but didn't lift her gaze to meet his. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into the ramen shop. He ordered two bowls of ramen with everything in in and honestly Sakura didn't care how much she ate. Sakura was a medic nin and she could use weight sliming pills. Not to mention, training made her burn off all the calories.

Sakura began to eat, and Naruto dug into his meal. Just then it was decided that inner would join Sakura's thoughts.

Saku, I was going to ask this but didn't Naruto just come out of the ramen shop? He sure eats a lot. It's amazing Naruto isn't Chouji's brother or something.

Sakura paused for a second, thinking and then giggled at Naruto. Naruto looked at her and asked why she was laughing at him.

"You just came out of the ramen shop and then you go back in for more. You must have been pretty hungry" Sakura laughed, but still keeping her eyes down.

He looked at her for a second before smiling. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto and one day I'll be the Hokage of this village."

After Sakura introduced herself and he began talking again about his dream, Sakura waited for inner to speak again.

So why don't we become friends with Naruto from now on? I mean, we have been apart for so long, it will probably be good to get friends and all. And while we are at it, we can get some serious training done.

Wow inner! After all this time, you are actually helping me a lot. You're the best!

I know and you know that.

Sakura looked up at Naruto who was still speaking and patiently waited for him to finish speaking. Once he did, Sakura proposed that they meet up at the park tomorrow. He agreed readily and he left first while Sakura finished her meal. Sakura walked the streets for a while before she headed home. It was nearing sunset but Sakura didn't have to worry because her clone was taking her place. Sakura, at the last minute, decided to get some more training down and headed once again to the training grounds.

Sakura walked into the quiet forest as the sun sunk down faster than ever. The wind blew against her again but she didn't mind. If anything, Sakura felt calmness wash over her. It had been so long since she didn't have to worry about enemies around every corner.

Hey Saku? Inner interrupted her.

What's wrong, inner? Sakura asked back.

Should we finish off Danzo before he gets too powerful?

Sakura stayed silent. Of course she would have to kill Danzo before he could plot anything. She wouldn't let him touch her boys and she had also been thinking about Orochimaru. She definitely wouldn't let him get Sasuke this time around. Sakura had to get stronger no matter what-using her chakra enhanced punch!

…Bam!

Bad idea. Her arm muscles and frankly, her whole body, weren't strong enough to withstand the attack. She got a few cuts on her arms. Sakura sighed, already used to pain from the war. She really needed to get stronger, if this was all she could do.

-But first Sakura would take care of her bloodied self. Summoning a little chakra she eased the pain of her wounds and healed them all. She still had some chakra left as it was very minor wounds. Sakura decided to use her chakra enhanced punch again and she smashed the trees all over the area. But once again, she only succeeded in minimal damage to her surroundings and more damage to her own body.

Shuddering, Sakura pulled up against a tree and this time made sure she was well hidden. She couldn't risk hiding her chakra because if somebody did find her they would know she wasn't an ordinary citizen. She couldn't heal herself because she had no more chakra so she leaned against the tree and fell asleep.

Sakura woke alert and her heart thumping. She shot out of her hiding place and looked around. She couldn't see anyone but knew there was somebody here. Remembering she shouldn't be able to sense somebody else's chakra she forced her body to walk like normal out of the training grounds. But even before she reached the end of the trees, she sensed them.

There were two chakra signals. Sakura turned around slowly. There was no way she would die today. She wasn't going down without a fight. She wouldn't lose. She wouldn't be-

"Why didn't you go home?" a mad Shisui asked her, looking over the wounds she had and the specks of blood on her clothes. Sakura thought she must look horrible and knew she felt it too. She looked at the other person and it was none other than Itachi. It was hard to tell what he was feeling. It couldn't be worry in his eyes, could it?

No way. Sakura wasn't that insane.

Sakura looked down and flinched as Shisui came closer to her, side effects from the war making her jumpy. Unfortunately, both the Uchiha boys noticed her fear and Shisui stopped for a second before coming closer. He laid a hand gently on her shoulders. Sakura wouldn't look up. She didn't know what to feel. Was this what a breakdown was like? She had never had one before and to make it worse her shisou couldn't even be here to comfort her.

Nobody could be here for her. They either died in her time or they don't even know her in this time! Why did everyone have to leave her? Her parents died in her old timeline, and Sakura was unable to see their graves for months because of the war. Her relationship wasn't as close with them in this time. She couldn't help it. She needed comforting so she let Shisui hug her and tell her it was alright and she fell asleep still crying, exhaustion making her sink into darkness.