[ tobimito ] their relationship is not what one would call conventional. he loves her, but duty comes first. in all things.

what started as a simple visit from a visiting shinobi turns into a whirlwind of changes for newly minted genin, uzumaki hikari. uzushio is attacked, she goes on the run, and that's just the start of the trouble she runs into. with war looming on the horizon, can she keep her promise to herself to stay alive and follow her dreams?

what if sakura had never become friends with ino? how would she have turned out without that influence in her life, and what would that mean for team seven?

grief doesn't end in a moment. it's a slow and steady march into the future. sakura discovers this in the aftermath of the fourth shinobi world war.