𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 | 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐨

the red rare deer

The Forest of Death was a physical horror story. It held foul creatures that roamed the land before even Konoha's founders were born, and plant life that could kill you just by being to close to it. The inside of that cage was a death maze, and very few people could successfully navigate it.

  Even with a team, it would take a gruesome amount of effort to come out of that place with little wounds and mental exhaustion. In short, Sakura was screwed.

  When she arrived at the training ground with the others, the rules were being told and everyone was lining up to be given either a Heaven Scroll or Earth Scroll. A team has to have collected by a Heaven and Eartch Scroll, and have made it to a tower in the middle of the training ground to pass.

  Sakura received a Heaven Scroll, and put it in her ninja pack. She would have to find a more secure place to hide it after she actually got into the trading ground and started.

  The approaching chakra and footsteps of Naruto made her turn around. She adjusted her mask with twitching fingers.

  "Hi, Sakura-chan! Kakashi-sensei told you to tell us that we wish you good luck!" the Uzumaki exclaimed. A loud smack followed his confusing greeting, and Sakura heard Sasuke sigh while Naruto whimpered in pain.

  "What the dobe means to say is that Kakashi-sensei wished you good luck," Sasuke explained. His voice held that disinterested tone that Sakura heard in Itachi.

  No longer did the blind genin feel her heart flutter when Sasuke was around, and her hands didn't shake in nervousness. Instead, all she felt was apprehension. Did he know? Sakura could tell him. She could tell the Hokage about the two Akatsuki members in the village. But.. they were immensely strong. Shinobi would die trying to fight them off. All she could do was hope that they would leave soon. And never come back — that was just foolish thinking though.

  "Ah, I would tell you guys to tell him thank you for me, but I'm sure I'll see him soon.. If I survive that is," she whispered the last part under her breath.

  "Hey, don't you have a team? Kakashi-sensei told us that a whole team had to be present in order to be entered into the exams. And I don't see you following around anyone like a lost puppy," Akira decided to put in her input.

  Sakura still didn't really like her. "I don't have a team," she told them bluntly, crossing her arms.

  Naruto gasped. "What, how!?"

  Sakura shrugged. "I honestly don't know. That's just what Hokage-sama told me," she admitted.

There was an awkward pause of silence. Nobody knew what to say next. Luckily, they were saved by a psycho

  "Time to get a move on, degenerates!" the woman from earlier that crashed through the window, Anko, called out. She was a little scary and seemed kind of unstable. It reminded Sakura of Ibiki in a way. They had the same predatory chakra.

  Everyone split off into their teams, and were lead by either a Jounin or Chunnin to a specific gate outside of the training ground. And somehow, whether it be fate or coincidental, Sakura ended up with Gekkou. It had been a little bit since she last saw him.

"I hope you do realize that you might not come out of this place alive," the Jounin muttered to her. His chakra was flickering in unease. It was clear that he didn't like this any more than her.

  Sakura steeled herself. "I know," she said. "I've known since the beginning. But this is something I have to do."

  They finally made it to the gate. The air felt chillier, and a dark presence layed on their shoulders. Sakura shivered, and Gekkou stared sadly at her, but it was interrupted by a cough.