The World Before Her Eyes

Chapter 1: Warped

Disclaimer: i do not own naruto or attack on titans, nor its characters

I could'nt forget that day. That incident. That embarrassing incident. The day I accidentally went with Shikamaru to suna for a mission. The day Kankuro offered to take me to his place for a few drinks. I clutched my head in fustration. The day that I walked in on sunas kazekage taking a bath. The day i didn't apologize, instead I laughed at the sight before me. I groaned. Who wouldn't laugh at the sight of the powerful gaara with a bag over his hair to keep from wetting it, and a pink sponge? I was too tipsy. I looked out the window of the hokages office, remembering that horrible incident. It happened a week ago. I was never going to suna again, no, never again. I couldn't face Gaara. I had fallen in the midst of my laughter and Kankuro had to drag me out. When i came to, i bolted straight for konoha, not even waiting for Shikamaru or apologizing for my behavior to the kazekage. I sighed and stared out over Konoha. It was a beautiful day. It has been a while since pain destroyed konoha. But now it was rebuilt. We were threatened with war, by none other than Orochimaru and the few remaining members of the akatsuki. What was the point of rebuilding konoha if we were going to be attacked again? I couldn't help but feel hopeless.

But naruto...Naruto would'nt give up. He would protect everyone no matter what. I smiled.

"Someday...I want to protect people too." I whispered. Some day, i'll be the the one to save everyone. I gathered the remaining scrolls that tsunade sama had me organize and set them down in the box in which they belonged.

" Oi, done already?" The voice of the hokage startled me and i jumped.

" Yes tsunade sama!" I handed her the box.

" I see, my that was quick." She walked over to her desk and slumped on her chair. " Since i have no paper work for you today, why don't you go out and take this day off?" I perked up.

"R-Really?" She smirked.

"Sure, and while your at it, go find shikamaru and tell him to come, I need him for a mission."

My eyebrow twitched. So this was the real reason why she gave me a "day off." To go fetch the lazy ass team mate of ino. " Yes tsunade sama!" I left quickly before she could have me join him in the mission. Shikamaru usually ventured to suna, and there was no way in hell I was stepping foot in that village after what happened.

The sun was bright as I stepped out of the hokage's tower, making me squint. The people in konoha were cheerful and totally oblivious to the fact that the second great ninja war was about to come. Maybe it was for the best, but then, maybe it was just me that was tense. Was it because I was always the weak one? I shook my head. No...I wasn't weak anymore, not this time. My boots scraped against the dirt softly. Today was perfect for training, I should train. To get stronger, I didn't have anything important to do anyway.

"Oi Sakura chan!" I stopped and turned to see my blonde friend running in my direction.

"Naruto!" I shouted.

He stopped and bent down to take a breath. Panting, he looked up with bright blue eyes.

" Sakura chan! Im going on a mission in rain, and Sai said we need a medic, so wanna come?!" I sighed,

" No thank you, sorry, its my day off today so i want to use it to train." He pouted.

"aww but Sakura chan, I don't want to take ino!" I smiled. Nobody wanted to take ino, was she that bad?

" Ino could use more medical training." Naruto narrowed his eyes. We walked in a steady pace but I could tell he was restless. How could he have so much energy?

" By the way, do you know where Shikamaru is, I have a message for him from Tsunade sama." Naruto looked up in thought with his arms over his head.

" Yeah he's with Choji at ichiraku ramen shop, I just came from there, say I gotta go, I bet old bushy brow will want to go!" I waved as he ran at full speed to the hokages tower. That boy had way too much energy. I sped up and passed by Ino's flower shop. I bet shes just dieing to get off work, I smirked. I was glad I had a day off.

Soon enouph the smell of ramen hit my nose. Ichiraku ramen shop was right up ahead. I entered quietly and spotted choji and yours truly seated in the middle. Choji had a whole six empty bowls by his side. jeez. " Hello miss, how may I help you?" The owner asked politely.

"Oh i just came for this guy." I pointed to Shikamaru, who turned around at the sound of my voice.

" I see, please enjoy yourself."

" Hey, what do you want Sakura?" Shikamaru said in a lazy tone.

" Tsunade sama wants you to report to her office, she has a mission for you." He groaned.

"Oh man, what a drag, that woman is going to work me to death..." Choji chuckled.

"In that case Shikamaru, since your leaving, can I eat your ramen?" The laid back nin sighed heavily. "Knock yourself out." And with that, he headed outside.

"bye choji."

"Later sakura!" I watched as he ate the last remaining soup and was about to turn to leave when the brown haired girl that Naruto was fond of shouted over.

"Wait miss, want to help support our shop by buying candy?" She handed me a small box full of colorful rocky lolipops.

"Sure!" I didn't buy anything so I might as well...I handed her the money and stashed the box in my pouch.

"Thank you, come again!" I headed outside to find Shikamaru standing impatiently.

"Your still here?" I said surprised.

He frowned. "Well aren't you coming too?"

"No, I have a day off today, i'm training outside the gates, you know, in my personal training feild." He groaned again and I gave a small laugh.

" Aw man, that's not fair, your the one that got in trouble for the incident in sun-" He was cut off by my menacing glare.

" I-i mean, that place? Well i'll go get you if the hokage needs you, later" He walked away with his hands in his pockets. Shikamaru knew about my secret training ground thanks to Ino. I sometimes took her there to help her train with her medic skills. The forest was peaceful and quiet as I walked outside konoha's gates. Even the birds were silent as I walked down my usual dirt path. It was too peaceful. I couldn't help but feel anxious. Why? I shouldn't be nervous, this was a path I was familiar with, and I was close to konoha. Still, I couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding. I shook it off and kept walking. The quietness made the crunching of my heels loud, and the tall trees made speckles of sun hit my presence. It felt eerie for some reason. I shivered. Perhaps I should of gone to that mission? Did I make the right choice? I shifted my pouch to my left side uneasily.

After a while of walking I finally came across my training field. The dummy dolls I had set up had kunais and shurekin plastered on their faces, a doll I had personally made to resemble Orochimaru had a smashed face. Standing in the middle I took a deep breath and focused on meditating my chakra. I always warmed up my chakra before training, it helped to preserve it. After a moment of silence I took a stance and stretched. Punching the air a few times, I jumped high into the air and aimed for a doll. The air hit my face and I could feel the andrenaline in my veins. Yes! This is what I needed. Something to take my mind off of the war, and my fear of losing everything. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a Red cloud against black fabric. Gasping, I fell to the ground in the midst of my distraction and scrambled to my feet.

"Who's there!" I shouted, taking out a kunai. I stood still in the awful stillness of the forest. I could hear my heart pounding loud in my ears and my veins pulsed. A red cloud. An akatsuki.

A kunai was hurled at me. I jumped, caught it just in time, and hurled it back in the direction that it came from. A man wearing an orange mask jumped out behind the trees and landed softly a few feet away from me on the ground. " Hm, your fast kunoichi." My heartbeat sped up.

This man...that swirling mask with only one eye hole was familiar. I gasped.

"I know you! Your Tobi!" I fought him before, but couldn't figure out how to land a direct hit without passing through him. Not even Naruto...

"Very good kunoichi, you remember me" In less than a mili second I felt gloved hands pull and twist my arms. I gritted my teeth against the gut wrenching pain. " Whats a girl doing out here all by herself?" He whispered softly in my ear. I could see his sharingan eye spinning. I moved to stomp on his foot but he dissapeared, causing me to stumble back. " Ho ho, that was close! You almost got tobi!" His voice changed from the menacing deep voice, to his usual childish sing song tone.

" Bastard!" I spat and gathered chakra in my left fist. I was going to attack him, and when I passed through him, I was prepared to substitute far away from here. I couldn't beat him alone. Not when he had that annoying jutsu. If Naruto couldn't do it then i didn't stand a chance.

" Is the pretty lady gonna hit tobi? " He asked in a high pitched voice while dancing around.

"Ha!" I ran and jumped upwards to land my blow. He did a strange handsign and for a second, i felt dread wash over me. What was he going to do?

"Bye bye pretty lady!" A swirling vortex appeared above me. Oh no...was this the sharingan? I felt my body lift up, my vision grew blurry. My head span and a million thoughts spun with it. What was happening? What kind of jutsu did the bastard pull? Was i going to die here? All I could see was tobi looking up. I screamed, until the world below me vanished into thin air.