Journey Back In Time

Rewind II: Because I'm Your Daughter

Suddenly, she heard rustling coming from behind her. The Uchiha paused in her tracks and listened with her eyes narrowed. Someone was coming.

She immediately retreated behind a bush beside the dirt path and waited for the person to reveal themselves. She wondered if it was going to be somebody she recognized.

The person's presence got stronger and stronger as they got closer. They were racing forwards, jumping from tree to tree. Sarada took a large gulp and waited intently in silence.

Immediately, she witnessed a pink blob of hair rush past the tree above her, disappearing just as a fast as it appeared.

"It's mom." Sarada confirmed to herself, feeling giddy once again. She looked different.

Her feet began to move on their own. In a second, she found herself running to catch up with the viridian-eyed girl, who had already disappeared from her sight.

It was only a brief second, but she could tell that her mother was a lot older in this time-point. She noticed that her hair was shoulder-length and her figure looked much more mature than before. They were probably only three years apart in this time.

She won't remember me anyways. Sarada thought, remembering that memories are reset once she exits the previous time-point. Maybe she's a Jounin.. will it be weird If I hung out with her when she's so much older now?

Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a burning sensation take place on her wrist. The metal bracelet was heating up, prompting her to go back.

Already? The Uchiha raised an eyebrow. But I literally just got here..

It went away after a few minutes. Despite the pain of the redness that it left behind on her wrist, she discovered that she had finally caught up with the pink-haired girl.

Her heart began to race as she could see her mother standing by the side of a long, stone bridge. Sarada smiled and jumped down from the tree, breaking into a run towards her mother.

"Sa-!"

She paused in her tracks as she noticed that half of the stone bridge was broken, the middle part torn into two. She could sense a strong chakra coming from the other side of the bridge, but she couldn't see that far to make out what was going on.

The pink-haired girl easily jumped from one end to the other, which prompted Sarada to walk closer. Eventually, she hid herself behind a tall stone pillar just before where the bridge started. Slowly and carefully, she peered past the pillar, revealing a single eye for observation.

Oh, god.

The Uchiha heiress felt her mouth drop open automatically at the sight of an onyx-eyed boy, dirty and covered in blood, standing on the other side of the bridge beside a red-haired girl laying on the ground who looked like she was about to die.

What's.. what's happening?

"I'll do anything you want me to!" She heard her mother say as she approached the raven-haired boy. "I'm tired of having regrets."

"Do you know what I really want?" He responds nonchalantly, a firmness present in his tone.

"I don't care what it is!" Sakura yelled in desperation. "I'll do whatever it is! Even if-"

"To destroy the Leaf."

Sarada's eyes widened at her father's statement. Her heart started to pound faster. She needed to know what was going on. What he was saying.