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Author’s note: A little preview for the weekend. Some Sakura-centric scenes from the first night at the cherry blossom festival. Strolling back to the center of town after the meeting adjourned for the evening, Sakura was quite surprised at the change in the town. Lanterns had been hung in the treetops and were just now […]

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Author’s note: Another, longer preview of Chapter 24 to hold you over till the whole thing posts! 🙂 “There is no way you can back out of this one,” Tsunade said flatly. “We all have to go.” Sakura stood stock still in the middle of the Hokage’s office. She felt like she’d been ambushed. The […]

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Author’s note: Preview of upcoming chapter plus art! Checkout the Naruto map on my deviantart account (trixieg). I’ll post it here in some organized fashion…but it won’t be tonight! Anyway, enjoy, and as always, this is still unpolished so please forgive any glaring errors. Sakura spotted the Hokage’s scroll as soon as she rounded the […]

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Author’s note: Happy St. Patty’s Day! Chapter to come soon! The branch bounced once, rattling the leaves around him. He knew it was careless, but he wasn’t slowing down. Knees buckled, he launched into the darkness towards the next limb. Katsuro hoped he could still catch her tonight. It was so late, it would be […]

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Author’s note: preview of Chapter 22. Still needs some polishing, so please forgive any errors. Chapter to post soon. Sakura paused outside the hospital doors for a moment, letting her eyes adjust to the deepening gloam. Across the broad avenue, the road to her home stretched out in front of her, soft and grey in […]

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Author’s note: Promised to have the new chapter posted on my birthday. Didn’t happen! But I did get a foot of snow, which is a lovely birthday gift really. So instead of writing, I have been enjoying the deep winter weather. So in honor of snow, and of birthdays, and of leaving things undone in […]

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Author’s note: Small preview (still needs polishing!), but one of my favorite scenes. Next chapter coming soon! They had seen the necklace on a trip through a forgettable village. It was at the edge of a table set up at the doorstep of a vendor, who was just then tipped back in his chair, head […]

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As promised, preview of Chapter 20. Rest will go within next two weeks. So no super-long waits! Hope you enjoy! Rubbing a fist at the corner of her eye, Sakura pressed her fingers to her lips and stifled a yawn for the third time. But the collection of scruffy old farmers assembled at the water […]

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Please excuse typos…it’s late in my corner of the world! But I think this part is decent enough to post. Rest of chapter will go up this weekend, hopefully! 🙂 Enjoy! Making quick work of the road, Sakura descended the hill, hopped over a shallow ditch and waded into the sea of waist-high barley. Moving […]

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Author’s note: Just a preview of the chapter. I’ll post the rest in full (here and on ff.net), plus the notes, in the early part of next week. But aside from minor edits, this part is finished. So happy weekend reading! From Chapter 17: “Sakura,” came a warm voice in front of her. She snapped […]

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