It was a usual summer evening for the villages in Konoha. The sun was casting its last rays over the darkening sky, and the moon had begun to rise in the far, far distance. Since yesterday, a light fog had come from the west, spreading over the village and the surronding forest like a damp blanket. It wasen`t thick enough to stop the traffic of merchants and such, but most people stayed inside during the night. The recent discovery of Mr. Imari, who had been dead for 3 months, just outside the village gates, had shocked some of the villagers. The hokage had also been rushed to the hospital the day before, having had a case of "developed flu", as written on the report. There weren`t complete panic in the village, but a somewhat "warning air", had been fluttering around. Again while most stayed inside, a family had a matter they needed to settle, so they had decided to confront the fog...

While wearing kimono`s?

The family consisted of 5 members: A retired grandfather (chori, means tulip), a jounin father (Ren, means lotus), one head medic mother (Rosu, means rose) , their ANBU son on 21 (Keiro, male name for Camilia) , and a chunin daughter on 16 (Kamira, female name for camilia) . You could call it a big happy shinobi family. The attire of their kimono`s were quite different. Chori, who was 5.8 due to age, was wearing a dark red kimono with a black Tulip pattern. He himself had black eyes, and long black hair held in a loose ponytail. Ren, who was measuring 6.4, was wearing a black kimono with a brown lotus on it. He had loose shoulder long brown hair with traces of black in it, suggesting that he had dyed it brown some weeks ago. Like his father, he also had black eyes. Rosu, the second shortest on only 5.7, was wearing a light blue kimono with a pink rose pattern. Unlike her husband, she had pink hair that barely reached the shoulders, and blue eyes. Keiro, being 6.1 due to his father, was wearing a dark red kimono with a single large camilia on the back. He had loose waist long black hair, and strong blue eyes from his mother. Last, and shortest in line with a height of 5.3, was Kamira. She was wearing a blue kimono, with a single large black camilia on the lower part. Like her mother she had blue eyes and pink hair, but her hair reached down to her knees. It was tied into two low pigtails, both hanging down her back.

"Your sure you wanna come? After all what happend-", "what a stupid question, Keiro! Of cause she wanna come! She saved that Uchiha kage`s butt and completed her first A rank, didn`t she?", "but oto-san!". Kamira wasen`t really listning to the minor agurment her older brother and father had. It was common for them to tease each other a little so usually she would inorge it...tonight through, her head was to filled to even inorge. Mr. Imari...Aki-senpai...Hokage-sama..it all happens so fast. Kamira tugged her fingers into the fabric of her kimono, keeping in the back with the head lowered. The rush from her first A rank completed yesterday still lingered, and the tears from the happy hostages she saved still flowed fresh in her mind. Mixing that with the encounter she had with the A rank missing nin, Aki Izayoi, had given Kamira very little sleep since then. Not even the yearly tradition today with her family, could really relax her. Of cause her parents and friends had noticed her lack of sleep, but she had convinced them it was cause of stress on the work.

"Ah, we are here". Kamira lifted her head a little from her mother`s words, having first now realized they had arrived at the graveyard. Rosu had hung the lantern on the Sakura tree, and had gone down on her knees. Kamira moved up to her other`s mode, inspecting the grave. The tombstone was larger than the normal once´s, but it was still made of stone and had no fancy shape. A large sakura tree had been planted next to it over a 100 years ago, and was now one of the oldest trees in the cemetary. Ingraved on the tombstone was messages from friends, family and so on. Written above all the messagers, were the following words. "Here lies Haruno Sakura, a great kunoichi who saved many lifes with her legendary medical knowledge. She will forever be remembered by her bravery in the fourth shinobi world war". The graves surronding the tombstone all had the same thing in common: the names all had Haruno in it.

"How are you doing, Sakura obaa-san(grandmother)? Its been a year already, but it seems like only a month has gone by since we last saw came to visit. I see the sakura tree is doing well also! You take really good care of it..". Kamira, having kneeled herself, held her hands folded in her lap, listing to her mother`s words. I probably should`t have gone...i didn`t report seeing Aki-senpai so close to the village... Kamira bit her lip a little. Should she tell her family the truth? Would they still see her as their beloved family member anymore? The hokage would surely punish her hard, maybe even imprison her! "Kamira-chan, its your turn", "Hai, okaa-san(mother)..". Avoiding to look at her mother`s smiling face, she moved so she sat between her family and the tombstone. "Ano..its been awhile, sousobo(great grandmother). I haven`t changed much, my hair has grown a bit through! I...". Kamira lowered her head again, this time falling fully silent. What`s more to say? I encountered a man who killed many and saved the hokage the next day?. Kamira looked down at her hands, noticing that they were trembling.

"Nee-san(sister), your alright? You look pale..". Kamira felt Keiro put his warm hand on her shoulder, rubbing his thumb over the exspoded part of her neck, trying to comfort her. "i`m fine, it- its your turn isen`t it?". Buring her fingers deeper into her lap, she stood up and ran as fast as possible in her tabi sandals. "I`m going to rest a little!". After having run for around 20 feet, she settled herself behind the wide Sakura tree. It was at least 8 feet wide, and around 20 feet tall. With her entire body trembling now, she sunk down with her back against the tree. As her bottom hit the grass, she reached inside her kimono, tugging onto her shoulders underneath the fabric.

All this...all this!. Tears now slided down the soft cheeks, and she dug her nails into her shoulders. Her head fell so the jaw touched collarbone, and the tears increased in flow. While having her much needed breakdown for her emotions, she kept the sobbing to a minimum. There was no need for her beloved family to see her like this...

(Messy, but i`m not good at starts x.x)

Earlier threat day as the sun was setting into the crimson skies, the land was left barren in solitude as most cemeteries are meant to be on the busy hours of families, much of the place had been left unchanged since the start of each body being returned to the earth below. Only a single person managed to come and greet the legendary grave site of Sakura Haruno before the rest of the her family followed later that night. It was a simple male bombshell beauty of blond messy hair and sparkling blue eyes nothing more, nothing less. He came alone of course within these borders as all of his criminal status were meet to remain and this time Aki Izayoi came of his own free will and awareness, not lost in his own fantasy world or lacking the sense of attention the normal was his blessed curse but instead just him actually choosing a location and heading to it slowly. It was quite the feat for him to do but he did it taking it all in this land of death and final Farewell, his attire was different then the normal one he wore almost all the time, a simple purple shaded hoodie with a part of knee high shorts and open toe sandals with his head phones on playing the latest song of his newest collection off the album born this way . Before recapturing the very spot and grave site that Karmira’s family would soon head to as well Aki went on to a less known grave for his own personal reasons. Two lone marks, smaller then the rest of the other ounces in this certain area in the graveyard, one Aki created himself in days long ago. Kneeling down and rubbing the names of Zancrow and Natsu Izayoi back into sight as the mosey from a earth covered up the letters out. It had been a while since he visited their graves, wasn’t his fault though medical work took most days away from even the fastest multitasker and soon after he had to run from the village nin itself to keep alive. Aki did regret not seeing them earlier but he knew they would want for him to live free, even in their final faces of fear and heart breaking sorrow as Aki ripped their lives away from their bodies for his own personal growth he knew deep down they would understand since it was for his own well being, it was their final request after all for him. His smile twisted and grew large as his pupils shrank as his eyes grow wide open with psychosis and mourning, with his left tear duct the only one able to function Aki let out a few tears on the left side of his face for a few seconds before turning away and wiping it away and walking towards the cherry blossom cove. He thought to himself about visiting such a renowned place while he was around, wouldn’t hurt as rarely does he find others around him willing. Like before Aki didn’t have an direct connection to the blood line of this medical legend but he had to admire the hard work it took for her to do what she did much like his own work, though not quite at her level his own work was something to admire as well.

Once more the missing nin keeled down to read the writing placed on the head Haruno grave stone before nodding his head in silence, then standing up and saying good day to this marker. He then rose away towards the cheery tree as it was his favorite one in the whole land of fire. Having not seen a more wonders blooms across in his endless travels Aki still enjoyed the tree’s unique beauty and cherished this place enough to come and risking himself to get captured. He leaped up in the heart of the branches and wood and took a seated position with his back laying comfortable on the nest of branches and pink flowers, it was such a nice spot to relaxing, Aki discovered it long time ago with his first boyfriend at the age of 12 when he was nothing more then a genin. Sure it might have been weird to bring someone on a date in the burial ground but the tree’s beauty was enough to banished such odd reasoning. Just like in the old days Aki rested here for a while, hidden in the tree and his music playing loudly in his ear to tone out the rest of the world. He fell into slumber soon after the forth sound played, something he did not plan for but happened due to his fatigued. There dreaming in silence and music he kept allowed the time pass..until something else was ringing in his sensitive hearing range, crying...and from a voice he had meet a few days back. Aki awoke from his nap to and saw from his hidden spot the young girl tearing up and dressed in a different manner. He only just notice the sun had set and the sky had given in to the darkness of the night. He had really not idea why should be so sad and dress so oddly like it was a ceremony, he guessed it must be in mourning for someone close. Either way best to check it out.

Aki stepped down from his nest onto the opposite side of the tree before walking around towards the young lass again, poking his head on the other side very quietly before letting the rest of his body show. “ Whats with the water works? You’d get the nice kimono all wrinkled from the water” Aki following let himself be seen to her left before tapping his finger and trying to poke her in the top of the head once. “ Why are you so gloomy? Aren’t ya suppose to be semi-heroine right now for saving the Hokage? I’ve heard nothing but rumors about it for a little bit the past few days” he asked while looking down at her