I come bearing fic for all!

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I’d just like to mention that this is NOT a Christmas fic, despite when it’s being posted. This is just when I finished it. >.>

That said, I am being dragged off quite happily into no-computer-ville for the rest of today and all of tomorrow, so I will answer any and all comments anyone makes to the fic on boxing day.

Happy Holidays, all!

Title: Once, Twice, Again
Pairings: SasuSaku, KakaSaku, NaruSaku
Characters: Sakura, Ino, Naruto
Word Count: 1030
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: up to ch427 of the manga
Prompt: #56 the beginning is the end is the beginning (64damn_prompts)

Note: This story is based on events in the most recent chapters of the manga, and there are certain assumptions I’ve made regarding recent/upcoming canon for the purposes of the story, since it’s set just after the current fight is over. However, as these assumptions are huge spoilers themselves, I’ve hidden them. Highlight just below to read them!

I’ve assumed that Kakashi really is dead, that Ino and Sakura survived the attack, that the village of Konoha still exists somehow, and that Naruto is back from hermit training and hasn’t been bijuu-napped or gone away again immediately after the attack is over.

( It hurts the most when you can actually feel your heart breaking. )