Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Uchiha Itachi & Haruno Sakura
Prompts: 42. panic button & 92. success & 454. dream the impossible
Word Count: 5564
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Warning: Non-massacre AU.
Notes: Part 6/31 of a series. Link to others can be found here at CHIAROSCURO. Written for 50_shinobi & lover100 & 500themes.

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( In which Sakura grows up, one step closer to approaching that epiphanous dream. ♥ )

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Hyuuga Neji & Haruno Sakura
Prompt: 199. childhood's end & 06. head in the clouds & angst: 09. change
Word Count: 5184
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Warning: AU.
Notes: Title is taken from the 2011 film of the same name. Written for 500themes & 10_whores & mission_insane. Prompt tables can be found here & here & here.

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( Left behind by the changes that life inevitably brings, Sakura falls, so deep and sorrowfully that even Neji, who tries his damnest to catch her, fears nothing will ever be alright again. ♥ )