The calming breeze circled around my form as I stood outside the gates to the Konoha. I shivered as a seemingly toxic chill travelled down my spine. Slowly running my tongue over my petite but chapped lips I let words slip from my mouth, two words to be exact, “ten years.” ‘Ten years since the life I knew for 13 years became nothing less than a memory; on the day I left the Konoha. Ten years since I last received a warm hug from one of my close friends in a safe environment. Ten years since I left all I loved behind me. Only ten years…It seemed longer.’

Casting my eyes downwards I took my first steps back into the village I once called home. I felt a tug at my heart as I entered the village centre, while all kinds of smells roused my senses, some strong and some sweet – all of them still familiar to me even after all these years. Heads turned as murmurs emitted from the few villagers awake and pursuing their early morning business; ‘I’m a stranger here now…An outcaste…the only true reason I came back…The only person I returned for is…’
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