Through the small village, near the town of Myrtan, children screams that can hardly be ignored. The country was at war, which one did not notice at a young age and went through life carefree. While the men repaired the damage to the houses caused by the weather a few days ago, the women cooked food in their little wooden huts. It wasn't much what they had, but again it was enough to survive.
A crack shook one of these houses. A "sorry!" then followed. A young woman, around 20, shook her head in disbelief and got up from the table. "It can't go on like this." she yelled up to her husband, who had a lot to do with the roof. "What do you think?" he pretended to be incredulous. A gust of wind blew the man around the ears, whose blond hair then moved in complaint.
“You know exactly what I mean.” The woman put her hands on her hips to get her husband's attention. "Who meant that; My God, it's raining in again. Make it stop? That wasn't me!"
From a distance, a boy watched the action with his friends who sat next to him and played with hay dolls. At least that was what the girl to his right did while his friend just stared into the air. Sweat had built up on their foreheads as their breathing went fast. "Why do parents argue?" the blond-haired man wondered, filling his cheeks with air. "Because you wouldn't have anything else to do, Naruto." said the girl, keeping her eyes on her doll while she hugged it and let it walk on her lap. "That's silly!" said Naruto and sighed. The next moment he grinned at the black-haired boy next to him, who was the same age as Naruto. He noticed this and stared back. "What are you looking so stupid?" said this then. "Do not fight." said the girl, got up and pushed the two of them away from each other. "We argue do-." said the black-haired man and was interrupted by a loud voice. "SASUKE! COME HOME!"
That was his mother, who was already worried about what her cute little boy was doing outside, or just checking if he was still there or had run into the woods right next to the village. The forest was notorious for the fact that even the strongest fighters were attacked by wild beasts there. The skeletons of those. those who have tried to cross the forest of the dead, as it has also been affectionately called, should slowly fall apart.
"Well folks. My sign to say goodbye." Sasuke said got up and walked towards a house before he turned the corner and then disappeared. "Naruto? I would have to go too, otherwise I'll get into trouble again." muttered Sakura, her strange pink hair blowing in the wind. "Okey. See you tomorrow?" While Sakura hugged her doll to her chest, Naruto got his answer."Mom wants to cook with me tomorrow. And the weekly cleaning is still due. Nothing will come of that. But another time, okay?"
"Yes."

... If only he had known then that there would be no other time ...