A breeze rocked the branches of the bare trees back and forth.
The moon had just risen when a little girl walked the deserted streets of Konoha. The lightly falling snow made the houses look like gingerbread houses covered with powdered sugar. It was quite cold, but the girl didn't mind.
She wore a thick red jacket, white gloves, and an embroidered hat. A long scarf adorned her neck.

A stray cat ran across her path and the pink-haired girl almost dropped the something wrapped in silver foil in shock. But she didn't even begin to show that she liked this cat. She didn't really like anything.
She now had only one task that she wanted to finish for today:
Bringing that 'something' undamaged to a place that is particularly important to you.

She looked around. ° Only these stupid cats have to get rid of their "meow" again. °, she thought and went back to her goal.
She went on until she found a large rusty gate in front of her.
One side of the gate was opened by her.
She headed for a very specific stone. She saw him and within a few seconds found herself in front of it.
She stopped. You could only hear her heavy breathing and the crackling of the silver foil. The 'something' was placed in front of the stone and it turned out to be a magnificent bouquet.
The following names were engraved on the stone:

"Hinoko & Takeshi Haruno"

With her emotionless face she looked up at the night sky.
Why did it have to come like this?
Why was she left alone at all?
Why did it have to hit her of all people?

Their footprints in the snow were barely visible.
It was snowing harder and she was still standing in front of the grave as if rooted to the spot.
Tears rolled down her cheeks.


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Quite short, but it's just the prologue :)