Literature
Influence
She could taste the ash.
She could see the flames.
She could feel the heat.
She could even understand why this was happening.
What she couldn't do was make this seem real and not like some terrible nightmare that she needed to wake up from, so her reality could commence. A reality were Naruto was Hokage, Kakashi was reading Ichi Ichi, Sai was still so completely naïve and ill mannered, and Sasuke was sitting watching it all with a smirk.
But that wasn't reality, this was real, and she really was alone.
She could still hear their voices and while she knew hearing voices was never a good thing, and could be an indicator for several t