Naruto: The Sacred Tree Chess Game

When she was seven, she tricked him off a broken bridge, then carried him back to the hospital from a pool of blood, leaving behind an orange before disappearing.

When she was twelve, he checked her injuries and asked, 'Can you hold on until the exam is over?' She thought he only cared about the mission.

Later, he defected, cutting off everything. She chased him for three years.

The Ten Thousand Snakes exploded from within; amid flesh and bone collapsing, she grabbed his hand. When they came out, one went ahead and one followed behind, and no one knew. Only the trembling that had not yet left her fingertips, and the extra beat in his chest, remained.

At the Five Kage Summit, she faced the whole ninja world while masked. He walked up from behind her without stopping, and the blade in his hand had already turned in front of her. With one glance, the whole world turned against its original course.

On their wedding day, she wore her battle suit under her bridal clothes. No one knew that she had branded part of her divine power onto his right hand. The contract was: 'This mark cannot be broken unless I die.'

Later, she was imprisoned in the divine realm, her spirit crushed, kneeling in the pure white desert and losing the ability to speak. The right hand of Uchiha Sasuke began to burn—that was the contract telling him that she was on the verge of destruction. And for the first time, outside the path and plans that had been set for him, he felt a scorching sensation called 'I must hurry there.'

In the Fourth Great Ninja War, he was pierced by Madara’s bone spikes. She drained away all her divine power to pass it to him, then fell before his eyes.

All Uchiha Sasuke ever sought in his life was power and answers. But at that moment, catching her falling body, he made a decision that had nothing to do with any of his goals.