Sakura's Resolve

Sakura's resolve sends her to the summit's aftermath with a terrible plan: to kill Sasuke herself, to end his suffering and stop his descent before the world does it for her. The episode is her hardest hour — the girl who loved Sasuke since childhood steeling herself to end him, lying to Naruto, walking toward a confrontation she knows she may not survive. It's the canon arc's wrenching turn, Sakura's love curdled into a resolve to do the unthinkable, the teammate who can't be saved now hunted by the one who loved him most.