This is my second story and I'm trying to gt the hang of this thing. My cousin and I had recently read the story Getbacker Uchiha by InsaneYunay! I swear it's really funny. Now my cousin and I are trying to write a story like that but with a twist. So hopefully it's better than my first story.
Chapter 1: Sakura's past, Sakura and Ino's secret
Tsunade was resting in her office until someone came into her room.
"Tsunade-sama?" asked her apprentice Shizune. Tsunade weakly opened her eyes to see Shizune holding books, paperwork and scrolls.
"Yawn…what is it Shizune?" asked Tsunade tiredly.
"More work to do!" said Shizune as she put the stuff on Tsunade's desk.
"But we just finished 5 stacks of work an hour ago!" whined Tsunade.
"I'm sorry Tsunade, but this is what came in…" said Shizune.
"Whatever. Let's just go and file the scrolls first!" said Tsunade as she and Shizune carried the scrolls to the scroll room.
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Tsunade moved the ladder to the next section. "Great I'm on the H section!" said Tsunade. She took 5 scrolls but accidentally dropped one. Tsunade filed the other scroll and climbed down but tripped on the scroll falling on her butt as she screamed a bit. The scroll rolled a few feet away as it unrolled itself.
Shizune heard the fall and went to see if the Hokage was okay.
"Tsunade-sama…Tsunade-sama, are you alright?" asked Shizune as she helped her up.
"That stupid scroll, it tripped me!" yelled Tsunade as she rubbed her back. Tsunade then went to pick it up.
"Well, I'm going to continue filing the scrolls!" Shizune's voice echoed as she walked back to the N-P section. Tsunade glared at the scroll.
"Stupid scroll, tripping me like that!" muttered Tsunade. "Let's see where you go…" Tsunade looked to see that it said Haruno.
'Haruno…that's Sakura's last name! I wonder what's in here…'
Tsunade opened the scroll further and read what it said.
What she read broke her heart….
"Oh god! Shizune! Hurry Shizune!" yelled Tsunade as she collapsed to the floor.
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"Okay, training is over! See you guys tomorrow!" said Kakashi as he turned into smoke.
"Hey Sakura-chan, do you want to come with me, Sai, and Sasuke to get some ramen!" asked Naruto
Sasuke came back to the village yesterday. He had defeated Itachi but didn't kill Orochimaru because he had vanished. He was caught by Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru, Chouji, Neji, Kiba, Lee, and Shino. This time they had succeeded. His punishment was to be restricted from missions and stay at here at Konoha for a year with Naruto. Tsunade let Sai stay in Team 7. Everything was still the same. Naruto was still an idiot, Sai was still an annoying pest, and Sasuke was still cold, but was starting to warm up to the team. The only thing different with this team was Sakura.
Ever since she turned 17, four months ago, her voice became quieter, she had gotten weaker and skinner. And she'd kinda stare off into space sometimes like she was in really deep thoughts.
Sakura didn't reply instead she was looking at the cherry blossom that had fallen out of its tree and landed in front of her.
Naruto was getting ticked off. There she goes again, just staring into space! What the hell was wrong with her?
"Hey Ugly, we're going to eat come one!" yelled Sai that was in front of her face. Still there was no reaction from the pink haired kunoichi. She was still looking at the cherry blossom. Everyone watched as the cherry blossom flew up in the sky only to have something fly through it, breaking it into pedals.
Sasuke noticed Sakura's eyes widen a bit as the cherry blossom ripped. What's the big deal about a stupid flower? Sasuke was getting mad and hungry so he went up to Sakura and threw her over his back. That brought Sakura back to Earth.
"Wha- what are you doing Sasuke? I can walk by myself thank you very much…" said Sakura.
"Hn…" said Sasuke as he continued to carry Sakura on his back.
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"Finally, I can eat!" said Naruto as he quickly sat down and ordered a miso ramen for himself. Sai sat next to Naruto and ordered chicken ramen. Sakura sat next to Naruto which was right next to Sasuke. Sasuke ordered also miso ramen as Sakura didn't say anything. Instead she just looked at the August calendar. It was August 28th.
Sasuke looked at Sakura noticing how quiet she was right now. Usually she'd be happy that he was sitting next to her, but instead all she did was stare into space again. What the hell was wrong with her? It seemed like Sai noticed it too.
"Ugly, I'm getting sick of this stupid, quiet stage your going through right now! What the hell is wrong with you woman? Ever since you turned 17, something happened to you! I know it! So what is it? You haven't really been hanging out with your friends much this month. Lee and Tenten complained about not seeing you too. Some people thought you got kidnapped."
Sakura laughed a bit. A smiled her infamous warm smile.
"T…here's n-nothing to worry about-"Sakura didn't get to finish as she started to cough really bad that she had to fall to the ground and clutch her chest.
Sasuke fell down with her to hold her hand. She squeezed it as she continued to cough more violently.
"Sakura, what's wrong?" asked Sasuke. Naruto and Sai stood there watching. Sasuke saw this and got mad. "What the hell are you idiots standing there for, Sai get some water and dobe go get Tsunade-sama!" yelled Sasuke as he took Sakura outside. Sai quickly asked Ayume to get some water. Naruto looked as Sasuke took Sakura outside. He continued to stare at Sakura. Something was definitely wrong with Sakura. Naruto shook his head and ran to get Tsunade-sama.
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Ino and her team were walking to get some ramen. It was quiet since Asuma passed away a few years ago.
"It's great to spend time with each other again!" said Chouji.
"It is since Shikamaru became a chuunin…" said Ino smiling.
"How troublesome!" said Shikamaru rolling his eyes smirking.
Soon it was quiet. "Hey guys…have you noticed how skinny and sick Sakura-chan looks?" asked Chouji looking down at the ground.
Ino eyes widened as she looked up to see that the boys didn't say anything after that.
Ino looked ahead and stopped walking.
"Ino, why did you…" Chouji stopped talking when Ino started to run towards a couple under a tree.
"Ino wait for us!" yelled Shikamaru as they hurried to catch up to Ino.
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Sai ran outside with a cup of water in his hands. He gave it to Sasuke. Sasuke took it and gave it to Sakura. But she wouldn't take it since she was still coughing.
"Ugly I got you some water!" said Sai rubbing Sakura's back. Soon the trio heard running and yelling. They looked to see that it was Ino.
"I…Ino..." said Sakura.
"Are you okay Sakura…" asked Ino as bent down and patted Sakura's back. She took Sakura's hands and examined it.
Flashback
A little Sakura and Ino were picking flowers with the 3rd Hokage when suddenly Sakura started to cough.
"Are you okay Sakura-chan?" asked Ino as she started to pat Sakura's back.
End of flashback
She saw blood on her hands. Everyone's eyes widened. Soon Shikamaru and Chouji arrived and also saw the blood in her hands.
"S…Sakura…" said Shikamaru. "Wha-what's happening to you?" he asked. Ino looked at Sakura straight in the eye.
"It's happening…isn't it?" asked Ino, her voice shaking. The boys looked at the girls. What was Ino talking about? Soon Naruto arrived with Tsunade
"Sakura!" yelled Tsunade. Tsunade did a few hand signs and her hands had charka around them. She put her hands over Sakura's throat. Soon Sakura stopped coughing and fainted.
"Tsunade, I know what's happening with Sakura!" said Ino.
"Okay come to my office right now, I need to talk to you!" said Tsunade. Soon Ino, Sakura, and the Hokage headed to the hospital. Once they arrived, Ino saw Shizune and a few medics waiting for them. They took Sakura and went to the E.R.
Tsunade walked with Ino to the waiting room and told her to wait as they help Sakura. Ino sat down and started thinking to her self.
'Sakura…I thought it wouldn't turn out this serious. You told me that it was nothing to worry about. You said it would go away. You knew something more didn't you. Did you only tell me that so I wouldn't worry so much? Was this why the 3rd Hokage said that it wouldn't be wise to continue being a ninja when you turned 16?'
Flashback
A little Sakura and Ino were picking flowers with the 3rd Hokage when suddenly Sakura started to cough.
"Are you okay Sakura-chan?" asked Ino as she started to pat Sakura's back. The 3rd Hokage looked at Sakura sadly.
"Ino go to Sakura's parents and tell them to meet me in my office." said the 3rd Hokage.
Ino looked at him. He smiled at Ino. "Don't worry, just go!" Ino nodded and ran to Sakura's house. The 3rd Hokage picked up Sakura. "Don't worry, it's okay to cry."
"I…it hurts…really bad…Hokage-sama!" said Sakura as she continued to cry from the pain in her throat, lungs and heart.
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"You wanted to see us Hokage-sama?" asked Ai, Sakura's mom.
"Yes…it's about Sakura's little problem..." said the Hokage.
"It has already started…hasn't it?" said Sakura's Dad, Daisuke.
"I'm afraid it has…the medics said that it only formed a tiny bit. It's slowly forming around her throat. It should go away soon. Well, that's what we're hoping for…" said the Hokage.
Unknown to them, Ino had followed Sakura's parents and was eavesdropping on the conversation.
"Is there any way to prevent it from forming more?" asked Ai.
"Our best medics are doing the best they can right now. Sakura's in the E.R. and they're trying to stop it for now. I highly recommend that it would be best if Sakura takes it easier by the age of 14 or the latest 16…If she pushes her limits after the age of 16, the effects could be deadly. We can perform an operation…but there's a chance she won't make it! Even with the operation"
Ino's eyes widened.
"How much of a chance?" asked Daisuke.
"75" said the Hokage. Ai looked down in shocked.
"But…if operation is a success, she will live, but…"
"But what?" asked Ai.
"But…she'll lose her voice but the worst of all is that…she won't be able to be a ninja ever again! No matter how many operations done on her..."
Ino's eyes widened. Sakura will lose her voice if she does this operation? But Sakura loves singing. She won't be able to talk to her or sing anymore. But the worse part of all is that she won't be able to be a ninja anymore. But she dreamt of becoming a Kunoichi…
"Why is this happening to her?" asked Daisuke.
"Well, from what I remember, Sakura was born earlier than she was supposed to. Soon she was born with a weak body. But we didn't check her x-rays until it was too late. Two months later, we caught something when one of our medics was checking her X-rays. She saw that there was something forming near her throat. We couldn't take it out since she was still little…" said the 3rd Hokage regretting.
"I want my daughter to take the operation!" said Daisuke.
"Daisuke! Didn't you hear the Hokage? If Sakura takes the operation, there's a 75 chance she'll die! She's only 9! Even if the operation is a success, she won't be able to speak to us and to the other kids. She won't be able to sing and be a kunoichi! And you know that's her dream and life. To be a full-fledge kunoichi and to sing! Doing this operation will destroy her chances!" yelled Ai.
Ino felt tears falling. Her best friend was slowly dying. How come Sakura never told her about this?
"Ai, I don't care if she can't be a ninja anymore… that she won't be able to sing! At least there's a chance she can be able to live!" Daisuke yelled back.
"It's up to Sakura if she wants the operation…" said the Hokage.
"I talked with that medic and she said that she did a jutsu on her when she was having a check up on her. She said the jutsu will last for 8 years, which means when she turns 17 the jutsu will wear off and her disease will grow worse as the months go on. She should stop doing hard labor before she turns 16. And she should stop being a ninja by then. But don't tell Sakura that if she does the operation she'll lose her voice and that she won't be a ninja anymore." said the Hokage standing up and showing Sakura's parents out the door.
"I wish you guys luck with Sakura. She's a rare kind of person that blooms once in a life time…" said the Hokage as he closed the door behind them. Ai and Daisuke saw Ino crying.
"Ino…" said Ai as she hugged Ino. "I'm sorry you had to find out about this. Promise me you won't say anything to anyone else besides Sakura, the 3rd Hokage, me and my husband…" Ino looked up at Ai.
"B…but why Sakura…why does she have to have that disease?" asked Ino crying her heart out.
"Ino…I'm sorry…it was destiny…" said Daisuke as he left with Ai. Ino ran away and headed home. She cried herself to sleep. At the middle of the night, a loud explosion had awaken her.
End of Flashback
Ino was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the door open. Tsunade walked out with Sakura.
"Yamanaka, in my office please!" said Tsunade. Ino just nodded her head as she just stared at Sakura. Ino saw that Sakura was starting to have a little hard time breathing and walking. It made Ino's heart hurt.
Ino and Sakura sat down as Tsunade-sama sat on her desk.
"Sakura…I heard my sources tell me that only your parents, the 3rd Hokage and Ino were the only people that knew about your…condition." said Tsunade. Ino could see that Tsunade's eyes were red from crying.
"I guess…my parents told you…?" asked Sakura. Tsunade shook her head. She threw a scroll at Sakura. Sakura barely caught it and read it.
"So the 3rd Hokage wrote about my condition in this scroll…" said Sakura as she laughed a bit.
"F…forehead-girl…t…this isn't a laughing matter! We're talking about your freaking life!"
"Sakura…you're like a daughter to me, even before your mother…passed away." Sakura looked down as she remembered the tragic memory of her mother's death.
Flashback (Sakura's pov)
I was resting in my room, when I heard my parents talking about my illness.
"Ai, she's going to get the operation!"
"Daisuke, it's up to Sakura not us!"
"I don't give a shit! She's going to get the operation no matter what Sakura says!"
"Letting her have the operation will just ruin her chances of singing and being a kunoichi!"
"So at least she'll live!"
"Yeah, she'll live but she'll live miserably. At least if she dies, she'll at least die doing the things she loves doing!" My mother finally yelled back my father.
"Don't yell back at me Ai!" My father was getting mad.
"I'm tired of you…us…fighting!" said my mother as she left to the room. I heard my mother walk to her room. My father started to throw the chair he was sitting on to the wall. Soon my parents went to my room. Soon all I heard was silence.
I looked at my clock 2 hours later to see that it was midnight. I heard the door to my room open. It was my mother.
"Mom…" I said as I watched her get a couple of my stuff and put them in a bag.
"Honey, hurry get all your warm clothes and stuff animal…we're leaving!" she whispered to me.
I was really confused. What about dad?
"Where's daddy?" I asked as I got my teddy bear.
"He's not coming with us. We're going to spend the night at my friend's house." My mother said.
"Who's your friend?" I asked.
"Tsunade" said my mother. Tsunade was my mother's close friend. I nodded to my mother as we headed out to the front door. My mom quietly closed the door. As we headed out we heard someone in front of us. It was…
"D-Daisuke!" said my mother
"What are you doing around midnight Ai? Where are you bringing Sakura?" My father asked. I was terrified. My father looked like he'd kill one of us right now. I looked up at my mother to see that she going to say something.
"Well Ai?" my father asked. My mother took something from out of her robes. It was a gas ball. My mother immediately grabbed me and ran away from my enraged father. We ended up near the area where the winter festival wad been. We missed it because of my illness.
Because of me, we didn't get to go to the festival like we always did. Because of me, my parents were fighting. My mother and I sat down.
"Mommy, what's going on?" I asked.
"Sakura honey, do you want to have the operation?"
"If I have the operation wouldn't that mean I won't be able to be a kunoichi with Ino-chan?"
"Yes, and not just that, the Hokage said you only have 25 chance of living if you take the operation. If the operation is successful, you'll lose your voice and you won't be able to talk to me or your friends anymore. I don't want you to grow up miserable. I want you to promise me that you'll die doing the things you love. I want you to be happy!" My mother said stroking my cheek.
I hugged my mom. "I promise! I don't want to have the operation!" I cried.
"Then you won't! The medic that did your check up did a jutsu on you. It will stop the disease from spreading until your 17th birthday." said my mother. Soon it was quiet. I heard a kunai being thrown. I pushed my mother out of the way. The kunai missed me by an inch.
We looked up to see my father. "Give me Sakura!" my father said.
"Over my dead body!" My mother yelled as we started to run again.
"Sakura keep running!" my mother said to me.
"What about you?" I asked.
"Don't worry about me. I'll give you some time to run to Tsunade's if you can't go to Ino's! It's only 3 streets away!" my mother said as she turned around to fight my father.
I looked around, we were in front of the old Uchiha compound and Ino's house was 4 streets away and Tsunade's was 6 streets away. I looked to find my mom.
I watched as my parents fought. My father took out a kunai as my parents ran to the forest to fight. I followed. I saw my father jumping up to the trees with my mother throwing kunais at him. My father jumped down and grabbed a branch and swung over it. My father heard something sizzling. He looked in front of him to see an exploding note ready to blow. My father quickly jumped down. He was heading down head first. My mother jumped up. Their eyes met as my mother sneaked an exploding pouch in my father's pants. Father didn't notice since he was busy looking into my mother mesmerizing green eyes. Soon the pouch exploded and my father was sent flying.
My eyes widened as I realized that it was a clone and my real father came and threw a windmill shuriken at me. My mother seemed to notice it too as she ran to block it. It stabbed her right in her stomach. My father didn't seem to see me as my mother pushed me into a bush with a bag of weapons.
"Okay Ai, I can kill you right now or I'll let you live if you tell me where our daughter is…"
"Like I'd tell an ogre like you where she is…" My mother said. My father frowned as he pushed the shuriken deeper into my mother's stomach. I started to have tears fall as I snooped into my mother's bag to find a weapon or two.
Soon I ran to my dad. My dad saw me. "So that's were you were hiding my dear!" said my father. My mother was still alive. "Sakura, I told you to run!" I looked at my mother straight in the eye. "A ninja never lets a teammate down or gives up! That's my way of the ninja!" I said as I charged at my father. I took out a smoke grenade. My father started to cough had he inhaled some of the smoke. My mother took this as a chance to hide.
Soon I appeared in front of my father and stabbed his spinal cord in his back with a kunai. My father fell to the floor. The smoke subsided and I ran to my mom.
"Are you okay?" I asked. My mother didn't say anything as she moved us so her back would be facing my dad. My mom got hit with a kunai. My eyes widened as I looked to see my dad smirk then slowly fell to the floor. I could tell he was dead.
I looked at my mother. Soon I started to cry. As I did, my mother held my hand.
"Sakura…after what I saw…you'll become a great kunoichi when you get older." said my mother. I positioned my mother so her head was resting on my lap.
"Mom, you'll be okay right?" I asked. My mother didn't answer. "Mom?" I heard my mother start to hum a song. It was the lullaby she's always hum to me. "It was called Eternal Snow. She and Tsunade made this song up when I couldn't stop crying. I was 1 year old and my father was on a mission so Tsunade came to help my mother.
"Sakura, I know you always wanted to hear the entire song so I'll do the best I can" said my mother. I started to cry. "I promise you that one day, I'll be able to sing the whole song of Eternal snow to you Sakura…"
I quietly started to hum along with her as my mother began to sing the words. As she did, it started to snow. I hummed as I listened to my mom sing with her beautiful and peaceful voice.
Kimi wo suki ni natte Dorekurai tatsu no kana?
Kimochi Fukurande yuku bakari de
Kimi wa Kono omoi kidzuiteiru no kana?
Ichido mo kotoba ni wa Shitenai kedo
Yuki no youni Tada shizukani
Furitsumori Tsudzukete yuku
Hold me tight Konna omoi nara
Dareka wo suki ni naru kimochi
Shiritaku Nakatta yo
I love you Namida tomaranai
Konnan ja Kimi no koto
Shirazuni ireba Yokatta yo…
My mother's voice suddenly stopped. She only sung the first verse and chorus. .
I looked at my mother since she didn't continue to sing. Her eyes were closed as snow flakes began to fall on her hair. I looked down to see red snow. My mother was dead. I didn't know what to do. I just started to hum the song as I hugged my mother's body…I soon fainted from singing the first verse of the song since I didn't know the rest of it. All I saw before I fainted was a boy with raven hair and beautiful black eyes. The next day I woke up in a bed, I don't remember sleeping in.
I tried to remember what happened. I looked up to see a very white room. I could hear voices. I still tried to remember. There was fighting, blood, explosions, yelling, snow, and Eternal Snow…my eyes widened.
"MOM!" I yelled as I immediately got up. My head hurt. I looked to see Ino, Inoichi, her father, Tsunade, the Hokage, and a boy I saw before I fainted.
"Sakura!" said Ino as she hugged me. "Are you okay?"
"What happened to my mom?" I asked
"I heard explosions coming near my house so I went to go check. I went to check what was going on. It was snowing and I saw a hint of pink covered in snow. I ran to see you unconscious holding your mother. So I went to get the Hokage-sama." said the boy.
"My father and I also heard the noises so we went to check it out. We saw Tsunade and this boy there. Sasuke went to get the Hokage!" said Ino's father.
"I'm sorry, but your parents are dead…" Soon I started to hate snow, the song Eternal snow and myself. Because of me, my mother died, my father died, my parents fought over me, we weren't able to go to the Winter Festival, and I caused trouble for everyone.
End of Flashback
"So why didn't you tell me about this? I know your parents and the 3rd Hokage told you that you should stop doing hard labor and being a ninja by the time you're 16, but you past that age and you been going to A-rank and S-rank missions. By doing that, you're just making the effects of the disease worse!" said Tsunade.
"Sakura, there's only one way you can take the disease away…" said Ino.
"You going to have to through the operation you were suppose to have 8 years ago. But you said no! If you keep this up…you will die!" said Tsunade
"I'm sorry but…no Tsunade…"
"Sakura, if you don't have the operation, your life will be in danger!" said Ino.
"My life is already in danger anyways…isn't it? Beside if I have the operation, I might not make it through, but if I do make it through…wouldn't I lose my voice and stop being a ninja?"
"Uh…yes…I have to completely remove your vocal cords and you won't be able to have your charka control…" said Tsunade.
"I…I'm not afraid of dying…in fact, I've always wanted to try dying once…" said Sakura. Ino and Tsunade's eyes widened.
"What?!" yelled the blondes.
"But…what I'm afraid of…is not being able to be a ninja but the worst is not being able to sing my favorite songs to the people I love ever again…" said Sakura smiling sadly.
Ino started to notice how her voice was going soft.
"Sakura?"
"So I won't have the operation."
"Sakura…you need to…" Tsunade stopped when she saw how determine Sakura was to not have the operation.
"Besides…I made a promise to my mom that one day I'd sing in front of Konoha…" said Sakura. "And I'm finally able to fulfill my promise to my mother" said Sakura.
"What do you mean?" asked Tsunade
"Taa-daa, I got the chance to perform for the Winter Festival Concert! I get to sing and play the piano!" said Sakura smiling.
"Congratulations Sakura!" said Ino smiling too.
"No!" said Tsunade.
"What?"
"I forbid you to sing in the concert!" Tsunade said.
"But Tsunade-sama, you know I love singing!" said Sakura.
"But you know that it will be dangerous for you…" Tsunade said. "Beside you have til December 28th till you die…" said Tsunade.
I can't let Sakura sing…that's how Ai died…I hate music!
Ino and Sakura's eyes widen but December 28th was in 4 months!
"But that's when the Winter Festival is!" said Ino looking at Sakura.
"I see…" said Sakura as she got up. "Let's go Ino…" Sakura walked to the door with Ino right behind her. "Sakura…" said Ino.
Sakura looked at Tsunade straight in the eye. "I'm sorry Tsunade-sama…" said Sakura as she and Ino left the office.
As the door closed, Tsunade felt tears fall down her face. Will Sakura be the same as Dan and my brother…? Unknown to them a certain copy cat ninja had heard the whole conversation.