Note: I do not own Naruto. All characters belong to the original creator other then any I create myself.
Introduction:
My birth was forbidden. My entire life a lie. My name is Sakura Haruno, at least that's what my legal birth certificate says. My real name, the one I am not allowed to tell anyone, is Sakura Uchiha. I am the product of an affair that my mother Mebuki Haruno had with an Uchiha man.
When I was six my mother told me everything, from why I had to wear green colored contacts to hide the real color of my eyes, which they are the color of obsidian to what my true identity is. My pink hair was an unfortunate product of the two clans mixing together.
I entered the Konoha Ninja Academy when I was five, like many of the other children my age did, and I excelled at; genjutsu, ninjutsu, and taijutsu. The only person who got better grades then I did was Sasuke Uchiha, one of the only Uchihas left along with me and Sasuke's murderous older brother Itachi. Although, I could have done much better then Sasuke, I decided to downplay my skills. My true talents could possibly be up with Itachi, who is still a legend in the school even after what happened. Really, that would be just what I need, someone questioning how in the world I have the skills I have. The most likely the outcome would be the discovery of who I really am.
Anyway, unlike pure-blooded Uchihas, my Sharingan-the greatest power in the Uchiha clan that is envied among even the best shinobi-has not awakened. Perhaps that is for the best. If I were to lose control of Sharigan since I am not a full Uchiha and my true self was revealed, well, I don't even want to think of the consequences that would be forced upon my mother and me.
During my schooling at the Ninja Academy, I began to pretend to notice boys, as all of the other girls did, and I even pretended to fan-girl over Sasuke, as the other girls had. I had to keep up my appearance in front of everyone. I could not let it slip.
There was another boy that caught my attention, but again not in a boy-girl young love scenario. His name was Naruto Uzumaki, a poor parentless boy who spent most of his time failing exams and pulling obnoxious pranks. I also knew that he had something dark inside of him, something like a demon. The only reason I know was because of my second spirit.
My second spirit is far more ferocious then me. I believe that she came into existence due to me being a mix breed of two very strong clans. I believed her to be holder of the hatred, the lust, and the evil that came from the Uchiha side and the container of my true powers from my Haruno side (I have a few that I can use, such as reading strong emotions and looking at peoples' spirits).
The members of the Haruno clan are very strong and they have always hidden their true powers away from the shinobi world. If they were to know what the Haruno was truly capable of, then shinobi from all over the nations would come after and try to get a hold of these powers. You see, the Haruno clan has always been able to sense and to see the nature of others souls. It could also be used to read minds and control them without having to use the Yamanaka Clan's Mind-Jutsu. In fact, this technique didn't even have to use chakra.
There are five known chakra types in the shinobi world: water, earth, fire, wind, and lightning. In a sense, the Haruno ability was a sixth nature. The power of the Haruno clan was somewhat like being spirit-natured except that the powers that were held were not from the power of chakra, but from the mind itself.
Chapter 1-Introductions
Sakura is twelve and is newly graduated from the Konaha Ninja Academy.
"Cha! Why did we have to end up with Naruto!" my inner self shouted. "Sasuke's great, but seriously Naruto?"
"Calm down, perhaps it will be fine," I say to her.
"Hmph. Two Uchihas will be fine on a team, but with Uzumaki! Well, we will all be killed because he will do something stupid!"
"I don't think the fox would allow him to die. Don't call us an Uchiha, either. If we begin to believe that we are Uchiha, that power may awaken," I sigh.
"Tch.. Whatever," she says and then falls silent.
Having two spirits is annoying; especially when that spirit is bitter at being locked inside of you. At least she is quiet now.
My alarm clock goes off, it is 5: 40. I sit up from my bed, stretch and begin changing to meet with my new team later in the day. The first things I do is put my green contacts in and change from my nightgown into a simple konoichi red dress that had the symbol of the Haruno clan on it. I found my blue ninja-styled boots and put them on, along with my new headband. I put my weapons holster onto my right leg and add a few extra kunai weapons into it.
I tucked my long pink hair behind my ears and felt ready enough to go downstairs. I knew my mother would no doubt be sitting at the table and reading a report from her last mission.
"Morning, Sakura," my mother said before I had even walked into the kitchen.
"Hello, mother," I smiled at her when I entered the room. "Have you eaten yet?"
"No, but don't worry about me, I have several things to go through on this report before I can even consider eating."
"Alright," I say as I make my way to the fridge. I open its door and pull out the ingredients to make an omelet.
After I had finished preparing and eating breakfast, I left home and headed to the roof that my new sensei, Kakashi had told us to meet him at after the graduation and the team assignments.
When I finally reached it, the only one who hadn't shown up yet was Kakashi Sensei. I glanced at my two teammates. My cousin and the fox, the odds of the three of us being put on the same team was very low, yet here we were.
I looked over at Naruto who had blonde hair and striking blue eyes. Down his cheeks were marks that looked like whiskers, which made sense, considering he was the jinchuuriki of the kyuubi a fox demon called the Nine Tails, which had attacked the village twelve years ago. I wonder if he knew who he truly was. I knew that Sasuke did not know, in fact all of the younger people in the village did not have any idea of what Naruto was, but they hated him because their parents hated him. The only reason I know had to do with me sneaking into restricted achieve section when I was ten years old. Surprisingly, that kind of information was not guarded as well as I thought it would be; a simple Genjutsu on the Jounin guards, and I had walked past them completely unnoticed. Naruto was always happy, at least that is what he put on, but truly he was lonely and hurt.
I turned and looked at Sasuke. He was handsome, I would admit that; but truly I never had any interest in him, it was all a façade to insure my identity would be kept. He had the same color of eyes as I did, when I had my contacts off, that is; he also had the same obsidian color in his hair as well. But quite unlike the goofy, unserious expression that Naruto had, Sasuke literally had a hateful aura around him. Even without the power of the Haruno clan, you could tell. It oozed pain, loneliness, and hatred. I knew why. His older brother had murdered his…our entire clan and he wanted revenge.
"Ahhhhhhh! He's late by like one hour!" Naruto yelled suddenly. "You know what?"
I looked back over at Naruto who was up was rigging the door so that when our sensei opened it, the eraser would fall on him. "This is what you get for being late!" he giggled.
"Idiot," Sasuke muttered. "A Jounin would never fall for that."
This is where I needed to speak up, "Yeah…don't be stupid!" Of course this is when our Sensei walks in and completely destroys the claims Sasuke and I made.
"Hahahahaha! He fell for it!" Naruto shouted.
"Great, I got a bunch of idiots for a team," Kakashi muttered. "Anyway, let's introduce ourselves."
I sit down between Sasuke and Naruto just as Naruto pipes up, "What do ya want to know?"
"How about likes, dislikes, your dreams, I don't care…" Kakashi says.
"You should go first!" Naruto yells.
"Fine… My name is Kakashi Hatake...I'm not telling you my likes and dislikes, I have never thought about my dreams, and I have a lot of hobbies," he vaguely introduces himself.
"I'll go next!" Naruto yells again. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, remember it! I like ramen and especially when Iruka sensei buys it for me, I hate waiting three minutes ramen, and someday I will be Hokage and everyone will acknowledge me…oh yeah, my hobbies! I prank people all of the time!"
"Okay, then," Kakashi said. "How about you next," he points at Sasuke.
"Hn. My name is Sasuke Uchiha," he spits out. "I do not like anything and I hate most things. I have only one dream…no it is not a dream because I will fulfill it. I will restore my clan someday and I will kill a certain man!" A shocked silence followed Sasuke's introduction that came from Naruto and Kakashi. I myself was not surprised at what he said, but I pretended to be.
Kakashi coughed once before turning to me. "You're last."
Dang it, it's time for my introduction. Okay, I need to keep it at a minimum, but what do I say? I can't say what I really do and what I like.
"Why don't you fan-girl over Sasuke? That has always worked before," my inner self speaks up. "Besides you are good at it."
"Fine, I will," I think back at her. Out loud I say, "Okay, my name is Sakura Haruno! I like..." I work up a blush. "The person I like…." I giggle like a school girl. "My dream for the future is…" I glance at Sasuke. "Oh yeah, I hate Naruto!" Kakashi's sigh proved that he bought my act. I could rest easy now, but I would still have to pretend to be all over Sasuke.
"Today was about introductions. Tomorrow, we will do something, just the four of us," Kakashi says.
Naruto raised his hand excitedly, "Are we going on a mission?"
"No, we are doing…let's call it survival training."
"Hn. Didn't we already go through this at the academy?" Sasuke asks.
"This is different. This time your opponent will be me," Kakashi said, then he laughed.
Curiosity got to me and I had to ask: "Why are you laughing?"
"You will find out tomorrow. Meet me at the training area tomorrow at eight o'clock. He turns to leave. "Oh yeah, don't eat breakfast."
"What! Why?!" Naruto whined.
"Well, we wouldn't want anyone to get sick and throw up, now would we?" Kakashi slyly said and with a poof he was gone.
I knew exactly what would happen. I read Kakashi's file when I heard he would be our Sensei. We were going through a trial to see if our teamwork was good. It had something to do with the death of a teammate when he was a Genin. I knew I couldn't let the others know what I knew, so I would go along with it and see what they did before I would do anything. I also knew I had to pretend to be horrible at being a ninja. This might prove to be difficult, but I guess I will have to let everything play out. I had been chosen for an interesting team, I could only hope that my identity would be kept safe.