From Gifted to Cursed
Chapter One: Her Unforgettable Meeting
"Kakashi-Sensei, what type of plant are we looking for again?" Naruto questioned as they were searching through a field of flowers. There had to be lots of types from him to look through. They had already saw white roses, violets, and lilacs. However, their mission was to find the rare flower which only can only be found in a field very far east in the Land of Fire.
The gray-haired teacher held up a photo to the hyper-active boy. It was like a mixture between a cherry blossom and daffodil. It had wide black petals and a red and white middle and dark green stem. "This is a Kakani flower. You have to be careful when you touch it because it has poison throughout it's roots."
"So what do you want us to do when we find it?" Sasuke asked standing up straight to see eye to eye with his jonin teacher. If it was poison then he wanted to know how to grab it without getting poisoned.
"Simple. Tell me so that I could pull it out with these special gloves." Kakashi answered holding a pair of dark black gloves in his hands. "These gloves were made especially for picking this flower without the holder become ill to it's poison."
Naruto rolled up his sleeves with a grin. "Alright then. Let's find this thing!" He said before putting his index and middle fingers together to form a plus sign. "Shadow-Clone Jutsu!" He within seconds 18 more Naruto's appeared and started looking around the flower field.
Sakura sighed at his actions. "You really do abuse your rights with that jutsu." She muttered slightly watching the Narutos move all around the field. She was partly jealous that he could look much faster with those things to help. Shrugging, Sakura began looking again.
After about what seemed 5 hours hours, Naruto had ran out of chakra from using the clones and was sitting in the field exhausted. The rest soon followed suit in weariness. They still hadn't found the important flower that their mission had counted on.
"Is this an invisible flower or something? We've probably looked all over this place and that stupid thing hasn't shown up yet." Sakura let out a breath pulling her legs to her chest and resting her head on her knees. She looked at her teacher who was reading his book silently. "Kakashi-Sensei, what so important about the flower anyway?"
He finished his paragraph and closed the object to turn his attention his female student. "Well I said the Kakani flower was to possess dangerous poison but it's petals contains a special healing sap that can recover a person's chakra instantly. For years there has reasons to believe that a criminal could find it and take it for themselves. Since this flower only blooms once every year, our village is tasked to find it and bring it there. We use it's sap for medicine and chakra pills so that it won't affect your body but taking the full sap would be dangerous. However, for the past few years, we haven't been able to find it."
"So that means that someone has been taking it." Sasuke figured out able to read between the lines of Kakashi's statement. "This mission isn't just to find this flower is it?"
"It was to also find out who was taking it." Naruto realized after catching Sasuke's drift. It explained why this mission was a B-rank mission instead of normal D-rank.
Inner Sakura broke out laughing while Sakura kept a straight face. "So he can be taught!" This was a weird mission if it meant finding a flower that wasn't there and finding the person who had been taking them.
As they all thought deeply about the mission, they all started to hear singing. It was beautiful voice and really relaxing. Sharing glances, all four went over to where they heard to voice in curiosity to see the source. When they looked, it was a girl who looked about their age. She had long black hair and matching onyx eyes. She was wearing a white dress and picking flowers while singing the song.
Both Naruto and Sasuke blushed at the same time along with Kakashi. Even Sakura turned it bit red from starting at the girl. She was very beautiful. The girl was sitting with a basket of flowers beside her and a white blossom in her hair.
"Flower gleam and glow. Let your power shine. Make the clock reverse. Bring back what once was mine. Heal what has been hurt. Change the fates design. Save whats has been lost. Bring back what once was mine. What once was mine." She sang picking up certain flowers.
"Her voice is so amazing." Naruto stated with a dreamy sigh. His eyes trailed from her to the flowers in front of her that she was picking and saw that among them was the the black flower they had been searching for. "Hey, the Kakani flower! It's right there in front of her!" He caught a flaw in his sentence and a look of horror. "She's going to touch it!"
"The poison in that flower could kill her instantly. We must stop he from grabbing that now!" Kakashi ordered seriously. He was determined to save that child's life after being enchanted by her singing. They took off at light speed towards her.
Right as she was about to touch it, Sasuke caught her wrist firmly. She screamed and fell back a bit staring at him as he couldn't help but stare back with the blush visible on his face. "W-Why did you do that?" She asked almost in a scared tone.
"That flower is poison. It would've killed you if you touched it." Kakashi answered before Sasuke could. Naruto and Sasuke were right behind him trying to catching their breaths. They didn't know that Sasuke and Kakashi were so used to dashing that fast and that much. Kakashi went down on one knee so he could see eye to eye with her but she was still looking at Sasuke. "Is something wrong?"
She didn't answer him but instead picked the flower but the poisonous root. All four of them gave her a scared expression but she looked at the plant before giggling. She stopped and noticed their now confused faces. "I'm sorry for laughing. The Kakani does have poison in it from the stem but it doesn't affect pure blood."
"Pure blood? What are you talking about?" Naruto looked at her, partly baffled and stilled flustered from being close to cute girl.
The black-haired girl looked at her right hand which Sasuke still was holding and carefully removed. She squeezed the fluid from the stem and let it fall on her finger. After a few seconds, nothing happened. There was no sign of death visible in her face. "I'll put it in simple terms. As long as you don't have sex then if you won't get poisoned." She informed with a smile. She stood and wiped off her still white dress. Once she did, they were able to see that she was wearing white shoes and her hair reached past her waist. "Well may I ask who you are?"
"We're ninja from the hidden leaf village. My name is Kakashi Hatake." The gray-haired man said with his one-eyed smile. He motioned over to his comrades. "These are my students."
Naruto grinned pointing to himself with his thumb. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, the future of hokage for the leaf village!" He boasted still holding his proud stature. The girl looked at him with a smile that no had ever given him after saying that statement the first time.
"I hope to see you as the hokage one day, Naruto." She said cheerfully which made him almost want to jump and hug her right there and then. She turned her attention to Sakura with the same smile. "Your hair reminds me of one my favorite flowers. It's so pretty I couldn't help but notice. Is is safe to assume that your name is Sakura?"
The pink-haired kunoichi could only smile and nod her head. "Yeah. I'm Sakura Haruno. It's very nice to meet you!"She told her back.
The girl nodded at her before looking at Sasuke, who's head was off to side with his eyes closed. She poked his cheek playfully making his cheeks light up red. "Is it alright if I knew your name?"
His eyes twitched slightly, knowing that he was blushing hard. "It's Sasuke Uchiha." He told her simply not looking at her. "It's is alright if we know yours?"
"It is. My name is-" She cut herself off and pushed Sasuke to the ground before ducking herself. Right before he could ask her why she did that, 5 sliver kunai appeared in their previous spot. She quickly moved over to the side pulling Sasuke along with her so that they were right besides Kakashi, Sakura and Naruto. At all the spots she and the Uchiha had been, a sliver kunai was in it's place. "Quick, into the bushes."
They did as she said and all went behind it. Kakashi was curious as to why they had to but after seeing the sliver kunai, he had no idea what country they had came from. Sasuke was in shock mostly because the girl had saved him twice now and they had just met.
"We finally found you, you little brat!" A voice echoed through the trees. She glared up and he began to laugh. "It's taken us some time but we finally found you."
"Please, I'm begging you all to stay here. I'll be right back, I promise." She pleaded before standing up and going into the bushes deeper. The students all looked to their Sensei as to not listen to or follow the girls instructions. He nodded yes to follow them as 8 pairs of legs jumped down. They peaked over and saw none of them had any sign of where they had came from but the one in the front was wearing a pair of ninja pants with normal sandals and was shirtless while the others were dressed in black full body spandex.
"Oh,Come out wherever you hiding!" The shirtless one yelled and they figured out to be the one who was talking before. He was very muscular and had blue hair and eyes however looked about 17 or 18. "You weren't this scared last time we fought!"
The leaf ninja at this point was plainly confused at this. So it turns out that the girl that had just met had been fighting them but how were they supposed to know if she was good or evil. By the tone in the man's voice, he sounded like the evil one.
He growled out loud punching a tree as hard as he could. "Stop being a coward and show yourself already, Uchiha!" He shouted out in pure angry as the rest of men agree with him.
Everyone's eyes fell on Sasuke as he wondered as to who they were, what they wanted, and how they knew his name. For as far as he could remember, he hadn't seen any of them before. Not really caring, Sasuke wasn't about to let anyone call him a coward and about to get up when he saw one of the eight men drop the ground with a sliver kunai deep in his back. They all gasped.
"So, you boys looking for little old me?"
When they looked in a high branch, the girl was sitting there but she was no longer in her white dress but in something completely different. She was wearing a dark blue tank top like shirt with white shorts and dark blue thigh socks and black combat boots. She also had a pair of elbow height black cut gloves. She jumped down and squad seven nearly passed out when they noticed the Uchiha crest on the back of her shirt and on her white headband.
"T-That girl...S-She's an Uchiha..." Sasuke thought with wide eyes looking at her. He grit his teeth and looked down. "But I watched them all die...how is this possible? She looks even about my age."
The leader bowed to her slightly smirking boldly. "So nice to see you again, Uchiha. How long has it been? A month or two?" He asked chuckling mostly.
She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. Your probably still a psychotic parasite who were wearing ninja shoes with an extra heel to make you look taller." She smirked at the end of her sentence moving her hands to her hips.
"How dare you speak to me that way, you witch!" The man shouted pulling out a sliver kunai. He pointed it at her with an angry snarl. "I've got the upper hand this time! You're going to die today, Uchiha!"
A light snicker was heard from her as it turned into a laugh. "That's how you declare a death! You're still so lame!" She called him before putting a hand on her chest stopping her laughter. "How about I give you guys the first hit. Plus to make it even, I'll close my eyes, holding my hands behind my back and not moving from this very spot?"
"You're lying. No one would ever-" He began to accuse but when stopped when he saw her shut her eyes and shift her hands behind her. He gave his men a look of confusion who shrugged his shoulders at him in response.
Naruto looked at his teacher with a bit of concern for the girl. Not even he seen Kakashi pull anything that dangerous. "Sensei,she's completely defenseless in that state. She can get really hurt if she can't see and or move. We have to help her now." He whispered loud enough for his teammates to hear.
"No, not yet. There's something about her that sets me off a little. I haven't met anyone gave their opponent that type of deal and keep it. Taking your eyes of the enemy and letting them attack first without moving is a very risky move." Kakashi responded keeping his voice down while stay focused on the girl. "I wanna see how this is gonna play out in case we do need to jump in."
"Kill the witch!" The group of goons minus the leader charged towards her, each holding a sliver kunai and their hands in a fist. They finally got to her and stated slicing and punching using whatever they could to make sure she would die in the attack. The trio of genin all shut their eyes to not watch but reopened when they heard the men breathing heavily after their killing attempt. To everyone's surprise, she was standing their perfectly fine without a scratch on her but standing just like she was before.
She opened her eyes and crossed her arms shaking her head disappointingly at the men in front of her. "Man,you guy are out of shape. The worst thing you did to me was waste my time. I guess that means it's my turn now." The look on her face made them give her a frightened expression. They tried to run but she jumped in the air and hovered before they dropped the kunais. The sliver objects floated up and went at their necks. Her eyes were emotionless as they fell to the ground one by one except for the leader.
His eyes widened as she landed in front of him with the kunai at his neck. She was smirking waiting for him to say anything. "W-What are y-you?" He asked with fear visible in his sentence and on his face as the girl only continued to give him her cocky smile. He fell to ground when she jabbed him quickly in the stomach.
Team Seven was astounded by the girl, who had just defeated all eight of the men who were after her, by herself. She didn't look tired or showed any sign of exhaustion. They were partly wondering the same question the man had previously asked her. Standing up, they went to confront her. Sasuke had a look of anger on his face with a bit of confusion. Who was this girl who claimed to hold his clans name...
The girl turned to them holding her smile from earlier. "I'm sorry about that. I had stopped them from robbing a village a few months ago. Actually, they were really slow so I honestly didn't do much."
"Alright, spit it out!" Sasuke said suddenly catching all their attention. He was clutching his hand into a fist tightly and almost gritting his teeth. "He called you Uchiha. The Uchiha clan has been gone for a long time so who exactly are you?"
"My name is Saki. Saki Uchiha." She identified herself before looking down sadly. "I would tell you more but I hit my head very hard a few years ago and lost some of my memory." She admitted before grabbing a few flowers from her basket which wasn't that far.
"D-Did you kill all them?" Naruto questioned looking at the bodies that were motionless on the ground. There wasn't blood coming from any of them which confused him dearly.
Saki snorted while picking up certain ones. "No. The sliver kunais are dangerous but only particular people know how to use them. If anything, I gave them a flu and reason not to look for me again." She went to them and gave the three genins a flower each. Naruto received blue violet, Sakura got a pink tulip while Sasuke had a white forget-me-not. Finally, she held out the Kakani flower to Kakashi. "Will you all please be my friends?"
A light bulb went off in Kakashi's mind as he looked at her. Her words echoed in his mind and her name popped in his mind. He remembered instantly why that phrase had sounded so familiar. All four nodded and Kakashi took the flower using the glove. "So, Saki, where are your parents?"
"Actually, I don't have any. I've been by myself for a long time. Well I don't know if I can say really by myself..." She trailed looking in the field of flowers once more. "Oh Mister Puppy! Come here boy!"
"Is that your dog, Saki?" Sakura asked putting her hands to together with hearts in her eyes ready to coo the animal. Her look changed when Saki started giggling. "What?"
"Mister, isn't a dog." She corrected. Not even a second after, a flash attacked her to ground. She giggled as it licked her jaw bone as Sakura went blue to face at the sight. "Mister Puppy is a wolf. A very adorable wolf." Saki moved him off her and ruffled his fur before hugging him. "This is the closest to family I have. Isn't he just so cute?"
The team sweatdropped at her behavior before they started exchanging glances. They nodded at once and Kakashi went down to where he was at her height. "Saki, would you like to return to Hidden Leaf Village to us? It's better than being out here by yourself with your wolf. With the way I saw you take care of those men, you could be made a genin or even chunin easily if you showed how talented you were in a match in front of Lady Hokage."
The black-haired girl bit her lip slightly looking off to side with unsure expression. "I don't know, Kakashi-San. I mean...won't being a shonobi of the leaf mean I'd have to live there? There isn't anywhere for me to-"
"You can stay with me." Sasuke spoke up making them all give the boy a confused look which mainly came from his teammates. He turned slightly to avoid them while still hiding his red face. "I have an extra room in my house so that shouldn't be a problem. Any objections?"
"N-Not at all. Thank you very much, Sasuke. I really appreciate it." She smiled at him which from where he was standing, couldn't see how red his face had gotten.
Shaking it off, he turned to give her his classic smirk with a small twinkle in his eyes. Staring at his smile made feel total happiness. "You're welcome."
"We should get going then. It's getting dark considering it took us forever and a half to find the Kakani." Kakashi stated holding out a hand to Saki for her to stand. She looked at his hand before taking it happily.
Saki stood up and put a finger to her cheek in thought for a minute before snapping her fingers. "I know a place where we could stay the night. It's a small cottage not to far from here." She said in a positive tone.
Kakashi chuckled slightly putting his empty hand behind his neck. "I would take you up on that offer but I'm a little low on money at the moment." He admitted in his nonchalant voice which annoys his team to death.
"That's not a problem. The people there are really nice. I stopped a robbery there once and they were so grateful, that they said I'm welcome anytime free of charge. Besides, no one goes to it anymore since the robbery so we would have it to ourselves though it's a real shame. It's a really gorgeous place with a garden that couldn't be anymore pretty." Saki explained with a grin. Her wolf rubbed against her leg with a bark. "And their grandson loves playing with Mister Puppy."
"Well I'm convinced. Lead the way." The jonin leader motioned for her go ahead first. She started walking and he followed her without a word.
"Wow! This place is beautiful!" Naruto exclaimed looking at the cottage. There were flowers on the bushes in the front. From the side there were high bushes and trees where the hot springs were and from the other side you could vaguely see part of a garden. Inside of lights, there were bright lanterns lit all around. "Saki, this place is better than you described!"
Sakura nodded in agreement with Naruto as she looked around. "Yeah, this place is beautiful. I'll make sure to brag about when we get back to the village."
"Well wait till you see the inside. Come on." Saki edged on and went ahead to the door before letting everyone inside. It was a nicely decorated and there was a man sleeping at the counter. He had white hair and a mustache that was the same color. Before Saki could reach him, she heard footsteps.
"You're back, Saki-Shishou!" A little boy's voice screamed as went and hugged Saki's leg. She giggled and ruffled his brown hair. "You said that you would be back soon, Shishou, but it's been forever!" A bark from Mister made him let go and wrap his small arms around him. "Mister Puppy, you're here too!"
Sakura went to Saki's ear with a dumbfounded look. "So who's the little boy and why did he call you his master?" She questioned a bit shock.
"I showed him how to pick an apple and he took it as an ancient way to block a kick. He saw me training in the afternoon so I guess that why." Saki explained briefly putting an hand behind her head with sheepish laugh.
The man at the counter awoke from the boy's laughter and blinked his eyes to wake up. "Eh?" He said before smiling. "Well I'll be. Saki, it's good to see you again." He noticed the others and bowed slightly to them. "And you've brought some company. Well, you know that we'll do anything to help you so why am I even talking? Leilo, take our guest to the rooms will you? I'm going to go bother your grandmother and see if dinner is big enough."
"Right! Follow me, Shishou and friends!" The boy said pointing ahead where the rooms were. Saki giggled and followed him while the rest followed after her with a little baffled. As they walked, they noticed they were passing multiple rooms. All of the sudden, Leilo stopped and smirked. "There are 4 rooms down this way all beside each other. Mission accomplished."
"Confirmed. Way to go, Leilo. You have my permission to take Mister and do as you please in your room." Saki smiled at him with a small wink. He nodded and climbed on the wolf's back and they took off while she shook her head shaking while giggling. She turned to look at Sasuke while the others went to the room. Before he could leave, she grabbed his arm softly "My room is only door in the back by the garden. If you want to talk, you can find me there."
"Alright. I might take you up on that." He nodded before watching her walking away slowly. A blush was across his face as he stared at her. He didn't even know why...
See you next time!