Chapter 1
A/N: Hello everybody! This will be my first ever fanfinction and it took me a long time to finally make myself do this. I hope I won't disappoint any of you and as English isn't my first language, please excuse if I make mistakes. Big thank you to Imo, who will help me edit and proof read, so as much mistakes will be avoided as possible. Enjoy!
'So here we are Father…' Sarada muttered as she saw the gate of her beloved village rising in front as they got closer. She had many mixed feelings about their return, as they were gone for more than 2 years. Sasuke taught Sarada the secrets of the Sharingan and he even discovered how to unlock the Mangekyou Sharingan without the need of killing a beloved one, so he shared it with Sarada and they began the hardcore training. It was exhausting mentally, physically and emotionally, but the Uchiha princess was still be able to handle it, and she became stronger during their absence. They were in regular contact with Sakura during the time, but they didn't have time to visit, so all they had were a few exchanged messages via Sasuke's hawk. The thought of seeing her old friends and her mama, Sarada had a knot growing in her stomach from the excitement.
'Aaaa… Are you happy being back?' Sasuke asked with a soft expression.
'I don't know. I'm looking forward to see the village and mama but I'm sure it will take some time to get used to being back Shannaro!' Sarada said with a small smile at the corner of her lips.
She changed a lot ever since they left. She was only fourteen then, and now after two long years, she will celebrate her sixteenth birthday in a week. Her appearance had a few major changes as well. She grew out her hair until it reached the middle of her back, and she usually wore it braided during missions, but when she was in a casual outfit, she just let it fall down her shoulders. The ninja outfit went through a changes as well: it was nearly identical to Sakura's when she was at her age, extended with the long arm protectors she wore before. Her figure developed more feminine curves with a toned body, long legs and bigger boobs.
During their time of training, Sarada learned to control the sharingan and the mangekyou sharingan as well as learning fire jutsus and genjutsus. Fire jutsus were highly appropriate for her, as her chakra affinity is a strong burning fire. However she still hasn't mastered neither the susanoo's or amaterasu, Sasuke agreed that she is too young for that just yet.
While Sarada was lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice that they just arrived at the west gate of Konoha. As they approached, they noted that nobody was guarding the gates. It was odd, Sasuke observed. The sunset's burning orange colours were painting the sky, that's why it was weird that the village had no guards. While they walked through the gates, they saw that the streets were partly empty, with only some elders sitting in front of their houses.
'Oba chaan, where is everybody?' Sarada asked, as she turned to the elder woman sitting in front of the bakery. 'Everybody is in front of the Hokage tower, listening to some important announcement, but it has ended 5 minutes ago, so I expect my family to return soon.' The old lady said with a faint smile.
With that information collected, Sarada and Sasuke were heading straight to their house at the south-east district of Konoha. When they arrived, they saw that the light was lit in the kitchen and that the leftover faint smell of rice bento was filling the house. Sarada faintly smirked and softly knocked on the door. While Sakura answered with a loud 'coming!' Sasuke hugged Sarada and got ready for the surprise. The door opened, and a loud scream of surprise could be heard from Sakura as she jumped at her small family with tears of happiness.
'You guys are back!' she cried out, while squeezing her husband and her daughter as much as she could.
'Ma…ma… you're suffocating us!' Sarada said with a big laugh. 'S-sorry Sara, I'm just so happy to be able to so you both!' Sakura said. Sarada hurried inside with her bag, straight up to her room, to give a few minutes for her parents in private, before they will start cooking dinner together for their small family. She looked through her room, finding it clean and organised, and noted that nothing has been moved out of its place. Sarada had a quick shower and changed into her home outfit which consists of black pants and a big shirt. She ran down the stairs to find her parents still hugging in the doorway.
'Papa. Mama. You will have plenty of time to catch up, but can we make dinner first?' The Uchiha princess asked with a big smile. She felt happy. She felt at home.
'Of course darling, let's go' Sakura said with a faint blush and quickly went into the kitchen collecting the ingredients.
During the dinner, Sarada saw something soft and loving running through Sasuke's expression many times. She thought that he must feel as calm and happy as she is to finally be able to see Sakura. After they ate and discussed the majority of their adventure during the years, and how strong Sarada got and as Sakura noted, how beautiful she turned out, they all went to finally have a good night's rest.
Sarada isn't a morning person. That was proved when she woke up at 1pm the next day. She ran downstairs, finding her parents having lunch and quietly talking.
'Ohayo, Mama. Papa.' Sarada said with a sleepy smile. 'Why didn't you wake me up?'
'We didn't want to disturb you Sara, when you were sleeping so well' Sakura said. 'What are you plans for today?'
'Hmm… I'm not sure yet. I was thinking about having a look around in the village.'
'Well… Yesterday the Hokage made an announcement that he will hold a festival tonight in the celebration of the 5th anniversary of his promotion. So please stay home and help out me and your father, and in the late afternoon we will get ready and go down to the festival. Is that alright?'
'Yes Mama.' Sarada smiled and got herself some lunch.
After all the housework was done, it was time to get ready for the festival. As there was no time to buy a new kimono for the celebration, and Sarada had outgrown her old ones, she borrowed one from Sakura. It was a deep crimson colour with a beautiful cherry blossom textured design that had a black silk belt tied around Sarada's waist. Then Sakura put a cherry blossom flower into Sarada's hair to clip her fringe aside and straightened the length of it to let it fall down her back. Sakura had her own pink and white coloured butterfly kimono ready, and got her hair ready in a messy bun, they walked down the stairs as Sasuke was waiting for them, in his own dark blue and black coloured kimono. 'You girls are beautiful' he said with a smirk as he intertwined his fingers with Sakura's, and got ready to go. They walked down together into town, to see all the specialities the village usually displays at times like these. Even though Sasuke dislikes celebrations like these, he agreed to come for a few hours.
As the different shops and side shows were presented, everybody around immediately got into the festival mood. The whole village was down there, in all the different coloured kimonos. Sarada suddenly caught the glance of someone from the corner of her eye.
'Mama. Papa. Can I go now to see my friends?'
'Just go and have fun Sara. We won't be out for long, you can stay as long as you want' Sakura said.
'And take care of yourself' Sasuke added with a serious look.
Sarada nodded and started to walk into the direction of a gang she was quite familiar with.
'Sarada you're back!' A girl in an emerald green kimono and with brown skin and long brown hair noted, as she closed the Uchiha princess into a big bear hug. 'Yes, I'm happy to see you ChouChou. I'm happy to see all of you'. Sarada smiled and as she looked through the group of people she stood with, she noted that everybody had changed a lot, before she hugged everybody around her. First there was Himawari, in her deep purple kimono that had a black belt and was covered with full moons and stars. Her figure changed a lot too: she became taller (still not as tall as Sarada), and her body became curvier with big boobs, a lot like her mothers. She was still shy, as she crossed her arms in front of her chest, but from her deep blue eyes, you could see the confidence that had grown from the two years of training.
Then obviously there was Inojin. He became tall– usually as tall as the boys are getting around her- and more handsome, Sarada thought. He wore a black kimono that had mountains on it and he had his hair in a ponytail. You could see that he became more social, as he laughed around with the boys; that cold mask of his was starting to slowly break apart.
Right next to Inojin, there stood Shikadai in his dark green kimono that was textured with a deer and deep forest. He hadn't changed a bit, as his piercing eyes that he inherited from his mother were looking through the crowd. He was thinking about something and Sarada didn't want to disturb his thoughts.
As she observed, she could see Mitsuki right behind Inojin and Shikadai. He came in front and hugged Sarada tightly, where Sarada could feel how muscular and toned his torso became. He wore a light blue kimono covered with ice and snow. He looked at Sarada up and down with his flashy yellow eyes, which caused the Uchiha princess to develop a slight blush on her cheeks.
When she looked around she didn't see the one person, she expected to see first. 'Where is Boruto?' Sarada asked from the group. 'He will come in 2 minutes, he went to get spending money from our father' Himawari said.
'Erm… guys, I'll be right back, I have to go and meet with Hokage sama'. Sarada said and waved goodbye, just to disappear in the crowd. She made her way up to the top of the Hokage tower and as she approached, she saw her parents in the company of the Seventh and his wife, Hinata. 'Good evening Hokage sama. Lady Hinata.' Sarada bowed as she came closer. 'Oh my, hello Sarada! You grew up a lot, I'm happy to see you. Please, just call me Uncle Naruto when we're here together.' Naruto said happily with that trademark smile of his, as he hugged Sarada. The Uchiha princess gave a hug to Hinata as well, and then she said: 'I just came up to say hello, I'm sure my father has already shared the details of our absence with you.'
'Oh yes, yes and it's perfectly fine. I was just telling to your parents that I'm really excited to recommend you for the jounin exam with a few others from your year.' Naruto said as he stroked the back of his head. Sarada looked at him with wide eyes, and then to her parents. 'Father… do you really think that I'm ready for that?' 'Yes I am. I believe in your abilities Sara, you can pass this.' Sasuke said with a serious expression. Sarada stood there, surprised and then she finally bowed and turned around to head back to the others.
As she made her way back down to the others, she didn't pay attention to the gang's missing member she still hasn't met. He stood there, two meters away from her. In his light blue kimono that had small birds on it, with his messy blonde hair and that enthusiastic look she knew so well from their childhood. He was laughing at something that Inojin said and he ran his hand through his hair and when he turned around he froze too. They stood there for a minute, observing each other and wondering why it is so odd to see each other after all those years. 'Hello Sara-chan. Long-time no see.' he smiled with a faint blush covering his cheeks, as he made his way to her, to embrace her in a tight hug. Sarada suddenly didn't know how to react, as she was blushing hard, but she put her arms around him, and let him grab her waist. When they came apart, both of them were blushing and embarrassed, so they looked away quickly and laughed. Sarada didn't know why was she so awkward and embarrassed, as she never had any romantic feelings towards Boruto, the only thing she knew was that he had a crush on her, when they were a team together 2 years ago. She never had thought, that he would become such a handsome young shinobi and her heart started to beat faster as she could smell his perfume on her kimono now.
Then he asked: 'Sara-chan, would you like to take a walk?'
A/N: So here it is… The first chapter of Amare! Please Review! I will try to update the new chapters as soon as possible. J
