'Why in the hell does this keep happening to me?' Sakura hissed to herself in thought while hiding behind a tree just as kunai knives buzzed right by it. She grits her teeth looking over her shoulder to get a quick glance of her enemy. Reaching over into a back pouch she takes out a set of black fingerless gloves putting them on. Taking a deep inhale and letting out a sigh she looks forward with great determination.
"Alright let's do this" she said to herself with a hint of cocky arrogance and a smirk to go along with it.
Sakura zipped out from behind the tree; her dark pink, tall collared jacket having light pink crisscross lace designs near the bottom and across her chest, large dark pink colored buttons go all the way from up to down as black ribbons are crisscrossed in a shoe tie pattern on the cuffs and the side splits of the jacket. Displaying the Haruno mark on the back and matching mini skirt made her stand out considerably from the earthy colors around. A group of lightning village anbu ninja spread like wild fire around her. Sakura comes to a sliding stop in her black knee high ninja opened toe boots; she deeply glances all around her and the enemy before her. A breeze came about having the strong tempered kunoichi's long pink hair fan out. The sun shining through the trees canopy above shined on her hair making her glow in a heavenly appearance. Her smooth mature adult skin looked so fresh, so untouched would make other young women envy.
Gripping her right fist tightly; she rears up connecting her fist incredibly hard to the ground. The earth's crust explodes into chunks over 50ft in radius. Trees collapse and the anbu barely escape. Sakura wasn't anywhere to be seen. One of the anbu looked around the area frantically. Then a whistle was heard from right behind. The second the anbu ninja turned to look, was taken by utter surprise.
"Hi" Sakura grinned devilishly then to clock the ninja right in the jaw. Of course with her right fist sent the enemy through the tree at rapid fast speeds of 90mph that even when the ninja hit the chunks of exposed earth, they explode into pieces flying sky high. One ninja comes flying down at her from her left but Sakura was quick enough to perform a back hand spring at the last moment. Her foot connects to the under jaw of the ninja which sent the black dressed anbu flipping high into the air. Landing on her feet she takes off running towards an open grassy area only yards away. The anbu follow right behind her throwing shuriken and kunai knives at her. Once she made it out far enough into the open she stops, turns around and a kunai knife flies by slicing her left bicep. Blood trickled down her arm and Sakura's turquoise colored eyes began have a glowing florescent colored ring around them. The wound on her bicep began to sizzle and heal instantly and with the blood on her arm she wiped it with her thumb. Then with her left hand Sakura took out a scroll. Opening it she drags her bloody thumb across it, performing the hand sign of chakra the glowing ring in her eyes brightened.
The anbu had performed hand signs of their own and threw lightning style lightning bolts at her. Within seconds of the lightning reaching her; Sakura yells at the top of her lungs, "NOW!" Four wolves appeared out of thin air. They were huge, much like a good sized horse. All four growl deeply and menacingly barring their teeth at the enemy before them. At the same time in perfect synchronization they howl loudly creating an invisible shield of pure energy at the lightning absorbing it like nothing.
Taking off her jacket wearing a short black spaghetti top was a visible black tattoo of the wolf symbol on her right shoulder. Gripping tightly; her fists ready to pound something in; Sakura takes off towards the enemy before her. The black wolf with a black leaf band on his right front leg was snug tight to its masculine structure. He barred his pearly whites at one ninja just before he attacked. Both the white wolf having a white leaf band on the neck and the sable wolf with a black leaf band over its one eye rip up earth for the enemy. Then the black, grey and white wolf with ice blue eyes growls loudly; her grey leaf bandana around her neck jumps at one ninja clamping down her massive jaws on the shoulder, flipping over throwing the enemy at great speeds through the air. Sakura performs various hand signs and summons the most famous move from her ol friend Naruto, the rasengan. Yelling; Sakura hurls it at the enemy. As they start to disburse the wolves also vanish from sight. She had an invisible chakra line connected to the rasengan and with one hand, acts like she's going to grab something in front of her. Then in that moment; she closed her hand into a tight fist and explodes the rasengan. The blast was so great that it swallows up half of the group. Those that didn't get caught were blasted through the air. As soon as the blast subsided it left a scar in the earth's crust.
The remaining few made hand signs for a ninjutsu attack with clones but when the wolves reappear near their master, Sakura looks at all of them. "Well what do you guys say we finish this?" she asked with a bit of joy behind that question. The black wolf looks at her, "Did you need to ask such a question?" The beast spoke without moving the mouth. Sakura smiled, "Well you're always in a cheerful mood Devil." Devil grunted with a hint of a growl. The white wolf put his paw on Devils head receiving deathly glares for it too.
"Ok let's go" Sakura said making hand signs for a counter attack.
The wolves take off and she just stood there. Closing her eyes she was looking for the earth's streams of chakra. Doubling up her fist; she rears back and sends the fist into the ground. She could also see who the real deal was and by doing so she released her chakra into the earth's chakra streams. Blasts of explosive chakra explode from the bottom right under the real enemy swallowing them up. The remaining clones begin to vanish and Sakura pulls out her fist from the earth. Grabbing the jacket and putting it on she turns towards the south east direction.
Walking out of the cloud territory and into the uncharted lands before the leaf territory; Sakura walks alone. Standing on top of a tall snow covered mountain summit wearing a black hooded sleeved cloak; she brushes her right hand on the side of her face pushing back her hair. The wind played a lovely melody from casting over the mountains ridge. Sakura closed her eyes but then a flashing memory of her holding Naruto's bloody body in the wet cold rain crying out in absolute anguish; she snaps to reality. She reaches in the collar of her jacket top to pull out Naruto's most precious item. It was the stone necklace lady Tsunade had given him and was reconstructed when she found it on the floor in pieces when Naruto destroyed it after trying to transform into the nine tailed fox.
"Am I fated to die just like all the others?" she said softly to herself. Closing her hand around the stone she dims her eyes in wonder. She looked back out into the vast open earth below. 'I guess I'll find out' she thought to then proceed down the mountain on a very narrow trail.
Going off trail for a short cut Sakura was in waist high snow. When she was only feet away from the path she took another step and heard a cracking noise. Pausing in place she looks down. Suddenly the cracking made a sound of crashing and Sakura had fallen into the snow. "Oh crap!" she yelled sliding down this slick, icy tunnel. Twist and turn, sharp and fast she slid down this tunnel to what seemed like forever until the end came to sight. Sakura tumbled hard onto the solid rock foundation. Slowly pushing herself up to her feet; she looks around breathing heavily. In wonder about the current position she's in; she saw that her forearm had gotten cut. Reaching over to slide her thumb over it then reaches for the scroll. Opening it, slides her thumb across the scroll and in that instant her eyes began to have that glowing florescent ring around her turquoise eyes. The wolves appeared right by her. The wolves look around. The tavern walls were glowing colors of blue, green, purple and yellow speckled patches all over creating a very colorful light display throughout.
"Master where are we?" the sable wolf asked walking up to the colorful lights. Touching his muzzle to the lights instantly shut them all off like a domino effect.
"Way to go dim wit." the white wolf hissed. Then the lights began to reappear once again. Sakura walked up to the other side of the tavern wall, "They seem to be living organisms living along the walls making this brilliant light." she said closely looking at the pretty colors. Sakura then turned to the wolves, "I just fell in here so I have no clue what this place is. That's why I called you all out to help find a way out." The white and sable wolves nod their heads. Devil's red eyes were glowing from the little light in the tavern, "I just hope you summoning us out isn't a complete waste of time." Sakura smiled at the black spit fire wolf. Then the bright ice blue eyed wolf charges at him and snaps just half an inch away from his muzzle. Devil wasn't expecting anything of that nature from one of the other wolves and jumped to the side snarling in defense. Her eyes glowing with intent, she snarled at him for that remark to her master.
"Azura!" Sakura hollered.
"Watch your tongue!" she growled harshly.
The sable and white wolf had eyes as big as they could have them. Devil glared at Azura. Sakura sighed, "Ok enough! Devil; you need to watch that mouth of yours got it!" Devil looked away, "Yeah sure" he mumbled.
Azura turned to her master. Sakura smiled at her, "Ok we need to find a way out" she said walking onward.
Moments passed and they all found another passageway. It was large of about 100ft plus high. The sable wolf felt air coming from the left, "Hey the exit is this way!" he exclaimed. They were about to make way to the exit but then whispering voices filled Sakura's ears. She stopped to turn to the direction of the voices. Like a lure the voices were sucking her back further into the tavern. Azura turned and ran back to her master.
"What now" Devil hissed also following.
Sakura turned a corner and came to a brightly filled dome area with a pond in the middle. The pond was crystal clear and had a different number of blue colors from the lights laminating from below. The more Sakura walked in deeper into the domed tavern; the more the whispering voices became louder and louder. Then as soon as she walked up to the ponds edge she could see an object in the water. The voices then stopped like they had been vacuumed into nothingness. Looking closer she could see that it was a scroll and without hesitation she dives into the water. The wolves look on in suspense. Sakura had finally comes back to the surface of the pond gasping for air. Oddly though when she exited out of the water was like she was never wet. The water just fell off her like she was oil and back into the pond.
"Ok that was very weird" the sable wolf said with a bit of an unsure tone.
"Keilick you're always a scaredie-cat" the white wolf teased. Keilick glanced over, "Yeah, yeah tease all you want."
"Ok" he exclaimed. Keilick rolled his bright gold eyes, "Dude it's just a saying."
"Hush!" Devil snarled startling the both of them.
Sakura just held the scroll in the palm of her hand. It was small in size but had a gold ribbon around it with a crest of a dragon on it. Azura's and Devil's eyes widen in utter trepidation.
"Master, get rid of that scroll now!" Devil warned. Sakura looks at the black wolf and the concern in his and Azura's eyes. "Why, what is it?" she asked looking back at it.
"It's bad, it's very bad. You must get rid of it now!" Azura barked. "No one can control him and if you summon him; he will destroy everything in his path!" Devil added.
"Something is telling me to take it. I don't know why but to me it feels like I must." She replied gazing at the crest. Azura and Devil both look at each other. "Look we can't force you to give up the scroll but we can at least tell you the consequences if you summon him." Azura said. Sakura looked at her wolves, "I know and trust me I can feel its power but I just know this is what I have to do." The wolves look at one another and nod their heads.
Finally finding the exit; Sakura gives thanks to her wolf companions and were sent away. The crisp cool air touched her skin lightly and with a big inhale of fresh air continued on down the mountain.
Hinata walks down the hall with haste to a set of double wooden doors. After opening them was a tall man with waist long hair standing by the window gazing out at the carved face of Naruto in the mountain side.
"Neji, we just received word that the kazekage is on the way."
"Say Hinata, do you think I have what it takes to make him proud?"
Hinata gasped in surprise. She too looked out to the mountain. "Yes, I believe you do and I know he would too …" she then turns her gaze to her cousin, "Why after all these years to bring him up?" Neji looked down, "Because he's my friend and I don't wanna let him down. It was his dying wish that I were to become his successor." Hinata had saddened eyes; she looked off to her right wanting to not remember that horrible night. "Why did he have to die?" she whispered. Neji heard her whisper and turned to her. "Hey I'm sorry I shouldn't have brought him up at all." He apologized. Hinata quickly looked back at him at shook her head, "No it's fine. I just miss him so much." Neji looked down and then turned his head back out to the mountain, "I think we all do but the one who his death affected the most … was her."
At the gates two shinobi were on post to watch. Instantly and explosion happened totally destroying the gate to pieces. Neji and Hinata felt the blast and look at each other in concern.
"Hurry, sound the alarm!"
"Right!" Hinata hurried out the room and ran to gather the others.
"What in the world was that?" Ino asked who was having a lunch eat out with her old team. Shikamaru quickly stood and took off running as Chouji followed close behind. Ino looked around, "Did I say something?"
Six ninja from the sound village walk through the fire and thick smoke. One in particular was tall, massive in muscle, with a very shiny bald head and three scars in diagonal across his face. He stood proud and arrogant. The others stood around him with only a few to stand out as well but he was apparently the leader of the bunch. "Well we sure do get a good welcoming here" he bitterly scorned.
Neji stood 50ft from the attackers along with many other familiar faces and new. "Proceed any further and you will face the consequences. I promise you that!" The sound ninja laugh in hilarity to that remark, "Oh don't you scare me pretty boy. Thing is do you have what it takes to take me down!" the baldy snapped; his veins protruding in his skin and his eyes turning pure white. Neji stood tall and ready, "Well you haven't faced the true shinobi of the leaf, until you have then you can't say anything!"
"This is such a drag." Shikamaru complained resting his arms behind his head, having a piece of straw in his mouth and a nicely grown n shaped goat tee as well. Chouji, Konohamaru, Ino, Moegi, Udon, Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru, Tenten, Rock Lee, Iruka, Ebisu, Kurenai, Shino, Guy, Izumo, and Kotetsu all stand ready to defend their home, their village.
"Go" a feminine voice said softly back in the shadowy path to the gates of the leaf village.
The bald guy was just about to make his first move but then all four wolves blast in mid air through the smoke. They clamp their deadly teeth into the back of the neck of four sound ninja snapping their necks. All those of the leaf were utterly taken aback, not knowing what to make of the moment. "Wolves?" Kiba wondered. "Those are different types of wolves. Ones that you summon but they are very difficult to handle." Kurenai paused, "I've heard of them but haven't seen them in person." She added.
Walking through the smoke was a person wearing a black hooded cloak. Opened in the front they all could see long pink strands of hair with the trade mark pink outfit and black knee high shinobi boots. "Oh my, it's …" Ino's eyes widen in disbelief.
With both hands grabbing each side of the hood and slowly flipping it over, everyone could see that is was none other than Sakura Haruno. Her gaze was deep with fighting desire. That bright glowing ring appeared in her eyes and just as the sound ninja go to throw shuriken and kunai knives; she just vanishes. And just as she vanished she reappeared right before the leader of the group taking her hand and having it on his face. She was so quick that it took him a few seconds to realize that she was in her hands now. With one glare from the corner of her terrifying glowing eyes, Sakura slams the man's face into the earth. Like a bomb detonating, left the other sound ninja trembling from the woman's strength. Chunks of earth fly high and with her glare; she stands brightening that glow in her eyes pausing the chunks of rock and earth in mid air.
Shikamaru's eyes widen, "Her eyes I never seen anything like it. Is it a kekkei genkai?" Neji looks at him, "What is?" Shikamaru nods, "Her eyes. I never had seen this power in her before, so it makes you wonder if it's a new awakening power."
The remaining sound ninja had a bone chilling hair rising feeling come over them. This kunoichi was deadly serious. She meant business and it was their bad luck that they had to face her. "Shit we need to get out of here!" one female screamed as they all try to flee.
With one lowering of Sakura's eyes the chunks of rock fly fast at them. She made the hand sign of chakra summoning to form the chunks into deadly needles and spears. Quickly in seconds the others were surrounded and caught. Having faces of disappointment they were prisoners for interrogation now; one that is a grand favorite of Izumo and Kotetsu. The interrogation team and leaf anbu quickly take immediate action and apprehend the enemy. As soon as all were apprehended Sakura's glow in her eyes dissipates.
"Great job guys" She praised the wolves. They nod their heads at her and vanish. "Sakura?" Ino said walking up a bit. She turned to Ino and cracked a small smile, "Long time no see, you guys."
"It is you well damn don't you look hot." Ino teased. Sakura had a small smile to that remark.
"Well we do change over the years Ino."
Many were shocked to see the new Sakura but they also displayed greeted smiles to her. Neji walked up offering a hand shake. Sakura didn't hesitate and shook back. "Welcome back"
The Pink Sannin … End
Next chapter:
Sakura is back and it's painful for her to see Naruto's mountain sculpture and any pictures of him to include a steel statue when he fought off Pain to save the people and the world. Part of his death comes to light and she was asked to return as a fully fledged leaf kunoichi but will she? And a familiar face visits the village. How is she going to take it being back were Naruto's heart belongs. It seems that all she needs is a good shoulder to cry on and she may have found it.