Disclaimer… I'm only going to say this once in this fanfic, I DON'T own Naruto, the brothers Grimm, Cinderella, and/or any of their characters, any food industries, or anything like that. I'm a bored teen who has fantasies… XD This is a Naruto story, mixed with Cinderella, or something close to it… Some of these characters may be ooc…
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Story
'inner thoughts'
'little person in their head'
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11 years ago…
"Hey, sugar, Daddy's business trip is only going to be a week, so take care of the house for me, okay?"
"Sure Daddy!!!" Little 6 year old Sakura grinned as her father patted her head.
"I've got a special surprise for you, my little cherry" He pulled out an emerald locket "Keep the locket close to you, and if you're ever lonely, you can read our story, do you remember what it is?"
"O'Course, silly daddy! It's Cinderella!" Sakura stuck her tongue out "You didn't forget did you?" She grinned from ear to ear, as her dad patted her head one again.
"No, I didn't forget." He chuckled
"Hey daddy?" Sakura asked opening her pendant
"Yes Sugar plum?"
"Why is one side blank in the locket? There's no picture…"
"It's for your special someone… when you find them of course! But I hafta go, see you in a week, little one! I left another present on your bed" she blew him a kiss and he smiled, catching the kiss, and putting it in his pocket.
"Love you Daddy!"
"Forever and ever?"
"Ever and Ever Daddy!!!" Sakura was standing at the doorstep, watching her dad get into the car. Her step mom, Suzume, put a hand on her shoulder. She smiled a fraudulent smile.
"Don't worry Honey! I'll take good care of her!" She squeezed Sakura's shoulder, not noticeable to anyone but her and Sakura.
"Ow! Suzume, that hurts!" Sakura pulled away.
"I'm sorry honey" she lied, "I LOVE YOU BABY COME HOME SOON!!!" She waved to her hubby driving away, and waited for him to leave, and closed the door. She grabbed Sakura harshly "Listen you little snot, I don't care what you say, I'm in charge now." Suzume said smugly.
"Suzume?" Sakura looked at her step mom. "Stop it, you're hurting me!"
"I don't care, and I'm your mommy now, and your daddy said it was fine if I give you some tough love… you WILL do what I say!"
"But… Daddy would never let you hurt me like this, he'll always protect me!" Sakura said pulling away. Suzume snorted.
"Not for long he won't." she laughed, and with that she let her go, and sent Sakura crying to her room. Sakura rushed to her room upstairs, slammed her door, and locked it. She knew the next week would be hell, maybe worse. She climbed onto her pink and white canopy bed, and found a brown paper package tied up with some pink string. She looked at the little tag that hung off of it. It read:
Dear Little One,
By the time you read this, I'll probably be on my trip to New York, but don't worry, I'll see you soon, I promise! I love you, forever and ever!"
Love, Dad
Sakura wiped away her tears, and smiled. She put on the locket and smiled, then untied the string. She put the string to the side and careful unwrapped the present, as if it were made of glass. Underneath the wrapping was a bedtime story book, the title read "The Complete Tales of the Brothers Grimm" She looked in the table of contents, and their story had a little red heart next to it. "Thank you Daddy…" Sakura whispered, and began to read the story…
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11 years later… a.k.a. now
"SAAAAAAAAAKUUUUUUURAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura groaned and covered her head with her pillow. She reached for her alarm clock, but that wasn't what was making all of the noise. 'It never is the alarm clock' she groaned and sat up.
"SAKURA!!!!!! GET YOUR LAZY ASS IN HERE AND PACK MY BOXES!!!" A voice from downstairs screeched. Sakura put her feet on the floor, and walked over to her dresser. She took off her PJs, threw on some sweats and a tee shirt and brushed her long pink hair, and put a baseball cap on. She went downstairs and went into her old room.
"Aren't you supposed to pack your own box, Ami?" Sakura asked
"Yeah, but I'm far too pretty to lift anything, I might mess up my new mani-petti. (manicure & pedicure) "Besides, you're perfect for the job, slob. Hey look I rhymed!!! Yay me!" Ami cheered. Sakura rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Of course your Majesty, wouldn't want the little Miss Priss to hurt herself" Sakura crossed her arms and leaning in the door-way, "So where do you want your junk?"
"The breakables are there, unbreakable are there, and Sprinkles' stuff is there" Ami smirked "Don't mess anything up"
"Okay, where are your boxes?" Sakura asked sighing
"Oh, about that… see, you're going to let me use some of yours. Whether you like it or not, mom said so." Ami said picking up her pet Pomeranian, Sprinkles.
"But I only have like five boxes, you guys have ten! What about the other boxes?"
"They're full, so give me two of yours." Ami said matter of factly.
"No, they're mine" Sakura snapped "This is still our house, so you can leave some of your stuff here."
"Correction, this is our house, not yours, second I won't leave my things here, and you willleave your stuff here." Ami replied smugly.
"Who said?" Sakura questioned in a smug like tone herself. For some reason Ami was smirking, why was that? Sakura turned around, and there was her stepmother Suzume, and step sister Ino.
"I did" Suzume said "You will also give two of your boxes to Ino." Ino looked down, she was a nice girl, and then she was brought up to be something she wasn't, a little bitchy princess.
"B-But what about my stuff?!? You expect me to pack my whole room up in one box?!" Sakura argued.
'YOU BITCH!!!'
"Yes, I do."
"You can't do that!!!"
"On the contrary Sakura, I can, remember? I own this house, and I own you." Suzume glared at her, "Now we're going shopping for two hours, pack our things, and be ready to leave when we return." And with that, she turned and her 'sweet little angles' followed her. After she heard the front door slam, she sat on the bed.
'Wow… that was fucked up…' 'That's for sure…'She sighed and continued packing their stuff. Making sure to 'misplace' some things, including makeup, a blow-dryer, a few of sprinkles' things, and a straightener. An hour and a half later Sakura got to her room. She sighed once more and put on her ipod, and started looking through her drawers and closet.
'now… what to pack..?' Sakura, being the genius she is, took out bags and suitcases from her closet. 'Thank God for loop-holes…' She packed all of her clothes into them 'I'll put these in the truck…'
'What about the box…?'Sakura looked through her drawers and packed books, and things her dad gave her. First was her anime, and manga collection (which was very small), her jewelry, art supplies, a simple Jessie-doll from Toy Story, and lastly the final gift her father ever gave her, the book of fairytales, by the brothers Grimm. She never did get to read the whole book, actually she never got past the first few stories, and she usually just read Cinderella; Over, and over again. She put that on top and closed the box. Finally finished, she collapsed onto the bed, took a nap and waited for her 'family' to return.
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Sakura woke up to a loud shriek coming from Ami's room. She decided to ignore it, but that didn't help. The purple haired teen ran up to Sakura's room and just started screaming about something, or that is what it seemed to Sakura. She couldn't really make out what she said, but she was sure it was the crisis of the century… again. She pretended to sleep until she was pulled from her bed, and onto the floor.
"What the hell…?" Sakura looked up sleepily
"WHERE DID YOU PUT SPRINKLE'S PINKIE PIE COLLAR?!?!?"
"What the fuck is a pinky pie?" she rubbed her back
"THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT!!!!!!!"
"I didn't take that fur ball's collar, Ami"
"BUT IT'S HER FAVORITE COLLAR! I SWEAR SAKURA, IF I FIND OUT THAT YOU TOOK HER COLLAR…"
"You'll what?" Sakura crossed her arms. She knew karate, and boxing. She hasn't lost a fight yet. No one has the guts to fight her.
"UGH!!!!" Ami stomped out of the room in search of the collar.
'YEAH YOU BETTER WALK AWAY!!!' 'Quiet you.' 'I WILL NEVER BE SILENCED!!!!!' 'If you say so…' 'I say so.' Sakura got out of her cleaning clothes, into jeans, and a black tank that looked like her x-ray; it looked like she swallowed the key to heart. She put on her high top converse, and made sure her locket was on the right way.
"SAKURA!!! WE'RE LEAVING!!!!' Suzume said. Sakura came down with a backpack, a suitcase, two gym bags, and her box. Making sure Suzume was in the other room; she ran outside and put everything in the truck, making sure neither of the witches saw her.
They piled into a taxi and were driven to the airport, where they boarded their plane to California. Suzume, Ami, and Ino all flew first class, Sakura flew coach. The flight was about 3 1/2 hours long, not too long, but long enough. The entire trip there was a bratty Five-year-old in the seat behind her. Thank god no one was next to her, being kicked in the back and head for three hours straight was enough. When the plane landed, Sakura practically bolted from her seat with her stuff, and was the last one out of her family to leave the plane. She turned on her ipod and listened to one of her favorite songs ever.
Miss independent…
Miss self sufficient,
While she was walking out of the airport, to the luggage claim, a certain someone caught her eye. But of course she didn't really turn her whole body to look, just her head, she was trying to play hard to get. What really caught her attention was the boy's odd hair color, almost like a blood red. She also noticed that he had a red kanji on his head.
'What kind of dumbass tattoos his head?' 'Dunno… but he is pretty cute…'
Miss keep your distance… mmmmm
Miss unafraid…
Miss Out of my way
Miss don't let a man interfere…. Noooo
Miss on her own…
Miss almost grown,
Miss never… let a man… help her off her phone so…
The red head noticed something bright pink that was walking by him. He looked out of the corners of his eyes, and turned his head just a bit. It was a bright pink haired girl, not too bad looking either. 'What kind of weirdo dies her hair… hot pink for that matter?' 'The hot kinda weirdo.'
Ah, keepin her heart protected,
She'd never ever feel rejected
Little miss apprehensive
I said ooohh, she fell in love.
'Is he staring at me?' 'Well who wouldn't want to stare?' 'What is that supposed to mean?!' 'Nuthin hun…'
What is this feelin takin over?
Thinking her world could open, oh girl.
Surprise! It's time! To feel, what's real!
What happened to miss independent?
No longer need to be defensive!
GOODBYE! On you!
Well love, is true.
Miss guided heart…
Miss play it smart,
Miss if you wanna that line, you'd better not start…Noooo
But she miscalculated…
She didn't want to end up jaded,
And this miss decided not to miss out on true love so…
A chance in the misconception…
She went in a new direction,
And found inside, she felt a connection…
SHE FELL IN LOVE…
What is this feelin takin over?
Thinking her world could open, oh girl.
Surprise! It's time! To feel, what's real!
What happened to miss independent?
No longer need to be defensive!
GOODBYE! On you!
Well love, is true.
When miss independent walked away…
No time for love, that came her way…
She looked in the mirror, and thought today…
What happened to miss no longer say?
It took some time for her to see…
How beautiful love could truly be…
No more talk of what can maybe be.
I'm so glad, I, Finally see!
What is this feelin takin over?
Thinking her world could open, oh girl.
Surprise! It's time! To feel, what's real!
What happened to miss independent?
No longer need to be defensive!
GOODBYE! On you!
Well love, is true.
Miss Independent…
She looked back once more before exiting the building, into the limo which her stepmother demanded. He followed her with those jade eyes of his, until she left the building. 'Do ya think she's on vacation?' 'Who cares?' His blonde sister waved a hand in front of her brother's face.
"Gaara? GAARA!?!? EARTH TO GAARA?!?!" Temari snapped her fingers. "Common, our taxi is waiting! We just got back from vacation, and I'm already stressed from all of the flying!!!" This time, his brother shook him.
"Common Gaara!!!"
"Kankuro… I'll give you till three to let go of me… one… two…th-" Gaara said calmly, with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"Fine, fine… sheesh. Don't have a cow." Kankuro let go and they exited the airport as well. For the rest of the drive home, Gaara found it difficult to comprehend why he couldn't get this girl off of his mind. The same went for Sakura.
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Authors Notes: Well it's almost Christmas time, and I GUANANTEE that the next chapter will be up either on Christmas Eve, or Christmas day for all of my stories. Yes… ALL OF THEM!!!!!!! So… that's it… NEXT WEEK IS FINALS (Crams)
I'm petrified… but I'm getting As and Bs so I guess there is nothing to worry about… I hope. Tell me what you think, okay?
-Squib