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This came to me and I'm having fun writing it so far. Analyzing the manga and making it my own had been an enjoyable but challenging ride so far. I hope you stick around to see what I have in store! Some scenes are very similar to the original manga, they've been tweaked and were written by me.
I stand watching. A scream escapes me. One I didn't know I could make. Sagiso turns to me. My elder sister. Her sharingan shining crimson in the light of the moon entering the room. My mother and father lay on the ground in front of me. Blood drips down the walls, breath pulls from my lungs, and I fall to my knees.
"Sagiso…?" I whimper. My sister looks down at me, blood red eyes haunting and alive. I notice her long sword dipped in blood, held gently in her pale hand. "Big sister…?" Something within me ignites, I feel betrayal deep and wild, fear and horror blinds me. I scream again and she steps toward me the tip of her sword angled at my neck. I scrambled backwards, bare feet catching hardwood floor as I spin around. I run into the wall past the open door, the quiet of the night embraces me as I stumble out of my Uchiha home. My mother and father are dead, nothing seems real as a red and black world surrounds me. Everyone's dead. Bodies lay across the dirt road of our clan's quarters. I skid to a stop as someone I recognize is sprawled in front of my path. A friend my age, falling to my knees I reach out to him. I flinch when a sudden pressure whips at my body pushing me down. I force myself to look up, my sister stands, at the tip of a dark pole. I try to breathe.
"Sagiso!" I scream. "Sagiso!" I try to stand, the Uchiha symbol on my back begins to burn. My knees tremble. "Sagiso…" Open tears travel down my cheeks, falling onto the blood spreading out onto the ground.
"Sakura." She hisses, her voice cool and collected. I freeze at the threat behind her tone. The pressure I feel on my skull it must be the presence of Death.
Sagiso.
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I scrambled awake. My heart beats like a wild drum skipping beats and crushing itself against my ribs. Years. I wait, Uchiha blood boiling in my body. Rage and revenge swirling within me, in due time I will hunt her down. I will kill Sagiso.
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"Sakura Uchiha." I glance in the direction of Iruka-sensei with mild interest. He gestures for me to head to the front of the class to demonstrate the transformation jutsu we'd learned. I step down the stairs starting the line of my classmates. Sasuke Uzumaki shuffling quietly behind me, Naruto Haruno grinning behind him.
Quickly with a flick of my fingers, I mirror Iruka-Sensei. I release the jutsu when I receive an impressed nod. Sasuke next to me does the same with sweat running down his face. Naruto slips up, I notice out of the corner of my eye, a yellow haired Iruka sensei rubs the back of his head sheepishly. I almost smile- almost. I face the front of the classroom, where a chalk board hangs from the wall. We're going to become genin soon. I'm going to get even stronger. Soon, we'll meet again. My fist clenches. Sasuke next to me narrows his eyes, frowning ever so slightly. Sasuke and I have been rivals and at best occasionally friends. The Uchiha family raised me strictly and now even after their deaths I feel an unbearable weight on my shoulders, will I be able to meet their expectations?
I almost flinch at the sound of my name. I stand in front of the classroom alone now. Glaring at the chalkboard. Slowly, bringing myself back to the world I turn on my heel and return to my seat. Blue birds perch outside of the classroom window I stare at them intently. Genin.
"Team Seven. Naruto Haruno, Sasuke Uzumaki, and Sakura Uchiha." A lucky number. I nod, I have the most manageable teammates. Anyone else would get in my way. Sasuke leans back in his chair, frowning. Naruto plops down in the seat next to me, previously empty.
"Sakura-chan, we're on the same team!" He grins, narrowing his eyes cheerfully. I think if everyone were alive, I'd have enough heart to smile back, I don't. So, I nod again. At him. A small tint of red slides across his face.
I walk home that afternoon, prepared to meet our Sensei tomorrow. He'd better be strong. For the first time in a long time, I sleep well.
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I watch Sasuke reluctantly help Naruto prepare a prank for our sensei. I wish I could- no I don't. I'm patient as our Sensei enters the room. As the chalk eraser hits his head with a soft 'bonk' I can't help but give a small giggle. Sasuke and Naruto look at me, then at each other, some unspoken understanding runs between them. I look away.
Sensei looks to us with a smiling right eye and a thin mask covering the lower portion of his face, the leaf headband he sports is positioned over his left eye. I nod.
"I dislike you already." He does a quick survey over us. Raising his eyebrows at me, "Uchiha?" He leans toward me, curious, "An Uchiha with green eyes?" I almost turn red, avoiding his eyes.
"It hasn't been determined if I'll inherit the sharingan." I manage to murmur. My eyes narrow in irritation. My father had been scandalous. He'd had an affair with someone thus I was born, pink haired and green eyed. So, unlike Sagiso, dark hair, dark eyes that held the very symbol of what it means to be an Uchiha. I only carry the symbol on my back. I don't need the sharingan, if I happen to retain that power it means my raging family bloodline supports my goal. If so, I'll use it and look into my sister's red eyes showing her the anger of our clan as I-
"Sakura-chan?" Naruto whispers to me. I feel my face fall immediately, it had been posed in anger. I let my tense shoulders fall and cross my arms lightly over my chest.
"It's nothing." I tell him. Kakashi-sensei smiles via eye, and motions for his team to follow him. Into the fray.
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"So… Team Kakashi." Kakashi-sensei says motioning to us, "Tell me about yourselves." We're quiet, one part of me wants to say something I would've said before then, and now. "Well..? Maybe a name? Goals? Ambitions? Likes? Dislikes? Hobbies?"
"You start Sensei!" Naruto grins, and fiddles with his headband. Kakashi-sensei nods to himself, puts a hand to his chin, and shrugs.
"I'm Kakashi Hatake. I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes. dreams? Hmm. I have lots of hobbies." I frown, only his name.
I'm surprised when Sasuke speaks quiet, self-assured, "Sasuke Uzumaki. Hokage. " I nod, an admirable goal. I'm not surprised and almost smile when Naruto huffs in irritation. "I like many things, and dislike many things. I train."
"Teme! Don't steal my goal!" He yells glaring at Sasuke, who's lips pull into a light smirk. "Oh! And I'm Naruto Haruno! Don't forget it!" I feel a weight disappear for a moment. Even as Naruto rambles on about ramen, Sasuke rolls his eyes at him, and Kakashi-sensei looks worriedly at him. It doesn't last long. Kakashi-sensei's eye rest on me. I tense not quite sure if the answer I want to say is appropriate.
"Sakura Uchiha...I want to restore my clan. I don't know about liking, disliking..Training is a hobby." I say lightly, and turn away. I can't say outright that I want to murder my sister. Sasuke scoffs almost laughing, my head flips to him annoyed. Naruto's face is red as he scratches the back of his head nervously.
"Restore your clan." Kakashi sighs, pulling out a small green book, "I might have to loan you this when you're a bit older." My face feels like it's on fire, I look away from my teammates. Desperately trying to forget what I just said.
"Alright, one way or another you all became genin. Now, you'll be under my care. You have much to prepare for. Meet me at the training grounds you usually go to with Iruka at six am sharp tomorrow morning." We nod, and he vanishes.
"Sakura." Sasuke's voice cuts through the air, I narrow my eyes, standing to meet his gaze, "That's a bold thing to say." His hands rest lightly on his hips, I try to resist the blush that heats my face.
"Sasuke." I grind my teeth, "Mind your own business." I hiss. I turn my back on my teammates, leaving them to stare at my white and red fan fade into the distance.
"You shouldn't be so mean to her, Uzumaki." Naruto says, throwing Sasuke a mildly rough punch landing on his arm. "You should put yourself in her shoes." Sasuke glares at Naruto for a moment, "She doesn't have anyone but us." Both boys square their shoulders, somehow feeling a new weight of responsibility pull them down. Kakashi frowns, laying on the building above them, Come Come Paradise covering his face. Smart kids, he thinks. As Sasuke bitterly and a bit nostalgically thinks, Neither do I.
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