Chapter 1: Hines-sight

"What?!?" Sakura yelped. She was standing in her living room facing her parents who were sitting on the couch. Her parents just told her that she had a second family. Her dad and mom had actually been separated for about 13 years, and just now decided to tell her about her second family.

"I'm sorry honey, but your mom and I was best not to tell you. You were going through a hard time trying to become a genin when we split, you were only four years old. And the longer we waited the harder it got to tell you. I know we should have but everyone makes mistakes." Her dad said getting up off the couch and walking towards her. Something about the movement made Sakura uneasy so she step back as he stepped forward. When he saw this he stop moving and stood still.

Sakura felt tears sting her eyes. How could they deceive her like this? How could they keep a whole family away from her? Then she thought back and realise how easy it should have been to see it all. The phone calls her dad got late at night, the hours he spent on them. His business meetings all weekend. Her mom's sad looks all through the years, but not sad that she lost her husband, but sad for Sakura. And then how her dad never kissed her mom anymore. How could all of that been so easy to miss? Even through all the hard times it should have been easy to see... how could she been so blind? It was so easy to see now.

"I'm sorry Sakura. We never meant for it to drag on for this lo--" her mom started but then was cut off by Sakura.

"When you say second family, who consist in it?" Sakura said looking at the soft light pink carpet. Her mom has always been obsessed with pink, it was her trade mark color. Sakura always hated it. She always thought that just because her hair was pink didn't mean everything had to be. Apparently her mom thought different.

Sakura's mom and dad shared a quick glace and then her dad looked back at her. "You have a little brother who is five years old, his name is Ehuro, but of course we call him 'E'. Then you have another little brother who is 12 years old, his name is Manhino, and then a little sister who was just born six months ago. Her name is Sahuna. They are great kids, you'll love them Sakura. Then, there is your step-mom. She's amazing... her name is Kahiro Yakushi. She is gre-" Sakura cut him off.

"What was that name?" Sakura heard that name before, that name, Yakushi. Sakura's eyes widened with shock. Could she have heard right?

Her dad looked puzzled, he looked at Sakura with confused eyes and he spoke with careful words. "Kahiro Yakushi..."

Sakura closed her eyes to the sudden rush of... a rush of something. Was it confusion, was it surprise, was it hope, was it hate? Her fists were squeezed tight when she realise that it was all of them, it was confusion, surprise, hope, hate. But mostly it was anger. She wiped around to stare at the mom and then her dad.

"Yakushi..." She tried to be calm but her body was shaking along with her voice. Shaking from anger. He dad nodded at her, but at the same time he took a couple steps back, afraid of Sakura's angry expression and the fire in her emerald eyes. Ever sense Sakura found her new strength and short temper span, everyone was afraid to be around her when she was filled with rage. Her father first handily seen Sakura hit Naruto so hard that he hit the village wall and it cracked; they were standing at the academy which is in the middle of the village.

At her fathers nod she became more angry, her finger nails dug into the skin on her palm drawing blood that she ignored. She could tell that her father had no idea of what the name ment to her. She squeezed her eyes together trying to push the angry that filled her head, but she couldn't. It was still there. She looked at her father again, and again he took a few steps back.

"Yakushi... as in...." Sakura couldn't say his name. Her dad still stared at the with fear, worry, and confusion. Sakura clenched her teeth together and then sighed. "Does this woman, Kahiro Yakushi, have any kids of her own?" Sakura asked her dad.

Her dad got even more confused at the question and then nodded. He then said very carefully as not to try to make her even more angry, "She has another kid, um, she doesn't talk about him much. He is a little older then you... Um, I think his name is... um... oh, I think his name is Kabuto. Yeah, that's it Kabuto."

Sakura looked at her mom and then dad, even more angry than before. Her dad didn't know who he was? He is a missing nin from Konoha and he still doesn't know the name. Sakura looked back at her mom and her mom's face was filled with surprise, too. Her mom of course knew who Kabuto was. Sakura cried a lot long ago, all over her lost team mate, and why he left. Kabuto's name came up several times. He was the medic for another missing nin, Orochimaru, and was also traveling with her missing nin/ ex- team mate/the cause of her broken heart, Sasuke Uchiha. She stopped her train of thought before it could go any further, and pushed the thought of Sasuke out of her mind.

"Oh, my dear..." Sakura's mom whispered, and Sakura's dad looked at her mom with a puzzled look. Their eyes met, and then Sakura's mom began to explain. "Kabuto Yakushi is a missing nin from this village, he is the medical nin for Orochimaru and... well I am sure you know what that means..." her mother said to her father. But he didn't know what it ment, he stared at her with confused eyes. Her mom sighed and then looked over Sakura, but Sakura was barely paying attention. Sakura stood by the fire place, her eyes seeing nothing in this room, her mind far away, her hands clenched, knuckles white, and red blood dripping off of them. Sakura's mom turned back to her father, and she said "Sasuke Uchiha is also traveling with them. At the name Sakura flinched and before she could do anything she stalked out of the house, headed towards the training grounds, ready to let out her dangerous anger and hate.

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Sakura and her dad were walking across the village. She was going to see her newly found family. It was all the way across the village, to a part were she has only been a few times to do something for Tsunade. This is the part of the village where all the bars and gambling places are. Of course, Tsunade had been here plenty of times, when she could get away from Shizune. Even though, there were a lot of taverns and gambling places here it was actually a nice place. Kids all around were running and playing. The adults here were always kind, always a bit drunk, but kind.

Sakura and her father walked through the streets of playing kids and tipsy adults, and then they came to a house that made Sakura feel very peaceful. The outside of the house was made out of gray stones. It had two stories and four windows that she could see, two on the bottom and two on the top. The door was made out of wood and was brown, but for some reason the house made Sakura feel welcome, like she belonged. Then, Sakura heard nosies coming from the inside. A baby crying, a kid's footsteps running around the top floor, and a mother's demanding order come from the bottom floor. Sakura looked up at her father, and he had a smile on his face. He ran a hand through his white hair, and stepped forward.

Sakura has always looked more like her mom, and was glad of it. Sakura would rather have pink hair then white. Then, Sakura wondered what her half- family would look like. With this thought turning into curiosity, Sakura followed her father up the steps and into the house.

The first thing Sakura noticed was the warmth of the house. It was a warm day outside, but in here it was a little warmer, more welcoming. Then, she noticed the smell, the smell of cinnamon, and baby's skin, and and musty with a little sweat. Sakura thought that the smell seemed more welcoming then the warmth. Then, Sakura noticed the place. The house was not clean, in fact it was a little messy. Toys were everywhere, baby diapers (not used, I mean they weren't that messy), and there were dishes and dirty close everywhere. I guess it would be a little hard to keep the house clean with three kids to take care of and no one to help you, so Sakura dismissed the mess and looked at a very pretty woman in front of her and her father, holding a very cute and sweet baby.

"Welcome! I'm Kahiro, I've heard so much about you..." The woman said, and then without warning gave Sakura an uncomfortable hug, being careful with the baby. Then she looked at Sakura's father and smiled. Sakura almost puked when she saw them kiss and hug. She was almost ready to go and destroy the rest of the forest that she left from her breakdown yesterday. But Sakura just looked away and searched the room. When her father and Kahiro separated Sakura looked up and down at the woman.

Kahiro had long white gray (I guess she wasn't as lucky as Sakura was), and she had dark eyes and a round face. She wore a long skirt that was made out of a silk material with white and red flower splattered across a white background, and her shirt was plain white with a small symbol in the top left hand corner. The symbol was, of course the Haruno clan symbol, but that didn't surprise Sakura. The woman, over all looked very familiar. She look, overall, like a girl version of Kabuto.

The woman smiled at Sakura, and Sakura couldn't help but smile back, Kahiro made this all seem so welcome and Sakura felt, actually, at home. The thought that Sakura was comfortable here surprised her. She had thought that this experience would be awkward and uncomfortable, but it wasn't. I was very pleasent and homey.

"Hi, thank-you for letting me come and meet you guys," Sakura said with a smile of her own. Kahiro smiled even wider, and then turned to announce to her children.

"E, Manhino! Come down here please," she yelled loud enough so they could here. After she got done announcing he demand, Sakura heard footsteps running down the stairs and another set of footsteps walking toward the stairs.

The first boy Sakura seen was the one she assumed to be Ehuro, he looked about five. Sakura gasped when she saw his features. He looked almost like a mini-me of her father. Gray hair cut short around his face, and emerald eyes like Sakura's and her fathers. The only thing that wasn't like her fathers was the shape of his face. Ehuro had a round shape face like Kahiro, and Sakura's father had a longer face.

"Daddy!" Ehuro yelped and ran towards her father, their father with gusto. Sakura's father bent down and gathered the boy up in his arms. The boy hugged their father passionately and said, "I'm glad your home!"

"I'm glad I'm home, too," their father said. Then her father put the boy down and then boy backed away from the man. The boy then noticed Sakura and smiled bashfully and took cover behind his mothers slim legs.

The next boy was Manhino, he too looked similar to their father, but also looked like his mom. He had gray hair that grew out in all directions, pointed in every single way. He also had a forehead protector tucked under neath a set of short cut bangs and had a long face like their father's, but he had dark eyes like his mother's. He didn't say anything he just went and stood by Kahiro with his hands in his pockets, but he did nod his head in their father's direction and then looked at me with an unreadable expression.

Sakura looked then at the baby that Kahiro help within her grasp. The baby girl whose name must have be Sahuna. She had chubby cheeks that Sakura felt the need to kiss and her eyes were the most startling color of dark emerald. Her face was also rounded to her mother's face. She smiled and played with a necklace that was hanging from her mother's neck. She smiled and moaned and cooed, just like any baby would. She was wrapped in a soft looking blanket, even though it was plenty warm enough in the house.

"Who's she?" Manhino asked, he sounded rather rude, but it was understandable. Sakura just looked at him and smiled sadly. The news must have been hard for them, or do they even know?

"Manhino!" Kahiro scolded at the 12 year old. The boy just looked at his mother and then back at me with... it looked like hate.

"Kids, this is your older sister, Sakura. Remember the one I told you all about. She came to meet you all," her father said then he turned his attention to Sakura and smiled. "Sakura this is Manhino, Ehuro, and Sahuna," he said pointing to each child in turn. Sakura smiled at them all and then nodded.

"Hi, I'm Sakura. It's nice to meet you all," Sakura said to them. Ehuro blushed behind his mother and hid his face all except one lighted eye.

"Hi, Sakura. I'm Ehuro. But you can call me E," E said in a very high voice, full of life and excitement. Sakura smiled at him and he smiled back. Then, Sakura heard Manhino scoff at the little boy.

"Suck-up," Manhino said in a low tone remarking his little brother. Kahiro kept her eyes on Sakura but reached up and smacked the boy on the back of the head. Manhino looked over at her sharply.

"Oww, what was that for?" he asked rubbing the back of his head.

"Say 'hello'," Kahiro demanded at him and then smiled at Sakura. Sakura smiled back and then looked at Manhino. He looked away and closed his eyes and folded his arms across his chest.

"Hi," was all he said. But Sakura smiled anyway.

"Hi, Manhino," Sakura said. He looked at her from the corner of his eye, and then closed them again. Sakura could tell that he would be the hardest to get along with.

"And this is Sahuna," Kahiro said. Rocking the little girl in her arms and smiling down at her.

Sakura looked at the baby once more and then at Kahiro. She seemed so happy to have a son that was a missing nin and wanted to destroy the village. She didn't even looked like it bothered her, but I guess after a few years of him missing she could have buried the burden like Sakura did with Sasuke. Sakura pushed the thought of Sasuke away, and focused more at the present. Then, Sakura started to think. If Kabuto has only been a missing nin for about four years then he must have known about Manhino and E. Wouldn't he? Does that mean that he knew about this whole thing, about me being his step- sister. Being Kabuto and as sharp as he is, he probably knew.

Sakura smiled at her new family and then the night started to drift by with a crawling time.

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Soon enough, it was time for Sakura to leave. It was starting to get dark and she'd been at her family's home for almost 8 hours. In the meantime she had become very close to her family. E and her were playing with Sahuna on the floor. Sakura's father was right, these kids were so sweet and amazing. Even Manhino had opened up a little. Only a little they talked about how being a genin was, and he asked her how being Jounin was. Sakura smiled at him and said that it was awesome. That's when he said that his dream was to become hokage. Sakura smiled at that and thought of Naruto and Konohamaru. She told him to never give up and eventually it will come true. At that he smiled at her and then headed off to the training grounds to get some training in before dark.

Even Sakura and her step- mom became close. Sakura helped her clean up the house and take care of Sahuna and they talked about how stubborn and demanding and how pig-headed her father was. Sakura didn't think she had laughed so hard in her life. It surprised Sakura of how close her and her new family had gotten in just 8 hours.

"Will you be back tomorrow?" E asked Sakura as she was saying farewell. She thought about it and smiled at the boy. She bent down to his level so that they were face to face.

"Actually, I have to go on a mission tomorrow. But I'll be back soon, and I'll come and see you. Okay?" Then E smiled and surprised Sakura with a hug full of passion and gusto. The way he hugged her father this morning. Sakura smiled and wrapped the boy in a equally passionate hug. Then let go and looked at Manhino. He smiled and nodded.

"See ya, Manhino," Sakura nodded and smiled back. Then she looked at Kahiro. Kahiro gave Sakura a hug but this one wasn't as awkward as the one before, because of Sahuna on the floor sleeping.

"Come back soon!" Kahiro said and then back away from Sakura.

"I will," Sakura said to her then she looked at her father and nodded with a smile. Her father nodded back and then put his arm around Kahiro.

"Be careful Sakura," he said. Then Sakura turned and walked out the door to the cozy house, out onto the streets that would take her back to her own home. The street lights were now lighting the streets because of the sun dropping out of sight and darkness encircling the village. Sakura could keep a smile off of her face as she walked through the street.

She thought to herself that they all may look some what like Kabuto but they certainly don't act like him. That she was thankful for.

She walked down the streets that were still filled with tipsy adults but less children playing. She soon got close to the village entrance, she soon wished that there was another way home than this way, but there wasn't. She stopped walking when she saw that bench, the one he left her on all those years ago. She debated on just keep walking, but then she walked to the bench and sat down. She leaned forward and put her elbows on her knees and enter-twined her fingers thinking.

Without her permission, memories flooded back to her mind. She looked at the ground where she stood confessing all her love to him. Then where he stood telling her that they were meant for different paths and that she could follow him. How she cried that night, her heart breaking down and crumbling to the mercy of him. Then she looked at the spot where he appeared behind her and he knocked her out with a gentle touch to the back of her neck. The memories painted colorful pictures across her eyes, reminding her of how she wasn't strong enough to make him stay, to make him realize that she needed him. She just made him want to leave more, made him turn his back on the village, on team 7, on her. He left because he was tired of solitude, and he left to get power to avenge the cause of that solitude. She remembered how she told him that if he left she would then be a subject to solitude as well. Sakura sighed as his words echoed through her head.

"Sakura.... thank-you," he said. Again and again she heard these words in her mind. She doesn't know how many times she had thought about that moment sense he left.

Now it should have been easy to see, looking back on all the times he grieved over his family and raged over his brother, she should have seen it coming, she and he both knew that he needed more power to make his dream come true. She and he both knew that he couldn't get a lot of that power staying here in Konoha. She should have seen that he would eventually leave to get as much power as he could. She should have realised that before she actually did and stopped it from breaking her heart. She should have seen it all, it was so easy to see, she just had over looked it somehow.

Recently she tried to bury all thoughts and feeling for him. After there last encounter he tried to kill Naruto, Sai, and Captin Yamato. She tried to stop him again but again she wasn't strong enough. Yamato knew that and jumped in to stop him from hurting her.

She told Naruto not to cry that they would get him back no matter what that cost them. But she knew that Sasuke wouldn't come back until he wanted to, and it was very doubtful that he would ever want to. If he really did cut all bonds that connected him to this village and her and Naruto and even Kakashi, then it was likely that he wouldn't ever come back to them. With that disturbing sense of reality coming clear to her shortly after that encounter, she tried to bury any hope and feeling she had for him. Knowing that most likely he wouldn't ever come back to them, she buried her true self and started to build a mask of what she wanted to feel and wanted people to see.

She knew the truth but she couldn't tell Naruto that. She didn't want him to get mad at her. He would, he would never except that Sasuke may never return let alone that they might never even see him again. Deep down he probably knew it anyway, but still refused to believe it.

Now, Sakura had the mask of being strong and just knowing that Sasuke wouldn't come back. She was strong, caring, brave, smart, and she no longer felt anything toward her former team mate. But underneath the mask she was still hurting, still crying, still scared, still stupidly in love with him. She knew it but she would not let anyone else see anything past the mask. The only one who could see past the mask was Naruto. She didn't let him, he'd just seen though it all. Even Kakashi had seen past her mask a little, but not as much as Naruto had. Her mask said that he will not come back, inside said that she was hoping he'll come back.

Sakura sighed and leaned back. She knew that she still had moments where she had strong hopes that Sasuke would return, but reality would soon set in and wash the hopes away. Everyone thought that she was just still chasing him because Naruto still hasn't gave up. But the truth was that she was still hoping. More than Sakura would ever admit she still loved Sasuke like she did then. She still wanted to chase him all in the sense that he might chance his heart's decision and come back with them, even though reality said that he would never come back.

Sakura soon pushed any memories away that concerned the team, and focused on tomorrow. She had a mission. The team that would be set out on the mission would consist of her, Hinata, Shikamaru and Tenten. She was the medical ninja on the team, Hinata could find who they were looking for, Shikamaru, team leader, had the brains and could hold them in place with his Shadow Possession Jutsu, and Tenten who was perfect with her aim of weapons. Their mission was to track down a person by the name of Kenyu Horiuchi, who was said to be experimenting and searching for a kind of powerful Jutsu that could take out a whole village, something about taking power from many people, killing them, and giving it all to one person. He plans on using it on himself when the Jutsu is complete, we have to stop him before that happens. Apparently, he has some kind of grudge against this village. Tsunade was pretty closed caption on that subject.

Naruto was already on a mission, one he complained about, as usual. He got the mission to escort a group of stamp collectors across the fire country. They were worried that someone would try to capture the very rare stamp of heaven. "The Heaven Stamp" they called it. Naruto went with Neji, Kiba, Akamaru, and Ino. Sakura felt bad for Ino, being the only girl on that team, but being the only other Chunin medical ninja available she had to go. And considering the fact that the only mature one on that team would be Neji, i felt bad for him, too.

Sakura thought that she should go home and get some sleep. They were suppose to leave at dawn. So she got up looking around her and heard the words whispered again, as if they were spoke in her ear. "Sakura... thank-you." Sakura sighed and started to walk home once again, ready to get some sleep in her comfy bed.

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That night Sakura dreamed of her new family and Sasuke. She dreamed that Sasuke would return home to find Sakura had a new family that she just found out about and he would feel bad for her. She was kept out of one of the most important things in her life. She didn't even know she wasn't alone. Sasuke felt bad for himself because he had a family and it was taken from him and Sakura didn't have a real family, she had a broken one, and then she got a family that wasn't broken. Then, Sasuke was happy for her, seeing how happy E, Manhino, Sahuna, and Kahiro had made her. They really had gave her something to be happy in, something to believe in, something that wouldn't let her down. E was so happy all the time, nothing small could break him and he had made Sakura feel strong and welcome in that hard time. Manhino gave her a sense of reality, he was so down to earth and truthful that it all kept her truthful to herself and kept her from floating away. Sahuna was so cute and, like E, was always so happy. She gave her a sense of passion and beauty that Sakura felt at peace. Then there was Kahiro, even though her son was Kabuto, a missing nin that could destroy the village, she was still so happy. She gave Sakura a sense of dreams, hopes and wishes coming true. She brought heaven down on top of Sakura and pushed all evil from hell away. She freed Sakura from Nightmares and gave her peaceful dreams. Sakura was happy, and so was Sasuke. Sasuke would then take in Sakura's new family as his own and stay with Sakura forever.

Then like that the dream slipped away. Hopes and wishes faded away again with the reality of waking up alone in bed, again. Sakura turned in her bed to look at the ceiling. It was still dark out, but she still had to get up. She was to leave at dusk. So she stretched her arms over her head and extended her legs as long as they would go. She, then, got up and put on her shorts that went under her light pink skirt. Then, she put on her black tank-top that fit her curves tightly. It had netting that went around the top and covered her cleavage, and it also had netting that was at the bottom, that covered her stomach.

On her chest she had a small emerald diamond, Tsunade suggested it. When ever she could Sakura would store chakra in it. It was the same thing that Tsunade had on her forehead. It was green because that was her chakra's signature color, Tsunade's was blue. Sakura could even use the same jutsu that Tsunade can. Restore the cells in her body by releasing the chakra stored in it. She had only used it once before before Naruto was even back from his two year training. She was fighting a ninja from the hidden rock village, it was her mission to bring him in to interrogation for information on the Akatsuki. He was tough to bring in, just like she knew he'd be. He was, actually Deidara's younger brother. He could also use the clay-bomb jutsu, just not as good as Deidara. She had succeeded in bringing him in, and another mission completed.

Sakura put on her red vest over her under shirt. It had her clan symbol on the back. Then, Sakura wrapped some white wrap along her thigh and put on her kunai holster. Then, she put on her tan pack that holds all her ninja tools on the backside of her right hip. Then, the finally she put her forehead protector in her hair. She checked herself in the mirror and looked out the window. The sky was starting to become lighter, light enough to see. So she set out with her backpack that she had pack the night before.

When she reached the village entrance/exit she found Shikamaru and Hinata there. She looked at the sky again. The sun wasn't up yet but the sky was bluing up. They still had a little more time to wait for Tenten.

"H-hello Sakura," Hinata said her black hair pushed behind her ears, her usual outfit on and her eyes as clear as ever. Sakura always liked Hinata's and Neji's eyes. She had always wished that she could do the things that they could.

"Hello Hinata. Good morning Shikamaru," Sakura said, and Shikamaru nodded to her. Sakura nodded to each and then leaned against the stone wall prepared to wait. She didn't even have to wait two minutes before Tenten had showed up.

"Sorry I'm a little late, I hate having a house on the other side of the village. I need to start getting up earlier," Tenten said out of breath. She had apparently been running, to get here. She wasn't late, the sun was just now barely visible on the horizon, letting us know that now was dusk. Now was dusk. The all turned and started to walk out of the village limits. When they were out the doors closed behind them and then they started to jump and run across the trees and they ran as the birds started to signal a new day. Sakura wondered what was ahead of them and what would happen. Little did she know that when she set sight on that village hidden in the leafs, she would be a completely new person.