Yeah so I've come up with a new story. Surprise? Please don't hate me it was just such a good idea I couldn't help it. Got this idea at random an I thought it was too good to pass up. This one is set just before the fourth shinobi war occurs. It is a non Uchiha massacre story and I've made some changes. Pairing will be my usual one. As well as others. I hope you guys read the beginning messages cause you might just miss something important. So I'll quit with the yapping and get with the summary.

Summary: Sakura was born in Kirigakure. She is the daughter of the Mizuikage Mei Terumi. She is destined to end up as the next Mizuikage when she is kidnapped and finds herself on the outskirts of Konohagakure Injured and in need of help having successfully escaped her captors. There she meets Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, and Sai. Who are all ANBU and just returning from a mission. They stumble upon Sakura who is delirious by this point and she sees the before passing out. She later wakes up in the hospital and is told where she is and that he mother wants her to stay in Konoha. As war is bearing down on them and traveling would be incredibly dangerous. She meets unlikely people and makes lasting friend ships.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did Sasuke wouldn't still be gone or contemplating coming back and my favorite characters wouldn't be killed off.


Chapter 1

Sakura's P.O.V.

Well its official now. My mother announced it yesterday to the villagers when she retired I was going to take her place as Mizuikage. There was nothing more for her to teach me. I knew everything she did and I had developed a few things on my own. This morning I found myself strolling thought the misty streets a few hours before sunrise. I hadn't been able to sleep and walking usually took my mind off it.

My mind was plagued with thoughts of the impending war. Madara Uchiha had declared war on the five shinobi villages months ago. Everyone had become unsettled and as a result tempers were short.

In a few days the five Kages would meet and try to form an alliance. Picking one of the Kages to lead the united shinobi from every village. For the first time we wouldn't be fighting each other but together as one.

My thoughts were interrupted as I felt someone sneaking around behind me. "You can stop sneaking around behind me. I know you're there. So stop hiding and come OUT"! I threw a kunai to punctuate my last word.

Chuckling reached my ears as twelve people materialized. One of them who was obviously the leader stepped out of the mist and I saw that he was wearing a headband from sound. I narrowed my eyes. What were Sound shinobi doing here? My mother banned them from ever setting foot in the village again.

A voice floated over to me from the guy I assumed was the leader. "Sakura Terumi. Daughter of the Mizuikage and just the person we're looking for. How lucky. Get her boys"! All of the rushed me at once.

I flipped my hands through a set of hand seals quickly and took in a deep breath of air before spewing it out with the last seal. The mist rolled in thicker than before effectively hiding me from view.

I flipped my hands again preparing my next attack when I heard something flying through the air. I ducked just in time as a fumma shuriken passed over my head.

I flipped through the seals again and took another deep breath. This time a misty vapor spewed from my mouth. His technique was known as Boil Release. It combines fire and water. This technique is highly acidic and can melt anything. Depending on the level we choose to set it at. I spun around in a circle spewing it out as I went. I heard a few screams letting me know that I'd hit three of my enemies.

The mist surrounding me was no longer needed so I dispelled it. I focused chakra into my right arm and dashed forward slamming into the next guy head on.

I was on my feet and moving again. Unfortunately for me I lost track of one of the remaining eight and he got behind me.

My arm was jerked backwards and the sleeve of my dress was shoved up. Before I could react another one in front of me holding my other arm. I inwardly smiled as I brought my leg up and slammed it into his gut. His breath left him in a whoosh as he fell to the ground.

Something pricked the crease of my elbow as I spun on the other guy kicking him in the head. He dropped like a rock. I looked down at my arm. A needle was stuck there with a syringe filled with a purple liquid. Some had already been injected.

I recognized it right away. It was a powerful sleeping poison. Strong enough to nock anyone out for a week. That was just long enough to cross from the border of Water country and get to the edge of fire country. If I fell to the drug I would be almost to Oto by the time I woke up. This wasn't good. With an impending war I was needed here. I can't give up now.

Despite trying to reassure myself of this I could feel the drug starting to take affect. Already I felt drowsy. My reaction time was slowed and as a result I sustained quite a few nicks and cuts. None of them were serious though. They just slightly stung.

I still managed to put up a good fight but now I was running low on chakra. The two jutsus I performed earlier took up quite a bit of chakra and even though I had a vast amount most of it was going to combat the effects of the drug.

Six of the guys were standing now and the two I'd nocked down earlier were getting up.

I guess it's safe to say things just took a turn from bad to worse. I couldn't risk another ninjutsu. Better stick to taijutsu and kenjutsu. I whipped out the scroll that contained my katana. I but my thumb and swiped it across the surface of the scroll. I grabbed it after it came out of the scroll.

Only one of them had a katana but his skill with it was mediocre. So I had him down in no time. The two I'd nocked down earlier were back up.

They were purposely prolonging the battle. The more time went by the slower I got. They had me on the defensive now. I was just barely blocking their attacks now.

Finally one of them slipped under my guard and nocked my sword out of my hand and away from me. It landed thirty feet from me stuck point first in the ground. Just as soon as it landed I fell to my knees. My strength was gone.

The leader was speaking as he rubbed his head. The spot where I'd kicked him must hurt something terrible. My head flopped forward and my eyes started to close when I felt a hand on the back of my head fisting my hair and yanking my head back.

I stared wearily into the brown eyes of my captor. A smirk was on his face. "You've given us so much trouble you little bitch. You're lucky we were ordered to capture you alive". That was the last thing I heard before I passed out.

Sasuke's P.O.V.

This latest mission was a complete waste of time. We had been unable to locate Akatsuki's latest base and we couldn't dig anything up on Oto. Orochimaru had been keeping his nose clean. For the most part anyways. It appeared he was just making preparations for the war.

After a month we were finally on our way home and it was about time. I can only take so much of Naruto's nonsense. He may be my best friend (a fact which I'll never admit out loud) but he can get annoying fast.

That coupled with Sai's emotionless constant misunderstanding of things can only be put up with for so long. I also wanted to get away from my brother. He's spent too much time with Naruto recently and they both are just getting on my nerves.

We were just about to cross the border into fire country when Neji called a halt for us to stop. He had picked up on a battle not to far from us and I activated my Sharringan to check it out.

Ten people were ganging up on one person. That wasn't the odd thing though. The lone person was very low on chakra but was wining. Kakashi said we were going to be passing through the area very close to the battle and might as well check it out.

Just as we got close enough the last of the ten chakra signatures registered as unconscious. The lone chakra signature was now headed our way. Kakashi called us to a stop.

Much to Naruto's displeasure we waited. We hopped down from the trees and waited. A few minutes later footsteps reached my ears and someone broke through the clearing.

The first thing I registered was pink. This person had very long pink hair. Going all the way down to their knees. The next thing I noticed was the person was female. Her chest heaved underneath the long sleeved off the shoulder low cut dress she wore. Like a border at the top of her dress a mesh shirt could be seen. A slit up the side to her thigh showed off a pair of short black shorts and a slim pale skinned leg. She wore a pair of heeled shoes like Tsunade.

She fell to her knees with her hands placed in front of her on the ground. Her head lifted up and she opened her eyes revealing jade irises.

She looked directly at me and spoke. "Please help me". Her eyes shut and her body fell forward. Ino rushed forward and turned her over. "She's still alive but her pulse is erratic. She has numerous cuts and..." Her voice cut off as she lifted the smaller girls arm up. A chakra suppression bracelet was cuffed to her wrist. That explained the low signature she registered.

Something glinted against her neck. A slim chain holding an oval shaped locket. Ino grasped the chain and pulled it up into her hand. She flipped it over and then opened it before closing it with a sigh. "The locket is empty and only a name is engraved on the back. Sakura".

Well that's not helpful. The girl had requested help but we didn't know who she was. The chakra bracelet suggested she was a prisoner.

"We can't leave her. Not when she asked for help"! Naruto said loudly breaking the small silence. I was about to speak when Itachi beat me to it. "What do you propose we do Naruto? We don't know who she is and she's wearing chakra suppressing bracelets. She could be a criminal".

Kakashi rubbed his head and sighed. "First thing we should do is find out who she was running from. Naruto, Neji, Tenten, Ino, and Sasuke. You stay here with her. Itachi, Sai, Shikamaru you come with me".

They disappeared and Ino went back to the girl. Tenten volunteered her help and they patched up the girl as best they could. Ino healed her major wounds and stopped her bleeding. They didn't remove the bracelets as a precaution. She could be dangerous.

An hour later the others came back and announced that the girl wasn't a threat to us. She had been running from sound ninja. "Ino have you healed her injuries"? She nodded her head. "I've done what I can but I'm not as proficient as Tsunade-Sama but it will do until we can get her some help".

He nodded and scooped the girl up. Her hair cluttered in the wind and her hand fell from her stomach to dangle on the side. The journey back to the village from our current point would normally take a day but with our chakra enhanced steps we could make it in six hours.

We took turns carrying the girl. Currently she was being held by Itachi. Her hair had been getting in the way so Ino had put it in a low pony tail and braided it.

Finally we arrived at the gates of the village. Ino went off to retrieve Tsunade and Itachi headed to the hospital. We received many strange looks carrying a girl who had strangely colored hair.

We had barely walked in the doors of the hospital and up to the reception desk when Tsunade burst through the doors. A frantic look on her face.

Tsunade's P.O.V.

This week had been a disaster. Two days ago we had a summit and the Mizuikage Mei Terumi declared that she would not support an allegiance until her daughter had been returned to her. She suspected one of us had kidnapped. I had my suspicions and voiced them but she wouldn't listen. She said she would not support a village that had committed an act of war against Kiri. Needless to say there had been no reasoning or consoling her.

A knock interrupted my thoughts. It was probably the ANBU team I'd sent out a month ago to do some investigations for me. They were do back today.

"Come in". The door opened to admit a frantic and out of breath Ino. She put her hands on her knees and leaned over to catch her breath. "Tsunade-Sama we.. Need... You.. At the... Hospital". She managed to get out in between breaths. I got up and followed her out. This must be serious if I'm needed there. What happened while they were on their mission?

We rushed down the streets to the hospital. Once there I burst in the door. Sasuke, Itachi, and Naruto turned around. What concerned me was the familiar sight of the girl Itachi held.

I had seen her only once but there wasn't a doubt in my mind as to who it was. The last time I saw her she had been five years old. Granted she was probably eighteen now. She had to be around Sasuke and Naruto's age if not older.

She didn't look good at the moment. Most of the visible parts on her were wrapped with bandages. I took note of the chakra bracelet and deduced that was how they kept her in captive for a week.

"Follow me Itachi". I led him down a hall to an empty room. He placed her on the bed and moved out of the way. A second later Ino came into the room with a hospital gown. She set the gown aside and waited for instruction. I told the boys to leave the room and fetch Shizune.

We spent the next few hours healing her and then cleaning her up. It wasn't hard to do just tedious. Ino had dressed her in the hospital gown after I removed the chakra bracelet. She was resting peacefully now.

I went back to my office to send a message to the Mizuikage about her daughter. I must have fallen asleep after that because the next thing I knew Shizune was shaking me awake holding a hawk from the Mizuikage. The letter was rather long. She expressed her gratitude for the rescue of Sakura and her joy that she'd been found before being taken into Oto. She apologized for her rash behavior and gave her consent to be apart of the allied shinobi forces and support the Raikage as head of it. In the closing part of her letter she expressed her wish for Sakura to remain here in the Leaf as Kiri was no longer safe for her. After arguing with the elders it was decided she could stay.

Several hours later the hawk came back. This time it carried two scrolls. One has Sakura's name on it. She had yet to wake up so I set it on the table beside her bed. She would see it when she woke up. Which would be some time tonight or tomorrow morning.

Sakura's P.O.V.

I don't feel much pain. Which is surprising since I have quite a few injuries. I vaguely remember stumbling on the group of ninjas but I don't know where they were from. So I have no idea where I am.

I finely managed to open my eyes. White surrounded me. So I must be in a hospital. My eyes fell on the scroll addressed to me in my mothers handwriting. Opening it was easy. A sealing symbol greeted me on the inside.

I released the seal and another scoop and my clothes and weapons popped out.

My eyebrows furrowed. Why had she sent me my stuff? What's going on? I tossed back the blankets and stepped out of bed. I don't feel much pain so walking around should be a breeze.

I striped the hospital gown off and pulled on my mesh shirt, shorts and then my green dress. After that I slipped on my shoes buckled the belt around my waist and head for the door tucking the resealed scroll into the small pouch at my waist.

Opening the door I saw an ANBU was guarding my door. The person wore full gear including a lion mask, but i could still tell he was male from the short spiked up raven colored hair in the back.

He seemed surprised that I'd come out. "You will tell me where I am". I stated seriously. The voice that spoke back to me was mocking. "Is that any way to treat your rescuer"? Now I was mad. I have no idea where I am since my mother failed to mention that in her message and this guy wants to mess with me? Fine, I'll go to someone else.

I turned on my heel and walked down the hall unsurprised to feel him following me. I ignored his presence for the most part and pulled my hair over my shoulder. Someone has braided it. Most likely to keep it out of the way. I shook it free of the braid and tossed it back over my shoulder, smirking when it hit the guy behind me.

He fell into step beside me with his hands shoved into his pockets. He ignored the looks he was getting and I got the impression that he was very handsome and that the nurses knew who it was because as we passed whispering died before starting up immediately again when they though we couldn't here.

Mostly they all swooned at him. A few even tried to glare at me. I simply returned it with an icy one of my own. I had no time for there nonsense. I wanted to go home. Not play around with an asshole.

I finally made it outside. It took a little bit because I wasn't familiar with this village. It was warm, almost hot outside. I was used to warm but mostly cool temperatures. So this was a pleasant change. The sun was shining and no mist covered the streets blocking the sun from view.

I stepped to the side when I felt a huge chakra signature rushing this way. He would have collided with the me but i hoped up onto the side of the building and crouched there. He almost ran into the ANBU but he moved too. A loud curse followed the blonde as he landed on the ground below me.

"TEME! What the hell was that for"? Geez this guy is loud. "Next time watch where your going Dobe. Not everyone wants to be squeezed to death by your hugs.

I hoped down from the building and landed four feet in front of the sprawled blonde. I walked over to the noisy boy and crouched there. "You shouldn't startle me like that. Next time I might react differently and you could be seriously injured".

The boy froze before getting up. I was already walking away. I hoped onto the roof of the nearest building and scanned the area. I was looking for the tower that housed a Kage. If this village have ninja then they most likely belong to a hidden village.

It's sunny so I'm not in Ame. There is grass but mostly trees so that rules out Suna. I can't be in Oto because they wouldn't have put me in the hospital and I managed to escape them. I seriously doubt I'm in Iwa because I don't see any stones. So that means I could be in Konoha. If that's true I came really close to Oto.

I finally spotted the Kage tower. It was marked by the fire symbol. So I must be in the Leaf village. I jumped rooftops to get there disregarding my self proclaimed shadows. The blonde was talking loud behind me and the other guy grunted in response. Speaking only one word answers when he couldn't grunt.

I jumped down from the last roof near the tower and crossed the street. I opened the door and walked in and up the stairs. I heard a slightly familiar voice behind the door I stopped in front of. I knocked on it and waited for a response.

The same familiar voice called out for me to come in and I opened the door. The sight of a familiar blonde greater me. I ignored the other people in the room as I rushed up to her and embraced her.

I released her and stepped back. "I didn't know you were the new Hokage. That's great Tsunade-Sama". Behind me I could almost here jaws dropping to hit the floor. "You know Tsunade-Baa chan"? Finally I turned to face the room full of stunned people. Nine... Er eight blank faces stared back at me. I couldn't see one because he still wore the ANBU mask.

"Yeah I know her. She came to Kiri once before she was Hokage. Got into some trouble gambling and my mom helped her out". A few heads nodded but The loud blonde still seemed confused. "Why would your mother help Tsunade-Baa Chan out"?

I sighed and shook my head. "Tsunade-Sama where is the team who helped me out and brought me here"? She gestured behind me sweeping her hand across everyone in the room.

"They were gathered here because your mother wanted to express her gratitude for your rescue and..." I cut her off. "You spoke with my mother? Great! When do I get to go home"?

Her face fell and I sensed bad news on its way. I didn't need to here what she had to say next to confirm it but I listened anyways.

"That's the thing Sakura. She wants you to stay here. She said Kiri isn't safe for you because you are still a target". I nodded and my head dropped to stare at the floor. This wasn't what I wanted to hear.

"I understand thank you for telling me". Silence fell for a few minutes before the blonde with long hair in a ponytail came up to me.

"Cheer up Sakura-San. We'll make you feel right at home. I'm Ino by the way". She stepped aside and gestured for the next person to introduce themselves.

Ino, Tenten, Kakashi, Itachi, Shikamaru, Neji, Naruto, and Sai all seemed okay but the guy in the mask had yet to introduce himself and I knew he'd been on the team because I recognized the lion painted onto the mask. He was the one I saw in the clearing before I passed out.

I stepped up to him and poked him in the chest. "Are you going to tell me who you are or are you going to let me call you Teme like Naruto"? This seemed to highly amuse said blonde and thoroughly annoy the guy. I could practically FEEL his displeasure.

I looked back at Tsunade as I turned away. I glanced over and met the snickering eyes of the two girls and the taller guy Itachi. I couldn't see it but I was pretty Kakashi was smiling.

He looked at Tsunade who nodded and removed his mask to reveal a scowling but handsome face. He was actually pretty hot but I could tell from the fact that he didn't know how to take a joke and on top of that I already knew he was a smart ass.

'"My name is Sasuke not Teme. The Dobe is the only one who calls me that". I brushed it off. Man he's just like all the advisors and tutors back home. Basically another guy with a stick shoved so far up his ass surgery has no chance of removing it.

"Fine, fine. So Taunade-Sama how long am I going to be stuck here"? She seemed to think it over and I got the feeling she really didn't know. Finally she responded. "To be honest Sakura I don't know. This war may happen anytime or years from now and traveling between villages is too dangerous for you". I scowled at this

"Fine. I'll be leaving now". I turned and walked out the door feeling my hair swish behind me but I was used to it. I waked out of the Hokage tower and out into the late afternoon sky.

I jumped up onto the roof of the nearest building and hoped to the stone faces I could see in the distance. Once there I sat on top of Tsunade's head looking out over the huge village. It's so different from Kiri not to mention bigger.

In Kiri no one is really nice to you not without a good reason and they have no tolerance for weakness. I may project a strong image but inside a week little girl is hiding.

When I was little I was constantly teased and picked on because I was the Mizuikage's daughter and because I had a huge forehead. No one really wanted to take the time to get to know me so one day I finally snapped and beat the crap out of one of the boys. After that I started gaining respect and with it came fear. I'm known for my violent temper and immense strength.

"What do you want"? I asked the person who'd followed me. They were doing a terrible job of hiding themselves. I'd noticed them as soon as I left the tower. "Wow your as good as Naruto-Nii Chan".

Three figures stepped out of the shadows. They all looked to be about fourteen. The one who had spoken was wearing a long red scarf. Dark blue pants that came down to his ankles, a short sleeved green shirt with a long sleeved mesh shirt under that. Black fingerless gloves were on his hands and he wore black shinobi sandals. His headband was tied around his forehead.

The girl next to him had long orange hair tied in two low pigtails hanging over her shoulders down past her chest stopping just under that. She wore a violet sleeveless shirt and a tiered white skirt. A mesh glove went up her right arm past her elbow stopping under her shoulder another glove was on her left arm and stopped at her elbow and the color matched her skirt. Black thigh high shinobi sandals covered her legs and sported a small heel. Her headband was tied around her waist.

The guy beside her had a runny nose and glasses. He wore a long sleeved gray shirt and black pants with black shinobi sandals like the first boy. This one didn't look like much frankly he looked like the type that was always sick.

"What do you brats want? I haven't time to waist on trivial games". Th first boy prickled and puffed up like an insulted cat. "I'm not a brat! My name is Konahamaru! I came to challenge you! I saw the way you avoided Naruto's tackle earlier"!

I sighed didn't these brats know I wanted to be left alone? "Listen kid why don't you go find someone else to annoy and leave me alone"? Apparently this was the wrong thing to say because the kid jumped in the air and started making hand signs for a fire technique. Once finished he shouted "Fire style: Burning Ash"! Black ash spewed from his mouth and rushed towards me in a massive cloud.

I sighed I really didn't want to deal with this. I flipped through signs of my own. "Ice Style: Dance of the Cherry Blossoms"! My body immediately turned into frozen petals and swirled through the ash coated air easily as if it wasn't there.

The boy Konahamaru didn't see this occur but his two friends did. I easily reformed behind him. I leaned close to his ear and whispered. "Never let your opponent get behind you". This seemed to surprise him as he jumped griped over his scarf and landed on the ground face first.

I jumped away back to the edge of Tsunade's head and spoke louder. "Not bad kid. That was amusing to say the least. Come challenge me again when you stand a chance".

This only served to make him angrier as he raised his hands and created two shadow clones. They stood on either side of his hand that was raised beside him. I could sense chakra being focused there as they swirled there hands above the originals palm.

A swirling sphere of chaotic chakra appeared and the clones disappeared. He rushed me with the sphere and I could feel the power behind it. If that thing hit me its not gonna be pretty.

I raised my hands to preform a counter jutsu and flipped the necessary signs when all of a sudden I heard "Fire Style: Phenix Flower Jutsu"! Several Small but hot balls of fire swirled around and the kid jumped out of the way to avoid the flames. Effectively tripping over his scarf again and landing face first on the ground again.

The jutsu made contact with the ground and exploded, just before the aftershock hit me arms wrapped around my waist and I was pulled out of the blast range and high into the air.

The boys two friends were also pulled out of range. Naruto and Shikamaru had grabbed them as well. I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw black. The person holding me was none other than Sasuke.


So um ta da? Review and all that no flames please.

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