Heaven and Earth

by xspirit.shinobix

Vwoot!

I haven't written anything in quite a while...blah, I'm getting lazy...

Well, actually, I just have so much homework, and school started and all that, so I've been pretty busy lately...but I'm back!!

Unlike others, this is my first fanfiction that isn't a oneshot! O.o How surprising...

Anyways, enjoy!

Disclamer: Ho ho, if I owned Naruto...-perverted evil grin- MUUHAHAHA! But, I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, they belong to Masashi Kishimoto, so...-sighs-

Is Heaven a Utopia?

Heaven lacks Earth; Earth lacks Heaven

Heaven and Earth cannot exist without the other

Heaven lacks strength-

Earth lacks knowledge-

But if the two combine;

They will create balance.

A pink haired girl moved her hand gracefully, swiftly, sketching a picture of a world she longed to see. Soft lines of the pencil marked the paper, but suddenly she ceased as a voice behind called out to her.

"Sakura-hime!" a blonde, blue-eyed girl, wearing a flowing purple dress, closed the door behind her.

Her wings rustled softly as she slowly turned around from her chair, squinting at the girl before her. "Nani? And I told you to stop being so formal…Ino-chan!"

Ino rolled her eyes, putting a hand on her slender waist, shooting her a suspicious glance. "Hai, Sakura. It's kind of hard, since you're a princess...I gotta show some respect somehow, now shouldn't I? Anyways, are you drawing Earth again?"

Sakura quickly tried to hide her artwork, but to no avail. As she stuttered and fretted, Ino gave a tiring sigh. "Not again…" she gave her an odd glance. "Sakura, stop being so obsessed with 'that' place…Kakashi-sama doesn't like it, remember?"

Sakura frowned, slightly pouting. "Mou, don't tell otou-sama, onegai! I'm a princess, remember? And best friend! Childhood buddies! Rivals! Anything!" she shook her arms wildly, her sleeves flying everywhere..

"Hai, hai…I won't tell, don't get so worked up over that." Ino replied, sweat dropping. Then her expression became a little more demanding. "But c'mon; Kakashi-sama's waiting for you!"

"Alright, alright, I'm coming…" securely hiding her pencil and paper from view, she stood up from her chair and followed her. Looking back at her room, Sakura sighed. Sometimes, being a princess, having a lavish, luxurious room was a pain. She had always wanted to explore other places inside of her homeplace, other worlds...but unfortunately, other worlds and lands were considered foreign, and 'dangerous'. Earth, also in our world known as the Forbidden Land, was no exception. Of course, that was a big disadvantage for her, since it went directly against her love for adventure and Earth. Before she could think of how beautiful and great that Forbidden World was, her thoughts were inturrupted by a silver-haired man walking briskly towards her.

"Sakura, were you watching at the Earth again? You know that's a wrong thing to do..."

"Hey, I wasn't looking at Earth! You always ask that, otou-san…!" Sakura replied indignantly, rolling her eyes.

Kakashi sighed in defeat. "I'm just…concerned. It's forbidden to make contact—"

"He's right, you know" a woman's voice interrupted.

Startled, Kakashi and Sakura turned around, to see a purple-haired woman. "Oka-san!" Sakura said.

Grinning, she walked up to the two. "Oh, look at you two, bickering again. But Sakura, you can't just spy on the Earth. Like he said, it's against the law here." Then she turned to Kakashi, who froze up in embarrassment due to the critism he was going to receive from his wife. "But still, Kakashi, don't be to hard on her either. You're like the strictest person I've ever met!" she waved her hand around carelessly. For a mother, she acted like a teenager. Of course, that was one of the many things she liked about her mother. Watching the scene before her, Sakura stiffled a giggle.

"Anko, can you take anything seriously?" Kakashi said, shaking his head. She glared at him, grabbing him by the hood.

"Being serious is for boring fools like you, Kakashi. Now, off you go, and stop bothering her." Dragging him off, she blew Sakura a kiss. "See you later, Sakura-chan!"

As she watched her disappear with a distressed Kakashi, she sighed. "Jeez…they're the weirdest pair…and here I wonder if my real parents were like that…" shaking her head, she went back into her room, where Ino was waiting..

Ino looked up. "You're back already? It's been less than 10 minutes…"

Sakura laughed a little. "Oka-san had one of her 'demanding moods', and made otou-sama stop questioning me." As she sat down on her bed, she noticed that her blonde friend was grasping onto a certain notebook. "Oi, Ino-chan, why do you have my sketchbook? Give it back!" she stood up to grab it, but Ino dodged gracefully, and dropped to the floor, flipping the pages and scanning through the pictures.

"I knew it. They're all pictures of Earth." Turning to another page, she rolled her eyes. "Still, why do you like Earth so much? It's a dirty place…it's not like it's a paradise or utopia. Isn't where we live Utopia, in a way?"

Giving an irritated glare, she snatched away the sketchbook from her hands. "It's not really dirty, Ino-pig. It seems beautiful, after all...the nature, the sounds, the fresh air…not to mention it'll be a great adventure to go down to Earth! Don't you agree?"

Ino gave her a glance that said, 'More like dangerous, not adventurous, baka…' before she could reply; a knock was heard outside Sakura's room.

"A-ano, can I come in…?" a shy voice inquired.

"Hinata, how many times did I tell you, that you don't have to knock? Come in!" standing up, Sakura opened the door. Slowly, a long, indigo-haired girl with pupil-less white eyes entered her room. She held up a small basket, smiling. The daughter of a nobleman, she held the responsibility as the heiress of the Hyuuga Clan.

"I brought some tea for you guys, Sakura-chan, Ino-chan…"

Sakura and Ino grinned. "Oh, great! Thanks, Hinata-chan! Now come here, sit down! We were just talking about the Earth!"

The indigo-haired girl gasped in shock. "E-eh?! B-but, isn't it forbidden to visit, or even make contact to that Forbidden World…?"

Ino gave her an exasperated sigh. "Oh please, we're not going to GO there; we're just talking about it. Ne, Sakura?"

An uncomfortable silence filled the room. Ino, her suspicion rising, broke the silence. "…Sakura? Don't tell me…" her suspicions were answered by a serious and thoughtful expression on Sakura's face. Glaring at her, Ino formed a fist with her hands and smacked her on the head.

"ITTE!" Sakura yelped, clutching her injury. "Ino-pig, what the hell was that for?! Owww...!"

"Eep!" Hinata stuttered, slightly backing away from Ino's violence.

"Baka! Answer already; I'm getting worried by that 'thinking' expression!" Ino growled. Before she could hit her again, an earsplitting sound of a horn broke the noisy chatter between the three girls.

"The horn…!" they said at the same time, completely forgetting about their conversation moments ago.

Sakura stood up, worried. 'Why is the horn blowing? It's used only for emergencies…something must've happened!'

A/N: Muuhahahaha, the first chapter ish over! And...hm...I wish I had something to check my spelling...ah, well. Hopefully, I spelled everything right. And yesh, it seems that Sakura and everyone else (if you haven't noticed...) has wings! What a surprise!

Please, reviews would be luffed! Reviews are the main source for my existance and life...! D:

Naruto: Um, Shimizu, no it isn't...

Me: Hush up! The audience doesn't need to know that...

Sakura: But, I don't think being a lying author that tricks the audience is good...

Me: -sticks out tongue- Bleh!

Kakashi: But what about your dignity and pride? Being a liar really hurts those important aspects of you...

Me: Wah, why is everyone going against me?! -sulks to a dark corner and cries-

Naruto: Er...anyways, please review! And I'll...virtually hug you like Shimizu's last fanfiction:D