The Strange Power
Chapter 1: Sakura's Dream

Sakura's P.O.V.

The dream started just the same as it always did. Dark.

14 year-old Haruno Sakura turned sharply towards the loud roaring of a fire. What she saw made her gasp. There was a house on fire!

'That's Sasuke-kun's house!' Sakura thought in horror. She looked up and, through all the fire and smoke, saw a shadow in one of the upstairs windows. She took a closer look at the figure and realized who she was looking at.

"Sasuke-kun!" she shouted, but he acted as if he hadn't heard her. She watched in horror as the floor he was standing on collapsed, making him fall through to his death. "No!" Sakura shouted. "Sasuke-kun!"

Outside Sakura's Dream...

Haruno Sakura shot up out of bed, screaming. She looked around her. "Oh, it was just a dream" she said quietly to herself. She looked at the time. "Crap! I'm gonna be late for training!" she got out of bed, got dressed, and ran out the door.

Sakura raced towards the bridge where she and her team met every morning for training.

Elsewhere 14 year-old Uzumaki Naruto and 15 year-old Uchiha Sasuke stood at the bridge waiting for the other members of their team...

Sasuke's P.O.V.

Uchiha Sasuke stood against the railing of the bridge, trying to ignore the annoying ranting of Naruto.
"Hey, Sasuke-teme!" he shouted. "Where do you think Sakura-chan is? She's usually here before me." Sasuke simply sighed, annoyed.

"How should I know?" he responded. He heard racing footsteps and looked up to see Sakura running towards them.

"Shit! Sorry I'm late!" she said, catching her breathe. "Anyway, good morning, Naruto" she slowly looked at Sasuke. "Good morning...Sasuke-kun." she looked down at the ground.

"Hey, Sakura-chan?" Naruto said. Sakura looked up at him. "Why were you late today? It's so unlike you." he asked.

Sasuke ignored them both, although he couldn't help wondering why Sakura had been late.
Sakura hesitated. "I was...just caught up in something. It doesn't matter, though."

Sasuke could tell that Sakura was lying. Naruto seemed satisfied. Sasuke wondered what was really going on with Sakura. She had been acting very strange for the past few days. He looked at Sakura and kept thinking while they waited for their sensei.

Sakura's P.O.V.

Sakura looked over at Sasuke, and saw that he was looking back at her. She put a fake smile on her face and looked away. It was obvious that Sasuke was suspicious. 'Sorry that I'm not telling the truth, Sasuke-kun...' she thought, sadly. 'But you would think I was going crazy if I told you what's going on...'

She and Naruto watched for their sensei, Hatake Kakashi.
"Yo!" they all heard a familiar voice shout. They all looked to see their sensei walking towards them.

"You're LATE!" Naruto and Sakura shouted in unison. Kakashi smiled behind his mask.

"Sorry. I got lost on the path of life and-" he started and was cut off.

"LIAR!" Naruto and Sakura shouted.

"Am I really that obvious?" Kakashi asked, walking towards them. "Anyway, let's get started! Sakura, you and Sasuke will train together. Naruto I'm going to teach you a new jutsu."

"Alright!" Naruto shouted as he and Kakashi walked away, leaving Sakura and Sasuke alone to train.

"Well...I guess we should get started" Sakura said, and started to walk the other way.

Sasuke's P.O.V.

"Sakura." Sasuke said, walking along beside her. "Why were you late this morning?"

"I got caught up in something." Sakura said quickly and, before Sasuke could respond, said "Anyway, we should get started."

"Hn." Sasuke said, distracted.

They began to fight each other and eventually it was time for them to go home...

Sakura and Sasuke sat down on the ground, catching their breathe. "We should probably be getting home." Sakura said, getting up and walking away. "I'll see you tomorrow." she called over her shoulder.

"Yeah..." Sasuke responded and they both headed their separate ways.

Sakura's P.O.V.

Sakura headed towards her house. 'Maybe I could tell Sasuke-kun...' she thought. She stopped walking and sat down on a nearby bench. 'He deserves to hear the truth!' she stood up and started walking. 'It's settled. I'll go to Sasuke-kun's house and tell him what's wrong.'

Sakura headed towards the house where Sasuke lived. Suddenly, she heard the roaring of flames. 'That doesn't sound good...' she thought, and started sprinting. Sasuke's house came into view and Sakura stopped suddenly, her eyes wide with horror.

"No..." she whispered. "It's my dream. But how...?" she raced toward the house. There were people trying to put out the fire. Sakura looked around for Sasuke and saw that he wasn't in the crowd of people. She heard a woman screaming Sasuke's name from inside and she realized that he and his family were still in the house.

"Sasuke-kun!" she shouted, running towards the house. Someone grabbed her arm. She turned and saw the face of Tsunade looking down at her.

"You'll be killed if you go in there." she said, sadly. Sakura jerked her arm from her grip.

"I don't care!" she shouted. "I'm a ninja! It's my job to protect the people I care about! Whether I'm killed or not!" and with that she ran into the house.