Disclamier: I Don't Own Naruto.
Chapter 1: Team Kakashi Meets The Head Of the Haruno Clan
Its has been about a year that everything happened, everything and everyone went back to normal. Almost everyone like Naruto who has completely mastered his Kyuubi inside of him. While Sakura has been able to mastered her tecnhiques and her training; she has become stronger and more determined to not rely on people so much and instead protect them. That was her way of a ninja; she looked up to Naruto now, and respect him with all her heart. Sai has become an important member of the Team Kakashi. He has understand feelings and emotions from Sakura and Naruto, his true friends. Everyone has learn more about themselves like how Naruto learned that the 4th Hokage happens to be connected to him somehow, Sakura learns that her family is from the Haruno clan, that hidden themselves and is lead by the head of the clan, a very mysterious ninja known as Crescent Moon. She never met the other members outside her village; her parents and her were the only members of the Haruno clan that lived in the Hidden Leaf Village. Rest of the members lived either in the Mist, Sand, or Sound Villages. Everyone was almost the same as they were before, but however one person wasn't. That would be Sasuke Uchiha, the last remaining of the Uchiha clan, because he happened to kill his brother, Itachi. Sasuke came back, and the village took him back, but in one conditon; that happened to be he would be in probation. Naruto and him were able to kill Orochimaru , so he was able to be free of the curse for a while. For some reason, the curse is still there even to this day; it has been mark on Sasuke forever. No one knows how to cure the curse that Orochimaru gave him.
"Yo, Sasuke?! Sai?! Stop standing there like a couple of mindless zombies. We have more trainings to do," Naruto stated. Sasuke, Sai, and Naruto were waiting for their late sensei to appear, but for some reason they were waiting for Sakura as well which happens to be very strange. "I wonder why Sakura-chan is so late. She is never this late before."
Sudenlly, Kakashi-sensei appeared from a puff of smoke; he greeted his students, started to tell his lame excuses until he noticed Sakura is missing. "Hey, where is Sakura? She is never late. What happen to her? Does anyone know where Sakura is?"
"We have no idea, Kakashi-sensei. She seem fine when I saw her yesterday, maybe she had a cold," Sai suggested. "That could be the reason she's absent.."
"Sakura-chan is not the type to get off from training, because of a little cold," Naruto explained. "There must be a real reason of her absent."
Sasuke just ignored his comrades' conversation while he looked out, and noticing Sakura walking along the bay looking utterly confused. Sasuke knew that he found Sakura. "Hey, I found Sakura. She's right over there."
Naruto, Sai, and Kakashi looked where Sasuke was looking at, and found Sakura walking alone with her hand touching her lips. They try to get Sakura's attention, but it was no use; she was in her own little world ingoring everything surround her. Sakura was thinking about what the 5th Hokage had told this morning; telling her that the head of the Haruno clan is coming to the hidden Leaf village. The 5th Hokage didn't tell her why, but just tell her when and that would be tomorrow morning. It was sudden that Sakura didn't have time to let everything sink in. As she continue to think deeply, her teammates were behind her in a flash; Naruto touched her shoulder giving her a shock, and jolt back from her thoughts.
"Naruto, Sai, Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-sensei?! What are you doing here? I didn't know you would be here."
"What are you talking about, Sakura-chan? This is near the bridge where we always meet to train, remember?" Naruto stated. "We were waiting for you the whole time, but you didn't show up."
Sakura looked at Naruto confusingly, but then remember in a quick second, "Oh, yeah. I completely forgot. Tsunade-sensei called me this morning to tell me something about the Haruno clan. So I forgot everything about our training. I am sorry, you guys."
Sasuke became more interested in the topic. He too as long as the others were shocked and eager to know more about the mysterious Haruno clan. "Sakura, what did the 5th Hokage told you about your clan?"
"She didn't tell me much, but just that the head of the clan, Yuzuki-chan is arriving tomorrow to our village. She didn't tell me why, but that she is coming. Do you know any of this, Kakashi-sensei?"
"Not as much as you, Sakura. I know that Yuzuki is coming, but the reason is unknown to me. I think the 5th Hokage wants no one to know the truth, but I have know a little information about Yuzuki. She is around your age, but very powerful. Why, she even surpasses the 5th Hokage and me."
"Wow, but there must be neagtive things about her, Kakashi-sensei?" Sai stated. "You must also know about them as well."
"She is very secretive, because she doesn't talk much and always wear a mask in front of everyone."
"Well, FYI so do you, sensei," Naruto stated. "Is she like you with the mask as well, tardiness, too?"
"I took mine off, and beside I have my reason. I am late because I got lost in the road of life, but there is a very dark secret about her that you must know. She was the student of the lengendary sannins including Orochimaru."
Everyone gasped at the shocking news that they were trying to swallowing in. A student of Orochimaru beside Sasuke was a bad thing to appoached; little did they know there was another story to this that Kakashi didn't want to tell his students that would have been a shocker than the news before that. He just stared at the sky wondering why would Yuzuki come and appeared at this time; she must be up to something. He sighed, because he knew Yuzuki and the loneliness she had from the world and she must have come for a good reason instead of a bad one. Everyone just had to face the truth that Yuzuki isn't a normal ninja, but a mysterious one and they will find out tomorrow morning. Until then, they will just go home and wait for that day to come which will be short amount of hours away. The team said goodbye to each other and headed home to sleep and get ready for the morning where they will meet Yuzuki at the village gate.
It was ten o'clock which was the time the 5th Hokage said she arrived to the gate where the 5th Hokage want Sakura to pick up her relative. Sakura arrived at the gate at 10 o' clock sharp; she noticed Naruto, Sasuke, and Sai at the gate as well. Sakura was thinking that her teammates were eager to meet Yuzuki as she was, and to know a little more about Yuzuki. It's going to be tough talking to Yuzuki since she knew nothing about her family not even her parents she knew so much about. She ran toward her teammates to find out what are they doing so early today and at the gate.
"What are you guys doing here so early in the morning?" Sakura asked. "Are you as eager as I am to meet Yuzuki?"
"We are and beside I kinda told others as well about her..." Naruto said, chuckingly nervously. "I couldn't resisted."
Sakura and Sasuke just shook their head while Sai just smiled. Sakura stated, "Naruto, you just can't keep your mouth shut for just one day! You are an complete idiot! Who did you tell about her?"
Before Naruto could answer her, a group of people came; they were her classmates, Neji, Hinata, Lee, Tenten, Ino, Shikamaru, and Kiba, . Sakura sighed, because she knew they came of Yuzuki by hearding Naruto bragging about it to them. "I guess you came because Naruto had told you. He has a big mouth."
Everyone nodded quickly, making Sakura sighed the second time and raised an eyebrow. Sasuke and Sai noticed that a figure was coming toward the gate; they didn't bother to say anything to anyone. Neji and Shikamaru noticed the figure, and got everyone's attention. The figure was a little far away from them, it stop and dissappeared. Everyone was shocked and they thought it was Yuzuki approaching them. So they began to run to the 5th Hokage's office, but everyone was having a hard time since there was a lot of people. Neji opened the door, but Naruto was eager to see the 5th Hokage that he pushed Neji to get through. The Hyuuga fell closing his eyes, but noticed that he landed on something soft. He opened his eyes to find out he was laying on top of a girl that had a mask on, and his hands were on the girl's chest. He blushed as she looked at him with royal purple eyes; Neji got off of her quickly still blushing madly.
Tsunade walked up to the girl, and gave her a hand. The girl took her hand and got up. "Are you okay, Yuzuki? This isn't what I thought as a welcome for the head of a powerful clan to the hidden Leaf village."
All genin students looked at Yuzuki; they knew she was immedaitely mysterious and different. Yuzuki looked at Tsunade, "I am quite suprised to see so many people welcome me to the village. Although I was scared to see so many people at the gate and so I decided to see Tsunade-sensei first."
"So you were the one that was the tiny figure that disappeared?!" Naruto stated.
"Naruto, don't raised your voice at Yuzuki. you were the one that scared her. Telling so many people about Yuzuki's arrival when I told Sakura to not tell many people. Who else did you told beside everyone in here, Naruto?!"
Naruto smiled nervously and scratched his head. " I didn't tell many people just mostly the people I know; it isn't that bad if many people know. I mean the people I know isn't that bad."
Tsunade just sighed along with Sakura; Tsunade couldn't believe that one of Kakashi's and Jiraiya's student was so much like them. Its hard to believe the truth. Neji kept staring at Yuzuki when he first saw her; even though he couldn't see what she truly look like, but he felt like he saw her somewhere before. Yuzuki noticed he was staring at her which made her uncomfortable.
"Yuzuki, you are still wearing a mask all these time? I always wonder what you look like even when I was training you; you still wear that mask," Tsunade stated. "I am curious why do you still wear the mask?"
Yuzuki looked at Tsunade with sad eyes as everyone looked at her eagerly to know the answers. "I never thought why I wear the mask, but maybe I don't want people to get close to me. If they do, they might get hurt. However I'm not afraid to show you who I am and that I am not a fragile girl who needs protection from anyone."
Everyone was puzzled by her statement of who she is. Yuzuki untied her knot and took her mask off which surprised everyone that she looked so young and beautiful. She didn't look like a dangerous being, but a soft and gentle young lady. Hinata and Neji was the most surprised that they saw her before when Hinata was four of age and Neji was five.
"Neji nii-san, she looked like...like the girl that visited our home eight years ago! Am I right, Neji nii-san?" Hinata asked.
Neji nodded as he remember when he was five years old, he saw a girl about Hinata's age was visited his uncle's home witha older person which appears to be her grandfather. "Were you the one that visited Hiasha Hyuuga's home with an elderly man?"
Yuzuki looked at Neji, kindly smiling at him making Neji blushed. "I believe so and I remember you and your cousin, the next heir to the main Hyuuga family. Its nice to see you two again. Although I didn't see Neji Hyuuga so much."
Neji just blushed madly again, but immedaitely went back to normal when he noticed everyone was looking at him, confusingly. Yuzuki just smiled as she remember a shy little boy eight years ago. It was a year ago on the same day when her parents died; she didn't want to remember it, but the bad memories just keep coming back to haunt her. Yuzuki looking sad hoping no one saw her. However, it didn't go unnoticed by Tsunade, Sakura, and Neji. They felt like Yuzuki had a painful past that was too painful to want to know. Yuzuki noticed them staring at her that she began to lift her head and smiled at them to let them know she was alright. However, Sai noticed that smile, because that was the same fake smile he used a long time ago.
"Tsunade-sensei, I would like to talk to you in pri--" Yuzuki was interrupted by three people rushing in, and they were Maito Gai, Jiraiya, and Hatake Kakashi. Gai immedaitly saw Yuzuki that he rushed toward her and screamed in her face. Her face was covered with Gai's spits; she was very uncomfortable while Tsunade was very pissed off by how rude her people was acting toward Yuzuki.
"Yuzuki, I haven't seen you in so many years! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Gai said loudly.
Yuzuki laughed nervously, "I've been doing great, Gai-sempai. Its nice to see you, too. You have great students."
Gai began to back up and did his favorite position which is a thumb-up and his 'perfect' smile. Yuzuki sweatdropped, and Sakura gave her another napkin to wipe her face while Tsunade shook her head. Everyone was very insecure with Gai's position except for Lee who was cheering for his sensei. Kakashi and Jiraiya went up to Yuzuki, eagerly for some reason; everyone was confused by their behavior.
"Yuzuki, did you get the things I asked you to get me?" Jiraiya asked.
"Uh, yeah. You told me to get these?" Yuzuki asked handing him a bunch of scrolls. "And this guy that gave me these scrolls said if I wanna be like them, then I can find him and he will help me. What does that mean, Jiraiya-sensei?"
Jiraiya laughed nervously while Tsunade looked at him madly. She rushed over to him and punched him hard. He feel to the ground with a bruise on his cheek and a nose bleed. "You told her to get these dirty scrolls?! What were you thinking?!"
"Wow, one of the legendary sannins have to asked a genin or chuunin to do his errands for him." Shikamaru stated lazily with one eye closed and he placed his hands in the back of his head. "That's a disgrace. How troublesome..."
Lee opened his little notebook to look something up. "Shikamaru, you are mistaking Yuzuki; she is in fact a jounin. Lady Yuzuki is what people that respect her call her, and she is known as Crescent Moon, one of the powerful ninjas that is welcome in all the four major villages. The Haruno is not well-known to many people, but they are respected by the people that know them. They have to have a relationship with all hokages in our village for generations. Lady Yuzuki is the fifth generation of the clan."
Everyone was shocked by how she looked so fragile and innocent, but is on the same level as Kakashi; they knew that she might have another side to her. The chuunins noticed that she just kept smiling at them, kindly without a slight annoyance at how everyone was treating her. Everyone thought she was too mysterious to be taken lately and she might be a threat as well to everyone. Sakura looked at Yuzuki with concern in her eyes; she didn't want to feel that she was pitying Yuzuki. Somehow she noticed that Yuzuki felt that Sakura looking concern at her which caused Yuzuki to glared at Sakura.
"Tsunade, I would like to head to my quarters if thats okay. I'm tired from the journey from the clan, so sorry for my rudeness," Yuzuki stated while bowing down to Tsunade while everyone in the room as well. "Good day to you, Tsunade-sensei and everyone else in the room. Good-bye.."
However as she went passed Sakura, she whispers to only Sakura can hear her, "Don't pity me." Sakura's eyes widen, but no one saw her because they were closely watching Yuzuki except Sasuke. Sakura was shaking a little, but she remain calmed and noticed that Sasauke was looking at her. Sakura returned his stare, but then she looked away from him. She wasn't that annoying fangirl of his anymore; she don't know if she still have the same feelings about him like she used to. Sasuke also noticed that as well which got him off guard of that and he was a bit sad the fact she stopped chasing him. Sakura wanted to apologize to Yuzuki; she wanted Yuzuki to accept her and she didn't know why. She excused herself to everyone and siled to everyone in the room, but she lingered to Sasuke a little longer before she also left the room.
Tsunade looked worryingly at her aprentice's fading form; she doesn't want Sakura to feel the pain that Yuzuki is feeling. Tsunade loved Yuzuki and Sakura like daugthers and didn't want them to go through pain anymore. She sighed for she didn't know when will Yuzuki be staying for how long. She had a feeling things won't be the same anymore..