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Title: Haruno Sakura: A Different Story
Genre: general/romance
Rating: K+
Summary: on the day haruno sakura was born her fate has been decided. Her parents had never anticipated this. On that fateful night, destiny changed her life forever. (A/n: for sakura fans out there. Sakura-centric.)
Chapter 1: Birth, Childhood and Destiny
Birth.
A black haired man with a set of beautiful emerald eyes paced nervously in front of the maternity ward as his wife gave labor to their second child. Haruno Ren waited impatiently for a medic come out and tell him that his wife, Haruno Sayuri – formerly Fujisaki Sayuri—safely gave birth to his second child.
"Otou-san, please sit down. Pacing back and forth won't help Okaa-san give birth." A little girl with black hair and hazel orbs stared at her father from her seat.
"Renge, I can't help but feel nervous." Ren stated as he hesitantly sit down beside his daughter. Haruno Renge, at the age of seven acted too matured for her father's opinion.
"I know Otou-san. Just take deep breaths and let us hope Okaa-san is not in so much pain." Renge sighed as she fidgeted in her seat, a sign of impatience and worry.
Ren noticed this and gave his daughter a hug. "Your mother is a strong woman. She can do this."
Renge nodded and returned her father's hug.
Suddenly a nurse came out and called for 'the family of Haruno-san.' As the two of them walk towards the nurse, she ushered them in and muttered a small "Congratulations."
Inside, Haruno Sayuri looked exhausted yet at the same time, strikingly beautiful and content while holding a bunch of blankets near her heart.
"Sayuri, you did great." Ren whispered as he kissed his wife's cheek.
"Thank you Ren." Sayuri sighed.
"Okaa-san, can I hold my… uhmm? Sister? Or is it brother?" Renge asked her mother.
"Yes, Renge. You can most definitely hold your sister." Sayuri handed her child to Renge.
"Mom, Dad, she is so cute! Look dad, she got your eyes! And oh! Mom's pink hair. Kawaii." Renge mused as she cradled her sister excitedly, after all she did asked her parents for a baby sibling when she was four.
The couple chuckled at their too-mature-for-her-age daughter, who was finally acting like a normal child her age.
"So, what shall we call her?" Ren inquired.
Sayuri thought deeply. "Hmmm.."
"I have a suggestion, mom." Renge said.
"What is it dear?" asked her parents.
"Why don't we call her, Sakura? After all, her hair has the color of the cherry blossoms and look here." She pointed at the back of the left shoulder of her sister—"She has a birthmark that looks like a cherry blossom." She explained.
Haruno Sayuri became stiff but then regained her composure. After all, nobody should find out about her family's secret—not even her daughter and husband.
"That is the perfect name, Renge. Right dear?" asked Ren, oblivious to his wife's stiffness.
"Yes, Sakura—perfect name." Sayuri cooed as she took her child from Renge.
She observed her child's face—that innocent, beautiful emerald eyes and her outrageous pink hair looked very adorable. Sayuri vowed to protect this innocent child.
"Welcome to the family, Sakura." Sayuri, Ren and Renge cooed.
Sakura giggled happily in response.
Childhood.
"Renge, Ren, Sakura! Dinner is ready!" Haruno Sayuri shouted through the kitchen as she placed the remaining piece of plate at their dinner table.
Said three were at the garden of the Haruno Villa—located in the Hidden Village of Mist. The Haruno clan had a very high reputation in different Hidden Villages. They were here in the Hidden Village of Mist for a summer vacation—after all, summer in the Hidden Village of Leaf or Konohagakure was extremely hot.
"Otou-san! You're cheating!" 12 year old Haruno Renge exclaimed as Sakura giggled at her for Renge was hugging a log. "No using of jutsus while playing tag!" she fumed.
"Otou-san, Renge-nee chan is right no using of jutsus!" 5 year old Sakura stated as she tagged her father from behind.
"Hey! You two! You used Bunshin no jutsu and Henge no jutsu!" Haruno Ren retorted as he found himself being held captive by Renge while Sakura tagged him from behind.
At twelve, Haruno Renge was already a chuunin kuniochi of Konoha while Haruno Ren was a Jounin Shinobi of Konoha. Haruno Sayuri was a respectable medic-nin. While little Sakura did not attend the Academy yet, though she can already use simple jutsus—which are taught to her by her Onee-chan and Otou-san, and she was considered a prodigy in the Haruno Clan. Her family was proud of her.
"As we stated in the rule book, once a player uses a jutsu during tag—the other players can use jutsus too." Renge stated as she smirked at her father then hugged her imoutou.
"Not fair." Ren whined playfully.
The three of them burst into fits of laughter as Sayuri came out to get them.
"You three! I have been calling you for the past 5 minutes for dinner." Sayuri lovingly scolded her family. As much as she liked to see them having fun, she'd rather not deprive them of nutritious and delicious food.
Said three looked at her mischievously and ran towards her, tapping her as they passed her then broke into a mad dash towards the kitchen while shouting, "TAG! Okaa-san, you're IT!"
Sayuri rolled her eyes playfully and followed them into the kitchen.
At the age of five, Haruno Sakura was a content kid. She has a wonderful family, a father – loving, playful yet stern and cool at the same time, a mother—so kind, caring and loving and probably the most talented medic nin and an older sister—so cool and playful yet a genius in every way, her idol if you ask little Sakura. Yes she was content.
They had returned to her mother's hometown and her birthplace Konoha.
Haruno Sakura was envied by her peers in Konoha. She was envied for her beautiful face, those big and innocent emerald eyes and her soft pink hair.
Those envious peers of Sakura always manage to make her cry. They teased her 'billboard-brow' because of her forehead.
"Hey Ami-chan, look there is Sakura!" a girl her age informed Ami—the girl who always bully Sakura.
"HEY!BILLBOARD-BROW! Come here!" Ami shouted evilly at the top of her lungs.
Sakura tried to ignore her and her friends as her sister told her to. Ami became pissed and she ran towards Sakura and tackled the poor girl.
"Let me go, Ami-chan! I need to go home now..." Sakura struggled as the bigger girl pinned her to the ground.
"NO. First you have the nerve to ignore Me, Ami-sama, and then you want to go home? Are you kidding me, billboard-brow?!" She screeched at the top of her lungs.
Ami's friends/ followers crowded them and cheered Ami.
"Yeah. Ami-chan is right! If billboard-brow goes home, we won't have anyone to laugh at. Right girls?" a girl shouted rather evilly.
Sakura's eyes began to water. What did she do? She was sure she never offended these girls.
"Why me? Why do you bully me?" Sakura cried. She wanted to use the Substitution Jutsu or the Kawarini Jutsu but her hands were pinned down rather hardly by Ami—her wrists were getting bruised, she could feel it.
"YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO ASK US THAT?! First of all, you have weird looking eyes! I mean, green?! Are you an alien?! Then you have pink hair?! Hahaha. Are you kidding me?! I am sure its dyed." Ami laughed evilly. This girl is obviously envious of Sakura's beauty.
"PLUS! Your sister is not like you! She is cool while you are not! I bet you are not even related. HAHAHA!" Ami continued on insulting Sakura.
"Ami-chan, why don't we cut her stupid hair so she learns her lesson?" another girl suggested.
"Cool. Give me your kunai." Ami tried to cut of Sakura's hair but Sakura was struggling. She won't let Ami cut her hair. EVER. Her family really likes her hair, especially her mother and Sakura does not want to disappoint her mother. Sayuri apparently told Sakura to take good care of her beautiful locks.
Because of struggling, the kunai scratched her face and left a wound. Luckily for Sakura, someone interrupted before the situation worsens.
"What are you doing to my sister?" a cold female voice stated. Haruno Renge lifts up Ami off Sakura and scared all the bullies.
"YOU! If anyone of you ever tries to hurt my sister, there would be hell to pay! Got it?!" Renge shouted.
All the girls nodded in response, too scared to do anything.
"I can not hear you!" Renge brought out a kunai.
"HAI!" the already frightened girls became more terrified.
"Good. Now get your ugly faces off my sight and never bother Sakura again!" as she shouted this, all the girls ran away from the Haruno Sisters.
Renge helped her sister up. "Are you alright? Here, let's clean that injury of yours." Renge did a few signs and healed Sakura's cut by using a simple healing jutsu.
"Wow, Renge-nee chan! You can now use Healing Jutsus! Sugoi!" Sakura stared in amazement, forgetting her troubles earlier.
"Sakura, why didn't you fight back?" Renge asked as she carried her sister, piggy-back style.
"I.. I can't. You told me to ignore them so I ignored them and they got mad." Sakura mumbled.
"Sorry, Sa-chan. I guess I should teach you some jutsus. I will also train you so that you can protect yourself." Renge mused.
"Oh! Thank you nee-chan!" Sakura replied.
"I guess, your childhood would be filled with a horrible sister torturing you huh?" Renge teased.
"No. My childhood would be the BEST! Thanks to you!"
And so, Renge trained her sister and the day came that Haruno Sakura was finally enrolled in the Konoha Ninja Academy.
Destiny.
Haruno Sakura made her way towards her home. She just got the highest score in the entrance examination in the Ninja Academy.
'I can not wait to see my parents and nee-chan! I hope they would be so proud!'
She pumped chakra to her feet to make her go faster. After a few more moments of running and panting she reached her destination. Her home.
She took off her sandals and headed quietly to the living room. She wanted to surprise her family so she decided to be stealthy. Sakura was about to enter when she heard her father's voice shouting.
"Sayuri! Why didn't you tell me?! Why?!" Haruno Ren sounded hurt.
"I'm sorry.. I did not tell you because it will harm her.. I was just protecting our child." Sayuri cried. At this point sakura became confused.
'Her? Who? Nee-chan, no maybe me?'
"Sayuri.."
"I am sorry Ren. Please forgive me." Sayuri cried.
Sakura heard a thump. She became worried that maybe her parents were fighting.
"Sayuri, please, stand up. I .. I forgive you.. I understand why you kept it a secret.. I will help you in protecting our family." Ren sighed.
"Thank you, Ren.."
"But, why tell me now? I know this is dangerous, but why now?" Ren asked.
"Because.. Renge found out.. also Sakura will start studying in the Academy.. it is dangerous for Sakura to have that ability.." Sayuri wailed.
"Renge found out?" Sakura's father's voice sounded strangled, choked with horror and fear.
"She..she might hurt Sakura because of jealousy.. worse, Renge might even kill her imoutou.. What am I going to do?" Sayuri cried desperately.
'Me? Wh-what ability? Re-Renge-nee chan? Hurt me? I-impossible! Impossible!' Sakura shouted through her mind.
"Sayuri, we shall place a temporary seal..on Sakura." Ren stated.
"I know.. my mother placed one on me too.." Sayuri trailed but continued, "And it did not work."
"Have faith, Sakura is strong. She can overcome this." Ren firmly stated.
Sakura was utterly confused. She tiptoed towards the door and then slammed the door open.
"I'm home!" she shouted. She did not want her parents to find out she was eavesdropping,
She heard her mother walking towards her.
"Welcome Home." Sayuri stated. She hid her worries well, but Sakura knew otherwise.
A week has passed since the incident, as Sakura dubbed it. She found herself worrying about her sister. She was always away. Renge became distant and cold. Sakura found herself crying every night wishing for her sister to come back to her old self, the loving sister she knew.
As Sakura lie in her bed, she felt uneasy. Almost frightened. She was about to use a sleeping jutsu when she heard a scream downstairs. It was her mother's scream. She immediately ran out her house and followed the sound.
When she opened the living room's door a horrible sight was shown to her—there in the middle of the room was a mangled form of what used to be Haruno Ren, her father, leader of the Haruno Clan—covered in blood from head to toe, obviously dead.
Sakura slid down the room and cried silently. She felt her mother grab her and as quickly as Sayuri could carry her 9 year old daughter away from the room.
"Sakura, listen to me. I know it's hard to take in but Renge killed your father. I don't want you to follow her. I want you to live freely." Sayuri explained as she did some hand signs unknown to Sakura. "Turn around Honey." Her mother ordered softly.
Sayuri pressed her glowing blue hand to Sakura's left shoulder—to her birth mark. Sayuri releases all her chakra onto her child's back.
Sakura screamed in pain. Sayuri cried and cried. For the loss of her husband and the pain she was inflicting her child.
"I'm sorry honey." She murmured, after the process was done, she lifted Sakura and hid her into a closet. "Sakura dear, I want you to know that Dad and Mom love you. We will always love you. Continue to live honey. Everything we own will be yours. Live happily." She kissed both of Sakura's tear-streaked cheeks then her forehead before using a jutsu to hide Sakura's chakra and make her body go numb.
Sayuri closed the closet but unfortunately, there was a hole in which Sakura witnessed the most heart-breaking scene in her life.
"So mom, where is that Sakura!?" Renge shouted, obviously blinded by jealousy and power lust, as she stabbed her mother through the heart.
"Renge, you – will never hurt – her,," Sayuri gasped. She can not even defend herself due to chakra depletion.
"Why mom?! Why can't I have that bloodline limit?! Why Sakura!?" She shouted as mad tears streaked down her face, as she stabbed and amputated her own mother.
"Renge.. I am sorry.. I love you, both of you—are my precious children.." Sayuri managed to whisper as she took her final breath.
Haruno Renge at the age of fourteen killed her own parents, her own blood. She laughed madly as she watched her mother's blood drip.
Before she went away she swore loudly, "Haruno Sakura, I will kill you. And you will kill me, Sa-chan. Destiny will make us meet again. You are destined to kill me and I am destined to kill you."
Haruno Sakura at the age of seven lost her parents. Her parents killed by her idol, her own sister. Was it destined that the person shed loved and trusted so much will kill her own parents? Was it destiny that made her have a bloodline limit she doesn't know about? Was she, Haruno Sakura, destined to kill her own sister, Haruno Renge?
She stayed in that position for a few days until her teachers from academy became worried. Her friends reported it to the teachers that Sakura was no where to be found.
Yamanaka Ino worried about her best friend. She came with her teachers, namely Iruka-sensei, to the Haruno household.
Her worry became relief when she heard some volunteer shouted, "She is here!"
Her relief became horror as she saw Sakura's limp body being carried by a masked teacher with silver hair. She ran towards Sakura and said, "Sakura? Can you hear me? It is me, Ino."
Sakura slowly opened her emerald eyes to stare at Ino's blue ones.
"Ino-chan?" she muttered.
Ino gasped as she saw pain, horror and fright in the poor girl's once lively eyes. She cried when she heard her speak again.
"Please, help me… They are gone… Help me…" Sakura fainted; the teacher carrying her excused himself and ran towards the hospital.
That night, Yamanaka Ino found herself crying for her best friend's state.
"What happened, Sakura?" she whispered and fell asleep, vowing to take care of the shattered cherry blossom.
End of Chapter 1. Please Review! Please let me know your thoughts on this one. Chapter 2 will be coming as soon as I type it. Once again. R&R!
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Bluebreeze27