AN-Hi, this is my second fanfiction, but my first one was an Inuyasha Fanfic and I only got to chapter 7 before getting writers block. Hopefully this one works out better...If I made any mistakes please let me know...and tell me what you think of the first chapter. (If you think it sucks, please try to tell me in the nicest possible way thanks :) )

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any other anime or anime character...but a girl can dream:)

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"I'm...so...tired," Sakura said as she dragged herself to keep on going. She was in search of any nearby villages where she could catch up on her sleeping hours and gain energy for the rest of her journey. She wasn't only dragging herself from exhaustion, but also because her clothes and bag were drenched from the pouring rain.

"I have...to keep...walking," she continued.

"Just...a little...longer," Sakura had to keep talking to keep herself from collapsing right then and there on the path. But after awhile she kept forgetting to talk...since there was no one to talk to anyways (besides herself, of course...but she soon found out how boring she was). And soon she began to zone out. She started to think about what her mother had told her 5 years earlier, when she was 12, and why she was even on this journey to begin with...

"Honey," Hotaru, Sakura's mother, cooed and hugged Sakura, rubbing her back while she grieved. Hotaru had just told her that her grandfather, Kiyoshi, had been attacked and killed. Sakura loved Kiyoshi very much. She and her mother lived with him from her birth until she was 7. She got attached.

"Mom, why? What happened? How could this...? Who did it...who did this, do you know?" Sakura sobbed, though she was getting out of her sadness state and was becoming angry at the thought that anyone would want to kill her own grandfather.

"Sakura...I..." Hotaru paused for a moment.

"No, it's ok Mom, I'm not blaming you...it's just...who would do this?"

"Sakura sweetie, there's..."

"I know, Mom, I know. There's nothing you can do about it. I understand, but I'm just soo...I don't know?"

"Well, there's actually something I need to tell you..."

"What is it, Mom?" Sakura pursued.

"I think you need to know something...you're still so young, but I might not be around much longer and you may never know...and so I..." Hotaru stopped and took a deep breath.

"What is it? What are you talking about, mom? What do I need to know? And wait, what did you just say? Mom...What do you mean you won't be around much longer...Where are you going?" Sakura was getting worried...what was going on? Why was her mother acting so different?

"Sakura...I might get attacked soon, by the same thing that killed your grandfather...this isn't unusual"

"Wait, what isn't unusual?"

"A Haruno getting attacked like this"

"Wait, mom, what are you talking about? Can you please just let it out already, you're confusing me!"

"Sakura...since over 300 years ago, the family line of Harunos have been attacked by...let's just say...uhh...'things' for now..."

"But..."

"We're not sure why these 'things' have been after the Harunos but its happened so often that we've all gotten used to it and all knew what was to be our fate...all Harunos die from these 'things'...nobody has ever been able to find out why they've been after us, you're soon going to be the only one left of the Haruno bloodline...so I'm giving the duty to you to find out this mystery."

"WHAT? I'm not getting any of this. Ok, wait...so there are 'things' that have been attacking the Harunos for hundreds of years and you want me to find out why?"

"..." her mother nodded.

"ARE YOU CRAZY! First of all ...I don't even know what I'm supposed to be looking for to find the answer anyways...second, if no one has been able to survive from these guys...what makes you think I won't get my butt kicked?"

Hotaru smiled and shook her head slowly.

"My sweet cherry blossom...you are a strong girl, you just haven't found the power that's hidden within you yet...I know you have the strength deep, deep, deep...deep...deep...deeeeeep..."

"Alright Mom, I think I get it now"

"Oh, right…well deep...DEEP...DEEP inside you there is the strength. I know you can do this"

Sakura sat there with her face in her hands thinking and breathing deeply.

"Alright fine, but I still don't get..."

"Oh yeah...hehe...I...umm...have one more thing to tell you," Hotaru laughed nervously.

"These... 'things'...alsokilledyourfatheryukiandtwosistersyuriandkiku but anyways here's what you need to do..." Sakura stared at her mother...her eye twitched. (AN-Hotaru is actually saying the above super fast but I put breaks in there to help you understand it)

"Say that again..."

"Say what, dear?" Hotaru smiled sweetly.

"Oh, mom, you know exactly what I meant...now what the hell did you just say?"

Hotaru clicked her tongue and shook her head at Sakura...that had obviously been the wrong way to deal with it.

"MOM!"

"Ok, ok...I said that...tho tings kill yer dud an sissers" she mumbled.

"Moooom...I can't understand you"

"OK FINE I SAID THAT THOSE THINGS KILLED YOUR FATHER AND TWO SISTERS!"

Sakura's eyes grew wide, "What?"

"I-just-told-you, YOUR F..." her mother was getting a little irritated.

"Ya, ya, I heard you, but what?"

"But what, what?"

"You said that my dad and two sisters...what?"

"Huh"

"MOM...stop acting like you don't know and tell me!"

"Yes, yes, you had two sisters"

"What?"

"YOU HAD TWO SISTERS WHOSE NAMES WERE YURI AND KIKU...and...and...they were my beauties, just as much as you are, and oh...I miss them so much...and your father...oh...you remind me so much of them everyday and it hurts me so much, it's so hard to hold in tears...and sometimes I miss them so much that I get mad at you...oh Sakura please forgive me, you were all I had left of them, I should have cherished you more...and here I am...telling you to risk your life for the sake of our family name...how much worse of a mother could I be?"

By now both Hotaru and Sakura were in tears. Sakura had never seen her mom cry like this before. It was so sad seeing one you love so much, break down in hurtful tears.

"So...wow...that's...that's a lot I didn't know!" Sakura said once they both seemed to have calmed themselves. "But why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"Well...this was already putting a lot of pressure on you. It would've been harder on you, were you any younger and I didn't want that...I'm sorry"

Sakura was still a bit upset that her mom just now told her these things but when she thought about it...this was a lot and she probably couldn't handle it as well if she were younger. She closed her eyes and nodded her head.

Hotaru looked at Sakura sadly. She pushed a loose piece of hair behind Sakura's ear, pulled Sakura nearer and kissed her forehead.

"You truly are my little cherry blossom"

"Mom!" Sakura had a tear in her eye, just waiting to run down her cheek. She wiped it away.

Sakura was still very exhausted and the rain was pouring harder and harder as the sky turned black. Sakura turned around and decided to head back about a mile or two; to a cave she saw earlier. She was definitely not going to find a village nearby anytime soon.

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When Sakura woke up she heard a mass of voices just a few feet away from her. She was going to jump up and run but decided to take a peek before jumping to conclusions and ending up making trouble.

There was a crowd of people, both girls and boys all about the age 20, dressed in all black. They were murmuring something about "tasty", "sweet", "young", "fresh", and "blood". Two girls interrupted the low sound and started arguing about how they would share such a tiny meal.

Sakura figured that they, too, had been caught in the rain and camped in the cave. Now they were just fighting about their food and some injuries.

Sakura slowly and quietly got up, trying not to distract them, and started gathering her things. Her water canteen fell out of its small pouch on the side of her bag and made a loud noise. Everyone turned and looked at her.

"Sorry" she mumbled, picking up the bottle and observing how noticeably pale they all looked.

They smiled at her and licked their lips. Sakura made a bewildered facial expression and started to head out of the cave. Then one of the guys jumped highly in the air, as if flying, and landed directly in front of her, blocking her path. She frowned and looked around confused. They were all closing in on her. What was she going to do? She planned it all out before but now that it was actually happening Sakura went brain dead. A group of people older, bigger, and scarier were closing in on her. And they were all giggling. This was a nightmare. 'Just a stupid, scary nightmare,' Sakura told herself.

She was finally in the very center of them all and was just about to cuddle up into a ball and scream when she heard a deep male voice.

"Let her go"

The group looked up at each other, then rolled their eyes and split, leaving a small isle and a guy with lengthy black hair, looking the age 17...maybe 18, walking towards her. When he got to her he smiled and held out his hand to help her up, he then looked around and frowned at the group.

"Now leave..." nobody moved.

"...Go, I said," he looked at her again and smiled.

"Stupid Uchiha" one member of the group murmured.

"He's the worst prince that's ever happened to us"

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Ok so what'd you think? Is it good enough to add another chapter? Tell me if you wanna read more. This was kind of just an intro...so if you want me to get to the good stuff (lol if there is good stuff ;) ) then review and let me know:) Byeee!