Mr. Nobody: Hello readers. Due to a bunch of ideas coming into my head all at once, my brain sometimes has an overload, causing my mind to focus on an idea at the time, and not get any work or writing done. What's more, I end up lacking the knowledge or interest, or time to write the concept that pops up into my head. The problem is, I need an outlet so that I can get the thoughts out and start working on what I want to work on.

So, to make sure I accomplish this, I am now making a posting dedicated to making challenges to concepts that I have no intention of ever finishing. Here is how it is going to work: Each chapter, I will write the first chapter to the concept, writing what I expect from the story, and to help start it off. After that, I will then hand it over to anyone willing to continue the story. If you are interested in writing this story, please don't hesitate in contacting me so that I can read it. If you would like some advice, don't hesitate in asking me for any kind of help. Also, you are allowed to use the first Chapter that I wrote, but you are required to either add your own stuff, or at least have the second chapter all set and ready. Basically, I am giving these stories up for adoption.

Now, on with the first Challenge.

The Cherry Blossom Straw Hat

Naruto/One Piece X-over

Sakura couldn't believe it. After all that Team 7 had been through, Sasuke had to go and pull this stunt. What's more, she asked Naruto to promise to bring him back, and he was all but willing. Even though she was told to stay back and let Naruto and the others retrieve Sasuke, and even though she felt Naruto could succeed at convincing Sasuke to come back where she had failed, she felt that she needed to go. She felt that Naruto wouldn't be enough, that Sasuke might not listen, that she needed to be there to convince him.

So when she saw Lee go ahead and chase after the group, it was then that she decided to follow Lee without anyone else knowing it, and packing very little supplies and essentials in her rush to follow. She had to move really quickly to keep up with Lee, as he moved at greater speeds than she would normally, despite him still recuperating from his surgery, and she would often times pop a chakra nutrient pill every now and again in order to keep going. Lee was completely unaware that she was following him, which was good, because he might tell her to return to the village out of concern.

By the time she caught up with Lee, he was fighting with a Sound ninja, while Naruto was going after Sasuke. She followed after Naruto, but along the way was caught up in a Genjutsu, which completely had her turned around until she dispelled it. It took her so long to catch up with Naruto and Sasuke that they had already started fighting each other. She was caught off guard with how the two looked while fighting. Naruto was covered in a red chakra cloak in the shape of a fox, much more feral looking, and Sasuke's skin was darker colored, his hair was lighter and longer, oh, and he had a pair of hideous looking wings coming out of his back. The two didn't even remotely look human, and practically looked like monsters.

'What the heck has happened to those two?' She thought to herself. She didn't have time to contemplate their appearance, as the two began to charge forward with a chakra based attack in each others hands.

"Chidori!"

"Rasengan!"

She realized that they both weren't holding back, that they both intended to kill each other. Without thinking, she began to run at the two with all her might, pushing as much chakra into her legs as possible.

"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled.

They yelled, and Sakura put forth one last adrenaline push of chakra, scraping every last bit of what remained in her system, and jumped with a mighty push of her legs.

"STOP IT!" she yelled with all her might, jumping between the two.

At that moment, both Sasuke and Naruto had finally noticed her, eyes widening in surprise.

'Damn it! My body won't stop!' Naruto thought frantically, desperately trying to find a way to halt his action.

'It's too late! I can't stop!' Sasuke thought frantically, his body still barreling forward.

Naruto and Sasuke both tried to divert their attacks or cut off the chakra flow, but the momentum as well as the chakra they were using wouldn't allow it. It was like their bodies were moving of their own accord.

"Sakura! Get out of the way!" Naruto yelled in desperation.

It happened in the blink of the eye. Naruto and Sasuke were able to divert their attacks by a little bit, but sadly for Sakura, not by much. She had her back to Naruto, whose hand was shoved into the left side of her stomach, a gaping hole on the other side. As for Sasuke, he stared into her eyes, a look of hurt and betrayal easily displayed on her face, his hand shoved into her right shoulder, right above her breast.

"Gah!" Sakura gagged as blood began to flow from her mouth, some of the blood splashing onto Sasuke's horrified face.

She looked up at Sasuke, the lights in hers eyes slowly fading. "Sasu…ke… Naru…to…" She stated in a barely heard whisper, her headband slowly falling off her head.

Before Naruto or Sasuke could remove their hands from their teammate, the collisions of the attacks of different chakra began to react to each other. In a bright flash of light, Naruto and Sasuke were blown back, as Sakura's body fell to the water, disintegrating as it sank.

Kakashi arrived after that moment, Pakkun by his side. "Oh no… We're too late." He sadly stated. He looked around, seeing the massive damage to the area from Naruto and Sasuke's battle. Looking further down, he spotted Naruto and Sasuke's prone forms on the ground on opposite sides of the valley. He sighed in relief to see that neither of them had any serious injuries.

Pakkun took a few sniffs of the area, and suddenly, his eyes widened. "Hey Kakashi, I was too busy tracking Naruto and Sasuke that I just now noticed that Sakura's scent is in the area as well."

"Sakura?" Kakashi quickly scanned the area with his lone eye, catching no trace of his female student in the area.

Naruto began come to, shaking the fog from his head. Naruto's eyes shot open, as he remembered what happened to Sakura. His eyes quickly began to look around, catching no sight of his beloved Sakura. "Sakura! Sakura, where are you? Sakura! If you can hear me, please answer!" He desperately yelled.

There was no answer. "Sakura!"

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Out on the Grand Line, a sole ship was sailing through the rough seas. Storm clouds passed over head, indicating some turbulent weather just passed by. Out on the Grand Line, the weather can be very unpredictable; so many unprepared Sailors would be unable to handle the hell that was the Grand Line, many ending up sinking or lost at sea.

This ship had a figure head shaped like a Lion's head with paws, on the mast was a black flag flying proudly. Painted on the flag and on the sails were the image of a Jolly Roger Skull and Cross bones with a straw hat on top.

Suddenly, one of the figures on board the ship spotted something floating in the water.

"Ahhh! Man overboard!" a shaky cried out, pointing to the floating object, which turned out to be a person.

"Quick! Someone fish them out! They might need medical care." A high pitched, young voice cried out.

(Page Break- little later)

Green emerald eyes began to open, waking up to the feeling of a steady back and forth movement. Her eyes blinked a few times, and she tried to move her head, but winced when a sharp pain hit her chest. She looked down to find that she was shirtless, and her entire chest was entirely wrapped up in bandages, some dried, red spots on certain parts. She looked around, and found herself in a very sterile room with wooden walls and floor laying down in a hospital bed. She looked at her side, and saw a bag hanging up, and looked like it was formerly dripping wet, all the items taken out and laid about to dry. Among the items that were drying was a very sopping wet picture of four people.

The girl held her head with a slight pain in head, and then stared at her hand. "Who… Who am I?"

She picked up the drenched photo, examined it, and eventually turned it over. On the other side was a list of names…

Team 7:
Kakashi Hatake

Naruto Uzumaki

Sasuke Uchiha

Sakura Haruna

"S-Sakura? Is… is that my name?" she questioned herself.

Challenge:

Okay… here is the challenge… you can have this story take place anytime as long as it is sometime after Chopper joins the group, as Sakura is going to need some Miraculous Medical work.

Now… You can change this prologue in whatever way you want, or write this story out as you see fit… I mainly wish to see Sakura have a part in the StrawHat crew…

However, I would like to recommend that she has amnesia, and is basically trying to find out about herself, mainly by going around asking if people have seen the faces in the picture. Also, I was thinking she becomes the assistant nurse to Chopper, and also an emergency medic. The other option is you skip the two year time skip, and Sakura finds a way home to the elemental nations, taking what she has learned from the Strawhats with her, still have slight amnesia, and changes the Shippuden part with One Piece slivers.

Also, you can have Sakura receive any powers, skills, or fighting styles you see fit. Just don't go making a Dues Ex Machina or Mary Sue type thing…

You can have her learn how to fight from Sanji, Luffy, etc. You can have her learn a sword style from Zoro, Brook, etc. You can have get a special weapon/device, or Cyborg Prosthetic from Ussop or Franky. Or, you can just give her a Devil's fruit, and have her learn from that. However, my suggestion is that she still has the super strength she was just learning about from Tsunade.

Another thought is since she might end up working under Chopper, that maybe she ends up eating a Zoan fruit, and Chopper shows her the secrets of the Rumble ball, and go ahead and explore the effects of it on a Human Zoan eater…

Alright, I'll leave this tale to you guys. Make me proud. Also, if you need help or suggestions, don't be afraid to ask. OH, and most important… Be sure to PM me to let me know you are interested in this concept, or any other concept.

(If you do accept my challenges, please tell me so I may read it. :D, Oh, and please at least mention me if you did get the idea from me, or at least a concept, that would be so nice. I may post more challenges, so keep an eye out. Also, I expect you to take the challenges seriously, so please do so.)

Signed,

Mr. Nobody