So if you are expecting a normal girl going to a normal high school that has normal friends and a normal life, look elsewhere because my life is not normal by anyone's definition.

My name? Sakura Haruno

My age? 16

Why isn't my life normal? Well that's a long story…

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Chapter 1: The Beginning

I have very few memories of my parents. They died when I was very young. Don't pity me because of it. I accept that they are gone. My mom's sister, Tsunade took me in after my parents died. She doesn't have a husband or kids so she loves me like I was her own. I should tell you a little about my family history first. My grandfather bought a 1000 acre lot using his father's fortune. He built a huge mansion in the center of the land and lived there his entire life. My father was raised in that house and inherited it when his father died. He thought it too ostentatious to raise kids in it. When they found out I was on the way, my parents bought a reasonably sized house in a nondescript neighborhood in a quiet town. There we lived peacefully for about six years. I have no memories of the night my parents were killed, but I'm told my parents died protecting me. Since I was the only child of my father, I inherited the entire 1000 acre estate and my aunt decided that it was best if we moved back there. When I was about 10, she told me about the great power that my father had. It is a bloodline and I inherited it from him. She said that there were many others with special powers like me, including her. She is able to control her life force, making her super strong or being able to heal people by pumping it to her hands. I was told that I would also have a little of her abilities because my mother had them as well. We started to train in our very big and very empty house. Sometimes Uncle Kakashi came around to help. He isn't really my uncle, but he was my father's best friend and one of my Aunt's closest friends.

When I was 13, I was sitting in front of the TV after one of my training sessions with Tsunade. I was trying to braid a bracelet for myself when I saw a report on the TV about a boy who had burned down an entire apartment complex. The marquee at the bottom said 'Police can't determine how he did it.' It flashed to a clip of the boy. He was crying and repeating "I didn't mean to" over and over again. My eyes were drawn to the center of his stomach, a simple black flame was dancing as if it was lit on his skin. I sensed that he was a mutant. I felt connected to the boy. He was scared and alone and didn't know what was happening to him. I made up mind than that I wanted to help him and others like him. These kids didn't know what was going on with them and didn't have anyone who could tell them. I was sure if we didn't do anything, that boy would go to jail or get sent to some psych ward. Over dinner that night, I told Tsunade of my ideas. "I want to find other mutants and I want to help them control their abilities." Tsuande sat there shocked.

"O-okay"

"I would like to transform the mansion to a boarding school of sorts" I explained "We have the room. We could install a security system and get Kakashi to help us. He could help us find the kids and help us develop our searching skills. It would be nice to have people around again. It gets kinda lonely at times"

Tsuande thought it over and decided that it would be a good idea. She contacted Kakashi and some of her other 'Underworld' contacts.

The next six months was spent prepping the grounds and mansion to accommodate 300+ people. A state of the art infirmary, a huge dining hall, dorm like rooms, a lap pool, basketball courts, tennis courts, weapons room and a vehicle bunker were all part of the renovations. I kept up with that boy's story so that when we were done we could go get him. He went to federal prison after his trial. He was found guilty. I hated them for not being able to see that he couldn't help what happened. It wasn't his fault. There wasn't much to hear about for a couple months, but just last week, he escaped along with three others. I suspect all three are mutants. His name is Uchiha Sasuke. Every night I looked at his picture and promised him that I would come for him.

Finally everything was done and we were ready to start accepting new 'students'. Kakashi, who had recently moved in with us, bursts through the doors of Tsuande's new office, his one showing eye twinkling with excitement, "I think we have a potential mutant"

"Wohoo!" I shout

"Let's go. You can tell us the details in the car" Tsuande says grabbing her coat. We hop into the land rover that is decked out with gadgetry.

Kakashi gives Tsunade directions and we are off to find our first student. We arrive about an hour later in a small town. We ask around for information on the boy. We found that his name is Naruto Uzumaki and where we could find him.

He lives in a little beat-up house on the outskirts of town. Tsunade reaches out and knocks on the door. There is no response, but I can feel a chakra signature inside the house.

Tsunade can too so she speaks, "Naruto we are from the School for Exceptional and Gifted Students. We would like to talk to you about your abilities" The door swings open immediately. A blonde boy my age (A/N She's 13) with the wide cerulean eyes stands there. On his face are whiskers of some sort and he looks disheveled. And broken…

"How did you know?" He asks warily

"May we come in, Naruto?" Tsunade asks with kind eyes

"Uh S-sure" his eyes flit from her to me and land on Kakashi. He flinches back a little before relinquishing his post at the threshold of his house.

We walk in and the inside is worse than the outside. There are empty instant ramen containers everywhere, and nothing seems to be in one piece. He leads us into what I assume is the living room. We take a seat on the couch and he on the chair facing us.

"Naruto, I am Tsuande Senju and this my niece Sakura Haruno." She gestures to me. "He is Kakashi Hatake, a very close friend of Sakura's father" She points to Kakashi. "We would like to help you"

Naruto looks suspiciously at us "Like you know anything about being a freak"

"Actually…. Sakura, may I?" She wants to demonstrate her abilities on me.

"Sure" I stand with her and hold out my arm.

She grabs my forearm with one hand and breaks the bone with no effort. I scream and bend over. Naruto's face is contorted in horror. I gasp and straighten out. I lay my other hand over the break and pump chakra into my hand to heal the bone. When I am finished, I look up and walk over to him with my arm out ready to shake his hand. He looks shocked.

"That was nothing, Naruto-kun" I say cheerfully.

"That was a very small part of what me and Sakura can do. Kakashi is also a mutant, but he'd rather only use his abilities when needed. We understand what it feels like to have people scared of you because of what you can do. We want you to come live with us at our school so that we can show you how to control your abilities and teach you that not everyone will shun you. So what do you say?" Tsunade says from behind me.

"Um I-i Yes!" he jumps up, a fire relit in his eyes. I wrap my arms around him. I am so happy.

We help Naruto pack up his stuff, which isn't much. I put on the to-do list to call a professional cleaning service and real-estate agent to sell his house. The hour trip back to the house is spent talking about Naruto's past. His parents died when he was young as well. The townspeople shunned him after his parent's death because of his ability. His parents were killed because of the demon residing inside him. By the time we are near the house, he is talking animatedly about anything that came to his mind.

We drive around the front of the house and Naruto's eyes go wide.

"Wow! This is your house?" He says

"It's yours as well now, Naruto" I smile at him. When we get up into the ground floor, he runs around in joy, laughing and shouting.

"Come on Naruto you have to pick out your room"

"My room? I want right next to Sakura-chan's room!" he shouts

"Okay. Then we have to head to the top floor" I tell him, reaching over to press the up button on the elevator"

There is a soft ding and the doors open. We step on the huge elevator and it soars up. The top floor is where Tsunade's and Kakashi's rooms are as well. The rooms are slightly bigger up here. There are several corridors of rooms. I lead Naruto to my hallway. I am at the other end of the floor from Tsunade and Kakashi. True to his word, Naruto picks the room next to me. We get him settled, and we make a list of clothes he will need. I take his measurements to send with the clothes order.

We head back downstairs to meet Tsunade and Kakashi in the dining hall.

"How do you like it so far, Naruto?" Tsunade asks him

"I love it, Baa-chan!" he shouts, punching the air

Tsunade's eye twitches "B-baa-chan?"

"Yeah you are a baa-chan, Baa-chan" Naruto says oblivious to the fact that Tsunade is fuming. She punches him and he goes flying across the room. She dusts off her hands. "Now then let's eat"

"RAMEN!" Naruto shouts already recovered from the blow. We have a peaceful meal, chatting and laughing. Naruto feels like he has always been a part of our mismatch family. We say goodnight at the table and me and Naruto head up to our rooms. On the elevator Naruto starts to fidget.

"Hey Sakura-chan?" he finally says

"Yes?"

"I never really had a sibling, and I was wondering if you would like to be my sister"

"I would love to have you as my brother, Naruto" I say and his face lights up. He holds his hand up for me to grasp.

"Siblings in bond instead of blood" he says quite poetically. We laugh and exchange our goodnights. Before I climb into bed, I take out my picture of Sasuke.

Sasuke I found a boy today. He is our age and I think you two will become great friends. I will come for you soon, but for now goodnight, Sasuke.

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Just a quick Authors Note. I hoped you liked it! Please lemme know if there are any mistakes.

Italics are thoughts. I don't think they will be used a whole lot in this story but just FYI. I am going to try to keep this only in Sakura's POV I think. I don't know depends how the rest goes. The next chapter will be up soon if I get a good response about it :). I don't know how regularly I am going to update. It depends on how much time I have in a week to write I guess.

I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR X-MEN FRANCHISE. This is for entertainment purposes only :) Thank you.

~Forever