Hey, I'm new here, so don't flame me. This is actually an old story I wrote that I have only recently gotten around to completing. So some things will be out of character.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. That is Masashi Kishimoto's masterpiece.
Note: This is set two years after they saw Sasuke again. Sakura has remembered her past, and she also learned that she could perform all of the elements. She also has a powerful secret.
Chapter One: Her Growth
Konoha was in the middle of a battle. The Akatsuki had finally attacked. There were jounins and chunins of the like all over the place. The Rookie Nine were part of this too. All of them were battling in the same place, all but one. They call her the "dragon" of Konoha.
If someone were to pick their way through all the chaos and rubble to the opposite side of where the rookies were fighting, they would hear a very angry pink haired kunoichi fighting with her "ex" best friend. One had on a black tank top with the Haruno symbol on the back, and a mesh shirt underneath. Her tight black pants had a red dragon running down one leg, and her boots were a shade of maroon. She had a powerful chakra punch, which was less brutal on her hands because of her long black gloves. Her short pink hair was in a cool choppy style, with bangs hanging over her eyes. There was a tattoo that ran up her right arm in the shape of a dragon. This tattoo, when activated by chakra and spread all across the body, is very powerful. Her hypnotic green eyes, at this moment, were sparking with fierceness, anger, and determination.
The other girl, or woman, had on the traditional Akatsuki cloak. This cloak was black with red clouds. Her navy blue hair was in a short bob with a white lily flower stuck in it. She was pale skinned and had three rings in her ears, and one in her nose. Her dark green eyes were staring at her opponent with amusement, and a hint of wariness. Her name was Konan
"Heh, nice to see you again... my old friend," she said. Sakura glared, and spat, " I am no longer your friend Konan, you ruined that when you betrayed me! When you betrayed the Haruno's and tried to kill my sister!" Konan looked at her with anger in her eyes. "Humph, your family was always in my way of getting what I wanted. And what I wanted was to be the head of the Elemental village. I decided that the best way to eliminate my competition was to befriend one of the Haruno's. What a chance I had when little naive Sakura, the only weak link of the clan, came up to me and said hi in hopes of making a new friend! Unfortunately, I didn't succeed back then, so I got myself stronger by joining the Akatsuki, and here I am going to finally eliminate you, your family, and your little Konoha friends!"
Sakura was shaking by this point. "If you think I'm going to allow that to happen, then you are dead wrong. I will kill you, like I should have done back then, before you can lay a hand on anyone but me!" Konan smirked, "Is that so?", and disappeared. Uh Oh, Sakura thought. She readied herself for any attack, and sure enough dozens of kunai came out at her from behind. She dodged, and hit every one of them back to where they came from with a single swipe of her hand. "Good dodge," Konan said "but see if you can dodge this." She started running at a very fast pace, that she was almost a blur, with a bunch of paper bombs in her hand. Sakura cocked her head; her hand was already glowing with chakra. Once she felt Konan was close enough she brought her chakra activated fist down on the ground. CRACK! The ground split in two sending Konan and her bombs flying. There was an explosion where they hit the ground. Sakura didn't stop there. She performed a water jutsu and filled the cavern she just created with water. She then appeared in a shower of petals about five feet behind Konan, who was still disoriented from the flying and the bombs, and created another jutsu. The jutsu this time was air. She brought her fingers up to her mouth and blew as hard as she could to send a hurricane like current Konan's way. This succeeded in making her fly into the water filled cavern. With her hair all windblown Sakura walked to the edge of the cavern and looked down. Konan was spluttering, and trying to stay afloat.
"Drat you, Sakura!" she screamed. "Are you shocked?" Sakura asked. "What is that supposed to mean!?" She smiled. "I hope you aren't too shocked, because I'm about to shock you even more." Once again she cast a jutsu, this time lightning style. It ran from her arms and hands into the water and traveled all over the place. Konan's eyes widened and she disappeared out of the water. Rats, where did she go? Sakura thought, feeling around with her chakra. She got her answer soon after when she had to quickly block an oncoming barrage of needles with an earth barrier. Sakura panted. This is going to last a while, I may have to use my kekkei genkai!