The Summoner

Chappie 1 – Finding Her True Strength

(Sakura) "Sasuke-kun!!!"

Kakashi was out cold, Naruto was too busy fighting to notice what was happening.

5 sound nins intercepted them on team 7's mission. They were like...a magnet for enemies. Sasuke, being the last survivor of the Uchiha clan. Also Naruto, being the container of the fox demon Kyuubi.

Sakura trying to be useful, aided her team, but instead got it the way. She was fighting with a kunoichi of sound. Another sound nin ran, ready to pierce Sakura's back. Sasuke thrust her out of the way. He was stabbed in the arm, but he countered by elbowing the sound nin in the face. They nin collapsed, and lay there motionless. Sakura threw a kunai at the kunoichi, but she evaded the attack. Sasuke grabbed another kunai and forced it into the kunoichi's chest. She too collapsed with her comrade. Sakura and Sasuke ran to aid Naruto in his fight with the last sound nin. Kakashi, before he was knocked out, defeated already two sound nins. Sasuke defeated two leaving Naruto with one. Naruto gave one last bash and finally the last nin was defeated.

Naruto dragged Kakashi while Sakura helped the limp Sasuke back to Konoha. Sakura had her wounds treated; Naruto was forced to stay in the hospital until he recovered, no matter how much he whined. The same happened to Sasuke. Kakashi, being unconscious, was kept in the hospital as well. Sakura sat next too the sleeping Sasuke.

(Sakura) "I wish I could be more useful...if it wasn't for me...you wouldn't be here in the hospital like this...and if it wasn't for you, I would be here at all..." Sakura said quietly. 'I have to become stronger. For Sasuke-kun's sake, for my teams' sake.'

Sakura walked home, dreary from her mission. 'I HAVE to become stronger. I WILL become stronger' thought Sakura. She walked into her house, "Mom I'm home!" Sakura called, knowing that nobody would answer.

Her mother pasted away from an illness. Sakura was extremely depressed at the time, but would her mother want her sitting there sulking for the rest of her life? She knew that her mother wanted her to live a strong life, so she pushed her sadness away. For her mother, so she could live in peace knowing that her death wasn't in vein. But what puzzled Sakura was that right before her mother passed away her mother whispered, "The key to your strength...lies in...the chest...hidden in...my room...and the key to the chest...lies in...cherry...blossoms..."

Ino came over to talk with Sakura. No reason. Just like all friends do. It seems their rivalry ended because Ino gave up Sasuke, just knowing that Sasuke would't like her back. 'Wow, I never thought Ino would GIVE UP!' She brought chocolate to cheer Sakura up. Sakura told Ino about her feelings about being weak. Ino listened...like any good friend would do. Ino was at the door about to depart.

(Sakura) "Ino..."

(Ino) "hmm? Nani? Sakura."

(Sakura) "Arigato...hontou ni, arigato...thank you for listening to me..."

(Ino) "Well? What are best friends for?"

Ino turned to the door, but she knocked over the vase full of cherry blossoms.

(Ino) "Ah gomen!" (A/N you guys should know this one...it means sorry...newbs...)

(Sakura) "Heki heki!" (A/N heki heki means like...no problem in a way.)

Ino left. Sakura went to get a broom and a towel. She bent down to pick up the glass, and noticed a key. 'the key to the chest...lies in...cherry...blossoms...' the scene just triggered in her mind. She cleaned up the mess and started to examine the key. 'Now all I need is the chest...'

She went to her room pondering about what her mother had said. 'The key to my strength...my strength? What could my strength be? I'm just a weak 13 year old girl...' thought Sakura. Her thoughts lead her to her calendar hanging on the wall. 'March 8...my birthday is coming up...in 20 days. I'll invite my friends over...' she fell peacefully asleep.

--the next morning--

Sakura woke up. She took a shower, quickly got dressed, ate a quick breakfast and shot out the door. She went to the hospital. First she checked up on Kakashi. She peaked through a slit in the door. He was peacefully reading icha icha paradise. Sweat drop Sakura moved on to naruto's room, and saw he was still sleeping. She sat on the seat beside the hospital bed. Naruto's eyes started to open.

(Naruto) "Sakura?"

(Sakura) "Nani?"

(Naruto) "Wutcha doin' here?" Naruto wondered

(Sakura) "Just checking up on my friends. Gotta check on Sasuke now. Ja ne!"

With that Sakura left to Sasuke's room. She sat in the seat beside the bed. Sasuke was still in a deep slumber. Sakura held his hand.

(Sakura) "I'm going to become stronger...for you...for our team...next time I will NOT allow anyone to get injured because of me...zettai!" (A/N zettai means...for sure...I think . )

She left home again. Sakura entered her house and climbed the stairs to her mothers room. She looked around for a chest, clutching the key with her.

The room was unusually hot so she opened the window. She looked around, the breeze strong. She looked and looked but she couldn't find it. A really strong breeze blew and closed the door.

Taken by surprise, Sakura spun around, staring at the door. On the wall behind the door was a wall scroll. It was written in kanji "Haru" meaning spring.

The breeze tilted the scroll and revealed a hidden door, just for a second. But that was all she needed. She walked to the door and crawled through.

Sakura stared with awe to the little shrine hidden in her mom's room. Why hadn't she noticed the door earlier? She lived in that house all her life and didn't notice the door!

In the middle of the shrine there was a chest. Gazing at the chest, Sakura squeezed the key in her hands. She ran over, anxious to see what was in the chest. She jammed the key, turned the lock and opened the chest.

She peered inside the chest, only to see a pile of scrolls and stacks of charms and cards. She scurried through the pile and found an old tattered book.

She sat next to the chest and started reading the book. It seemed that she was heir of her advanced blood line, the summoning and healing arts.

All she needed was more chakra and she'd be all set. That problem, according to the book, on her 14th birthday, she needed beads of a necklace, engraved with all her best friend's chakra and blood, a string of her hair. But to complete all her summoning arts and to master the last summon, she needed a gem engraved with her true loves blood and chakra. 'Maybe Sasuke's my true love...' Sakura thought, blushing slightly. 'Kyaa!! I hope he is!'

She resumed reading the book. 'Hmm. So all I have to do is concentrate my chakra in to a charm...either a healing charm or a summoning charm. Healing charms requires quite an amount of chakra, but the summoning charms need blood. Some strong summoning charms need her blood, chakra and a sphere from the necklace, but others just need blood and chakra. Summons consume a lot of chakra so we advise only to use about three a day. There are spell charms to do spells, like barriers and such. Too activate the charms all you need is the rat seal. This is all so confusing...where are the spheres anyways...'

Sakura started to rummage threw the chest again. She came by a scroll that was addressed to her, and a small wooden box.

She first opened the wooden box, and found 7 small spheres about the size of ladybugs. They were spaced out so evenly on the red cushion. She saw that that layer could be removed.

She lifted that cushion and on another cushion she saw a thin crystal about 2 centimeters long. She picked it up carefully. The little crystal floated in her hand. 'Wow, it floats!' She picked up the little spheres. They floated too. 'They're so beautiful...'

She read the scroll. It was from her mother...it said: Sakura...my dear daughter. I have made the charms easier for you...so have your ancestors. 'Me and our mothers before us had a hunch that they heir would have much smarts but no strength or chakra. We have engraved all the charms with our chakra. By the time you have finished our batch of charms you should have enough chakra to summon freely. I'm happy that my daughter was the heir of the Haruno's power. Grow to be a strong girl, like the heir before you 100 years ago. Make me proud...'

Sakura cried after reading the scroll.

(Sakura) "Arigato okaa-san...arigato...I WILL become a strong girl...for all the precious friends in my heart...for you..."

Sakura went threw all the other scrolls. They were all contracts with different animals, spirits. And some where of new jutsu's. She signed them all. Feeling weak from blood loss, she went to bed. Her face, pale white.


So? How was it? Is it good? ) Be honest. I think I have my couples...I'm just not sure about Shikamaru. I'll try to release 2 chapters a week. But if I don't, don't be too hard on me...I don't have much time since schools back. I'm OBSESSED with anime. I'm azn...no I'm not jap, actually I'm viet . and I LOVE Ragnarok online. I hope you liked my first ficcy.

Oh and i highly apologize for the OCCness of Kakashi...being knocked out and all...Maybe i made Sakura cry to much in this chappie o.O