Prologue: The Story behind the Girl.
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Summary: At the ages before five, a young girl learnt the way of her family. After the ages of five, she had no family. Living up to her dead parents' expectations, the young girl must pass many trials before being forgiven by them. Sasusaku.
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'Thoughts'
'Inner selves'
"Talking"
FLASH BACK…
P.O.V
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does.
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5 years ago…
March 28th…
Once a day which was full of life…
Is now a day of death…
…A young girl, no more than five, screamed. Before her were her parents' bodies, as well as the rest of her clan bodies. Well what remained of them.
She watched the demise of her parents and her clan, while she was held captive and could do nothing. The only ones alive now were, her onee-sama and onii-sama, and that's only because they were both out on missions.
Today was supposed to be of joy, of happiness, yet some how it all ended in misery and suffering. Today was the young girl's birthday. She had officially just turned five, and yet she felt no reason to celebrate it.
As night fell, a group of rouge ninjas ambushed into the Haruno district, taking everyone who was there, which for some reason was the entire clan, captive in the main house, where a party was supposed to be held.
This clan, it wasn't supposed to be captured so easily, it is a prestigious clan, one of great power, and yet, some how, they were captured, main and branch members alike. Each person tied up like cattle about to get slaughtered; each with a blind fold, except one little girl.
Each member was slaughtered, heads chopped off, arms sawed off, legs pulled off. Blood was spilt. Floors, walls, ceilings were caked in the thick, sticky, red substance. All of which, the young girl at the age of five, stood tied up witness to the brutal massacre.
The finale was about to arise. Up straight were the young girl's parents, the leaders of the clan. Both stripped of their clothes, and hands bound behind their backs. The girl watched as her own parents; who were also blind folded; were whipped, slashed, bashed, kicked, stabbed; they were tortured; possibly for the secrets of the clan, yet they said nothing. The girl's mother was kicked down and raped before her eyes. Her father was beaten more. Blood poured over the rich floors, splattered onto the decorative walls, leaked into the tiniest of crevices; it was every were.
The more the young girl watched; the more she wanted to turn her head, and yet; she couldn't. She was forced, be it she wanted to or not, to watch the torturing of her parents.
Before her parents demise, the end of their torturing, they spoke.
"Tell Daiki and Hikari we love them" the women spoke
"However you, Sakura, you, that's a different matter. You are a disgrace to this family, you should have saved us, and yet you didn't. Being bound is no excuse" the man hollered.
"If you become as good as Daiki and Hikari in your training, we will forgive you" her father spoke sternly.
"Hai (1) Otou-sama (2)" the girl, Sakura, murmured.
At that final note from her parents the girl watched as her parents life was ended with a stab to the heart and then a slice off a head. More blood was spilt, staining the young cherry blossom, splattering more family blood over the main house room. The bodies, like the others, fell limp and crashed onto the ground below. Both heads, rolled towards Sakura, both looking up to her, as if to say, "You were always a failure"
The girl fell to the ground, in shock. Her parents, her clan, friends, family, the people closest to her, all killed. A great clan, a strong clan, killed by rogue ninjas. No tears fell from the girl; she was in far too much shock to cry.
Slowly the ninja stalked their way closer to the young girl, in an attempt to get rid of her as well. That or kidnap her. Step by step the men came closer; shadows covering their face, black outfits covering their bodies.
As they advance, the girl sat still, still recovering from shock. Step by step, inch by inch, each second the men were getting closer and closer. Just as one man laid his hand on her shoulder, the girl shot up with hatred in her eyes. The girl ripped herself of her binds and evaded the hand, running in between the man and another next to him.
Shifting in and around the men, the cherry blossom came across a kunai and a few misplaced shuriken. Turning around she growled evilly before launching her self at the men, first going for the one on the right.
Quickly and efficiently, she stabbed him with the kunai right in the heart and then in the temple withdrawing it when the job was done. More blood spilt. The man fell limp, dropping his katana. The girl seeing the bloodied blade fall to the ground, flung the shuriken at the men, each one hitting a ninja, and grabbed the katana, running to the next man to have his life end.
A stab through his body by the katana and a thrust with the kunai into the man's temple, and like the one before him, dropped dead. Each one; fell to the ground, one after the other, as one fell, the other was sure to follow. Sort of like dominoes. The last man, the leader, a stab to his gut, a kick to his groin, a kunai in the chest, a punch in his face, a katana to the heart and a final kunai, which was dropped by another dead ninja, to the temple, ending his pathetic life.
The katana fell from the young girl's grip, as did the kunai; each falling with a loud ringing "CLANG" noise. The girl dropped to her feet, realizing what she had just done. Crying seemed like a good idea at the time, and yet, no tears fell from the emerald-green eyes.
As morning came, so did the sound of the front door opening.
"Tadaima (3)" Two voices chorused. No one answered the two voices.
"Okaa-sama (4), Otou-sama, tadaima" a female voice called out. The sound of footsteps moving around the house, looking for a source of human life echoed to the young girl. It finally occurred to her that her brother and sister were back.
Slowly she fought the lump in her through and called out to them, so they'd n where she was.
"Daiki-nii-sama, Hikari-nee-sama Okaeri nasai (5)" the girl called.
The sound of footsteps grew louder and more rapid as they advanced forward.
"Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu (6) Kura-chan-"the two voices from before called out.
Slowly two people, one a boy aged 15 and a girl aged 14, came running into the room only to come to a halt and what they found.
"Nan desu ka? (7) What the hell happened here?" the dark maroon haired girl screeched. The girl's hair was long, tied into two ponytails on either side of her head. She was wearing a light pink, sleeveless, tight fitting tank top with black bike shorts and a pink two slits; mini skirt and blue ninja sandals. Her kunai punch was on her right leg and her shuriken pouch was on her left hip.
Slowly both figures looked for any forms of life when they saw Sakura sitting there in total shock, shaking occasionally. Running over to the sitting figure, the two people kneeled down to the young girl. The male, dark hair and dark green eyes; moved Sakura so she was facing him, forcefully. He wore a simple dark army green high-collar t-shirt with black cargo pants and black arm warmers. He strapped his kunai pouch on his right leg like his sister and shuriken pouch on his right as well.
"Saku-chan, what happened? What happened to Otou-sama and Okaa-sama? What happened to the clan?" the young boy inquired quickly, very sternly.
"They…killed…I…they…my fault" Sakura stuttered, obviously still in shock, starring into god knows what.
"Kura-chan, what happened?" the girl asked softly. Sakura slowly turned to her elder sister and stared at her for a while, before she registered what she was asked. Slowly, regaining what ever composure she had left she told them.
"Men, ninja I think, came into our district; they captured everyone and shoved us all in here. We were all tied with chakra ropes and blind folded, they killed everyone" Sakura shuddered looking at all the bodies that were killed, indicating for her brother and sister to look at them. Slowly the boy and girl looked through mess of limbs, heads and bodies, both shuddering themselves. "They beat Otou-sama and Okaa-sama and killed them too" Sakura continued.
"Saku-chan, how do you know this is you were blindfolded?" the boy asked.
"I wasn't blind folded Daiki-nii-sama, just bound by chakra ropes" Sakura looked down in shame. Showing the markers left by breaking the binds.
"Gomen nasai (8)" the young girl cried.
"What for?" the girl asked.
"I-it's m-my f-fault. If I had been stronger, I could have protected them. I watched everyone get killed and I did nothing. Gomen Nasai Daiki-nii-sama, Hikari-nee-sama" Sakura whimpered, still no tears falling, not looking up to meet the faces of her brother and sister.
"It's okay Kura-chan" Hikari hugged the tiny girl.
"Saku-chan where are the people who did this?" Daiki asked, thinking that there maybe still a chance to get them. Sakura slowly looked up to meet Daiki's dark green eyes. Still shaking she looked over to the men clad in black and pointed to them. Averting their gaze, the two young teenagers looked in surprise at the group of dead people, killed in their opinion, quickly and painlessly, except for maybe one.
"What happened to them Saku-chan?" Daiki asked pointing to the dead bodies.
"I-I-I killed them" Sakura stuttered before succumbing to the world of darkness.
"Kura-chan" Hikari murmured, picking up the small girl and pulling her into a motherly hug before taking the fragile cherry blossom to her room.
Returning back into the room, Hikari noticed her older brother still there, kneeling where she left him.
"What are we going to do now, Daiki-nii-sama?" She asked.
"I don't know. But we must go tell Hokage-sama" Daiki answered.
"Hai. Then let's go" Hikari spoke as she raced to the front door, before being followed by her brother to go to the Hokage building.
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Pumping chakra into their feet, Hikari and Daiki ran to the Hokage building, jumping from building to building. Running up one hallway down another, up a staircase and then again to another, they duo finally reached the Hokage office where two guards were standing out side.
"Please move, we need to see Hokage-sama" Daiki ordered. The two guards looked at each other for a moment before nodding to each and allowing the two siblings to pass.
Entering the room the siblings found the Hokage on his seat in the middle of the room with a stack of papers next to him, in his normal outfit, of a long white shirt and pants, with the Hokage hat. Both siblings before approaching the Hokage; bowed, as a sign of respect.
"Hokage-sama, please send an ANBU squad to the Haruno district, the main house. There has been a massacre of the entire clan" Daiki spoke sternly.
"The survivors of the clan are Daiki and I as well as our younger sister, Sakura" Hikari stepped forth.
"Many body bags will be necessary; and identifying bodies maybe difficult" Daiki reported.
"Why is that?" the old man asked.
"They have been slaughtered" Hikari nearly gagged.
"What about the people who committed this act? Do you know where they are?" the Hokage asked.
"Yes. They have been eliminated" Daiki answered.
"By whom?" Sarutobi, the Hokage asked.
"By our younger sister, Sakura" Hikari answered glumly.
"Right. Understood. I will send an ANBU squad to the scene. Just one thing, where is Sakura?" Sarutobi agreed.
"At home, sleeping" Hikari answered.
"Bring her to me after she has woken up. She needs to be questioned about what happened" Sarutobi said.
"Of course Hokage-sama" Daiki bowed and left the room, waiting for his sister outside.
"Just don't expect her to be in best condition when we deliver her, she is quite a lot of shock, Hokage-sama" Hikari bowed as well and exited.
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Ninja, men and women alike, ANBU status, stormed the Haruno main house, bagging limbs, bodies and heads; dusting for finger prints, clearing the crime scene, taking photos of the scene for further evidence. Each ANBU personnel dressed in a white vest and black pants attire, with a mask resembled to an animal of some form.
Hikari and Daiki slowly entered the room where the ANBU were at work, making sure whatever they took, they would bring back, since even though it was evidence, were family heirlooms.
"Daiki-nii-sama, Hikari-nee-sama where are you?" a little girl's voice called out. Soon Sakura came walking out with a pink and white bunny plushie in her hand, dragging on the floor.
"Kura-chan, you sleep well?" Hikari asked picking up the small girl.
"Hai" Sakura spoke glumly.
Daiki walked towards them and hugged Sakura.
"Look, Saku-chan, you're going to have to go to the Hokage, so they can ask you a few questions okay?" Daiki told as Hikari put the pink haired girl down.
"Hai" Sakura smiled forcefully "I'll just go put Usagi-chan away" Sakura ran back to where ever she came, presumably her bedroom, coming back without a plushie.
"Ready" she chirped.
Hikari and Daiki returned to the Hokage building, only this time with the young Sakura following them, again jumping from one building to another. Running up to the Hokage office, the guards allowed them back in.
"Hokage-sama, we have brought our sister, Sakura" Hikari and Daiki bowed
"Hokage-sama" Sakura bowed as well.
"Thank you, you may leave now, Hikari, Daiki" Sarutobi said; basically telling them to bugger off.
Sakura, a five year old girl, stood upright and alone in front of the man who runs her village, the Hokage.
"Sakura, do you understand the seriousness of what is happening around you right now?" Sarutobi asked.
"Hai I do. My parents and clan was killed, and you want to ask me questions on what happened during the massacre" Sakura replied monotonously.
"Good, please go with Morino Ibiki to the interrogation rooms, he will ask you questions there" Sarutobi motioned for a large, mean looking man to walk into the room. He had his head band covering his entire head; he wore a dark blue trench coat with a dark blue shirt, pants, gloves and black boots.
"Sakura-san, come with me" the supposed Ibiki ordered.
"Hai" Sakura followed Ibiki out the Hokage office and down many corridors until they reached what Sakura assumed to be the interrogation rooms.
"Come on" Ibiki spoke walking into a dark room, marked 'ROOM #3'. Sakura slowly and cautiously followed, slowly fingering her kunai pouch. Ibiki noticed Sakura's movements; and chuckled at the girl's precautions.
"No need to be paranoid here Sakura-san" Ibiki voice arose.
"Hai" Sakura felt herself calm down a little.
Walking into the room, Sakura could see that the room was just as she imagined it to be; a dark room, a head light, a table with two chairs and a small barred window. What every interrogation room looked like. Ibiki motioned for Sakura to sit down on one of the chairs while he took the other. Running to the chair, she pulled it out and climbed onto the chair, to sit on it; her head barely passing the table.
"Sakura-san, please tell me what happened over the last few events" Ibiki asked, trying to word it so the girl wouldn't cry.
Again, like she did with her brother and sister, she told the story to Ibiki, only with more detail; Ibiki recorded everything that was spoken on tape.
"And then I stabbed the first guy in the heart and in the temple with a kunai and repeated that all of them except for one which I assumed was the leader, with him, I beat him a bit, kicks, punches, you know and stabbed him in the gut, the heart and the temple" Sakura spoke tediously.
"Very good Sakura-san" Ibiki applauded, feeling a bit of pity for the girl.
"Though, why did you pause suddenly half way through the interview" Ibiki asked.
"When I told you about how my parents were killed, I remembered their last words. I have to go tell my onii-sama (9) and onee-sama (10) what they said" Sakura spoke, sort of urgently.
"What may that be Sakura-san?" Ibiki inquired, just making sure it wasn't something that was life threatening or something really serious.
"That Okaa-sama and Otou-sama love them" Sakura fake smiled.
"Of course. Go ahead" Ibiki smiled, letting Sakura go find her older siblings.
Running in the front door Sakura searched the house for Hikari and Daiki.
"Daiki-nii-sama, Hikari-nee-sama where are you?" Sakura shouted.
"Here" they both shouted back, obviously a little further away from where Sakura currently was. But by Sakura's guess they were in their bedrooms. Running down hallways and up stair cases Sakura made it to her sibling's rooms.
"Daiki-nii-sama, Hikari-nee-sama, I remembered something when I was being questioned by Ibiki-san" Sakura informed.
"What was that Kura-chan?" Hikari asked as Daiki came walking into Hikari's room.
"Otou-sama and Okaa-sama said that they love you both" Sakura smiled.
Hikari and Daiki looked down on there younger sister and smiled. She was so young, yet she spoke as if she was there age in a way. She understood when things were serious. She has only been in this world for five years, and yet she knows what is expected of her, and how to act; a truly amazing girl. She smiles, so no one will worry about her, yet her parents, her family was just killed.
'A Haruno never shows their true emotions' That was a family rule that they lived by, guess Sakura saw that too, and mimicked it.
"Saku-chan, because of these incidents, we are going to have to move to another place while people here clean up everything, as well, the place is going to get rebuilt to Otou-sama's wishes. So we will be moving to the village hidden in the sand, Suna" Daiki said seriously.
"Hai Daiki-nii-sama" Sakura smiled at her siblings.
And so, the Haruno siblings, the future of the Haruno clan headed off to Suna.
Five Years ago…
A massacre occurred…
On 28th of March, the entirety of the Haruno clan except three members, were killed…
One year before, a young boy at the age of eight now, experienced the massacre of his entire clan by his beloved brother…
A clan, also known for their great power, used merely as a measuring stick…
Both clans, both friends, both lost their members except for their youngest…
That was the story of the Haruno clan…
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Five years forward….
A young girl, the age of ten, pink coral hair, emerald green eyes stood before a room filled with another kids, but those kids, they looked a little older. Maybe two years older, three at max.
All of these kids were taking a ninja class. To learn to be a shinobi; to learn the way of the shinobi; the customs; regulations; techniques; training to be the defence of their village.
It seemed normal to them. It was a way of life. These kids were preparing themselves for their life experiences on the battle field to come; to risk their life on the line for their village; to fight what your village believe in; to be a tool, a weapon no less, to aid their security defence, and yet all these to-be ninja were innocent. They had not seen the horrors of war, nor should they have to experience such things at such a young age. They were fragile, innocent, naive- if you will. All the things you expect young ones such as these to be like.
Yet some how, some had seen the horrors of war, the feel of betrayal of the village, to fell alone. To be despised. To be hated. To have the innocence of being a child lost. Some showed great remorse and hatred to the things that had happened to them in their short time on the ninja earth, and yet others looked at it and smiled. Never looking towards darkness, and always shone to the light.
A young man, no older than 25, addressed the group of youngsters.
"Minna-san (11) please be quiet. I have something to tell you" the man announced. His hair was brown in a pony-tail going to the back of his head. On his forehead, the traditional ninja head band, called the hitae-ai (sp?), wrapped around his head, with the metal plate facing the front. In the centre of the plate was the Konoha symbol. Across his face, across the bridge of his nose and check bones to be exact, was a long thin scar.
He was wearing the traditional green chuunin vest.
"You're leaving Iruka-sensei?" A blonde haired sapphire-blue eyed boy yelled out. He was wearing an orange jump suit with the traditional ninja blue sandals. His hair was messy, on atop his head were a pair of green goggles and on his cheeks, both sides, were 3 whisker markings.
With a loud, irritable sigh, the man looked up towards the blonde haired boy.
"No Naruto. We have got a new student" the supposed, Iruka man said.
"Nani? (12) Iruka-sensei isn't it too late to be starting now. We graduate in six months" a blonde haired girl asked. Long blonde haired, bright blue eyes; a body of a goddess at the age of twelve, who would have thought; clad in a tight fitting purple wide turtle neck dress, with slits going up the side and arm warmers on each side; this girl was a true beauty.
"It's alright Ino. The student has been working in other villages, but because of family matters, they moved here" Iruka explained.
"Oh I see" Ino replied.
"Sakura, please come in" Iruka called out.
"Hai" a cheery voice could be heard from the opposite side of the door.
In stepped the pink haired, emerald green eyed young girl. Her hair was tied up into buns with black ribbons hanging off them. Her outfit was a simple pair of white shorts and a black tank top. The collar stuck to the girl and stood high, showing only the front of her neck. Underneath her top she had a fish net top showing and under her shorts, a pair of knee length fish net pants. The white shorts were held. Her ninja sandals were black and along her arms were to different arms warmers. On one arm, there was an arm warmers that was black and tied around her middle finger, while the other a fingerless glove with bandages tying up to her elbow, which was finished off with a blood red band.
"Please introduce yourself" Iruka asked.
"Hai" The girl swiftly turned around and bowed down to the class and then rose again.
"Konnichiwa (13) minna-san watashi wa Sakura" the pink haired girl smiled.
"Konnichiwa Sakura-chan" Naruto yelled waving.
"Now class, do you have any questions for Sakura-san?" Iruka asked.
A boy in the back row raised his hand. He has a hoodie one, on his face there were two red, upside-down triangles under his eyes. His teeth were like a canine's teeth; and oddly enough, next to him was a small white canine.
"Yes Kiba?" Iruka asked.
"Where do you come from?" the dog boy asked.
"I come from Suna" Sakura replied.
"Then, why move here?" Another boy, with his hair in a pony tail, that oddly resembled a pineapple, asked.
"Why not? Besides, my parents wanted me to move here" Sakura answered.
"Troublesome" the boy muttered.
"Indeed it is" Sakura grumbled back.
"Okay, that's enough for now, now we're going to start today's lesson on a review of taijutsu" Iruka announced.
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Chapter 1: To be a Genin or Not to be a Genin? Stay tuned
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Notes:
As you may have seen through the fanfic, there have been words with numbers next to them. Those numbers are just marks, so that, the word next to it, if you don't know it, you can come down to the bottom of the fic and check what the word means/ translates to. Just check the number to the right of the word, then go to the bottom and find the same number, simple ne?
Any other words that you may have trouble with, send it to me in a review, and I can help you translate it.
Hope you liked.
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Translations:
1) Hai- Yes, ok, yea etc. Basically something to show you're paying attention.
2) Otou-sama- Otou- Father, Sama- honorific/suffix given to people of great respect
3) Tadaima- I'm home
4) Okaa-sama: Okaa- Mother
5) Okaeri Nasai- Welcome Home
6) Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu- Happy Birthday
7) Nan desu ka?- What?
8) Gomen Nasai- Sorry
9) Onii-sama- older brother
10) Onee-sama- older sister
11) Minna-san- everyone
12) Nani?- What?
13) Konnichiwa- Hello/ Good Afternoon