Hello everybody!! This is my first fiction, so don't be hard on me plz. Oh, and enjoy


The atmosphere was peaceful and quite. The sky was clear with bright stars and even brighter moon. And the only word to describe the night was beautiful. However, a dark cloud that was looming nearby started to block the view. It was a smoke coming from a burning village. The gates of the said village were broken down as if they were forced open and on those gates was drawn a once proud symbol of fire. Beyond them the sight was horrible, houses burned, dead bodies were scattered everywhere and the great five Hokage's faces on the mountain had been blown up to pieces.

Somebody stood not far from the village gates. He was not a boy but not yet a man. His blazing red eyes were full of emotions: hatred for Akatsuki and Sound for destroying Konoha, anger at himself for letting everybody die, but the strongest one was loneliness. His friends, no his family was dead. The Hokage gave him direct order to flee the village and hide. In response, he tried to protest but Tsunade threatened to strip him of his ninja ranks. He regretted that decision, if he knew that it would turn out like this he would have stayed no matter what.

Now, there was nothing he could do to help the village. I must get out of here. Those damn Akatsuki bastards are still here, somewhere. But where should I go? Many villages gave into Akatsuki and others were destroyed. Maybe Suna … no it was the first to fall. I can't let them capture me and if they do- his thoughts were interrupted when he heard his name being called. The shinoby looked around and spotted somebody coming out of the forest. He immediately recognized the person.

"SAKURA-CHAN!!" The said kunoichi was limping up to him with great difficulty. Naruto ran up to Sakura and helped her to sit down with her back against a tree. He felt uneasy because he couldn't even feel her chakra at this proximity.

"Sakura-chan! Are you alright?" asked Naruto. But he himself could tell by just looking at her. Sakura was covered in gashes, her clothes torn to shreds; one of her forearms was broken in two places and she was covered with blood from head to toe. But Naruto knew that this wouldn't have bothered the Haruno Sakura he knew and that meant her insides were even more messed up.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine. I just need a little rest, that's all" Sakura said trying to hide her obvious pain. There was a little wind blowing from the village but it carried the stench of rotting bodies and smoke. The two shinobys ignored the smell; it was nothing new to them.

"Sakura-chan, why are you here? You should have had the same orders as me to leave the village?" Naruto asked her but then noticed his mistake.

"What do you mean? Nobody except Tsunade-sama and Jiraya-sama knew that!!" Sakura asked in anger or more like hissed. Naruto felt chill go up and down his spine.

"Sakura-chan" Naruto made a serious face. "I know"

"But … how?" Sakura was angry at herself. I was hiding it so well. But apparently that was not good enough She thought bitterly. But then she remembered something. "So, it was you." Naruto nodded.

: Flashback :

The sun was setting in Konoha and children were ushered by their parents to return home. 17 year old Naruto was watching all this with a sad smile. He just came back from C-rank mission and was going to the Hokage to give her the report. He wasn't in any rush so he walked the rest of the way.

That's strange. I know the village is big but I should have met somebody I know by now. He didn't ponder on that thought for long because he reached the Tower. He walked up the stairs and saw all of his friends coming out of the Hokage's office. Naruto ran up to them.

"Hey, why is everybody here?" he was looking at their faces. Nobody met his gaze and he started to feel that something was wrong because Kakashi was not reading his book.

"Naruto", finally said Kakashi "The next Great Shinoby war is about to start. Sound declared war against us but not only them. The Cloud and Rock allied with Sound and … things are not looking good for us Naruto. We must get prepared." Naruto was shocked; he didn't know what to say.

"N-N-Naruto-kun, w-e sh-ould b-better get g-going" stuttered Hinata. After all these years she still had a crush on him. Naruto found about it when Sakura punched it into his skull, literally. And then he realized something.

"Where is Sakura-chan?" He knew that Sakura was always the first to get there if something happened.

"She is discussing things with Hokage-sama and Jiraya-sama" said Neji "like Hinata-sama said, we should better be going. I don't want to disturb them"

"He he. I have to give my report. I'll just wait for them to finish" Naruto grinned at them and scratched the back of his head.

"Do whatever you want" said Shikamaru then mumbled something that suspiciously sounded like "troublesome" while making his way to the stairs. Everybody else followed suit. Naruto stayed behind and was going sit on the chair when he heard Tsunade's scream.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!!" Naruto almost fell when he heard that. He caught himself just in time and sighed. There was furious talking inside and he got little curious. Well, a little peek wouldn't hurt. Naruto hid his chakra and carefully went up to the door and noticed that it was blocked by chakra. Fortunately, it was Jiraya's and Naruto knew exactly how to make a crack in his sensei's chakra without being noticed.


Tsunade was sitting behind the table while massaging her temples. Jiraya was staring out the window. And Sakura was standing few feet away from the table with an unreadable expression.

"How could this have happened? I thought Akatsuki was laying low until the war was over before making their move" said Tsunade frustrated. Her eyes closed and brows furrowed.

"Akatsuki is very devious. They can make people believe what they want them to" a pause "And it seems they did a little research on Sakura's background" said Jiraya still looking out the window and finally turned around to face Sakura. "I think it is time for you to tell us everything. There is no need for you to hide it anymore."

"Yes. It seems" said Sakura passively with a cool voice. "However, Jiraya-sama, you talk like you know more than I do. Why don't you tell me." Jiraya couldn't tell if it was dripping with sarcasm or not and he let it go with a sigh.

"Very well. I guess I can't help it" Jiraya cleared his throat and started "Akatsuki had been last spotted in the Demon country and on my way there I stumbled over something interesting" said the Toad Sannin pausing to look at their faces. Tsunade was getting impatient but Sakura was looking at him with a cold glare. Jiraya shuddered and continued. "It was an abandoned mansion. I went inside and found these scrolls after a week of exploring. I am sure that Akatsuki was there and already knows about the powerful clan that used to live at that place" he put down two scrolls in front of Tsunade. One was pure white but had a dangerous aura around it and the other was red with strange black markings. "The clan's name was Tsuki but nobody knows about their kekkei genkai. They were very secretive about themselves but twelve years ago they were all massacred. That was the only information I could get. But, Sakura, it was the same time you were found and brought to Konoha, am I right?"

Sakura nodded calmly "I don't know how you found out about my adoption. But, Jiraya-sama, I see a flaw in what your trying to imply. Many others were too brought here at that time, am I right." She stretched the last part and made it sound more like a statement. Jiraya was looking at her with confusion. Was I that obvious?

Sakura finally said "Yes. I know that I am a Tsuki but I am not proud of it" before Tsunade and Jiraya could ask any question she continued "I was the one who killed all of them. I, acidentally activated my kekkei genkai and because I was too young I couldn't control it." Sakura paused and smiled "For a five year old silly little girl to activate the final stage of that kekkei genkai, it is just too funny" she said while laughing bitterly. "And now, Akatsuki wants my kekkei genkai. My life can't get more fucked up." Her laugh made Jiraya's blood turn cold. But strangely Tsunade didn't seem to be affected by it.

"Sakura. If Akatsuki is after you, we need to keep you safe. Who knows what will happen if they get their hands on that bloodline limit" suddenly said Tsunade after being quiet for the most of the time. Sakura stopped laughing and looked straight into Tsunade's eyes.

"I can't change your decision, can I?" asked Sakura. But Tsunade stayed quiet. Sakura didn't wait for any response and walked up to the table. She had a strange sensation like the scrolls were calling for her, warmth from it caressing her like a mother's gentle touch. The kunoichi picked them up and suddenly felt like big hole in her was finally filled. Already knowing that scrolls were for her, she put them in her vest's pouches.

"Sakura. You know that my appearance is illusion and I always had a feeling like… how should I say it… like you too are using an illusion", Tsunade said studying her apprentice closely. "I looked over your profile and there said that even before you became genin, you were very low on chakra. I know you have much chakra reserves now but still even when you rest it lowers." That got Jiraya's attention.

"Your suspicion's right. I am concealing myself because my-" Sakura caught herself and paused "Lets just say that I have…unique…appearance and I don't want much attention on myself." Tsunade and Jiraya were looking at her strangely. "I know your wondering why pink hair. But let me explain myself. This genjutsu is very special. I can change my body physically and also my voice that way you would be completely different person. It is like modified henge but with this you can change your personality, the way you think and act. You don't even have to worry about accidentally slipping. Other people, except the ones who are specialized in genjutsu like Kurenai-sensei, can't sense it at all. However, there is one downfall, the jutsu has limits and that's why my hair is pink. My hair color only darkened a bit. I originally intended to make it black."

"Wait, your hair only darkened? That means you have blond hair?" asked Jiraya, trying to imagine her with blond hair.

Sakura smirked "It's for me to know and for you to find out." Jiraya snorted but didn't say anything.

"Sakura, can you disclose us the information about your kekkei genkai?" Tsunade was staring at Sakura with same cold glare but her expression said 'Defy me and die'. Jiraya sweat dropped. Now I know why I was scared of that girl, I forgot for a moment that she was Tsunade-hime's apprentice.

"I don't know it myself. I always tried to suppress those memories and I think I forgot everything overtime. I started to have nightmares about the massacre, after I turned 15." Tsunade tried to see if her apprentice was lying and then seemed to be satisfied and let it go.

"Then answer this question. How much chakra do you need to cast your genjutsu and keep it up?" asked Jiraya.

"The main concern is how much chakra you have. When I was young, it took 60 percent of my chakra to cast it and 30 percent to keep it up for one day"

"When I think about it, your academy teachers said in reports that they barely felt your chakra. And when you were 12, Kakashi said you only had half as much of average genin's chakra supplies. Now your supply is same as an average Jounin and you're still keeping up the genjutsu" Tsunade mused "Sakura, how much chakra do you need to keep up your genjutsu now?"

"It takes only 10 percent less chakra than it did before" said Sakura truthfully.

"It's 80 percent. But you said when you were young it took 90 percent" asked Tsunade.

"That's why I said that this jutsu is special. When I grow while still using it, the jutsu will grow with me. And my appearance will grow up by itself like it's a real person and by then the appearance would be out of my control to change it the way I like it" explained Sakura.

"How can you still have this much chakra even when you're using the jutsu right now?" asked Jiraya "And if you let the genjutsu drop, your strenght and stamina will …" he didn't continue because they knew.

"Sakura, you were hiding your true potential all this time" stated Tsunade "I took you as my apprentice because you had potential to become a medicnin and I thought I could also train you in arts of taijutsu. But what really caught my attention is your desire to be acknowledged. At that time, I thought you needed to become stronger but now I understand" Tsunade sighed "You wanted to do things with your own strength not with your bloodline. You didn't want to be like Uchiha or Hyuuga, who only relies on their kekkei genkai and their name"

"Tsunade-shihou, you know me too well or should I say my fake personality" said Sakura without a hint of regret saying that and then turned to the door. Tsunade's fists clenched so hard that the blood was dripping but her face remained straight. Jiraya saw the red thick liquid and didn't say anything knowing that Tsunade was anything but calm inside. The Hokage lowered her gaze to the table; staring at nothing particularly. I admit that I, the legendary slug Sannin, am afraid. If Sakura stops using the illusion, the girl that I love like my own daughter will disappear and I fear that greatly. Then she healed her wounds finally noticing it.

"Tsunade-hime, we now should discuss about the war" said Jiraya but noticed that Sakura was still looking at the door and addressed her "Is something the matter?"

Suddenly, the kunoichi took out three kunais from her pouch and threw it at the door. Because she applied some force, the kunais just went through the wood. Sakura then kicked the door open with a dagger ready in her hand but nobody was in the corridor. Jiraya and Tsunade appeared by her side ready for a fight when Sakura put the dagger back in its sheath.

Then Jiraya started laughing "You're even more paranoid than Tsunade-hime." The Slug Queen cleared her trout next to him with a twitching eyebrow. "Oh… Ts-Tsunade-hime, you know I didn't mean that."

"Sure you didn't" said Tsunade, entering her office "And, Jiraya-kun, I am glad you volunteered to fix my door."

"B-but-but… Ah never mind" Jiraya too went into the office, defeated.

Sakura was still standing in the corridor. Metal strings appeared from her gloves and wrapped around the kunai handle's rings. With it she pulled out knifes in her own direction and caught them.

"Sakura, what are you doing out in the corridor and what happened to the door?" asked dark haired woman, who had just appeared.

"Shizune-chan, it is my fault. Don't blame Tsunade-shishou. And don't worry about the door, Jiraya-sama wanted to fix it." Shizune looked relieved and went into, now, door less room.

Sakura looked at her kunais in her hand, which was covered in blood. Her eyes narrowed.

"Sakura-chan, come in, we need your help" called Shizune.

"Hai" answered Sakura and put the blood covered knifes back in their place. Before entering the room, she glared at the window that was slightly open and went in.

Naruto was standing outside. He was clutching his left shoulder, also his right cheek and neck had a deep gash. "Damn. Sakura-chan's scary. Her kunai went to through my shoulder. Good thing it was not poisoned" he sighed for his fortune. Red chakra unnoticeable to the naked eye started to heal his wounds. "Well, I'll just have to give my report tomorrow."

: End of Flashback :

"You" hissed Sakura. Her fist was clenching and unclenching.

"Sakura-chan" Naruto put his hands in front of him in sign of innocence "It was an accident. I didn't mean to!"

"Naruto. Jiraya-san was blocking the room with chakra. You're telling me that you accidentally made a hole in it and accidentally hid your chakra so nobody would detect you?" If looks could kill, Naruto would have been six feet under.

"Hey, I did get hit by your kunais accidentally" said Naruto.

"Men and their pride" growled Sakura. He would never admit that he was injured by a girl. But then they noticed shift in the air. The Akatsuki had noticed them. Sakura took out one scroll from her pouch; it was red with black markings. Sakura started to explain, seeing Naruto's confused gaze "Naruto, listen closely. This is a time scroll; it was passed down in my family from one generation to another. Use this scroll to prevent this from ever happening" Sakura said looking at the burning village or what was left of it "When you open it, you'll know what to do." They both felt Akatsuki's chakra that was getting closer. She forcefully showed the scroll to the blond.

"Sakura-chan, before I go I want to see your real appearance" said Naruto.

Sakura considered it. I am going to die anyway, so why not. She did complicated hand signs and there was poof of white smoke. After it cleared, Naruto forgot how to breathe.

God. She is beautiful.

Sakura's body had curves at all right places, her skin was creamy white and her face was that of an angel. However, her hair was not blond, it was pure silky white. The only thing that was the same were her eyes, but they were bottomless. For a moment, Naruto lost himself in the pools of her eyes. The blood that was covering her was still there but it couldn't hide the girl's stunning looks.

"Naruto, what are you waiting for? Hurry!" The blond was in daze because her voice was like a sweet lullaby. Sakura got impatient and kicked him with her good leg. Naruto got out of his trance and felt that Akatsuki had almost reached them. He opened the scroll in rush, put it on the ground and bit his thumb. He felt like he did this often and started to write kanjis and signs in ancient language with his blood. The scroll started to glow and red sphere surrounded him. Suddenly, the second sphere appeared and surrounded Sakura.

"Naruto! What did you do?!" screamed Sakura.

And the blinding light surrounded both of them.


This is the end of the first chapter. I'll update if there is atleast 1 reviews, so R&R