-In which, Team Kakashi decides to give Sakura a whole new makeover. Oh, and did I mention Tsunade, Ino, and Itachi pop into it somehow? Oh, God, just look at how this turns out…
Yay! My 34th fanfic! Wow… I really have no life…
Ok, this little idea just popped into my head when my sisters and I started talking about how Sakura doesn't get enough spotlight. It then went on to how she looks plain versus a lot of anime characters not just from Naruto but from other manga and anime too. And so, I've decided to take my sisters and my conversation and make it into a fanfic. I haven't decided if I'll make this into an oneshot or not—which would make this my 16th oneshot, give or take (yeah, I made some oneshots into twoshots and whatnots)—and so without further ado, please, enjoy!
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Sakura's Makeover
Courtesy of Her Boys (Plus Tsunade, Ino, and Itachi too)
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The boys stared, their eyes wide with shock. It had been a simple mission. A very simple mission. Just refurnishing a house. Of course, that included painting the outside of it too. It was simple. Very simple. Just tearing down old wallpaper and repainting the house. Simple, very simple. No risks of injuries, beatings, or death. However, the risk of all that just increased by a hundred percent. Why? It was simple, actually. Very simple. You see, of all the people out of Team Kakashi, Naruto of all people—of all idiots—just had to be the one to refurnish the roof. And for the first few hours or so, things had gone pretty well. That is, until Naruto got into a verbal fight with Sasuke. Again. For the umpteenth time. In a row. In the last minutes or so. This time, however, it got a bit . . . err, physical. Naruto had started flailing his arms around, forgetting the bucket of paint that sat near him. And so, the bucket of paint fell over. That was no problem. They had loads of paint. It was just that the bucket had fallen completely upside down . . . on Sakura's head, the paint washing over the kunoichi's locks and drenching every single strand of her hair.
And so, yeah, the boys—Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Sai, and Yamato—could only watch the scene with eyes as wide as dinner plates. They knew what was coming. The girl had a temper. A horrid temper. Courtesy of her teacher, the Godaime Hokage. They knew she'd be mad. There was no mistake about it. After all, who wouldn't be mad if their hair was being dyed the same color that their teammates were going to paint an old, abandoned building with? They could only wait for her reaction. Her loud and disastrous reaction.
Sakura, on the other hand, did not seem to comprehend what had just happened. Really, what just happened? She had only left to get cups of water for her teammates. A very simple task. She did not expect to come back to such a thing. Such an unexpected thing. She could only blame herself. Why in the world did she have to walk underneath the ladder? Everyone knew that it was bad luck. Everyone knew.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
And so she screamed. A scream that could even have Uchiha Madara running for the hills. She screamed, her face bright red. She screamed, not just out of anger but embarrassment. And that, that only made things even worse for her boys.
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"This isn't fair…" Sakura sniffed, pouting. "Why am I being tortured?"
"Sakura, need I remind you that this D-rank mission involved nothing but painting an old building?" Tsunade asked, rubbing her temples. "There shouldn't have been any complications, so your teammates—well, actually, Naruto—shouldn't have come back with black eyes, broken bones, and bruises all over his body!"
Sakura had no retort. She really couldn't say anything. She really let her anger get the better of her this time. When she had realized what had happened, she saw red. Literally. Naruto's blood was the first thing she saw. It took everyone—Sasuke, Kakashi, Sai, Yamato, and their clients—to stop her rampage. (It was safe to say that those clients will never hire Konoha again.)
"So that's settled then." Tsunade said, stamping the paperwork. "Team Kakashi, your new mission: the makeover of the kunoichi, Haruno Sakura."
"WHAT?"
"I did not agree to this, shisou!" Sakura had paled when she heard her mentor's words. Tsunade knew she hated—despised, detested, and loathed—makeovers.
"Well, tough. Who's the Hokage here? I can give you any kind of community service I want to! Plus, when was the last time since you had a new wardrobe or a new haircut? Face it, Sakura, you'll be thanking me for this." Then her face and glare was directed to the boys. "Anyone else got anything to add?"
A shake of heads.
"Good, then I suggest you get started. I want to see a new Sakura in town. And a happy one, if you could."
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"Team Kakashi! Can we do it?[1]"
"No, we can't."
"SHUT IT, TEME! NOBODY ASKED YOU!"
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They had no idea what to do. Absolutely no idea. Hell, they were men—male shinobi—for god's sake! How were they supposed to conduct a makeover when they absolutely had no idea of what to do? Plus, the fact that they had to makeover a seething—angry, fuming, ready to explode—Sakura didn't help the situation at all.
"Sakura."
"No."
"Sakura."
"No!"
"Haruno Sakura! Stop your childish antics this instance!"
"No, no, NO!"
The rest of Team Kakashi could only watch as Kakashi attempted to get Sakura to sit on the chair. And as they exchanged glances, they couldn't hide it any longer. They needed help. NOW. And fast.
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"Hell no… Hell NO! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!"
"Oh, yes, Forehead. This is happening."
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" She glared at her boys. "YOU—YOU TRAITORS!"
"Um, Sakura, let's not forget who had me on the brink of death just yesterday." Naruto said, in a stupid endeavor to try and calm his teammate. This proved to be a fatal mistake. A very fatal mistake.
[Insert Simba's roar here]
"AHH! GET HER OFF! GET HER OFF! SOMEBODY, STOP HER!"
Yeah, it took everyone—Sasuke, Kakashi, Sai, Yamato, and Ino too—to stop the rampaging Sakura.
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"Come on, it can't be that bad…"
"Yes, it can."
". . . . Stop being annoying, Sakura, and take the damn hat off!"
"NO!"
But once the hat was off, everyone could only stare at Sakura's blonde hair.
"Wow…" Naruto whistled. "You look . . . look…"
"Stupid."
"Now . . . I was going to say that you looked like Grandma Tsunade."
And everybody agreed. A blonde Sakura definitely looked like another Tsunade. Just younger. With green eyes. And no diamond on her forehead.
And it was safe to say that Naruto was beaten up. Again. But, hey, everyone knew the golden rule: never compare a young teenage girl to a woman way past her golden years.
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"Don't you dare come near me with that—that monstrosity!"
"Ugly, it's just hair dye…"
"Which is just like PAINT!"
". . . Ugly, are you trying to say that you afraid of paint now?"
"JUST LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO MY HAIR! HOW CAN I NOT HAVE THIS REACTION?"
"Sakura-san, please just let Sai dye your hair."
"NO!"
It was then that Yamato had to use his wood-style jutsu to make Sakura hold still.
A few minutes later, everyone was staring at Sakura. Again.
"Wow…" Naruto whistled, scratching the back of his neck. "You look . . . look…"
"Even stupider!"
"Actually . . . I was going to say like Sasuke's mom."
And to this, the used-to-be avenger could only nod his head. A black-haired Sakura really looked like Uchiha Mikoto. Just younger. With green eyes. And not an Uchiha. Yet.
"WHO THE HELL CHOSE BLACK HAIR-DYE? MY HAIR WAS PINK! PINK, I SAY! PINK!"
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"Ew…" was the only thing Sakura and Ino could say as they stared into the mirror at Sakura's reflection.
"My hair was pink," Sakura said, horribly distressed. "Pink."
"Isn't that pink?" Naruto asked, clearly colorblind.
"Naruto, this"—she pointed at her hair which was now dyed a new color—"This is not pink! This is Karin's hair color! Thanks, thanks a whole lot! Now I look like that slut!" And she began to cry.
Ino and Sasuke glared. At Naruto. For making her best friend and his girlfriend look like that slut.
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"There! All . . . better?"
"Kakashi, I said 'pink.' Pink! We went from slutty red to silvery white! And how in the world did my hair grow from shoulder-length to waist-length?"
". . . Isn't that an improvement?"
"I LOOK LIKE AN OLD LADY! WAH!"
"Actually, Sakura, you kind look like Kurenai Maria and Hio Shizuka from Vampire Knight."
"Great! Now I either look like a sickly and weak-looking girl or a madly blooming vampire princess! WAH!"
". . . Okay, Sasuke, it's your turn to mess up and make Sakura cry."
"But Kakashi-sensei, the Teme has already done that! Like a whole bunch of times!"
[Insert Uchiha death glare at Naruto here]
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"This—is—hor-ri-ble!"
"What? I tried my best… I'm a shinobi, not a hairdresser."
"Teme, this is the worst possible thing you could have done! We went back to slutty red! And Sakura's afro makes her look like a tomato! Now, it looked terrible on my mom. What made you think it'd look good on Sakura-chan?"
"You can't blame me! I was kind of hungry!"
[Insert stomach growling here]
"We all are. We all are."
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"There! What cha think, Forehead?"
But to everyone's dismay, Sakura was on the brink of tears. Again. "I expected this from the boys, not you, Pig! I'm blonde! Again! And now I look like Sailor Moon! She's even more annoying than I ever was! I don't want to be annoying!"
"Too late for that."
"WHO ASKED YOU, UCHIHA?"
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"I regret giving you my love. I regret getting attached to you. I regret holding you back. Why do I have to face this pain alone? I regret giving you my love. I regret getting attached to you. I regret holding you back. Why do I have to face this pain alone?[2]"
"What is Ugly doing?"
"She's singing along to the song playing on her music player."
"But she's rapping. In Korean. I distinctly remember this anime being Japanese."
"Hey, don't go breaking the fourth wall."
"Because of you, I cried a lot. Because of you, I laughed a lot. Because of you, I believed in love. Because of you, I've lost everything. I'm speech-speech-speechless, suf-fo-ca-ting, lone-lone-lonely. The world without you has chewed out my heart, stomped on my dignity, and torn apart my heart. Why did you leave me behind?"
"You know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say she was talking about the Teme."
"Shut up, Dobe."
"Well, at least, she's not crying anymore."
"Good point, Sai. A very good point."
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"Okay, hopefully, this is better." But when Ino revealed her creation, everyone gasped. Sakura, though, she . . .
"KYAAAAAAAAAAA!"
. . . screamed. Again.
"I LOOK LIKE LEE! I KNOW I WANTED TO LOOK YOUNG, NOT YOUTHFUL!"
"Okay, you know what? I can't take it anymore!"
Everyone just stared at the newly arrived person.
"I . . . Itachi?"
"Yes, foolish little brother. It's me. Again, I have to come to your rescue, step in, and fix your mess since you obviously can't handle it. I can't believe you've managed to make my future sister-in-law cry. Again."
"Hey, I—"
"Just let it go, Sasuke."
"You're siding with him, Kakashi?"
"Teme, let's just give your brother a chance. Besides, it can't hurt any worse than Coconut Head."
"Plus, Emo, we can get this mission over with faster."
". . . Fine."
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"There! All done!"
Everyone waited as Sakura stared at her reflection. She blinked. Once. Twice. Thrice. And a fourth time just to make sure. Everyone waited for her reaction. And when she opened her mouth, they expected the worst of the worst profanities to come flying out. They never did. Instead, the girl hugged the weasel and thanked him.
"Wow, Teme! Who knew your brother had it in him? Hey, Itachi! How did you know this hairstyle was best?"
The older Uchiha shrugged. "Short pink hair suited pre-Shippuden Sakura. But long pink hair suits Shippuden Sakura."
And everyone couldn't have agreed more. Especially Sakura.
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[1] = reference to Bob the Builder
[2] = the hit song Because of You by K-pop girl group After School
So, yeah… It turned out okay, I guess. I got too lazy to incorporate the clothes-swap half into this, so that might end up as a sequel. It was supposed to be longer, but yeah…
Oh, and let me tell you: Sakura really does bare a strong similarity to Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto. I did a small experiment that involved changing Sakura's hair color, and she really indeed look like them.
And, so yeah… Tell me what you guys think.