This is a rewrite of my other story.
Set after Sasuke defeated Itachi and now joined the Akatsuki. Sakura was on a mission to Amegakure when she encountered Sasuke first time in 3 years. By that time, he has learned the evils of Konoha and swore to destroy the village that has brought him so much pain. His heart is long gone, the only thing he can feel is hate. Hate is something that has accompanied him before and it will still be. He swore to kill all konoha-nin leaving them in despair just like what they made him to be.
Ok. English is not my first language so hope you understand.
AN: Sakura became orphan at the age of 6. She did not fall in love with Sasuke when they were young, they were just friends. This chapter is a intro to when they were little. The story starts in the middle.
Rated T with some M.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
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PROLOG
Oka-san…. Otou-san… Don't, don't…..
Her voice trembled in fear as she watched from the little opening of the dark closet where her parents hide her minutes ago. The night she turned 6 was when it happened. It was the night she had witnessed the slaughter and heard the eerie laugh of that murder.
It was the night that had hunt her for years reminding her how helpless she was.
Tears began to roll its way down her small red cheeks as the crimson blood soaked the wooden floor. Little Sakura tried to cover her ears and fight the urge not to scream, but no matter how hard she tried to cover them, she could still hear the hateful laugh of that man. The torture went on and on until her dad's last breath was gone, each second felt like eternity and sharp needles going through her heart as she shivered from the cramped closest.
She covered her mouth as she saw the murder smirked and stabbed a few more times of her parents' dead body. It was dark so dark that Sakura could only make out the outline of the man. The only source light was the lightning flashing by once in a while.
When the lightning past by in a roaring flash, she got a glimpse at the murder but all she could make out was the scar near his left side of the cheek and his Sound Hitai-ate. Sakura felt fear but most of all, helpless as the this scene went by and all she could do just watch and back up to the corner of the closet hoping the killer wouldn't notice.
Time passed by but Sakura didn't dare to come out even after the murder has left.
By the time the rescue-nins found her, she had already been in the closet for 2 days with nothing but her parent's corpses in front of her. The little girl was so lost, lost in the thoughts of why she couldn't stop that man from hurting her parents.
She was mad at herself. The second day after she got out the hospital and over the first 2 years, she secluded herself in the library learning and training in the mountains. She would eat every 2 or 3 days but mostly berries she found in the woods.
Every day passed by the same, wake up, school, train/library, come home, it never changed until the day she meet Naruto and Sauske at the age of 8. That day was the first time she had came so close with someone since her parents' death.
That afternoon, like a typical day, Sakura came to the park to watch the sun go down after an exhausting training. With nothing to do at home, watching the sun go down was something she always enjoys.
The little pink hair girl sat on the swing and watched quietly as other kids get pick up by their parents. Slowly everybody was gone except for Sakura gazing at the setting sun.
Her eye lids grew heavy second by second while staring at the orange and red sun going to the other side of the world.
"Oi, oi, isn't that our little orphan classmate?" A voice woke her up.
Sakura looked at the boy and recalled his name was Akio sitting 2 rows behind her during class. He and his friends have a bad reputation at school and thats all she knows. In school over the pass 2 years, she has been made fun of nearly everyday but Sakura doesn't pay much attention to any insults anyway.
"Oh, yeah, what's her name, Sako? Kako?" She looked at the other boy, which she know his name was Daichi who always hangs around with Akio.
" Sakura, I think, she's that girl that always ditches class." The last boy ,Takeo pushed up his glasses. The three walked towards her but the pink haired girl only stared at the almost gone sun behind them.
When they were standing directly before her, Sakura didn't shift or say anything, she only gave them a look before closing her eyes. She felt really tired and doesn't want to deal with anything right now.
Feeling like they were being ignored, Daichi walked closer and nearly shouted next to her ear. "What is freaking wrong with your parents, that name doesn't even suit you. And what is with your hair color, so ugly." Daichi forcefully grabbed a hand full of the girl's pink hair and yanked her face up.
Within a moment, Daichi was on the ground with a broken nose. Laughing at her is fine, grabbing her hair is fine, but mocking her parents is something she wouldn't allow.
They are her pride and she love them to the fullest.
The girl held her fist tight wanting to punch him again but loosen it after she saw blood dripped down Daichi's nose. Guilt washed over her when the boy begin to cry; she didn't mean to hurt him….she trained because she wanted to protect the village and the people her parents love so much, she didn't train to beat people up just because they insulted her.
Noticing her pause, the other two boys quickly grabbed the girl's wrists to prevent her from moving. Daichi was on his feet and he suddenly felt the anger coming down when he saw blood dripping out of his nose. How dare she hit me! Not even mom or dad has ever done that to me!
"YOU BRAT!" He angrily kicked her in the stomach and punched her hard on the face. Sakura didn't move. It isn't painful anyway, she thought quietly to herself. Compare to the pain she experienced before, this was nothing.
Tired…. Sakura continued to lay there and slowly close her eyes waiting for the beating to be over.
" Get off her!" A blond hair boy shouted angrily and ran towards Daichi who was on top of Sakura.
He landed a big punch on the bully, "What the hell?!" Daichi yelled as he landed hard on his rear. " WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ISN'T SHE OUR CLASSMATE!" The blond hair boy glared at the 3 with Sakura in between.
"Dobe, what are you do-"The little Sasuke walked over towards Naruto not quite happy after the blondie called him a girly boy.
" Oi, oi look what we got here, isn't it the lowest rank-Naruto and arrogant Sasuke brat." Takeo grinned as he showed his dislike towards the two.
The Uchiha's eyes darken, he never liked when people call him a brat.
Ignoring Takeo's comment, Naruto continued to fight with Daichi on the floor. Akio, too started his way towards the Uchiha, he hates Sasuke because he's rich, handsome, smart, and everything a girl can ask for. Now, Akio wouldn't miss the chance to take him down.
"TAKEO, HELP OUT!" Akio shouted for a backup, even a genius can't win two at a time, can he?
Sakura opened her eyes to see who would help someone like her; with the sun radiated against them, all she saw was the outline of their backs.
Unfortunately for the three, they asked for the wrong people to screw with. It took about a minute to finish before all three started to cry and ran home. "HM, I won't let them get away next time." Naruto sticked his tongue out and turned around heading to Sakura on the floor.
"Sakura-chan are you ok?" Naruto gently helped her get up being careful not to touch any of her injuries.
How long has it been since she touched someone? His hands were warm.
"Thank you" She muttered softly.
"I won't let them hurt you again." The blondie pulled her into a gentle hug. Hugging is the best solution to comfort a person. Naruto remembered what Sandaime once told him. He has always wanted to talk to her because she always looked so lonely like him. But he never got the chance until now.
After releasing the girl, Naruto hissed at Sasuke telling him to hug Sakura-chan too. Two people comforting would be better right? He answered himself with a yes. "Sasuke!"
Eyeing Naruto dangerously, "Why do I have t-" Sasuke stopped when Sakura looked at him. Her beautiful jade eyes capturing his pulling him deeper into something he couldn't point out. He swear the time stopped at that moment.
"Fine," he walked closer and bended down to give the girl a hug.
"Don't cry….I will be there next time." He whispered softly and quickly got up to leave. Sakura looked at him with a questioned face. She wasn't even crying, and she wanted to make sure she never will.
"Wait up, teme." Naruto helped Sakura up and offered that Sasuke would treat them dinner at the Uchiha mansion. The pink haired girl wanted to leave and not bother them but Naruto held onto her hand to make sure she doesn't leave.
"When did I say about treating you."
" Just now, in your heart." Their argument went on and Sakura couldn't help but let out a small smile.
The three after that spent a lot more time together and their relation has gotten deeper over the next year.
But at the age of 9, Sasuke has changed after the Uchiha massacre. Even though they were placed in the same team, Sakura and Naruto felt their distance with Sasuke continued to increase.
And one day, he left leaving them without a word.
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Chapter 1
The sky was dark with thunder roaring continuously and much to the girl's frustration, the rain seems to get heavier the farther she is from Konoha. It was a nice afternoon before she reached the border of Konoha and then everything went downhill. The temperature dropped and before she noticed, it was so foggy that she is now having a hard time venturing from tree to tree.
Why is it so cold? Sakura shivered from the cold rain hitting against her skin. Though it can be cold in Konoha, it is never this cold. Even in November, sun comes out regularly with once or twice rain throughout the winter.
Sakura mentally cursed for not bring warmer clothes. Over the pass few hours, she has been continuously using her chakra to warm up her nearly frozen body but the piercing cold seems to get stronger the farther she's from her homeland. It is clearly a bad idea to keep using her chakra without accompany's presence. Enemy-nin can come any moment and she will have to be prepared when the time comes.
But this cold is driving her crazy!
"Ahhha-chooo!" Sakura sneezed so loud nearly lost her footing on a tree. Coming to a stop, she sighed once more while taking out the map. She has been running for nearly 5 hours, though the estimate time for a regular travel is about 15 hours but she isn't doing the regular way, instead taking in Lee's persistent habit of pushing towards the 'best of the best'.
Mentally noting she should be there in less than 2 hours, Sakura pumped more chakra into her legs and quicken her pace. Since she isn't feeling tired at all(thanks to Lee's 'ultimate youth training'), she might as well shorten her mission time.
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Flashback Yesterday night
Snoring softly, Sakura didn't even stir a bit when Kakashi sneaked in from the window of her apartment. Signing internally to himself, the copy-nin wondered how she deal with solo missions when she sleeps so deep without a friend to back her up when she's dead sleep.
"Oi, Sakura, wake up." He whispered while looking around the messy room. He knew Sakura isn't into girl things, but a man can hope at least for the bedroom to be cute. Seem like he's wrong.
After a moment of waiting, only more snoring came.
"Sakura," He tried again.
This time she flipped.
Having no choice, Kakashi leaned closer towards her ear and blew softly. Sakura's eyes instantly flipped open and backed away in less than a second from the other presence in the room.
Noticing it was only his damn teacher, she let out a sign of relief.
"Thanks for the lovely wake up call ." She said sarcastically.
He smiled in responds. "Hokage-sama, asked you to meet her in her office in 30 minutes." Sakura nodded slightly while yawning her sleepiness out.
30minutes later, at the Hokage office
"Shishou." Sakura closed the door in a soft click.
The pink haired girl noticed the moment she came in , Tsunade had a serious expression on her face, her brows narrowed as if she's in a hurry. "There is an emergency mission that I need you to attend."
She paused to pull out a piece of paper with information on it.
"The leader of Honoshi clan was poison by a missing-nin," Sakura recalled fire country has signed a contract to assist Honoshi clan when they are in need because they had helped this place when people of the fire country is in need.
"and through their description, I believed is one of the Akatsuki." Tsunade paused, taking a glance at Sakura for any reaction.
"The only available skilled medic-nin right now is you, Sakura." She continued when she find none.
"All the others are sent on missions and probably wouldn't be back for a few more days, I need you to go as soon as possible."
The recent information that Sasuke had joined the akatsuki pained Naruto and to Sakura, she wondered what had Sasuke became. How could he join an organization that kills for no reason and burns villages for fun?
"Will you accept the mission; it is highly dangerous if the rumor about the Akatsuki is true." Her first mental action was to reject but Haruno Sakura isn't going to back out on this.
"Yes, I am ready to leave at any time." She answered without hesitation.
"2 hours. Meet me up here. I will give you farther instruction."
End of Flashback
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Damn this weather. Sakura sighed and stared at the blurry sight in front her. She is almost there and the rain just have to come down like a crazy mess. Traveling in this kind of weather is risking her life thus she has no choice but to take shelter for now.
The kunoichi sat down taking this moment to finish up her lunch before she set off again. Running for 5+ hours non-stop without a meal since yesterday is really a bad idea. Searching through her bag, Sakura took out a onigiri she messily throw together in the morning and started to unwrap the small meal.
Rustle
She paused as her acute ears pick out the sound hidden within the loud rain.
Rustle
Her muscle tensed knowing whatever is making that noise isn't an animal. She laid her rice ball down and hopped to the next tree just a little closer towards the noise.
The rustle came again, then followed by a scream. The back of her hair rose and she squinted her eyes trying to see through the rain.
Beyond the tree she was hiding, there was someone standing there, she shivered from the killing intent he was admitting. She had never came upon such murderous sensation before, her hand unconsciously grabbed hold of her kunai.
She swallowed hard eying the pool of bloody mess and bodies around the shinobi. Dissembled arms and legs spread around the battle area, a drop of sweat rolled down her cheek. Her eyes was brought back to the situation when she heard another man on the floor talking, or more like begging.
"…..P-please.."The voice shaking. "…I-I still have a family…please…" She couldn't make out everything he said but her grip tighten on her weapon.
Seeing the man with the cloak raised his sword without any sign of stopping, Sakura hopped down the tree and was between the two before she even notice.
She knew she shouldn't interfere in shinobi's mission but hearing the man's trembling voice, she couldn't stop herself.
"Sakura-san?" The injured man look at her in surprise and so did Sakura when he called out her name. Because of the rain, she couldn't see their clothes or the type of headband they were wearing.
"Arashi-san," realizing him as one of the co-worker from her lab, Sakura glared at the enemy. Her heart ached when she knew the bodies laying around are all konoha shinobis.
"What's going on." She asked without shifting her eyes from the enemy.
"H-He suddenly attacked us when we were camping here. No one detected him coming." Arashi coughed out blood and he watched them mixed with the rain. His panting increased and Sakura could tell he needed immediate medical attention to tend his wounded lungs.
"S-Sakura-san, leave…"He pulled on her shirt. "He's too strong..*cough*cough, no one can win against him."
The pink hair kunochi wanted to turn around and lessen his pain but she knew leaving her eyes one second would cause her downfall. Seeing the way he literally dissect his enemies, she can tell the man in front of her is very dangerous.
Great, this is just great. Sakura cursed when she finally see the pattern on the cloak, it wasn't just blood on the black cloak, they were red clouds.
"Akatsuki." The name came out her mouth like a venom word.
"R-run, Sakura-san…" Arashi tugged on her shirt harder hoping she could get away. She is the hokage's apprentice and one of the the most kind-hearted and strongest person he knew, he doesn't want her to die.
"P-please go, he's going to kill you…" He felt something clothed his lung and he suddenly couldn't breath.
Sakura panic when she hear the struggling Arashi was having, she moved one hand back trying to examine his lung but Arashi only shove it away and shook his head. It is his body and he knew he couldn't survive this fatal wound.
With his last strength, he pulled Sakura towards him and using his last breath, "H-he's a monster." Then his hand went limped on her shirt signaling the last spark of his life is ending.
A twisting pain rang through the girl when she couldn't hear his breathing anymore. She let the sadness slide knowing there is no time to grief and focus on the problem in front of her. If this man is really what Arashi described, she will keep her alert high until this battle is over.
"What do you want with them." She questioned.
The man has his hood covered majority of his face but for a flash of a second, she swore she saw him smirked.
Time felt slowed as she tried to concentrate hard where she felt this chakra before. Then within this obnoxious storm, she heard it.
"Sakura."
Her name came out his mouth and at this moment, she knew who he is.
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Sakura's character is more of a personal preference:) hope I didn't get her too off.