THE MUSE WARS
WRITTEN BY: PAKININ
CHAPTER 1: The Otokage's Decision
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DISCLAIMER:If I owned naruto or any related brands, would I really be wasting my time writing fan fiction when I could be playing with oodles of cash? Didn't think so either...
"inner sakura"
'thinking'
flashbacks/genjusus/memories
"demons"
"talking"
on with the show!
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Ninja stats report
location : The hidden leaf village.
The land of fire.
TARGET DESCRIPTION:
Sakura Haruno: Apprentice of the godaime. Former student of the copy ninja. Current protege of morono ibiki . Best friend of the kyubi acclaimed master healer of the land of fire. One of the four greatest tai-jutsu masters of the land of fire. Genin at 12. Chunin at 14. Field promotion to jounin at member at 19, and Captain by the age of 20.
CURRENT AGE : 20
CURRENT PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: hair: shoulder length, pink
eyes:almond shape,green
build: slim, toned
height: 5 feet 2 inches
skin: fair
noticable marks/scars: katana inflicted scar- left side of abdomen; ANBU tatoo- left bicep; the number 7 tatooed below it; two inch tatoo of a scarecrow on back, between shoulder blades
WARNING: LAST TATOO IS A SEAL. DO NOT ACTIVATE IN ANY WAY. EXACT RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN.
ABILITIES:
Kekai genkai: none
Tai-jutsu level: S class
Nin-jutsu level: S class
Gen-jutsu level: S class
Weapons mastery: S class level of control in following areas: katana, staff, fans, archery.
Healing abilities: medic nin- S Class.
Chakra control: perfect
NOTE: since the demise of Senju Tsunade, Sakura Haruno is the only known master of the angry fist fighting technique.
TOTAL MISSIONS UP TO DATE: D RANK:22
C -RANK: 21
B- RANK: 23
A RANK: 39
S RANK: 25
FIRST S RANK MISSION AT AGE OF: 16 ( rescue of the godaime kazekage from akatsuki)
STATUS: Successful.
MISSIONS SUCCEEDED: ALL
MISSIONS FAILED: NONE
GENIN SQUAD MAKE UP:
Team leader:
Kakashi Hatake...................................................................................................................
( active--- ANBU -former, ANBU captain-former,former leader-team seven, former leader-team kakashi, currently Rokudaime hokage of konoha)
Uchiha..................................................................................................................
( defected---current Oto kage)
2. Naruto Uzumaki.............................................................................................................
(active--- ANBU captain, current apprentice to Rokudaime hokage, apparent successor as nandaime)
3. Sakura Haruno..............................................................................................................
(active---current second in command medic of konoha general, joint second in command of interrogation unit [ANBU], ANBU captain, currently assistant to Rokudaime hokage)
TUTELEGE:
Hatake: Rokudaime hokage, former genin squad leader,(active)
Tsunade: medic nin, master of angry fist technique(deceased)
Gai: jounin, tai-jutsu expert(active)
Lee: ANBU elite, tai jutsu master of konoha(active)
Ibiki: ANBU, head of interrogation department(active)
Kurenai: gen jutsu expert, jounin (active)
Kiba: jounin, tracking expert (active)
Neji: ANBU captain, tracking expert (active)
: ANBU, second in command interrogation department, disguise master(active)
: sole weapons master of konoha,jounin,ANBU(active)
ASSASINATIONS:
Akasuna no Sasori (on first S class mission)
Daiymo of the land of lightning
Yondaime raikage
Yondaime mizukage
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" I did'nt think she'd be that strong... !"
"..."
"My lord?"
"...Hn"
"What's wrong four eyes? Too tough for ya?"
"Shut it seigutsu!!!--"
" Enough. Hebi Red . Hebi Aqua. How strong she is, is irrelevant. She will be brought here. Hebi giant will take care of proceedings with the hokage. Red...you will befriend her. Aqua... body guard."
"Umm, my lord?"
" ...Yes Giant?"
" What if she wont come? Or if the hokage or kyyubi forbid it?"
" Then we kick their-!"
"You will do no such thing. You will report back with our summons. You will not offend Konoha or it's people in any way.
Understood Red?"
"..."
"...Karin..."
"Hai... sir..."
" in that case, team Hebi! Dismissed!"
" HAI!"
A poof of smoke, and the infamouse Team Hebi dissappeared, leaving the elders and a fifth occupant in their wake. One by one, the elders turned until they faced their kage. As he had during the entire meeting, he was still looking at the ( now closed) file. For a few minutes they observed last the sole female occupant, the youngest and bravest of them, ventured to speak.
"How can you be so sure?"
"..."
"She has a life there. And the whole ninja world knows how she now feels regarding you... how can you be so sure of her offering her assistance to us? The hokage will not be willing...how do you this is not a mistake?"
At this, the three men, who had been trying to quiet her all along, gasped. Their leader may have tolerated her so far, but questioning his decisions? A mistake? The kage made no mistakes... never... to think otherwise was an offence punishable by death. There was no way they could save her now...
"I am aware of all of this, hime... but I am counting on the girl herself to accept my... offer...of a sort. Do not worry, she will come."
Their jaws dropped. He was letting her live? Why?
The blue haired women was still not satisfied.
"But why? Why would she come? There is nothing that we can offer to her, to them, nothing that could make her willingly come to us. Even you are not enough.then how? How are we to-"
"Konan. We know that."
The rooms occupants froze. None of them dared to turn and meet the one eyed glance of the new occupant. Not even konan.
The man behind the desk finally looked up. With two words he greeted the new comer
"......Madara sama."
The masked man returned the greeting with a nod of his head, before retuning his attention to the sole female advisor.
"I am an immortal Konan , one who can not forget, and as such, it is my unfourtunate fate to be able to sift and peer though every situation, every aspect, before I can reach a proper conclusion. Then again, this sharingan might also be a factor...none the less, rest assured, she will come. For I have forseen it. Is that clear to all of us?"
The blue haired woman masked her emotions as she had done so long ago for her lover and nodded. With a final glance at the man-he's stil a boy!- seated behind the desk, she rose to take her leave. The others followed her lead, though admitedly with much more enthusiasm. They exited , carefull to avoid touching the revered uchiha who calmly stepped aside to allow them to leave. Madara then calmly went to sit across his still seated leader. Said man sighed before lifting his gaze to meet the other remaining occupants. For a while all was quiet.
"She's right you know" the older man commented calmly. They may have been discussing the weather.
"I know."
"We might all be killed."
The other's gaze hardend.
"WE might. You will not."
The other man gazed incredulousley at his disciple.
"But of course my apprentice! I am perfectly aware of the possibilities!"
The leader stared at him a while longer before responding:
"Hn."
Again there was silence, before the young leader broke it.
"...but I will not die. Not until I have done what I must. I will live to fullfill my vow."
"And what is that?" asked the aged uchiha quietly, though he already knew his answer.
The younger man closed his eyes, as he was hit by a sudden wave of nostalgia.
Three genin sat in front of a jounin instructor. The first two had completed the necessary introductions. Only the third, a dark haired, brooding, male was left.
Madara Uchiha waited a few minutes longer befor rising from his seat.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I dislike many things, and I don't specifically 'like' anything."
" I will see you later then, my kage..."
The silent man did not even seem to notice his departure. It was not until the door shut with a click that he opened his eyes. With a start he got up from his desk. It was the end of another session.
"...what I have is not a dream, for I WILL make it a reality..."
As if unaware of his companions departure, he softly began to answer his question, all the while being attacked by a bout of memories.
A blond banshee momentarily subdued as she gushed over him. A blue haired heiress, attempting to fight. A brunette with her hair in two buns, fighting for all she was worth. Another blond, wielding a large fan.
"I will recreate my clan."
" To recreate my clan..." He closed the file, and put it neatly back in it's tray.
" … and kill..."
"...certain people...who have caused me much heartache..."
He had grown older, perhaps a little wiser, due to which his origional aims had changed, just a bit...
A lazy geniuse watching clouds, when he should have been training. A fat boy beside him urging him to have a potato chip. A powerful hyuga, attempting to take him down. An overenthusiastic green blur, bouncing off the walls. A bug user, attempting to aid him. A white pup hanging by it's laughing masters shoulder, barking it's pleasure as they raced through trees and bushes. A misunderstood sand user, now a leader, who had defeated death. A puppet master, playing with his chakra strings.
"I am not an ordinary ninja...i am much more..."
A red eyed gen-jutsu user walking beside the now deceased heir of the sarutobi clan.
A much larger green mass, spinning and crushing enemy nin in it's wake. An old man, gazing across the land in which all his people lived.
"I have become so much more..."
A pink haired genin smiling. A blond idiot, yelling. A masked teacher, looking on indulgently.
" I am an avenger..."
A black haired youh, so like him, yet so diferent, coughing up blood from the last attack. Poking his forehead one last time.
" I am a traitor..."
The same girl, charging towards him, intent on showing him her new strength. The blond,intent on fighting him. The teacher, no longer hesitating.
He moved to window, clasping his hands behind him as he stared out over his actions reminded him of two people whom he had given up on.
'Sandaime, sakura'
The trio, now with two more supporters, once so intent on bringing their prodigal son home,now willing to forget him, to move on...
"I am a leader..."
He stared out to the setting sun.
"Sasuke kun!"
"Teme!!"
"Sasuke...
"I am Sasuke Uchiha. And I will not rest till I have completed my will pay. I will make them all pay. I am the Otokage. I will protect these people. I will recreate my clan. I will avenge my brother. And I will be avenged. I will not allow them to forget that. To forget me."
The sky had taen on a pink tinge. Shades of orange and light gray and silver. Rays of a flaming red. As he watched, he silently payed tribute to those he remembered the most.
'Sakura, dobe, sensei,...aniki...madara sama. Soon, soon I will fulfill my promises to you . Soon I will fulfill all your expectations of me.'
He smirked as he rested his arm against the glass, leaning his head against it as he watched the last few dieing rays of sunlight colouring the horizon pink.
'Sakura, i'm giving you what you asked for long ago. It's what you wanted is'nt it? Will you accept it now?'
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Several hundred miles away, the rokudaime's pink haired assistant sneezed in the process of handing her employer some files. The silver haired kage looked up with a worried frown on what was visible of his face.
"Are you sure you're allright sakura? Thats the sixth time you've sneezed so violentley sneezed in the last hour. I know our relationship goes beyond even a student teacher one, and as such we are supposed to share everything, but i'm afraid i'll have to draw the line at ger-"
"Allright, allright, I get it." she smiled back at her ex-sensei. " just a cold is all..."
"Either that or someonoes talking behind you back ugly. Wouldnt be the first time, since talking to your face would result in competiton for the position of ugly hag of konoha...then again, you would still give them a run for their money-THWONK!!!"
"Sakura, that was my favourite paper weight. Now it's all dented."
"Sorry kakashi. I'll replace it."
A few minutes later, as a grinning sai left the room, kakashi stood and laid a hand on his favourite girl's head, causing her to look up. she smiled as he pulled his mask down. And when he put an arm around her,she couldnt help but lean in to his embrace.
"Dont worry saku-chan, no ones conspiring against us. You'll see."
She smiled again, as he kissed her forehead. But her smile froze in place at his next words.
"Everything will be allright sakura, it'll be allright."
He would never lie to her, never let anything harm her,this she knew. But even as she relaxed again into his embrace again, as they looked out, over their village, she could'nt help the old feeling of dejavu creeping up on her.
'Why does that make me feel even worse?'
If only they knew.