Summary: Everything was lost. Everyone she knew – gone. Taking her last breath, she saw eternal darkness. Follow our favorite kunoichi as she wakes up in a place full of magic, wands, and – Is it just me or the doors seem bigger?
A/N: Hello! OfStarsAndMoon here~ This is my VERY FIRST fanfiction so please be gentle. Reviews and comments are very much appreciated.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any characters so far except Sarah and Lucas Robinsons. Everything else belongs to J.K Rowling and Masashi Kishimoto.
Chapter 1: Reborn
She is supposed to feel anger, resentment, hatred, anything. She is supposed to feel grief– supposed. But she feels so numb. She can't think, feel or move properly, if not at all.
Haruno Sakura was known for her expressive emerald eyes that never seem to stop sparkling with life. Now, her eyes are empty. Unemotional. Blank. Dead. She stares at her friends lying in their own pool of blood. Some of them are barely breathing, she wants to go over there and heal them. She wills her body to move but it won't.
With her injuries and almost non-existent chakra, it's a miracle she is still alive. Barely, but still alive.
Uchiha Madara was dead. He was killed by her blonde haired idiot teammate and the newly turned raven haired teammate of hers. But the price of the death of Madara was too great. It took all of Naruto and Sasuke's chakra, even with the help of Kyuubi and Sasuke's Curse Mark. The Great Shinobi Alliance was also wiped out by the army of Zetsus and the released Juubi. Without Madara controlling the Juubi, it went in rage and soon it self-destructed with the enormous power it released. The explosion it brought killed all of the barely standing shinobi in the battlefield.
It was ironic, though. The number 7 is supposed to be lucky – Lucky Number 7. But it seems that Lady Luck laughed at the foolish human concept and tore Team 7 as fast as it was mended.
Maybe we can still meet in the afterlife.
Her vision blurred. It was her turn to follow her family. She didn't fight the drowsiness and succumbed to the darkness.
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Cold.
There is no way I am in hell with this coldness. But I thought heaven was sort of fluffy and warm and full of happiness?
She opens her eyes and sits up. The last thing she remembered was lying in the battlefield and DYING. Why was she alive and breathing? She decided to look at her surroundings. It was as if a blizzard came through and spring never came. The pink-haired girl tried to stand and used her arms to support her body. She don't recognize where she was. She was standing at what she guessed the street in the weird neighborhood. Both sides of the street have weird identical houses that were almost covered in snow. The confused girl was suddenly blinded by the light and fell down again.
"Are you okay? Oh my gosh, Honey I think she's hurt!" Sakura looked at the light's source and saw woman and a man were beside a… what the hell is that? It looks like a shiny looking black metal contraption with wheels below. The woman and her companion went to Sakura.
"I'm so sorry. Did we hurt you? Should we call an ambulance? I don't know what to do!" the woman rambled faster than the Yellow Flash in action.
"Dear, calm down" the man said and turned to Sakura. "Are you hurt anywhere?" The pink haired girl managed to shake her head once, still confused with all of the happenings.
Suddenly her vision swirled and blurred and Sakura once again found her herself in the darkness.
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The Robinsons couple was famous for their kindness and generosity. They were also famous for their company that has a share in everything – shoes, clothes, accessories, food, drinks, cosmetics and practically everything you see in a mall. Even though they were successful and rich, they never forgot to help people and give people the kindness they deserved, despite their social standing.
But as the saying goes, you can't have everything. The couple cannot have what a normal family has. 5 years have passed since their marriage and yet they don't have a child. Lucas, the Robinsons patriarch, has been diagnosed with an abnormality and therefore cannot conceive a child. Sarah, his wife, of course was devastated but she never blamed her husband. Sarah believed that maybe this was for the better and something good will come out of it.
So imagine their surprise when they came across a child during their trip home from their monthly date. At first, Sarah was surprised then soon changed to panic a moment later. She and Lucas went out of the car to look at the child better.
"Are you okay? Oh my gosh, Honey I think she's hurt!" Sarah said to her husband and they soon went near the… was that pink hair? The pink-haired (Is that natural?) girl looked about 1-2 years old. She was dressed in rags that were baggy in her petite body. Her dirty hair was long and it nearly touched the ground. She wore a too large necklace around her neck. Her feet were bare. Overall, she looked like a normal (if you exclude her hair and necklace) street child.
"I'm so sorry. Did we hurt you? Should we call an ambulance? I don't know what to do!" Sarah rambled as she was openly showing her concern to the child. She may not be a mother but her maternal instincts went overload in seeing the poor child alone in the night.
"Dear, calm down" Lucas said to Sarah. He then turned to the child. "Are you hurt anywhere?" The petite girl shakes her head once and suddenly fainted.
"Lucas! We need to help her! What are we going to do?!"
"Again Sarah, calm down." Lucas sighed and draped his coat in the child's shoulders and carried her.
"First we need to bring her home. Then we should call the family doctor immediately."
Sarah went in the passenger's seat and Lucas laid her head in her lap. They covered her with another coat and Lucas went in the driver's seat and drove to their home.
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Sakura woke up for the second time in the day. She was greeted with the sight of a young woman, probably in her early thirties. She was really beautiful with her aristocratic features. She has emerald eyes, the same as her own, and she has wavy black hair that reached inches below her collar bone. She seemed to be talking with a man who looks like the same age as the woman. The man has blonde hair that was combed back. He was handsome with his regal features. His eyes were the same shade of blue as… her knucklehead teammate. The pink haired girl tried to remember what happened before she encountered the couple. The last thing she remembered was dying then waking up in a very cold place with weird houses.
She scrutinized her surroundings with her exceptional observant senses that kept her alive throughout her life in the ninja world. The now 2 year old kunoichi noticed that she was lying in the most soft and fluffy bed she had ever laid on. The bed was ivory white in color. The same shade of white colored the curtains that draped around the bed. In front of her was another shade of white sofa with chairs light pink in color parallel to the sofa. Beside the sofa was a white coffee table with a vase of pink flowers above it. There was a large sleek black square shaped thingy situated against the wall with a small red dot in the lower left side of the square. In the left side of the bed, there were two large glass doors draped with white curtains that led to the terrace. Between the doors was a classy looking drawer outlined with gold linings with another vase of pink flowers and a lamp above it. Situated at right side of the bed was a wooden drawer with another lamp and girly stuff above it. In the right side of the wall in front of the bed was a pink door engraved with pink flowers and the word closet. A diamond studded chandelier was situated in the ceiling. The whole floor was covered with plush carpet that looked as soft as the bed.
Is this some sort of weird afterlife? Weird.
The couple seemed to notice that she was awake since they both looked at her.
"Are you okay, sweetie? We found you in the street alone and we decided to bring you home. The doctor diagnosed you and he said that you probably fainted due to extreme coldness."
"Uh, yeah…" Sakura answered, not fully comprehending what the woman said.
'Way to make a first impression.'
'I-Inner? I thought you were dead!' Sakura shrieked in her mind.
'Glad to hear my presence is appreciated.' Inner said sarcastically.
'No offense but didn't you disappear when Sasuke left the village!' Sakura said still surprised with Inner's return.
'I think we should talk about this later. They're calling you.'
"Hello?" The woman asked.
"Oh, I'm sowwy" the pink haired girl answered.
Sowwy?
'Did the blonde idiot finally rubbed into you? If you haven't noticed you're a child. Your tongue probably hasn't accommodated into pronouncing words well.' Inner said dryly.
'Well I'm very sorry, YOUR HIGHNESS. As you can see, I was very shocked – wait, what?'
"Sweetie? I was asking you where your parents are."
"They're dead."
Sakura covered her mouth with her hands and her eyes widened. She was used to answering that question with a simple and direct sentence to avoid troublesome issues.
I sound like Shikamaru.
"Oh I'm very sorry, sweetie. If you don't mind, well, my husband and I were talking about this when you were asleep I mean only if you want to and all and we think it will be for the best of course we are not forcing you to agree it's just that -" the woman rambled.
She talks faster than a child in sugar mode.
"Slow down, dear. Oh, we must have been so rude. My name is Lucas Robinsons and this is my wife Sarah. Nice to meet you um-" the man said.
'What will I say?'
'Just say you don't have one and act like a child.'
"I don't have one." Sakura mumbled while tearing up.
'You know you're one hell of an actress.'
'Shut up.'
"Oh my gosh! Don't worry we'll take care of you!" The woman said while crushing Sakura in a hug.
"H-huh?" Sakura asked.
"Oh, me and my wife talked about adopting you. Of course only if you are okay with it?" Lucas said.
"YES! Thank you very much!" Sakura answered with a smile she was so famous of.
"Honey, she's so cute!" Sarah squealed while crushing Sakura into a hug again.
"So what would be good for her name?" Lucas asked effectively releasing Sakura in the bone-crushing hug.
Thank God.
"I think it should be Azalea." Sarah said.
"Heh, feminine passion and fragile softness. It suits her." Lucas commented.
"So sweetie, do you like Azalea?" Sarah asked.
"Un!" Sakura answered childishly and gave Sarah and Lucas a toothy smile.
'We have this annoying tendency to be named after flowers.' Inner said dryly.
Sakura either didn't hear Inner which is highly unlikely or she just chose to ignore Inner's comment.
"Honey, for now I think you should give her a bath and then let her rest for the night. She should be tired." Lucas suggested to Sarah.
"Yes dear."
"Now, Azalea let's take a bath!" Sarah said to Sakura.
The raven haired woman picked Sakura and led them inside the bathroom. The bathroom was just as grandeur as the room. In fact, all things inside were so pristine she thought she was blinded when she first saw the room. In the middle is a large pool with golden phoenix statues that spouted hot water in the beak. Another grand chandelier lighted the room. There was a door in the wall parallel to the door they just entered that led to what Sakura guessed used for the excretion of wastes since there seems to be none inside this room.
"Now let's remove those rags off of you." Sarah said lifting her clothes (if you can call it clothes) when she suddenly stopped.
"Sweetie, I've been meaning to ask but what is this?" Sarah said while fingering the locket around Sakura's neck.
'How come I've never noticed this?'
'Be careful with that locket Kura, it seems to give off an evil aura.'
"I've had it ever since I can remember." Sakura said sadly while fingering the locket, for the benefit of acting.
The pendant is square shaped with an emerald snake in the middle creating a letter 'S' The snake was surrounded with emerald gems that screamed pricey and both the snake and the gems were encased in glass. The pendant was hung in her neck with a platinum chain. (A/ N: Check in my profile for picture)
Now that she noticed it, there was also a weird looking ring around her right middle finger. The ring was platinum and the middle of the ring was black. In the black part was a triangle with a circle inside it and a line was splitting the circle and the triangle symmetrically in half. The ring gives off the same creepy aura the locket was giving. (A/ N: Check in my profile for picture)
"We should remove these accessories before we bathe." Sakura's mother-figure said.
Centimeters before the necklace was fully removed from Sakura's head, there was some sort of electrocuting sensation that went through her whole body.
"I'm reawwy not comfowtabwe withowt my nekwess." Sakura hurriedly said while pulling down her necklace back to her neck. Sakura added a nice cute pout with puppy dog eyes to convince her new 'mother'.
"Awwwwww! You're so cute!" Sarah squealed crushing Sakura into a hug. The bone-crushing hugs were becoming a habit for her raven-haired 'mother'.
'At least her attention was diverted. What was that?' Inner said pertaining to the electrocuting sensation they felt.
'Don't ask me, I'm equally confused as you. But I'm guessing it had to do with the necklace.'
'I'm betting it will be the same for the ring.'
Sakura experimented with her ring and tried to remove it. Just as Inner said, she felt the same electrocuting sensation throughout her body. She quickly placed the ring back.
After the bath, Sakura smelled like strawberries and honey. She was dressed in a light pink silk nightgown with frills and ribbons.
'Ah, the joys of bathing. I can live with this.' The pink haired girl contentedly thought.
'Damn right. We rarely got to indulge with heavenly baths like this when we were in the middle of the war.' Inner said completely agreeing with her Outer.
'More like we never got to do this completely.' Sakura thought while mentally scrunching her nose at the memories of her 17 year old self too busy healing here and there while defending their hideout from enemies to attend to her hygienic needs.
Sarah picked her up and tucked her in the fluffy bed. She and Lucas kissed her forehead goodnight.
"Good night sweetie. We will talk about everything tomorrow but now, sleep tight,"
"-and don't let the bed bugs bite." Lucas finished.
'This is absolutely crazy.' Inner said after the lights were turned off.
'Tell me about it.'