It's Just Not Natural

by EbonyEye

Hey, there! It's Just Not Natural is a Naruto Fic that is going consist of multiple chapters, and it has some OCs. I have tried to form these OCs to fit like the original Naruto style, and I hope you like it!

Okay, the current situation is like this:

- Sasuke is still chasing around after Itachi with Team Hebi

- Akatsuki still has all its members

- Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke etc. are all around 24.

- Akatsuki are still busy capturing the tailed beasts

- Gaara is not Kazekage… just make up an imaginary one. Lol. He still has the Ichibi inside of him, too, making him a target of the Akatsuki

- And lastly… OUR DEAR PERVERTED SAN-NIN IS ALIVE! MUAHAHAHAHA!

Let the story begin! R&R! ENJOY!

Chapter 1

Mission

Location: Konohagakure

Sakura pushed herself out of her lab chair. She was absolutely dead on her feet, but she was extremely pleased with her day's work.

Wow, I didn't imagine it would take that long. She stretched, cracking her neck.

Don't blame the work – it's all your fault for staying so long. Sakura's inner inserted snidely.

Sakura Haruno had just had a major change in her life about six years ago. And that change was a little sister called Nozomi.

The kunoichi glanced at the picture that stood on her desk. It showed herself and a little pink-haired baby, who had wide green eyes. The only difference was that Nozomi's pink was much, much darker than Sakura's, but her moss green eyes looked like they had been copied out of her older sister's face.

Smiling, Sakura packed up and rushed out of the lab.

She lived in a small apartment with Nozomi, ever since her mother had died three years ago. Her father was dead for a longer period of time, so that left Sakura Haruno with her little sister all alone.

Hurrying now, as it grew later and later, Sakura's shoes clattered on the pavement. She could see her building now, and it boosted her almost zero energy supplies.

Inside her apartment it was dark and quiet. Soundlessly slipping of her shoes, Sakura crept on tip-toes to Nozomi and her shared bedroom.

Her little sister looked like an angel, with her dark rose hair fanning out around her cute face. The brilliant emerald eyes were concealed behind closed lids and the steady rise and fall of her chest reassured Sakura that everything was how it should be.

The kunoichi smiled again, softly, and got ready for bed. Sadly, she made a bit too much noise, waking Nozomi.

"Saki?" The Hokage's apprentice turned at the sound of a cute little voice calling her name.

Nozomi sat, wide awake, on her bed and stared at her curiously.

"Why were you not home?"

Sakura sighed and sat next to her little sister.

"I had a lot of work, Zomi." She explained, ruffling the rose-coloured hair.

"'Ruto came by with Hinata and played with me." Nozomi smiled at the memory. They had had a ramen eating contest, and when Nozomi had lost, she had smashed the last bowl into Naruto's face. Hinata had giggled and commented that she was so like her older sister when it came to her temper.

Sakura stretched again and yawned.

"Was it fun?"

"Yes… well, I had fun! Naruto not as much." Nozomi giggled.

Her sister gently pushed her back down and said in a soothing, but firm tone:

"You should sleep now. I'm going too, so don't make any excuses. Tomorrow I have a day off from the hospital, so maybe we can go out with my team, okay?"

Nozomi's eyes widened at the promise, and at once, she dropped down and pretended that she was sleeping.

Sakura chuckled and went to her own bed. Moments later, there was not another sound to be heard.

"SAKURA-CHAN! NOZOMI-CHAN!"

The Haruno sisters groaned and covered their ears simultaneously.

I liked our ears the way they are. Inner Sakura muttered. Sakura couldn't help agree, though she knew that screaming loudly was just a part of who Naruto was.

"Ohayo, Naruto, Kaka-sensei, Sai!" Sakura beamed.

"Hello, Nozomi!" Naruto shouted again, swooping Sakura's little sister into the air.

"Hi, 'Ruto!" Nozomi grinned.

Kakashi waved from behind his lil' ol' book. Sai beamed a fake smile and added his customary greeting:

"Hey, Ugly; hey, Shorty."

"I am NOT short!" Nozomi yelled, banging on Naruto's arm to let her down, which he did hastily.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, the little rosette rushed over to Sai, meaning to kick him in the gems, then she stopped short.

Tilting her head, she chirped sweetly:

"Oh! Wait! It wouldn't hurt if I hit you there; Saki told me that you're dickless!"

"Okay, after lunch, I need to go see Tsunade." Kakashi announced as they sat in a row at the Ichiraku.

"Oh. Why?" Sakura asked, curious.

"She told me that we've got a mission… but it needs some explanation." Her sensei answered, finally putting down the orange book.

Both of them shot up as Naruto suddenly punched Sai.

In the face.

Nozomi was hunched up between them, covering her eyes with little hands.

"DICKLESS, SAKURA'S GONNA BE AFTER YOUR BALLS NOW!" Naruto roared.

"Huh?" The said kunoichi shot her little sister a confused look, who gave her a heartbroken glance back. Unshed tears trembled in the corner of her eyes.

At once, Sakura was on her feet, having put two and two together.

"SAI. WHAT. THE. HELL. DID. YOU. SAY. TO. MY. SISTER?"

Before the pale artist could answer, Kakashi said calmly:

"Sai, I would run. Like, right now."

*SPLAT*

"Too late." Sakura stated coolly, sending Sai flaying off his seat.

Astonished, Sai rubbed the red handprint on his face and asked, confused:

"What? I only told her that she was flat."

"SHE'S ONLY SIX YOU IDIOT!"

Team 7 had an unusually entertaining training practice. Nozomi, had watched, fascinated, and practiced her own moves while they duelled. She only had very basic moves, but considering that she was only 6, it was impressive.

"Saki! Look!" Happily, Nozomi called to her sister.

From the top of a tree.

Sakura beamed and called back:

"Good job! Now you can – " She was interrupted by Sai, who had used her distraction to come up close and try to disarm her.

She ended up pinned on the ground, eating dirt, while Sai twisted her arms.

"Ugly should pay attention to her surroundings." Sai said calmly, as if commenting on the weather.

"LET GO OF MY SISTER, YOU CASTRATED FUCKER! I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO HAVE SEX YOUR WHOLE LIFE, STUPID ARTSY-FARTSY BITCH!" Nozomi screamed and launched herself at Sai. Taken by surprise, the pale artist fell backwards off of Sakura, landing on his butt.

Kakashi suddenly appeared out of no where, reading his porn, and asked:

"Sakura, where did your sister learn all of those colourful terms?"

"Fuck you, Sai." Sakura said, shooting a deadly glare at the said person.

"He swears too much when she's around. And he loves telling her stories about the male dick."

"I see." Kakashi raised an eyebrow and resumed reading.

After about two hours, Kakashi announced:

"Alright, I'm on my way to the Hokage." Tucking his orange book away, he added:

"Pray that I come back in one piece."

Sakura giggled at that, carrying Nozomi on one hip, and said:

"You should rather wish that she won't rip your porn to shreds, then burn the remaining pieces."

Kakashi clearly winced.

"Well… I'll die protecting it! That's why you should pray that I come back in one piece, because if I don't, then my books will perish as well!"

Not waiting for any more of Sakura's terrifying suggestions, Kakashi hastily disappeared in a burst of smoke.

Naruto grinned widely and shouted:

"OKAY! Who's up for more ramen?"

"Finally! I'd thought you'd never show up!" The Godaime growled. She was slightly drunk, but at least still conscious enough to not smash her desk to splinters.

"Listen up, Hatake – there was a huge commotion near Mizu no Kuni three years ago. That's the village Haku came from, remember?" Tsunade waited for Kakashi to nod before going on.

"Anyhow, there was a major argument back then and a large piece of the population broke off and founded a new village. The problem was, was that the seven clans that live in the village, Izo, are extremely strong, from what I've heard. And it is rapidly expanding."

Kakashi's forehead furrowed and he asked:

"How large is the village?"

"Well… three years ago it was really small, but now it's almost over the average sized villages."

The copy nin rocked onto his heels, thinking.

If another village grew that rapidly in population, it would most definitely seek to join the circle of the five largest villages, among which is Konoha. And a new, strong village very well might unbalance the rest.

Kakashi sighed and grumbled:

"Can't the rest of the world handle itself, as soon as we turn out backs? They're acting like toddlers."

"Yes, Hatake, but now I am coming to my actual point. Team 7 is to go and investigate. I want you to go and stay there for a month, and talk to them. They have declared that they are peaceful to outsiders, and we will see to it that they keep their word.

"But if they prove hostile…" Tsunade's eyes slid down.

"You will have to fight your way out. For that purpose, I have arranged that Suna send a team of ninjas as well."

Narrowing his one visible eye, Kakashi questioned:

"And who would that team be?"

Now Tsunade smiled. Well, it more like a lopsided smirk that was twisted into a smile.

"Why, Sabaku no Gaara and his siblings. Who else?"

"Really? Great!" Sakura's eyes lit up as she heard from her new mission.

Her smile faltered, though, and a troubled look entered her eyes.

The copy nin look at her worriedly and asked:

"But…?"

"Well… I don't want to leave Nozomi alone." The pink haired kunoichi confessed.

"Couldn't you leave her with somebody? Ino… or Hinata perhaps?"

"Don't you think I've thought about that before?" Sakura snapped, worry making her impatient.

"It's just that I don't want to be away from her." She explained, trying to cool off from her sudden outburst.

Kakashi understood and patted Sakura's hair as if she were 12 again.

"Don't worry – Konoha is a safe place." He promised gently.

The kunoichi nodded and grinned sheepishly. Tilting her head up to look at her sensei, she asked:

"So… do you think that Hinata would be capable of looking after Nozomi?"

"Sakura, Hinata has practically babysat her little sister, Hinabi, since she was very young. She's ideal with kids."

The Haruno thought for a second, then nodded.

"Okay. Hinata it is. Thanks, Kaka-sensei."

"Glad to help." Kakashi nodded briefly before going up in a cloud of smoke.

Sakura released a pent-up breath. A single thought burned in her mind:

How am I going to break the news to Nozomi?

Last time she had announced to her little sister that she was leaving, the younger Haruno had thrown a humongous fit.

Well, that's your own fault for not raising her better. Her inner commented snidely.

Shut up. It's just as much your fault as mine. Sakura snapped back.

Ooh, Sakura's getting F-E-I-S-T-Y! Her inner said in a sing-song voice.

Sakura chose to ignore the other voice in her head.

Her inner voice was a growing mystery. I mean, sure everybody has a good and bad 'voice', but not like Sakura. She seemed to have two people, almost exact opposites, inside her head. They looked the same, were the same height, age etc., but they had complete different personalities.

Over time, Sakura had learned to suppress the annoying inner, but it kept breaking through.

Kami-sama, remind me why I have such a bitch inside of me. Sakura groaned.

Bitch? Who're you calling a bitch?

"Just SHUT UP!" Sakura fairly shouted. Her inner chuckled, then retreated to a dark corner of their joint mind.

"I have other things to worry about, and a stupid inner malice is certainly NOT HELPING!" She growled to Inner Sakura.

Fine. How about you tell Nozomi that you're going away and never coming back?

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!" Sakura's annoyed scream caused heads to turn outside on the street which she lived on.

"Nozomi…? Are you there?" Sakura called into Nozomi's closet. Well, at least it was supposed to be a closet, but the younger Haruno used it as a drawing room. Sheets of paper, parchment and hundreds of coloured pens littered the floor.

And in the middle sat Nozomi, carefully drawing something using a pencil.

"…?" She looked up, then beamed at her sister.

"Hi! What's up?" She bounced straight into Sakura and hugged her tightly.

Looking down at the mop of dark pink hair, the Hokage's apprentice felt her throat tighten. She didn't want to go away.

"Well… Nozomi, I have a mission. I'll be gone for two weeks." Maybe you'll be gone forever. Inner Sakura cackled evilly.

Ignoring her inner, Sakura continued:

"I'll ask Hinata to take care of you while I'm gone, okay?"

"But I don't need a babysitter anymore!" Nozomi cried out. She let go of her older sister and crossed her arms, trying to stand as tall as possible.

Which wasn't that tall…

"She's not going to babysit you, silly; she's going to take care of you. Those are two different things. Hinata-chan is our friend, and she's very nice to you, Nozomi."

The little rosette sighed and sat down again, pulling out her pencil.

"You're mean." Nozomi pouted.

Sakura had to smile and got on her knees next to her sister.

"No, I'm not. If you work hard and well, you'll become a ninja too. And then we might get a mission together."

Nozomi gave a small smile, yet it was a smile, and sighed:

"Okay. I'll be good."

Sakura hugged her sister once more, than said:

"I have to get ready and tell Hinata. I'll be back in about half an hour."

Nodding, Nozomi continued her drawing. Sakura glanced at it and saw the rosette pull out some coloured pencils, choosing a bright pink pen.

The Hokage's apprentice hurried to the Hyuuga compound, and knocked politely.

A servant appeared at the door and admitted her, announcing the arrival to Hyuuga Hiashi. Sakura gulped as she caught sight of the Hyuuga master. His stern face and pale eyes were enough to intimidate anybody.

"Ah, Haruno Sakura." Hiashi said. "I suppose you're here to speak to Hinata?"

"Yes, Hiashi-sama." Sakura answered politely.

The servant escorted her to Hinata's quarters. That's right – quarters. Hinata had a whole wing of the compound to herself.

Rich Bitch, Rich Bitch, Rich Bitch, Sakura's inner chanted meanly.

This is the third time today that I have to tell you to shut it. Sakura responded tiredly.

As if I'd listen. Right.

"S… Sakura-chan!" Hinata smiled. The Hyuuga heiress listened attentively to Sakura's request and said happily:

"Of course I'll take Nozomi! She's a good girl, you don't need to worry about that!"

The Haruno grinned and thanked Hinata multiple times.

She took her leave after a bit of gossiping with the Hyuuga, then she left, pleased with her success.

Kami-sama, it's good to have friends. She hummed.

A/N

Okay, I wonder if this chapter was too long… or stupid… or both. XD Please review and tell me what you think. I know the beginning was positively lame, but hopefully the next chappie won't bore the hell out of you.

See ya! Review, please!

- EbonyEye

PREVIEW CHAPTER 2:

-"Huh?" The blonde ninja questioned, still leaping through the trees. "What's wrong with asking if Sunagakure has ramen?"

-"You slut! GIVE ME MY WATER BOTTLE BACK!" Suigetsu roared.

-Give the player to your left a piggy back ride around the entire house.

-"Is she really worth it?"

"Yes. That and more."