This is a revised version. After reading It i noticed all the grammar mistakes. So... Yeah!
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Strength of the Rose
Chapter One
Questions

- Third Person POV -

Beside Sakura Haruno were her now unconscious teammates; Naruto Uzamki lay to her left and Sasuke Uchiha to her right. They were left as they are after failing to beat Orichimaru; She cursed inwardly, for she was the reason for the state they were in. They were protecting her – everyone wanted too, leaving her on the side line doing nothing.

Realizing it was her fault that all of this was happening. Silent tears dripped from her eyes. Her fellow teammates were bruised and unconscious, while she was only had a scratch on her knee that she cause herself when she accidentally tripped on a root of a tree somewhere in the Forest of Death.

She heard the light patter footsteps behind her, but she did not bother to look back. She was far too busy with the two unconscious boys on the ground to care.

When she noticed the presence was directly behind her, a voice finally spoke up. "Give us Sasuke little girl. We might not hurt you if you do. You are actually quite pretty right now. We would not want that to change now would we?" Said a very feminine voiced from behind her. It caught her attention. They wanted to kill him. She would not allow it to happen. They would have to go through her.

Without bothering to wipe the tears from her eyes she faced them. "Want to get to any of them, you will have to get through me first." She said with a kunai in hand. She did not know where the sudden burst of courage came from, but she did not dwell on it any.

"Oh, and what is a weak girl like you gonna do about it eh? I have a feeling your skills as a ninja is not even half as good as your looks. So I suggest you skidaddle ok?"

That statement infuriated Sakura. She took the kunai in one hand, and her pink hair in the other, and gathered it into a ponytail bound only by her hand. She cut the ponytail off, letting her pink strands flutter to the ground surrounding her.

"What that suppose too make use scared?" One of the male Oto Genin (A/N: That is what they were called right? Correct me if I am wrong :D) spat at her amidst all the giggles from the trio.

She did not have any more control of her boy at that point. Her hands started to form hand seals at speeds that could probably rival their copycat ninja sensei's. Weird part was that she did not even know what ninjutsu the seals were for.

She had no more time to ponder, for three green fists of her chakra came from behind her, heading directly for the three Oto genin in front of her. They were caught easily though.

"C'mon is that the best you can do. For a minute there I thought this would actually hurt or something." The female ninja snorted trying to shake the fist in a similar way one would do to a fly, along with her fellow teammates.

"Detonate."The words came from her in a monotone voice she didn't know she could do. Those words caused the to green fists grip the ninjas wrists tightly, and slowly crack; Each crack released a bright white light. The opposing Genin struggled to get the fists of their wrists of them fully knowing what was about to happen, but the struggling came to no avail, for the more they struggled the tighter the grip on them became.

"No one will ever harm my friends. Anyone who will even try will be eliminated." It came from her mouth, but again, she didn't have control of any of her own actions.

With a corresponding 'tick!' coming from all of the fists, they finally exploded into a blinding light. The explosion's shockwave caused the hair around her fly away, along with the limbs and remains of the Oto Ninja.

Sakura was surprised that the words that she had said, and the things she had just done. She just stared at her hands, confused. She was undoubtedly conscious of her actions, but she could not control what she was doing at all. Something had made her do all those things, because certainly she would never been able to muster enough courage to do any of those things. She did not forget the fact that she had done a totally unknown jutsu just a few moments ago.

A few seconds after she had come to her somewhat conclusion, her vision started to haze, and her head was spinning – she knew she was about to lose consciousness just like her fellow teammates.

"Sa..kura?" Came voice from behind her, which she could only think belonged to Sasuke, because she was too dizzy to think any longer. He was now somewhat conscious, and standing up. "What happened? Are you alright?" He tried again, not getting an answer from his previous question.

"Me?" She said pointing to herself. "Don't worry I am fine." She said doing a swatting motion. Sasuke could not ask any more questions, for Sakura was about to fall onto the ground from what she could only think was exhaustion.

- Sasuke -

I could hear that faint sounds of laughter of at least 3 people in the background.

'What was happening now? Is Sakura OK?' My mind kept going back between those two questions that I wanted to know the answers to. The one thing I knew was that Sakura was in a fight, and she was most definitely out numbered. That wasn't a great combo.

My mind was temporarily brought out of its worry when I heard Sakura say something. "No one…. Harm….. Friends…. Will… eliminated." I could not make out the rest of the words of what she said in my semi-unconscious, semi-conscious state, but understood what she was trying to say.

My fears where heightened when I heard a loud explosion. I know that Sakura does not know any jutsu that caused any explosion as far as I am concerned, and she did not have any explosive tags left on her. Which only means one thing. They got her.

My body finally got of its place on the ground, and went straight into a fighting stance, but immediately went back to its normal form when I saw her just standing there – completely unharmed, and three back explosion markings with slight traces of blood in front of her. Her hair was no longer as long as it was before, being only around neck length (A/N: or whatever length that it is after it was cut. If you know how to call that length of hair using body parts as you base tell me ok? I would appreciate it :D)

'She actually beat them all!?' I was confused, Sakura never really was the fighting type; She couldn't possibly beat three ninjas all by herself. Me and Naruto would probably be able to do it together, but we would probably be injured somehow. She did it, and did not have a single scratch on her. (Aside from the one she got when she tripped.)

"Sa..kura?" I started cautiously. She turned back to me. She was probably surprised to see me finally on standing on my own. She gave no reply just kept looking.

"What happened? Are you alright?" I tried again, trying to get an answer.

"Me?" She said pointing to herself. "Don't worry, I am fine." She said swatting her hand to make it look like it was nothing, and did not matter, she made it look so.. normal . This Situation was anything but normal, Here you see a ninja who did not ever even want to hurt a fly – Kill three ninja . It was definitely not normal, in fact, it was anything but normal.

I was about to add a: 'You don't look fine too me.' And ask further, but she was already going to fall onto the ground from what I hoped to be exhaustion.

I rushed to her side to catch her. Upon catching her the first thing I do is check for a pulse. Relieved to see that she had one, I lay her gently down on my lap and stare at her now idle body. What is your secret Sakura. What are you not telling us. I want to know it.

I only looked away from her when I heard the faint sounds of footsteps in the distance. When I notice that it was only Bushy Brow. (A/N: Rock Lee for those who don't know.) I lower my guard.

I told him to get Naruto, while I carried Sakura back to the village.

Sakura oh Sakura, How did you do it?
Are you hiding things from us Sakura?
If you are I want to know. Even if I have to force it out of you.

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I haven't decided on a pairing yet, but if you read my other fanfics ( Interested ? Check my profile for them (: ), you know this will be a (Reverse) Harem... So yeah!

Dunno what 'Harem' means? - Harem, hāremumono (ハーレムもの), broadly, is an ambiguously-defined subgenre of anime and manga characterized by a protagonist surrounded, usually amorously, by three or more members of the opposing sex and/or love most common and practically tantamount scenario is a male-oriented harem anime where the main male character is surrounded by a group of females

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Reverse Harem is just the opposite

If you did not bother to read the 'AN' inserted in between the lines, my QQs are here

QQ1: The ninjas that attacked sakura and her team in the Forest of Death, are they really called 'Oto genin' ? If i am wrong please tell me. :)

QQ2: If you know how to say Sakura's hair length in comparison to a body part please tell me. I don't think 'Neck Leghth' is right :/ (EG. shoulder leghth)

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