Chappie 2-
"Fuga-kun, you know what her eyes meant right?" Mikoto asked her husband the moment the Harunos had left their clan house carrying the now unconscious girl.
"Yes..." Fugaku answered back making Mikoto sigh deeply. It would mean destruction if ever the girl was caught and used as a weapon by another village. They had to disclose this information to their Hokage and no other for it would be bad if everyone learns that the Haruno clan contains such a secret. Everybody disregarded the Haruno clan since they were only known to be intelligent, most not knowing that the Haruno clan was one of the most scariest clan ever. Their dojutsu could control elemental jutsus that were not compatible with them.
"I have a bad feeling about this. Almost as if somethings gonna happen soon, something bad. I don't like this kind of feeling Fuga-kun, the last time I had this feeling, the village was attacked." Mikoto said making Fugaku's already grim face to be even more grim.
"Well, do not worry about that Miko-chan. It would do you no good to harm yourself further, just rest and be with the kids. I will handle the matter with Ryuui." Mikoto nodded and entered the main house before watching Fugaku leave without a trace to head towards the Hokage.
"Sakura-hime, how are you feeling?" An old woman asked Sakura as she lay on her futon her feet not even halfway her whole futon. Her body was filled mostly of bandages and she remembered everything that happened again. The fear, the pain, the hatred, the rush of power and the blood. She could not keep it away from her head and she was not able to answer at all.
"Ryuui-sama, Diyane-sama, she is well already, but speaking to me is something she does not want to do. I leave you to it then." The old woman said before leaving the room completely and closing the sliding door to give them privacy.
"Sakura, what we are to disclose to you is an important matter. Make sure that you understand it perfectly. I know that Fugaku will arrive here in a short notice as we have to disclose this matters with the Hokage." Sakura nodded mutely and stared into open space again while listening to her father's word.
"You, my daughter, are the heiress to the Haruno clan. You are capable of obtaining the perfect form of Shourei Rengan and utilizing the power that comes with it. Many are known to have sacrificed and have killed for them to obtain the power however, not one of them were able to take it. You were gifted with this the moment you were born and it was kept a secret throughout the whole clan. You must keep in mind that hatred is not what ignites it but love does. Do not force yourself to master such a delicate dojutsu. Wait for time, and do not worry about those shinobis, they are safe and are still alive for questioning." Ryuui said before finishing up the matter. A sudden knock was heard and they were informed that the Hokage and Uchiha ugaku had arrived.
"Lead them here, we have a lot to talk about." Ryuui ordered before holding Sakura's hands and comforting the young girl. The sliding door opened and the Sandaime along with Fugaku entered while nodding.
"Please take your seat." Ryuui pointed to the cushions that were already laid out. Complying to the request, the two newcomers sat down and observed the young girl sitting on her futon.
"She's too young." Was the only thing that came out of the Hokage's mouth after observing Sakura closely. Sakura looked at the Hokage, her eyes glistening with fear and respect for the leader of the village.
"And she's too innocent and fragile to look at. It's no wonder as to why they were fooled by that, she seems to be weak and utterly helpless, but what lies beneath her is a dormant power, many have dreamt of obtaining." Ryuui nodded grimly while Diyane held his hand on one hand as if to comfort him.
"She needs to protected, the seal must have been broken and we will reseal it tomorrow, the same time again today." The Hokage said while unbeknown to them, a spy had infiltrated the Haruno clan house and heard the whole exchange.
'Too bad, they'll be dead by the time that happens.' And the man cackled silently making a mental note to treat himself to something luxurious when he had completed his mission. Yes, he would soon be out of the troublesome village that kept him cooped up for not revealing where the true heiress was. He sent a small letter to his subordinates to commence the attack tomorrow, soon, everything would be gone. And they would soon acknowledge his strength.
TIMESKIP
"Sakura, where are you going again now?" Diyane asked while scolding her second daughter who looked ready to go out again and do some playing. Sakura pouted innocently and smiled sheepishly while trying hard to hide the blush that was forming on her pale cheeks.
"Ah, I was just going to the library. I wanted to read more about new jutsus I can utilize kaa-chan and become strong since Miyuki-nee does not want to train with me now that she's a grown up and completely busy with things." Sakura answered while trying hard not to give away the real reason as to why she was heading to the library.
"Now Saki-chan, you be a good girl and don't come back home late, m'kay?" Diyane said while giving the girl a kiss on the forehead.
"Hai kaa-chan. I'll be off now!" Sakura said while waving goodbye happily and watching her mother hold her growing stomach, looking anxiously at her retreating back. She knew that maybe, just maybe, this will be an eventful day for the life of the young Haruno. Diyane felt tears come unbidden and she looked up at the skies to prevent herself from crying. They had to resort to even more desperate measure now that many greedy people were after the power of the clan.
"We had to do it Diyane-chan... You know that that is the only thing we can do to protect her from the claws of those power-hungry men. I know that sealing her powers back in is making you feel bad, but that's the only thing we can do to prevent her seal from overtaking her. Sakura's special in a kind of way and you must never forget that worrying is bad for your health. She's looking forward to having a younger sibling and we must make sure that the two of you are healthy." Ryuui said making Diyane blush tenfolds from what he said.
"Oh stop it you old fox." Diyane said earning an amused look from the Haruno patriarch while she flounced back inside the main house. Ryuui however, soon took on a serious facade as he felt something sinister approach them, the aura was still far but it was becoming more and mores sinister each passing minute. He shook this off as nothing serious and went inside the clan house too not noticing the smirk coming from the mouth of a certain slave.
"How may I help you Haruno-sama?" The librarian asked Sakura when she entered the library. Sakura smiled at her and showed her the slip of paper that her onee-chan had once written when they were kids.
"Oh, why these books are quite complex Haruno-sama, as expected. These books can be found on shelf number 13 and 17, once you've found them, you can now proceed to read them." Sakura bobbed her head slightly and proceeded to the shelves given to her. She approached it with such grace that would have made the other kids her age to feel jealous and all. As she chose the books that she had carefully listed down, she made a place for her at the far end of the library where the tables were found. She quickly slid in the seat and began to study the complex seals that were needed to perform the jutsu. She did not need to practice it, all she had to do was memorize them and soon she'll be able to perform them perfectly and flawlessly. That was the only advantage that she had against her older sister who happened to be late again and broke another promise. She hated that and so she decided to devote herself to catch her sister's attention that she was strong enough to be trained.
'Sakura-hime, you are strong beyond your own thinking. Do not berate yourself about the fact that your sister does not give time for you. Just remember that it is all for your good and nothing more.' Sakura felt herself stiffen when she heard the voice speak to her head. She had wanted to answer it but it was gone again and she had the feeling that she won't get anymore answers to the questions she had wanted to ask. This was the first time Haruno Sakura communicated with her inner persona marking as a milestone for her progress and for many more things. Things, she'd rather forget about and bury in pain when she had grown up, but not now, she's too innocent that falling into such an easy trick made the young girl vulnerable.
Mikoto stared out of the window suddenly. She had felt something fluctuating all the way from the Haruno compound and she knew that trouble was brewing, but she knew not the degree of it.
"Fuga-kun, did you feel that? It seems to me that something terrible is going to happen but I don't know what." Mikoto said while still staring worriedly outside the window. They heard an approaching footstep and Mikoto looked warily at the door, but her fear was stopped when she saw it was only Itachi.
"Ita-chan, where have you been? It's already time for you to sleep! Have you eaten already?" The woman asked while hugging Itachi to herself. Itachi nodded his head and quickly walked away but he too stopped and looked around them warily. Mikoto looked worriedly towards his direction but he just gave his mother a small smile to reassure her.
"Mi-chan, I shall be heading to the Haruno compound. The Hokage has decided to reseal the girl's powers unless she is obtained by those people looking for power." Fugaku said while preparing to leave, however, Mikoto stood up too and removed her apron while washing her hands clean and drying them up.
"Fuga-kun, you do not expect me to stay here and be worried, do you? Besides, I can help you if ever Sakura-chan's chakra decides to fight the sealing process." Mikoto said while heading towards the door, the Uchiha patriarch just stared at his wife before he smirked and followed her out of the house to a clan of impending doom. They did not know that by the time they arrived there, there would be nothing more left for them to greet.
Sakura hurriedly ran towards her clan compound, she had been so caught up in reading about the new jutsus that she forgot what time it was already. She was way past her curfew and she knew that her kaa-chan would end up worrying and scolding her for being such a forgetful little creature. As she neared he gate however, it was wide open and the guards were nowhere to be seen, which made the young girl worry. She noticed the eerie silence too that surrounded the whole compound while the air seemed so cold at the same time.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" It was a scream, a scream of pure pain and Sakura nervously stopped on her tracks until she realized where it was coming from. She made it to the clan house where meetings were made and she couldn't help but feel the greed and the sinister intent coming from inside. It had felt so evil and cold at the same time making Sakura shiver in a not so good way.
"Where is the heiress of the clan, Haruno?" A voice asked sounding deep and masculine while laced with blood lust making Sakura fearful again. She slowly opened the tatami door and what greeted her made her stomach lurch. Bodies of her own kin where slumped on the ground that was bathed in blood already and there were at least fourteen shinobis that surrounded her big sister who was suffering from pain. The moment she stepped in, the attackers shifted their attention to the young girl and smirked at her.
"Well, I guess I have no need for you then Miyuki. We finally have what we are looking for, the Haruno heiress." The man cackled evilly making Sakura feel fear as they advanced towards her direction while their eyes showed how sinister they truly were. Her sister suddenly blocked them from nearing Sakura who was frozen in fear.
"S-sakura, y-you have to run..." Her sister started to cough up blood but still stubbornly stood her ground.
"Onee-chan, kaa-chan and tou-san, w-where are they?" Sakura asked not seeing the look of sadness and anger flitting across her onee-chan's face.
"Oh, you are looking for your parents? Such a sweet little girl you are, Toishi, bring the two Harunos here. I want the girl to see what is going to happen if she does not cooperate with us." The man said snarling as Miyuki attacked him with the trademark body flicker. The man was knocked down on the floor making him cuss and glare at Miyuki angrily.
"That's what you get for messing with us." Miyuki said just as the man called Toishi was thrown away from the impact of being hit by two strong Harunos. Sakura smiled as she saw her mother and father safe and alive, they joined them and ordered Sakura to run to which the latter stubbornly refused.
"Sakura, just go! You need to run away from here, we need you safe. Do not worry about us, we'll be safe, I promise now go!" Ryuui had said while kissing her on the forehead and giving her the katana he held. There was a necklace that dangled on the end of the katana handle shaped like an angel wing folded in half.
"This is a sign that we'll keep our promise, okay? It was created and molded by our chakra so that you will be able to utilize and control it whether you are far away. I need you to be safe for us, that as much I want you to promise and whatever happen don't come back, we'll be fine." Sakura nodded and ran towards the door before looking back at her parents and older sister back to back with each other. She felt tears well up on her eyes but crying for her clan was the last thing she should do, she needed to follow orders right now.
'Where are they when we need them? Fugaku-sama and Sandaime-sama should have been here four hours ago.' Sakura inwardly thought as she tried to run away from the clan house. As she passed by, she saw more and more of the Harunos lying dead on the ground while there were seals on their forehead that she recognized as a sealing technique as to destroy and keep their dojutsu sealed inside.
'Shh, ignore it for now, we need to escape from this area. Your kaa-san and tou-san said so. Leave it to them an report this to the first person you see. They'll help us.' Inner Sakura commented as Sakura began to waver.
"AHHHH!" Another scream was heard and Sakura couldn't help but feel the need to go back. This was the first time she heard such a scream coming from her older sister, and this was also the first time she decided to disobey orders. She was halfway from leaving the compound but she opted to turn back and help her parents, she couldn't bear the thought that they were slowly dying because of her. She ran back as fast as she could and all she saw when she entered was her sister lying dead on the position she used to be on and her mother being held captive by the other men and her father fighting with several kunai stabs on the back and a bigger wound on his hips. He was staggering drunkly and another slash made him fall down.
'I told you to follow instructions!' Screamed her inner which she ignored and pushed past her mind. She turned around and saw her mother being held captive by the other men.
"Ryuui!" Her mother screamed and she felt her blood go cold as she watched the men caress her mother's hair and smirk evilly. Her mother did the next best thing to do, she kicked him in the stomach and released herself from the grasps of her captors. She was still hidden away from view and she saw how her mother put up a fight only to be captured again and her neck being stained red from blood that was caused by the slash made by an unknown person. She inched closer towards their bodies as she watched them slowly, they were dead, that much she knew. But still she inched closer as if she was in a mother was dead and so was Miyuki, she tried to wake her father but all she got was silence, his faint chakra signature was slowly dying away and leaving him. Sakura felt tears come unbidden as she watched their bodies around her, her best friends, cousins, and everyone back at the Haruno compound, her kaa-chan, tou-chan and even onee-chan and her supposed to be imouto were gone, all dead, nothing left...
'Love, how can you love someone you despise truly, they killed everyone. Miyuki-nee who had just arrived from a mission, kaa-san who was with child, tou-san who was worried about me... Everyone is dead, and these men had done it. They need to be punished severely.' Sakura told herself, she looked down and her bangs blocked any view of her face. The man cackled and laughed triumphantly while declaring his victory and pervertedness.
"Ha, finally they have died, it was such a waste to kill such beautiful women, especially the eldest daughter, such a pretty girl she was. Now Haruno heiress, come with us and you won't suffer any pain at all." The man grinned evilly and she recognized him as the man that her family had taken in as a slave. It angered Sakura that such a man they trusted would betray them and she felt her fear dying away from inside her. All she could see were her bloodstained clothes and the blood from everyone dead. Hatred and anger reflected on her once bright eyes making her look even more malevolent.
"Let's get her now, she has submitted." The other man said while grabbing her hand since he misunderstood her antics as that of submission, a big mistake, for Sakura immediately grabbed the katana and unsheathed it before running it through the man's torso, his blood splattering on her face. She felt nothing, void, pain... She cared less about this man, he was the one who killed and made her clan suffer and he needed to die, eliminated. He will not harm anyone ever again, he must be punished for what he had done to the clan, mercilessly ordering around his men to kill anyone on sight, even the little children. When Sakura spoke, her voice was chilly and scary, it sounded ragged but powerful.
"Submission is something I will never do to the likes of you who murder innocent people. Death is something you shall not taste, but will be something you wish to have tasted." Sakura said before sheathing back her sword and looking at them as her eyes instantly turned a lighter shade of green with tints of purple and gold around the pupil while a sakura blossom pattern was on her eyes starting from the pupil. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind came from outside and along with it, Sakura moved, unseen by the shinobis, she easily attacked them by immobilizing them but not truly killing them. Soon, she was faced by the second strongest man and he unsheathed his katana while performing a stance that he usually showed to Sakura when he was still working for them.
"This technique was one that you couldn't master, Sakura. You'll be soon in our hands! HA!" He attacked while Sakura looked at him impassively and stretched her hands to him, he tried to avoid her by steering away but Sakura instantly sent blossoms to held him captive, he avoided looking into her eyes but she forced him too.
"Pain, is what you will feel... Look at me in the eyes and you'll fall into a slumber you would never wanna wake up again." Sakura's voice sounded mad, more like malicious. And the man was stupid enough that he looked at her in the eyes and he couldn't help but feel proud of his achievement, the heiress had activated and received the perfect form of the Shourei Rengan all because of him.
"I have no qualms about this happ-AHHH!" A blood-curdling scream resonated throughout the whole place, it was filled with pain and fear. Sakura looked away from him before dropping him on the ground, blood spilling from his mouth. She placed her delicately small hands on his neck and held him in place until she heard footsteps approaching the area.
"Why is it extremely quiet here Fuga-kun?" A familiar voice was heard and Sakura couldn't help but feel worried, she held the man, still under her genjustu, on the neck as if making sure that whoever went through that door wouldn't be harmed by this man again. As the door opened, it revealed the Hokage, and the Uchiha matriarch and patriarch kunai's in their hands. They straightened, however when they saw her holding a man by the neck without any idea at all that they were there at all.
"S-sakura?" The girl looked at them and the Hokage instantly advance to her before removing her hand from the neck of the man and knocking her out. Fugaku looked around and he couldn't help but feel bad for the girl, everyone was dead except for her. Mikoto silently cried as she saw the hands of her best friend, it was bloodied and she understood who did it, the child couldn't have done it so there were only two options, either the man she was holding was the killer or was the one who planned the killing, the deaths of those from the Haruno were too untimely and she knew that even if she had a gut feeling, this was beyond what she could imagine at all.
"We need to bring her to the hospital, now." The Hokage said while looking worriedly at the girl in his arms, and breaking the eerie silence around them. Mikoto and Fugaku nodded before they headed out of the compound, they had to clean it up later, not now. Their worry now was the young girl, she had been in a trance-like state and they needed to find answers soon.
"Her eyes, they were not just the Shourei Rengan, is it?" Mikoto asked wonderingly while looking at the young girl sleeping peacefully except for the blood on her face and clothes.
"Yes, it is the Shourei Rengan, but the perfect form of that dojutsu. And sealing her power in, is nearly impossible at this state, I wished we had arrived earlier and not stayed around with Danzo, then maybe, such tragedy would have been prevented." Mikoto nodded grimly while contemplating on the matter, if only they had been a step ahead of he killers, then the Haruno clan wouldn't have been murdered brutally. What about little Sakura, they had left no plan at all, nothing, not even a single one... Or was that agreement a part of the countermeasure? Maybe, just maybe, they had known this was going to happen and made counter measures for the protection of their daughter, but Sakura acquiring the perfect form of Shourei Rengan, was something they did not expected.
A.N
And here goes another chapter, I hope that you guys like it too. I suck at summaries, so yeah, just tell me if I'm crappy and if it's confusing or what. And if you guys ever want a scene, I'd love to hear it. Thanks again ^_^