Chapter 1: Flashbacks

I can't believe I forgot the disclaimer! Stupid me*Slaps myself*

Well I don't own Naruto!

Thoughts or flashback

"Everyone on the deck!" someone shouted waking me, I stumbled out of the bunk, stretched my body while running up the ladder, "We're under attack," Captain shouted," By pirates," Ha! How ironic!

"Sakura! Go to the canons!" I followed my order and ran down to the canons. But only to see Cadoc look at me with an evil smile, "Sakura?" he said, it shocked me; he'd never said my name before always giving me annoying nicknames," Sorry, but I can't let yie shoot at them… and besides, one of their men is already on the ship…" He didn't have as much accent as he normally had," Traitor!" I snarled, grabbing my scimitar, which I realized wasn't there- I probably forgot it in my bunk- so I ran away, up on the deck Captain was already dead along with everybody else... well, shit. I blinked trying to clear my sight for the tears that was forming in my eyes.

The others were already on our ship, so I ran as fast as I could to the dinghy. I cut the ropes and the tiny boat smashed into the angry sea, it hurt and the speed made me a little dizzy,' how the hell am I going to find land?' I thought, 'Oh, well, one way or another.' At least they didn't try to stop me from floating away. Just like my consciousness…

Ah! My head hurt! I sat up and my stomach growled. 'Great I am going to die of hunger.' I looked around, searching; there was some rope, a net and a spear… well better than nothing at all!

To my right I saw land, I couldn't swim in; it was too far away. I could only hope that the sea wanted me to live. I took the net and tied it to the boats left side; I laid it gently in the water hoping to catch some fish. I laid down in the uncomfortable boat trying to sleep some more.

When I woke up again I was dizzy from not drinking or eating anything. I looked in the net saw a mackerel it wasn't a big fish, but at least I could eat it raw without getting sick. I took the spear, it was a little too big to use but it worked. I used it to cut the fish' head off I took out the organs saving only the stomach, I tied the organs and the head to a loose end in the net.

I began to peel the meat out of the fish, carefully not to break the skin. (A/N just pretend the next thing she is going to do is possible) I took the stomach and used a trick I learned from my mother; I filled it with water to clean it, I took the skin and filled it with sea water using it as a filter so all the unhealthy stuff stayed in the skin and the water would go into the little stomach.

It didn't taste nice, but it was better than nothing. I did it two more times and sighed. I was still hungry…

I thought of my friends on the ship. They were probably dead, murdered by that psychopath Cadoc! If only I had been able to kill him.

"So you want to be a pirate, eh? What makes you think a girl like you can join?" The captain looked at me, and I answered:" Because I don't have anywhere to go and… I don't know…"

"What is your name?"

"Sakura, sir."

"Heh, call me Captain. How old are you?"

"16."

He laughed,"Oh, so a kid wants to be a pirate?"

"I'm not a kid!" I yelled at him, clenching my fist.

"Uhuh? Prove it."

I threw my fist at his face and he, shocked, parried, trying to push me away. Then I acted like was gonna punch him in the face, but just as he positioned his arms I aimed for his stomach and didn't give him time to stop me. He made a funny sound as the air was pushed out of his lungs. I didn't waste any time and immediately kicked his side. He fell on the ground but took me with him.

He rolled on top of me and was about to hit me when I, in some weird way, kicked him in the back of his head. Then I straddled him and tried to strangle him.

"Stop!" he yelled.

I did as he told. We were both panting heavily.

"Thank God, you stopped." He said as I got of him.

"That wasn't what I meant by proving it…"

"What do you mean?"

"I wanted to test your knowledge! Not you're fighting skills…"

"Sorry…"

"Don't be. Hah! That was the most exciting thing that has happened in a while… You're in!" He smiled at me.

"Seriously?"

"Yep."

"Thank you so much! You won't regret it!"

"I don't think so either! But, ehm, please don't tell the others that I was getting beat by a girl… hehe."

"I promise!"

The thought of Captain made me sad. He was a good man, and didn't deserve to die. And he helped get accepted by the others. He was a good friend….

Back home my best friend's name was Ino. She had long and beautiful blonde hair. She also had the most gorgeous baby blue eyes. She was good at everything, I admit that I was a little jealous of her, but still, I like her.

"I want to design dresses when I get older!" Ino said, her eyes sparkling at the thought. "What about you Sakura?"

"I don't know, maybe a… no I don't know."

"I'm sure you'll find something!" she cheered, being the total opposite of me: positive.

"Yeah right." I said, sighing.

And then, she began singing:

" Where are the heroes
In my time of need
Is my cry not loud enough
Or have they gone all numb

They just stand and stare
Out of the rain
Thinking but not acting
That they're not to blame

Falling and crawling
A fight to stand up
Memory still haunts me
In the dead of night

Over and over
I felt so small
But one day I'll be stronger
And you better watch out

I will overcome
Your violence their silence
Although,
It can't be undone
I will overcome
Knowing that I'm not the only one
I will overcome
It's the only way to carry on

Where are the saviours
Afraid of the toll
Sorry do my nine inch nails
Slash your soul

Such heroes
Throwing stones
Straight at the one
Who is standing alone

Twisting and turning
It's always the same
Truth is never honest
When you're to blame

Pushing and pulling
Never give in
One day I wish
You'll see you're not so beautiful within

I will overcome
Your violence your silence
Although,
It can't be undone
I will overcome
Knowing that I'm not the only one
I will overcome
It's the only way to carry on

Run and run
Run and run

I will overcome
Their violence your silence
Although,
It can't be undone
I will overcome
Knowing that I'm not the only one
I will overcome
It's the only way to carry on

I will overcome?"

When she was done singing I was crying. And she just sat silently and hugged me.

I had been sad then, but not as sad as when my parents decided to get me engaged with that IDIOT!

"Sakura come here! We want to introduce you to someone!" my father yelled to me. I ran into the living room and looked at… the most beautiful man in the world…

He had hair as the night and deep onyx eyes. High cheekbones, a straight nose and thick lashes. He seemed to be around my age, maybe older. He smiled at me, (A/N: Yeah right^^) the most gentle smile I had ever seen.

Then a voice pushed me out of my dream.

"Sakura, this is Sasuke. He's your new fiancé."

"WHAT!" I shrieked," You can't be serious!"

He might be beautiful, but still, I was a kid! I was fifteen! Wait… Fifteen, damn it I was old enough!

But no one would listen, and later I would find out that he were one big pervert!

It was the yearly festival day and my father forced me into going with Sasuke. He was annoying and hugged me all the time (A/N: I know he's a lot out of character, but… XD). at the end he started sliding his arm around my waist and I felt like throwing up.

Finally he walked me home and, of course, my father asked if we had had a good time.

"We had a wonderful time, right Sakura?" Sasuke said, his arm again finding its way to my waist. "Sure," I said not daring to anger my father,"Good night."

He chuckled and whispered;"Yeah, sleep while you can, you won't have time for that when we get married."

He was just a disgusting idiot. Showing that, sweet, loving and smart façade to everyone. I really hoped he would die or something.

I sat up again stretching my body. Then I looked around to see that I was close enough to land now, so I was able to swim in. I was also able to see a harbour.

I took a deep breath before jumping into the, for now, calm ocean, swimming for my destination.

End of this chapter.

Next one will be Destination.

And thank you very much Shark-demon-luv, for liking my story, I hope you didn't wait too long!

Bye for now!