Me: Wow. I got more reviews than I did when I first started my other story. O.O Ah well. I'm actually quite flattered. This one picked up better than Sakura Enchanted.

Naruto: But that had me in it! Does that mean people don't like me? *crocodile tears*

Hinata: N-Naruto-kun, didn't you read this one? Y-You're here.

Naruto: *puppy dog face* Really?

Me: WAH! KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *glomps*

Tenten: I though Naruto wasn't allowed near your head.

Me: *temporarily comes out of revere* No, he's allowed but only when he doesn't have sharp point things. *goes back to glomping Naruto* Oi Hinata! You could join in you know!

Naruto: N-Need to breathe!!!!!!!!!

Me: *lets go* Whoops!

Naruto: *takes in deep gulps of air*

Toushiro: Are we going to get on with this or not?

Me: Mah, mah. So impatient but you are right. So let's get started!

Recap:

"What have I told you about calling me that?!" She yelled. Naruto high tailed it out of there before she could hit him. Tsunade turned her chair to look out the window.

"Sakura, are you hiding something from us?" She mused aloud.

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Hollow Past

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Chapter 2

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Sakura quickly sliced the air behind her before sighing. She had been training since her battle with the hollow, but she didn't know if she had gotten any better. Sakura sat in front of a large tree in the training grounds. Taking a long drink from the water bottle she had with her, she sighed again. How could she have let herself slip so easily in her training? She was a---- Her thoughts were interrupted by another Hollow yell. She frowned. Now she knew something was up. She grabbed her zanpakutou from beside her and raced off to the noise. When she had pinpointed where it was on her cell phone, she cursed. It had to freakin' show up in the most populated area of the day.

"Goddamnit", She muttered. "Now I'm going to have to use a damn henge to disguise myself." She made the appropriate hand signs and now instead of a pink haired, green eyed girl, Sakura was now a brown haired, chocolate eyed girl. She raced to the marketplace and whizzed by the many people running away from that area. When she actually arrived at the area, she saw many ninjas already trying to destroy or at least subdue the Hollow. However, none of their attacks worked and many were panicking. "Stand back." She called out to them. Some of them listen while others simply ignored her and continued their futile attack. She unsheathed her zanpakutou, not even bothering to unleash her shikai, and sliced the hollow cleanly in two, which purified the hollow and sent the souls to Soul Society.

The ninja there watched in awe and confusion. How was it that that girl's katana was able to slice the monster into two when their weapons and jutsus couldn't even scratch it?

"Who are you?" One brave ninja called out.

"I'm simply a traveler passing through." Sakura answered before sheathing her sword and walking away. (Just so you know, she's wearing the shinigami uniform right now. Not her shinobi outfit.)

"Matte kudasai! (1)" One of the shinobi called out. "We need to see your traveling papers." Sakura looked back at him and he shrugged his shoulders sheepishly. "Not that we are ungrateful for your help but it is village policy. We need to see your authorized traveling pass before allowing you to roam freely around Konoha." Sakura simply turned back and continued walking. "Oi!" He called out again. Sakura just waved her hand in a goodbye measure.

"I don't need it as I don't plan on staying." She said then disappeared in a flash. The shinobi just shrugged but yelled out to another.

"The rest of you can go home. I'll report to Hokage-sama." The others around him nodded and left.

Sakura breathed a sigh of relief as she returned to her training ground and was able to remove the henge. She sat on the grass to conserve her strength as the henge had drained her slowly. She was glad that no one saw through her disguise and wouldn't have to answer what could possibly be awkward questions. She collected any of her stuff that she had left there in her haste and headed back home.

Tsunade sat at her desk in contemplation. First Naruto came to her with an outlandish story of this incorporeal monster that Sakura could defeat and then another report comes in of another attack by a similar monster that was defeated by a young woman with brown hair. Was it just a coincidence or was there a connection to all of this? Something was happening right under their noses and it seemed her apprentice was in the middle of all this. She would have to ask Sakura to find out what was happening.

"Shizune!" She yelled out. A flustered looking lady entered carrying a small stack of paper and was being followed by a pig with a pearl necklace and vest.

"Hai, Tsunade-sama?" She asked, breathlessly.

"Bring Sakura here Now." She said. Shizune nodded.

"Hai." She then dropped off the papers, much to Tsunade's annoyance, and exited the room. Tsunade grabbed the first page off the new pile and growled. Who the hell wanted to get the main village import changed to those stupid perverted books by Jiraiya? She angrily marked rejected a million times so that the page was covered in red ink when a knock sounded at the door.

"Enter!" She called. Shizune entered sheepishly. Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "Shizune? I thought you were getting Sakura?" Shizune scratched her cheek, embarrassed.

"Ano, Tsunade-sama, there is someone getting Sakura but I have to take some papers away." Tsunade's face lit up at the prospect of less paperwork.

"Really?" Shizune nodded.

"Hai. Gomen Tsunade-sama. I accidentally left the reject pile here before I just left." Tsunade looked at the pile in front of her that was now part way done.

"Goddamnit." She muttered.

Sakura was leisurely walking along a path between training grounds when a ripping sound came form behind her. She quickly whipped around and her eyes widened as she recognized what was happening. A black rip was appearing before her and a figure stepped out of the darkness. He looked mostly human but had what looked to be remnants of a hollow mask on his head. He wore a white outfit with black outlining and a sword hung at his side. Sakura gasped as she recognized that the man had many of the characteristics of an-

"Arrancar." She whispered. He looked straight at her and had no expression on his face.

"Haruno Sakura. My name is Ulquoirra Cifer. You are to come with me. Aizen-sama wishes to see you." Sakura's eyes widened.

"Aizen?" She whispered.

Flash back

"Ulquoirra, I want you to travel to the shinobi world and retrieve something precious for me." Ulquoirra looked up at his master.

"And what will I be retrieving that is so precious to you" He asked. Aizen smirked.

"The hidden daughter of the King, Haruno Sakura."

In Soul Society……….

Yamamoto Genryusai-soutaichou sat looking at the papers on his desk in a pensive position. His brow furrowed before calling for a messenger.

"Send for Hitsugaya-taichou, immediately."

(1)- Please wait!

Me: Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn! So what do you think of that?

Sakura: Wow. I didn't think I was so important.

Naruto: Sakura-chan! How could you hide something from me! *cries crocodile tears*

Me: There, there Naruto. Now I know this is short but I would like some more reviews unless you are completely fine with a HitsuXSaku pairing, which by the way seems very scarce. And that sucks! I love this pairing! It's so cute!

Sakura & Toushiro: *Look at each other than looks away, blushing*

Me: See! Aren't they adorable?! And now I must leave you and hope I get reviews! Ja!