Sakura was five when her great, great grandfather's kekkeigenkai manifested itself with in her "I said leave me alone Ami" the little five year old rosette warned, cheeks puffed up and red from anger as she stood her ground against her park bully, not taking the other girls bullying any longer.
Completely unaware that tree's were beginning to sprout up around her in response to her emotions and chakra, however unaware she was though someone else wasn't "No I won't you'll never hack it as a shinobi forehead freak so get lost and don't bother coming back" Ami spat.
Just as angry but missing the strange occurrence as well until someone walked over "Okay girls that's enough, you little pink haired girl need to come with me" a silver haired teenager stood in the middle of the stand off and turned firmly to the pink haired child.
Who looked up at him warily "What for Mister I haven't done anything wrong" Sakura huffed put out that she was the one getting in trouble when Ami was the one who had insulted her, tried to push her down and hurt her even.
His one visible eye focused on her it was oddly creepy actually for a five year old anyway "Your not in trouble or anything kiddo, I just need you to come with me okay" the silver haired teenager insisted carefully, shooting a look at the other girl who refused to leave.
"But why and I don't even know your name Mister Shinobi" the pinkette crossed her arms over her little chest in response, emotions running rampant within her, causing the tree sprouts to grow even bigger as chakra leaked out of her from all this.
Kakashi sighed and rubbed a hand down his face "Kakashi Hatake, there you know my name now Kiddo, now will you please trust me and come with me" the Copy Ninja pleaded hopefully because he didn't want this situation getting out of control.
"Then my name is Sakura Haruno, Kakashi-san and oh okay I still don't understand why but I'll go with you" Sakura slumped her shoulders and took the held out hand, only to get hefted into unfamiliar arms as smoke obstructed her vision.
Just like that they were in another part of the village "Hold off on the questions for a moment alright Sakura-chan, we have to see Lord Hokage" Kakashi could see the curiosity within the depths of her vivid green gaze as he walked up the steps of the Hokage Tower.
With her in arms he was glad that it was him who'd witnessed the incident and not Danzo otherwise the poor girl would be in service to that bastard for life "Ah Kakashi-kun what are you doing here and who's this, don't tell me she's an orphan" the Hokage smiled briefly.
Only to frown as he spotted the young girl "Hey I ain't no orphan thank you very much my Dad is Kizashi and my Mom is Mebuki, last name Haruno" the fuscia haired child burst out not liking that she'd just been called an orphan to her face.
She wasn't that weird looking was she, maybe Ami was right, she was a weirdo with a large forehead and freaky pink hair "Merchant's child then, everyone knows who the Haruno's are, the best civilian merchants in Leaf, anyway what have you brought her for" Hiruzen amended gently.
"Well I caught Sakura-chan trying to defend herself from a bully isn't that right, however that wasn't the strange thing, little tree's were sprouting up around her Lord Hokage, it's not possible right that this girl has that…." the silver haired teenager explained carefully.
Hiruzen who'd just taken a puff from his pipe choked and began coughing violently "Impossible, tell me Sakura-chan did your parents adopt you" the Third questioned lightly not wanting to alarm anyone especially the very confused girl.
Who creased her brow "Nu-uh, my Momma had me at the hospital, she's got pictures and everything in our family photo album" Sakura informed bluntly not sure what either male was talking about anymore or what that was and she most certainly wasn't growing tree's.
"Right….wait did you say Mebuki was your mother…now where did I hear that name before…." Hiruzen paused, then questioned, got a nod, then trailed off again as he thought over the familiar name trying to remember.
Until it hit him full force and he coughed violently again, choking on more smoke, he really needed to quit otherwise he was going to die coughing one of these days "Did you figure it out Hokage-sama" Kakashi inquired, peering surreptitiously at the little girl in his arms.
Hiruzen nodded seriously "About twenty five years ago, Tsunade had a child from Dan, that they gave up for adoption, her caretaker named her Mebuki Senju, if I'm right Sakura-chan is Tsunade's granddaughter and has inherited the wood release" the Hokage announced.
Kakashi's visible eye nearly bulged out of it's socket at the life impacting news "Inherited it but that should be impossible" the Copy Ninja was clearly stunned and completely unable to form a coherent sentence, Tsunade's granddaughter that was just impossible to.
"I'm still here you know and I'd like to know what is going on just as much you know" the rosette was obviously tired of being left out of the conversation and piped up in a loud voice, Hiruzen couldn't help it as his lips quirked upwards in amusement.
While Kakashi chuckled under his breath apparently there was a little bit of Uzumaki in the girl as well "What we're saying Sakura-chan is that your related to Tsunade Senju and the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, you've also inherited his kekkeigenkai of wood release" Hiruzen informed.
"My momma would have told me all this if I was, so that's impossible, no one but the first has ever been able to utilize wood release" Sakura sniffed unable to comprehend the truth right now, she was much to young it seemed.
The person holding her tilted his head to the side "Unless she didn't know that's a definite possibility right Sakura-chan" Kakashi offered gently trying not to overwhelm the young child but still explain things in a way that she'd be able to understand.
Sakura's frown deepened "Guess so but how could no one have told her, why didn't Grandma Tsunade want her" the bubble gum haired five year old sniffled, tears pooling in those vivid eyes, nearly like Dan's yet not as they were a much lighter shade.
"Tsunade-chan didn't do it because she didn't love Mebuki, Sakura-chan, she'd lost her brother a couple years before, it was out of fear that something would happen to Mebuki if she accepted her child" Hiruzen stood and walked around his desk.
Appearing before the distraught child, he understood this was a lot to take in after all "What do you propose we do Hokage-sama, do we have him teach her the ropes of her kekkeigenkai or inform her parents of this development" Kakashi questioned.
"She doesn't even know I exist does she" Sakura realized in that moment and made another outburst, it was quite the emotionally charged moment as tears dripped from her eyes and down her cheeks to land on the carpeted flooring of the Hokage's Office.
Hiruzen grimaced "I think it's best we inform Mebuki first of her own family background, then carefully explain how Sakura has manifested the First Hokage's kekkeigenkai within her before asking him to teach her" the Third cleared his throat.
Uncertain because this situation had the potential to develop into full scale village wide disaster if his old friend learned of this that another child has Wood Style and that it was completely inherited as she was actually the First Hokage's great, great granddaughter.
"Probably for the best, leave that to me Hokage-sama, come along Sakura-chan, point me in the direction that leads home for you okay" the silver haired teenager sighed speaking to the young girl in his arms again who was still crying a torrent of tears.
Confused and lost at what was going on anymore no doubt, it was absolutely terrible really "Okay Kakashi-san, first head to the civilian section and go three blocks, then take a right for another block and left for two and that's my house it has steps" the pinkette instructed.
Rubbing her eyes but the tears kept coming, even as Kakashi body flickered again to appear right in front of her house just as her parents were coming out "Heavens on earth what happened Sakura-chan, you, who are you and why are you holding my daughter" the blonde woman cried.
Turning suspicious and accusing green eyes on the male she didn't know, Kakashi mused inwardly that everything that had been unveiled had to be the truth after all and that this was Mebuki, who also had a bit of Uzumaki in her and a temper it seemed.
"Yes indeed, Sakura didn't get in trouble at the park did she" the other male, with dull pink hair and blue eyes stepped forward placing a calming hand on his wife's shoulder as he did so, able to think much more rationally right now it seemed, Kizashi the name came to mind.
And he straightened properly "Not at all, though there was another child bullying Sakura-chan when I came along, Kakashi Hatake and you are Mebuki correct, Haruno nee Senju" Kakashi greeted wanting to make sure he wasn't making any sort of mistake.
Immediately the blonde woman went rigid at her husband's side "Correct, my maiden name is Senju, what does that have to do with you holding my daughter" Mebuki narrowed her gaze once more not liking how this afternoon was suddenly turning out.
She hadn't been asked what her maiden name was for a long time now so why was this man bringing it up "Perhaps we should go inside and sit down, I fear this will shock you quite a bit Mebuki-san" the silver haired shinobi as they could plainly see his headband said carefully.
Mebuki as suspicious as she was relented to the request and soon the four of them, her daughter included who was sitting on her Father's lap now were seated around the table with tea or milk in front of them "Okay so what's all this about" Kizashi cleared his throat.
With a deep breath he began "I'll start first for you Mebuki-san, do you know who your mother is…no then I'll tell you Tsunade Senju, the First Hokage's granddaughter" Kakashi questioned earning a shake of the head then gave the news.
Letting it sink in first "And I've got the Firsts Kekkeigenkai apparently" Sakura piped in cluelessly before her mother could truly comprehend the news she'd just received, her the First Hokage's great granddaughter and daughter to Tsunade Senju that was just crazy.
But looking into Kakashi's visible iris Mebuki knew it was the truth "How is this possible though, unless she's back and told you then I don't see how any of this is actually the truth" the blonde woman frowned deeply in concern, still unable to wrap her head around the information.
Having thought this would be the case he sighed "Our Lord Hokage knew some information that was carefully kept from everyone else these past twenty five years since your birth, if you want proof we can do a DNA test, we have a blood sample from Tsunade-sama still" the silver haired Jonin offered.
"As for Sakura-chan having Lord First's Kekkeigenkai isn't that a little far-fetched Kakashi-san, no one but the first has ever been able to utilize the wood release not even his granddaughter" the dull pink haired male asked dubiously.
Now came the hard part "During the altercation between Sakura-chan and her bully, due to her emotionally charge state her chakra merged and escaped from her a little where I witnessed little tree's growing out of the ground" Kakashi explained very carefully.
Both of Sakura's parents closed their eyes "Are you okay Momma, Papa" the little rosette asked looking as if she was about to cry again, this whole situation was bogus and completely unfair and she would even go as far as to blame Ami for the whole thing to cause it was Ami's fault.
It took a few minutes for the older couple to settle and continue the conversation "What do we do now then Kakashi-san, I can't just declare us members of the clan without any proof whatsoever and Mo..Tsunade isn't even here" Mebuki straightened, at a breaking point.
"There was an incident that happened quite awhile back, several years ago to be precise that allowed someone to acquire the Wood Release bloodline trait, Hokage-sama is intending on asking this person if he'd be willing to train Sakura-chan some" Kakashi admitted.
Mebuki slumped her shoulders "Well that's certainly a relief I feel as if Sakura will need that training actually, what do we do if someone tries to argue with us over this" Kizashi frowned deeply still not completely understanding what was going on.
Kakashi rubbed a hand over his face "Let's just keep this under wraps shall we, no can know until she can protect herself, should anyone come knocking on your door named Danzo Shimura, go straight to Hokage-sama" the silver haired Jonin said in a very serious tone of voice.
"Understood Kakashi-san, you hear that Sakura-chan you can't tell anybody about your kekkeigenkai or there will be trouble okay" the dull pink haired male glanced down to his precocious daughter hoping that she understood as well.
Vivid green clashed with dark blue "Okay I understand Papa, I don't want no more bullies or mean people calling me bad names or saying that I won't hack is a ninja" the pinkette sulked, Kakashi shook his head and chuckled inwardly.
Standing as he did so "You'll let us know if that person will train her correct Kakashi-san" the blonde peered up at him hopefully and he nodded then he polished off the rest of his tea and disappeared in a plume of smoke back to the Hokage Tower.
And into the Hokage's Office "Is it true Kakashi-senpai" Tenzo was right there completely dumbfounded that he had a kindred spirit now and that he wasn't the only one with the wood style kekkeigenkai of their first Hokage anymore.
His senpai nodded seriously "Everything's been explained, Mebuki-san might want a blood test done, thankfully we still have a DNA sample from Tsunade and yes Tenzo, it's true, she really has the kekkeigenkai" Kakashi rattled off.
While Tenzo blew out a breath "With that and all that you know now Tenzo, are you willing to teach her how to utilize her kekkeigenkai" Hiruzen questioned of his subordinate, who'd been a victim of a horrific incident, an essential experiment that had turned out successful.
Tenzo considered his options for a few minutes "I'll do it, this girl Sakura, will need all the help she can get if Danzo ever learns of this" the mahogany haired anbu nodded, Kakashi grimaced behind his mask that had been his exact thought to.
"Good, you and Kakashi-kun will go to meet them tomorrow and set up a schedule that works for you Tenzo-kun" the Third Hokage declared, dismissing both young males from his office to continue working on his paperwork that he was slowly getting behind on.
Due to all the chaos that had been happening that day anyway "Understood Lord Hokage, thankfully they seem to be in agreement that Sakura-chan will need this training anyway" the silver haired teenager shook his head lightly and with that they left the office.
~Authors Note
Thank you to everyone who reviewed, a special shout out to Sheraal first and foremost, thank you for the kind words, to loveitasakuxx don't worry this is going to be well thought out and taken slow to get the desired affect that I want to send to my readers this time.
Immortalblossom, thinking about it, Shisui/Itachi seem interesting enough, but it might be a twist, sakura-moonrose-hime, good to see a new face on the reviews, I apology if you've reviewed before and I never caught you, interesting choices.
Diamondluver67, sounds definitely interesting and I promise to give it thought while I go over other options presented, Arcane Charmmaster, you made a valid point and so I went back and changed it on your request, I hope what I changed it to is more acceptable.
To the guest reviewers, guest and Nanami, thank you for the lovely reviews, I promise to give all suggested pairings plenty of thought I hope you continue to read and review, I'm trying something completely new that will hopefully satisfy my more finicky readers, I'm not perfect, my writing might suck or seem weird but I ask you all to bear with me as I truly do love writing
Lastly KyloRen'sgirl213 thank you as always for the great reviews, hope to see you more on the next chapter, like before the chapter needs to have a maximum of at least five reviews before I continue with another chapter, that will be ready when the optimum amount of reviews is reached, have a good day.
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