The three ninja's turned around surprised. Standing behind them was the biggest man they had ever seen. He was two maybe three times the normal height, and three maybe four times as wide as the normal person.

"My name is Rubeus Hagrid." He said. Neji was the first to break out of his stupor, and gave a polite nod, but he looked unsure of his actions.

"Um…Hello. My name is Haruno Sakura. This is Hyuuga Neji" she pointed to him, "And my other friend is Uzumaki Naruto." After all the introductions were made, Hagrid proceeded to tell them about Diagon Alley and gave them a list of supplies that they would need for the school year.

"Right then, yer bes be talkin to Tom, make sure he still has some rooms left for ya." Hagrid told them. Just as Sakura was about to reply, a certain blonde cut her off.

"Hey! Sakura-chan! What the hell are you talking about? It sounds like a bunch of gibberish! I mean how can you understand that? Hey, do you think we could get some ramen?! I really want some ra-" Naruto was abruptly cut off as Sakura's fist came down on his head. "Ow ow ow! What was that for?!" Naruto cried rubbing his sore head.

"Naruto no Baka!" Sakura said in their own language, "You mean to tell me you don't know how to speak English!? Why the hell did you-" She was (again) abruptly cut off by a deep voice that sent chills up her spine. (A.N- Whether it's good or bad that for you to decided :P ).

"Actually, I do not know how to speak the language either. Would you care to explain how you speak it so fluently?" By the time he was done speaking, Sakura had already turned to face him. She stayed silent for a minute, before she realized that they were right. She brought her hand up and hit her forehead, realizing the mistake she made.

"Um, heheh, well I was on an escort mission, and the man knew English. I asked him to teach it to me… and yah." Sakura finished rubbing the back of her neck sheepishly. She turned back to Hagrid, only to find him talking to a man behind the bar counter. When he came back he handed Sakura 1 key. She looked at it then at Hagrid.

"Sorry bout tha'. Tom only 'as one room left."

"That's fine." Sakura said smiling. "We often have to sleep in the same room on regular missions anyway." Sakura said still smiling.

"I bes' be off. Professor Dumbledoor'll be wantin' ter see me. O! before I ferget, here." Hagrid handed them each a necklace. "Dumbledoor said ther migh' be a language problem. Just tie em round yer neck, you'll be able ta speak an' undersan' English." By time the three looked up from their necklaces Hagrid was already gone.

Sakura examined each of their necklaces. Naruto's had a long silver chain, and on it was a circular thing like the one on back of his shirt. She next looked at Neji's. His too had a long silver chain, and on his was a small yin/yang sign. Lastly, Sakura looked at her own necklace. Her necklace was on a shorter chain, and on it was a teardrop, with Sakura petals in the middle.



When Sakura was done examining the necklaces, she noticed that Naruto and Neji had already put theirs on, and she thought she should do the same. She however was getting frustrated at not being able to get the clasp to open. Suddenly she felt hands take the necklace out of her hands and put it around her neck for her.

As she turned her head to thank him, Sakura did not expect two silvery orbs staring back at her. Clearing her throat and taking a half-step away, Sakura looked up and planned on thanking Neji for helping her. However she noticed that he had already begun to walk away.

"Arigato, Neji-san." She said quietly. She didn't realize that he actually heard her until he slightly lifted one hand and did a backwards wave over his shoulder. (A/N Do you get what I mean? When I wrote this I didn't quite get it myself XD) Sakura and Naruto decided to follow Neji up the stairs and find their room.

Once at the top of the stairs, Neji stopped and looked toward Sakura. She in turn tilted her head slightly to the side with a confused expression on her face. Neji sighed and walked toward Sakura and Naruto.

"I do not have the key." That was all he said as he waited for a response. The one he got made him laugh silently inside. Sakura had an embarrassed look on her face for not realizing her mistake earlier. She then brushed past Neji and took the lead looking for their room. It was the last room on the left. Sakura quietly opened the door and walked in followed by her temporary teammates.

Inside the room were two beds, a couch, a bathroom, two windows, a dresser, two nightstands, and some other accessories.

"I call this bed!" Sakura yelled and immediately jumped on the closest one to the bathroom. There was a blur as the two dumbfounded boys raced toward the other available bed.

"It's mine you white eyed freak!" Naruto yelled as he was trying to push Neji off the bed. Neji finally one the bed, while Naruto got the couch.

It was pretty late and the ninjas decided to go to bed, since they wanted to do their school supply shopping early in the morning. Now the only light in the room came from the lamp on the table beside Sakura's bed. Once she saw that everyone was ready she turned off the light and closed her eyes waiting for sleep to come.

SAKURA'S DREAM

She was running in the middle of a deserted street, looking wildly around for any other people who might be there. As her vision was focused ahead, she failed to notice the bodies littering the floor. She tripped and fell, falling hard on her right shoulder. She quickly got up and healed it. It was then that Sakura looked down and noticed the bodies. She screamed.

"Kukukkukukuku. My, my, my, what do we have here? A lost little girl who is all alone. What dire circumstances. Such a shame to, they all might still be alive if you had better control." As the voice stopped speaking, Sakura stood frozen afraid to look over her shoulder at who was standing there.



She finally built up enough courage to turn around and face the stranger. She screamed again. The man that was facing her had multiple deep cuts on him and half of his face was torn off. It looked like his right hand was mangled while his left was completely burnt black.

"Who are you?" Sakura asked in a small voice. On the inside she was so scared, and she was pretty sure she was showing it on her face. The man laughed again.

"Ah, my dear, so you don't remember do you? Shall I refresh your memory?" He said with a sneer. Without waiting for her response, the man made several hand signs, and soon the world Sakura was in began to melt away.

It showed Sakura killing all of her close friends, and her family. First she killed Hinata, slitting the girls' throat before moving on to the next victim. The next person she went after was Lee, breaking his spinal cord in half, killing him instantly. Each of the murders kept getting worse and worse, each time the killing Sakura's eyes kept getting a darker shade until they were almost black. Then came the last person. Her mentor and teacher, Tsunade.

"Sakura! Think about what you're doing to yourself! You don't want this! Look around you at all the comrades you've killed!"Tsunade yelled trying to reason with Sakura.

'Sakura' just kept walking forward, ignoring everything she heard. She finally stopped when she was in front of Tsunade, who simply stood there. Sakura thrust her hand into Tsunade's chest, ripping out her heart, and squeezed it until it burst.

"STOP!! Why are you showing me this?! I would never do this!! These are my friends and family!" The real Sakura was on her knees clutching her head trying to get the images out while tears were running down her face.

"Well, my dear, I have simply shown you what you future will hold, and what you will become…" The man disappeared, and for the first time Sakura noticed all of the snakes on the ground, slithering away to follow their master…

End Dream

Sakura sat bolt up in bed, silently crying, and clutching the sheets beneath her tightly. She only noticed that sobs started escaping her frail frame when Neji and Naruto both started to stir from their sleep. She tried to silent her sobs as best she could, but Neji still woke up.

"Sakura?" He whispered quietly.

"I'm f-hic-fine." She mumbled. "Just go b-hic-back to sleep. S-hic-sorry I w-hic-woke you." She was now crying harder, and it was becoming increasingly hard to silent her sobs.

Neji, became immediately alarmed when he heard her crying, and went over to her bed. He sat on the edge, and from the moonlight coming through the window he could see the sparkling from the trails that the tears left on her face. Gently he brought his hand up and wiped them away.



Sakura not being in the right state of mind, didn't even register the action in her head. She looked up at Neji, and flung herself in his arms. Neji was to startled by the action that he fell backwards on the bed (A/N remember he's sitting on the edge) bringing Sakura with him. Sakura continued to cry for the next ten minutes. In That time she had brought her hands up and wrapped then around Neji's neck.

Once Neji realized Sakura was sleeping, he tried to get her arms untangled from his neck, which quickly proved impossible. 'Damn woman. Even in her sleep she has her inhuman strength.' Neji sighed out loud, thinking that the situation couldn't be more awkward, especially after Sakura had buried her face in his chest and was moving closer to him for the warmth. Finally giving in to the temptation, Neji closed his eyes as sleep reclaimed him. 'Well this will certainly be interesting in the morning.'

END CHAP

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