Hey everyone… thx a bunch for the reviews…summers going to be over very soon… so I'll try to update as quickly as I can... I'm really glad you guys thought Naruto was cute... I tried to do that... I didn't try with Sakura but you guys though she was cute too... that makes me very happy… no on with the story…
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TITLE: SADNESS AND SORROW
SUMMARY: Sakura and Naruto are facing Orochimaru to get back Sasuke. Naruto has been knocked out and only Sakura is left to fight. Orochimaru uses a forbidden jutsu on her and she finds herself in Konoha, when team 7 was just little kids. She experiences everything they've been through first hand and intervenes in turn, changing the future. Team 7 are best buddies and Sasuke talks to her and acknowledges her. But she is her weak old self again. After a while, she begins to regret what she did. She realizes that the only reason she became the strong person she was today was because he left. So now Sakura is pushing herself past her limits to make sure that everything turns back to normal.
CHAPTER 3:
Recap:
Sakura closed her eyes in exhaustion. The confrontation was more then she could handle at the moment.
"Nee-chan! Daijobou?"
"Hai. I'm just tired."
Soon Sakura dozed off and fell into a deep slumber. Despite all that she had on her mind, she slept very peacefully. Before leaving, Naruto pulled up the blanket that the girl had thrown off until it was at her neck. Sakura snuggled at the warmth and comfort it provided. Naruto just smiled as he headed out.
"Sleep well nee-chan." He whispered.
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Sakura woke up from her peaceful slumber feeling relaxed. She looked around to see that Naruto was no longer by her side. Where could that boy have gone? As if on cue, the boy burst in with Iruka behind him. In his hand was a bento box with dried ramen included.
"Iruka-sensei. This is nee-chan."
"So this is who you wanted the bento for."
"Hai. Hospital food is yucky."
Naruto just fake gagged and Iruka just smiled at his antics and turned his attention to the girl. He was sure glad that Naruto had found a friend but couldn't help the fact that she seemed to resemble one of his students so much.
"Ohayo!"
The chunin followed by waving his right hand.
"Ohayo!"
Sakura waved back and Naruto giggled from the side, as he put the bento on the table beside the bed. Sakura noticed this and reached for her pouch on the table. She pulled out a bill and handed it to Iruka.
"Nani? What is this for?"
"For the bento."
Iruka just smiled as he shook his head and put the bill on top of the bento box.
"I can't take that. Consider the bento a gift."
"Arigatou."
Sakura took the bento and ate it savoring every bite. As soon as she had finished, the nurse came in to check up on her.
The same routine was followed for the next few days until she was released. Sakura slipped on her clean outfit and packed up all her stuff. And as soon as she walked outside, she took a huge breath of fresh air. It felt very nice after being stuffed in a hospital for about a week.
Sakura just walked and soon her feet took her to the academy. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were all probably in there right now. She stood there and just looked for a minute as the soothing breeze blew through her hair. It sure felt nice.
The jounin picked up walking again and didn't get that far, for she crashed into someone and landed on her bottom. The man before her got up and dusted himself off and the he offered her his hand. Sakura gratefully took it, when she stood up and got a good look at his face she was shocked at who it was. Standing right before her was Uchiha Itachi.
"I'm sorry about that. I should have watched were I was going." he said.
"It was my fault too. I wasn't watching either."
"Say, are you new here? I haven't seen you around."
"Yes I am." she lied.
"Well, it was nice meeting you. Maybe I'll see you around."
He then continued down the road waving his hand goodbye.
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As the day ended at Konoha academy, the ninjas-to-be all ran home or to the park and played around, except for one raven-haired young man. He instead ran into the forest and began to practice throwing his shuriken. He wanted to hit all the targets perfectly like his brother.
He practice for an hour straight and decided to take a break and started again. Soon he began to grow tired and his mood began to darken. He still didn't get it right.
At the same time Sakura was walking around the forest when she spotted the young Sasuke sitting down panting. The ground around him was littered with shuriken as well as the trees. Only a few of the targets were hit.
"Ano… are you practicing throwing your shuriken?"
Sasuke turned around to see the shinobi before him. He seemed quite surprised when he had seen her.
"Hai. But I can't seem to get all the targets."
"I can teach you."
And to demonstrate, Sakura took out a few shuriken and jump up into the air upside down and threw the shuriken in various directions. Each of them hit their marks exactly. Then the chunin landed smoothly on the ground.
Sasuke just stared at awe at the girl. She did it just as good as Itachi had done it.
"Ane-chan! Can you teach me?"
"Sure."
So Sakura and chibi Sasuke worked on throwing the shuriken until the sunset. And Sasuke couldn't help but place a huge smile on his face. He did it. He had hit the targets perfectly.
Sasuke then picked up his stuff and grabbed Sakura by the hand and began to run. Sakura just followed quietly behind. What was the little rascal up to now?
They ran for a couple of minutes until they stopped in front of the Uchiha Mansion. Sasuke led her inside and they took off their shoes. Then he dragged her to the dining room where his mom and dad was seated.
"Okaa-san, Tou-san, is it okay for ane-chan to stay over for dinner tonight."
"Nani! Daijobou. I don't want to cause any trouble. Besides I'm not really that hungry."
Just then her stomach growled contradicting what she had just said entirely.
"It's all right. We don't mind. We have plenty to eat." said his father.
Just then Itachi came down the stairs and stopped once he got to the bottom. He was staring in her direction. Sakura nervously waved hello.
"Ane-chan, you know aniki?"
"We me this morning little brother."
Itachi calmly walked over and sat down on one of the futon on which they were eating. Sakura took a seat next to him and Sasuke sat next to her. Their mother came out with more food and set it down on the futon. Sakura couldn't' help but there in awe at everything. There was so much to eat.
Sasuke's mom began to serve everyone and Sakura was given an extra helping since she was the guest. After everyone got served, it was time to eat.
"Itadakimasu!" Sakura yelled as she clapped her hands together. Then everyone began to eat. Sakura made sure not to eat any of her food until her elders ate first. As soon as Sakura began to eat, she savored every bite. It tasted extremely delicious.
"So how's the food? My wife's a great cook you know."
"It shows." Sakura said taking another bite.
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After dinner and dessert, everyone sat down to talk. Even Itachi was there. He hadn't spoken a word the whole time she had been there. He would just stare at her.
Sakura's train of thoughts was soon broken when Sasuke jumped on her and knocked her down in a huge bear hug.
"I got you ane-chan."
Then the boy triumphantly jumped off the girl and congratulated himself. But soon began to run, when the girl began to playfully chase him around the house. But alas, he was not fast enough for the girl clutched him in her grasp and began to ferociously tickle him. Sasuke bursting out shrieking in laughter and rolled around until his sides began to ache.
"Ane-chan… yame…(hahaha)…yame…(hahaha)….te."
Sakura stopped a minute later and Sasuke sat up to catch his breath. His face was red from laughing so much and his eyes began to tear. Sasuke stood up then and ran to the bathroom to splash water on his face. Then he came back into the room and jumped on her lap.
" You mean….Ane-chan." he said in a playful voice.
Instead of replying, Sakura covered the boy's nose with her fingers and then took her hand back sticking up her thumb.
" I've got your nose.. I've got your nose…."
Then Sakura got up and ran as Sasuke chased after her. His parents and even Itachi couldn't help but smile at their antics. They've never seen Sasuke have so much fun before.
Sakura kept on running until she tripped on the rug. And then Sasuke jumped on top of her.
" I caught you, I caught you! Ane-chan…. I want my nose back."
Sakura just giggled and gave him his nose back.
" Arigatou."
Then Sakura picked Sasuke up on her shoulders and carried him back. The she set him down on the floor and plopped down herself as well. She was a tired from moving around all day and just decided to relax.
" So Sasuke, how did you meet ane-chan ?" asked his mom.
" She helped me with my shuriken throwing. Now I can hit all the targets perfectly like aniki."
Itachi and his father raised their eyebrows at this.
" Tou-san, let's got to the yard, I'll show you."
So everyone went to the yard and watched. Just as he said he could do it, he did it. Itachi looked shocked. This girl who had just arrived at this place a few days ago, had taught Sasuke how to aim his shuriken perfectly in a few hours.. He couldn't even do that with his own brother.
" That was amazing Sasuke. You're becoming more and more talented everyday. You've apparently had a very good teacher." He said and glanced at the kunoichi behind him.
" Ane-chan, what rank are you?"
" I'm a chunin. I'll be a jounin very soon though."
" Spar with me." spoke Itachi.
" No weapons, tools, or jutsus. Just regular hand to hand combat."
" Itachi! This young lady is our guest." His mom scolded.
" Its fine by me." The chunin spoke.
Sakura took off her pouches and bags and set them aside. The match didn't seem that hard to her.
Both shinobi got into fighting stances and charged at go. They both delivered a few punches and kicks which were all blocked. Then Itachi came in with a roundhouse kick and Sakura dodged it and countered with a back kick. Itachi managed to dodge it and came in for another hit. Sakura did the same. They both caught each other's punches and wrestled for a minute before separating.
This went on for another couple of minutes until they both had to stop to catch their breaths. Itachi smirk in admiration. The girl was a lot stronger than he had thought she would be. Sakura smirked as well. It was just as she would expect from someone like him.
They both got up and charged again with a punch and got eachother on their faces. The impact set them both flying back a few feet. They both got up again ready to charge until his father stepped in.
" There is no point in continuing. This match is going to go nowhere at this rate. It'll go on forever."
Itachi and Sakura both released their stances and walked back into the house, followed by everyone else. The man couldn't help but express his amazement at Sakura's skills. He had never seen anyone fight like that with Itachi.
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Sakura tucked little Sasuke into bed as he snuggled under the warm covers. He soon fell asleep and Sakura then left his side. By now, everyone else in the household was fast asleep except for her, or so she thought.
When the kunoichi set foot downstairs, she grabbed by a pair of strong arms and slammed against the wall. Then a kunai was placed on her neck.
" Who the hell are you?"
" Itachi, what are you doing?"
"Answer my question dammnit! How does a girl who comes out a nowhere end up here? Tell me or you die."
" I wouldn't do that if I were you."
" What are you talking about?"
" I know what you're planning to do. If you think you can get away with murdering your own clan, you have another thing coming. I won't let you do it."
Itachi let go of her and dropped the kunai in the process in shock. How had she known?
" You… how did you…"
Itachi growled in anger and stormed away.
" You'll regret this little girl when the time comes."
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Sakura woke in the morning and washed up. When she came downstairs, she saw a puzzled looking group.
" Dosda?"
" Aniki… he ran away…. we found this letter."
Sasuke handed her the letter. All it said was that he would be back soon and that he had some business to take care of. Sakura gave the letter back.
" That's not like him to just run away, right?"
" He would never do that. Something important must have come up."
" Soka."
After talking for a few more minutes, Sakura left the household with a goodbye. The family waved her off as well. After walking for a few more minute she came across the bridge where Team 7 used to meet.
But she was surprised at what she saw. Sitting there crying in her lap was her miniature.
" Dosda?"
" Nee-chan! Tou-san, Okaa-san, they're gone. They were murdered."
" Baka na!"
FLASHBACK
Itachi let go of her and dropped the kunai in the process in shock. How had she known?
"You… how did you…"
Itachi growled in anger and stormed away.
"You'll regret this little girl when the time comes."
END FLASHBACK
"Itachi. He did this." she whispered.
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Aniki-big bro
Tou-san-dad
Okaa-san – mom
Until next time
Seguha
