The next chapter is here! I'll warn you know, Sakura talks a lot, but it got most of the explaining out of the way.
Not much else to say, except I don't own Naruto, and please don't kill me for any mistake i made. I have never studied Japanese, so don't kill me if its wrong. mmk? good.
also, i don't have a beta ( i can't figure out how that stuff works.. blushes ) so i have been doing what i can myself. I'm pretty good as an editor, but when it comes to my stories, i tend to be a bit blind. my apologies.
Music i was listening to when i wrote the majority of this: Drops of Jupiter by train ( which i Don't own..)
i have no idea if that influenced anything, but it never hurts to say...
enjoy!
Once Sakura 'awoke' that morning, she was promptly given a psychiatric evaluation, while a few of the hospital staff, Tsunade and team 11 stood outside in the hallway.
"Twenty bucks says she's a nutter." One male nurse-in-training whispered to his co-worker.
The female Nurse beside him whispered back "thirty says she'll kill off the examiner and be executed on site."
Tsunade burst into their conversation.
"You DO realize that you are talking about the girl I've practically raised. The girl I've periodically trained. The girl I've come to see as my daughter?"
They trembled as she glared impressively at them, before huffing, and continuing.
"A hundred says she's completely fine."
" Cookies."
"Delicious."
"Tomatoes."
"Uchiha, bleh!"
"Teddy bears."
"Eh. Never been much for them."
" Bugs."
"Shino-san."
"The academy."
"Cheesecake in a blender."
Seeing the examiner about to question her, she interrupted.
"Don't ask"
Said examiner sighed, but continued none the less.
" battle?"
"Avoid if possible. Completing the mission objective is every ninja's duty."
"blood?"
"Unavoidable. Comes out real fast with baking Soda and marshmallow though."
The examiner wrote down one final comment on his clipboard, then stood, smiled in a detached, professional way and exited the room, Thus completing a very long examination.
"Well?" Tsunade demanded, hands on her hips.
"Erm…" the man started.
"She had slightly irregular thought patterns, as well as a mid to high level of sarcasm and ironic justice ingrained in her personality. At the same time, she can also be very sweet, naive and almost shy. I would call it an almost textbook example of a lesser form of bi-polar disorder. The sort of thing one sees after the merging of multiple personalities."
"So, she's basically one matchstick short of a bonfire." Genma sighed.
Seeing the Man nod, He remarked "lovely."
Tsunade looked positively gleeful.
"So she's just like every other shinobi! Wonderful!"
She then exited the room, muttering under her breath "Legendary sucker my ass."
Naruto would later swear she pranced down the hall singing "I love that girl! She won me a bet!"
"So Tsunade-sama actually WON a bet? The world must be ending, Kami help us!"
As team 11 walked through the halls of the Medic facility, this was practically all they herd. Sakura giggled, and whispered something into a very confused looking Naruto's ear, causing him to erupt into boisterous laughter as well.
They made their way to a room with couches and a desk, most likely someone's office, and once Anko had cheerfully thrown the rooms' occupant out, made themselves comfortable.
"Ok. I don't get it." Genma concluded.
"Don't get what?" Anko asked.
Genma sighed, and gained a reminiscent look to his eyes.
"w-what we did last night. Who we were. I felt, I felt no horror, no repulsion because of what we did. Just ruthlessness. And, it sort of felt, right. Like it was justice."
His haunted gaze flew over the other team members, before settling onto the open window.
"That's because it was." Sakura finally spoke up, her voice soft.
The intense gaze of the rooms three other occupants flew upon her.
"It will take time, and you will need some background information, but I think I should explain this."
Naruto nodded, while Genma and Anko just continued to stare at her intensely
"I originate from Tama, or Tamagakure, the village hidden in the jewel. It was named thus, because of the clan that originally Built and colonized it. My clan. The clan I was born into has many abilities which have astounded all others for centuries, but We generally keep these to ourselves, only a select few ever discover even a few of any one members abilities. But the one ability that we were famous for was our Tama wielding. We can create Tama's to do many things. Of course, some members specialize in different sections of this exclusive art. My cousin Hikari could create an emergency emerald in a second flat. My Great aunt Shiori was more into healing, and pink quartz was her thing. My third cousin Kurama excelled at summoning Tama's and had an affinity to tiger-eye."
She then took a deep breath; talk of her family was clearly upsetting her.
"But even in our clan, I was an anomaly. While I will not reveal our clans other specialties, I will inform you that each member was gifted with only one extra ability from our vast selection, other then the tama-wielding. I however, was graced with them all. It made me unpredictable, and unable to interact with anyone outside our clan until I could control said gifts.
It also made me vulnerable. I assume you read my profile?"
Seeing Anko's nod, she continued.
"The alteration to my genetic code that was necessary for my other abilities overloaded my nervous system. As a result, I can both consciously and unconsciously change both my eye and hair colour, wield all the abilities of our clan and create unparalleled tama. I will also forever be a burden, for if I physically exert myself too much; a snap in my nervous system will kick in and force me to immediately loose consciousness, no matter what the situation."
Understanding dawned on Naruto's face.
"So that's why, in the bell test, you feinted?"
She nodded "It was completely incidental that it happened near Uchiha-san, but at the same time, it helped with the ruse, no?"
he nodded, and she continued.
"So. That is my story, until my sixth birthday. I had been out enjoying my new freedom, as I had finally gained enough control to be able to leave the compound without revealing the clans secrets. When I returned, the entire compound was ablaze. I later found out my Aunt Kaji had lost the baby she had been carrying due to an attack from renegade ninja. She lost control in her emotions and that caused the fire, which soon spread out to swallow the entire village. But, Aunt Kaji's fire was spirit fire, which only affected living beings. So, while it appeared as though the entire village was on fire, it was only its living occupants.
I had always been a smart child, and with detached logic, I realized that the rest of my clan would have been the first to go. It was then that I produced my first, and most powerful to date Tama. The Kami no Yoru, Tenshi Kori Tama. The God of night, angel Ice Jewel. A long name, but all Tama come pre-named as to their abilities. Basically, it protected me From Aunt Kaji's uncontrolled fire, which had undoubtedly consumed even her by this point, and it allowed me to seek justice, as if granted by The Kami himself. It led me straight to the village that had hired the renegade Ninja.
That was the village I was brought here for annihilating. The jewel was shallowly reabsorbed and lain dormant, recording those who did wrong in the time it was not active, and, at its first change, gained hosts to extract rightful justice on the wicked. I guess the jewel realized it would take longer if it only showed me the wickedness.
Such is why we each have only hazy memory of the events, because it had showed us the unimaginable evils done by those people and as an automatic protection for our sanity our minds reacted and shoved the majority of that knowledge into the far recesses of the subconscious.
In order to see the justice needed, the Tama gives the user a temporary ability to see the unrepented evils in a being. I have been informed that such right turned the eyes red. It is also why i was practially lucid untill my memories and abilities were sealed. i had not completed my task, to the evil shown to me stayed clear in my mind."
While Sakura at this point had grabbed a near by pitcher of water ( which Genma would late on swear had not been there before) and began guzzling its contents, eager to replace what was lost from the vocal exertion, the other three (who had previously been listening with rapt attention) instantly broke into hurried conversation.
"Well, I'm not too sure I like the idea of a jewel controlling me."Genma spoke.
"Eh? Who cares! Those evil gits totally deserved it!" Anko was quick to defend.
"Besides. 'Kura trusts it, so I do."Naruto spoke resolutely.
"It only seeks justice on the unrepented Evils. If the people had changed, the Tama would overlook them. It is not evil itself, it is correct in its actions."Genma concluded, before nodding once to himself.
"On another note" Anko spoke, effectively bringing all attention to herself. "We, as a newly formed, personally selected team need to complete a test of compatibility to be properly accepted as a genin team. Its Konoha law because this was an optional choice and not the originally assigned team."
" The test is usually a travel to someplace, but I can think of no place that would be acceptable currently, and the only other way to complete the test is if one of us chooses to run down a public street wearing a Tutu, holding a rubber chicken. Don't ask me what that's supposed to prove." Genma muttered to himself, before gaining a very perverse look upon his features.
"I think you would look very attractive in a Tutu, Anko-Chan."
The resulting Brawl could be herd several floors down.
"Um…" Sakura raised her hand, nearly overbalancing in her position from atop a bookcase where she and Naruto had taken shelter from their slightly eccentric Sensei's.
"We could go to Tama."
Naruto took this opportunity to glomp her, resulting in them both falling into the mangled pile that was the other half of their team.
" Naru! Naru! You're suffocating me!"
This effectively broke the team apart, and three of the components stood and stared down at their pink haired teammate.
"Well, I guess we found your nickname." Genma remarked dryly.
And thus began the bonding of the almost-soon-to-be official team 11.
So how was it? I tried to add more Genma, as i found that i tend to ingore him somewhat ( sorry Genma, its nothing personal) .
But i do not ( repeat DO NOT!) what to hear " Sakura's too powerful! shes turned into a mary-sue" or anything of the sort. She has weaknesses, and she has strengths. both will become more apparent in time, as will all the characters.
that having been said, i would like to thank:
sweep14
hillwise
alexwill22
whitetiger1992
nekozr
tori hoshi
bellajames
flying fox of snowy mountain
Special thanks to:
inarealpickle ( thanks for the concern, it was really nice of you to try and help me. its the thought that counts, not if there's actually something wrong.)
softball91, who has been a constant inspiration.
and Someonealreadyhasnightfire, who is an awesome friend of mine and got a fan fiction account just to see this story.
review if you would like, it makes my day!
