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Flashback
Three weeks just before Sakura disappeared…
Sakura was coming back from her long term mission as an anbu black ops. She raced through trees, excited to come back to Konoha where her friends had gathered at Ichiraku for her announcement. She ran hoping to get there in time.
"Sakura-san, congratulations for achieving anbu," the guards told her as she sped pass them.
"Thank you! See you guys later!" She yelled not turning back. She moved her anbu mask to the side, revealing her porcelain face. She stopped just behind the window where Konoha 12 plus team Gai were sitting. Out of curiosity, she tuned into their conversation.
"Sasuke where is your damn girlfriend?" Ino's voice rang in the room.
"I don't know where that weakling is," Sasuke answered dully. Ino then turned to Tenten for answers.
"I don't know Ino. We haven't seen her in months. I don't even know why I came here today, but she sounded desperate over the letter she sent, so I'm here."
"Yeah, I mean I think she just went into hiding. I mean she is the weakest part of our group. I mean when she trained under Tsunade-sama but now I think I can beat her," Ino replied.
"Hn, she's weak," Neji commented. By this time Sakura was already shaking with anger and sadness. She was about to move when Naruto's voice broke the silence. Sakura waited for him to talk, thinking that Naruto was his best friend and brother, he would surely defend her.
"Yeah Neji you're right, Sakura-chan needs to train more. Man! Next year I'm going to take the anbu exams and then I'd be the first one to become an anbu!"
"Dobe it's going to be me first," Sasuke said smirking.
"Teme!"
"Dobe!"
By this time Sakura was already half way across Konoha going to her apartment and crying. The people she trust and loved (Sasuke) didn't believe in her. To them she was useless.
End of flashback
"Sakura?" Peeta's voice snapped her back into reality. His thumb wiped the drop of tears that had made its way down her face. Sakura hugged him, crying into his chest. Peeta embraced the small petite girl, feeling the need to protect her from anything. They stayed there for a good minute.
"Aww look the two District 12 tributes are being lovey dovey," Cato sneered, while the others laughed. Sakura tried get out of Peeta's grip but he held her there and whispered, "Let them make fun of us. I don't care."
"I know. Thank you," Sakura whispered looking up at him. Peeta again wiped her tears away.
"Are you feeling better?" He asked softly.
"Yes, thank y…"Sakura started but Cato's voice again interrupted, "You love birds stop fucking being stupid. You two have to kill each other anyways." As he said this, he sliced the dummy with his sword. Peeta finally let go of the pink haired kunoichi who was now fuming with anger.
"Yeah you guys are a bunch of weakling anyways," another tribute added. Peeta noticed the anger in Sakura's eyes and whispered, "Don't. Haymitch told us not to show anything."
"But they're looking down on us like we're worthless pieces of shit. Just go pick up that weight and throw it. Show them that they can't mess with you." Sakura pleaded looking at his deep blue eyes.
"What are you going to do?" He asked her. Sakura gave him a wink before walking away. It was a way of telling him "that's for me to know and you to find out." He sighed knowing that Sakura was about to scare some of the tributes. He followed her suggestion and threw the one hundred pound ball where the spears were located. This shocked the careers, tributes that were trained since they were five, now they were looking for Sakura. They found her blind folded standing in between ten dummies. She had ten knives in both of her hands.
By this time, every single tribute was looking at her in disbelieve.
"Thresh how well do you think she'll do?" Rue asked looking at the tribute from the same district.
"I don't know, but we'll see." The man replied. Sakura took a deep breath; she jumped up in the air and spun around with blinding speed. Each kunai flew out of her hands, hitting the dummies dead center where their heart would be if they did. Unknown to them, Sakura had pushed some of her chakra in the blades, so the knocked the dummies a few centimeters back. She landed gracefully on her feet still in blindfolded
Silence fell over the tributes, Clove from District 2 sneered, "She's an amateur. Anyone can throw knives."
Sakura took off her blindfold and smirked, "Okay. I'll see you in the arena. Peeta are you coming?" The blond boy nodded running toward her since the training session with the other tributes was over.
"Sakura wait up!" Peeta yelled running to catch up to her. The pink haired stopped in her tracks and turned the boy then said, "I'm going to train you. The basics on how to survive and how to keep yourself alive against your opponents."
"How? We only have today left and tonight we have the main interview then tomorrow they get to rate us for 1 to 12 for the sponsors," he replied with a hint of sadness in his voice. Sakura grabbed his arm and went to the pent house where they had their own private training area. Haymitch greeted them but Sakura and Peeta moved past him and into the private training room.
"I'm going to train Peeta! See you in a few hours!" Sakura called back then shuts the door behind her. Inside the room, there were many weapons ranging from knives, swords and etc…
"Okay, first lesson throwing a knife," Sakura smirked tossing him a knife, which he barely caught. Their lessons lasted for a while.
"Hey you're a fast learner. Okay now we need to spar," Sakura stated putting on her combat gloves.
"B-But we can't hurt other tributes! It's against the rules!" Peeta stammered dodging Sakura's punches that were slow for a ninja but fast enough for a regular human to not see.
"Peeta, if I don't hit you then I'm not hurting you. Just dodge the punches. I taught you how to spot an opponent's movement right? Plus these punches are really slow," Sakura giggled.
"Slow! Are you kidding me? I can barely see your fists!" Peeta argued ducking
"Please you can do it, just watch my movement," Sakura explained. Peeta took her advice and watched her movement. Then he saw her foot shift back, he caught her fist then pulled her toward him. Unfortunately, he didn't have a good footing and he fell back, taking her with him. Sakura landed on his chest, her legs tangling themselves with his own. A soft grunt escaped Peeta's mouth.
"Sorry," Sakura squeaked.
"It's okay it's my fault. But wow you really have…" Peeta started but another voice interrupted him, "I'm sorry!"
The two whipped their heads at the direction of the voice and found Effie blushing wildly at them. It was clear to the two what she was thinking. Before anyone could stop her, she ran out of the training room. Sakura groaned, "Great now she thinks we're having sex in here." She buried her face in his chest not getting up. Peeta gave a hearty laugh, tangling his fingers in her pink locks, "It doesn't matter. She probably thinks that we're going to die anyways. Well I know I will." Sakura looked up and glared, "I told you before I intend to keep both of us alive. Why don't you just believe me?"
"How? Sakura you seemed like you've been training since you were five. You can throw a knife like a pro and render Haymitch defenseless in a matter of seconds. But I don't think you can keep us both alive! Damnit! You have something to live for. Remember you appeared in our District three days before the reaping. I'm sure the people where you came from misses you! If I happen to die, my parents will move on. I don't have a lot of friends; the girl I love probably won't be mine anyways. But you have something going for you! I know you probably don't want to tell me how you're so skilled but don't try to save me. When I have nothing to live for," Peeta yelled getting up form under her. He left the room, while Sakura stared at him dumbfounded. Tears started to fall helplessly on the ground.
'Knock'
'Knock'
"C-come in," Sakura stuttered looking at the door with dried tears. Cinna came in with a beautiful white gown that sparkled in the light.
"I saw Peeta storm out. I thought you might need a friend," Cinna whispered hugging the poor girl. When Sakura didn't talk, he started again, "Okay so I hear you're not really from District 12. But you seem to be a great fighter. Do you want to tell me about that?"
Sakura thought for a moment then opened her mouth to speak, "Well my name is Sakura Haruno and I'm a ninja at Konoha. I am one of the highest ranking members in the village. I basically go on missions so our village can earn money. Every day, I live to survive. I kill people that could possibly be a potential problem to our village and many more."
"Wow, you're so young. Why don't you tell Peeta and Haymitch this?" Cinna asked.
"A night at the train when Peeta and I were on our way to the Capitol, Peeta tells me that when he enters the games, he still wants to be himself. Not a cold blooded killer or a pawn for the Capitol to use. Can you imagine if he found out that I was a killer? He'd probably hate me just like he hates the other tributes. I don't think I can survive having someone hate me or not believe in me," Sakura answered remembering Konoha 12.
"I see, I think you should just tell him. But I know there's more to this story. I think you like Peeta," Cinna grinned teasing the girl. The cherry blossom blushed to the color of her hair and stayed quiet.
Taking the silence as a confirmation, Cinna patted her back. "Look why don't we get you ready and you can show him the girl that he's been missing out on." Sakura's mood brightened at the man's words as he led her into the dressing room.
"Where are Sakura and Cinna?" Haymitch growled angrily. Seeing as the two were late and Sakura was about to be next. When she didn't arrive, Peeta ended up going first.
"So Peeta! I hear you there was a 'noise' coming from District Twelve's private training room. Could you elaborate on what you and Sakura had been doing?" Caesar, the game host, asked winking. Peeta repressed a blush and answered, "Nothing. I fell that's all and Sakura made fun of me."
Backstage, Sakura finally arrived wearing the white dress that Cinna had made for her. It was a sweet heart dress that hugged her curves perfectly. The bottom of the dress was flowy and small crystals were found in them. She had her pink hair in a side pony tail and she was wearing diamond earrings and a heart shape necklace sat on her chest.
Back with Peeta, Caesar asked, "So do you have anyone at home that you are hoping to come back to?" Peeta thought for a moment and smiled, "Yes, there's this girl. She was suppose to be the one to take Prim's place but It's a good thing she didn't because if she did, I wouldn't know how I would survive having the thought of killing her." The crowd 'awwed' at his confession. From back stage, Sakura felt her heart break a little. Cinna puts a supporting hand on her shoulder and whispered, "Just be truthful on what you feel. Good luck." He kissed her temple and led her out to the stage. The flashing of camera brought Sakura back to reality.
"So Sakura, I hear that you volunteered for Prim Everdeen. Why?" Caesar started.
"Um…They helped me and I just couldn't have Katniss leave and getting herself killed. I knew they both needed each other so I volunteered," Sakura answered truthfully.
"Wow. Okay so I asked Peeta this but I am curious. Do you have anyone special in your heart?"
Sakura took a large breath before answering, "Actually yes."
"Oh so then you have an incentive to survive," Caesar commented.
"Actually, winning wouldn't help me much. Because the person special to me, came with me." Sakura replied letting her feelings out. The crowd gasped but before Caesar could ask another question, the bell rang signaling that her time was over.
Well guys there is chapter 4! I changed somethings. In the book Peeta is the one who sorta says that line and here it's Sakura!
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