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"-and you won't believe how cute she is, Itachi! She looks like an exotic porcelain doll- with her pink hair and all!-"

"Shisui."

"-and her green eyes shine so passionately like burning emeralds! I'm telling you Itachi, my cute little sister is the embodiment of the Will of Fire!-"

"Shisui."

"-and did I tell you how pretty she is? She is even cuter than Sasuke! And-"

"Shisui!"

"WHAT?!"

"Shut up or I'll strangle you to death."

*grins sheepishly* "Oops, hehehehehe!"

*mutters* "Besides, no one can be cuter than my little brother Sasuke."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

"Hard of hearing?"

"YOU WANT A FIGHT? OH, YOU'RE SO ON, ITACHI UCHIHA!"

SLAM!

"Ow! ow! ow! ow! ow! ow! ow! ow! OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Sakura wailed, clutching her right hand as she sat in the middle of a training ground, in the center of a huge crater. Her hand throbbed painfully and she whimpered at the pain.

"Sakura!" her Grandma cried out frantically as she appeared next to her, and placed a green glowing palm over her right hand as she muttered angrily "Goddammit girl, can't you do a single thing right? I told you not to push too much chakra through your hand! Now see what you've done! You fractured your hand!"

Sakura sniffled and sobbed "B-But how was I s-supposed to know how much chakra to use? If I use less amount, nothing happens, if I use even slightly more than needed, it works, but also harms me as well! How do I know the right amount of chakra to use!" she then wailed loudly "IF I KEEP MESSING IT UP HOW CAN I BECOME LIKE LADY TSUNADE?" 'And Rin.'

"Konoha was not built in a day, Sakura!" Sayuri sighed in exasperation as she gazed at her granddaughter fondly. "It'll take time time to perfect this technique. It had taken years even to Tsunade to use the right amount of chakra to enhance her destructive Taijutsu style."

"But I don't have years! I have to get strong as soon as I can and become HOKAGE!" Sakura said with a fierce look in her eyes.

Sayuri was taken aback by the determination shining through her granddaughter's eyes. Her words were so similar to that other boy's words, whom she had always thought of like a grandson.

"I promise Granny, I will get stronger soon enough and then no one can stop me from becoming Hokage!"

She smiled softly at her and flicked her nose and said "Well, you still have time for that. I don't think Hiruzen would give up his position soon enough" –Especially not when even a decade haven't passed since the Nine Tails attack and the Fourth's death- "But I'm sure you will snatch away his position from him some day."

Sakura beamed at her Grandma, ignoring the throbbing pain in her hand for once.

"But for that, you'll have to master this destructive Taijutsu style of Tsunade's and get strong." She said in amusement.

Sakura groaned, making Sayuri laugh at the young girl's misery. She finished healing her and patted her back and said "Chill out, Sakura! It'll take quite some time to master that technique. After all, not everyone can have the Hyuuga's special eyes that can tell how much chakra can be needed for a certain technique."

Sakura froze up at her comment as an idea appeared in her mind. Why didn't she thought of it before? She can just go to a Hyuuga and ask for their help!

But why would they help her? If she remembered correctly, then didn't Granny Sayuri once said that Uchihas and Hyuugas have a stick stuck up in their asses- whatever that means? So, it's highly unlikely that they're going to help.

But then again, look at Shisui, her brother/cousin -whatever. He is the most un-Uchiha like Uchiha she had ever seen in her life. Otherwise, every other Uchiha she knew were stuck-ups. Even Sasuke was a jerk, and he was what- eight?

So there must be at least one Hyuuga who isn't stuck-up like most of his/her clan. Right? But where will she find him/her? It's not like she knew many Hyuugas –not even one.

'Hey, that reminds me Outer, Didn't there a Hyuuga girl in our class? What was her name again –Hina- something, right?'

'Who?'

'Don't you remember her? That shy girl who always stutters while speaking and is always stalking that blonde guy –what was his name again? Ah, I remember it now! Naruto!'

'Oh, you mean Hinata- that girl with dark blue hair and pale eyes?'

'Yeah, that girl. Why don't we just ask for her help?'

'What if she turns out to be stuck-up like the rest of her clan, inner?'

'I highly doubt it.'

Sayuri, oblivious to her Granddaughter's mental conversations, wrapped bandages around her granddaughter's arm and said "I may have healed your broken bones, but your arm is still gonna be sore for some while, okay?"

She frowned when her granddaughter didn't answer, and just stood there with a glazed look in her eyes. A twitch appeared over her eyebrow and she bonked Sakura's head.

"OW! What was that for, you old hag?!"

"Pay attention, you brat!"

"Um, Hinata?"

*squeaks* "S-S-Sakura? H-Hello."

"Er, Hi. Um, I was wondering, if you'd help me in a little project of mine?"

"M-Me?"

"Yes, I need your help. You see, I am working on a technique, which enhances the destructive power of a punch or a kick when a certain amount of chakra is applied. But I either end up using too much chakra or too little chakra. I can't decide the fix amount of chakra to use. Will you please help me out with your special eyes?"

*turns red and stutters* "I-I-"

*thinks she's going to lash out, and apologizes profusely* "Of course you don't have to if you don't want to. It's just-I really need to learn this technique. I want to be stronger, so that one day I can be Hokage. I'd be glad if you help me out, and in return I am even willing to help you out in your own techniques. But if you don't want to, then don't, I wouldn't want to force you or anything-"

"No!" *shouts out suddenly and shakes head furiously* "I-It's not like that!"

"…It's not?"

"No, I-I just" *bit her lower lip and sighs* "I-I'd l-love to help y-you.

*beams* "Thank you so much, Hinata!"

(And that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship between Hinata Hyuuga –the heiress of the Hyuuga Clan- and our one and only Sakura Haruno.)

"Shisui, why are we here?" Itachi asked as he dodged Shisui's kick, and spun out of the way, his sharingan blazing red.

Shisui chuckled and said "Why, you ask? For training, of course!" He then did some hand signs, and spat out a big fireball at him, which he blocked with an Earth Wall.

"I don't believe you at all." Itachi deadpanned as he jumped when when Shisui body flickered behind him. Shisui's loud laughter echoed around their personal training Area, which was a cliff just above the Naka River. This was the place where Shisui usually trained, and sometimes Itachi tagged along with him, however he had a feeling that today Shisui didn't bring him here just for training. Besides they had better things to do, like plan about how to thwart the Uchiha Clan's plans of Coup d'état. But here they were, having a friendly spar, when they should've been with the Council, discussing their next step.

Shisui jumped up next to Itachi, and was about to use another fire Jutsu when a shrill voice startled them.

"Brother Shisui!"

Both the ANBU Ninjas turned and saw a pink haired girl running towards them with a big smile on her face. She looked around Sasuke's age. With her bright emerald eyes and fair skin, she really looked like a porcelain doll. Itachi had to admit, she was cute. Shisui's meaningless rants had been all true after all, even though it had annoyed the hell out of him.

The pink haired barreled into Shisui, making him stumble back. Shisui laughed as he hugged her back. His eyes sparkled with happiness, and Itachi had to admit, that he'd never seen Shisui this happy. A soft smile appeared on his lips as he watched them both.

"Brother Shisui! You're back from your mission!" The pink haired girl squealed as she looked up in her brother/cousin's eyes. She had missed him. He had been gone on a long term mission for three months, and he had returned only now. He was even wearing his ANBU uniform, which was dirty, meaning he had just returned from his mission. "I missed you!" She said as she hugged him again.

"Aw! I missed you too, chibi-chan!" Shisui said as he ruffled her soft, pink hair.

"Stop calling me that!" Sakura said with a scowl, which made Shisui laugh even loudly. She then smiled at him and asked "Ne, ne, Brother, you promised to show me an awesome Jutsu!"

"I did?" Shisui asked sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Shisui!" She growled in anger, making him hold up his hands dismissively, though the amusement in his eyes was still clear.

"Alright, alright, but first I'd like you to meet someone." Shisui said with a smile.

"Who?" Sakura asked as she tilted her head cutely, and Shisui almost squealed at her cuteness. Keyword- almost.

Shisui gestured towards the other boy standing in the clearing and said "Chibi-chan, meet my best friend, Itachi Uchiha." Then he turned to Itachi and gestured to Sakura and said "Itachi, this is my cute little sister, Sakura."

Sakura turned towards the other boy and narrowed her eyes. Itachi was thirteen years old, and had long black hair tied in a loose pony tail. He was a handsome boy with a stern face, but his eyes did not show any emotion. Sakura couldn't help but wonder why this boy looked so much like Sasuke.

She shook her head and shrugged it off. Almost all Uchihas look the same –what with black hair, pale skin and all. No wonder this guy looks like Sasuke.

"Hi." Sakura said shyly as she peeked at Itachi from beneath her eyelashes.

Itachi bit his lip to stop himself from squealing like a fangirl. Shisui was damn right- this girl is so cute! "Hello." Itachi said in his cold voice, even though he was anything but cold. He then turned to Shisui and said "You were right. She is cute."

Shisui fist pumped in air and said "See? Told you so."

Sakura sweat dropped at his antics.

'What a weirdo.'

'Like you're the one to talk.'

"But not as much cute as my brother." Itachi said, and Shisui glared at him.

"Is too."

"Is not."

"Is too."

"Is not."

"Is too."

"Is not-"

"will you two just stop!" Sakura screeched at them, making them stop. She huffed and then turned to Shisui and asked "You were going to show me an awesome Jutsu, right?!" Her eyes sparkled with wonder and curiosity.

"Yes." Shisui said with a smirk. "I'm going to show you my best Jutsu- The Body Flicker!"

"Itachi, where are we going?" Sasuke whined as his elder brother Itachi guided them somewhere. After ten minutes or so, they ended up in the Public Park. "Eh? Why are we here, Big Brother? I thought you were going to help me with my shuriken training?"

"Patience, little brother." Itachi said in a cool voice as he leaned against a tree.

"but Itachi-"

"Itachi!" A voice cut Sasuke off. He pouted and turned, only to look in horror as his cousin Shisui walked towards them with a certain pink haired Banshee. These two happened to be the two of his least favorite people.

"What are you doing here?" Sasuke scowled as he looked at the pair approaching them, while looking mostly at the pink haired banshee.

The pink haired girl, much to his surprise, scowled at him and said "I should ask you the same thing!"

Sasuke sniffed haughtily as he crossed his arms and said "I'm here to meet my cousin's younger sibling."

Sakura scoffed and said "same. I'm here to meet my brother's friend's little brother."

Shisui and Itachi shared an amused look. Itachi then looked down at Sasuke and said "Sasuke, this is Sakura. Shisui's sister."

At the same time, Shisui pointed his thumb towards Sasuke and said "Sakura, this is Itachi's little brother, Sasuke."

(Cue a two minute silence.)

And then both of them yelled in unison-

"YOU ARE SHISUI'S SISTER?!"

"YOU ARE ITACHI'S BROTHER?!"

Inner rolled in laughter inside her mind and gasped out 'Gah, this is freaking hilarious! Who knew grumpy Sasuke was Itachi's brother! You really have one heck of luck, Outer!'

'Shut up Inner.'

"She is so loud and annoying and have a pink hair -of all colors! I can't believe you are Shisui's sister." Sasuke then paused and said "Wait, I can. she is as weird as Shisui. No doubt she is his sister."

Sakura bristled at his insults. All these years he had ignored her, and now when he was talking to her for the first time, all he has to say are insults?! What an egoistic jerk!

'Put him down some notches, Outer! I'm dying to see his ego pegged down!'

Sakura narrowed her eyes at him and said with a scoff "As if you're the one to talk. Itachi is so cool and polite, but you're the opposite of him- Egoistic, self-centered and hot-tempered."

'Yeah! You tell him, outer!'

"What did you say?" Sasuke asked with an angry growl.

"I said, you are egoistic, self-centered and hot-headed!" Sakura said in a furious tone.

Shisui looked at the two of them bantering and said with a sigh "Aw, look at the two of them! They're getting along just fine, aren't they?"

"Shisui, were you hit in your head or something during our last Mission?" Itachi deadpanned as the two children argued hotly.

How is this 'getting along just fine'? Shisui has truly a loose screw in his head.

"Naruto! Come back here!" Iruka yelled as he chased after Naruto around the Academy, who grinned as he ran away from him. Iruka scowled as he ran after him, his chunnin vest was splattered with orange paint was quite visible to everyone, as he ran after the naughty child. You can guess why Iruka was furious with our favorite blonde knucklehead.

Naruto grinned as he turned a corner, only to bump into a wall. He stumbled as he fell on his butt.

"Hey! What's the big idea!" The wall cried out.

Wait what?

He looked up at the wall, which happened to be not- wall. It was Sakura -that weird pink haired girl whom he met months ago during detention, and who treated him like a friend. And she was pretty, with her pink hair and glimmering green eyes and… Ahem!

Oh yeah, and she was in his class, and was very smart and polite, even though she comes late for every class. He had also spent some detentions with her, and each time they'd end up planning pranks together. There were many pranks that they pulled together, in which she was the mastermind who planned everything, and he was the one who executed those plans. They were friends now- sort of- and he was glad for it. These days, she brings another girl -with blue hair and pale eyes- along with her in lunch-time, who would always turn red and stutter around him. Thinking she has a fever or something, a few times he had placed his hand on her forehead to check if she had a fever, but then she'd faint, making Sakura laugh. He loved to hear Sakura laugh, but why does it have to be when the blue haired girl –Hinata, faints? And why does she faints anyways? If she is sick or something, why does she even comes to Academy?! Honestly, Hinata is such a weirdo.

Sakura rubbed her butt as she stood up and scowled at the boy who bumped into her, whom she later realized as Naruto. "Oh hey, it's you, Naruto!" She said as she extended her hand to Naruto to help him up.

"Sakura!" Naruto beamed as he took her hand and stood up with her help. "What are you doing?"

"Running away." Sakura muttered under her breath.

Naruto gave her a puzzled look. "From whom?"

At the very moment, two screams rang out around the Academy.

"SAKURA!"

"NARUTO!"

"Damn!" Both of them said in unison, and ran past each other.

"See you in the evening at the park!" Sakura yelled out to Naruto as she kept running.

"yeah!" Naruto agreed as he ran, though he was curious. Who was after Sakura? What did she do now?

He got his answer when he saw a pink haired Sasuke running past him. He burst out in laughter.

Sakura sure knows how to get her revenge.

"So, I heard you've been training your Granddaughter for sometime, is that right, Sayuri?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked as he took a sip from his tea, enjoying it's sweet taste.

Sayuri Haruno who also happens to be our dearest Sakura's grandmother, narrowed her eyes and said in a mocking tone "Don't tell me you sent ANBU to once again spy on me. Have you, Hiruzen?"

"No, no. Not at all, especially after that one time you set their masks on fire for spying on you while you were gardening." He laughed at his friend's question, enjoying their playful banter. It has been so long since the two of them have sat together and just talked carefree. Hiruzen truly missed spending time with her. If only she hadn't left the Council…

She pouted and said with a huff "You're such a meanie, Hiruzen!"

He rolled his eyes and said sarcastically "Yeah, yeah, and you're a saint, aren't you?"

"Damn straight I am!" She said with a mock-haughty look, which made Hiruzen burst out on laughter, which made Sayuri's lips twitch upwards in a smile. "So, what made you ask me about my cute little Sakura?" She asked with raised brows,

"Well, she must've something special if you yourself are training her." Hiruzen said with a knowing look as he placed down his cup.

"Special? Oh so you mean the sharingan?" Sayuri laughed at his comment. "No, I don't think she'll acquire the Sharingan. The Uchiha blood in her has been diluted a lot. I never awoken my sharingan, and nor did Kizashi, even the idea of Sakura acquiring the sharingan is laughable."

"Oh, I see." He said, looking a little disappointed.

Sayuri smiled at him, even though all she wanted was to strangle him. She swore Hiruzen is getting influenced by Danzo, much like her former friends Koharu and Homura. Otherwise, why would he even bother with her, after all this time? He hadn't come to visit her after she had resigned from the Council after Fourth Hokage's death, why would he come here now, if not for looking for a scape-goat to sacrifice for the good of the village.

Of course, she knew that she can't keep protecting her granddaughter from everything. One day, her precious Sakura would be a Ninja and go on to life-threatening missions. But she didn't want it to be so soon. If Sakura had awakened her sharingan she'd be considered a prodigy and would be graduated immediately, and her former teammate Danzo would watch her granddaughter like a hawk, which she really didn't want to happen. All this would've given her a headache.

And let's not forget about the fact that the Uchiha clan elders would've thrown a hissy fit, and would've fought the legal claims to adopt Sakura In the Uchiha Clan. After all, those bastards are always eager to have prodigies. The more prodigies they have, the more they can influence the village. Poor Itachi and Shisui….. she wished she could've done something for both of them, since they're much like her grand-children.

She really was so glad that Sakura haven't awakened her sharingan.

And then, there was the matter of the rising chances of a civil war breaking out in Konoha.

Sayuri wasn't stupid. She had noticed the tension between the Uchiha Clan and the civilians. Many a times, she herself had witnessed how people are harassing the Uchihas –holding them responsible for the nine tails attack about eight years ago. The growing resentment among the Uchihas was quite obvious and expected. After all, she herself had been through shame and resentment when she had been kicked out of Uchiha clan for being a bastard child, as well as for supposedly not having sharingan. Just because she never used her sharingan for combat –or anything for that matter- doesn't mean she didn't have it.

Hypocrites.

It had been a difficult task to hide the fact that she had awakened her sharingan. Only her the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, her Sensei Tobirama Senju and her half-brother Kagami Uchiha had known this, and they had taken her secret to the grave.

And she'd be damned if she let out her closely guarded secret.

And wasn't it such a relief when her son Kizashi didn't awaken his sharingan at all? Who knew that Haruno blood would be so potent as to suppress even a Kekkei Genkai? Well, at least this is an assurance that Sakura won't awaken the sharingan, hence the chances of it awakening are very, very low.

Thank Kami for small favors.

Sayuri smiled at him, and took a sip of her tea. "Sakura is an average girl. She has small chakra reserves, so Ninjutsu is out of question. She can't cast a Genjutsu for the life of her, even though strangely, she is quite good in determining a Genjutsu and breaking out of it –though I can't say about sharingan-induced Genjutsus. She has mediocre skills in Sealing Arts. Her taijutsu is the quite good, as well as her chakra control. That's why I'm trying to instill Tsunade's fighting style into her, but the progress is going really slowly. Heck, just the other day that girl fractured her arm while punching the ground! And not to forget that she fails at the sight of blood. Some medical Ninja she'll be." She said with a huff.

Hiruzen chuckled and said "Sounds like an interesting girl. However, I don't understand, why are you training her so hard. I mean, yeah, I know she's your granddaughter and that's why you want to teach her everything you know. But teaching her Tsunade's destructive Taijutsu style? I don't understand. If I didn't know you better, I'd have thought that you're preparing her for war." He joked.

Her jade eyes glimmered and she gave him a soft smile and said "Hiruzen, I have a feeling she'll surpass us all." She looked out of the window, at the four faces carved on the Hokage Mountain, and said with warmth in her tone. "In this world torn with war and hatred, she'll be a beacon of light. She'll be a Hokage the likes of which this village has never seen, I'm sure of it." She looked back at him, and gave him a stunning smile "She will be the one to bring peace."

For a moment, he was silent. He did not know what to say to her. "Why?" He questioned in a soft tone. "Why do you have so high hopes for her?"

Sayuri closed her eyes, remembering all those little things she had noticed about Sakura that were so similar to him. Those orange goggles; that selfless quality to help others; the habit of being late to everything; that determination with which she trains; the charming smile that even melts the hearts of a foe; that strange gleam in her eyes when she speaks of being a Hokage.

Yes, she is so much like him.

"Because she reminds me of him."

"Whom?" Hiruzen asked with a raised brow.

She sighed and said "Obito Uchiha."

Sayuri Haruno rolls down a huge-ass scroll in front of Sakura.

"Granny, what is this scroll?"

"It is a Summoning Contract."

"A what?"

"A Summoning Contract. It is a contract between a Summon Animal and a human. There are certain conditions placed by the summon animal, and when a human agrees to those conditions, a contract is signed. The contractor uses their own blood to sign their name and place their fingerprints and once signed it is valid even after the contractors death as long as the contract itself remains intact. After signing the contract, the contractor can do the Summoning Technique, which is a Space-time Ninjutsu."

*blinks in confusion* "Alright, but why are you showing me a summoning Contract?"

*grins sadistically* "I want you to sign a partial Contract with Bears."

"WHAT?"

"Are you deaf or something? I told you to sign the contract!"

'I don't like that sadistic gleam in her eyes. What's she planning?'

"The Uchiha are assembling again tonight." Danzo said in a cold tone, sitting in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi, who practiced his calligraphy in a his resting room next to the Hokage's Office.

"I know about it as well." Hiruzen answered as he placed down his brush and looked up at his friend. "But we cannot interfere with their clan rituals."

"Rituals indeed!" Danzo said with a scoff. "they're going to fan the flames of distrust against us, then use it to unite the clan. They're preparing for a coup d'état."

"And the one to nip it in the bud is…." Hiruzen said calmly, and looked at the door as it opened "Shisui!"

"Shisui Uchiha?" Danzo asked, dumbfounded.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage, explained "Shisui will attend the if Fugaku incites a rebellion-"

Shisui cut him off "I will use my Kotoamatsukami." Shisui said as he knelt down in front of the Hokage, his sharingan eyes blazing red.

Danzo muttered "your Visual Jutsu…"

"He will have no clue that Shisui is controlling his actions. He will believe that his words are his own." The Third Hokage said.

"I'm going to make Fugaku think about co-existence with the village." Shisui said.

"I don't think that controlling only Fugaku will put an end to the Uchiha's dissatisfaction." Danzo argued back.

Hiruzen shook his head and said "No. If the Uchiha will change then we of the Leaf must change too. Let us improve our relations with the Uchiha."

"this is my hope." Shisui said.

"I will assign one ANBU behind the scene." Hiruzen said and then said with a stern look "I'm counting on you, Shisui."

"yes, sir!"

I won't fail, for the sake of my little sister.

If the coup happens, she will be in danger, along with my precious people and my village.

I will not fail!

"Sakura, do you know about the Will of Fire?"

"Will of Fire? What's that, Brother Shisui?"

*smiles softly* "The will to love, believe, cherish and fight to protect the village, that is the Will of Fire."

"….Oh."

"I want to protect it Sakura. I want to protect the village and my precious people. And I will do anything to protect them." *smiles sadly* "Even if I have to sacrifice myself for it."

*glances at him with the corner of her eyes* "….Brother, you're scaring me."

*ruffles her hair* "No need to be scared, Sakura. I will not let anything harm you, I promise."

*grabs his hand hysterically* "I don't want your protection. I want you to always stay by my side. I want you to be there when I become Hokage of this Village."

*smiles softly* "Of course. I will always be there with you." *taps the left side of her chest where heart is* "in here."

"Shisui….."

'Why does it feel like goodbye?'

(Because it was a goodbye, but she never realized it…)

Sakura beamed as she looked down at the bay bear she had summoned. Her Grandma was a Sadistic woman, she made her make a partial contract with her summon animals –the bears, guilt tripping her by saying that she wanted to pass on her contract to her so as when her time comes, she'll die peacefully, knowing that at least her poor bears won't feel neglected.

Turns out, it had all been a big fat lie. It was all a well planned scheme to make her fall into their trap. The reason for her insistence of Sakura signing the contract was that the Bears were bored with nothing to do, hence wanted to have some fun with someone other than Sayuri.

And Kami are these bears annoying –as well as intimidating as hell!- They appear out of nowhere at very inappropriate moments –like when she is in shower, or while she is changing, or when she is playing hide and seek with her friends or training to hide from Granny Sayuri by suppressing chakra. And seriously, what the hell!

Also, it's no big deal when they appear out of nowhere and scare the shit out of her, but if she summon any elderly Bear –not that she had that much chakra reserves, but eh, accidents happen every once in a while to the best of us- they'd yell at her for interrupting their nap ('Goddamn lazy Bears! Why are you even Granny's summons?! Go to Naras or something!' Inner grumbled) or their free time or something.

She feels like this contract was nothing but a joke against her.

Also, since it is a partial contract, she had to pay much, much more than what she deserves. Turns out, she not only has to keep up with their popping up at most embarrassing moments, but she also has to train three Bear cubs every year.

Ugh, why her?

And the only benefit she was getting from this partial contract?

She can summon one Bear for any of her Ninja Battles, but only once a month. Also, this contract can be broken anytime the Bears want.

'Seriously? Like, what the hell?! Why did we even sign this contract?'

'Because Granny Sayuri just loves to torture us.'

'Just great.'

Anyways, the good thing was, she gets to spend time with cute baby bears. And the Bears cubs were so cute!

The baby Bear she had held in her hands was a tiny little thing that was the size of her arm, which in itself was small since she herself was an eight year old. The baby Bear has soft, white fur and his eyes were dark blue, like that of a gleaming sapphire. He has leafy, blue patterns tattooed a over his body –or were they birth marks?

'Eh, who cares?'

Point is, she gets to train this Bear, along with two others for a whole year. She'd have to teach him how to talk, how to fight- everything.

And wasn't it so darn cute!

She wanted Shisui to see her new summons, so she took off towards the Training Area where Shisui usually wanders around. She giggled as she imagined his shocked expression when she'd perform the summoning Jutsu. She just prayed that she doesn't accidentally summon any Elder Bear.

'Kami knows what a disaster it'll be.'

It was getting quite darker as she entered the forest. Gathering her courage, she sneaked quietly into the forest. She suppressed her chakra, deciding to surprise Shisui. How many times had he startled her with his damn Body Flicker? She'd pay him back this time with this. At least hiding from Granny Sayuri's rampages benefited her somewhat- she got to learn how to suppress her chakra to hide her presence.

And a damn good thing it was, right?

She applied chakra to her feet to suppress the sounds of her footsteps as she neared the cliff above the Naka River where Shisui usually trains, however, she was surprised to see Itachi also there. She stood at the very edge of the cliff, from where she can hear perfectly clearly as their voices would echo when they talk since they were standing on the edge of the cliff, while her voice won't reach them, thanks to the surrounding trees.

'I'll just wait till Itachi leaves.'

'why not show him as well how awesome we are?' Her inner said as he fist pumped.

'No, I want to show my Summoning Jutsu to brother Shisui only. I can show Itachi some other time.'

'As you wish, Outer.'

She hid behind a big tree, masking her chakra as well as casting an E-ranked Jutsu which Iruka Sensei had taught some months ago about how to camouflage something with surroundings. However, casting it over her whole body would take more chakra than casting it over any other thing.

"Camouflage Jutsu." She whispered in a very low tone as she made hand signs to hide from the sharingan of the two Uchiha Geniuses, and applied a bit of chakra over her body, merging with the surroundings.

'Not like it'll do any good. The sharingan can see through every Jutsu. If they look this way, we're so dead.'

'You seem to know quite a lot about sharingan, Inner.'

She furrowed her brow when he didn't answer back. In fact, there was a deadly silence in her mind. What happened?

"I was going to try to stop the coup d'état with Kotoamatsukami, but Lord Danzo took my right eye."Shisui said in a somber voice, his back towards her and Itachi as he stood on the very edge of the cliff, with Itachi standing some metres away from him behind him. He turned around, and her breath caught in her throat as she saw that is right eye was closed, with blood leaking from it.

She was horrified by the state Shisui was in. Who was Danzo? Why did he do this to her Brother? And what was all this about a coup d'état?

What's going on?

'the hell if I know!' Inner screeched in anger.

"He doesn't trust me." Shisui admitted. "He intends to protect the village in his own way, no matter what it takes or how it looks." He glanced down sadly and muttered "I suspect he'll come out after my left eye as well. So I want to give it to you before he has a chance."

Sakura trembled in horror, tears slipping down her cheeks as she saw her cousin whom she treated like her own brother gouge out his other eye and held it towards Itachi. She tried her best to not vomit out her dinner.

This….. was not what she expected when she came here. She wanted to back away from this wretched place and run back home and slip into her Mother's arms where she'd be safe from horrors like this, but her feet were transfixed to the spot, and she found that she could not move.

"You're the only person I can count on. My best friend." Shisui said, blood leaking from both of his empty eye sockets and he had closed his eyelids. "Please protect this village and the honor of the Uchiha name." He then said in a soft voice "….and Sakura too. Take care of her for me, please."

Sakura bit into her knuckle to stop herself from wailing hysterically. She wanted to cry from all her heart and call out Shisui's name, beg him to tell her what was all this about, and why was he doing this. But Inner had her glued on this spot. It was like, he knew that she shouldn't interfere with what was going on.

She wanted it to stop, but Inner was suppressing her body control.

Itachi closed his eyes and a crow flew towards them and landed over Shisui's extended hand. It then picked up the eye-ball from Shisui's hands and then disappeared in a flurry of feathers.

"I accept it. What will you do now?" Itachi said, his own eyes whirling red with sharingan. His voice sounded detached.

"If I die, several circumstances will change. I've left behind a note already…." Shisui said as he stepped backwards towards the very edge of the cliff.

"Wait, Shisui!" Itachi yelled as he ran towards Shisui, who stopped him by saying-

"Don't stop me, Itachi!"

Itachi stopped at his friend's words. Shisui smiled warmly as he stepped off the cliff, accepting his death.

"SHISUI!"

NO!

Both Sakura and her inner cried out inside her mind, but her body was frozen, hence it didn't even react, besides the trembling, and the tears that didn't seem to stop flowing.

Itachi yelled out in despair, reaching out to catch his friend from falling to his death, but his hand just grazed his, and soon Shisui was falling down from the cliff, straight into the Naka River flowing at the end of the rift between the two cliffs.

"That means you're my sister! That's so cool!"

"I am Shisui Uchiha. Nice to meet you, Chibi-chan!"

"As a Ninja, it is my duty to do everything I can to protect the village."

"Sometimes you have to do things that you don't like, but they're still important for keeping everyone safe. Sometimes we have to think about others before ourselves."

"I want to protect it Sakura. I want to protect the village and my precious people. And I will do anything to protect them, Even if I have to sacrifice myself for it."

"No need to be scared, Sakura. I will not let anything harm you, I promise."

"I will always be there with you, in here."

'Brother Shisui…'

Blood leaked out from the eyes as the black swirling dots of the sharingan turned into wheel like shape of the next stage of the Sharingan.

That night, not one, but two people awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.