"What the devil happened here" Tazuna exclaimed in horror the minute they walked onto the bridge only to find all of is construction workers knocked out and a thick mist shrouding the half finished bridge eerily.
The two genin that had come with their sensei that day, because one of them pushed himself to far shared a look "Tazuna-san please come stand behind us" Sakura urged the man as she pulled a kunai from her pouch and held it before her defensively.
Tazuna shot a look to the Jonin "It's Zabuza, he's back for round two" Kakashi nodded, Tazuna scrambled behind the two genin to let them protect him at Kakashi's words though the rogue and the fake hunter nin came from out of the mist before making a bunch of clones.
"Look that one's still trembling" Zabuza taunted gesturing to the raven haired preteen but thanks to all the training he'd received during the week and able to fight of the KI of rogue ninja, the Uchiha smirked.
And looked Zabuza dead in the eye "That's because I'm trembling from excitement" Sasuke admitted taking down the five clones that surrounded them without exerting to much effort, chakra control sure went a long way of helping him improve.
"Seems like you've got some competition Haku" the raven haired male across them tilted his head down to the brunette at his side, the fake hunter nin and revealed the boys name as Haku, Sakura grit her teeth as Sasuke and Haku leaped at each other.
But she held her ground in front of Tazuna "You don't stand a chance against me boy" Haku taunted much like his master flying through one handed signs and used an elemental jutsu that impaled Sasuke with many senbon needles made out of water.
In the meantime Zabuza and Kakashi started their own little spar leaving the only girl to handle their clients protection "Don't underestimate my genin, Sasuke Uchiha's the number one rookie of the Leaf Village, Sakura Haruno is the smartest kunoichi" the silver haired nin praised.
"Last but not least Naruto Uzumaki is the number one hyperactive knucklehead ninja of the Leaf" he finished throwing several kunai at his opponent only to become wary as the mist thickened to where there was zero visibility.
Just as the rogue's voice filled his ears "This time Hatake it will be you on the losing side and your genin brats will pay the price for you accepting this mission" Zabuza growled using the mist to hide and keep out of attack range.
"Aren't you worried about your sensei and teammate" Tazuna glanced down at his sole protector for the moment as the fight raged on, on the bridge, it wasn't right making children kill and his heart squeezed in fear that he would die as well that very day.
Sakura shook her head "I trust in them, Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke to come out of this fight, sure a little worse for wear and not completely unscathed, but we'll live to see another day so don't you dare give up either Tazuna" the pinkette scolded keeping her kunai held out.
Emerald orbs narrowed in determination, she didn't know what happened to Sasuke, but she could still feel his chakra, halfway down the bridge and her sensei's chakra flared right before her, she couldn't help the scream as a familiar butcher knife like sword cut her sensei.
"Calm down Sakura I'm fine, however now I have a chance to take Zabuza down" the silver haired nin soothed giving his sole female student a smile, he even went so far as to crinkle his eye at her letting her know he really was alright.
She nodded quietly emerald eyes intense as her sensei disappeared into the mist again, it was probably only five minutes later that the thick mist that surrounded them started dissipating allowing her to see more than a foot ahead of her.
A large dome made out of ice was where she sensed Sasuke and Kakashi had Zabuza held in place by a bunch of dogs, they were talking but suddenly there were more things to worry about as a familiar chakra entered the fray and she couldn't help but gasp.
"What's wrong Sakura" Tazuna heard the sharp outtake of air from the girl wondering what had happened, after that little scare from earlier he was surprised she was keeping her head on straight without fainting.
"Naruto's here, he's in there with Sasuke, something's wrong, I have to try and help them" Sakura bit her lip, then eyed her kunai, took a running leap and tried to throw it, only to have it caught by Haku, she couldn't hear what was said, but her idea had backfired.
Zabuza's laughter filled her ears moments later "Nice try little girl, but your going to have to do a lot more than that if you want to save them, Haku won't spare their lives" the man taunted earning a burning emerald eyed glare from Sakura.
But as much as she wanted to go help her teammates out of their sticky situation Sakura didn't so much as move from her spot in front of Tazuna staring intently in the direction of the ice dome and wishing she didn't have to worry about the bridge builder.
Kami it was like agony waiting there until Naruto's chakra turned darker, more malicious and suddenly the dome of ice shattered into millions of pieces and Haku was sent rolling down the bridge, but it was Sasuke, laying there unmoving that broke Sakura.
He was a member of her team, her eyes dimmed and she lost control, everyone froze as giant ice spikes sprouted along the bridge, Sakura had just awakened her kekkeigenkai, but the only thing she could focus on was Sasuke's prone body.
Even Zabuza looked a little shocked because he hadn't known there were others who possessed the same kekkeigenkai as his apprentice "Did you know about that Hatake" Zabuza turned dark brown eyes on the copy ninja.
"It's impossible, I thought she was from a civilian family" Kakashi muttered to himself, he didn't know why how something as simple as potentially having a kekkeigenkai had slipped Sakura's mind, unless…unless she didn't know she'd had it in the first place.
That must be it, she didn't know she had a kekkeigenkai and the stress of this mission had finally awakened it, seeing Sasuke must have been what pushed the girl over the edge and now she was lost to her overflowing emotions.
"What's going on Kakashi-sensei, Sakura-chan's gone berserk" Naruto came flying over to them, Haku on his heels, the fight was over, they were all more worried about Sakura as ice spikes continued to form around her as she cried her heart out.
Zabuza grimaced and eyed his apprentice, Haku shook his head "The boys not dead merely unconscious I thought his reaction was bad, but her's is worse, the overwhelming sadness" the brunette admitted.
In the next moment Tazuna who'd got to close was nearly impaled by one of the ice spikes, but Kakashi got to him in the nick of time "Go stand over there out of the way Tazuna, I'm going to try and calm her down" the silver haired nin ordered.
Resting his mismatched eyes on his sole female student as she kneeled at Sasuke's side tears spilling from her eyes and landing on the unconscious boys face, in her state she'd believe only what she saw and right now she couldn't see the shallow breaths Sasuke was taking.
But determined the copy nin cautiously approached the girl "No, no, no he can't be dead, he can't be dead, we're a team, we have to stick together" Sakura was clutching her teammate and muttering under her breath, her team was precious to her, very precious.
And she couldn't stand it when any of them were hurt "Sakura-chan I need you to calm down okay, Sasuke-kun's not dead, he's unconscious feel his pulse, press your ear to his chest, listen to him breathing" Kakashi spoke carefully.
Trying to get the girl to use her slowly developing medic skills, she had a latent talent for them after all, Sakura met his eyes with tear filled emerald before taking Sasuke's wrist and felt for his pulse and listened to his heart beat and the breaths he took.
Slowly calming down as she realized Sasuke was indeed still alive, just unconscious, Sakura let out a shaky breath before finally seeing the destruction she'd caused unknowingly, the use of her kekkeigenkai for the first time caught up with her then and she passed out from chakra exhaustion.
Kakashi eyed his two knocked out students before making a shadow clone to stand guard over them "What's it going to be Hatake, I think there's no point in continuing this fight, especially now that Gato's here" the rogue tilted his head to the opposite end of the bridge.
Where Gato and many thugs the man had hired "Well you look a little worse for wear demon ninja, more like demonic wet kitten" Gato chortled immediately setting off Haku, who was stood next to his Master and kept glancing surreptitiously back to Sakura, who had the same kekkeigenkai as him.
"Come on Zabuza, let's cut our ties with this disgusting man, and decide together what we want to do after this" Haku piped in still peering over his shoulder ever few seconds, he couldn't believe to find someone with the same blood as him, it was surreal.
Zabuza wanted to run and continue preparing for his goal, "You'll have sanctuary if you come back to the Leaf Village with us, besides the Fourth Mizukage is dead, what point is there in continuing to plot against a dead man" the Copy Nin interjected.
Leaving Zabuza sporting a sour expression on his face before he nodded grudgingly "Does that mean we're not fighting anymore, what's gonna happen to Sakura-chan and Sasuke" the blonde at Kakashi's side asked curiously.
Kakashi gave the boy an exasperated look, and kept his remaining conscious student back as Zabuza and Haku charged forward hacking their way through the group of thugs until they reached Gato and ended the disgusting man together.
"So that's it you switch sides and now your no longer after me" Tazuna was thoroughly confused, he didn't understand how Sakura displaying an unknown power could get two rogues to suddenly turn to the right side and fight to end Gato.
Both males shrugged "For what it's worth I was only in it for the money, I truly had no interest in you, otherwise I wouldn't have even bothered" the raven haired male said grabbing up his sword and attaching the blade to his back.
A short scuffle ensued with the remaining thugs until the rest of the village came to scare them thugs off, Tsunami and Inari in the lead, Tazuna wandered towards his family and Kakashi felt exhaustion creep up on him "Come on Naruto, let's get those two" the silver haired nin said.
Pointing to the two unconscious preteens "Let us help as well" the brunette that had been fighting against them only moments before and Zabuza were suddenly at the two Leaf Shinobi's side and following after the Leaf Jonin to his knocked out students.
The clone disappeared in a puff of smoke and the silver haired male had to make a decision, which was taken away from him as Zabuza picked up the only girl, Naruto shot a look at his sensei "Are you sure it's wise, what if he tries to kidnap Sakura-chan" Naruto thought his fears were warranted.
Considering it wasn't more than twenty minutes before hand the man and his apprentice was trying to kill them all including Tazuna "You don't have to worry boy, I'm not going to take off with your little girlfriend" the raven haired male taunted lightly.
Naruto spluttered in response and waved his arms "Sakura-chan is not my girlfriend, she's my friend and like a sister" he huffed and crossed his arms over his chest as he rebuked the rogue, it was now becoming apparent to him would be coming back to Leaf with him and the others.
"Don't let him rile you up Naruto, besides we have to worry about not just Sakura, but Sasuke as well" Kakashi interjected lifting Sasuke into his arms, he'd rather be carrying his sole female student, but the choice had been taken from him as they all trekked back to Tazuna's.
And the two unconscious genin were tucked into the futon they'd been sharing all week their remaining teammate hovering over them worriedly for the next couple of hours until Sasuke woke with a loud groan "Oh my entire body hurts like hell" the Uchiha groaned in agony.
"That would be because you've been knocked out for the last two and a half hours, due to being slammed with senbon needle after senbon needle, so of course your going to hurt" Haku responded smartly, not once had he left the room the genin were in.
The raven haired male sat straight up and upon noticing his unconscious female teammate leaned over her protectively "Relax Sasuke, he's on our side now, besides your the reason Sakura-chan is like that" Naruto saw the movement and spoke up.
Confused he tried to mentally recount the fight that had happened only to come up short "I don't get it how is Sakura being like this my fault" Sasuke frowned lost on what happened after he'd fallen unconscious.
"When she saw you laying there on the bridge unmoving, the girl lost it, awakened her kekkeigenkai and went out of control, her state is due to chakra exhaustion" Zabuza piped in from the corner of the room as he'd been tasked with watching over the genin brats.
Sasuke went rigid "Kekkeigenkai I thought Sakura was from a civilian family" now he was doubly confused, how could his sole female teammate have a kekkeigenkai and not tell them, did she not trust them or something.
"Your sensei has come to the conclusion she didn't know she had a kekkeigenkai so therefore wouldn't have been able to tell you about it" the brunette in front of him shared what the silver haired Jonin had told them before heading off with Tazuna to finish the bridge.
Lost and a little worried since it had obviously been two hours since the fight had ended and Sakura still hadn't woken, Sasuke leaned back before turning to Naruto "Get some water and one of our chakra restorative pills" he ordered.
His teammate wasn't the only one learning a little bit about being a medic, sure he only knew half of the stuff because of Sakura, that didn't mean he couldn't try to at least be helpful "What are you gonna do Sasuke" the blonde questioned handing over the two requested items.
To Zabuza and Haku's curiosity, Sasuke crushed the pill then mixed it with the water before taking a sip, he didn't swallow and leaned over Sakura "Wait a minute is that necessary" Haku jolted in surprise, obviously none of them had thought Sasuke would go that far.
Sasuke paused and lifted an ebony brow "Get on with it then boy if you think that will help" the only adult in the room growled not wanting to let on he was just as surprised as his apprentice, he hadn't thought the Uchiha would be the one to do that.
There was no hesitation and inwardly apologizing Sasuke took Sakura's first kiss that he knew of anyway, it wasn't his because of the incident in the classroom and gave her the water mixed with the crushed chakra restorative pill, he did this a couple more times.
Before pulling back and draining the rest of the water himself "If you so much as mention that to her before I can Dope, I'll knock you out for a week" the Uchiha glowered, planning on telling Sakura the truth but wanting to make it clear he would be the one doing it.
So that there were no misunderstandings, Naruto nodded his head, skin pale and baby blue eyes wide as they settled in for a quiet wait, it wasn't until the next morning that Sakura woke, feeling a lot better than she'd thought she would.
Though she still had a massive headache "My head hurts" Sakura winced not complaining really, more like stating that little fact, the others were already awake and watching her carefully, even Naruto was being uncharacteristically quiet.
"Other than that how do you feel Sakura" the raven haired male on her team was the first person she saw when she finally managed to open her eyes, emerald locked with ebony, all at once the memory of going berserk hit her and Sakura cringed back.
For a few moments everyone thought she wasn't going to say anything "Your really okay right Sasuke" the pinkette asked quietly not wanting to sound selfish and make sure she was the only one doing well.
He gave her an extremely small smile "But what about you Sakura-chan, do you hurt anywhere else" the blonde on their team blurted wanting to make sure the girl who'd gone out of her way to be kind to him was alright.
She flashed him a small smile "Besides the headache I'm alright which is odd, I thought I'd have to wait forever to regain my chakra, and the headache is easily healed" Sakura explained softly raising a glowing green hand to her head and healing the headache that pounded her skull.
"That kind of hurts Sakura-chan, you let me suffer using those crutches that Tsunami-san made me use for a week when all along you could heal me" Kakashi entered the room a couple of seconds before the green glow faded from her hands.
Her head snapped upwards and her jade eyes rounded in surprise before her expression turned indignant "Because Sensei, I technically can only heal little things like scratches or a headache" she grumbled irritably, as her stomach made itself known by grumbling loudly.
Kakashi held up his hands in surrender "I can see that you haven't changed a bit" he shook his head, before reaching behind him and pulling in a tray that he'd left on the table outside the guest room, and placed it before his sole female student so that she could eat.
In response to his statement the girl gave him a cheeky smile "Brat you are something else for sure, if anyone back talked me like that I would have knocked them out without any provocation" Zabuza snorted from behind them and she gave him a very uncomfortable look.
Then he realized that she didn't know what had happened after she'd passed out "We switched sides after you passed out from chakra exhaustion, tell us Haruno-san did you know that you possess the same kekkeigenkai as I" Haku questioned.
"No, I didn't even know I had a kekkeigenkai, speaking of though if I passed out from using up all my chakra how come my reserves are full" Sakura asked in confusion, sure that she was missing several things.
Kakashi cleared his throat, Naruto raised his gaze to the ceiling and Sasuke shifted awkwardly "Ur that's because I gave you some water that had a chakra restorative pill mixed into it, from my mouth to yours, I'm sorry" Sasuke blurted uncharacteristically.
And Sakura gave him a look that told him everything "I tried to stop him Sakura-chan, we all did to some extent, but he wouldn't listen" Naruto tried to get his teammate out of the hot water he thought the boy was in.
Until Sakura point blank laughed "Oh relax Naruto, it's not like I was saving my first kiss or anything for a special someone, besides things like that happen all the time, who knows maybe next time I'll have to do that to you guys or something" she shrugged lightly.
Sasuke gave an inward sigh of relief "Besides it's not like we haven't already had our first kiss anyway Dope" the raven haired boy sniggered and Naruto flushed bright red in response to the teasing while Sakura giggled helplessly remembering the lip lock in the classroom, before they all became teammates.
"Why you I thought we agreed to never talk about that Teme" the blonde huffed in a heated tone of voice before in spite of himself letting the laughter get to him and sniggering along with his teammates to their sensei's amusement.
"Now, now you boys enough with the insults let Sakura-chan eat her breakfast in peace" Kakashi tried to reign in his male students so that she would have to as Sakura finally dug into her food, he was glad though that she was doing well despite learning that she had a kekkeigenkai.
Suddenly the Uchiha jumped in "Sakura's not the only one who awakened their kekkeigenkai, thanks to that fight I've got the sharingan" Sasuke piped in smugly and settled at his sole female teammates side, before the blonde on the team did the same.
He pouted for all of three seconds "Lucky you guys getting all the cool stuff and here I am just stuck with shadow clones and no awesome super duper jutsu, by the way that ice spike thing that you did was totally awesome Sakura-chan" Naruto chattered a mile a minute.
His female teammate gave him a reluctant smile "Considering that I don't really remember sure it was cool" Sakura shrugged getting lost in her thoughts a moment later, the big question she had was how the hell did she have a kekkeigenkai, her parents were regular and they'd never hinted that she might be special, she let out one of her long suffering sighs.
"Are you alright brat" the rogue in the room, asked in concern, did she truly not know anything about herself, Sakura gave him one of those small reluctant smiles delving deep into her inner self trying to find out if her parents had ever mentioned something like this to her.
Only to find out they hadn't "Fine Zabuza-san, just confused and a little shocked, my parents never even hinted that I might have a kekkeigenkai just waiting to be awakened" she sighed again eating her breakfast slowly.
"Do you think they might have adopted you Sakura-san, if that's the case they probably wouldn't know, either way you'll have me guiding you on how to use your newly awakened abilities" the brunette seated in front of them spoke up quietly.
Earning another one of her currently very small smile "Thanks Haku-san, but I don't think I'm adopted, I look to much like my parents combined" Sakura polished off her food a few minutes later before leaning back still feeling utterly exhausted.
Unable to help it in a matter of seconds lay back in the futon and fell asleep to rest a little more, the males in the room were quiet "How is the poor dear" Tsunami poked her head into the room only to find the girl sleeping again.
"Come now Tsunami no good will come of you hounding the girl" Tazuna pulled his daughter away from the guest room not wanting the woman to pester Sakura as she rested and regained her strength, peace had returned to the village after all, they could relax themselves.
The minute the two adults entered the living room "Is Sakura-nee going to be okay" Inari jumped up and bounded towards his mother with wide ebony eyes that matched hers, it had been thanks to Sakura mostly and Naruto that their village was safe and free of Gato's clutches.
Tsunami and Tazuna shared a smile and nodded leaving things at just that as they went about their day, the next day Sakura was up and raring to go, but she definitely wasn't ready to learn how to control her kekkeigenkai despite Haku's gentle prodding.
She wanted to hear it straight from her parents first if they'd known it was a possibility she could have a special bloodline limit, she did however spend a lot of time with Inari and Tsunami while her teammates and sensei went to watch Tazuna finish the bridge.
Leaving Zabuza and Haku at the house with the two females and one young child, another week passed them by and soon the bridge was complete which meant they'd be leaving the Land of Waves behind "So long" Tazuna waved standing with his family.
As the Ninja who'd come to protect him and the two that had come for his life headed back towards the Hidden Leaf Village "Good luck on finding out your heritage Sakura-chan" Tsunami called at the young kunoichi and got a wave and a smile.
"Come back soon and visit Naruto-ni, Sakura-nee" Inari hollered after the two preteens he'd spent a lot of time with, with a sniffle, tears pouring from his eyes as he watched the group of six disappear from sight.
It was quiet for a little while as the Leaf Shinobi walked into the forest with the rogues from Mist in their midst "So what do you think will happen once we reach your village Hatake" Zabuza questioned suddenly and everyone jolted in response.
"You'll both probably be taken to T&I for questioning, before Hokage-sama announces a decision on whether or not you two will be a liability" Kakashi was blunt as he answered the man's question, behind him, his genin winced.
They might still be a little wary, but after seeing just how truthful the two were being about turning over a new leaf, they didn't want to see the duo die in the case their Hokage saw the two as a liability.
But what could they do, they were just genin after all "Do you really think Hokage-sama would have them executed Kakashi-sensei, their skills would aide the Leaf Village, the pro's far outweigh the con's" Sakura piped in unable to remain silent.
Kakashi glanced over his shoulder to spy his female student with his lone onyx eye "Very true Sakura-chan, if that ends up being the case then you two have nothing to worry about" the silver haired nin nodded moments later.
Sakura let out a quiet sigh of relief "Sakura-chan what are you gonna do when we get our mission pay once we get home" Naruto chattered in her ear suddenly and the girl let a smile curve her lips upwards and an excited twinkle appeared in her jade eyes.
"First of all I'm getting rid of all this frilly girly crap my mom keeps insisting I wear, I can just put the Haruno symbol on whatever I get and second I might get my hair cut, because I don't know how I ever stood having this long of hair" the pinkette chirped excitedly.
Naruto guffawed in response and slapped his knee as he was consumed by laughter, even the Uchiha on their team looked amused "Good because long hair is impractical for a ninja, or you could do what Haku does and tie it back" Sasuke pointed out.
"That's true in which case you wouldn't have to cut your hair Sakura-chan" the blonde nodded his head in agreement, only when they were all together did the three of them agree on anything, because Sasuke had made it her goal to get them all to work together as a team.
Because as a team they were supposed to stick together through thick and thin, ahead of them Kakashi shook his head and rolled his lone onyx eye, "I suppose your right" Sakura picked up a long strand of her pink hair and eyed it dubiously.
Sasuke snorted quietly "Relax I'm sure you could get someone to help you with your hair or something or settle on a hairstyle that works for you" the raven haired male assured as they continued walking in the direction of their village.
"Or I could help you Sakura-san, braiding it and weaving hair spikes into the braid would give you added protection or twisting the braid into a bun and using a senbon to hold it together are just a few options available" Haku added, feeling a little left out of the conversation.
All eyes turned on him and the boy blinked before smiling a little uncomfortable, until Sakura elbowed her teammates in the side gently and they all stopped staring and quietly agreed with nods that those sounded like better options instead of just cutting her hair all off.
With that the lot of them fell silent again as they finished their trek home, at the gates, thanks to Kakashi sending a message ahead of time to the village, an anbu was waiting to escort Zabuza and Haku to T&I, while Team Seven headed for the Hokage Tower to report in to their Hokage.
They were congratulated on a mission well done and given their mission pay before being sent on their merry way, the minute Sakura stepped foot outside the tower, she squared her shoulders and marched home, ready to ask her parents and hopefully get the truth out of them.
Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke watched her go before splitting up to return to their own homes and possibly meet up the next day to find out how their teammates conversation went with her family, because they were just as curious as to why they would hide such an important thing from their child.
Sakura took a deep breath before entering her house after making sure her parents were home and not off on one of their ventures "Mom, Dad, I'm home from my mission" the pinkette called unstrapping her sandals and putting them neatly off to the side.
Her call brought her parents to the foyer "Welcome home sweetie how did your first C Ranked Mission go" Mebuki embraced her daughter and the young girl returned the affection, above all they were her only parents and she loved them more than life itself.
"Or did you fail hahaha" Kizashi laughed teasing his daughter and taking his turn at hugging the girl, until she pulled away and gave them a very serious expression, immediately all amusement fled them.
As she looked them dead in the eyes "Do either of you have a kekkeigenkai that you never told me about, because I awakened it during the mission, which turned out to be an A Ranked Mission in disguise" Sakura blurted out.
Kizashi and Mebuki shared a concerned look, they hadn't thought their daughter would ever awaken the bloodline limit that had them fleeing from their home country "That would be me dear, I kept it hidden because we hadn't thought you could awaken it" the blonde admitted quietly.
Sakura paled in response "I've always known about it because we had to leave our home country behind when people found out about your mothers secret, we came here and a year later had you" the dark pink haired male nodded.
His daughter looked a little lost "But why me, why did it have to awaken in me and what makes things worse is someone else I met during the mission has the same kekkeigenkai" she tugged on her long pink hair completely freaked out.
Once again her parents shared a look over her head "You met someone who has the same kekkeigenkai, and here I thought besides myself, they'd all been hunted to extinction long before now" Mebuki frowned.
"Is it possible for us to meet with this person, have they offered to teach you, what are they like" Kizashi prodded wanting to learn more, it wasn't often they ran across the very few that remained in the Yuki Clan.
Their daughter took another deep breath "He's the same age as me and his name is Haku, right now he's at T&I with the person who trained him, apparently his father tried to kill him when he was seven and killed his mother when he found out their secret" Sakura grimaced.
All conversation came to a stop after that as the two older Haruno's embraced their daughter a second time before pulling her from the foyer and into the kitchen where they'd only just sat down for dinner and ate before going to bed.