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7 months later

"Sakura! Get up!" The Akatsuki's Jashinist yelled. The pinkette groaned and rolled over. She just needed ten more minutes. Apparently she had to get up right now, the ice cubes in her bed could testify to that.

"Daddy! I wanted to sleep!" Sakura yelled. Hidan snorted and tossed her a fluffy red towel.

"Quit your bitchin' and get up. It's the first day of the Academy, if you didn't remember." The silver haired man chuckled as she raced to her bathroom to get ready. A quick shower, and teeth and hair brushing later the cherry blossom was ready to go.

The whole Akatsuki organization was waiting to give her a small present and send her off. Why did the infamous group gather in one place? Well let's just say that Konan thinks of Sakura as a daughter she never had and being the lover of the leader didn't hurt either. So Unke Pain called off all the missions just so they could wish her good luck.

The bluenette squealed and hugged the poor girl to death when she walked out. No one in the Akatsuki ever thought that you could hug some one to death. Pain cleared his throat, making Konan release the purple faced girl and step back. She gave Sakura her present and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead.

"Open it." She ordered. Sakura did and gasped. A compleate edition of the newest book Tsunade, the medic goddess, wrote. On the inside cover it was signed by the Slug Princess herself, drunken scrawl as it was.

One by one, the other members stepped forward and gave the pinkette their gift. She got a book on different bloodline limits from Itachi, a small drawing set from Deidara, a movable figurine from Sasori, a rare plant from Zetsu, a bag of money from Kakuzu, a bag of sweets from Tobi, a small sword from Kisame, and a new choker from Pain. She thanked each one and looked up to her dad.

"I saved the best for last." Hidan said as he pulled out a smaller version of his scythe. "You can't use it yet." Her face lit up with determination as he put it away. He took her hand and led her to the Academy in Ame. Sakura was over-excited. She wanted to be able to protect herself and her family. This was just one step to completing that goal.

"Daddy," Hidan looked down. "Thank you for letting me go to the academy." She smiled to him. He smiled back and they stopped in front of a large building.

"Be good okay?" She nodded. "Don't punch someone unless you have a good reason to. Or if they just piss you off, got it?" She nodded again. He smiled wide and knelt down. Sakura threw her arms around his neck. Hidan hugged her back and let go.

"Love you Daddy!" She called as she ran to the doors. He waved as she went in. He stood there, waving as she dissappeared from sight. The silver haired Jashinist sighed and walked back to the base. Not knowing what awaited him.


It was recess time at the Academy. Sakura was playing in the sand box, using Unke Deidara's kekkei genkai to make small animals. She chuckled as the birds hopped and tried to fly. She shivered and looked around, the clouds were gathering. She frowned, Unke Pain said he would keep the rain away so she could have the best first day possible. Though, he did say if it did rain, they were in trouble.

She shook off the shivers that crawled up her spine and stood up. The bell rang and she had to go back in. Sakura and her class tramped in, chatting about what happened today and how their classes were going. Her choker went cold, she stopped. Unke Pain's choker was a communication device for her. If it went cold, he had to talk to her.

She went up to her teacher and asked if she could use the bathroom. Her teacher let her and she almost ran to them. She shut the stall door and ripped off the necklace. It warmed up and a hologram of what Unke Pain saw came up. It was horrible, strange things were littered around the Akatsuki base.

"Sakura, are you okay?" He asked.

"Y-yes Unke Pain. What's going on?" She asked. The field of vision shifted, now she was looking at his Deva face. It looked grim, a tight line replaced his mouth.

"We are under attack, Sakura. We-" He dodged a kunai. "We know who it is."

"Who is it?" Sakura asked. She wanted to leave school and help her family. Hidan yelled curses in the background. "Daddy!" She almost screamed.

"Sakura! Die bitch!" Hidan yelled as he impaled his own heart. He ran over to his leader and smiled into the charm. "Don't worry Sakura. I'll see you soon." He ran off to help the other members.

"Sakura, listen to me. You need to leave. Orochimaru is here. He is looking for you." She started to hyperventalate. The snake-bastard was here? Attacking her family? "I sent a Path to pick you up and take you to a safe place."

She didn't want to leave her family. She wanted to stay and help them. Her eyes watered, her chakra concentrated on two points in her back. Two black bat wings formed from her chakra. Her eyes turned different colors. Pain looked on in fear. If this was a new part of her kekkai genkai, his Path had to hurry.

The Animal Path appeared and scooped her into his arms. He went to her teacher before and did everything to get her out of the academy. He held her in one hand and jumped out the window, and out of Ame. He never stopped as he saw the base come up on his right. He looked sadly down at the fighting girl in his arms. All he could do was let her drain her chakra and let it knock her out.


The Animal Path stopped as he came to a pair of gates. The road leading into the village were deserted. The guards stood and came forward.

"State your name and business." One of them said.

"I have no name, and I have to hide this girl here. She will only be safe here." He said.

The guards looked at each other and nodded. The other one ran off into the village center. The first guard motioned for the Animal Path to follow. They walked to the booth and waited. Finally, the other guard came back with the Hokage behind.

"What is the meaning of this?" The Third asked. He looked from both of the guards, to the pinkette, to the orange haired man.

"Hokage-sama." The Path said, bowing. "I was asked to bring Sakura here. Our village is being attacked by another village." The Third looked surprised.

"Why is only this girl here then?" He asked.

"I cannot tell you that." The Path said. The Hokage puffed out a cloud of smoke. He sighed and nodded.

"Fine, fine. Come and tell me." He walked away with the Animal Path following, caring Sakura.


"Now that we are here, tell me why it is only this girl?" The Hokage said sitting back in his chair.

"We are being attacked, but we are not a village. We are the Akatsuki." He stopped. The Third widened his eyes. "The one attacking us, is your old student, Orochimaru." The Third nearly choked on his pipe. "The girl? She is Sakura. One of our members took her in on a mission and we all grew to love her."

"Why did you take her in?" The Third asked.

"One of our member's god said that he had put her as an obstacle in his life." The Animal Path answered.

The old man nodded and put his pipe down, so as not to choke on it. "I see. Is there anything special with her?" The Path laughed and nodded.

"Yes. She was an experiment of Orochimaru's. Her parents sold her, then were killed after he got her." The Hokage looked ashamed at what his student did. "She possesses a special kekkai genkai now." He perked up at this. "Sakura can copy other kekkai genkai and use them for later use. She can control people's mind, bring someone back to life, without risking her own. Along with many other things."

He nodded. "I think Konoha would be glad to have her in our ranks."

The Animal Path glared at the Hokage. "There is no way your dirty village will taint our Sakura. You will keep that bastard Danzo, and those two Elders away from her. She will not be a heir producing machine for the Uchiha clan, nor any other clan. If you do not protect her, you will have the whole Akatsuki, and Ame in your village. Is that understood?" The Path sneered at the shivering Hokage.

He gulped and nodded. "Y-yes. T-that is unders-stood."

The orange haired man nodded and pulled out a scroll. "Sign this with your blood." He pointed to a line at the bottom of the kanjis. The Third cut his thumb and used a brush to write his name. It glowed and snaked up his arm, binding him with it. "If you break this promise, you will die instantly."

"What do we get in return?" He asked.

The Path thought. "We will not hunt Naruto until Sakura says so."

The Third thought it over and heaved a sigh. "Well, it looks like I do not have a choice. We will be in contact." The Path nodded and took the keys the Hokage held. He disappeared from the office, landing in front of the pinkette's new home. He sighed and walk in, opening the door to her apartment. He looked around for a pen and paper, writing a letter for her. Finished, he put it on the bed, next to her, and left.


Sakura stirred and opened her eyes. The unfamiliar surroundings scared her and she bolted up. Something crackled under her hand and she held it up. The dim light made her squint to make out the words.

'Sakura,

Orochimaru attacked our base. We sent you to Konoha for your safety. Please do not be mad, we will find you soon. I do not know how long it will be but, you will continue your training. Just because no one is there to watch you, you still need to do your daily training. We all know you will become a great kunoichi one day. Someone will come and give you necessities soon. You have your emergency money if you need anything before then.

Unke Pain'

Sakura smiled and pulled out the small scroll she always kept one her. The red scroll was her life line if she every got separated from her care-takers on a mission. Granted they were small delivery ones.

Her stomach grumbled as she stood up. The pinkette looked around and sighed as she saw nothing eittible in her current place. She slipped on her sandals and walked out the door, locking it then pocketing the key. The evening was quite warm out still, but getting dark very fast. Some people she passed glanced twice at her hair, some stopping to stare at the odd colored hair.

She grumbled and glared at the ones that did. They scurried off, scared at the petite girl with inhuman killing intent. The older ninja's swore she had more killing intent radiating off her than the Kyuubi, or Tsunade when she caught Jiraiya peeping on her again. Ans that was scarier than the nine-tails.

A blond kid rushed past her with a brown haired male running after him. The boy was saying something about Iruka owed him a bowl of ramen. The way he was running, she figured thst it must be good, so she followed them into a stand down the street. The pinkette sat down farthest way from the two and watched them.

"One bowl of the usual old man!" The boy yelled to the stand owner. The older man laughed and fixed his meal. The female teen came over to Sakura and asked what she wanted. She looked around and shruged.

"You're not from around here are you?" The teen asked. Sakura smiled a little and shook her head no. "Well! I'll get you the best thing we got!" She smiled back and went off to cook Sakura's food. Iruka glanced over and studied the girl.

"She's right I don't know you from my classes." He paused. "You are training to be a ninja right?" Sakura nodded and tapped her fingers on the counter top.

"Today was my first day. But I didn't finish it becasue I had to leave." She said sadly. Iruka frowned.

"Oh? Didn't feel good?" She shook her head again.

"No. My family was attacked by someone and his minions." Iruka was shocked. The girl came here when her family was fighting? "My family kicked him out and he didn't like that. So he came back and took revenge. But, I know my family can defeat him! They're really strong! I'm going to become the greatest kunoichi and protect them all."

Ayame smiled at the brave girl and set her bowl down. "Here, it's on the house for the day you had." She patted her head and went into the back. Sakura grabbed a pair of chopsticks, mumbled a 'itadakimasu' and broke them apart. She slirped some noodles up and some more. Back in Rain, they didn't have any ramen even close to this.

Naruto was just as fast and finished before her. He patted his stomach and thanked Iruka. The teacher nodded and looked at Sakura. She was staring at her empty bowl, not moving.

"Hey, are you enrolled in our Academy?" He asked. Naruto looked over at her as well. She shook her head.

"No. I have to ask the Hokage if I can." Iruka just smiled and shook his head.

"I can ask. Just show up tomorrow and I can get you caught up with everything we did." He offered. Sakura's face brightened as she smiled fully.

"Really? You can do that?" He nodded. "I don't know where it is though."

Naruto looked up at her. "I can take you! I'm in it too!" She agreed and left after giving Naruto her address. She went home on better spirits then earlier.


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