Chapter 10

A/N: Hi guys! No reviews to answer today. This chapter is probably going to be simple since I'm just going to be integrating Sakura back to Konoha, and then I'm going to try to mold the West and the shinobi world together in the smoothest way possible. I'm updating faster since I'm a wee bit excited because as I said before, I have a major plan for Sakura on how she'll be able to remember most things that happened to her before. I want to write those scenes as soon as I can. For now, these are transition chapters. Bear with me okay? Now, chapter 10!

Previously

"Alright guys! Let's go!" Sakura said, flipping a stone with a seal on her hand. "Step close to me." She told Allison, Calvin, and Kakashi. "See you later guys!" She told everyone else, waving cheerily.

Allison nudged Calvin. "Hey. So Rose is definitely staying here from now on yes?" She said under her breath so no one but Calvin would hear.

Calvin raised his brows. "Well yeah of course. This was the whole point for her, you know?"

Allison shook her head. "I know that. But didn't Corpo Seco say that his mission was to bring her home? To get her out of the way?"

Calvin's eyes widened. "Oh yeah! You think that the enemies purposely want to take Rose away from the West?"

Allison nodded.

Calvin gulped and looked at Sakura nervously, who was still bidding her farewell.

"What do we do? We can't ask her to go back to the West, not when she finally found her home."

Allison frowned. "Yeah. We just have to wait and see what happens."

Then Sakura turned to them. "Ready?"

"As we'll ever be." Kakashi, Allison, and Calvin said together. Sakura turned to Allison and Calvin curiously, noting the nervous edge in their voices. Allison frantically shook her head while Calvin plastered a big fake smile. Sakura's forehead knotted in worry of the two, but she chose to dismiss it, shrugging at their weirdness.

In a flash, they disappeared.

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Kakashi felt like he just stepped into a fantasy world. Or the world turned topsy turvy. Or he was dreaming. Or his whole life had been a dream and now he was waking up to an impossible reality.

Whatever this was, it was not real.

"Kakashi sensei! Hurry and walk!" Sakura said, tugging hard at his arms. "If you stay still, something is bound to hit you. It's common street laws here. Keep moving."

She pulled his arm so he was shoved forward. And Sakura was right, because the next second, a large flying boulder had zoomed past the spot he was standing on earlier. The boulder then zoomed in another direction, wings sprouting out from its back to stir the direction to where it planned to go.

Kakashi gaped at the rock, his head turned back towards it as Sakura and the others kept ushering him forward.

"That's a creature from the Olmec people." Allison said, looking at Kakashi's paling face. "The Olmec are great sculptors and artists. They usually use rocks and boulders for their artworks. That one is just one of their many creations."

Kakashi turned to look at Allison. "Olmec? But I've never heard of-"

"We are in the city of Salve. We welcome all forms of life here. The Olmec actually live in a distance, west from Salve. But some of them choose to live here. When they do, they bring their artworks with them. That is one of them." Allison said, knowing full well that Kakashi must be frightened of everything he was seeing as of the moment.

Kakashi arrived in a flash with all of them by the gates of Salve city, where Sakura had planted one of her teleportation stones. That technique never failed to amaze Allison and Calvin. There was a seal formula that Sakura can put practically anywhere. And if she did put it somewhere, she can appear at that spot practically at any time she felt like it. As of the moment, she had planted those seal formulas at all the cities of the West, so she can go anywhere whenever she likes.

It had taken a long time before Sakura had finally mastered it. But when she did, it was very useful. Of course, the drawback was that the enemy could study where she placed the seals and predict exactly where she would appear. The enemy had ambushed Sakura a lot ever since they found out about her and this technique. So Sakura had tried to place the seals more inconspicuously in hidden things, and at most, she prevented using it if she didn't have to.

Kakashi had asked her how she managed to learn this technique. Apparently, President Brown had gathered as much information as he could about the shinobi world through the years. He was always interested in it even if he never knew that such world existed. Of course, the information he could get were only probably just really crucial stuff from the shinobi world, but it helped Sakura a lot in trying to develop her own skills and trying to maximize her potentials. Of course, Sakura was still a bit lost because she didn't have the complete picture on how to be a shinobi, having only learned from the clustered scrolls that President Brown was giving her, but she had worked hard on her own to guess most of the things she could do. The Hiraishin no jutsu, or the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, were one of the classic and one of a kind jutsu that President Brown had managed to get his hands on. Sakura was really thrilled when he gave it to her as a reward for one of her successful missions.

Anyway, so Kakashi arrived in a flash by the gates. And as soon as his vision settled in, he was frozen by everything he was seeing. The whole city was in chaos, or at least he thought it was. Everything was moving, in different shapes and forms. People and monsters and animals and things were going around the city in what looked like a normal day for them. There were people with wings, boulders with arms, clay looking substances that have eyes and teeth, dragons and winged creatures that were gliding at the skies. Giants that were stepping around carefully in the city. A big hound that had five sets of eyes. Smoke floating around with hair. And all other strange things that Kakashi thought only existed in dreams. Sure, there were normal people going about, but they looked like they couldn't care less about the unusual things moving with them. At best, it looked like a normal day. Of course, this day couldn't be normal at all for Kakashi.

He was too stunned to even maintain his usual lazy expression. He was also too stunned to even move his legs. Sakura had to keep pulling his arms so he would move. His eyes were glued to everything that they would pass by. Allison pitied him.

Sakura took it better when she first stepped in Salve City. But then again, Sakura lost her memories by then so everything she would see would be new. Kakashi, on the other hand lived all his life around normalcy. This would be too strange for him.

Allison put a hand on his shoulder and squeezed it reassuringly. "Salve city is the strangest city of the West since we accept everything here. Most cities are only dominated by one tribe. Like the Olmec, or the Mapushe tribe where I came from. Or the Brazen village. Salve welcomes every kind of creature. So I understand how it would be strange for you."

Kakashi turned to her, his frightened eyes softening.

Sakura laughed. "Oh toughen up Kakashi sensei! I already told you what it would be like here, didn't I?"

Kakashi frowned. "Yeah, but I didn't expect it to be this intense."

"Well," Sakura said, tilting her head playfully. "Salve city has everything. So everything is always in chaos here. A variety is not always easy to organize. So you can do anything here, subject to some laws of course." She patted Kakashi's arm that she was holding. "Can I let go now? You wouldn't freeze again, right? If you stop at any point, I guarantee that you would be at the hospital for a week at most."

Kakashi sighed, knowing that she was right as a scorching hot fire just blew past them a few meters ahead. He shook his legs a bit to check if they were now working. "Yeah. I think I can manage now. Thank you, Sakura."

Sakura beamed at him then started skipping ahead.

Then a couple of voices called to them.

"Look, it's Rose! She's back! Hi Miss Rose!"

"Miss Rose, I made you a cake! Come over soon okay?!"

"Guys, it's Rose! She's finally back! The city is a beautiful place again!"

"Miss Rose! Papa told me that you'll be back today, I made you a drawing!"

"Rose! I'm so glad you're back. I need help at my street! You'll come and check right?"

"Rooooose! You idiot girl! I missed you so much that I wouldn't point out that you forgot to attend my brother's birthday!"

A crowd came and circled around Rose. There were an old woman, a small young girl, a bunch of blushing boys, a couple of teenage giggling girls, and a lot more. They were greeting Rose happily, obviously joyed that she was home.

Allison shook her head, amused. Calvin chuckled.

Kakashi regarded this scene with interest. "Well, Sakura seems very popular here."

Calvin turned to him, smiling widely. "Not just here. She's popular at the whole West. Although yeah, she's most popular in her home city. She's a hero, and she's gorgeous. So of course she'll be popular."

"OMG! It's Calvin, girls! He's home too!"

Calvin winked at Allison and Kakashi. "I guess that's my cue. Catch you later." Then he skipped towards the shrieking girls, calling his name.

Allison sighed. "Oh well, let's wait for them to shoo their fans away. Then we can go to President Brown."

Kakashi looked at her curiously. "Do you wish to be given the same interest?"

Allison laughed. "Hell no! For your information, I am also Rose's and Calvin's fan too. It's just that after being with them a lot, it's weird to see people fawning over them like they're some god. After you see them fart and bloody around you, you start seeing them like everyone else. But I am still an avid fan. Sometimes, I still actually find myself fawning over them."

Kakashi nodded and watched Calvin and Rose. They both looked like they were used to it though since they maintained a polite expression, answering everyone with a soft smile on their faces.

Soon, the crowd dispersed and they both returned to Allison and Kakashi.

"Well, let's go." Sakura said as if nothing happened. They walked towards the tallest building at the edge of the city. The three skillfully evaded every disturbance coming their way while pulling Kakashi along so he wouldn't be hit with anything. By the time they reached the building, Kakashi felt breathless.

"Okay, walking here should be an effective exercise strategy. I should tell Lee." Kakashi thought, watching the chaos from a safe spot beside the building.

The three led him towards the room at the top of the building, with everyone being busy, clutching papers and making phone calls down below. Kakashi looked around, amazed at the amount of workload everyone seemed to have. But then again, managing a city of variety must be really complicated and difficult.

They reached the door at the end. Sakura turned to him with an excited smile. "So! You ready?" She asked Kakashi enthusiastically. Calvin stifled his laugh. "Excited much, Rose?"

Sakura shrugged. "Well I'm finally showing President Brown that the shinobi world exists. What's there to not be excited about?"

Calvin nodded. "Yeah. You're right, Gramps is totally gonna freak."

Sakura winked. "Exactly. Let's go Kakashi sensei!" Then she grabbed his arms again and kicked the doors open.

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President Brown destroyed the city.

Well he didn't do that literally. He could have just destroyed the city with the extremely loud scream he screamed when he realized who Kakashi was and where he came from and what his presence in his office meant.

"AHHH! SHUT UP GRAMPS! YOU JUST LITERALLY BLEW OUT MY EAR DRUMS!" Calvin screamed back, grabbing a pillow and shoving it at President Brown's face.

"I CAN'T!" President Brown continued to scream. "THIS IS NOT REAL! I MUST BE DREAMING. HOLY MOTHER OF UMPHHHHHH-"

Calvin had finally successfully stuffed the pillow on Brown's mouth. "ALLISON!" Calvin called, holding the pillow in place. Allison immediately jumped to Brown's back and held his arms together. Sakura had Brown's head in a headlock.

Kakashi looked on in amusement. And he thought that he was shocked.

"UGH! LET GO OF ME YOU LOT!" Brown said, struggling. He bit Calvin's hand, elbowed Allison's stomach, and head butted Sakura's head. The three fell back, yelling "ow".

Brown immediately jumped next to Kakashi and grabbed his face.

"You're real." Brown whispered, thrilled. He started squishing Kakashi's face. Then Brown poked his eye.

"Aw! Okay, stop. That hurts." Kakashi exclaimed, dabbing the eye that Brown poked. The three jumped back to Brown's side and tried to restrain him again.

"Gramps! Come on! Stop! We need to report!" Calvin said, exasperated.

"With all due respect President Brown, you must be frightening our guest." Allison said, worriedly glancing at the winded Kakashi.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Fine, let me handle this." She ran towards President Brown's front and kicked him where it should hurt. Brown's eyes widened.

"AHHHHHHHHH!"

All of them covered their ears again, as President Brown probably destroyed the city again with his terrifying loud scream.

Calvin whimpered. "Rose, did you have to do that? Gramps' lungs must be made of steel or something."

Sakura winced. "Well at least he's down and panting now."

President Brown knelt on the floor in tears. "Rooooose, that was a bit too muuuuch."

Sakura waved her fists at him. "You head butted me!"

Calvin nodded angrily. "And you bit me!"

Allison pouted and turned away with hurt in her eyes. "And you elbowed me."

Kakashi crossed his arms and shook his head. "And you poked me in the eye."

President Brown gaped at them. "But guys, come on! A mythical creature appears in front of me! Of course I'll be surprised!"

Sakura glared at him. "Gee thanks."

"I mean." Brown said, rolling his eyes at Sakura. "That him being here and you introducing him as the head of Konoha, or a shinobi village as you said, means that you probably already found the shinobi world."

Sakura sighed and stuck a pinky finger in her ear. "You're not going to start screaming again are you?"

Brown looked up at his ceiling, thinking. "It depends?"

Calvin shook his head frantically. "Then we're not saying anything!"

Brown gulped and watched the serious faces of everyone around them. He exhaled and motioned for Allison to come to him. Allison walked to him cautiously.

"I don't trust myself not to. Prepare a gag." He said in a serious whisper.

Allison groaned. "Why is everyone here so weird! I need a real life." But she prepared a flexible solid vine for a gag anyway.

Brown then nodded at her gratefully and stood up. He dusted off his suit and cleared his throat, before facing Kakashi with a professional smile, extending his hand in greeting.

Allison, Calvin, and Sakura all rolled their eyes for the attempted seriousness of Brown. Because as soon as he reached Kakashi's hand to shake, he started squealing again. Not as loud as earlier, but still a girly silly squeal which officially made him silly in all accounts.

"God, I can't believe you're real!" Brown said, his wide eyes twinkiling as he squeezed Kakashi's hand.

Kakashi smiled awkwardly, chuckling at the hyped President of the West.

"I wouldn't blame you. I was very surprised too when I first saw your city." He replied, gesturing at the wall made of glass in the office which looked over the whole of Salve. Looking down, you could see a colorful city alive with frantic movements, but so beautiful in its rainbow scenery of differences and harmony.

Brown laughed, scratching his head as if in embarrassment. "Pardon me, dear Hokage. It's just that aside from Rose, I never had any proof of your existence at all. You were all just bedtime stories to me."

Kakashi nodded. "Same."

Brown quickly ushered Kakashi to a chair and ordered his assistants to serve Kakashi. One of them started to massage Kakashi. Another one brought him coffee. Another one brought him a full meal that emanated a sweet and mouthwatering aroma. Another one brought out a large fan and started fanning Kakashi.

Calvin coughed. "Overkill." He said in between his coughs.

Allison looked on, massaging her temples. Sakura sighed and shook her head.

"Er….this is not really necessary." Kakashi said, embarrassed. "I haven't brought anything for you after all."

Brown waved his hand. "Nonsense! This is only fitting for a guest from my fantasies."

Calvin's mouth fell open. "That sounds so wrong."

Brown ignored him. "So! Welcome to Salve city. Or grandly, the West! I'm glad my officers here finally found you."

Sakura cleared her throat. Brown nodded. "And of course, Rose herself found her own home. As expected of you."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Sakura. It's Sakura." Sakura grinned as she held out her hand as if introducing her past self to the President. Brown chuckled, elated at Sakura's obvious joy. He reached her hand to humor her and graciously shook it.

"Sakura." Brown said. "Cherry blossoms huh? Of course." But then he shook his head. "You'll always be Rose to me though."

Sakura shrugged, smiling wide. Brown turned back to Kakashi. "I hope you don't mind, but before anything else, I have to ask my officers to report first."

Calvin pumped a fist in the air and stretched, yawning wide. "FINALLY! Jeez old man, it took you forever to be professional again."

Brown frowned. "I was excited! Come on you guys, surely you can sympathize!"

Allison shook her head. "Oh sure. Except we don't try to kill the source of our excitement nor the people who delivered it."

Brown sighed. "Fine, fine. Okay I'm sorry. I'll treat you to some fancy restaurant later."

The three squealed in delight.

"YES! Now that's more like it!" Calvin said, jumping.

"It worked Rose! You were right!" Allison shrieked with a big grin.

Sakura just laughed, winking at them. Brown shook his head in exasperation.

"Anyway!" Brown continued in a loud voice. "Report."

Sakura cleared her throat and started her report about the criminal they were chasing. Corpo Seco was a fugitive even in his own village, The Brazen village. He stole a valuable from that village, which caused the village to ask assistance from the Salve City for the retrieval of the important artifact. At first, Salve sent several officers, different each time a group of officers assigned would suddenly lose trail and fail the mission. Corpo Seco seemed to be just circling around West, trying to lure out different officers. Until finally, Sakura, Calvin and Allison were sent out. As soon as they gave chase, Corpo Seco finally set out towards the ocean. In the middle of the ocean, Corpo Seco tried to destroy the artifact that he stole. But Sakura and her team were quick enough to retrieve the item and finally keep it safe. But their mission was not only retrieval of the item but also of the information as well. So they continued to chase him for questioning. Until they finally arrived at the shinobi world.

"We were able to destroy Corpo Seco's essence, Sir." Sakura said. "But he would only keep repeating that his mission was to send me home."

Brown rubbed his chin as he stared passively at Sakura. He noticed Allison and Calvin exchange looks. He pretended to not have seen it. "Ironic, that you did find your home while chasing him."

Sakura shrugged. "I know. I feel weird about all of this. But I don't really understand."

Allison and Calvin shuffled uneasily behind her. Brown narrowed his eyes, but he focused his gaze on Sakura. "Okay. Well done officers. I will have this information assessed by my analysis team. As of now, you guys are dismissed."

Calvin jumped up and stretched while Allison yawned.

"Yay. Finally, I can get a real rest. I could sleep for a week." Allison complained, rubbing his eyes.

"Aw guys you wouldn't do that to me right?" Sakura said, putting an arm, each over Calvin's and Allison's shoulder. "You know I would go home after this! And I probably won't see you for some time! Let's hang out for a while!"

Calvin groaned. "Who would miss you?! Go away already!"

Sakura laughed. "You don't mean that! You love me!"

Calvin and Allison pretended to push Sakura away as they all made their way towards the door.

"Sakura, come back in a while okay? This meeting probably won't last too long." Kakashi said, turning his head towards Sakura.

"Oh and if you're gonna eat, tell the restaurant that it's on me! For that treat you forced me to give." Brown piped up.

Sakura raised a thumbs up without looking back. She pushed open the door and dragged her friends out.

As the doors closed, Brown went and got a chocolate from his jar and handed one to Kakashi.

"This is a chocolate injected with a truth serum. I think for our worlds to be able to talk smoothly, we better trust what each other is going to say. I'm going to take one too so it would be fair."

Kakashi nodded, eyeing the chocolate with interest.

"So." Brown said, chewing his chocolate. He swallowed and regarded Kakashi with interest. "The shinobi world of the East eh?"

Kakashi nodded, swallowing his own chocolate. "Yeah. And the world of variety of the great West? I've also only ever read about you in ancient mythological books."

Brown chuckled. "Ahhh. Well we've been hidden from each other for too long. I have only really started researching intensely about the shinobi ever since Rose showed up. I don't think one short meeting would satisfy our information sharing completely. There is so much to know and to learn."

"Yes." Kakashi agreed. "I must also inform the other countries too. We are currently on an allied force."

"That's good. I have only ever united the West too since my term as a President. Makes a nice change from all the silly wars." Brown responded. "This means none of us are in immediate trouble so it would make a smooth negotiation between us."

Kakashi raised a questioning brow. "Is that true? I think I noticed yours, Calvin's, and Allison's troubled expressions when mentioning about what Corpo Seco's purpose was."

Brown sighed. "Theories. But of course, we never really know. We suspect that Corpo Seco wanted to send Rose away so we would lack the protection of a lost bloodline."

Kakashi tilted his head. "A lost bloodline?"

This time, Brown was the one to raise his brows high. "I knew it. You were depriving Rose!" Kakashi frowned in confusion, not really understanding what Brown meant. Brown stood up and motioned for Kakashi to follow him. Brown led him to a room filled with portraits of different people and creatures. The last portrait at the end of the hall was of Sakura's.

"Okay, I only created this room after meeting Rose. And also after I got the hint that my son might be collecting the lost bloodlines to create an army against me. This is a gallery of all the people who possess the lost bloodline." Brown said. "There are different kinds of species and creatures, as you evidently see in our world. In the stories, for each creature, there will always be one who would achieve the maximum potential of his/her kind. There will be one who would inherit the original powers of the origin of their kind. It is passed down by blood of course. And only one out of 3 or more generations would pop out. But even then, they are usually lost and not discovered. It is said that these people are cursed with events in their life that would suppress their powers. So usually, they would never even know that they have such capacity. In Rose's situation, we believe that it is because she inherited the role of supporter of that sister, just as the other two of your Shinobi God's sons inherited the role of determination and hatred."

Kakashi turned to Brown with a wide eye. "You mean to say, that Sakura is the lost bloodline of the shinobi. You're trying to tell me that Sakura mastered the potential of our kind? She inherited Kaguya's powers. Is that it?"

Brown nodded. "And she never knew, because if my guess is right, she would always be the fallback of the descendants of the two brothers?"

Kakashi was still shell shocked as he realized that it all made sense. "Sasuke and Naruto, yes. They are her teammates."

Brown gasped. "Really?! So my theory is right?!"

Kakashi blinked at Brown. "Wait, so you're not sure?"

Brown shrugged. "These are all guesses. After all, you should actually know more about shinobi than me."

Kakashi scratched his head. "Well, it's true. All of Sakura's life was devoted to aiding Sasuke and Naruto. It is also true that Indra and Asura indeed have a sister, although nobody really mentions her because she doesn't matter. But Sakura just never appealed to me as someone who would have the capability to do what you think she can do."

Brown's mouth fell open. "Are you serious? Rose is a hero in our world. In our world, not just in Salve. And it's rare you find someone who we all agree as our hero. And a stranger to boot. Rose is our ultimate protection from my own son, Lennon. That's why I even think that Lennon purposely sought the shinobi world himself so he can get Rose out of the way."

Kakashi cleared his throat. "But Sakura doesn't even have an elemental nature."

Brown rolled his eyes. "Maybe because nobody bothered to check. And I did, guess what happened to the paper?"

Kakashi waited for him to answer. "It turned gold." Brown said, looking like he was still surprised after all these years. Kakashi's mouth fell open.

"That's impossible." Kakashi exclaimed. Brown shrugged. "I thought so too. But there you go. Anyway, I won't blame you guys since like I said, I think Rose is cursed to support. It's nobody's fault. But then you'll see it for yourself when the time comes."

"When the time comes?"

"Yeah. Because I assume you're gonna put Rose in her original stead of supporting role before she left, and she'll willingly accept it. So it might probably be some time before she can use her offensive powers again, or showcase it. Rose is a very humble girl. She wouldn't use it if she didn't need to."

Kakashi remained passive, deep in thought.

"But that's not the point," Brown continued, seeing that Kakashi wouldn't react. "My point is that Rose is a vital part of our force. I understand that she needs to go home where she really belonged. But we especially couldn't lose her now. Especially, since if our theories are right, then a war is starting on our end. We would need Rose."

"Oh!" Kakashi exclaimed, realizing what Brown was saying. "Of course. We would willingly allow Sakura to go here from time to time. She could go and do missions here too, subject to my approval of course. But we wouldn't be too strict about this. After all, Sakura is more Rose than she is Sakura right now. In her head, you guys are a bigger part of her than we are."

Brown nodded. "Oh don't worry! As a matter of fact, I insist that she will visit less as long as her memories aren't recovered yet. Her goal and focus right now is to remember. I would only call on her in emergencies. Besides, her teleportation technique would come in handy."

Kakashi chuckled. "Yes. I still can't believe she can do that."

Brown tilted his head in amusement. "Lost bloodline, dear Hokage. Trust me. More than that, we can continue sending each other people and messages through the teleportation seals even without Sakura."

Kakashi's forehead crumpled in confusion. "Huh? But it would need Sakura's chakra and all-"

"Yeah and Rose had added another line in the seal which serves as a bag of conserved chakra. She would conserve her own chakra there so anyone who knew the seal and could answer the underlying questions of the seal can use it." Brown said, beaming at Kakashi's shocked expression. "Wow you underestimate Rose too much."

"Wow." Kakashi said, speechless. "If that's the case, then I can effectively summon the other Kages from our allied force and have meetings with you and your countries here whenever."

Brown nodded. "Yes. This will solve what I said earlier about one short meeting is not enough for us to create negotiations. We can meet as easily as we can with that jutsu. But as of now, I want you to not involve Rose as much as possible while she's not retrieving her memories yet. We'll call her if we need her."

Kakashi nodded in agreement. "Okay. You really do care about Sakura, to think about her condition first before your country's safety."

Brown smiled fondly. "Rose has helped us so many times, we can only ever repay her by helping her achieve what she always yearned for, her home and her past."

And with that, the two leaders went back to the office and left the gallery of the lost bloodlines. They discussed political, economic and other matters that involve arrangements between their countries. Soon they were just sharing stories about each other's world as they waited for Sakura and her friends to return.

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"Rose!" A loud startling voice made Allison, Sakura and Calvin jump from their tables. They were currently at a pasta place they loved to eat in whenever they return home from a mission.

A boy with red hair and chinky eyes sat down next to Sakura and enveloped her in a hug. Calvin immediately kicked the man out of the way.

"Ow! Calvin! Why'd you do that?!" The boy replied, rubbing the shoulder which Calvin kicked. Calvin glared at the guy and sat closer to Sakura. "Hands off Ian. You know why."

Ian rolled his eyes. "Well yeah Calvin. But you don't get to do that today. I heard Rose is leaving!" Ian wailed and looked at Sakura with teary eyes. Sakura nodded and smiled at Ian.

"Yes. I found the shinobi world! I'm going hoooome." Sakura said enthusiastically. Ian's tears finally ran down his cheeks. "B-But you can't leave us Rose! We need you at the force!"

Sakura laughed, pinching Ian's cheeks. "You can handle it Ian. You guys are awesome even without me."

"It won't be the same without you." A high stern voice suddenly said. A bald girl with deep dark eyes sat at their table.

Sakura pretended to be shocked. "Is that right Jenni? Did you just tell me you need me?"

Jenni sighed. "I don't hate you Rose. I was just….you know, James…"

Calvin slammed his fist on the table. "Jenni stop that. You don't have a chance on James, not now not ever."

Jenni glared at Calvin. "Because of Rose? I believe you foolishly claimed her didn't you Calvin? That means James is free."

Calvin bit his lip, looking like he will murder Jenni any second now. Sakura rubbed her temples.

"Guys come on, stop that. James is currently an avenger who's probably f*cking God knows who somewhere else."

Calvin and Jenni turned to her with murderous eyes.

"Er…. I don't mean it like that." Sakura said, paling.

"HAHAHA Give her a break. She's about to leave. She should have passes on everything as of now." A guy with a long blue hair that reaches his knees said. Sakura raised a fist and gave the guy a fist bump.

"Thanks Archer." Sakura muttered, shaking her head.

Archer winked. "Any time sweetie. I still can't believe you finally found the shinobi world. Do you know how long it took any of us to research and come up with dead ends?"

"Yeah!" A girl with a pixie cut purple hair said, jumping on the seat next to Archer. "And man are we assigned to that mission over and over. And we never found it."

"Coz you're losers, Archer and Rain!" Sakura exclaimed loudly. They clapped a hand to her mouth then tackled her to the ground and wrestled her. Sakura laughed gleefully, kicking and punching back at them.

"And I thought when you leave, you would come back home a grown woman already." A deep quiet voice silenced them all. Sakura looked up to see startling orange eyes. But she only smirked.

"Youth is what makes the pretty people, Blain." She said playfully. Blain only raised his brows. "Yes, and is that all you are Rose? A pretty face?"

Jenni laughed out loud. Calvin stared daggers at Jenni, who immediately stopped laughing to finish their death stare.

Sakura sighed. "I'll miss you too Blain." She said, knowing that Blain only becomes harsh when he was worried. Blain frowned, but he reached over to hug her. "Take care of yourself."

Sakura nodded. Jenni scowled at her. "Everyone Rose, really?" Jenni then stood up to walk away. But before she was totally out the door, she threw something at Rose. "There." She simply said then walked out. Sakura looked at what she caught, and saw a box of her favorite candies. Sakura smiled. Calvin snatched it away from her. "She probably poisoned it. Throw it away."

Sakura shook her head and took it back. "Come on Cal, can you stop your weird rivalry with her? And why do you guys like to involve me? It's not like I'm actually associated or romantically involved with anyone."

Calvin shrugged. "She just can't accept that she will totally lose if it was me."

Sakura shook her head in exasperation. Allison cleared her throat. "Guys, I think we need to go back. My coin communicator lit up. That means Pres Brown is calling us already."

Sakura frowned. "I haven't finished my pasta yet."

Calvin rolled his eyes. "Oh no you don't Rose! You're gonna bail again. Come on, let's go and force her back." Archer and Rain cheered as they both hoisted Sakura up on their arms while Sakura struggled. Ian played along and helped them lift her up. Sakura screamed and yelped, but they only held tighter, which caused Sakura to laugh out loud. Soon, the rest of the police force noticed them and helped along, carrying Sakura in their arms towards the office. The people around the city saw them and cheered, watching Sakura get delivered to the President's office.

The truth is, the news already spread that Sakura would soon be leaving Salve. So everyone actually wanted to give her a grand farewell. But knowing Sakura, there's no better farewell than playing around with her, and so they will, even for the last time. The police force kept tickling Sakura which made her laugh so hard that it echoed around the city. The people laughed with her, getting carried away with her infectious laugh. But soon, most of them are just crying, especially since Sakura was so near the President's office now. When the force put Sakura down so she can finally walk to the office, Sakura waved a big wave of her arms to say goodbye, smiling widely, the way she always did even back then, when the people were still wary of her. When she turned away, everyone started singing The stars of the universe, her favorite song that she would always sing whenever she walked around town. It was a song she actually made for herself, it was a song that would always inspire her and always made her stronger. It was beautiful now that everyone was singing it for her, because it only proved that everyone listened to her and cared enough to know her song. And now they sang it for her, perhaps in the hopes that she would never forget them. And she wouldn't. Of course. It was not really farewell. She could always visit. But everyone knew that it wouldn't be the same anymore. She would officially be a guest, and somewhere else would be her home. It had always been like that. But for a time, the people allowed themselves to believe that she belonged there. Sakura was such a vibrant person that anyone would be proud to say that she was one of them.

But deep in their hearts, they knew that whatever happened now, there would always be a part of Sakura which did belong to the West. That was why she had another name, Rose. Because while she is Sakura, she was also Rose.

Sakura knew this too. So with tears in her eyes, she sang with them the last parts of the song. As the final notes were sung, she blew out a kiss for everyone and finally came in the door.

IOSDFISDJLFJSKFDSJFKDSHFKJDSHFLKDSJKFJDSLKJF

Sakura sobbed as she walked towards Brown and Kakashi.

"I take it our people gave you their farewell." Brown said, smiling warmly. Sakura nodded, wiping the tears. "They sang the Stars of the Universe for me."

Brown nodded. "It wouldn't surprise me that they knew the song. You always sang it."

Sakura shook her head. "I didn't know that anyone paid attention."

"But they do. You are special to us Rose. Don't forget that."

Sakura nodded, sniffing. Then Calvin and Allison barged in the door.

"Man, I thought you left already! Without even saying goodbye to us!" Calvin said, crossing his arms and scrunching his face. But you could see his lips trembling, as if he was trying to hold back his tears.

"Yeah! And I thought we were friends!" Allison said, turning away with a roll of her eyes.

Sakura laughed with her tear stained croak and jumped towards the two. She engulfed the two in a tight hug and rubbed her palm on their hairs, messing it up.

"I love you both. So much. Take care of everyone for me okay?"

Calvin and Allison finally burst into tears and buried their faces on Sakura's neck. They nodded weakly as they sobbed. "Of course! What do you think we'd do here without you?! Crumble up and die?!" Calvin said as he sobbed, lightly hitting Sakura's back in his hug.

Sakura giggled. "That's my man." She said, squeezing him tighter. Calvin shook his head and sobbed harder, drenching Sakura's neck with his tears. "R-Rose….Y-Your P-Promise…."

Sakura nodded. "It's a promise of a lifetime. What did I tell you, right? I will do it, don't worry."

Calvin nodded, feeling reassured. He let go and stepped back, wiping his face and bowing.

Allison clung to Sakura, crying quietly. Sakura kissed her head. "Stay strong Al. You are beautiful and awesome, you are the same level as us. That's why we're on the same group. You are not below us. You are as great and amazing." Allison trembled and hugged her tighter. Sakura gasped but she laughed. "And take care of Cal for me. You know how he gets."

"I heard that."

"I intended you to, you moron."

"HEY! Who are you calling moron?! Just because you're leaving doesn't mean-"

"That I'm not beautiful anymore? Coz I'll always be perfect and hot?"

"HAHA You're such a joker Ro-"

Then Sakura jumped towards Calvin and hugged him again. "Ugh. I'm going to miss you so much. Visit me as often as you can okay?"

Calvin nodded, his tears dangerously threatening to fall again. "Just remember to fill the chakra bags on the seal okay?"

"Always." Sakura said. "I love you Cal."

"I love you too Rose."

Allison sighed. "I love you Allison." She told herself.

Sakura and Calvin laughed as they included Allison again in their hug.

Kakashi cleared his throat. "Okay Sakura. Time to go?"

Sakura sighed and reluctantly let go of her friends. "I'll catch you whenever guys!" She told them in a forcefully cheery voice.

She put out her rock with the teleportation seal and stepped towards Kakashi.

Brown walked to Sakura and patted her head. "No need to say farewell to me. You'll be seeing me a lot anyway."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Oh why youuuuu."

Brown laughed and winked at Sakura. Sakura smirked.

She faced Kakashi and flipped the stone. "Ready?" She asked him.

"As I'll ever be." Kakashi said with a smile. And with a final wave, they disappeared.

A/N: Okay so I was only able to finish the merge between the West and the East! The next chapter I would finally start the retrieval of Sakura's memories. So what did you guys think? Review for improvements or recommendations okay?