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What If
Ch.10 The Haruno Experiment
Sakura calmly walked back into the cave making sure she kept a relaxed posture. Juugo and Suigetsu looked up at her as she walked in. Karin refused to look at her as she was sitting next to sleeping Sasuke. Sasuke was sleeping on Sakura's previous bed. Karin must have moved him Sakura looked towards Suigetsu, "What's our situation." Suigetsu gave a small smirk, "A large group of Kohona shinobi is following us, but Juugo and I laid out a bunch of traps so they're pretty occupied." Sakura turned towards Karin, "How many and how far are they?" Karin glared at her for a moment, "There are ten of them but they're all divided up fighting Suigetsu's traps about five miles back." The team noticed Sakura's eye show a hint of hatred when Karin mentioned Kohona. Sakura looked at Sasuke's calm face and sat next to him on the opposite side of Karin. "When was the last time he slept?" Sakura's tone was perfectly calm but everyone knew she was concerned, it pissed Karin off. "Ever since you decided to wimp out and cause us trouble!" Karin voice grew with hatred, "It's all your fault we're in this position and that he hasn't been sleeping!" Why does he care about you so much! Sakura's eyebrows narrowed, "Is that so?" Karin stood up and screamed down at her, "YES! He was bothered by how much of a burden you are! You don't mean anything to him!" Sakura's hand twitched, "And you do?" Karin red eyes shot into Sakura's menacing green ones, "Of course!" Sakura slowly stood up and looked into Karin's deadly eyes, "Then why didn't he listen to you? Why couldn't you convince him to sleep or leave me behind? Why doesn't he ever bother glancing at you?" Suigetsu and Juugo waited for Karin to respond. Sakura smirked as Karin's body began to shake and she grinded her teeth. Karin screamed, "You little bitch!" Karin swung her hand out to smack Sakura but was stopped by Sakura's deadly grip on her wrist. Sakura pulled Karin a little closer to her and finally let all her anger pour out of her eyes, "Do you really want to do that?" Karin started to tremble and pulled her hand away from Sakura. I'm not afraid…There's no way I could be scared of her! Karin looked back up at Sakura with confident eyes despite her shaking body, "Of course! I could beat you whenever I wanted to!" Sakura smirked and started to walk outside and turned back to Karin's motionless body, "Are you coming?" Karin snarled at Sakura's taunt and followed.
Sakura and Karin stood a few meters apart while Suigetsu and Juugo watched from a safe distance. Sakura stood still with a small smirk while Karin was shaking with anger and fear. Suigetsu look at both of them and smiled, "Start!" Karin ran at Sakura with a kunai in her hand and continually swiped it at Sakura's face but kept missing, "Damnit!" Sakura saw her off guard and kicked her in the stomach. Karin flew back and tumbled across the ground. She slowly stood up and wiped the blood from her mouth. This is for Sasuke! Karin held a hand sign and started collecting her chakra. Suigetsu cocked an eyebrow. She actually knows something good? Karin's body began to swirl with blue chakra. Sakura watched Karin closely so she could react quickly. Karin sped at Sakura using chakra in her feet and then held her hands to her mouth. Sakura quickly backed away. Fire? Suddenly pink gas emitted from Karin's mouth, "Poisonous Fog Jutsu!" Sakura held her breath and did a few hand signs as she disappeared amongst the fog. Karin laughed waiting for the fog to clear and see Sakura suffocating while begging for the antidote. Instead Cherry Blossom petals emerged from the smoke and started to circle around Karin. Karin growled while throwing several kunai at the petals hoping to find a vital spot. The Cherry Blossom started circling faster and one by one they swung past her like a knife. Karin cursed as small cuts emerged across her clothing and face. She tried to sense a chakra difference in the petals but they were all the same, "Where are you!" Karin froze as the petals began to fall and she felt a hot breath on her neck. Sakura whispered into Karin's ear, "Here" Karin tried to escape but was lifted by the back of her collar off the ground. She struggled continuously trying to throw kunai behind her. Sakura dropped her and then plummeted her fist towards Karin's face. Karin screamed with her eyes close awaiting the punch. She opened her eyes and saw Sakura's fist millimeters from her face. Sakura looked away towards Karin and back towards the cave.
"Knock it off you two." Suigetsu looked behind him and smiled, "Sasuke you finally decided to wake up, but you missed the fight." Sasuke looked at Sakura and Karin. Sakura stood calm looking back at him a few feet away from Karin trembling like mad. Karin gave a fake sob, "Oh Sasuke it was horrible! This monster almost killed me!" Sakura gave a bored glance at Karin and started walking back to the cave. She stopped next to Sasuke for a moment and faced him, "Where are my usual clothes?" Suigetsu started to laugh mockingly at Sasuke, "I guess you forgot something after all!" Sasuke ignored him and looked in Sakura's empty green orbs, "We'll buy you some new ones when the sun rises in a few hours." Sakura nodded and walked back into the cave while Karin slammed her fists into the ground.
_a few hours later_
The sun had risen and was shining on the empty cave. The fire had been put out and team Hebi was ready to go. Juugo sighed at Karin's continuous glares at Sakura. Sakura stood emotionless next to Sasuke and ignoring Karin. Sasuke turned towards his team, "We'll stop by the nearest town to get new clothes and supplies. After that we find Itachi." Everyone nodded and started running east. Sakura kept her fast pace but quickly became tired. She wouldn't show it but she was over working her body again. She focused on moving forward trying to ignore the pain. I'll be there before I know it. About a half hour of strenuous running later they finally arrived at the entrance of a town. Sakura stood tall and calm fighting down her gasps and urge to collapse. Sasuke faced his team, "Karin go help Sakura buy clothes, the rest of will get supplies. We'll meet for a quick meal in an hour. Karin snarled, "Why do I have to help her?" Sasuke gave her an annoyed glance, "Stop complaining!" Karin gritted her teeth as Sasuke gave Sakura some money. As much as Sakura was irritated by Karin she wouldn't be immature about it and complain.
Sakura walked into the store. A young man said hello and she nodded. The worker and blinked and started to give her a full look, he gave a sly smile, "Is there anything I can do for you?" Sakura ignored his flirtatious tone, "No." She walked towards the rack of clothes as the young man frowned angry at her rejection. Sakura quickly scanned through the clothes, she didn't want to waste too much time finding an outfit. Karin walked over to her, "No matter what you pick you can't impress Sasuke!" Sakura focused on the clothes in front of her ignoring Karin. Karin snarled at being ignored and went to go flirt with the cashier. Sakura picked out a few things she found appealing and walked over to the cashier, "Do you have any weapon pouches?" The confused man blinked, "Weapon pouches? You're a ninja?" Sakura nodded glaring at him slightly. He gave a nervous laugh and pulled a few out, "This is all we have." Sakura quickly took the navy one and headed towards the dressing room after seeing a newspaper on the ground, "What's the date?" The cashier looked at her while putting the other weapon pouches away, "March 22nd." Karin noticed Sakura's eyes widen slightly and how she quickly went into the dressing room. Sakura clutched her clothes in the dressing room and gave a small frown. March 22nd… She started to get changed. Her mind was clouded with thoughts as she slowly slipped into her new clothes. It's Father's birthday She sighed thinking about his death. He died when she was ten leaving her mother, two sisters, brother, and her alone. She always thought his death didn't seem right, he was part of Anbu and merely sent on a chunnin ranked mission. It wasn't difficult, the only reason he was sent is because the village was busy with the chunnin exams. She always had trouble believing he was killed during such an easy mission. "Well that's because they secretly experimented on your clan." Sakura shut her eyes remembering Orochimaru's words. She had trouble believing his words but it all made sense. She remembered how her older sister screamed about how there was no way her father could have died during a mission so simple during the funeral. Her father was reported to have been killed during an explosion but when the shinobi went to get his body they found no corpse or remains of an explosion. Her mother kept visiting the Hokage saying she wanted the truth, after months of investigating her father's death her mother was killed. Her mother was killed by a rouge ninja at night but nobody tried to find out who her murderer was. Sakura always knew something was wrong but she never considered the possibility of her own village attacking her family. According to Orochimaru her father was captured and experimented on instead.
Flashback
Orochimaru watched as Sakura trained with Kabuto, it had been half a year since they experimented on her and he was enjoying her progress. He clapped his hands as he walked over to them, "You're progress is amazing Sakura, you're the only one of your clan to live more than a month after the experiment. Sakura's face darkened as she glared at him full of hate. "Now now don't look at me like that, I only experimented on you because I knew you would live." Sakura snarled at him, "Liar!" Orochimaru licked his lips and placed his hand on her cheek. He examined her hateful features, "Why would I lie? Kohona is the one that betrayed you." Sakura turned away from him tightening her hands into fists, "I…I want proof," her voice wavered with sadness, "give me proof you got the Haruno experiment from them." She knew the village probably did experiments behind her back, every village has its own disgusting secrets but she had a hard time accusing them of experimenting on their own citizens and ninja. Orochimaru sighed She can be so hard use sometimes. He looked at her with a bored expression, "Very well" Sakura cautiously followed him with Kabuto behind her. Her feelings were mixed with fear and anxiety, did she really want to see the proof of her so called home experimenting on her clan? She held her breath as she walked into an experimental room, she hated these rooms. Orochimaru started digging through some files and smiled as he picked up the folder. Sakura stared at the folder in his hands partially wanting to look at every detail but also wanting to tear it to pieces. He laid the folder down on the table and slid it towards her, "Here you go." The label taunted her, The Haruno Experiment, she tightened her jaw as she put her hand on it. Orochimaru gave a wicked smile, "Come on Kabuto let's leave her alone." Kabuto nodded, "Yes my lord."
Sakura sat down and stared at the folder. She cautiously opened it. Her widened in horror and she quickly turned her face away from the photos inside. She bit her lip in agony as she looked back down. She picked up photos of her clan attached to IVs and strapped down to tables. She shut her eyes tightly as she picked up the one showing her father. Her lips trembled, her father was attached to several IVs so he couldn't move. She looked at how his black hair was sprawled across his sweating face. Another wave of pain hit her heart as the next picture showed her father in the middle of the experiment. His green orbs were wide in pain as white chakra looked like it was exploding out of his body. The kind mouth that used to smile at her was opened wide screaming with blood running down the sides. She dropped the photo and clutched her shirt where her heart was. Her breathing was rough and her throat swelled. She had proof, all the people experimenting on her father were wearing Kohona headbands. The leader of the experiments were all lead by a man named Danzo. She quietly read all the experiment reports covering how each way failed and why. Only a few described how her clan member survived and was forced to go under testing, one was her father. He had lived for two weeks after experimentation; the report talked about how her father's new chakra was stronger whenever members of Root used threats against his family. The ones who died automatically ended up killing the experimenters by an explosion of their chakra that would typically cover ten miles. Silent tears finally began to fall down her face as she read reports going back thirty years. Kohona had experimented on her father, uncles, aunts, and grandparents. She silently cursed as she saw empty reports ready for her and her siblings. She put her hands to her face trying to wipe away her tears but they wouldn't stop. She finally rose her head with an expression full of revenge and tears pouring out of her eyes.
End of Flashback
Sakura sighed and leaned against the wall in her new clothes. That was the last time I cried… Sometimes she worried about her siblings that she left behind but she loved Sasuke too much to leave him. She had promised to herself that nothing in her past mattered. The only support she could give herself is that maybe Orochimaru stole too much information for them to ever do the experiment again. She took a deep breath and walked out of the dressing room perfectly emotionless. The cashier's jaw dropped and he drooled at her. Karin's eyes widened and she became furious, "Y-you look hideous!" The cashier wiped his mouth, "I have no idea what you're talking about man, she's hot!" Karin became even more furious, "Let's go you're wasting time!" Sakura ignored both of them and calmly paid for her new clothes.
New outfit at deviantart . com type in Sakura Fanfic Outfit 2. It's way too detailed to explain so please look I think you'll like it! The artist should be called CherryBlossom4112(me). Exclude the necklace for now it'll be added later (spoiler). It's FREE to look!
Sakura and Karin walked out to the street and waited for the rest of their team. Karin made sure to check they weren't in hearing distance, "You can't fool me." Sakura quickly glanced at her. Karin gave her knowing glance, "Just because you went far from us doesn't mean I can't sense your chakra. I know you were healing yourself this morning." Sakura's eyes widened slightly. "I analyzed your condition while you were unconscious too. You can't hide from me." Sakura gave her a ferocious frown, "If you say anything you'll be dead!" Karin scoffed at her, "Why would I tell? It'll just give you more attention, I just want to know what exactly is destroying your body and how you're still alive." Sakura tightened her fist Damnit she knows too much! "That's none of your concern." Karin growled at her, "Really? Don't you think someone should know why you're dying?" Sakura cursed at the thought…She knew she was dying, she knew eventually her body couldn't take any more damage. The only reason she was still alive is because the chakra inside killing her also made her body tougher, but still…the damage was worse than the strength it was giving her. Karin glared at Sakura's clouded eyes waiting for an answer but she would have to wait longer.
Sasuke walked towards them having Suigetsu and Juugo carry the food and supplies they bought. Sasuke analyzed Sakura's new outfit as she looked towards him, he had to force himself not to smile. Suigetsu whistled at her only to be met with a sharp glare from Sasuke. Juugo gave a nervous laugh, "You look nice." Sakura nodded at the comment, "Karin has Kohona advanced yet?" Karin gave her a hateful frown, "No…it seems like they're currently trying to regroup." Sasuke nodded, "Let's eat and move on." Juugo and Suigetsu quickly handed out the food as they sat down at a table. Sakura looked at the extra bags, "What else did you get?" Sasuke gave her a serious glance, "Flare bombs, all of you will be given one when we search for Itachi. If anyone finds him or something urgent set off the flare bomb and gather there as quickly as possible." Suigetsu became confused, "We're splitting up?" Sasuke paused a moment looking at Sakura, "Yes."
_authors notes_
So you guys got to see more of Sakura's past like I promised, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE look at the new outfit if you haven't already! Kohona will be next and maybe combined idk. Also I'm curious on who supports NejiTen or not. I'll still use it just maybe not as much if you're against it. There's still a lot more of Sakura's past to get too but the ITACHI fight is soon! I promise it'll be good.