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-SasuLovesSaku4Ever
Legend:
"Thought"
"Speech"
"Spirit/God/Goddess/Any spiritual-like being"
"Demon/Tailed Beast"
"Emphasis"
Japanese name/catchword (Translation)
– Point of View P.O.V. – (Place)
Chapter Number: Chapter Title
Chapter Nine: To Meet Old Mentors…
– Sakura's P.O.V. – (Konoha Village)
On the first day of training, after the team meeting, Shisui gave me weights. I took them and stared at him. I was barely able to lift my hands while holding them. Shisui sweat dropped.
"Sorry. Itachi's idea… I told you he's a slave driver. After every day of training with him, you'll be half dead by the time you get home." Shisui said.
"Are you serious…?" I asked.
"Yup." Shisui said nodding.
We walked to the training rooms and I got used to walking with the weights after a while. Shisui taught me to separate my wind chakra from my water elemental chakra. It was a little harder for me, because his chakras were so different, and they had different feels. Fire chakra was hot, and alive. It felt like an angry feeling. Wind chakra flowed and cut. Water chakra also flowed but it pushed. Both chakras were cool, but the way they moved was different.
I had managed to figure it out by noon, training in the water room with Shisui. After that, he improved my Taijutsu. Unlike Lee's style, his taijutsu was made for allowing himself to dodge and react to seeing unguarded movements. It was perfect for my speed and kekei genkai. He taught me the "Shunshin no jutsu(Body Flicker Technique)" as well. I knew he was the fastest within his clan, known as "Shunshin no Shisui (Body Flicker Shisui)" because it was his specialty. I learned to use it like Haku had, disappearing into thin air, using the Shunshin with wind chakra to create a tornado and disappear.
We ate lunch out at the dango shop and I wasn't surprised to see Anko there as well. "Well well. Lookie here… It's the girl from Kakashi's team… and Uchiha Shisui. Are you two training together?" Anko asked, chewing some dango.
"Yeah. She's in for some torture tomorrow." Shisui said with a grin.
"Don't remind me." I groaned in annoyance. Anko laughed lightly.
We ate lunch and left, flickering out of the store, leaving the bill and money on the table. We reappeared at the training rooms and Shisui approved at my improvement at the jutsu. He continued on Taijutsu, teaching me some of Lee's style as well, the movements that would allow me to dodge attacks and evade if anything came at me. Then we started with my blades. I trained with Hyourinmaru first. I found that I could send out the dragon using just one hand on the blade but my strikes were much weaker. I could still use the power as well. I believed that in his normal form it was better I used him as a double handed blade but when I needed to I could use a single hand.
Then after I ran out of chakra, I meditated with the sheathed blade in my lap.
– Sakura's P.O.V. – (?)
I closed my eyes and found myself in a winter ice land… Almost like the Land of Snow… but there was nothing but ice around… Everywhere, there was all ice. The sky was a pure white sky and the sun was glowing behind the snow clouds.
"So you've finally managed to connect with me." Hyourinmaru's dragon form said.
"What happened?" I asked.
"We're now within the dimension of the blade… At least, your mind is within the dimension of the blade. My dimension. Time in your realm has stopped. I can teach you a little bit about what I am." Hyourinmaru said.
"Hm." I hummed a little confused.
"I am a soul blade, a 'Zanpaktou'." The dragon said. "I came from the heart of one of your people." Hyourinmaru said.
"The heart?" I asked.
"Yes. My original master was a mere child… He had quite the cold personality, but was always loyal to his friends. His wish to protect them and fight was the reason I was born. He was quite the prodigy… That other blade you carry is also a Zanpaktou and it is reaching out to you. I am sure that if you were to take hold of it, you would feel the call. When you learn to use my power at will, connect with me and I will teach you of the second form. Your meditation with me will help you learn to use that attack at will." Hyourinmaru said.
Suddenly, everything disappeared and turned black.
– Sakura's P.O.V. – (Konoha Village)
I found myself meditating once again, but my energy felt much more connected to Hyourimaru.
I opened my eyes and stared at Hyourinmaru in his blade form.
"Done?" Shisui asked.
"Oh. Yeah." I said looking at Hyourinmaru in surprise.
"What?" Shisui asked. I decided to tell him about what Hyourinmaru had said and what had happened. Shisui seemed to nod in understanding. "Alright. Focus on trying to master that attack then. Once you have the attack down and can do it at will in perfect sync with him, you'll meditate with him." Shisui said. I nodded.
I took the blade and battled with Shisui once again. It was a bit hard to use the chain. Shisui had no experience with flailing long ranged weapons that were stringy and told me Itachi would teach me.
"Alright. Now let's train you using that single handed blade." Shisui said. I nodded and pulled out the other blade. A cold feeling rushed through my veins… but it wasn't the same as Hyourinmaru's. It had a much lighter and graceful feeling. Hyourinmaru's icy power seemed to be more powerful.
After I trained with Shisui using the other Zanpaktou, I went home that night and decided to meditate with the single handed blade in my hands.
– Sakura's P.O.V. – (?)
I found myself in a garden area covered in snow… It was beautiful. Everything was frozen. The grass, the flowers, and the trees… An elegant figure stood by the tree and waved to me. I walked forwards and found myself staring at a beautiful lady with long silver-white hair wearing a dancing Kimono. She seemed to perfectly fit the scene.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" She asked.
"Hai." I said with a smile.
"The snow that freezes everything has finally stopped falling…" She said looking up at the sky. We both stood by the tree and admired the beauty. She looked too me.
"So what is your name?" She asked.
"I am Haruno Sakura." I said.
"Spring Cherry Blossom… It is a fitting name. Your hair fits you well along with your eyes. My name is Sode no Shiraiyuki (Sleeve of White Snow). Pleased to meet you." She said. I smiled
"It's a pleasure to meet you as well." I said.
"I will dance as your blade and the snow will bend to your will. Ask for me to dance with you, and I will dance." She said smiling. I nodded and everything seemed to disappear.
– Sakura's P.O.V. – (Konoha Village)
I opened my eyes and looked at the blade with a soft smile. These Zanpaktou were so different, but they were seemingly loyal…
The next day, I meet Itachi at the training room's area. He told me to follow him, and we went out of the village. "For warm up, run laps around the village. Don't use chakra." He said. I stared at him.
"Seriously?" I asked.
"Yes. I will know if you use chakra." Itachi said. I sweat dropped and nodded.
After a while, I keeled over and dropped to the ground. "Meditate for your 3 minute break. Then continue." Itachi said. I groaned and sat up, meditating. Then I continued to do my laps. I lost count of how many laps I did. I ran until Itachi told me to stop. After he did tell me to stop, he seemed to nod in approval. "Do this for your warm up every day." Itachi said. I nodded, tiredly, gasping for breath.
"Meet me at Training room 13." He said disappearing. I nodded, knowing he wanted me to be there as soon as possible, so I flickered there. I appeared at the training rooms and found Itachi waiting for me. We entered the room. No one was inside. There were traps set to activate once I cut the rope in the centre of the room.
"Here, you'll be training on your evasive maneuvers. Go ahead and stand in the middle of the room. Start whenever you're ready." Itachi said. I nodded and went to the centre. I still had the weights on. I hadn't exactly gotten used to them yet, but I could tell my speed was definitely improving bit by bit. I calmed myself and allowed myself to regain some energy before starting.
Kunai started flying at me from all directions. I jumped and saw two fly at me from in front and behind. I could see the tree in the room which I could jump into and I did so. Some kunai with paper bombs flew at me and I managed to get away just in time. I noticed a landmine and jumped up to the ceiling just before it exploded. Itachi watched.
It was at least 2 minutes before I got careless from lack of energy and a kunai stabbed me in the leg. I didn't use my kekei genkai and he didn't ask me to. I managed to jump out of the way and land in a safe area. I healed myself and meditated before starting again, as he ordered me to. I improved a lot. By the end of training, I could last for 2.5 minutes.
After that, we went to the Water room. "We'll work on almost everything else you need to work on in here. Right now, I want you to dispel the genjutsus I place on you. Dispel them. If that's not possible, then stop your own chakra flow completely. Understood?" Itachi asked.
"Right." I said. Itachi turned on his Sharingan and sent Genjutsu after genjutsu on me to dispel. I dispelled many of the lower level ones. The ones he set with his Sharingan I had to stop my chakra flow completely and they would fade.
"The Sharingan allows me to catch you in stronger genjutsu illusions that are harder to break out of. Sasuke isn't at the level of using his Sharingan to wrap his opponents around genjutsu, but Kakashi may start teaching him the basics, so if you face him, you will have to keep an eye out for the genjutsu illusions as well. I believe a simple dispel will keep his genjutsu from getting to you, since his chakra control is not exactly perfect yet." Itachi said. I nodded.
Then we started my water elemental jutsu training. "Since you're able to pull water from the moisture in the air, you already have a source of water but I believe it takes more effort for you to gather water from the moisture in the air, so a source of water would be easier for you to use, correct?" He asked.
"Yeah." I said.
"Then first, stand on the water. Do you know how?" Itachi asked.
"I think so. I've read about chakra control techniques in a few scrolls and tested it. I've only done it once, but I felt like it was natural for me, so I didn't bother practicing." I said.
"Do it." Itachi said. I walked onto the water and he had his sharingan on. He nodded.
"Most people take more chakra to stand on water, but I believe since it is your natural affiliation, and you have a bloodline trait that allows you to manipulate water, you're able to use less chakra because the water supports you. Now, form a barrier over yourself to block my attacks." Itachi said, pulling out a kunai. "I'll go slow and let you know where to block."
I nodded and he disappeared.
"Behind your legs." He said. I allowed the water to rise and block his kunai. The water almost seemed to catch his kunai and cushion it, but he wasn't able to break through.
"Over your head." He said. I manipulated the water so that it blocked him from reaching me.
We continued until he told me to try and block and attack at the same time using the water defense and spike the water into ice to turn it solid. He attacked and his kunai was knocked out of his hand by the force of the ice shooting out from the barrier. I was surprised. It seemed almost natural. Itachi nodded with approval.
"Alright. Now, I'll teach you two water techniques, the Hidden Mist Jutsu and the Water Clone Jutsu." He said. I nodded and listened carefully, still standing on the water. "The Hidden Mist Jutsu has one hand seal. Release the chakra and allow it to scatter into the air around you. Since you have the ability to collect moisture in the air, it's more effective. Use that ability to thicker the moisture until it's visible and thick."
I practiced the jutsu, and the mist was thick, but not as thick as Itachi's. In his mist, I couldn't even see my hand in Itachi's mist. Itachi dispelled it.
"Again." He said. I created the mist again. He dispelled it. I did it again, and again… and again, continuously, until he told me to stop.
"Alright. That's enough of the mist for now. We'll work on the Water Clone technique now. Allow your chakra to flow with the water and create a replica of yourself through the clone." He said. I did as he asked, and the water formed into a clone. He nodded in approval, after looking at it carefully. There were no imperfections.
"Good. Now, practice those jutsu and try to become more efficient with them. Also, the Water Clones have a limited range, but with practice, you can get them further from your own body. Also, your blood line allows you to manipulate the water in the air, and keep the clone in shape, so you will most likely be able to get the water clone further than any average ninja with just the water elemental affiliation." Itachi said. I nodded in understanding.
"I'm also going to teach you to use a technique most Mist Anbu ninja know how to use tomorrow. I believe it'll be useful for you in the future." He said. I nodded.
"Alright, continue practicing with your clones. Get them as far as you can from your body before they dispel." Itachi said. I nodded and created my water clone, and it managed to move about 4 meters from my body before it dispelled and turned back into water. I continued to make clones before my chakra was almost completely exhausted. I keeled over and fell to my knees, almost blacking out, panting. Itachi looked at the clock. It was almost 11.
"Meditate, and then follow me. We're going to room 13 again for the end of your training." Itachi said. I nodded and meditated on the ground in front of the water. I was a little exhausted. My chakra reserves were extremely low of chakra.
We went to room 13 and I managed to last close to 3 minutes before I was slashed across the shoulder by a shuriken. The cut had been quite deep. I managed to stop the bleeding with barely any chakra left and wrapped the wound with some bandages. I was told to head home by Itachi.
I walked back home, half dead, and Akane opened the door. "Wow. You look… tired." Akane said. I barely managed to slip my shoes off before speaking to Akane.
"Tired is an understatement." I said falling over the sofa and collapsing on my face. "Uggh… I need to get to my room… and take a nap, before I shower…"
"Wow. You look bad." Asami said coming into the living room with Miyuki.
"You don't have to tell me." I groaned. Asami laughed a little. Miyuki giggled.
"Poor Saku-chan." Miyuki said, sitting beside my head on the sofa and patting my head. Yuki jumped onto my back and meowed in greeted.
"Yuki… I'm tired." I whined. Yuki jumped off of my back and licked my cheek. I sighed and turned myself onto my back. Yuki meowed once again nuzzling into my face.
"Ok fine. I'm getting up. "I said sighing and pushing myself up. Yuki ran after me and I went to my room, managing to take my blades off and put them against the wall, before taking a nap with Yuki under my arm. I woke up about 2 hours later, and took a shower, before going back to bed again. The next day, I woke up at the usual time and went to the training rooms.
Itachi and Shisui showed up a little later, and Itachi told me to do my laps again. I walked with Shisui, while Itachi just jumped away. We didn't want anyone spreading rumors of my training with Itachi of course.
"So… how was yesterday's training?" Shisui asked.
"You were right. He is a slave driver. I got home half dead on my feet and collapsed in bed for 2 hours before I went to shower." I said. Shisui chuckled. "But I'm grateful he's training me… I don't think I would survive against Gaara otherwise. He's a good teacher…. Even though he's a sadistic slave driver…" I said, muttering the last part as we got to the gates and met up with Itachi in the woods.
I started my laps around the village and I didn't bother counting. "Good job! Keep it up!" Shisui yelled as I passed by maybe the 5th time or so. It had been under 50 minutes since I started. "Faster! Faster!" Shisui cheered. "Ack!" Suddenly, I heard him yelp and grinned to myself. Itachi had probably thrown something at him again. By the time Itachi told me to stop, I was about to fall onto my face. "Good Job Sakura! That was 30 laps around the village in 4 hours! We should probably get something to go eat for lunch." Shisui said. Itachi nodded and disappeared, saying he'd head home and eat.
"So where to?" Shisui asked.
"Um… What about the Ichiraku Ramen shop?" I asked.
"You like Ramen too?" Shisui asked with a happy glint in his eye.
"Well. Not really. Naruto likes it. I just got used to eating it once in a while with Naruto's obsession." I said. Shisui looked at me with a soft smile.
"Let's go then." Shisui said. We both went to the ramen shop and I was surprised to see him there with Jiraiya.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto greeted happily. I wasn't surprised to see that Jiraiya was there.
"Hey Naruto." I greeted a little tiredly.
"So how's your training?" Naruto asked. Shisui and I looked at each other. Then we looked back at Naruto, before looking back at each other, and sweat dropping.
"Extremely tiring…" We both said, completely in sync.
"Huh?" Naruto and Jiraiya looked completely confused.
"Don't ask." I said taking a seat and ordering some Miso ramen. Shisui ordered some Barbeque pork ramen. Naruto was eating a large amount along with Shisui. I ate my bowl and Shisui paid for mine and his before we left Naruto. Jiraiya had already run off, seeing how much Naruto was eating.
We headed to the training rooms and found Itachi waiting for us there and went to room 13, to start my evasive training. I'd gotten a bit better, managing to stay unscathed for 3 minutes before a senbon managed to hit my arm. Itachi said nothing and Shisui and I followed him out.
"Alright. Next is your Taijutsu. Also, I want you to try putting chakra into your strikes to make the more powerful, and release the chakra at the right time, to create the more powerful strikes. It will be your own technique, since your chakra control is at an extremely high level, compared to other ninja." Itachi said. I nodded.
We battled with Taijutsu and Shisui managed to dodge most of my hits. It scared the hell out of Shisui when I managed to punch a tree in the room and snap it in half like a twig. Itachi almost looked like he was enjoying Shisui's dodging and running from my kicks and punches. By the end of the training session the room was quite badly damaged.
"Are we going to work on your manipulation techniques yet?" Shisui asked hoping he wouldn't be tortured by running away from my powerful attacks. Itachi nodded.
"Yes. We should work on those next." Itachi said. We went to the water room. No one was there, as usual. I wondered why no one usually used the room.
"Hey, why doesn't anyone use the water room?" I asked as we walked in.
"Oh. People use it alright. It's just that Itachi warned every Anbu, Jounin, even Chunnin, from even thinking of using this room without terrible, terrible repercussions that would involve a lot of torture and possible loss of limbs… leading to eventual death..." Shisui dramatically stated.
"I did no such thing." Itachi replied, glaring at his cousin.
"Well, he just said it would be in use by him, which… is practically saying the same thing… Just… in not so many words…" Shisui said grinning. I laughed lightly.
"Sakura. You're to use the shield once again. Solidify the shield and create the spikes to counter. Shisui, you will use taijutsu and try to attack her. Start slowly and go faster as you continue to attack. Keep at the speed that she cannot hit you with until she manages to hit you." Itachi said.
"What?! Why am I the guinea pig?" Shisui whined. Itachi glared. Shisui sighed and started to attack. I blocked and attacked back with ice spikes as my shield.
"Wow. Now this is cool!" Shisui said grinning. I continued to spike the water into ice until I hit him grazing his hand, and he went even faster. My water shield rose and blocked every one of his hits. I was able to react faster after getting used to being attacked. Itachi seemed to approve before we worked on a different manipulation technique.
"Now. Try and use your water manipulation and incorporate it into your own movements, as if it's a blade." Itachi said.
"A blade…?" I asked curiously.
"Yes. Water is a flowing substance, but you can form it to become sharp enough to cut through wood, grass, vines, and even metal, if you learn to control it. You would only need a small amount of water to cut through material quickly, like a blade, so even if your weapons are all taken and you are defenseless, you will have a weapon with you, from the moisture in the air." Itachi said. I manipulated the water and it flowed through my hands I tried to use it like a blade and cut at the tree. It seemed to dent the bark.
"Your movement must be quick and sharper, Sakura." Itachi said. I tried again, and managed to cut through the bark slightly.
"Like that. Alright. Practice that technique 100 times." Itachi said. I nodded and started.
One.
Two.
Three.
I tried to cut but the bark merely dented. I blinked and looked back at Itachi. "Was that 100 times consecutively? Or a 100 times in total?" I asked.
"What do you think?" Itachi asked. I smirked.
"A hundred times more to go then!" I said grinning, starting once again. I managed to do 50 before my chakra started getting low.
"Meditate. Then do 10 more. Then we'll work another manipulation technique, except this one is more like a jutsu." Itachi said. I nodded and obeyed his command, knowing not to argue. After I finished 10 more slashes, we started on the next manipulation technique.
"The next manipulation technique is like the water prison jutsu but you have to learn to pressurize the water, instead of turning the water to ice. I will show you a chakra control technique like what I am talking about." Itachi said. I nodded in understanding.
"Shisui, get in the water." Itachi said. Shisui pouted.
"Why am I always the guinea pig?" He whined. Itachi stared at Shisui, who just jumped into the water without a word. I giggled lightly. Itachi touched the water and surrounded Shisui in a chakra barrier. Shisui was unable to move. He flickered out of the barrier.
Itachi released his hold on the barrier and the water fell back into the lake. "So, how was it? I was experimenting with the idea yesterday. It takes less chakra than the true water prison jutsu." Itachi said.
"What's more fun than suffocating?" Shisui asked playfully. I laughed lightly. Itachi rolled his eyes. "It was too hard to breath, but I could move a little. If you tightened the barrier around the water, I think the pressure would have been too much for my body."
"Get back in the water." Itachi demanded.
"What? Why can't you be the guinea pig for once!" Shisui whined. Itachi seemed to go silent.
"You know what, I want to try something. I will play the guinea pig." Itachi said. He looked at Shisui. "Ready?" He asked, lowering his body into the water.
"What Anbu subordinate doesn't want to drown his captain?" Shisui asked with a bit of a sarcastic tone in his voice. I snickered. He performed the same technique on Itachi. Suddenly, the water's edge began to steam.
"Acck! Hot!" Shisui yelped, pulling his hand back and waving his hands, blowing on them as the water ball fell apart, splattering into the lake.
"You felt it?" Itachi asked.
"Yeah, that burned like crazy!" Shisui said still flinging his hand around, trying to cool it down in the air.
"Sakura's water manipulation technique would probably allow her to keep herself from feeling the heat if the enemy ninja captured was a fire affiliated ninja." Itachi said.
"Can I try now?" I asked. Itachi nodded and gave Shisui a look. Shisui immediately jumped back in the water. I sweat dropped and caught Shisui in a ball of water.
"Good. Now pressurize the water so that he's unable to move." Itachi said. I forced the ball of water to pressurize on Shisui's body. I could understand the concept of pressurizing the water. It was different from turning the water into ice. I had to keep the molecules of water further away from each other, and keep them from solidifying. Shisui turned on his Sharingan and flickered out. He gasped for breath.
"Damn seriously! I was going to suffocate! That was insane! I thought my bones were going to break. I couldn't even lift a finger!" Shisui said panting.
"Good. That means you have a good control over your manipulation technique and you have a good idea of how it works." Itachi said. I let the water drop. "After you get the 100 slashes, then do this 100 times." Itachi said. I nodded and took a deep breath letting the water fall back into the lake. "We'll work on the water whip today." He said. I nodded. "I need you to thin out a line of water and grip it in your hand… Keep the handle solidified and control the water so that it stays together. Your ability to collect water from thin air also helps because you can control the length of your whip to make it longer or shorter." Itachi said.
I nodded and pulled out a whip from thin-air and allowed it to solidify. Shisui snickered and muttered. "Now I'm just imagining you in a cute dominatrix costume…" He said. I snickered as Itachi slapped his cousin upside the head for the perverted comment.
"Now attack Shisui with it." Itachi ordered.
"What?! Not again!" Shisui whined.
"You've been pretty useless so far today. Just stay the guinea pig." Itachi said. He turned to me. "Now concentrate both on the force in your arm to the force of the whip to move it. Think of the whip as a real weapon and an extension of your hand. You could say this is also training to use the chain on Hyourinmaru. I will also train you with that since the chain is a more solid and heavier weapon." Itachi said. I nodded in understanding.
"Hit me as hard as you can, Saku-hime!" Shisui said grinning. I sweat dropped and nodded. He was almost like Naruto, with that grin of his. I solidified the edge of the whip with a good layer of chakra as the whip hit him. Shisui yelped as he started bleeding. "Aie! That hurt! Ackkk! I'm bleeding! Save me!" Shisui cried out.
"Sorry sempai." I said sweat dropping and rushing to heal him.
"I'm starting to question your identity as a man and a ninja…" Itachi stated staring at Shisui.
"As long as you heal me!" Shisui responded to me and completely ignoring Itachi's comment.
"Good. Lash him 100 times. Heal him every tenth. If they don't draw blood, start over." Itachi said.
"Well. I get medical ninjutsu practice out of this I guess." I said sweat dropping.
"How many lashes can you do right now?" Itachi asked.
"Around 60 before I tire out and run out of chakra." I said.
"Save some. Itachi might try to kill me and I need my student to heal me!" Shisui said.
"Do 60 and leave him for dead." Itachi said with a smirk. I laughed at the two of them and asked if I could numb Shisui. Itachi seemed to raise an eyebrow before nodding in consent. I did my lashes. Shisui was groaning in annoyance by the 50th lash.
"You can't feel them since she numbed you, so why are you complaining?" Itachi asked.
"Because it's irritating feeling the lash, but not feeling the pain… It's weird." Shisui said.
After the lashes, Itachi ordered me to do the next 40 lashes on my next training session with the two of them, but to practice controlling the whip as well and learn to control the whip completely when I had time. Shisui was to keep an eye on my water manipulation practice along with my water jutsu training as well.
We started on my wind jutsu training. Shisui started to teach me the basics of a C-rank wind type jutsu, the same jutsu Orochimaru had used on us in the Chunnin exams. The Daitoppa (Great Breakthrough).
I was also taught to use wind chakra with Sode no Shiraiyuki's normal blade form to cut through harder objects, such as another blade. Her blade worked better because it was a single handed blade, made for fast cutting movements and attacks. Hyourinmaru's blade was a long blade, made for stronger, forceful, and heavy attacks.
After that, Itachi and Shisui trapped me in all types of genjutsu and I continued to dispel them one by one, continuously, until we stopped and Shisui taught me more sword techniques. He taught me to use the Shadow clone technique. Unlike Water clones, shadow clones didn't have a limited range. However, they used up more chakra than water clones. I wasn't surprised, knowing each jutsu had different advantages and disadvantages. He wanted to teach me the Leaf Style: Crescent Moon Dance, blade technique. I would be using Sode no Shiraiyuki's blade for the technique.
I also worked on ice elemental attacks. Haku's thousand needles of death was also an attack I'd been working on for a while as well. I hadn't forgotten about the scroll father had given me either. I hadn't told Shisui and Itachi about Haku's kekei genkai being the same as mine. I didn't want to give Haku any trouble with the Leaf village either, since he had a free and happy life to enjoy.
A week had passed, and my speed along with stamina had already been increased to Lee's speed. My chakra reserves had also increased. I had the same weights as Lee had when he battled Gaara… but I had to admit one thing.
Shisui was right.
Itachi was a serious slave driver.
I was pretty much half dead every day after training with Itachi, or both of them. Shisui went slightly easier on me and let me take a break at the end of the day before I went home so I would have some energy left. After Itachi would train me, I would pretty much collapse in bed for an hour or so. Then after that, I would wake up and shower, reluctantly, and then eat a little bit before I headed back to bed again.
I was grateful though. His training really did help. There was no possible way for me to fail at the jutsu I had mastered and managed to do 100 times in a row. The whip became quite powerful as a long ranged weapon. My water manipulation was a perfect secret weapon, because I had not only the moisture in the air as a resource of my own power, but I could also use sweat, as gross as it sounded, and even blood.
I also knew I could manipulate the blood of other people. I knew I had the power to do so… However, it was extremely cruel, so I didn't tell Itachi or Shisui about it. I would only use it as a last resort in a life and death situation. It would be my secret weapon.
Shisui had taught me a special technique that I had been practicing for a long while, but still hadn't mastered.
By using wind chakra, I could create static electricity in the air and gather it using my own chakra. The problem was keeping the static electricity from dispersing at the moment of contact. I could envelop the electricity in my own chakra, but it was too draining.
Itachi helped out with my control, saying that if I used my chakra and enveloped the electricity at the moment of impact, I could keep it from dispersing and release the chakra surrounding the energy. I knew this would be something I could use against Gaara's shell of sand when he was awakening the Shukaku, since electricity and lightning both had a piercing power. It looked much like a yellow Chidori.
Training with the two Anbu level ninja was fun but extremely draining. By the end of the second week, my stamina had increased to three times what I had before. My chakra reserves had doubled as well compared to my past life when I had been a Chunnin and I knew double the number of jutsu that I had known in the past. Itachi's training forced me to exhaust myself which would expand my chakra reserves.
I had also managed to learn to use Hyourinmaru's ice attack differently. By merging water chakra into the attack I was able to send out a liquid dragon and freeze the enemy's body completely. If the ice shattered, the body would shatter as well, while if it sent out an ice dragon by merging both water and wind chakra into the attack, a solid dragon would crash into the enemy and cause more immediate damage sending them through solid walls or trees. I had focused on master Hyourinmaru's attacks first, since I had more experience with it. I hadn't tried to awaken Sode no Shirayuki yet.
I had trained with Tsunade, but she had been busy much of the time, taking care of paper work, trying to reform the hospital, and taking care of the village. Within the three years of training I had probably had a year full of training from her throughout the whole time, so I was extremely grateful to Itachi and Shisui for dedicating their time into training me during the month of the Chunnin exams.
On the third week close to the end of the week, I managed to beg Itachi to let me take a single day of a break. I wanted to bring a flower for Lee… The daffodil I had chosen would still be my flower of choice. I heard he was still in the hospital but he had gone unconscious after gaining consciousness once again because of exerting his body. I also decided that maybe it was time that we girls hung out to strengthen our bond.
I walked into the flower shop and looked at the flowers. I sensed Ino's chakra at the desk and looked over to her. She looked a little surprised. "Oh. Hi Ino." I greeted. She looked at me before looking away.
"I'm grateful you beat me. I mean… if I beat you, I would have had to face the Sand ninja… I would probably die in the first few seconds of the fight." Ino said.
"Don't be so pessimistic. I'm sure you would have done better than what you think." I said.
"So who are you buying the flowers for?" She asked.
"Lee. I heard he over-exerted himself at the hospital… His injuries are bad enough… and even by the end of the month, he won't completely recover." I said. I blinked and asked for a cut daffodil. Ino nodded and prepared the wrapping.
"Oh. I was planning on inviting you and Hinata, and maybe Tenten to the hot springs or something. You know, so we can relax and have like… a girls night out?" I asked. She looked happy but frowned sadly.
"I'm sorry. My parents are going out tonight, so they want me to tend to the shop." She said, looking down, seeming depressed.
"It's alright then. Maybe next time, after the Chunnin exams?" I asked.
"I'd like that." She said with a smile. I smiled in relief. "And the flower, you can just take it for free... You know, I'm actually grateful you beat me… and now that I think about it taught me not to be so over confident, and showed me that I have to work hard too." Ino said.
"Thank-you." I thanked her and left the shop, happy that we were going to be friends once again. Maybe we could get close again… This time, I wouldn't allow her to die. I knew where to find Hinata of course. She would most likely be training with her team at this time of the day. I headed to the hospital first and the nurse led me to Lee's room. Lee was still asleep, and I set the flower down in a vase. I left a note on the table telling him to get well soon, with my initials and a cherry blossom picture.
I walked past hearing Chouji's voice and decided to give them a visit. "What are you guys doing?" I asked curiously outside the open window.
"Hm? Sakura?" Shikamaru asked.
"Hey." I greeted with a wave. "So how's your training been going?"
"Training every day, all day... Asuma has got me working like a dog. Woof." Shikamaru barked in imitation of a dog. I laughed and Asuma burst out laughing as well.
"It's not only Shikamaru. Chouji's joined us for training as well." Asuma said.
"That's good. I guess Ino has been going from time to time?" I asked.
"Yeah. She's been working harder these days and there's been less obsessing with Sasuke. I guess that battle with you knocked some sense into her." Asuma said.
"Hm… Well, I had a talk with her. It was partly the battle, but also the skills of the other ninja that was pushing her." I said.
"So what are you doing?" Asuma asked.
"My trainer allowed me a one day break, before I start my training again… and then right before the exam I have another performance. I'm pretty busy… not only that… I end up half dead almost half the time, by the end of the day…" I said sighing.
"It's that bad huh?" Asuma said.
"No kidding… Kakashi's been training Sasuke, and Naruto's been training with someone his father asked to train him. I have no doubt someone powerful." I said sighing.
"Man… I wish I'd never signed up for this stupid final exam…" Shikamaru groaned.
"I don't want to hear it. There are plenty of people who'd give their right arm to be a part of it." Asuma said looking to Shikamaru. "And besides, from everything I've heard, Gai and Kurenai's teams have been training their butts off." Asuma said.
"Yeah? Well, what about it?" Shikamaru asked.
"After coming this far, you don't want them making you look bad do you?" Asuma asked.
"Oh… man… This is such a drag." Shikamaru said sighing. I laughed lightly.
"Well. I've got to get going. I'm planning on visiting everyone today before I go back to training tomorrow… He's probably going to double the amount of stuff I need to work on…" I muttered to myself.
"Good luck with your training." Shikamaru said.
"You too." I said before leaving.
I headed to Team 8's training grounds, and surely enough, Team 8 was sitting by the river taking a break. Kurenai was looking at Shino, probably planning her next training session. "Hinata!" I greeted. She looked up in surprise.
"Sakura! I haven't seen you in so long!" She said standing up. I walked over to her.
"So, I was thinking if I could have a girl's night out with you and Tenten. Ino had to tend to the flower shop her mother owns so she couldn't come, unfortunately." I said.
"I'd love to!" She said happily. I smiled. Kurenai seemed happy for Hinata.
"Have your internal wounds healed completely?" I asked curiously.
"The medical ninja managed to heal my injuries. They said that if you hadn't healed me that time, then I would have gone into a critical condition, so I'm really grateful. Thank-you!" Hinata said.
"It's fine. You don't have to thank me. Besides, we're friends right? Friends are supposed to help each other." I said. Hinata smiled and nodded. "So I'll come and pick you up here maybe around five? We can relax in the hot springs before we get something to eat." I said. She smiled and nodded in agreement. I decided to head to Gai's training area knowing Tenten and Neji would be training together. They were taking a break at the moment.
"Hey Tenten!" I greeted.
"Oh! Sakura!" She said with a smile in greeting.
"Um. Well, I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and Hinata tonight, you know, a girls night out? We could relax in the hot spring and get something to eat?" I asked.
"Of course! That would be awesome!" Tenten said. She gave Neji a questioning look. He merely nodded in consent to her coming with me.
"Cool. Then I guess I'll come by here around 5 or something?" I asked. Tenten smiled and nodded.
"Perfect!" Tenten said. I nodded and left the area.
I decided to walk around the village for a short while when I heard someone call my name. "Sakura!" I turned around to see Iruka-sensei with his class of students.
"Oh. Iruka-sensei." I greeted.
"I haven't seen you in a while. You've been training for the Chunnin exams, I see?" Iruka asked walking up to me.
"Yeah. To be honest, I've got a slave driver of a trainer. Luckily, I managed to beg him to give me a day off." I said. Iruka chuckled.
"Saku-hime!" I found myself enveloped in a hug from behind and my eyes were covered by two hands. I sweat dropped.
"Shisui-sempai, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Aww! How'd you guess?" Shisui asked.
"You're the only one who calls me that. You're also the only Uchiha who's not emotionless and stoic, and the only Uchiha who pulls pranks, and I can also recognize your voice." I said smiling lightly and pulling his hands off of my eyes and spinning around to see him. He pouted.
"Oh well! So I heard from the slave driver you managed to beg him into letting you get a day off?" Shisui asked with a smile.
"Yeah. I'm betting he's going out on his date with Akane-nee tonight." I said with a grin. Shisui snickered and nodded.
"Well, you two look like you have nothing to do… Mind coming with me to help with a history lesson…?" Iruka asked.
"Ok." I said shrugging.
"If Hime's going, I guess I'll come along too." Shisui said.
"You really should stop calling me that, Sempai." I said.
"Too bad! I like my nicknames!" Shisui said. I sighed.
"Hey, Iruka-sensei, where are we going?" Konohamaru asked.
"We're going to the Hokage's tower and going to go to the roof." Iruka said. As we walked to the Hokage's tower, a large dog growled and started barking at the children. One of the girls reached out to pat it, and try and calm it down, but it scratched her hand.
She was crying and sobbing. I walked to her, and kneeled down to her. "Don't cry. It's ok." I said. She nodded and held back her cries. I pulled out an alcohol pad and cleaned the wound, before putting my hand over her wound. My hand glowed green before the wound disappeared. The children gasped in amazement.
"Wow! Thank-you!" The girl said amazed. I smiled lightly.
"No problem." I said.
"What was that?" Another girl asked curiously. "That was amazing!" "This nee-chan is soo cool!" "Awesome!"
"You've learned medical ninjutsu I see." Iruka said. I stood up.
"Yeah. It's pretty useful. Besides, Naruto and Sasuke will probably get themselves hurt a lot, so I'm the one who has to take care of them. I have to heal Shisui quite often too." I said.
"Yup! She saved my life so many times." Shisui said grinning and patting my head. I rolled my eyes.
"You over exaggerate your wounds, sempai. Seriously, if you ever do get a serious wound, you'd probably laugh it off and call it a scratch." I said. Shisui scratched the back of his head and sweat dropped. I stared at him with a blank look, before rolling my eyes.
"Medical ninjutsu is so cool!" I heard a girl whisper. A few other kids murmured in agreement.
We went to the Hokage's tower and stood in front of the doors. "Hey Hime, I'm bored! Wanna race to the top?" Shisui asked.
"You'd probably beat me anyways." I said rolling my eyes.
"Come on!" Shisui whined.
"Fine." I said, using the body flicker to reach the roof of the Hokage tower and disappear into thin air. Shisui did the same, appearing before I did on the tower. I hadn't used my kekei genkai of course, not wanting to waste too much chakra.
"Where'd they go?" "Woah! She just disappeared into thin air!" "She vanished!"
"Hey, Iruka-sensei! We'll wait for you up here!" I called. Iruka seemed amazed by my skill. His class looked shocked and amazed.
Once they got to the top I was playing around with some water I had collected from the air. Shisui was challenging me with all kinds of shapes, sitting down in front of me.
"A star!"
The water turned into a star.
"A square!"
The water turned into a square.
"A triangle!"
The water turned into a triangle.
"Now a dog!"
The water splashed onto his head and he pouted.
"That was mean, Hime!" Shisui whined wiping his face with his sleeve and shaking the water out of his untamed hair. I laughed lightly.
"It's your fault!" I grinned. He pouted.
We heard the class laughing and Iruka was chuckling lightly. He got the class to settle down and started his lesson. "Today's history class will be outside. As you're all aware, on this rock face, are the sculptures of the Hokages. They're in order from the left. There's the first, the second, the third, and the fourth. You probably could've figured that out." Iruka said.
"Iruka-sensei? So who's the fifth Hokage?" A girl asked.
"Huh? Hm… that hasn't been decided yet… Maybe it'll be your favourite teacher!" Iruka said with a laugh. Shisui and I looked at each other.
"The slave driver would probably be Hokage first." Shisui said. I sweat dropped and giggled in agreement. We heard a familiar voice clearing his throat and Shisui smiled nervously, looking towards the voice to see Itachi, standing behind Minato and the Third, as their guard. I sweat dropped. He looked… very annoyed and almost angry.
Minato and the Third laughed. "So, working in an occasional joke to make for an engaging History lesson, eh Iruka?" The Third asked with a laugh, his pipe in his mouth.
"Woah! It's the Third and the Fourth!" A kid said.
"Oh! Yondaime Hokage-sama (Fourth Hokage)! Sandaime Hokage-sama (Third Hokage)!"
"Hey old man! What are you doing here?!" Konohamaru asked accusingly.
"We just wanted to look at the mountain side images like you students are doing." The Third Hokage said with a smile. Minato nodded in agreement with a smile.
"Well you've both come at a great time! Would you care to join us?" Iruka asked.
Both Kage nodded and walked to Iruka's side. Iruka introduced them to the kids. "The Fourth Hokage miraculously saved the Village from the nine tailed fox 13 years ago, and survived! He is also known as the Golden Flash of the Leaf, the fastest of all the Kage in the world! The Third Hokage was called the strongest, and even considered a genius! He was also called, professor." Iruka said.
"What?" "Seriously?" "Wow!" "Woah!" "Cool!" "No way!" The children chattered up a storm before they quieted down again.
"I'm still here you know. Talk about me in the present tense." The Third said.
"Yes! Of course! Sorry!" Iruka apologized in embarrassment.
"Come on, are you both really strong?" "Yeah, cause you both don't look it." I sweat dropped. Oh boy. They were sooo wrong. If Tsunade was here and she'd heard that, she'd have killed these kids with a single punch and sent their corpses flying all the way to the Land of Snow.
Both Kage talked about protecting the people precious to them and the village being their precious people.
After the academy kids were dismissed. Itachi glared at Shisui. I sweat dropped. Shisui sweat dropped and dodged a kunai that was thrown at him by Itachi, hiding behind me. "Saku-hime, save me! Itachi's trying to kill me again!" Shisui whined like a child. I laughed at the two of them. Minato looked extremely amused along with the Third. Iruka was chuckling at Shisui while Itachi looked like his eye was twitching.
"What'd you do to Itachi?" I asked curiously looking back at Shisui.
"Annoy the hell out of him by flirting with Akane when he was about to ask her out on the date." Shisui said quietly. I snickered and wanted to burst out laughing. The things an Uchiha would do when they were jealous and angry…
"So are you doing anything tonight, Saku-hime?" Shisui said.
"Yes, but you aren't invited. I'm having a girl's night out." I said.
"Awww! I won't have anyone to save me from Itachi!" Shisui whined. I laughed lightly at Shisui's antics.
It wasn't long before I went to pick up Hinata and Tenten, leaving Shisui and Itachi to their own matters, knowing Itachi was probably going to beat the crap out of Shisui for flirting with Akane.
Hinata, Tenten, and I went to the hot springs and sank into the water. There were three other women sitting in the hot springs on the women's side. I didn't bother trying to figure out who they were through the steam because I didn't really care. I was finally able to relax like this today!
"Wow! It's been so long since I've relaxed like this!" I said sighing in relief.
"Hehe. Well with the final exams, I'm quite sure you're pretty busy training. I've been helping Neji with his training, since I'm not in the finals…" Tenten said.
"So it's you kids!" I heard a voice said. I realized it was Anko. She smirked at me.
"Hi Anko-sensei." I greeted.
"Well, I can just wish you luck against the Sand boy. He doesn't seem to be the merciless type. You're lucky you have one of the fastest ninja in the village training you. I doubt you would survive if you didn't." Anko said. I rolled my eyes. "How are your wounds, you two?" Anko asked, turning to Tenten and Hinata.
"For me, that Sand village girl just did a lot on the outside. I didn't have any internal wounds. I fell unconscious from the pain of all the cuts." Tenten said.
"I'm better now, since Sakura healed me before I was taken away. They'd said if she didn't used her medical ninjutsu to heal me when she had, I would have been in the emergency room in critical condition, after going into cardiac arrest." Hinata said softly.
"You know, you're too grateful to me, Hinata. I just did my best with my skills at the moment." I said.
"But still, your medical ninjutsu is pretty good for a rookie gennin that's just fresh out of the academy. You learned from the books the Uchiha head gave you, you say?" Anko asked.
"Yeah. I took a while. I had to train on my own, since I don't really think anyone in the hospital wants to train just a rookie gennin that knows nothing about medical ninjutsu and wants to fight. I want to be a field medic, since there aren't any around." I said.
"That's a good idea. I think the great Tsunade-sama was pretty much the only field medic in her time that was able to fight and heal. Anyways, good luck kid. I'm probably going to go out for some dango." Anko said. I grinned and nodded. Typical Anko.
"Hey, you kids. Which one of you is participating in the final exams?" A voice asked. It was a very familiar voice. I knew this voice too well. I almost wanted to cry with happiness when I saw her face.
Her blond hair was let down, and she was staring at us with her cinnamon brown eyes.
"Me…" I said, hesitantly, almost not believing that she was here.
"Hm. Interesting… What's your name?" She asked.
"Haruno Sakura." I said.
"Ok. Shizune, let's go!" She roared.
"R-right!" Shizune's voice stuttered, afraid of her getting mad. Tsunade seemed to eye me before leaving. I blinked in confusion.
– Tsunade's P.O.V. – (Konoha Village)
I hadn't been here for a while…To be honest, I was still grieving Dan and Nawaki's deaths… My hemophobia wasn't cured either… but when I heard Anko, Orochimaru's past pupil, speaking to the kids and the other girl thanking her friend for saving her, I couldn't help but think that I was going to grow old soon enough and die without passing on my skills… I wanted someone from this newest generation to pass on my skills to. Someone the age of that Namikaze brat's son…
I'd heard about Orochimaru infiltrating the village, but I didn't come to get involved. I'd wanted to come back and see how the village my grandfather had built was… and to visit the grave of Dan and Nawaki… both who died fighting in war… two of the many names on the KIA memorial stone.
I decided to check the girl out, and I looked at the three girls. A Hyuuga brat, and two other nameless brats… I spoke.
"Hey, you kids. Which one of you is participating in the final exams?" I asked. The pink haired girl turned to look at me and spoke.
"Me…" She said. I noticed the glint of sadness in her eyes… but behind the sadness, I could see the fierce look in her eyes. A fire that would be unbreakable… She had an unbreakable spirit… I knew from the look in her eye, she had the perfect drive to become a great medical ninja… I found it quite interesting that even when she looked so sad, I could see the fire burning within her eyes… I could tell we were very similar to each other… I'd want to see her fight before I decided to take her in though…
"Hm. Interesting… What's your name?" I asked.
"Haruno Sakura." She said, seeming to straighten up more confidently. I smirked to myself inwardly. She looked much stronger now… More… defiant… Maybe I'd go and watch these exams this time.
"Ok. Shizune, let's go!" I ordered. Shizune followed me obediently and I eyed Sakura for a short while. She noticed and made eye contact with me. I was surprised she didn't flinch away. I smirked and decided that these exams would be worth watching after all…
– Sakura's P.O.V. – (Konoha Village)
"Well… that was weird." Tenten said.
"No kidding…" I said trailing off. Hinata giggled. I shook my head, getting the thoughts off of my mind.
"Let's head out then, shall we? We can eat at the Barbeque." I said.
"Yeah! That'll be a great treat!" Tenten said grinning.
After we went to the barbeque, I walked home… and slept peacefully and happily… dreaming…
I dreamed of my past.
Tsunade had appeared in my dreams. She merely stared at me. I could remember the look in her face. It was exactly the same as the day I had asked her to take me in as her student and apprentice.
I knew she wasn't actually looking at me… but she was looking at my younger self. She hadn't said anything though, unlike in my past life. She merely held out her hand.
I stared at it, before grasping it tightly. She grinned with approval and I smiled back, unable to help the happiness I felt when she approved of me.
Then she disappeared in to thin air, and I found myself staring into nothing.
A voice echoed in my mind. I remembered the lesson she had once taught me. The lesson I had once repeated to myself, when I had tried to kill Sasuke on my own.
Don't cling to the past, and move forwards.
That is the only way you can grow and move on.
She had told me those words after Sasuke had defected and she had started to train me, when Naruto had left with Jiraiya.
I couldn't help but cling to the past though.
It was just who I was.
My memories created who I was… I would merely continue to experience more, and continue to change myself to cope…
And hope I would do the correct things to fix the future…
I was human… and I wasn't perfect…
But I'd try my best and live life to the fullest…
Just like Naruto had.
Coming up next… Chapter Ten: To Meet the Family…
SasuLovesSaku4Ever: OMG. I completed it! Wow. Anyways… NEXT CHAPTER… Coming up… Whenever I possibly can… Like I said to all my past reviewers, school's going to be starting soon… -glare- Updates will be VERY VERY SLOW once school starts… Sigh… I hope I never get off of this story and please continue to update and keep my story on your alerts list even if I don't update after a month or two! I swear that I will try to update the next chapter before the first week of winter break! If you review, I will be happy and type the next chapter as much as possible when I have time! BTW. Have my chapters been getting too long? Let me know… I think I haven't done a cliffy in a while…. Hm…
Sasuke: Your father is an annoying person. I would like to put him in a room with Orochimaru and allow him to suffer.
SasuLovesSaku4Ever: I agree… to some extent… but why do you feel that way?
Sasuke: I won't get to see Sakura until you update and he's part of the reason you're not updating.
Kakashi: Now now Sasuke. Calm down. The man doesn't deserve to be put in a room with the snake.
Sasuke: He does. He is keeping me from seeing Sakura. –death glare–
Itachi: Sasuke, father—
Sasuke: -Sharingan death glare-
Itachi: … Kakashi, what's wrong with my brother?
Kakashi: He's angry about being unable to see Sakura for a while.
Itachi: … I see… I'm unable to do anything about this situation. At any rate, would you let him know that Father and mother would like to ask him to come home for dinner tomorrow night?
Kakashi: Ok. I'll let him know when he calms down.
Sasuke: -taking his anger out on the many trees in the forest-
Kakashi: -winces- 'poor trees'
Itachi: -stares at Sasuke with an amused look before leaving-
Kakashi: Hey author, you really should try and get that next chapter up soon… I think Sasuke will kill himself from chakra exhaustion if he has to wait too much longer.
SasuLovesSaku4Ever: Well, why don't you try and not get to the exams late?
Kakashi: -sweat drop- Got it…