EDITED: JAN 27th, 2008

LIFE IS A HIGHWAY, I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LONG!

Good song. No, not the Rascal Flatts version. THAT VERSION SUCKS!

Go Tom Cochrane, the original creator of this destructive song. (:

DISCLAIMER: I am shellzonfire, not Kishimoto. Hell, I can't even speak Japanese x)

I cut out the whole funeral scene, finding no real use for it.

Happy Readings! (:

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Not so Weak Anymore

Chapter Ten

New identities

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Old man Yugi was one confused man. He never though training four girls would be so complicated. Wait, correction, he HADN'T EVEN started training the four girls yet, they were to busy arguing what there new names were going to be, and they're new look.

currently in the village of mist, it took them a week to get there, but they did. The night they came back to wave was the most bizarre thing.

Flashback

"We though you'd never show." Daisuke said looking to the road. In front of them, were the 4 kunoichi that were purposed dead in Konoha. Word of that hadn't spread yet, but you could understand they knew about they're deaths anyway.

"What took you so long?" Yugi asked. the girls didn't look happy one bit.

"The plan didn't go as we planned. 1/3 of the way, we were actually attacked by Sound ninja. We sent Konohamaru and Moegi away to get help like we planned originally. From there, we had to make it up as we battled." Sakura said calmly. She then had fire in her eyes.

"YUGI YOUR STUPID JUTSU ALMOST GOT US KILLED!" Sakura yelled pointing at Yugi.

Yugi laughed. "You just haven't had enough experience with that jutsu. No need to worry." He said smiling and saving his hands in front of him. Daisuke was confused.

"What was the jutsu?" he asked. Yugi looked at him. "It's a forbidden jutsu only members of the Tenshi clan know. It makes an exact replica of your body. It makes your skin, hair, blood… everything. Its basically another you. It takes awhile to make it complete though. You must perform it an hour's time before you want it to be used. If you get "Killed" if that makes sense, or you getting attacked with an attack which may kill you, the copy of you takes your place, and you wind up miles away from where you so to say "clone died". You usually become unconscious for half an hour. If someone finds the body and does test to make sure its YOUR body, the test comes out positive, So people believe your dead. This Jutsu can only be used by Tenshi clan members and it can only be used twice in a lifetime."

Daisuke made an "O" shaped face as if he understood it, but he really didn't.

"YEAH THAT JUTSU ALMOST GOT ME KILLED! I WOKE UP IN A CAVE WITH BEARS!" Ino yelled at him. Yugi chuckled.

"No need to shout! Now girls, put these cloaks on. once we get to mist, you must change your appearance, name, anything that defines you as of now. People can't see you as who you used to be. They will think your alive. Now, we must start walking. We will make camp at 12, and leave at 6."

Everyone nodded. The girls slipped on the cloaks so now one could see them.

End of flashback

So that's where they are today. They are currently in mist, in a hotel, changing everything about them. the problem was, how do you have four teenage girls share one bathroom?

There is no possible answer for that. There was just a lot of complaining and yelling.

Out of the four girls, Tenten already changed her appearance. Well she didn't really change her appearance. She wore cerulean blue eye contacts, with her hair dyed a lighter brown. Her hair was originally short, so she put extensions in so her hair which went down to her waist. She had it in a ponytail currently. She was wearing a casual pair of jeans and a white tank top with a pull over green sweater on top.

Hinata came out of the bathroom with a towel on her head since she was drying it. She then grabbed a hairbrush and combed her newly colored hair. She had blonde hair that went to her midback . she put in oddly color contacts in. they were yellow. She put on a pair of gray sweat pants and a white tank top, with a navy blue v-neck sweater over top.

Tenten beamed at Hinata, "WOW HINATA! You look great! Oh wait, what was your new name again?" Tenten asked. Hinata sighed.

"its M-Mya. Do you even remember yours?" Hinata said mockingly. Tenten bowed back mockingly,

"Viola at your service!"

"why'd you even pick that name!?" Sakura said as she calmly waited outside for Ino to finish in the bathroom.

"Because, that's the girls name in 'She's the Man,' and that was a cinematic masterpiece."

Sakura rolled her eyes as she continued waiting Ino to come out of the bathroom. All she had to do was washout her hair. Ino said she wanted to dye her hair copper.

"AHH!" Ino called from the bathroom. All the girls ran into the bathroom to see what Ino was freaking out about.

"Ino, what's wrong?" Sakura asked. Ino turned to face them. she was visibly crying.

"My hair! ITS ORANGE!" she said pointing to her head.

"aw I-Ino, it looks good!" Hinata said smiling. Ino sent them death glares.

"I.Don't.Like.It." Ino said pouting. She cut her hair to shoulder length like when she was younger. She also had amber contacts. She was wearing black skinny jeans and a blue sweater, with a gray tank top underneath.

Grabbing the hair dye box, Sakura read the instructions, "Uh Ino, how long did you keep the dye in?"

"twenty Minutes, why?"

Sakura sweat dropped, "You were suppose to keep it in for thirty."

Sighing in defeat, Ino left the bathroom, "Okay, fine. Its your turn."

"Thanks Miki!" Sakura said with a smile, using Ino's 'new name.'

Once everyone left the bathroom, Sakura unraveled the towel on her head, and ran her hair under the water. All the chemicals began washing out. The hair dye would last about 6-8 months, which is how long they needed. Sakura started to scrub her hair and lather it. After doing so for 5 minutes, she put a towel over her hair and started drying it. After a minute, she removed the towel from her head and brushed it out. Her hair was still to her shoulders, but she was going to let it grow. It was currently brown, a creamy brown, lighter then what 'Miki's' intended her hair to be, but darker then Tenten's color. She put in darker colored eye contacts. They were still green, but an apple green. Not the usual emerald. She cut her bangs, so they covered her forehead. She was currently wearing a gray pullover sweater and navy blue jeans.

She walked out of the bathroom and all eyes were on her.

"WOW… what's you name again?" Tenten asked. Sakura sweat dropped. "Its Rin."

"heh, you look good Rin!" Tenten said with a thumbs up.

So at the current time, everyone was sharing one room. There were 8 beds, 1 bathroom and a mini kitchen. They were staying in mist for about two weeks or so. Akira and Daisuke were out looking around, while Yugi was waiting for the girls to finish. He was currently in the kitchen drinking his tea as usual. There were a few more things he had to explain to the girls, before training started. Tomorrow they would go training in the "Pine mountains." It had one big mountain called Aerial mountain, with all little mountains surrounding. Pine tree's surrounded the majority of the mountains, giving it its name.

"So, old man, what are we doing tomorrow?" Ino asked curiously. Yugi motioned for them to sit around the table. The girls did so, drinking their own teas which was placed on the table

"Tomorrow, we are going to pine mountains for the starting of your training. This won't be easy training. You'll be training from 7 in the morning, till 6 at night, for the next two weeks. We will be working on fitness testing, and your elemental powers. We are currently in Mist, so Mya, your powers will be at there strongest. Your water elements get an extra boost of power when within a water-like environment. After the 2 weeks, we will travel to cloud. Once we arrive, we will be planning from there."

All the girls nodded.

So it was currently 5:30, and the Uchiha kids hadn't returned. Sakura was getting worried.

"I'm gunna go look for Akira and Daisuke." Sakura said walking to the door. Tenten got up.

"Let me come with you."

Sakura shook her head. "No, no. its alright. If too many of us go, it could become a problem. Be back soon!" the sound of a door closing echoed through the little hotel room.

Tenten shrugged and sat down.

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Sakura was currently walking through the marketplace, hoping to find Akira and Daisuke. Mist was a busy town, filled with many stores full of people an a small market area.

As she was walking, she noticed a lot of ninja–Not just any ninja, sound ninja. She didn't like it. They were hiding down alleys so no one could see them, but Sakura could.

As she was walking, she passed by the weapons shop. Looking in the glass, she saw a little brown head and blonde hair kid bobbing around. Heading inside, she realized the two of them wouldn't recognize her anymore, since her hair was brown, and they hadn't seen her since the last time it was pink.

She walked down an aisle and looked at different kunai. She kept glancing at the Uchiha's, looking at katana's and other weapons.

"Hey, I like this one too Daisuke!" Akira said picking up another Kanata. Daisuke sweatdropped.

"Akira, you've said that about every weapon we've looked at." Daisuke said. Akira gave him a determined look.

"Well I want to learn all the techniques behind using these weapons, so I can become stronger!" she said punching the air. Sakura smiled at the spirit Akira had.

"Alright, lets go buy what we have." Daisuke said heading to the counter.

Sakura looked at what they were buying. A few kunai and shuriken, smoke bombs and all the stuff Sakura had when she was a genin. She smiled at how determined they were. She then realized they wouldn't be able to pay for all that. They didn't have a lot of money to begin with.

"Sorry kids, but you can't buy all of it. You don't have enough." The man at the counter said handing their money back. Akira look defeated.

"Here." A voice said putting the rest of the money that was needed on the counter. The two Uchiha kids looked at the owner of the voice.

They didn't recognize Sakura at first. They just saw some lady with brown hair and green eyes.

Daisuke raised an eyebrow, "Who are you?"

Sakura smiled. "Rin." Sakura replied. They still were confused. Sakura grabbed the bag with all of the weapons in them and headed for the door.

"Come on you two. Old man Yugi is getting worried." Sakura said to them. Realizing that she was Sakura after hearing her voice, and her referring to Yugi, they followed after her.

"Hey Sakura, why didn't you just say you were Sakura?" Daisuke whispered to her. Akira hit him on the head.

"You baka!, she can't give out her name is Sakura. Anyone could get suspicious." Akira said. Daisuke rubbed his head.

"So? There's a million other Sakura's out there, and I'm sure the owner wouldn't remember what she looked li-" Daisuke didn't get to finish. A hand came to his mouth. It belonged to Sakura's.

"Shh, There's Sound ninja around. Be quiet. Maybe we can get some info from them!"

She noticed a few of the sound ninja sitting at a table at a local restaurant. She motioned them to follow her. They headed for a table by the sound ninja's table and waited for a waiter to come.

As they waited, Sakura focused her chakra onto her ear, so she could hear better.

"So I hear this place has a lot of hot chicks!" one of them said to the other three

-Sweat drop-

A waiter came finally came by, taking in their order of drinks. Even though they weren't eating their, they cant just loiter around.

Sakura again focused chakra into her ear. Daisuke couldn't understand what Sakura was doing.

"Hey Akira, do you know what she's doing?"

"I think she's focusing chakra into her ear so she can hear better." Akira said. At that moment, Sakura was actually getting some important information.

"So, I hear the war against Konoha was moved to ten months now." One of them said. Another one spoke up.

"yeah, there's two reasons for it. One reason is Orochimaru has to wait a bit longer before he can take the Uchiha's body. Also, there is a new leader coming. He's known from about thousand years ago. He is said to be stronger then all three Sannin's all together. Some people are thinking that we should kill Orochimaru, and become followers of this new guy."

"Do you know this guys name?"

"It started with a K… Kenji I think it was?" Sakura's eyes widened. A war was going to break out against Konoha in ten months, and that Kenji guy was siding with sound!

Sakura gazed at them quickly. During that time span, one of the sound ninja looked at Sakura, which caused Sakura to get up frantically.

"Come on you two. Lets get outta here!" Sakura said signaling them to follow her. The two got up in a hurry, following after her.

They walked quickly through the market place to get back to the hotel. Sakura looked behind her, and noticed the four sound ninja following her. They must have seen the three leave so fast, they got suspicious.

"Come on!" Sakura said running faster. She grabbed both the Uchiha's hand and ran around the corner. she fastened her pace with the Uchiha's trying to keep up. The sound ninja were still hot on their trail. Sakura had no idea where she was going now. She just wanted to get away.

After roaming around for ten minutes, she found herself at a dead end. There was no way out. The sound ninja rounded the corner.

"well well well. A girl and 2 kids. Please don't ease drop with matters that don't concern you." One sound ninja said.

Sakura was scared. As strong as a ninja she is, she had no weapons with her, and her training wasn't going to start till tomorrow. She then remembered the weapons the two Uchiha's bought today. She was about to pull something out of the bag, when a kunai hit her in the thigh. She fell down in pain. She looked at the sound ninja. They were aiming at the Uchiha kids. She rummaged through the bag and pulled out a few kunai. She threw them to the Uchiha.

"Use them! Defend yourself!" Sakura said wincing in pain. They grabbed the kunai, getting into a defensive posture. One of the sound ninja laughed.

"Do you honestly think two weak genin level ninja can stop us? Correction, your not even ninja. Your nothing more then a weak human!"

Akira was hurt by those words. Daisuke looked to the ground. His bangs were covering his eyes. Sakura looked worried. She was afraid he was going to use the Sharingan.

"Daisuke, don't use it, whatever you do!" Sakura told him. Sakura wasn't paying attention to the sound ninja.

Big mistake.

She got hit with three more kunai. One in the arm, one in the stomach, and another one in the thigh. She screamed in pain.

Daisuke was now pissed. He looked up at the sound ninja. He threw his kunai at the sound ninja. They dodged it. Daisuke rolled over to the bag of weapons. He pulled out a few kunai, shurikens and a katana. He continued throwing kunai and shuriken. The sound ninja easily dodged. One of the sound ninja appeared behind Daisuke and put a kunai to his neck.

"Say goodnight."

He was about to slice Daisuke's neck, when he was hit with two kunai. One from Sakura, one from Akira. Sakura got up and kicked the ninja in the legs, causing him to fall awkwardly. A few kunai from the other three sound ninja came flying at Sakura. They all hit her. Then there was a POOF noise.

It was a substitution jutsu.

She was above them in the air. She felt that power surge again.

'okay, I can do this!'

Sakura focused on an element. She had a red aurora around her. She felt flames consume her. She landed on the ground and punched it, sending a stream of fire exploding out of the broken ground heading towards the two sound ninja. They were instantly consumed by fire, running around, trying to get rid of the flame.

Eventually the heat was to much for them, causing them to die. Two down, two more to go

Sakura then collapsed, as her legs gave out. She was exhausted, yet she didn't know why. She used one attack! She was loosing blood from the kunai's she got hit with earlier. She didn't have time to heal herself, or the sound ninja would attack her. Sakura tried to get up, but her legs wouldn't allow it. The two sound ninja appeared behind Sakura, with kunai's to her neck.

"impressive power you possess. To bad its going to waste."

Before he could slit her throat, a katana came at them fast. The sound ninja dodged in time, and Sakura ducked. The katana was embedded into the wall. Everyone looked at the source of where it came from.

'Daisuke and Akira! Oh no, I can't move either!'

"We'll deal with you, once were done with them." The other sound ninja said to Sakura. They were walking to Akira and Daisuke, their backs to Sakura. She couldn't move, she was useless, and the two of them couldn't defend themselves.

'I'm so useless!' she though to herself. The sound ninja were still approaching the two Uchiha, and they were scared to death.

'please, someone help!'

ten kunai whistled by Sakura, and hit both sound ninja. They died instantly. Sakura turned to see whom the kunai's came from, however her vision became blurry. She was losing to much blood. She could see four figures. One of the figures rushed up to Sakura.

"Hey, are you alright?" the figure asked. Sakura could see little bit of the figure before everything went black.

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Could I have made Sakura and the Uchiha kids anymore weak? xD Liek, seriously.

Uhm, not much more to comment on… tomorrow is the one year anniversary of this story!! PARTEH TIEM: D

Review, yeah?

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