Accidental
Summary: Ok, I told you guys in my profile I'd be making one of my own. It's a mixture of Sasuke's and Gaara's childhood story. After her birth, Sakura had a demon put inside of her by her father, but ended up fusing with it to make herself a half-demon. Her father considered her a failure and ordered her to be killed. Sakura wanted to live and ended up losing control of her powers and killing her clan, so it was just her. She then becomes a gennin and is cold, extremely smart and has skills that pass most chunnin and some jonnin. Bla bla bla, you know what happens.
Disclaimer:If I owned Naruto, Sakura would not be a wimp, Sasuke would be either dead or not emo, and Naruto...well... he wouldn't be so obsessed with ramen and Kakashi would be more sarcastic XD. But sadly, I don't. crys
"blah" talking
'bla' thoughts
'bla' Inner Sakura, known in my story as IS (she might not show up at all, just to let you know, because Sakura speaks her mind alot.)
-bla- noises
3:15 am
Sakura yawned widley as she trudged slowly to the gates with her midnight black and blood red backpack filled with clothes, food, extra weapons, the mission scroll, etc. She was about fifteen minutes early so she decided to sit beneath a tree near the gates and meditate. She breathed deeply, relaxing her body and spread her senses out until she could feel Sasuke's chakra, which was coming, Naruto's chakra, which was having ramen, and Kakashi's chakra which was in bed, reading. Sakura scowled darkly but didn't leave. She couldn't very well barge into his house, tear up his 'precious' book and leave without some sort of explanation of how she knew he was reading it. She sighed and went back to meditating, only 'waking up' after Sasuke had arrived. There was a tense silence where, surprise surprise, Sasuke tried to start a conversation.
"So..." Sakura was as silent as the dead.
"What are you doing?" Sakura opened her eyes and gave him a sceptical look. He sighed.
"Meditating, got it." Sakura nodded and closed her eyes. She relaxed again, still keeping her guard up, until Naruto came. Loudly, like always.
"HI SAKURA-CHAN!!!" Sakura frowned and opened her eyes, rubbing her temples and glaring at Naruto.
"Naruto, it's too early to be loud. Shut. It." Naruto nodded quickly and shut up, not wanting to be pummled. They waited a little bit more until a bird crowed and swooped down from the sky. Sakura stood and let it land on her arm, recognizing it as a messanger bird. Her eyes narrowed when she saw the scroll and transfered the bird to her shoulder, untying the scroll and scanning it. She shook her head, wrote her reply, gave it to the bird and turned to the others.
"Kakashi-sensei isn't coming with us. Let's go." Sasuke nodded and Naruto was about to say something but shook his head, thinking better of it and started off next to Sakura.
Later, Some Random Road
Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke had been traveling for awhile now along a dirt road. There had been silence most of the journey, which Sakura liked because she could concentrate on her surroundings easier, keeping more alert. And then, the silence ended.
"Hey Sakura-chan, are you hungry?" Naruto asked in his annoying way. Sakura sighed and knew she would regret answering, but answered anyway.
"A little I guess." she said in a monotone.
"Oh hey, look! There's a resturant right there! Let's go!" Naruto shouted and zoomed ahead, leaving a dust trail. Sakura mushroom sighed. Was she right or what? Sasuke and Sakura caught up with Naruto and sat down.
"I'll have sweet bean soup please!" Naruto said to the lady as she placed tea on their table.
"Dumplings." Sakura ordered simply. She wasn't really hungry and didn't want to over stuff herself.
"Just rice." Sasuke ordered last. The lady nodded and left to get their orders. While they waited, a boy in the far corner scoffed and got up. He walked towards them and stopped beside their table.
"Just sitting around in the shade, eating sweet bean soup? The ninja's life is pretty cushy."
"What'd you say?!" Naruto asked, getting angry at this guy.
"You must not get much action in the leaf village, judging from how out of shape you are."
"That does it!" Naruto shouted as he stood up and slammed his hand down on the table, clearly pissed off. The guy scoffed and turned his gaze to Sakura, who was watching him through narrowed, calculating eyes. She didn't like this man.
"Hey, where'd you come from sweety? I didn't see you sitting here. I didn't mean you of course." the man stated slyly(sp?). Sakura just glared at him. Naruto smirked as did Sasuke. This guy was so dead, from Sakura if not from her glare. You know that saying, use your words not your actions? Well with Sakura, you don't want her to use either. She has a very...'colorful' vocabulary.
"Hello there. I'm Idate Morino. So uh, what do they call you?" Idate asked in a flirting way.
"They call me leave me alone before I rip out your lungs." Sakura growled darkly. Idate blinked.
"C-colorful name. So, how about-" Idate started.
"Go away." Sakra snapped as she closed her eyes.
"Huh?"
"I said go, away, you dirty little twot."
"Look I was just trying to be-" by now, Sakura was extremely pissed off. This guy was hitting on her in a very non-appealing way, and he was just plain annoying. Sakura snapped open her eyes, to reveal her half demon eyes. Idate 'eeped' and stood up straight.
"When I say go away, I mean go, away. Or do you have a death wish?" Sakura growled. Idate eeped again.
"N-no ma'am."
"Now leave. I don't want to ever see your face again, and if I do, I will tear it apart. Do you understand?" Sakura demanded in a harsh voice. Idate almost wet himself.
"Y-yes ma'am." he stuttered and ran like his life depended on it. The lady came back with their food and their bill, except, there were two. Naruto cocked his head.
"Two? Why two?"
"Your's and your young friends who jut left. He said you would pay for him."
"WHAT??!!!" Naruto yelled and started ranting. Sasuke watched him, while Sakura crouched to the floor, putting her ear down.
"His footsteps are faint. He's fast." Sakura whispered to herself. She smirked. "But not fast enough to out run me." Sakura stood and searched through her wallet, finding the right change and depositing it on the table. She ran out, slinging her pack over her shoulder, Naruto and Sasuke right behind her. She was pissed off, to put it mildly and since she got to see him again, she would give him a 'proper' hello. One that entailed her ripping out his beating heart.
With Idate
'Hehe. By the time those fools are done, I'll already be long gone.' Idate thought cockily, smirking. Then an image of Sakura flashed into his head and he shivered.
'That girl is creepy. I hope I don't meet her again.' he thought, eyes widening as he tripped on a root and went crashing through the trees in front of him, landing painfully on a branch, and soon after, the exact voice of the one he feared rang through the tree's.
"So, thought you could get away with it, huh? I'll mutilate you. I don't care if you are our client." she growled dangerously. Sasuke and Naruto were standing back, smirking. Sakura hopped down from the branch she was standing on and grabbed Idate's collar, yanking him up so he was eye level woth her.
"You have some nerve. Leaving us with your bill, and then racing off. I hate people like you." she growled, then spat in his face. She once again activated her demon eyes, which made Idate shiver and try to look away, only to find himself drawn to them. She took off her glove brought her hand forward slowly, nicking his skin, paralyzing him.
"I'll deal with you later, after the race. Right now, you won't be able to move. Naruto, carry him." she yelled as she tossed Idate to Naruto, who reluctantly caught him. Naruto scowled but carried him none the less. Sakura walked up to Idate and whispered in his ear.
"You try to escape and I will personally hunt you down and cut off your head. Got it?" Idate nodded quickly and Sakura leaned back, smirking with satisfaction. Naruto hualed Idate over his shoulder as they set off at a brisk pace, hoping to reach town before dusk.
Ummm, what's it called? Oh crap, I forgot. The bosses place
"What happened to Idate?" Jirocho asked concernedly when he saw Idate paralyzed.
"He kept running away from us, so, I made sure he couldn't run away." Sakura answered plainly. Jirocho nodded, and then Naruto started talking, bowing while putting one hand behind his back and sticking out the other one.
"I bid you greetings and offer you my services. I have come from the village hidden in the leaves, which is also the place of my birth. I was raised on ramen and and hardwork, and given the family name of Uzumaki, but I'm known to everyone as-"
"The knucklehead." Sasuke cut in.
"-As the knucklehead. Ahh, very funny!" Naruto finished his long and completely unecassary speech, rubbing his head when he copied Sasuke's words. Jirocho laughed.
"Now that we're done with greeting, we should get down to it. Tsunade-sama said that you would explain what you want us to do, even though I'm pretty sure I already know." Sakura cut in. Jirocho looked at her and nodded, gesturing for them to take a seat.
"Well, since you know, why don't you explain it." Sakura nodded.
"You want us to protect this guy while he runs in the annual Tea country race because in the past few years it changed from civilized to one step away from murdering between the two clans, the Wagarashi, and the Wasabi. The opposing team has also hired a ninja, so you sent messengers to us, but they were attacked." Jirocho was shocked, but recovered and nodded.
"That is all correct. And yes, Idate is our runner. How did you know?"
"From the way he ran, it was kinda obvious." Jirocho nodded and bowed.
"Please lend our family your strength. I'm begging you."
"Sure, but I get to mutilate him afterwards." Sakura answered in a low voice and got up, walking out, followed by the other three, considering Idate could now move.
With Naruto and Idate(Actual dialogue)
Both were walking in a tense silence. Idate was walking with his arm crossed, and Naruto with his hands behind his head.
"Boss Jirocho is a big man around here. He shouldn't have to bow and scrape to a bunch of shinobi wannabe's."
"He can bow and scrape all he wants. There's no way I'm gonna escort a lousy cheapskate like you anywhere anyways."
"Fine. Believe me, if I wanted an escort, it certainly wouldn't be some snot-nosed runt who barely comes up to my knee caps." Idate said, turning away.
"Oh, who you calling a runt, you ignorant hick! I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I'm a ninja! Not only that, but I'm gonna be Hokage someday!" Naruto shouted, stepping in front of Idate.
"Huh, Hokage. Big deal."
"It's alot better than being the boss of a bunch of crooked gamblers."
"Hey squirt, my boss is a great leader, so watch what you say!" Idate shouted back at Naruto.
"He's a great leader huh? Would he sacrifice his life for the village like the Hokage would? That's a leader!" Naruto yelled.
"Are you kidding me? He'd sacrifice his life, his heart, his soul, and the souls of his children's children for all eternity!" Idate yelled back, waving his arms around like a lunatic. Naruto got the idea.
"That's nothing! The Hokage would do all of that stuff and more and do it twice a day!" Naruto shouted, waving his arms in the shape of a rainbow. They both growled at each other, then huffed and turned away, completely oblivious to most of the town watching them.(End of actual dialogue.)
With Sakura and Sasuke
Sakura was looking a some ornaments of the great beasts like Gamabunta, Manda, Katsuyu, Gamakichi, Pakkun, and TonTon. They were extremely expensive.
"These things are outrageous." she said aloud. They lady selling them walked over to her.
"I don't want to sell them at those prices, but with the Wagarashi clan controlling things-" she began, but then a crash came from outside. Sakura looked out the door and walked out to see three huge men standing over one man who looked terrified.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"What's wrong with you? When we want something, we take it, you got it? You wouldn't even be in buisness is it wasn't for the Wagarashi." the middle one of the three large men growled.
"I know, I know! It's just, to take it without paying for it." the man said quietly. The middle one stepped forward and cracked his knuckles.
"Your really not getting this are you? Yo." the middle man called out. The other two said right in unison, nodded and stepped back.
"No, no please!" the man begged as he began to stand up.
"Ok then-" the bigger guy said and grabbed the man's collar, pullinghim up to eye level.
"I'll make it easy to understand!" the guy said, bringing his fist forward, only to have it caught by Sakura's hand.
"What the-? Who are you?" the guy said as the man who was being held stumbled back. Sakura squeezed the mans hand, making him grind his teeth in pain. Sakura looked sideways at him with her demon eyes.
"Your worst nightmare." she growled. the other two guys turned around with a grunt.
"Get her out of there! Those are the Wagarashi's men!" the woman shouted.
"Don't worry, Sakura's got this covered." Sasuke said emotionlessly. The woman looked back over.
"You asked for it!" the woman whimpered and put her head in her hands, covering her eyes as the sound of punches and grunts of pain erupted. After a few minutes they stopped and the woman looked up. There was Sakura, holding one man up by the throat, and the other two she was standing on. She got off of them and let the man down, painfully.
"You got lucky this time punk. Next time you won't get away so easily." the other two said as they got up and carried their other man. As they turned away, Sakura cracked her knuckles. This made them freeze, then run away as fast as possible. Sakura turned to the other man who had been watching.
"Thank you." he said as he bowed. Sakura nodded to him then started to walk away, Sasuke following her.
Begining of the Race
Fireworks set off in the sky and cheers from the crowd echoed in the cool morning air. The race was about to start and Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke stood close by Idate. The opponents ninja wasn't there, but Sakura could sense his higher chakra. He was in the crowd, and by looking around, Sakura pinpointed where.
"Woah, lots of people here. So, what kind of race is it?" Naruto asked Sakura, who sighed and took out a map.
"The runners start here at the port. From here, the runners go to Modoroki Shrine on Nagi island." Sakura explained as she pointed at the port, then dragged it across the ocean to the island on the other side.
"They run across water?" Sakura looked at him.
"Yes Naruto, they across water." Sakura answered, sarcasm dripping from her words.
"Really?"
"No."
"Oh."
"Then, from Modoroki Shrine, the runners grab their rioko jewels and bring them to the great Todoroki Shrine. First one to get them there wins. That's it for basic rules. Anything else goes." Naruto nodded.
"I don't care what you guys do, but whatever happens, just stay away from me." Idate told them as he turned his head. Naruto was about to retort until Sakura glared at him and he shut up, crossing his arms and pouting. The announcer came over the com and announced that the race was about to begin. He announced the runners, cheers came from the crowd, and the gates began to open. Sakura narrowed her eyes.
'He's our proctors brother.'
Idate looked out and saw the clouds heading towards them. His eyes widened before smirking. Sakura also saw this, so when they set off, she wasn't surprised to see that he turned. They set off after him, Naruto yelling the whole way.
"Where do you think your going? The ocean is the other way!" Idate looked back at them and ran faster.
"You can forget about it! There's no way I'm turning around!" Idate shouted back as he raced into the forest. He ran through the trees with the three following him from above. Only Sakura could really keep up with him.
"It's too late! He won't be able to win now. Idiot!" Naruto shouted. Sakura stayed silent and focused on seeing through the genjutsu that had been cast.
"Mabye-"
"Will you guys be quiet?! I need to concentrate in order to through the genjutsu!" Sakura told them in an irritated voice. The other two nodded and the journey became silent again. Naruto jumped down to run beside Idate while Sakura and Sasuke went above in the trees. Naruto and Idate were running quite close to the edge of the cliff, but they thought it was the forest. Sasuke saw the genjutsu now. Idate and Naruto stopped in front of a tree.
"Great, I've already been here before! I must be trapped in some sort of genjutsu. Release!" Idate looked around and spotted and opening in the forest.
"There!" Idate ran towards it, coming out in some sort of bamboo forest. Naruto ran after him until Sakura called out.
"Stop!" Naruto looked around but couldn't see anything so he went after Idate. Sakura scowled.
"Idiot. Sasuke, stop Naruto. I'll go after Idate." Sasuke nodded and pumped chakra into his feet, speeding after the other two. Idate had been running with Naruto behind him until the bamboo forest faded away into a a cliff that he had just run off of. Sasuke was holding Naruto back. Idate started falling. He looked up and say a black flash fly over the edge and fly straight at him. He shut his until he felt himself being caught by the arms. He looked back and saw Sakura, carrying him back up to the cliff edge, wings sprouting from her back.
"Idiot. It was a double genjutsu. You should have seen it. Hold on, I'll get you up." Sakura grunted as Idate nodded. He was still sort of surprised to see wings, so he just shut up. Once she had set him down on the cliff edge, her wings resided. Idate just stood as Sasuke let go of Naruto.
"I didn't need your help." Idate said plainly, standing up.
"What? How about a little thanks for the ones who just saved your life!!" Naruto shouted, Sasuke holding him back again.
"You only saved my because your bound to." Idate shouted back. Sakura nodded. Naruto calmed down.
"So what's up? What happened to Port Degarashi?"" Naruto asked Idate, who scoffed.
"What about it? I'm heading north from here." Sakura nodded again.
"It's faster isn't it? Because of the strong wind that occurs this time of year. You noticed the clouds were blowing our way back at the port, meaning there would be a strong backwind and possibly a storm. There's a docking place up north that flows into Nagi Island, isn't there?" Idate nodded and set off again, followed by the other three. Soon they come out of the mountains and onto a grassy pathway surrounded by trees. They soon arrived at a beach, with boats lining the shore, and one looked like it was ready to go. Idate ran up to the stone cottage and knocked. An old man came out.
"Ah, hello there Idate. I've been waiting for you."
"It's going just as I thought it would. I'm gonna need you to lend me that boat."
"You bet, I have things all ready for you. You can use that one right over there." the old man said as he pointed to the boat looking ready to sail. "There isn't a faster boat around."
"Thanks alot Gramps."
"It's not a problem. Jirocho has done alot for me over the years. Just make sure you don't lose to the Wagarashi. I've had about all I can stand from them and the way they rule this land." Idate nodded.
"Don't worry about a thing. I may be the under-dog, but your looking at the right hand man of the Wasabi. Leave it to me. I won't fail you. I promise." Sakura was getting increasingly pissed off.
"Can we go now? I'm not eager or anything, but I'm guessing the other guy is already half way there because you had to have this incredibly long dialouge. Stupid author."
(AN: -glare-)
Sakura: -glares back-
(AN: don't you glare at me. I have mystical powers! MUHAHAHAHA!! -cough, hack, cough, choke, faint, wake up-)
Sakura: -sweat drop- like what mystical powers?
(AN: I can make you like pink, and unicorns, and pwetty rainbows with cotten candy clouds, that you can eat, and you run over the rainbow to candy land!)
Sakura: -twitch, seizure- o god. ok ok, I'll be good.
(AN: -smirks-)
Back to story!
"Can we go now? I'm not eager or anything, but I'm guessing the other guy is already half way there because of this incredibly long conversation with multiple pauses." Sakura growled, massaging her temples. The others nodded and got to the boat, climbing inside and setting off, waving to the old man.
On the ship, Idate stood at the front, while Sasuke steered the boat and Sakura and Naruto tied the sail down. Finished, Sakura took look-out by standing on the very tip of the mast. She peered out over the ocean and narrowed her eyes at the approaching ship
"What is going on? Probably the enemy ninja." Sakura whispered to herself. She turned around to ask Idate a question that had been bugging her.
"Hey. Did you have a brother? Ibiki Morino?" Idate spun around, shocked.
"What did you say? Yes, I had a brother by that name."
"Have. You have a brother by that name. He is alive you know." this made Idate's eyes widen even more. He fully turned around, letting go of the rope.
"My brother is alive? Really?" Naruto was about to answer when an arrow hit the deck. Sakura scowled while Sasuke looked back.
"It's an ambush."
"Duh." Sakura said bordly as she got out a kunai. More arrows rained down on them with the four deflecting them. Four larger arrows with ropes tied to them shot out and dug into the mast and the sides of the ship, bringing the enemy closer. Sakura scowled and cut the ropes with her kunai. The enemy started drifting further backwards, but clones appeared on deck. Sasuke used the Sharingan.
"Sakura, Naruto, there's a real one among the clones, be careful!" Sakura nodded and stepped in front of Idate.
"Stay close to me."
"No way! Why would I want any help from a bunch of ninja." Sakura glared at him, and Idate shivered.
"Look around. Do you want to be killed? Because if you do, I will happily oblige. We are outnumbered." Sakura growled. Suddenly, and clone lept up behind Naruto.
"Naruto, behind you!" Sasuke yelled out, warning his teammate. Naruto turned, but got pinned to the deck, only to disappear in a puff of smoke. Shadow clone. The clone looked up, but dodged the four Naruto's attacking him and jumped over board.
"Crap! The real one got away!" Naruto yelled, disappointed. Suddenly, black rain decended on them, covering the boat and it's passengers.
"This is oil." Sakura whispered to herself. She saw Sasuke preforming a fire jutsu and called out.
"Damnit Sasuke! Don't use a fire jutsu! This is oil!" Sasuke jerked from surprise but stopped and nodded. A fire arrow shot through the sky, making its way swifty towards the boat. Sakura scowled and put it out with a simple water jutsu, but got hit with another arrow in the arm, making her unable to stop the next fire arrow that lit the deck on fire. Flames danced everywhere, freezing Idate. Sakura ripped out the arrow and lept in front of him.
"What's up Idate?" she asked in a calm voice, eyes scanning the boat and ocean for more attacks.
"Nothing, I'm fine." he answered quickly. Sakura looked at him but nodded anyways, knowing this was probably something he didn't want to get into. She turned her head back.
"The fire is out of control! We have to abandon ship! It's our only option!" the other two nodded as she turned to Idate.
"Idate, you kow how to swim, right?" Idate nodded and Sakura coughed. "You go first then. I'll cover you. We shouldn't have any problem slipping away un-noticed with all of this smoke. Idate-" Sakura explained, grabbing his arm.
"You can forget about it! What do you think, I'm stupid? You three probably just want to use me as a decoy!" he yelled frantically, jerking his arm away fom her grip.
"What are you talking about?" Naruto yelled.
"You want them to focus on me while you guys get the heck out of here."
"Stop talking nonsense." Naruto said, walking over.
"I said forget it! I don't trust ninja!" Idate yelled, raising his arms above his head and closing his eyes, shutting out the world. Sakura scowled, a dark, dangerous look on her face. Sasuke spoke up.
"We don't need you getting in our way!" Idate froze, a memory of his brother triggered from those words.
"Hurry up and go!" Naruto yelled, blocking another water clone and stabbing it, causing it to turn into water. "There's no way we would use you as a decoy!" Idate shook his head and backed up, eyes shut.
"No, I won't!" Sakura frowned, eyes widening a fraction when she saw a clone rise over the edge of the boat behind Idate. She narrowed her eyes and ran over to the ships huge mast, riping it out with her strength.
"Get down!" she yelled. Idate started at her voice, then gathered himself and crouched to the deck, along with the other two. Sakura swung the mast in a circle, effectively destroying all of the water clones.
"You gotta trust me, trust us Idate. I promise we'll protect you!" Sakura stated calmly as she rested the mast on the deck. Idate got back up and looked at her intently, failing to notice the clone behind him, drawing a familiar steel weapon. Sakura dropped the huge mast in the deck, causing the boat to rock slightly as she ran towards Idate at full speed.
"Watch out!" Sakura yelled as she ran in front of Idate, putting herself between him and the dagger, but at the same time, getting it lodged deep into her shoulder. Sakura bit her lip, letting a small gasp escape. Sasuke and Naruto whipped their heads around towards them, eyes wide.
"Sakura/Sakura-chan!" they called out, worried for their teammate/friend. Sakura winced and looked at Idate.
"S-Sakura." Idate stammered as Sakura ripped out the kunai and clutched her shoulder, stemming the bleeding slightly.
"Go on ahead. I'll be right behind you." Idate hesitated before nodding and jumping off the boat as it began to sink. The other three quickly dispersed(sp?) the remaining clones and dove into the shifting blue water. The fire was extinguished as it hit the water, creating enough steam to allow for some cover as the three ninja swam towards shore, unaware to the danger beneath them until Sakura cried out and Naruto was pulled underwater. Sakura and Sasuke dove after him, filling their lungs with air. They soon found Naruto in the murky water, being dragged down deeper. The other two swam after him, catching up and attacking the water clones, destroying them and rescuing their teammate for now. Soon though, more water clones appeared and grabbed the three. Sakura winced and let go of some of her air as one of the clones elbows dug into her wound. She kicked the clone, freeing her from behind, allowing her to get rid of the others and help Sasuke, who was struggling slightly. Naruto was already free and on the ocean floor. He had created shadow clones, and was now preforming multiple Rasengans, creating a whirlpool. The clones and their creators were dragged down as the three swam to the surface, gasping for air. Sakura frowned, knowing they wouldn't reach the shore any time soon. She focused her chakra and climbed onto the water like it was a solid surface.
"Come on! We have to get moving. Swimming is too slow. If you guys can't walk on water, then I'll meet you at the shore." she stated calmly, setting off at a run towards Nagi Island. Naruto climbed onto the water and ran after her, leaving Sasuke alone in the water before he went after them, running on water.
Me: ok, yes its not a very good ending, but i had to end it here, otherwise the chap would be alot longer. Next chap ill finish the race, and move into the Sasuke leaving Arc. Please review, and im sorry for taking so long. XD
