Woo! I'm back! Last chapter got a lot of reviews within the twenty-four hours it was posted. Thanks for all the reviews guys! Maybe I should write on the iPad a little more often haha. {◕ ◡ ◕}
Full Color- 7 votes
Memory Escape- 9 votes
Light within Darkness- 2 votes
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Voting has officially ended! Thank you for all the PMs and reviews I got on the voting of the name! The name will stay as Memory Escape!
Now reviews!
*Too lazy* (CherryBlossomWarrior)- Sorry I couldn't reply to your review on the chapter before the last chapter, the review was literally posted two minutes before I posted the next chapter. Let's just say Kakashi is sure going to be surprised by the skills Sakura shows in this fanfic.
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*Guest*- Hey thanks for the critiques! I'm not going to be the one reading this afterall! I've fixed up the mistake in chapter ten by adding another scene in chapter nine. Although I wasn't quite sure what was wrong with Sukai's speech, it'd be a great help if you copy and pasted the scene and tell me how it could be improved. Thanks for reviewing! {◕ ◡ ◕}
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Just a note,
This is a filler chapter, I felt like the story would be a little more interesting if Sakura had some sort of ability that made her stand out from the rest like Naruto's bijū, Sasuke's sharingan, Ino's kekkai genkai, Shikamaru's knowledge and kekkai genkai, Choji's strength, Hinata's byakugan, Lee's taijutsu, Tenten's fūinjutsu, Gaara's sand and so on and so forth. No, I'm not giving Sakura a kekkai genkai because I want characters to be well balanced in skill and power but I am giving her a new variety of self-taught techniques that are not passed down from her mother's clan. I guess this chapter won't really have many character interactions. Anyways enjoy~!
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With each growing day, team 7 was getting closer to the point where they would have to embark on the Land of Waves mission. Sakura felt an unbelievable urge to use her golden kunai against some of the ninja they were going to face. The rosette berated herself many times to keep her hands off the weapon until she could find anything that could guide her.
Kakashi had given team 7 a day off D-ranked missions to relax and enjoy the simple things in life. Sakura however couldn't find peace given the day and headed off scouring the village for information. Her first destination had her at Tenten's weapon shop.
Ever since the day when she had sparked a rivalry with Tenten, the girl grew even stronger than she had in her previous life most likely to try and beat the rosette in their small competition over power. The brunette was almost up to par with her fifteen-year old self as a chunin.
Sakura supposed that Tenten had a push in motivation.
The bubblegum-haired kunoichi didn't receive much information other than the fact that the carved words of the clan name on the ring of the kunai were actually in fact a seal. Tenten's mother told her that the particular type of seal used was to give the kunai more strength; the previous owner had most likely sealed some of his/her chakra within the kunai.
As Sakura was using it the other day, the seal was unfamiliar with her chakra and began to weaken. The lizard she had seen was completely made of chakra. The rosette didn't tell the older woman about the creature lurking in her dreams at night; the fact was daunting enough as it was.
Tenten's weapon shop was about a 15 minute walk from the Nara clan compound. Sakura took a deep breath before rapping her fist on their door. A tired looking boy opened the door, squinting his eyes and taking in her appearance.
"Haruno?"
"Ino-pig said that you have some scrolls on some clans on Kirigakure? I'd like to borrow some if it doesn't bother you,"
Shikamaru blinked before widening the door and allowing her to come in.
The rosette gazed hopefully at the boy; he allowed her to come in and directed her straight to the library. Almost instantly she squealed ad grabbed as pulled out as many scrolls and parchments as she could. The boy rolled his eyes and took a seat on a nearby chair.
"Is there any reason you want a scroll on clans?"
Sakura paused for a moment and carefully unraveled a scroll labeled 'Kiri', "Recently, I received a clan heirloom from my mother's clan and I was hoping there would be some kind of guide on how to use it properly,"
Shikamaru sighed and leaned back into the chair, "Troublesome women, you could probably tell how to use the weapon by just looking at it closely,"
Sakura's smile dropped as she looked down at the golden kunai in her hand, "It's a bit more complicated than that, someone's sealed something inside the kunai. Everytime I use it some kind of chakra leaks out and goes wild. I want to have better control over it but… It's not that simple,"
The Nara sighed once again and hoisted himself up "Can I take a look at it?"
The rosette nodded slowly and handed the kunai to Shikamaru. His eyes dilated slightly as he brushed his finger over the seal, the seal glowed and lashed out, the words completely erasing from the kunai. The boy dropped the kunai in surprise as bright blue chakra escaped from the ring. Eventually, the kunai's bright golden color faded into a dull silver of a regular kunai.
Shikamaru stared after the escaping chakra and snapped his head to her, "That chakra could be a threat to Konoha, go after it!"
Both genin leaped from the window, surprising the civilians below.
"Where'd it go?"
Sakura pointed down the street were a familiar blue glow faded around the corner. The street fell into complete chaos, civilians screaming and running. Stall items were knocked to the ground, round objects rolled into the middle of the road. Occasional yelps from when someone had slipped over.
"Follow it!"
The rosette felt herself being rammed into by an older man. The girl flew a couple of meters away and crashed into the Ichiraku ramen store.
"Sakura-chan?" The rosette snapped her head up to see Naruto glaring at her with spilt ramen lying beside her.
"Sorry Naruto! I'll pay you back!"
She leaped out of the stall, desperately trying to spot a head full of black spiky hair. The escaping chakra had caused chaos within the streets it flew through.
The Asylum! Hurry it's going to the asylum!
Inner! Can you sense it?
Her inner stilled.
It's… Gone…
OoOoOoOoOoO
Both the rosette and Shikamaru stood in front of a displeased hokage with each of their teams standing beside the hokage.
"Today was meant to be a day off of training. A free day in which you were meant to use to relax," Sakura felt a small tingle go up her spine, the man's voice seemed awfully calm.
"You two decided to cause havoc among the streets of Konoha, now I'd expect this behavior from Naruto but you two…"
Sakura saw the blonde twitch, the pinkette was glad that Naruto had decided to shut his mouth during the exchange.
"Hokage-sama,"
The older man looked at Shikamaru with indifference.
"I believe that Sakura's kunai held some kind of chakra spirit captive, when I brushed my finger over what looked to be a custom seal. Then the spirit was released," The hokage leaned forward in curiosity.
"This kunai… Would it happen to be related with the Nakato clan Sakura?"
The rosette shuffled forward and handed the kunai to the man; he brushed his thumb over the seal and passed it back to Sakura.
"I'll excuse you two just this one time, you are dismissed,"
Sakura breathed a sigh of relief before she turned away and made her way to the door.
"Sakura, I'm afraid you'll have to stay a little longer,"
The kunoichi took a sharp intake of air and stilled, stiffly turning her head to look back at the hokage.
"Yes, hokage-sama?"
The man exhaled as smoke escaped his lungs, Sakura coughed.
"Take a seat; you might like to hear a bit about your clan,"
As the kunoichi made herself comfortable, the hokage began his tale.
"The Nakato clan was a ninja clan originating from rural areas of Kirigakure; many members had an affinity of water. What made their clan unique was their custom seals," The man bit his cigar before continuing, "They had found a way to seal bits of their chakra inside a seal, as more and more chakra was infused in the seal, a chakra spirit would reside in the seal. Only growing stronger alongside its master,"
The hokage paused, lighting his cigar. The rosette didn't speak, only intrigued by the history of her mother's clan.
"Much like the tailed beasts being sealed inside a human container, the only difference would be their containers,"
The old man sighed, letting clouds of smoke escape his lungs.
"Mebuki Haruno was one of the last surviving members of the clan, in a way, becoming a part of a civilian clan and allowing others to assume she had no ninja bloodline protected her from greedy people with a need and obsession with power,"
The hokage closed his eyes, drifting away in deep thoughts. His brow scrunched as if he was contemplating on a difficult decision. He almost looked... Nostalgic...
"Hokage-sama," The rosette observed the man, watching his every move, "Did a member from my mother's clan..." She struggled to get the words out, not wanting to seem disrespectful to the wise man.
He understood anyways, nodding his head slowly. Still leaning back on his chair contemplating and feeling nostalgia from old memories, "My daughter had a deep relationship with a Nakato clan member,"
Her voice got stuck in her throat, she was speechless. Suddenly, the member the older man had just mentioned seemed like the key to everything. The history of the Nakato clan and perhaps knowledge of some of the techniques could be passed down to the rosette. The relaxed expression on the hokage's features slowly formed a small frown, Sakura's smile dropped.
"She was so happy with him, they even had a child together..." If Sakura had been any younger, she would've missed the sadness that crossed the man's face as he cringed, "Both of them were massacred, just because some power-hungry missing-nin had found out about their existence."
"Those ninjas obtained a custom seal from them, just like they had with every other Nakato they killed," The hokage was getting emotional now, Sakura hurriedly rushed to stop the man into digging back to sad times.
"I'm sorry lord-hokage-sama," The rosette paused, "W-Who is?... The Nakato child? Is he or she still alive?"
The man hesitated, "I suppose since you are a Nakato yourself, you deserve to know," He sighed, inhaling a long breath from his cigar before blowing out clouds of smoke from his mouth, "Their child was the only thing that reminded me of such a happy couple but to protect the child I couldn't brand him a Nakato to honor his parents. I had to protect his identity,"
The man's voice had fallen into a whisper now, Sakura felt her stomach twist viciously at her heart. She counted each erratic beat her heart threw against her chest. The rosette felt like she knew whoever the man was about to say.
"Konohamaru... Sarutobi,"
Haha! Hiya! Updates are going to be a little slower now, school's back and I live in Australia. A place where weather is the most abnormal fucking thing... Don't blame me if I decide to lounge around the fan in thirty-five degree weather instead of typing up the next chapter of this story.
Also... Yay! I got a new laptop! Tying up these chapters won't be a pain in the ass so much!... Anymore... Anyways... Ja ne!
-LucidClockwork
PS. Sasusaku reeeeaaaalllll soooooooooonn...
