The Resurrection of Ninja
By: xSilverKatanax
Summary:
In a world, where Ninjas are hated and prosecuted, and Strong is weak, Ninjas must flee from their villages.
Sakura is among them, and she hides herself from her true identity in order to save her own life, by taking a job as a normal classed citizen. But who is this mysterious person that she meets who knows her true identity? Will she help him fight back the hate and prosecution-as a ninja and, find love in the process?
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.
"Blah"-Normal talking
"Blah"-talking in flashback
Blah-Normal thinking
'Blah'-thinking in flashback
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Recap:
With a disgusted look, Sasuke shook her body almost dropping her.
"Y-your drugged…"
"Really?" Sakura asked, her eyes wide before she started to giggle.
"And…your drunk…"
The giggling ceased.
Sasuke's eyebrows raised to see her body sink into his arms.
He sighed.
I can't take her anywhere
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Chapter 11: Uchiha Property
"I'm not drugged or drunk, Sasuke!"
Sakura's voice rang throughout her surroundings.
Opening her eyes to examine them, Sakura saw the same field where she had trained and rested weeks ago.
What the hell?
"Oh. Your awake," Sasuke's voice replied beneath the silence. "Who said you where drugged or drunk?" He asked.
Confused, Sakura answered slowly.
"Y-you did, Sasuke. Just now!"
"No I didn't. You just woke up."
"W-what?"
"You've been asleep for two days. Meaning that you were drugged and drunk two days ago."
"What? H-how did I-"
Thump.
A small package wrapped in leaves landed on Sakura's lap.
With a questioning look, Sakura looked at her half-asleep comrade who had appeared to have recently woken up.
"Whats this?" Sakura asked carrying the small leaf-wrapped packet in her hand.
"Breakfast." A cool reply.
Ignoring his answer and the fact that it was already late in the afternoon, Sakura pushed the food aside to question him.
"What exactly happened two days ago, Sasuke?" She asked.
In front of her, Sasuke stretched his legs lazily before replying.
"I don't know. We split up, remember? I was actually hoping that you could tell me that." He said, his eyes narrowing at Sakura.
"What?"
"I find you all drugged and drunk, with that flippant Shigeru who automatically starts challenging me. What happened?"
"H-he…" Sakura hesitated. Memories and thoughts came flooding back to her mind as she continued. "He found out about me-"
"Obviously." Sasuke scoffed. "I thought I told you to keep a low profile…"
"I did! I don't know how he found out! By the way he was acting, it was almost as if he was expecting me…" Sakura trailed off in thought.
Would if he really was waiting for me?
Would if he knew from the start?
A tired sigh escaped from Sasuke.
"Anyways, you told him about the Uchiha Property, Sasuke. I remember!"
"Of course I did." Sasuke explained. "Otherwise, he would kill without any second thoughts. Now that the Guards know about your ownership, they'll have thoughts of keeping you alive for the clan's sake. Even if your master is of a shinobi clan…"
"So once again, the Uchiha Property has saved my ass huh?"
"Sakura-"
Rising from her grass-made bed, Sakura swiftly approached Sasuke, snatching his silver katana with her.
"Shut up." She said quickly. The katana in her hands was pointed towards Sasuke's angry face. "I refuse to do anymore services for you until you tell me what the Uchiha Property is."
Sakura could see Sasuke's face relax into an arrogant one before he spoke.
"Would you really kill me Sakura?" He asked.
From behind the katana, Sakura's eyes narrowed, her face remaining unchanged.
"You have no idea what I'm capable of, Uchiha." She replied coldly before continuing to press the matter. "Tell me, Sasuke."
"Sakura-"
"Tell me." Sakura repeated, her voice dark with anger as he eyes continued to pierce into his.
Silence.
Sasuke sighed once more.
"Very well. I'll tell you…" He said reluctantly. Behind the katana, Sakura's face remained frozen with anger as she responded.
"Go on." She said.
"Uchiha Property is the bond which holds you and a object or, a person together."
"A bond?"
"Or more like a service. This 'service,' allows any member of the Uchiha Clan to make a person or an object their property by proposing a bond that applies to a certain circumstance. By excepting this bond, this person who it was proposed to, has made the commitment to help the Uchiha. The person is offered in return, the protection by the Uchiha and his family even after the job is done, completion in a certain goal, and one wish."
"One wish?"
"Yes. No matter how big or small, we must abide by the terms. Otherwise we are allowed to be punished or killed by the property."
"…Can the bond be broken?..." Sakura asked quietly.
"Yes, it can. The Uchiha can break the bond by releasing the person or, by killing them.
Property can also kill their masters which breaks the bond. Or, the master and the property can be killed by an outside enemy. In your case, your bond will break once I die or, I kill you. The information shared between us is very secretive. If the bond where to break while both of us are alive, the information's secrecy would be jeopardized. In addition, because I am the last of my clan, as my property you must carry out certain duties as one of the last properties."
"H-how long have I been a property?" Sakura asked timidly. This 'Uchiha Property' had begun to seem overwhelming to her.
From behind the katana, Sakura could see Sasuke smirk.
"From the second you became my teammate, you became Uchiha Property."
With a gasp, the pointed katana seemed to falter.
With her thoughts racing, Sakura looked at Sasuke with narrowed eyes.
"H-how could you do that to me? I was only twelve years old!"
"I was only eight when I educated myself with those scrolls learning, of the Uchiha Property. Twelve is not to young to become property. And besides, you weren't alone. Naruto was property as well."
"And Kakashi-sensei?"
"Hn. Kakashi had already been a property of his own. Haven't you ever wondered how he received that Sharingan?"
"You…bastard…"
"You wanted to know."
A small pause.
"H-how do I know I'm even Uchiha Property anyway?"
"A mark."
"A mark?" Sakura exclaimed nervously before clenching her jaw in a threatening manner. "If you've marked me with anything, then I'll-"
"Your headband."
"What?" Sakura asked, her hand automatically flying to her headband.
"The mark is your headband. You wore your headband for the first time when we were announced as a team, remember? That became your mark." At this, Sasuke stood up from his sitting position, as he gently moved he katana pointed at his face to the side, before walking away.
"Wait!" Sakura called coming after him, the katana still in her hands.
"What now?"
"D-did you at least get what you came to retrieve?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke smirked.
He new that this question would arrive.
Moving his good arm through the silk of his clothing, he managed to un-tangle a medium-sized dark scroll that he had hidden in the inside of his shirt.
Not bothering to turn around, Sasuke waved the scroll above his head slowly.
With a small sigh of victory, Sakura's stance straightened.
"Here," He said quietly, his body turning towards Sakura's before he lightly tossed it to her fingertips. "I haven't read it yet," He continued, his eyes narrowed in deep thought. "I was waiting for you."
At this, Sakura's expression turned into a knowing smirk, the thoughts of Uchiha Property long forgotten.
"Are you scared of the scrolls contents?" She asked playfully.
In response, Sasuke stepped closer to Sakura before he quickly dropped into a sitting position.
Un-rolling the scroll with his pale fingers, he motioned for Sakura to join him.
With a strained nod, Sakura joined him, the ink of the scroll revealing itself further as she moved closer to Sasuke.
"Read it out loud, Sakura."
A command.
Sakura seemed quite startled at his frank voice.
With a slight pause and another stiff nod, Sakura obeyed her master.
"On account of the recent acts of crime inflicted on the late feudal lord Kichiro, G.A.U have been formed in order to protect the new." Sakura began reading with a confused look on her face.
"G.A.U?" She asked Sasuke who had already begun to cast a thoughtful look on his face.
"Its their code," He answered faintly. "It means Guard Assistance Unit. It's the category of their defensive comrades and systems. Its what we attacked a few days ago. That man, Shigeru, was the leader of that particular G.A.U."
"There are fifteen units in total all with different purposes each week." Sakura continued. "In order to maintain safety, each unit is shifted on certain jobs that contain the protection of he who holds Kichiro's vacant spot."
"Sasuke look!" Sakura exclaimed, as she pointed her fingers towards a list written on the scroll. Sasuke leaned in towards the scroll, his eyes narrowed to get a better look at the names and dates listed.
"Here it lists the shifts of each G.A.U and their jobs for that date. Look, May 27th. That's today!"
"Hn." Sakura turned to see her companion's face contorted in thought, accompanied by a faint smile of victory.
He's definitely thinking of a plan…
Sakura thought with an equal smile on her face.
"Stop reading it for now, and get ready, Sakura. Training will have to wait a few more days."
An order.
For the first time in days, Sakura felt pleased.
"Do you have a plan?" She asked Sasuke.
"A plan?" He repeated faintly, his eyes clouded with obvious thoughts. "Yeah, I have a plan."
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Days, weeks, months years…
Time.
How long has it been?
How long has she been subjected to this torture-this mad man who gazed at her with those enchanting, cold eyes.
How long will she have to watch this sick display of a game-a interest…
In her.
Her student, her daughter…her double.
An innocent mirror of time that had seemed to have reincarnated itself into a lovely child with strawberry pink hair, and glowing jade eyes.
As Tsunade thought of this, her gaze met a hazy photograph of this said girl, her face indistinguishable-on account of the distance taken yet, her actions clear.
Even from the reasonable chained-up distance, she could see her student holding hands with him.
Uchiha Sasuke.
Obviously, escaping from the Guards clutches, and the 'safe' teahouse she had worked so hard to place her student in.
"We've seen her last at the Northwest G.A.U. chambers. Miles from Konoha, outrunning Kichiro's unit." A voice carefully explained to her, gesturing to the photograph.
Tsunade glanced up to look at the speaker.
It was his servant.
Kabuto.
"What does Orochimaru want with Sakura?" Tsunade asked, between gasps from lack of energy.
"The same thing Sasuke-kun wants; Resurrection."
"Resurrection?" Tsunade asked confused.
"Yes," Kabuto answered. "The resurrection of ninja."
"But if you wish the same thing that Sasuke does, then why are you tracking him? Shouldn't you be leaving him and Sakura-chan alone?"
"Yes…we should be if that were true…but Orochimaru-sama wants more."
"More?" Tsunade exclaimed.
"Yes, more. You see, the man to defeat the Guards will most-likely gain the Guards position. Quite like a, Hokage." Kabuto explained in a bored tone.
"So…your tracking Sasuke so he can lead you to the Guards, take down their defenses and before he kills them-"
"Yes," Kabuto interrupted, nodding his head with a snake-like smirk. "We will kill Sasuke then the Guards."
Tsunade couldn't believe what madness she was hearing.
What bullshit…
"But what about Orochimaru and the Uchiha Blood?" She almost blurted out. Concern had etched itself already on her face.
"What Uchiha Blood? Once Orochimaru-sama has killed the Guards, we wouldn't need the Uchiha Blood would we?"
"….And Sakura?"
"We certainly have to kill her." Kabuto confirmed, to her confused expression. "Sasuke-kun's mere arrival at the teahouse confirmed that. By gaining her trust, he is killing 'two birds with one kunai.' Resurrecting the ninja name, and his pathetic clan…If we have any other Uchihas running around, it could be quite troublesome…"
"No way…." Tsunade quietly whispered, her eyes widened with the thought of her student…used in that way.
"Oh yes, Tsunade-sama it has to happen. Otherwise, who else would help him and his clan in these times…?"
A small, fearful, contemplative pause was heard before Tsunade spoke.
"B-but, why me?" She asked suddenly. "Why did you take me?"
"Why?" Kabuto repeated his face in a maddening-glare. "If Orochimaru-sama was to gain the Hokage name, he wouldn't want the strongest Hokage to be standing in his way, would he?"
A gasp followed a low murmur of Tsunade's last words before she was put to sleep once more.
"You mean to kill me, don't you?" She asked Kabuto in a startled daze.
"Precisely."
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"Oi, stop right here."
"We're taking a rest? Already?"
"No-"
"Then why are we stopping? We don't have time for this!" Sakura roared, quickly brushing past Sasuke to proceed with their trip. Looking back briefly, to see Sasuke's bored face against the already darkening sky, she grew impatient. "Come on, Sasuke-"
"Will you be quiet?" Sasuke's voice interrupted her own with a glare. "Where here, ok?"
"What?" Sakura asked, her face already lit with excitement.
"Where here, already." Sasuke repeated.
Konoha… Sakura thought, a smile growing on her face, before she silently raced ahead in the distance.
I didn't even recognize you…
"Wait, Sakura!"
Sakura's own laughter, and off-guard cries from a trailing behind Sasuke, sound-tracked the moment as she thought.
Have you really changed this much…?
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This is another filler chappie.
The next one will be very exciting.
Oh, and Sasuke has surpassed the time limit of the bargain he made.
He was supposed to meet Sakura and kakashi in two weeks.
Its almost been a month.
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I would also like to thank everyone so far for the reveiws and those who stayed loyal to the story.
THANK YOU.
Next Chapter: Konoha!
