Cherry Blossom Moon: Fiery Passion
By Sakura-cherryblossom16
Author's Note: Hi, guys thanks for reading so far and please read and review! Oh and sorry for the late update, its just that the newest Naruto manga is too much for me to take in right now, I mean Itachi…he had a…and…I really am surprised and confused right now. Any Itachi fan would though.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters.
CHAPTER 14: Research
I entered the house with Itachi right behind me, inside was a delicious aroma that made my mouth water. 'Wow, it feels like I haven't eaten anything for days. It must be a side effect to that time travel thing.'
"There you two are, I see that you have met Itachi Sakura," Mikoto said as I sat down. I saw Sasuke and a man that was probably his father.
"So this is Sakura," he said as he seemed somewhat displeased.
"Yes, Sakura this is my husband Fugaku," she said.
"Oh it's a pleasure to meet you," I said as I bowed my head.
"Hmph," Fugaku said as he closed his eyes.
'Did I do something wrong?' I thought as Itachi took a seat next to me. "Well thank you for letting me eat some of your food and provide me with somewhere to stay," I said as Mikoto smiled.
"Its no problem, stay as long as you need," she said as Fugaku's eyes shot open.
"Yes, but you do have to go home sometime. Where do you come from?" Fugaku said as I gulped.
'This guy doesn't seem to like me…' I thought. "The kingdom of fire," I said.
"Really? What are you doing here? Are you a ninja?" Fugaku asked.
"Well I woke up and found myself here…I don't have any memory of coming here at all. I am also not a ninja, just a medical nurse. I always thought that it would be cool to become a ninja though," I said as he continued to look at me in a weird way.
"Being a ninja takes skill and you have to be prepared to risk your life," Fugaku said.
"Yes, but I still want to," I said as Itachi interrupted.
"Father, lets eat," he said as I sighed in relief, but as I looked at Itachi he stared at Fugaku and Fugaku stared strangely back. It wasn't a you did something wrong look though, it was more like they were confirming something.
"Here are some clothes that I used to wear when I was younger, I hope you like them," she said as I took them.
"Thanks, this is really kind of you," I said as I looked at them.
"Sakura…about tonight. I'm so sorry, Fugaku is just hard to get along with sometimes when strangers appear," she said.
"No, its fine. I understand why you would feel that way, after all I am pretty strange," I said as she headed out. 'Yeah I sure am strange, I don't even belong here,' I thought as she turned around.
"Oh and goodnight," she said as she began to close the door.
"You too," I said as I watched her leave. I changed into the pajamas and looked in the mirror. "These feel so good, just like the ones in the kingdom! I wish I was 16 though, and had my other body back," I said as I crawled in bed.
"Well I should get some sleep fast, that demon might give me some more information," I said as I dozed off.
I woke up to the sweet melody the birds were playing this morning, but didn't get up. 'I really should get out of bed now, after all I only have…one month. Can I really do this because I have no idea where to start searching and that demon- yes that demon! I didn't have a dream or whatever about him last night, I thought he said that he could communicate with me,' I thought as someone entered my room.
"Do you want your breakfast because its ready?" Sasuke said.
"Yes, I will be right down," I said as I followed him to the kitchen.
"Sakura there you are, I didn't want to wake you up. Did Sasuke disturb you?" Mikoto asked.
"No, he didn't. Where are they?" I asked while I scanned the room.
"Mission," Sasuke said as I nodded.
"Do they do this a lot?" I asked.
"It depends, its usually Itachi that leaves really early and Fugaku leaves later on," Mikoto said as she passed me my breakfast.
"Thank you," I said as I already started eating it.
"Here you go Sasuke," Mikoto said as she returned back to clean the dishes that were probably from Itachi and Fugaku.
"Hey Sasuke how is it at the training academy?" I asked as he smiled.
"Great, I want to be great like Itachi…its just that I don't think I ever will," he said as I frowned.
"Nonsense I bet you can be just as good when you are older," I said as he still looked sad.
"You don't know how strong Itachi is…father likes him better than me," Sasuke said as I put my arm around him.
"Oh, I bet he loves you just as much. Just keep training and maybe someday you will be a great ninja," I said as he smiled.
"I will try my best," he said as I smiled.
"Now lets get you to the academy, you don't want to be late do you?" I said as I let go of him.
"Yeah, mom we are going now!" he said as he ran over to her.
"Oh Sakura is going too? Then show her around town while you guys go to the academy," Mikoto said as she handed him his lunch and hugged him.
"Mom…we have to go now," Sasuke pleaded as he tried to break free. I laughed and took his hand.
"Lead the way, my bodyguard," I said as he laughed.
"I'm not that strong,"
"Well, you must be if you are an Uchiha so lets go" I said as we ran out the door.
"That lake way over there belongs to the Uchiha clan and this whole area does, the other parts belong to other clans,"
"Are you allowed to swim in it?"
"Yeah, of coarse. I even go there sometimes to train and not much people go there anyway,"
"Cool, is the academy real close?"
"Yeah, I am the top student in my class,"
"Wow, you must really smart. You must also be really hungry because there are two bags of food there?"
"Oh, one is for you and one is for me,"
"I thought I was just going to take you there, I can't actually enter…can I?"
"You can, you can also watch me today…unless you don't want to go," he replied as he looked down.
"Oh, I'll come. Its just that I didn't know if I was allowed to," I said as he stopped.
"There it is," he said as I entered the building with him.
"Wow, its pretty big in the inside," I said as we were greeted by a man.
"Hey Sasuke. Who is this you have with you today?" he asked.
"Sensei this is a guest that is living with me," Sasuke said.
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you," he said.
"Thank you," I said as I nodded.
"Well right now is just a basic lesson that we are learning for a while. Do you want to go to the training fields, library-"
"Oh I'll go in the library, I got something I want to look up," I said as I waved. "I'll see you later Sasuke and where is the library?"
"Third door to the right and I'll call you when its lunch time," he said as they left.
'Okay, maybe this is my big chance to finally get information of this crystal,' I thought as I opened the door.
"Wow…there are so much books that I have no clue where to begin,"
"What are you looking for?" Itachi asked. I turned around to find Itachi staring at me curiously.
"I..Itachi, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"Looking up information for my next mission and you?"
"Information also, I take it that you finished your other mission earlier today," I said trying to move on to a different topic.
"Yes, it was a low rank mission though. And do you need help with anything?"
'Yeah, where are the books about magic, strange powers, time travel, and demons,' I thought sarcastically. "Well I am looking for books about…myths."
"Myths…try over there and might I ask why are you searching for books like that?"
"Well…I like those kind of books, it is really interesting to read about stuff that is fake and such. It entertains me…"
"Ah," he said as I went to the bookshelves where he told me to.
'I hope Itachi doesn't follow me, I should keep all this a secret. If I told someone then it might change the future…will the future change or will it stay the same when I return, if I ever return…' I thought as I browsed the titles. "Myths on history, myths on unknown lands, myths on the land of fire, and ah! This must be the right book, myths on strange powers. There is also myths on monsters and secrets of time…I'll just get them all," I said as I grabbed them.
"Itachi where do you check out books?"
"Come with me, I need to check mine out too," he said as we headed up a staircase and went to a women sitting at a desk.
"Hello, may I help you?" she asked.
"Yes, please check out her books with mine," Itachi said as he grabbed mine from me before I could do anything. "Myths on strange powers?" he said as he stared at me.
"It sounded cool…"
"Secrets of time and myths on monsters? Sakura these are strange books," he said as I blushed.
"I…am pretty weird I guess," I said as he gave the books to the librarian. "What did you get?"
"A book about the environment of my next mission."
"Oh…" I said as I sighed. 'Itachi isn't suspicious of me is he? I mean even I would think a person that read these was strange,' I thought as he handed me my books.
"Lets head back to my house."
"Oh, Sakura its lunch time," Sasuke's sensei said as he turned to see Itachi. "Itachi, long time no see. I bet you are doing many missions now, huh? You were always my best student you know," he said as Itachi nodded.
"Yes, its good to see you too sensei. How is Sasuke?"
"Good, he is pretty smart and the best in his class,"
"I have to head back now and I'll take your books home with me Sakura if you want."
"Sure," I said as I handed them to him. 'You already read the titles anyway,' I thought as he started to leave.
"So are you Itachi's girlfriend or something?" Sasuke's sensei asked.
"No!! Just a person that is staying at his house for a while!" I shouted. 'Plus I'm not interested in young guys, I mean I have the mind of a sixteen year old. But if I was 12 I probably would be losing control,' I thought.
"Sorry...I didn't know. Lets hurry downstairs, everyone is waiting to meet you," he said as he smirked.
"Okay…" I said uneasily. 'Based on that look something must be up,' I thought as I followed him.
'Sakura Hatashi you are very interesting…if that is even your name. I am suspicious of you though, reading the same books I did to find out information on Madara. Do you know who he is and what connection he has with the Sharingan and nine-tailed fox? Why would you get a book on time though…I will find out though. You can't hide something from me,' Itachi thought as he went into his room.
I made a longer chapter than usual, hope you like it. I only have this week and next week left of school so I will be updating sooner than usual soon.