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"…"- talk
"…"- italics- thoughts, memories, flashbacks, inside the mind
"…"- Kyuubi
-…- Interference
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I swore to myself, that it was all a dream. That the events that just transpired were all just but a figment of my diverse imagination. Like when I thought Sasuke-kun's head was cut off during out first day of being ninja's. That I just thought too much into something. Yeah. That's it. This isn't real, it's just something I've been conjouring up in my big head. I thought it was…
"She's responding Tsu…"
"…you hear me?"
"…her condition?"
"Mild…Severe mind…"
"Sakura…wake up…"
I slowly opened my eyes, though it didn't take every ounce of my strength to do. It felt so tiring, I just wanted more sleep, too tired to do anything. But I still looked at Hokage-sama's face and she gave me a small warm smile
"How are you doing, Sakura?"
I tried to sit up, but I buckled under my weight and just decided to lay back. I moved my hand to my forehead to brush away the sticky bangs off of me.
"What happened…"
She couldn't reply, her voice was small and barely audible. I didn't believe it at first.
"Naruto's dead, Sakura. His funeral is in 2 days. I'm sorry"
I couldn't believe it at first. Naruto. The boy who was called the sunshine of Konoha. His upbeat and never ending energy, could not be stopped. But now…it is. Such a quiet place the village will become.
"Where is he, Hokage-sama"
Hokage-sama froze. She was searching for the right words to describe about Naruto's body being in the bed next door, and how Naruto isn't really in his body.
"Well the thing is, Sak- you demon-"
What was that? What did she just say to me? Did she just call me a demon?
"Excuse me?
Tsunade looked at my weirdly before answering my question
"I said, well the thing is, Sakura is that Naruto's body is right next door, but-"
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"Go away you damn brat"
What's happening, why won't you play with me. I didn't do anything wrong.
"You damn punk-ass kid, get away from my daughter"
Help me, her dad. He hit me with a rock, it hurts…
Why won't anyone help me, the blood is flowing freely. I can't feel my fingers no…
I laid on the cold ground floor, many bystanders passed me, but no one helped me. One person stood next to me and lowered his hand, I gladly wanted to take it, before he pulled his hand away.
"Nothing is going to save you now, you damn fox"
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"Sakura are you ok?"
"I..I don't know"
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Why can't I have a mother like that…
"Are you my mommy?"
The lady looked at me and slapped me, I don't even know who she is…
"I'm not your damn mother, you brat, go off somewhere else now"
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"Sakura, it's allright"
I found myself in Hokage-sama's embrace. My eyes were filled up with tears and sorrow. I had no reason to cry right now, was it these memories? Whose memories do I have? Why do I have them…
"Hokage-sama…w-what's happening to me"
The Hokage just held me tighter and slowly rocked me back and forth. She whispered into my ear
"You and Naruto are one now, his memories and your memories are now one…"
"What?…"
"That last jutsu Naruto preformed brought his soul into yours. I think your starting to feel the after effects of his entrance of his soul into your body"
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"…because that is my nindo!"
"Ano, Sakura-chan"
"Sakura-chaaan"
"You, Sakura Haruno, will be the strongest ninja in the village"
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"Hokage-sama…w-w-who am I?"
I was not so sure myself. If my memories and his were merged, who am I really now. Am I Haruno Sakura? Or Uzumaki Naruto now. DAMNIT WHO AM I
Suddenly, my cheek felt very hot, the hokage….slapped me?
"YOU, are Haruno Sakura. Your smarter then this, separate his memories from yours"
"My name is Haruno -Uzi…-SAKURA"
I grasped my head, his memories, my memories, his emotions, my emotions. I have to straighten them out. This is my mind Naruto! Let me take control of my own…MIND.
My mind suddenly became very light, and so did my body. Next thing I knew I couldn't feel the floor and I fell. Last thing I felt was Hokage-sama's arms and her sight embrace
"Calm down, you'll find yourself soon "
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"Where am I?"
I looked around to see where I was, I was in a concrete room, the walls were a pale gray, my ankles were covered in…water?
"Hey girl"
What? Who's that, who's calling me? Where the hell am I? Suddenly I saw someone in the distance, around were that voice came from. I can barely make out her figure…is she walking towards me?
Oh my god
"Y-your…"
"Hey there Sakura, it's me. Sakura"
"You're my…"
"Yeah, I'm your inner Sakura"
She casually waved her hand around like it was no big deal. I just stared at her in disbelief
"What? You don't believe me? I'm every time you look at Sasuke-kun and want him, every time your anger takes control of you, every time Naruto annoys the hell out of you and you want him gone"
I lowered my head at her last statement, she was right. I always did want him gone, but not like this…
"Sakura, I'm you, I'm the real you, I'm who you want to be. I am your desire"
She was right, I always thought of it like that, someone inside of me pushing my desires to be free. I always tried to
hold her back. Suddenly she put her arms around myself and whispered to me
"Do you want to see what you desire? He's here, I can't bear to see him like this"
I held her tighter and began to tear up
"Yes, I want to see him"
She grabbed my hand and gave me a small nod. She dragged me to the other side of the room. I saw all the pipes and concrete around us.
"Why is my mind like this?"
"It's because you haven't been what you want to be, your always tyring to be someone different Sakura-chan, this used to look so grand, but till you tried being someone else. It's been slowly changing"
"Oh…"
What else could I say?
Soon we were at the end of the hallway, then I couldn't hold my breath..
"N-n-Naruto?"
"Nnnn…..Sakura-chan?"
I looked closely at my inner-self, she gave me a look of understanding
"Go ahead Iimoto(1)"
I moved over to Naruto and slowly stroked his face. This is when I got a really good look at him.
He wasn't wearing his bright orange and blue jacket now, he wore a dark garment. It looked like a kimino, the outside layer was a deep black and he wore a white one underneath(2). It was kept together by a single sash of red. His hands and legs had scars and cuts on them, some where deep other's were large but shallow. Some scars wereligt and barely seen other's where dark and red like they were just created. His hands and legs where binded by shackles and shackles. Like 3 on each limb. Binding his ankle, knee, thigh, wrist, elbow and shoulder. And there where two more across his waist and a dark red one across his neck. But theone around his neck was different from the others, it brought a dark aura to it and it had dark spikes coming from the collar. There was a dark cloth around his eyes, a white cloth across his eyes. Of all the things I wanted to see, were those sky blue eyes…
"I'm not sure you want to see his eyes right now, Sakura"
I looked back at her and asked her
"Why not?"
"I don't think your ready for it, iimoto"
"Sakura-chan?"
His voice sounded so coarse and so…different. It wasn't his usual voice, it was kinda horrible and different. It made me shiver…but why?
"Sakura-chan? Where are you?"
"I'm right here Naruto, right in front of you"
I stroked his face again and stroked it, but suddenly I felt a weird chakra come out and before I knew it the blonde of Naruto's suddenly went red
"Sakura, GET AWAY"
My inner self pulled me back and I watch in horror as Naruto, or what I thought was Naruto. He, or it, tried to struggle out of the iron chains and I watched in horror as those chains started cutting into his skin. Then I realized that those chains were spiked inside the collar. I couldn't watch as Naruto's violent struggle was tearing his body apart. Dark red blood spilling down those cuffs and down his neck. I tried to hold in my lunch in as cuts that I thought were healed started to leak and drip blood. The demonic snarling and his cries of pain and agony pierced my heart because I never heard Naruto like this ever before. But then what startled me the most was the white cloth over his eyes. It began to turn red…
…were his eyes…bleeding?…
Suddenly his violent struggle came to an abrupt halt and he screamed out in agony before his body collapsed. His body hung by the chains and the blood began to pool around him and fading off into the waters I was ankle deep in. I tried to run to him, but my inner-self grabbed my wrist and gave me a heartbroken look.
"It's not over yet"
"What do you…"
"Sakura-chan"
"Let me go, I need to help Naruto"
I yelled at her to let me go, but her grip was too strong
"I can't, iimoto, just watch"
She gave me a look and I had to trust her. I guessed she met Naruto first before me, so I should trust her judgement.
Then I heard him call my name
"Sakura-chan…"
"Naruto I'm righ-'
"Come here you little whore"
"W-w-what did you say?"
"SAKURA HEL-where are you so I can ea-STOP IT(3)"
"Shut up you little brat, you sealed me inside of this damn soul of yours, I can over power your puny little soul with it"
What the hell was going on, was Naruto arguing with himself?
"I. WON'T. LET. YO-what did you say? Hehe-get out of my mind NOW"
Suddenly a burst of red and blue shot out of Naruto, I couldn't help, but run towards him and try to protect him. At least this time I can save him.
"Sakura!"
I heard my inner-self scream for me, but I'm like her. Hardheaded as hell and so I rushed towards Naruto and suddenly I embraced him. He had his head nestled on my shoulder. I felt him relax and limp. I held him for a while before I felt him look at me.
"Naruto…"
"Sakura-cha-Hi, slut-"
And suddenly, something within that voice frightened me. The white blindfold around Naruto's eyes had been torn off between Naruto's violent struggle. His eyes…the blue that I once loved to see. Was replaced with red eyes that bore into my soul. It sent a violent shiver down my spine, and before my eyes. I saw how my death was going to be, a quick bite into my throat and a chomp on my neck. Those eyes, such a suppression of murder and death, those slit eyes, why can't I move anymore…
"Goodbye, you bitch"
I saw Naruto open his mouth and I saw his fangs come out, they were enough to pierce my skin and kill me, like a wild animal's fangs. I couldn't move, I was too afraid to move. Those red eyes froze me in my place, my eyes wide open fearing Naruto. Suddenly I saw him move his fangs towards me and bite me. At the very last second I closed my eyes in fear, when I felt a bite come at me. It wasn't were I suspected the bite, it was on my shoulder. But even though it was my shoulder, I still can feel the sting of it. My eyes began to tear up in pain and I tried to hold down my scream.
"Your lucky he saved me from your neck and that humans have a damn weak jawbone, or else you would've lost your whole shoulder"
I felt him remove his fangs, the pain was worse went it was pulled out. I think he enjoyed the look on my face when he slowly pulled his fangs, each tooth I could feel being pulled out. I could feel the blood run down my shoulder. I turned to him with frightful eyes, trying to see how he was. I soon saw his face. Those blue eyes I longed to see, they had replaced those…red slit eyes…with these loving blue eyes. But what I saw on his face made my heart jump. His tears were falling down, the look of sorrow in his eyes and the pure look of being frighten to death tore my heart. But what caught my sight was the tears that flowed out of his eyes and down on my shoulder. His tears weren't ordinary tears…
…it was blood…
"S-sakura-chan, I'm so sorry. Please get away before he comes out again"
"Naruto! Who comes out again"
"That damn fox! He keeps trying to take over my soul, but I won't let him"
I was taken back, what fox?
"Naruto, what are you talking about"
"Years ago, when Yondaime fought the great demon Kyuubi, according to the textbooks he destroyed it"
"Yeah…but what does this have to do with-"
"It's a lie, Kyuubi was too strong to have sealed it away, the great Yondaime sealed it away in a newborn infant"
"But, wait, Naru-"
"Yes, I was that child, for all these years. You've had a demon on your team, that's why the villagers brought that look on me, why I've been hated by everyone. It's because I was sealed with a demon. You must hate me now huh"
Granted, what he said was a lot, but what he wanted wasn't true at all.
I just hugged him harder
"Sakura-chan?"
"Stupid, I don't care whatever is inside of you demon, or no demon. I just care who you were when I first met you. A nice, kind and energetic boy who wanted the whole village to acknowledge you. And the one to become Hokage"
He did the one thing I always couldn't help but smile at.
His smile
"You're the first one to say that Sakura-chan"
"I know, but I won't be the last"
Then, I felt a quiet embrace fall over us, it was my inner Sakura too
"Don't hog him"
I laughed for the first time in a while. We held him in our arms, or what we could hold. He couldn't help, but smile so big and so genuine. I think his smile was the only thing to brighten Konoha in a while…
"Wow, two Sakura-chans and all alone too"
"What did you SAY?"
We both gave him death glares and he just casually laughed it off, and so did we. But there were so many questions on my mind
"Naruto, how, what did you do to me? How are you inside of me?"
Still in my arms, he looked at me and slowly took my arms off. Knowing god knows what he was going to do next, he placed my hands on his chest. I looked to my other half, and she just smiled at me weirdly.
"Sakura-chan, I'll tell you soon enough"
He placed his hands on my chest and my other half placed her hands on my shoulders.
"You'll understand too, when the time is right" my other side replied
Then they pushed me back, I stubled back and began to fall into the shallow water
Before I knew it, I never hit the ground…
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"Sakura-chan, wake up"
"Nnnnn"
Suddenly, I bolted awake. I sat up straight in my bed as quickly as I can and looked around. I didn't see those concrete walls, nor ankle deep in water. I saw a white room, and a white bed. I didn't see my other half, I saw Tsunade-sama, but most importantly…
"Are you ok, Sakura?"
"Oh, yes. I'm doing fine"
I couldn't see Naruto. I wanted to see him again.
"What happened to me, Hokage-sama?"
"You've been knocked out for 2 days, everyone's been worried for you look"
She pointed to my beside, and I was surprised at all the flowers and 'Get Well' cards people have been leaving for me.
"It's a good thing you came back, Sakura"
"Why is that, Tsunade-sama"
"Naruto's funeral is today, it's morning right now. You have some time to get ready"
"Oh, allright Tsunade-sama"
I looked out the window, it was a bright day.
"Sakura-san, are you ready?"
I looked at her and gave her a smile even Naruto would be proud about.
"Yup, Tsunade-baachan"
WHAT?
What did I just say? Did I just call the great Hokage a old lady? I never say that: where? How? When did I come up with that. I looked at Tsunade with a small fright for what she was going to do next, I hope I don't get exiled from Konoha. I looked at her and she gave the same smile I gave her a few seconds ago
"I'll let you off the hook today, Sakura-bozu(4), but don't do it again. Or you'll get the same punshiment as that little brat"
I put two and two together and smiled.
Suddenly, I remembered what had just happened. Was that all a dream? I couldn't help but wonder if that was really what happened. I was about to get out of bed when a sharp pain came from my shoulder, without being ready for the pain I screamed in pain and fell back on the bed
"Itai, that hurts"
"Sakura-san, you allright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just there is a sharp-itai-damn that stings"
"Here let me see"
Tsunade-sama walked up to me and checked my shoulder. I heard a slight gasp from her when she brought down my shoulder part of my dress
"Sakura…where did you get this?"
"Get what Tsunade-sama?"
"This…"
I looked to my see and gasped myself…
Bite marks from Naruto?
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References:
(1): iimoto- Japanese for sister. I think it sounds natural to call your other half your sister
(2): For those who watch Bleach or read Bleach or know about Bleach. Think of it as the Shinigami uniform. I was keeping that in mind
(3): Those who are confused at this point. It's like Naruto is talking and then his voice gets interrupted with Kyuubi's voice. Kinda like from "The Exorcist"
(4)-bozu: Honorific, it's the same as saying "brat" or "Punk" usually used for little kids
Well that's all, it wasn't supposed to be this long, I just doubled my story's words, and I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm sorry that I said it was going to be about the introduction to the other charcters, but this kinda wrote itself. And yeah, no previews were used in here, but they will be used next chapter XD.
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