To Protect His Dream…
Eleven Days Ago:
I watched my brother as he threw ten kunais at the various targets, my heart breaking as he growled in frustration. He shot a glare at me before slumping down unto the ground due to exhaustion from both chakra depletion and everything else that happened today. I twirled a shuriken around my finger and went to sit down next to him. I sighed and stretched myself out on the green grass, staring up into the diamond-filled sky. I closed my eyes as the silence blanketed me, surrounding me like a warm comforting cocoon, reminding me of Otousan and his quiet presence.
"I want to leave, Sakura…" The soft voice of my brother drifted over to me and I wearily opened up my eyes. "I don't belong here…we don't belong here…"
I sadly nodded my head in agreement as I thought back to everything that happened today:
Flashback:
"…Uchiha twins?…""…Father is Sasuke?…you sure it is not Itachi?…"
"…don't look at them…it's bad luck…""…can't be friends with them…end up dead…"
"…Sharingan at six?…too powerful already…"
"…they shouldn't be here…children of a traitor…"
"…who is their mother?" "…I heard he raped a girl and took her hostage until she gave birth to them…" "…Rape?…"
Whispers and stares followed us as we walked through the streets of Konohagakure no Sato. Our sensei, an old woman with silver-grey hair and eyes blue yet cloudy with age, at one point, performed a genjutsu on a villager and winked at us as the woman, the one who whispered that otousan raped our mother, started screaming about frogs in her hair. When we arrived at the training ground, I was surprised that it is the same place where our father, mother and Naruto-san practiced as Team 7 and where Naruto-san gave us the three tests that ultimately resulted in the formation of Team 1. Our sensei sat down on a tree stump and motioned for us to sit down on the ground. Then she asked us information about ourselves, like name and likes and dislikes and most importantly, dreams for the future.
My brother, as usual, made the first move. He introduced himself as Uchiha Shishui and said that he does not like many things and he dislikes a whole lot more stuff. His dream is to be a strong ninja and become legendary, like otousan. Inomaru went next, and said that his name is Nara Inomaru and he likes watching stars more than clouds but is not really choosey about it and he dislikes being called Ino-chan because that's what his father calls his mother. As for me…
"My name is Uchiha Sakura. I like nice people. I dislike stupid people. My dream is to learn a genjutsu strong enough to change my appearance forever…so that Otousan won't be sad when he looks at me…"
Our sensei was startled when I said this, and after a bit of prodding from her, and ignoring the hard stares and the occasional warning flash of red from his eyes from my brother, I explained to our teacher that I looked too much like our mother. She then asked me what I do know of Okaasan and I replied truthfully…
"Otousan named oniichan and me after people that helped an Uchiha member achieve his/her dream. The first Shishui-san was the best friend of otousan's brother. And I am named after Okaasan…for she too helped my father achieve his dream. She sacrificed herself to make Otousan stronger. Otousan doesn't like to talk much about her-all he says is that I am named after her, that she made him change from being an avenger to a redeemer…and that I look exactly like her, except she had pink hair, just like a sakura blossom tree. Oh and also that she was on Team 7 with him and Naruto-san."
"So you don't even know your Okaasan's last name?" My sensei carefully looked at me, her old eyes sharpening and turning green before my eyes.
"…no…the stuff that Otousan would tell us about Okaasan are stuff that happened when she was traveling with him for three years…"
"SAKURA!" Oniichan sprang up to his feet and before I could blink, he already slapped me across the cheek, his red Sharingan eyes blazing with anger.
"Oniichan?" I stared up in shock, my hand going up to my cheek and wincing as my fingers came into contact with the rapidly swelling skin.
"You're not suppose to say anything," he growled. "No one is supposed to know!"
Then, he raised his hand and I closed my eyes, expecting him to hit my other cheek. When nothing happened, I peeked out and was startled to see Inomaru standing before me, shielding me from oniichan. I looked at the ground and noticed that Inomaru had used his shadow bind on my brother and was holding him in place. Our sensei just sat back and watched everything, her cloudy blue eyes hooded behind her grey hair. For a moment, my heart stopped as her appearance changed for a split second-grey hair flashing to pink-but when I activated my Sharingan, she remained the same-grey hair, blue eyes, wrinkled face-that I shook my head, thinking it was a trick of the light or the heat or the stress from today.
"Get out…" Inomaru's voice was cold and harsh as he stared at my brother. Oniichan's Sharingan started spinning but Inomaru calmly closed his eyes to avoid being put into a hypnotic state. "I may not know as much jutsus as you and you could very well hurt me later but there's one thing I do know and that is to never hit a woman, no matter how troublesome she is. And what's even worse is that you are hitting your own sister."
Oniichan deactivated his Sharingan, and when Inomaru released the shadow bind, he just glared at me one more time before walking off into the forest.
Our sensei just sighed before slowly getting up from the tree stump. She dismissed Inomaru and me and told us to meet her in this spot the next morning for actual training now that introduction was over. But before we left, I asked her for her name and she told us to call her "Haruno-sensei" and to make sure oniichan knows that too. Then she disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Inomaru offered to walk me back to the Uchiha district, and I just nodded absentmindedly, my thoughts racing a mile a minute. "Inomaru…" I stopped and pulled at his hand and he gave a sigh before pulling his hand away and stuffing them in his pockets. "Um…arigato…and gomen…don't be mad at oniichan…he had every right to be upset with me and he's never hit me before. It's just…it's just the stress from today."
He closed his eyes and just stood there, still as a statue. For a moment, I thought he was asleep, but then, he looked up as a flock of sparrows flew overhead. His blond hair glinted lightly in the setting sun and his dark brown eyes caught the last remaining rays as he turned his attention to me. He frowned, as if he was thinking of something and did not know how to say it.
"Inomaru?"
"Sakura…Haruno-sensei was using a genjutsu on you. Since we're teammates, I thought I should let you know."
But before I could respond, I heard a few shrieks coming from my left. Beside me, Inomaru was shaking his head and looked ready to run, his tired lazy posture turning into that of a rabbit on alert. Suddenly, a swarm of girls about my age was surrounding Inomaru and shoving me away.
"Ino-chan! Where have you been? Wanna get ramen?"
"Go away! He's my boyfriend! Ino-chan, let's go out and watch a movie!"
One girl turned to me and gave me an evil glare. "Look girls, it's an Uchiha. An actual Uchiha. Let's get Inomaru out of here before she uses her Sharingan to fool him."
The other girls turned to look at me, each giving me a glare or two.
"Go and leave the village and be with your traitor father!"
"My momma says that you can't be friends with an Uchiha. It's like being friends with a snake."
"Yeah, I heard her father summons snakes! Euw!"
I took a step back, chanting under my breath to keep my control. I knew I was a lot stronger than these girls and Otousan told me never to misuse my powers.
Then, my brother appeared right by my side.
The girls each had different reactions. Some gasped, some actually fainted, and other girls were shrieking.
"Ooh he's so cute!"
"Stop, he's an Uchiha too!"
"Inomaru is a lot cuter!"
"No he's not. This guy is hotter!"
I sweat dropped as they started bickering and fighting with each other. Inomaru just gave me an apologetic glance before disappearing, leaving the girls without them noticing. Oniichan formed a few quick seals and did a Kawarimi no jutsu and replaced us with two Kage bunshins.
On our way home, we encountered more hated stares and angry whispers. I was on the verge of crying once we stepped into the Uchiha District. We immediately went to the training area near our house and oniichan has been practicing kunai throwing for the past hour.
End of Flashback
"If we leave, we would just be a burden to Otousan." Oniichan was about to protest when I held up a hand to stop him. "We were beaten so many times in the past two days. By Hyuga-san, Naruto-san, and even Inomaru! It doesn't matter how many jutsus we know. We don't have enough chakra to last more than one battle. We are not aware of our surroundings, according to Hyuga-san and Nara-san. We will just be a burden to Otousan."
"Not if we have the Mangekyou Sharingan…" The whisper floated and hung in the air. Everything was still and silent, as if the whole world was holding its breath as time froze.
I don't own Naruto. I am not making any money off of this fanfic so please don't sue me. I'm just a poor college student. Please review if you like the fanfic. Warning: this is going to be a long fanfic. Here's some explanation: Haruno Sakura left Konohagakure no Sato at the age of 15 and traveled with Sasuke for three years before her death in the Valley of the End. However, nobody but Naruto knew that she was with Sasuke. Everyone, even the Godaime, thought she was collecting medical jutsus from different villages and countries. That's one of the requirements to be considered a Legendary Sannin. At the age of 20, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura are named the new Legendary Sannin. Some villagers still resent that Sasuke left the village but he hasn't committed any crimes beyond that. The shinobis are aware of what he is doing outside the village and so they accept him and his children without any problems. Uchiha Sakura wasn't suppose to say anything about her mom being with her dad for three years-and hence that's why Shishui got mad. That's why some villagers thought that Sasuke raped a woman and got her pregnant-they can't tell that Uchiha Sakura looks like Haruno Sakura because they can't see past their hate. Also Haruno Sakura has pink hair while Uchiha Sakura has black hair-Villagers are fooled just by that simple fact. As I put before, only shinobis can tell because they know how to look and be observant.