Chapter 3:Training a mermaid

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Sakura's POV

I was walking down the streets of konoha, or the streets of what used to be known as Athens, wondering about the past and what I had recently learned. Man was I beat, 'why couldn't I have a normal 18th birthday... I asked for something exciting and new to happen, but I didn't mean for it to be a life changing tail'

'What are you complaining about? Do you know what kind of power you have now? CHAAAAAA!'

'What do you mean? This sucks I'm a freak with a tail! And worse, the people will hate me! I'm like a monster...'

'... a monster... is Naruto-kun a monster to you too?'

'...Naruto-kun...' I had my hands in my pockets and my head in the clouds. When Naruto-kun found out that he was a jinchuuriki he was just a kid, I wasn't there for him either. Now I know how he felt...

"THANKS! NOW I FEEL SHITY!" I yelled at the air, a warm but strong hand landed on my shoulder as I eeeeehped!* taken off guard.

Panting Naruto-kun said "Sa-..Sakura-chan! I- I ran all the way here" catching his breath "Kaka-sensei didn't want me to bother you, but I managed to get away" he said with that smirk of his

'Oh God, there it is again that bea-'

'SHUT IT!'

"It's not that I want to bother you Sakura-chan! I just wanted to know if you were ok! There is no need to feel shity" he's cheeks had gotten a red shadow and noticing this I felt like my blood was getting steamed from head to toe. I looked down so that he wouldn't see face, and that's when I noticed that I was wearing a patient's robe.

'OH MY GOD! I CANT BELIVE IM WEARING THIS AND I HAVE NOTHING UNDERNEATH! AND NARUTO-KUN IS STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!'

Feeling totally embarrassed my first reaction was to swing a fist at him and send him a thousand yards away from me.

'NICE... why did you do that for!' pissed by my inner comment I stormed off leaving Naruto beat and totally puzzled.

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Sign* "I'm home!" no answer. 'Guess dads not home yet' dropping my bag on the floor I ran upstairs to my room with the little energy I had left. 'Time for a shower!'

'Good... God you stink like a fish!' ignoring that, I turned the faucet letting the water flow onto the tub and throwing in a bubble-bomb. 'I love bubbles... and I need a relaxing long nice shower' putting one foot in the tub

'WAIT!' an explosion of soap and water occurred as I slipped hitting most parts of my body against the tub.

"Sweetie? I'm home! Are you ok? I heard a crash!"

"YES! DAD IM OK! Welcome back!"

"Ok sweaty, I'll make dinner, oh and I brought you cake!"

'That was a close one! How could you forget about THIS!' now I was a laying in the tub with half the water it had before and a huge tail hanging out. 'I don't know... but damn it!' 'Well just hurry up, you have to clean this mess up'.

My tail felt so weird, I hadn't felt it with my hands before, it was sort of soft and sticky, It felt like skin only with scales. It was beautiful though, light brown color but had other colors mixed in as well, it was like it had a colorful rainbow wrapped around my legs. I tried moving my toes to see if my fins would react and they did! I could move them up and down, but had a little trouble moving them side to side or in a circle.

'It's really beautiful, I can't wait to see what we can do with this new "gift", don't you think?'

'Yea, sensei said I would be able to help the once I love. Finally... No more being in the side lines.'

'Hey, how are we going to dry off?' I put both hands on the tub and tried lifting myself up; I moved my tail bit by bit and threw myself to the ground.

'Careful!' 'Well you try standing up!' I reached for the towel and began drying. 'This isn't working'

'BAKA! Use the blow dryer!'

After 20 minutes of blow drying my tail, my legs were back to normal. I quickly changed and cleaned the mess I made earlier. 'I better go and eat dinner.'

'Yea and then can we go to bed? We are exhausted!'

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The sun creeped through the window curtains.

'Better get ready' I have my first training with Iruka sensei today.

"IM OFF!" I said stepping out the door with a my mouth full of a half eaten sandwich in my hand.

And with that I was making my way to the training grounds, 'This time it was different! Kakashi won't be my teacher and this time I'll have a new sensei's attention on me! I'll be stronger and I WILL help and protect my teammates!'

"HAI! Let's do this!"

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"Good morning, Sakura-san. Shall we get going?" he said with his arms behind him and a smile on his face. I was panting "Ha- hai!"

Walking through the training grounds into the forest he said "Today you will learn to combine and control your chakra, deep in this forest there is a river, we will do our training there".

I know that river, the one from yesterday. 15 minutes passed and we finally arrived. "Alright Sakura-san, lets begin. Sit down and cross your legs" I did as he said "Now close your eyes" there was a pause, but then continued.

"As you must know there are ancient demons with immense supplies of chakra, your friend Naruto-san a jinchuriki can tap into the nine tailed beast's chakra for his own power, however, using such chakra can be very dangerous and harmful to the host's body since his mind and body can be over taken by the demon. Now you are not a jinchuriki but a descendent, meaning this process is going to be a lot different and less dangerous. You don't have to tap in to a demon's chakra, because you don't have it sealed in you, but rather born with it." I felt his hand on my forehead.

"Now picture this, 90% of your chakra is Poseidon's gift to you and 10% is your normal's body chakra since you are not the demon yourself. Your "normal" chakra, the one that you have been using until now has been very little, causing you to not have much power. Poseidon's chakra that you also posses ever since you were born, takes 18 years for it to act even though both chakras come out of the same place."

With two fingers in my forehead he said "Concentrate and try to release your chakra, it is at its full 100% today, let it flow, let it be recognized by your body."

I felt my body overflowing with a chakra that was new to me; I felt new energy, a good stronger energy. I kept it flowing for a few minutes, but then I lost it.

"Very good Sakura-san, you were able to control it for some time. This, we have to practice every day until you get the hang of it. Your new chakra can become very powerful, it can even take out a demon"

I was a little amazed by that "sensei, you really think so?" he looked at me and smiled "yes Sakura-san, you are a descendent from a good demon as I explained yesterday. What flows inside of you is something kind, decent, useful something that's pure." With an assuring tone he said "Good over evil will always win."

"Now Sakura-san, get in the water please" my face turned blue "I- I can't swim with this tail. I'll drown" laughing at that he said "It's ok sakura-san I'll be here, now go in" I looked at him, scared I took my shoes off, I didn't care about my outfit because I had brought clothes along with me so I will have something to put on as soon as I dry off.

An explosion of water and bubbles soon occurred. I felt heavy and couldn't manage to get to the surface. I saw the water rising from below me, carrying me in to the surface. Catching my breath I saw sensei doing a water jutsu.

"I'm going to let you down, calm yourself and for this next exercise try to stay calm and breathe underwater" I nodded while his water jutsu was diminishing and again I felt heavy and sank back in, trying to stay calm I open my eyes to see underwater

'ok Sakura, you can do this... breath' I felt my throat closing as I took a breath, it hurt a bit but then I was able to take short breaths as my throat and my respiratory system got use to the water. Then I was able to breathe, like if my lungs could only receive water now as new "oxygen".

'CHAAAAA! We can breathe underwater!, swim around!' I helped myself swim with my arms since I couldn't control my tail just yet 'My arms aren't strong enough, I can't swim!' 'Try moving it up and down up and down!'

A fish crossed by and I studied his movements, his body went with the flow of his tail, so I did the same. I was creating squiggly lines with my body and still helping myself with my arms. I heard a voice from above the water "Good job!" "Keep going!" it's probably sensei's voice.

'Alright Sakura! You got it the hang of this! Now SWIM' I swam harder and faster. 'This is great! It feels like we are flying underwater!'

I slowed down to rise up to the surface. I looked back "Wow, I swam far, I don't see sensei" I heard a crack so lowered my face and hid.

-- "He is not coming back on his own; you have to go after him!" I couldn't make out the voice.

-- "Can't you see I'm doing that? That's what I have been trying to do all this time! I may be strong like you said and the "only" one that can bring him back, but the truth is that I need help! I need all of you, cause you were all his friends. We need a plan, a good one. We have to work together to bring Sasuke-teme back!"

Gasp*! 'Shit!'

-- "Did you hear that Naruto?"

-- "... it was probably nothing" there was a pause "let's go"

I waited till they were gone. I rose "Sasu-ke-kun" I said out loud

"So it was you who was spying"

I turned around to see Naruto-kun "Na-Naruto! I wasn't spying! I I didn't know you were here!"

"Sakura-chan, I see your getting a hang of your new tail. that's really great cause... I'm going to need your help ok?"

My cheeks went red "Naruto..." I paused "It will be my honor to help you get Sasuke-kun back"

I noticed he smiled, but differently than usual. 'DUMB ASS! He got jealous! "It will be an HONOR to get Sasuke-KUN back" why did you do that!?'

"Naruto!" I said seeing that he had the intension to leave "do you want to get in?" my face all red "I mean to show you what I can do! BAKA!" unintentional wicked laugh

"It's ok sakura-chan, you should go back to training if you really wanna help get Sasuke back" and with that he left.

"...right" I made my tail come up to the surface to take a look at it. "help me get Sasuke back" I said to it, and with that I was off, back to my training.

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Narrator's POV

Naruto sitting behind a tree really close to were he left sakura, heard what she had said.

"She called him Sasuke without the kun right now"

'I don't think she cares about that kid anymore, kit'

"It doesn't matter. Once he comes back she will take him back"

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