The Abandoned Cherry Blossom

By: Uchiha l Haruno

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (unfortunately)

Genre: Romance/Tragedy

Summery: After Sasuke leaves Konoha, what does Sakura do? What changes will take place? How is Sasuke?

Note from Author: Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter!

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There has been some confusion with Sakura's bloodline.

Basically, her bloodline is similar to the Sharingan, not only that but it also has jutsu that can be used along with the bloodline. Like Neji's gentle fist I think (I think it's called that.) So when Kakashi was explaining her bloodline to her, she was talking to her inner spirit, she kind of spaced out and missed everything.

The point is that Sakura is going to figure out how to use and understand her bloodline without any help, just to prove how great she is. Sorry if I didn't explain it well.

Email me if you still don't get it basically, the only thing confirmed about Sakura's bloodline is that it can copy jutsu and her bloodline has something to do with Inner Sakura, who in this story is referred to "Sakura's Inner spirit."

There's still time to send in bloodline suggestions! Now, it just has to involve "Inner Sakura."

Violet130: Gomen! I forgot to mention that you gave me the Inner Sakura idea, so…I did not think up the idea of Inner Sakura connected to Sakura's bloodline, Violet130 did.

I HAVE WRITER'S BLOCK! I don't know what should happen next in this fanfic, which is whyI desided to wrhite another Special chapter, please send in sujestions or anything that might help.

Uh…yeah well, enjoy!

'Blah blah blah' -Thoughts

"Blah blah blah" –Speaking

'Blah blah blah' – Inner Sakura

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Special Chapter : Brotherhood

Uchiha Sasuke is:

A prodigy.

A Teme (Bastard).

The ice cube of Konoha.

Admired.

An avenger.

A son.

A brother.

See that list? Well, those words perfectly describe Sasuke Uchiha, Well maybe not the last one, Sasuke said he had no brother. Is that true?

Would you like to hear what happened?

"…"

I knew you would, so let's begin.


Ah yes, well it started when Uchiha Itachi was born, well maybe not that far back, but that event was still pretty important, I guess I'll tell you anyways.

Itachi Uchiha was born on June 9th, a crisp spring day, a mother sat on a white hospital bed cooing her first born child, raven hair adorn his head, in his eyes reflected the face of his mother. The mother -Mikoto Uchiha, currently 22, Jounin level- couldn't be any happier, her first born child. It was a magical moment, the bonding between mother and son.

Her husband – Fugaku Uchiha currently twenty seven Jounin level- sat beside his wife watching as his son. 'I'm a father…' He couldn't help but smile, which mind you, is quite rare.

"Fugaku-chan!" How he hated that nickname but he tolerated it today, nothing could ruin his happiness. "Our son, isn't he handsome? He will grow up strong just like his father!" The boy giggled in his mother's arms, Mikoto couldn't help but hug the baby even tighter, "You are just so ARDORABLE!"

Fugaku took the baby away from the obsessed mother before their first child suffocated under the mother's grip. "NO! Don't take him away!" (She cried anime style.)

Fugaku merely stared at his wife; he knew she had as obsession with everything and anything cute, which really disturbed him…

"Ahem, well, don't you think we should give him a name?"

"I've been thinking about that and I think we should name him…Sakura- chaaaan!"

Fugaku stared at his wife. "You do realize that's a GIRL'S name? We have a SON not a GIRL."

"…Well I would like to have my SON back in my arms while you think of a name."

Eventually they named the young Uchiha 'Itachi,' the mystery of why they named their son 'weasel' remains a mystery to this day.

Through the years Fugaku put Itachi through vigorous training, he wanted Itachi to be a son worthy of Uchiha Fugaku. He constantly told Itachi one thing:

"Nothing matters other then training, training is what get you to be a top ninja, training is what makes you get acknowledged."

And he was.

At the age of seven, Itachi graduated form the academy.

At eight he activated the Sharingan.

When he was ten he became a Chuunin.

Thirteen, he became an ANBU captain.

Through the years Itachi could rely on one and only one person, Hatake Kakashi. His best and only friend, they both understood what it was like to be prodigies, no matter what level of ninja you are, you are still an out cast. Your peers think that you think you're better then them, you can never have an intellectual conversation with them without making them feel stupid or offending them. This was the life of a prodigy.

Kakashi and Itachi seemed inseparable; they visited each other often even though they live in different areas of Konoha. They first met when they were on guard duty; Itachi was new to the whole thing while Kakashi knew the walls of Konoha better then back of his hands. Itachi eventually got lost and couldn't find the main entrance, which is when he saw Kakashi, sitting on the wall fast asleep.

Itachi picked up a rock and threw it right at Kakashi, he watched as Kakashi rolled off the wall and fell before his feet.

"Clumsy aren't you?" Itachi said with a smirk.

"Shut up, someone threw a rock at me and woke me up, when I find out who that person is…wait, who the hell are you?"

"Uchiha Itachi, I'm the new Jounin for guard duty."

Kakashi looked at Itachi, up and down. "I heard about you, the Uchiha prodigy. I was kind of expecting someone more… impressive but looks can be deceiving can't they?"

Itachi merely stared at the silver haired Jounin. 'Looks can be deceiving? Who is this guy?'

"Well, I'm looking for the main gates, I can't seem to find them, are they protected with some kind ofjutsu?"

"…You sure you're Uchiha Itachi, the prodigy?"

"Last time I checked, why?"

"The main gates are right in front of you." Kakashi pointed to the wall in front if them. "Some prodigy you are."

Itachi felt his anger rise to boiling point, how dare this…this kid insult him!

"Midget." (1)

Kakashi ears perked up, "What…did you call me?"

"You heard me; I'm calling you a midget!"

"I'm your elder! You should respect me!"

"You may be my elder but you're still shorter then me, what right do you have to tell me to be respectful? Didn't your father teach you to be polite and respectful?"

Suddenly a kunai was thrown in Itachi's direction, Itachi has lighting fast reflexes, but this kunai was thrown with such accuracy and speed, that it was quite difficult to dodge. It grazed his cheek.

"Don't ever insult my father." (2) Kakashi gave Itachi a very dirty look, one that Itachi might not even match, if looks could kill, Itachi would already be six feet under.

"Whatever uh…"

"Hatake Kakashi"

"THE Hatake Kakashi, I've heard much about you, all your accomplishment, and…"

"…"

"…Well I imagined you much taller…"

"What did I tell you before? Looks can be deceiving." With that much said, Kakashi returned to his precious wall to get some more well needed sleep.

"Hn, strange kid…"

Soon after that, Kakashi and Itachi had both found out that they had a lot in common, the only thing that Kakashi couldn't get through to him though, was that their comrades are more important then the rules. No matter how many times Kakashi said 'Those who don't care about their comrades are worse than those who don't follow the rules.' Itachi still wouldn't understand.

Itachi has always believed nothing was more important then the rules and training, this whole comrade thing was entirely new to him.

When Itachi became ANBU captain, his younger brother was about seven years old, and had sucummed to his fathers brainwashing. His younger brother really did believe that if you trained constantly, you would become like his brother.

Uchiha Sasuke.

Sasuke wanted to send more time with his presious big brother, the problem was he was never home, and when he was, he did nothing but sleep.

Sasuke did nothing but train, from dawn to dusk, yup, Sasuke really needed a life.

One day, his brother came home with a teddy bear, well you don't see that everyday.He even asked if he knew who it belonged to, of all things to ask. In the end, he promised his brother that he would go to park and return it to whomever it belonged to. (3)

That was when he met Sakura, his first and only friend at that time. He met her everyday at the park, they played and sometimes she would even help him train. Sometimes he would even forget the time and would have played with her the whole day, Mikoto, Fugaku and even Itachi noticed a change in Sauske's personality, he seemed more happy with each passing day. One thing that Sasuke found really weird was that whenever he talked to her she would stutter and maybe sometimes even mumble, but she would be fine talking to other people.

As Sasuke headed home from the park one day, he saw his father at the main door to the Uchiha estate.

"Where have you been?"

"I was at the park…playing with Sakura-chan." Sasuke then looked up at his father and smiled.

"Don't play your little cute act with me, it may work for your mother but not me! You need to train! Why haven't you been training?"

"I-I well t-thought that I could take a break o-once in a while, father."

"Break? Don't you want to be successful like your brother! To be like that, you need to train and do nothing but train, that is what I have taught Itachi and that is what I will teach you!"

Fugaku grabbed Sasuke's arm and dragged him back into the house, it just so happened that Itachi was at home, he watched as his little brother was dragged off to the training grounds. He heard Fugaku yell at Sasuke about all his flaws and junk. It didn't concern Itachi. The he heard his father ask Sasuke:

"Sasuke, do you know what you can do? Do you know the limits of your abilities? Until you know this, you can't reach your highest potential."

'Oh god, I don't even know the limits of my abilities, how would Sasuke?...Wait, I don't know my limits?...'

Itachi slowly walked off deep in thought.


The next day, Itachi stood before his parents, they we lying in a pool of their own blood, body and soul soon cease to exist. With his few remaining breathes, Fugaku asked.

"Itachi…Why?"

"Father, you have always taught me, nothing matters more then training. If nothing more matters, that must mean family doesn't matter, which means you don't matter."

Fugaku looked at his son, tears ready to spill, before he fell to the floor he said. "I'm…sorry my son." With that he hit the ground, it's a shame itachi didn't hear his dying words.

Just then, Sasuke choose to enter, one look at his dead parents and itachi standing looming over then was more then enough to explain what happened.

"Itachi…did you…"

"I did and I'm about to do more." Itachi disappeared and reappeared behind Sasuke, he could feel his breath on the back of his neck.

"I will spare you, young brother."

Itachi was soon out the door and into the streets of the Uchiha estate. Sasuke could do nothing but watch as his brother killed his neighbors, relatives, ANBU's, everyone who tried to attack him, he killed.

"Itachi…why are you doing this? Mother, father…they're both gone…"

"Foolish young brother, why else do you think I would do this? I wanted to test my limits."

"Brother? Brother! A brother is someone I could look up to, but instead you murdered our parents! You are no brother of mine! I will never again think of you as my brother!" Sasuke poured all his rage into itachi, how could he, he killed their parents! The people who gave birth to them!

"Likewise."


After the massacure of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke would wonder the streets, some people would try to help him or offer him a home, all of which Sasuke declined. Sakura would some times see him alone at the park and apporuch him.

"S-sasuke-k-un, daijoubu?(4)" Sasuke would never answer her, no matter how many times she ask, but one can only stay quite of so long.

"Sasuke-kun, I-I know y-you're sad b-but you can s-stay-"

"I DON'T WANT TO STAY WITH YOU! CAN'T YOUSEE I WANT TO BE ALONE? ALONE! I DON'T NEED YOU! YOU'RE ANNOYING!"

Sasuke soon after regretted his words, Sakura look at her crush with hurt in he eyes, so he thought she was annoying…she couldn't take it, she did the only thing she could think of, she ran.

Sasuke watched as she ran farther and farther away, he wanted to chase after her, but what was he suppose to say? 'I'm sorry I yelled at you, it's just that after Itachi murdered my clan and my parents I haven't been myself. I love you.'

Exactly, what was he suppose to say? So he walked out of the park into the streets of Konoha. The Hokage ordered Sasuke to be taken by a social woker and placed in an orphanage. Sasuke was eventually found by a Jounin with silver hair and taken to the social worker's office. The Jounin was to stay in the same room, just incase Sasuke was to run away or injure someone, kids are so unstable these days.

"Well hello, I'm Rin, I'm your social worked, first I want to ask you some questions ok?"

Sasukegave no response.

"…Right well what is you name?"

"Sasuke…"

"Who are your parents?"

"Fugaku…and Mikoto." It really hurt Sasuke to say the names of his deseased parents but the faster he answered the questions, the sooner he would be out of here.

"I understand that you have a brother, what is is name?"

After Rin asked this question, the Jounin looked at Sasuke and awaited his answer.

"I…have no brother."


So that was the second special chapter!

I have serious writer's block! I probaly wont have anything up for a while, but I'm thinking of a new fanfic idea...

1- I don't know about you, but Kakashi looks really short for a 13 year old, compared to Itachi when he was 13.

2- Remember, in the Kakashi Gaiden, when Kakashi was a Jounin, his father had already died.

3- This happened in the first special chapter.

4- Are you ok?