I've been thinking about this story, and how I'm sunk into this. Even though this is my third, I should've started this from the beginning.
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Something's amiss, as Sakura's appearance suddenly changing; her hair is long again, and she becomes more slender. She went on her date with Kyro, but isn't fully herself, as there's another person inside her; and she goes by Akalra. Just when Ibate -as Kyro- proposed to Akalra -as Sakura- to be his mate, Naruto came in the picture leaving the proposal unanswered. Back at home, Mrs. Haruno somehow got sprayed by the rose Kyro gave her, and she's completely not herself. Lately, Sakura's secret admirer gave her sweets, which brought her attention again when…
Training ground…
Sasuke's practicing his shuriken and jutsu by himself, though his mind is somewhere else, as he kept thinking about yesterday.
Flashback…
Village, after the accident…
"How is it we never seen you before until yesterday?" Sasuke asked,
"That's because I'm from another village," Kyro answered,
"Which village?"
"The Cloud village at the Land of Lightening,"
"And you're an Anbu at what rank?"
"The highest rank as I'm one of the best there is,"
"You look rather young to be an Anbu,"
"That's because I have one of the best talents in my village… unlike your, not so famous clan, so I've heard."
Sasuke just scowled at him as he's not sure whether he just criticized him or insulted him, along with his family name.
Alley…
"…my name is Sin Omagachou, I'm a junior investigator of demonic appearances within people's inner spirits," she said,
"… Right, and I'm the junior chief officer of the Anbu Black Ops," he said sarcastically, thinking she's lying.
"No I'm serious, there's a demon-child lurking in your village and your teammate is in grave danger," Sin said,
"What do you mean? She's not in any danger," he said is disbelief,
"You don't understand, she met the head-demon in disguise, he already marked her as becoming one of his minions," she explained.
"Now you don't understand, the Fifth Hokage checked on her yesterday and stated no problem on her whatsoever," Sasuke said,
"Really, then how about earlier today, have you noticed anything unusual about her, her behavior or appearance perhaps?" she asked.
Sasuke didn't answer as he does recall something different about her; her hair grew longer this morning, she ate more ramens than Naruto back at the Ichiraku's, and she called him and Naruto by their last name before she left. He slowly placed Sin back on the ground, and let go of her collar,
"From the look on your face, you have notice something different about your teammate earlier, if you must know, she becoming one of them as she's beginning the process of her Inner spirit,"
"I heard enough of this," he said as he started walking away, but then Sin said,
"Well just a bit of a heads-up, I suggest you keep an eye on her, and don't let her be around the Deceiver too much," Sasuke stopped and turned to her.
"Who?" he asked,
"The Deceiver, he's one of Akeeba's best minions, you also need to watch out for him, he's a tough one to miss. He deceives anyone with his tricks, he fakes everything towards his enemy; his trace, identity, even his own death," Sin explained, Sasuke didn't say anything.
"Do not be fooled by his tricks, he's somewhere in the village where you at least expected," she said, then she got out her umbrella, she gather up her chakra as she opened her umbrella, as the wind blew, she started to float in the air, she look down at Sasuke,
"In case if you noticed anything out of the ordinary or requiring my assistant, come to the small cottage near the waterfalls over the mountains; you might need it," Sin yelled as she floats up in the air and drifted away from the area.
Flashbacks over…
After meeting Kyro and Sin, he has a lot to think about; investigating the 'accident' as he already concluded Kyro the prime suspect, or taking Sin's advice about keeping an eye on Sakura. Then he heard…
"Yo!" he turned, and saw Kakashi as he just appeared,
"Sensei," he said,
"I thought I might find you here," Sasuke turned away,
"What is it?" he asked.
"Nothing serious, it's just that Team 10 invited us to celebrate Shikamaru's chunin promotion and for completing last week mission,"
"I'm not really that interested," he said as he continue with his practice,
"I know, but Naruto and Sakura are going to be there, it'll be nice for you to at least attend," Kakashi said, Sasuke became silent for a moment then rolled his eyes,
"… Fine, but you know I don't do celebration," he said,
"I know," Kakashi said as he watched his pupil continue with his training.
Nighttime, somewhere in the forest…
Ibate is sitting on a large branch, leaned back against the trunk, as he's on a very tall tree; high enough to see the forest, the village, and the sky. He gazed at the stars, but mostly the crescent moon, thinking about that moment he had with his mate…
Flashback…
"There's more to me than just that technique, I won't reveal them to you just yet, unless you're worthy for me," Akalra explained…
Flashback over…
He never forget her voice, nor her beautiful red eyes, he slowly clenched his chest… where his heart is, 'except, he can't feel nor hear his own heart',
"I've never met anyone with such astonishing energy," he thought, he chose her from the start, now he wants her more than ever. Of course, he still has to deal with Sasuke, so he won't interfere, and try not to divulge his identity to him.
Home…
Sakura slumbers, but having difficulties when…
"What are you doing?" Sakura opened her eyes and sat up, as she saw… the red-haired, paled eyes and skinned girl standing in the middle of her bedroom.
"You again,"
"Is this how you are, a kunoichi with rarely any talent whatsoever?" she said,
"Who the heck are you? Why are you here?"
"Since you're unable to figure it out, I'll tell you. I'm part of you, a spiritual being hidden within you ever since you were conceived,"
"I've been imprison for years, and rarely have any control of my own; the only time you ever notice me is by thought, or as you prefer me as your 'Inner thought',"
"I-I didn't know there's another person inside of me, I thought it was just my self-conscious,"
"That's where you're mistaken; within four days… we're going to switch,"
"Switch? What are you talking about? What's going to happen four days?"
"You'll see,"
Sakura gasped, as she woke up, she looked around her room and saw no one there, "Okay, I'm not sure whether I'm losing my mind or I should be completely worried?" she said to herself for a moment before she went back to sleep.
Day 3 at the bridge…
Team 7 are waiting at the bridge for their kunoichi, until a half hour later,
"Morning," they all turned to Sakura, as she's wearing a complete different outfit than her originals. As she's wearing a red top with a small black sleeves, black skirt that stop above her knees, a black bandana and heeled shoes.
"SAKURA-CHAN IS THAT YOU!" Naruto being the first to notice her new look, which cause Sakura to blush a little,
"It's the outfit isn't it, well my mom picked this out yesterday, since I can't seem to fit into my regular clothes anymore, if you don't like it, I can run back home real quick and chang-" she said until Naruto stopped her,
"No-no-no, you look fine," he said and complimented her.
"Have you grown an inch? Cause you were a little shorter since I last saw you," Kakashi said,
"Nah, it's these shoes she also got me, though I have to say they are quite comfortable as my original," Sakura stated while looking at her shoes.
"Should we go already," Sasuke said ending their conversation,
"Right-right, we should be heading to the restaurant now, let's go," Kakashi said, as he and his student are now heading to the restaurant where everyone else are through the village.
Village…
Team 7 are on their way to the restaurant, some of the village men started to stare at them, but mostly at the young, attractive kunoichi. One of them appeared in their way,
"Excuse me, would you care for some sweets," the man present them a box of fresh sweets on a stick, Naruto try to have one,
"Sure than-" he said, until…
"Not for you!" he yanked away from him,
"For you my dear," he said to Sakura,
"Oh… no, thank you," she said.
"A lovely flower, for a lovely lady," another man approached and present her with a flower,
"Eh!" she responds,
"Are you by any chance seeing anyone, because I certainly would like to introduce you to my second son," another man appeared,
"Are you available Friday night?" another man approaches,
By them, Sakura is now surrounded by older men, and young men, while Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi were pushed aside. "Hey what gives?" Naruto said as he watched some men flirting with Sakura, "There's something you don't see every day," Sasuke said. "Looks like it's time to split," Kakashi said as he disappeared…
Within a moment, as the men crowded Sakura…
PooF!
Sakura suddenly disappeared, leaving the men surprise and wondering where she disappeared to. Some started leaving to look for her and most of them just left, little did they know, is that Sakura and Kakashi are standing at the roof of the building until everything is clear.
"Thanks for saving me sensei," Sakura said as she's glad her sensei pulled her out of the crowd, "No need," Kakashi said, before he and Sakura disappeared again, and got back to Naruto and Sasuke to continue their way to the restaurant.
Few minutes later, at the restaurant…
They made it to the restaurant, as they spotted Team 8, 10, and Gai, along with their senseis, already at their tables, they were ushered by one of the waitress,
"Alright, there's enough seats for the kids in this side, and two extra seats for two adults on the other side," she said before she left them, they all looked confused and turned to each other, as Kakashi is the only adult,
"Did she just mistake me as an adult?" Sakura thought to herself. Then she, Naruto and Sasuke took their seats, Sasuke sitting at the edge next to Shino, Naruto sat at the middle between Choji and Kiba, and Sakura sat at the other side of table between Ino and Tenten.
"Oh my gosh forehead, I almost didn't recognized you in that outfit," Ino said,
"You and I both, my mom bought these for me… though she's been acting kind of strange lately," Sakura explained,
"You mean awkward-strange, or stress-strange?" Ino said,
"I mean strange-strange, we rarely speak to each other, she doesn't need my help around the house, she hardly even looked at me lately,"
"Are you sure she's not stress-strange? I mean, how can you describe her behavior specifically?"
"Well…" Sakura start explaining what happed this morning back home.
Flashback…
Few hours ago, at home…
"Morning mom, sorry I overslept, I haven't got much sleep muc-"
"I bought you some new clothes," her mother handed her a bag,
"Uh… thanks, how did you…?" Sakura took the bag and was about to ask her something, until she cut her off,
"You should wear it today, in case you're going out with Kyro again," Sakura became silent for a moment.
"Maybe later, how about I help you make breakfast-" she said, until her mother cut her off again,
"Already taken care of, but be a dear and try on the outfit I bought you," Sakura looked at her mother for a moment, sense a strange atmosphere around them,
"… Okay," Sakura said, before she head back upstairs to try on her outfit.
Few minutes later…
"Hey mom, exactly where did you find this outfit?" Sakura asked as she came downstairs while wearing the outfit, but when she walked towards the kitchen, her mother is nowhere to be found. Then she spotted a note on the table, she picked it up, and read,
'I'll be home late.'
-Mom
Sakura stared at the note, as she wondered why her mother left all of the sudden without telling her where she's going…
Flashback over…
"She left before I did, and I don't know where she is, it's not like her to just leave without telling me," Sakura said as she starting to worry,
"Maybe she's running some errands, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about," Ino stated.
Meanwhile, in forest near the village…
Mrs. Haruno walking through the forest, while carrying a basket, she stopped in front of the figure standing under the shadows on a tree, he walked out the shadows, as it was none other than… Ibate. As he was waiting for her arrival,
"Right on time…"
"Hai," she said,
"And to think that if I never ingested some of my serums in the rose I gave you, I might have difficulties spreading some seeds around this village alone,"
"I'll do my bidding on behave of Lord Akeeba," she said.
"Well said," Ibate said before he handed her a bag of seeds,
"Be sure to plant each seed around the perimeter through each area; if possible, plant some in your house, and, if necessary, send some to a friend," he ordered her,
"Hai," she said,
"Good, and be sure not to make any suspicion, especially to any shinobis," he clarified,
"Hai," she said before she left. Ibate watched his beloved mate's mother leave the area…
"Meow!" he looked up to the tree where that black stray cat is sitting on a branch, looking down at him with it's yellow eyes, while shifting it's tail around. Ibate didn't say anything but stare at the black cat before it moved and leaped through the trees away from the area.
Meanwhile, back at the restaurant…
Everyone's having a good time, mingling and enjoying their food,
"Sorry Neji couldn't make it," Ino said,
"Yeah, he's still dealing with that awful flu, but his uncle inform us that he'll be better soon," Tenten said then turned to Sakura,
"So Sakura is it true?" she asked,
"What's true?" Sakura look confused,
"Rumor has it that you're going out with some new guy," Tenten said.
"New gu-" Sakura said until Lee interrupted her,
"A guy? What guy?" he said with a shock, and asked,
"Who is he? What's his name? Does he live around here? Is it someone I know…?" Lee gasped, "Is it that harvest guy that carried that 50 pound fish with an anchor tattoo over his left shoulder?" he asked. Sakura is now really confuse and said,
"Whoa-whoa…" she turned to Tenten, "Who told you I was with some guy?" she asked,
"I heard it from my neighbor, who heard it from her pet sitter, who heard it from one of her girlfriends, who heard it from Ino," she answered.
"Ino!" Sakura glare at Ino, "Why you spread rumors about me with some guy," she yelled,
"Why you yelling at me, Hinata was with me the whole time," Ino said,
"But we both know she could never gossip, you know how she is…" she looked at Hinata, "No offense Hinata," she said, "None taken," Hinata said.
"Well, you were with some new guy we never seen before, who was he anyway?"
"I still don't know what guy you're taking abou-" she got interrupted when...
Splat!
"AaaHh!" the girls shrieked as they got splatter by sauce by, none other than… Naruto, when he tried to put some sauce on his steak. But it didn't come out, so he tried to force it out, shaking and jabbing it out of the bottle until some it finally come out, but it missed the steak and got to the girls instead: most of them on Sakura though.
"Naruto!" Sakura gave him a deathly glare, and Naruto now scared of her as he sees dark aura around her; he is so dead.
"Sakura-chan wait! It was an accident, I-" he said until Sakura already grabbed his collar,
"BAKA!" she yelled and balled up her fist, clenched Naruto's collar and about to let him have it, until…
Lup-Dup!
Her heart beat once more as her expression suddenly turned blank, and her fist stopped close to an inch of Naruto's face. It didn't took long for Sasuke to notice her face becoming blank, and Shino see through his shades, as he noticed the change of her eyes became pale all of the sudden. Within less than a moment, Sakura released Naruto's collar, as she stood and looked at him with her emotionless face,
"…It was just a minor mishap, I apologize for my sudden action, all misinterpreted," she said in a strange tone. She bowed to him, "Excuse me, Mr. Uzumaki," she said and excused herself to ladies room, everybody else looked surprised of her behavior just now, especially Naruto.
"What just happened?" Kiba asked,
"That's something out of the ordinary," Shikamaru said,
"Is she okay?" Tenten asked,
"I'm gonna check on her," Ino said as she got up and went to the ladies room as well.
Ino enter the restroom as she found Sakura cleaning sauce off her shirt,
"What was that?" Ino asked,
"What's what?" Sakura asked,
"You know what I mean, what just happened back there? One moment you were about to hit Naruto, then at a split second you stopped. I have never seen you do that, not once," Ino explained, Sakura became silent for a moment, then said,
"Honestly, Ino… I don't know what came over me, at first I was angry at him and had the urge to bash him in the face, but…something stopped me and my anger on him suddenly disappeared. As if it was absorbed out of me," she said.
"You… probably think it's ridiculous," she turned to Ino, "…and I'm probably over thinking it a bit," she said, Ino didn't say anything but made an awkward look on her face,
"What?" she asked,
"Forehead, your skin look a tad… pale," Ino said as she observed her, now Sakura made an awkward look on her face, she looked at her skin then looked herself in a mirror, and Ino was right, her skin does look a bit pale, "I haven't noticed this," she said as she look and touch her face.
"Are you not feeling well?" Ino asked,
"I'm fine, just…" Sakura answered,
"Want me to take you home?" Ino offered
"… No, I'll go on my own," Sakura said as she quickly left, Ino followed her.
Sakura and Ino exit the ladies room, as Ino got back to her seat, and Sakura is about to head home,
"Why are you leaving, we're just having a good time," Naruto asked,
"Sorry, something came up and I have to leave," Sakura said to him before she left the table and head to the exit.
Before she did, one of the waiters is carrying a platter of three hot soups, by the time he turned around, he nearly bumped into Sakura as he quickly stopped him, though two of the bowls slipped off the platter and one of them about to land on her, until suddenly…
Time is moving slowly, and Sakura's eyes turned pale once more; she quickly caught the first bowls and the soup with one hand before it landed on her, and the second bowl and soup with the other before it landed on the ground. After she did, time resume to normal along with the change of her eyes, Sakura blinked a few times as she discovered herself holding two bowls of soup, and she has no idea how. Many people saw what she did, and applauding to her,
"That... was amazing, you were able to catch them without spilling a drop," the waiter said as he's most impress of what she did. "I…" Sakura look really confused, "Sakura-chan," she heard Naruto voice, as she turned to him along with her friends, as they're surprised of what she just did. Which caused her face to turn hot pink of embarrassment, so she quickly gave the waiter back the soups, "I should home go—I mean, have to do some… uh, I forget this thing so… later," she stuttered and quickly ran out the restaurant.
Naruto, Sasuke, and the others are dumbfounded to Sakura's display,
"Did you see what she just did, that was so cool the way she caught them in a split second…" Naruto said to his friends as he's amazed of what she did, though Sasuke on the other hand is not too amazed, but rather suspicious of her sudden reflex skills. Then Naruto stopped talking when he felt someone tapping on the shoulder from behind, he turn and saw the same waiter from before,
"Say, do you know is she by any chance seeing anyone?" he asked as he took a sudden interest in his pink-haired teammate, causing Naruto to frown at him.
Outside…
Sakura was almost home, but still concerned about what just happen back in the restaurant, she looks at her skin once more as she still pale as before, and still doesn't remember how she caught those two bowls when that waiter dropped them. She slowly noticed that she's been feeling different right after her friends rescued her from Akeeba and his emotionless children from their mission. Her hair grew long from day one, yesterday she couldn't fit into her regular clothes anymore, and now her skin is almost pale as white. And not to mention this, 'Akalra' person she met mentioned that in a few days, they're going to switch; she's still has no idea what she mean by that.
By the time she walked around the corner, she gasped as she spotted someone at her doorstep, a stranger trying to break into her house so she think fast as she grabbed the vase near her, snuck up behind the stranger, and…
Break!
She whacked him behind the head and caused the vase to break, but not hard know to knock him out as he's still conscious, then she pulled out her kunai knife at him, "Who are you and what are you-?" she didn't finished her sentenced as she got a good look at him as he turned to her,
"Kyro!" she said as she's shocked to see him again, she quickly put her weapon away,
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I thought you were a burglar, I didn't mean to-" she said and about to check on him, until something caught her eye. She discovers a bouquet of flowers with a card in it near the doorstep,
"Why are you placing flowers at my doorstep?" she asked, Kyro didn't answer as he saw her pick the flowers and took out the card.
"Another card…" she said, as she opened it and read it as it's another gift from her secret admirer, which made her wonder why Kyro try to leave a bouquet of flowers when nobody was home, unless…
Sakura figured it out and turned back to Kyro, as he still rubbing his head were she whacked his with a vase, "Kyro… are you my secret admirer?" she asked, Kyro made a small chuckled and said with an innocent smile,
"I guess, like the vase, I'm busted."
Few minutes later, inside her home…
"How's your head?" Sakura said while sitting on a chair across from Kyro sitting on the couch,
"It's okay, I've been through worse," he answered while holding a bag of ice placed on his head,
"So Kyro… you're my secret admirer, this whole time? Why didn't you tell me?" Sakura asked, Kyro slowly removed the ice bag off his head, and turned at her,
"… I was worried you'll reject me if I told you, or you might think I'm some stalker, which I'm not, so I thought if you go out with me, maybe you might feel the same way," he explained, Sakura didn't say anything as he continues,
"But I guess I was wrong, I apologize for startling you, I won't bother you anymore," he said as he got up and walked out of the living room and exit through the door. Sakura could help but sat quietly, and thought to herself for a moment…
Outside away from her home…
Ibate, still disguised as Kyro, is a few blocks away from her home, though he knew she's about to call out to him in…
"…3…2…1…" Ibate thought,
"Kyro," Sakura called out for him, Kyro stopped and turned to her as she ran up to him,
"I… uh… my mom went somewhere and won't be home around the evening; so maybe… if you're not doing anything, we could… go somewhere, to the park…a restaurant perhaps?" she asked him out, with a small blush on her face. Kyro smiled,
"I like that," he answered, as he and Sakura walked together through the village.
Between the afternoon to evening at a small restaurant…
Kyro and Sakura are at their table, looking at the menus for the dinner specials, Sakura looked at Kyro while he's looking at the menu,
"I never really thought someone like him would be my secret admirer, and here I am on my second date with him. Maybe I should get to know him first, start a conversation," she thought to herself.
"So… how long have you been?" she asked, Kyro looked at her,
"An Anbu that is," she said,
"About 2 to 3 years, I've been through tough missions you wouldn't believe how dangerous it is," he said,
"How so?" she asked,
"Fighting against S-Rank criminals, rogue ninjas, and ninjas that would either kill, or threaten innocent people; being an Anbu Black Op is one tough position, especially in my age," he stated.
"Surely you accomplished many," Sakura said with a smile,
"I have… though I've rarely been appreciated," Kyro, cause Sakura's smile to disappeared.
"Most of them believe me being an Anbu was a big mistake, they treat me like I'm a nobody, and that all those dangerous missions I've been through were just luck… I sometimes believe them, because I'm the least person everybody needed," he explained,
"I know that feeling," Sakura thought. Then the waitress appeared,
"Are you lovely couple ready to order?" she asked them for their order,
"Yes, I'll have the Miso soup, nothing spicy please," Kyro said,
"I'll have the same," Sakura said before the waitress take the menus and walked away.
"You don't like spicy food either?" Sakura asked,
"I use to like them back then, until I drank a whole bottle of hot sauce on a dare," Kyro said,
"You actually drank hot sauce?" she asked,
"Every last drop… until I end up with a stomach-ache for two-weeks, so I stopped eating spicy food," he said.
"That's not good for you," Sakura said,
"I know, I was a little arrogant then, but I was all better thanks to my uncle's homemade soup," Kyro said,
"You have an uncle?" she asked,
"Yes, though he's not, technically, my blood uncle, he's a very close friend of my father, but I considered him an uncle to me," he clarified.
"Oh… well, where is your dad? Is he on a big mission somewhere?" she asked, then she noticed Kyro became quiet for a moment when she asked him that,
"…No he… died, a few weeks after my 8th birthday," he answered while he tilted his head down,
"Oh… I'm so sorry; and your mother…?" she asked, he became silent again and still had his head down.
"… I never knew her, nor met her, all I know that she died from childbirth; in every year on the day of my birth, is also the day of my mother's death," he answered, and Sakura feels sad for him and a little guilty for asking him about his parents.
"My uncle told me I bear a very strong resemblance to her, though I behaved and act more like my father, wanting to become a doctor just like him," he said,
"A doctor, so he's not a shinobi like you?" she asked as she's now confused, he looked at her,
"Oh no-no, not at least, apparently, I'm the only member with a skill of a shinobi," he explained,
"Hn… so you wanted to become a doctor?" she asked.
"More than anything, my father saved many lives and helped sick patients from many villages; he was known as one of the best doctors there this, which inspired me to follow in his foot-steps. Though… people thought of my father as a complete failure and a joke, and that I should let go of my dream of ever becoming a doctor," he said,
"No, don't say that… and you shouldn't listen to what others say about your father, because they don't know him more than you do," she said as she reached and touched his hand.
"I mean… I know how you feel when I felt belittle by everyone, and they saw me as a weakling; but I wanted to change that, and also…I never knew nor met my father. I guess you could say we're, sort of, on the same boat. I'm really sorry for your loss, but don't let something like that or anyone else stop you from chasing your dreams. I see great success in your life," she said. Kyro is touched by her words, as he placed his hand over hers,
"Thank you," he said as they glanced at each other for a moment, until they noticed the waitress returning and they remove their hands from each other,
"Here are your orders," the waitress appeared with their orders.
Ino and Hinata are walking by after they got back from their training with their teammates, as they about to walk past the restaurant, until Ino spotted her pink-haired friend and the guy again,
"Hinata look!" she said as Hinata turned to them,
"There's Sakura with that guy again, and it looks like they're on a date for real," Ino said.
"Come on, let's take a closer look," Ino said, "I-Ino wait," Hinata said but couldn't stop her as she went inside anyway, so she followed her. Ino and Hinata went inside without being seen by them, as they got close enough to hear what they're saying.
"You actually snapped during the middle of class," Kyro said,
"I was so embarrassed, I have no idea what came over me," Sakura said,
"If you think you're embarrassed, you wouldn't believe what happened to me when I was at the Rain village," he said.
"Try me," she dared him,
"No, you'll laugh," he reject,
"No I won't," she said,
"Yes you will," he stated,
"Come on, tell me," she begged.
Moment later, he leaned over and whispered to her ear, she burst into laughter.
"I told you you'll laugh," he said,
"That is hilarious," she said, as she and Kyro laughed to together. Ino and Hinata watched them from behind the curtains, as they're having a good time,
"I'm going in," Ino said,
"I-Ino no," Hinata try to stop her, but failed again as she went over there any way.
"Hey Forehead!" Sakura and Kyro turned and saw Ino appeared,
"Ino! What are you doing here?" Sakura said as she's surprise to see her here,
"With Hinata, we come through this area after we train. I would ask you the same thing, but from the looks of it, I don't have to," she turned to Kyro,
"Hi there," she said,
"Hello," Kyro said,
"I'm sorry about that Kyro, this is my friend Ino Yamanaka; Ino, Kyro Mushori," Sakura introduced them.
"Nice to meet you," Ino stuck her hand out,
"Likewise," he said as he shook her hand,
"Have you, by any chance, owned a Flower shop?" he asked,
"Technically, my mom owns it, but yes," she answered,
"I thought I saw you somewhere, I bought some of your flowers," he said.
"You don't say," she said,
"Of course the other Anbu's made fun of me for it, but hey," Kyro said,
"W-wait, you're an Anbu?" Ino is shocked
"Yes," Kyro answered, Ino gave him a small smile and turned to Sakura,
"Sakura may I have a word with you for a moment," she whispered to her,
"But I'm not finished with my sou—Ah!" Ino grabbed her off the chair,
"Excuse us," Ino said to Kyro, before she dragged Sakura to the ladies room, Hinata followed them.
They made it to the ladies room as there is nobody here but them, "You're dating an Anbu Black Op, what were you thinking?" Ino said as she's a little upset,
"Hey-hey, don't ask me, he's the one who asked me out," Sakura stated,
"Are you… referring about yesterday?" Hinata asked,
"Yesterday, how did-?" Sakura said until Hinata cut her off,
"W-we saw you… at the park with him," she said.
"You did! Ah man," Sakura said, as she now gets why Ino spread the rumors about her with some guy,
"What village is he from? Cause I certainly never seen him before, even though he is a total hottie," Ino asked,
"He's from the Cloud village, I should get back to him," Sakura try to leave until Ino blocked her way,
"Does he have any siblings? A brother? A distant-cousin maybe?" Ino asked,
"He's an only child, excuse me," Sakura try to leave again but Ino blocked her again,
"When did you meet him? Isn't there a rule about a Genin dating an Anbu? Why are you dating him anyway?" Ino asked,
"The day before yesterday, he told me it's not in the rule book, and I accidentally whacked him on the head so this is for making it up for him," Sakura answered.
"Why you whacked him on the head?" Ino asked,
"I mistook him for some crook trying to break into my house, and… I discovered he's my secret admirer when he-" Sakura explained
Ino and Hinata gasped,
"Are you saying he's totally into you?" Ino asked,
"Something like that," Sakura answered and blushed a little, Ino squealed in excitement,
"Kya! Sakura, if everyone knew that you're going out with an Anbu Black Op, you'll become instantly popular," Ino said.
"That never occurred to me," Sakura said,
"Well if something like that happens, I'll bet you'll have massive fan boys knocking at your door," Ino said,
"… Rrright, now I really should get back to Kyro," Sakura said as she finally left the ladies to go back to her day. But within that moment…
Lup-Dup!
Sakura frosted, as the source she felt from before came again, and this time, it absorbed triple; which is not good for her body to take as…
Thud!
Her body collapsed on the floor,
"Sakura!" Ino cried as she saw her friend on the floor unconscious, Kyro heard her as he quickly got off the chair and ran up to them. Of course, some people also noticed the collapse as some got off their chairs, and they, along with some staffs, form a small crowd of the scene.
"What happened?" Kyro asked Ino and Hinata,
"S-she fainted, she was fine for a moment until she collapsed," Hinata answered while Ino's checking on Sakura,
"I'll take over from here, you two give her some space," Kyro held Sakura against him, he turned to the crowd,
"Everybody else just stay back, and give her some air," he said, as people backed away while he's checking on her.
Kyro turned back to Sakura, as she's still unconscious, but knows why, "The effects absorbed too much of her energy, her body is not fully stabled for anymore of that," Ibate thought, as he gently tilt her head up, searching for the 'mark' behind her neck…
"There…" he thought as he found it and pressed it,
Sakura gasped for air as her body flinch from the pressure of the 'mark' he pressed.
"Sakura-chan," she heard of his voice, while slowly gained consciousness,
"Sakura-chan, can you hear me?" his voice became clearer,
Sakura slowly opened her eyes, as she saw… Kyro looking down at her; she gazed at his beautiful sapphire eyes, and her heart start racing.
"Kyro…kun," she whispered,
"Are you hurt?" he asked, she shook her head and he helped her up,
"I'll take you home," he said, she nodded and both started leaving the area.
Little did they know… a beetle was on the wall, as it saw the whole thing, it flew off and out of the restaurant. As it got outside, it landed on its master's index finger, of course it's master is none other than, Shino Aburame; as he sent one of his beetles to spy on Sakura, and the new guy. He listen to his beetle of what it observed back in the restaurant; the identity of the new guy is named Kyro Mushori, an Anbu Black Op from the Cloud village, Sakura went unconscious all of the sudden, and Kyro revived her with no use of medical aid whatsoever. Shino watched them leave the restaurant, while hiding in the ally, he observed Kyro while he's escorting Sakura home, and clarified that he never seen this guy before, from here nor in any other village.
"Hn…" he said, not only is he suspicious on Sakura's behavior, now he's suspicious on Kyro; and wonder why he's still in the village after the mission was over last week.
Home…
Kyro walked her back home,
"I wanted to thank you again, for what you did back there," Sakura said,
"The pleasure is all mine, as I said, I wanted to become a doctor," Kyro said,
"Despite what just happen, I had a great time," Sakura said,
"As do I," Kyro said as he and Sakura smiled at the moment. When Sakura is about to head inside,
"Sakura-chan," Kyro said her name, and she turned to him,
"If you're not too busy tomorrow, maybe… we could hangout…? Go out…? Or train together, I can teach you some of my techniques… if you like?" he asked,
She smiled as she walked up and give him a peck on his cheek,
"I very much like that," she answered before she went back inside.
Right after she entered her home… Ibate placed his hand on his cheek where she kissed him,
"I'm close to having you very soon," he thought before he disappeared from that area.
Midnight at the ally…
A bunch of gangsters hanging around in allies, doing nothing but trouble; then one of them spotted a young girl with crimson hair walking through the alley.
"Look what we have here," one of them said,
"Hello beautiful… you lost?" the other stood in her way,
"You're in my way," the girl said,
"What's your rush little lady, surely you have some time to kill," the man said, as some of the other men started to surround her.
"The last thing I need is being interfere by you humans," she said,
"…I have no idea what you're saying, but I'm afraid we can't let you get through… unless, you pay us a price if you know what I mean," he said,
"I suggest you step aside, and I won't tear you all apart," she warned them. They all laughed,
"That is so cute, trying to be all tough," he said as get close to her,
"How about we make you feel more comfortable," he placed his hand on her shoulder until…
Break!
"AAHHH!" he cried in pain when the girl twisted and broke apart his right arm with one hand, and her face shows no mercy, or any emotions at all,
"WHAT THE FUC-" he was cut off when…
Punch!
She punched him hard in the gut, which caused him to fly backwards until he broke through a wall, the other men became stun and then absolute fear when they sense a powerful yet deadly chakra coming from her. The aura of red chakra gathered all over her body, as they all try to stay away her until…
Their bodies became frozen and couldn't move a muscle, "A Paralyze jutsu, but-" one of them said, until the red haired girl approached them,
"You've been warned," she said as her red paled eyes turned paler, and revealed them her fangs, and her energy increased.
"No… please, let us b-" the other begged for mercy but it wasn't enough as she already charged at them and…
"AAAAAHHHHH!" a screamed was made throughout the night, but not loud enough wake a single soul.
To be continued…
I am so sorry for the wait, I hope you all forgive me for taking this so long to update, I hope the story makes up for lost time; if so, please review. And to those who may or may not know, I already updated 'Heart of the Cherry Blossom Pt. 2,' just so you know. I'll update another as soon as I can. Later.