A few days had passed, the weather was brutal around this time of the year. Rain pounded on her window relentlessly as the sky darkened. She signed and flipped through her biology book, searching for the answer she already but wanted to make sure she was right before answering the question on her home work. She could hear people chatting in the hallway, something about a party, she didn't lie parties and had no interest.
Thunder clapped as the lights in her room flickered threatening to shut off at any moment, she set her pencil down and decided to hunt for a flashlight just in case the power went out. Rummaging through her drawers she finally located the item she was looking with a victorious smile she turned it on just to make sure it worked. Running a hand through her thick pink hair she decided to go check on her sister to make sure everything was okay , as she exited the warmth and safety of her room she felt a cold draft.
She rounded the corner of the oddly quit halls, "Mizuki?" She called spotting a girl with silver hair.
"Sakura, what are you doing down here?" She asked as she flipped through a magazine.
"Just came to check on you, do you have a flash and stuff in the case the power goes out?" She was still holding the one she had found in her room as she watched her sister ignore her question.
Rolling her eyes she was about to turn and leave, "Why do you do that? You do know I;m older than you right, I should be checking up on you not the other way around."
Sakura paced a hand on her hip and tucked the flash light in the pocket of her grey sweatpants, "Okay, then why didn't you come and check, you might older but you have zero sense of responsibility. If the power went out you would stay right where you were and wait for your younger sister to come and find you."
"That's so not true, I've helped you plenty of times!" She eyed tossing her magazine aside.
"Are we really going to fight because I asked you if you had a fucking flashlight?!" She yelled back now standing tall.
"I don't need my little sister checking up on me like I cant take care of myself if the damn power goes out." Her legs no crossed as she sat on the bed.
"Little? You're ten seconds older than me, It's not like mom had me years down the fucking road and if you were so capable why did they train me with the soled purpose of protecting your ass?!" She shot back.
She hated when Mizuki would call her little, like she was born years behind her; she felt like that was her way of making her feel like she was beneath her sister. When her parents decided her fate would be to protect her "older" sister from danger. Rubbing her temples she turned to leave, not wanting to continue the argument. She feel eyes watching her as she walked away from her sisters room, it was no secret that Mizuki had many friends already while Sakura didn't really have any; but to her that was fine she didn't really need or want anyone around her.
After spending years following Mizuki and her friends around she wanted some peace and quite. She wanted to be alone, she hated crowds and right now she felt crowded in the small hallway. Pushing her way past the now bustling hallway she made it back to her room when someone called out her name.
"Sakura?" It was Naruto, they had a few classes together but they never really spoke before now.
"Yes?" She stopped in from of her door, she could feel the heat on her cheeks as she tried to call herself down.
"I know this is out of the blue but do you want to grab something to eat?" He smiled brightly as he waited for her to answer.
"Right now?" She was going to tell him she wasn't hungry but her stomach betrayed her as it growled, "I guess my stomach is doing the talking for me." She laughed as he smiled.
"So is that a yes?" He smiled again, slightly moving to the side so she could start walking towards the cafeteria
"Can I ask you why you wanted to seek me out for lunch?" She asked as they walked through the halls trying to avoiding running into the other students.
"Rumor has it that you're going to complete our team, mine and Sasuke's and if its true I want to get to know my future partner." She slowly looked up at him confused.
"Team?" No had mentioned anything about a team to her before now.
"Mhmm, we get paired into team of three. Rarely does anyone get to solo this early on, not even Sasuke or I are allowed too but they've been looking for awhile for someone to complete our team but no one can ever seem to keep up."
She snorted at the last part, "You guys are beasts in human forms, I've seen the tournaments and you both mop the floor with your opponent not even giving them a chance to really make a move. Sasuke is fast and precise while you're fast and unpredictable, I doubt I could keep up with either of you."
"Coming from the girl who passed Sasuke's score on the written and tied with us during the mock battle test. Usually no one really come close to our scores, but you tied with us. That is an amazing feat itself." He grinned as there was light tint of pink on her cheeks.
"Hey Sasuke! Look who I found!" He yelled at the raven haired boy sitting alone a table on the far wall.
"He looked annoyed." She wanted to hide behind Naruto but decided against it.
"Nah, that's just his face." He laughed as she did at his remark.
"Why did you bring her, it hasn't been set in stone if she's our teammate or not." He said coolly.
"That's rude, nice to meet you too." She muttered as she looked eyes with him.
The lights flickered again, staying off a few seconds longer than the first time. She Looked around as everyone tensed up only relaxing when the lights came back on, she walked over to the windows to look outside at the storm raging outside, she couldn't see a thing. The wind blew the rain around making it almost impossible to see out the window, the only thing she could make out was the outline of the nearby tree slowly bending as the force of the wind became to strong for it to keep standing tall.
"Do you see something?" Naruto popped up behind her and looked outside.
"No not really, but I can kind of see what I think is a tree bending under the pressure of the wind."
"What are you two staring at?" Sasuke appeared, and he still looked annoyed.
"MOVE!" Sakura kicked Naruto out of the way as the part of the tree slammed through the window.
The glass shattered with a pop as the tree flew through the side of the building, the room filled with an intense wind, the floor became slippery as the water poured in.
"What the hell?" She noticed snakes pouring our off of the tree branches and on to the floor.
"Snakes!" She heard some scream as the room started to empty.
"Why would a tree be covered in snakes?!" She yelled over the roaring wind.
"I can give you one reason." Sasuke growled as his face twisted in anger.
He knew what it was, Orochimaru still wanted to take over his body and this was a message for him. For the last few years he had been getting there's weird cryptic messages until one day he showed up and crash on their finals, he cursed him with this burning seal on his neck. He reached up and winced as the seal seemed to burn under the gaze of the snakes.
"Sasuke?" Sakura looked at him curiously as the snakes stopped at his feet, they didn't seem like they were there to hurt anyone but just to send a message letting him that he was still watching and waiting for Sasuke to switch sides.
"It's nothing, come on let's get out of here." Naruto had the same look of anger as the ran out of the room sealing the doors, the wind threatened to rip them open.
"I don't understand, am I the only who find it's odd that we just happened to be standing there when a tree loaded with snakes burst through the window?" she was a little wet from the rain, she hair had leaves and twigs stuck through out, "and I'm sorry for kicking you Naruto."
She switched her gaze between the two, it softened as she landed on Naruto, "No big deal, that was great kick. You're reflexes are great Sakura!"
"You are strange." She retired as a playfu smile appeared on his face.
"Not the first time I've heard that!" He yelled as they walked down the hallway.
"Someone should probably telll the principle that the cafeteria is over run by snakes." She stopped and turned around and headed that way.
They walked down the hallways towards Kakashi's office, once they arrived they filed in his office to tell him what they had seen, "Ah, it seems he's come back…"
She raised her brow as he folding his hands in front of his face, "Who's come back?"
She looked around the room as the air shifted into something more tense, "I guess we might as well be honest at this point."
Raking a hand through his hair as Sasuke growled, he didn't want someone he barely knew to know his life story the eighth day she was here, "Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"It is, she is the third and final member of tram seven and that being said she still has the right to know what's going on. Sakura, the reason we asked you to come here is because you are a key part in taking down a known terrorist cell, they've made attempt to kidnap Sasuke and Naruto both in order to harness the power they both possess." He paused as he spared a glance at her, "You're here to help us final seal him away, for good."
She shook her head lightly as she tried to take in the information he was telling her, "So you didn't think I was worthy of your school, you just invited me here because you need me?"
She couldn't really believe her ears, for once she thought she was going to get to make a name for herself, she was getting away from people that used her, people that didn't give a damn about her and now she is repeating the cycle.
"I don't think he meant it like that Sakura." Naruto chimed in trying to calm the simmer in her mood.
"If you cant beat him, what makes you think I can?" She questioned.
"You're smart Sakura, he needs a body and someone to preform the ritual and that someone is going to be you. You're knowledge of medical ninjutsu has already peaked his interest, we didn't bring you here simply because we needed you; we brought you here in order to protect you. You've become a target yourself without realizing it, you deserve to be here just like everyone else does. I don't want you to think that we brought you here just to use you and throw you away." He stopped and locked eyes with her, her emotions were unreadable at that time, "You apart of our family now."
That last part sent a pang of guilt and happiness through her heart. She felt awful being upset but no one had ever shown her any respect or love, the feeling was strange, "I'm sorry I got upset, but if that's why you wanted me to come here why didn't you tell me from the start?"
"We were afraid it would scare you away, or upset you." She ran her hand through her hair as she poked at the two boys on each side of her who remained silent.
Naruto smiled at her trying to ease her racing mind while Sasuke just gave her a cold look, she didn't really know what to make of either one of them. An hour ago she was fighting with her sister about a flashlight and now she was standing in Kakashi's office talking about her future and what it could hold for her. She just wanted to go to a real school, and as much as she hated people she wanted to make at east one real friend that was her sister or her friends but of course that isn't in the cards for her at this point in her life. She felt like she was dealt a short, being born a few seconds after her sister has set her life on this chaotic course and it was overwhelming for someone her age.
"You can think about it, you don't have to help just because we brought you here, if you said no we wont throw you out of the school, you want loose your funding to stay. It is solely your choice Sakura and I don't expect and answer today."
Sakura nodded dumbly as she turned to walk out of the room, turning to take a finally glance at the three men standing behind her she gave a small smile and left, "I'll let you know if a few days."
"Do you think she's going to join our team?" Naruto was the first to brea the silence after she left.
"I don't know" was al he could say, because at that point he really didn't know.