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The leaves fell around her as she watching a few rain drops fall from the sky, she was only six years old when her training started. She was being chased by her teacher to see how she would react and it was the opposite of what he wanted, when he found he would scream horrible things at her.
"That's not how you're supposed to hide! You would be dead right now if I were a really enemy!" He shouted.
Hearing something like that at the age of six was terrifying, tears fell from her green eyes as he yelled at her for crying too. Her sister was safe inside playing with her dolls while Sakura was being chased around outside in the rain.
She walked inside as she over heard a conversation between her parents and someone she didn't know.
"Sakura can be the one to protect her sister." It was her mother talking to an unknown man, "She is the youngest, only by a few seconds but it was her chosen path to protect her sister and her power."
"That's a heavy burden for someone so young to carry."The nameless man was trying to get them to reconsider. "Sakura may be the youngest but she has her own life to live, she shouldn't be punished for coming out a few seconds after her sister. A life is a life and Sakura was given this life with a great purpose than the one you are trying to force upon her."
"It's been decided what her fate is, she has no say in what she gets to do. That"s how my parents where when my brother and I were born, he was born to protect me so that I could live on and have children of my own. The tradition has been this way for many years, and I'm not going to change or go against it just because you don't like it!" Her father stormed off in a huff with her mother not far behind.
She watched as the nameless man walked over to her and knelt down in front of her, his eyes were grey and tired, his bears was silver and long and it moved a title as he spoke, "Sakura my dear, you're are destined to because one of the greatest fighter this village as seen in many years, one day you will meet two other people who will help you stand against all that threatens this peaceful nation. Don't let anyone tell you hat you have to be and who you are at heart, beautiful cherry blossom, when you bloom you will do great things." He winked as he stood up, leaving the young child confused by his words.
She shot straight up, sweat trickled down her back as she tried to remember what the old man really looked like, she. Would have this dream every time she seemed to doubt herself. She sat in her bed and thought about how Kakashi just told her that she was a key part in stopping the evil that was threatening to take over, and the message that old man gave her when she was too young to understand; at that moment she knew what she was going to have to do.
She was going to join their team, this is what she was meant to do right?
Unable to go back to sleep she threw her blankets off and walked over to her desk flipping on the light she pulled out her laptop and started doing a little research, she wanted to find a new weapon for her ever growing inventory. Over the years she had slowly build an impressive of weapons; her favorite was a butterfly sword that she picket up in a market a year ago. When she used it, it would maker as light as a butterfly giving her the ability to move faster. It was a black and red sword with a skinny blade and elegant butterfly wings wrapped around the handle; her eye slight up as she came across a rare sword for sell.
The Demon Hunter.
She smiled as she looked at the pictures of the pitch black sword, this sword is so stroking that not even the user can wear armor. No armor can stand up to it, it was nothing more than a pure obsidian sweared from the tip of the handle to the tip of the blade.
She shot the seller and email, she looked over the post again and knew it was too good to be true but couldn't pass up the opportunity in case it was real.
"Man, you have to stop giving her a death glare every time you see her." tNAruto spoke as they walked down the hallway towards the gym
"I don't give her a death glare." He swung the door open.
"Do you think she's going to join?" He asked as he walked over the treadmill
I don't know." He waked over to the free weights and stretched not really wanting to continue the conversation.
He didn't really know what to think of her, for the most part she was quite and knew from the classes they had together that she was smart. Her hand was always the first on up when the teacher asked a question, and she always had the right answer. They hadn't got to see what she was capable of, tomorrow they were supposed to all have a little mock tournament in the gym to see where everyone ranked. Naruto and Sasuke pretty much holding first and second place, the would take turns in first no one could make it passed either of them.
After they finished their light workout they parted ways, Sasuke taking a quick shower before laying on his navy blue comforter. His arms were a little sore but nothing that would bother him tomorrow, he sighed as he thought about their possible third teammate. He had been use to it just being them that he knew he would have to adjust his fighting style to suit her needs. He didn't think they needed another person, she would just get in the way, she was strong but he didn't know if she was strong enough to deal with some of the shit they dealt with on a daily bases. On the outside they looked fine but on the inside they were always fighting a hidden battle. For him I'm was watching his mother be slaughtered right in front of him while he was powerless to do anything, plus dealing with a maniac who wants to take over his body.
Casting the negative feelings away he laid on his side and let sleep carry him away, still unsure of how to feel about the situation.
The next day came to soon, as they stood in Kakashi's office waiting for Sakura to arrive his kept his hands in his pockets as he leaned against the wall, starting to become annoyed with how long she was taking. The door opened slowly as a shy girl walked through the door, she stood talk but he could see that she was nervous by the look in her eyes.
"have you decided on an answer?" Kakashi asked, Naruto shifted uneasily as he waited for her to speak.
"I have." She looked at him locking eyes with him, shifting her gaze to Naruto she did the same. He offered a little smile hoping she was about to say yes, "I'll join the team."
"Yeah!" Naruto threw a fist in the air, "I wasn't worried at all." He laughed.
Sasuke snorted as he stepped away from the wall walking over to the pinkette he held out his hand, she looked a little confused but took it anyways, "Welcome to the team, Sakura."
Her eyes lit up with his approval, she shook his hand and smiled. "Thank you."
Kakashi signed a breath of relief, "I was afraid you would say no to the position."
"Why?" She asked, stepping a little closer to meet his gaze.
"This is no easy cross to bare, skin a seventeen your old teenager to join a team to help protect a world she hasn't had the chance to see yet is a daunting task. I know a lot of people would have been scare with the mere thought of joining a team with such a heavy burden to carry, no one has ever said yes." He leaned back and studied her reaction to what he had said.
"An older man once told me I was destined for grater things than just being used to protect my sister, he told me that one day I would meet to other people and that together we would rise up and protect th world against evil, " she stopped and looked at the boy once more, "I believe I found those people that Im supposed to stand beside, I feel like this is what I'm meant to do with the life I was given."
Sasuke was stunned by her answer, she was ready to give up the life she had to help them al because someone told her this is what she was meant to do as child. He couldn't help but smirk as she watched Kakashi's eye widen a little as she finished, he was impressed with the bravery she was showing but knew she was still a little scared on the inside, she was signing over her life basically and no matter who aren; it's a scary thing.
"This is going to be so awesome!" She smiled as his enthusiasm.
She watched ask Sasuke slowly approached her and took geld out his has, she looked at it for a few seconds before taking it in her own, his hand was strong and firm, she oiled feel the callouses as he held her smaller hand in his, "Welcome to the team Sakura."
She felt like her heart was going to beat out of her chest, she smiled widely, it meant more than he would ever know, Sasuke Uchiha was okay with her being on their team, "Thank you." Was all she managed to get out.
Looking at Kakashi her brow raised as she stepped forward, her heart was started racing inside of her chest as she spoke to their principal, she didn't know why she told him about that but there was no taking it back now. She had said she would join their team and she had ever intention of keeping that promise. Naruto's hand landed on her shoulder as she smiled widely at her, she knew that he would be happy about her joining, it was no secret that he wanted to get to know her and be her friend.
"Thank you Sakura."
She walked out of his office, the weight that was there before was replaced with something a little heavier than before. She was young and just two weeks ago she was tasked with protecting her sister and now she was tasked with helping protect a whole nation.
She walked out onto the training ground, the rain slowly soaking through her clothes, "Requip."
Her small butterfly sword appeared in her hand as she rushed towards the dummy, slicing though the middle ease she moved forward again rushing, at the four behind it, again and again she struck the dummies waiting for the weight to disappear. She could feel everything slowly building up as her mind raced, from her parents not loving her, the burden of protecting Mizuki and what would happen if she failed to do so, tears threatened to over flow as she danced around the battle field with her sword just practicing her stances.
It's my turn to do something great with my life, it's my turn to stand in the spot lot and be someone.
I will not fail!