Note for the readers. Enjoy and kindly review. Pardon for the poor grammar.
'Thoughts'
Dialogue"
'Entities'
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The first-year of high school for Sakura had arrived although she's a bit late for two months. After lots of preparations and paperworks, everything had settled. Her clan hadn't much involved themselves with the arrangements. She walked down the school hallway with Tsunade and Shizune at the front, to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime principal of Konoha Gakuen.
The uniform that she wore was consisted of black blazer and white undershirt with simple red ribbon tied beneath the collar. It was simple with a logo of a swirling leaf at the left side of the blazer chest. The skirt was grey in colour and it reached her mid-thighs, since she's doesn't fond of short skirts. She wore spandex short underneath it. She also wore knees high black socks.
There were few students lingered at the hallway watching them as they went to the principal office. She knew that they were curious by the way they looked at her, but they'd seems to recognize Tsunade tho with the looks of amazement crossed their faces.
"Aa.. Welcome to Konoha Gakuen, Tsunade and Shizune." An elderly voice greeted them when they reached the principal office. Sakura peeked from behind Tsunade to look at the man. He was old around eighty years old or above. He wore some kind of a long white robe with a triangular hat that says Hokage. Weird huh?
Grandfatherly smiled graced his face as he noticed her looking at him.
"You must be Sakura Haruno. Welcome to the academy. I hope you'll enjoy studying here." Hiruzen smiled gently at the girl, he had heard everything from Tsunade about her background. The prophecy he received was not a mistake, he and some of the elders from all clans had met in the past. In due time, gifted child will be born amongst all clan, tied with the fate to quell the broken seal. The ancient tomb that hold and sealed the yokai.
The clans that were involved in the ordeal was the Senju, Sarutobi, Uzumaki, Hyuuga, Uchiha, Nara, Yamanaka and lastly Haruno. That was all to it until one of them breached the contract. Hungered of power, they conducted sort of atrocities. This cause all of the clans representative were having a dispute amongst each other, blaming those who they dislike the most.
Things were worsened between the Senju and the Uchiha clan. Since the warring era, they always had conflicts with each other. The bad blood between them never seems to cease as they'd feuds almost everyday. The clan members both bathed in bloodshed and anguish tears due to losing of the loved ones and it doesn't stop -not until the heir of both clans eventually and unexpectedly became friends.
Fate brought them together. The descendants of the fallen Kami-sama.
"Let's not wait here long.. If you please continue to enter my office, all of you. Although it may changes to yours today, Tsunade-hime." The old Hiruzen chuckled as he invited them into the principal office.
"You still the same as ever sensei.. Also do not call me Hime!"
As Hiruzen sat behind his mahogany office desk, he took out a piece of paper and put it on the desk front of Tsunade.
When she inspected the piece of paper, it was the legal agreement of handling over the duty of Konoha Gakuen principal. She'd only need to sign the document.
"After all of this are done. We've going to have a long talk together, sensei." Said Tsunade, at the same time she'd signed the paper.
"Of course, Tsunade. But before that, how about we settled Sakura-san in her class. Her classroom teacher supposedly would be here now. I wonder where'd he lost this time.." Hiruzen chuckled when he said that.
Sakura had questions marks on her head while Shizune sighed and Tsunade had her right eye twitching with a veins popped on her forehead. She seems angry for some reason thought Sakura.
'Knock! Knock!
"Ah I guess he's here. You may come in Kakashi."
Sakura turned to look at the door, then entered a man who's half of his face was masked and also with his unruly silver hair that spiked at the left. He was slouching a bit and holding an attendance book under his right arm. He wore grey shirts and a black slack that matched his shoes.
"Yo." A lazy voice greeted them.
"How wonderful of you decided to show up now. Always late as ever, ne' Kakashi?"
"Aa. Tsunade-sama. Good to see you here now. You know that I always get lost in the road of life. The academy is quite big you know." Anyone knew that he was smiling with the way his eyes crinkled.
The Sandaime had informed all of the staffs here about his retirement and Tsunade Senju as the replacement. He wondered how things will changed under the new Godaime systems.
'Let's hope it will not turned out the same as Yondaime did.'
"Now that you are here.. Would you please guide Haruno-san here to meet Hayate-sensei. He's currently in charge for her homeroom right now." Kakashi's eyes went wide a bit but for short amount of time before he quickly recovered. The Sandaime was still smiling calmly as he ordered Kakashi to do the task. His eyes held a knowing look like he knew something.
From the way Kakashi's shocked expression, he can predicted what was on the man mind. No one could blamed him, it was the darkest history every happened in KA.
"Well.. if there's nothing more. I will excuse myself and bring the new student to Hayate now. Shall we go Haruno-san?"
"Oh! H-hai! Eto.. See you later.. Shizune-neechan, Tsunade-sama and Sandaime-sama." Sakura bowed and hurriedly followed Kakashi when he had moved out from the office, not before closing the door.
As both of the presences had gone from their view. The outline of the door radiated a thin light before diminishing quickly. The room had been secured for them from unwanted ears and eyes. However, the barriers could be broken at anytime with a stronger forces, more wicked and cursed.
"Now we can talk." the seriousness of Hiruzen voice could be noticed by both of Tsunade and Shizune. This time, nothing could be taken lightly and the water will soon rippled violently.
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The air around the academy felt really different and Sakura couldn't helped being hypersensitive to the energy. Maybe she was just paranoid, because after the accident. She had been seeing the spirits frequently, make it a lost little girl that she met during her hospitalized or just the spirit of an animal.
During those time, Tsunade-sama had helped her on how to control her fear when facing the spirits. It was still terrifying for her but now she can managed her fear even for a little. She could recalled when Tsunade had advised her or more accurately, scolded when she went hysterical.
Flashback"I know it was scary when you see the body of a dead incapacitated person. It's inevitable when it was asking you to help searching for its body parts. But you need to get a hold of yourself, damnit! I felt scared too!" Tsunade thundered when she'd saw Sakura crying figure on the grounds. They were on the hospital park when not many people's visited the place.
"Sigh~ Do you wanna know something Sakura.. I- I for once afraid of blood. You see.. my late fiancé, Dan was in a car crash that took away his life. He was bleeding profusely and I couldn't moved a damn single of my body. I was in trauma and for a long time I avoided seeing any blood. Not long after, my younger brother, Nawaki, fell ill. Due to my weakness, I lost my brother too. I ran away from everything until I met you. You remind me for both of them. I saw Dan when I heard about your tragedy and then Nawaki when I saw your fragile figure. Cut me some slack kid. You're already made me care for you this much, so be strong." Tsunade took a deep breath before continued. Sakura had stopped crying this time as she'd listened to her doctor's past.
"You are in a stage to notice spirits, but in due time, a different kinds of being you'll be seeing soon. This is only a forewarning therefore be prepared. Alright. Let's head back to your room."
End of flashback
Sakura knew that someday her ability would grew stronger and caused a lots of trouble. She always wondered, why the kami would bestowed this gift to her. What's was the purpose?
She was so lost in her thoughts that she'd forgot the person beside her. Kakashi had to call out her name twice before she'd knew.
"Haruno-san? Are you okay?" Kakashi asked the girl who seemed unfocused. He was worried a little when she doesn't answered his questions.
"Huh? O-oh I'm sorry Hatake-sensei. Well there's a lots of things on my mind lately. Ehehheh" Sakura scratched her chin while smiling sheepishly. She'd hoped that her sensei would not think of her as rude. Now she must focus what's in the front.
They were now entering another building, closer with the one they exited. It was quiet because right now, lesson periods had started. She do not knew which class she would be placed. She felt a bit nervous now. It was when they had stopped in front of 1-A class.
"So.. Haruno-san wait here. Hayate-san actually received a message from principal to wait for us. He will need to introduce you to your classmates before I take over for the next lesson. Wait here.." Kakashi then slides open the classroom door before shut it loosely. She waited for them call her in. She was really nervous, she fiddled her charm on her wrist.
'What if the same things happened like during the middle school.. No! I'll just be on my own then.'
Then she'd heard Kakashi-sensei calling her in, she took in a deep breath and released. She opened the door and entered. There she saw a sickly looking man standing in front of the teacher desk.
"Welcome new student. Please come in -coughs-and introduce yourself to us."
Sakura stepped forward and facing the whole class. Everyone was looking at her, some were whispering to each other. She gazed at them blankly and straightened her posture.
"Konnichiwa, watashi wa Sakura Haruno desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." Sakura had introduced herself in a soft but clear voice with control. She doesn't want to be timid this time and showed to the whole class that she was not someone that they could mess with.
"Is there anything you want to add, Sakura-san? I'm sure your classmates would like to know more.." She heard Hayate-sensei asked from beside her.
"Well.. I'm not sure.." Her eyes went downcast and she doesn't know what to tell. For her, the tragedy and everything that happened were still fresh therefore it was hard for her to share with other persons.
"Perhaps someone here have their questions for Sakura-san. Please raise your hand if you have the question." As soon as Hayate-sensei said that, few students began to raise their hands. Sakura chose to answer the first question from a brown haired boy.
"Is your hair really pink?"
"Yes. They're natural."
Next, she answered a red haired girl who's wearing a pair of glasses.
"Is your name really Haruno?"
"Yes, it is. Is something the matter?"
"No, but how come you're not in the S-class? You're from Haruno clan, right? Why are you here? You got disowned or something?" The question was a bit cruel and Sakura was lost for words to respond back.
"Ano.. I'm not sure about that.." Sakura began to answered softly but she felt pressured by the unexpected question.
When he noticed the uncomfortable demeanor of the new student, Kakashi swiftly intercepted.
"Maybe that's enough for the introduction. You guys could get to know each other later. Now, supposed to be our maths session." Kakashi spoke flatly, at the same time, Hayate checked his watch and also excused himself to attend lesson period. Not before saying something to Sakura.
"Now you could take your seat at the empty table there Sakura-san. And all of you open your textbook to page 64. We'll continue with the previous topic."
He began to write something on the whiteboard.
Sakura proceeded to her assigned seat. It was at the very front and near the window row. Even when she took her seat, she'd still conscious of the stares she received. So she opened her textbook and tried to ignore it and focus on the subject in front of her right now.
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It was lunchtime now and Sakura had gone to the cafeteria all by herself. Luckily she had memorized the academy map. No one bother to approach her, it was like they'd talking behind her back. Well not that she mind anyway, Sakura then continue to buy her lunch without care about her surroundings. She sat alone and ate her lunch in peace.
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"Hey teme! Ya' think that's the new girl?" Naruto whispered loudly after he chewed down his ramen. Sasuke rolled his eyes at his friend stupidity.
"What's the purpose of whispering if you're loud, usuratonkachi." He also took a glance at the girl from corner of his eyes. The girl was sitting alone but doesn't seem to care. Her hair was pink and he couldn't see what shades of her eyes colour.
"Hey, Teme. Wanna go talk to her?" Naruto asked suddenly as his eyes fixed on the said girl.
"No need. You must return to class now. Didn't you said that you hadn't finished something?" Sasuke doesn't want to go and talk to the girl. He really hoped Naruto would forget about it.
"Yikes! I forgot Ibiki's assignments! Teme lend me yours! Just a bit. Onegai!!" Naruto started to freak out when he remembered the scarred face man who was their Modern Japanese teacher. That man was a psycho!! He was a sadist as hell when giving them assignments.
"Let's go, Dobe." At that moment, Naruto had made a dash towards their classroom. He just followed afterwards but not after giving the final glance at the petal haired girl.
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"What do you mean by the seal had weakened?" Tsunade couldn't believe what had she heard from her old sensei. She stared at Hiruzen face and knew that he also felt disturbed by the fact.
"Someone or something wanted to unleash and used the dark chakra.. for what reason we still remain unknown." Hiruzen tapped his smoke pipe, while gazed outside the office window, watching the students having their lunch break. Then he saw two boys with the shades of dark blue and yellow blonde running towards the other building.
'Uzumaki and Uchiha.. what a terrible pair but with the presence of Haruno.. They would balance each other well. Sakura Haruno.. What an unexpected turnout. Soon their meeting would come across. The special kids from other clans will be their greatest allies." Hiruzen smiled with the thought of young ones.
"Soon Tsunade.. You'll have the greatest allies but beware the darkness that could incite us. Tainting our soul to the wrong things. Take care of this school. As for now, you're officially the Godaime principal of Konoha Gakuen."
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Meanings: For this moment, I would explain about the dark chakra for this fic. The concept that I applied is purely spiritual energy therefore they can't do any ninjutsu. Just maybe some of the abilities will be affected by it.
Done for this chap. Just a slow improvement from previous chap. Hope you enjoy and thanks for your patience. Pardon me for the poor grammars. I also publish new story. Please check it out if you're interested.