Previously in Crimson Flower
Deciding to turn in early tonight, she tucked herself under the covers. Snow leaped on her bed and laid his head on the pillow beside her head as she snuggled into his fur. "Oyamisu." She whispered before falling into the world of dreams.
Chapter 4- The crimson haired assassin
The rosette woke up because of the white fur ball wetting her face. "Few more minutes." She complained but he did not oblige as snow continued to lick her face more. "Alright, I'm up. I'm up." She said as snow barked and removed itself so she could sit up.
Sakura slipped out of her blanket and washed herself in the bathroom applying more soap to her face where snow had just licked.
She dried herself of with her soft towel before changing into her school uniform.
Buttoning up her white shirt all except one and using her tie properly before fixing her black skirt. She had left out her vest since no one wore them.
She sat on her bed as she put on grey socks which had been altered for her height.
She took her messenger bag and wore her new glasses before leaving her room.
Watari greeted her with a good morning as she bid good bye and ruffled snow's fur before leaving.
She used the bus to school; though she was rich she doesn't feel like buying herself a car. She exited the bus and made her way to the school where the students were chattering and laughing amongst themselves.
"Sakura!" a blonde girl greeted her along with tenten. "You changed!" she shouted squealing.
"I got the wrong socks yesterday." She explained and they all head of to their opposite classes.
"Good morning!" she greeted the shinobi happily as they examine her new wear. She was appropriately dressed, not so nerdy yet not to slutty as well.
"You look good sakura!" naruto complimented and she smiled at him.
"Trying to impress someone sakura?" sasuke asked amused.
Ever since their period together in history class they had become closer. Sakura was the first to treat sasuke as another person other than a king.
"Don't be to arrogant jerk." She said earning an amused smirk from sasuke. Sakura stuck her tongue out playfully before seating herself beside him.
The other three quietly watched the exchange between their two friends.
School got over quickly as sakura took the bus back to her place.
"Sakura-sama, a phone call for you." Watari said the second she entered the house.
Sakura dumped her bag in the couch before picking up the phone which was on the table.
"Hello?"
"Ah, 13 how are you doing?" the voice said
"Fine."
"Good, we have a job for you."
Sakura took the wireless phone and headed to her room sitting herself in front of her laptop.
She had one new mail and she clicked on it.
It revealed a picture of a man with auburn hair and blue eyes. A description of the man was beside it.
Name: Alberto Sigh
Charged for: 3 cases of murder and 7 cases of rape
Location: Harlot Plaza
Time: 09:32
"The place is guarded by 20 or more guards all armed with guns. This mission is a classified mission."
"Hai." She answered as her boss gives her the details of the mission.
She hung up the phone letting out her breath before slipping of her school uniform and wore something else.
She wore a black turtle neck shirt and skinny black jeans. Tying her hair in a pony tail with a black hair band.
She left the bedroom and into the living room heading towards the flower vase in the corner of the room.
She took a blue rose from inside the flower vase and it was almost unnoticeable because it was covered by different arrays of flowers.
When she took out the blue rose, the walls vibrate and slide to one side revealing a hidden metal door.
She did a DNA scan and then the metal door unlocked itself revealing a humongous vault.
The walls of the vault were all metal and there were a lot of metal cabinets which will open automatically when a button is pressed.
Sakura pressed a button to one of the cabinets revealing belts and straps each of different shape.
She took one of the straps and tied in on both her legs. Then she took a belt and secures it around her waist.
The next cabinet she went to was filled with different kinds of guns.
There were snipers, shot guns, machine guns and the usual hand gun.
She took out a usual hand guns but it was different since there is a small slit in the top part of the gun and it was bigger than the other hand guns. The guns were onyx black with XIII carved in silver on the casing. She took two of them out…
Sakura closed the cabinet and went to the next one which was filled with different kinds of blades. Daggers, knifes, kunai, shurikens, senbons and any other weapon with a blade.
She took out one blade with a very thin handle. The weapon is similar to a scythe but it was much smaller, probably arms length and the handle were very thin. The blade shone brilliantly and it was shaped to be like a crescent moon. That's why it's called the crescent blade, one of her favorite weapons.
Sakura held the blade expertly before fitting it into the slit of the gun. (Like a Swiss knife where the blade is hidden and you could take it out easily)
Sakura put the two guns in the straps of her leg where she could withdraw it easily.
She took some senbon needles and hid it in the sole of her shoes as a secret weapon.
She closed the cabinet and headed for the next one which was filled with smaller shelves.
She pulled one shelf revealing ammos for her hand gun. Sakura grabbed a handful of them and kept it in her belt.
She closed the shelf and opened another shelf which was filled with small bottles with caps. Those are small scale explosives and grenades which she kept some in her belt.
Closing the cabinet she made her way to the last one which was located in the back of the room facing the door. She opened it and it was empty except for the glass case in the center.
Inside, were three swords each of different length but all of them were the same design.
These swords were thin and sharp, a traditional Japanese katana. It's sheathe was made of onyx metal and white silver cherry blossom petals were skillfully carved on it.
The blade was just as beautiful, shining brilliantly like the crescent blades.
She took the longest sword and strapped it on her back, the hilt of the sword in between her shoulder and neck which she could take our easily.
All the weapons she possessed (explosives, grenades, bullets, senbon, kunai and shurikens not included) have the symbol XIII on it. Some of it was small engraved on the hilt and some were easily seen. It showed that the weapons were made especially for her.
She closed the glass case and exited the vault locking it again and the wall sliding back hiding the door.
Watari greeted her holding a white mask which covers the top part of her face. She thanked him and put on the mask securing it tightly.
With that she left the hotel jumping from roof to roof to her destination, Harlot Plaza.
Flashback
Sakura was in a dark room. The 6 year old girl was covered in dirt and dry blood. Her wrist was tightly tied by a rope, her mouth gagged and her legs limp.
She was kidnapped on her way to school by a few thugs. They demand a large amount of ransom from her parents, the owner of the Haruno corps.
She waited trembling as her parents approached alone, a suitcase filled with money in both their hands.
The thugs didn't keep the end of their deal. Her mother was taken away and raped in front of her by different men before they shot her dead.
Her father was beaten up mercilessly, before finally ending his pain with another shot by the gun.
The thugs left her alive as she watched them collect the money and wasting it on drugs and drinking endlessly. She watched as they involve themselves in illegal trade and dangerous activities.
On the third day, there was a surprise attack on the thugs.
Three people all dressed in black and wore a white vest. They had a mask to conceal their faces and were all armed with weapons.
They killed the thugs, their strength, speed and skill almost inhuman.
One of them approached her; she had a big bust so she knew it was a girl. Her mask was that of a bird.
The woman took of her mask revealing yellow hair tied in two ponytails, serious but beautiful sapphire eyes and I on her forehead. (I changed the diamond with a number 1)
She took her in and brought her out of the nightmare place.
She found out her name was tsunade, and the other two who saved her was kakashi and gai.
Sakura was under trauma for an entire year. She was still afraid about the things she saw that night. Kidnapping, rape, torture, murder...it was too much for a 6 year old to handle. It was surprising that she hadn't killed herself yet.
After a year, with the help of tsunade, her personal doctor, she overcame her nightmare.
She discovered about the secret organization called anbu, working as agents to rid the evil people who police were not able to get their hands on.
She also found out that she wasn't the only one who received the fierce blow of the nightmare. Some others have the same cruel fate she experienced.
When she was 7, she begged for tsunade to train her so she could join the anbu which surprised everyone.
Her reason?
She doesn't want anyone else to experience the same thing she did. She wants to prevent them from happening and protect them from the cruel fate.
Tsunade, leader of the anbu's highest unit accepted to train her. She learned the way of the ninja, learning the parts of the body and medicine under tsunade. (There's no chakra)
However, she could not inherit her superhuman strength because her body sustained an injury during the kidnapping that doesn't allow her to earn superhuman strength.
So she trained herself in the art of weaponry. Her speed and grace had evolved greatly and she was able to use different sorts of weapons. Mainly, the sword, the crescent blade and the gun under the apprenticeship of different teachers though she still and always be under the apprenticeship of tsunade.
At the age of 10, she was accepted as a chunin.
At the age of 13, she was promoted to a jounin.
At 15, she became a full-fledge anbu member.
At 17, she was accepted to the highest ranking of anbu making her the youngest anbu number. She became known as number 13, the tattoo of the number on her chest just below the collar bone.
She took part in various missions ranging from assassination, rescue mission, information gathering, body guarding and more.
In a year, she became respected among her peers and feared by her targets.
The mask she received is different than the others for she preferred a half mask. Her pink hair was mistaken and seen as crimson in the moon light. The tattoo 13 on her chest or weapons could be seen and so they called her as the crimson flower…The infamous assassin.
End of flash back
Sakura was running from roof to roof until she got to the Harlot plaza. Just like Tsunade had said, there were 10 guards stationed outside and probably more inside.
She took out her gun and shot it to the guards' body. She was careful not to hit anywhere vital, just places which will render them unconscious for an hour or two.
She maybe an assassin but she hated killing. She never killed the guards, only her target would be found dead.
She will kill without hesitation though if she does not have a choice.
A guard came for her from behind as she took out the crescent blade from her gun and slashed his arm as he fell back. She danced around with grace using her crescent blade to cut through the enemy.
She defends herself from a blow using one of the crescent blades and countered with the other, cutting near his chest yet not deep enough to be fatal.
One of the guards took hold of his gun and shot at sakura. She dodged some and blocked the other bullets using the casing of the gun.
There wasn't a scratch in the gun even when the bullets shot it because the weapons are made of a special metal called orihalcon which is as hard as diamond.
She shot the guard with the gun once in the collar bone as he fell unconscious.
Finishing the guards outside she proceed to go in the mansion. She bit of the cap of the grenade and threw it in. It didn't hit anyone, but the impact of explosion hits some of the guard though it wasn't fatal.
She shot down some of the guards, one in the leg and the other in his side.
She found out her ammo is finish and so she threw her guns up unsheathing her sword and spinning it around with the outmost grace. She sheathed her sword again, this time with ammos in her hands; she skillfully caught the gun by its handle and reloaded the ammo in one swift movement. (When she threw her gun up, the shell of the ammo fall out)
The minutes she caught the gun she shot the guard who were advancing towards her. She then ran towards them and used the crescent blade to wound them.
She ran through the hallways of the mansion, shooting all the guards and security cameras.
She stopped in front of a door and kicked it open.
A bullet flew towards her as she easily dodged it and ran to her attacker. She unsheathed her sword again and with one swift slice, she cut through the man's chest as blood sprayed out.
His blue eyes widen in shock and his auburn hair was drenched in his blood.
The sword had cut deep in his chest, grazing the heart. It was a fatal blow; there was no hope for him to live.
"Gomenasai." Sakura whispered before disappearing through the window and into the night sky.