Hey I'm Jennifer (a.k.a. avlache1). I did not right blossom of konaha, my fav. author uchihakiriko lost her talent and she asked me to write the sequal for her. I'm working on it but to give you something to do to pass the time and so you won't get confussed, I asked her if I could copy all of the chapter and publish them with her name on them . I hope you like it and for my other readers that aBlossom of Konoha
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A/N: Sakura doesn't have parents and never did in my story, so…yeah.
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" Good morning Sasuke! Sasuke?" Sakura frowned. Clearly, JUST talking wasn't going to get him up. She sighed. Maybe worry? " Sasuke, Orochimaru took me to sound and turned into his next vessel." Sasuke jerked up.
" WHAT?" Then he looked around. "Hey, that's not fair. Just let me sleep." Sasuke immediately fell asleep again. Sakura sweat-dropped anime style. Okay, last resort…jealousy.
" Um… Sasuke, last night, Miroku and I…" She bit her tongue. " Slept with each other." Sasuke got up immediately.
" I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!" He jumped up and got dressed, and was about to leave when Sakura burst into a fit of laughter.
" THAT WAS HILARIOUS! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FELL FOR THAT!" She nearly fell over. Sasuke stopped in his tracks and growled.
" I don't need an alarm clock. I just need you." He groaned. (DO NOT TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY) Sakura giggled.
" I really want to get you together with this really cute girl. Her name is Zakura and she would really like to know you."
" I bet she's one of those pesky fan girls." Sasuke glared.
" Actually… she's my cousin. And I think you should really meet her. If it weren't for her eyes, we would be almost identical." She frowned. "Plus, she's never heard of you before. Just the clan and the tragedy." Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
" First of all, how is she different? Second of all, how could she have never heard of me?" Sakura laughed at this.
" Because she lives in the village hidden in the blossoms. It's a really small village, and she's coming to live with me." Sakura smiled. " Umm… Of course, that's tomorrow, since the chakra rope won't wear off until tomorrow, so we're meeting each other today. And whether you like it or not, you're coming with me." Sakura smiled confidently. " I bet you two will get along just fine!"
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Sakura pointed to a girl standing next to Tsunade.
" Hi Sakura! Um… from what I hear, you must be Sasuke? Am I correct?" The girl smiled. Sasuke nodded. The girl had pink hair like Sakura's but slightly darker, and her eyes were…brown. Her face was slightly narrower and looked a little pale. "My name is Zakura Haruno." Sakura hugged Zakura and told her that tomorrow she would be with her. (By the way, Zakura is named after the Jiu-roku-zakura tree, or, the cherry tree of the sixteenth day)
" I would let you stay with me today, but this chakra rope is really annoying." Sakura pointed to an invisible rope around her wrist. Zakura smiled.
" That's fine. I have enough money to last me for a long while." Sakura nodded.
" I want Sasuke to help me show you around the village. Come one!" She began to walk, dragging Sasuke with her.
" What a bummer…" He muttered. Zakura giggled.
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" So you think you're going to like it here?" Sakura asked. Zakura nodded happily.
" I think I'm going to love it here!" She smiled happily. Sakura also smiled.
" Great! Now, what should we do?" Sakura said, thoughtfully.
" Um… it would be nice if you could introduce me to your friends." Zakura said. Sakura lit up.
" Great idea!" She dragged Zakura everywhere and they stopped at the flower shop. "This is my best friend, Ino." Sakura told her very tired cousin.
" Um… Hi, Ino. I'm… Zakura…." Zakura panted. Ino looked at the girl, then Sakura, and then back again.
" Are you two related?" She asked.
" Um… yeah… I'm her cousin." Zakura sighed. Sakura laughed.
" Sorry, Zaku. I forgot you had a short stamina when it comes to exercising." Zakura frowned.
" Please don't call me Zaku. I would prefer Zakura, or even Zaku-chan, but not plain Zaku." Sakura nodded.
" Fine." Ino looked at Zakura, then announced,
" I think we're going to be great friends!"
" I think I'm going to have a headache…" Sasuke grumbled. The three girls began obsessing over everything imaginable. Sasuke sighed. Why did he always have to get stuck like this? He would much rather go home and take a nap… (HINT: Sasuke stayed up until three in the morning, polishing his weapons and whatnot.) Why did he even wake up? Oh yeah, Sakura lied and told him that she was with Miroku… He should have been thinking… there was no way she could go over to his house without dragging him there also. Speaking of Miroku… Sasuke spotted the boy choosing out some flowers and approaching Ino.
" Hello. May I buy these flowers?" Ino nodded, stating the price. He handed her the cash, then turned around. " These are for you, Sakura-chan." He smiled and turned to leave. Sakura looked at the Roses and blushed.
" I think he has the hots for you, Saku!" Zakura smirked.
" They're even red roses! How romantic!" Ino gushed. Sakura blushed even more. Sasuke fumed. As Miroku walked pass him, he stuck out his foot, causing the boy to trip.
" OW!" Miroku spat, glaring at Sasuke. "What was that for?" Sasuke smirked and said nothing. Sakura whirled around, and glared at Sasuke.
" Miroku! Are you alright?" She ran over to help the boy up. Sasuke scowled at this.
" Sasuke! Don't do that! You're acting as if… as if he were some intruder of some sort from sound or something!" She spat. Sasuke sighed. There was something wrong about this guy… or maybe he was just jealous.
" I'm fine." Miroku glared at Sasuke and left. Sakura stared after him, then snapped at Sasuke,
" How could you? He gets me some flowers and you act as if it's not right! Well, I got news for you! It's fine with me, and this is none of your business!" Sakura stormed. Zakura and Ino watched this in surprise.
" Um… Sakura, I think he's jealous." Zakura said, approaching the two. Sakura and Sasuke both stared at her.
" WHAT?" They both said.
" That's not true! He's just being paranoid!" Sakura spat. Sasuke glared.
" Me? Paranoid? Speak for yourself!" The two turned on each other, bickering. Ino sighed.
" Trust me, this usually happens between her and Naruto, so I guess that means that Sakura and Sasuke have gotten closer." Zakura looked at the two teammates doubtfully and shrugged.
" Sure." Suddenly, a kunai was thrown in.
" Move!" Ino pushed Zakura to the ground. Sasuke stepped in front of Sakura and deflected it with his own kunai. It landed on a large bouquet, ripping the delicate flowers apart. Ino turned red in the face.
" HEY! WHOEVER YOU ARE, THAT JUST COST YOU $17.50!" She yelled. Another kunai was thrown in, this time aimed at Zakura. Zakura took out a strange shaped weapon and blocked it.
" What in the world is that?" Sakura asked her cousin. The smooth, metal surface had a crane carved on each side, and Zakura held two, one for each hand. They were shaped like moon crescent swords, or deer horn knifes, and they were full of chakra, from the moment Zakura pulled it out. The chakra was blue, except for the areas the crane covered, which the chakra turned into a light pink, similar to the color of Sakura's hair.
" Um… It's called a Kuriikuut. (I made it up, obviously) My mom gave it to me before she passed away. She said that it would never run out of chakra until I die, so… You could say it depends on me." Zakura stared at the weapon. Suddenly, a masked man stepped into the room.
" Hand over the flower, Yamanaka." He said, pointing a dagger at Ino. Her eyes widened at the mention, and she held up a dagger of her own.
" Never!"
" What flower are you talking about?" Sakura asked, from behind Sasuke. Ino sighed.
" The life blossom, the only one left in the world. From its center drips water, forever and ever. That water it drips contains a mystical kind of chakra, capable of bringing a person back from the dead, at the expense of the death of another person that was close to the deceased person. Or, if another person sacrifices a body part, a person missing that part will regain that part, whether if it was chopped of, or simply disabled."
" You sure know your plants quite well, Yamanaka. Now hand over the flower. Which one is it?" He stroked his masked chin, looking at the flowers. Ino glared at him.
" I would never give it up, not even for the Hokage!" She yelled. The man raised an eyebrow. Taking off his mask, it revealed…
" Miroku?!" Sakura stammered. He nodded.
" I was getting bored here, so I decided to finally get what Lord Orochimaru sent me here for. It wasn't at the Yamanaka house, so I thought I might find it here." He looked around again, holding a kunai. " Now, give it to me, and you won't get hurt." He began channeling chakra into his kunai. Zakura stepped in front of Ino, holding her own weapon. Sakura's eyes widened.
" Zakura! Don't! You're too weak to fight! Last time you fought, you nearly died!" She yelled. Zakura smirked.
" Never judge a book by its cover, dear cousin." Zakura held her Kuriikuut, and yelled, "Kaze katana! Enkou!" (Wind blades! Flame!) Fire shot out of the kuriikuut, aimed at Miroku. He easily, dodged, sneering. The flames immediately disappeared.
" You think I wouldn't be able to dodge that thing?" Suddenly, something invisible blades cut into his flesh, tearing his clothes. Zakura smirked.
" Spoke too soon, eh? Never underestimate the power of wind. I would be a wind ninja if I could, you know." She smiled. " But, I think I'll grow fond of this place too. This is for tricking my cousin! Kusabana Tatsumaki!" (Flower Tornado) A large rose appeared in front of the kuriikuut Zakura was holding. Suddenly, a large whirlwind appeared around Miroku. One by one, the rose shed its petals and they were sucked into the tornado, and a scream could be heard. Sakura stared as the tornado receded, showing a very bloody Miroku… It was a very disturbing sight. Sakura stared at the roses she still held, and then threw them down on top of Miroku.
" Don't you ever mess with a Haruno!" She snarled. Turning towards Zakura, she smiled. " Thank you, Zakura. I guess I underestimated you. But," She frowned. "I heard you have nearly no chakra, or at least a limited amount of it. How could you have used all those techniques?" Zakura pointed at the kuriikuut.
" Like I said, this has unlimited chakra. Without it, I would probably be dead." Sasuke walked over to the dead Miroku and kicked him.
" What are we going to do with the corpse?" (OMG! THAT SOUNDED SO… ANGSTY!) Sakura stared at the boy.
" Let's bring him to Tsunade."
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" So you're saying that this boy was a minion of Orochimaru? Our defenses must be weakening." Tsunade said, concerned. " Alright, if the flower was what he was after, then Orochimaru must have a plan b. That means either this was just a distraction, or it was an original plan. Whatever it was, I believe he's still after Sakura, so we need to be extra careful. I'll have the anbu dispose of the corpse. Dismissed. Oh, and Sakura? I want to talk to you and Zakura privately." The two girls nodded, closing the doors.
" What is it, Tsunade-sama?" Sakura asked. The Hokage sighed.
" I brought Zakura here for a reason."
" Yeah, I know. Because her parents were murdered." Sakura said, bored.
" Not only that." Tsunade said. "Do you know who murdered Zakura's parents?" Both girls shook their heads. " Zakura murdered them." She sighed.
" What? My cousin is NOT a murderer!" Sakura defended. Tsunade began to speak.
" I never-"
" Why would I murder my own parents?" Zakura broke in.
" But you-"
" It's not true, and you know that, Tsunade-sama!" Sakura glared.
" Listen, will you just LISTEN?" Tsunade yelled. Both girls quieted down. "Thank you. What I was about to say before I was so rudely interrupted is that Zakura didn't murder them. A force within her did. She has been too far from you for too long, Sakura."
" What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
" You two both have part of a very powerful force in you, but Sakura has more of the power, resulting in more control over herself. Zakura on the other hand, has less, so if she gets extremely angry, the force will take over, ultimately resulting in her being blacked out, and who ever she was mad at, killed. If the two parts of the force come together, or at least close, the owner of the power will have full control over his/her own body, so that's nothing to worry about. On the other hand, I believe that Orochimaru may have found out about this by now, so I want you two to stay together as much as you can. That way, you can avoid causing chaos, and your chakra and jutsus will be strengthened ten times more. It's all good news. The bad news is that if Orochimaru finds out how to extract this force from you two, he will gain control of the power, and be able to get his arms back with added chakra and more power to aid him. So I need you two be on guard at all times. Got it?" The two girls stared, awestruck, and nodded solemnly. "Good. Now you two may leave." Sakura and Zakura left the room, both shocked at the news they had just heard. Once outside of the building, Zakura burst into tears.
" I should have never even gotten into that argument with mom and dad the other day! I can't believe I'M the one that killed them!" She hiccupped. Sakura hugged her cousin.
" Don't cry. It'll be fine. Right now we just need to focus on the future, so forget the past." The two girls stood outside of the building.
From behind of the building, a silver haired ninja leapt from behind the Hokage's office. Pushing his glasses up, he went to report to his master.
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Sorry if you don't like stories that have characters other people made up. If you don't like it, please tell me, and I'll try to make Zakura's part in the story limited. Thx!
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re waiting for typical love story I'm working on it OK! Well enjoy!
I left all of uchihakiriko original things on I didn't change a thing I just copied and pasted things to a document and if you want proof you can come over and see all the grammar errors, Uchihakiriko I'm not saying anything about your grammar cause mines even worse. I hope you liked it as much as I do. No flames are allowed.