EDIT: Chapter…Four edit! xD forgot what chapter this was.

Uhm, Superbowl next week? Go patriots!

Happy readings:D

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Not so Weak Anymore

Chapter Four

New Mission, New Meeting

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'Sasuke… what would it take!?' Sakura though to herself. Sitting on the window ledge, looking out into the rainy afternoon, Sakura sat there, lonely.

Moving out on her own, Sakura owned a little apartment, not to far from the Hokage's office. Speaking of the Hokage, she wasn't exactly happy with how the mission turned out. Now that Sound knows it was Konoha, they'll form a new form of attack.

Sigh,

On rainy days, Sakura would often listen to the radio. It calmed her. The slow, sweet music sounded through out the small apartment.

Beside her laid the old team seven picture. Oh, how much she missed those days. Tracing over everyone's faces, it brought a smile to her face.

'someday we'll be together again.'

DING DONG!

The doorbell went. Sakura getting off her window ledge went to answer the door. Opening the door revealed Konohamaru and Moegi.

"Hey Sakura-Chan! Tsunade wants you in her office! New mission!" Konohamaru said happily.

Sakura nodded, "Alright I'll be there in 10 minutes."

The two genin nodded and walked off back to the Hokage's office. Sakura went to wash up and get ready.

Pulling out an umbrella, Sakura left her apartment, locking it up. walking out in the rain always soothed Sakura. it was like the sky was crying.

Reaching the Hokage's office, Sakura climbed the stairs until she came upon the door to Tsunade's office. Knocking twice, a voice called out.

"Come in Sakura." Sakura obeyed and entered. Once inside, she found Ino, Tenten, Hinata, Moegi and Konohamaru.

Sakura walked up till she was behind Hinata, off to the right. All eyes were on Tsunade.

"Alright listen up. Konohamaru and Moegi here, don't have the required amount of missions for a genin entering the chunnin exams. Their sensei is currently on a mission. I've entrusted you 4 girls on this mission. Your mission is to drop off these scrolls to the hidden village of wave. It's your average D-rank mission, but these documents are very important and if the enemy gets there hands on them, were in trouble. You have 5 days to complete this mission. Leave now. You are dismissed."

And with that, they left the building, Sakura instructed they all meet up at the front gates 30 minutes. Everyone agreed and headed off to pack.

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As Sakura was packing, she saw the old team seven picture she left on the window ledge. She didn't know why, but she wanted to bring it with her. As she went to pick it up however, some form of pain went through her veins.

"What the hell?"

The pain suddenly erupted, causing Sakura to cry out in pain. The pain jolted to her back, so she grabbed her sides. She fell down to the ground. the burning sensation got stronger, and it felt like something was burning through her lower back. She let out a yelp of pain. Sweat rolled down her face. She saw a burst of green, blue, yellow, and red in her eyes, like a kaleidoscope. She started to have all these flashbacks, of things she had never seen before. She saw …a woman. She somewhat resembled Sakura, but not fully. The flashbacks began going by so fast, Sakura couldn't even see things properly. Eventually, they stopped, and those 4 colors in her eyes popped out, wondering in the air and then hitting her in the back. Sakura fell unconscious.

5 Minutes later,

Sakura jolted up.

"Huh? What the–?!"

Cluing in, Sakura remembered…pain and flashing colors, memories and falling unconscious. Remembering the pain in her back, she ran to the mirror. Nothing was on her face, and her arms and legs were fine. Turning around, she lifted up her shirt just a bit, and noticed some kind of marking, like a tattoo on her lower back. It looked like a cherry blossom in a flame. There were also thunderbolts around it, a wave of water, and leaves around it. It looked very elaborate and mysterious. Sakura's eyes widened in fear.

'Wha, oh my God what is this?!'

Now she was scared. First, this new power surge, and now this. She was definitely going to tell the Tsunade about this after the mission. She put a bandage around her waist where the marking was, so no one would see it.

Once done, she looked at the clock. It was already 10:25. she was supposed to meet at the gates in 5 minutes. She went to leave, when she noticed she never picked up the picture. She went and grabbed it, stuffed it in her bag and ran out of the apartment.

It has stopped raining, but clouds still cascaded over the sky. looking at her watch, 10:28 stood out in bold. she had 2 minutes to reach the gates. To her delight, she made it a minute early. Once she reached the gates, she noticed only Konohamaru and Moegi were there. She looked puzzled.

"Where's everyone else?"

The 2 genin shrugged, "We don't know. We got here five minutes ago."

Sakura nodded, and looked out to the streets of Konoha. A moment later, she noticed the girls coming. They had an unreadable expression on all their faces though. What was weird, was that they all looked different. Hinata's jacket was zipped up higher then usual, Ino had a long sleeve purple shirt on. Ino HATES long sleeve shirts. She rather wear tank tops or short sleeve shirts. Tenten had a big jacket on. She seemed to be clutching her stomach. Sakura looked at them oddly.

"About time you showed up! You're all late!" Konohamaru yelled.

Ignoring him, the girls stopped in front of Sakura, with fake smiled on their faces. Sakura cocked an eyebrow,

"Hey what's wrong with you guys? You seem, … out of it…"

"I'm fine. Nothing is wrong with me." Tenten said. She then remembered the events that had just occurred.

Flashback

Tenten was packing for the mission, "got my weapons, scrolls, clothes, rations,.. I think I'm good!" she said to herself.

She then noticed a kunai on her table. It was a kunai with dragons inscribed into it. The dragons were gold, while the rest of the kunai was silver. She remember she had gotten that from Neji on her 16th birthday. He had made it just for her. She loved him, he loved her. Why not date? No one really knew. They never got around to talking about it.

' I think I'll bring it with me!' Tenten said with a huge grin on her face. She went to grab it, when a burning sensation went through her veins.

"AH WHAT IS THIS?!"

She had felt this before. When she was on the mission with Sakura awhile back. She had never told anyone about this though, thinking it was nothing. The pain was going for her stomach. She clutched her stomach in pain. three colors appeared. Green, white and red. She started having flashbacks of some chick, who somewhat resembled Tenten. The flashbacks ended and the green, white and red light hit her right in the stomach. Upon contact, Tenten felt unconscious.

After five minutes, she woke up only to find a tattoo locking circle around her bellybutton. It had flames, leaves and wind breezes on it. Tenten froze; she was scared. She'd talk to Gai-sensei, or even the Hokage after this and ask what it was. She put on a big jacket and some bandages around her waist to hide it. She picked up the kunai Neji gave her and plopped it in her bag. As she left the house, all she kept thinking of the marking on her stomach.

She was clutching her stomach the whole time.

End of Flashback

Tenten put on a fake smile to hide it up. Ino and Hinata though of what happened to them too. Ino was about to pick up the jacket Shikamaru gave her the other day, while Hinata went to pick up Naruto's special chopsticks. She was with him at the Ramen stand the other day and he gave her his special chopsticks. When both girls went to pick these items up, a power surge went through them. They saw the flashbacks, just like Sakura and Tenten. Ino saw a yellow light, while Hinata saw a blue light. The blue light hit Hinata in the ankle, while the yellow light hit Ino in both shoulders. They had also received those weird markings. Ino had thunderbolts on both shoulders, while Hinata had water waves wrapping around her ankle.

They decided not to tell anyone for the moment, and keep quiet.

Sakura lowered her eyebrow and turned around, leading the way. "Okay if you're sure. Let's go then."

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The walk to wave took about a days walk. They hardly stopped at all. They wanted to get there before it got to dark. They had no distractions on the walk. They only stopped to get water or go to the bathroom.

The walk was very silent. None of the girls wanted to say anything. They were too deep in though about what happened. Konohamaru and Moegi made small talk to each other, but whispered most of the time, finding the silence awkward.

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They reached wave around 7 at night.

Deciding to go to bed before doing the actual mission, they went to the nearest place to stay.

" We only have 2 rooms left. One room has 4 beds, while the other has 2 beds."

"We'll take them." Sakura grabbed the keys and they walked to the rooms.

'Rooms one and two!'

"Okay, Konohamaru and Moegi, Take room one. We'll take room two. Don't do anything–"

"ARE YOU MAD SAKURA! WERE ONLY FRIENDS!" Konohamaru said blushing like mad. Sakura cocked an eyebrow.

"I meant to say don't do anything stupid, but whatever."

Konohamaru blushed even more.

"We're in the next room if you need us!" Ino said to the two genin as Sakura opened their door.

The girls entered their room. It had 4 single beds, a bathroom, and a closet. Not the coolest place they have stayed in, but it will have to do.

"So when are we g-going to deliver the scrolls?" Hinata asked placing her bag on her bed. Ino flopped onto her bed.

"Uhm, I guess tomorrow in the morning. Then we can tour around the town for a bit, stay the night, and leave the next morning?"

Everyone nodded there heads in agreement. They were going to change into there Pj's, but that's when things got uneasy. They all looked at each other and ran to the bathroom.

"I DIBS IT FIRST!" Tenten hollered.

"Uh, NO YOU DON'T! I DO!" Ino called back.

"Hey look! A rat!" Hinata said pointing to Ino's bed. All the girls but Hinata screamed and ran to the other side of the room. Hinata giggled and went into the bathroom.

"haha! k-kidding!" Hinata said from the bathroom. Sakura, Ino, Tenten looked at the bathroom door with puzzlement.

"Was that really Hinata!?" Ino said. Sakura and Tenten were still staring at the door.

"Who knew she had it in her." Tenten said. "I think she's been around Naruto to much." Sakura added. They all nodded in agreement. Hinata then walked out of the bathroom changed. The other 3 girls looked at each other.

"IT'S MY TURN!"

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The next day, everyone woke up around seven or so. They all got dressed, which was another run for the bathroom scenario. The four girls walked down to the lobby and waited for Konohamaru and Moegi. Five minutes later, they came down. Konohamaru was rubbing his head and blushing like mad, and Moegi had an annoyed face on her and she was also blushing out of embarrassment.

"What happened with you guys?" Tenten asked cocking an eyebrow. Konohamaru turned as red as a tomato. Moegi walked passed Tenten, Sakura, Ino and Hinata and muttered something. However, they all managed to depict what the young genin said.

"Pervert."

The four girls looked at Konohmaru, "You wanna tell us what you did?" Ino said glaring at Konohamaru.

"W-Well you see, I accidentally walked in on her changing twice… and well… AHH! Never mind! Let's go!" he said running past the girls, totally embarrassed. The girls all shrugged and followed after the two genin.

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"Thank you for your assistance." The leader of the village said to the 4 chunnin and 2 genin. They all bowed in respect and left. Delivering the scrolls was much easier then they thought, but it didn't matter. Having a few days left, why not hang around for a bit?

"Hey lets go to the weapons shop!" Tenten said with a huge grin on her face. Hinata and Ino looked annoyed.

"I k-kinda want to go l-look for souvenirs…"

"WELL I wanna look for clothes!"

Sakura really didn't care much of what she wanted to do, and she knew they all wanted to do there own stuff.

"How about we split up for a bit? Its only nine right now, so how bout we meet up at twelve for lunch at this spot, and go from there…?" Sakura said trying to compromise. The girls nodded in agreement and walked away. Sakura looked at Konohamaru and Moegi. Moegi walked off, totally ignoring Konohamaru.

"Hey Moegi! Wait up!" Konohmaru said running up to her. She only fastened her pace. Konohamaru could catch up to her. She disappeared into the crowd.

"crap…" Konohamaru said sadly. Sakura walked up to him, "Hey, she's not in a good mood right now. Give her some space. Maybe you should get her something to cheer her up?" Konohamaru suddenly looked a lot happier, "Good idea Sakura-chan!"

And with that, he ran off to a store. Sakura looked dumbfounded. She had no idea what to do.

'hmm, I could go get some food… or maybe get some medical books or something.'

after much consideration, she decided to walk around browsing. While walking around, she noticed a lot of homeless kids hanging around, begging for food or money She felt bad, having a lot of money, while these kids have nothing. Dropping a few dollars into a hat of one of the kids, she continued to walk.

Along her walk, she noticed a couple. The girl was very beautiful. She had blonde hair that reached her mid-back, and had blue eyes. Oddly though, She was crying. Sakura then looked at the guy.

The guy was really good looking too. The guy had brown hair, and it was kinda messy like Kiba's, but it was still looked good. He had green eyes.

From what she could see, it looked like the boy was leaving her for some reason. They looked around the same age as Sakura. The girl was crying, while the boys looked emotionless. It reminded her of Sasuke, and how he left her. How she was crying her eyes out for him, and he had no emotion on his face. She walked past the couple, thinking about the other day, and how Sasuke slipped through them again.

Suddenly, Sakura felt that pain again. It was running through her veins, with a burning passion. Many people around looked at the Haruno with confused faces as she let out a squeal in pain. Notching this, she ran to the nearest corner. She clutched her sides again.

Ahh! What is this pain? Why wont it leave me alone!" Sakura vented out. She had a tear running down her cheek. The pain went away after a minute.

"What, am I? What is this?!"

"I think I, can answer that." A man walked out from around the corner. She looked at the owner of the voice, seeing that he was an old man. Around the ages of 65 or so. He had a cane, and thick eyebrows. He was pretty short.

"Who are you? How do you know me? What is wrong with me?!" Sakura asked, or more or less demanded. The old man looked at her.

"You'll find out all in good time dear. If you want your answers, come by the 'destiny' shop around two. bring your friends, they'll want the same answers as you."

"What so my friends have to do with this?"

"For the same reason you have to do it. It amazes me how all four of you ended up in the same place." The old man chuckled. Sakura gave him a serious look.

"How do I know I can trust you?"

"Because, Sakura Haruno, I know more about you then you know about yourself. Who you are, where you came from, and what you are in general. You're a very important person. Once you see your friends, ask them about their markings if you don't believe me. If you want to know everything about yourself, do drop by."

Then a poof noise was made, and he was gone.

Sakura stood there in bewilderment. What he said replied in her mind.

'he knows?'

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Chapter…four finished:D cheers.

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