So, this is pretty much a filler chapter, and I'll warn you now. i wasn't in the same mood when i wrote this as i was when i wrote the first chapter, so the contents differ ( evidently). that having been said, I'd like to thank all my reviewers ( you guys are totally bestial (( that's a compliment, i swear)) and i hope that you're not dissapointed with this chapter.
In the early hours of the next morning, Naruto awoke in a dark but otherwise nondescript room. Naruto then proceeded to nudge Sakura into, at least, a sitting position.
"Wha-?" Sakura was a little harder to keep awake though.
"Kura! Do you have any clue where we are?"
She looked at him blankly, before comprehension dawned on her face.
"You called me Kura."
He blushed sheepishly, mussed his hair and rambled "oh, did I? Must be the sleepiness he he… please don't hit me."
She smiled at him, and said in a soft voice "I like it." An answering smile bloomed across his face.
"But now you need a nickname too." She spoke resolutely, and proceeded to set her piercing gaze upon him. They fell into an unmoving stupor, and thus, they were both sufficiently shocked when the doors banged open.
"Wakee wakee brats!"
Sakura looked confused.
"Anko-san? What are you and Genma-san doing here?"
So that's how you ended up with the Perv over there and Moi." Anko finished with a flourish. Both genins nodded, their eyes swirling from the blur of hyped-up talking and violent re inaction Anko had used to explain the story.
"So, now, all you need to do is Follow that hallway, get a check up and then go home and start packing." Genma spoke, successfully clearing both Students of their swirly-ness.
"Wait. What?" Naruto demanded.
"Don't complain, just GO!" Anko yelled, and shoved them both down the hallway.
They both just shrugged and parted ways at the separate examination rooms.
"Now, has the seal weakened in any way?"
"Nope. No fifty foot fox for me."
"Well then you're all set, Uzumaki-san."
"Thanks lady!"
"Now, Sakura-san. Have any of the medications stopped working?"
"No Tsunade-sama."
"Well, that's good then. Now, have you gained any more control since your last sealing?"
Sakura looked uncomfortable.
"Well, you see Tsunade-sama…"
Tsunade sighed, and placed the check-sheet in its clipboard down on the bench. "You gained control a while ago, didn't you?"
Sakura nodded meekly, and Tsunade ran a hand though one of her pigtails.
"Well then, we are going to have to stop treatment, it's to be expected, of course. You always were the most advanced child I have ever met."
Sakura looked worried. "So, I will gain my memories and abilities back?"
Tsunade nodded "and, most probably, your former personality."
Sakura looked hesitant, before opening her mouth once more.
"C-can I read the file? I would like to know how I will be, after…"
Tsunade smiled reassuringly at her, handed a plain yellow manila folder to the small eleven year old genin, and continued to prep.
On the first plain white sheet of paper, there was a profile picture of a small girl, whose face was almost completely shrouded by masses of long pastel pink hair, with only one luminescent green eye staring straight at the camera. The part of her hair that covered her face continued down her shoulders, ending near her hips. The other (larger) part of her hair was kept behind her shoulders, and reached almost her calves. She was dressed to the standard of high-class clan heir, in a silken kimono that was stained by dark blood in several places. Sakura shivered and quickly turned the page, pretending that the person she just saw was not in fact, herself.
Official Hospital Nin Psychiatric Ward
High security
Name Tenshi, Sakura-Rei.
Reason for evaluation Found terrorizing local villages, unnatural abilities, most likely due to clan's heritage and unknown origins.
Evaluation
Sakura is a cold, child with severe trust issues and strong loyalties.
She is mostly quiet, until provoked.
Incident timeline.
One month of evaluation, hold unnatural aura that draws people to her, seems oblivious to this fact, but is clearly used to getting her way. Makes strange connection with stray bird nesting in window. Bird Proceeds to accompany Tenshi-san at all times, until asked to remove.
One and a half months of evaluation, hospital groundskeeper attempts to poison bird, tenshi-san somehow rips him apart, with a look, and bird dies.
Two months of evaluation, Tenshi-san is unbearable. Abilities are running wild, controlling her more then she controls them. Tsunade-sama will be called in to place the power seals and memory-blockers.
Two and a half months of evaluation, Sakura-Chan is a different person. Shy, meek and charming. On closer physical evaluation, holds unique molecular dysfunction that causes physical strength to deteriorate. Causes' feinting spells without abilities which apparently stave off the deterioration, leading us to believe perhaps her ability is an advanced healing bloodline. Other side effects the molecular dysfunction has were the unique ability to change both hair and eye colour at will, though the majority of the time change was observed to be an unconscious act. When abilities were sealed the change became less frequent, eventually settling on the original colours she was found with. None have been able to explain this particular occurrence.
Three months of evaluation, Patient is to be released and become an emancipated minor, as basic file shows she is the last of her clan. Last name to be altered to attempt to dissuade provoking, in case of seal leakage. Once a month training opportunities to take place with Tsunade-sama, when powers are under full control, seals will be removed as they have draining affects on chakra. Patient has noted existence of second personality inside mind, possibly from ability represents.
Sakura looked nearly hysterical.
"But what if I don't want to be like that??"
There was no answer as she slipped under the anesthetic.
Anko studied the same file her new female student had before she was sedated, pausing on the profile picture.
"Ah! Run from the big pink fuzzball of doom!"
she chuckled under her breath to herself before listening once more to the conversation going on beside her.
"So, there could be several possible outcomes. She could revert completely to her original persona, she could not change at all, and then of course, there's the large chance that she could become clinically insane from the mental stress."
Tsunade finished her evaluation speech, and purposefully ignored the slight drool hanging from Naruto's mouth. Genma sighed and asked with pseudo-hope in his eyes;
"What are the chances of a happy medium?"
The Medic shrugged. "Slim to none."
"Brilliant. I always deal with the wackjobs."
Anko laughed, making several hardened jounin in the adjacent room shiver.
"We'll just have to wait and see. Oh, and Tsunade-san?"
The Medic-Nin looked up questioningly.
"Don't let the kid die, mmk? It'd be funny to hear the reports of a mass-devastating pink fuzzball, and I don't want to deprive the people of some much needed humor.
so. what did you guys think? i'll tell you now, i write what i'm in the mood for. i wasn't feeling overly angstly ( in fact, i'm pretty hyped, my birthdays in three days, woo!) so the writing refelcts that. i only wrote the end part today, so you can probably disect which moods i was in which days by what i wrote.
now, its time to credit the reviewers!
tons of thanks to;
BellaJames
sweep14
spider of the leaf
and much love too
Softball91 ( my longest review ever!!)
and Starlightscribe, whose review finally guilted ( i mean... inspired) me into adding this chapter.
and, as an interesting bit of trivia. This happens to be the most reviews i've ever gotten on a single chapter.
also, i scribbled the first few paragraphs in the back of my science book in eyeliner ( green, awesomeness!) during a lecture.