Sakura in the Past

by Tsurara11

In order to save Konoha, Sakura had to give up her life. She is given another chance and all that is asked of her is that they make sure things do not end as they did before. Sakura must make sure that things that were major events in her time never occur and that people who caused major problems for Konoha never have the chance to. Follow Sakura in her new journey.

3. Chapter 3: Teammates

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Chapter 3: Teammates

After those events, my life as Heiwana Sakura continued like the normal memories. Itachi had become a team with Hyuuga Namida and Uchiha Shisui, his cousin. His sensei was Takame Arashi, one of the former Anbu. I had come over to visit Itachi and his parents often since my first visit after the escape of Orochimaru who is still out on the loose.

Itachi had become like a sibling to me. We loved to talk about what the future would be like when everyone was at peace. I would sometimes watch Itachi train and give him some advice after he trained with Fugaku as well. I had just finished up most of the paper work that was sitting on my desk and decided to go for a visit to the Uchiha Head Family. In a little under five minutes, I was standing my civilian walking clothes at their door. I knocked lightly on the door. Mikoto opened the door and greeted me happily.

"Sakura! Come on in! Itachi brought his teammates over!" Mikoto said.

I walked into the kitchen to see Fugaku, Itachi's sensei, Itachi, and his teammates at the table. Itachi's sensei, Takame Arashi, looked a little shocked to see me. I smirked slightly at him. I had recommended the man to Mikato-sama for Itachi and his squad. The man was a past Anbu who had earned my ire for his disobeying of orders and therefore was demoted to Jonin. Arashi had many skills which would hlp the squad survive in very difficult situations.

Itachi's eyes widened and he got up and hugged me as he happily said, "Sakura!"

"Hey, Itachi," I said laughing lightly.

Fugaku seemed to be slightly disapproved of that. I looked over at Fugaku and frowned at him. Fukagku immediately calmed down knowing that face. It was my drop it or face the consequences look. Fugaku had seen this face many times when we were on missions because he was reckless a few years back. He was very confidant back then and let it get to his head. I made me sad to think that he might die one day because he was over confidant

"Are you going stay for a while?" Itachi asked looking up at me.

I noticed Takame Arashi seemed a little surprised. Uchiha Shisui as well. I just shock my head at them.

"Yes," I said smiling lightly.

He smiled slightly and I sat down. I talked with Fugaku and Mikoto and then introduced myself to Shisui, Namida, and Arashi. The gennin went to do some training and Arashi asked why I was over at the Uchiha district. It was a place where I could be a normal person, and talk normally and familiarly with everyone without being overly respected. It felt great to just be able to sit back and relax with no worries instead of being at a desk working over more paper work than the Hokage.

Neither Sasuke, Naruto, nor my younger body had been born yet. The nine tailed fox hadn't attacked yet, either. I knew that those events would still come to pass but maybe I can make things better for everyone. It would be hard but I knew I could make things much better for the people of this place and change the future that occurred in my original life.

After that day, I came over and got pretty close to Uchiha Shisui as well. Itachi had told him a lot about me, but not my ranking or anything of course. Itachi got a little jealous, when Shisui had my attention and it was quite obvious in everyone's eyes. Itachi hid his emotions well, but it was really obvious because he hid it. At the age of 10, Itachi graduated to become a chunnin. Shisui had also become a chunnin as well.

The Uchiha Head Family had decided to ask the Hokage to get Itachi a one on one sensei who would teach Itachi alone. I had been outside of the office at the time.

"Hokage-sama, I wish for Itachi to get a personal teacher that will teach him alone." Fugaku said earnestly.

"Fugaku, I understand you want your son to grow in his power to be able to lead your clan, but I think its best that he remains in that team." The fourth Hokage said trying to talk him down from his plans.

"Itachi is better off being trained one on one." Fugaku said.

The argument continued with no end in sight. I knew Itachi was getting a little stiff and didn't want to be part of it. His chakra was flickering with annoyance. Mikoto was also arguing on Fugaku's side as well. I decided to interrupt. I opened the door.

"Hokage-sama, I believe it's a good thing I came by. I'll take Itachi under my wing and train him." I said.

My mask was off and my cloak was off as well meaning I was acting as a Jonin for the afternoon and not as the head Anbu captain. Fugaku and Mikoto looked surprised. Itachi blinked in surprise too. Minato looked at me straight in the eye. I nodded to him. He sighed and closed his eyes.

"Very well. Itachi will be trained by only Sakura. That's all. I'm not going to give him permission to be trained by anyone else." He said.

Itachi looked relieved that it was finally over. The Uchiha family left the office. Itachi closed the door behind him and the Hokage sighed.

"You were listening?" He asked.

"Since the beginning. Itachi's a lot different than all the other children at the academy and the other clan children too. He has been different since he saw war in the village." I answered with a calm tone.

"He's still a child. I feel bad for him. His father is pushing him to be the perfect shinobi." Minato commented with a sad look on his face.

"I too was young. You know that. I'll train him to be a great shinobi and be what his father wants him to be. You have my word that he will be one of the best, and he will also be one of your most trusted and closest shinobi. He will still have a life of his own. He's no puppet just like I did not allow myself to become a puppet of my family," I said with a small smile at my accomplishments.

Minato smiled and nodded his head at my plans.

"I know can count on you to do that. You too are my most trusted and closest shinobi warrior. Make sure he doesn't ever lose sight of himself and search for power like Orochimaru. It was what happened with the Sannin's team after all. You'll also be doing missions with Itachi as well, so notify him about it as well," he ordered.

I nodded and bowed. I left the room and greeted the Uchiha head family that was waiting outside of the Hokage's office.

"Thank you for doing that, Sakura." Fugaku said with true gratitude.

"Listen here, Fugaku. I will take over all aspects of your sons training. You are to do no training of him at all. I know what it takes to run a Ninja Clan so I can teach him. There is no need for you to push him so young. I will teach him at a pace that I believe is right for him. Am I understood," I demanded with a glare at Fugaku.

I watched as Fugaku gulped. He had only ever heard that tone once. The one time I used that tone was when I demanded that all my orders be followed when I had a bunch of ninja clan ninja trying to do what they wanted on a mission just because they were older than me and though that therefore they were smarter than me. Oh, how they learned that lesson quick. Every single one of them obeyed all of my orders for the rest of the mission and every single mission that they went on with me again.

"Yes, ma'am," Fugaku murmured softly.

I nodded with a smile. Good he still remembers what that tone means. I turned to Itachi.

"Sakura..." Itachi started.

I grinned and patted his head, ruffling his hair slightly.

"It's Sakura-sensei now, right?" I asked.

Itachi smirked and said, "Hai."

"Good. Tommorow, be up by 7:00 and meet me at the top of the Hokage Mountain. From now on, you'll be training with me alone. You should take some time today to let your teammates know and your sensei as well. Get some rest as well. It might be your first day of training, but I won't go easy. You'll be training all day. We'll also be doing missions together from then on as well." I told him.

"Hai!" He said excitedly.

I smiled and nodded.

"Good," I said.

I bid goodbye to the family and left. The next day, I woke up at 4, the usual time I woke up. I teleported and started working on some paper work. I got the entire mission requests for the day assigned and started on upcoming Chunin exams exam papers. At six I warmed up doing laps around the village. At around 6:45, I went up to the Hokage Mountain, climbing up with a single hand. I got to the top by 6:55 and meditated until Itachi arrived, just on time. I opened my eyes and nodded with approval.

"Good, you're on time. Every second counts as a shinobi. Never come late; it could mean the difference between life and death. Remember everything that I teach you Itachi. You will need it as a ninja." I said standing up.

Itachi nodded. We started with his training. I spared with him. He was still a bit far from his true power, but it wasn't impossible for him to achieve. Fugaku had allowed me to know of their clan history. I had gone to their secret underground shrine and found that Madara had not shared the secret of the Mangekyou with the rest of his clan. During our training, I found that Itachi's weakness lay within genjutsu, interesting how he was weak against genjutsu, but he had become the ultimate genjutsu user in my old life.

I started training him to dispel genjutsu and notice when he was in a genjutsu. He got used to it quickly, adapting his senses and started to figure things out. His chakra flow and sensing skills got better and he improved quite a bit in the genjutsu area. After training for a couple of hours, I decided it was time to eat. I told him I'd race him back to the top of the Hokage's mountain. I got back by teleporting and set up lunch for him and me to eat. He got back and he looked surprised.

"You're finally here. Come in and dig in," I said holding up some sweet pastry and dango for him to eat.

He blinked and smirked before sitting down and eating with me. We both ate and relaxed.

"Itachi, since we'll be going on missions together, you would do well to know my techniques however, there are too many techniques I have, so I will tell you the basics." I said and Itachi looked up. "I am a medical ninja, and medical ninjutsu can be used to both save people, and kill people. If used for different reasons. My hands can both save lives and destroy them."

"What weapons do you use," he asked me.

"I use double blades, which is a skill I have not shown to many unless I feel it's a harsh battle which I will need my full skill in attacking. I am also known for my chakra blades which are unbreakable unless you use a Fuuma seal. I also have a special weapon right here." I said pulling out my most dangerous weapon from my bag, the Poisonous Chakra Dagger "This here is the most dangerous weapon I have on me, and if anyone else tries to wield it, it will shock them."

"Then how can you wield it," he asked curiously while turning his head to the side lightly confused.

"I inherited this from my father who passed away long ago. It's been given the name of 'the Amiti' but it's also known as 'The Poisonous Chakra Dagger'. It turns the wielders chakra into a poison which can only be neutralized with the single antidote of the wielders blood. If a single drop of blood is consumed, it will neutralize the poison in seconds. The poison is slow but it is extremely painful," I answered truthfully.

"It can be used as an instrument of torture too?" He asked.

I nodded slowly. I hated using the blade for that type of work but sometimes it was necessary. I had used it on very few criminals in my time but all of them were enemies who had information that I needed and the enemy had not fallen through other ways of torture. It was usually a last resort. Most people always told information when I used my medical skills on them.

"Yes. It's very useful in all situations. The extreme pain will cause the body to become almost completely paralyzed and the person will be unable to move or resist. Without an antidote the poison will slowly melt a person from the inside out making it a very slow and painful death," I continued.

He looked shocked at the blade. There was a glowing emerald green gem in the center of the guard and the blade.

"This glowing gem here, contains my chakra, and turns it into the poison. Its color changes depending on the wielder's color of chakra, and the type of chakra they push in. My natural chakra's color is actually pink. The blade contained my medical ninjutsu chakra, and so it turned green," I explained.

"So elemental chakras, will work as well?" Itachi asked.

I nodded and smiled at him picking up the idea so quickly.

"Elemental chakras will change the color as well of course. For example, if I use fire chakra," I said.

I pushed fire chakra into the blade. The blade started to glow a hot red, and steam appeared around it. The gem turned a fiery red.

"It will turn red." I said.

He looked amazed.

"The blade will give an effect as well if I cut someone. When I use my medical chakra, the cut heals immediately for the victim, so the poison can be used for torture and so the poison doesn't flow out with the blood. When I use fire chakra, the victim will be burned in the area I cut, giving more pain to the victim." I said pushing my medical chakra into it.

"Wow... that's really interesting. Who were your parents anyways?" Itachi asked.

I looked at him and looked up at the sky. I sighed as tears nearly came into my eyes. Even after all of these years it is hard to think of them and their deaths. Both of them died in the last ninja war protecting the village and healing the hurt. I paused for a few seconds and thought of a way to tell him about my parents without breaking down.

"My father was a ninja, from a shinobi clan. My mother was a civilian medic but she was a close friend of your mother. Both of them died in the war, when I was still in the academy," I said.

"Oh. Sorry," Itachi whispered in a sad tone.

I could tell by the look on his face that he was sorry that he asked the question. I knew he would ask sooner or later and I was glad I could tell him so early in his training with me.

"It's ok. People die for others to live on. It's just the way things are. We all sort of live to die in a way because when you're alive, there's a chance you'll die. We fight to keep the peace to lessen that chance. That's why I'm training you, because I see that kind of determination and dream in you. Never lose sight of that," I said turning to Itachi.

Itachi nodded. I smiled and patted his head. I sighed almost unnoticeably before motioning for him to follow me.

"Come on. Let's get back to training. You still have much to learn." I said.

We continued to train. Itachi and I were sent out on a couple of C –rank escort missions before we got some B-rank missions to collect information.

Itachi learned of my father's clan power, which I had inherited. It was to be able to cause physical harm to the body of the victim within the genjutsu by using the genjutsu. It was like whatever happened in the genjutsu happened in real life... but they were made by invisible weapons. The victim in the genjutsu could only break out of it himself and pain wouldn't dispel the genjutsu either. I was able to cast genjutsu by pointing a single finger. It was a jutsu I also taught him, called the 'ephemeral'. The jutsu he had used on Naruto in my past life. I had learned to do the same after training for some time. I had also learned that I could combine the elements of lightning and fire chakra to make red lightning. Running it down my blade, I was able to burn enemies, as well as paralyze the areas I cut into.

I slowly taught him to be able to run his clan should something have happened to his father and he had yet to learn all he needed but he had much time to learn. Itachi learned fast how to hide his emotions better but I could always tell what he was feeling because I was the one that taught him. Many people believed it wrong to hide emotions but unless you hide them when you are a person of power people who want you dead will use them against you. They will see it as weakness and use it as justification for bringing you down and out of the power spot they want.

On the day of Itachi's birthday, his father asked me if Itachi seemed to be ready for the jounnin exams. I said yes but I would only sign him up if it was what he truly wanted. Being the clan heir and pride made him a target, and a very well-known target. As a jounnin, he would be sent out on more dangerous missions, therefore, leading him into more enemies and more danger. Fugaku agreed and decided to let Itachi decide on his own.

Itachi seemed very grateful to me for that, because I knew his father had forced him to do many things as a child. He was finally able to make his own decision without influence. He decided that he would become a jounnin, after hearing that Shisui was going to be signed up for the tests as well, so I helped him with what he wanted. He had been happy to be able to talk with Shisui normally again, and relax. He spared with Shisui and was par on par with him. Itachi had only been going easy. He hadn't revealed anything other than his own speed improving, along with his taijutsu and chakra control skills. He had been promoted by the Hokage to become a jounnin after passing the tests with flying colors along with Shisui. I congratulated him and treated him out to some dango with Shisui.

I let him relax for a whole week, and I convinced Fugaku that he deserved it after training all day and for the past year. Fugaku agreed and Mikoto had sided with me as well. I watched over him while he was in the village. He had been extremely tense after he had become a jounnin, and seemed to be prepared for more intensive training, knowing that it was coming. I decided it had been time for him to take a break.

After that week, Itachi and I started training again. Itachi and I had both grown close through the times of training and when we talked after training. He had also grown to look more good looking, and was the perfect ninja, which everyone admired as a young prodigy. I had shadow clones working on my piles of paper work so they didn't stack up when I was training with Itachi. We were a good team when we battled together against enemy ninja which happened often missions have picked up in the past year.

My office was filled with information about my jutsu and everything about the different jutsu I knew how to use. Everything was written in scrolls to be read and learned by others. I had heard that Orochimaru had been building an army of ninja to attack the leaf and I was prepared to give my position to Itachi when it finally came. He would become strong. He would be the protector of the Leaf Village, and he would be the one to stop the elders. I had taught him to be strong in both the physical body and defiant in the mind, to be strong with his words and be able to convince them with a forceful voice. He would be able to defy the elders of the Uchiha clan, who had part of his father under their control. I knew he would become the best clan leader yet.

Then, Itachi's 12th birthday finally came. After his birthday party, I spared with him all out. He had finally become strong enough to hold his own against me though he was caught off guard a few times and I managed to injure him. After sparing, I quickly healed him up, and pulled him up from a sitting position. He stood and blinked at me. I gave him the same necklace he wore around his neck when he was older. It hadn't actually been my decision, but it was as if something just called to me and told me to get that necklace for him. I had made a special chakra seal on it, which would allow him to continue to fight even when he ran out of energy. If his spirit and will was still pure, it would give him strength.

"This necklace will give you strength. Keep it with you. I've also signed you up for the Anbu test if you pass, you'll become my lieutenant in my squad. Shisui is also signed up. I wish you and him good luck," I said turning away to walk away.

I was now 20, and he was age 12.

"Sakura-sensei," He said grabbing my hand.

I blinked and looked at him. He looked strange.

Wait, was that a blush on his cheeks! No way, that was impossible I thought but somehow, I wasn't really surprised.

His grip tightened on my hand. I kneeled down and took his hand off of mine. I brushed his hair out of his face. I noticed he was wincing slightly in pain. He seemed like he was about to cough...

"Itachi. Are you ok?" I asked.

He coughed and covered his mouth. Blood dripped out of his mouth. My eyes widened, his illness. It was still there. It had started affecting him. If I let it progress it would kill him in the future, I put my hand on his chest and gathered my medical chakra.

"Calm down Itachi. I'll help you." I said softly.

I ran my medical chakra through his body and found that it was his lungs that had started everything. He had let it continue without seeing a doctor, and the disease had caused Acidosis. Right now it was just his lungs so I could easily heal it. I quickly healed it.

"Itachi," I said trying to catch his attention..

He blinked at me.

"I'm going to make you some medicine. You have a lung disease, but that's easily cured. If you don't listen to me and take the medication, you could end up killing yourself before long. When did this start?" I demanded.

He closed his eyes.

"Sorry, I didn't tell you. It started a little after the jounnin exam. I was only coughing, so I didn't think it was anything bad, and I thought it would go away," Itachi replied breathing harshly.

I frowned. Why had I not noticed this earlier. I could have saved him some pain and suffering? Why did he not tell me? Of course he did not tell me, he did not want to worry me with his pain. Damn him.

"Well, you should be glad I found out and you should have told me sooner. Now let's get you back home. I'll make some medicine this week and give it to you before the Anbu exams." I told him in a commanding voice.

Itachi nodded. I brought Itachi home and informed his mother about his condition, telling her to not let his father know, so that his father wouldn't be angered about it. Mikoto agreed with me. After that, I let the mansion and went to collect the herbs.

I made him the medicine so that he could take it once a week. It would fight off the disease in his lungs, and stop the Acidosis from being able to progress and his body would be able to flush out the excess acid in his body. I gave it to him after a week giving him careful instructions to take them once a week and make sure that he ate a good balanced diet. It was mid-autumn when I had noticed Mikoto's chakra behaviour had been strange. I figured out she was pregnant and told her the news. She had been extremely happy and Itachi had told me the news a day later. When the time of the Anbu exams finally came, I was watching over the last test. All Anbu forces came with me to greet the new young Anbu in the Anbu HQ and give them their final test. Itachi, Shisui and a single other ninja had made it past the first and second test.

"Well done. You three ninja have made it past the second test. Now, your third and final test. It will be tomorrow. You could choose to quit right now because your third test, is the worst of all," I said pausing for a moment queuing one of the Anbu to say his line.

"Why not just tell them their chances, Taisho," said an Anbu in a snake mask.

" Very well, here you go. There is a sixty-five percent chance that you will die, a fifteen percent chance you'll survive but you'll be scarred for life and maybe driven insane, a ten percent chance you'll survive with bad injuries, an eight percent chance you'll survive with some injuries, and a two percent chance you'll be unscathed and perfectly fine. As I said you could choose to quit and have another chance at it next time, where you'll be able to train and hone your skills and try again, or you could take the test now." I said.

The third ninja was shaking. He will never be able to make it to Anbu; he does not have the courage to survive long and would most likely break orders very quickly.

"I quit! I'm out of it! No more!" The third ninja said.

The other ninja brought him out of the room. Itachi and Shisui stood calm and unmoving. I smirked glad that I had chosen the right ninja to support.

"Very well. Both of you go home and rest. Come back tomorrow morning at 7:00 sharp. I'll be waiting here for the two of you. Dismissed." I said.

Shisui and Itachi nodded and left the HQ. I smirked.

"You think they'll come back, Taichou?" Kakashi, who had become an Anbu a year ago, asked me.

He had gone through the same test. My method of the third test was confusing to many Anbu, but they understood after a while. It was to test your mental strength, to take things seriously and to fight without fear, knowing that you could always die but it would be for your village. Those percentages were the percentages for all the high ranking missions that new Anbu took. I smirked.

"I know them too well. They'll be here, seven sharp tomorrow, for sure," I said.

"What team will they be going into?" Another Anbu, Hino Takarai asked.

"Both of them are going to be part of my squad. Itachi is going to be my lieutenant. Shisui will be 2nd seat officer," I replied.

"Hm. You are confident they're fit for those positions. That means Uchiha Itachi will be taking command when you're not around." Kakashi commented with his hand under his chin thinking.

"Yes. He s like me when I was younger. Young, but powerful. Kakashi, you should lead him in the right direction. I heard that Orochimaru's forces will be coming for us soon though I'm not sure when, I'm sure it will be sometime in the coming year. Everyone is to be on their highest attention when patrolling the area. You are to report to HQ immediately if you feel any huge amounts of chakras. All scouts are to be on the lookout and everyone is to be prepared to head out at any time.

"Hai!" All the Anbu chorused and saluted me.

I nodded dismissing them. They all left silently. I went back to my office. The next day, everything had been prepared for Itachi and Shisui. They walked into the room and I was standing in the center of the room with two tables in front of me. There was a mask and cloak on each table and a couple of papers. They blinked.

"Congratulations. As of today, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shisui, you are both promoted to Anbu ranking." I said.

"Wait, what about the 3rd test?" Shisui asked.

"You're doing it right now." I said.

"What do you mean?" Itachi asked.

"The 3rd test, is to be Anbu, and to be ready to receive a mission as an inexperienced Anbu ninja. Every mission has to be done with caution, or your death will come upon you. Those percentages I gave you were the percentages of you surviving your first month of Anbu missions. Not many new Anbu survive, because of their egos and their stupidity. They don't follow their captain's orders which pretty much leads them to their deaths." I said.

I turned to the boy of them.

"Uchiha Itachi, I hereby name you Lieutenant of my squad. Uchiha Shisui, I hereby name you 2nd seat officer of my squad. This means you have more authority than other officers in other squads who are the same rank or lower than your rank because you are in the 1st squad. Fight with the bravery and strength of any Anbu warrior, and fight for your village to protect those precious to you. This is what it means to be true Anbu. Follow the instructions on those papers, and go and get your Anbu tattoos. Keep your masks and find your offices in the HQ. Always be ready to move out at a second after being commanded to move out. That's all I have to say." I order.

"Sakura-sensei," Itachi said surprised.

"It's Taichou, now, Itachi. You'll be in command when I'm not around the HQ. Got it?" I said putting a hand on his head and smiling at him.

He nodded.

"Shisui, you'll be third in command, meaning if Itachi and I are both gone, you're the one assuming command." I said.

Shisui nodded hiding an excited grin on his face, but I knew in his mind, he was jumping and dancing happily.

"Well done. Now go ahead and announce the news to your family if you want. Make sure you read those papers properly and memorize every single detail. When you're done, doing everything you need to do, burn them and destroy all evidence, permanently. You're dismissed." I said.

They nodded and left with smirks on their faces. I smiled. Finally, Itachi was as strong as before, if not, stronger. I knew the future would hold a lot of changes, due to that fact that Sasuke, Naruto and I still hadn't been born yet.

I closed my eyes. Itachi, I knew he had developed feelings for me. What would happen when I died and was reborn? I guess I would find out, when I did die. If anyone ever knew, boy, I'd be in for it. Madara would probably find out.

Sakura: Okay what is the stats on this chapter.

Tsurara11: Well I added a bit more of a Fugaku and Sakura back ground. I also added some details about Amiti. Again no major changes. Well when I first started writing this chapter, it was seven pages long but now it is a little over eleven.

Itachi: Am I older yet.

Sakura:*glaring* NO!

Itachi: Arg, I thought you said one more chapter.

Tsurara11: Has it been one chapter yet. No it has not. Now it will be a few more chapters. *Itachi falls over because Sakura snuck up behind him and hit him on the head.* Really Sakura.

Sakura: What, he was going to whine at you.

Tsurara11: *shaking head* Lord help me now. Anyways I hope you all enjoyed it. The next chapter(beginning of SasuLovesSaku4Ever's Chapter 2) I should be up soon. Please comment and thank you for reading and until next time bye. I would really like to know what you all think so please let me know. Now really bye until later.