hello faithfull readers i have uploaded another chapter. i apologize for the wait.
Sakura woke up the next morning a little tired, but she packed her new weapons and put on her usual garb, then got a pack and a sleeping bag and walked toward the training field. At the training ground she saw Sasuke and Naruto both looking half asleep, Sakura then proceeded to lay out her sleeping bag and fall back to sleep.
She had decided early on that it would be too much trouble to change the bell test, besides the boys still needed to learn this particular lesson.
A few hours later Kakashi found his team in a precarious situation. Sakura was sitting at the base of a tree next to Naruto who was covered in a red sleeping bag with the Haruno symbol on it. Sasuke was also sitting at the base of a tree asleep.
When Sakura noticed his presence she gave him a little glare and woke the boys up.
"Hello Kakashi-sensei, how nice of you to finally show up," said Sakura in an icy tone. Sasuke and Naruto paled at the tone, Kakashi gave a little smile, and "sorry I got lost on the path of life,"
Sakura just looked at him with eyes that said a thousand words, "if we were in the field there is a high probability that we could be dead by now."
"Well, anyways," said Kakashi as he set the timer, "Ok, it's set for noon. Here are two bells. Your task is to take these from me before noon," said Kakashi, "those who cannot get a bell by noon get no lunch. You only need to get one bell. There are only two, so one of you will definitely be tied to a stump. And the [person who doesn't take a bell fails. So at least one of you will be sent back to the academy." Said Kakashi
Naruto and Sasuke looked stricken. "you can even use your shurikens. You wont succeed unless you come at me intending to kill." Finished with his explication Kakashi began to answer there comments. Then the game was on.
Just as the first time Sakura and Sasuke hid and Naruto being the dunce came at Kakashi head on. From that point onward it was pretty much the same, nothing really changed and the end result was the same, Naruto tied to the tree and them with a second chance.
They are thee lunch in minimum peace till Naruto's stomach growled. Sakura lost her patience, and offered up her food, "here eat, you need it more than I do," Said Sakura as she handed him the food.
"But Sakura, wont you get in trouble?" said Naruto. "Kakashi is not around so I doubt he won't really mind; besides you will need the energy to fight," said Sakura as she picked up her chopsticks and feeds Naruto.
Then out of nowhere Kakashi bursts in this time around Sakura took time to appreciate the special affects, "you, you… pass," said Kakashi. Naruto and Sasuke were speechless, they could not believe in what they were hearing. Sakura smiled fondly as all hell broke lose.
They made a plan to meet up tomorrow at the bridge for their fist real mission.
Sakura left the field heading towards a favorite little spot of hers, a nice quiet little tea shop. When Sakura entered the shop she looked around for a spot to sit and that is when she spotted Hinata. Sakura smiled as she remember the Hinata of the past, a strong kind and caring woman who was totally in love with Naruto. At the time before her defection they had been great friends. And so with resolve Sakura walked over to Hinata's table and sat down across from her. Giving one of her best smiles, "hi, do you mind if I sit here?" asked Sakura.
Hinata was a little surprised but nodded. "Hey Hinata did you pass the genin test?" asked Sakura as she sipped on her tea. "Y-yes it was sort of h-hard."
Sakura smiled, "so was ours for a moment I thought that we would lose, but we did pass, even if it was only by the skins of out teeth.
It was the start of a beautiful friendship.
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3 weeks of chasing Tora, planting rice, painting fences. The work was so tedious it almost killed her. During those three weeks she and Hinata met up regularly at the tea shop, or the training field, or to go shopping, they were the best of friends; Sakura even got Hinata to stop stuttering around her. The first big ninja mission came and that was the mission to wave.
The wave mission had nothing to it there was nothing she could change for the better, Sasuke had to get his sharingan, Naruto needed the practice. The wave mission was crucial for both Sasuke and Naruto. All she could do was heal them when they got injured. And before she know it they were back in Konoha giving their report of their c that turned into an s class mission, and it went down as such.
It was only a few days later that Sakura got another letter from her mother, right in the middle of training with her team.
Dearest Sakura,
It is I once again you wonderful fabulous mother. I have heard that you just completed you first out of the village mission that was supposed to be a c-class but was actually much higher. But now as your mother I must express my concern for you safety, so as I have promised in my earlier letter it is time that I draw you away from you castle and into my awaiting bosom. Where upon you and your team will be trained personally by me and you brother's team. You aunt has also told me that you have been showings signs of awakening. This is also another reason that you must come here so you can be taught about you special abilities. I have sent word to the Hokage and he will be giving you and you team this mission
So until then.
Sakura read the letter with an exasperated sigh; her team mates also read the letter over her shoulder.
And true to the mothers word they were called to the Hokages office later that day.
"Ss you probably know, Sakura is being summoned to her clan compound, and you probably know that you will be escorting her and staying with her until she is released."
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They set out the next morning, because if they moved quickly they would make it by sunset. They stopped for lunch at a quiet little stand in a village. "so Sakura what is your family like?" asked Naruto. Sakura looked down and blushed a little bit, "well I was really little when I left so I don't really remember anything. But aunty said that the Haruno clan is really different from other clans, and that it is hard to put into words. But that they are very accepting no matter whom you are, and that the clan compound is a safe haven for anyone who seeks it."
They stared at her explanation, although it made sense that she did not really know much about her clan, but her description that the compound was a safe place for everyone was just strange.
After lunch they set off again moving towards the compound. Moving at a moderate pace, they made good time getting to the place just as the sun started going beyond the horizon.
The boys were pretty impressed; the place was big, and pretty. They were met by two people one boy and one girl both having reddish pink hair and deep green eyes. "Welcome to the Haruno compound, Sakura-hime. We are Itasa and Deiori, Yuki-sama has instructed us to take you to you rooms in the main building." They said as they moved towards the center of the little town. "Yuki-sama apologizes for not being here to greet you herself, but she is in a very important meeting, but she will see you in the morning for breakfast."
They were taken up to the second floor of the main building where they were given their own rooms.
Sakura sighed as she laid out on her big bed.
'you should be happy'
'I know I get to see Itachi again,'
'as well as your use to be dead clan, this is where you get to change stuff'
'it's more that that, I mean what about Sasuke and Itachi.'
'yeah well Itachi needs to tell the truth'
'I guess, but I am still nervous,'
'well there is nothing you can do about it, so sleep' demanded inner Sakura.
Sakura complied falling asleep.
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Two lone figures walked through a village painted red with blood. It wasn't until they got to the center of the small village that they saw the first of the bodies, women and children with red hair. Ninja protecting the main house. The shorter of the two figures turned away sticking closer to her partner. The kills were recent just a few days old. They split up searching for any survivors. Sakura enter the main building and Itachi searched the surrounding houses. The main house was filled with even more bodies, and smelled of death. Sakura sent out her chakra searching for any sigh of life, she found one, two doors on her left, she ran to the room and too the woman on the floor.
She was barely alive, and far pass anything Sakura could do for her, but she tried anyways. "Stop that child, I am dying save you energy," whispered the woman her light blue eyes focusing on Sakura, before she let out a smile. "I am glad that I got to see you face once again before I died, little Sakura." The woman gave a violent cough. "Be strong my child." And with that the woman died. Sakura cried hugging this woman that could only be her mother. Itachi found her later holding the woman, he picked her up and took her away from the blood stained village, and the family she never knew.
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hello a few points.
this looked longer than it was.
for those who read my first attempt,
im keeping yuki the same - hyper bubbly
itasa and deiori - i serisouly couldent resist adding that, for those who did not reat the first to the past, they were puppets that sakura had made that had the like ness of itachi sakura(itasa) and deidara and sasori (deiori) i took the puppet thing out for convience but the names are there.
i hope this is a lot more easier to understand and follow than the first.