Chappie 5- Messed Up Intros
Tsunade looked at Rookie 12's reaction when they came face to face with the five shinobis from Shiyuuki, she noticed that they were eyeing up and examining them while the five gave no notice of recognition in their eyes.
"Ehem, so... I would like to present to you the best shinobi group in the village, Rookie 12. I assume that an introduction is needed for each of you as we all seem strangers. I suppose those who didn't spar today will be the first to introduce themselves." Tsunade motioned for Shikamaru to start and she groaned in response to what the Hokage ordered him to do.
"Yo! Nara Shikamaru, I'm the heir of the Nara clan and I specialize in strategies... Hmm, what else... This is troublesome, so that's all." Akira laughed uncontrollably and so unladylike that it garnered attention from everyone inside the room. Tsunade and the rest of Rookie 12 glared her down but she seemed oblivious to their 'death stares'. Sakura was busy flipping a page of her book and Hinata was chatting up with Shin. Ren was busy looking bored and ignoring the world while Akira laughed her head off.
"What ever is it that you find funny, Akira-san? I suppose it's something that came into mind?" Ino asked haughtily while Akira wiped some tears off her eyes. She approached Sakura and gave her a pat on the back as a friendly gesture.
"Gomen, I just find it funny that Shikamaru-san sounds like an old geezer instead of a teenager... Saki-hime is truly a genius when it comes to talking about her old friends." And she gave another fit of laughter while Sakura closed the book slowly and kept it inside her pocket.
"Forgive us for the rudeness of our teammate, she is a bit uncontrollable when it comes to telling her opinion and we cannot cure her of it." Sakura bowed her head low as a sign of apologizing and Rookie 12 smirked to themselves.
"Well, I suppose when the heiress bows to us for respect, we cannot help but see why she has such a rowdy and unladylike subjects..." Hikari said with disdain, though her voice sounded a bit restrained and harsh after awaking from her 'dreamworld ehem nightmare-land' that Sakura inflicted on her. Ino looked down, she couldn't look the two of her friends in the eye, after all, if it weren't for her they could still be with them and not with these shinobis.
"Enough, next." TenTen looked up and smiled sweetly, too sweet that even the healthiest boy could get cavities just by looking at her, or so as Hinata thought when she saw the immediate fake cheerfulness around her.
"I'm TenTen Matsuka, hope we become friends..." Hinata snorted while she looked at TenTen, her arms crossed together and smirking maliciously. Sakura looked at TenTen then to her sister and then back to her book, taking no notice of anything unusual, at all.
"Friends? Really Matsuka-san, I thought you only knew the words fake and used when it comes to friends." TenTen's hands fisted themselves and Hinata made an oops face while putting a slender finger to her chin and looking sorry.
"Oops, I suppose that applied only to us, you do know the words friend when you are along with those bitches and being yourself." Hinata then smiled ruefully and even winked at TenTen. Akira snickered but stopped when Tsunade glared at her and whistled innocently.
"Hyuuga-san, do mind you manners... You are not in your vil-" Hinata laughed at this and even ignored Tsunade while looking at TenTen's pissed off face. Tsunade cleared her throat to no avail while saying Hyuuga Hinata-san.
"Hyuuga Hinata?! Who's that?" Hinata stopped, a confused looked in her eyes.
"I'm sorry Hokage-sama, I must have misheard you when you said Hyuuga Hinata, after all, isn't that person buried six feet below the ground in your village? May she rest in peace, whoever she is." Hanabi gritted her teeth together and limped towards Hinata, her eyes flaring with anger.
"Don't you dare act as if you don't know who she is! Is that how you treat your own self now huh? Are you really that changed? Why did you even left the village and followed that-that stupid, weak and helpless Haruno?" Hinata stopped giggling and instead, she slowly lowered her gaze, Sakura had a blank stare while watching it all unfold. Hanabi huffed angrily and Ino patted her on the back to calm her down.
"WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME?!" Hinata looked up when Hanabi screamed those words, she smiled bitterly towards them and looked at Hanabi with anger in her eyes.
"Answer you? Why should I repeat word after word of every thing that happened that night? You know everything so don't act stupid and make me repeat those words, Hanabi... You caused my changes, you hated me- no hate is still better, you despised my very existence... Well, you got your wish, here I am, Haruno Hinata, no more indecisive failure to the Hyuuga clan, right?" Hinata walked away from them, while everyone remained silent. Sakura looked at them, her eyes betraying no emotion at all, everyone was silent and they looked at each other questioningly.
"I'm sorry again for my sister's actions. She hates it when someone talks about her past like that, she becomes a bit touchy about it. Do not worry about the alliance though, it won't be harmed, so do continue your introduction." Tsunade nodded and gave a sign to Rock Lee who held his head up proudly. He gave his youthful pose and smiled, making the edges shine.
"That didn't just shine, right?" Shin asked while looking dubiously at Rock Lee's teeth who was rambling on about youth. Ren shook his head and sighed, Akira whistled to herself while Sakura merely nodded.
"Geez, this guy keeps on taking 'bout youth and youth, I sorta get why you and Hina-chan wanted to leave. Man, if I were in your shoes, I don't know what I'd do to them." Shin said while scratching the back of his head.
Tsunade noticed that they weren't paying attention to what Rock Lee was saying so she cleared her throat to get their attention... But once more, she failed... Rookie 12 were glaring daggers towards them already and Tsunade was also about to snap, if no one could control them, they might have a very very mad Tasuke after their throats for spilling the blood of his precious daughters.
Luckily, Sakura had taken note of the heavy and sinister aura surrounding the Rookie 12 that she decided to step in. Shin frowned at her actions while Ren remained passive, but a small smirk was playing on his lips as he watched Sakura handle the situation.
"Hokage-sama, ple-" Sakura was interrupted by Atchi when she threw a kunai straight to her which nearly grazed her cheeks. Atchi sneered at her and ignored the warning looks from Ino and Hanabi as she made her way slowly towards Sakura.
"Tsk, shut up already, will you? Your voice is so high pitched I think my ears are gonna burst already." Sakura straightened her stance and looked at Atchi as she spoke, the kunai that was thrown her way was being held by the left hand of hers while Atchi inched closer to her.
"Atchi..." Naruto's voice was stern but Atchi ignored him, Hanabi and Neji tried to stop her but she dismissed them easily.
"Don't worry, I'm only making myself known now, so don't block me. They started messing up the introductions so I'm trying to return the favor..." Atchi looked at Sakura and sprinted towards her, hands at ready as if to claw her face off.
"BY MESSING UP HER PRETTY FACE!" Time seemed to move slowly as Atchi reached Sakura who was still standing in her position, her eyes widened for a fraction of second as Atchi's fingernails grazed her cheeks drawing a little blood. However, Naruto moved fast enough to grab hold of Atchi and pull her towards him so that she wouldn't suffer any punishment from the kunai that Sakura had initially released. Neji grabbed the kunai out of midair and moved to a defensive position followed by Hanabi and Ino while the rest of Rookie 12 looked as if they were itching to kill Sakura right on the spot.
"Stop it, we are not here for fighting. It seems that the infamous Haruno Sakura has the least bit of patience..." Sakura raised an eyebrow but she said nothing listening while Tsunade spoke.
"Tsk, if only you'd let us spar with them, they'll probably be crying while going home telling how whipped they were." Hikari said while crossing her arms. Akira smirked and walked towards Hikari to face her. She removed a lock of her hair and pointed it towards everyone, her chakra slowly seeped in the hair strands but before she could release it, Ren was holding her arm and forcing her to drop them, making clinking sounds of metal hitting each other.
"Cut it out Akira... Saki-chan won't be pleased to have you hurt anyone else." Akira tsk-ed and removed Ren's hand that restrained her arm. She walked slowly back towards her old position and looked at Rookie 12 with anger that a normal person would have felt a shiver run down their spine.
"See! They keep on following that weakling's words as though she's a princess! She is just another one of those hopeless, idiotic and wannabe bi-" Atchi felt her blood turn cold and she stopped talking immediately. Naruto gabbed a kunai and pointed it towards Ren while Rock Lee, Neji, Hanabi, Ino, TenTen and Kiba where forming a circle around the three. Hikari, Sasuke, Shino and Shikamaru were facing Sakura, Akira and Shin all in defensive stance. Tsunade was in front of the circle but made no attempt to stop them.
"Drop the kunai or whatever you call that shard of yours Kishimoto, you don't wanna die." Naruto threatened as he held his claws infused with his kyuubi's aura near his pearly white skin...
"Then she shouldn't have insulted Sakura... To call her weak and an idiot can be tolerated but to lump her with the likes of you is unacceptable... Utterly unacceptable!" Ren's eyes seemed to glower for a bit before they heard a calm yet soft voice call out Ren's name. They were caught off guard that Sakura's tone had changed just by calling out to Ren and most of all that he responded to her... Just what was their relationship?
"Ren, leave it... I know who I am and you know that too. Those who are to blind must be left alone... It won't gain us anything after all... Besides, I'm pretty sure we are all just tired, we need rest too... I've told you guys about them so don't bother anymore... We need to go, Hina-chan might throw us out if we are late." Akira nodded and muttered something like thank goodness. Shin slowly nodded while Ren retracted the shards and Sakura walked away slowly.
"Tsk, we have not given you any permission to leave this place yet. You are in our village so follow the rules, or you'll have to pay." Tsunade finally cut in after a long moment of silence. Sakura turned her head back slowly before facing Tsunade, her lips arranged in a sneer.
"Really? Then I say you violated the contract too, and also, we have the right to do whatever we want to do, after all, I could easily ruin the alliance if it pleases me to... Besides, why should I listen to an old hag like you who didn't even bat an eyelash as we all acted out a plan that could've ruined the alliance, huh?" Tsunade clenched her jaws, however, Hikari had a completely different idea. She was so swift that nobody noticed her move until they realized that Sakura's feet were an inch higher while Hikari's hand choked around her neck.
"Don't you ever bad mouth my shishou, you don't know what she is like when she gets mad..." Hikari's hands were removed from Sakura's throat by Ren who glared at Sasuke then at Hikari before letting Sakura down on the ground.
"Don't warn me about that... As far as I'm concerned that woman is nothing but something that I could practice on. Her abilities are way overdue and I've overwritten her 3 years ago. She was also my master but it seems like that was already forgotten, so I know exactly what she is. Though I suppose 3 years is enough to change a person." Tsunade approached Sakura, her fists were clenched and her voice was controlled as well when she spoke.
"You are right, Haruno... Three years is enough to change a person, just like you."
"Oh? Right from the start you never knew me at all, so how can you say I've changed huh?" Sakura said while ignoring the hand that Ren had placed on her wrists to prevent her from rushing out.
"I treated you like my own daughter because your parents asked me to take care of you before they left, but what did I get in return? You betrayed this village and even dragged down Hinata!" Sakura turned away from them, and the three others followed suit. Rookie 12 looked at their retreating backs with disdain while Tsunade was looking at them sternly.
I never betrayed this village... This village betrayed me and Hinata, I never wanted her to follow me and know that all this time, my biological parents were alive. Your village forced us out and shut the door right in our faces. Maybe you just have forgotten what really happened three years ago, but I never had." They disappeared after that and they were all left slack-jawed at what just transpired. However, Tsunade had a feeling that Sakura was hiding something a far more deep secret that happened three years ago than what she shows them, but she just couldn't put a finger to it...
AN: So, finally, something came to my mind and here it is. I just hope that you guys like it...
Also, about TenTen's last name, I just made that up... -.-
≧ω≦ I have a poll to make since it needs everyone's opinion ≧ω≦
Okay, who do you think suits Sakura and Hinata perfectly?
For Sakura: For Hinata
a. Ren (OC) a. Ren (OC)
b. Sasuke b. Naruto
c. Itachi c. Kankuro
d. Sai d. Kiba
e. Shin (OC) e. Shin (OC)
f. Shino f. Sasori
g. Lee g. Lee
h. Gaara (?) h. others... (please specify?)
i. others... (please specify?)