A/N: I just want to thank Sakura LOVES Shadow for her continued support of this fic, and also Understandable Enigma for her gracious comment. Thank you both very much, and I hope you enjoy this next chapter. Oh, and can't forget to say, as much as I love Natruto Anime, TT I don't own it! {I found something that needed fixing, so I did. Enjoy!}

CH. 8: Revelation

Naruto was about to go hunting Sakura and Gaara, when the two walked in: Sakura fuming, Gaara amused. Naruto arched one blonde brow in question, making who his friend shrug.

"I can't believe you would question whether or not that sick bastard deserved what I did to him or not. He deserves a lot worse. I gave him the WATERED DOWN version of what Ino was feeling after he raped her." Sakura was hissing at Gaara, but it was just loud enough for Naruto to hear her.

"WHAT THE FUCK!?" he yelled as he shot up out of his seat, only to have everyone in the classroom look back at him. He blushed slightly and sat back down. He looked at Gaara earnestly and questioned his childhood friend.

"What is she talking about? How does she know who raped Ino? Ino hasn't said a damn word as to who did that to her. She may be a good PI, but it just happened this morning!" Naruto's voice was a hissed whisper and if it hadn't been for their beasts, neither Sakura nor Gaara would have heard him.

Sakura sighed and rubbed her face. "I would have thought it obvious after seeing my eyes dobe." Sakura said, exasperated that everyone around her seemed so slow.

Naruto stared at her, wide eyed for one moment, then growled at her. "Don't call me dobe. That's what Sasuke-teme called me in grade school." Naruto noticed the cold look that covered Sakura's face at the mention of that name.

"My sincere apologies then, baka. I had no idea that the teme's vocabulary was so FUCKING broad. I just assumed that it would be quite obvious to a jurinchiki as to what I am." Sakura's tone was loaded with sarcasm. Naruto could tell she did NOT like Uchiha Sasuke.

"You are the only girl that is not fawning over Sasuke-teme or deathly afraid of him." Naruto said, his tone holding curiosity as to why she was neither.

"A sadistic fuck like him? HELL no. Besides…I've had my fill of men like that. I still have nightmares about the man with snake eyes that destroyed my clan. Him and Sasuke could get real friendly if they ever met. They both have the sickest minds I've ever touched." Sakura grumbled the last part. Everyone stared at her in amazement, but no one caught on to her psychic abilities…except the mute of the group.

"You're psychic." came a low, soft voice that reminded Sakura of her middle sister, Yuri. Sakura closed her eyes at the memories. Like Tsunade, after the diamond had appeared on her forehead, she had regained a large quantity of her memories.

Naruto, Temari, and even Gaara, gaped at Hinata, who had talked for the first time in almost two years. "H-Hina-chan. You…you spoke. Out loud." Naruto was so happy that he could barely speak. Hinata smiled weakly at him, then looked back at Sakura, who had opened her eyes again to reveal her emerald orbs once again.

"Yes, Hinata. I am indeed a psychic. It's how I know what Sasuke did to Ino…and what he did to you." She said softly, knowing it was going to blow up if she gave Naruto the chance. Naruto's eyes widened and Sakura could feel his anger turn to a deadly rage.

"That bastard, I'll kill him!" Naruto hissed, his voice hoarse with suppressed emotion. Sakura's gaze snapped to his, silver flashing rapidly, begging for release. Everyone scooted a bit away from the two.

"You'll keep your fucking mouth shut, do you understand me?" she said dangerously, her eyes frosting over with silver. "I have punished him for his crimes against Ino, if only temporarily, and I will be punishing him for what he did to Hinata. But you will NOT jeopardize my investigation by attempting to harm MY PREY. You interfere with this Uzumaki and I will kill you myself." she said, and abruptly stood. She reached her hand out to Hinata, who shrunk from her.

"She doesn't like to be touched Haruno. If you hurt her, I'll-" Naruto almost got his threat out when Sakura, with a lightening fast move, had him pinned against the wall. Every student there looked back at them, frightened.

"NEVER threaten me Uzumaki. As an empath it is only natural I try to take away her pain. I have felt it since I have been in her company. I waited for you idiots to figure out my secret, and yet the mute among you was the only one with enough of a brain to know." she hissed at him. No one could really make out what she was saying, but her tone made it clear that this would not be pretty if Naruto resisted.

"I am a living weapon, Uzumaki. A born killer. I am not of this world, nor am I human. I am jurinchiki, but I am like nothing you have ever seen before. I have no qualms of killing you, or anyone else that interferes in my punishment of the Uchiha. You cross me, and you better make peace with whatever gods you believe in, because mark my words: You will be meeting them." she let him go abruptly and walked back over to Hinata. She held her hand out to the previously mute girl.

"Hyuuga-san. I can take away your pain…but only if you let me. This is both my gift, and my curse. I have taken Ino's pain and channeled it into the bastard that did it to her. I can do the same for you. Think of it as a small part of the vengeance I will reap upon him for his crimes against you, and the others here. All you have to do is take my hand, and all the pain will go away." she said softly. No one heard her because they had turned back around after it was obvious there would be no fight between the new girl and Naruto.

Hinata looked at Sakura's hand, wanting to take it, but afraid at the same time. Naruto watched her inner struggle. He was still a little shell shocked at the idea that Sakura was like him and Gaara, but she was on a whole different level from them. She had seen horrors that he couldn't begin to imagine. And she had also said something about not being of this world. He wondered what that was all about.

He shook it off and walked to Hinata, putting his hand on her shoulder. She leaned into him and looked up at him, pleading in her eyes. Held nodded his head and held her to him as she took Sakura's hand. Naruto watched as Sakura's eyes glowed duller than they had before, like no one was home.

Sakura leaned forward and touched her forehead to Hinata's and Naruto saw the jolt that went through the female jurinchiki. He felt Hinata gasp, then lean heavily against him. He heard Sakura hiss, then growl menacingly.

"I will destroy you Uchiha. You can not hide from me…" and then she was gone. She just vanished. Hime, who had been lounging on top of Sakura's messenger bag, mewled pitifully and began searching for her okaa-san. An ear splitting scream made the whole class jump. Uchiha Sasuke burst through the door, clutching his head, and seating profusely. He had several splotches of blood on him.

Everyone felt, rather than saw, a figure following him. When it stepped through the door, it was none other than Sakura. Her eyes were glowing with the pits of hell shining through. Her pupils were nearly non existent and her hair moved about like a living creature.

Sakura grabbed him by the neck and hauled him up to her, his cheek pressed to hers. "Scream for me baby." she growled, then clapped his face between her hands for the second time that day. Sasuke let out a piercing scream, then went limp.

Sakura looked around at the students staring at her. Her eyes glowed again and then…she was sitting in her seat, playing with Hime. The students looked around, wondering why they were standing. Gaara looked down at Sakura, whose emerald eyes sparkled.

"What did you do to them Sakura? And why didn't it effect us?" he asked carefully, not wanting to upset her. Sakura sighed, then leaned closer to them. Temari, Hinata, Naruto and Gaara leaned in as close as possible, to keep the conversation private.

"First off, how are you feeling Hinata?" Sakura asked, her eyes gentle. Hinata blushed because everyone had turned to look at her.

"I…I can remember…what happened, but…I don't feel the pain like I used to, neither physical nor emotional. Thank you, Haruno-san. I owe you more than I can ever repay." Hinata bowed as low as she could, considering there was a table in front of her.

"Never thank me for using my gift to help you Hinata. I never want to see someone suffer like my family did. Well, no one except maybe the Uchiha, that is." she said in a dry tone as she looked out the open door just in time to see Sasuke stumble in and fall down, passing out in front of the whole class.

"Someone better call a nurse. Seems Nezumi was a little to rough with his Uke-chan." Sakura snickered as her comment brought her several dirty looks. She sat up straight and started to put her long tresses back into a braid when Gaara stopped her.

"Don't. Why would you want to braid it? It's beautiful this way." He whispered in her ear. She blushed and looked at him. She saw the smirk on his face and scowled at him.

"Don't start something you can't finish, Gaara-kun." she purred the suffix to his name. He shivered with attraction. He felt a familiar chakra approaching and he pulled away from her, his mask of stoic indifference back in place.

Sakura arched a brow and looked over her shoulder to see a man with silver hair and reminded her remarkably of the broom her Obaa-chan had used in the herb room.

Sakura suppressed a giggle as the man walked in and looked down at Sasuke. He arched a brow and looked around. He saw her standing and waved. "Yo. Anyone know how this happened?" he asked, his eye crinkled as he smiled, and for once it was genuine.

"Dunno. He just walked in and passed out. Though from the looks Nezumi-sensei had been passing him last period, it makes one wonder if it's exhaustion from questionable activities." Sakura quipped, shrugging and putting her hands up. She turned around and seated herself once more. Hime jumped into her lap once more and began purring. The man just kind of stood there and blinked at her.

"Is…is that a…cat? In my classroom?" he said, gawking at the young woman, who wasn't in uniform might I add, questioned Nezumi's (and Uchiha Sasuke's) sexual orientation, and had a cat, a CAT, in his classroom.

"Well, actually Kakashi-sensei, it's a calico kitten, not quite a cat yet. But I'll give you points for effort." she smiled and kept stroking the little creature, who seemed oblivious to the scent of canines that clung to him.

He stood there, dumbfounded. Seemed nothing could faze this girl. He cleared his throat and walked into his classroom, stepping over the Uchiha that was sprawled in the middle of his doorway. He pushed a button on the corner of his desk and spoke into a speaker in the same general location.

"Shizune…could you please come pick up and unconscious student in my classroom? This is Kakashi by the way." he let go of the button then looked back at Sakura. One problem down, now to just get rid of that damned feline.

"I'm sorry miss, but I do not allow pets in my classroom." her arched a brow as a sour look crossed her face.

"You allow her in here…" the girl said, pointing to Kim. Kim just gawked, then sputtered.

"I'm not someone's pet! What the hell is wrong with you!?" the black haired girl shrieked, making all the student cover their ears, even Kakashi.

"Hn…could have fooled us. You were hanging around Uchiha this morning like a love sick puppy." Gaara said, glaring at everyone in the room. His sudden change in attitude intrigued Sakura.

Kim was too shocked to say anything back. Not that she would ever back to Sabaku no Gaara. NO ONE talked back to him…not even Sasuke, though he would talk back to every other Sabaku.

Kakashi sighed, and looked at the girl again. She was clutching the kitten like it was her child or something. He didn't have the heart to make her take it anywhere and leave it, so he just shook his head and turned his back to them.

"Very well. Turn to page fifteen in your books." he said, then slipped out a small, orange book that made Sakura burst into laughter. He looked up at her, startled.

"Is there something you find funny Miss…" he trailed off, realizing he didn't know her name. Sakura chuckled and made her way down to the front.

"Hai, Sensei. I do find something funny. But first, My name is Haruno Sakura. I transferred in from Kagure because I was kicked out of all ten of the schools there, public and private. Seems that as intelligent as I am, my penchant for not putting up with pricks is not altogether appreciated. I'm here basically for shits and giggles considering I already have a PH.D. and a law degree. I'm 19, and well…I guess you can say I'm a bit of a punk. Or so my Ji-chan used to say I was." there was happiness in her eyes as she mentioned her grandfather.

"And just who is you grandfather, Haruno?" Kim asked snidely. Sakura stiffen and her emerald gaze flickered sterling. The only one who noticed was a brown haired girl who was slouched in her seat, two perfectly round buns sitting atop her head. She has seen what had REALLY happened to the Uchiha, but she didn't know who, or what for that matter, this girl was, so she stayed silent.

"Was." Sakura said quietly, her emotions in turmoil.

"What?" Kim asked, annoyed that she couldn't hear Sakura.

"My Ji-chan died three months ago from injuries he sustained on the job. He raised me since I was nine years old, after my parents were murdered in front of me." she stated flatly, no emotion playing on her face. Kim blanched and murmured an apology. Sakura glared at her and looked back at her teacher.

"My Ji-chan once told me that his youngest son read those books because his wife refused to fuck him. I just thought it ironic that you were reading the same one he was when his wife got pregnant with…never mind." she laughed again and walked back up to where Gaara and the others waited for her.

"Hn…indeed. As I was saying, open your books to page fifteen. We will be reading about a local hero today. I assume everyone knows about Sergeant Hatori of the Kagure Police department." Kakashi stated and was about to continue when he heard someone speak.

"He was a Detective…not a Sergeant. He made Detective four years after transferring from the Kagure Coast Guard. He holds the record for the most promotions in the least amount of time." Sakura said quietly, her book still closed. She had her head down, her face covering her features.

"And you know this how, Haruno-san?" Kakashi asked, his tone gentle. He could tell something was upsetting the youth.

"Because…Hatori Hetoshi was the man that found a nine year old girl wandering on a beach in Kagure. She collapsed in his lap, holding an unidentifiable gem on a strand of unknown metal. He adopted her as his own, and took care of her, until he died three months ago under mysterious circumstances. He was shot four times, twice in the back and twice in the chest. His nineteen year old granddaughter was visiting him while he was walking back to his office from lunch break." she looked up and her eyes were once again silver, showing her emotions were close to the surface.

"The only reason he made it to the hospital was because his granddaughter was there to stop the bleeding and since she was a doctor, she was able to stabilize him until the EMS could arrive. He lived approximately sixteen hours before he was pronounced dead, at the age of sixty-eight. He was born June 15, 1939 and died June 15, 2007. Helluva birthday present for my Ji-chan, ne, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura stood up and walked out of the classroom, Hime trotting behind her. Tears were running down her face and she made no attempt to hide them. Whatever Kakashi had expected her to say…that had DEFINITELY not been it. He ran after the girl.

"Haruno-san…er…Hatori-sama…please…wait." he said quietly. He hadn't used that word in a very long time. Sakura turned her head and looked at him over her shoulder.

"I can't sit there and listen to you talk about him Kakashi-sensei. He was everything to me. My clan is gone, destroyed by a demented serial killer. He and Obaa-chan were the only things I had left in this world, and his own sons had him killed. Even the best poker faces can't hide the truth from a psychic, Sensei. I have been working to prove that my Ji-chan was murdered for the last three months. My only care was for him and Obaa-chan. I can not sit in that room and listen to you talk about him and what he did in the past tense. It would be like losing him all over again." she said, and started walking again, only to walk straight into someone's arms. She looked up and saw a shock of red, then her face was buried in the red head's shoulder.

"Go back to your classroom, Kakashi-sensei. Sakura and I need to talk." Gaara's face showed no emotion, but Sakura could feel him ache for her, could feel his rage at her sadness.

Gaara could feel her trembling. As soon as Kakashi walked into his classroom, Gaara wrapped himself around Sakura and they disappeared in a swirl of sand.

Naruto and Hinata sat there, dumbfounded. They had been hanging out with one, no, make that THE richest female in the Country of Fire, and they'd no idea. Both of them looked at Temari, who looked unusually sad. Gaara was no where in sight. They watched as Kakashi walked in…with no Sakura.

"She must have been really upset if Kaka-sensei couldn't get her to come back in." Naruto reasoned his voice low so that only the three of them could hear.

"She adored her grandfather. He was everything to her, and she couldn't save him. You have no idea what that does to someone with medical training. All the schooling and brains in the world couldn't save her grandfather. It's got to be eating her alive." Temari said quietly. Naruto knew that Temari was speaking from experience.

Temari had been unable to save her mother when her father had rampaged after Gaara was born. Gaara had been told that it was he who had killed their mother, when in fact it had been their sociopath father.

"You know more than you're letting on Temari. What are you not telling us?" Hinata said, looking straight at the older girl. Temari looked away and started relaying their first meeting with Sakura ad her step sister…Karin.

"Sakura is related to THAT bimbo!?" Naruto exclaimed, a little loudly, as people looked back at him. He was saved from embarrassment when Shizune arrived with a gurney to cart Sasuke off. He hurriedly sat down and started listening to Temari once more.

"As I was saying, she's the half sister of Karin, the infamous tease. Not by blood, but because Hatori-sama seemed to care a lot more for Sakura-chan than he did any of his blood relatives." Temari said, then leaned in really close. "She's the sole heir to his estate." she whispered conspiratorially.

"WOW…that's…that's just…totally crazy. Talk about an unveiling. If anyone learns how much she's worth, the guys here will never leave her alone." Naruto said, looking around them. Temari shook her head.

"THAT, is a revelation that will be saved for her. And kami-sama help the fool that chases her" Temari said, her attention on her books finally.

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There is going to be a twist of fate in the next few chapters that you are not going to see coming, so stay tuned to my own personal soap opera! BTW, I am hoping that you can tell when the scene changes, because I have like two double spaces on my word doc, but it never translates over...hmmmm...daunting...oh wel, enjoy. If you like, let me know with a review. I have a few more ideas for other stories. My mind is like a freaking news press, it's filled with stories and I just need to write them out before my brain explodes!

Ch. glossary:

dobe-- idiot/moron

baka-- idiot/stupid

kami-sama-- god (shinto or buddha)