WHY THIS CHAPTER WAS SO HARD TO WRITE, I HAVE NO IDEA? But I finally got this chapter done. Sorry for the long wait. School just started for me and I have to deal with work and moving homes. But let's go back to the story. I believe we left off with Sakura being saved by Sai and is now safe in the demon world. Don't forget to review you lovely readers.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto or Hana to Akuma.
Sakura to Akuma
"Please sit down and have some tea." Mikoto offered the shy human girl in front of her.
"I-I shouldn't bother." Sakura said with a blush as she looked at her feet.
After Sai had saved Sakura from his evil father, Mikoto forced the girl to stay at her place for the time being until she deemed it was safe for the girl to go back to the human world. Sakura thought the woman in front of her was beautiful. She was reminded of the boy she met who cheered her up during Itachi's birthday party.
"It's quite alright." Karin said as she flipped a couple of strands of her red hair over her shoulder. "It's not like we're going to suck your blood or anything."
The mother and daughter laughed as Sakura smiled awkwardly. Karin looked nothing like her mother.
"Karin's adopted." Hinata whispered as if reading her mind. Sakura looked at Hinata in shocked. The four ladies decided to have tea together before sending Sakura back to the human world. Mikoto had Hidan report what happened down here.
"I see." Sakura said before taking a cup and drinking it. Her eyes widened with delight. "This tea is delicious!"
"Mikoto-sama makes the best cup of tea in the world." Hinata complimented.
"Oh no!" Mikoto said waving her hand in embarrassment. Tea time was soon cut short when Temari entered the room.
"Mikoto-sama, Fugaku-sama has ordered for you to meet him. He says it's urgent." Temari said with a bow.
"Alright. Can you do me a favor and send Sakura back to the human world. Hiashi-san and I wouldn't want Hinata-chan and Karin-chan to go up there with Madara moving around."
"Of course Mikoto-sama." Temari nodded. "I shall have my brothers accompany me as well. It would be a good thing to visit my cousin, Sasori."
After a few more words of exchange, Sakura followed Temari out of the room.
"Hello Sakura, it's been a while." Temari grinned. "Kankuro can't wait to see you again."
"You have another brother?" Sakura asked. Temari nodded.
"I have another younger brother. His name is Gaara. He's…uh…friendly enough. He may come off as scary but he's actually a nice guy."
"I can't wait to meet him." Sakura smiled. The two made it back to Temari's home as she was greeted by her brothers.
"Hello beautiful!" Kankuro smiled as he waved at the human girl. Sakura smiled before turning her attention to the red head next to him. He was handsome, but not as handsome as her Itachi.
"Hello! I'm Sakura. Nice to meet you." Sakura said with a bow.
"Sakura, this is Gaara." Kankuro said as he gently pushed his brother closer to the pink-haired human. He made a face though. What kind of human has pink hair unless they dyed it? From what he could tell, it was natural. He waited to see what Gaara would do to her. Would he attack her?
"You're not a demon." That was all he said before looking at his older siblings for an explanation.
"Nice to meet you." Sakura said happily as she stuck her hand out and waited for Gaara to shake it. After a couple seconds, Gaara continued to stare at the pale hand in front of him. Sakura pouted before putting her hand down.
"Why are we taking her back up to the human world?" Kankuro asked his sister as he looked away from the awkward moment between the two next to him.
"Because Mikoto doesn't feel like it's safe for her here." Temari answered.
"But isn't Madara there as well? It's like we're handling her to him!"
"But Mikoto-sama believes something is wrong with the King. Naruto mentioned that there was something off about him. Madara is stronger here in the underworld than up there."
"Still…" Kankuro began to say but stopped when Temari gave him a look to shut up.
"King?" Sakura questioned.
"Madara attacked the King recently." Gaara answered surprising his siblings. He usually wasn't one to talk especially to people he just met.
"Is he alright?"
"He's resting." Kankuro answered. "Come on; let's get you back to your beloved Itachi." Sakura smiled at the mention of Itachi as Temari lifted her in her arms.
"Off we go." Temari grinned.
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"Where's Sakura?" Shikamaru asked. "She missed school today."
Itachi sighed. Joining them today was Ino, Kiba, Shikamaru, Tenten Chouji, Lee, and Shino. Sakura's human friends had come over to see Sakura since she didn't go to school. What was he supposed to tell them? 'Oh sorry, Sakura didn't go to school because she was being hunted down by his evil uncle.' Yeah right!
"You guys should go home." Sasori said as he sipped his tea. Hidan had come and told them Sakura would be arriving from the underworld sometime today with his cousins.
"Sakura is our friend!" Tenten frowned. "We're worried about her!"
Itachi looked over to Ino and Kiba who smiled apologetically to him. They tried to stop their friends from coming over but it was no use.
"She's resting right now." Haku said coming into the room in all his feminine glory. Lee's eyes widened with admiration. She was beautiful.
"You are so youthful! Marry me!" Lee said with hearts in his eyes. Tenten was not impressed as she glared daggers as her competition.
Haku paled as Deidara and Kisame snickered.
"Haku is a man." Ino giggled out as Lee found himself a corner to deal with his heartbreak. "Well we should get going and visit Sakura another ti-"
Soon a black portal appeared in the middle of the room as four people come out of it.
Shikamaru's eyes widened at the girl who was holding Sakura in her arms. He could feel himself blush. How troublesome.
"Hello cousin!" Temari and Kankuro greeted at Sasori. Gaara just nodded his head. Temari set Sakura down as she ran to Itachi.
"Are you alright?" Itachi asked making sure everything was fine with her. Ino and Kiba soon ran up to her.
"Oh forehead! I was so worried about you!" Ino cried. Kiba nodded as he wiped the tears away from his face. "When Tobi came back covered in all that blood-"
"Obito! Is he alright?" Sakura asked. She couldn't believe she had forgotten about him.
"He's alright." Kisame said as he patted Sakura on the head. "We got him to Tsunade in time."
"What happened that day?" Sasori asked the human girl.
Sakura took a deep breath as she went into detail how Obito told her to run away but Madara and Kabuto still found her. Before he could harm her, Itachi's cousin, Sai, came to her rescue and brought her to the demon world and was taken care of by her friends there. Soon she noticed that Shikamaru and the others were still in the room in shock.
Shikamaru couldn't help but look at everyone suspiciously. Chouji still had a chip halfway into his mouth. Tenten and Lee just stared at the demons then at Sakura.
"You guys are demons." Shino stated as if talking about the weather.
All the demons looked at each other. HOW COULD THEY FORGET THOSE FIVE WERE IN THE ROOM?
"Are you a demon Sakura-san?" Lee asked.
"No, Itachi found me when I was a baby." Sakura smiled.
"But Itachi and they are." Shikamaru said as he eyed the tough looking blond girl. Temari noticed the boy looking at her as she gave him a glare. Surprisingly it only caused Shikamaru to blush and look away.
"Should we erase their memories like we did with the mutt?" Deidara asked.
"But when we did that, he was still able to remember his memories." Kisame pointed out.
"They won't say anything!" Sakura spoke up. "Will you guys?"
Sakura's friends quickly shook their head as they moved their thumb and index fingers across their lips signaling that they'd be quiet about it.
"See!" Sakura smiled.
Itachi sighed. Why was his life getting so troublesome? By the end of the night, Ino and the others left while the demons decided what to do with the upcoming problems they were facing.
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"Dear?" Mikoto called out as she went to find her husband in the study room.
"Mikoto…" Fugaku said as he signaled her to come to him.
"You had something to discuss with me?"
"I found out what is so special about that human child." He stated as Mikoto's eyes widened. Looking over her husband's shoulder, she read what he had read.
"You can't be serious." Mikoto said surprised at the results of her husband's research.
"It's possible." Fugaku shrugged. "I'm not 100% sure, but it would make sense why she's stronger than most humans. It also makes sense as to why my brother is after her."
"If he does get her, do you know what he is capable of doing?" Mikoto shook her head. "He's after our sons for the throne. We have to do something!"
"We'll have to be very careful around Sasuke. Naruto reported that he seems a bit off."
"I seem a bit off, father?" A cold voice said. They felt their blood run cold. Fugaku and Mikoto turned around to see Sasuke leaning against the door frame.
"S-Sasuke…" Mikoto slowly called out.
"Hello…mother…" Sasuke smirked. The scent of blood entered the room. That was when the parents realized that blood was dripping down their son's left arm.
"You're bleeding!" Mikoto gasped. "We have to treat you immediately!" She went to grab his arm gently, but was instead grabbed by the throat.
"That's the least of your problems!" Sasuke said. "Where's the human girl?"
"Sasuke! Stop it!" Fugaku said as he shoved his son to the nearest wall. Mikoto fell to the ground as she went to regulate her breathing. "Have you gone mad?"
"Where's the girl?" Sasuke repeated.
"What has happened to you?"
"I feel better than ever. I feel stronger. I should thank Uncle Madara for that." Sasuke's smirk grew even more.
"Teme!" A loud voice said as Sasuke and Fugaku turned to the interruption.
"Dobe."
"Naruto…" Fugaku acknowledged. Naruto growled as he was holding Mikoto in his arms. Neji and Kakashi were on guard.
"What did you do?" Naruto asked as he glared at his best friend. Fugaku slowly went to the others. Naruto handed his wife to him. "We got this Uchiha-sama."
"D-Don't hurt my son…" Mikoto said as she was sent into a set of coughs.
"Thank you." Fugaku said as he ran out of the room with his wife in his arms.
"Sasuke, what's happening to you?" Kakashi asked as he watched the King cautiously.
"Where's the girl?" Sasuke asked ignoring the older man. They soon knew he was talking about Sakura.
"Why does it matter to you?" Neji asked as he activated his Byakugan.
"Don't you know?" Sasuke asked as he got closer to the three. "There's something special about her. I want her to become my queen."
"I won't let you hurt Sakura-chan." Naruto glared at his best friend.
Sasuke frowned as he made a "tch" sound. "You would choose that girl over your best friend, dobe?"
"The person I'm looking at right now is not my best friend." Naruto growled as he soon went and threw a punch. Everyone was surprised when Naruto hit a purple barrier.
"What is that?" Kakashi asked aloud as he revealed his Sharingan eye.
"It's like some sort of skeleton…" Neji said. "This must be the famous Susanoo."
"This is a battle we can't win. We have to fall back. Naruto, get away from him." Kakashi shouted.
"No one can defeat me! I will be the strongest!" A voice said. Naruto quickly moved away as Madara appeared out of nowhere.
"Madara." Kakashi glared.
"This world belongs to me now!" Madara laughed. "Send a message to my dear nephew for me. Either he hands over dear Sakura to me or I will get her by force."
"What's so special about her?" Naruto asked glaring at his best friend's uncle.
"Wouldn't you like to know…" Madara grinned. Kakashi grabbed both Neji and Naruto and disappeared.
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Sakura gulped as she opened the door that led to the room where Obito was resting.
"O-Obito…" Sakura called out as she entered the room. She saw the demon resting on the bed but received no response. Getting closer, Sakura sat on the bed next to him as she took in his appearance. He looked like an Uchiha. She saw the eye patch that covered his left eye socket. She slowly went to lift it up and was shocked to see how empty it was.
"Does it disgust you?" Sakura nearly jumped to the ceiling when Obito spoke.
"No…" Sakura said honestly as she placed the eye patch back to its place. "I'm glad you're okay. I don't want to lose a friend."
"I should be saying the same." Obito chuckled, though it sounded like he was still in pain. "Itachi would have killed me if he found out you were hurt under my watch. Itachi cares about you so much."
"Itachi cares about me…" Sakura repeated with a smile.
"That and because he's in love with you." Obito sneaked in.
"Because he's in love with me…" Sakura said before her reaction reminded Obito of a thermometer going up. Her face was so red. "T-That's impossible!"
"Why are you denying something that's so obvious?" Obito smirked.
"B-Because…"
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A demon and a human can never be together...
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"You better not be making her cry." A voice said. The duo looked to see Itachi raising an eyebrow at them.
"Itachi." Obito waved hello as Sakura looked to the floor.
"There's someone who would like to see you." Itachi said. Obito's eyes widened as he watched Kakashi come into the room.
"Yo…" Kakashi said with a smile.
Sakura quickly moved next to Itachi as he grabbed her hand and allowed the two demons privacy. Sakura felt her heart beat quicken as it sounded like even Itachi could hear it.
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"That and because he's in love with you."
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Sakura looked up at Itachi. Was it true? Did he really love her and she couldn't see it until now?
"Sakura…" Itachi began to say. "Take a walk with me, will you?"
Sakura's face broke out into a smile and happily took his hand as he led her to his room. She didn't notice the red eyes that watched the pair down the hall.
"We're in my room." Sakura stated as she sat on the bed. Itachi slowly walked up to her as he cupped her cheek. Sakura's face grew warm as she gripped onto his hand. She quickly closed her eyes in embarrassment. "I-Itachi, what are y-"She stopped when she felt pressure on her lips. Opening her eyes, she was met with swirling black dots against red eyes.
"I'm sorry…" Itachi whispered as Sakura slumped against his chest.
"Itachi…" Kisame called out as he knocked on the door. "They're waiting for your answer…"
"I know. Send Haku to take Sakura to Ino's. I already left the instructions with him." Itachi ordered as he soon headed to the living room where everyone from his parents to Hinata was there in the room.
"Itachi." Mikoto said. "What is your plan to deal with this problem?"
Mikoto and Fugaku had come up into the human world and told Itachi what had happened. Naruto, Neji, and Kakashi soon came to report with Hinata and Karin in tow.
"I already have dealt with it. I knocked Sakura out so she will not be a burden. I will go down to the demon world to face my brother and uncle alone."
"What?" Naruto shouted as he got up. "Let me go with you."
"This isn't your fight."
"The hell it is! Sasuke is my best friend!"
"And he's my brother. Please, just stay up here and protect my family and Sakura if I don't make it."
"Sakura…Sakura wouldn't like this!" Karin frowned. Hinata and Temari agreed.
"I placed a sleeping jutsu on her. It will only stop if I die or I took it off myself." Itachi said. "I should get going."
"There has to be another way!" Deidara pouted not liking this at all.
"Please respect my decision. I don't want any one of you guys to get hurt."
"You're a fucking idiot!" Someone soon spoke up. Everyone looked to see Hidan glaring at his rival from across the room. "Here you fucking go again, thinking of yourself. How would your parents feel if you died? How about your brother and the pink haired brat? If you think that you're going to go into this great battle alone, you better fucking think again bitch. If you truly love her, you wouldn't do anything to hurt her." Hidan said. "I'm going with you."
"So am I." Kisame smirked as he placed his sword over his shoulder. "You ain't going without me."
"Us as well!" Sasori and Deidara said.
Itachi let out a small smile before nodding. "Thank you." He soon turned the other blonde in the room. "Naruto, I promise to save my brother." With that said, the five demons disappeared from sight.
"Idiots." Tsunade muttered. "They're all idiots. They're going to get themselves killed. Fugaku, you said you had something for me to check out?"
Fugaku nodded. "It's this theory I have about the human girl."
"Sakura…" Mikoto corrected. "We believe she may the child of…" She paused as she showed the medic demon a certain page from a book as her hazel eyes widened.
"The petal marks!" Tsunade explained as she showed them the palm of her hand. "I knew I recognized it from somewhere."
"Huh, what are you talking about?" Temari asked.
"You see, I've been having theories myself." Tsunade began to explain. "As you guys know a human and demon can never be together. But as everyone noticed, Sakura isn't a normal human. After doing some research I came up with only one explanation, which is what Fugaku here came up with as well."
"And what's that?" Hinata asked.
"She's-"Tsunade stopped when the house began to shake and the lights flickered on and off.
"What's going on?" Mikoto asked.
"Check Sakura's room!" Karin said.
Neji activated his eye jutsu as he checked the room. "What the heck!"
"Neji-niisan, what happened?" Hinata asked.
"There's someone other than Haku in the room." When everyone arrived in front of the room, Gaara opened the door to see Haku knocked out on the ground. On the bed was Sakura glowing white just like before. Standing next to her was a woman with pale skin and blue hair with a white origami flower pinned in it. The moment she turned around to face them, she soon disappeared from sight.
Tsunade quickly went to Sakura and checked up on her. Slowly, Sakura began to open her eyes.
"It's just as I thought." Tsunade commented. "Men, can you please leave the room?"
When Kankuro closed the door behind him, Tsunade began to take remove Sakura's dress.
"What are you doing?" Temari asked confused.
"I'm looking for-AHA!" Tsunade cheered as she lifted Sakura's hair up. At the base of her neck was the same mark as the one on Tsunade's palm.
"Tsunade?" Sakura began to say.
"I thought she wasn't supposed to wake up until he lifted it up." Mikoto said making sure not to say her son's name.
"The only thing strong enough to counteract a demon's jutsu is an-"
"-Angel…" The girls finished for Tsunade as they looked at Sakura in shock.
"B-But how could we not tell the first time?" Hinata asked timidly.
"We barely deal with them unless it comes to things like these." Mikoto answered.
"Sakura's an angel but not a full one." A voice said. It was the blue haired woman from earlier. Sakura looked at the woman, she was beautiful.
"You're an angel." Temari said.
"And you're a demon." The woman said. Her voice was cold and sophisticated.
"What did you mean when you said Sakura's an angel but not a full one?" Hinata asked.
"Just like you guys have a rule that humans and demons cannot be together. Angels and humans cannot be together as well. But I guess we both broke those rules, didn't we Tsunade?"
"So you know of me. Based on your appearance, you must be Konan, God's number one Angel." Tsunade said before allowing a smile on her face. "I fell in love with a human named Dan. The last king, Sarutobi, knew but wasn't angry. Instead, he offered me a deal. I'd be allowed to be with him if I went and lived in the human world as a principal at the school. I was to report any strange events that could be demon-related. It's been a couple years since Dan died, but he was happy that I was by his side the whole time even though I was a demon."
"I fell in love with a human named Yahiko. I had bumped into him on one of my adventures in the human world. I would meet up with him in secret and we made love. I ended up getting pregnant and went into hiding. An angel getting pregnant by a human was unheard of. Madara was after my child due to the powers it could possibly have. A new born angel is allowed to choose any power it wants to have unlike you demons where it was chosen for you already. However, Sakura, being only half, was not allowed to have a choice and has the power to lend anyone power by taking her blood, thus sacrificing herself. I almost died in battling against Madara but my friend Pein saved me in the last minute and helped me give birth. Not wanting my child to fall to Madara's hands, I did the only thing I could at that moment and left her in front of a castle in hopes of her being safe. Konan said with a frown before looking down at her daughter who was in shock.
"You're Sakura's mother." Mikoto said surprised. Well, she could see the resemblance. They both had the same nose and eye shape. But everything else must have come from the father.
"Yes, I want to thank your son for watching my daughter all these years. As I watched her grow up, I saw how happy she was with him. "
"They care for each other."
"It's more than that. " Konan whispered with smiled. "They're in love."
"Where is he?" Sakura asked. The demons and angel looked at each other to see if they should tell her or not.
"He went to stop Madara." Konan said. "It's been so long since I've seen you. I can understand if you hate me for leaving you like that but I-"She stopped when she felt Sakura run and hug her.
"M-Momma…" Sakura cried. Konan could feel her tears forming.
"I love you so much." Konan said as she kissed her daughter's head. "I've been watching over you all this time. I want what's only best for you. Itachi…he's not going to make it through this battle…"
A gasp was heard from Mikoto.
"That's because you're not there by his side. You're his weakness but together you two are invincible." Konan finished saying with a smile.
And like magic, a certain memory came into Sakura's mind.
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"This is as far as you fucking go!" Hidan said pulling out his scythe. "Naruto sealed your powers. You can't fly and you can't go home. You lose. I finally understand. As long as you keep this brat by your side, you will be a pussy. Just let her go and come back."
"Weakness?" Itachi smirked. "You don't understand Hidan." Itachi grabbed Sakura by the waist. "When Sakura and I are together, we're invincible."
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"Sakura?" Karin called out as she felt a new source of power coming from the pink haired girl. Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks as she looked up to her mother and Itachi's mother.
"Allow me to go to the battlefield." Sakura said with a look of determination. "I want to be by Itachi's side til the very end."
"There's a risk you'll die!" Hinata frowned.
"It's a risk I will take." Sakura answered back.
"Why go so far for this demon?" Konan asked. "You know a demon and human cannot be together. As well as an angel and a demon. You are both."
Sakura thought about the last kiss her and Itachi shared before looking at her mother straight in the eye. Soon Sakura gave everyone a smile and answer that shocked them.
"Because I love Itachi and he loves me too."
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Finally this chapter is done. As you guys can probably tell, the story is gonna end soon in like four more chapters or something. But so much happened! Yes Sakura is half human, half angel. Didn't expect that huh? Konan and Pein were the mysterious people watching Sakura in the last chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please review everyone. It would make me very happy. Please wait patiently for the next chapter. Love you guys.
-Kumiko