There was someone knocking the door.
Sakura cover her head with a pillow, hoping that the sound would go away.
Instead, the door opened and she heard footsteps approaching her bed. Someone was shaking her now, but she didn't want to get up, her bed was just so warm and comfy. She groaned and tried to hit whoever was trying to wake her up with her pillow. Of course, since she lived with ninjas, the hit did not connect with anyone's face (and even if it had, she was pretty sure it wouldn't have hurt, it was a pillow).
She opened her eyes to see who was the meanie that wouldn't let her sleep and found it to be Kakuzu.
Seeing that she wasn't getting up anytime soon, Kakuzu decided to scoop up the girl and carry her all the way to were the other members were having breakfast; when he got there, he just dropped Sakura in a chair, then she promptly laid her head on the table, hoping to fall asleep.
It proved to be futile when Hidan began splashing cold water on her face until she sat up straight.
"Come on Brat, you have training, and you need to eat." She just nodded her head until she remembered the dagger he had given her. When she did, Sakura was quick to hug him and thank him profusely.
It was the first time anyone saw Hidan smile.
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She was reading through one of the books Itachi had gifted her. This one talked about elemental affinities and chakra control. Having an idea, she began looking for Itachi until she found him sitting in the library.
"Tachi-san?"
"What is it Sakura-chan?"
She showed him the book she had been reading.
"Would you mind teaching me how to meditate? Pretty please?" she even added a pout and puppy eyes to her plea, and when Itachi saw this, he couldn't say 'no'.
So they found themselves sitting beneath Sakura's cherry blossom tree.
"First, try to calm and even your breathing-yes , like that. Now, leave your mind blank, do not think of anything; feel everything around you: the tree, the grass, the breeze and myself. Focus on that and feel yourself relax." After a while, she nodded to let him know he could resume his explanation.
"Feel inside yourself. There's something there, similar to the energy around you. It moves through your whole body, can you feel it?"
She nodded again. "Is that my chakra? Why is it different from yours?"
At her question, Itachi's eyes widened a little, was she really able to sense his chakra?
"Everyone has a different chakra signature Sakura, it is unique and can't be copied but, can you really feel my chakra?"
"Yup, it reminds me of dango, and old books and blue, I don't really know how to explain it…"
"That is fine, I'm just surprised you're able to sense chakra at your age, and so early in your training." Sakura immediately stiffened.
"Is it a bad thing I can do that? I'm sorry…" Itachi quickly understood she thought it was bad because he had been surprised by her words.
"Not at all Sakura. In fact, it makes you very special in a very good way. Now, I want to test you a little bit. Can you sense the chakra of this tree? What does it feel like?"
Sakura concentrated for a bit on the cherry blossom tree. It was hard to describe the feeling she got from it, but she would try for Tachi-san.
"It feels…calm, and warm, and pink too!" she proudly exclaimed.
Itachi poked her forehead and motioned to the base. It was lunch time.
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Kind of a filler chapter, but it will be really important later on. Im sorry for not updating in so long… I know I should update more often, but sadly, ideas do not grow on trees (if they did, I'm sure I would've planted some by now) I hope you liked this chapter.
Special thanks to J-boy, Emzy2k11 and GotNoName123 for reviewing. This chapter is dedicated to you guys! Your reviews always make me smile and want to write more of this story.
