Chapter 3: Akatsuki
"What...is this?" Sakura ask staring at the crystal.
"You finally came" a voice as sweet as a melody said, startling Sakura.
"Who are you?" Sakura ask looking around.
"I am the legendary Haruno Tsukimi" the voice said.
"Na-nani?" Sakura ask shock "Aren't you suppose to be dead... I mean no offense or anything."
"None taken... To answer your question I am dead, you my dear is talking to my soul" Tsukimi said.
"NANI? Ho-how?" Sakura ask shakingly.
"My Daughter don't be afraid."
"Dau-daughter?."
"You may have come from a different womb but you are my daughter."
"I-I don't understand."
"I created this place a couple of years before I died... I used a Jutsu I spent years creating... It's a Jutsu the enables me to froze my real body to this crystal and allows my soul to roam around and to reincarnate to whoever I want... When Amaya was born I sealed my soul to hers so the real Amaya has been dead since she was a baby."
"How come 'Amaya' died when she gave birth to me?."
"The moment you were born I left her body and came back here to wait for you... Because I know you will come here when the time is right..."
"How come I'm the only one who inherit your powers and appearance?."
"It's complicated... Hard to explain."
"What do you want from me?."
"I want you to take my knowledge about all of the Forbidden Jutsus I develop... And to destroy this place."
"Why would you want me to destroy this place?."
"Just do it ok... Now come closer... Closer... Closer... Now place your hand on the crystal... Yes like that... Now activate your Kopîgan..."
When Sakura activate her Kopîgan the crystal started to crack until it explodes into a million shimmering crystals, Kiyomi's body drop and Sakura run towards her fallen body.
"What did I do?" Sakura ask scared.
"Nothing so don't worry... Just look into my close eye and take all of my knowledge" Kiyomi said her soul floating on top of her dead body.
Sakura gulp and look into Kiyomi's close eyes, she took everything she can including the knowledge about the Crystal Soul Sealer Kiyomi created years ago.
"Thank you now I can finally rest" Kiyomi said smiling softly at Sakura.
"Finally rest?" Sakura ask confuse.
"I cannot rest without my knowledge being past down."
"You wrote all of the Forbidden Jutsus in all of those scrolls" Sakura pointed out.
"Not everything my dear the Crystal Soul Sealer and some other Jutsu is not written on those scrolls..." Kiyomi said.
"Can I ask you a question?."
"Hai."
"What kind of chakra is the Silver Chakra?."
"It's the chakra of the Ten-Tails."
"Matte... I'm a Jinchūriki?."
"No... You only have its chakra not the form."
"How is that even possible?."
"The tales about me becoming the Jinchūriki of the ten-tails was true... But when I sealed it inside me I only sealed its chakra, not the body."
"Where is the body?."
"I got rid of it a long time ago." Kiyomi started to fade, "My time is up... I must go now... Goodbye my dear."
"Goodbye Okaa-san, Arigatō" Sakura said, Kiyomi smiles and faded.
The body of Kiyomi turns into white ashes and was blown away by the wind.
Sakura stood up and look around, she didn't want to destroy the beauty of the place but her mother wants her to destroy it, so she really doesn't have a choice.
She close her eyes and did some hand seals "Doton: Retsudo Tenshō."
When she open her eyes she already transported herself outside the cave, she watch as the waterfalls collapse, the water splashing her and her surroundings.
"MONSTER!" she heard someone yelled behind her.
She turn around to see all of the villagers glaring at her, their eyes blazing with rage and hatred.
"You killed them" Shikaume said, one of the 2 siblings of her father.
Sakura remain silent and lowers her head.
"I am going to...KILL YOU!" Shikaume said running towards Sakura his sword raise.
Sakura raise her hand in panic, Shikaume suddenly fell dead.
"I-I-I'm sorry...I didn't mean it" Sakura said, she wanted to feel guilty but she just couldn't.
"Get her" one of the villager said activating her Sharingan and attacking sakura with fire style Jutsu, the rest following her examples.
Sakura dodge all of their attacks with some difficulty, she run and grab Shikaume's sword and slash at the person the was about to attack her, Sakura did a hand seal "Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu ".
Hundreds of Sakura's holding a sword appear and slash the villagers, after hours of bloodshed, only Sakura remain standing.
Pools of blood surrounds her, she fell on her knees dropping the sword, tears falls from her eyes as she look at the dead bodies in front of her, "Dead... All of them are dead... Except for... Me... I... I did this... I killed my family."
She started to sob uncontrollably.
"You did it for self defense... It's either kill or be killed." her inner Sakura said.
Sakur ignore her, she wipes her tears and look around one more time before doing a hand seal, she appears outside of the gate of the Haruno Village.
She did some hand seals "Suiton: Kokuu no Jutsu", a flammable black mist that forms a big cloud above the village release a rainfall of oil, once the village was cover with oil, Sakura did some hand seals "Katon: Gōka Messhitsu", a massive stream of intense flames expelled from her mouth towards the oil covered village.
She watch as her former home village burn with no pain, guilt, or remorse on her heart, which is wrong because she just killed her whole family and relative, but she didn't feel anything maybe because all they ever did to her was use her like a tool, treat her like rag doll, like a monster, if it wasn't for her brother she would have killed herself to get away from the pain her own family and relatives give her.
But now his dead and his never coming back, she's all alone with no family, no home, and no hope, her vision starts to blur from tears, her head was swaying, her body feels numb, she drop on her knees and started sobbing.
Konan and Nagato was walking on their way back to the Akatsuki hide out when they heard someone sobbing.
They look at each other and follows the sound, when they emerge from the forest, they saw a girl with pink hair, on her knees sobbing while looking at the burning village.
"What the..." Nagato said.
The girl stop sobbing and slowly stood up, she wipes her tears and turn around.
"Who are you? What do you want?" the girl ask her voice cracking.
Konan's eyes soften at the sight of the broken girl in front of her, she slowly walks towards her, Sakura's eyes widen as she slowly back away.
"I'm not going to hurt you" Konan said reassuring her.
Sakura gulp but stops backing away, when Konan reach her she looks in to her eyes and was shock on how broken she is.
"What happen?" Konan ask softly, kneeling in front of Sakura.
"I-I-I killed them..." Sakura said tears streaming down her face, Konan hug her and let her sob on her shoulders.
Sakura wrap her arms around Konan's neck and sob.
"Shhh it's okay... It's okay" Konan said rubbing circles on Sakura's back.
Nagato's eyes soften at the scene in front of him, he never heard Konan use that voice before, he walks towards them and looks at the still burning village, He did a hand seal and the fire stops.
"Little girl... What's your name?" Nagato ask shocking himself and Konan on how soft his voice sounded.
"Haruno Sakura" Sakura said unwrapping her arms from Konan's neck.
"What happened here Sakura?" Nagato ask again.
Sakura lowers her head and told them everything, after she told them what happen, she raise her head and saw the shock and awe expression on both of their faces.
"You... Have the Rinnegan?" Nagato ask shock.
Sakura nodded and activates the Rinnegan and deactivating it again.
"I don't know what to do, I'm all alone..." Sakura said sobbing on her hands.
"Don't we'll take care of you... We're going to be your family now" Konan said "Right Nagato?"
Nagato sigh "Hai."
Sakura grin and started jumping up and down, she hug Konan and hug Nagato's legs, Pain's eyes widen but he reach down and scoop him in his arm.
Konan smiled and stood up, "Let's go."
Nagato nods he notice Sakura trying to keep her eyes open, "Sleep Sakura."
Sakura nodded and rest her head on Nagato's chest, "Arigatō...Otou-san, Okaa-san" she said before falling asleep.
Konan and Nagato's eyes widen when she called them that, but somehow they don't mind.
"Konan is it weird that I want to protect this girl... Even thou I just met her?" Nagato ask.
"No, Nagato it's not... Because I feel the same way" Konan said looking at the sleeping girl on her Lovers arm.
"She is going to be the princess of the Akatsuki" Nagato said, Konan smiles and nods.
Finish at last
Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu
Suiton: Kokuu no Jutsu - Water Style: Black Rain Jutsu
Katon: Gōka Messhitsu - Fire Style: Great Fire Destruction
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