Chapter 14: Answers & Going Back To Ame
"I'm so tired" Sakura thought collapsing on her bed preparing to sleep when she was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Kuso" Sakura mutter sensing her teammates chakra "I thought they would forget about it."
She sigh before standing up from the bed and opening the door.
"We want answers" Sasuke said his arms cross on his chest.
"Well hello to you too my so called boyfriend" Sakura said her voice heavy with sarcasm, her eyes betray no emotion.
Sasuke's eyes soften before giving her a peck on the lips, shocking kakashi.
"Matte! Since when did this happen?" Kakashi ask his visible eye as wide as a dinner plate.
"Forest of death... Now back to our purpose here" Sasuke said giving Sakura a pointed look.
"Hai, hai... What is he doing here?" Sakura ask raising an eye brow at kakashi.
"They told me everything... Besides I want to ask you a few questions myself" kakashi said shrugging.
Sakura sigh before walking away leaving the door open for them to enter, she led them to the living room and ask them if they want anything.
"Do you have ramen?" Naruto ask bouncing on his sit.
"It's in the kitchen go knock yourself out" Sakura said nodding at the direction of the kitchen.
"Alright!" Naruto yelled punching his fist in the air before running towards the kitchen.
"I'm going to make sure he won't destroy anything" kakashi ask standing up and walking calmly towards the kitchen.
Sakura bit her lower lip and close her eyes "can you please say something."
Sasuke look at her "what do you want me to say?."
"I don't know..." Sakura said tiredly plopping herself on the sofa next to him.
"Look I'm not going to break up with you for lying" Sasuke said rubbing her arm.
"Lying?" Sakura ask raising an eye brow "I never lie... You guys didn't ask where I live before I came here... You guys didn't ask whether I'm a princess or not."
"Your right... I'm sorry... It's just that after finding out your a princess and watching your match... It made me thought of what happen to you... You use to smile a lot well 8 years ago..." Sasuke said hoping that she won't be offended.
Sakura remain silent, whether she's offended or not, her eyes never betray anything "look Sasuke-kun... Things happened... A lot of things happened... There are things in life that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, things we don't want to see but have to watch, things we don't want to change and forget but have to let go" Sakura said softly while looking at the floor.
"Well said Sakura" kakashi said walking back to the living room with Naruto behind him.
Sakura ignore him "what do you want to know?."
"You can start from the beginning" Sasuke said putting his arm on her shoulder.
"Sigh... What do you know about the Haruno Clan?" Sakura ask leaning on Sasuke's shoulder and closing her eyes.
"The clan was known to be the most powerful and feared clan in the whole shinobi world... No offense Sasuke but even the Uchiha Clan was afraid of them" Kakashi said.
Sasuke raise an eye brow.
"Hai... It was also known to be the most selfish, ungrateful, prideful, uncooperative, aggressive, prowess, self centered, and power hungry clan in the whole shinobi world" Sakura said shrugging when she saw the disbelieving look of team 7.
"Wow you really have respect for your clan" Kakashi said heavy with sarcasm.
"Hey it's true... My mother died giving birth to me because she couldn't bear the power of my chakra... My father and sisters along with the other Haruno/villager's blamed me for her death... They treated me like some kind of a monster and a tool... My brother was the only one who cared for me and loved me..." Sakura said frowning when she remember her brother.
Sasuke rub her arm and kissed her hair remembering his own brother but not the same feeling Sakura was feeling.
"3 months after I was born I learned how to walk... It was also the time my father trained me with taijutsu... He hired the most fastest Haruno in the village and demanded him to train me... 3 months later I was the most fastest toddler there is... I was 6 months old when I learned how to talk properly and they trained me with ninjutsu..." Sakura said closing her eyes remembering the pain her little body felt.
Her teammates remain silent, all three of them having different thoughts.
"At age 5 I was the most talented, powerful, smartest, fastest, and useful kunoichi in the Haruno village, I was the only one in the clan who inherit 6 Kekkei Genkai" Sakura said opening her eyes.
"Si-six" kakashi said utterly shock along with Sasuke and Naruto.
"The blood release I'm the only one who inherit it... I'm not going to name the other four since its way too dangerous... There is one Kekkei Genkai every Haruno inherit and that's the Kopîgan" Sakura said activating her Kopîgan, her eye turning red with shades of black.
"What does it do?" Sasuke ask looking at her eyes.
"It can copy any Kekkei Genkai there is and also copy all of other people's knowledge... But in order to do all of that you have to kill the said person or you have to kill him/her after you get the knowledge if you didn't it won't work" Sakura explain deactivating her Kopîgan.
"Umm have you ever used that eye?" Naruto ask afraid of the answer.
Sakura look at him for a moment her eyes not showing anything "hai..."
Her teammates eyes widen.
"I used it on my sister after she killed my brother... I took her knowledge about the location of the forbidden Jutsus of Haruno Tsukimi the first ever Haruno... After that I went to the location and took all the scrolls... The moment I left the location and destroyed it... The massacre happened..." Sakura said with a secret smirk on her face.
"Then what happen?" Sasuke ask wondering what she did.
"The next thing I know... I was watching the village burn and I was crying not because I miss them or anything... It's because I miss my brother he's the only person I actually love" Sakura said opening her locket, caressing the picture of her brother.
Sasuke, Naruto, kakashi gave her a pity look, which cause her to snap her locket shut.
"I don't need your pity... Anyway that's how my adoptive parents found me, crying while watching her own village burn... They took me with them... my adoptive parents lives in Ame... My father was the one who saved Ame from their previous leader... The villagers see him as their savior so he became the Lord of Ame and the blue haired women the Lady of Ame thus making me the Princess... My father formed a group of ninjas to serve him... Those ninjas became my adoptive brothers... One of them was a member of the seven swords man of the mist, one was from Konoha actually it was 2 but the other one left, one from Iwagakure, one from Suna, one from Takigakure..." Sakura said smiling slightly, "I needed clothes so my mother brought me to Konoha to buy some clothes... Then I met you guys" Sakura said looking at Sasuke and Naruto.
"Hai... It was the first time someone actually played with me... The loneliness I felt vanish after that day... The teme and I waited for you the next day but you never came back... Though even when you were gone we still remain the best of friends..." Naruto said grinning.
"I wanted to come back but my parents won't allow me... Orochimaru was the other member of the group he tried to take my body when I was 6 years old... I used the blood release to stop him... 2 years later a new member joined and the bastard snake tried to take his body, but orochimaru failed... Every member of the group trained me, each of them teaching different Jutsus, ninjutsu, taijutsu, etc..." Sakura said.
"Then what?" Naruto said excited for some reason.
"5 years later... My father told me that I'll be entering the Chūnin exams... He told me that team 7 from konohagakure needed a female teammate... And you guys know the rest" Sakura said finishing her story.
"Wow..." Was the only thing kakashi could say "her life is like a mixture of Sasuke and Naruto's."
"Anything else you guys want to ask?" Sakura said yawning.
"Nope you already answered all of our questions" kakashi said shrugging.
Before anyone could say anything there was a knock on the door.
"I'll GET IT" Naruto yelled jumping off his sit and running towards the door.
"Shikamaru? What are you doing here?" Naruto ask scratching the back of his head.
Shikamaru gave him a bored look "there's a letter for Sakura... The hokage wanted me to give it to her."
"Oh ok" Naruto said making a way for Shikamaru to enter.
"Shikamaru?" Sakura ask raising an eye brow.
Shikamaru blink before sighing and pulling something out of his kunai pouch "there's a letter for you."
"Arigatō" Sakura said grabbing the scroll.
"No problem" Shikamaru said give her a lazy smile before walking out.
"Who's it from?" Naruto ask trying to peer.
Sakura glare at him before shoving him away and opening the scroll.
Sakura-Hime
RETURN TO AME NOW!
We know about your relationship with Itachi's little brother...
Don't worry you're going back to Konoha in time for the finals...
Sakura sigh closing the scroll and her eyes.
"Sakura-chan what's wrong?" Naruto ask worriedly.
Sakura open her eyes and look at him in the eyes "my parents wants me to return back to Ame."
"Nani?" Sasuke ask looking at her with a shock expression.
"I'll be back in time for the finals don't worry" Sakura said reassuring them.
"You'll be gone for the whole 1 month" Sasuke said with a sad expression on his face along with Naruto.
"Don't worry... I promise I'll come back" Sakura said giving them a small smile.
"You better... You're the only one that can stop Naruto and Sasuke's fight" kakashi said placing his palm on her head.
"Hai, hai... I'm leaving today by the way" Sakura said.
"Want us to accompany you?" Kakashi ask worried that something might happen to her.
"Nah... I'll be fine so don't worry... But thanks for the offer though" Sakura said half smiling at him "I should probably go."
"We'll come with you to the gate" Sasuke sad clasping his hands with hers.
Sakura squeeze his hand as a thank you.
While team 7 was passing by the training grounds they run into team guy.
"Yo" kakashi said in a monotone.
"Sakura-chan... You look like a flower in the fields dancing with the wind... Please allow me to escort you to where you are going" Lee said doing his nice guy pose.
Sakura open her mouth to answer but Sasuke beat her to it.
"She's taken" Sasuke said raising the hand that was clasp with Sakura's.
Lee cried anime style, Ten-ten comfort him awkwardly.
Neji look at Sakura with determine eyes "Haruno Sakura."
Sakura raise an eye brow at him "Nani?."
"Fight me" Neji said in a monotone.
Team guy and team 7 look at him shock except for Sakura who smirk.
"Neji what are you doing?" Ten-ten ask in disbelief.
"I want to know just how powerful a Haruno is" Neji said crossing his arms on his chest.
"Trust me Hyūga you do not want to go there" Sakura said before she started walking again "because you won't like the answer" she said when she pass Neji.
Neji gritted his teeth "it seems to me that you are scared to fight me."
Sakura stop walking but didn't turn to look at him "Hn, provoking me won't work... But knowing you won't stop until I fight you... I'll do it" she said turning around.
Neji smirk before he could say anything Sasuke cut him off.
"Sakura what are you doing?" Sasuke ask looking at his girlfriend.
Sakura shrug "he won't stop until he gets what he wants... I have no patient... If he keeps annoying me... I might actually kill him."
"Like you can actually kill me" Neji said smugly.
"Trust me she can" kakashi said nodding.
"Hn" Neji said still not believing.
"Are we going to fight or not? I don't have all day" Sakura said taping her foot impatiently.
"Hn" Neji said doing his signature fighting style.
All of the barely visible emotion on Sakura's eyes vanish, leaving her eyes emotionless.
"It's amazing she can turn off her emotions when she's battling... And turn it on when she's not, even though we still can't read her emotions" Sasuke said amaze.
"Hai" Naruto and kakashi said agreeing.
"Alright! Once the opponent is knock out the fight is over" kakashi said "you may begin."
"Hakke Rokujūyon Shō" Neji said striking sixty-four chakra points of Sakura's Chakra Pathway System.
His eyes widen along with team 7 and team guy when he saw that he wasn't striking anyone.
"What the..." He said shock.
"You miss" Sakura said appearing behind him with a smirk on her face.
"Im-impossible" Neji said in disbelief.
"But it is" Sakura said before quickly hitting his pressure point.
"Winner is Sakura" kakashi said smirking behind his mask.
"That was an interesting fight" Sasuke said crossing his arms on his chest while smirking at Sakura.
"Haruno Sakura" Guy said pointing his index finger at Sakura.
Sakura gave him a blank look "Nani?."
"I want to ask you a question" Guy said rubbing his chin using his index finger and thumb.
"Nani?" Sakura ask raising an eye brow.
"What kind of training did you do to be that fast?" He ask raising an eye brow.
"Torture" Sakura said in a monotone.
"Pardon me?" Guy ask not sure of what he heard was right.
"Torture" Sakura repeated in a monotone.
"Can you umm... Elaborate a bit" ten-ten said carefully.
"Sigh... After I learned how to walk when I was three months old... My father ask the fastest Haruno in the village to train me... Every week they record how fast I am, if I don't beat my record the week before... They won't give me food for 24 hours and will only give me a small bottle of water every 6 hours... It's a miracle I actually survive..." Sakura explain before walking away ignoring the shock and pity look her teammates and team guy was giving her.
"Sakura matte" Sasuke said catching up with her.
"Well we better go" kakashi said saluting before walking away with Naruto.
"Sakura-chan hurry back ok" Naruto said giving Sakura a hug.
"I'll try" Sakura tease pulling away from him.
"Pleeeeaaaassseeee" Naruto said pouting.
"Hai, hai" Sakura said waving her hand dismissively.
"Alright!" Naruto yelled happily.
"Be careful alright... And please come back I don't want to lose you again" Sasuke whisper hugging her close to him.
Sakura smile "I promise I will."
Kakashi and Naruto smiled watching the two of them interact.
"Be careful out there kiddo" kakashi said placing his palm on her shoulder.
Sakura nodded before giving Sasuke a chase kiss on the lips and disappearing outside the gate.
"Man she's fast..." Sasuke said amaze.
"You know teme you can always ask her to train you with taijutsu, I'm sure she won't mind" Naruto suggested.
Sasuke thought for a moment "asking your own girlfriend to train you... I'll think about it."
Naruto shrug "suit yourself."
Once Sakura was far enough from Konoha she stopped.
"Itachi" she said not turning around to look at him.
"Your father asked me to accompany you on your way to Ame" Itachi said walking towards her.
"Are you mad?" Sakura ask softly while turning around to look at him.
Itachi gave her a faint smile before poking her forehead like old times "we'll talk about that later... But I'm not mad."
Sakura smile at him "hai."
"Lets go home" Itachi said before he started walking away.
Sakura shook her head amuse before catching up with him.
Chapter 14 is finally over...
Hakke Rokujūyon Shō - Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms
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