Sakura glanced around Izumo and Kotetsu's apartment while the two observed her.
She didn't really think much of the place, it was just like any other apartment. One living room, one bathroom, one kitchen and the only difference was that there were two bedrooms.
"So? You like it?" Kotetsu grinned at her.
Sakura blinked at Izumo. "I see you're in charge of cleaning." She noted.
"Hey!" Kotetsu sputtered in denial.
"Yeah, that's right. Kotetsu's a slob."
"Hey! Not you too!"
"Where will I sleep?" Sakura asked ignoring Kotetsu.
Feeling fed off by Izumo and Sakura, Kotetsu stalked off into the kitchen grumbling things about being lazy and not a slob.
"Ah..." Izumo thoughtfully trailed off. "I guess I'll have to move into Kotetsu's room so you can get mine." He sounded more resigned than anything else.
"...good luck."
"I can still hear you!"
Izumo solemnly nodded as he dodged a stray apple.
"Whatever, I'm not that bad."
Sakura tilted her head in confusion. "Is he delusional?"
Izumo snorted in amusement and patted Sakura's head. "Yes, he is. Now why don't you go take a shower? We'll need you to look decent for your meeting with Inoichi-san."
Sakura merely nodded in agreement, not bothering to ask who Inoichi was as she stalked off to the bathroom for a well deserved shower.
Izumo watched her go before turning to Kotetsu. They shared a contemplative look.
"She didn't seem homesick." Kotetsu was the first to say once Sakura was out of hearing range.
"She's adjusting so fast, it doesn't even seem normal."
"She isn't normal. Whatever happened in her hometown doesn't seem to affect her at all."
"Or maybe that's the result of what happened?"
"It all comes down to the mystery of what happened." Kotetsu sighed.
"We have our work-" Izumo was cut off as an apple hit him right in the eye. "What was that for?!" He yelled while rubbing the forming bruise.
"For implying I'm delusional."
"Good afternoon Sakura-chan, I'm Inoichi Yamanaka and I'll be asking you a few questions, if you don't mind."
Sakura stared at the politely smiling man for a moment.
"I have a feeling you'll ask me these questions even if I did mind." Sakura said.
"Izumo-kun was right, you really are a blunt one." Inoichi noted, not losing his polite smile. "But you are right, these questions will be asked anyways."
"Then go ahead." Sakura yawned getting comfortable in her chair.
"How old are you?"
"Six."
"Who were your parents?"
"Mebuki Haruno and Kizashi Haruno."
No hesitsnce or visible reaction to the casual mention of her parents. Inoichi wrote on his notepad.
"Any other relatives?"
"None that I am aware of."
"Close friends?"
"Dead."
Appears to be purely apatehtic towards death.
"Do you know who killed them?"
"..."
Refusal to acknolwedge the identity of the killer. Possible connection to the killer.
"Did the killer try to kill you?"
"I wouldn't know. I was asleep."
Inoichi's eyes narrowed slightly as he wrote.
Slept through a massacre. Perhaps given sleeping pills without her knowledge? Will have to direct her to the Medical Corps after this. Result may bring up new clues of the massacre.
"How do you feel about their deaths?"
This time she paused, seeming to contemplate her answer.
"I'm not sure. I feel like I should be sad or angry, but I don't know. I guess it doesn't affect me."
Aware of the feelings she should be experiencing, but total detachment to them.
"Do you have nightmares?"
"No."
"Do you think it was wrong for the killer to do that?"
"Yes."
Morals seem in check despite detachment.
Little did Inoichi know, Sakura was referring to Hidan abandoning her.
"I want to be in his class." A pink haired girl pointed at Kiba.
Tsume grinned. "Oh, I didn't know you had an admirer Kiba."
Her son flushed in embarrassment. "I don't! And what are you doing here?" Kiba asked the girl completely ignoring Mizuki-sensei.
"Attending the academy. I figured it was time I officially start training." The girl blandly answered.
"Why do you want to be in my son's class anyways? You're a fan of his?" Tsume asked, slightly suspicious.
"I much prefer Shiromaru." The girl answered earning an amused snort from Tsume.
"His name is Akamaru." Kibra stressed out while Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Oh, my name's Sakura Haruno by the way. It's nice to meet you miss. Do you have a pet dog too?"
"You're new around here, aren't you Sakura?" Tsume deduced.
"Is it the pink hair?" Sakura wondered twirling a piece of her pink lock between her fingers. "But I saw a girl with purple hair, so that couldn't be it."
"Nah, your hair's fine. It's just your lack of knowledge. See, in the Inuzuka clan dogs aren't pet. They're ninken and our partners in both combat and outside of it."
"Ah." Realization dawned Sakura. "Pardon me for my lack of respect towards your clan, next time I will not be so ignorant." She determinedly said before walking away.
"Sakura-san!" Mizuki called after her.
"She's an odd pup, I like her." Tsume smiled.
"She kinda smells like dogs too." Kiba added.
"Not just any dogs, stray ones." Tsume patted Kiba's head. "Go on before you're late again."
"Please accept this as an apology gift for my disrespect." Sakura requested holding out a bag of special dog treats for ninken.
"Your bag seems stuffed, what do you have in there?" Tsume questioned as Kiba awkwardly took the apology gift.
"Books. I am determined to keep my promise in not repeating any disrecpect. Value for promise is an admirable trait to the Inuzuka clan according to these books."
"All those are on the Inuzuka clan?"
"Along with the other clans in Konohagakure. I am determined not to disrespect anyone else by my incompetence."
Tsume blinked at the formal tone the girl had before shaking her head in amusement. "That's good, don't push yourself though, okay?" She ruffled Sakura's head before glancing at her son.
"Be a gentleman and carry her bag for her."
"No way!"
The two then began arguing.
"May I pet Akamaru-san?" Sakura spoke up, an almost shy look on her features.
"Huh? Ask Akamaru, not me." Kiba managed to answer before resuming his argument with his mother.
"May I?" Sakura asked the white dog.
Akamaru seemed to contemplate the question for a moment before barking.
A rare smile lit up Sakura's features as she crouched down to pat the ninken.
"I had a puppy once." Sakura nostalgically said.
"Oh? What was his name?" Tsume asked casually holding her son in a choke hold.
"Teru."
"What happened to him?" Kiba curiously asked.
"Hi-kun killed him." Sakura recalled earning a surprised look from the two.
"...this person killed your dog?" Tsume repeated.
"Yes. It's okay though, Hi-kun got me a new one. Kero." Sakura smiled warmly.
"Where's Kero?" Kiba couldn't help but ask.
"Hi-kun killed him too."
"My back hurts..." Kiba pitifully moaned resting his head on the table.
"Hi-kun said that that's a sign of aging."
"It's all your damned fault! You and your stupid books!"
Sakura spared Kiba an uninterested glance. "Books are much smarter than you."
Kiba glared at her.
"Good morning class!"
"Who's that?" Sakura asked eyeing the Chunin who just entered.
"That's Iruka-sensei."
"Isn't that Mizuki guy supposed to teach us?"
"Mizuki-sensei deals with the practical part of being a ninja."
"That's an astute answer coming from you."
"Somehow I feel like that's an insult."
Sakura merely nuzzled Akamaru close to her cheek.
"Oi, make sure your crazy friend Hi-kun doesn't kill my ninken." Kiba lightly ordered.
Sakura paused.
"Hi-kun..." Sakura trailed off whatever she was going to say as she felt a pair of eyes on her.
"Sakura Haruno?"
Sakura nodded at Iruka. "Yes?"
"Would you like to introduce yourself?"
Suddenly most eyes were on her. Some curious, some searching and some...
"Why are the girls glaring at me?" Sakura quietly asked.
"Ignore them, I'll explain why later."
Iruka's coughed earned her attention again. "Well?" The teacher asked.
"I am Sakura Haruno." Sakura introduced herself.
"Any likes, dislikes, hobbies? Maybe dreams?"
Sakura paused thoughtfully.
"I like reading, Hi-kun and Hi-kun's stories. I dislike Hi-kun and Hi-kun's stupidity. My hobby...I don't have any anymore. I don't have a dream."
For some reason the girls seemed pleased at her answer.
"Basically all we've learned is that she likes reading." A blond haired boy summarized.
"Is this Hi-kun your boyfriend?" A blonde haired girl asked.
Sakura blinked, noting that the girl kinda looked like Inoichi. Then she mulled over the question. Hidan was a boy and her friend. So...
"Yes, he's my boyfriend."
The girls squealed before asking various questions at the same time.
Sakura could only blink at the sudden uproar deciding that Konoha girls were weird.