A/N — This chapter is going to rush things a bit since I need to hurry up and get to the chunin exams so I can get to the main plot.

Just warning you guys ahead of time, this chapter is going to be long as hell but also rush through some things for me.


She saw it in his eyes that day, it looked like.. not just the hate and anger. His eyes were different than the normal for the haruno's. His eyes were a light pink with a green swirling flower in the middle. But after getting a better view

They seemed different.

The Sakura flower, grew bigger until his eye went from the light pink to a full forest green.

Her mind betrayed her as she was put under a genjutsu that made her watch from his point of view, watching from his eyes as he killed their loving parents.

She watched as his hands turned into hers. Her hands littered with the blood of their dead parents. She put her hands in her hair, pulling at the pink strands that fell down her face. Tugging harshly on her hair as her brother left her there.

Her brother leaving as she replayed the memories and watching as she killed her parents over and over again.


Sakura woke up with sweat running down her forehead. She pressed her eyes closed as she took in the nightmare. She was angrily sobbing, shaking slightly as she pulled on her hair.

She looked at her hands and quickly got up, if you were inside the house all you would hear is the sound of her running to the bathroom. She stood over the sink. Trembling with tears spreading rapidly down her face in a facade as she turned on the tap and washed her hands until they were raw.

She quickly composed herself after a few minutes. Healing the skin of her hands. She turned off the water to the sink and turned on the water of her shower.


After showering she walked to her closet and took out her new genin clothes her parents had bought for her when she became a full fledged genin.

She started off by putting on her bandages to safely secure her chest and then her outer bindings as well since she did have a little cleavage. With a look over, she took her pair of black spandex shorts and put them on, they went to her mid thigh but that wouldn't be a problem hence putting on long white knee high socks and wrapping some more of the bandage over her thigh, moving on she put on her dark pinkish red skirt that went slightly past the shorts she was wearing.

Moving onto the short kimono which was white, littered on the bottom with a pink tent and scattered with cherry blossoms so it wouldn't clash with her hair. She put it on, it had long sleeves so she could hide the weights she would be putting on soon enough.

Speaking of the weights she pulled those out of her closet as well. Putting 2 on her wrists and another 2 on her ankles. Each one weight a little over 45 lbs since training with Tsunade-Sama improved the strength in her body.

She would make a mental note to thank Gai-Sensei later as well for the weights themselves.

And to finish off her outfit she put on her black gloves and put her hair up into a bun, letting her bangs cascade over her face and features. She had changed the general color of her headband to a dark reddish pink and placed it in its usual spot on top of her head.

After deeming herself presentable she walked downstairs and made herself a quick breakfast which consisted of a onigiri. Quickly placing it down she had thought about it and placed 3 lunches in a scroll for later. Since she was running a bit early she hummed and decided to walk to the training grounds.

After attaching her kunai and shurikin pouch for later training of course. With a hum she picked up and nibbled away at her onigiri after walking out of her apartment.


After a good 30 minutes of walking she finally reached the training grounds. She raised a brow to the Uchiha who was already there with the Uzumaki. They were sleeping peacefully next to each other while also tangled in each other's embraces.

With a small hum and the sides of her lips tugging upwards she turned her attention away from them as walked to her usual tree and sat on the branch, leaning her head against it and falling asleep. The small smile keeping a semi permanent presence on her features as she bathed in the sun while drifting off to a warm pulling of sleep. One that would not last as long as she would hope it would.


" B-Brother.. what happened.. " The wide eyed, pinkette said to the older rosette who looked down at her.

Her attention turned to her parents. " W..- What did you do!?.. " Her voice cracked, tears streaming down her cheeks as her glare hardened.

He looked at her with a fake smile and the same amount of hate in his eyes as when he had killed their parents.

" Don't worry, you're turn will be soon, It will have to wait though, I can't say much now but be strong and get stronger so I'll have at least some challenge when I end you too! "

His smile turned into a bright grin as he looked down at her with those eyes. The kekke genkai shining bright in them.

Genjutsu.

He put her under genjutsu.

He wants to kill her.

He was toying with her.

With her mind.

He doesn't love her.

He never will.

She's nothing.

She's weak.

Useless.

She's Useless.


Sakura woke up panting as those words repeated in her head over. Not daring to stop. His wide grin carved into her mind.

Not noticing the worried stares from her teammates and sensei or the tears streaming down her cheeks.

She balled up her fist. Gripping the tree branch in her hand. Shaking with pure rage. Her glare hardening as she was lost in thought.

Those eyes.. that kekkei genkai. Her families kekkei genkai.

The hate turned into nothingness when a certain blonde intruded her thoughts. Getting pulled out of them as she faced the blonde that was in her face.

" Sakura-Chan! Are you okay? You're crying! " The blondes worried stare made her finally realize she was shaking and tears were coming out of her eyes.

Her eyes widening as she rubbed the stray tears away, a hand pulled hers away from her face and she turned to the person whose it belonged to.

Uchiha.

" Don't, you'll only make them hurt worse than they are now. " His voice betrayed nothing of his expression which was that neutral one he had up normally.

With a nod she healed herself away from them so they wouldn't catch on and stood up, thanking the brooding Uchiha before turning to their sensei.

Kakashi cleared his throat, sending a glance at Sakura before going back to normal.

" Okay so, for today my cute little genin. We will pluck weeds from.. " He looked around before, pointing to the garden. " That garden! And then we will be cleaning up trash. Got it? "

The 3 just grumbled at him before nodding and going to the garden to pluck the weeds.

Kakashi watched Sakura's back with his only visible eye, worried before shushining to the Hokage's office to report.


[ ; Kakashi's POV ; ]

Kakashi knocked on the door 3 times before entering. He cleared his throat with a sad expression.

" What can I do for you Hatake-San? " The old man asked as he looked at the younger man infront of him.

" Lord 3rd.. it's about Haruno Sakura. " He straightened his posture and his eyes hardened.

" I witnessed something about her earlier and we need to talk, now. "


[ ; Sakura's POV ; ]

She watched as her sensei left before continuing the task at hand. Carefully pinpointing the weeds, using a chakra scalpel to remove them so she wouldn't destroy the garden by uprooting them.

" Guys look at all the weeds I've pulled! Dattebayo! " She turned to look at Naruto, her eyes going wide as she gaped at the blonde.

" Naruto-Baka! Those aren't weeds! " She gaped before letting out a small chuckle at his cluelessness.

Walking over, she grabbed the herbs and flowers and used her fingers to dig the dirt as she replanted them.

After replanting them she turned to Naruto with a face palm as she grabbed his collar and pulled him down next to her, not noticing the red tint of his features as she pointed out what were weeds and what weren't.

" This is a weed, don't pull it out right away and take your time so you don't damage the garden, got it? "

Seeing him nod she got up and went back to her place, seeing that she was done she decided to wait until their sensei came back.


After Kakashi came back they did a few more D-ranked missions before going to the hokage's office.

" Maa, Here is your pay for the missions. Thank you for completing them. " He pushed 4 separate envelopes forward, flashing a smile toward the 3 genin and his former ANBU member.

" Thank you Hokage-Sama! " The 3 genin said in unison before excusing themselves and walking out of the office.

" Hatake.. Keep an eye out on that girl, as soon as she should awaken the kekke genkai, train her under your supervision along with the Uchiha. They will be a great asset to the village and her kekke genkai will be quite powerful. " The old man stated while looking at the silver haired nin.

" Yes Hokage-Sama. " He nodded and took a bow before leaving himself, sighing under the black mask which hid his face from the rest of the world.


A few days later after completing multiple D-ranked missions a day.

" Old man I want a real mission! Not these stupid d-ranked missions! " Naruto said in a demanding tone, or as close as a high pitched blonde can get to one.

" Hmm.. " Sarutobi looked at Kakashi who only nodded at him. He took his eyes back to the young jinchūrriki.

With a sigh, he pulled out some paper work. " Alright. I'll give you a simple C-Ranked escort mission. The clients name is Tazuna and he is a bridge builder in the land of waves. You are to escort him there safely and make sure that the bridge is finished before returning. Am I clear? "

The blonde instantly looked up with stars in his eyes, nodding multiple times. " We will do our best Dattebayo!! " He gave his usual whiskered grin before moving back to the place next to his team.

" Alright, with all said and done. Tazuna you may enter. " He called out to the person on the other side of the door.

Sakura grimaced as a tall man entered the room. Standing a few feat away from her and yet she could still smell the scent of alcohol radiating off his body.

Her face scrunched up in disgust as she looked at the bottle in his hands.

" Hm, Hokage sir, you expect a bunch of rookies to take me on this journey? Especially the short one with the colored hair. " The drunken man stated while looking down at the pink haired girl.

Sakura obviously thought he was talking to Naruto. But when the man looked at her she felt an irk mark grow on her forehead as she clenched her fists and balled her hands up.

" Now now, we mustn't kill our clients Sakura-Chan. " The silver haired nin stated as both he and Tazuna sweat dropped.

She would have striked him with a monstrous blow if Kakashi had not interrupted her. Rolling her eyes as she crossed her arms over her chest, looking away with a huff.

With a clap and hearing someone clear their throat from behind her. A smiling man came into picture as he also, sweat dropped.

" As for the mission at hand, meet at the northern gates at sunset. Dismissed. " with that he once again clapped his hands and shooed them out before laying his head on his desk and sighing mentally to himself.


After packing the necessities such as, water, a quick tent, medical supplies, extra clothes and food. And some weapons she finally deemed herself fit to get out of the house.

She adjusted her gloves while walking to the gates with her scrolls in a backpack. She arrived and saw she was early so she sat down on a tree branch and waited till the others arrived.

After everyone arrived they set out with Tazuna, Kakashi, A still not fully fledged Uchiha Sasuke, A junchūrriki named Uzumaki Naruto and the only girl on the team with training, Haruno Sakura.


A/N — And with that this chapter is coming to an end, hope you enjoyed it! I will be putting the entire mission in the next chapter though since I still have to get to the chunin exams for the actual plot.

Not mad though, kinda excited. But with that, love y'all and I'll see you guys next chapter!