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Time is Relevant in a Déjà vu World	By : MistraRose Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Itachi/Sakura Views: 1668 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 5
- 6
- 7
Chapter 6- Time is Unraveled—Questions are Answered

‘Ok, so maybe talking to the Hokage sounded easier than I
thought, but come on! This is important!’ thought Sakura, as she watched
everyone slowly leave the arena. She had slipped into the shadows when people
had started to leave, so she might meet the Hokage alone. When it was only a
couple of the teachers and a few of the proctors, she decided to step out of
the shadows and walk towards the gathered adults. Asuma was the first to see
her. No one said anything as she approached them. They just assumed she wanted
to talk to Kakashi; he made an appearance again after everyone had left.

“What can I do for you, Jada? If
it’s about Sasuke, I will tell you later, so just run along and get you nails
done or something. I do believe that’s what you do every week, around this
time, so let us adults talk.” ordered Kakashi, as he looked over the top of his
infamous book at Jada. Jada
was just too annoying to put up with sometimes. A girl that put her looks ahead
of everything else didn’t deserve to be a kunoichi. When Jada
didn’t seem to be leaving, the copy ninja wondered what else she could want.

“I don’t need anything Kakashi, and I know that Sasuke is
fine. About the nails, I think they can wait,” said Sakura as she looked at her
teacher. She turned her attention to the leader of the village. “Lord Hokage,
I’m in need of guidance, and would prefer to talk about it in your office. No,
Kakashi can’t help me with this, and you are the only other person in this village
I would ask about this.” Sakura was intensely watching his facial expressions
and body language. With a turn of his eyes, she knew his answer. “Alright Lord
Hokage, I will come see you later.” Sakura turned away from the adults and
headed towards the doors to leave, all the while grumbling under her breath.

Once she was out of the arena, she looked up at the
placement of the sun to get the time. She decided she’d check into a room,
shower and eat. But first, she needed to go and do a little shopping. There was
absolutely no way she would stand to wear the clothes she was wearing now. She
knew the Hokage would be back in the office in a couple of hours to finish more
paper work, and she would get him to listen then. Disappearing in a flurry of
petals, Sakura decided to get things under way; she had a lot to get done in
very little time.

Reappearing in front of a complex of apartments she knew
well, she walked in the front to talk to the owner about renting one of the
apartments. When she was inside and saw that no one was around and the owner
was not in the front yet, she changed her look again.

Standing in Jada’s place was
Sakura, in the form that she had used in the teahouse, except she had her long,
trademark pink hair. When the owner finally showed up, she got the apartment
she wanted and paid her rent in advance for the next year. When she was given
the key to the room, she made sure to inform him that she was a kunoichi, and
her room would be protected. Some of his clients were ninja, so he knew what
she was saying: don’t step into my apartment unless you want to die.

With the key in her hand, she took off to shop for new
clothes that would fit her sixteen-year-old body. Once she found a store, she
moved quickly, purchasing all of the essentials. With bags of clothes in hand,
she decided to take the clothes back to the room so she could get the rest of
her stuff on her list. Walking into a dark alley, Sakura disappeared to the
front of the complex.

She hurried up the steps to the seventh floor and walked
until she was in front of the seventh door and opened the door with the key.
Once in the dark room, she walked into the apartment and walked around the
furniture supplied, walked down a hall and stopped in front of the master
bedroom. Opening the door, she walked to the bare bed, and laid the bags on top
of it.

She had forgotten that the owner scarcely supplied anything
for the apartments. Leaving the apartment, she finished what was on her list
after about five trips to different stores, in her search for food, furnishings
for her place, and weapons.

After she was set and had everything in the apartment in
about the right places, she set to work putting the things where they belonged
and cleaning the apartment to her liking. After a couple of hours putting food
away, cleaning, arranging the apartment, and putting the clothes away, she was
finally done. Taking one last look around the apartment she decided it was time
for the security jutsu to be put into place. She had many secrets to hide.

After about thirty minutes of putting the jutsu in place,
she finally dropped her transformation. Walking into the bedroom, she walked
into the walk in closet and removed the gigantic fan, then the scroll, from her
back and laid them against the wall. She reached down and removed her shoes,
shin guards, then the weights and placed them next to the fan. Reaching into
the sleeves of her outfit, she removed the hidden poison needle launcher and
arm guards and took her gloves off.

She walked into the bathroom and started the long process of
taking the wrappings off of her legs and body so she could shower. When she
came to the headband tied to her waist, she took great care to fold it and lay
it on the bathroom vanity. It was Gaara’s final gift to her before he died, and
it was a gift she would treasure forever. She left her earrings, and necklace
where they were and she would continue to wear them, only keep the necklace
hidden from sight. She slipped out of the rest of her outfit and stepped into
the shower.

Turning the water on, Sakura jumped as the cold water hit
her naked body. Sakura had a body that any kunoichi would die for, because she
had no fat. She wasn’t overly muscular, but perfect and had the curves in all
the right places. Her breasts weren’t huge like her teacher's, but not small
like they had been when she was younger; she was a happy in-between. She had an
hourglass figure, and she knew what her body could do in missions of seduction.
Her body, when it wasn’t hidden with a jutsu, had scars from her many battles
won and lost. Her skin wasn’t overly tanned, but just enough that she looked
healthy and was as soft as silk.

The knowledge that she needed to still eat and get dressed
to face the Hokage had Sakura rushing to finish showering. Once she was out she
grabbed her clean clothes and put them on.

Her outfit was simple and served its purpose well; she also
took the used wrappings and placed them on a shelf to use later. On the same
shelf, she took off new wrappings to wrap around her wrists. The top fit her
body like a glove and was maroon and had simple sleeves just like her other
outfit; it hid her hands from view. She decided leaving her gloves on would be
smart, because she would need them later to demonstrate who she was and what
she could do.

Her skirt was the standard medic skirt, except it was black
as were her shorts. She walked back into the closet and put her heeled sandals
back on and left the rest of the stuff off. She wasn’t going to war yet, so why
not unload? She placed the two headbands back in their proper locations: one on
her forehead, the other on her hip. Checking her appearance one last time, she
left the bathroom and went to get something to eat.

After she ate, she locked the apartment door and placed a
seal so no one but her could enter the room without being tortured. Once in the
hall and convinced that no one was there, she transformed back into Jada’s form and headed towards the Hokage tower. While
walking she caught people pointing and staring at her, and she was beginning to
dislike it. This girl was starting to be more of a pain than a help, and she
couldn’t wait to change back.

The walk to the tower took longer than she had thought
because she kept stopping to watch the children play and the villagers working
without a care. They didn’t hide in fear of when the next attack would be, nor
lock their children in the house to protect them. No, these people were free
from fear and misery. Once she got to the tower she slipped into the shadows to
get into the tower since she didn’t have an appointment.

Slipping through the halls and bypassing the guards was easy
since she knew the layout of the tower like the back of her hand. When she
finally got passed everyone and they still didn’t sense her chakra, she knew
she was safe. Waiting in the shadows by the Hokage door, she knew that the
secretary would be coming out soon with an armload of papers to file. After
about thirty minutes of waiting, she wondered if she had messed up, when the
said doors opened with the secretary walking out carrying a load of paper.
Checking to make sure no one was looking, she slipped
through the doors into the office. As the doors closed she turned to face the
Hokage to see that he hadn’t even felt her presence or felt her enter. Within
the shadows, Sakura cleared her throat to get his attention and it more than
worked—he looked up so fast she heard a crack from his neck.

Hearing someone clearing their throat in his office, the
Third looked up in the direction of the noise to see no one. He was about to go
back to his stack of paper work, until he saw Jada
Tomoe step out of the shadows.

‘Why can’t I feel her chakra and why didn’t I know she
had entered the office?’ thought the Third as he studied Jada.

There was nothing different about her except she wasn’t
being loud and driving people crazy in the village. When he was about to ask
her a question, Jada started performing hand signs
well above her level and her speed. When she was done, the room was glowing a faint green color. She had just performed an
S-rank jutsu for keeping the right people in and the right voices in, and the
wrong people out. Standing up, the Third was about to cancel the jutsu, when he
realized he couldn’t move his body.

“Now that wasn’t very nice, Lord Hokage. If I wanted others
to hear what I had to say, then I would have invited them. What I have to say
is extremely important and is meant for your ears only at this current time,”
spoke Jada as she walked over to the sofa in the
office and had the Hokage sit back in his chair. The Third was still trying to
fight the shadow procession jutsu; she figured she had better start talking
soon. “Lord Hokage, please stop fighting the shadow jutsu. I need you to listen
to me and I hope you understand what I’m about to say. I’m going to release the
jutsu only after you promise me that you will hear me out,” spoke Sakura, as
she looked the Third in the eyes.

The Third didn’t know what to make of this situation. Jada shouldn’t have known this jutsu, and for once she
wasn’t talking in her whining voice. This couldn’t be the same Jada who had gone into the Forest
of Death, because she was just too
different. After considering he didn’t have anything to lose, he nodded his
head and she released the jutsu. “Now Jada, what is
so important that you have to go to such measures to talk to me?”

“Well, Lord Hokage, I’m going to get to the point and not
beat around the bush. Jada Tomoe is dead. She died in
the Forest of Death
from a self-inflicted wound. She couldn’t handle the genjutsu that Orochimaru
showed her—it was of her death by his hands. I came across her body, and
transformed into her to take her place in the exams. Team 7 must pass the exams
so that certain events may pass,” explained Sakura in a grave voice. She
watched as the Third's eyes got wider and wider the more she talked; he didn't
even know what was to come.

The Third got up from behind the desk and started pacing and
mumbling under his breath.

‘Am I hearing right, did he just call me a mental brat
that needs my head examined!? I’m not mental and if my head were examined, I
think they would be afraid of what they’d find,’ thought Sakura angrily.
She needed to get his attention back on the important things, and fast.

The Third didn’t like what this girl was saying. ‘Who is
this imposter? How does she know about Orochimaru? Why did Team 7 need to pass
the exams? Is this person really Jada, and she’s just gone crazy from the events that happened in
the forest? I need answers, and I need them now!' thought the Third as he
stopped pacing to stand back by the desk and look at his guest.

When the Third finally stopped to look at Sakura, she knew
she needed to tell him more. “Lord Hokage, in the coming month, the last part
of the chuunin exams will take place, but not without conflict. The problem I
speak of is the alliance that the Village Hidden in the Sand has with the
Hidden Sound; they plan to attack Leaf. I know that we have an alliance with
Sand, but it will not be honored because Orochimaru has killed the Kazekage. Orochimaru
has been masquerading as the Kazekage for a while and will enter the village
under the same name. Sand will not learn the truth until after the attack on
the village and they retreat home to find the body. He plans to kill every
woman and child in the village and leave no one alive; and I mean it.” Sakura
watched as the information she was giving caused the Third to shake and force
him to take a seat in his chair.

When the Third sat in his chair, his head was spinning and
he couldn’t seem to get it to stop. ‘Sand attacking the Leaf
Village even with our
alliance? No, they couldn’t, but what if this girl is right, and we didn’t know
that we were being misled!?’ Once some of the information had settled, he
looked back up and waited to hear what else she had to say. He would ask
questions soon.

When no questions came, Sakura continued with her speech.
They were in for a long night, and it was only 6p.m.
“Despite serious losses, the attack will fail. Naruto will be sent out with
Jiraiya on a mission. That mission will be to bring Lady Tsunade back to the
village to become the new Hokage.” The Third was about to interrupt but stopped
when Jada shook her head and placed her finger on her
lips to silence him. When he nodded his head, she continued. “It was during
this mission that Naruto will be learning the Fourth’s signature move, and they
will soon meet up with Tsunade. But, Jiraiya isn't the only one seeking out
Tsunade. Orochimaru has other motives, he needs the use of his hands restored
to him, and only a skilled medic of her caliber will be able to perform such a
task. A battle of the three sannin will take place, with each possessing a
handicap of some sort. Orochimaru won’t be killed, but the leaf will gain their
new Hokage.”

“Why would they seek Tsunade out unless I died in this
battle you speak of?” asked the Third. As if she knew what was going on in his
head she answered his question.

“Lord Hokage, you will die in your match against Orochimaru
after sealing off the use of his arms. You will attempt to seal his soul in
your body since you are going to already die, but can’t because of your age and
current injuries. You will die an honorable death, fit for a ninja as great as
you. I remember the Will of Fire burned throughout the village for many years.”

“Burned? Why not still burning? Why do you talk about it in
the past tense?” Perhaps this question would explain things more clearly.

“After your passing and Tsunade taking over the village, we
needed money so everyone was sent on missions. Team 7 was sent of a mission to
the Land of Tea.
It was during this mission that the dynamics of the Team 7 changed, and not for
the better. It was after this mission that Sasuke would leave the village and
seek out the power offered to him by Orochimaru. He wanted that power so he
could finally kill his brother, and avenge his clan. A team was assembled by
Shikamaru to retrieve Sasuke from Sound, but they didn't succeed,” said Sakura
as she recalled the night that Sasuke placed her on the bench.

‘Thank you is all you said to me, before you knocked me
out. I never understood why until later, and for that I’m sorry.’ Sakura
thought regretfully.

“So Orochimaru succeeded in gaining a new body I presume? I
now wish I would have killed him when I had the chance all those years ago; but
I was a fool,” said the Third. He remembered when he let his student leave his
lab to continue his experiments somewhere else. Bringing himself back into the
present, he waited for Jada to finish talking.

Sakura told him of Naruto's training with Jiraiya to
overcome Sasuke and hopefully return his best friend to their home for good. It
was obvious that retelling this information was painful for the girl.

The Third didn’t know what to make of all the information
that was given to him. It held no real relevance because he was dead, but maybe
there was a reason for her telling him all of this. Could she see the future,
is this why she was here, to prevent what she saw? He would wait and see what
else she said before he said anything else.

Sakura knew it was now or never to reveal who she was
because from here she played a major part. “Lord Hokage, my real name is Sakura
Haruno. I was the original third member of Team 7. We went to Wave as the first
C-rank mission that later turned out to be an A-rank. We were nominated for the
chuunin exams, which we took, but unlike Jada, I
didn’t kill myself because of the genjutsu. We passed the exams as you saw
earlier, and don’t worry, Rock Lee will become a ninja again with Tsunade’s
help. During the invasion, Naruto, Shikamaru, Pakkun, and I were in pursuit of
the Sand siblings and Sasuke. Sasuke wanted to finish his round, but he wasn’t
able to because Gaara was using his demon powers. He used the curse mark, but
it still did no damage to Gaara’s armor. It was Naruto who showed him in a
battle of strength that set him straight.” Sakura may not have been awake
during the last part, but Naruto had no trouble telling her about it later in
great detail when she would actually listen.

When the Hokage didn’t say anything, Sakura continued with
the tale. “It was after your funeral that Naruto was asked by Jiraiya to go on
a training trip with him. He promised to teach him a move that would put
Chidori to shame. Since I wasn’t there I can’t really tell you much more than I
already did, but I do have something new during this travel. It was shortly
after the two left; that two members of the organization known as the Akatsuki
showed up. Their goal was to capture Naruto, but he wasn’t there anymore, and Asuma,
Kakashi, and Kurenai confronted them. The two members happened to have been
Leaf's own missing ninja, Itachi Uchiha, and one of the seven swordsmen of the
mist, Kisame Hoshigaki. The three failed in capturing them, and it was during
Kakashi’s recovery from the Tsukuyomi, that Sasuke found out who his brother
was after.”
Sakura told the Third of Sasuke's slow separation from Team
7.

The Third had a couple of questions buzzing around in his
head. “You said that he changed and started to stray; how so? You know of the
organization Akatsuki and its members? What are their goals and who are they?”

“I’ll get to that, but you're jumping a little far ahead so,
let’s backup a little. He started to stray because he felt he was no longer
‘top dog’ in the group. Naruto was progressing in leaps and bounds and Sasuke
didn’t like it. After the mission and Sasuke was
healed, the two fought on the hospital roof to see who was stronger. The match
was never finished because Kakashi stepped in and stopped it because they were
doing their strongest moves; Rasengan and Chidori. It was later that night that
Sasuke was confronted by the Sound 4; they are Orochimaru’s bodyguards, to
offer to him the chance to join their teacher. The temptation was too much for
him so he abandoned his home seeking the power he craved.” She continued on to
tell him of the mission that Sasuke's friends were sent on to retrieve Sasuke,
and the failure of the mission.

The Third could tell that Sakura had loved Sasuke, by the
emotion in her voice and the tears in her eyes. Her eyes weren’t that of a
child, but a ninja who had seen too much too soon. “Knowing Naruto, he didn’t
take losing well, and you child, must have taken it harder to lose someone so
precious to you. But, please continue with your story,” said the Third.

Sakura could feel a fresh set of tears starting to fall, and
she fought to stop them; when she did she offered him a weak smile. “Lord
Hokage, I haven’t been a child for a long, long time. Sasuke was precious to me
and it did hurt that he left the village, but it did help me grow up and open
my eyes. After a mission to try and retrieve him went badly, I asked Tsunade if
she would take me on as her apprentice; which she did. Each member of Team 7
was being taught by one of the sannin, and would later take those titles as our
own. I stayed in the village to learn all I could from her, and soon it was
time for Naruto to leave. Time went by, and two and a half years had already
come and gone. Naruto wasn’t home for more than a day when he received word
that the Akatsuki kidnapped the Kazekage. They wanted to extract the demon from
inside him.”

“But, you said that the Kazekage was killed by Orochimaru;
who stepped up to take the place of the Kazekage?” asked the Third. Now it was
getting into some interesting stuff.

The Third listened intently as Sakura relayed the story of
Gaara of the Desert to him. Even at this, she felt emotional. She told him of
acquiring two new team members—Sai and Yamato. She spoke of the death of
Jiraiya, of following Akatsuki.

The Third got up out of the chair and walked around pacing
thinking about all the information she was giving him. He knew his secretary
would be worried, but would just assume he was having a private meeting with an
Anbu member; a really long one. After he didn’t feel so stiff and sore, he sat
back down and awaited her to finish her story.

“...and so we returned to the village
after we could no longer track them. It would only be another four
months before Sasuke came back home with his brother; alive.” Sakura remembered
that day all too well; she was on guard duty by the gates.

*~*Flashback*~*

The day started out like any of the other days she had
experienced since she was put on gate duty, and that had been about a month
ago. It wasn’t her fault that Tsunade was too drunk off her ass to fight right.
She was the one who always wanted to train in the morning hours, but this time
was a little different. Tsunade had been out drinking because Jiraiya’s death
was starting to get to her.

So the first moment she stepped into the training ground
Tsunade started attacking her. Her fighting was sluggish and predictable, but
most of all she was crying. Sakura didn’t fight back and that did nothing to
stop the anger, it just intensified it. After about five hours of Tsunade
fighting Sakura, she stopped and fell to the ground on her knees and cried. It
was the first time that Sakura had ever seen her teacher this way. She knelt
down next to her and comforted her the best way she could: she gave her a
shoulder to cry on and a body to anchor herself to. Many tears and rants later,
Tsunade was feeling better, but she wasn’t happy with Sakura.

“Sakura, I’m disappointed in you. Why didn’t you fight
back?” Demanded the Fifth angrily, while she dried her tears and got up off the
ground. She looked down at her student and waited for her answer.

Sakura stood up and faced her teacher, “I mean no
disrespect, Lady Tsunade, but it wouldn’t have been a fair fight because your
emotions were ruling your body. I could see the pattern in your fighting and
figured you just needed to let out some steam, so I let you.”

Tsunade knew her student was holding back a little bit for
her sack, but she felt better than she had in months after that fight. With a
smile on her face, she looked at Sakura, which caused the medic to step back in
fear; that smile never meant anything good.

“Sakura, since you helped me in my time of need, why don’t
you take some time off from training and the hospital. Think of it as a thank
you.” Tsunade started to walk away from her opened mouthed student. When she
was far enough away she turned her head and yelled, “report to the front gate
at six in the morning for gate duty,” and took off in a run. After about a
minute of waiting the scream finally came that Tsunade knew would.

Sakura stood flabbergasted as her teacher took off in a run
towards the Hokage tower. When the words she said finally registered, Sakura
became angered. “Tsunade, that’s not a vacation, that’s pure torture!” yelled
Sakura loudly. She knew her teacher could hear her, and probably over half the
village had as well. Mumbling under her breath, Sakura picked up her senbon
needles and kunai from the training ground and headed home. She had boredom to
prepare for; not her way for having a vacation. ‘Here I was thinking I could
finally get some of that housework done that I’ve been meaning to. The dishes
need to be washed, food needs to be bought, and the house looks like a natural
disaster hit it. Oh well... I have the rest of the day to tackle the work. I
just hope it doesn’t take me with it,’ thought Sakura as she walked to her
apartment.

Stopping in front of the apartment door, she placed her hand
on the door handle to let her chakra deactivate the genjutsu on the door, as well
as its traps. She didn’t wish to see her death and the rest of her friends be
killed in front of her, or a new pincushion for her senbon needles. Once in the
apartment, she locked the door and replaced her trap; any one that knew her
knew to wait until she let them in to enter, unless they wanted a trip to the
hospital.

She turned around to see the mess that she had been avoiding
for the past month. Clothes littered the floor, piles of dishes were stacked in
the sink, dust everywhere, scrolls tossed here and there; overall it was chaos.
Taking a fast look, she decided to face the pile of dirty dishes first, and
then start washing clothes. She was in for a LONG night. Five hours later, the
house looked clean.... until the next tornado hit. She showered, ate, and went
to sleep; she was tired and had a vacation to start.

Which brings us back here, where Sakura was bored out of her
mind and the other guard was as talkative as a rock... wait, no,
that was being polite. After finally counting the number of holes in the
tower wall made by senbon needles, she added one more; 458,501. She had already
sharpened her weapons, painted her nails black, and counted the numbers of hair
on her head... plain and simple she was drop dead bored.

She was about to start counting the ants that were marching
until she saw two cloaked figures walking towards the gate slowly. Looking to
see if her partner had spotted the two, and saw that he had not, she got his
attention; with a senbon in between his legs. “Hey Rambo, I’m going down to
investigate. We have two coming that I don’t recognize,
so sound the alarm in case they're here to cause trouble.” When the said ninja
nodded, she jumped down and waited for the two silent travelers to stop before
her to show her their passport and reason for visiting.

When the two ninja didn’t provide their identification right
away, Sakura stepped in front of them so they could go no further. “Travelers,
I need your identification papers before I can let you step foot into the
village. If you don’t have any, then I’m sorry—I can’t let you enter.” spoke
Sakura sternly.

When they made no move to remove any papers, Sakura felt the
hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. Taking a step backwards, she pulled
her sword from her belt and took a defensive stance. She knew to trust her gut
feeling and it was telling her to be on guard. The taller of the two travelers
moved one of his arms and from the traveling clock sleeve; she saw a hand
giving her some folded papers. Not being able to see under the hood, and since
she couldn’t feel any chakra, meant they were very skilled.

Being careful, she reached her hand and swiftly grabbed the
papers from the offered hand. Sakura unfolded the papers and read them, causing
her body to go rigid.

Rambo, seeing his partners’ body go
rigid, jumped down from the top of the wall and took out his long swords to
stand by her.

“Is everything alright, Lady Sakura?” Rambo looked at the
two travelers and he couldn't see anything different from the other travelers
he’d seen today, come through. But, he wasn’t the superior one here, Lady
Sakura was, and if she was being cautious, then he had better be.

Sakura didn’t like the writing that was written on the
papers in her hands. Bringing her complete attention up to the two travelers,
she nodded her head. Before they could take a step forward they each had a
sword at their throats. “Rambo, take leave and watch the gates. I will
accompany our two travelers to the Hokage, since they are here on important
business with only her. They are new here, and will get lost, so keep watch
until I return,” ordered Sakura. Rambo nodded his head and took his leave after
returning his swords to his back. When Rambo wasn’t there anymore, Sakura spook
softly so that only the two would hear her. “If you are who you say you are;
then show me the pride of the sight.”

The two travelers nodded their heads to the guard and raised
their heads so she could see their eyes. Sakura was looking into a twin pair of
sharingan, the only survivor of the Uchiha massacre and the clan’s killer,
Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha. With the information confirmed from the paper, Sakura
watched as their eyes returned back to their normal onyx color. Sakura returned
both of her swords to her hip’s sheath and performed a jutsu that both would be
familiar with. When their shadows were locked with hers, she took off into the
direction of the Hokage tower.

On the way there, people wanted to talk to her, but when
they saw her face, they knew to wait until later; she was on business if the
two following her were any indication. When they reached the tower and finally
reached the Hokage’s door, she knocked. The door opened and Shizune poked her
head out.

“Can I help you, Sakura? The Hokage is very busy at the
moment with some council members, so could you come back later?” pleaded
Shizune as she looked behind her to see the Hokage about to hit one of the
members. She turned her head back around when she didn’t hear an answer and saw
that Sakura wasn’t smiling like usual; she was dead serious. Shizune looked
around Sakura’s shoulders when she felt eyes on her and came face to face with
two mysterious people. Looking back at Sakura, she asked, “Sakura, what’s the
matter, and who are they?”

“Shizune, tell the council to get off their asses and get
the hell out. Lady Hokage has an important S-class meeting with some VERY
important people today. It’s about that mission that came in yesterday about
providing protection for a well known clan,” spoke Sakura softly. She knew
Shizune would get the hint and do as she asked. She watched as Shizune’s eyes
went wide and shut the door to do as Sakura asked.

There were loud voices coming from behind the door; many
voicing their displeasure at getting kicked out. When the door finally opened
again, but this time all the way, she could see that everyone was gone, except
the two. Walking into the room, she heard the door shut behind her and knew she
was performing the privacy jutsu; they didn’t need this information getting out
right now. When she felt the jutsu finish sealing the room she bowed to the
Hokage and the two followed her movements. “Sorry, for my intrusion Lady
Hokage, but I felt this was the utmost importance,” Sakura handed the papers to
the Hokage and as she started to read finished with, “may I present to you... Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha.” The Hokage didn’t even finish
reading when she heard the names of the two missing S-class ninjas. Sakura
canceled the jutsu and the two removed their hoods to reveal the two Uchiha
brothers.

‘Well, at least my day isn’t so boring now,’ thought
Sakura as she listened to Sasuke give his report on his activities. She was in
for a long day.

*~*End of
Flashback*~*

Shaking her head at the memory, she turned her attention to
the Third. It was time for him to learn where the course of history started to
shift: towards the destruction of the village. “After the two removed their
hoods, they told us everything that they had been up to. They had been killing
the rest of the Akatsuki members secretly. The only ones they didn’t get were
Pain and Tobi, who we learned from Itachi, was really Madara Uchiha; the
creator of the organization. Itachi told us that just before Sasuke struck the
killing blow, he showed him the real reason he killed the clan. Within the Tsukuyomi,
Itachi showed him that his own father wanted him killed because he wasn’t
progressing fast or far enough to be of use to the family. Itachi had just
gotten back from a mission when he heard his own father was plotting the murder
of his other son. Itachi wasn’t happy, but knew that even with him being in
anbu, he wouldn’t have been able to beat everyone in the family. He needed to
protect his brother, no matter the cost; even if it cost him his life. Itachi
stumbled across a scroll in the family shrine that told of the ultimate form of
the sharingan, the mangekyou sharingan. So he obtained it, by killing his other
best friend, Shisui; he would never hurt his little brother if he could help
it. After that, you know what happened, but now Sasuke saw the argument that
sparked the massacre. Itachi wanted Sasuke to live a life that he never got as
a child and told the father that he would do more missions and train harder,
only if he let Sasuke live. The father refused, and the mother did nothing to
help his eldest son, just told him to do as her husband said. They were the
first to go and he murdered everyone else so they wouldn’t kill his brother. We
also found out that they were starting to get a little power hungry and wanted
to take over leadership of the village. Itachi joined the Akatsuki and that
leads up to when they came home. Any questions so far?” Sakura watched as the
Third’s eyes went to a secret drawer in his desk, which only the Hokage would
know about.

The Third couldn’t help but have his eyes go right to the
drawer that held a document for Hokage eyes only. Looking back up at Sakura, he
nodded his head. “I have a feeling the village didn’t take this well?”

“No they didn’t, but when she stated that the two had been
working on a super S-rank mission for you and her, they let it drop. It took
people a while to accept them back, but it did eventually happen. They were to
secretly be watched by me, since I knew what had really happened, and report
back to her my findings, which weren't much. Sasuke had spared his brother on a
whim, remembering what he had once told him, ‘I will do anything, even if it
makes you hate me. I even might be an obstacle you must overcome to become
stronger.’ He staged his brother’s death, so he could learn the whole truth
about his family. It wasn’t long after they were back that we were attacked
again, but this time by a revived Orochimaru. It started a war that soon led to
the dark future, and the rest of the Akatsuki joined him to bring us down. We
later found out how Orochimaru was revived, so I hope we can stop that before
it happens. The boys had only been home for almost a year when the village was
attacked by the combined forces of the three and their armies. Lady Hokage died
that day. It’s a date I wish to forget but can’t since it was the day of my
birth. Naruto took over the position and married Hinata soon after. She was
severely wounded on a mission, and didn’t survive, but she did give me a gift;
the gift of her sight,” spoke Sakura as she waited for the Third's reaction,
and she wasn’t disappointed.

“WHAT! She gave you willingly the byakugan, but it can only
be handled by a Hyuuga! How can you use it?! Wouldn’t the clan elders protest?”
Demanded the Third as he got up from the desk and started to pace the room
frantically.

“Well, since Hinata, Neji, and Hanabi were the only living
Hyuuga at the time, Neji didn’t object since it was her wish, and Hanabi had no
use for it. The rest of the family had been killed in the attack that killed
Lady Hokage. Neji and Hinata had become really close later on, after he got a
tune up from Naruto. She wanted me to have the gift to help us win in this
chaotic war. I was able to use it because, being a medic, I was able to adapt
them to my eyes somehow. It also helped that I was their personal medic,
because they trusted no one else to look at their eyes. It took me a while to
get use to them and bring them forward, so I could use them in battle. With
Neji training me in the Gentle Fist style of fighting, I became stronger. When
we weren’t training, we were learning from each other. The living members of
the Konoha ninjas and Itachi took to teaching each other their signature jutsu,
and it didn’t matter what clan anyone was from. It seemed that it was only the
members that everyone was close to.”

“As time passed the death toll went higher, and we lost more
ground. Sasuke also gave me a gift, and it was after his battle with Pein that
he and his brother won that he too would give me his eyes. He figured that with
me having the byakugan, I would be able to bring the two bloodlines together to
work, as they should have long ago. So I repeated the same procedure that I did
with Hinata, so I now have both eyes. Sasuke felt that since he couldn’t ever
give me his love, he could give me something of far more value from him. Itachi
started to train me in the use of my eyes in return for restoring his sight to
him and it was also his brother’s last wish. Being a medic, there wouldn’t be
any damage to my eyes, like there was to his. It would be almost a year later
that Itachi would finally take down Madara and end the Uchiha line. As the
years passed, more people died and we lost even more of the village to Sound,”
said Sakura as she gathered her thoughts to finally finish the tale. She couldn’t
wait for this night to end.

The Third knew that she must have been nearing her end,
because her body was starting to slump in the chair and her eyes held sadness
and longing. Taking his seat again, he asked a question that had been bugging
him. “Did Itachi tell you everything?”

“Yes he did, but just those he REALLY trusted, and I was one
of the few. But, to continue since I’m almost done; it was a year and a half
after Tsunade’s death that Naruto was killed. Kabuto/Orochimaru killed him in
Hokage tower, and we would lose the rest of the village to Sound. Before Naruto
died, he appointed me as his replacement, so I became Hokage of the remaining
ninja. We wouldn’t defeat the last members of Sound until almost two years
later after Naruto died. With me being the only one standing beside Akamaru, I
went back to the Hokage Mountain
and I was given another chance in this world by the past Hokage. My task is
simple: live in a world I wasn’t born in and make sure that history doesn’t
repeat itself. So... here I am,” said Sakura as she stood up and stretched her
back, getting rid of the kinks in her spine. She decided it was time for him to
see the real her. Canceling the transformation jutsu, she took in his reaction.

When the body of Jada disappeared,
there was a woman he knew he would have remembered if he ever met her. She was
young, fit and had the most unique pink hair, and emerald eyes. She was wearing
the standard medic apron and shoes that his student was famous for. She wasn’t
overly tall, but she processed a strength he wished that Jada
had had. Overall she was a beautiful woman; she knew what she could do in
battle, because her eyes showed she was older, beyond most of his elite.

“Lady Sakura, if I may ask, you never did say what rank you
were before you became Hokage? If I might be so bold, may I see the combination
of the two in your eyes, then each one separately to see them in a person
non-related to the clan. You, my dear, are a medical
marvel, but I guess you were taught by the best and learned on your own. Your
eyes are truly a gift given through love, but your eyes also betray what hell
you’ve been through.” The Third walked around the desk and hugged the woman who
started to cry and clung to him in an uncharacteristic display of weakness. She
would have to relive everything and hope to change it.

Sakura was glad that he was there to hold her as she finally
released her emotions. When she finally got her feelings under control, she
stepped out of his embrace and activated her eyes. Forcing the needed chakra
for both eyes to the forefront of her retina was easy; it just took a moment to
have them together and looking back at the Third. Her once emerald eyes were
now deep red, with the three commas spinning slowly, and she rotated them into
the ultimate sharingan, the Mangekyou, and back again. Her eyes looked like she
just possessed the sharingan, but looking closer, he could see the veins on the
side of the eyes and her eyes had a slight silver look to them, under the red.
When she felt he had seen them enough, she changed her eyes back to normal.

Then she showed him each bloodline, separately, until he
told her he had seen enough, and brought them back to emerald. “To answer you
question, I was....” She raised the sleeve of her right arm to proudly show her
tattoo, “...anbu.”

For the remainder of the of the night she told him a more in
depth report on what happened to lead her there after her battle with Kabuto
and Naruto’s death. He told her that he didn’t know why he trusted her, but something
told him to, so he would follow his instincts. He also asked her to display
chakra control, at which she very lightly punched the wall, causing the wall to
crack slightly. It was decided that Sakura would meet back in the office around
noon to meet her new teammates. They
just needed to work out the bugs in her story, but it would get done. They
still had time before the sunrise.

Sakura couldn’t wait to see everyone again, but mainly
Naruto, and this time as herself. After they finished working her story out,
she deactivated the confidentiality jutsu and disappeared in a flurry of
petals. She reappeared in the alley near her home, changed into her younger
self and walked into the complex. She couldn’t wait to get to sleep, but she
was just too excited about the meeting later and couldn’t sleep. She knew she
would need it since she would have to prove she was worth being on their team.
Darn it, she needed to get to sleep, she knew she was in for a LONG day ahead
of her.

*~*~*~*~*~*

Authors Note 2:

Ok, I have a feeling that this chapter might have opened
more questions than answers, but just wait and all will be answered. This
chapter was one of the hardest to write because the dog I was talking about earlier, died. She wasn’t eating or drinking anything for a
while, but it still doesn’t stop the ache. Dedication goes out to my friend, my
sister Sakura and Cherry BlossomUchiha for letting me
vent to them when I needed it. So here
is a recommend that has Sakura’s favorite snake in it. I’m not fond of snakes,
but this story caught my interest…somehow ^_^’’.

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