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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 8- A New Blossom and an Old Bud

Sakura woke up early the next morning to get a start on her
morning activities. She only had a month to get everything done, and that was
not enough time to do everything and slack off too. She got out of bed and completed
her morning routine, taking time to change her outfit and pull her hair into a
high ponytail before leaving her apartment.

She decided to head towards Ichiraku to see if Naruto was
there. As she approached the stand she spotted a large scroll hanging off the
back of a person with long white hair. ‘So the Mountain Sage has arrived to
teach Naruto. I wonder if I should take a detour. You know what, I think that
would be smart, because knowing Jiraiya he’ll be a pervert.’ Sakura swiftly
turned on her heels to make a quick getaway, but it wasn't quick enough—she was
spotted anyway.

Naruto was attempting to convince the old sage to train him,
but unfortunately he wasn't getting anywhere with the old fart. Just as he was
following the pervert out of the ramen stand, he caught sight of a flash of
pink hair. ‘Only one girl I know has pink hair,’ thought Naruto as he
ran past the sage to catch up with her.

Jiraiya was shocked when the brat stopped talking and ran
past him. Curiosity got the best of him and he decided to follow him. When he
rounded the corner he was glad he did follow the brat, because in front of him
was raw beauty.

Naruto was hugging a girl with long, pink hair bound high on
her head by a red silk ribbon. She possessed the body of a strong and
incredibly agile kunoichi. On her forehead he saw that she also bore a crystal
diamond just like his old teammate, Tsunade. She had her
ears pierced and she wore two necklaces; one he couldn’t see because it was
hidden under her blouse and the other was a choker. The choker was made of
black silk, which displayed a white quartz stone hanging that seemed to change
colors with the light. She was wearing a white, corset type blouse that hugged
her body all in the right places, and her skirt was black and went past her
knees almost to her ankles with slits a little past the knee. Her shoes looked
like Tsunade's, but they tied up to her knees with black material in a
criss-cross pattern. In all, she was beautiful and he started to drool.

Sakura could feel eyes on her and she had to sigh; she knew
that stare all too well. Turning around from her talk with Naruto, she saw the
Toad Sannin. It was good to see him again, but really, did he have to be
looking at her like that? “Naruto, is this the man you were telling me about
that you want to train you?” queried Sakura as she gestured toward the drooling
man.

Naruto nodded his head fiercely, showing his determination.
He needed to get stronger so he could beat that Neji guy for what he did
to Hinata, but most of all, he wanted to keep up with Sasuke. “That’s him, but
he won’t have anything to do with me. I’ve tried everything I can think of,”
whined Naruto sadly. This was is last chance to find himself a strong teacher.

Sakura didn’t like seeing her close friend so sad, so she
turned to face Jiraiya with her resolve to help Naruto strengthened even more.
“Please, Master Jiraiya, you are the only one who could possibly teach Naruto
what he needs to learn. After all, you are one of the legendary sannin from the
leaf village. Give him one more chance to impress you, and if he succeeds, then
promise me you will teach him. Deal?” Asked Sakura, who had her hand out towards the Toad Sage.
Sakura had a feeling he would take the bet, since he was a lot like her teacher.

Jiraiya pondered what the kid might do to make him change
his mind. After some internal deliberations he agreed, but added his own rule
to the deal. “Under one condition, sweetheart: I take you on a date on the
town. You seemed to have had a run-in with a friend of mind since you bare the
jewel and the shoes she wears. I'd like to know how she’s doing,” said Jiraiya
as Sakura nodded her consent. They shook hands. He saw her smile and watched as
she turned to face the brat and whisper in his ear. When the kid got a huge
smile on his face, he knew he had been had.

Naruto smiled as he listened to Sakura explain what he
needed to do to get the man to teach him. “… so do you think you can do that?
You’ll have him eating right out of your hand. And since he promised, he won’t
go back on his word. So, go on and try it, because if it doesn’t work, dinner
at Ichiraku, on me.” Sakura offered in a hushed voice. Sakura hoped it worked
or she would have to pull out a trump card on the man and she wasn’t ready for
that yet.

Naruto didn’t waste time and followed Sakura’s suggestion.
In a puff of smoke he was a she and standing naked in front of the old pervert.
Instantly, the toad sannin had blood dribbling from his nose and his eyes were
as wide as saucers. His mouth dragged on the ground in sheer awe.

Naruto watched as the pervert sat on the ground in front of
him and started to draw; that’s when he canceled the jutsu like Sakura had
said.

Jiraiya couldn’t believe the gorgeous woman in front of him:
she had curves in all the right places and a perfect-ten body. He sat in front
of the girl, forgetting it was Naruto, and started to draw her. He only managed
to get the outline done, when she disappeared, leaving a slightly mad Naruto in
her place. “Where did the beauty go?” Asked Jiraiya as he
looked for her. Maybe she was playing hard to get. He allowed a
perverted smile to grace his face thinking about what he would do once he
captured her, he always did love it when they played hard to get.

“She didn’t go anywhere, and for your information, that was
my sexy jutsu. Now will you train me since I showed you that?” Asked an impatient Naruto.

Jiraiya looked on, blushing and tapped his fingers together,
“Only if you stay in that jutsu all the time.” He may have learned that it was
the brat, but damn it, that girl had a body to die for.

“No way, old man. Not going to
happen!” Yelled Naruto. He knew if he did then
training would never get done and he might be on the wrong end of those
lecherous hands. Naruto shuttered just thinking about it, and vowed to not
perform that jutsu again around the old man.

“Then I won’t train you,” said Jiraiya as he stood from the
ground and started to walk away. He had research to complete and women to see.

Sakura watched as the sannin walked away from Naruto. This
wasn’t good, he NEEDED to train Naruto so he could
beat Gaara. Sakura started to walk towards Jiraiya, “Lord Jiraiya, please
reconsider. I know you will not be let down if you take him on as a student. It
will only be for a month and after that if you do not like him, I will never
bother you again.”

Jiraiya stopped and turned around and looked at Sakura who
had stopped walking. ‘Why is she pushing so hard? I wonder…’ “I might
consider it, but only for a week at the most for now. He had better be worth
it,” said Jiraiya as he turned around and started to walk away. When he was far
enough away he yelled for Naruto to follow him and get his butt into gear.

Sakura watched as the two left to train and she decided it
was time to eat her breakfast before her stomach woke the dead, so she turned
and went into the restaurant that she had intended on going into. She waited to
be seated, and when she finally was, she asked for a table by a corner. There
was only one table empty by a corner and four people took the corner booth
beside it. Well, three people and one dog; and she watched as they looked over
their menus. Sakura noticed that Akamaru was on Kiba’s head and sleeping
soundly. She smiled and turned to look for something to eat on her menu.
Finding it, she placed her order and waited. For the first time she felt that
everything was going smooth, she just needed to make sure that everything else
followed.

Akamaru didn’t know what that scent was that he was smelling, but it was very calming. He woke from his nap
and looked around for the source, only to find it was coming from the girl
beside their table. Akamaru lightly barked to get his master's attention. When
he got it, he asked him if he was calm because of the new scent in the air.

Kiba didn’t know why his familiar asked the question, so he
took in a breath of air and now understood why he asked. The air, it was calm,
and smelled just like cherry blossoms in bloom, and it was soothing. Finding
the source wasn’t hard because she was sitting right next to them. He turned
around in his seat and looked at her. He knew he hadn’t seen her before,
because if he had, he would have remembered her. He turned around and was about
to say something to his teammate when Akamaru jumped from his head onto the
girls’ lap, surprising her.

Sakura was waiting for her meal to arrive when she felt
something land on her lap. Looking down, she was surprised to see Akamaru in
her lap looking up at her. ‘Now that’s a surprise I didn’t see coming. I
guess you were right Akamaru, you would be drawn to me.’ Sakura picked him
up and started to pet him behind his ear. “Aren’t you a cute little thing, but
you seem to be a ninja's familiar, so in battle you are anything but cute. Isn’t that right little guy?” Said
Sakura as she got licked on the face after she rubbed her nose against his.
Akamaru just wouldn’t hold still in her arms and she laughed.

Team 8 watched as Akamaru licked the mysterious girl's face.
Whoever she was, she wasn’t afraid of dogs, but seemed to welcome them. Kiba
turned around in his chair and called to Akamaru to come back and leave the
girl alone so she could eat, but he didn’t listen.

“No, he’s fine. I don’t mind because he reminds me of a
friend I lost. Is he yours?” Asked Sakura as she finally got Akamaru settled
down and was finally calmed down. She turned around to face team 8.

“Ya, he’s mine. Sorry about that,
I don’t know what got into him. If you’re wondering, his name's Akamaru.” Said Kiba as he took in the girl’s attire. Whoever she was,
she had one hell of a body and had muscle. ‘She has to be a ninja, I just
know it.’ He watched as his familiar fell back asleep in her lap. Kiba was
shocked. “I don’t know what ability you have but he never sleeps in anyone’s
arms except mine and sometimes Hinata’s.”

Sakura giggled as she heard the question and answered, “I
had a friend who had a familiar just like yours. I don’t know what caused it,
but for some reason his familiar would seek me out when he was agitated. His
owner said it was my presence and,” she blushed, “my scent. After he was
killed, his familiar took to me before he too was killed a year later,” said
Sakura as she lowered her voice to not wake her sleeping friend. Looking up
from her lap she faced team 8. “I’m sorry, I didn’t introduce myself. My name's
Sakura Haruno and I’m kind of the new teammate of team
7. Jada Tomoe, I was told, is resigning from being a
ninja, and the Third asked if I would be interested in being in a team. So,
here I am, now a member of team 7, and I find it funny
since I just got into town just a couple of days ago.”

Shino watched Sakura as she told her story and he was
curious. His bugs told him that she wasn’t telling the whole truth, but mostly
she was. He would have to keep an eye of her.

“It’s nice to meet you, Haruno-san. My…my name is Hinata
Hyuuga, this is Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka and you met his familiar. We make
up team…team 8,” said Hinata who bowed her head and tapped her fingers
together. She was nervous around this girl and didn’t know why, but yet she
felt protected. Hinata brought her face up and saw that Sakura was smiling at
her, a true and genuine smile.

Sakura looked as Hinata’s eyes locked with hers for a moment
before she too smiled. ‘Good, I want you to feel comfortable around me. I
want you to be yourself because only then will you finally see who you can
become.’ “It’s so nice to meet you all now. I watched your matches at the
exams and I have to say, you guys are good. Good luck in your match Shino. I
thought you were going to win Kiba, but I guess Naruto’s drive to win was just
a little stronger than yours. I’m just sorry you had to get taken out the way
you did. Well Hinata, it’s so nice to meet you. I have heard some great things
about you from the Third.” She really did mean what she said,
just Hinata didn’t have a lot of confidence to believe in herself.

Hinata was shocked hearing what Sakura said. ‘But, what
good have I done. I just hold the team back and the only thing I have going for
me is my byakugan. I really wish…’

“Hinata, I know what you're got to be thinking, but please
stop. With time you will get better and stronger. You just need to believe in
yourself and your abilities, and only then can you go forward in life. Never
let anyone, even family or friends, tell you that you're weak because once you
start to believe it, only then does it come true and you become weak. But, I
don’t want you to frown; I actually want to see you smile. If you don’t mind
but could I eat with you guys? I’d like to get to know you better, all of you
since I have heard some great things about you,” said Sakura as she smiled at
all of them. When each one nodded their heads she stood up and sat next to Kiba
since he had the only seat available.

Their meals came at the same time. They each ate their meal
and chatted about life in the village and traded tales for their academy days.. She told them about her travels around from Wind, Wave,
and now Fire Country. She told them of the friends she had made and lost in her
travels. They asked about her skills and she told them what she had told
Kakashi in the Hokage's office. Overall they all enjoyed their meal, even Shino slightly participated in the conversations.
When Sakura left she promised she would watch them train. She told Hinata that
if she ever wanted to seek her out to talk she was more than welcome to. “I
never turn my back on my friends when they need me.” The group parted and
headed their own ways.

Sakura was all smiles after her visit with team eight. She
looked down at the dog in her arms and smiled. Kiba asked her since Akamaru was
comfortable with her if she could watch him for a couple of hours. She agreed
without hesitation to the offer. She headed towards her next destination, the
flower shop. She hoped she had gained more friends since she really did like to
talk with team 8’s members. They each had something her team did not.

Walking into the flower shop, she spotted Ino helping a
customer and waited for her to finish. When Ino was finished she saw Sakura
waiting by the door and told her parents she would be back in a couple of
hours. “Hey girl. I did except to see you so fast. So,
what do you want to do today?” Said Ino as she watched Sakura
walk over to some flowers--lilies. Ino watched as she picked some and
didn’t even wake the bundle in her arms. When Sakura walked to the counter she
placed some bills down to pay. Ino watched as her mother handed her the change,
but she told her to keep it as a tip. Sakura turned to smile at her and they
walked out of the store together.

Sakura wanted to go give the flowers in her hand for Rock
Lee like she did last time. She would give him fresh ones daily until he was
better. She wanted him to know that someone did care about him. It would be a
while before his wife saw the light. Sakura looked at Ino. “I want to take Lee
some flowers since he was hurt in the exams. Want to tag along? Then you and I
can do a little shopping.” Said Sakura as she headed towards
the door with Ino hot on her heels. Ino agreed to the idea and on the way
to the hospital she told Sakura some of the latest gossip around town. Sakura
didn’t really care for the gossip, but she was with her friend again, so
beggars couldn’t be choosey.

When they got to the hospital, they waited to be shown to
Rock Lee’s room. When they got there, Sakura wasn’t surprised to see him out
training like he was last time. She walked over to the vase and placed the
flowers in it with some water. She watched as Rock Lee finally collapsed from
his pain and exhaustion. A sad look crossed Sakura face as she gently handed a
sleeping Akamaru to Ino, so she could help the medic. Once Rock Lee was back in
bed, she wrote him a note, placed it where he could see it, and left with Ino.
Outside the room Sakura took back a slowly waking Akamaru, who fell back to
sleep once he was surrounded by the calming scent of lavender and chamomile.

When they were out of the hospital, Sakura lead Ino towards
one of the clothing stores she knew Ino liked. They spent three hours in the
shop, but it was mainly Ino trying clothes on since she already had gotten her
shopping done earlier. Ino did talk her into getting a couple of things, but
before she bought them she asked an awake Akamaru his
opinion. Some of the ones he liked she kept, but others weren’t her taste. She
did get a couple of training outfits for later. After departing from Ino, who
she promised she would meet with later in the week, she headed towards team 8’s
training ground to give Kiba back his familiar.

With the training grounds being about thirty minutes away
and she was already an hour late, she decided on the fast route. “Hope you
don’t mind if we take to the roofs, since I’m already late, Akamaru?” Asked Sakura as she jumped onto the nearest rooftop. Making
sure her purchases where secured on her back in a backpack, she took off in a
run.

Akamaru, from Sakura’s arms, looked down and watched as the
village buildings passed by and then trees. He didn’t know why he enjoyed her
company today, but he knew he would seek her out if he felt restless. Just by
her voice, he had come to the conclusion that it was her who had calmed him
down during the Chuunin Exams. ‘I just wonder where she learned that trick.
Not even the Inuzuka’s knew of a trick that could calm them down like she did
to me. I hope she will allow Kiba and I to seek her
out when we need to calm down,’ thought Akamaru as Sakura started to
descend from the trees. She stopped at the base of a tree, in the shadows and
watched as Kiba and Kurenai attacked Shino.

Sakura watched as the two sparred against Shino in his
training. She spotted Hinata by the punching pillars, and noticed that she was
sad. No wanting to interrupt the training, she stayed in the shadows and
appeared beside Hinata.

Hinata jumped when she felt something wet on her arm.
Looking down she saw that it was Akamaru licking her arm. ‘Wait a minute,
wasn’t he with--’ thought Hinata as she turned around and saw that Sakura
was standing beside her, smiling and watching the
training. “Hello, Haruno-san. I hope you had a good time with Akamaru?” Asked
Hinata as she turned to watch the training some more. ‘Maybe I can learn
something for a change.’

Sakura took her eyes off the training and sat down next to
the timid girl. “Ya, I had a lot of fun, but you know
Hinata, you can call me Sakura. I know with you being the heir to the Hyuuga
clan you need to talk all formal and all. I hope you will consider me a friend
and around me you do not need to speak so formal,” said Sakura as Akamaru got
back in her lap to watch the training match. Sakura had to smile because
Akamaru seemed to really like sleeping around her or on her lap. As long as he
doesn’t do that when his older; he would smother her with his weight and body.

Hinata looked at Sakura with wide eyes and smiled a true
smile since being released from the hospital. ‘She really wants to be my
friend. It would be nice to have someone else I could talk to besides our
teacher. She seems kind enough, and if the other two feel no threat then it
should be ok.’ “I would really like that, Sakura. I do not have many
friends except my teammates.”

“Well, you can count me on that short list now. Do you think
sometime later in this week you would be able to come to my place for dinner?
It would be my treat, and it’s kind of a girl’s night where we just relax. I
promise it will just be dinner, some games and a movie. If you want to come
that’s great, but if you have other plans, that’s fine,” said Sakura as she
started to watch the training again.

Hinata looked at Sakura in shock. ‘She’s actually
inviting me to have fun at her place? I’ve never being invited to someone’s
house before to have dinner and just relax.’ “That would be great. I have
no plans so later this week, I should be able to come,” said a now excited
Hinata, who started to cough. She tried to stop the coughs but she couldn’t,
her chest started to hurt and her lungs her on fire.

Sakura jerked her head from the three when she heard Hinata
start to cough. She saw a little blood run through her fingers covering her
mouth and knew she needed to help her. “Hinata, I’m going to stop the
inflammation in your lungs and stop the blood, but I need you to trust me.”
With Hinata nodding her head she got to work. Pushing her chakra into her lungs
she calmed the inflammation and cleared up the pooled up blood in her lungs.

While all this was going on the three
watched as Sakura healed Hinata of her cough. When Sakura finished she
fell backwards in exhaustion, and Kiba caught her before she hit the ground.
Shino caught Hinata as she fell backwards, but she was no longer coughing.
Kurenai didn’t know who this girl was, but for her to gain two of the hardest
ninja on team eight, she must be good. ‘Shino and Kiba do not trust people
easily, especially around their female teammate. I wonder who she is because I
have never seen her before now,’ thought Kurenai. “Are you alright,
Hinata?”

“I am fine. I actually feel better now that Sakura has
healed me. Sorry that I worried everyone,” said a sorrowful Hinata. She really
felt she was a burden and this was just another piece of straw that would soon
break the dogs back.

“Hinata, what did I tell you about your thinking and doubts?
You may not realize it, but right now you have people surrounding you that care
about your health and you. Don’t be ashamed just because you showed a little
weakness, everyone does at some point,” said Sakura as she pushed her body away
from Kiba’s. She really disliked acting like this, but they couldn’t know the
trust, just not yet. Sakura composed herself before she stood up on slightly
unsteady legs. Acting like a novice in the healing department was not something
Sakura liked to do.

After finally reassuring Hinata that she was fine and didn’t
mind helping a friend when they needed it, she introduced herself to their teacher
and told her the same story she did her team that morning. After wishing team eight a good day, she told Hinata that she would get a
hold of her and give more on the details of the party later. Leaving the
grounds she headed back to the village and her apartment to eat her left over
dinner. She looked forward to the rest of the week.

During the rest of the week, she met with Hinata to finalize
the rest of her plans for the party. She invited Ino, who couldn’t wait to come party and have a girl’s night. She invited TenTen after
she met her at the market; she still needed to drop the sword off, it was just
finding a minute. After convincing her that it was just a
night to have some fun and unwind, the weapons mistress finally agreed.
At the end of the week Sakura had gotten everything she needed to have the
girls' night. They all arrived at the apartment at different times and waited
for her to welcome them into the apartment. She had pre-warned them not to
enter her apartment without her letting them in. The night started at six and
went into the early morning hours; the girls ended up sleeping over since it
was past three in the morning when everything finally wrapped up.

Sakura was the first to wake and so she fixed everyone
breakfast. TenTen was the first to wake up of the three because she had a
training session with Neji again in a couple of hours. The two of them talked
until Hinata joined the two. The three of them ate since Ino wouldn’t be
joining the land of the living for a couple more hours. The two left after
promising to continue the tradition of a girl’s night every month. It wasn’t
until ten in the morning that Ino finally walked out of the room, still half
asleep. Feeling an evil idea pop into her head, she put her plan into action
when Ino sat at the table to eat her hot food. She went to take a sip from her
coffee and spit it out.

Ino turned to look at a laughing Sakura who was holding her
sides from laughing so hard. She had somehow switched her coffee for tea; she
really disliked tea in the morning. It never really woke it up to face the day.
“Ha ha, don’t you think you're funny, billboard brow,
“ said a sarcastic Ino as she switched their cups back
around. She took a big drink on her coffee and could already feel her body
start to prepare for the day.

For the rest of the morning the two sat and just had fun
talking and planning for the next night since they were going out to a movie.
Once Ino finally left she cleaned the apartment and went out shopping again.
She was a little sad that she didn’t run into anyone she knew, but that was
fine. Walking back to the apartment she started to feel eyes on her and looked
in the direction they were coming from. Above her, staring out the window was
Gaara of the Desert. Not missing a step she smiled up at him and walked away.
As much as she wanted to talk to him, she valued her life and didn’t wish to
die just yet. Besides right now, even attempting to talk to him would mean
pissing him off.

Gaara watched the people in the streets as they went about
their everyday lives. He really wanted to kill them, but he had to wait until
later. He stood up to leave, when pink caught his attention and looked down and
caught sight of a female carrying groceries. He
watched as she looked up at him and smiled at him. It wasn’t a smile he was
used to, so he was a little shocked when she nodded her head to him and walked
away. Gaara turned away from the window and disappeared; he was going to visit
someone.

Sakura arrived at the apartment and put her groceries away.
Since it was still early, she decided to drop by the weapons shop and get her
sword in, so it could be fixed. Walking into her closet she canceled the
genjutsu she had put on it to hide her secrets, and walked to the large scroll.
Rolling it on the floor, she bit her finger and smeared it on the scroll.
Pushing the right amount of chakra into the scroll, she called forth the sword.
It really was a one-of-a-kind sword.

The sword was given to her as a gift from one of her
friends, before he died. Keeping the sword in its sheath, she tied it to her
hip and left the apartment. Walking through the crowd, she made her way towards
the shop.

When she arrived she walked in only to get walked into and
fell to the ground. She hadn't seen who she had slammed into, but she knew his
chakra signature anywhere. Looking up she saw the face of Team Gai’s prodigy,
Neji Hyuuga, and he wasn’t happy. ‘But he never really is, not until Naruto
gets the stick out of his ass,’ thought Sakura as she picked herself off
the ground. Dusting her butt off, she faced the glare of the Hyuuga. “Did I do
something wrong, because I don’t believe I deserved that.” Asked
Sakura as she got out of the doorway, so she wouldn’t be shoved out of the way.
She didn’t plan to kiss the ground again today.

“Hn!
Because of you, TenTen was late to training and she is too tired to be of much
help to me. You are nothing but a pathetic female, trying to blend in with
those that are greater than you, “ said Neji harshly.
Neji took in the female’s attire, and it was then that he noticed the sword at
her waist. It was a beautiful sheath, made up of the finest materials only what
the wealthiest could afford. “What did you do, steal some Lord's sword and try
and pawn it off as your own?”

‘Okay you ass, I know we were lovers in the past, but I
REALLY hate you. I can’t wait until Naruto pops you one right in the jaw,’
thought Sakura angrily as she glared back at the arrogant male. “For your
information, Neji Hyuuga, this is my sword that a dear friend had made for me.
And I’m sorry about making TenTen late for your drill session; we were just
having a little fun. It’s nothing for you to get your bandages in a twist over.
It wouldn’t hurt you to relax once in a while; it might not make you look so
pissed at the world all the time,” said Sakura harshly as she brushed past him
only to get her arm grabbed ruthlessly. She turned and glared at the source.

Neji was not happy getting talked back to. No one ever did
it in fear of getting punished. When the girl walked past him, he grabbed her
arm and squeezed tightly to make his point. “Do not step over your bounds
civilian, you will get hurt,” said Neji harshly and cross.

While all this was going on TenTen and the shop owner
watched in disbelief. So she was two minutes late and she couldn’t go like she
had the day before, but she was getting exhausted. She decided to try and get
Neji to leave her new friend alone before more trouble was caused. “Neji,
please let go of Sakura. She’s not a civilian, but the new replacement for team
seven’s member, Jada. It wasn’t because of her Neji
that I was late, I had some errands to run for the shop at the last minute,”
said TenTen, who was really wanting to end this before things got worse. She
didn’t want Sakura to get hurt.

Neji heard what his teammate had said, but he didn’t care.
She was too weak to be a kunoichi, and she proved it by not avoiding him
earlier. “Just give up your day job, and save everyone the headache of
protecting you,” said Neji as he finally let go of her arm. He saw a bruise was
starting to form and smirked. ‘You are just as your name states, a cherry
blossom that can be crushed with the slightest force. Pathetic.’
Neji started to leave when he felt a shift in the air and a kunai to his
throat. He didn’t even see her move; she went right into the blind spot and
slipped through.

Sakura felt angry and had enough of being talked down to and
decided that he needed a small lesson in manners. She disappeared and before
Neji could respond she had one of his own kunais to his throat. It was handy
knowing the weakness of her past lover. She leaned in closely so only he could
hear and whispered in his ear.

He felt a jolt of an unknown emotion rip into his body. He
didn’t know if it was from feeling her body against his, her silky voice or
from her aroma, but whatever it was he didn’t like it. It didn’t help that he
had never been this close to a girl before. He tried to get away from her, but
he felt his the kunai dig a little deeper into his
neck. Without causing a scene in the store he came to the conclusion to wait
until she released him. After another couple seconds of silence, she released
him and handed his weapon back.

Sakura felt Neji’s body shake slightly and she smirked
inwardly. ‘If only I would have known the only way to get any emotion out of
you was to do this. But, this always did work to get you riled up for our
nights of passion. Too bad, that’s come and gone,’ thought Sakura as she
stepped back and handed Neji back his weapon. He turned around and faced her.
“Listen Neji, I do not know you and you do not know me. I’m stronger than you
think. Just know that when a cat is backed into a corner it will fight. If you
keep pushing I will push back, just keep that in mind next time we talk. Have a
good day and good luck in the exams, but I will still be cheering my teammates
on.”

Neji took back his weapon and glared at Sakura. He turned
around and walked towards the door. He stopped before he left and told TenTen
not to be late next time and to get more sleep. He needed to beat the failure
and walked out of the store.

Sakura only giggled as the door slammed shut. ‘More like
that failure beats you my friend, and when that happens I’m going to
celebrate,’ thought Sakura as she walked over to the counter and laid the
sheath before the owner. He was the original craftsman of the sword, before he
was killed. He was the only one she trusted with her sword. The storeowner
picked up the sheath and examined it.

Ryo Hawk’s looked at the detail put into the sheath, and he
was impressed. Whoever had made the sheath and designed it had placed their
full pride into it. It had a beautifully woven vine design that stretch the
full length and had thorns protruding through parts of the vines. It was black
with the vines being an emerald green. He was about to pull the sword out when
a hand stopped him. He looked up and noticed that it was the owner. “Is there
something the matter?”

“Yes, there is. A good friend of mine's guardian made and
designed the sword and sheath. The sheath is not the problem, but it is the
sword. It was made from a snake’s fang that still has the poisonous venom on
its blade. Just one cut or touch of the blade to draw
blood, will kill you. What I need you to do is take the nicks out of it and
sharpen its blade. I want you to take your time on it and not rush on my
account. I have heard that you are the best in this village and I trust no one
else with my sword. If you fear you will die from the venom, I have the cure
and will give it to use in case you do get hurt fixing it. Now you may look at
it,” said Sakura as she removed her hand from his.

Ryo now knew why she had stopped him. He wouldn’t have known
about the poison and would have tested the dullness of the blade. Nodding his
head, he removed the sword from the sheath and looked on in amazement at the
sword. The sword was ivory and metallic in color. ‘So they combined the fang
and the metal to forge the sword,’ thought Ryo. The blade was smooth down
to the point, but along the edge of the blade it needed some work. By the
handle was the Konoha leaf symbol engraved into the sword as well as a name.
Looking closer he read the name out loud, “Urushi Ryokuin or Poison by Leaf, I
guess it’s a fitting name for this sword.” The handle was wrapped with leather
and at the end of it there was a red chime dangling from it. Ryo looked over
the sword more and figured everything that he would need to do to fix the
sword. It would take time, but with a sword of this quality he would take his
time. “The sword with take at least a month if not more to fix and I will do my
finest work on your sword to make it like new,” said Ryo as he sheathed the
sword and placed it on the table behind him to start working on later.

“Thank you, I can’t express my
thanks in words. Do what ever you have to do to make it new again since price
isn’t a factor. By the way, here is the antidote for the venom,” Sakura reached
down to her leg, where a pouch was tied and removed a tube. “If you poke or cut
yourself just put a dab of the cream on the wound and it will take care of the
rest. It just takes a little bit and removes the poison.” Sakura handed the
tube to Ryo who placed it by the sword.

TenTen couldn’t believe the beauty of Sakura’s weapon. She
would love to take a day just to train with it and get a feel for it. No wonder
she took pride in the sword, it wasn’t often you would fine one made of snake's
fang. She just had to ask, “Sakura, that sword is amazing. Where did you fine
the materials for it?”

“A friend of mine found the fang on his travels and wanted
to make me a gift. I do need to ask something of the both of you, since you two
have seen the sword. No one knows of this sword and I wish to keep it that way.
If word was to get out about my sword, I can imagine there would be a couple
people wanting it for themselves. So, please let's
just keep it between us,” pleaded Sakura who got nods from both people. Feeling
a weight be lifted she smiled. She knew of a couple people that would love for
the sword to be in their collection.

Ryo understood why she wanted to keep the weapon a secret.
He made or fixed many weapons for people that asked him to not tell anyone
about. Most of his customers were ninja, so it was to be expected. “I will
inform you when your sword is ready, or I will have TenTen tell you,” told Ryo
as he left to start work on his newest obsession.

TenTen smiled and walked with Sakura to the door and told
her that she would keep in touch with her about her package. Sakura thanked
her, gave her friend a hug and left the shop to finally headed
home.

She was half way home when she felt the sudden approaching
chakra of her teacher. Stopping, Sakura turned in the direction it was coming
and didn’t wait long when Kakashi appeared in front of her in a puff. Waving
her hand to clear the smoke, Sakura saw that Kakashi was reading his book again
and tapped her foot. “Ok Kakashi, what was the hurry to come find me? It
mustn’t have been too important since you're reading your trashy romance novel
again, “ said an annoyed Sakura as she stepped around
the jounin and headed home again. She only walked five feet until she ran into
her teacher’s padded chest. Now she was beginning to wonder what the deal was.
She started backing up and went to walk around him again until she was swept
off her feet and placed on Kakashi's shoulder, like a sack of potatoes.

Kakashi picked up his student and placed her on his shoulder
and took of toward the direction he had come from. He didn’t trust anyone else
at the moment to help him and besides, she was a teammate now. He expected her
to start throwing a fit about being mishandled, but all she did was push her body up and looked at the passing scenery. Not
looking a gift horse in the mouth, he pushed himself to reach the desert
faster.

Now Sakura didn’t like getting handled like this, but it
wasn’t the first time someone had done this to her. On more then one occasion
people would carry her over their shoulder, just to see what she would do. It
was fitting that it was Kakashi who always did this to her whenever he needed
her to heal someone he was training with. “Kakashi, do I get the feeling you're
not just running off with me to play out one of your crazy fantasies,” said a
devilish smirking Sakura. She might as well have a small amount of fun, even at
his expense.

Kakashi was caught off guard with the question and slipped
off the branch. He regained his footing and landed on the ground and decided
that it might be safer. “No, I need you to heal Sasuke since he pushed himself
too much and now is severely wounded. I trust that you can take care of his
problems since you are learning to be a medic, “ said
Kakashi and he estimated the time until they reached the grounds. It would be
another thirty minutes before they arrived, and luckily Gaara hadn’t returned
since he left.

‘So, I was right, but what the hell did Sasuke do to hurt
himself to require medical help. Well, at least I’m getting to know my team
better in this world,’ thought Sakura as she just relaxed and enjoyed the
very uncomfortable ride. ‘I’m just glad that the slit on this dress doesn’t
come up any higher, now that would be down right embarrassing.’

It took the thirty minutes to reach the grounds, but another
ten to reach the top of the mountain. Once there Sakura was
finally let down and she observed the surrounding area. There were a lot
of holes in the sides and boulders surrounding the top, and that was when she
noticed another Kakashi reading his book near the side of a boulder. Walking
over towards the boulder, Sakura finally made out the still form of her
teammate.

Sakura gasped. Running over to him, she noticed his multiple
wounds on his body. He had cuts, some deep gashes on his arms, neck, and legs. ‘Oh the gods!’ Thought Sakura as
she spotted the worst wound. It was a really nasty and deep cut on the
inner part of his thigh, near the femoral arteries and it was bleeding badly.

Placing her hand over the wound she pushed some chakra into
the wound to find the extent of the damage, and paled. The gash had just barely
missed hitting the femoral artery, but it had grazed it causing the pool of
blood near his thigh now. She started to repair the damage to the wound when
Sasuke woke up suddenly and hit her in the jaw. Sakura fell backwards from the
hit. She pushed her body in a sitting position on the ground and touched her
check.

‘What is it with men manhandling me today.
Good grief,’ thought Sakura as she crawled back over towards the now awake
Sasuke. Sakura’s eyes locked with his and she glared. “Listen here you jerk, I
was brought up here to help you and what do you do, you hit me in the jaw. Keep
it up pal and you’ll bleed to death the rate your
going. Now stop moving and let me heal you,” seethed Sakura. She sat next to
him again and started to heal, but he still kept moving his body away from her
touch. Sakura finally had enough and stood up on her knees and straddled his
knees to stop him from moving.

Sasuke woke up and felt nothing but pain throughout his body
and when he felt the presence of someone he punched them. Opening his eyes he
spotted Sakura on the ground in front of his, now glaring at him. When she told
him off he just ignored her and let her do her thing. That was until she
touched his thigh again and he moved away from her. When he saw Sakura stand up
he figured she was going to leave until she sat on his knees, so he could no
longer move away from her. Sasuke finally got to see what his teammate was
wearing and it got him to blush slightly. He felt his body tense up and it
started to heat up, and not from the sun.

Sakura still sitting on his knees got to work healing the
wound on his thigh and felt his body starting to shake. With not taking her
eyes off the wound she started to make a metal tally of the wounds she needed
to heal. Once she was done with the list she focused on the wound, until she
felt eyes on her where they didn’t belong. “Sasuke, as much as I like the
attention, could you please raise your eyes from looking at my chest, it’s not
polite,” warned Sakura. After a couple of minutes she still felt him staring at
her breasts she took her eyes off the wound and locked eyes with Sasuke. He was
still staring at her breasts and ignoring her words. “You keep staring where
your eyes shouldn’t be and I’m going to make you bleed from a different wound.
A busted up nose,” growled Sakura, who finally got her point across. Only
problem she created a whole new set of problems for herself.

Sasuke’s body just didn’t heat up; it felt like it was on
fire and it was only getting worse when he took in her appearance. The corset
top hugged her figure nicely and with her healing his wound her arms pushed her
breasts up higher and closer to him. Sasuke felt her legs around his knees and
could feel her heat seeping into his skin. He could smell her natural scent and
it didn’t help his situation-- if anything it aroused his senses more. He
started to wonder what that body could do against his, in the height of
passion. He couldn’t take his eyes off her until she threatened to give him a
bloody nose. Only problem was, she made him like the attention more. She wasn’t
falling all over him and throwing herself at him; she was doing the complete
opposite. Sasuke felt his body react and tighten in places it shouldn’t.

Sakura caught sight of the new problem easily enough since
it was in her line of vision and grumbled under her breath. ‘I guess I
shouldn't be surprised since he is like any other red blooded male, even if he
ties to deny it. The time I do not need his attention or want it, I have it,’
thought Sakura as she finished up the wound on his thigh. She started to work
on the other wounds when she felt and noticed Sasuke’s body go rigid, and it
wasn’t from ecstasy or release. She looked up and noticed that Sasuke had a
glint in his eyes and he looked pissed. She followed his line of vision and
noticed that it was on the bruise she had gotten earlier that day from Neji.
She turned her eyes to Sasuke’s and gasped, ‘Oh boy!’

Sasuke was looking at Sakura’s body when his eyes landing on
her neck and wondered what is would taste like. His eyes progressed to her arms
and that’s when he noticed a hand shaped bruise on her arm, above her elbow.
Seeing his teammate hurt or manhandled caused fury to course through his veins
and ecstasy to vanish without a trace. Sasuke started to feel rage take over
this mind and welcomed it. ‘I will kill whoever laid a hand on her. No one
touches what is mine,’ thought Sasuke as the curse mark started to emerge
and spread from his shoulder. Sasuke embraced the change and the increase in
power, and locked eyes with his emerald-eyed teammate. “Who hurt you, Sakura?”
Demanded Sasuke as his sharingan bored into her eyes, demanding answers.

‘Oh boy, isn’t the word I should
have used. Not what I needed. Now I have a possessive teammate that wants to
kill a person who is a fellow leaf ninja. Great, now just to defuse this
situation and get the hell out of here, before he does anything else,’
thought Sakura. Sakura raised her still glowing hand and placed it on the
bruised arm and healed it. She turned to answer her teammate, “I got it when I
went into town today and ran into a person and fell. The person grabbed my arm
to stop my fall and it bruised. I just had gotten out of the shop and headed
home when Kakashi came and got me. It was my fault and no one else since I
wasn’t paying attention.” I guess it’s a
good thing that he saw the bruise since now I got to see the curse mark. Now
all I have to do is get him to answer a couple questions and turn his attention
away from me.’ “Now Sasuke, you want
to explain to me why you have a curse mark on your neck?” Asked
a bewildered Sakura. She wanted him to tell her what happened since it
would be the only way she would find out about it.

Sasuke heard Sakura answer him but he still felt the fury
that someone would hurt such a girl, even unintentionally. When Sakura asked
about the curse mark, he cussed himself out for revealing it. Jada was the only one to know of it within the three
members, but now Sakura knew. ‘I do not know why, but I feel like I should
tell her the truth,’ thought Sasuke as the marks receded back into his
neck. “During the Forest of Death,
I was given the curse mark from a man named Orochimaru. No one else knows about
it except you, the teachers, Hokage and Kakashi. I do not want Naruto to know
about it, understand,” lectured Sasuke who locked eyes with Sakura who wanted
an answer.

“I know of the man you speak of and he is one not to be
taken lightly in battle with, from the stories I’ve heard. Now I see the point
in the select people knowing of the mark, but why not Naruto. He is your
teammate, he deserves to know. I know if I were him and learned about the mark
later, I would be hurt by the lack of trust.” Sasuke was about to interrupt her
when she silenced him with a hard glare. “But, since it is not my secret to
tell, I will respect your wish, but know that I do not agree,” said Sakura as
she stood from her position on Sasuke's knees and straighten her skirt.

She walked over to Kakashi and started to tell him about
what wounds she had healed. She wasn’t happy with the condition that Sasuke was
in and to avoid it next time. Kakashi agreed, and said that he would take her
back to her apartment. She nodded and waited. What she got wasn’t expected, but
shouldn’t have been unexpected since what had previously happened only a couple
minutes ago.

The air was knocked out of her lungs, and not by the impact
of her body hitting the side of the mountain. Her hands were pinned above her
shoulders and their fingers interlaced. Sasuke’s mouth was hot on hers as he
devoured and mapped hers to memory. He sucked and nipped her bottom lip, which
earned him a moan. She felt him mold his sculptured body to hers, and felt the
effect of their intimate position. He would have traveled to her neck had she
not come out of her shock. Summoning chakra to her leg she raised it up and in
between their bodies. Using the bolder as leverage Sakura
pushed Sasuke away from her body. She took in the air that her lungs
desperately cried for and brought her smoldering glare to meet his smug look.

She wouldn’t have done anything if he hadn’t licked his
lips, tasting her flavor, and moaned. “I do not know what has gotten into you
Sasuke, but I will only tell you once. You do that again and I grantee you will
regret it, and besides romance between teammates never works and it’s frowned
upon. Now if you will excuse me, I’m leaving,” demanded Sakura as she stomped
over towards the edge of the mountain and started to jump.

Sasuke tasted her flavor still on his lips and his mouth and
felt his body grow harder. Meeting her glare and hearing her demands only
burned the need for her hotter, and felt his body sing with denied pleasure.
When he saw her walk off, he followed her.
While all this was going on, Kakashi was watching with fascination
and it wasn’t because of his book. The scene in front of him played out just as
one of his favorite parts. He couldn’t look away and wished he had a seat to
watch the drama unfold. ‘But Sakura was right; romance between teammate was
never encouraged since it could destroy team dynamic,’ thought Kakashi as
he watched as Sasuke follow the mad kunoichi to the edge of the mountain.

Sakura stopped mid jump and turned to face the boy that now
held her hand. She turned her body fully around and decided that since words
were not working then maybe action would. ‘They always said action speaks
louder than words. Well, let's put that theory to the test,’ thought Sakura
as she pushed chakra into her hand behind her back. Once she had the desired
amount she punched Sasuke in the stomach and pulled her hand free.

When Sasuke felt the hit, the air left his lungs and he was
propelled into the very shadows she had healed him in. He took in the air that
the hit had forced him to exhale. ‘It seems someone has a temper and doesn’t
like her orders not followed. I can’t wait to see what other buttons to push,’
thought Sasuke as he watched his teammate storm towards him.

Sakura stomped towards her slumped teammate and stood a
couple feet from him; out of his reach. “Sasuke, if you continue this I will
follow through and use violence. Besides, I want to be your teammate and
friend, but not your girlfriend or a lover. Please understand that and respect
it because I will respect your wish. Now please follow mine,” pleaded Sakura as
she looked Sasuke in the eyes and awaited his answer. When she saw him
hesitantly give a nod she smiled and nodded back. She turned around and jumped
over the nearest edge and headed home.

After Sakura had left Kakashi sighed; it was time to get
back to training. The vacation was over and it was time to push everything into
overdrive if Sasuke was going to be ready. ‘Maybe he will put all the extra
energy into training. I wouldn’t be surprised if he takes his frustration out
in his training,’ thought Kakashi as he started the lesson where it had
stopped.

Sasuke was not happy with her words, but they did hold
merit, since she knew of the curse mark. It would be frustrating, but he would
try, but she made it hard with her appeal to him. He would just have to push
himself more to gain her attention. Sasuke tuned his attention back to his
teacher and followed what he was instructed to do.

Sakura returned home by herself and thanked the gods she was
finally within her sanctuary. She ran to the shower and jumped in, not caring
about the clothes getting wet. She needed to clear her head and get his smell
and presence off of her. She would have to rethink her strategy to accommodate
this newest problem. ‘I really hate that damn curse mark,’ thought Sakura
angrily as she scrubbed her body clean.

For the rest of the month leading up towards the Chuunin
Exams, she spent her time divided between her friends, training, and her visits
to Rock Lee. She always managed to see him when he was asleep. She still needed
to go on that date with Jiraiya, who she knew would hold her to her promise. It
would be good to have him be in her corner later. A week before the final exam,
she visited the Third one last time and he gave her
the two letters she would deliver later.

Those letters held her chances of changing the future. She
only hoped that the words written would be enough for them to trust her. Who
she really need was the man who would be showing up in a little over a week.
She wanted that confrontation to end well, because if it didn’t she was in
trouble. She couldn’t wait for this all to be over and she could finally
breathe without feeling the pressure weighing her down. ‘The only problem,
everything has just gotten started.’

*~*~*~*~*~*

Authors Note:

Alright, people we just meet Neji and yes he is an ass and
he will remain that way until later. I will have a little interaction of those
two again in later chapters, but do not count on there being a kiss between
them. You got that in chapter 3. :D Now to deal with Sasuke, yes he is
emotionless, but he is a male but he isn’t really thinking clearly. For the
other questions about Sasuke and Sakura reactions to the kiss, you will have to
wait and see in the next chapter.

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