Alright, let's just hammer this one out real quick. UknownHero here and welcome to another chapter of Useless Blossom. Sorry for taking so long, I'm just lazy and kinda focusing on life but I think I wanna do this one really quick to get something on my profile updated this month. Anyway, let's get onto the reviews! To LaserLightCannon: I thought that was implied. Anyways, that's it. Short but let's get this call rolling.

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Chapter 2: Two Against the World

It was another bright day in Konoha and it was boring as usual. The people went off to their daily routines, while the shinobi would go out and protect the village. Sure, there was the mysterious destruction of several buildings, the explosions that crumbled the wall surrounding the village, the equally mysterious complete disintegration of an entire district and the odd sightings of a pink blur and not to mention millions upon millions of ryo that would need to be spent to pay for all that but...

You know what, it was not another boring day in Konoha considering everything. But there are people who are either ignorant, didn't care or had other things in mind.

Naruto Uzumaki was all of the above.

Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Power Level: Experienced Civilian

"Come on... Come on..." The blonde whispered to himself as he stared at the door.

Classes were well underway in the Konoha Ninja Academy, but Naruto was rarely the one to pay attention. Most of the time, he just didn't understand the material or was too bored to pay attention. He wanted to get up and move, do something rather than sit here and listen to some old guy ramble on about history or math. If he could skip the Academy altogether and get his headband, he would.

Why did anyone think he was dumb for taking the graduation exam early? He didn't have forever to be Hokage, so he may as well try and make the best of his time. Being ninja wasn't about knowing what kind of ramen the Second Hokage liked, it was about kicking ass and saving the world from the bad guys.

Of course, this resulted in him being the only student to ever fail the graduation exam twice in his class but that was a sacrifice he was willing to take. It wasn't like people weren't going to ignore him harder or think he was an even bigger idiot or make this growing void of emptiness and hate for everything and everyone-

Naruto bit down on his tongue. No, a Hokage would not let his own hatred destroy him. Naruto had to admit, Konoha was not the greatest place to live (at least for him) but it was his home and there were people who cared about him living here. Besides, this whole Let's Ignore Naruto thing was temporary.

He'd show the village he was the hero they needed. One day.

Anyways, after pushing back those really dark thoughts, he went back and stared at the door.

Iruka Umino couldn't help but sigh at this.

Name: Iruka Umina
Power Level: Experienced Chunin

Iruka had been friends with the little kid for a couple of weeks now, and even before then he could tell that he was infatuated with a certain girl with pink hair. Every day since Sakura had that simultaneous heart attack and vomiting fit in the middle of classes, Naruto had been staring at the door waiting for that door to open and for her to step through.

Iruka really didn't have the heart to tell him that it was more likely that she wasn't going to walk through that door at best.

Funny story about that door. That door was made out of an extinct tree which can only be cut down between one day and the next, and it was unknown if these trees could be cut without casualties along the way. It was actually a gift from Uzushiogakure as one of the many signs of friendship between the two villages. It was quite the odd gift but apparently, this specific type of wood was genetically modified and painstakingly cared for to be the strongest material in all of the Elemental Nations, able to withstand even the Fourth's strongest attack without even scratching the paint. It was so horrendously expensive that if all the money in the world was pooled into buying that door, it would still be not enough to even buy the shavings of it, if it could be shaved. The amount of monetary and sentimental value that door had is so enormous that they actually had to hide the fact that the door wasn't just a door as an S-Rank secret and those who reveal it were instantly killed by the special seal on their throat rigged to cause instant brain death should the speaker even start talking about it. If it were to be stolen, or by some act of a cruel god destroyed, the consequences could be catastrophic.

He read about it in a pamphlet.

Anyways, it was time for Iruka to be the responsible teacher he is and get his students to pay attention to whatever the hell he was talking about right now.

Readying his Demon Head Jutsu, he was about to raise his voice when suddenly...

CRASH!

...An entire wall crashed down, destroying the back row and causing the students sitting there to jump out of the way.

At least the the door remained perfectly untouched.

"..." Sakura, wearing an unconvincing wig that was roughly the same colour of her now-disintegrated hair, said nothing before silently walking over to an empty seat, the floorboards being crushed with every step as everyone stared at her.

It had been exactly a day since she got her new strength, and she already wanted a hole to swallow her up.

Yesterday had been rough on the God-Like Girl. Having ultra super strength had its serious downsides as it turns out. Everything had essentially become wet paper to her. She couldn't touch anything without destroying it in some way, to chopsticks to doors. With her parents mysteriously gone without notice, she had to take care of herself. This forced her to get creative if she wanted to function.

It wasn't glamorous. This morning she had eat food off the floor then run a few laps around the world until she found herself at a river where she could drink from. Then she had to run back, steal a wig along the way and then wash herself at a waterfall. Then she had to run until she stopped at Konoha, get back home by walking very carefully and then get dressed where she had to move extremely slowly or else she would rip her clothes, which she was very quickly running out of.

Oh, and she had to do all of that without wearing anything. Her clothes and sandals would just be destroyed.

Still, that was the cost of having unlimited power.

Unlimited, uncontrolled power.

"S-Sakura-chan! You're back!" Naruto cheered out.

Oh. Right. She forgot she also had to deal with him as well as everything else she had to do now.

"Naruto, shut up." Sakura said quietly before sitting down next to him, seeing that Ino-pig had taken the spot next to Sasuke-kun.

CRASH!

...Although, she may have sat down a little too hard right there.

Sakura couldn't help but groan as she laid down on the ground. Why did her class have to be on the second floor!? She had to destroy the stairs to get to the first lesson of the day.

Still, she was determined to come today. Today was the day she would show her strength to Sasuke and earn her date with him.

"I'm okay! Just... I'll stay outside the door." Sakura said as she got up and walked out of view of the students gathered around the hole she made with her butt.

"...What... just happened!?" Choji exclaimed before munching on some potato chips.

"What just happened is my nap being interrupted." Shikamaru sighed out before falling asleep. He really didn't want to deal with this right now.

"That was not termites..." Shino mumbled to himself.

"Man... Is Haruno really that heavy?" Kiba dumbly asked before getting smacked in the back of the head by Ino.

"Is this one of your stupid pranks, Naruto!?" Ino called out.

"Hey, I promised not to destroy school property after that and I never go back on my word! Plus, I don't do anything twice! It's boring!" Naruto shouted out before looking down with a concerned expression. 'Sakura-chan...' He thought, worried about the pink-haired girl.

Meanwhile, Hinata glanced at Naruto and then the hole Sakura made before clenching her hand into a fist.

"..." Sasuke just silently narrowed his eyes as he watched her. Studied her.

He could feel her strength.

He needed to talk to her about something important.

He needed her to help with his revenge.

Sasuke Uchiha
Power Level: Newbie Genin

(Some time later...)

"Fight me." The Last Uchiha demanded.

"W-What?" Sakura choked out.

Surprisingly the day had on rather peacefully after her entrance. Sure, Iruka had to go and take care of urgent business (something about a family emergency before running away) and Mizuki had to take over his classes for the day but nothing really happened other than the weird stares she's been getting.

That was until the weekly sparring session.

"Sakura, I want you to fight me." Sasuke said as he went into a battle stance. They were in a secluded part of field, away from Mizuki who was training Naruto in taijutsu since he needed the help. "Don't hold back."

"What? W-Wait!" Sakura got out, confused why Sasuke wanted to fight her before her eyes widened.

This would be the perfect opportunity to show her crush her strength.

Swallowing some saliva and shaking her head, she went into her own battle stance. "O-Okay, Sasuke-kun! I'll show you the results of my training, and earn that date!" She declared in determination, which confused the Uchiha.

Oh, he just remembered. He bet if she made top kunoichi when they graduate, he would date her. They were still a couple years away from that but she looked ready to get it now.

Well, as long as she helped him kill his brother.

They stared down each other, waiting for the other to move.

Suddenly, Sasuke moved.

He punched. She grabbed his arm.

RRRRRIIIIIIPPPPP!

Though, to be real it was more like "Turned arm into unrecognisable pile of mush" but ripping his arm clean off sounds way gorier so we're going with that.

It took Sakura a few seconds to realise she was holding the fleshy goo that is her crush's crushed arm and was now covered head to toe in his blood.

It took Sasuke a few seconds to realise Sakura was holding the fleshy goo that is his crushed arm, covered in his blood and bleeding quite profusely.

There was a scream, Sasuke fainted and Sakura ran.

(The next day...)

Konoha was kind of a mess at this point.

Multiple buildings had collapsed and more than a few people were killed. People were screaming about some vengeful pink spirit out to get them or something crazy like that or it was the second coming of the Kyuubi or other such nonsense. It was actually a miracle no one had attacked yet due to the state of the village. The Hokage was working as hard as he could to organise everything but the paperwork was going to be hell to go through. It was calculated it would at least take four months just to get through it all.

Oh, and the last Uchiha lost an arm before he even graduated. That... That was pretty bad too.

Now, Naruto wasn't a smart kid but he had a feeling he knew the source of all the village's current problems.

...Too bad he didn't know where that problem lived.

Anyways, with school out for the rest of the week, Naruto took it upon himself find Sakura and hopefully help her with whatever she was dealing with right now.

But, he had to find Ino. She is Sakura's best friend so surely she could lead him to her house.

Naruto was able to remember the location of the Yamanaka Flower Shop after one of his many, many escapes from the ANBU. So getting there wasn't the hard part.

The actual hard part was the fact… Well…

"DIE DEMON! YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!"

…The villagers sort of thought he was the cause of all the recent destruction.

Man these people need a hobby or something.

Although Naruto didn't know it, the same ANBU he pranked last month were doing their best to protect the boy and contain the situation but there was only so much they could do without it becoming a Uchiha-level massacre. They were just civilians with families and loved ones, they were just ignorant… And full of PTSD or something but mostly ignorant.

'Look on the bright side, this is great training for a ninja!' Naruto thought as he ran into a dark alleyway, found a large dumpster and went in it, making sure to avoid the crushed air freshener cans around the dumpster.

Looking through a hole in the dumpster, Naruto watched as the villagers ran past the alleyway. After a few minutes, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief as he was sure that the idiots had lost him.

That's when he noticed the smell. Or rather, the lack thereof.

This dumpster was surprisingly clean despite the sorry state it was in with all the dents and holes in it. Let in a cool, pleasant breeze that would definitely help him sleep at night. There was even padding at the bottom.

Actually, this would make for a great emergency shelter if he took the right precautions. Make sure it wasn't scrapped, maybe hide it somewhere and it could act as a makeshift safe house if he needed one.

At least the rent would be way cheaper.

...It took Naruto a second to realise that not only someone was definitely living here, they were right behind him.

"Naruto?"

"AH!" Naruto yelped as he jumped and hit his head on the dumpster lid. "Ow…" He groaned out in pain as he rubbed his head.

It then took him another second to realise who was in this luxury dumpster with him.

"Sakura-chan!?" The orange-wearing boy exclaimed upon seeing his crush here with him. "W-What are you doing here!?"

Sakura winced once he asked that question. "I… live here…?" She answered hesitantly.

"...What?" Naruto got out with wide eyes. "W-What happened to your parents…?"

"I-I don't know! They were still gone when I got home and then I tried to clean myself and… it… look, I don't have a home any more…" Sakura answered in a sad tone.

Naruto's heart clenched. He never liked seeing anyone sad in general but seeing the poor state of the former pink haired girl…

He was determined to make her smile.

"Sakura-chan, I-" Naruto started as he reached out to her, only for Sakura to move away.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Sakura screamed out with a scared look on her face. "GO AWAY! I… Just leave now…"

Naruto winced as the look and the words Sakura had directed at him brought up many bad memories, but that tone vulnerability pushed him to keep going.

This wasn't the look of someone who was scared of him. It was the look of someone who was scared of themselves.

"Sakura-chan, you aren't a monster." Naruto stated with a frown.

"You don't get it do you." Sakura said, her anger levels starting to rise. "Everything I touch just… breaks!"

"That's just an exammer… exagger… bl-bl… uh…" Naruto tried to say… only to realise he doesn't know what word he wanted.

"Exaggeration?" Sakura guessed.

"Yeah. That word. Exa-whatever. It's fine. You're fine." Naruto continued to press forward but Sakura wasn't having any of it.

"Oh kami, Naruto-baka, go away!" Sakura shouted out.

"I won't! Not while you have that look on your face!" Naruto declared with a determined look on his face.

"Go!"

"I said no!"

"Leave!"

"Nuh uh! Not until you smile!"

"Naruto. Go. Away. Now." Sakura growled out, her eye twitching.

"Sakura-chan, there's one thing you should already know about me but I'll tell it to you straight." Naruto got out as he looked at her straight in the eye. "Naruto Uzumaki never gives up. Now, let's see that smile!"

BOOM!

There was also one other thing about Naruto Uzumaki, and that was nearly killing himself over friendship, even if it wasn't on purpose.

Sakura froze, horrified, her arm still raised past Naruto's head.

Half of the dumpster was gone… as well as several buildings… as well as a lot of the earth and trees...

She nearly killed him.

He was annoying. He was an idiot. He couldn't go two seconds without declaring something about his dream with that bright, stupid smile on his face.

But he did not deserve to die.

"...What's wrong, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, not yet noticing all the death and destruction behind him. "Look… I don't really understand what's going on with you but… I wanna help you as much as I can. I promise, with all my heart, that I will make you smile again. It's the promise of a lifetime."

It was at that point, Sakura had begun her real training that would last until her graduation.

Anger management.

(Some time later…)

"Thank you for letting me stay here, Naruto." Sakura once again thanked the blonde while he ate his dinner of pork ramen.

"Again, it's not that big of a deal. You're my friend, Sakura-chan." Naruto replied after he loudly slurped up the rest of his noodles. "Aren't you going to eat though?"

Honestly, she wasn't sure if she needed to. Sakura didn't feel hungry at all, despite only eating an apple yesterday morning. Besides, she couldn't feed herself even if she tried. Any utensils would just disintegrate in her hands and using her hands would just destroy the food. At least water wasn't that much of a problem… somewhat.

Let's just say that water didn't seem to like her sometimes.

"Um… I'm fine." Sakura replied. "Okay, this is going to be how it works. From now on, you have to do everything I can't."

"Which is…?" Naruto got out.

"Open doors, read books, anything with my hands. At least, until I can control my… thing." Sakura answered. "Also, you said you were good at emotional control, right?"

"You mean not get mad right? Yeah, I'd say I am." Naruto replied quite casually.

"Okay, you also have to help me with my… anger." Sakura stated with a wince. "But in exchange… I can help you with chakra control and your studies."

"Aw what? That's boring…" Naruto whined out. "Why that? Why not help me do the fun stuff like ninjutsu?"

"There's more to being a shinobi than fighting and jutsus. Great ninjas have equally great minds and bodies. Sakura explained. "Plus, with chakra control, you pull off all those jutsus more often and with greater power."

"Hm… alright, that sounds good I guess…" Naruto sighed out. Still, having Sakura live with him for the time being was worth it.

No, that's not right. It was just having someone living with him was worth it.

He wasn't entirely alone anymore.

Sure, things weren't perfect but overall things had been starting to look up.

…And then he woke up in a cell.

Save Game... Quit!

Yeeeeppp... Sorry for taking so long. 3,000 words should not be worth the wait but I'm just a busy person.

UknownHero signing off, my friends!