Prologue

A/N:Okay I know that I said that I would finish one of the other stories before I started this one but I couldn't help my self. I'll try my best to try and make the chapters long for this story. I hope this makes up for my long absence. -Chojitsuna (TheGnRFangirl)

I was running as fast as my legs could carry me down a familiar suburban neighborhood. It was the neighborhood I had grown up in when I still lived with my mother. I looked behind me and saw a cloaked figure right on my heels. Who was this man though? I've seen him somewhere once haven't I? That hooded cloaked was familiar but I couldn't remember where I had seen it. I turned away and looked at the only safe destination I could think of in my panic; home. I was able to open the door and shut it before the cloaked figure could get in. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath because I was sure that the danger was gone.

I opened my eyes and found myself shackled to the wall in the living room. What the hell was going on?I felt my heart and breathing speed up. I tried to pull myself off the wall but I just did not have the strength to free myself. What was going on now?

"Mom!" I yelled. "Mom!"

The only response I got was a loud thud from the hallway. I don't know why but the thud sounded wrong to my ears. What was in the hall way that would make that kind of noise?

"Your 'mother' won't be coming for you Sakura." I heard a female voice say from the hallway.

That voice sent chills down my spine. It sounded hollow and flat. There was no emotion in it. I turned my head to see who the speaker was. The woman who was speaking had red hair and green eyes. She reminded me of someone I knew but I couldn't quite remember.

"How dare you let me die Sakura?" She asked me.

Let her die? I don't even know this women yet she claims that she lost her life because of me. Was she one of the patients I helped my mother take care of? I don't remember anyone dying under my care and it was mostly the elderly that I worked with. This woman looked like she could be in her mid to late twenties.

"Do you remember what you did to me at all?" She asked.

I only shook my head.

"You ungrateful child!" She yelled at me in that flat tone. "Your father and I gave up our lives for you! Then you let me bleed to death on a stage!"

What the hell was she talking about? Her and my father? I don't have a father. My mother never married anyone at all. I was about to ask her what she was talking about when the woman pulled out a giant ax. I felt myself freeze at the sight of the ax. What was she going to do with that?

"Maybe this will jog your memory Sakura." She said as she raised the ax.

I screamed as she aimed the ax for my waist.

I opened my eyes and screamed as I sat up straight in my bed. My body was entangled in my blankets and covered in cold sweat. The fear I felt from the nightmare still lingered in my veins. I heard someone open the door to my room and just hold me. I could still see the women with the ax in the back of my mind. I looked at the person who was currently comforting me and noticed hair that reminded me of a lion's mane. He was muttering soothing words so that I would calm down and stop shaking.

I heard footsteps near the door but I ignored them for now. I just concentrated on Madara's comforting words. It felt like an eternity before I stopped shaking. The fear still lingered for some reason but I was able to push past it for now.

"It'd okay Sakura." I heard Madara say soothingly. "Whatever it was it's gone now. You're safe. Nothing can hurt you."

"Grandpa what happened in here?" I heard a familiar male voice ask.

"I'm not sure." Madara answered. "She mostly just keeps shaking. It doesn't seem like anyone came in but that means close to nothing to me. Can you get her a glass of water Sasuke?"

I heard someone leave my room and heard someone come closer.

"Hey what's wrong?" I heard a deep male voice ask.

I looked at the speaker. His hair color reminded me of a crow. His eyes were a deep black color but near the pupil of his eyes there was a very faint ring of red. I heard footsteps from the door and turned to see Sasuke walk in with a glass of water. His hair reminded of a raven because it was black but it had a bit of blue in it. His hair always spiked up strangely behind his head. It sometimes reminded me of a cockatoo.

He handed me the glass of water which I took gratefully. I only took small sips from the water because I know that I had the guys worried with my silence.

"What happened?" Sasuke asked me.

"I had a really bad nightmare." I told him.

"What was the dream about?" Madara asked.

"I don't think we need to make a big deal about a nightmare Grandfather." Itachi said. "It might be nothing at all."

"She mentioned back at the manor once that dreams can have some meaning Itachi. In a way, the nightmare we shared one night came true."

There was silence in the room, well almost silence. The only noise in the room that could be heard came from outside the window. Out here in the big city known as Oto, there was never a moment of silence. You could hear the sounds of cars moving, people talking or arguing, and of course people playing instruments.

"What happened in the dream?" Madara asked me again.

I told him about the cloaked figure that now reminded me of Danzo and the red haired woman who almost killed me in the nightmare. When I mentioned the red haired I noticed Itachi looked at me strangely. I'm not sure if he knew the woman or just thought that I was crazy.

"Do you want any of us to stay with you for tonight?" Madara asked concerned.

I smiled gratefully at him but I declined his offer. It really was just a nightmare and for now it seemed really far away. I wanted to get back to sleep.

I told them all good night as they left my room. Once they were gone I disentangled myself from the sheets and fell backwards into my pillow. I looked to the nightstand on my right and looked at the green book that just sat there. I placed my hand on it to give me some form of comfort before I closed my eyes again.

I woke up in the morning peacefully. There was no nightmare this time to disturb my sleep. I got out of bed and started getting ready for the day. I didn't have school to keep me busy even though it was a week day. I'm only fifteen years old but I no longer bothered with school. I'm supposed to be six feet underground in the Konoha cemetery so I wouldn't even be allowed to use my real name.

I know that I signed up for this five months ago when I met Sasuke Uchiha by accident in the manor where his entire family was slaughtered. Right now it's not something that I regret but I do miss my old life with my friends. I've never really set foot outside of Konoha until recently. Unfortunately for me; it might not be safe for to return home ever again because I'm supposed to be dead and there might be other people there that can harm me if I'm not careful. There is someone after my new friends and possibly me.

Right now I currently live with three guys in a decent three bedroom apartment. Itachi and Sasuke shared the bigger bedroom that was at the end of the hallway. Madara's room was right across the hall from my door. It was easy to hear each other through the walls of the rooms making it easy to hear anyone scream. There wasn't much furniture in the apartment. With less stuff to carry around it would make it easier to run off if we ever had to make a quick escape.

I finished getting ready for the day ahead of me. I was wearing a simple black T-shirt, cargo shorts, and tennis shoes. I can move around comfortably in this outfit.

I made my way out to the living room and saw that the boys were all ready for the day as well. All three of them looked like something was bothering them. I felt the blood drain from my face. This was never a good sign. Madara noticed my presence and motioned for me to sit down. Itachi and Sasuke merely gave me a glance.

"What's wrong?" I asked as soon as I sat down.

"Mediums aren't supposed to have nightmares or even bad dreams." Madara stated. "If you're having nightmares then it's a bad sign. Dreams are supposed to be a form of sanctuary for mediums. Any nightmare is supposed to leave clues for something that is about to happen soon. I'm not sure I want us to leave Oto just yet but I am concerned. If anyone else has a nightmare then we leave. For now we just continue our routine."

There was silence in the room for a couple of seconds. Madara's words kept repeating in my mind. We'd have to run away again soon. It was hard leaving Konoha behind and not have contact with my past. I had to fight back my tears. Now wasn't the time for me to break down.

"You okay?" I heard someone ask.

Itachi was looking at with concern in his eyes. I didn't trust my voice at all so I just nodded my head.

"Well if that's all we needed to talk about I'll leave." Itachi said as he got up.

Itachi was our main source of income during the week. He worked as store manager at the moment. During the weekend Sasuke and I would work at a family restaurant. We didn't really need the money too badly. It turns out that we didn't actually eat food at all so we just used the money to help pay for rent.

We heard Itachi close the front door of the apartment. Immediately my gaze turned to Madara. He's made it his job to make sure that Sasuke and I understand the full extent of our powers and how to use them to defend ourselves. We normally did things in the day time in a secure location so no one would see us. Back in Konoha there were many places that we could have used to practice in secret. Most of the buildings here in Oto were crowded together and filled with people so I thought that it would be impossible for us to practice. It turned out there was a reason why Madara wanted to come here.

A majority of the cities and small towns within the country were around hundreds of years ago. There were many families that had mediums back when magic was first being discovered. Many of the families didn't like each other too much and often fought. Some families were stronger than others so they withstood the test of time. Other magic families were killed and forgotten. Oto was once a major battleground for the mediums at one point. Mediums that could heal were in heavy demand because of the bloodshed. Families tried to make alliances, packs, and treaties but there was too much distrust for them to last long.

One could say that I was in an alliance with the Uchiha boys right now. We were working together at the moment. It did take me a while to open up to Itachi for personal reasons but once I did he became like an older brother to me. I usually practiced with Sasuke and we did talk to each other a lot so he's kind of like my closest friend now. Madara is our mentor, protector, and I guess our parent now. Having him watch over us was a bit weird for me because I was used to my mother being there for me. I never rally had a male adult in my life that I could ever call father. It was really nice to have Madara there.

"Are you two ready to leave?" Madara asked.

"I just need to get my book." I told him.

"I'm ready." Sasuke answered.

I quickly went t my room and grabbed the green book that was lying on my night stand. Once it was in my arms I hurried back to the living room.

"Let's go." I said as I grabbed the keys from the coffee table.

Our destination wasn't very far. There was a part of the city that was abandoned who knows how long ago. There were some old buildings that weren't any higher then three or two stories. Very few people were ever seen here so there wasn't much of a need to be to secretive.

I parked the car behind one of the buildings so no one would be able to spot the car too easily. We got out of the car and made our way toward an open manhole. There many places underground that concealed us pretty well. Believe it or not but the sewer system in this part of the city was bone dry. There was a slight stench that hung in the air but it wasn't something that would cause anyone to lose their lunch. It wasn't a long walk to our destination. It took us about ten minutes of walking through the sewer tunnels before we found a door.

We had spent about a week looking for this place when we first arrived in the city. There were a couple of other mediums here that we didn't want to associate with so we had to find a place that was either abandoned or untouched. Someone told Itachi about this place we set out to find it. This was the place where we could practice our magic without any disturbance from regular humans.

Madara waved his hand across the surface of the door and we hard the mechanics of the door start to move and open the door. I was honestly baffled when we first found this room because there was no electricity here that could activate the door. Madara then explained to me that the door responded to the presence of magic. The room we were entering was once as an arena a while ago. There was still dried up blood on the floor and there was even an area where a small crowd could watch. The place sent chills down my spine but it was a safe place to practice.

The whole room was a perfect circle. The area where any fighting might have taken place had a fifty foot diameter. The ceiling was a decent height. There were already some special spells in the room that kept it usable. The area where the crowd would watch was protected by a special barrier that deflected anything. I actually spent a few minutes throwing things at the barrier just to make sure. The ceiling was reinforced as well so that any big spells would cause it to collapse. The arena was basically in a world of its own. Someone told me that these arenas could be left in ruins and once you return in as little as an hour the arena would like nothing at had happened to it. We tried some really destructive spells on the room one night and Madara was horrified when he saw the place. We left for an hour and when we got back it was fine.

Sasuke and I entered the arena. Sasuke usually worked with his family magic because he wanted to improve and expand his skills as a medium. Because Sasuke had copied his knowledge about Danzo's family magic into my brain I usually practiced with that magic. Madara wanted us to be able to defend ourselves and maybe even take down Danzo. Right now I had a little trick up my sleeve. Madara helped me research into my family's magic a bit. Most mediums with healing abilities couldn't really use to defend themselves with. I was determined to find a way to defend myself with my family's magic.

I have learned a lot more spells now that have been recorded into my book and I've noticed something. The spells I use actually enhance something in the body in order to heal the person's illness. To me that means I can use my magic to manipulate my body and push myself to my limits. Madara didn't approve of the idea so I've been working on the spells in secret. It's taken me a lot of trial and error but I've started to really get the hang of it. Sasuke has been working on the fire attacks that his family seems to be fond of but he's been trying to work with electricity it looks like.

All we were really supposed to do here is practice. Every once in a while Madara would let us have a mock battle but that's it. Nothing really too risky. Right now though Madara wanted to see how well my healing abilities work and for that we need someone to get hurt. He saw back at the manor that burns don't seem to be an issue for me. We've tested that theory out a couple of times and burns of any size can be healed in seconds rather than days or weeks. He wanted to see how well cuts and broken bones would heal.

"If we're testing for cuts than I can't play guinea pig." Sasuke said. "I heal way too fast from normal injuries to be affected."

It was true; Sasuke had some really strange recovery rate. Any injury he sustained begins ti heal the moment it's made. The gun he had been shot with back in the manor had some weird affects on it. The spells that had been used were meant to be used on mediums most of the time. We're not completely sure if that's true but now he could take injuries that would kill most mediums. The only kinds of injuries that ever really harmed him were the kind that involved magic.

"So that means I'm getting hurt right?" I asked.

"Not if grandpa is willing to take a few hits." Sasuke answered. "I've already felt some really bad burns. I won't mind breaking my bones since it supposed to make them stronger."

"That doesn't mean you should be okay with getting hurt."

"You haven't been able to use your magic at all." Sasuke said louder than necessary. "That doesn't seem really fair to me since you became a medium more for my benefit than yours."

"I'd rather not use anyone as a test subject though." I responded. "Besides I've been working on something else."

"You mean the stuff Grandpa told you not to work on?" He asked quietly.

"Yes and I think I've almost perfected it." I told him.

"Want to show him that instead?" He asked.

I just nodded my head.

"So you want to try and fight me?" He asked.

"It might be the only way that we can truly test out the spells."

"As long as we can make Grandpa eat his words then it'll be worth it."

He turned away from me and looked at Madara.

"Grandpa, we're going to try and see if we can break my bones in a mock battle." He yelled.

"Don't do anything too dangerous okay." He responded.

"Got it." He said as he turned to face me.

I walked away from him. In these mock battles we usually stood about thirty feet from each other. Sasuke had his red book in his hand already opened. I opened my green book to the page I knew the spells were on. I know that the spells works. The real problem is knowing what the limit of the spell is. I had no idea where my limit was was but I was about to find out.

I watched as as Sasuke started to leaf through the pages quickly looking for the spell he wanted. I didn't want to give him an advantage so I started looking at my book for the spell I wanted.

The spell that I had been working on was near the very bottom of the page that I was looking at.

"Vires!" I yelled.

Sasuke had implanted his knowledge of spells back in Konoha but he had given me so much more then he knew. He had passed on his knowledge Latin which was the only language that spells could be written in. The spell itself took some time to take affect. What it did was give my body the strength it would during an adrenaline rush without actually having adrenaline pump through my veins. I started taking deep breaths to get my blood flooded with oxygen.

"Plenam flammis!" I heard Sasuke yell.

I looked over at Sasuke saw that his body was becoming engulfed in flames. It was his favorite way to fight. He had his arms spread and faced the ceiling as the flames engulfed his entire form. Every time he cast this spell he looked different to me. The look on the face looked almost at peace with the whole world. It was a very different from the Sasuke I had met in the Manor who sometimes looked like he was ready to kill someone.

"What the hell are you doing Sakura?" I heard Madara ask from the distance.

I just ignored him and I noticed that Sasuke smirked a little when he heard Madara.

"Ready to begin?" Sasuke asked.

I moved my arms around a bit. The motions that I used were more fluid and controlled then it normally would have looked without the spell. For now, that was a good sign. I nodded my head and he began to run straight towards me.

"Did either of you two hear me?!" I heard Madara yell.

He might as well be on mute because I knew that neither me nor Sasuke were going to listen to him.

"Inviolabilem fulgar." I muttered under my breath.

I felt heat wash all over my body after I muttered the spell. If it worked then Sasuke's flames should have no affect on me at all. I braced my self for a really nasty fist fight and charged at Sasuke.

Madara had shown me how to fight if I ever needed to defend myself without magic. Sasuke wanted to learn on his own at first before he asked for Madara's help. Even though we both had the same teacher we had developed different fighting styles. His movements reminded me of how a lightning bolt would move through the sky. He moved in a zigzag pattern to avoid long ranged attacks. He used his speed to enhance his kicks and punches.

I couldn't move as fast as him. At first I just tried to use my opponents weight against them but then I started developing my strength spell. I decided that I would sacrifice speed but not my agility. I built up my endurance over the past months and now I was enhancing my strength. I fought more brutally than Sasuke.

We met just a few feet away from the center of the arena and began to fight. At first he tried leaving little burns on my arms but he caught on that his flames were doing nothing to help him. I took advantage at his change of pace hand landed a blow right on his stomach. I heard the wind leave his lungs as he gasped for air but he refused to be thrown back.

I tried to land another hit but he recovered faster than I thought he would and blocked my punch with his arm. For him that turned out to be a bad thing. We both heard a loud crack come from his arm. The flames around his body disappeared and he fell to his knees.

I saw him grab his arm in pain. I heard Madara's footsteps come towards us but I didn't bother to look at him. I had to heal Sasuke's arm.

"Where's the pain coming from?" I asked.

"Right where your fist connected with my arm." He answered almost bitterly.

I put my hands over his arm. Madara had told us that if we could remember the condition or instructions of each spell then we didn't have to say the name of the spell. I concentrated on the spell that would set and heal Sasuke's bone if it was really broken. A green glow emitted from my palms for a few seconds. Sasuke's arm was done healing by the time the green glow had disappeared.

"What the hell did you do?" I heard Madara ask.

"Practicing a few spells that I've been working on." I explained to him.

"What did I say about experimenting with spells that you know nothing about?!"

"That we should consult with you before hand but you wouldn't let me create spells when I asked so I just ignored your rule and practiced in secret."

I watched as Sasuke moved his arm around a bit and move his fingers. Everything seemed to be fine for now.

"Well how else were we going to test her bone mending abilities?" Sasuke asked sarcastically. "You wanted her to practice healing and I can't heal from wounds that have been inflicted with magic. Sakura used a spell that wasn't too dangerous to hurt me so what the hell are you complaining about?"

"I'm complaining about the fact that Sakura completely disobeyed my rules." He said.

"Well sorry for trying to learn how to defend myself with my family's magic." I sneered at him.

He pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.

"I just want to keep you from hurting yourself." He said.

"If I get hurt I can heal myself." I retorted.

"Not if your too busy screaming." he rebutted.

I really had nothing to counter that argument so I just shut my mouth.

"Sasuke why did you encourage her?" He asked.

"She hardly ever gets to use the powers given to her by her goddess." He answered. "I think if she wants to she should be allowed to. Grandpa she's been doing this for a while now. If she does keep doing this in secret then she might wind up getting hurt and we won't be there to help her."

Madara folded his arms and thought about what Sasuke had just said. We waited for five minutes in silence before he finally answered.

"Fine." He said. "Sakura you can create your own spells but you have to tell me what they're meant to do and how you intend to remove them since you seemed to cast a couple on yourself just moments before."

I smiled and hugged Madara. It was usually hard to get him to change his mind once it's been set.

"Next time you guys have a complaint please talk to me rather than pull some stupid stunt like you two just did." Madara said as he returned my hug. "Especially you Sasuke. You're the older one so set an example for her."

"Like she's going to listen to me." He said. "She still a child that only listens to adults and not her older peers."

"I listened to you back at the manor didn't I?" I countered.

He rolled his eyes at me. It was these moments that always made me smile. Our schedules didn't really differ much. This was just another normal day in Oto for me. The nightmare from last night still worried me though. Especially the image of the woman with the ax.

A/N:If there are parts pf the story that seem confusing then please notify me. Your reviews are what keep me writing so please review. -Chojitsuna (TheGnRFangirl)