CHAPTER ONE

Summary: When Sakura Haruno's parents die in a car crash she in forced to go live at her grandparents shrine in Tokyo. During the first week of her arrival her grandpa tells Sakura a story of a different world he claimed he visited when he was a child. One of ninja's and super beasts. The next morning Sakura wakes up to find herself in this world.

Yes this is a Sakura Sasuke story but it based around Sakura. Also I will add links to the outfits as the story goes on.

Ayame = (A-YA-MAY)

"Beep, beep, beep" was echoing through the room, bright green emerald eyes blinked open trying to focus on the repetitive sound. White walls, curtains, and a white board with Sakura Haruno printed on it was what the girl saw. Said girl looked down to see an IV taped to her hand, felt oxygen tubes up her nostrils, and a burning itching sensation in her throat. She was in the hospital, but why?

With her other hand Sakura tried to run her fingers through her pink hair, but it was too knotted to do so. She looked around and found a remote and clicked on the button that signaled the nurses. Five minutes later a woman in pink scrubs with shoulder length blonde hair and brown eyes walked through the door. "You're finally awake. My names Ayame I'll be your nurse."

Sakura just looked at Ayame, eyes not wavering. "You must be thirsty let me get you some water." She said as she walked out the door. Green emerald eyes closed, Sakura laid there trying to remember why she was here. Tears started to form around her closed eyes, flashes of lights, glass, and fire come crashing down. That's right she was in a car accident, some man pulled her out right before the car she and her parents were in exploded.

Sakura calmly opened her eyes and with her free hand wiped away the wetness that gathered around her lashes. The nurse, Ayame, came in with a pitcher of cold water and a small plastic cup. She pulled the rolling table and positioned it above Sakura's waist and poured her a cup of water. "I'll go get the doctor for you, I'm sure you have a lot of questions." And like that Ayame disappeared through the door.

Sakura grabbed the plastic cup full of water and chugged it, she then poured herself another glass and was half way through it when the door slowly swung open. Sakura tilted the cup backwards and finished its contents, finally diminishing the burning sensation she felt earlier. "Miss Haruno, glad to see you're awake. We were quite worried about you." A tall fat man with short brown greying hair had said. Sakura just stared at him and gave him a slight nod of her head.

The man's baby blue eyes lowered a bit and his eyebrows scrunched together as he sighed. "My names Dr. Fuji." He said as he pulled a chair up by her bedside and sat down. "Miss Haruno, you've been in a coma for three weeks.." Sakura looked at him, emerald clashing with baby blue. "My parents…., they aren't alive are they." Sakura said scared her voice would crack.

The older man's eyebrows knitted together again. "Miss Haruno, a man saved your life, he was only able to pull you out of the car before it exploded." Sakura nodded her head, trying her hardest to keep a clam demeanor. A clenching feeling filled her chest, her stomach felt as though it was forever falling. "I'm sorry for your loss Miss Haruno, I truly am, no girl your age should have to go through this." The Doctor sighed again. That's right Sakura almost forgot her age. She was 11 years old, but she felt as though she were 100.

Sakura closed her emerald eyes and started meditating, it was something her mother taught her, to understand your life force, your chi, or some would call it chakra. Sakura made sure to nod her head when Dr. Fuji told her what would happen and all the tests she needed to go through. She answered all his questions when needed. "Miss Haruno we contacted your grandparents, the ones who live in Tokyo." Sakura's eyes shot open.

Her grandparents!? She hasn't seen or heard from them in 8 years. Sakura's father told her how her mother and grandfather got in a disagreement when she was three and since then there hadn't been any contact. "There was no one else?" Sakura asked her eyes pleading. Dr. Fuji shook his head. "They were the only ones who returned our calls, they're here in Okinawa now, staying in a nearby hotel, they have been here since a week after you accident."

Sakura had said nothing she didn't know these people at all. "We called them and let them know you're awake, they wanted to come right away but I advised them against it, I want to make sure you are fine to go home so we are going to do the tests right now." Sakura looked at her Doctor and nodded. She had this unbearable feeling in the pit of her stomach. "May I clean up a bit first?" Dr. Fuji smiled and nodded his head. "Yes, yes, of course Miss Haruno, the bathroom is over there, I'll have the nurse drop off some paper scrubs for you and take the IV out." He got up from his chair and exited the room.

Sakura stared at the white board. She was the last Haruno. Her father had no siblings and his parents were dead. She only had her Aunt and grandparents on her mother's side. The door swung open and Ayame walked in. She smiled at Sakura. "Finally get to take this thing out of your hand." Sakura nodded her head in response. Ayame started to remove her IV as well as taking off her oxygen. "I know it seems hard now, but trust me when I say one day you will be laughing, surrounded by people who love you. It doesn't mean that you won't hurt but the pain gets easier to handle." She placed her hand on top of Sakura's. "Now I left some paper scrubs for you in the bathroom, and a disposal toothbrush and some toothpaste, go on and get cleaned up I'll be back in 30 minutes ok."

Ayame smiled at Sakura as she walked away and closed the door. Sakura swung her legs over the side of the bed and sat up. Everything was a bit difficult to do, she felt so stiff. Sakura gently set her feet on the cold slick surface of the hospital floor and braced herself against the bed. Once on her feet she stood there for a few moments before she took small steps towards the bathroom. Sakura looked at herself in the bathroom mirror and decided she wanted to get the bile taste out of her mouth first. She looked terrible.

Her long pink locks tangled so badly that all her hair hovered over her shoulders. When usually it would be past her waist. Her eyes sunken making her bright emerald color seem dull and lifeless. Sakura took in a deep breath as she finished brushing her teeth. "You're ok Sakura, You're ok, their watching over you, they want you to be happy." Sakura said to herself in the mirror. Repeating it in her head over and over again. She sighed once more and undressed herself from the hospital gown. She grabbed the comb on the counter and jumped in the shower. She stood in the steaming water for a few seconds, one hand on the tile wall, the other grasping the comb by her side letting herself cry for the first time. Repeating what she told herself mere seconds ago. Once calm Sakura grabbed the shampoo and washed away the dirt and blood from her hair, scrubbing the pink locks clean.

She grabbed the conditioner and squirted half the bottle on her head, massaging the conditioner in her scalp then combing through the tangles. Multiple yellow greenish spots and cuts that were half way healed covered her body. "I really got banged up." She whispered. After a few minutes Sakura jumped out of the shower, dried herself off and put on the fragile blue paper scrubs. The bottoms being a bit too small wouldn't fit over her butt but luckily her shirt was large enough so it covered everything up.

A few hours later Sakura was on her way to her grandparents, it wasn't all too bad meeting them. Sakura's grandmother looked a lot like her mother with the same blonde hair and emerald green eyes. Her grandmother had brought her an old light blue kimono with water lily's printed over it and a dark blue middle strap, it was one Sakura's mothers' kimonos when he was her age. It was outdated but butter than anything else she ever had since it was her moms'. "Obasan, Ojisan, how much longer till we get to the shrine?"

Her grandparents were small, and wrinkled but they seemed sweet. When they had first saw Sakura in the hospital there were tears in both their eyes, Sakura's grandmother even started sobbing when she hugged her. Not much was said at all, a few questions on how she was, where she went to school, and who her friends were. "About an hour or so Sakura." Her grandmother said with a smile on her face. "We have really missed you child," Her grandfather said with a toothy grin.

He had all white hair and bright sky blue eyes that were almost unnoticeable behind his wrinkled face. He was shorter than her grandmother as well as rounder. "Yeah it's been a while huh Ojisan." Sakura sighed once more looking out the train as the trees and scenery all blurred together. "Hey Ojisan, Obasan..what are we going to do about mama and papa's stuff?" Her grandparents looked at Sakura. "Well our shrine has a storage unit so we had all your things as well as your parents shipped there, when we get home you can take a look and get whatever you want." Her grandfather said with a distant look on his face.

Sakura nodded. "What about the house?" Sakura's grandmother looked at her this time. "Sakura dear, we have to sell it, no one has bought it yet but it's on the market." It felt as though someone was poking needles at Sakura's heart but she kept quiet trying to keep the tears at bay. Once they arrived at the shrine Sakura held her breath in. It was huge. It was just outside of Tokyo city limits, and beautiful. There were trees taller than the shrine itself. Sakura immediately smelt incense, and noticed how this was completely different from her old house.

Everything was mostly traditional it was all sliding doors and wood panel flooring with a patio that went around the entire shrine. A small koi fish pond was just in the front where you had to walk over a bridge to get to the front door, it was a beautiful wooden sliding door with a glass dragon craved through it and grass as far as the property line. "Ojisan, Obasan, your home is beautiful." Sakura was amazed yet again with the inside as she was with the outside. Everything was traditional. "Not to pyre Obasan, but what exactly are yours and Ojisan's profession?" Sakura's grandmother looked up as she took her shoes off at the front door.

"Oh dear we don't work anymore, just handle the shrine but your Ojichan used to be a big business man in Tokyo." Sakura was stunned at how beautiful her grandmother was even with her wrinkled face when she smiled. "I wouldn't say big now honey." Her grandfather said as he walked down the hall to the kitchen. "How bought I make some green tea? That all right with you Sakura?" Her grandfather called from the kitchen, Sakura looked up. "Green tea is my absolute favorite." You could hear her grandfather laughing. "Why it's mine as well." Sakura smiled, she had at least one thing in common with her grandparents so far. "Sakura dear, let me show you around." Her grandmother said as she grabbed Sakura's hand and showed her the house.

After 15 minutes Sakura's grandmother opened a wooden sliding door. "This will be your room dear, I hope its ok." Sakura was shocked, it was perfect it reminded her of home. Her twin sized bed was already set up with the white comforter and the small pink baby quilt her mother made her on top of it, she had all her dressers there, her stuffed animals, and clothes.

Before Sakura knew it tears were streaming down her face. "Obasan, this is perfect thank you so much." Sakura wiped her continuous tears off her cheeks and her grandmother hugged her. "Sakura we will take care of you I promise, this house is very special, your mother grew up here as well as your grandfather, its magic you know." Sakura wiped her tears and pulled away from her grandmother. "Magic?" She asked. "Yes magic, let's go drink some tea with your Ojichan and we will tell you all bout the magic." Sakura sniffed and nodded and followed her grandmother to the dining room where her grandfather was already waiting with the kettle and cups of green tea.

A week later and Sakura was feeling more and more at home. She was extremely bored, it was summer vacation still and she hadn't been able to meet anyone new. Sakura sighed she was sweeping dirt off the shrine stairs. She'd been getting real annoyed with her grandfather's stories about the other world and how the house was magic. How when in need the most it took you away to a different world, a world where giant fox beasts roam, ninja roam, a world where you could actually use chakra. "Stupid hopes, stupid stories there no such thing as magic." Sakura muttered. "Sakura dear I'm going out, would you like to come? We can get you a new outfit!" Sakura's grandmother called.

Sakura finished sweeping the stairs and ran up them with the broom in hand. "Obasan yes! Let me put the broom away ok?" Sakura's grandmother smiled. "Of course dear. I'm going to get my purse, be right back." Sakura rushed and put the broom in its rightful place in the shed and ran along the patio just in time for her grandmother to walk out the door. "I grabbed your shoes dear, here." Sakura smiled. "Thank you Obasan." Emerald eyes that were hidden by wrinkles sparkled. "Let's get going Sakura, we can't be out to late I still need to make dinner." Sakura hurriedly slipped on her shoes as she and her grandmother took off into deep Tokyo.

Their first stop was a little old fashioned thrift store. It was Sakura's first time there and she loved it. "Go on and get whatever you want dear. I'll be at the counter I need to talk to the owner." Sakura nodded and walked off into the store. After browsing for 30 minutes not wanting to take too long Sakura finally decided on a pair of black shorts that were mid-thigh length but high wasted, along with a dark purple shirt that was short sleeved and baggy. Sakura smiled as they walked out of the store. "You have the strangest taste, just like your mother." A fire in her chest fell to her stomach thinking about her mother, but she smiled anyway. "She would be proud." She said and they both laughed as they entered the grocery store.

Back at the shrine Sakura's grandmother had begun cooking dinner, it was like that every day so far, her grandmother would cook while Sakura and her grandfather would sit at the table in the kitchen and drink green tea and talk about the magic. "Really Sakura, I was there, there were ninjas, or I guess I should say shinobi of Konoha. Konoha was under attack by the nine tail fox demon, the great Hokage Minato saved the village by sealing the demon in a baby boy by using chakra. Which in the end took his own life." Sakura had mentally rolled her eyes. "What happened after that Ojisan?" Sakura asked, yet didn't really believe. The house so far had shown her no such magic and to see is to believe. "I don't know, I found my opportunity to leave and so I did." Sakura sipped her green tea. "I wish we could use our chakra here." Sakura sighed. "I always meditate, mama taught me how." Sakura's grandmother set the table. "Your mother was always a spiritual one that for sure." Said the sweet old lady. "Now it's time for dinner." Her grandmother said while clapping her hands, Sakura grinned. "Yum beef dumplings my favorite!" Sakura exclaimed as she munched her food.

After dinner Sakura and her grandparents sat around laughing while they told old stories. Sakura could tell her new guardians were tired. "Ojisan, Obasan you guys go to bed ill clean up." With great gratitude her grandparents got up and went to bed as Sakura finished cleaning the kitchen. She headed to her own room. Wanting to try her new clothes on with her combat boots that she snuck in earlier, outside shoes where a big no for inside. But she had to see how they looked, she put on the black shorts that went up to her mid waist and stuffed her purple shirt in them and slipped on her combat boots. "Not too shabby." Sakura yawned as she flopped down on the bed grabbing her red quilt thinking about the other world her grandfather always spoke of, slipping off into a deep sleep.

"Ojisa..san, Oba..Oba..san.." Sakura murmured as she heard voices around her. "I'm sorry I wore my sh…oes..in the ..house" Sakura said as she stretched her arms and legs while opening her eyes. Blinded, she was blinded, Sakura never remembered her room to be this bright. Her eyes finally adjusted and two men were hovering above her. "AHHHHHHH PERVERTS!" Sakura screamed as she grabbed the red quilt her mother made for her and stood up. Sakura's eyes were about to pop out of her skull. She was outside in the dirt in a small looking town. "You, girl, state your name and rank and what village you are from, your trespassing." One of the men with black hair and a bandage over his nose said. He had a headband that held a metal plate with a strange symbol on it as well as the other man. "Hey girl did you hear him, your trespassing in Konoha where are your papers?" The other man who spoke who wore a bandana with half his face covered by his hair. "I..I..uh…I'm Sakura, Sakura Haruno, where am I? Who are you people?" Sakura demanded finding her voice as she backed away. Booth men started to walk towards her. "Well Sakura we are going to have to take you to the Hokage." Sakura did the only thing she could think of and turned her back and started running, she took only a few steps then everything went black.

OK SO HERES MY FIRSTCHAPTER PLEASE REVIEW AND GIVE ME FEEDBACK. NEXT XHAPTER SASUKE AND NARUTO AND EVERYONE WILL BE IN IT. SORRY IF ITS SO LONG FOR A PROLOGE BUT AGAIN THIS IS PRACTICE FOR ME.