Temari grunts from the strain on her arms as she heaves herself up, and over, the ship's railing. The blonde lands on the deck of the ship with a loud thud as she lays there, relaxing on the wooden deck. She looks to the side when she hears Shikamaru groan in annoyance while trying to light a cigarette but fails to get the lighter to work. Temari rolls her eyes before nudging the black haired teenager with her foot, a small smirk on her face.

"Hey, get up. Oyaji wants to see you," The man from earlier says light-heartedly, a bright smile on his face afterwards. Temari rolls her eyes, her shoulders becoming tense, remembering she was on a possible enemy ship with no way out, as she stands up. Immediately pulling up Shikamaru by his ear.

"Troublesome Woman, let go of my ear!" Shikamaru exclaims while swatting Temari's hand away, rubbing his bruised ear while glaring at the smirking blonde. Temari puts a blank face on, while her fiance puts on a lazy, yet guarded look, as they follow the pompadour styled haired man across the slightly crowded deck. Shikamaru blinks in surprise when he sees a giant man with multiple scars on his chest and a sideways crescent shaped white mustache sitting in a chair with dozens of tubes going into his body, a barrel of, most likely sake, in his hand and a giant bisento leaning against his chair. Shikamaru sighs in boredom, earning a very powerful elbow to the stomach from Temari, making him grunt in pain before glaring at his fiance.

"What are you doing in the New World?" The man says making Shikamaru roll his eyes before stopping Temari's elbow from hitting his stomach again without looking at her. Temari glares angrily at Shikamaru before stepping on his foot and ripping her arm out of his grip, turning back at the old man and smiling at him.

"I don't know what the hell the New World is but we're here to find a friend," Shikamaru says in a bored tone before putting his hands in his pockets, slouching slightly, his eyes half lidded in boredom. Temari glares at the black haired teenager before crossing her arms and huffing in annoyance. The old man looks down at the couple in surprise before smiling down at them.

"My name is Edward Newgate but people call me Whitebeard. I am the Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. This is my ship, the Moby Dick," The man, now identified as Whitebeard, says, his smile growing wider. Temari gives him a grin, Shikamaru just giving the old man a two finger salute before putting his hand back into his pocket.

"My name's Temari. This is my lazy and idiotic fiance, Shikamaru," The sandy blonde says while nudging Shikamaru hard in the side, making him roll his eyes before giving a small smile. The pirates around them, including Whitebeard, look at the two fiances in shock as the two just stand there.

"A-aren't you a little young to be engaged-yoi?" A man with blond hair, dark blue eyes, and tan skin asks, shock slightly evident in his voice. It was rare to meet a couple this yoyng already engaged. Whitebeard has only met one couple like this. Shikamaru and Temari look at each other in surprise and confusion. Shikamaru goes back to his bored look, finally understanding why they are shocked.

"Where we live it's normal. Well we're a little older than the average age people get engaged at," Shikamaru explains, making Temari open her mouth in realization. They don't know about the Elemental Nations and how life there works so of course they wouldn't know about this. Temari smiles kindly at the pirates before looking down at her clothes and groaning in annoyance.

"Damn. I really didn't want to buy new clothes once we reached the closest island! Why'd you even suggest winging it when we almost died Shika-kun?!" Temari exclaims before smacking her fiance's head, irritation slowly growing on her face. Shikamaru just stares at her in boredom before yawning and backing away from Temari's hand that was about to slap him again.

"Tema-chan. We're guests on this ship. Stop acting like Saku-chan," Shikamaru says, making the sandy blonde glare at him in annoyance before sighing and crossing her arms.

"Would it be alright if we stayed on the Moby Dick until we reach the nearest island? Our boat is already torn to the point of no sailing and I cannot stand another day arguing with my idiot of a fiance," Temari asks, her eyes showing complete exhaustion as she slumps slightly forward, her exhaustion from staying awake 3 days in a row getting to her.

"Well I don't see why not. You'll have to do your share of work on the ship while on board Temari, Shikamaru," Whitebeard says, making Shikamaru and Temari look up at him shocked before smiling gratefully up at him.

"Arigotō Whitebeard-san! We appreciate it very much!" Temari says happily, a bright smile on her face. She was so excited to see Sakura again, she really couldn't wait, neither could Shikamaru but he could hide it better.

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"ASPEN! YOU BASTARD! WHERE ARE YOU?!" A scream from the hotheaded pink haired teenager echoes throughout the entire village. It's been a few hours since Sakura punched Aspen, knocking him out, and she was currently trying to find him, after realizing he escaped from her when she wasn't looking. The pink haired teenager also was accidentally creating bright red cherry blossoms around her as she tries to find Aspen. The villagers, never meeting Sakura, move to the side when they see the pink haired teenager, knowing they should get out of her way. Sakura deeply frowns when she couldn't find the teenager and crosses her arms, huffing in annoyance as she continues to walk down the street, the red cherry blossoms blowing away.

"I wonder how everyone feels, trying to figure out where you went as more people die, the greatest Medical Ninja, not counting Tsunade, gone. You left when you knew an epidemic was going to happen and you didn't warn anyone. You must feel great about yourself," Inner sneers at Sakura in her head before cackling and crossing her arms. The pink haired teenager wraps her arms around her body, hugging herself as she feels a hint of guilt towards Konohagakure.

"Shut up Inner! They wouldn't want my help unless I was their very last option. I already know it's my fault so shut up!" Sakura exclaims before she walks a little faster, towards the docks while continuing to hug herself. She doesn't need a reminder that she left right before the epidemic happened. She just wants to be free.

Sakura sighs in exhaustion before moving her hands down to her side, suddenly tired. She hears a clash of weapons and pauses her walk, hearing it again. She instantly starts running towards the sound, barely noticing how barren the street was as she gets closer to the sound of weapons clashing. The pink haired teenager jumps onto a wagon before propelling herself up, landing on a balcony and continues running on the rooftops, getting closer to the fight. She skids to a halt when she sees a huge fight below the building she was on, one side Marines and the other most likely pirates. The pirates were losing. Sakura looks down, assessing which has more wounded and almost immediately jumps down, landing beside the pirates. Her right hand glows a faint green as she begins to heal the wounded, and takes shuriken and throws them towards the Marines with her other hand. The pirates look at her in surprise, not noticed by the pink haired teenager, before going back to fighting, Sakura helping.

"Why are you helping these scum girl?!" One of the Marines exclaims with anger as Sakura just ignores him, putting her attention on healing the next pirate. She takes out a kunai and blocks the bulleta coming toward her and her current patient before throwing it towards the person who shot at her. The man yells in pain as the kunai pierces his stomach and falls forward, bleeding to death.

"Arigotō girl," The pirate she was healing says as Sakura finishes her healing going to the next person. She smiles at the man before blocking another bullet, a snarl replacing her smile as she glares angrily at the Marines. She pauses her healing and does a few hand signs, too fast for the people watching her to see.

"Nature Release: Dragon Tail Technique!" Sakura exclaims before a giant vine breaks out through the ground, swinging and knocking back the Marines. Sakura, while her attack commenced, was healing the pirates, a smile on her face. The vine continues to beat up the Marines, not stopping for a second.

"W-who are you?!" One of the pirates, that she had already healed asks in awe and fear. Sakura glances up from her healing to stare at the pirate before giving a kind smile.

"My name's Sakura. I'm not your enemy," The teenager says before she goes back to healing her current patient in front of her. She knew not to say her last name in front of people she didn't trust. Even though she sides with pirates, not all were trustworthy and good.

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"My first impression of you all... I hate you. Meet me on the roof," The 28 year old Jonin, Hatake Kakashi, says, making the newly graduated Team 7, twelve year old Haruno Sakura, twelve year old Uchiha Sasuke, and twelve year old Uzumaki Naruto deadpan at Kakashi before he disappeared. Without a word, Sakura walks out of the room, a small frown on her face as she blocks out Naruto's loud voice. She quickly goes up the stairs, Sasuke and Naruto behind her as they reach the roof to see Kakashi staring at the sky in boredom. The Genin sit down at the steps in front of Kakashi, all of them looking at their new sensei in either excitement or curiosity, not including Sasuke.

"Tell me about yourselves," Kakashi says after a few seconds of silence. Sakura just sighs in exhaustion as she blocks out Naruto's loud voice while Kakashi just looks at the blonde with a sweatdrop.

"Your name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams, what skill you want to learn. That type of stuff," The silver haired ninja explains, making Sakura look at him in suspicion.

"Why don't you introduce yourself? To show us how it works," Naruto says, making Sakura look at him with a glare, not surprised he was this stupid.

"My name is Hatake Kakashi. I have many likes and dislikes, my hobbies I don't feel like telling, and dreams... I've never really thought about it. I don't have any skill I want to learn anymore," Kakashi says, making the three Genin sweatdrop, only learning his name.

"Pinky, your turn."

"My name is Haruno Sakura! I like Roger-san, my birth parents, Roger-san's stories, pirates, cherry blossom trees, nature, animals, weapons, spicy stuff, and making things. I dislike, fake people, fangirls, keeping secrets, lying, Marines, people being killed because of their bloodline, sweets, and I absolutely hate the family that adopted me. My hobbies are making things, tending to the animals and nature, training, cooking, visiting my birth parents, and playing with Roger-san. I have 3 dreams. The first one is to explore the world beyond the Whirlpools of the Cursed. The second one is to be the greatest medic ever, but I'll be fine if I will be right under Tsunade-sama. My last dream is to become the Hokage or something close to one to change the corrupted laws of Konohagakure," Sakura exclaims happily, a bright smile on her face as she ignores the insulting name Kakashi gave her. Kakashi, Sasuke, and Naruto look at her in surprise and shock as she just gives the infamous 'D' smile while messing with her dark red Hitai-ate.

Yo! So last chapter I asked who should Sakura be with and a lot of you said Ace so it is now Sakura x Ace. How do you like it so far? Hope you like it. Gotta go. Bai!