Here's another chapter. Hope you like it. Sorry for the mistakes. The story is actually slight AU. As you'll find out later there are some parts of the anime that I altered.

Thank you Kakashiknifes for noticing my mistakes! Chapter 5 has already been edited.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 6: Clan

"Hokage-sama, what now?" She asked calmly.

The blonde woman closed her eyes to think. She sighed and opened them.

"When I first heard of this… information about you, I couldn't believe it." Tsunade stared at her desk instead of the pinked haired girl in her office. "It was highly impossible, you… you were just too different from them. Not to offend but you look nothing like them." She stated.

'Different'

"Who told you?" Tsunade was surprise to hear that from her. It was almost cold. She finally looked up at her and felt her stomach churn. Her eyes… her eyes… they look like they were dead. Not a single shimmer.

'She is one of them.'

She cleared her throat and tried to look at her straightly. "The Third did."

'It hurts to look at her eyes.'

Sakura knew how her eyes were affecting the Godaime. Even though her eyes were different in color it could at times become the same as theirs. Cold and lifeless. But right now she couldn't control it.

"Hokage-sama, why…" Shit! Her voice was starting to croak. 'Don't loose control! Don't loose control!' "When… did Sarutobi-sama tell you?"

"A two years after his death." She stated simply.

Flash:

Two years has passed and the village was commemorating the death of the Third Hokage. Tsunade sat at her desk, resting after a full day of activities: speeches about the bravery and courage of the Third; meetings on future prospects of how to strengthen further the bond between the Leaf and the Sand Country; dealing with papers on how the probation of Uchiha Sasuke was about to end; and training with the heiress of the Hyuuga clan.

Hyuuga Hinata was a shy girl but after training with her for two years she had become strong in her own way. She clearly remembered how Haruno Sakura had asked her to make Hinata her apprentice. It came out as quite a shock on her part. She had half expected that when the pink haired girl came into her office she would ask herself to be Tsunade's apprentice.

She would admit the Haruno girl was somewhat strange and as much as she doesn't want to say it she was weak.

Sakura. That was her name.

She was a smart girl and had perfect chackra control. With proper training and guidance she could make her into a fine konoichi and medic-nin. But in the past two years the pink haired girl barely showed any improvements. She was still… weak compared to her teammates. If this would continue it would be a waste of her potential.

Tsunade rubbed her throbbing temples. Then a knock came to her door. She was tired and irritated but nonetheless had to answer to whoever it was.

"Come in." She said in a tired voice.

The door slowly opened to reveal – a small pink pig wearing a dress and a pearl necklace.

"Tonton?"

"Tsunade-sama." Shizune came walking inside of the Hokage's office while Tonton hopped on her lap. Tsunade smiled and felt her headache disappear.

"Shizune, what brings you here?" She asked.

"Oh yes!" Shizune exclaimed and put a sealed envelope on Tsunade's desk. "This was supposed to be given to you on the day you were made Hokage. But because of the war between the Leaf and the Sound a year back it was delayed and almost forgotten."

The war between the Leaf and the Sound had happened a year ago. It was in desperation to bring peace to the village against the treat the Sound and the attempt to bring back the last remaining Uchiha.

"Who was it from?"

"The Third."

Tsunade quirked an eyebrow. What massage would the Third want to give to her?

"Thank you Shizune, you can go and rest now."

"Hai, Tsunade-sama. You should rest as well." The raven haired woman smiled and left the blonde and the pig by themselves.

Tsunade looked at the yellow envelope on her desk. It was old and the color was already fading. The seal marked in kanji that said LOCK. It was from the third meaning it was an important matter.

After breaking the seal with a releasing jutsu she slowly took out the contents of the envelope. It was a letter from the Third. She read it. Her eyes widened.

She couldn't believe it. It was impossible. Questions were forming inside of her head.

How could it be?

How did Sarutobi know?

When did he found out?

What-

Where-

When-

How-

… …

Tsunade wanted to scream. She had belong in that clan? That was impossible!!!! She looked nothing like them. And like she had thought before she was weak. She is weak. True her genjutsu is excellent but her ninjustu and taijustsu was still that of Chuunin level. Unlike her teammates that had already reached Jouninn level even though their still chuunins and at such an early stage. Sarutobi must have been hallucinating. And yet she was now worried. What if it was true? Had she really belonged to that clan?

The clan that had killed almost half of the population of Konoha…

She mad up her mind. She sent out ANBU to spy on her for the following week.

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"Report." She commanded.

"Hai! Hokage-sama. Our results have been adequate." The ANBU, nearing his thirties, stated his report. "The girl doesn't seem to be of any threat. Her chackra levels are quiet low. Her stamina is just the same. Her status in improving is minimal."

"Family?"

"She lives with her parents." He put down a yellow folder on her desk. She opened it to reveal the pink haired girl with two adults. One picture was that of a middle aged woman with cherry red hair with a little girl. Another was that of a black haired man with green eyes also with the girl. Other pictures were that of the woman tending her garden and the black haired man tending to a shop.

"Their names are Haruno Midori and Haruno Taro. Haruno Taro works as a blacksmith near the village market while Haruno Midori only stays at their house." He had informed.

"I see. Very well then you may go."

"Hai." The ANBU had disappeared within a split second, leaving Tsunade by herself. She sighed as she sat on her desk.

'Maybe The Third had made a mistake.'

End Flash:

But by how things are going it definitely was not a mistake. Here in front of her stands the same girl that the Third had once considered a possible threat to the village.

"Haruno Sakura… or is that really your real name?" She asked calmly but if it was true that she had belonged to that clan then she should be shivering in fear right now.

She did not answer.

"Sakura-san, I am sure you know what had happened 60 years ago." She waited for a reply. There wasn't any. "As much as things are going now, I want to believe that you had nothing to do with this. You have not given any trouble for the village yet…"

"…"

"Then again you might be like that of Yakushi Kabuto." Sakura made a slight reaction. The slightest movement of her eyebrows showed that she was aware of the after mentioned man.

Yakushi Kabuto was one of Orochimaru's loyal ninjas. He had betrayed Konoha after the village had found out that he was actually working for the Senin since the beginning. He was able to hide his true color and intentions for the longest period of time.

She was amaze by him, to say the least.

"I might be." Her voice sounded weird to her ears, it was then she realized that she hadn't said anything much since she entered the room.

"I-"

"But I'm not like him. Hokage-sama…" She said with all due respect. "I'm sure that Sarutobi-sama had stated the reason why I am here."

Tsunade's brows slanted. True, it had been stated before. "He said in the papers that you ran away from them since they weren't treating you right, am I correct?"

They weren't treating her right? Ah yes, that was the lie that she had stated to the old man before. To others the way the clan had treated her may be a form of abuse but in truth it was just training. Training in the clan was something that an ordinary ninja would get killed by. Ah! She wanted to laugh. This was so stupid. She was about to tell the lie all over again.

"Hai."

Tsunade had thought for a while. She just sat there for almost five minutes, her eyes closed. And when she finally opened them Sakura knew that she could get away once again just like before.

"There aren't any reports or any files that state that you have been up to anything that could mean the harm of this village. Your records show that you have been in good conduct since you had been in the academy. And because of this you may stay here until further notice." She knew it, she had hidden herself well, made sure people would think of her as nothing more special as to not get any attention.

"But..." Her eyes rose up to meet the Godaime. "As you have known the current attacks seem to have been made that of that clan. I'm sorry to say that if anything else might occur I must place you under probation and if you would do anything that could harm this village you will be killed." Tsunade stated firmly and now glaring at the pink haired girl.

"Hai, Hokage-sama." It was all she said. She didn't have anything else to say, she couldn't tell the Hokage that there was an intruder in the village right now. If she would it definitely cause her problems. She'll have to handle it by herself.

"If there is nothing else Hokage-sama, I have to go now." She bowed politely and turned her back to leave.

"One more thing." She stopped, what is it now?

"Why did you have to hide your true identity and why is the Haruno family pretending to be your parents."

Of course she would ask that. She would be stupid not to. "I just thought that the people around here wouldn't accept me if I did so. I didn't want to be treated the way they used to treat Naruto." Sakura stated while her back was still facing the Hokage.

She wondered if it was right to tell her about the Harunos. "Haruno Taro was sent to a mission 15 years ago, when he came back he was a woman and a child. It was thought that he had married and had bore the child during the time of his mission but he had died during the mission…No he was killed – by my clan."

"Then who are-"

"I'm sure that you already now what a kagebunshin can do." And with that she went outside her office. As the door closed after her she knew she had left a dumfounded Tsunade behind her.

"A… A kagebunshin?" Tsunade felt her feet turn into jelly and if she wasn't sitting on her seat right now she would have dropped to her kneesSo Haruno Taro had died and she was just using his citizenship here in the village to able to get in. 'How could a person make a bunshin that is that perfectly close to a human being?!' She could feel her heart beating faster. 'Has she been using those bunshins for all these times? For that long?!'

So it is true then her clan is a force to be reckoned with. She gave a small laugh. 'Killed? By who, me? Yeah right.'

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As she went out she saw an ANBU outside by the hall, it was the ANBU who called her to meet with the Hokage earlier and the same ANBU who spied on her two years ago. She had known that the Hokage was spying on her before; she had prepared herself back then. The Hokage didn't get any information from her then, but now she has.

She smiled at him, a polite smile. He bowed to her and the two of them had gone to different directions.

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"I know that you're here." She stood in the middle of the wet grassy land of the village forest. The rain had stop and the moon shown above the night sky, giving a little light to the village. "Come out, I need to talk to you." She said more firmly.

There was a small rustle. Up ahead of her came a silhouette of a man coming nearer to her. It stopped and in front of her stood a tall man with long black hair.

"Yes?" He asked.

"You know the reason why I need to talk to you." She said calmly.

"Oh but I don't." He lied.

"Don't play with me!"

"This place has changed you." He said changing the subject. "Your emotions are now flowing freely."

"That's none of your business!" She replied hotly.

"But it is. Our clan does not allow emotions to rampage within us. Please don't be angry I'm only looking out for your well being."

He was mocking her. She was sure of it.

"I don't care. That isn't the reason why I wanted to talk to you." She glared at him. "I know it was you who did those killings earlier."

He said nothing and just smiled at her. She considered that as a yes.

"Why? Why did you do it? And why did you had to make it so obvious that that the killing was done by our clan?!"

He chuckled and gave Sakura the goose bumps.

"I told you didn't I? That there are a lot of things that could happen within a few days."

"Why? Why Katashi?"

"You mean Katashi-onii-san." He looked at her with those dead eyes. She flinched. This man was her brother who was five years older than her. He had always called her his Kohana ever since she could remember. She had never liked him. He would always get into her business which has caused her to be consistently punished by their parents.

"Sakura, I told you that I will make your come back to use on your own will and I will do what is necessary for you to do that."

She could feel her heart beating faster every minute as he never took his eyes off of her.

"You don't belong here. As much as you are different form our clan by means of looks and perhaps mind you are still part of it. Your blood is just the same as mine. Just the same as Okaa-san's and Otou-san."

Her body stiffens as he said the last statement.

'Okaa-san's and Otou-san.'

"In our blood lies the urge to kill, blood lust is something we are born with and this village cannot contain people like us. That is the reason why we our clan had left this village a long time ago."

"I don't care."

"What was that?"

"I said I don't care! I choose to be here! I wanted to be here! I-I… I'm happy here!!!"

SLAP!

A calloused hand had made contact with her face for a split second leaving her off guard. Then gentle arms hugged her. She could taste the metallic tang of blood in her mouth.

"My Kohana, this village has truly polluted your mind. Not to fear, by the time this chuunin exams will be over you will be back home." And with that he had disappeared into thin air. Sakura just stood there in the middle of the forest.

She let out a shaky breath. He said that she would be coming back home by the time the chuunin exams would be over. She had to prepare herself for what may come next or else she would have to say goodbye to Konoha forever.

'I have to do something.'

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A/N: Just some notes:

onii-san – Brother

None of the other characters are here.

Yes! The ANBU was the one who had spied on Sakura before. She had known she was being spied and made sure all the information he got was false.

The mysterious man is finally raveled and is none other than an original character I made that is Sakura's brother in this story.

This is no longer a SakuOC Story.

Sorry for the spelling errors and grammar errors.

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