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Summary- What if Sakura wasnt the person everyone thought she was? She has a secret life that no one knows about, but its coming back to get her. What is she going to do?
The day had gone relatively well for Sakura; she watched her two teammate train while she sat one the sidelines. It didn't bother her anymore that her sensei didn't give her the chance to show what she was really made of; she knew she didn't have to prove it. Telling herself that Naruto and Sasuke needed the training more then she did, got her through the sometimes miserable times. True, she was the weakest, on her team or so they thought, but what was the point trying to improve someone who couldn't become something? She knew Naruto and Sasuke had great potential so she didn't pay mind to the fact they fought while she was being protected.
At first she would argue about why she couldn't be like them and why she couldn't become stronger, but always in the end her sensei would always pat her head like some sort of dog and smile under his mask. She soon gave up and went to the Hokage for assistance which at first was declined but when asked again and seeing the potential Sakura had for herself and the possibility of becoming a great medic, the Hokage took her under her wing. After about a year of training under Tsuande, Sakura rejoined her team of Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi.
The year she trained with the Hokage, both Naruto and Sasuke left for their own personal training though for two very different reasons. Upon return, they reformed their team as older, more mature ninjas of sixteen. They had all grown into responsible young adults, though some more responsible and less hyperactive then others. Sakura had become a well formed and beautiful girl as both boys matured to very respectable young men. Though all of them had matured, her teammates still considered her a girl, not a young woman. Someone who needed protection, which was something she most certainly did not need.
Sakura didn't need to prove who worth to her team anymore because she knew she didn't have to, they never did see her fight after her training with Tsuande, but she wanted to keep it that way – to keep it a secret. After all Sakura had a secret, one that her teammates would never guess. She was more then just Sakura Haruno apprentice of the Fifth but today was the day she dreaded. Her entire day had gone smoothly but today was the day her secret would spill and she didn't want that to happen.
She sighed as she sat cross legged on a tree stump, watching her teammate fight a very intense training battle. Her head was resting on her palm which was being prop up on her knee. Kakashi was sitting in a tree not far from the scene, reading his book, every now and then glancing up to see how his students where doing.
'They look like monkeys; I swear they jump around like animals.' She thought
"Hey Sakura-chan! Look I'm about to beat up the teme to a pulp!" yelled Naruto from his fight.
The bubblegum haired girls just rolled her eyes, "Yea, go Naruto…" she said bored tone, not that they could hear her anyway.
She breathed out and did a back hand spring off the stump, landing perfectly and gracefully on her feet. Her green eyes closed as the small wind swiped across her face.
Poof!
Sakura turned around slightly surprised to find a messenger anbu holding a wrapped up scroll toward her. She nodded to them and took the scroll as the ninja poofed away. The Cherry Blossom opened the scroll and read half way down until her widened. By this time, all of her nosy teammates where behind her trying to figure out what she was reading. She jumped when she felt the hand of her sensei on her shoulder, about to ask what it was.
"I-I have…to g-go!" she stuttered and poofed away.
Sakura sat on the steps of her apartment; she moved out of her parent's house after they needed the room for their new baby, Sakura didn't mind, she really wanted to leave. She opened the scroll and read its contents again.
Sakura Haruno,
With becoming of the age sixteen, you have been summoned to your home lands of Snow Country. Your presence is required by the elder of the Village of Kamika. Your proclamation of village priestess is scheduled upon your arrival.
You are required to break all ties with your current village location and its inhibitors. Your arrival date has been estimated, if you do not meet this time schedule, we will be obligated to retrieve you by force if necessary.
A villager has traveled to your location to encourage you to leave for your duties promptly. We expect your arrival in one week.
Village of Kamika
Sakura reread the scroll several times and each time she still got the same reaction.
She stomped her foot and rolled the scroll back up. A thump was felt beside her; as she turned to her side she gasped.
There sat a handsome tan, emerald haired, orchid eyed boy; he was about Sakura's age, maybe a year older. He had a cocky grin on his face as he nibbled on an icicle. The green eyed girl screamed with happiness and automatically hugged the boy, making them fall off the steps and on to the ground in a very comprising position. She sat on top of him and stared in amazement, her hands where flat across his chest as his hands where holding the sides of her legs, which was very close to her rear. They both grinned like idiots.
"You're here! Your really here! Oh My Gosh you're here!" she cheered.
"Yeah, I am, and your there. Miss me? Its been a while, I know I've missed you."
"Of course I've missed you! Are you the one who came for me?"
"Yup, when the elders asked me if I wanted to retrieve you I took them up on their offer right that second. Though it was a long way here, it'd be worth it in the end, just to see you again."
She blushed, "I really did miss you, how long has it been, a good ten months?"
"Ten months, two weeks, four days…" he said while pushing her down so he was now on top of her. Their noses touched.
"You've really kept track?" she giggled. He nodded and brushed his lips against hers. Her hands traveled up his chest and around his neck.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SAKURA-CHAN TEME!!!" screamed a VERY angry Naruto.
The little couple jumped as Sakura pushed the boy off her and stood, brushing herself off. She found three angry and irritated males staring at her and glaring at the boy who was still sitting on the ground dumbfounded. Sasuke's eye twitched, 'What does she think she doing!'
"Is this an old friend of yours Sakura?" asked her sensei. She only nodded and pointed to the boy behind her.
"Yes, this is Koji, Koji Yukio, he's here to take--…umm, visit!" she tried
"If you two are just friends why where you about to start a make out session in the street?" Sasuke question annoyed.
"Well we...—"
Koji cut her off, "Actually, we are friends with BENEFITS." Sakura slapped her forehead and kicked him from behind. "I was just trying to help! You didn't have to kick me woman!"
The rest of team seven stood in shock. The pink haired girl stood their uncomfortably with the silence that now descended upon her team.
"Okay…I think its time to go into the apartment now, don't you think so Koji?" she question. Before he could answer, she dragged him up the steps and into the house, closing the door behind her with a loud BAM.
She leaned against the door and slid down holding her, head with her hands.
"Friends with BENEFITS! Are you insane!" she yelled
"I was just trying to help!" he yelled back
"You just got me into even more trouble then I'm already in!"
"How was I suppose to know!"
"Where did you get that pop sickle?!"
"What?!"
"I want one now! No thanks to you!"
"Well I don't have anymore!"
"..."
"..."
"Fine…" she sighed in defeat.
"I don't understand how you can survive this heat! I can't wait to get back to Snow…"
-Silence-
"We really have to go don't we? She asked in a quiet voice.
He nodded. "You need to take the elder's place as the new priestess of our village."
"But I'm not ready to leave! Being the priestess there is like being the Hokage here, I can't deal with that yet…" she sobbed.
Koji sat next to her and played with her pink hair. "We'll leave tonight so no one will know, if we stay they will get suspicious."
She nodded and dug her head into his chest. "I'll get packed…"
That night, both her and Koji left Konoha without a warning, but left a note behind in Sakura's apartment.
Bye everyone, I'm leaving, don't try to look for me, because I'll be in the last place any of you would think to look.
-Sakura
TBC
Hey - started this cause i was bored, i dunno if i'm going to go anywhere with it but we'll see, please review and tell me if i should go on with it. thx bye!