A/N: Hey everyone, I'm so sorry I have not been updating lately but here is the next chapter of Sakura Day!
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Sakura Day
Hazel eyes were wide. Tsunade quickly scurried through her medical textbooks scattered across her desk. The place looked like it had just been ransacked: empty rolling sake bottles, torn papers, unraveled scrolls. Tsunade threw everything off the side of her desk except the books and continued scanning them furiously fast.
Her eyebrows burrowed in confusion. 'What is this?'
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION:
Furui eisei umarekawari waza
The title page read.
Ancient medical reincarnation technique
'How lame' she thought mockingly, arching a perfect golden eyebrow up to express her amusement. Still, a curious interest nagged her at the back of her mind.
She flipped the pages and scanned the text.
Dead bodies…over a century of experiments and tests…possible information dating back into the Edo-period or the Edo-jidai 'What period is that?'…fusing two or more chakras together to form a new body from the old corpse?? 'What the hell?' AND amnesia…
Reincarnation…at a risk.
Tsunade nearly laughed out loud. 'How retarded' She nearly shut the textbook before a word caught her eye.
Clans.
Clans that participated in the medical research and scientific experiments.
First off,
Uchiha.
The famous, well known clan that produced the Uchiha prodigy−the infamous psychopathic yet strikingly handsome Uchiha Itachi. They also produced the heartthrob younger genius Uchiha Sasuke, or the 'foolish younger brother' who would later seek out Orochimaru for power and revenge. Konoha knew the prominent clan for their Sharingan techniques and fire jutsus. They also established a police force. Then, victims of a horrendous massacre done by the famous MASS MURDERER: Uchiha Itachi.
She read on.
"The Uchiha clan, mainly Uchihas; Madara, Shisui, and Mikoto were responsible for using their eye transformations to fuse that in with medical science for rebirth"
'Why in god's name would Fugaku agree to do something like this?' she thought.
'Madara Uchiha??'
Next,
Hyuga.
A very ancient strict clan. It is suggested that the Uchiha blood inheritance limit was descended from the Hyuga's Byakugan. The clan is broken into two parts, the main and the branch to keep their Byakugan secrets away from outsiders. The main house controls the clan while the branch section protects it.
The branch house members are branded with a cursed seal that gives the main house absolute power over them. There seems to be 'bad blood' between the two. Hizashi Hyuga who had to be "sacrificed" is an example of this because the Hyuga clan's natural genius, Neji Hyuga will never be able to learn the full potential because he is a branch member.
"The Hyuga clan contributed with showing how to seal and regenerate special pressure points"
'Hizashi too?' she thought skeptically.
Two of the most ancient and powerful clans of Konoha contributed to this?
'If they spent so much time, then…they must have known it have worked and wanted to 'expand it'
Tsunade's brain was racing. It felt as if the skull encasing her brain was rattling. Like rain pouring down hard on a window-sill. Her thoughts ran back to the mission Sakura and Naruto had taken back shortly after their training. They had been deployed to Suna to find Gaara. Chiyo gave up her life for Gaara to live again.
In a way he was reincarnated or brought back to life, and in a way, he wasn't.
'Chiyo sacrificed her life to save Gaara, she wasted all of her chakra for him to he "came back to life"'
'But, here it says you could fuse chakra and still live?'
Tsunade's eyes widened in shock. "How is this possible?" she thought aloud, mouth agape.
Tsunade flipped the page, entranced.
'Gaara also did not suffer amnesia or other symptoms despite having the Shukaku extracted from inside him'
'Here, these people literally come back to life without any previous knowledge of their life'
Tsunade flipped another page.
PROJECT
FURUI EISEI UMAREKAWARI WAZA
AKA 'rebirth technique'
Tsunade's breath hitched.
LIVING CONFIRMATION:
Temari tugged at her ponytail nervously.
She examined Nami in front of her−in black mini-skirt, purple v-neck with a cream cami peeking underneath, black knee-length socks and black eyelet flats. Her now natural pink hair (she had taken the black color out of it) was nicely plaited into two symmetrical braids that dangled loosely over her shoulder blades.
"Nami, Haruno Sakura was one of my best friends" she whispered, starting off nervously.
Nami nodded. "Was she really my mother?" she asked timidly.
Silence.
"…yes"
Instead of leaping out of her chair in joy, Nami stayed 'frozen'. She frowned, eyes narrowing angrily.
Temari's eyes widened.
Cold, chilling stare.
Emotionless, sinfully beautiful eyes.
Sinister smirk.
Death's angel.
Who did that remind her of?
'Her expression is a reflection of−'
"How could she do that?"
Temari's head snapped up, eyes wide alert.
Nami was quiet for a second. "Temari-sama, if she was so wonderful, powerful, and amazing, then why did she give up her own child?" Nami paused momentarily before continuing on. "I do really love her, but I just can't understand it"
She turned to face Temari, titling her head. "You would not ever give up your child right?" she asked.
Temari nodded, blowing strand locks of dark blonde hair away from her face.
"Nami it's not what you initially think, just let me explain, okay??" she spoke gently.
Nami reluctantly nodded. She felt Temari grasp her hand and squeeze it for comfort.
"Your mother was forced to give up you, for both of you and your mother's sakes. She was repeatedly harassed and assaulted because of her high ninja status. Being a pregnant ANBU captain was considered taboo and shameful in a way. Sure, ways have totally changed, but sadly things stay the same even when people try to stop it"
Nami looked horrified. "Where did she get pregnant?" she asked.
Temari massaged her temples. "She got pregnant in Konoha but was sent into Suna for two reasons: protection and concealment"
"But neither of them worked out, correct?" Nami said bitterly.
Temari nodded, guilt showing everywhere. "She could neither hide or be protected for even Gaara personally guarded her"
Nami was quiet. "Everyone wanted her…dead?"
Temari shrugged. "Possibly. Your half right, half wrong. People wanted to take her for ransom, kill her, abort the child for any number of reasons…"
Nami looked fear-stricken. Something struck her. "Is this why I am not placed on a genin team as yet?"
Temari nodded.
Nami groaned. "But WHY?!"
"Because people think you are dead"
Nami felt like her head was going to explode. "What?" "I'm alive, I'm not dead!"
She looked helplessly at Temari. "Explain. Now."
Temari chuckled at her stubbornness and impatience.
"Years ago, your mother was not supposed to have a child. People didn't even know she was in a relationship at the time. And instead of coming to Sunagakure, she was supposed to be assigned onto a very dangerous S-rank mission"
Nami's eyes widened. "S-rank mission?" she repeated. The words felt foreign on her tongue.
Temari nodded and slid a folder across the desk. Nami's fingers grasped the oak-tag and opened it. Inside read a report,
SOLO UNDERCOVER MISSON
S-RANK
One kunoichi ANBU needed to go undercover and infiltrate the Akatsuki as Ishida Yume, a student of Haruno Sakura. It is unknown whether the kunoichi would have to seduce.
Nami's fingers lightly traced a word. AKATSUKI. "Horrible people" she muttered, her gaze downcast. Temari nodded sympathetically.
After a moment, Nami snapped up from her daze. "Did she take the mission?"
Temari shook her head. "How could she, she was pregnant and Tsunade-sama did not want to take any chances"
"So she shipped okaasan off to here?"
"Yes."
"…how did she die?"
Temari sighed. "After delivering you, Sakura immediately placed you in your father's care. She wanted to travel back to Konoha to tell everyone personally that everything was alright."
Nami peered nervously at her. "But…"
Temari bit her lip. "But, people in the Tikemi Village, just southwest of Suna had sent an emergency message saying that the Sound troops had invaded their village in just a short matter of minutes"
Nami's eyes widened. She had heard of the Sound. "Oh no" she whispered.
Temari nodded. "Inuzuka Kiba and Sakura went racing towards the Village but Kiba was very persistent because the mission to stop the invasion was certified S-rank"
"…and this Kiba did not want Sakura to get hurt?"
"Yes, they were very close friends as well"
'Mom had so many friends…'
Temari felt one lonesome tear trail down her cheek−hot and wet. "She was later killed by…Orochimaru"
Nami was dead silent. She could feel the tension and silence weigh her down and nearly suffocate her into her chair.
Orochimaru.
Killed.
My.
Mother.
A question sparked her mind. "Did my father have any association with Orochimaru?" Her voice was digitalized, like a robot.
Temari was quiet, pondering. She felt Nami's aura grow.
"Yes…"
"Sakura has a kid…yeah"
Deidara stared at the file, aghast. "Where is this child now?" he demanded.
Kisame shrugged, taking a seat and leaning over the table to see and process the information. "The child is most likely in Konoha" Kisame started. Deidara nodded.
"I agree"
Kisame quirked an eyebrow and bared his shark-like teeth in a grinning manner. "Maybe we could use this towards our advantage" he said icily.
Deidara looked at him strangely. "What use is this child to us now, yeah?"
"Sakura is dead, yeah"
Kisame licked his lips. "We could kidnap her for ransom towards the Rokudaime" he suggested.
Deidara glared. "And terrorize the Kyuubi even further, yeah"
"Drive him to the brink of insanity, yeah!"
Kisame looked surprised for a moment. "Why do you care?"
"…"
"Things have to be done for tasks to be accomplished Deidara"
Deidara looked up to the male. Itachi stood there smoothly, hands on his chest, leaning against the kitchen countertop, emotionless.
Deidara closed the bingo book and the folder containing the confidential information. He handed it to Itachi. "Show it to the Leader, yeah, he'll probably know what to do"
Uninterested, Itachi grasped the files and walked out of the room. He walked down a bare narrow corridor with white doors lining up the sides. Without even bothering to knock, he easily opened the last door to the left.
The room was pitch-black. Itachi felt his eyes blur for a moment but then regained his sense. He could make out a shape of a figure leaning against the wall, bright eyes staring back into the swirling Sharingan pupils.
"Here are files Deidara collected on Haruno Sakura" he stated, dropping them on a nearby stool. The Leader looked at him for a moment before slowly walking and taking the files, scanning them.
"Uchiha, explain to me the meaning of this. Haruno Sakura is dead; it is final that she is no use to us in capturing the Kyuubi"
Itachi sat on the wooden stool. "Look at page 12, section 3 in the report" he stated, not an order, but voice full of authority and danger. The Leader flipped quickly, and scanned the text with his eyes.
Itachi saw them widen.
"Is this true?"
"Hn"
Pein tucked the folder under his arm, deep in thought. "If this child is in Konoha, then we will use her for the downfall of Konoha and the Kyuubi Rokudaime"
Pein looked at Itachi who sat calmly on the wooden stool. It was completely black for the red clouds on their cloaks and their glowing eyes.
"I want you to sneak into Konoha"
Itachi smirked, red eyes swirling. "And do what?"
"…find her"
Tsuzuku.
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Toyo looked at his auntie Ino oddly. "Where are you going auntie?" he inquired, curiously examining her flushed face.
"To see uncle Kiba"
Tears streaked down her face. "You lied to me; both you and Tsunade-sama lied to me about Sakura's death!"