Meeting Her

There was once a village named Konoha. In that village there was an academy. The academy

had children training to become a great ninja, to protect the village. They were of course weak...

but just for now. In the academy, there was a girl. Her name was Sakura Haruno. She was seven

like every-one else. But, she was not as weak as them. In the village, there is only four blood-

lines. Sakura, on the other hand, was from a fifth blood line. The fifth blood line was legendary,

and her father had no idea why she had it. Her father was from the first blood line. Her mother,

whom died, was from the fourth blood line. Sakura was a quiet girl in the academy. She was

always by herself and very shy, and it was always like she was invisible.

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One afternoon, after a hard day of the academy, Sakura came out of the exit door of the

building. She then saw her father, Amichi, talking to Sasuke Uchiha's parents. So, she hid behind

the wall and watched them until they left. Soon after, they left and a bunch of fan girls followed.

Amichi then turned to her, and smiled. 'He never does look happy, even when he smiles at me,

I'm probably the thing that drives people away.', she thought to herself as she frowned. "What's

wrong Sakura.", Amichi told his daughter. "Nothing Papa.", she said quietly. "Hey guess what?

The Uchihas came to talk to me about visiting them. They said that others will be there too, so

you won't be alone.", he told her. She stared at him. "Okay Papa.", she said quietly. Amichi's

smile faded. "Baby...", he started kneeling down to her small size. "I just want to make you

happy. You don't have to be lonely you know. We can both get through this.", he said to her.

She then thought for a while and hung her head down. Her father frowned and picked her up and

took her home. Sakura stroked his red hair that was just below his shoulders the whole way. As

soon as the got home, it was already dark and they went to sleep.

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Sakura awoke the next morning and realized that today was the day she had to go with her father

to the Uchiha mansion. So she got ready. She combed her hair that was 5 inches below her

shoulder and left it down with her layered edges sticking out and parted her hair, leaving her

bangs down, which covered her eyes, and her side bangs that were below her shoulder. She

wore black jeans and a long-sleeved red shirt that was open at each end of the sleeve. Sakura

didn't want to go but she had to go with Amichi because he wanted her to. She wanted to make

him happy, but she only made him pitty her more and more. Amichi then came rushing through

the door. "Okay sweetheart, are you ready?", he asked her. She just nodded and with that, they

left the house and headed toward the mansion.

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They soon arrived and they were greeted by the Uchihas. "So Amichi, where is your daughter?",

Fugakyu asked him. "She's right...", Amichi trailed off when he didn't find her beside him.

"Sakura?", Amichi asked out loud. He then looked around him. He then looked farther back and

there she was standing still. He walked over to her. "Are you alright.", he asked her. "Yes Papa.",

she answered. "Are you sure?", he asked her. She just nodded her head. He took her hand and

lead her to them. "This is my daughter Sakura.", he told them as she peeked out from the back of

his leg. "Is that--", Fugakyu said but he was cut off by a smack in the arm by Mikoto. He stared

at her, and she just gave him a 'How rude!' glare. "Yes she is.", he said to them. They then all

looked at her and she avoided their gaze. Their children were her age and she just stared at them.

"Okay then, the kids can go play while we talk and get to know more about each other!", Ino's

mom added. As soon as she said that their kids all ran around to play with eachother. And 14

year-old Itachi Uchiha hung out with his three other friends. Everyone was having a good time,

except for Sakura that is.

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"Hey why does that girl always stay quiet. Look at her! She looks like a huge outcast, I mean...

it's obvious.", said one of Itachi's friends over to Sakura who was drawing by herself. Itachi

looked over to her and stared at her. While Amichi was talking over to the parents. Sakura

looked over to Amichi, 'He looks so happy, he never looked that happy when he was around

me.', she thought to herself sadly. "Well, well, well, look who's here, the freak everyone runs

away from!", Ino Yamanaka yelled out to her now in front of her. Sakura just looked up at her.

"Look, you just better stay away from my Sasuke-kun! You got that?!", Ino yelled at her.

Sakura just stared at her even more. "Who?", Sakura asked her. Ino just glared at her. Sakura

then stood up to meet her level. She then saw Ino turn her back on her and walk away with her

friends. She looked at everyone else and noticed the older boys being surrounded by a lot of

fangirls. She sighed and continued to draw.

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The sun was barely heading toward the afternoon and Sakura felt like it was forever. Soon after,

had an idea. 'Daddy said I can go to the library whenever I wanted to, I'm sure he won't mind me

going for a few moments.', she thought. She then stood up, leaving her notebook full of her

drawings on the floor. She walked away from everyone and headed towards the old library.

"Hey, where is that little girl going? She's leaving but her dad is still talking with ours'.", said a

friend of Itachis'. "Let's follow her then, you know so we won't have to break the news to her

dad that she disappeared somewhere.", said the other. Itachi just sighed and they all stood up to

follow her.

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Sakura was already in front of the library, not noticing the boys following her. She then walked in

the library. "Good afternoon, Sakura-chan, how are you sweetheart?", said the old library

woman. "Fine.", she said and looked around to search for books. She then went to an old

section that seemed very old and dusty, unlike the rest of the small library. She looked around it

and stared the top bookshelf. She then spotted an old book that seemed to be diffrent from the

rest, but she didn't know how. The book was called 'The Great and The Damned'. Sakura just

stared at the blank cover for a while. She then decided to take it. She asked the old librarian if

she could and she said it was okay. Sakura thanked her and left the library with the boys all

looking confused. Sakura ran back to the house and realized that nobody even knew she was

gone. She sighed sadly and went to a nearby tree and hid behind it. She opended to the first page

of the book. and looked at the drawing of a sign in the front she couldn't explain. She soon began

to read and was surprised at her results. She read about the fifth blood-line. It had something to

do with the person who was born with it was not even born of the Earth. She might have been

born from someone who was but it had no meaning. Her blood-line held a forbidden past of

traitors of the village who were of the blood-line and all died as a consequence. Her blood-line

held a type of witchcraft in it that was never revealed. The book held all what she could do with

it. She was an outcast, but she was stronger than a human... far more stronger. She got to about

a few 54 pages and learned almost all there was to her blood-line. Sakura was shocked and she

felt scared... what if she couldn't be happy with these things. Her people from the past were

something like demons, and that's what scared her the most. "Sakura! Where are you?!", she

then heard Amichi call out to her. Sakura closed the book and hid it in her bag. She ran over to

her father and looked up at him. "Sakura, the Uchihas asked us if we can stay over a while

longer, will that be okay with you? We will be inside the mansion.", he said to her. She just

nodded and he smiled. They all went in the house and the kids now played in the house. While

they all played, Sakura was once again reading. Itachi then spotted her and decided to talk to

her, for a little while at least. He walked over to the table she was at and sat across from her. He

watched her and her eyes were moving quickly reading the pages fast and turning them. She

payed no attention to him whatsoever. "What are you reading?", Itachi then asked her, and she

quickly closed the book and turned it to it's blank back. "N-nothing.", Sakura stammered. "Can I

see?", he asked her. She just stared at him and slowly handed him the book. Itachi read a little bit

of the book. "You have the fifth blood-line right?", he asked her. She just nodded. "And you are

reading this to find out more about yourself, no?", Itachi asked her. She nodded again. He stared

at her more. Soon, after, he handed her the book again and she took it. "So... what have you

learned so far?", he asked her. She looked at him. "Nothing that concerns you.", she said to him.

Itachi looked taken back by her response. Sakura continued to wait for his response. He had

none. "If you're not gonna say anything, you can go back with your friends.", she said to him and

re-opened the book and read more of it. Itachi, on the other hand stayed and watched her. This

continued for a while. "Why are you here?", she asked him, now feeling uncomfortable. "If you

haven't noticed, my friends left.", he said to her. "Oh.", she said. She stared at him for a while

longer, her sea foam green eyes staring into his onyx black ones. She then looked away and

continued to read. "You know, for someone your age, you aren't really a pest.", he said to her.

"You, know for someone your age, you really are.", she said to him. He looked surprised at her.

She once again, got back to reading. Itachi stared at her more, "Can you please go somewhere

else?", she asked him. "No.", he said to her. She just sighed and got back to her reading. He then

decided to take things, to her limit. "So, how do you live with the fact that most people don't like

you?", Itachi asked her. "So, how do you live with the fact that you annoy people by asking these

things?", she asked him. "I live fine thank you.", he answered her. "My, you live with such

curiosity.", he said to her. "My, you live with such ego.", she said to him. 'I'm already starting to

get the fun out of this child.', he thought to himself. Sakura was already trying to contain her

tounge. She then closed her book and stood up, followed by Itachi. She then got her book and

sat down on the sofa, with Itachi sitting right next to her. 'Ignore and he'll go away. Right?', she

thought to herself. She then sighed, "Why do keep bothering me?", she asked him. "I don't think

of it that way, I think of it as... conversating.", Itachi answered. "Yeah, well... you suck at it.", she

said to him. Itachi chuckled at her. "What's so funny?", Sakura asked him. Itachi just smirked at

her. Sakura looked confused at him. After a short time, Sasuke went over to them, "Itachi, can

you take me with you training today?", Sasuke asked his older brother. "Maybe some other time

Sasuke.", Itachi said. Sasuke stared at him angrily, "But you always tell me that! You never take

me! You just keep telling me that you'll take me, and then you don't!", Sasuke yelled at him.

Itachi sighed, "Tomorrow, I'll take you to somewhere.", Itachi told him. Sasuke just growled and

left. Sakura was just staring at their little fight. Itachi then turned his attention towards her. He

stared at her and her at him. "Why did you do that? That seemed very mean.", she said to him.

"Well, he can't always have it his way.", he told her. "By the looks of it, he never does.", she said

to him. He snorted, "Are you kidding?", he said to her. "No, he looks like the type to be well...

ignored a lot.", she said to him. "No... he usually gets what he wants.", he told her, "Oh, and you

don't?, she asked him. He sighed and looked back at the book that seemed almost forgotten.

Sakura stared at him for a while longer and soon got to reading. Itachi was reading along with her

but was very close to her. Itachi sneaked a glance at her and saw that her face was read, she

was about to reach her point. Itachi then leaned in closer and lightly touched her shoulder with his

chest, and that did it. Sakura slammed the book closed and stood up. She got the book and

looked at him, "If you really want to hang out with someone, why don't you just pick out a

fangirl?!", she yelled at him and walked away. Itachi stayed where he sat and chuckled at her.

Sakura stayed nearby Amichi for the rest of their visit, trying to stay away from Itachi. Itachi stole

glances and found her staring back, at times, she looked mad. But he just chuckled. After a while

Amichi stood up. "Well, it's getting dark so I think that we should leave.", he told the Uchihas. "It

was a pleasure meeting you, Amichi.", Fugaku said to him. "It ws nice meeting you all.", he said.

"And it was also nice to meet you.", Mikoto said to Sakura. "You too.", she said quietly. They

said their goodbyes and left. On their way home, Amichi decided to break the silence. "So, did

you make any friends.", he asked Sakura. "Oh believe me, I wouldn't say that.", Sakura said.

To Be Continued

Well... there you have it! I hope that you all liked it! Review soon! I love you all! Please, No Flames!!! I don't own Naruto, by the way!