A/N: I FINALLY GOT INSPIRED! :D

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The Fight for Innocence

CHAPTER THREE

Approaching the meeting room, a group of elderly but strong Uchiha members were gathered near the entrance dressed in kimonos identical to Fugaku's. Once spotting the clan head they exchanged a few hushed words while Sakura fiddled with her sleeves. Nodding to each other the elders gave them both a bow and the duo made their way towards the door.

The door to the meeting room was made from a glossy mahogany that had the kanji for 'fire' engraved into it and made a loud groan when the Uchihas entered the room. All eyes were now on them as they made their way to their seats, mostly on the young beauty alongside the powerful Fugaku.

The room was just like a regular sitting room with pillars surrounding the sides and one big table stretching from one end to the other end of the room. It was a little dark in the room making it look like the perfect place for a mafia gathering rather than a place for clans discussing business.

"Ah, welcome Fugaku-San, I see that you have also brought a young guest as well." The Yondaime greeted them. Since Sakura was taught ninja arts at the compound, she was a mystery to others.

He responded with a simple "Hn" and gripped her small hand more closely in his grasp when she smiled back at the Hokage. Sitting down, Sakura was placed on his right side while the rest of the elders were behind them.

There were three other clans present as well, each with its' own special ability.

The Hyuuga Clan was next to them on the right side, dressed in pure white kimonos with stern blank stares on their faces. The clan head had long brown hair that was combed back and had milky pearl eyes that had no pupil. The young man sitting on his right was like a carbon copy, minus the fact that he was only around Sakura's age.

This Clan was known for its eye technique that could look at a person's chakra flow and find the points were it could be blocked by their unique fighting style. It was called the Byakugun.

Next to them sat the Nara Clan, dressed in dark green kimonos with black obis. Almost all of them had a bored exhausted look on their face, but kept an eye on the actions happening in the room. The head of the clan had deep brown hair pulled up into a high spiked ponytail and scars along the planes of his face. His brown deer-like eyes were the same as the man next to his side as well as the spiked ponytail.

This Clan could manipulate shadows of people as well as other objects and control their actions to their will. It was known as Shadow Possession technique.

The Inuzuka Clan was across from them, all wearing ripped beige short sleeved kimonos with black sashes around their waists. Every member had two red upside-down triangle tattoos on their cheeks and slitted pupils, reminding her of a pack of wild wolves. Each member even had a dog next to their side.

This Clan worked with nin-dogs and could even understand their language. Combined with their canine companion they could transform into a true beast with incredible destructive power. It was named the Garouga.

The head was surprisingly a woman with medium length spiked brown hair and wore dark violet lipstick. The man to her right had shorter hair than her and had a cream colored dog the size of a horse sitting next to him.

'Awww, he's sooo cute!' The pinkette squealed in her mind.

Sakura adored animals, and they seemed to like her just as much. That was probably the reason that her father didn't get her one, the furry creature would steal all of his precious "Sakura Time" away from him. That was his time.

Noticing his daughter's stare towards the large canine, he swiftly curled an arm around her waist and practically attached her to his side. Knowing her, she would probably try to jump over the table to hug the overgrown fluff ball.

The pinkette ignored his actions and then focused her attention to the Hokage that started to speak to the groups.

"Before we begin, I would like to thank you all for coming to this meeting. Now, as you know the rouge-nin group 'Akatsuki' has been targeting Jinchuuriki from the hidden villages, including ours. It's extremely important that we try to strengthen our treaties with the other hidden villages so we can try to maintain the power balance in the shinobi world."

At the mentioning of strengthening treaties with the other nations, the clans began murmuring in disapproval of the notion.

Clearing his throat, the Yondaime gained their attention once again. "I understand it will be a hard compromise to make due to issues in the past, but in order to stop the Jinchuuriki power from falling into their hands, we must have support with one another."

"I noticed that the leader of the Sound Village was here today Hogake-Sama", Fugaku stated with malice at the memory, "Why is he still allowed to come here even though he left the village?"

"As you know the leader of Sound was a student of the previous Hokage, Sarutobi-Sama, and he had made some sort of agreement with him that allowed him to come and go from the village without being labeled as a missing-nin."

The meeting continued on while Sakura just daydreamed, not really paying any attention to it anymore. Looking around the room she met the eyes of the three young males by the clan heads' sides. Pearl white, chocolate brown and dark black orbs met her glowing jade.

She simply gave them a sweet smile and turned her attention towards her father. Grabbing his sleeve, she gave a few tugs and whispered to him she would be right back after going to the bathroom. Nodding at her action, she silently scooted back and walked behind the pillars towards a side door, not wanting to make a scene by going through the main one.

After going through multiple hallways, the pinkette had finally found the bathroom. She didn't understand why the other clans didn't want to align with the other villages. The Hokage said something about issues in the past? And what was a Jinchuuriki?

After relieving herself, she looked in the mirror and straightened out her kimono. Once satisfied by her work, Sakura opened the door and decided to make her way back to the meeting room.

She didn't get very far...

A/N: Cliffy! Yeah, not really where I wanted it to end… but it was necessary. I know not a lot of interaction happened b/t Sakura and the guys, but this was more of an info chapter than anything else. However, there will be MultiSaku in the next chapter! So stay tuned! :)

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