Distant |Sakura Fanfiction|

01 | Her Identification

01 | Her Identification

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'It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. Especially when the people around you are trying to change you to someone who you really aren't.'

     Sakura got ready to go to the academy.  She stared at herself in the mirror, putting her leaf headband that she got after the exams, she heard her mother calling for her to wake up.

     She sighed. Sometimes her mother was a bit too much. She needed to realize that her daughter was not a little child who was irresponsible. Sakura had an inner which was the opposite of her .

   Her inner was weak; she loved Sasuke and never bothered to care about training. She would easily get pulled into other people's conversations and was easily influenced.

    Sakura herself was mentally and physically strong, or at least she liked to think so.

   You see every time she went to the academy, her inner used to take over. They made a deal that was. . .

F L A S H   B A C K

    A five-year-old pinkette walked into the academy. When she entered people began to laugh and say, "Look, she's got a wide forehead, and look at her hair, what an unusual color!"

   Sakura's green eyes brimmed with tears as she covered her forehead with her bangs. As school ended, she walked back to her house. She heard a voice.

     "Hey, Sakura~."

      Sakura turned around and saw no one. The voice called again, and began to laugh. Sakura's heart dropped thinking it was a student from the academy here to make fun of her but the voice stopped laughing and spoke.

      "Silly. I am your inner!"

      'Inner?' Sakura thought.

      "Yeah!"

    Sakura's eyes widened. "You can hear my thoughts?

     "Yup and when you talk to me, no one will hear us because you will be talking to me in your mind like right now if you want to see me focus. Think about a girl with long pink hair a small blue dress and pink shoes!"

    Sakura imagined her, and then she saw a cage with a seal on it. Behind the bar was a girl with dark pink hair till her waist. A small blue dress hung loosely over her small form. She had pink slippers on.

   Sakura stared in awe. She had never seen a girl that looked so much like her.

    Sakura spoke, "Why are you in a cage?"

    Inner disappeared in a cloud of smoke and out came a woman that looked like inner. Sakura got scared and said ," W-who are y-you? Where is i-inner?!"

   The woman came out of the cage and said, "Sakura."

     Her voice was soft and filled with sadness. Her eyes brimmed with tears. The woman came close and hugged her and start sobbing.

    "It's been five years, Sakura." Sakura stood there paralyzed.

    "Who are you?" Sakura whispered.

     "I am your mother."

    "No! I have a mother already!" She screamed, running far away from the strange woman.

   "Sakura I am your real mother, the mother you live with is not your real mother.  She is a foster mother for you."

    "No! How?" She yelled confused.

     Sakura's mother sat down and patted the floor beside her signaling Sakura to sit by her. Sakura cautiously stepped towards the unknown woman.

    "This is what happened. War was common at the time you were born. I was ready to give birth to you and I was almost at the edge of death. For some reason, I knew I wasn't going to make it long, so I had your dad seal me in your stomach, of course after you were born.

   I also had a friend who was indebted to me and she couldn't do anything so I told her a repay take you and raise you until I could see you again. Well your father passed away in the war while fighting and I also have passed away but I have enough chakra to see you for a while, maybe six years or more."

   Sakura sat in complete silence, as her brain was still processing the information. She paused as she saw her mother fading away ever so slightly. "Mommy where are you going?"

     "Darling. I don't have much time left, but I will tell you something before my next visit. I just want to tell you...Our clan is unknown and also undercover. The Haruno is merely a code name to cover it up.

    Also, you will be seeing and feeling strange things around you. The small version of you will be taking over when you go to the academy. In your spare time please take care and train well. Make sure you eat well too. Well, my little blossom, I'll be back soon."

     Sakura watched as her mother began to rise slowly and light evolved around her. She felt a gentle kiss on her forehead and a flash of pink hair disappearing.

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