Mission in the Land of Waves

Chapter 1

Sakura's P.O.V

"Well boys it looks like Sakura has the best Chakra control," Kakashi stated. This caused the boys to snap their heads in my direction and smile a bit as Kakashi continued, "It looks like Sakura has better control then you Sasuke; in fact she might even be able to take out Itachi before you ever could, and Naruto she might have a better shot at Hokage then you do."

All that got was a small glare from the boys sent at Kakashi before they continued the tree climbing exercise. To say was shocked was an understatement; Kakashi had used my success to motivate the boys, but at the same time he had basically thrown me under a bus and not even congratulated for being the first one to complete the exercise.

"Sakura why don't you go back to the house and rest for the day," Kakashi suggested as I came and stood beside him.

"Actually Kakashi-sensei; I was kind of hoping that you would teach me a new jutsu," I asked hooping that he would just say yes so I could prove myself to him.

"Sorry Sakura but I don't think you're ready for a new jutsu just yet," Kakashi said very bluntly.

"W-w-why not," I asked in shock.

"Well frankly the only thing you are good at is chakra control, but you have to small of a reserve to do anything useful with that good control; so teaching you a new jutsu would be completely useless," He stated.

"Oh I see," I said sadly.

"We will see you back at the house later Sakura," Kakashi stated and walked over to the boys. At that moment I felt my heart completely break. Tears prickled at my eyes as I watched Kakashi encourage the boys.

Sasuke's P.O.V

"Naruto don't use so much chakra," I heard Kakashi lecture from the tree branch I was now sitting on.

"How did Sakura and Sasuke get this so fast?" Naruto whined as he was repelled from the tree again.

"Because Naruto unlike you Sasuke and Sakura have very good chakra control, I'll be it Sakura's control is almost perfect," Kakashi explained.

"Really Sakura-chan has that good of control?" Naruto asked.

"She does but that control is useless because of her small chakra reserve," Stated Kakashi.

"What did Sakura ask you before she left?" I asked from my spot on my branch.

"She wanted me to teach her a new Jutsu," Kakashi said.

"So what did you tell her?" Naruto asked; which caused me to smirk. Not many people really realized how close me Naruto and Sakura were because we hid with a well-practiced act. To be truthful Naruto was not a blubbering idiot, Sakura wasn't a weak fan-girl, and I was not after my brother I was after Orochimaru.

"I told her no," Kakashi said bluntly.

"And why the hell did you tell her that?" I asked as I jumped down beside Naruto.

"Simple because she doesn't have what it takes to learn anything else besides the very basic Jutsu's taught at the academy," Kakashi explained.

"And how do you know that; especially when you haven't even been bothered to teach her anything," I growled.

"She has no drive Sasuke; all she wants to do is impress you," Kakashi stated.

"She doesn't need to try to impress me and she knows it; she has impressed me since the day I met her," I stated.

"What the hell are you talking about Sasuke?" Kakashi asked.

"Figure it out Hatake; I'm going to go and find Sakura," I stated and left.

Kakashi's P.O.V

"Naruto can you please explain to me just what Sasuke was talking about?" Kakashi asked still in a sight shock about Sasuke's outburst.

"He's talking about the way you treat Sakura-chan," Naruto stated and left. I let out a sigh as I watched the last member of team 7 leave the area we were using for training. To say I was confused would be a complete understatement. When we were in the village they fought like cats and dogs, but out here they actually seemed to care about each other. The thing that confused me the most was how protective they were of Sakura, and it seemed if I wanted to figure out why they were acting like this then she would be the key of it all.

Sakura's P.O.V

I ran as quickly as I could from the training grounds. The tears that prickled at my eyes made it very difficult to see where I was running. The things Kakashi had said cut me very deep; because I knew I wasn't as physically strong as the boys, but mentally I was on par with Shikamaru, and I was better with weapons then most ninja who were just out of the academy. The good thing was that Sasuke-kun and Naruto had not really listened to Kakashi they only sent him a glare in response to what he was saying.

"Sakura; wait up!" Sasuke's voice rang from behind me, causing me to stop running.

Sasuke's P.O.V

"Are you alright koi?" I asked as I stood in front of her.

"Sasuke-kun," She whispered and looked up at me with big, glassy emerald green eyes.

"Sasuke, Sakura-chan," Naruto yelled as he ran over to us.

"Tell me what's wrong koi; please I want to help you," I said as softly as I could.

"Sasuke's right hime," Naruto stated, "So please tell your nii-san what's wrong."

"Am I as weak as Kakashi says I am?" Sakura asked quietly.

"He's wrong koi you are stronger than anybody we know," I said and pulled her into my arms.

"Hey imoto do you have your fans with you?" Naruto asked.

"Yes," She answered quietly.

"What are you thinking Naruto?" I asked.

"Well I was thinking that it was time that we start teaching Sakura-chan ourselves," Naruto sated with a smirk.

"I think you're right dobe, and I also think it's time that we drop the façade and act like the real team we are," I stated and laced my fingers with Sakura's.

"You really mean that Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked in the sweet, small voice she used when it was only the three of us.

"Of course I mean it koi; now let's get back to the bridge builders house," I stated. The two of them nodded their heads and we started towards Tanzu's house.

Naruto's P.O.V

I smiled as I watched Sasuke fix a small bandage for the tiny cut that Sakura had on her knee. Sakura just smiled at him for this action. I was actually relieved that we were going to be dropping the act. It meant that I didn't have to act like a complete idiot 24/7, Sasuke didn't have to act like a pompous, stuck-up, avenger; and it meant he could act like his semi nice self. The biggest shock will be Sakura; because right now she puts on a really loud and outgoing act when in reality she is one of the shiest people I know, but at the same time she is one of the strongest. Out of the three of us Sakura had it the worst; her family had been tortured and killed as they tried to protect her, then she made it to the village hidden in the leaves. She had done all of this and she was only seven years old at the time.

When we had met her she would barely speak at all. The Hokage had placed her in a small rundown apartment near mine so I had met her before Sasuke had. We used to hang out with her at the park; trying to get her to say more than one word. We did this for three month before we had met Sasuke.

***Flashback***

"Hey Sakura-chan; do you want to get some ice-cream?" I asked hoping that she would just say yes, but all she did was nod her head. Knowing that this was the best answer I would get I grabbed Sakura's hand and started pulling her towards the ice-cream stand that was stationed in the park. Or at least we would have if I hadn't run into someone sending both me and the stranger crashing to the ground.

"Sasuke there… are you alright?" An older boy asked as he kneeled down beside the boy who was apparently named Sasuke.

"Don't worry nii-san I'm alright," Sasuke sated and stood up beside the older boy.

"And what about you," He stared.

"Naruto," I piped up.

"Are you alright Naruto?" The older boy asked as he helped me up.

"Don't worry about it I'm fine," I stated.

"But still I am sorry for bumping into you," Sasuke said.

"Don't worry about it," I sated and turned towards Sakura, "Do you still want to get some ice-cream Sakura-chan?" I asked still hoping I would get a reply, but that dream passed when she only nodded her head.

"So you're Sakura," The older boy mumbled.

"Itachi-niisan; how about we get them their ice-cream?" Sasuke asked.

"That sounds like a good plan Sasuke," Itachi stated.

***End of flashback***

I smiled fondly as I recalled that memory; because that as the day Sakura finally started opening up, and it was also the day our team was born. "Sasuke," I called.

"What is it Naruto?" Sasuke asked as he and Sakura looked over at me.

"Do you remember the day we all me?" I asked.

"Of course I do." He said and allowed a smile to creep its way onto his face," That was the best day of my like; because that was the day I finally found my true family," Sasuke declared.

Sakura's P.O.V

"Hey Sakura-chan," Naruto said as he took another bowl of rice.

"Yes," I said rather quietly.

"Well I'm having a little trouble with the tree climbing exercise and Sasuke told me it would be better if I asked you to explained it; so I guess what I am trying to say is will you help me?" Naruto stated.

"Of course I will nii-san," I said as Kakashi came down the stairs.

"Thanks' Sakura-chan." Naruto stated and started shoveling rice into his mouth again.

"What are you thanking Sakura for?" Kakashi asked as he sat down beside Sasuke.

"Sakura has agreed to help Naruto and me with the tree climbing exercise," Sasuke stated.

Sasuke's P.O.V

"Well I'm sorry to say Sasuke that you guys won't be training today," Kakashi stated.

This caused me to look over at Kakashi and sneer, "And why aren't we?"

"Well I, you, and Naruto will be going to the bridge to protect Tanzu; and Sakura will be staying at the house to make sure nothing happens to it," Kakashi stated.

"Why the hell is Sakura-chan staying?" Naruto growled.

"She is staying behind because we need someone to watch over the house and I believe that Sakura can handle that," Kakashi stated.

"Don't you mean you think I'm too weak to help you protect the bridge," Sakura said quietly.

"That's not what I meant Sakura," Kakashi said.

"Then what the hell did you mean?" I snapped.

"It's like I said; I need Sakura to watch the house to make sure that Gato's mean to destroy it," Kakashi stated.

"The why don't you just do this… SHODOW CLONE JUTSU," Naruto yelled, and with a puff of smoke three more Naruto's were standing in the kitchen; all of them having identical smirks adorning their faces.

"So now we can go to the bridge?" I asked.

"I guess so," Kakashi said in defeat. This caused Naruto to jump up grab Kakashi and race out the door; leaving me and Sakura alone in the kitchen.

"Come on Blossom we had better get going," I said as I stood up and offered Sakura a hand; which she accepted and allowed me to pull her up.

"Thank you Sasuke-kun," Sakura whispered as we left the bridge builders house.

"You're welcome koi, but why are you thanking me?" I asked.

"Because you believed in me," She said quietly as she laced her fingers with mine.

"Of course I believed in you blossom; why wouldn't I you mean everything to me," I stated as we caught up with Kakashi and Naruto.

Naruto's P.O.V

"So Kakashi sensei; why don't you believe in Sakura-chans abilities?" I asked as I let go of Kakashi's hand and stopped running.

"What are you talking about Naruto?" Kakashi asked.

"I'm talking about you always giving Sakura jobs that don't help her get stronger; or how you refuse to teach her anything new. You always claim that she doesn't have a very big Chakra reserve to learn any new Jutsu's and yet you never offer to help her enlarge it," I growled.

"I don't help her because she has no potential Naruto. Sakura has lived a civilian life, and won't be able to handle the tragic that come with being a ninja," Kakashi stated firmly.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me. Out of the three of us Sakura is the most capable to handle the tragic life of a ninja. Did you know that Sakura had to watch her family be slaughtered because some fucking bastard wanted her family's blood limit for themselves, did you know that she had to travel to the village all by herself, oh and that she was only 7 at the time!" I snapped.

"Stop lying Naruto; I've read her files and they state that Sakura is civilian born and raised," Kakashi snarled.

"You're a bloody fucking ninja Hatake you are supposed to be able to see underneath the underneath. Of course that is what her files says; the old man wanted her to be completely safe so he changed the information in her files," I stated.

"But why would she need to be protected?" Kakashi asked.

"I don't really know all the details," I stated, "And if you want to know more then take it up with the old man."

Haku's P.O.V

"Zabuza-sama," I said as we rushed through the trees towards the bridge.

"What is it Haku?" Zabuza asked in a rough voice.

"Do you remember that pink haired girl with the copy-nin?"

"Yeah; what about her?"

"She seemed familiar to me; it almost felt as if we were related in some way."

"What are you trying to say Haku?"

"I am saying that I do not believe I will be able to fight her," I said and stopped running.

"So you're saying that you wish for her not to be harmed because she may be related to you."

"Please don't be mad at me nii-san; I know that this mission is important to you. But if there is a chance that she is my sister then I have to find out," I said as tears prickled my eye from beneath my mask. I hated being weak in front of Zabuza, but every time I thought of my family I thought of the bastard that slaughtered them. They had tried to take the Haruno family blood limit. I was lucky enough to have been saved by Zabuza who was a guard from the main family at the time. I was only 9 then but I still remember it so vividly that it still gives me nightmares.

"Do you actually believe she might be your younger sister Haku?" Zabuza asked lightly.

"Please don't be mad, but I have to find out."

"Haku," Zabuza said gently," I am not mad. You have to remember that I was one of the main people that watched over the head family; more specifically you and Sakura."

"Nii-san."

"If you truly won't fight her then I will leave her alone as well."

"Why did we ever take this job?" I asked as we started moving towards the bridge.

"I don't know Haku, I just don't know."

I had to bit my tongue to stop myself from snapping at Kakashi; who had once again ignored Sakura. Even though it would be safer if he placed someone with Tanzu; our amazing sensei had chosen to place me and Naruto on opposite ends of bridge while he was off reading that stupid book of his. Now that is not what got me mad; what got me mad was that h left Saukra standing there without a job.

"Yo Sasuke," Naruto called.

"What is it dobe?" I called back.

"Go check on Sakura I'll handle your area!" he called and moved to a better position. I smirked and did as Naruto suggested. Moving quickly I was at Sakura's side within seconds. Said girl was now sitting on the railing of the bridge, and blankly staring out at the sea with a reigned look.

"A penny for your thoughts koi?" I whispered softly to Sakura.

"Just thinking about the day we first met and how perfect we were as a team back then even though we had just met," she replied dreamily.

"I do believe that that was eight years tomorrow."

"You're right Sasuke and I am glad we met," Sakura whispered as she leaned into my chest. I quickly wrapped my arms around her and rested my own head on her shoulder. It was moments like this that made me wish we could freeze time. No hunting for my clans' killer, no Kakashi excluding Sakura and I wouldn't have to track down Itachi. All I wanted was to be able to live a more peaceful life filled with love and people I could cherish, but the universe already dictated that o wouldn't be getting that anytime soon.

The sound of shouting brought me back to reality as I un-wrapped my arms from Sakura as a thick fog quickly spread through the area, "Sakura do you sense anything?"

"Yes; I sense two new chakra signatures to the south of us."

"Well looks like Kakashi made a full recovery," a voice that sounded like Zabuza's called, "You ready for round two?"

I smirked as Kakashi ran to help his two male students that were fighting Haku. This meant that he was not only leave the person paying for the mission wide open, but the girl that Haku thought was Sakura-sama as well.

"Crystal ice mirror!" Haku shouted as 8 large mirror surrounded the three male ninjas.

"Girl," I called and slowly approached the old man and the pinkette.

"What do you need?" she whispered in a voice that reminded me of the bells in the Haruno residents.

"Your last name is Haruno is it not" I asked and placed my sword back into its bindings.

"W-why do you ask?" she replied with only the slightest amount of fear in her eyes.

"I just wanted to see if Haku was right about you being his baby sister Haruno-sama." I stated with a chuckle.

"You mean Haku-nii survived the massacre?" she asked as she lowered her fighting fans.

"Barely, but yes we did survive," I whispered sadly. Both Haku and I had survived, but not without our fair share of mental and physical scars. Haku had been devastated to find out Sakura was missing. I remember him moving body after body looking for his baby sister. He could survive if she was dead, but the thought of her being taken captive ate at his heartstrings as well as my own. "So he was right about you Sakura-hime."

"E-excuse me Tanzu-san," Sakura whispered as she ran towards the dome Haku had created.

"Well this is an interesting development," I said as I leaned on the rail next to the slightly freaked out bridge builder.

"H-how s-so?" he asked.

"The last daughter of the Haruno clan found by her older brother; how is this not an interesting development?"

Sasuke's P.O.V

"Crap," Naruto muttered as he stared at the mirrors now surrounding us.

"My thoughts exactly Naruto, I snarled and looked over at our brilliant sensei. The man had rushed over to us as soon as the masked Nin shouted he jutsu; effectively leaving Sakura alone to deal with Zabuza herself.

"Are you too alright?" Kakashi asked.

"Fine," Naruto replied for both of us because he knew I would have just snapped at the man.

"Good now stand back," he stated and began doing a flurry of hand signs.

Haku's P.O.V

"Lightning Blade," came the shout of the silver haired ninja as my ice mirrors shattered to pieces. I felt a slight pain as I jumped away to avoid the blast, but it wasn't enough for me to lose concentration just enough for me to wince slightly.

"Impressive," I mumbled as his two student made their way out of the debris the shards had caused by the mirror shards.

"WERE YOU TRYING TO KILL US!" the blonde one yelled.

"Calm down Naruto I got us out didn't I?" the silver haired man asked causally.

"Yes and you left Sakura and Tanzu to deal with Zabuza themselves," the ravenette spoke sternly.

"Tanzu can protect them."

"You really don't care about that girl at all do you?" I ask as I became more infuriated with my sisters sensei's attitude.

"Who are you to judge?" their sensei replied.

"The person who is going to kick your fucking ass!" I snarled as I reached for my senbons, or at least tried to, as a pink blur landed in front of me.

Sasuke's P.O.V

I was shocked Sakura had just jumped into the fight, and was looking at the masked ninja with a sad smile. What she said next will probably shock me for the rest of my life, "H-Haku-nii?"

Hauk's P.O.V

"Sakura is that really you?" I asked as I removed my mask. She was still as perfect as I remembered her. Her blossom pink hair nor was only a few inches below the small of her back, and flowed beautifully in the wind. Her emerald eye still shinned with childlike innocence.

"I-it's me; I promise," Sakura whispered.

"SAKURA! Move back to your post!" the silver haired man barked.

"Shut up you idiot. The two of them haven't seen each other since they were little, and besides we are quitting the job so there is no longer a reason for us to fight," Zabuza stated.

"Come here little one," I said and Sakura came crashing into my arms. A feeling of relief washed over me as I finally had my little sister in my arms again.

I smiled and held my baby sister close running my fingers through her long flowing hair as her team watched in confusion. I heard Zabuza laying into their sensei as the two boys came closer.

"So, you are her family?" The blonde one asked as Sakura stepped back and wiped away the tears from her cheeks. Sakura smiled and nodded as the raven-haired boy came forward and took her hand as the blonde smiled widely, "Well then it is a pleasure to meet you Haku-san"

I smiled back at the blonde and nodded as we heard a loud gasp from the end of the bridge as a large group of Gato's thugs arrived all armed heavily. The bridge builder quickly backed away as the men stalked closer most of them smirking as Gato himself arrived behind us.

"Well, well, well look at what we have here." Gato sneers and moving with surprising speed grabs Sakura from the raven hair boy as he appears on the other end of the bridge by his thugs a knife to my sister's neck. He smirked darkly and pulled her small body flush against his, "looks like you guys were useless after all. I had simply planned to kill you off once you had finished the job but it looks like you could not even a simple job to take care of children."

"Gato you will let her go this instant," Zabuza growled drawing his sword.

"Please! I will be taking this little thing as a consolation prize!" He laughed loudly causing Sakura to stiffen as Gato licked her cheek, "This bitch is going to look simply amazing on my bed."

Author's P.O.V

All the men on the bridge glared darkly at Gato as he licked Sakura's cheek. His hand slowly traveled across the young girl's chest as he began to grope her. Sakura's eyes were wide her body frozen as Gato used her body as he wanted. She could not make eye contact with her team nor her brother. She was ashamed of what was happening to her as she could not force her body to move.

Sasuke growled darkly as he shared a look with Naruto. The two boys nodding as the drew their own weapons, Naruto summoning multiple shadow clones as his eyes began to turn red allowing the nine-tailed fox to give him a power boost as they both agreed that Gato need to die. Haku watched the two boys before copying their actions; as did Zabuza and Kakashi. The ninja's all move in unison and soon there was a blood bath, the thugs being taken down in gruesome ways. Bodies and limbs falling as Gato backed away from the fight in fear. He was quickly realising that he needed to escape, and he decided that taking the pink haired girl as leverage was the best idea. Just as the last thug fell Gato stiffened as the Ninja's eyes turned to him.

"Sakura, stay still," Zabuza called as Sasuke appeared behind Gato, a kunai against the crime lords throat. Sakura took a shaky breath as her eyes flashed red, and her body shrunk fairy wings appearing on her back as she flew to Zabuza. Sasuke quickly finished the cowardly crime lord as Kakashi began to burn and dispose of the bodies. Zabuza smiled behind his mask as Sakura landed in his hand curling up into a small ball, "you are okay little one," He whispered and held her gently.

Sakura's P.O.V

I curled up in my old guardian's hand shaking as I tried to control myself. It had been so long since I had used my kekkei genkai that it felt incredibly strange. It was called Yòsei no Tsubasa was an ability passed down threw all the females of the Hanuro clan. It is why my family was slaughtered. Our enemy wanted to capture the women of the clan to breed them and create more Yòsei no Tsubasa. Sadly, I was the only one left.

"Sakura?" I heard Sasuke whisper as I looked up from Zabuza's hand and nodded before flying over to him and landing on his palm. Luckily my team mates had seen this form before so they knew how to handle me like this. I looked up at the raven haired boy as all the others came over to join us. "Did he hurt you in any way?"

I shook my head as we heard the villagers come over to the bridge all looking ready to protect their home. Tanzu smiled and said he would go and calm the people down so we could leave and talk as he was now not in danger. We all nodded and soon left to go back to the bridge builders house Sasuke carrying me on his shoulder as we went. Once we arrived I took a deep breathe and transformed back