Hi Guys, this is a reboot form an old story of mine. New storyline and everything. So drop me line on what you think, and criticism welcome, so feel free to say what comes to mind. R&R please. Enjoy!

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Summary: Sakura finds out the hard way that her parents aren't her parents, and that Tsunade, the elders and even Kakashi have kept a secret from her. Had Naruto failed to bond with the Kyuubi, she would be his replacement. Now the village that supplies Konoha with their potential jinjuuriki wants her back. Rated M for a reason!

Disclaimer: Naruto, other characters and the Naruto world belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I'm just borrowing them to play with ;)

Chapter 1

Lady Tsunade's office was crowded with ninja from the Hidden Waterfall village. A man with scowl on his face was explaining the situation to the Hokage. Tsunade had dreaded their visit ever since the Elders saw fit to tell her about it. Now, only day after hearing about this, her office was packed with shinobi. This was worse than that time where she had defend her decision on sending Naruto on a mission while the Akatsuki were after him.

"Listen carefully Princess Tsunade," the man said. "We have an agreement, one that dates back to the founding of this village. The Third Hokage guaranteed us, that even given the different circumstance that the girl was delivered to you, we would still get her back once it was certain that the child of Kushina Uzumaki had bonded with the Kyuubi. The boy is sixteen, so I find it safe to say that the boy has successfully bonded with the fox spirit. I didn't want to say this, but you know what will happen if we stop handing you potential jinjuuriki."

Tsunade did know what would happen. If Naruto would live to become an old man the fox would break free and plunge the land back into chaos. She had heard the story of the Fourth Hokage and his wife Kushina Uzumaki. Naruto had only been a few hours old when his parents sacrificed themselves to save the village and seal the fox spirit inside Naruto. A message was send to the Hidden Waterfall village, requesting a back up jinjuuriki. That was Sakura, brought to them only a few weeks old. Normally these kids were eight or nine years old, like Kushina was when she came to the village. Sakura had been the exception, due to the Kyuubi breaking free on the day that Naruto was born.

Normally, a threat such as this would not waver Tsunade's resolve. But they were already on the verge of a war, and she couldn't risk getting into a conflict with the Hidden Waterfall village. Had this been any other village, she would have told them to go home. Tsunade was well past the age where you would base your decisions based on your emotions. The wellbeing of the village came first. "She spend all her life here," Tsunade said, folding her hands in front of her. "You want to take that away from her based on an agreement?"

"Yes," the man answered flatly.

Kakashi had been standing silently in Tsunade's office. Back when his sensei still lived he had heard of this agreement. Once his child was born, another would also be born. When he asked his sensei about that, Minato explained to Kakashi that jinjuuriki needed a special kind of chakra, and only a few clans in the Hidden Waterfall Village had that chakra. He had known this day would eventually come. Perhaps that's why, subconsciously, he'd been distancing himself from Sakura.

"Kakashi," Tsunade said wearily. "Bring Sakura here."

Kakashi nodded and vanished. Even if he had created an emotional distance, what was this feeling?

To say that Sakura was surprised by an early visitor would be an understatement. Here she was, still in her pajamas, looking groggily at a very serious looking copy ninja. He wouldn't tell her what was going on, just that she had to get dressed and that they were going to see the Hokage. Even on the way there, no matter how much she asked, Kakashi wouldn't say. Either it was a surprise form her Shishou, or something was very wrong.

The voices coming from inside the office instantly fell silent when Kakashi knocked on the door. He stepped inside first, and Sakura followed him. She was feeling very anxious about all this, especially since Kakashi wouldn't say why she had to come with him to see Lady Tsunade. Inside, all eyes instantly fell on the pink haired medic, making her want to turn herself invisible.

No one spoke for a while. They mostly just stared at her, like she had some kind of deformity.

"Shishou?" Sakura said, her voice sounding unusually timid.

"You're coming with us."

Sakura turned towards the person who had just said that. She was standing only a few feet away from a rather tall man. He had long black hair, that was tied together in a high ponytail. His dark eyes fixed on her as he waited for her response.

"Why?" Sakura finally asked. "What did I do?"

Tsunade's lips formed a thin line. She knew that Sakura would ask this question. And she knew that even if they explained the situation to her, she still wouldn't go quietly. This was a mess, and she wanted nothing more than to tell Sakura that there was nothing wrong, that she could stay, but for the future of the village, sacrifices had to be made. "As your Hokage," Tsunade said sternly. "I order you to go with these ninja, Sakura. And to serve them until they see fit to release you."

Sakura looked wide-eyed at Tsunade. Her shishou couldn't possible be serious about this. "Shishou." Sakura's voice sounded pleading, and a little scared. Who were these ninja and what did they want from her? What connection did they have to each other? Why was Tsunade ordering her to go with them? All these questions roamed through her mind, and no one seemed willing to answer.

"That is my order," Tsunade finished, her voice sounding monotonous. She didn't want to send her apprentice away. She loved that girl like a daughter, but the village came first. And from what she heard from Kushina, life in the Hidden Waterfall village wasn't half bad.

"Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura looked at her long-time sensei and team leader, but he was merely staring at the ceiling. She wanted him to at least assure her that everything would be okay. To say he would protect her with his life. But he wouldn't even look at her when she said his name.

"A Hokage's orders are to be obeyed without question," He said cooly, not even looking at Sakura. It's not like he didn't want to help her, but the future of village outweighed his need to protect his former student. He, like her, had to accept the Hokage's orders.

Sakura angrily blinked back the tears that were forming. First her shishou and now her sensei. Didn't anyone care what she thought or felt? "Yes... Ma'am," Sakura responded bitterly.

The man who had done all the talking finally gazed fully upon Sakura. The scowl was gone from his face and Sakura finally got a good look at him. At second glance she notice a few grey hairs growing just above the man's ears. On his belt, to her right, was a sword, but not the standard shinobi blade. This one looked similar to Sasuke's sword. Her first guess was this man was samurai, not a shinobi, but given the looks of his escorts, they were definitely shinobi.

"Pack your things," the man ordered. "We leave as soon as you're done."

At first Sakura was dumfounded. She was just supposed to pack up and leave? "What about Naruto?" She had spilled the question before giving it any thought. Naruto would never let this happen quietly. He couldn't lose her, not after failing to bring Sasuke home again and again. "He'd never agree to this."

"Naruto is not in charge of the village," Tsunade said, masking how she really felt. Part of her knew that Naruto would never give her up. He loved her, with all his heart, and she was the most important person in his life.

"I have to say goodbye to him," Sakura pleaded, first to Tsunade and then to the man from the Hidden Waterfall village. "He's my friend."

"Fine," The man said, giving in to this small request. "But I do have one condition."

Sakura's face a mixture of gratitude and surprise. She hadn't thought that they would allow her to say goodbye to her friend. "Name it."

"You will not draw this out longer than necessary," the man said. "Nor will you plea to him to convince the Hokage to change her mind. You will first pack your things, before seeing your friend."

Sakura nodded. She watched as the only female shinobi in the group stepped forward. "I'll help you," she offered, shooting a smile at Sakura that told her that she felt sorry for her. "I'm Kyrie by the way."

Sakura shook Kyrie's hand and told the woman her own first name. She seemed nice enough. A bright smile, short brown hair, a cute button nose and dark brown eyes, giving her a gentle look that didn't suit a shinobi. Sakura instantly liked her.

"Go with them," Tsunade said to Kakashi. Even if they were allies, on paper, she didn't like having foreign ninja wander the village unattended.

Sakura decided that if Kakashi was going to ignore her, she would do the same to him. Instead she wanted to get to know this kunoichi from Waterfall better. "So Kyrie was it?" Sakura asked, but she remembered. It was merely a way to start the conversation. "I'm Sakura Haruno."

"I know," Kyrie said, the gentle smile still on her face. "You look like any other Haruno woman."

"There are more?" Sakura asked. It was now that she got a little clarity of why they wanted her to go to Waterfall. Her family, her relatives were from that village. At first it seemed a little strange. Deep down she had always known that the people she called mom and dad couldn't have been her real parents, since she had none of their characteristics, nor did she look like any of them.

"Of course," Kyrie answered. "What did you think?"

Sakura shrugged. She never really thought about it. "And you? You're from Waterfall."

Kyrie looked up to some clouds passing over. "I'm from a clan too," she revealed. "Kyrie Higurashi. But it's a small clan, not nearly as big as the Haruno's or the Uzumaki's." Kyrie hooked one of her arms into Sakura's, smiling. "Lighten up. I think you'll like Waterfall."

Kakashi had walked only a few steps behind the two women. He had to admit that the woman accompanying Sakura was nice. She reminded him of Rin a little, but also...

"Please don't kill him," a young girl pleaded, as rain soaked her back and blood soaked her front as she protectively shielded the wounded boy with her tiny frame. She couldn't have been older than twelve years, yet she was a ninja. "He's the only family I have left."

Kakashi saw the tears running down the girls cheeks. Whoever this was, he was important to her, and would die soon anyway. He just couldn't bring himself to hack through the girl to deliver the final blow. This boy was dead anyway, laying there in the mud with his throat cut. Kakashi grabbed Genma, hoisting him on back and left the girl alone with her dying family member.

Sakura thought she had heard incorrectly. Did she mention a clan with the name Uzumaki? "Naruto's last name is Uzumaki," Sakura mumbled.

Kyrie looked at Sakura's statement. "That's possible," she said. "We've been exchanging ninja since Hashirama founded this village."

Sakura's eyes widened in surprise at Kyrie's knowledge of the Leaf's history. There was no way a mere outsider would know this much. "The Haruno clan and the Uzumaki clan are the most frequent to supplying the ninja."

"But why?" Sakura asked, also looking over her shoulder to find Kakashi completely uninterested in this conversation. Naturally, he was reading his book.

"I'm not allowed to say. Just know that you're special," Kyrie said. "And Ranmaru will tell you everything once we get back."

"Ranmaru?" Sakura asked. She tried to picture the ninja she had seen so far. "That man with the samurai sword?"

Kyrie nodded, but remained silent the rest of the way. Even if Sakura didn't really want to leave the village, this woman was making it a lot less of a bad thing. And now she was curios. She had never known that she was part of a clan.

It didn't take very long to pack any possessions that Sakura wanted to bring. They were mostly clothes and some personal items. She would have to leave all her furniture, since they were too big to bring. "Want to wrap them in plastic?" Kyrie asked.

Sakura looked around and her apartment. Aside from her furniture, it was empty. Anything decorative, was packed in boxes and her clothes were all packed as well. A few tears formed in Sakura eyes seeing her home like this. This was not how she imagined she'd ever leave this place.

"Why not," Sakura said, pulling out some old sheets that she wanted to leave behind.

"Who knows," Kyrie said. "Maybe if you ever come back here."

Sakura and Kyrie covered the furniture, while Kakashi leaned against a wall still holding his book. He wasn't one to drag out goodbyes, but he didn't want to speed things up either. Sure he was sad to see her leave, but it was for the best.

When they were finished with Sakura's apartment, they headed out to find Naruto. Sakura had more people she wanted to see for the last time, but there was no time, she the choice was easy. Naruto would be the one she said goodbye to.

It didn't take them long to find Naruto. Naturally, he was at the Ramen stand, eating. He happily greeted both Sakura and Kakashi. The blonde was just one pile of positive energy. That was something she would sorely miss in Waterfall.

As expected of the blonde knucklehead, he started throwing a tantrum when he heard that Sakura was leaving the village. Sakura had told him it was for a longterm mission and decided not to tell him that they were simply giving her back to the Waterfall village. She knew that if she told him the truth, that he would never let it go so easily.

"And you Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked. "You're okay with Granny sending Sakura away like that. Not knowing how long she'll be gone?"

Kakashi looked up from his book, not really wanting to mingle in this conversation. "It's not my call to make." He felt Sakura's eyes on him, the entire time after Naruto had spoken. He knew what she wanted to hear, but he just couldn't make himself say it. Why make things any worse than they already were. There simply was no point in that. "We're all ninja in service of this village. So when we're told to do something, we do it."

Cold and unrelenting, just like he had been inside Tsunade's office. Sakura turned her attention back to Naruto. "I'll write you, okay?"

Naruto nodded and smiled, but Sakura could tell that it was a fake smile. He didn't want her to go, and he didn't want to be just a pen-pal. But he knew that only one person could keep Sakura here. Naruto's appetite faded when he hugged Sakura goodbye. He felt cold and empty and even a little deserted, sitting here knowing that it would be a very long time until he would see her again.

After that, time seemed to move much faster. Sakura had said her farewells to any friend she met in the street. And luckily Ino was amongst them. She had grabbed her stuff, and loaded the carriage, that the Waterfall shinobi brought, with her more heavier belongings.

At the gate, Tsunade said her goodbyes to Sakura, but Sakura was far to angry with her Shishou to return her kindness. Even when Tsunade gave her a parting gift, Sakura carelessly put the package on the carriage, not opening it, and not even thanking the Hokage for the gift.

Kakashi knew how things went in Waterfall, so when Sakura turned to him to hear what he had to say, he merely handed her a small bag. "You'll need these. Later," he whispered before vanishing behind a cloud of white smoke.

Sakura was used to Kakashi being strange. But this was definitely not what she had expected. She had at least expected him to tell that everything would be okay. That things wouldn't be so bad, but not one word to soothe her conflicting feelings. Looking into the small bag, Sakura saw a pair of fingerless gloves with a steel plate on the back.

The trip to Waterfall was five days long and uneventful. As promised, Ranmaru had told Sakura why it was important that she would go with them. He told her about the special chakra that ran within her family, and even the Uzumaki had this trait. Lastly he explained how this was related to the Kyuubi attack on Konoha sixteen years earlier and why she, as an exception had been send as a baby.

The Hidden Waterfall village got its name from being literally hidden behind a waterfall. To the far left was a path that led behind the waterfall and into a cave. The cave was a wide tunnel that was guarded by four shinobi. The village itself lay in a deep hole in the ground. Trees grew on the sides, letting through some sun, but also giving it a strange glow. It was almost like walking in a forest.

Ranmaru ordered Kyrie to help Sakura settle in. The building in this village weren't very high and the highest apartment building was only four floors high. Sakura was appointed a nice apartment, right inside the part of Waterfall that the inhabitants called Haruno village. Most clans lived is parts of the city that was appointed to their clan. There was one exception, the Higurashi clan lived at random, since they were too small to build an entire neighborhood just for them.

Sakura's apartment was nice. When she entered through the door she was in a long hallways that connected all the room together. To her right was a hall closet where she could also wash her clothes. Next to that the toilet and next to that was the bathroom. On the other side were two door, both opening to a bedroom. In the largest bedroom, there was a large double bed.

"I was assigned to prep this place," Kyrie said walking into the bedroom and letting a finger glide over the bedsheets. "Do you like it?"

Sakura looked at the dark red velvety sheets. The dark wood that made the night stand and closet was exactly what she liked. The floor was a light oaken wood. Sakura went from room to room, curious to see what Kyrie had picked out for her.

The bathroom had a dark grey granite floor, a creamy tiles on the wall. Left from the floor was the shower, then there was a wall separating the sink from the shower and to the back wall was a bathtub.

The living room also housed the kitchen. It was nearly the same style as the bedroom. There was a dark brown L-shaped couch, a coffee table in the same color as the nightstand and a large bookcase.

"I'll leave you to it," Kyrie said when Sakura was unpacked. "Ranmaru wanted me to tell you that your new teamleader will pick you tomorrow at seven am for you first mission."

Sakura thought that getting a mission only a day after moving to this village was a little soon, but she merely nodded at the information. The moment the door closed behind Kyrie did the realization struck her. She was all alone now. No friends she could hang out with, and no Naruto to hit over the head.

Angry with being here, Sakura grabbed the keys to her new apartment and left. She had to clear her head and couldn't do that while cooped up in here.

She wasn't paying much attention to where she was going and very soon, she was lost. There were a fair people out and about, but no one seemed to notice that she didn't belong. Some people even greeted her politely. It had been several hours until she finally saw two women with pink hair like herself. She quickly followed them and tried to catch up. "Hey wait!" she yelled at the pink-haired women. "I need your help."

The women stopped. One had green eyes and the other blue. "Something wrong little one?" The blue-eyed woman asked.

"I'm lost," Sakura said.

The two women exchanged glances. She looked like a relative and she was lost. "You're a Haruno?" The other woman asked finding it strange that someone from this village would get lost.

"I lived in Konoha," Sakura explained, trying not to let the strange looks she was getting bother her.

"Oh, that explains it," the Blue-eyed said. "Well come with us. We'll show you the way."

Seemed this wasn't the first time that someone was given back to Waterfall. The women showed Sakura back to an area that looked familiar. "That's my building," Sakura said pointing at the building closest tot them.

Once inside, Sakura slumped to her couch and laid down. Finally the first tears fell from her eyes as she mourned all that she had lost.

XOXOXO

Naruto had spend the last ten minutes yelling at his new teammate. The newest member of team Kakashi was even worse than Sai. The new girl was nothing like Sakura. She was too busy concerning herself with her hair than she was getting to know her teammates. "If this Kakashi-sensei guy doesn't show up soon," the girl said. "Then I'm going home."

Kakashi knew who his newest member was. A girl named Shirley who was such a pain, that no one else wanted her on their team. Kakashi sighed from his hiding place when Naruto lost his temper at record time and started yelling at the girl. This mission was going to be a disaster, and suddenly he missed Sakura more than he would ever admit to anyone.

XOXOXO

Sakura woke up to loud banging on the door. She opened her eyes realizing that she had fallen asleep on her couch, still dressed in the clothes from the days before. She quickly got up and ran to open the door. She had to look up, with puffy eyes from crying, at the man standing in the hallway. He looked at her face for just a few seconds before speaking in a rough voice. "Oh boy."

That was first chapter. Hope you guys liked it. Drop me line. Later.