Hey, UknownHero here and... this idea is gonna blow! Welcome to the first chapter in a series where I try to give kunoichi in Naruto superpowers on a whim! TentenTen is the first one and well... this is the second.
So welcome, to the morbidly curious, to Useless Blossom. Wow, that title looked better in my head but it feels kinda good to say.
So... this concept of a story was actually born from a different story I had in mind, where it was initially born from a question; "What if Saitama from One Punch Man wasn't bored with his powers?". From there, a story concept was developed where Naruto gained infinite strength and story will be about how to handle power and... maybe economy? I guess? Then I thought about it. I thought about it really hard and came up with an idea.
I've seen a lot of stories where Sakura is calling herself/generally is/bastardized to useless.
So why not make her gain enough power to make every ninja in the entire world useless. As in, there is no point for other ninjas to exist because there's someone who will take care of it without breaking a sweat.
And that person is a small girl with pink hair.
I developed it more and more from that initial starting point but at the end Sakura Haruno will have a title.
The Ninja Who Made Ninjas Worthless. Or something along those lines.
And so... let the first punch be thrown.
New Game... Start!
Chapter 1: One Chance
Sakura Haruno... what hasn't been said about her?
A legendary medic with a temper issue who constantly beat-up the worst example of hard work pays off we call the protagonist. She's falsely confessed her love, she ignores one the few people who would give her a chance, married someone who actively tried to kill her and her friends and betrayed their village and was, confusingly, a red herring in a love triangle where the game was rigged in favour of the shy, quiet girl who loved the protagonist since childhood.
But hey, at least her daughter is awesome.
However... let's do something different.
Because, during her early years of being in the Konoha Ninja Academy, her life changed forever from a single sentence.
"Hey, why don't you actually train instead of wasting my time." A young Sasuke Uchiha growled. Somehow, the death of his clan and the only family he will ever know, while filled with hatred and the need to kill his brother as brutally as possible somehow made him cooler in the eyes of his fangirls. Or they pitied him, and right now he wasn't in the mood to be pitied. Ever.
To put it simply, he hated his life.
Which was represented by the pink-haired idiot, whose smile froze as soon as he told her the truth.
Name: Sakura Haruno
Power Level: Civilian
Now, it started with an innocent question from Sakura: What do you look for in a girl?
His answer was simple: Leave me alone. Mentally adding: You fucking bitch.
Of course, he hasn't learned how to swear yet, so it was more like... bubbling cricket or something instead of fucking bitch.
Anyways, Sasuke, who wanted Sakura to leave him alone for once just relented and told her.
He imagined his perfect wife being a strong woman, who would fight with him. Support him either at home or out in the field. Help him gouge his brother's eyes out while he beats him to death with his own leg (which he decided not to mention). She would bear many strong children to help bring the clan back from extinction and revive it into a thriving and respected family that it once was. That was his ideal woman.
Then, in all her wisdom as the current top scoring student in theoretical exams, Sakura asked him how would one do that.
And now we're here. Staring at each other while time ticked on.
"...So you'll give me a chance if I train?" Sakura wanted clarification. Sure, she's been training. It is a Ninja Academy, but she knew she was falling behind on taijutsu and other physically straining aspects. Mostly, she was falling behind Ino-pig.
"I will give you a chance if you make top kunoichi when I graduate." Sasuke sighed out. Apparently, his harsh response wasn't enough to drive the pink-haired girl away.
"One chance." Sakura repeated.
"One. Chance." Sasuke said while pinching the bridge of his nose. Why won't she leave him alone already!? He didn't believe this annoying girl would become top kunoichi. He didn't even think she would graduate.
However, Sakura had other thoughts.
She had not noticed that she was annoying Sasuke or the fact that he had no intentions of dating her even if she miraculously became the top of their class. Rather, she was focusing on the fact that she had the highest chance of scoring a date with the Uchiha out of everyone in the Academy.
And that was enough motivation for her.
"Don't worry Sasuke-kun! I'll train my heart out until I win yours!" Sakura declared, standing up from her seat... before sitting back down. "Tomorrow." She then said, scooting closer to her crush
Sasuke then resisted the urge to slam his head onto the table.
(Day 1)
Sakura knew she was ready.
She had spent all night studying up on types of training to help grow stronger as fast as possible and woke up early to get her training in before the Academy starts, starting and ending her training sessions right in front of her home. She only had so much time in the Academy, and she was lacking in more than a few areas so she was going to train with everything had.
First, strength.
Now Sakura was pretty good with the three basic jutsu the Academy taught her, getting a hang of it faster than most. Chakra wasn't a problem too. Despite having barely more reserves than a civilian, she had the best control in the class. And she had decent enough agility. It was just her strength. She liked her thin figure, and gaining too much muscle would ruin it so she generally lightened up on strength training, merely maintaining rather than improving it.
But no more! From this day forth, a new Sakura would be born! Even if it meant sacrificing her looks, she would win the Uchiha's heart!
Those fangirls... and Ino... they were nothing but fools. Merely chasing after Sasuke because of how cool Sasuke is. While that might be true, the fangirls (which she was definitely not apart of) was nothing more than a mere infatuation. A passing fancy for the quiet, calm boy who would spend his lunch alone. But after the massacre of the Uchiha Clan, those shallow idiots only went after him because now he was the only survivor of a clan, destined to become greater!
But Sakura thought she was different.
Sasuke needed love. Pure and simple. There was a hole in his heart, carved out by the slayer of his clan. He needed someone to hold him at night, someone to talk to, someone to tell him that it will be alright. He needed a light within the darkness.
And Sakura decided to be that light. Even if it meant changing everything about herself.
Also the fact he was cool and handsome didn't hurt either.
So Sakura had to change her diet. Change her schedule. Change everything she did on a day-to-day basis just help gain strength and maintain it. If she put her mind to it, she could do anything.
At least, that's what her parents said before she decided to become a ninja.
Anyways, she found a scroll in the library that taught her the fastest way to gain strength.
100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats and a 10KM run.
Every. Single. Day.
That... didn't seem all that hard but she wasn't going to refute a scroll.
Although, she didn't have much of an idea of how long 10KM is so... maybe just a lap around the village should do.
"Okay, my training to become the top kunoichi starts now!" Sakura got out in determination as she did some stretches. "First off, the lap around the village."
'Ready. Set. Go!' Sakura thought, a fire burning brightly in her eyes as she leaped into a sprint.
(Day 2)
Sakura wanted to die.
Everything in her body hurt.
She vomited on her way to the Academy yesterday, coming in late.
She also fainted before a sparring session.
She starved during lunch because she could only survive on a single banana and lots of water and she ate that banana for breakfast.
Then she ended up crying when Iruka-sensei told the class to do laps on a relatively small field.
But the scroll and her heart told her to keep going, to reach for the stars even when everything hurt.
Even when her heart was also telling her to not do a lap around the village.
"R-Ready..." Sakura groaned as she heard her body crack as she went into her starting position. "S-S-Set." And she was already crying, knowing how much this would hurt. "G-Go!" She then shouted out, leaping into a sprint.
The fire in her eyes still burning bright.
(Day 3)
Sakura oddly felt good today. Unlike the other days, she was ready to take on the world!
"Hey, was there always a purple slug in the sky~? Hello Slug-san, don't fluggle my borpen floople." Sakura got out as she stumbled around before slapping her cheeks.
Okay, maybe that last training session caused her to go a little delusional afterwards but she was fine.
She only suffered a minor heart attack yesterday. Nothing too major. Sure, she was going to be out of school for an indefinite amount of time but that was fine!
Also a concussion... and a broken arm... and she was noticing there was a lot of blood coming out of her nose lately...
Still, she leaped into a sprint with the same fire she had since Day 1 of her training.
(Day 4)
Sakura... for a lack of a better term... was dying.
Chakra exhaustion, physical exhaustion, lack of nutrients, internal bleeding, external bleeding, a heat stroke, a heart stroke, brain aneurysm... and about twenty dozen other factors that would take too long to list.
However, she still kept going, crawling her way her self-designated finish line. Inch by inch.
Too bad it wasn't enough.
Suddenly, Sakura's body just shut down. She could see her vision fading as she felt her heart stop cold.
'No! Nonononono!' Sakura thought as she coughed out some blood. 'I'm... so... close...'
No, she could stop! She had to keep going! For her dream! To be with Sasuke! Even if she had to become strong enough to take down foes in one strike, she would not give up until then!
However... her body wasn't as strong as her mind.
'No... please... I don't wanna die...' Sakura thought as she felt herself going cold. She would cry, but she didn't have capability to. 'Please... I... I don't... want to...'
No... this wasn't her time... she didn't want to die like this...
'But I... I don't...' Sakura tried to fight the incoming darkness, but it was overwhelming her.
And then, nothing.
It looked like this was it.
Until... a miracle happened.
'I... don't... want to... die...' Sakura thought, trying to clench her fist. 'I... won't... DIE!'
[Gate of Opening... Open!]
'I... can't die... like a dog...!' Sakura mentally screamed as she clenched her hand into a fist.
[Gate of Healing... Open!]
"I... still have a dream... I have to do this...!" Sakura growled as she forced her body to stand up. She felt and moved like a zombie, but she was not giving up.
[Gate of Life... Open!]
"I... can still... make it!" Sakura shouted out. Despite the pain, despite her broken legs, despite the fact that her skin was turning red, she was going to do this even if it killed her!
[Gate of Pain... Open!]
And that's when Sakura found the ability to scream in pain.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Sakura wailed out, feeling spine burn like it was a molten rod as she could hear her muscles tearing apart! She was panicking; she didn't know what was happening! Is this the result of that training!? Because this was not worth it!
[Gate of Limit... Open!]
"AAAAARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!" Sakura continued scream as she saw her chakra burst out of every pore of her body! The pink-haired girl was still sane enough to realise until you're Naruto-baka, chakra could only be seen when focused or turned into an element.
And a surge of chakra of overloading her chakra pathways to the point of bursting.
[Gate of View... Open!]
"STOP! STOP! STOP!" Sakura begged as another surge of chakra flooded her body. Her blood was boiling her from the inside out! The ground around her was shattering under the sheer power she was emanating. It would be great if she wasn't burning alive in the middle of the street.
[Gate of Wonder... Open!]
Sakura had stopped screaming at this point. Now her body felt like it was being torn apart from the inside out. She actually hoped the burning would come back because this is so much more painful than that. She also couldn't pass out from all the pain because of all the pain. She was melting.
[Gate of Death... Open!]
And now she wished the melting would come back.
Her blood was steaming out of every hole, coming out as a red mist. Sakura could even acknowledge that she had been sounded by concerned villagers the entire time! Many shinobi were making sure everyone was at a safe distance as ANBU surrounded the girl on nearby rooftops while somebody rushed to get Might Guy onto the scene to save her somehow.
She... wanted to die so badly.
But... despite all the pain... she still had the Will of Fire burning bright.
"...I ...won't... die...!" Sakura managed to get out. "I... wanna be... number one...!"
Everyone, even the ANBU, stepped back as Sakura stepped forward.
"I will never die... until I reach this selfish goal...!" Sakura shouted out.
Her body was disintegrating. The world was telling her to stop.
But Sakura Haruno flipped the world off.
"I WANNA BE THE GREATEST NINJA!" Sakura screamed out.
[Gate of Infinity... Open!]
Pfft...
And like a wet fart, it was gone in an instant.
Actually, it was a wet fart... because Sakura had actually ripped one.
"...When did everyone get here?" Sakura asked, feeling a little nervous. She wasn't used to being the centre of attention. Especially after doing something so... un-lady like.
Then she exploded.
BOOM!
The shockwave of chakra shook the Elemental Nations. Volcanos erupted, earthquakes destroyed towns, tsunamis begun to loom over fishing villages that would be the centre of a really overdone arc!
Except this is a complete over-exaggeration. No... the chakra shockwave simply... disintegrated everyone in a 7m radius.
Including her parents.
Because you can't be a protagonist unless you have dead parents.
But to Sakura, she was just... confused.
"...Where is everyone?" Sakura wondered out loud as she looked around. "And... what happened to me...?"
She didn't look different. She didn't sound different. There was a light breeze but uh...
She felt fine.
Actually, more that fine.
Sakura felt amazing.
And then... she leaped into a sprint.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Sakura screamed, barely feeling the buildings and trees she was crashing through. "WAY TOO FAST! WAY TOO FAST! WATCH OUT!" She yelled out to anyone that might be in her path, no realising she travelling faster than the speed of sound so her voice was lost and she was already way past the destroyed homes.
But then... she ended up in a large meadow.
Fresh air... blue skies... the way the wind felt on her skin.
Sakura could help but laugh. This was actually fun.
When Sakura stopped running, she noticed she wasn't in the village anymore. No, she was... somewhere? Drawing on her knowledge of geography, she started looking for characteristics of her environment.
Sand.
Lots and lots of sand.
Well, that was easy.
"I think I ended up in Land of Wind..." Sakura realised. "I know the sun is just rising but... I don't feel cold or warm..." She muttered to herself. "Wait a minute, how do I get ho-" She started to realise only to look behind her and saw a rather large and obvious trail of footprints. She must've left that behind.
"Uh... I hope I stop at the village..." Sakura muttered before running.
This power... the chakra flowing through her body... this was incredible!
If she could only see while running this would be so much better...
She... eventually managed to stop herself back to Konoha after running around the globe about 12 times.
And yet, she didn't even feel tired. She still felt like she just got out of the shower!
"Whoa...!" She squealed before looking at the Hokage Monument in the distance. "I bet I can jump all the way from here!" She told herself before leaping into the air... and into the stratosphere.
"Ah-AAAAHHHHH!" Sakura yelled out, not expecting to jump this high. But still, the view of the village up here was amazing! Whatever just happened to her... the pain was still not worth it but she still enjoyed the new strength.
'New strength...!' Sakura mentally realised. 'I can... I can win Sasuke-kun's heart with this!' The prepubescent girl with god-like strength squealed inside her head.
After landing on the Hokage Monument, creating yet another crater and accidently causing one of the spikes on the Fourth's head to fall and nearly crush a future traitorous teacher, she walked forward as her feet created deep footprints in the stone.
The sun was rising on a new day and thus a new Sakura Haruno.
"...I'm gonna be Number One." Sakura chuckled out. She then looked down.
Her clothes were completely shredded and her sandals were nowhere to be seen. She had to admit that was kind of expected, she did run through several hundred houses, solid rock and hydroplaned across the ocean.
And yet, her skin was flawless. Hell, there were a few scars from the Academy that were gone too!
So not only having so much chakra she didn't know if she'd ever run out, but speed, strength and endurance that surpassed even the Hokage? 'This has to be a dream, right? I mean, there has to be a catch!' Sakura wondered as she stumbled back and rubbed her forehead.
Then she rubbed the top of her head.
'...Where did my hair go?' Sakura thought as she rubbed her now bald head.
And thus, the Ninja Who Would Make Ninjas Obsolete made her legend begin in the humble ninja village known as Konohagakure.
"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!"
Name: Sakura Haruno
Power Level: Newbie God
Save Game... Quit!
Hello, this segment at the end is called Please, Miss Sakura! Where I explain concepts that might confuse readers or answer questions! You may call me Professor Sakura. I don't know why this part is named that...
Our topic today: Power Levels.
In Dragon Ball Z, Power Levels were introduced to gauge a villain or hero's strength by a number. However this is, in all sense of the word, complete and utter bullshit! The heroes always win as the villains under estimate their opponent!
But here, in Useless Blossom, Power Levels here will be a roughly accurate representation of a character's chances against a Kage level opponent in a straight up fight. A generalisation. If you think the following below needs changing, leave a suggestion for another level or a shift in the ranks, like adding Canon!Sakura somewhere. Maybe below Civilian. We're not using a Letter system because they gauge the difficulty of a mission and will not lead to comedic moments. So, from Automatically Dead to Complete Annihilation of Your Foe is...
Civilian
Genin
Chunin
Jonin
Kage
Akatsuki
One Tail
Two Tails
Three Tails
Four Tails
Five Tails
Six Tails
Seven Tails
Eight Tails
Nine Tails
Ten Tails
God
Kaguya Ĺtsutsuki
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The prefixes Newbie and Experienced are rather self-explanatory. Well, that's it for now! Professor Sakura, signing off!
And UknownHero signing off, my friends!