He lunged at her and socked his gauntlet forearm into her stomach. Sakura recoiled and hissed in pain, grasping her abdomen, and tried to dash away as she heard chains rattling behind her. It shot out before she could react and nicked her across the...
Twelve years has passed since Nuriazi sealed herself into Sakura's body. At five years, Sakura discovered and befriended the oddly affectionate Spirit inside of her.
At six years old, Sakura, like many others, decided to become a ninja and join the Academy, determined to become a talented Kunoichi. She mostly kept to herself and focused on her schoolwork, and as her mother warned her, stayed out of the lovey-dovey beeswax. She only made friends with two girls in her class, Ino Yakamana and Hinata Hyuga, as most girls already had their friends and Sakura was much too awkward to reach out to anybody else.
After two weeks of the academy, she was smarter than most kids in her class. And after two years, she was the top of her class and tied with Sasuke Uchiha.
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Sakura confidently strode inside the Ninja Academy, with a knee-tall white doggo reminiscent of a polar bear cub by her side. The Academy smelled faintly like the Konoha Hospital, a smell she was used to after helping out her mother in the hospital for two months.
She wore a sleeveless, gray and tightly zipped V-neck with an open collar, black tight-fitting pants and a red mesh half-shirt underneath. Black and red fingerless gloves covered the majority of her forearm and ninja sandals stretched high enough to sit an inch below her knees. Her hair was styled in a low bun and a blue Hitai-ate was wrapped around her forehead. Her doggo, Yuki, wore a matching Hitai-ate around her neck.
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The white fluffball beside her suddenly started yapping up a storm at the other kids in the hallway, stomping her wide paws on the tiles. Knowing that every set of eyes in the hall would be glaring at her, she quickly hissed to her side.
"Hush Yuki." the white doggo quickly calmed down.
Sakura muttered a string of annoyed words at Yuki and continued walking to her class. Yuki, in return, inched closer to Sakura's legs, nuzzling them as she trotted next to her. Sakura let out a small chuckle, quickly forgetting her anger.
"Hey, isn't that the Haruno girl?" whispered one girl, nudging her companion beside her.
"Yup. The sister to Takumi-kun, who is astonishingly handsome..." the other one said dreamily.
'It was true, Takumi was rather handsome. But seriously, they were already in love with him after only hearing rumors? Shame on them.' Sakura thought bitterly.
"It's sad that Takumi-kun is a chunin. We hardly get to see 'em..."
Sakura flinched visibly and hissed under her breath. 'If you actually knew the fool, you'd know that he hates being called that.' Sakura shot a glare at the two girls and they immediately averted their gaze. Sakura forcefully shoved her hands into the pockets of her shirt and cursed softly. 'Baka. Them and their stupid fantasies.' She continued to ignore the students' gossiping conversations.
