Sakura Haruno Meets Her New Teammate

She shook her head, but said nothing. She knew that he would oppose anything she said so she kept quiet.

"I was surprised when I found out that Haruno-Sama had a child who had a dream for being a kunoichi" he said, trying to change the subject.

"I thought that, if i became a ninja, people would take me seriously and stop making fun of me,"

"I see. Well, from what I heard, you and the rest of the female population are more interested in the Uchiha then being a kunoichi" he said.

"I..."
She sighed.
"Fine, you caught me..But i'm probably just gonna give up,"

"That's a good idea. A ninja's life is short and you should expect death to come for you at any time so you should train everyday as hard as you possibly can to cheat death. Focusing on your ninja career is more important then boys" he said emotionlessly.

"Easy for you to say. You're trained to be emotionless. If you had feelings for someone you'd know that it was easier said than done,"

"No, actually, it isn't Sakura. Jounin's always give their Genin students a choice. They can either be a fangirl/fanboy and not be a kunoichi/shinobi or they can be a kunoichi/shinobi and not be a fangirl/fanboy. Basically, you are forced to choose to either like someone or be a ninja" he explained.

"I know, 'a shinobi must never show his feelings'. I taught myself that principle 100 times over and it still does me no good,"

"Sometimes, you need to drill that into your head, give yourself a reminder of what happens when a shinobi shows their emotions. I learned that lesson long ago" he said.

"H-How..? What happened to you?"
She looked at him as they walked.

"I was put into the ANBU ROOT division. The ANBU Corps is said to be a life destroying career, a career that can destroy your very humanity. I was inducted into the ANBU ROOT division when I was only 6" he explained to her.

"Oh..."
She looked down.
"Man, i complain about having a bad hair and this poor guys been through hell..."
She murmured to herself.

"That's the just the way life is. Your born, life sucks and then you die" he said as he shrugged his shoulders uncaringly.

At that, she stopped. She turned to him, her eyes glistening defiantly.
"Thats not true!"

"Oh?" he asked her as he gave her a questioning look.

"You just think it sucks because you've never known anything better! If you'd only open your eyes and see that there are people who'd be glad to share your pain, you'd realise that life is worth living!"

"Maybe so but I need no one. The only thing I need is my katana" he said.

"You'll regret it,"
She murmured.
"Just like Sasuke-Kun will too..."

He raised an eyebrow. "You don't understand. My life hangs in the balance. I can either serve this village faithfully as it's weapon or I die" he said.

"You can still be faithful to the village and let people into your life. Lord Hokage does it, he takes a whole village into his heart,"

"I'll think about this but don't expect anything to come out of it" he said.

"As long as you think about it, i'm happy,"
She replied.

"I'm surprised you care Sakura" he said as he looked at her with a blank expression on his face.

She shrugged.
"I dont like it when people lock themselves away when its so easy for them to improve their life if they reach out. I want to help, and when i cant i just try and steer them in the right direction,"