[AU, bittersweet]

By snowstormjinx : Loop song if u wish  , be aware of the danger she faces.

In the dark expanses of a cave a Fae holds the daughter he would lose , and he pours chakra into the little ones heart  , expanding her and making her such a monstrous being she would be safe .In anger  he had cursed her and it back fired .

In reality she had a amazing heart her father made a mistake , and it showed  , she glowed , her hair was the pink of the blossoms that surrounded her stained pink by the blood of the Fae and her mother  , for her father had killed her and this was god's way of sending the child a gift after all her people were slaughtered she would be shunned by the mortals at her tiny newborn form .

Only an animal would take her and animal did regardless of the blessing . The Cursed spirit had to give something in return when they took her in , they  became vulnerable at night when he slept and rest  .

'I hate this 'her heart pounded , while her head reminded her it was still alive , and the nerves send signals all over porcelain skin . The girl In question was cold at the moment , the fire in the candle had burnt out , the cupcakes she had worked hard in making had been ruined but enough of the small talk.  Pink hair amazing in the way it flowed and enchanting how it went with her dark tinted lips , practical  boots of fur  ,  and her dagger of choice it seems hanging at her belt .

Green eyes , and emerald colored earrings and practically blue lips, she has her pink hair around her ears to keep her warm , and a scruffy dog who hangs near her tight covered legs , maybe she's a fighter  perhaps . She had a basket of cupcakes and she gives the vanilla ones to her dog , I see her throw  one towards me and I get it .  The girl raises a brow at me  and says " I thought you were a cat " She docks her head to the side and calls me over tauntingly  . 'Strange I wasn't as well hidden as I thought '

"I thought you were  red riding hood , whats a pretty girl like you doing round here ,' "Wondering if the man on the moon will hide me from this place,  all there's left are widows , and men who can't control themselves , and plenty of cowards. " She says and I understand , it won't matter if I did  . I respond with a quick           "That's nice Eri-san

You can stay with us if you like " I offer I smile hoping to have someone stay with me for a while longer .Her long pink  hair reminds me of a willow tree freely at her beck and call, she seems to think for a moment .

  I think of what I could do to win a pretty woman's heart . I then realize there is no way the leaf village will allow her to stay .  I don't need her heart either  . She's probably a spy too , how could she have waltzed in like this she's about my age  8  maybe even younger .

"I'm not from your rotten little town " She all bit hisses , after she looks at my eyes and she runs off in terror , yelling and hissing as she climbs up the fence .

Eri  reaches into her back and gets her knife made from a white material and her dog whimpers as he manages to use chakra to get out of dodge .  She's on top of the entrance and exit of the leaf wall .  She puts on a black panther fur on ,  her own green eyes stare back at me  practically challenging me . Like a panther she's on all fours now , and slowly she turns to a panther  with sharp white claws not completely a panther yet halfway across .  Like a human shadow full of fur small child like her green eyes were bigger than before and even then they were breathtaking .

The outside she's from outside the gate behind the fencing that kept us safe   , and this girl was about my age all alone and  she had the eyes of a snake one who would like close spaces is this place not small enough for her . NO , she had the eyes of a cat , a snake would've killed him after that small chat maybe even go into his house before she would . Don't big cats like to get rid or scare off threats to their 'pride ' my brother had told me that once before   then again he killed my hopes and ambitions .

 She grinned wide and hungry  her teeth were sharpened the darkness had covered them before but now they were like blood on snow .  Like if they were a pride and joy to her she didn't shiver or act coy but Eri purred like silk on a hill.

  "I'm sorry If I disrespect the Fae of the forest  , please forgive my village for any  thing we have done wrong . "I say while I show my belly in submission with a cat a showing of the belly is great respect   ,I wonder if this is revenge for messing with the cats .  I plead like I used to my brother  when I had done something wrong although I added the village part if she had any grudge against my village .

"Very well , I accept this title  'Fae ' I 'm not a complete one but One nonetheless .  "  She purred ,Soon she was a full on panther with a dog on her side   "I have two colors other than what I bear  pink of the cougar , and the milky skin of the pale one , and another is the color of the night " Her voice was like a tomato , if it had a human body he decided so rich and vibrant .

     "My name is Sasuke Uchiha " I said trying to be loud and clear as possible  as I walked towards her  .

The fae raised her paw in a twitch , and her fangs smiled  . "Sakura is the name , Mangetsu my father gave me .  "He heard the legends of the cherry blossom and he found my name . " Sakura's voice had a happy trill  like a chirp .

"My forest is safe from most things " Sakura said and then she ran off into the dark foliage , he ate the cupcake she had given him eating the tender pastry that sent his heart into that forest she went through .

Little did he know his brother was feasting on a mother deep in those woods .

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   "Mama " "Mammma " A voice called  small and tender  the little girl he hadn't sensed her chakra, her footsteps , or her heartbeat . Peculiar ,she took a whiff in the cave and she growled and released her blood lust all over the cave  in waves he felt them it practically gave him  a heart attack .

"I mean no harm to your mother although this panther seems to have decided to warm up here ." He spoke out .  he saw her clothes dressed in fur and she had a paw on her shoulders the size of the very panther   he had fought with .   Like a tattoo or a seal the color of his hair , she had green eyes  and cherry blossom hair .  He was instantly reminded of Izumi he had just held her in his arms as he killed her quickly she died happily and in love with him he felt that kind of air around this girl .

"That's my mother , "she hissed  .  " She's not dead , Wounded  but not dead  " Itachi said as calmly as he could . He had done enough damage to families  his own and their friends and it would be a sin to kill a mother who was taking care of a girl .

She squinted at him suspiciously , "Your a killer , theirs blood all over you , no wonder my mother thought you were a threat to us  . "  she yowled  he then  bowed low  a dogeza  .and showed her his belly which she then sat on in acceptance and he tended to the mother's wounds.He had to put his pride down for a small mercy such as this.

" Thanks for treating me traveler -san "  said panther she looked at her child who had fallen asleep on his stomach, he was practically a slave  to the child .

 Later on he had been captured and recruited into the Akatsuki but he visited .

"Teach me , how to kill your brother  " Sakura said nonchalantly .  " Go for his throat " Itachi said

"As if , I'm going to tell him he's gonna turn out like his brother at every wrong turn he makes emotional trauma works best " she purred . strange child , she was had him round her finger and practically hugged her every day he could while he was with her .

She had both of them round her finger if she wanted Sasuke to bring her the head of a dog he would .  Hell if she had been older Itachi would've let her put a collar on him , and other things , enough to make a sailor's face go red .  Itachi was deeply in love with Izumi and at the moment the girl reminded him of her with that signature quirk of her lips and her friendly attitude .

But at the moment she was only a child , and she had a simple request for both of them  ,teach me the ways , to run , to jump  , to  teach her how to be passionate  , to teach her, her more manners and the ways to draw blood .

The last one she learned on her own , she preferred the meat of her food to come from those who had no survival , so they were not hurting most things . In Itachi's heart they both had soft hearts . 

But he was just hoping after all .

"Hey Itachi we gotta leave soon "

Kisame watched with shock as a pink  small cat lounged on Itachi , he was more freaked out when it turned into a little girl with teeth sharp like his , and little knives at her side that gleamed. "You weren't supposed to find out  about her "

" A fight , Itachi can I have sushi  for dinner , My dog won't mind the taste of his peculiar flesh " Sakura boasted happily the gleam in her eyes didn't go unnoticed . The blue man and his skin with his sharp teeth and dark eyes  she looked straight into his eyes .

"Itachi this one seems to know you , should I be worried " he jested lightly  the little fairy girl with those sharp teeth and peculiar  hair and primitive clothing , he knew of her from legends that they had in the mist she had those sharp signature teeth and the ability to shape shift.

" She's a fairy , Itachi a bastard type of yokai, who enjoys human company " the man warned ,  and Itachi made a noise of defiance  his teeth slowly biting into his hand .

"If I am a fairy would my father try to kill me , I am shunned by most , I will be captured and burned at the stake for sins that do not exist , I know that much of my future I 'd rather have my hopes on someone else wouldn't you "  Sakura' I believe it was  whimpered her head looking at the sky .

I look at her such a young thing to know how she will probably die .  " Your father was a fairy and your mother was  a shinobi right , that's how my clan started in the mist , or something like that was what made you" Kisame tried to reassure her as she shivered .

Later on

True to her thoughts ; the leaf wanted to kidnap her , but when they tried  to take her she screamed and yelled for her family of cats , and the villagers made the shinobi return her to her home .

She hunted them down  and almost bit into Sasuke when he returned her home, they were thinking of killing her parents and she went for their throats but that was when they were gonna kidnap her  in the past a few moons ago perhaps  .  They grabbed her by her neck pulling something in her soul and she almost made them cry she forced them  her honeyed words cooing to them viciously ready to tear the pair of chunin apart with her voice.

Their were on a mission to take care of any big cats in the area ,her parents were big cats , apparently she was of interest to them when they found her . The oldest one pulled her with strings and his energy,  his eyes seeking to capture .

"Let me be , Mrowww , Leave my mother alone , or I'll kill you " I yowl when the younger male reached into the cave . " I'm sorry ma'am but those are panther's " he replied coolly . "I was raised by them you will let us be   "  I yowl . My parents still asleep , quietly the shinobi hisses at me to stop controlling his kits . 

"I'll kill them in their sleep if you don't come with us " he says and I slouch and show my teeth in  distaste .That's when he took her back inside to those walls where Sasuke lives in , near his place I scream , and I yowl his name and I hisss .

and Sasuke comes out in a hurry with a shout of Sakura!!. I yell his name and I roar and bite  the shinobi near me , I may not be   a ninja but I'm a lioness . It's not in my nature to be killed this way , in a foreign land surrounded by cowards and with a fierce scream the one this village has never seen I shout .  "Demon , Fae  " The smart ones called out and I let a deep laugh . "Sasuke , show me your allegiance  , Who do you serve Uchiha"I roar  The boy smiles and lets out a roar as ferocious as mine like a true lion  no a panther , for a panther is not lazy and does his own work .

He looks less vicious and the villagers look at him with wide eyes , and I go into their hearts an seek their desires their dreams  and I tear them into pieces . He's less blood thirsty than I am but I'm ready to add oil to a fire ,after all I'm a real beast.

If I am to die I will burn their clans to the ground for I'm a prideful child , I will burn their bodies , and drink my wine , I'm a spirit my parents are as well but to go when they are weakest breaks my heart . They have betrayed their promise of harvest and feast for to long and they left me to die they come first and left me for the dogs in a small crying bundle on the ground.

"Leaf village , You have broken your promise to the spirits for too long , The Panther , and Lioness will feast on this town for your fickle promise  "Sasuke roars and goes for the throat of a shinobi but I stop and take him away and look at their leader .

"You are supposed to care for the clans , are u not "I remind the old man with a brisk growl .

The man nodded  "I'm just another child you failed Old man , how many children did you leave in their blood of their mother , or did you enslave them  . " I Remind him  , a even worse fate  than death .  I smell the coming  of change a familiar scent

He eyes me for a bit ,his eyes ablaze with a fierce longing  and then my parents walk forth . "Haruno, we are the panther and lioness spirit  that protect the North side and the reason you haven't been finding snakes in the grass . We kept our promise even if her family died out  .  What do you say for your sins Old Men "My parents take over the conversation pressuring the council  around them the moment they woke and found me gone .

"Very well You can have your mountain and a offering of food will be sent every month for your troubles , we will send the boy with your offerings "A council man says with a quick glance at Sasuke who awaits for my smile . "Thanks for your hospitality , people of the leaf , may we meet on better terms next time "I coo  , and mom and dad take their leave .

While Sasuke wonders around with me for a moment telling me of the bitter edible plants he enjoys ,I nod in acceptance as I look for something more raw for my taste and I go for the trees above and their appetizing fruit  , but Sasuke throws a sharp needle at it and it falls into my hands gingerly . "What did you throw , Sasuke "  "It's a dagger ,like a man made instrument like a claw that can be thrown " he tried to explain and a brisk nod he looks at me and I smile joyfully .

"Sakura do you wanna see the world burn ? " Sasuke with his dark eyes and blissful lips and smile , with a suddenly passionate look . "Why do you ask  Sasuke~Chan " He beams at the suffix even if its is a lil girly ."My brother once told me the Uchiha fans the flame  , and I would like to  fan yours. "Sasuke says dramatically  a flare in his eyes and a spirit of unwavering loyalty and awe at me his onyx orbs stare at me with such adoration .

Sakura 's eyes grow wide and she presses an earnest kiss on his lips , although they are children this was all that they needed . The dreams and aspirations to keep each other near .

For she would burn or conquer or live in peace it all depended on the world .It would depend on either of them for he would follow her and she would follow him as well .

"Her chakra surrounds her heart and her voice it travels all around her like a current , underneath her skin " She's inspiring and beautiful , ethereal no wonder she's  a spirit 'Kakashi thought his silver hair glittered as he spoke to the Hokage .

"She's already charismatic enough , but the chakra helps enchant those around here it changes depending on her emotions , she has the Uchiha in her circle , it won't be long before she goes gallantly running off into the sunset with him and as much love and adoration she can carry . "He reported .

"Let them , if they leave they shouldn't cause that much of a problem , but here she would overthrow me and kill those who opposed her after all she's fae , if she causes no problem , then I won't have to feel guilty if I have to kill her like Kushina . "He words his orders to Kakashi and the silver shinobi nodded in acceptance of the mission

"She is not the last child I will have to order A  death on ".

"Sasuke,  train here and teach me what you learn "she orders and her nods and kisses her hand .

A shy smile on his lips he goes to school . While Sakura goes to their new cave a safer one and she sleeps there unaware of how much Sasuke actually loves her.

For she is not old enough to understand .

A/N Eri — blessed prize That is what he called her in the beginning Because he thought of her as a valuable .

-  "I have two colors other than what I bear , pink of the cougar , and the milky skin of the pale one , and another is the color of the night "    =  I  can turn into a cougar , the pale one is her first and human form , then the color of the night the panther .

ThIS is longgggggggggggggg but I digress I enjoy every second that I wrote .

The curse was meant to make her into a bad person but it backfired and Sakura is charismatic and pulls people towards her , as well as her chakra surrounds her system naturally under her skin to protect her and to dazzle or scare those around her.

Sasuke adores her here for she cared for him , and he is alone so he latches on to her and Sakura latches to her friends and any company she meets .

If u want more please comment so I can know if u do actually want a 2nd part for this .