Adalina Mendoza was more commonly known as Ada by her friends and family. To the outsider, she seemed like your stereotypical pretty blonde popular girl who has it all.

Yes, Ada was very social in high school, and more people knew her then she knew of them, but Ada didn't think she had it all. Her grandmother was just deported after all, even though she has been living in this 'country of the free' since Ada was born.

Nearly 18 years, and apparently that isn't enough.

There was family trouble brewing at home, and Ada still had to ace her AP tests for college. And she couldn't forget about her finals. Wouldn't that be embarrassing if she was able to get a full ride to Georgetown only to find out she flunk her last semester of school.

It has been a crazy year, and who ever said senior year was easy deserves a monkey flinging poo at them.

Which was why when her best friend Laura wanted her to go to a party with her right after her last test, Ada agreed. She needed a rest, and dancing with a red cup in hand was just what she needed.

"I told you, it doesn't get good until Shippuden! Give it another try Ada, the english dub is even coming out now."

"Nah, I'm good with finishing up Mob Psycho and waiting for the next season of One Punch Man. Besides i'm not a weeaboo like you."

"I told you, I'm a Otaku not a weeaboo." Laura said with a roll of her eyes.

Then out of the corner of her eye, Ada saw Laura's newest crush. A sweet boy that was in Ada's Calculus class who Ada didn't think was the type to come to this type of party. He seemed like an introvert, but who was Ada to judge.

"Hey! Ross! Over here!" Ada yelled, laughing at the look of horror from Laura.

"Ada, stop it. I know what you are doing. Really. I was all worry about you not wanting to be my friend any more once we go to college, then you pull this shit." Laura hissed before Ross come over.

"You're Ada's friend, Laura right?" Ross said, and while the two talked Ada slipped away.

She wasn't really hoping they would hook up or anything, but the two have very similar interest. They would at the very least become good friends.

Then maybe Laura will stop asking me to go to the comic con with her. Ada thought as she walked outside to get some air.

Then everything ended.

"Yo, you ok senpai?"

Ada felt faint. Her body was too light, and she knew what that meant. Ada had experienced it enough times during volleyball before her doctor forced her to quit.

"Can you keep it down? Please?" Ada asked whoever was talking.

It wasn't a voice Ada recognized, but considering the last thing she remembers is a party...

"OH You finally woke up! I was worried for a moment there you died. Again."

"What?" This time Ada opened her eyes to see a skeleton in her face.

"Huh?" Ada grunted as she blinked her eyes, only to see the skeleton was still there.

It was a realistic looking skeleton too. Not that Ada has ever seen a real one, but besides the old fashion 3-d glasses and the skater hat, it looked like every other horror game jump scare.

However now that Ada thinks about it, it looks that that free game she downloaded last night and hasn't had the chance to play yet.

"You're not scared of me senpai?"

Ada saw the mouth move in time with the words, but it didn't make any sense. How would a skeleton even talk? They don't have any vocal chords.

"Should I?" Ada asked, trying to figure out if this was a prank or not.

She has never fell victim to one before, but it could happen. Why else would there be a video game skeleton talking to her right now?

"Nah bro, you got nothing to worry about. Now you have two options." The skeleton said, holding up two bony figures.

Or figures made of bones. Come to think of it, how were they even connected, Ada couldn't see any screws holding the bones.

"You can spend some time in a dream world that some humans call heaven, or hell depending on your mental state. OR. You can jump straight into your next life."

"Hold up. What did you just say?" Ada asked, looking around for any phones out...

Only she couldn't see anything. There wasn't even any lights, so how was she able to see the Skeleton?

"Oh, since i'm in this form I thought you already knew. Well, Sorry about that Senpai. Let me make it up to you." The Skeleton said before disappearing.

"What the hell?" Ada questioned before the Skeleton was back with a spotlight and holding a clipboard of all things.

"Adalina Mendoza, lived 17 years, 7 months and 27 days. On the planet earth, in the united states of america, in the state known as California and a city as San Francisco. However you were born in Seattle, Washington and also lived in Colorado for three years-"

"How do you know all that?"

"Well~" the skeleton said as the clipboard disappeared. "That's because i'm your personal guide to your next life! Since you died from a gas leak that exposed the whole street, You've unlocked reincarnation! JK, everyone gets reincarnated at one point or another."

"I died from an explosion? That's pretty badass... despite the fact i'm clearly not dead." Ada pointed out, standing up and towering over the Skeleton a good head.

"Well, I wouldn't want your corps stinking up the place senpai. Also this is all in your mind, man. We could look like whatever you want."

"Then why are you a skeleton?"

"Don't ask me that senpai, but I am flattered you wanted to see my true form. It has been centuries since i've talked to a human like this! Right now you're like my favorite person."

"O-kay. Let's say for a moment that I did die. Are you ment to be the grim reaper?"

"I prefer just Death. But if you want to be fancy... Miss Death, or Mr Death, or Death-sama is fine too." The Skeleton said with a shrug and Ada felt like her head was going to split.

Just, what is happening? The girl wanted to scream.

"Alright, Death. What were you saying before about new life and reincarnation?" Ada asked, because she might as well play along.

For now.

"Ah I knew you were a smart one Senpai! So, whenever a mortal being dies, their soul is sent to a collector like myself. For humans in your universe, i'm the Skeleton for the job. Then since souls can't really be created, I find a place where a new body is being formed, and send you there. And bam! You have a new life and I get to keep my job."

"You get payed?"

"No. But I get to talk to lovely people like you senpai!" Death said and Ada just stared.

"Thank you for explaining all that. Now can I go? I'm hella tired right now." Ada deadpan at the Skeleton's excited dance.

"Right, I'm on it senpai! I have just the place picked out, and man was it hard to get. Still, I like you so I made sure to get a good life set up. Hope to see you next time you die!" Death said as ...

"HOLY SHIT IS THAT A SCYTHE?" Ada yelled as the farming equipment was swung at her.

Ada couldn't gather her thoughts.

She felt like she was half asleep all the time, even when she knew her eyes were open. Everything made her tired, and her limbs were heavy, like someone put molasses into her bloodstream. Or honey. Or honey with molasses.

She sleep too much, yet it still wasn't enough. She would wake up hungry, then cry because she was too tired to get up, and then fall back asleep. Sometimes Ada would see a bright pink blob and a yellow blob. Sometime she would hear strange sounds that seemed to make sense over time.

It continued for a long time, until Ada noticed she wasn't as tired.

She was in a large bed with bars around it. The ceiling was also high up and above Ada could see something colorful slowly moving. Just looking at it made her eyes start to droop but Ada has been sleeping long enough. Since she still couldn't see anything further then her arms - which felt like ten-ton weights were attached to them - Ada took the moment to try and organize her thought. She could remember that skeleton, and could tell some time has passed since that dream.

Now the real question was if she really did die and 'Death' told the truth, or if she has been in a coma and her brain came up with that delightful conversation (note the sarcasm).

If she is in a coma there isn't much she could do. That would mean something was wrong with her brain, and her body 'shut down' in an effort to heal it. Simply put, Ada could do nothing but wait to wake up. Yet that would also mean everything she has been experiencing since that party has been a dream. That part where she met 'Death' could be, but the rest? You can't feel in a dream and Ada could feel the soft fabric she was wrapped in.

Reincarnation would explain the sleeping and not remembering having to eat or use the bathroom. Also it would mean the bars around her bed was the bars of a crib. Her bad eye sight would also be explained since Ada remember learning in her psychology class that babies don't fully develop eyesight until five months. And then that is only colors.

The more Ada thought about it, the more it made sense. That is if it wasn't for the fact she could clearly remember her past. 'Death' even mentioned that everyone gets reincarnated, since souls are never created. That would mean that Ada has been reincarnated before and she couldn't remember that.

What would make this time different? Ada wondered as she fell back asleep.

That day marked the beginning of Ada's quest to figure out what was happening. The period of awareness increased each day and the time she was able to sit up, Ada was pretty sure she had been reincarnated.

"Sakura! Sakura! Cmoe cwarl oevr to daddy!" The man with the bright pink hair that looked like a starfish said waving Ada over as he kneeled on the ground.

Ada just blinked slowly at the man. She knew he must be her new father, and while already he was a vast improvement over her old on, Ada feel like the man expecting her to be able to walk or crawl when she just got started to sit without assistants is too much.

"Sakura! Cmoe my ltilte boslsom. Come to daddy." The man said while Ada tried her best to figure out what he was saying.

At first Ada thought it was japanese, but she still couldn't understand most of what they said. It didn't match the little her eldest sister taught her of the language. The some of the basic words like mother and father were the same, but the others was all wrong. Maybe it was a different dialect that Ada has never heard of before. She knew in chinese the dialects were so different they were practically different languages, so why not in japanese as well?

"Sakura!" The man sounded like he was whining now.

Ada tilted her head while the man keep repeating her new name, waving his arms around like a Power Ranger.

Sakura. It was like the Bob of the Japanese world. Ada personally didn't have much of an opinion of the name, and only thought of how many times she had to ask Laura what show she was talking about because she was talking about a Sakura. It will take some time to get use to.

Thinking of her best friend made Ada think about everyone she left behind, something she has been pushing out of her mind.

Mama would have been sad. Ada imagined that she would have fallen back into her depressed state, something that hasn't happened since that bastard of a father left without a word after her little sister was born with Down Syndrome. Hopefully her older sister or brother would get her to seek help right away, and not wait years thinking that their happiness was more important than her health like last time. Then after the funeral, maybe years afterwards, Mama would be able to look at a picture of Ada and smile sadly.

Celeste would stop her study abroad as soon as she heard. Even though Ada hoped her eldest sister wouldn't stop her mission to learn all of the languages in the world, she also knew that Celeste loves family more than anything. She would then stay with Mama either for a few months or years depending on how she was dealing with it.

Aaron would have used her death as an excuse to not take his finals. He would have made jokes at the funeral that people would think were insensitive, but anyone that knew Ada would knew she would have laughed at. The next school year Aaron would have gone back, acting like everything was fine. If Mama and Celeste were too wrapped up in their own problems then Aaron would just slip away, wasting away under the presser of pretending that everything was alright.

Suzanna was only ten. Ada didn't even want to think what her little sister would do.

"Sakura, dno't cir. It's algihrt. Daddy's hree onw."

Ada realized that at some point during of her thoughts of what her family would do, she started crying. The man was holding her tightly and Ada wondered if this was the first time she crying in front of her new father.

No, I remember crying when I was hungry or needed to be cleaned up. But that was only because I needed their attention, not because I was sad. Ada realized as she buried her face into the man's chest.

This reincarnation thing might be harder than she thought.

"Daaaad!" Sakura (Ada) yelled, totting around the house looking for the eccentric man.

Her mother was at work, and Sakura (Ada) overhead that she was a well known merchant. In fact, her last name Haruno is from her mother's side of the family. Apparently in this world, whoever has the more famous family gets to keep their last name. She knew it wasn't because it was more progressive, since it was a weird mix of technology that doesn't make any sense.

Therefore, she concluded that she was reborn in a different world. Only took her a year to figure that one out.

Also that her dad wasn't just dyeing his hair pink and that it was genetic.

"Dad!" She called out again, getting pretty annoyed at this game.

Her dad love to play hide and seek, and unlike most adults, didn't go easy on her when it was his turn to hide. Sakura (ADA) thought maybe she was acting more of her physical age right now, but she has been looking for the man for hours now!

She was hungry.

"DAAAAAAA-" She started to yell before being picked up and hanged upside down.

"Did you miss me my little flower bud?" The man she was looking for said and Sakura (Ada) wasn't amused.

"My hungry. Food please?"

"It's 'I am hungry' not 'my hungry' cherry blossom." Her dad said as he carried her to the kitchen.

"I am hungry." Sakura (Ada) repeated, trying to commit the sentence structure to memory.

She had most of the common words down, but the grammar was hard to understand. Sakura (Ada) didn't want to think how writing will end up but maybe with that her basic understanding of japanese will help.

A girl can dream.

Her dad sat her down on the counter, as he pulled out some pots and pans. Their house was a cute little thing that was on a busy street. However since there wasn't any cars in this place, it was fairly quiet at night. So far she has only been outside a few time, and that was only to the neighbor for them to babysit or to the neighborhood park.

"What should I make today? Would you like something new... like curry? Or would that be too hot for my little flower petal."

"Curry!" Sakura (Ada) said in surprise.

Curry was one of her favorite meals outside of home cooked ones. Knowing how good of a cook her dad was, Sakura (Ada) was very excited at the idea of eating curry that he made.

"Alright, I'll see what I can do." He said with a chuckle.

Sakura (Ada) watched silently as her dad chopped the vegetables and mixed the seasoning for the meal. It was looking to be a yellow curry, and it smelled amazing.

"I'm home!"

"Mom!" Sakura (Ada) yelled as she turned around to see that her mom was back.

"Hey honey, were you good for your father?" She said as she kissed Sakura (Ada) on the forehead.

"Yes. We play hide and seek."

"Oh? Teaching her some of your ninja skills already?" Her mom said with a smile.

Ninja skills? That's a odd way of putting it.

"I just want our little girl to have all her options available. I'm sure you remember how school was, I wouldn't want her to get accepted to the ninja academy only to be far behind the others."

"Ninja?" Sakura (Ada) asked as she looked from her mom to her dad.

"That's what your father use to be before we married. Ninja are... well you're better at explaining it then I am Dearest."

"Ninja are the protectors of our village. It's their job to keep the peace inside and outside of the village. They learn special skills called Jutsu that allows them to be stronger than most of us, but it is only because they train so much. There is a test you take to see if you have what they are looking for, then you move from the local school to the ninja academy. But right now it's dinner time!"

Sakura (Ada) was quite for the rest of the night. There was something familiar in that her dad said, but she couldn't quite remember what. Maybe it was just the whole Jutsu thing reminded her of Laura's rants.

That must be it. There is no way i'm in another world that was like that Naruto one. That is just silly.

The first time Sakura heard it, she just thought it was her own thoughts.

Tou-chan is funny.

Such a simple statement, and it was one Sakura agreed with so she didn't think twice about it. However, after that the odd thought became more common.

Ka-chan back! I wish she could play with Daddy and I more.

Why did Ka-chan leave? Does she not like me?

Tou-chan should let me win.

Why don't I play with the pink bear? I think it is cute!

Still, Sakura didn't think much about it. She was in the body of a child, so maybe her thoughts were starting to reflect that. Sakura thought that it would just make it easier to make friends her (Physical) age.

"Hi! I'm Haruno Sakura, can I play ninja with you?" Sakura asked the group of six year olds.

"Sure-" a girl started to say before getting shoved to the side.

"Look at her forehead! It's so big!"

It's big, it's ugly and now they will hate me!

Sakura paused at that. Not what the boy said, but from her own thoughts.

It's not ugly. Big doesn't mean ugly.

"So can I play?" Sakura asked again, and the boy was the one who looked shocked.

"Didn't you hear what I said?"

See? They hate me now!

What? No they don't. He's just trying to bully me.

"Yes, and I don't care about that. Now can I play with you or not?"

"Come on Ken, let her play. She doesn't seem as much as a cry baby as Kiko."

"I'm not a cry baby!" The girl from before said, but despite her attitude, Sakura could see the tears.

She is crying because of me!

What the? Why would she be crying because of me? I just got here. Just... what is up with me today?

Sakura played ninja with the group with no issue, but her thoughts didn't move from her weird internal dilemma. It was almost like it wasn't her thoughts at all.

"Hi, can I play?" asked a little blond boy at the end of their 'round'.

"Sure, I'm Sakura. That's Yuki, Ken, Sachiko, Sora, and Isamu." Sakura said as she point to the group one by one.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto!"

Naruto? But isn't that...

"KEN! GET AWAY FROM THAT MONSTER!" A adult yelled, and soon everyone was pulled away from the blond boy.

"Come on Sakura, we need to go."

"What? Why? Dad lets me play for another hour. It's only four." Sakura asked.

No, don't ask why. Ka-chan will get mad.

Will you shut up? Can't you see there is more important things happening right now!

She stopped pulling, and Sakura looked up to see her mom get down to her level.

"Honey, that boy is very dangerous. I don't want you playing with him."

"What? Are you making a joke? How can he be dangerous? He's a kid like me."

"Don't say that! That monster is nothing like you!" Her mom yelled and Sakura couldn't help from flick at the volume.

Mad. Mad. Mad. Mad.

"It's time to go."

Sakura looked back as she was pulled away, to the little boy with blond hair and blue eyes. And when Sakura looked closely, she could see faint marks on the boy cheeks that looked like whiskers.

Soon after that incident, Sakura started school. Which was only slightly more exciting than watching grass grow, but it did allow Sakura time to figure stuff out.

So, are you supposed to be inner Sakura or something?

Inner Sakura?

Or maybe you are the original Sakura and Death messed up more than my memories. Or forgot to mess up my memories.

I don't know. Sorry.

Sakura just sighed as she watched the teacher write kanji on the board. She already knew all of these since one of her new favorite pass times was pestering her dad into reading.

Well, do you remember my past? Are you just a weird split personality? Or are you your own person?

I don't know.

Sakura pursed her lips, but before she could 'think' anything back, the other voice spoke up.

I can look at your past, but It doesn't feel like mine. It was like watching a movie. Like it happened to someone else. If that makes sense.

Sakura absentmindedly watched as her teacher handed them out worksheets for them to do. At the very least it was more like first grade then pre-school like she thought originally. Some of the kids she ran into the other day were also in the class, but Sakura hasn't seen that boy again.

Sakura couldn't remember much about the Naruto show. She stopped watching it in middle school somewhere when the emo kid left. Laura made sure to tell her everything that happened though. Sasuke killed his brother, Kakashi's friend was still alive, there was some lady who lived in the moon that wanted to kill everyone or something.

Okay, so maybe Sakura couldn't remember all of what Laura told her, but it wasn't like she ever thought knowing about some cartoon would help her in the second life. It still seems crazy but Sakura couldn't deny that it matches up with what she could remember.

Well, the Sakura from the Naruto show/manga thing was a pink hair fangirl that only cared about some emo kid named Sasuke.

Oh, so you think i'm that Sakura? But aren't you Sakura?

Maybe. I don't know, but next time I see Death I'll be sure to ask. This is making me feel like i'm a body snacker or something.

"Now, try finishing as much as the worksheet as you can. If you don't understand something you can just skip it." The teacher said and Sakura looked at the worksheet.

It was easy.

What would you like to be called? I wouldn't mind just calling you Sakura as well. Especially when it seems like I'm the odd one.

There was a long pause as Sakura worked slowly on the worksheet. She was almost done when the other voice spoke up.

Would it be okay if I called you Nee-chan then?

Sister?

Sakura thought about it as she finished the worksheet, looking around to see everyone else was still working on it. As Ada, she had a huge family. But almost five years have passed and there isn't any sign that her parents want another kid in this life. It seems they are content with just the one.

I guess. I do miss having a sibling. So I'll call you little sis?

I would like that a lot, Nee-chan.

"Haruno Kizashi, Haruno Mebuki, come take a seat."

Sakura felt the hand on her shoulder tighten as her parents sat down, pulling her into her mom's lap. It hasn't even been a week and already the teacher wanted a meeting.

I think this is a new record.

I don't think that is a good thing Nee-chan.

"I wanted to talk about Sakura-chan, and how she is doing in class."

"I'm not sure if I understand Fujimoto-san, Sakura is always such a nice and hard working child at home..." Her mom started to say when the teacher held up a hand.

"She isn't in trouble, just the opposite in fact. Her test scores are the best we have ever seen here, so much so that I am considering moving her to the academy this year."

"This year? But I thought civilian kids didn't take the academy test until they're 8?" Her dad asked, looking confused.

"That is normally the case since most kids still need to the basics and it would be too much to add Ninja studys on top of that, but I think Sakura already has a grasp on the basics."

"Well, My little blossom is very smart." Her dad said with a smile.

"I can give you a few days to think about, but if you can fill out the paperwork by monday, that would be best." The teacher said as she gave the paperwork to Sakura.

I doesn't look like what I thought a ninja training contract would look like.

It looked just like any information sheet. Name, date of birth, Status of Chakra coils...

"What's Chakra coils?"

"You do have to get her checked out by a medic nin to see how her chakra is, along with her health." The teacher said before they walked out.

It was a quiet walk home.

Sakura had a lot of questions, but could tell her parents were both in their own thoughts at the moment. Not that she could blame them. Sakura didn't know what to think of the whole ninja thing. She didn't really want to think about any of it.

"Haruno Kizashi, Haruno Mebuki, take a seat." The medic who was examining Sakura said, looking quite stern.

Honestly, Sakura was getting tired with these adult having to wait until her parents come before telling her anything.

"We got the results of our test back, and Sakura-chan looks to be in very good health. The only abnormality is that she seems to have disproportionate amount of Yin chakra compared to her Yang. Do you know what that is?"

Mebuki looked to Kizashi who looked embarrassed .

"Not really. I remember that you need both to use jutsu." He ended up saying and the medic sighed.

"It isn't just for jutsu. Everyone needs chakra to live, and having it balance between Yin and Yang is what some believe lead to having a long healthy life. Sakura-chan Yang is normal for a civilian child her age, but her Yin is the amount of a genin. Truthfully, we have never seen such a difference. Some clans are born with more yin or yang chakra, but not in that amount."

"Is she going to be okay?" Mebuki asked, squeezing Sakura's hand.

"There has been cases where those with low yang chakra have been more likely to have physical problems in their life, but luckily Sakura is young. Until the age of about 16, children can easily modify their chakra levels through training. Even if you don't want Sakura to be a ninja, I would recomend getting her on a physical training plan outside of the academy."

Sakura tilted her head slightly in thought. Was her extra yin due to the fact she can remember her past life? Or way it becuase she was sharing this body with the original Sakura? Ada and too many physical issue to really do any strenuous activities, but it sounds like in this world that will keep her from having that happen again.

"Just what kind of training? Is there anyone we can get help from?" Kizashi asked and the medic had a sadistic looking smile on her face.

"Well, there is this jounin who drops by the hospital in order to, motivate the patients. He's a taijutsu specialist, so I can see if he has any suggestions."

"A Jounin? We don't need to waste his time." Mebuki said it a slightly panic tone.

"Don't worry about that. Maito Gai need something to distract him, I will introduce you to him personally."

Is that Might Guy? That eyebrow man who wore a jumpsuit all the time like from a 80's workout video?

"If you think it will help." Mebuki said while Kizashi looked shocked.

Well, if I am going to be a ninja, I want to be one who is physically strong. Ohh, maybe I could be like Saitama and get so strong that I could destroy anything with only one punch! People can breath fire in this world, so maybe it can happen.

"I want to meet Maito-san!" Sakura said, speaking up for the first time.

"Alright my cherry blossom, but you have to listen to what he says." Kizashi said with a chuckle and Sakura smiled back at him.