Author's Note- I have been so busy job hunting, I have just not had the time to post on here. But I have gotten into the Naruto series and realized that I have been missing out all these years! I believe however, Sakura has a horrible reputation for being a human being and I just had to do this one shot. If you like this one, check out my Asked and Answered series written in the Yu-Gi-Oh fandom with yet another character that I feel is underrated. Obviously, I do not own Naruto nor am I finished with the series but I feel that this one-shot had to be written for her. Enjoy!
Hey! I happened to be up early to do some studying before my clinical at Konoha Hospital and I was already told by Kakashi-Sensei to not to look myself up online. I didn't understand why he would say that but because I don't have internet or cable that works at my house it didn't matter to me. You know where this is going…. I googled myself anyway and now understand why. What I don't understand is why everyone has such a problem with me, I mean some of these comments date back to when I was five years old.
What could I have done to you at that age?
One of the more frequent comments that I have received is that I am the most useless person out of not only my team but in my entire village. Now I agree, when I was first paired with Naruto and Sasuke; I was the one that was slowing my team down. But I have tried since that time and I think I deserve a little bit of credit for that, I've seen other Kunoichi quit for less than that. If you only knew the amount of times that my actions have led to significant events that ultimately saved both the people I care about and by extension, the village itself. Someone had to break Naruto out of prison so that we could go save Kakashi-Sensei. Now if it wasn't for me doing that and everyone following us, then that situation would have gone a completely different way.
Furthermore, you must stop comparing me to people that are leagues ahead of me either by birth or clan. Naruto has the Nine-Tails sealed in him which comes with an abundance of chakra that he can access whenever he truly needs it, Sasuke is a Uchiha…enough said and Kakashi-Sensei is both a prodigy and legacy in his own right. I was not fortunate enough to be born with special powers and abilities like them and every one of my classmates. I had to do it the hard way, study day in and day out just to keep up with everyone in my class…... I'm not saying that my teammates, friends and classmates don't have their own struggles with being born into power; and maybe I should have focused more on the physical part of training and not the books. But I am saying that it makes a huge difference for those of us who are just regular people trying to help and make the world a better place. So, I implore you all to stop comparing me to my teammates and start to compare me to the person I was at twelve versus the person I am today at fifteen.
I mean the only person I can change is the woman in the mirror, not those that surround me.