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Chapter One: Is this real?

She was used to waking up, wrapped in the comforts of soft sheets and the noises of her parents going through the usual morning activities from the other side of the wall, but the real tip that something was different was not the scratchy material of her blankets, nor hearing only the birds outside her window, it was the lack of warmth in her bedroom. Sakura shivered as she tried to catch some more minutes of sleep before getting ready for a day at the academy.

Slowly opening her eyes, she brushed back some pink hair from her face as she tried to check the time on the clock next to her nightstand, quickly realizing that this was not the room she had woken up in almost every morning since she had been born. Of course she had spent some nights at a friend's house, mostly Ino's, but she hadn't done that since she had entered the academy.

Trying to impress Sasuke, Sakura had spent most of her time studying to be the number one kunoichi in their class, this meant having little time for a social life. Her mother often worried that her daughter had become an outcast, but Sakura knew that eventually her time spent alone would be worth it when she and Sasuke became an item.

"What's going on?" Sakura asked herself looking around. Although only twelve, Sakura had been trained in stealth in order to become a ninja. In fact, Sakura was sure she would pass the genin exam in only two days time. Quickly taking in her surroundings Sakura grabbed the kunai under her pillow and slowly made her way to the door of the mysterious room where she had been lying.

The floor below her feet was not the usual soft carpet she had grown accustomed to, but cold tile that looked like it needed to be repaired in multiple areas. Trying to put her training to use, Sakura slowly tiptoed to the other side of the room which the door was firmly closed. She could only hope that the opening of the door would lead to answers of the questions in her head. "Where and why was she here? Where were her parents?"

Slowly opening the door, Sakura looked around. She noticed that she was alone in a fairly small apartment. There was a sparse amount, but well taken care of furniture in the main room that led into a small kitchen. The only other doors in the apartment led to a small bathroom and the front door.

Sakura could not figure out why she had been sleeping in this unfamiliar building without any memory of what had brought her here. The last thing she remembered was kissing her mother goodnight, reviewing the latest chapter in her textbook, and then going to sleep in her warm and cozy bed.

Making her way to the front door Sakura quickly looked around to make sure that there were no threats before stepping out of the apartment to figure out where she was. Instantly she realized she was still in Konoha, and also recognized the part of the village she was in but had not ventured in all too much. It was not the best place in the village, but it wasn't like there was crime everywhere either.

Confused, Sakura went back inside the apartment to see if she could get any information. She started opening the drawers in the bedroom finding very little of anything inside.

There were two sets of clothing in the dresser and a few weapons, scrolls, and a small wallet on the nightstand. Only a few bills and a small amount of coins fell out of the wallet. "There's no identification, nor any information to which this apartment belongs to." Sakura muttered to herself. "What am I going to do now?" Sakura was worried about these strange occurrences, but decided to go home and see what was up, before it was time to head to the academy.

Realizing that she was only in night clothes, Sakura uneasily borrowed some of the clothes in the dresser, noticing how most of the clothing fit surprisingly well, but the shirt was a little larger than she liked. "At least the color of the outfit is nice." Sakura commented on the reddish hue of her shirt. Slipping on the sandals next to the door, Sakura made her way out of the apartment and in the direction of her home.

Passing the grocery store on the corner by her house, Sakura made her way to the front door of the home she had grown up in. The building was exactly the same as usual, but there was something off about the home. Taking in her surroundings, Sakura realized that the landscaping was a little different than she remembered.

Her mother loved pansies, and gardened plots of them parallel with the walkway. The small bit of lawn was in nice shape, but missing the plants she had always walked by on her way to the front door. Frowning slightly, Sakura was soon standing on her porch and hesitantly knocked on the front door. There was some stirring in the house, and Sakura could make out the murmuring of a person on the other side of the door. As the door opened, Sakura was surprised that some strange old man was on the other side peeking at her with irritated eyes. "Well, what could you possibly want at this ungodly hour?" inquired the stranger. "Um," Sakura began to murmur, "Are the Harunos here?" she asked, hesitant to know the answer. "Never heard of them," yelled the man before quickly slamming the door in her face.

Sakura held back the tears that were threatening to fall as she contemplated her next move. "I don't understand what's going on. Where are my parents? Why is this strange man in my house?" The only option Sakura thought was to go to the academy. The teachers there would know what to do, plus seeing Sasuke had always made her feel better. She needed some normalcy from the disturbing morning.

Sakura quickly made her way to the academy, noticing how the village looked the same as it always did. She did not notice any major differences from her daily morning walk as she almost ran to the academy. Now standing in front of the large doors that led to hopefully answers, Sakura noticed that she was earlier than usual, and wouldn't be able to talk to Iruka-sensei for another twenty minutes or so. Making her way to class, Sakura sat down in a seat next to the one Sasuke usually occupied. "Hopefully he won't change his mind once he gets here."

Fidgeting in her seat, Sakura quickly looked up when the door opened and someone she did not recognize entered the room. The boy looked to be around her age, with spiky brown hair, almost defying gravity. He wore a bright yellow sleeveless shirt, with black shorts. There was something about this boy that seemed familiar, yet Sakura was sure she would have recognized the strange eyes the boy had. The eyes were red without pupils. There seemed to be a pattern of octagons throughout his irises. She also noted that there seemed to be small holes all over his body, three on his face.

"Excuse me, um my name is Haruno Sakura, and I was wondering if you could tell me why you are in this class? This is the classroom where Iruka-sensei teaches, right?" The boy looked at her funny, "Haruno-san, are you alright? Of course this is the classroom where Iruka-sensei is teaching, and I've always been in your class. You know, Aburame Shino?" The boy asked. "Shino?" Sakura exclaimed surprised. "Well you have to know how surprised everyone will be with you dressed like that. You worried me there for a second. There have been some weird things going on this morning." But Shino continued to give her a funny look. "Are you feeling alright Haruno-san? I've been wearing this outfit for some time now and no one has commented or gave me any trouble over it."

Sakura didn't know how to react in this situation. "This was the same Shino who covered up almost every part of his body with a large coat and sunglasses?" she asked herself. It was almost as if Shino had made a complete one-eighty change in his personality. Sakura never remembered Shino talking this much at once, or even saying this much period. This day just kept getting weirder.

Sakura had hoped that this was a dream, but knew that was not very probable. Figuring that Shino could not help her figure out this weird occurrence, she hoped that the next person would not find this situation normal, and could help her figure out what was going on.

To her surprise, Naruto was the next one to enter the classroom. Discreetly studying him, Sakura was relieved that she could find no differences in his appearance. "Naruto, how rare of you to show up early to class, usually Iruka-sensei has to drag you here." Sakura commented as Naruto took a seat a row in front of her. Quickly turning around, Naruto gave her the nastiest sneer she had ever seen on his face. "What the hell are you blabbing about you stupid whore? When have I ever been late to class? You are getting stupider by the minute, it seems like your big forehead is good for nothing." Opening her mouth in shock, Sakura could not imagine that had come out of Naruto's mouth. Usually the idiot was bugging for a date, and had never insulted her, especially her looks before. "Aww is the little baby gonna cry now?" Naruto mockingly asked before turning back in his seat to ignore her.

Sakura really did want to cry right then and there, but didn't want this weird acting Naruto having the satisfaction of seeing her upset by his words. They weren't much different from what Ino always spouted and it never really bothered her before, but coming from Naruto was almost too much.

As the class started to fill up, Sakura noticed that many of her classmates were slightly different from the usual, and knew that she would not get answers from any of them. She did not have much faith in Iruka-sensei knowing answers, since everyone she had encountered today was different. "I don't know what to do. I can only think of going through the day as I normally would, while trying to figure out what has happened. I wonder if I'm going insane…maybe the stress of the genin exams is getting to me." Sakura thought of different scenarios that could have caused this change in her life, but nothing made sense enough to explain everything, not that she thought anything would.

Four minutes before class was to start, Sakura noticed Ino walking in. "What happened to your hair Ino?" Sakura couldn't help but ask, even though she had already decided not to ask anyone anymore questions. Everything about Ino looked normal, except her usual long ponytail was cut short and was left hanging loose to her chin. "What?" Ino asked, eyes widening, "Is there something in my hair? If that little snot I passed in the hall put gum in it, I swear he will never make it to genin!" Ino exclaimed while frantically checking her hair.

"Sorry Ino, I didn't mean to give you a panic, I was just surprised you had cut it so short." Sakura blushed when everyone gave her a strange glance. "Um, Sakura, I have never grown my hair out." Ino said before making her way to the empty seat next to Sakura. "You must have had a weird dream or something."

Sakura was embarrassed that she had shouted in front of a whole class that must think she was going crazy. But she didn't know how to explain all the events around her. How did she know she wasn't going crazy? She was glad that Sasuke hadn't been there to witness this embarrassing ordeal, but then realized that Sasuke would probably have changed in this strange reality she was living through. She didn't know how right she was until he walked into the room with a bright smile on his usually stoic face.

AN:

Well that's it for right now….I know it's not a very good ending of a chapter, but I was kind of sick of writing haha….

This was just a random thought that popped into my head and I figured that I haven't tried to write anything in a long time so I might as well hahaa…..yeah I don't know why its centered around Sakura, I don't even like her that much, but I figured that this idea went best in her POV….hopefully I'm right hahaha….(I bet you are sick of the hahas :D)

Well thanks for reading…I would appreciate reviews and I hope to get the next chapter out in a week or so…not sure if I'm going to be a weekly update kind of gal or every two weeks…of course I'm being optimistic right now hahaha…hopefully that's how I will start updating :D