Anemone

"Oh my..." blinked a very distressed young girl.

"It's alright Sakura" she said while taking a deep breath.

"It's just a really bad dream," she said worriedly while staring intently at her now small hands. Slowly touching the rest of her body to make sure it was real.

'Why the HELL am I in my 8 year old body, it doesn't make any sense!' She shouted in her head. 'I must be going insane!'

"Good morning Miss Sakura." Sakura jumped up startled, and stared at the intruder in her bed room.

"Who the hell are you?" Sakura asked cautiously with slight venom in her voice. Years of being a ninja had hardened her. She learned to never trust anyone, especially people who just pop up in front of you.

'And how come I didn't sense you?' she thought to herself with slight irritation.

"My name is Amanita Bisporigera, but you shall call me Amanita." the mysterious female said.

"I'm a demon…" now filled with fear, Sakura searched for something to defend herself with. Unfortunately, the only thing she could find was a small teddy bear.

'Damn! Why don't I have any kunai on me...? Right, I'm now a damn 8 year old!' Sakura cursed inside her head.

"…More specifically" the demon continued, "I'm a time demon." Slowly processing the new information, Sakura sat frozen in place. After a short moment of silence, she asked the demon what any of this had to do with her.

"That information is unimportant" the demon responded with a strict but quite voice.

"What is important is that I have given you a second chance. You can do anything you want in this world, and I will not interfere. You may choose to fix all your past mistakes, or you may choose to become villainous, and use your knowledge against this world." Sakura started sweating nervously.

'What the hell' was all she could think of 'this has to be some kind of joke'.The room became very quiet, and all that could be heard was Sakura's shallow breathing.

Cautiously, Sakura looked to the demon's masked face, and tried to speak, but found that she couldn't. This bizarre situation was making her very nervous, and her breathing was quickly turning into short pants.

"Why..?"

Was the only Sakura could muster to say. The demon frowned. Sakura couldn't really tell what the demon was thinking. That frown made her very uncomfortable, plus the fact that the demon, the surprisingly beautiful demon, had her eyes and eyebrows covered. Not to mention, that the demon was seven feet tall. With that posture, and height the demon was very intimidating.

'What kind of demon looks human?' Sakura could feel a glare radiating of the demon towards her, perhaps of annoyance, but she couldn't tell.

"I do not like to repeat myself Miss Sakura ." The only thing Sakura could do was nod absent-mindedly.

"I'll be leaving now, but I will stay in contact." The demon said with a firm monotone voice.

"I have given you my mark, and I will reach you if necessary."

The demon left without a trace; not even a small poof. The last thing Sakura saw before the demon disappeared was her long white hair hovering in the air.

Now that the demon, Amanita was gone, Sakura started fidgeting around in her bed.

'Why the hell is this happening to me.' Sakura thought while grabbing her short pink hair.

'Naruto and everyone else are in the middle of a war and here I am.' Sakura could feel the tears accumulating in her eyes.

'Why!' she thought angrily.

"Owww!" Sakura let out a high pitched shout. A burning sensation on her right wrist snapped her out of her thoughts. Slowly an image of a white hummingbird appeared.

"What the hell! What kind of a mark is this?" She screamed with a hint of annoyance in her voice. Although, she had to admit this was a very beautiful image, it was very detailed; and it looked very real. Sakura stared at it for a moment trying to study it, and traced her finger around the outline of the bird. This breed of bird is not common in her land, and she had never seen one. Although, she had come across an image of this bird in one of her books.

'I'm going to have to cover this' Sakura mumbled to herself.

The tattoo was quite big; around 5 inches. People were going to be suspicious of an 8 year old with a tattoo; a very detailed tattoo. With a sigh, and one last glanced, Sakura stopped staring at the demon tattoo thing. For a moment, she thought she saw the bird look at her, so she looked at it again. To her amazement the bird did look at her, and to top it all off, it started moving its wings.

'Yup. I'm defiantly going to have to cover this up.'

Suddenly, realization hit Sakura.

'You can do anything you want, and I will not interfere.' The demon's voice rang in her head.

'Since I can't go back, well back to the future, maybe I can fix things here.' Sakura gave herself a reassuring smile. The war back in her time was devastating. All the ninja villages were destroyed, and the remaining ninjas had joined forces. Still it wasn't enough, so many people had died. That Madara had to be stopped at all cost. But how could she do it. With a loud frustrated grown, Sakura realized that she had a lot of planning to do.

'Damn.'

Slowly she slid back into bed 'I will fix things,' she said to herself, and fell asleep.