Happy day! New story, as of course, its SasuSaku. Its over 1700 words so happy day!!!!!!

---(The Clinically Insane; Chapter One - The Story of Cosmos and Sakuras)

Sakura looked at the screen. It was time for the first battle of the Chuunin Selection Exams.

Beep!

Haruno Sakura

VS

Yamanaka Ino

Both of the girls cringed.

'So the rivals are fighting.' a jounin thought.

"When you are ready." the proctor said.

The two ex-friends looked at each other.

"I never I would fight you, or at least...Not this soon. So don't expect me to go easy on you." Ino said.

"GO SAKURA-CHAN! DON'T LOSE!!" Naruto yelled.

"GO!!"

The two charged each other.

'Sakura's speed increased.' Kakashi thought. 'Oh, she using her perfect charka control...'

Sakura kicked Ino, and Ino dodged. Then the Yamanaka threw a punch to Sakura's gut, but missed. Sakura did a roundhouse kick, and Ino jumped. Then Sakura got three kunai and threw them at Ino.

Ino catched one, and threw it back at another kunai. Then the two charged each other again.

"Oh no." Shikamaru said.

"I knew this would happen." Chouji mumbled.

"Yeah! Sakura-chan's totally blowing Ino out of the water!" Naruto yelled.

"Hn. Dobe." Sasuke said.

"What did you say to me?!?!" Naruto yelled.

Then Naruto and Sasuke were argruing.

"Thats it? Thats as good as kunoichi could get in taijutsu?" Neji asked.

"Its not that they're girls, its because those two are using kid gruffs." Tenten explained.

"Huh? Kid gruffs?" Naruto and Sasuke said at the same time.

The girls were breathing heavily.

Then Sakura charged Ino and threw some punches and kicks, but none of them made a hit. Then, Ino hit Sakura in the gut, making Sakura's pupils dilated in pain, she clutched her stomach while wincing.

Then, the blond threw a punch at Sakura, but then, she quickly backed off, gasping, looking at her fist, and then to Sakura. Sakura looked at Ino.

The audience gasped, and all replied with a "huh?".

Ino's fist was uncurled, there, just like if it was in slow motion. Then again, she gasped, looking at her fist, and then to Sakura. And Sakura looked at Ino.

Ino was still looking at her hand.

'Why did she stop?' Sakura thought.

Soon, it seemed like time stopped itself.

---(Flashback)

"Today's class is flower arranging." the teacher said. "Now, go into the field and find distinct flowers."

"Hai, sensei!" the class said.

"Ino! Matte!" Sakura yelled, but fell.

"Wow, what a klutz." Ino said.

"Uh, ano, I'm not really good at this kinda stuff." Sakura said, picking off some flowers.

"Thats strange, considering you're named after a sakura blossom." Ino said. "First, find a main flower for our bouquet, and then find some other flowers that compliment the first one. Flowers have to highlight each others' beauty. There's really nothing to it once you know how to do it. For example, um, those cosmos flowers, their name comes fom the word that means harmony. They can harmonize with the other flowers. And any autumn grass will go perfectly with them in an arrangement."

"Uh..."

Ino picked up the flower Sakura had, and said,"So, tell me, do I look as good a cosmos flower?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Well, took you long enough to say it!" Ino said.

As Sakura started giggling, three girls were behind her.

"Well, well. It sure looks like you're having fun, billboard brow."

"Uh...Uh..." Sakura looked at the leader of the squad, Ami, and back to Ino, who was glaring at them.

"You're still a hopeless girl, Sakura, so don't go around struttin' like a hot-stuff." Ami flicked Sakura's forehead.

Ino threw three 'poisonious' flowers at the Ami's mouth, and Ami fell down.

"Ami!" the friends of Ami cried.

"Sorry...That head of yours is so empty I mistook it for a vase, and thought I better put flowers in there." Ino said.

"INO!!!" Ami yelled, the flowers still in her mouth.

"Its acanite. A shinobi flower. Though it isn't that poisonious, still, you might wanna spit those out when you get a chance." Ino said, holding up a violet flower.

Sakura gasped and the girls screamed, running away.

"Hehehehehe..." Ino giggled. "I forgot to say only the root is poisonious." and she stuck her tounge out, while giggling some more.

'Ino was so great! She knows practiclly everything! Her clothes are so stylish, and are way cute. She's ever good with her shuriken, and her ninjutsu is awesome too...Compared to that...I'm...Nothing...' Sakura thought.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Ino said.

"Ino...If you're a cosmos flower, than am I a thoroughwart?"

Ino sighed, and said,"Why would you say that? Well, lets see, I don't you're a flower at all. You're still a bud waiting to bloom."

Sakura gasped, and said,"Yeah, you're right..." Sakura looked to her knees, and Ino looked at her.

---(Back To The Fight)

Sakura clenched her fist and said,"Alright, listen up, Ino."

Making the crowd and Ino herself a little shocked.

"I'm not fight with you over Sasuke."

"What did say?!" Ino yelled.

"I'm not the weak, needy, girl I was used to be! You're not even on my radar and you're not even Sasuke's type! Ino-pig!" Sakura said.

"Sakura! You'd better watch your step!" Ino spat. "If you have any idea who you're mouthing off to?! Ugh, just don't press you luck to me, little billboard brow!"

They said nothing. The audience, was nearly completely confused.

'Sasuke? No -kun?' Kakashi thought. 'This might become a war zone soon.'

"Did you, hear that, sensei? Sakura-chan sounded so mean saying that stuff, and that was lying, right?" Naruto said. "And I've never seen her look so scary!"

"Hm...I think there's more to it than that. Sakura isn't the type of person to do things like needlessly false her own power or corwardly hurt people. But she also doesn't like Ino take pity on her and pull her punches." Kakashi said.

"So I'm a bud that hasn't bloomed, huh." Sakura said.

As the others gasp, another flashback came to the two kunoichi.

---(Flashback)

"Hey, um, Ino?" Sakura said.

"Sorry, what?" Ino said.

"W-why did you give me this ribbon? What's it supposed to mean?"

"Well, lets just say I thought it was a real big watse for you to away as nothing but a bud." Ino said. "I mean, how sad is it if flowers don't ever bloom?"

The breeze blew softly, as the two friends were having their own thoughts.

"For all we know, that little bud...it might become a flower even more beautiful than a cosmos." Ino said, with a smile.

Sakura started to have tears in her eyes and looked down to her knees.

'Arigato, Ino, arigato.' she thought, as she trembled.

"Hey, c'mon, we gotta finish our assignment." Ino said, standing up.

"Oh, ok..."

"What's wrong, Sakura?"

"Um, I got some dirt in my eye when I fell." she lied.

Ino giggled and said,"You're so clumsy!"

---(Back To The Fight)

'Ino...All along, I tried to live my life the way you said to me so long ago...' Sakura thought. 'I thought if I tried hard enough I could do it, and I could become a beautiful flower instead of a bud always waiting, but never blooming, so I set my sights on you, so I wanted to be like you from the start. You set an example for me, gave me a goal to drive toward, and its because of that I'm able to made it as far as I did, thats why I'm here today, but now, I don't want you to hold back.'

'Its time I surpassed you. If I don't face your very best, then there's no point. ' and with one last thought, Sakura untied her headband and pulled it off.

"What in the world is going on?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke was also interested.

"What do you mean?" Kakashi said.

"Why are those to getting so worked up by looking at each other?" Naruto said.

'Hm. He just can't see that he's exactly the same way when it comes to Sasuke.' Kakashi thought.

"Well, Naruto, rivalry is a tricky business, not that I would know..." Kakashi said, as he glanced at Gai.

---(Flashback)

"Guess what...I'm on the same team as Sasuke-kun." Sakura said.

"So why are you telling me this now?" Ino asked.

"I won't lose to you. Not anymore, Ino."

"Sounds like a good idea to me. And no matter what happens, I won't lose to you either, Sakura, ok?"

Then Sakura pulled out the red ribbon Ino gave her, and stuck her hand out.

'The ribbon!' Ino thought.

"I'm giving this back." Sakura said.

"Thats a gift, you use it to hold your hair, and its really supposed to go on your forehead, right?" Ino said.

"From here on, I'm no longer someone's who's going to chase after you, Ino." Sakura said. "When this goes on my forehead, thats when I will become, I'll be a true shinobi."

The petals fly into the air, gliding on the wind.

"Thats a good plan." Ino said, taking Sakura's hand and shaking hands. "Me too."

The wind stops.

"Until then."

---(Back To The Fight)

"Heh, I understand." Ino also removed her headband, and they both put theirs on.

The others were confused, but also knew that the fight will now be an all out war.

'This time, we do this right. No holding back. A fair fight. And I'm going to win!' they thought at the same time.

They charged each other and the fists colided. Air went flying, pressure of the punch made them slide back.

The other gasped loudly.

They looked at each other, and got into a fighting stance.

It was now, or never.

They chose now.

---(End Chapter One)

W00T!! SUPER LONG!!!! Its not really different until Ino does her Mind Transfer Jutsu into Sakura. It would have been out earlier, but was being all error-y and stuff, yesterday.

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Chapter Two - Inner Self Unleashed! Time For The Truth!

Chapter Three - Meet The 'New' Me!

---Jade-sama