I don't own Naruto, I only own my OC's and their story, please enjoy, constructive criticism is welcomed as always. The OC is Sakura a fair warning to everyone!

Revised Chapter! So things have been changed a bit. There is now more to this chapter, also set before they met for first training, and added parts, SO IT HAS CHANGED A LOT!

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Chapter 1

"No, what is this shit?! He's too cool to die!" I stated as I watched Naruto with my best friend. It was Itachi's death scene and I was currently crying like a little bitch. My best friend let out a snort and I sniffled slightly as I turned to look at her.

"You really do have a soft spot for Itachi, Madara, and Minato. Man you're strange." My best friend said her lips curling up in a fox like smirk. I sent her a glare from behind my pink hair, it was the natural color. The doctors were never able to figure out why it was naturally pink.

"I wish that we could be Sakura and Ino, those two get to see such beautiful people on a regular basis…well except for Minato." I stated with a sad expression on my face. My friend gave a sigh at that and stretched.

"Speak for yourself, I don't want to end up dead or hurt. So if it ever happens I hope it just happens to you." My friend said. I sent her a dirty look before getting up to put in Star Wars; I gave a sigh when I noticed a large spot on the screen of my TV. I used my sleeve to wipe it off, I regretted my decision when something grabbed me by the wrist and dragged me into the TV, I was starting to worry that I was going to become a persona main character.

"Rin!" My friend yelled out in alarm, her face was the last thing I saw before everything went black.

'That bitch jinxed me…' I thought at the last minute. When I started to come too I was aware of a throbbing pain in my head. I let out a groan as I opened my eyes and looked around. My stomach let out a loud growl and I held a hand up to it and winced, it was weird for me to be hungry I usually ate as much as a teenage boy. I brought my other hand up and ran it through my hair before stretching slightly. I looked around and saw bright pink walls instead of the soft sea foam green that was my living room walls. It was so girly it made me flinch slightly. A hitai-ate sat on a white desk along with a pouch.

"What the actual fuck?" I muttered as I got out of the bed I was in and rushed to a bathroom. I turned the lights on and my eyes widened at the exact same time a girl with green eyes did. I gave a very loud feminine groan at that as I ran a hand through my hair; I was going to have a field day. I went to the white wardrobe and grabbed some clothes that weren't bright red or pink, I ended up with black camo pants, a black short sleeved shirt, and a black hoodie with orange stripes going down the sides of it.

'Oh…Oh no, I've been turned into Sakura! How am I going to play off that I'm useless if I show any sign of knowing how to fight?' I thought as I got ready for the day, I'm honestly surprised that I haven't heard Inner Sakura, or that Sakura had normal ninja clothes but never seemed to wear them. I pulled on the clothes that I had found in the wardrobe and went back into the room, attaching the kunai pouch to my thigh and tying my hitai-ate around my neck. I gave a sigh and decided to leave my long pink hair for tomorrow. I think that I had to go to the academy today to learn who my Jonin sensei was. I searched through the room for some training gear or even a book that I could read, thank god that I lived in Japan and knew how to read and speak the language. I found some sweat bands for my arms and legs, I almost fell to the ground with how heavy they were, and so Sakura did have some weights interesting. I pulled them on and winced slightly as I had some difficulty even moving my arms.

'Good god.' I thought as I went down the stairs and made some toast. I ate it quickly before heading to the front door and pulling my sandals on. 'How did she even become a kunoichi? I know she was terrible before she met Tsunade, but I didn't think she was this bad. Then there's gaiden, she turned into a bloody housewife. No thanks, if I'm stuck in this body, then I was going to train myself to be faster and stronger.' I quietly began to make a training plan and sighed quietly when my train of thought was ruined by a blonde haired kunoichi.

"Hey Billboard brow!" I sighed, I may have liked Ino, but since I was stuck as Sakura I was going to have to put up with her. I sent her a look and deadpanned at her.

"What?" I asked in a bored tone, "What could you possibly want to ask me?" She sent me a narrowed glare and I raised a brow at her.

"Whoever gets to the academy gets Sasuke." Ino stated I almost deadpanned at her even more; I wasn't really interested in Sasuke. I sighed.

"Fine you're on Ino-pig!" I stated with a challenging grin. Her eyes went back to normal and she shot me her own challenging grin. I rolled my eyes discreetly as we began to rush towards the academy; we were neck in neck until I accidentally used some chakra to propel myself forward. I blinked in surprise as I noticed the swirling feeling in my stomach as I pooled it to my feet to stop myself from falling onto my face.

"Sasuke-kun!" Ino called in unison with two other girls. I made a face at that and stretched slightly, popping my back.

"Hey Naruto, I want to sit on the other side of you, could ya move?" I asked in the haughtiest tone I could. I felt bad for speaking to Naruto like this; it wasn't in my personality to be rude for absolutely no reason. Naruto had a slight blush on his face as he got up and I slid into the seat. Sasuke sent me a glare as Naruto sat back down, "Good morning Sasuke-kun." He gave me an even bigger glare at that and I made a hurt look appear on my face before digging into my scroll pouch and digging out a scroll on Chakra and how to make your reserves grow. When I looked up from my scroll Naruto was glaring right in Sasuke's face. I blinked in slight surprise as Sasuke glared right back. The boy behind Naruto moved and I acted quickly, I stood up and grabbed the back of Naruto's jacket and let out a sigh of relief as he used my help to retain his balance. He sent me a surprised look and I plopped down in my seat. Sasuke was staring at me in suspicion; I knew that his paranoid ass would catch that.

'I can't be rude to him, looking at him is like staring at the sun, he's too adorable.' I thought as I returned to my book on Chakra. Sasuke was glaring me from the corner of his eyes, sending me suspicious looks every once and a while. Iruka walked in and I noticed that he was looking at everyone in a slightly proud but worried way. He knew the type of life that everyone was going to have, shinobi led a life of pain and death, and it is not one that should be taken lightly.

"Beginning today all of you are real ninjas, but you are merely rookies, 'genin'. The hard part has just started." Iruka told us as he placed his hands behind his back, he was standing like I did during boot camp, "Now you will soon be assigned duties by the village, so today we will be creating the three man teams, and each team will have a Jonin sensei. You will follow that sensei's instructions as you complete the assigned duties."

'Three is a magic number.' I quietly thought as Sasuke gave a quietly annoyed sigh. Naruto was leaning against his palm as he pouted towards the ceiling in thought.

"We tried to balance each team's strength." Iruka said as the class began to get noisy. I sighed and began to pinch the bridge of my nose, Iruka is technically a higher ranking military official and they aren't treating him with the respect that he deserves. He read off the teams, most of them seemed to be paired up real good like Hinata with Kiba and Shino, "Now for team 7, Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto…"

"Yay!" Naruto cheered, he then quickly sat down when he got a stern look from Iruka, I let a slight smile appear on my face at that, it was pretty funny and I was glad that Naruto was happy.

"And Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka said I gave a very feeble cheer as I felt the glares of all the girls in the room; I really didn't want this attention. It was not fun.

"Iruka-sensei, why does an outstanding ninja like me have to be on the same team as that bum?" Naruto asked as he pointed. I frowned at him, sure I didn't like Sasuke, but it didn't mean I was going to be rude to him.

"Sasuke's grades were first among all 27 graduates, Naruto you were dead last. We have to do this to balance the teams, understand?" Iruka asked.

"Just don't get in my way," Sasuke said, "Dead last." That caused me to look at him in absolute disbelief, why did Sakura like this dude. He's so rude.

"Maa, way to be a massive douche." I said before I could stop myself. He tensed up and sent me a slightly surprised look, "What never been called out on it before?" Naruto was actually wise enough not to join in my fight.

"Tch…says the one that is useless." Sasuke stated, I narrowed my eyes at him and then gave a sigh.

"To you maybe." I muttered, I quietly returned to my scroll as I heard Iruka quietly murmur something.

"Ok, this afternoon we'll introduce the Jonin senseis, so take a break until then." Iruka said as the murmuring began again.

"Hey Sasuke, Naruto want to join me for lunch? I was planning on going to a sushi bar a block from here." I said with a slight shrug as I attempted to give a sweet and naïve smile that Sakura was known for when talking to Sasuke.

"Hn…" Sasuke simply said.

"Of course Sakura-chan!" Naruto said with a grin.

"Sasuke you never gave me an answer, you just made a sound, so yes or no." I stated in an annoyed tone.

"No." Sasuke simply said. I gave a shrug.

"Cool, let's get going Naruto." I said with a smile, Naruto gave a nod and I began to lead the way to a sushi bar that I had saw on the way to the academy. I think they were having a special roll today. Naruto was studying me with a grin on his face and I sent him a raised eyebrow.

"You're being strange Sakura-chan, not that it's a bad thing." Naruto said, he had added that last part quickly. It was like he thought I was going to hit him. I kept an annoyed expression on my face as I inwardly grew cold, Sakura would have hit him. I couldn't do that to him. We walked into the sushi bar and the woman working there sent Naruto a glare and I sent my own back at her; the best thing about being older than you look is the ability to glare. The woman wilted slightly and I scoured the restaurant for a good place to sit, I noticed one near the back that was out of the way and had mirrors on both sides, it was the perfect place to see who was going to walk into the bar and provided pretty good access to the restroom, because if I remembered correctly Naruto had drank some spoiled milk. Naruto was quiet as we took a seat in the booth and began to nervously look through the menu.

"Hey, Sakura-chan why did you want to have lunch with the teme and me? It's pretty weird." Naruto stated, I was actually taken aback by the correct grammar before shaking it off. I gave an annoyed huff at that and sent him a mock glare.

"Well we are team mates now right? I thought it would be a good idea to get to know each other, I wish that I had known how rude Sasuke was. I can't believe I liked that jerk." I stated as I held up a fist, I really wanted to punch Sasuke right now. Naruto gave a nervous chuckle at that as I gave a sigh that got rid of my anger as a waitress came by.

"What can I get you?" The waitress asked, she sent Naruto a glare and I felt a strained smile appear on my face, Naruto never did anything to her and she was being rude to him. I looked at the quantity of the items and the prices before knowing that I would be coming here often, it has some pretty good pricing. I knew that I had quite a bit saved up, not spending it on weapons and gear is the reason why.

"I will have a crunchy roll with some green tea, please." I said. Naruto pulled a face and closed the menu he was reading.

"I will have the tuna roll with a strawberry soda." Naruto said as the waitress wrote everything down and left. I made a face at the strawberry soda.

"Naruto, that soda is eighty percent sugar. You are going to be bouncing up the walls if you drink it." I said before a sly grin appeared on my face. It sounds like it might actually be fun to watch. It was then that I thought about Lily, my best friend, and how she was the same way. I kept the emotion from showing on my face, Lily, she was my first friend and I might never see her again.

'I'm not okay with this now that I think about this. I want to go home.' I thought in my mind, I felt ready to cry. I was glad that Sakura had some bangs that I could use to keep my face hidden; I might not cut my hair until the time where it was supposed to be cut. Naruto made a sound and I looked up to see him in distress.

"If you need the restroom it is right behind us." I told him in a Sakura tone, he gave me a sound of thanks and rushed to the restroom as I waited for the drinks. I looked up to the mirror and noticed a head of silver hair enter the building. Oh, it was Kakashi, so he was getting to know his team at the moment. I shook my head slightly as he sat a little while away and I sighed at that, Naruto was going to miss him when he gets back. I decided to ignore it for a few seconds and began to think about the different ways that I can increase my chakra reserves. Tree walking and the leaf trick. I think reading a bit more on tree walking might help me learn it a bit more. The drinks were brought to the table and the waitress hurried off and I sent her an annoyed look, "Of course being rude is always a way to get people to come back to your restaurant." I scratched the back of my head in slight annoyance. I don't know how long I could continue to act like Sakura and not like myself Rin. Looking at my slip ups, not long it seems.

"Sorry for leaving Sakura-chan." Naruto said as he rejoined me at the table.

"Did you eat something that might've done something to you?" I asked him in slight worry. He thought about it for a few seconds.

"For breakfast I had some Ramen and milk." Naruto said, I tilted my head at that.

"It was probably the milk; did you check to see if it was expired?" I asked. He blinked at that and made a face as it finally made sense to him. He started to cry anime tears and I made a face, I wasn't sure how to calm him down, "N-Naruto are you okay?"

"I'll be fine." Naruto said as he bounced back to his happy self. He then grabbed his stomach and left to the restroom.

"I-I have no words for this." I said with a slight chuckle, "At least the tea is good." I smiled slightly as I drank my green tea, it was pretty good. I looked towards Kakashi and noticed that he was reading his signature orange book. I don't really know what I was expecting of him, the only one that has changed in the story so far is Sakura. The sushi and Naruto returned at the same time.

"Thank you for the food." Naruto said with a grin as we both broke our chopsticks at the same time. I quickly ate my crunch roll and noticed that Naruto was staring at me in a mixture of horror and awe, "You must've been hungry Sakura-chan."
"That and Sushi is my one true love." I said with a smile, he looked at me in confusion, "It was a joke Naruto."

"I didn't know that you could even tell a joke." Naruto said I let out a chuckle; it then started to escalate to full body laughter.

"You are going to learn how many jokes I can tell…"I said before trailing off, I felt my cheeks burn slightly as I looked away in a haughty way, " I want to apologize for how I have been treating you Naruto, at first I thought you were annoying, but you are a pretty good guy." Naruto was looking at me in surprise, but he started to gain a large grin on his face.

"I accept your apology Sakura-chan." Naruto said.

"I would have understood if you hadn't, but I am glad that you did. I am glad that we're on the same team." I told him as Naruto dug into his food with a grin on his face. I chuckled at that as I polished off my tea, the waitress came back with the bill as Naruto chugged his strawberry soda. I took out the right amount of Ryo and paid the bill, the waitress must really want us out of the restaurant since she was being so attentive to our table in particular. "We should head back to the academy."

"Alright Sakura-chan." Naruto said with his smile on his face. When we finally made it back to the academy I knew how to make all kinds of ramen due to Naruto, I didn't know there really was a difference between shrimp ramen and crawfish ramen, I didn't even know that they had crawfish in the elemental country. The classroom was loud when we entered and we took our seats next to Sasuke. Sasuke sent us a sidelong glare and I ignored it, it wouldn't do anyone any good to give him any attention.

We've been here for two hours and a half, and still no Kakashi. I gave a sigh and looked towards the sliding doors in an annoyed way, he was worse than me when I was actually trying to be late.

"Why is the sensei of our team so damn late?!" Naruto yelled in annoyance, "All the other teams have gone off with their teachers, and Iruka-sensei has also left."

"Maybe he likes to mess with people." I said with a shrug, I knew the reason why he was always so late; he was most likely visiting the memorial stone with his comrade's names there. Either that or he was talking with the Hokage about how I was acting. Naruto started to snicker as he opened the doors slightly and placed a chalk eraser in between the doors and I let out a very lady like snort, "I hope he falls for it."

"You keep saying 'He' how do you know that our sensei is a male?" Sasuke asked as he narrowed his eyes at me.

"Woman's intuition." I said with a slight shrug.

"Besides it's unlikely that a Jonin will fall for such a trick." Sasuke stated. I counted down on my fingers as a hand appeared on the door and slid it open. It fell right into that familiar head of silver hair. Kakashi looked at us in slight unamusement. I let out a snort before laughing. Naruto joined me on it and I felt tears beginning to pool up in my eyes.

"What was that you were saying Sasuke?" I asked him as I tried to calm down. He sent me a glare at that, I was egging him on and I didn't care at this point. I'm pretty sure I've been found out already.

"He fell for it. That was great." Naruto said as he wiped at his own eyes. Kakashi let out a quiet hum and acted like he was thinking.

"Hmm, how can I say this, my first impression is," Kakashi said as he pointed at Naruto, "You're a trouble maker," He pointed to me, "You are an instigator," then he finally pointed at Sasuke, "You did nothing to stop them, in other words I don't like you guys."

"I can live with that." I quietly said in a serious tone, his closed eye smiled unnerved me slightly because I felt as though I was still being looked at him. It then hit me; he was using the sharingan to find out who I was.

"You three meet me up on the roof." Kakashi said before he made a hand sign and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"I want to learn that." I stated as soon as the smoke cleared, "That was fucking epic." The two boys looked at me in surprise at the curse word, and then Naruto grinned. He slung an arm over my shoulder.

"Hn." Sasuke said as we made our way up to the roof. Sasuke was leading the way and I quietly noticed that the back of his head looks like a duck butt. I started to snicker to myself and Naruto looked at me in surprise.

"The back of his hair looks like a duck butt." I quietly whispered to Naruto. He let out a loud snort as we reached the roof. Kakashi was waiting for us. He was sitting on the railing and was looking at us with some kind of amusement.

"Ok, let's begin with some introductions." Kakashi said.

"That's vague, what do you want to know?" I asked as we sat down on the steps. I made a face at the fact that there were Trees on the goddamn roof. It was pretty weird, and I wondered if Hashirama had something to do with it. He probably did.

Third Person Pov:

Kakashi assessed his new team; there was the brooding Uchiha, loud mouthed Uzumaki, and the supposed fan girl Haruno. Haruno wasn't acting like he thought she would, in fact behind that slightly lazy and ditzy look to her face were sharp eyes that were studying him. She had old eyes, eyes that had seen death.

It would be interesting if that wasn't how she was yesterday, he thought back to the summons that the Hokage had given him. He wanted to speak to her and ask her some questions. Kakashi gave a bored sigh and thought back to his days under his Sensei's teachings.

"Well, how about your likes and dislikes, dreams for the future, hobbies, and stuff like that." Kakashi said with a slight shrug, he found it amusing that Sakura sent him a look of disbelief.

"That is still pretty vague." Sakura stated with a slight tilt of her head, her pink hair swishing with the movement her picture made her hair look straight, but looking at her now her hair was curled and seemed to frame her face a bit more.

"Yeah, why don't you introduce yourself to us first?!" Naruto stated, he looked over to Sakura, she had been pretty weird for the past two days, but her weirdness seemed to have grown to its peak this day. He wasn't complaining since she was being nice to him, and she seemed to have gained a really good sense of humor, but it was strange to see the loud girl grow quiet over a day before changing a lot.

Sasuke was shooting her glances every once and a while, sure he was thankful that she wasn't fangirling at the moment, but the sudden change was strange. He didn't think that she actually had the guts to say something rude to him. The change was slightly welcomed, but he couldn't help but think that there was something behind her change.

"Me? My name is Hatake Kakashi, I have no desire to tell you guys about my likes and dislikes, dreams for the future….hmmm….well, I have a lot of hobbies." Kakashi said. He was highly amused at the look that crossed his female student's face. She looked ready to hit him; she then made a face and shook her head, her mouth curving into a smile of amusement. He decided to have her go first, "Woman's intuition goes first." That got a chuckle out of her.

"My name is Haruno Sakura, I don't really have any likes, but I dislike those who would leave their team members behind, my dream for the future is to be one of the fastest Kunoichi in history." Sakura said, that got a surprised look from her two team members. Kakashi was almost in shock, he could see his entire team in her eyes, face, and spirit. Her face reminded him of Rin, her spirit was that of Obito's, and her dreams reminded him of Minato. He has yet to see himself in the girl but he was slowly looking forward to what the Hokage had to speak to her about. He shook the shock from his face and then turned to Naruto.

"Hey Sunshine you next." Kakashi said. Naruto and Sasuke were confused at that.

"Naruto, it's your turn," Sakura said, Naruto turned to her and she gained a slight pink tone to her face, "I may or may not have referred to you as a beam of sunshine in my mind. Geez…"

"That's strange Sakura-chan." Naruto said.

"But am I wrong?" Sakura asked with a smile. Naruto shook his head at that; he couldn't believe the fact that she was so strange.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like cup ramen, what I dislike is waiting the three minutes for the cup ramen to cook." Naruto said with a grin on his face, he was fidgeting with his head band as he got pumped up. Kakashi quietly wondered if Naruto thought about anything other than Ramen, "My dream is to surpass the Hokage and have all the people of this village acknowledge my existence." Kakashi was surprise; he couldn't help but notice that he grew up in an interesting way.

"Duck butt hair it's your turn." Kakashi said, it took about two seconds for Sasuke to glare at his two team mates as they started to laugh. Sakura was holding her sides in slight pain as she laughed at the fact that Kakashi called Sasuke 'Duck Butt hair' she started to laugh even harder as she noticed the look on Sasuke's face. Once the laughter died down, save for the few silent spasms that Sakura gave, Sasuke finally gave his information.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, there are a ton of things I dislike, but I don't really like anything, and I don't really have a dream, but an ambition the resurrection of my clan and to kill a certain man." Sasuke said, Naruto was slightly scared at that, but he was even more scared at the serious look on Sakura's face.

"But I thought you liked tomatoes." Sakura stated, Sasuke sent her a glare, wondering how she knew that, "I didn't really know that, but your expression tells me all I need to know." Kakashi figured out what she had done, she had lightened up the atmosphere, he watched as Naruto started to calm down a bit from Sasuke's reveal.

"That's it; we will start our duties tomorrow." Kakashi said. Naruto let out a cheer and gained a grin on his face.

"What kind of duties?" Naruto asked.

"First we are going to do something with just the four of us." Kakashi said.

"What is it?" Sakura asked, she was watching him in a way that was similar to Sasuke, they were both studying him, waiting for him to make a mistake he would be a fool to try anything near Sakura. She would most likely catch it more than Sasuke. Gathering Intel was her specialty, though he was starting to think that it might change to speed if her dreams had anything to say about it.

"Survival training." Kakashi said, he noticed it, two narrowed eyes.

"Survival training…" Sakura reiterated in a tone that said she had a feeling she knew what it was about.

"I'm you opponent, but this isn't normal training." Kakashi stated, wanting to toy with his students, he didn't really think that he was going to pass this group of three. He looked at Naruto and Sakura and noticed that those two would most likely have a better chance of passing if it was just the two of them. Their lunch together had been entertaining to watch, she had been concerned about him when he kept running to the bathroom and had made that comment about the waitress and how she glared. He was pleasantly surprised at the fact that they would most likely work together. He began to chuckle at the other twos confused expressions.

"You have either thought of something hilarious or you've lost your mind." Sakura said as she leaned farther, "Do share with us."

"Well, if you insist," Kakashi said, he found it a bit too easy to bounce back and forth with her in joking around for his liking, "of the twenty seven graduates, only nine will be chosen as Genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy. This training is a super difficult exam with a failure rate of over sixty-six percent." She deadpanned at him and the combined expressions of the two males made him glad that he was wearing a mask.

"So not funny." Sakura told him.

"Then what was the point in graduating?!" Naruto yelled in confusion.

"Oh, that was just to select those that have the chance to become Genin." Kakashi stated, "Anyway, tomorrow you will be graded on the training field, bring all your shinobi tools, oh and skip breakfast, you'll throw up." Kakashi got up and walked towards the three, "The details can be read on this printout, don't be late tomorrow." He got a nod as they began to leave; he reached out to place a hand on Sakura's shoulder, her attention snapped towards him at a speed that impressed even him.

"Yes, Scarecrow-sensei?" Sakura asked, he felt his eye twitch a little at that, she had outright called him by his names meaning. It wasn't very cute of her.

"The hokage wants to speak to you." Kakashi stated, he watched as she kept a blank expression on her face.

"Alright, and I suppose you'll be following as well?" Sakura asked she was intelligent; he had to give her that. Kakashi gave her a negative and they made their way to the Hokage tower. She was discreetly looking around and scoping out places to run and train, if she didn't end up in prison, she was hoping that she wouldn't end up in prison. She didn't have the time to be jail bait. They walked up the stairs to the hokage's office and Kakashi could hear Sakura's breathing and quiet complaints of how she 'really shouldn't be this winded after walking upstairs, it's ridiculous'. He was watching the pinkette with caution. They walked into the office and Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up from his paper work. He noticed the straightening of Sakura's spine as she gave him her full attention.

"You wanted to speak to me Hokage-sama?" Sakura asked, Sarutobi studied the pink haired Nin. He had his suspicions for a while that she would change in an unexpected way. Kakashi left the room and waited outside.

"I do, so tell me, what name do you answer to." Sarutobi ordered, Sakura gave a slight sigh.

"I usually answer to Rin, I guess you have questions and I might have a few answers." Sakura said as she scratched the back of her head in an annoyed manner. Sarutobi activated the seals on the door of his office and made sure nothing that was said between the three would leak out.

"You were pretty good under pressure to be someone that you aren't." Sarutobi said.

"I will take that as a compliment, but the reason for that is because I am used to making decisions under pressure." Sakura, now known as Rin stated, she was staring ahead with slight worry on her face, "But I feel as though you have more of an idea of what is going on more than I do." Sarutobi gave a slight nod.

"There was telling of Hime called Sakurin, her soul was split into two separate pieces and when the two converged into a singular soul the strongest piece would become the one in control." Sarutobi said as he held up the scroll that he had been reading as soon as Sakura started to act strange, "There were signs, fatigue, suddenly going silent, and staring into space." They watched as Rin tensed up at the signs.

"I thought that I was just tired, it makes sense now." Rin said as she pinched the bridge of her nose, "So what happens now?" Sarutobi looked at her and gave her a grandfatherly smile, she found herself trusting the old man. He was being truthful to her.

"Well, you are a part of Konoha's military now, so you will stay under Kakashi's watchful eye." Sarutobi said. He noticed her shoulders relax a bit as relief flickered across her face.

"This won't leave the room will it?" Rin quietly asked.

"No, it's now an S rank secret." Sarutobi informed her as he wrote something down on a scroll and rolled it up. "You weren't trying to make me think that you weren't going to betray the leaf, why?"

"Actions speak louder than words, sir." Rin said as she gave a slight smile at him, he could see how old her eyes were and how tired she truly was, "But, if I do have to say something…I like this village, it's more of a home than the one that I am used to, there are people here that I don't want hurt." He watched as her eyes gained a spark in them, he had a feeling she was talking about Naruto and Sasuke.

"That is good to hear, but if it seems like you are going to betray Konoha at any time, Kakashi has the orders to put you down, understood." Sarutobi asked, he watched as she straightened up again.

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Rin said as he removed the seals, Kakashi walked back in and noticed that Rin had a interesting expression on her face, she was standing up straight and her face was pale. He was given a nod by the hokage and watched as she was dismissed. She walked out and he began to trail her. She walked all the way home and he noticed that she went to open the door but stopped half way. She leaned forward until her forehead hit the door.

"So, they are gone…." He almost flinched at the loneliness in her tone. She finally opened the door and went inside. He wouldn't see her until tomorrow.

First person POV:

I did my routine from yesterday and headed towards the training grounds with a piece of toast hanging from my mouth. I could feel the bags under my eyes, I hadn't slept well. After all who could with the threat of death over your head?

'I just want to go home at this point…' I thought as I started to run towards the training grounds, I was the first one there. I decided to try tree walking while waiting. I remembered what I had learned from the scroll and I sent the chakra to my feet before I attempted to walk up the tree. I was carefully making sure to have enough chakra so that I could climb and so that the tree wouldn't break, my chakra surrounded the tree bark and I slowly made my way up to a branch and just stood there, I thought that it might be a fun thing to startle my teammates. I went upside down as I waited. Sasuke appeared first; I sent him a look and remained standing in the tree.

"Morning." I said in the laziest way possible. That caused him to narrow his eyes at me, "Maa, if you keep glaring at me you won't make any friends."

"Hn. Weirdo." Sasuke stated. I rolled my eyes before I kept a look out for Naruto. He showed up a few minutes later yawning slightly. It was adorable to watch.

"Morning!" I greeted him. He jolted awake and gave me a grin as a greeting.

"Woah Sakura-chan, how are you sticking to the tree?" Naruto asked.

"I'm using chakra; it's the tree walking exercise." I told him, "I could show you after today." Naruto beamed up at me with his cheeks turning pink, I'm glad that I made him smile, I never really found many problems with the way that Naruto acted, and I enjoyed his pranks and his personality, "If you guys want to catch up on your sleep you can, Kakashi-sensei isn't going to show up for a while, I've heard rumors of his infamous lateness." Both boys sent me a look before sitting down against the tree and closed their eyes for a few seconds, which then turned into the two hours that it took for Kakashi to even show up. I wasn't using that much Chakra so I was running at half full at the moment.

"Maa, you're late." I told him, I jumped down from my spot and then shook the two boys awake. Naruto woke up with a loud snore and Sasuke jerked awake, grabbing blindly for a kunai. Kakashi muttered something before he took out a chicken alarm clock and set it down on a stump; he twisted the dial on it and then looked at us.

"Ok, it's set for noon." Kakashi said as he took out two bells, "Here are two bells. Your task is to take these from me before noon. Those who cannot get a bell by noon get no lunch, I'll not only tie you to one of those stumps but I'll eat right in front of you." I made sure to keep a poker face as Naruto's and Sasuke's stomachs growled in unison. I am so glad I grabbed some toast; I probably would've gotten sick if I ate heavy food.

'That was loud growling…' I thought in slight amusement as their stomachs growled again in unison.

"You only need to get one bell. There are only two, so one of you will definitely be tied to a stump." Kakashi said as a breeze created an atmosphere, "And the person who doesn't take a bell fails. So, at least one of you will be sent back to the academy. You can even use shurikens; you won't succeed unless you come at me intending to kill."

"I'm okay with that, and I'm not okay with that." I stated as I made a face. If one wanted to know, yes I was peeved at the fact that I was under the watch list of the fucking Hokage.

"Yeah, you're so slow you can't even dodge a black board eraser." Naruto stated.

"In the real world those with no talent often bark the loudest. We'll ignore Mr. Dead last and start when I say." Kakashi stated. I felt anger flow through my veins and I tossed a kunai at his head. I seemed to have scared Naruto who looked at me in confusion. A kunai was pressed to my neck and I felt my eyes widen.

"I hadn't said start yet." Kakashi stated. I heard the threat in his voice and I sent him a look, really he said to come at him with the intent to kill.

"Maa, I apologize, sensei." I stated in an empathetic tone.

"Well it seems like you're prepared to come at me with intent to kill. So you finally acknowledge me? It seems like I'm beginning to like you guys. Okay start." Kakashi stated, I instantly got out of the way and climbed up a tree using chakra. I started to search through Sakura's memories of Justus. She knew a large number of Jutsus but never used them. I continued to move away from the fight that was going to happen and I started to make some traps so I could distract Kakashi and go get Naruto, after creating a few clones, but not clones I guess it's just smoke or something. I finished the clones just as Kakashi appeared. I gave him a smile and masked my chakra so my clones could distract him while I went to help Naruto down. He really needed to learn how to look between the lines.

"Psst, Naruto." I called down to the blonde who was unhappily hanging upside down from a rope attached to a tree. He jumped slightly and looked up to me. He tilted his head in confusion. I believe he might be part puppy.

"Sakura-chan, what are you doing?" He asked in confusion, I held up a finger to my mouth in a shushing motion as I cut him down. No way was I not going to work this cinnamon roll.

"Follow me Naruto, we need to work together." I said with a smile. He blinked in slight surprise and nodded and followed me into the foliage as a boom sounded off in the background. I got the memories of my clones and I swear I wasn't laughing at the face Kakashi made when he was almost hit by a log. I swear. Okay, so I was, and just like that I was somewhat okay with the fact that I might be killed any day by that man.

"We can use clones to distract him and try to grab the bells from him." I suggested as we crouched and discussed what plan of action we could take. Naruto nodded in understanding and I noticed something off about him, "Naruto? Are you okay?"

"I had a feeling like something related to me just happened." Naruto stated, I blinked and nodded in slight understanding.

"I'm not going to judge, but don't dwell on it too much Naruto." I told him as Kakashi stood in the field again. I checked my chakra levels they were rather low, but I still had enough to do what I wanted to try. I wanted to try and used the chakra infused punches. I gave a sigh; I should just live my life and not worry too much about what could possibly happen.

"Let's go." I said, Naruto nodded and we followed behind our clones and I sent a punch towards the ground where Kakashi was standing. Kakashi seemed surprised when I made a small crater in the ground where he had been standing. Naruto then grabbed him from behind again as I reached for the bells. The alarm went off as I got a hold on the two bells. I released the bells with a slightly sour expression on my face as Naruto joined me with a pout on his face.

"Damn it." I quietly cursed.

"We were so close…" Naruto murmured. Ten minutes later we were sitting next to the wooden post that had Sasuke tied up to it, so my being Sakura already created a butterfly effect, nice to know. I gave a very quiet sigh as Kakashi looked over us.

"Oh you guys look really hungry, by the way, something about the training…" Kakashi started, "Well, there's no need for you guys to go back to the academy."

"Really?!" Naruto happily said.

"Maa, it was an interesting training to be honest." I said in my normal lazy tone, that is how I actually talked. I'm glad it stayed with me, "very informative."

"Then all three of us!?" Naruto asked.

"Yup, all three of you should quit as Ninjas." Kakashi said. I sighed quietly at his words, and narrowed my eyes slightly. He narrowed his right back and I let out a slight pout.

"Maa, that's harsh sensei." I told him.

"Quit as ninja? What does that mean?!" Naruto asked. It might be self-explanatory Naruto.

"Yeah, we couldn't get the bells in time, but why should Naruto and I quit at least we worked together." I stated, leaning against one of the poles.

"It's because all of are just punks who don't deserve to be ninjas." Kakashi stated, flicking me in the forehead. I glared at him while rubbing the spot. Sasuke moved like he wanted to beat Kakashi up.

"Are you guys underestimating ninja? Why do you think you were divided into team and are doing this training?" Kakashi asked.

"Hum." I hummed as I thought.

"What does that mean?" Naruto asked.

"Basically you guys do not understand the answer to this test." Kakashi stated, "Well two of you understand." That's when it clicked in my mind and my eyes widened slightly. It was the same lesson that I taught each of my subordinates. I let out a quiet 'ah'.

"Answer please?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, the answer that helps you pass this test, I think Sakura-chan figured it out." Kakashi stated.

"The answer is teamwork. That's one of the reasons I went back for Naruto, there is power in numbers." I stated. Guessing by the look in Kakashi's eyes he doesn't believe that I'm a real threat to the village, I wonder if he knows the inner workings of my mind.

"The three of you working together may have gotten the bells, that's why I must ask why you didn't get Sasuke since you figured it out." Kakashi stated.

"Because he would've never gone along with it, since he thinks a comrade will take away from his goal, but in all honesty how can you improve without someone pointing out your flaws?" I stated as I put my hands in my pockets.

"Hn." Sasuke stated, I sent him an unamused look and sighed quietly.

"Still not an actual answer, you are just making a sound at this point." I told him in a slightly clipped tone.

"Then explain the test." Kakashi told me.

"There are only two bells to make sure we would fight amongst ourselves, but it is made to make sure we set aside our own differences and work together." I stated.

"Correct, Sasuke, you just assumed that the others would get in your way and tried to do everything yourself. Naruto and Sakura formed a plan and came at me in a pair." Kakashi said, "Sakura even distracted me to make sure that she could make it to Naruto to come up with a plan. Duties are done by a team. Of course superior individual ability is important to a ninja, but what's even more important is teamwork. If a hostage is taken, you will have tough choices and then die; you will be risking your lives in these duties. Look at this, the numerous names carved on this stone. These are ninjas who are recognized as heroes of the village."

"Naruto before you say anything, those ninjas were KIA, killed in action, and they are the greatest hero's that have ever lived." I quietly told the blonde as I sent a quiet prayer to the dead. Naruto looked down in understanding and looked sad, I put a hand on his shoulder and he looked slightly thankful for that.

"This is a memorial; my best friend's name is also carved here." Kakashi stated as I remembered one of the episodes where Obito and Kakashi were fighting, "I'll give you guys one more chance, but after lunch I'll make it even tougher to get the bells. Those who still wish to challenge can eat lunch, but don't give any to Sasuke."

"Huh?" Sasuke asked.

"It's punishment for failing to work as a team." Kakashi stated, "If anyone gives him any food, they will fail immediately. I make the rules here, got it?" He then left in a small thing of smoke as Naruto and I opened the bento and began to have lunch. Sasuke tried to keep a dignified face as his stomach growled. Kakashi may make the rules but I am the one who ignores them and does what they want.

"Maa, open up, I don't want to fight with a teammate that's not at their best." I stated as I held out a thing of rice. Sasuke glared at me before opening his mouth and allowing me to feed him. Naruto gulped and also gave Sasuke some of his food.

"YOU GUYS!" came a loud voice.

"Yes Satan?" I asked as I jumped slightly, "Oh it's you."

"You Pass." Kakashi stated giving us a smile, if the shape of his eyes was anything to go by.

"Pass?" I asked. I think his smile grew at the fact that I was so confused by his words.

"Everyone else would just do whatever I told them. They were all just morons. A ninja must see underneath the underneath. Those who break the rules and codes of the ninja world are trash, but you know what? Those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash." Kakashi stated.

"I agree." I quietly muttered as I looked at Obito's name on the stone.

"Okay, starting tomorrow team 7 will begin its duties." Kakashi told us.

"Cool." I stated as I stretched, tired from how much chakra I used.

"Let's go." Kakashi said, I sighed quietly and cut Sasuke free. I smiled and followed after the other two while Sasuke stared at me in surprise. He's going to have to get used to it. These boys are going to have to get used to watching my back.