A/N Just trying something out.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 1

Nothing was worse that people doubting you in Sakura's opinion. But, recently, that was all she got.

Doubt. All the fucking time.

With Sasuke defecting from the village, Naruto leaving on a training journey with Jiraiya and Kakashi going on higher ranked missions, Sakura was left alone. Her only real friend being Ino.

Of course, the rest of the Konoha Twelve were her friends at some point. But she knew what they said about her when her back was turned. She knew those nasty words they called her when they thought she was out of ear-shot.

'Weakling.'

'Useless.'

The worst thing was said by Neji Hyuga:

'Disgrace of a ninja.'

Everyone took part in the 'Bash Sakura' game except Ino, who would defend her, and Hinata and Shino - but those two only stayed quiet.

The pinkette didn't know why they called her those things. She was training under one of the Legendary Sannin and her skills had significantly improved since her genin days. They had improved enough for her to pass the Chunin exams.

That's right. Sakura Haruno had made it to chunin rank with the help of Ino and Chouji. The three took the exams together (all passing). After the exams had finished, the Konoha Twelve (well, really Konoha Nine because Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura weren't there) would often meet up at Barbe-Q; Chouji's second home.

On an errand for Tsunade, meaning said woman's apprentice had to pick up her lunch, Sakura overheard their conversation.

"Sakura fainted a lot in the Desert of the Wind..." Chouji said, a piece of meat, bathed in his saliva, flew out of his mouth.

"That's what happens of you don't train enough." Kiba laughed. "Weaklings shouldn't be allowed in the Chunin Exams."

"Hey!" Ino yelled, offended at dog-boy's remark. "For your information, she made it to chunin!" The blonde defended her friend.

"But she was useless..." Tenten muttered, causing Ino to send her a death glare.

"What do you mean useless? She's a medical ninja!"

"So are you, Beautiful Ino-san!" Lee said, catching the Pig out.

"Well, not as good as Sakura is. She saved me and Chouji when we were poisoned."

"But if she could take care of herself, we wouldn't have been poisoned." Chouji replied, frowing slightly.

"How troublesome..." Shikamaru sighed.

"To put your teammates in danger and near the brink of death should be a crime." Neji stated. "Sakura Haruno is a disgrace of a ninja."

Sakura had run out after that. She forced herself not to cry, but that was unsuccessful, as it was for the weak. And she didn't want to be weak. That's why she trained under Tsunade.

It had been months since she over-heard the conversation and the cherry blossom would always catch on to what her 'friends' said. Hidden meanings, pointed looks and horrid whispers. She caught it all but she ignored it. Because she wanted to be the bigger person. So what if people thought she was weak? She was going to prove them wrong!

Having no actual team to go on missions with, Sakura often went along with other ninja. When receiving a mission from Tsunade, Sakura was glad that Ino was going with her but a bit annoyed with the other two who were also going with them.

Neji was team leader and he often made Tenten 'Second in Command.' But since Tenten wasn't going on the mission, Lee was made the second leader. Missions didn't always need a second leader but Neji always did so. And like he would trust Sakura to do it.

Tsunade told the ninja that it was an A-Rank assassination mission at the edge of the Land of Fire. A shinobi had taken over a village, along with his entourage, and Konoha had to stop him.

"Godaime-sama, if I may?" Neji interrupted the Hokage before she could dismiss them. "Is it wise to have two medical ninja on the same mission? What if Ino or Sakura," The Hyuga emphasised the pinkette's name. "Are needed here?"

Tsunade seemed to think about what Neji said and Sakura prayed that her master wasn't actually doubting her. After a couple of minutes, the Hokage finally spoke. "Neji, I understand your point. But I noticed during the Chunin Exams that having these two on the same team has its merits. They co-operate well together and know each other's techniques. This is also the reason I chose you and Lee for the mission. The both of you can work well together."

"Yes, Godaime-sama!" Lee shouted. "We understand and respect your decisions! Thank you for this opportunity!" It was the usual mantra he said when given a mission.

Neji's lips pressed in a thin line. He was displeased. But Sakura was beyond giving a damn. He was an ass and that was that.

Bastard. She wanted to spit at him.

"Do it." Inner Sakura whispered and an image of the pinkette actually spitting on the Hyuga came to her mind. However, she refrained from doing it in real life.

The four set off on their mission.

Arriving at the edge of the Land of Fire and into the small village, the four ninja noticed that it had been completely destroyed. There were ruined buildings, red splatters on the floor and the worst of all: Dead civilians.

Activating his Byakugan, Neji looked around their surroundings. His eyes widened after he noticed something. "There are-"

He couldn't finish his sentence because multiple kunai were thrown at the Leaf ninja. All of them jumped out of the way and in front of them stood dozens of men, ready to fight.

"I thought there wasn't many people..." Sakura said.

"The intel was wrong." Ino growled.

"I am burning with youth!" Lee yelled, ready to protect his team.

Neji began to think of ways to get away, ways that didn't involve them fighting. There was too many people but maybe they were going to have to fight. With the four of them, they might've been able to win.

But, from out of the ground, from poofing out of thin air, from simply jumping out of the forests and onto the ground of the destroyed village, more men appeared. And the chances of the three chunin and one jonin significantly lowered.

"Retreat!" Neji shouted and the ninja jumped back, running through the forests. The men behind them began to yell and it was obvious they were being chased.

Lee was behind his team and turned around, trying to attack one man who had gotten close. Swinging his leg to land an attack, it was caught. The man smirked, showing his pointy teeth. He used the hand that wasn't holding the leg of the taijutsu user to grab his battle-axe. But, before he could, he was punched in the face by one of Sakura's chakra enhaced fists.

"Let's go!" Sakura shouted at Lee and they ran back over to Ino and Neji.

The Leaf ninja made it to a clearing when Neji noticed that they were actually being surrounded by these ninja. "We have to fight." He announced through clenched teeth.

Men came into the clearing from all different directions. Sakura began assessing how they looked.

Most of them had weapons. Battle-axes, swords and some people even had bows. Their chakra signatures suggested that some of them were just at the level of bandits but the majority of them had the level of ninja.

"Cover each other's backs." Neji announced to his team.

The men charged.

It went on for a long time. Sakura did punch after punch but the more men they took down, the more took their place. It was a losing battle.

The pinkette felt a punch connect to her cheek and she angrily kicked in that direction but her foot was caught. A ninja sliced his kunai at her face so she moved back.

However, it was a bit too late.

The kunai cut through her eyes and she screamed in agony. She knew the man would attack her again so she jumped to her left despite her vision. Only she felt a searing pain as her arm was sliced off of her body.

She heard two cries of her name before she felt Ino's chakra signal come close to her. The blonde quickly began healing her friend's arm, trying to stop the bleeding as Neji and Lee fought around them.

It took time but somehow Ino had done it. But she couldn't celebrate. She moved onto Sakura's eyes.

That's when the earth began to surround them. The four Leaf ninja were trapped in an earth dome. Neji began striking at the sides of the dome but it remained intact. Lee copied but, just like his comrade, had no luck. The Hyuga used his Byakugan to see what was going on outside. The results made him curse.

"What is it?" Lee asked his friend, casting a worried glance over at Ino and Sakura.

"They're pouring chakra into the earth from each and every side so we can't break it. Even above us." Neji said, his mind scanning through ways he could get out of this with his team. Oh, how he actually wished lazy boy Shikamaru Nara was here...

"We need to get Sakura to the hospital." Ino announced. "I stopped the bleeding but..." She looked at her friend.

"First, we need to get out of here." Neji said. "Then we'll focus on that."

The Team Ten kunoichi scowled. Yes, they needed to get out of this dome but their leader was acting as if his teammate injured was of little importance...

"Above us..." Lee said as he looked above them. There was writing on the top of the dome.

Explosion.

"They're going to blow us up." Neji said. "We can't break out of here." The leader looked at the ground. "They're pouring chakra into the ground to so we can't tunnel out of here." Their rate of survival was thinning. "None of us know any transportation techniques..."

Sakura groaned as she stood. "I have a way." She said as she pat her leg, looking for her pouch. Her limited vision was annoying but she didn't have time to dwell on that. Producing a scroll, she opened it up.

"What's that?" Her rival asked.

"Last Resort Scroll." She answered. "Tsunade-shishou gave it to me for emergencies. It can teleport three people to the Hokage Tower."

"Wait, three?" Lee asked, a bit confused. "But there's four of us..."

Sakura didn't reply. Ino knew what the girl was the thinking.

"No, Sakur-" The pinkette opened the scroll, facing it to the chakra signal of her teammates. A bright white light emerged from the scroll and surrounded her team. Then, with a flash, they were gone. Sakura didn't see them go and she was sad that she couldn't. She would've liked to see them before she was gone for good.

The Team Seven kunoichi sat down in the dome, waiting for her demise. Her mind couldn't stop from thinking about... Well, thinking about everything.

I wish I had more time to prove myself to everyone. I wish I could have been able to bring Sasuke-kun back before my death. I wish I could have been able to do that with Naruto. Sakura heard chanting outside and she knew it wouldn't be too long.

If I wasn't so weak, maybe I could've done something and I wouldn't be in this mess. Maybe if I actually tried to be a real ninja back in the academy, I could've done something for Naruto when he tried to bring back Sasuke.There were so many 'What if?'s that Sakura couldn't go through them all before the explosion rattled the earth.

In the end, the pinkette believed it was a good way to go. She saved her friends by sacricficing herself. Well, 'friends'. Only Ino really counted as a friend. But it was nice to save the others.

Before Sakura fell asleep in her beaten and bloody state, she heard more screams but she ignored them.

If only Naruto, Sasuke-kun, and Kakashi-sensei stayed, maybe I wouldn't be in this mess. She thought it was quite selfish but she was still mad. Sasuke left, then Naruto left which was sort of understandable. But he still left her. Not for good, she knew that. But she still felt sad. And then, she barely ever saw her sensei.

The screams intensified as Sakura tried to go to sleep. She heard footsteps come closer to her before she passed out.

It was a dream. Sakura was sure of it. She was standing on a barren ground in the middle of nowhere. She could see Naruto and Sasuke far away. They were standing in a triangle. They all looked like they were twelve years old again.

The number seven was painted on the bare ground. Looking back up, Sakura noticed that Naruto and Sasuke were walking away.

Normally, she would've chased after them. But her feet forced herself away from them.

Team Seven were going in different directions...

Her eyes fluttered open. I'm alive? Was her first thought. Sakura stared up at the ceiling. It was white. She noticed she was on a bed. As comfy as it was, the kunoichi wanted to get up.

She tried to move but her body denied her. That's when she realised something weird. She could feel her right arm.

What's going on? She asked herself.

After a grueling ten minutes, Sakura was able to hoist herself up and look at the room she was in.

The pinkette was on a bed in the corner of the room. On her left was the wall and it had a mirror on it. The rest of the room was empty except from the table beside her and the chair on the other side of it.

Even though she was able to sit up, she still felt tired and she didn't want to get up. Looking at her right arm, she saw how it looked weird. It looked extremely pale. It wasn't actually her arm.

"The power of the cells of Hashirama Senju." A deep, rough voice rang though the room. It startled Sakura.

"Who's there?" She asked, trying to get up.

"Don't be afraid." A man with an orange mask appeared out of a swirl. Sakura looked at what he was wearing.

Black cloak with red clouds... Akatsuki!

"I told you to not be afraid." He said. "As I was saying, your welcome for saving you."

Sakura didn't respond.

"That was a hint for you to say 'thank you' but we'll move on." He took a seat on the chair beside the table. "I am sure that you must be quite confused right now. So, if you have any questions, I'll answer them for you."

Sakura didn't speak for a while. How could she? She was afraid. What did this Akatsuki member want with her? Why didn't he kill her already?

The cherry blossom bit her lip. He said that he would answer her questions so it would hurt, right?

"..." Oh, I actually have to speak to ask my questions.

"Dumbass." Inner Sakura said from within Sakura. She ignored the bitchy remark.

"...What's the deal with my arm?" She found the confidence to ask him.

"I thought the first question was going to be about your eyes."

...Of course! Stupid! Sakura berated herself. She had assessed the entire room and didn't notice that while she was fighting, she had lost her vision and now it had somehow returned.

Turning around to look in the mirror, Sakura observed her face. Their was a cut from the kunai near her eyes but she stared at the black orbs she now had. No longer the emerald-green she was often complimented on. They were just plain black now.

A flash of red in her eyes made her freeze. No it wasn't real.

But it was. She was looking at one tomoe in her eye spinning wildly.

"What did you do to me?!" Sakura shrieked as she stared at her sharingan.

A/N I hope you liked it.

Also, about Sakura's sharingan activating, I was doing some research for this and learnt that transplanted sharingan can't be deactivated (Which is why Kakashi and Danzo can't deactivate theirs so they just cover it up) but I wanted Sakura to be able to turn it on and off. So, I'm going to make it like the way it is transplanted determimes if you can or can't deactivate it. Does that make sense? I don't know, I'm not very smart. I'll change it to something else if it doesn't make sense.