She sighed for uptenth time that day. Being Tsunade's apprentice was great, but living up to its expectations wasn't easy thing. Sakura tried to convince herself that she loved her job, but nowdays she doesn't have enough energy to do that. After war pressure on hospitals and clinics was enormous and as a newly appointed head of hospital she held huge responsibility. On top of that the throbbing ache in her head just won't go away. Just as she was about to take short nap an loud noise could be heard from far. And that noise belonged to none other than Naruto. If she wasn't as tired as she was right now she would have hid from him somewhere far away. Gripping the arms of her chair she glared at the door waiting for devil to make its appearance.

And soon her office door was snapped open by Naruto interrupting her train of thoughts.

"Guess what Sakura-chan?" He looked at her with bright blue eyes that shone with happiness. And myschivously said:

"Today Hinata's father invited me to his household and officially acknowledged me as his daughter's boyfriend in front of his whole family"

"So what?" wanted to snap Sakura. Hinata was his girlfriend, not hers. Sure she was happy for them, but that's it.

"In front of all Hyugas!" He finished loudly.

"That's great" was all she said quietly before closing her eyes in hopes of catching some sleep. Maybe then he would lose interest in her and leave to pester someone else.

"Sakura-channn! Aren't you happy for me? You know what kind of person is Hinata's father, at first I thought he was gonna pu-

"I'm tired at the moment Naruto. Why don't we discuss this later, maybe over some ramen?"
Just leave please. That was all she wanted.

Naruto looked at her with worry, for some reason she was becoming more gloomy these days. If only Sasuke was here he thought, she would be better wouldn't she?

"Why don't you take a break Sakura-chan? Kakashi-sensei will be more than willing to give you one, you know. Usually you're the one to say it, but please take care of yourself, ne? For me, please do that"- Naruto gave her shoulders warm grip and then quietly left the room.

"Tch, you're the one to talk. Always lecturing others" she muttered to herself.

Somehow, Sakura suddenly became angry. Angry and frustrated without reason. This mouth Sakura realized some things about her life. She realized no matter how hard she trains, she'll never be on par with Naruto or Sasuke. It was just genetically impossible. Good chakra control was only good thing her skills. Her parents didn't have anything special, so she inherited nothing.

People respected her, she was named Konoha's beauty with monstrous strength, Tsunade's apprentice and some other useless titles that did nothing to benefit her. After becoming Head of hospital, after slaving herself everyday she still struggled to pay her rent. Can anyone believe that? In the end she got nothing from this village she called home, for which she was ready to give her life up. Medics had the lowest pay of all ninja. Usually those who didn't possess special talents became medic. So it can be explained.

So Sakura concluded that she wasn't as good as her teammates, she was broke, nor was she beautiful. She can be called pretty, but not beautiful. Ino and Hinata was more appropriate for that title, she thought. Basically she was jack of all trades, but master of none.

People called her kind and warm person. Back then she felt flattered, but now she hated it. She can't pay for her expenses with kindness, she can't wear kindness, she certainly can't eat kindness.

Don't even get her started about her love life. Sasuke thanked her, promised to meet her again soon. Apparently, to Sasuke soon meant more than whole year. She was sick of this one sided affection in their relationship. Why are my feelings always this complicated?

Sakura wanted to be more than that. She wanted to be able to buy things she will never use later, eat at expensive restaurant without worrying about price, to be able to give her parents what they wanted. If being top medic of Konoha is not going to grant her wish, then what will?

With that Sakura decided to do anything to change her life. Everyone knew Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha. She'll make a name for herself. This peace didn't do anything good to her. Now life was more boring.

Next morning it was as if Sakura never existed in Konoha in first place.