DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS, believe me if i did I would make Sakura and a few other characters more interesting and powerful.

Obviously this is a new story and it's been on my mind for a very long time. I think even before Anti-clockwise. I am not abandoning Anti-clockwise I just have lost interest for it, so I'm taking a break from the story for a month or two. It's a pity that there isn't many stories that focus on the relationship of Sakura and Anko, and since the two of them are part of my top three kunoichis, I couldn't resist but write a sty surrounding them. Anyways, this story will be AU-ish though it will follow a the big plot lines in the anime/manga.

ENJOY!

Ugh, what happened?

Her eyes slowly flutter open, she clams them shut again as a burning sensation shots through her body.

Gah! It hurts! Sasuke-kun? Naruto?

"Sakura-chan," A sing song voice calls out.

Where have I heard that voice before?

Panic runs through the pinkette's mind as she tries to open her eyes once again, but can't. She tries to open her mouth, but also fails. Her eyes screw tighter as the pain increases before it becomes to much and she loses consciousness.

"Sakura-chan…" the luring voice calls out again.

A.B.I.D

The pink haired kunoichi groans as she sits up slowly, her hands grabbing the sides of her head as she squeezes her eyes shut, as if doing so will stop the pain. She momentarily freezes when she realises the burning sensation she felt is non-existent.

"Saku-chan…"

Her senses immediately flip to alert, her headache long forgotten as she straightens. Her emerald eyes cautiously peer around. "W-who's there?" she stutters, warily.

The person chuckles as they step out of the shadows with their arms crossed over their chest. "Aw, I'm hurt Saku-chan. Ya don't remember me?" A smirk makes its way onto the person's face as the pinkette's eyes widen in shock before a look of recognition and disbelief paints its way onto her face.

"I-i-inner?"

"Yes Saku-chan, it's me."

"W-what happened to you?" The pinkette stutters, still in a state of shell shock. In front of her was her inner self, the part of her that she locked away from the rest of the world. The parts of her that she declared were faults, and buried deep within. She blinks a few times before rubbing her eyes with fisted hands. A feeling of terror shot down her spine as she felt the coldness, hostility and power coming from her alter-ego. Hate and many other negative emotions seemed to roll off of her inner self in waves. And many of them she recognised, she felt them a lot during her childhood. And she did the only thing she knew, she buried them deep inside which created the person in front of her. Her legs began to shake as they gave out and she dropped onto her hands and knees.

Her doppelganger chuckles bitterly, "Orochimaru's what happened." She sighs at the look of confusion on her 'outer' self's face. "Ya really don't remember what happened?"

A shake of the head is what she got in reply.

"Remember, ya tackled Sasuke out of the way before the snake bastard could do whatever he was gonna do to him but he got us instead."

Sakura groans painfully and grabs her head again as the memories come rushing back.

"SASUKE!" She screams at her frozen teammate, before her brain could catch up with her body. She was moving in the direction of her teammate with a surprising amount of speed as she tackles the last Uchiha out of the way.

Emerald eyes widen as she feels a sting on her neck. A burning sensation spreads through her veins. She grabs her neck as she screams out in pain. Before collapsing from the pain, she hears an angry shout. "How dare you get in my way, you damned wench! No matter, you will not survive to tell the tale. I'll be back for you, Sasuke-kun."

Sakura gasps as the memory come rushing back. "No, no, no!" She whispers as she clumsily yanks the collar of her red dress. "Fuck! This cannot be happening!"

"Oh, but it is Saku-chan."

Fear washes over the pinkette as she glances back at her inner self. She audibly gulps.

"Can't feel it Saku-chan?"

Sakura's eyes widen as she looks at her inner self, "s-so much power." She gasps, t-this is more power than I have ever felt before. "H-how did you get so much power?"

"That thing that Orochimaru put on us, I dunno what it does but all I know is that when ya passed out. I knew we were gonna die if I didn't do anything. So I absorbed whatever that thing is supposed to do to us. And then this happened."

"S-so m-much chakra,"

"That's right Saku-chan don't fight it, embrace it." She sticks out her hand, "take my hand Saku-chan."

"B-but its s-so dark and e-evil," she shivers as the temptation grew.

"Yes, maybe, but its power. What have we been from the start of team seven?"

"A burden," 'Outer' Sakura blurts out. Her eyes widen as the realisation hits her like a tonne of bricks. At first she thought it was her doubts but as the scenes of the past two and a half months flash through her mind, she saw just how useless she was.

"You're even worse than Naruto." The comment flashes through her mind, like an electronic belt.

"Do you still want to be a burden?"

"N-no,"

"Then embrace this gift, use this power given to you, given to us. It's about time the world meets the real us."

Sakura's emerald eyes trail up the out stretched hand up to the owners face. Her eyes stop at the label 'inner Sakura' that seemed to be branded on the other's forehead. She bites her lip, a habit she's always had when she was nervous or unsure of something. Taking a deep breath, her emerald eyes meet her doppelgangers as she slowly reaches out to the outstretched hand…