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Sakura Haruno jumped from tree to tree, pumping chakra to get home. She was going home from her last mission from the northern boarder, in a small village to gather information about the Akatsuki. Sakura had gotten a lot of data on the whereabouts of certain Akatsuki hideouts within the Fire Country.

'I got 3 more days of travel,' Sakura jumped to another tree '…I am going to have to stop soon.' She found a small clearing in the forest and jumped down to make camp. She set up a travel tent and started a fire.

Sakura sat and stared into the flickering flames. Her mind flooded of memories of the past two years after Naruto left.

"Come on, Sakura!" exclaimed Ino. Ino had been Sakura's best friend since Sasuke left. Sakura had gone into a slight depression after Sasuke left. Ino had long gotten over Sasuke, leaning toward a bug-boy. Sakura had started working at the hospital and was forever there. Ino would always come during lunch hour and drag her out of the white-walled place…

"I swear, you are always at the hospital. Everyday! Have you ever taken a day off in the past 6 months?" yelled Ino. "Ino, shush. We are still in the hospital." Sakura took off her pure white long hospital coat and threw it on her chair that stood motionless behind a dark wooden desk.

"Well, what else am I going to do to get into that pink haired head of yours!" Ino said, in a quieter, yet stern voice," Everyday it's the same thing! From six in the morning to eleven at night! Take a break will you? How about tomorrow? We could go shopping or something! You know, catch up." Ino looked at her with puppy-dog eyes. Sakura sighed

"YAY!" Ino exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. She ran off, yelling that she would call her later. Sadly, that day never came. Tsunade, a few hours had called Sakura into her office.

"Sakura, as you know, there are rumors flying around about the Akatsuki planning an attack on Konoha. We have been doing our research and we have come to a conclusion," she paused," We believe that there are approximately three Akatsuki hideouts within the Fire Country boarders." Sakura nodded her head once. But she wondered, where is this going?

"I want you to travel to the Village Hidden in the Jade, near the northern boarder. We have gathered data pointing that the people there may have information about the Akatsuki. Not many ninja, mostly travelers or traders from waterfall. I want you to gather information. But be careful. If the rumors are true, then Akatsuki nin may be lurking around." She looked at Sakura with a small smile. Sakura was like her daughter. She couldn't trust anyone else on this mission expect her. Tsunade hadn't been training her for nothing.

"You leave at dawn tomorrow. Don't fail me, Sakura-chan!" With that finale order, Sakura stood.

"Hai!" She said. She walked out the door to get ready. She left, as usual.

Sakura yawned and stretched. She looked up into the star-filled sky and smiled to herself. How long had it been since she had just stared at the stars?

A week?

A Month?

A year?

'Who knows.' Sakura thought. She slept silently through the night and never knew that her adventure was about to begin.

(Nothingherenothingherenothinghere)

Sakura awoke bright and early to a rainy day.

"Just great…" she muttered, as she climbed out of the tent. It was pouring. The land was muddy and the trees were slippery. She grumbled about something along the lines of " Stupid rain and its stupid wetness…" while packing her tent up. She adjusted her back pack on her shoulders and sighed.

(Nothingherenothingherenothinghere)

Jumping from tree to tree, she was careful not the slip and fall. It was still raining, and it showed no sign of clearing up. 'Just don't slip up!' her inner-self yelled.

'Yeah, yeah. I hear you.'

'I'm serious! I have to live in this body too!"

'I am a chunnin, a top ranked-medic nin, AND The Great Gomdaime herself trained me. I could never be so stupid as to fa-'

"Whoa!" Sakura's foot stepped on a weak, wet branch. It crushed under her feet and she went falling to the ground. She flung her arms up and caught on to a sturdy branch. She hung there sighing in relief.

'That was dangerous…' she looked down, realizing that she was higher up than she thought. She was still a good 30 feet from the ground.

Suddenly, she heard a crack. 'Uh oh…'

Crack!

Sakura screamed as she fell to the ground. Her body twisted, as she looked at the speeding ground. She didn't realize that rocks had been in this area…

A sharp pain filled her head when she made contact with the ground.

'that's going to hurt later on…'

That was her last thought, before darkness consumed her.