A/N : Hi all! I know I already posted one today, but I wanted to get more done!

Oh btw here are the ages:

Rookie 9 : 13-14

Team Gai : 14-15

Sand Sibs:

Gaara:14

Kankuro:15

Temari:16

Okay?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto! That belongs to the wonderful Masashi Kishimoto-sama! If I owned Naruto Sakura would be kick ass and her and Gaara would get together!

Heh heh heh on with the story!

"Speaking"

Thinking

Inner Sakura

Demon

Flashback

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Recap:

Life is going to be a hell of a lot more interesting this time around.

End Recap

Sakura was about to go back into spastic panic mode when she heard her mother calling her from downstairs. Mom. She thought herself getting teary-eyed. She's dead. She died. Sasuke killed her using the cursed seal.

"Sakura get your lazy butt down here! It's the day of graduation exams at the Academy in case you've forgotten!"

Academy! But I'm an Anbu CAPTIAN!

Not in this time you aren't . You still have all the knowledge of jutsu's and of the future, but it's your choice how you use them. Your body won't be able to stand most of your moves, so you'll have to train to work your way back up.

That's just great! All of Tsunade's torture in the future and for what? A crummy unfit body!

I know what you mean. Sakura said/thought to them looking at herself in the mirror again.

A/N(not like she ever stopped sweat drop)

I can't believe how weak I was back then. Or now I mean.

There's something different about you….

"SAKURA! DID YOU HEAR ME! I SAID GET DOWNSTAIRIS!

Sakura, very startled, jumped and landed in a defensive stance …. With fire covering her arms?

"Ahhhhh my arms are on fire!" she yelled and started trying to put them out.

Stop moving kit! Didn't I tell you that you can control flames to meet your need?

It's one of my traits. A/N(true fact: she can breathe fire)

OHHHH now you tell me she thought looking at her blackened hands.

"Ughhh. What a way to start the morning." she muttered to herself and the two bickering inhabitants inside her mind.

"Coming!" she shouted through the door. " One second! I'm getting dressed!" a muffled reply made itself known but she ignored it and headed for the closet.

Clothes clothes clothes clothes CLOTHES!

WILL YOU SHUT UP ALLREADY!

No! I won't!

Sakura ignored them. "I'm gonna need some aspirin after this." she groaned.

"How did I get stuck with the two of them." she muttered under her breath while looking for something suitable to wear in her closet.

WE HEARD THAT! They both screamed at her then glared at each other.

STOP COPYING ME!NO YOU! IT'S YOU WHOSE DOING IT NOT ME!

SHUT UP AND HELP ME! God you two can be annoying.

Thanks! They chirped at her. They then whipped their heads around to the other glaring, opening their mouths to engage in another verbal onslaught.

Don't even think about it. She stated not even looking at them. They fell down anime style and got back up crossing their arms and looking the opposite direction as the other.

Meanwhile, Sakura was having trouble with her wardrobe. Everything. Was. PINK! And very COLORFUL! Don't get her wrong. Sakura isn't Goth or anything, but she doesn't necessarily enjoy bright colors.

Sakura banged her head on the wall and mentally yelled so as not to raise a ruckus like last time, WHY ME!

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After Sakura got over the fact that all of her clothes looked like they'd been owned by a rabid fan girl. A/N ( which she was for a time….) She threw on her old dress and shorts outfit, promising that she'd go shopping and burn those with her new powers when she had some clothes her style. She then hopped down the stairs and into the kitchen where she saw her mother making breakfast.

She plopped down in a chair and proceeded to eat and just watch her mother walk, cook and just be alive. She could have sat there all day relishing in the fact that she's still alive, but she had clothes to buy and then she would head to the academy for the graduation exams.

So she kissed her mother on the cheek then ran out the door throwing her sandals on somewhere along the way.

Where to go? Where to go? Hm. What store should we go to? she asked the other two. They responded almost immediately.

HOT TOPIC! A/N ( in my story they have a hot topic! Got it? )

After replacing her entire wardrobe, she went into one of the dressing rooms to switch outfits.

She came out and looked in the mirror. She saw herself wearing a black and blood red pleated skirt with two black belts and a chain. She had very short shorts on under that. For her top she had a sleeveless black tank top that connected at the top to have a collar. She also had a tie to match her skirt.

To go along with all of this she was wearing a ninja styled knee length buckle up sandals, a elbow length fingerless glove on one arm and three bracelets, one with a sun charm, one with a moon and one with a star and a wrist length fingerless glove on the other arm.

A/N ( I have a picture on my profile! Go look ! It's sooo much better then I described it!)

Hey… since when do you have cat eyes?

What? she thought looking in the mirror.

Sure enough there in replacement of her emerald human eyes, there were a set of emerald cat eyes.

What's going on Neka?

I ….. don't know really… I know it has something to do with reading auras but that's about it… you'll just have to find out on your own.

Thanks she replied with sarcasm.

After their little excursion, they were walking along one of the market streets just soaking it all in. Sakura was in her own little zone when Is spoke up.

Hey Saku…. Don't we have to go to the Academy?

Sakura froze.

Now look what you've done! We only have a matter of seconds before she-

"OH SHIT!" And with that they were off and running.

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Ino's P.O.V.

She had just walked out of her house and was waving goodbye to her mother when she saw a black and pink dust cloud coming her way. "Oh shi-ooofffff" and with that she found herself on her ass on the sidewalk. She looked up in the direction of the blur.

"Sorry Ino!" a voice yelled in the distance.

"F-f-f-f-forehead Girl?" she asked herself in shock because Sakura was long gone by now. How the hell did she get so fast? That's…..Impossible!

Ino then shook off those traitorous thoughts and made her way to the academy making sure she didn't get her outfit too messy. There was Sasuke-kun to impress after all! A/N Yeah right! Gag! Sry Ino fans im not sure if she's gonna be nice or not! Give me your opinion! Plz!)

Ino couldn't help wondering though….

How strong is Sakura?

End P.O.V.

Haha that was great! Show her who's weak and who's not!

Yeah…I wonder if Ino is still going to be my rival or my friend… After all I don't like that Sasuke anymore.

Yeah you have Gaara and I have Shukaku!

Well who do I have?

You have a goldfish.

A goldfish! What kind of answer is that! Just because you're a cat….

And this went on all the way to the Academy. Both chose to ignore Sakura who was blushing furiously at what Neka had said. Me and Gaara? Would it really work? No! bad train of thought! Bad!

Sakura tried to avoid this just now by focusing on finding a place to sit. She spotted a open seat beside Hyuga Hinata. Who was sitting in the back all by herself.

Perfect!

"Hi Hinata. Is anyone sitting here?" She asked her in a soft voice. In the future, her and Hinata were really close. She was her best friend besides Temari, Naruto and Gaara.

I hope we can still be friends.

"N-no H-H-Haruno-san. No o-one is sitting t-there." Hinata said in a timid voice.

"No need for formal titles Hinata-chan." Sakura said with a smile. "You can call me Sakura-chan or just plain Sakura if you like." she said, still smiling.

"I-I'd l-like that S-Sakura-c-chan." replied with a small smile of her own.

"Hinata-chan, I believe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

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After school let out Sakura placed her hiate-ate around her waist once more.

Ahhh much better! It felt like I was walking around with one shoe on or something. Ya no? Like when something's just missing.

I know the feeling.

Me too. her lip quivered.

I WANT SHUKAKU!

Oh great she's crying. But on the inside Is did feel a bit of sympathy for the neko.

Ah shut up you. It's okay Neka. The Chunin Exams are soon so we can see him and Gaara-kun. Did I just say Gaara-kun? I meant Gaara-san. Kazakage-sama. Heh heh heh.

Honest mistake!.

Even if it was by accident, it made Neka feel better at least for a little while.

Sakura told her mom, who was standing with the rest of the parents congratulating their kids that she was going for a walk and would meet her at home in a bit. With that she walked off.

She only got so far when she noticed a blur of orange and yellow in her peripheral vision.

She looked over and there was Naruto sitting on the swing across from the Academy looking at the swarm of parents and children with a mix of pain and longing.

Without a though, Sakura walked over to the boy.

"Hey Naruto-kun. What's up?" she said standing in front of him, purposefully blocking the view of the family's.

"S-Sakura-chan! What are you doing over here?….. Shouldn't you be with all of them?" he said motioning to the throng of people in front of their school.

"Nope! I came to see you!" she replied trying too cheer him up. "Why are you all by yourself?" she asked, when in reality she already knew.

"I…. I didn't graduate…" He said looking down, acting like he thought she would be ashamed of him. He looked up again and surprise flitted across his eyes.

"You didn't leave?"

"Why would I? You're my friend!" she replied to his ludicrous question.

"I-I am?"

"Yes. Yes you are"

They both smiled at each other.

"Hey Sakura…. What happened to your eyes?"

"……………"

"Forget I asked."

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"Hey Naruto-kun! Can I sit next to you?" Sakura asked, smiling. It was the morning where they were being assigned teams.

"Sure Sakura-chan but do you really want to sit next to teme over there?" He asked motioning to Uchiha Sasuke sitting in the other seat next to the empty one.

"I think I'll live." Sakura made a gagging motion that Sasuke couldn't see and Naruto laughed so hard he fell out of his chair.

"Hn. Dobe." was Sasuke's reaction to their conversion. That got Naruto so angry that he got up onto the desk right in front of Sasuke's face, unaware of the 'tragedy' that was going to occur.

"What did you call me bastard?" Naruto said all up in Sasuke's face.

"Dead last." was his 'smooth' reply that had all girls except Sakura and Hinata swooning.

Naruto was about to respond when someone bumped him from behind and caused him and Sasuke-teme to kiss.

And what was Sakura doing this whole time? Watching eagerly and then laughing her head off watching their reactions.

"Naruto you piece of crap! You're dead!" came from Sasuke.

"Poison! My mouth is ruined! Ack! Bloodlust!" came from Naruto.

"OMG! He kissed Sasuke-kun! Get Him!" came from the fangirls.

Wait….Fangirls?

They had Naruto surrounded and were prepared to beat the snot out him.

Ino had stepped forward and sent a punch at him. Naruto closed his eyes but the blow never came. He opened them and saw Sakura standing in front of him, Ino's fist in her hand. Everyone was stunned. Whispers started to go around.

"I didn't see her move-"

"When did she get there-"

"Whoa! She didn't even flinch when she caught Ino's punch-"

But Sakura ignored them. Neka's instinct to protect one of your own pack was coming through.

Her ex-best friend had tried to punch Naruto.

To Neka's primal instincts, this translated into:

An enemy is attacking one of my pack.

This resulted in her shoving her so hard that Ino hit the wall.

"She hardly moved at all-"

"It was just a flick of the wrist-"

"when did she get so strong-"

"Don't touch him ever again." Sakura said in the emotional voice of a professional Anbu.

It gave everyone shivers.

Then Iruka came in.

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" I'd like to get to know you all a little bit better, so tell me about yourselves." said Kakashi-sensei after they'd gone onto the roof.

"Like what?" Sakura asked in an uncaring voice. After the whole Ino incident, she'd been in a bad mood, but she'd asked anyway because if she hadn't, no one would have.

" Things like dreams, ambitions, likes, dislikes, hobbies…. Things like that."

"Okay blondie, you first."

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen, Sakura-chan and when Iruka-sensei buys me ramen." he got into a thinking pose. " I dislike the three minutes it takes ramen to cook, Sasuke-teme and being lonely. My dream is to become Hokage!" he shouted the last part.

Some things will never change.

"Okay, emo-boy! Your next."

" I'm Uchiha Sasuke. I don't like much of anything. I dislike many things. And my ambition is to kill a certain man."

"Pinky you're up."

Kakashi almost got hit by a kunai that Sakura threw at his head.

"My name is Haruno Sakura. I like cats, raccoons, sand, training, learning jutsu's and Panda-chan."

"Panda-chan?" they asked her.

She ignored them.

" I dislike snakes, traitors, bright colors, avengers, not being able to see your precious people, not being able to protect my precious people, people who call me weak and red clouds and people calling me Pinky." he said glaring pointedly at Kakashi.

"My dream is to protect all of my precious people and to change coon-kun's outlook on life." with that she finished.

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Time- Skip to before Chunin Exams! A/N I didn't feel like doing the whole mission to the land of waves. It would have taken too long!

Sakura had managed to get this far without anyone getting too suspicious of her 'new' strength. All through the mission, she was secretly training, so now her chakra without Neka is already about Chunin level .

She was walking with Naruto after their sensei had told them that he had nominated them into the Chunin exams. They were fairly bored. No missions for them. Just training. Joy.

But not everyone was bored though. Neka was ecstatic! Shukaku and Gaara were coming today!

Shukaku! Shukaku! Shukaku! I missed you! Come see me dammit! A/N( I took that line from fruits basket)

Just when they were about to die from boredom, Konohamaru and his teammates showed up asking to play ninja. Sakura was about to walk away when Konohamaru asked Naruto that question. Even after living it once, she wasn't going to stand it twice.

"Hey Boss, is she yours?" he asked thinking he was being very sly. Yeah right.

" Heh for a little guy you sure catch on quick." he chuckled rubbing the back of his head.

Suddenly they noticed the evil aura around Sakura.

"Naruto… Just because your one of my best friends that doesn't mean I can't beat you into a coma! She yelled coming at them. They all ran away screaming at the top of their lungs. She could have easily caught up and overtaken them, but where was the fun in that?

She enjoyed playing cat and mouse. It was in her nature after all.

Besides, that way it will lead them to the Sand Siblings… And Gaara.

And SHUKAKU!

Yes him too.

Troublesome Cat

You sound like Shikamaru.

That's what we get for hanging out with Temari this much. He is her boyfriend after all.

Guys.

I know why does he always say that?

Guys!

He's a lazy ass.

GUYS!

What?

I think we're here.

Once Sakura got out of her inner conflict she saw that Neka was right. Directly in front of her holding Konohamaru up by his scarf in all of his hooded cat earedglory was Kankuro and beside him was the fan wielder herself, Temari.

"That hurt pipsqueak." Kankuro growled at him.

"Knock it off Kankuro. You're gonna get it as it is."

If they're here then that means that Gaara-and Shukaku!- aren't far behind….

" Put him down. It wasn't his fault. He was just fooling around." Sakura statedwith a steely resolve, Is and Neka cheering her on.

Kankuro faced her.

"Oh and I assume you're gonna stop me? I just want to play with him for a bit. While we're waiting for the nuisance to get here."

"He's not a nuisance." She muttered under her breathe so they couldn't hear her. With that in mind, she got a look in her eye that was akin to demonic. But before she could take out her fury out on them a rock came down from a tree nearby and hit Kankuro in the hand, effectively making him drop Konohamaru, and giving him a chance to scurry behind Naruto.

"What are you people doing in our village?" asked Sasuke from up in the tree.

"Oh look another brat." said Kankuro looking up at Sasuke in the tree.

"Get lost." was Sasuke's killer comeback.

"What are you doing here bastard?" Sakura asked him, not taking her eyes off of the spot where Gaara was sure to turn up. "We were doing fine without you and your rocks." She followed up with in a voice laced with sarcasm.

"You suck Naruto!" Konohamaru sniffed at Naruto. Sakura looked towards them.

"Come on! You know I could have handled it if teme hadn't shown up."

Sakura promptly turned away and looked back to the Sand nin across from them. She didn't need to hear Naruto showing off for little kids.

" Come down little squirrel. You think you're pretty smart huh? Well lets see how you fare with this!" Kankuro growled out starting to unwrap his puppet.

"You're not gonna use the Crow yet are you?" Temari said trying to get him to reconsider.

Oh yeah and here's the part where Gaara comes in….Oh SHIT I forgot!

She whipped her head around to face the tree just as Gaara spoke.

"Kankuro. Don't." Now everyone else turns to face him. After taking a good look at him Is cursed herself for not claiming him sooner.

He was dressed in the red and black outfit that he wore last time at the exams. And the gourd, but he hardly goes anywhere without it. And the scar. Ai. Love. Sakura really liked that scar. It's one way no one can impersonate Gaara. His voice broke her out of her daze.

"It annoys me that you'd loose control in a quarrel with children."

Neka growled at that statement. We'll show him who's a child. Sakura mentally blushed at what she was implying. Come on kit! He has Shukaku in him! He's gotta be good with women! NEKA! Sakura was blushing furiously at that statement… but she couldn't deny that she'd like it.

"Have you forgotten why we're here?"

"But Gaara ….They started it! The little one slammed into me!"

"Shut up. Or I'll kill you…" he trailed off as he used his sand to transport him in between his siblings." I know we came a little early…But we didn't come here to play around."

"It won't happen again." Kankuro said quickly as to avoid angering his younger brother.

"Lets go." he said turning away. Stop him! I need to see Shukaku!

Neka was now trying to push the barriers of Sakura's mind, not caring if it was hurting the girl.Sakura winced.

"Wait!" called Sasuke

At least he's good for one thing.

"Why are you here?" he hissed angry that Gaara had been able to sneak up on him.

Temari was about to answer but Sakura interrupted.

"They're here for the Chunin Exams." she ground out through the pain in her head that Neka was causing trying to get to her mate. Sakura winced and grabbed her head letting out a yelp. It felt like her head was splitting in two.

She fell to her knees, oblivious of the concerned stares she was getting from all… Except Gaara of course.

"P-please s-stop Neka…" She whispered and only Gaara with his tanuki amplified hearing caught it.

The demon within him froze.

Neka? he whispered.

By now tears were streaming down her cheeks and she felt like she'd rather die then ever go through this pain again.

Stop it you're killing her with that pain!

"N-Neka p-please STOP!" she screamed clutching her head so hard it was bleeding.

Suddenly Neka got control of her voice.

"SHUKAKU p-please stop Neka." Even if her voice only slipped through for a second, Shukaku knew it was his mate. NEKA! He started pushing at the barriers of Gaara's conscious. Stop it Shukaku! YOU WANT ME TO STOP! THEN GRAB MY MATE BEFORE SHE KILLS HER CONTAINER!Gaara immediately complied with his demon's wishes, if only to stop the pain. He vanished from his sibling's sides and reappeared in front of the pink haired girl, scooping her up bridal style and disappearing in a whirl of sand, ignoring the incredulous looks if the gennin around them.

A/N Finally! This chapter is done! I spent soooo long on this one so I hope you like it. Plz tell me what you think and maybe suggest what Gaara's reaction to Sakura should be!. I'll update as fast as I can but reviews make me faster!

'till next time!

-darklightningdevil