Alright people, here is chapter 2. hope you enjoy it!

Thoughts

Talking

Future Events

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"Sakura! Are you up? You're going to be late!"

Sakura Haruno checked her outfit one last time in the mirror, liking how the red dress she picked out hugged her slim waist and hung to her knees. When she heard her mother yelling up at her the pink haired preteen couldn't help but get annoyed.

"I know mother. I'll be right down!" She shouted back.

Why do you always treat me like a little kid?! I'm a ninja now!

Sakura ran down the stairs and was greeted by her parents in the kitchen. Her mother Mebuki was at the stove cooking breakfast in her white apron with red edging and her father Kizashi was sitting at the table reading the morning newspaper. Sakura came rushing down the stairs in a hurry, ignoring the good morning from her parents as she put on her shoes by the door.

"Sakura, what about breakfast?" Mebuki asked with a hand on her hip as she looked down her nose at her only child.

Sakura sighed as she readjusted her forehead protector that she used as a headband to keep her long pink hair back.

"Mom I told you, I'm on a diet." She huffed as she went out the door and on her way to the academy.

Mebuki sighed shaking her head in equal parts exasperation and amusement.

"That child..."

Sakura strolled down the street lined with shops, her eyes focused on the ground as she contemplated the days events.

I'm not an academy student anymore. I'm Sakura Haruno. Kunoichi in training!

"I'm going now."

Sakura looked up in time to see a blonde haired girl exit the Yamanaka Flower shop dressed in bandages and purple top/skirt combo. As always her fashion sense was impeccable, but no Sakura wouldn't lose to her.

Ino Yamanaka will be the one to lose this time.

The two stared at each other for a few moments before Ino gave a challenging smirk.

"Good morning Sakura."

Sakura narrowed her eyes before giving a smile of her own. After all, two can play at this game.

"Good morning Ino."

Both girls started towards the Academy, walking side by side. Sakura was a bit tense seeing as how her rival was right next to her.

"So they actually let you graduate? that's a surprise." Ino jabbed giving the girl next to her a side long glance.

Sakura's left eyebrow twitched and both eyes closed in irritation.

"Those classes are ancient history. We're both ninja now and we're both equal."

She opened her green eyes to glare fiercely at Ino.

"I won't lose to you anymore." Sakura declared as she sped up her pace to walk in front of Ino. Said girl looked a bit shocked but matched her pace to Sakura's and it turned into a race to the Academy. They made it to the door of the classroom and both tried to force their way in at the same time. When they both popped out of the doorway Sakura pushed at Ino's face with her left hand and Ino pushed Sakura with her right.

"I'm first!" They both yelled simultaneously as they tried to catch their breath.

Ino gave a smug look to her right.

"I win again, Sakura."

Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Yeah right. I had to look back to see you! I was at least a tenth of and inch ahead."

Ino's face scrunched up in a grimace.

"Have you always been so delusional?" She asked.

Sakura decided to ignore this as someone else caught her eye. There was no mistaking that posture or that hair. It was him, her reason for doing all of this. Her heart started racing as she ran towards where he sat pushing Naruto out of the way in the process.

"Uh, good morning Sasuke." She said shyly with a smile.

A pair of eyes that were black as night turned to give her an uninterested look. Sakura tilted her head to the left, trying to seem cute and innocent as he looked at her.

"Do you mind if I sit next to you?" She simpered.

Suddenly she felt a hand enclose around her upper left arm and pull a bit.

"Hold on Forehead. I'm sitting next to Sasuke."

Sakura felt her irritation rise as she glared over at Ino, who still had a grasp on her arm.

"I was here first." She hissed through her teeth.

Ino glared harder as if to burn holes into Sakura's skull.

"I walked into the classroom before you did! Everybody saw it."

Sakura snorted.

"Dream on."

At this point other girls in the class began to gather around them, trying get the seat next to Sasuke. Said boy just looked away as the girls argued thinking how clueless they were. Sakura clenched her fists at her side, thinking about how stupid all these girls were. if they wanted to sit next to him then they should have taken the seat already. Sakura asked first and therefore the seat rightfully belonged to her, damn it! Sakura looked over at Sasuke in time to see the idiot Naruto crouching on his desk glaring at him. Sakura felt her control beginning to snap.

"Naruto! Stop glaring at Sasuke!" She bellowed at the blonde.

Was he even supposed to be here? Didn't he fail? He was so annoying! Everything about him just grated on Sakura's nerves. How dare he even look at her precious Sasuke? He was his better in every single way! She was yelling at Naruto with every other girl in the room when it happened. Some guy leaned back, bumping into Naruto and sending him crashing into Sasuke. Both of their eyes widened in absolute horror as their lips locked together. Sakura stood there stunned for a moment. Sasuke was...kissing Naruto. It wasn't true right? Was this some sort of genjutsu? She made the hand sign to dispel any genjutsu if there were any but nothing changed. Sakura could feel her blood boil and cracked her knuckles as they broke apart sputtering and choking.

I was supposed to be Sasuke's first kiss!

"Naruto, you are so dead." Sakura said causing the blonde to pale in terror. His hand came up in a placating gesture and his eyes darted around like cornered prey.

"Hey hold on it was an accident!" He tried to plead, but it fell of deaf ear as the girls had already decided that he was beyond guilty.

"You are finished." She growled as she and the others got closer to their target.

All that could be heard was a cry of pain as they pounced on the poor kid.

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Sakura sat in her seat happily, sneaking glances to her left every few seconds. She honestly couldn't help it! Sasuke was just so cool and handsome and she was sitting right next to him! Now if only she was placed on the same team as him, then her life would be perfect!

"I wonder who's going to be in Sasuke's group?"

Sakura looked behind her at Ino, who was looking at her with a superior sneer. Obviously she thought she was the best choice for his team.

"I don't know." Sakura was trying to sound casual and cool, but on the inside she was raging.

I'm going to be with Sasuke, so stay away from him you hag!

"We want each squad to have a balance in strength and ability so that's how we decide where to place you." Iruka-sensei was explaining. Sakura quit paying attention until she heard Naruto's name.

"Squad 7 will be Naruto Uzumaki."

Sakura prayed to every God she knew that she wasn't placed on the same team as that idiot.

"Sakura Haruno."

The pink haired girl deflated in despair while Naruto jumped for joy. Nothing in the world could ever make this situation better.

"And Sasuke Uchiha."

Now it was Sakura's turn to jump up in joy and for Naruto to deflate. Yes! She was on the same team as Sasuke! True love really does conquer all!

Sakura turned in her seat to give Ino the victory sign and a smug look. Ino was pissed and glared at Sakura as if that could change anything. Sakura was so happy about her placement that she tuned out everything else around her. Could life get any better than this?

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Sitting in an empty chair in the classroom waiting for their Jonin Sensei, Sakura found herself deep in thought. During lunch Sasuke had called her annoying and told her that she was worse than Naruto. That was the worst feeling she had ever had. Her heart felt tight and tears pricked the back of her eyes. It was pretty cruel of him to say that to her, but then again she was being cruel to Naruto as well. Maybe she should make an effort to get to know him better now that they are on the same squad and all.

She was walking through a crowd of people, both civilian and ninja. He was here, she just knew it and when she found him he was going to get a taste of her fist for being a reckless idiot and making her worry. Right up ahead of her was a blonde teen smiling tiredly at some children, but looked up at her as she stepped up to him. His smile widened despite his obvious exhaustion, making tears burn in her eyes.

"Sakura." He said with the affection one could only have after knowing someone for years.

"You reckless idiot." Sakura growled as she nailed him with her fist on the top of his blonde head, making him fall forward with a yelp.

Sakura caught him in her arms and hugged him gently as to not aggravate his wounds.

"Thank you." she whispered into his neck and the feeling behind it was staggering in that there was so much relief and affection there.

Sakura jolted back to the classroom. What was that? It felt so real and yet it was like a dream. The face of the blonde man entered her mind once again and Sakura was even more confused. It was Naruto, but it wasn't. This guy was older and had obviously been in a battle. What was the meaning of this?

Sakura shook her head. Her imagination was probably trying to run away with her again. Sakura looked over at her teammate placing an eraser in the sliding door.

Besides, that idiot could never look that cool.

Naruto snickered at his ingenious prank and Sakura rolled her eyes.

"He's not going to fall for that Naruto. Stop being so childish."

He turned his blue eyes to her and gave the same toothy grin from the vision.

"Serves him right for being 3 hours late."

Sasuke just sat there with his hands folded in front of his mouth, as silent as ever.

Suddenly the door slid open and the eraser fell onto a head of grey hair.

Sakura stilled as she looked at him not knowing what to do as she took in his mask and the headband that covered his left eye.

She had seen him in that vision she had earlier. He was standing behind Naruto like some proud uncle as the crowd cheered for him. Sakura had never seen this man in her life so how had she had a vision about him? Sakura's breathing sped up as she started to panic. This was all too weird and Sakura didn't like weird. She like predictable.

Normal.

Her vision started to waver like something was interfering with it.

She was crying on a rooftop. Naruto and Sasuke had left but she was still shaken by what had happened. Why would they try to kill each other? Why couldn't they just accept each other? Why did they always leave her out?

A gloved hand landed on top of her head and made Sakura look up through tear filled eyes at her Sensei. He gave her a one eyed smile as he patted her head in an attempt to calm her down.

"They will be fine Sakura. Everything will go back to normal soon okay?"

Sakura desperately wanted to believe him, but would it really happen? Naruto and Sasuke had just tried to seriously hurt each other. You can't just bounce back from that. Not wanting to trouble Kakashi-sensei with her troubled thoughts, she nodded and wiped her tears away.

"My first impression of you is...you're idiots."

Sakura jolted at the sound of the man's- no Kakashi-sensei's- voice. It was the exact same as the vision.

"Meet me on the roof for introductions." With that he poofed away in a cloud of grey smoke, leaving the three of them to find their way there on their own.

As she walked, Sakura tried to make sense of what was happening to her, but she was coming up empty. There was no possible way to explain what she was seeing. Maybe she was going insane?

Sakura sighed as she walked on to the roof top and sat down next to Sasuke.

"Okay so why don't you introduce yourselves."

Sakura looked at him with an appraising eye. Judging by his posture and the tone of his voice, this man couldn't care less about what they had to say.

"What do we say?" Sakura decided it was best to continue even if that was the case.

"Things you like, things you hate, dreams for the future, hobbies. Things like that." He answered with a casual shrug of his shoulders.

Naruto leaned forward, his eyes never leaving their sensei.

"Why don't you go first? That way we know how it's done."

"Me? I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like, things I hate? I honestly don't feel like telling you that. My dreams for the future...I haven't really thought about it. As for my hobbies, well I have lots of hobbies."

Sakura fought the urge to put her face in her hands as she looked at Naruto and Sasuke with an unamused frown.

"That was useless. All he really did was tell us his name."

Naruto nodded along with what she was saying.

"Okay. Now it's your turn. You on the right, you go first." Kakashi said looking over at Naruto. The blonde sat up straighter and started messing with his headband that lay across his forehead. Naruto grinned at being picked to go before Sasuke.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, believe it! I like instant ramen in a cup and I really like the ramen Iruka-sensei got for me at the Ichiraku Noodle Shop. I hate the three minutes you have to wait after you pour the hot water into the ramen cup. My hobbies are eating different kinds of ramen and comparing them. My future dream is...to be the greatest Hokage! Then the whole village will stop disrespecting me and treat me like I'm somebody, somebody important."

Sakura looked at the boy she had been classmates with for years and realized that while he may be a royal pain, that isn't all there is to him. Kakashi look less than impressed as he shifted his gaze onto Sakura herself.

"Alright. Next."

Sakura shook her head and put on her brightest smile.

"I'm Sakura Haruno. What I like-uh I mean the person I like is.." She shyly glanced in Sasuke's direction with a blush staining her cheeks, "uh my hobby is uh.." She glanced once again at the brooding boy next to her, "my dream for the future is-" Sakura squealed at the thought of becoming Mrs. Sasuke Uchiha.

Kakashi sighed as if contemplating throwing himself off the roof.

"And? What do you hate?" He asked.

Sakura's knee jerk reaction was to say Naruto and so she did, but did she really hate him?

"last one." Kakashi sighed. This was turning out to be such a headache.

"My name, is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things and I don't particularly like anything."

Sakura stopped smiling and just stared at the boy next to her. How could he not like anything? Everyone has at least one thing that they like!

"What I have is not a dream because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan and kill a certain...someone." The air around him went frigid, making Sakura move away unconsciously. Everything about him was so intense right now that Sakura found herself shivering in fear of her teammate and then her vision started to waver again. Sakura held her breath, trying to prepare for whatever scene she was about to stumble into.

Two men were facing off in what looked like a battle to the death. One had short black hair that sort of stuck up in the back-wait that was Sasuke?! he looked older, but much more harsh somehow as he wielded a sword deftly in his hands. His opponent was older than he was by a few years, but something in the way he held himself made him seem decades older. His long black hair was tied neatly at the base of his neck despite the battle that was raging and he had high cheek bone paired with an aristocratic nose, but it was his eyes that drew her in the most.

They were red with what looked like a black pinwheel at the center.

Sakura had never seen eyes like those before and the more she stared at the them the more she saw in their depths. This man didn't want to be fighting Sasuke. There was an infinite sadness that was there as his eyes followed Sasuke's attacks. What could have caused him to feel such sadness? Who was he even?

Kakashi clapped his hands together, bringing Sakura back to the roof top.

"Okay then, you each are unique and have your own personalities. We will have our first mission tomorrow."

Naruto bounced in his seat barely able to contain his excitement at having a mission.

"What kind of mission is it?"

Kakashi crossed his arms and gave them a hard stare.

"It's an exercise we will be completing together."

Sakura gave the silver haired man a skeptical look.

"What kind of exercise will it be?" She asked cautiously.

"A survival exercise." Kakashi gave an unhinged chuckle that sent a tremor down Sakura's spine. Whatever they were going to be doing, Sakura could tell that it was going to be awful.

"Meet at training ground 7 at 6 am tomorrow morning. Oh and I wouldn't eat breakfast if I were you." Kakashi's eyes glowed with sadistic joy at their confused faces.

"Or else you'll puke." With those parting words, he was gone, leaving the three genin there alone.

Sasuke was the first to get up to leave and Sakura began to reach out her hand to hold on to him and ask if he wanted to grab something to eat with her, but the memory of his crazed eyes and twisted smile from her vision made her falter. Before she knew it he was gone and she was left staring at her shaking hand in confusion. Why was this happening to her? It's not like those daydreams held any truth or fact to them, so why was she reacting so badly?

"Hey Sakura! Want to go get Ichiraku's with me?" Naruto asked as he came up beside her with a wide grin.

It was a testament to how out of it Sakura was that she politely turned the blonde down and started making her way home. Maybe all she needed was a good nights sleep.

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