~A New Future~

"Thoughts"
"Inner Sakura"
Writing
Jutsu
Flashback

"Sasuke and I have formed a plan. If we do die, we want you two to go back to the past and make sure this war doesn't happen. Too many lives have already been lost and we can't let that continue. Can we trust you two to follow the plan?"
"Hai!"
They only had one chance to change the future.


Chapter 2: Starting Bonds

It is such a lovely, peaceful day in Konoha. During this time of much needed peace, civilians are buying their necessities, ninja are enjoying these rare, war-less moments, and preteen girls are falling out of the sky. What an average day in the ninja village of Konoha, indeed.

In a clearing outside of Konoha, two young girls were falling to the, very hard, ground below. Throughout the fall, both girls were trying to move themselves so that they wouldn't hurt themselves when they landed. Right before impact, both girls righted themselves and landed on their feet. The bubblegum haired girl ran to her partner and started to check for any injuries they may have sustained from the fall, looking like a very worried mother hen.

"Sakura-chan, I'm alright, I don't have any injuries. You can stop fussing over me," giggled the dark blue haired girl. Sakura smiled at her accomplice, but then a frown marred her face.

"We have the strength we had when we were thirteen," to prove her point, Sakura punched the ground. Nothing happened, no crater, not even a few cracks. "This would've been useful information to know about and Naruto could've mentioned it, that idiot. Oh well, nothing we can change now. At least our awesomeness saved us from our impending doom," a very ticked off Sakura grumbled. She proceeded to smooth down her hair that had tangled while falling from the sky.

"Our awesomeness? Really, Sakura-chan? It seems that some of our power came back with us, not much but enough to do a simple feat of landing on our feet as we're falling from the sky. You really shouldn't vilify Naruto-kun, he was at least able to create this jutsu and that isn't an easy feat," Hinata scolded. sakura merely crossed her arm around her midriff and turned away from the Hyuuga.

"Humph!"

"Did you just humph me?"

"Of course not, Hinata-sama! How could you believe me to do such a frivolous act to the future Uchiha Matriarch?"

"Well, Sakura-sensei, sorry for thinking such a thing!"

"Don't call me sensei! You know I hate it when you call me that! I feel so old!" Sakura pouted, uncrossing her arms and turning to fully face her partner.

"Don't call me Hinata-sama!" Hinata retaliated.

"You know I can't do that, it's too much fun for me," Sakura dodged a well-aimed rock, "Now to the more important task at hand, we have to figure out exactly where we are to be able to sneak back into the village. You should use your technique."

"You could have said please," puffed out a slightly irritated Hinata.

Hinata touched the ground with her pointer and middle fingers and closed her eyes. A few moments later, she opened them.

"We are about one hundred meters from the east gate," Hinata proudly stated.

Sakura gave an appreciative whistle, "Damn, Neji just had to teach you that technique didn't he?"

"Only people with the Byakugan can use it and he thought it would prove useful for me. Luckily, the technique doesn't require much chakra so I could use it right now in our current states. All I need to do is simultaneously run chakra through my pointer and middle fingers. It has all the effects of the Byakugan without all the chakra consumption needed for it."

"Lucky us… Do you think we can actually succeed with our mission?" a troubled Sakura asked.

"I don't think we'll succeed, I know we will. Believe in yourself, Sakura-chan. We can't start doubting ourselves now, especially since we're already in the past."

"That's true," Sakura sighed, "We should start heading into Konoha now."

Sakura and Hinata started to head towards Konoha, masking their chakra so that they weren't stopped and questioned.

"Sakura-chan, what day did Naruto-kun say he would send us back to?" Hinata asked.

"Naruto told me that the jutsu would take us to evening before our Genin teams were assigned to us."

"Oh, that's pretty smart for Naruto-kun."

"He has his moments," Sakura said with a small smile to herself, "There's the entrance we can go through to not be noticed."

Both kunoichi stopped in front of what appeared as a normal-looking bush. Hinata stepped forward and pushed away the bush. Behind the seemingly random bush was a small door. Hinata went on her hands and knees and opened the door. As she crawled through, Sakura kept watch.

"You can come now, Sakura-chan!"

Sakura wasted no time and crawled in after Hinata. Before going completely into the passageway, she moved the bush back and closed the door. She continued crawling until she was out the other end. As she was getting up, she noticed Hinata had a sad smile on her face.

"I can't believe it's actually Konoha. It looks so peaceful and happy, and it's not destroyed," Hinata stated in a nostalgic form. She looked up into the sky and her eyes were confronted by the colors of a sunset.

"And it's going to stay like that, Hinata. We came back to make sure of that."

Both girls faced each other and smiled.

"We won't let what happened to our Konoha happen to this one. We know what we need to do, Hinata, and we'll succeed. We better start heading to our homes, it's getting late. See you tomorrow, Hinata! Don't forget that we can't act like how we did in our future. We are going to have to act like we did back then, or rather now," Sakura said with a slight frown, body turned towards where her home was located.

"Sakura-chan, I don't think we have to completely act like we did. If worse comes to worse, we can blame it on the fact that we realized the maturity it takes to be a ninja," Hinata offered to the edgy Sakura.

"You could always think of solutions much faster than me, Hinata-chan."

"Our mission is going to legitimately start tomorrow. When do you plan on telling Naruto-kun about Kurama?" Hinata asked. Sakura concentrated and then let out a sigh.

"I don't necessarily know. Naruto and Kurama working together is something we need. Kurama can't keep on trying to possess Naruto, I won't allow it. I'm most likely going to speak with Naruto about what he has within him once Jiraiya-sama has strengthened the seal after Pedo-snake tampers with it. Naruto and Kurama have to respect each other for the rest of our plans to work," Sakura said thoughtfully.

"If worse comes to worse, you'll just have to tell Kurama about the future. Make sure Naruto-kun isn't around to listen in," Hinata stated, ignoring the involuntary shiver that ran through her at the mention of Pedo-snake.

"I'm not stupid, Hinata," Sakura stuck her tongue out at said Hyuuga, "Now that I think about it, I won't be able to tease you for awhile. Aw, but I thoroughly enjoy watching your face turn fifty shades of red in under ten seconds," Sakura baited Hinata.

"I do not turn fifty shades of red in under ten seconds!" a disgruntled Hinata stated.

"Is that a challenge I hear? Now, Hinata-chan, if I do recall correctly, Sasuke seemed to have been smiling when you kissed him. You caused the great Uchiha to smile. Sasuke and smiling do not belong in the same sentence Hi-na-ta," Sakura teased.

"S-Sakura-chan!" Hinata squeaked out indignantly, with a full-force blush covering her face. Sakura laughed at Hinata's reaction.

"Hook, line, and sinker. Goodnight Hinata-chan~" Sakura sang as she started walking home.

Hinata just gave a simple wave to the retreating back of her accomplice. She let out a soft sigh and she started to head to her clan's compound, humming as she went.

"Shit, I forgot my family practically despises me for being weak. Fuck, I have to stutter! I can't just not stutter, people would get suspicious. The suspicious would get nosy, and I can't let that happen. Our plan has to stay a secret if we want it to succeed. This is complete fuckery! Oh no…they are corrupting me!" Hinata felt completely awestruck. She had been 'corrupted' by her love and two best friends.

Hinata could already imagine what Sakura would respond to that.

"We are not corrupting you, you could have left whenever you wanted to," Sakura's voice rang inside her head. She could practically feel Sakura crossing her arms and sticking out her tongue. Sakura's responses were quite predictable. Hinata decided to continue this little conversation between herself, if only to pass the time.

"But I didn't, so it is the fault of all three of you. Corrupting my innocence, how dare ye!"

"Did you just go Medieval on me? Oh hell no! This just got serious. You are not allowed to eat umeboshi for a full month!"

"W-What?! You can't do that!"

"I can't? Dear, you are sadly mistaken. I am your sensei, so I can dictate your eating habits if it would help you with your medical training," imaginary Sakura responded to Hinata, adding an evil laugh to add effect. Hinata could only outwardly pout.

It's okay to talk with yourself sometimes.

It's okay to add another voice into your thoughts if it was someone you knew inside out.

It's okay to have arguments with this other voice.

It's not okay to lose to this other voice.

Hinata just sighed. How crazy was she to lose to her self-created Sakura?

The Next Day

With Hinata

Hinata was humming a tune she didn't quite know where she got from while getting ready. Yesterday was utterly uneventful. Once she had arrived home, everybody in the compound ignored her-like always. She let out a long sigh.

"I wonder how Sakura-chan is doing? Maybe she's trying to surprise me with umeboshi? A girl can dream that Sakura-chan gets me pickled ume fruit, I haven't had some in quite a while. I can't even buy some from Soyokaze-kun because he can't open his own little shop since he's too young. Soyokaze-kun was so unlike what his name entailed-soft breeze," Hinata thought out loud. She started to remember when she had first met her friend, Soyokaze.

Flashback

Hinata POV

GRRROWL

"How embarrassing, I must be really hungry. Where is Sasuke-kun? He said he was going to take me to a place that had just opened," as I finished my thoughts, I saw a small black hawk heading towards me. "Taka? That's Sasuke's messenger hawk…"

I held up my arm so that Taka could land on it. As I inspected his leg, I found a piece of paper attached to it. I carefully pulled the note off of Taka's leg and opened it up.

Hinata,

I am sorry that I won't be able to personally take you to the place I was talking about, but the Dead Last and the Weakling wanted to tell me something. I will try my hardest to get to the shop I found as soon as I can. The directions are on the back of this paper. Get to the shop and order whatever you would like, I will be there soon.

Sasuke Uchiha

As I turned the paper around, I noticed there were directions written on the back. I smoothed Taka's feathers on his head and then smiled at the loyal hawk. As if understanding that I had finished reading the note, he flew back towards his master. I started to head to the shop, all the while wishing that Sasuke-kun was next to me. At least I now knew where he was.

"I can never understand why he keeps calling Sakura-chan a weakling. She has gotten so much stronger," I spoke out loud. I continued towards my destination, thinking about random things that weren't important. While I was lost in my thoughts, I arrived at the small shop that Sasuke-kun had told me about in a timely fashion. I looked up at the name on a sign that was on top of the door.

Suzushii Ryori

"'Cool Cuisine'? It has a nice ring to it, might as well head on inside."

As I opened the door, a small jingle filled the quiet room. When I looked inside, I found that it was completely empty. The room was fully furnished and ready for business. The walls were a soft blue with some opened windows located every few meters to let in the soft breeze that was coming from outside. The lamps on the ceiling weren't on, for the sunshine from outside provided all the light needed inside. The white hardwood flooring was a big contrast to the black cushions and black low, wooden dining tables located around the room. I started to think that maybe I was in the wrong place since there was no one around, so I looked at the paper in my hand. There was no mistaking it, this was the place.

"Umm, is anyone here?"

I started to feel uncomfortable being all alone. I really wished that Sasuke-kun would just appear and make everything less uncomfortable. Deciding that I should just leave and wait for Sasuke-kun outside, I started to turn towards the door. Before I could complete the turn, I heard a door, across from where I was standing, open and someone step out. I turned towards the sound and noticed a young man there.

"A costumer? A costumer! Oh dear, I hope I haven't made you wait long! That would just be terrible! Now come over here, darling! I need to get you seated and get you a menu. Sit right here, I'll be right back!" I was a bit shocked at this young man's boisterousness, but complied and went to where he had pointed me to. As I sat on my knees, I noticed how comfortable the cushions were.

"This is quite cozy. If anything, my wait for Sasuke-kun will now be much more relaxing."

Just as I was getting relaxed, the strange man came out once again-this time with a menu.

"Here is the menu. It's fabulous, if I do say so myself! Now take a gander at what I have to offer! I promise you won't regret a thing!" the strange man said while winking and showing off his pearly white teeth. I started to feel awkward once again, so I stared at the menu. As soon as I looked down, one word popped out towards me that made my mouth instantly water.

Umeboshi

"I'll have some umeboshi, please!" Realizing how quickly I had said that, I couldn't help but blush and stutter out a quick apology.

"How embarrassing," I thought, hoping against all odds that Sasuke-kun would appear.

"You're just in luck! That is my specialty, dear! You will not be disappointed!" the strange man said once again, his smile getting bigger. All I could do was nod. As the eccentric man started to talk himself, I took this opportunity to study him.

The peculiar man had dark gray hair that was completely straight except at the ends, where it curled a bit up. He wore a gray v-neck that was a bit tight on him. Underneath he wore a light purple, long-sleeved, form-fitting shirt. There were two things that were very odd about him. The first were his pants. They looked too tight ("'Skinny jeans?'" I thought.). A black chain connected a loop from the front of his pants to a loop on the back. Finally, there were his shoes. I recognized them from one of Hanabi's magazines from the western lands. I think they were called Converse, or something of the like. As I finished studying his clothes, I paid more attention to his face. His eyes were a bright purple color, and his smile seemed to have been stuck on his face. It felt like he never stopped smiling. On his cheeks was a faint dusting of pink. I tried to recall if he always had that, and he did. Ever since I walked inside his cheeks have had some pink glow on them.

"I will go now, dear. Your umeboshi will be out in a few! Do call if you need anything! Would you like anything to drink while you wait?" the eccentric man asked.

"A water, please." I really hoped that Sasuke-kun would get here quickly.

"Right away, dear!"

The strange man left, then came back moments later with a glass of water in hand.

"Here you go!" the man exclaimed.

"Umm, thank you…?" I abruptly stopped. I didn't know the his name.

"Oh dear! Forgive my rudeness! I completely forgot to introduce myself! Soyokaze at your service!" Soyokaze then bowed. "Oh! And what is your name, sweetie?"

"Hinata," I answered him.

"You have a beautiful name! But what to expect from a beautiful girl! Do you want to hear a joke?" Soyokaze asked. I was a bit hesitant, but I didn't think there would be any danger if I heard him out.

"Sure," I told him. I was starting to feel more relaxed around him.

"How do you make a tissue dance?!"

"I don't know, how do you make a tissue dance?" I replied. Soyokaze covered his mouth and tried to hold in his giggles.

"Put a little boogie in it!" he started to laugh quite loudly and had to hold onto his knees to not fall down. I started to giggle lightly, covering my mouth as I did. I wasn't laughing at the joke, but more at the reaction he gave at his own joke. It was downright hilarious. It made me want to go out in full blown laughter, too. Here was this complete stranger, and he already made me laugh. He was so cheerful and always smiling.

Slowly, he started to calm down.

"Sorry 'bout that! I crack myself up sometimes! I will go and make your umeboshi now!"

He quickly got back up then headed toward the door with a sign that said KITCHEN on it. It was the door that he had just exited out of.

"Don't be afraid to ask for anything!" Soyokaze-kun yelled over his shoulder. The door banged onto the wall when it was closing. I heard a muffled 'sorry' and let out a small smile.

"WAIT! Did I just think Soyokaze-kun? Damn it, he has already made me think of him as a friend… He is very flamboyant, but it's a nice quality on him."

I closed my eyes and tried to relax once again now that I was alone. I picked up the glass of water that was set on the table and sipped some of the liquid out of the glass.

"Where are you, Sasuke-kun?"

A small jingle filled the silence that was in the room, and I turned toward the door. There in all his glory was my Sasuke-kun.

"Sasuke-kun!" I swiftly got up and glided towards him.

"Hmm?" Sasuke-kun looked annoyed, then he saw that it was me. He let out a small smile that few people ever saw and started to walk towards me. When we were right in front of each other, he spoke. His voice felt like silk to my ears.

"Hinata, I brought you these," Sasuke-kun then held out his hand. In his hand was a bouquet of roses. They are my favorite flowers and I absolutely adored them. I took them from his hand and gave him a peck on the mouth. With my free hand, I grabbed his hand and took him to were I was sitting.

"Have you ordered yet?"

"Yes, I kept the menu so you could look it over for yourself," I told Sasuke-kun while holding out the menu towards him. He gracefully took it and started to look through it. After a few moments, he snapped it shut and gave a small smile.

"Did you find anything to your liking, Sasuke-kun?" I asked him, while having a small smile on my face.

"Hn."

Sasuke-kun reached across the table and held my hand, while rubbing the top of my hand with his thumb. It was the small things that made me love Sasuke-kun even more. He may not speak much, but his actions spoke volumes. We stared into each other's eyes, and I felt like I could just stay this way forever. I felt like I was melting, and my insides were turning into mush. The moment was destroyed when the door marked KITCHEN opened with a loud bang.

"Oh dear! I could have dropped the food! Oh heavens no! That would just be completely and utterly dreadful!" Soyokaze came from the now open doorway and started to head towards where Sasuke-kun and I were. Soyokaze carefully put down my umeboshi on the table, then straightened himself back up.

"There you go, sweetie! If you need anything else, don't be afraid to ask!" Soyokaze-kun gave a thumbs up while winking and showing his bright, white teeth.

"AHEM! I would like to order," a very pissed off Sasuke-kun told the man. I didn't even know why he was pissed off, Soyokaze-kun didn't say anything bad.

"Soyokaze-kun, Sasuke-kun would like to order," I told Soyokaze-kun before Sasuke-kun could get anymore pissed.

"Right away, Hina-chan! Now what would you like, Mr. Grumpy-Pants?" Sasuke-kun seemed to have gotten even more pissed off.

"Tomatoes and some rice balls. That is all, now go," Sasuke-kun seethed out to Soyokaze-kun.

"Okay then! Would you like anything to drink while I make that for you?" Soyokaze-kun basically fumed out. His smile was still in place, but his eye was twitching.

"No, now shoo."

Soyokaze-kun stiffly turned and left, not even shooting a backward glance. I turned towards Sasuke-kun. To an outsider looking in, Sasuke-kun looked expressionless. To me, I noticed the slight narrowing of his eyes and how he had stopped rubbing circles on my hand. I gave a gentle squeeze, and he turned towards me. He focused his attention to me, but his eyes gave off the emotions of irritation and confusion. With the look he was giving me, I felt confused.

"What's wrong, Sasuke-kun?" I asked, trying to find out the problem.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?! What's wrong is that douche calling you Hina-chan and sweetie! And you're calling him Soyokaze-kun like if you didn't just meet him!" Sasuke-kun looked furious. He actually looked furious. It all finally clicked in my mind, he was jealous. I gave him a small smile.

"Sasuke-kun, are you jealous?" Sasuke-kun looked completely baffled that I would even put his name and jealous in the same sentence.

"Uchihas don't get jealous," was his simple reply.

I continued with what I started, "I could never love anyone other than you. You are my everything. If I add -kun to Soyokaze-kun, it's because I feel comfortable around him. He is just a friend, and nothing more. When he comes back out, I'll set him straight if it would make you feel better?"

"Hn," Sasuke-kun replied, not looking a me. He looked nervously at our intertwined hands, then back toward me.

"Did you really mean that?" he asked, cautiously.

"What do you mean?" I was confused. What could he possibly mean by his strange question?

"That I mean everything to you…" Sasuke-kun trailed off and looked back down, a faint blush on his cheeks. I found this completely adorable. I reached across the low dining table, and lifted his chin up.

"Every word of it," I slowly leaned towards him in a moment of bravery, as he leaned towards me. Just as our lips were about to connect, the irritating jingle of the entrance door reached our ears. I stared angrily at the door, waiting to see who disturbed our moment. As the door opened wider, two people I didn't expect to be seeing came skipping in.

"The NaruSaku duo…" In my mind I slammed my face repeatedly onto the table. Outwardly, I could only put on a fake smile.

Lucky for them, unlucky for Sasuke-kun and me, they saw us. They started to head towards us, telling jokes to each other all the while getting closer to were Sasuke-kun and I were.

"Why hello there, Hinata-kun, Sasuke-chan! I wouldn't have ever thought about seeing you two here!" a very cheery Sakura-chan stated.

"Dead Last, Weakling," Sasuke-kun grunted out a greeting.

"Bastard!/Asshole!" the duo yelled back towards Sasuke-kun.

"Sakura-chan and I would get a table away from you two, but now that I feel like reminiscing, I want to sit with you guys! You won't mind that, will you Sakura-chan?" I looked towards Sakura-chan and saw her glaring daggers towards Sasuke-kun.

"Why of course not, Naruto! Lets sit right here, it seems as if Sasuke has been saving our seats for us. Move, Asshole!" Sakura-chan didn't wait for Sasuke-kun to move as she forcefully grabbed Sasuke-kun from his collar, picked him up from his seat, then dropped him right next to me. He looked pretty miffed about the whole ordeal, but decided not to comment on it. He glared at the duo in front of us and I decided that he shouldn't stay mad at our friends for too long. I intertwined my fingers with his, and his glaring stopped. I felt quite accomplished. Sakura-chan and Naruto-kun sat down across from us and started to snicker. Soon enough, Naruto-kun's stomach started to growl.

"Sakura-chan! I'm hungry!" Naruto-kun whined towards Sakura-chan. Sakura-chan had conveniently found the menu that was still on the tabletop and started to study it.

"Lucky for you, Naru-idiot, there's Ramen on here," Naruto-kun pouted at Sakura-chan's nickname for him, "There's syrup-coated Anko dumplings on here! I will feast on their entrails and devour their very souls!" Sakura-chan started to cackle evilly.

I was a bit frightened at Sakura-chan's reaction, but I blamed it on her training with Anko Mitarashi. While training under Anko, she had gotten even more scary… Not that I would ever tell that to her face. Who knows what she'd do to me?

A loud bang filled the room and Naruto-kun shoved Sakura-chan in front of him. He was screaming out things like 'take her!' and 'don't hurt me!' Sakura-chan looked furious that her boyfriend would basically lay her out to dry. She hit him on his head, and that got Naruto-kun to fall face first onto the floor, he slowly got up and started to ask Sakura-chan why she was so abusive. Sasuke-kun smirked at Naruto-kun's pain, while Sakura-chan simply huffed and paid him no mind. I giggled, but then turned my attention towards where the loud bang had come from. Standing there was Soyokaze-kun, completely dumbstruck. Everything was quiet as the rest of the occupants in the room noticed the new presence. Soyokaze-kun quickly, and swiftly, walked towards our table and laid down the tomatoes and rice balls for Sasuke-kun. Soyokaze-kun looked a bit strange though, he kept looking towards Sakura-chan and Naruto-kun.

"What are you staring at?!" the brash Naruto-kun that we all know asked. Naruto-kun had stood up, and was now pointing at Soyokaze-kun.

Soyokaze-kun did something that completely baffled me. Hell, it probably shocked all of us.

"He just blushed!" Soyokaze-kun slowly righted himself, then made his way towards Naruto-kun. Naruto-kun seemed confused as the stranger got closer to him. When Soyokaze-kun was in front of Naruto-kun, you were able to notice that Naruto-kun was about a head taller than Soyokaze-kun. The next events would forever scar everyone else in the room.

Soyokaze-kun quickly, and swiftly took Naruto-kun's hand and laid a kiss onto it. Soyokaze-kun righted himself once again then stared right into Naruto-kun's eyes. Shocked blue clashed with adoring purple.

"I am honored to serve such an exquisite male such as yourself! You're skin has been lightly kissed by the sun gods themselves! Your bright, ocean blue eyes must have been jewels that the great ocean gods once possessed! Your body! Oh, your body! It belongs to a god! God himself must be smiling down on me right now for he has let my unworthy eyes feast upon you! Oh, by the name of God, what is the name that you possess?!"

Everyone had mixed reactions. Sasuke-kun looked like he was trying real hard not to laugh, Sakura-chan's face was hidden by her hair, while Naruto-kun looked baffled. I felt completely confused and surprised. One thought was running through all four of our minds though.

"What the hell…"

"Who are you?!" Naruto-kun asked while ripping his hand away from Soyokaze-kun and hiding behind Sakura-chan.

"Soyokaze Hatake, at your service!" Soyokaze-kun bowed, having a deeper blush than ever before on his cheeks.

"I should probably explain," a cheery voice stated as the owner of the voice came from above. As everyone looked up, they saw a familiar Copy-Nin hanging upside down, still reading his literature.

"Uncle Kakashi! What are you doing here?" Soyokaze-kun asked, still sporting his smile.

"Well, you see… your mom thought that I should see how you were holding up. It looks like she was right on the bulls eye with her superstitious feeling."

"UNCLE?!" Team Kakashi wondered. Naruto-kun and Sakura-chan had yelled it out, while Sasuke-kun just marginally widened his eyes. I was so confused right now.

"Hmm? Oh yeah, this is my nephew. He's the son of my distant cousin."

"Kaka-sensei! Why did he harass my Naru-idiot?!" an angry Sakura-chan asked. She hated it when others tried to steal away her 'Naru-idiot' from her. She had mentally traumatized a Jounin because she was flirting with Naruto-kun. I shivered, remembering the day that Anko's training with Sakura paid off.

Flashback within a Flashback

Sakura's POV

I was clenching my gloved fist. Not five feet in front of me, some skank had the audacity to flirt with MY boyfriend!

"That bitch wants to die, Outer! Kill her! Maim her! Show her that she can't flirt with our man and get away with it! Look at our poor Naru-chan! He looks like he wants to find a way to escape! That whore is making Naru-chan uncomfortable! I DEMAND BLOOD!" a very angry Inner was the best at getting me even more riled up than I was before. I walked toward the pair, and tapped the stupid bitch on the shoulder. She had the nerve to turn around smiling! Once she noticed that it was me, she looked scared.

"That's right, whore! Be afraid of me!"I thought in my head, but outwardly I was just innocently smiling.

"I-I can explain, Sakura-san! Naruto-kun was flirting with me! I swear!" the poor bimbo bitch thought I would believe her!

"She said Naruto-kun! She will pay!"

"Oh really? Then why did you just say Naruto-kun?!" I asked casually, not showing any trace in the fury I was about to unleash. I even inspected my nails. Anko-sensei taught me that. Don't show your fury until the last possible moment, then pounce.

"It was a slip of the tongue! I swear! I didn't mean to! Promise! He tried to seduce me!" Oh HELL NO! This bitch wants a death note!

I looked towards my Naru-idiot and I noticed he was completely awestruck. His lips were moving like if he were trying to say something. I knew that it would have been words to defend himself. But he didn't need to, I whole-heartedly trusted him anyways.

Now, back to the task at hand.

I slowly headed towards the Jounin bitch, and grabbed her by her collar. While all this was happening, a small crowd had formed. I sweetly smiled at the tramp, then the next words smoothly rolled off my tongue.

"How 'bout we have a little spar? Lets say a Code 3 spar?"

The girl looked visibly scared. She knew what Code 3 entitled. The opponents could do whatever they pleased, as long as they didn't kill nor maim their opponent. The girl then gained hope, and fire shown in her eyes.

"Lets have this fight then, you stupid bitch!" the Jounin girl then spit on my face. I let go of the tramp, then wiped off her disgusting spit from my face. Who knows, maybe skank could be contagious? As I looked into the crowd, I saw Anko-sensei smirking at me. I positively beamed at her.

"Anko-sensei! Would you mind being the referee? We will need one just incase one of us goes too far."

I knew I would be the one going to far, but oh well! All is fair in love and war~

"Sure! I would just absolutely love being the referee!" Anko-sensei replied, cackling evilly.

As we now had a referee, I started to head towards Training Ground 7. I looked back towards my opponent and smiled sweetly at her.

"You coming?"

~ElOhEl~

At Training Ground 7, two females were staring right at each other. One was filled with hate and determination, while the other just showed false innocence and an inner calm.

"You both know the rules! Everything goes! Just don't kill or maim your opponent! Ready?! Begin!" Anko-sensei quickly back jumped away from between me and this ho.

"Ready to get beaten, bitch?! I will show Naruto-kun that he belongs to me, and not you! I will prove to everyone that Sakura Haruno is nothing more than a weak, crybaby, stup-" I felt the Jounin girl's nose break under the impact of the punch that I generously gave her.

"Aye, Skank! Anko-sensei said begin!"

The stupid shit head got up from the ground and started to throw kunai and shuriken at me quickly. If I were a Chunin or even a low-level Jounin, I would have been hit by a lot of them. But since I'm not, I easily dodged them all with ease. The girl looked absolutely stricken with fear. She started to form Jutsu after Jutsu to try and hit me, but it was all in vain. I dodged every Jutsu she threw at me. Finally, her barrage of attacks stopped, and I quickly took that as an opportunity and hid in some trees. Once I knew she couldn't find me, I slid my eyes shut and started to channel chakra

"Why don't you stop hiding you stupid whore?! Are you afraid?! Are you shaking like a leaf right now?! I bet you are you stupid bitch! Naruto-kun will finally notice me once I beat you here!"

"Do you really believe that? Do you really think a weak Jounin like you could beat me? You are a foolish one, Haru!" my voice echoed all around the scared Haru. I could feel the waves of fear coming from her. The Voice Echoing Jutsu was very useful if you wanted to scare your opponent. I slowly opened my eyes then slipped out of the cover of the trees. Haru saw me, then quickly pulled out some more kunai and shuriken and started to throw them at me. They were less precise than before, but they came just as quick. I casually walked into the barrage of incoming projectiles. Everyone's eyes were wide open.

"What are you doing Sakura-chan?!" I could hear Naruto's concern through his voice.

"Trust me…" was all I said as I let all the weapons seemingly hit me. I looked right into Haru's eyes, and she looked right into my eyes. My fucking gray eyes. She kept staring, guess she didn't notice the change in color. ("How was she a ninja?") Her stupid mistake. That Haru had the audacity to smirk at me. Oh, that shit head was going to pay. Once all the weapons seemingly hit me, Haru started to jump in joy. She thought she had me beat. How clueless…

Normal POV

Haru was jumping for joy. She had beaten the great Sakura Haruno! Now she could claim Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki and all his fortune as hers.

"Woo! I won! I won!" Haru was too distracted that she didn't notice the figure walking towards her until it was too late. A grand shadow fell over her, and she stopped jumping. She slowly turned around and looked at the mass that was blocking out the sun. It looked exactly like Sakura, but in monochromatic colors. This huge Sakura also seemed to have INNER plastered onto her forehead. Haru looked around, and noticed that no one was around. Also, everything seemed to feel darker and she noticed that nothing had any color. Haru looked towards were Sakura should have been, and her eyes widened. She felt a breeze pass right behind her. Sakura appeared right next to her, her left hand holding Haru's left shoulder. Sakura softly spoke into Haru's ear.

"It seems you overestimated yourself. Allow me to present my Inner. You might be wondering why the others aren't here and why everything seems to be in monochrome colors except for you and me. Do you see that figure blocking out the sun? That's my Inner. You see, once you had looked into my eyes, the fight was all but over. You let me capture you into Inner's world, and she has some problems with you that I'll let her work out on. Scream all you want, no one will be able to hear you. My Bloody Nightmare Jutsu is basically a modified version of the Tsukuyomi. You are stuck in here, and no one can get you out until the torture is done. My Jutsu is quite awesome in the fact that one second in the real world is one year in here. You will be stuck in here until my Inner feels like letting you go. You should give Sasuke thanks for helping me with this Jutsu. Without him, this Jutsu wouldn't have been impossible."

Sakura started to walk away, but turned one last time, "My Inner isn't very forgiving, and has a lot of pent up rage in her. She hasn't had fun in so long. See you later, Haru-chan!"

All Sakura heard when she was about to leave, were screams of pure and unaltered fright.

When she opened her eyes once more, she was back on Training Ground 7. Around her body were all the weapons that should have impaled her. They lay on the floor and Sakura didn't have a scratch on her. She looked up and saw Haru faint onto the floor. Everyone was wondering what happened, except for Sasuke who had watched the entire thing. He knew what happened, and he smirked.

All everyone else had seen was Sakura about to get impaled by the kunai and shuriken, then a gust of air surrounded her. Once the air died down, Haru had fainted.

"You should probably get her to the hospital, she will be facing some hard-core mental issues when she wakes up."

With that, Sakura walked away.

End Flashback within a Flashback

"Kaka-sensei! I will not be repeating myself again, why did he harass my Naru-idiot?!"

Sakura-chan was still peeved off with the fact that someone dare try to steal her man.

"How to word this? Hmm…" Kakashi-san slowly closed his book then tucked it into his pouch.

"I'm gay!" a very proud Soyokaze-kun proclaimed.

"EH?!"

End Flashback

"That was such an eventful day… and even more days like that soon followed. Soyokaze-kun and Sakura-chan became eternal rivals over Naruto-kun. Obviously, Sakura-chan would always win. Naruto-kun has loved her since who knows when. But, she did say that it was fun having a friendly rivalry with someone that you could hangout with at the end of the day. Sakura-chan confessed that she missed having that kind of rivalry ever since Ino-chan had died when she and a few others were ambushed by the enemy," Hinata slowly closed her eyes. "But that won't happen this time. Ino-chan will live, and Sakura-chan and Soyokaze-kun will still be close friends once we meet him again."

Determination flashed across her eyes. She slowly inhaled, then exhaled. The young Hyuuga started to put on her clothes for the day. They were the ones from when she was a Genin.

As Hinata finished changing, she put on her ninja sandals and started to head out. She yelled out a bye and no reply came. She could only expect that.

She arrived at the academy five minutes early. She walked to the front row and took a seat. Two other people were already seated there. She recognized them as Kiba and Shino. Hinata headed towards them and decided she might as well introduce herself to her future teammates.

"H-hello, I'm Hinata Hyuuga. Mind if I sit here?" Hinata tried to keep on stuttering, but damn stuttering took a lot of work. She was able to stutter at the beginning at least, so her shy Hyuuga Heiress act wasn't completely ruined.

"Hello! I'm Kiba Inuzuka! You can totally sit her and we can become friends, right Akamaru?" Kiba asked the white puppy that was on his head. The puppy, known as Akamaru, only yipped an answer.

"That's right, boy! She does seem nice! And she doesn't stutter nearly as much as I thought she did. That's an added bonus, I think stuttering is annoying!" Hinata's eye twitched, but she kept her smile up.

"Arf!"

"What do you mean that was rude?! It's true! Stuttering is really annoying!" Another eye twitch.

"Arf!"

"I guess that's true… But I'm also right! I mean, when people stutter I can't even understand them!" Two more eye twitches. Hinata was getting very aggravated with what the Inuzuka was saying.

"Arf! Arf!"

"I wouldn't like that, I guess… Hey Hinata? I'm sorry if I offended you with my comments, no hard feelings right?" Kiba laughed while scratching his head with his left hand and holding out his right hand out. Hinata took his hand and squeezed, hard. Kiba looked completely baffled, while Hinata just kept smiling. She let go of his hand then turned towards the other boy.

"Shino Aburame," Shino muttered. Hinata gave a small smile towards Shino, then turned towards the front of the class.

Hinata's smile failed to fall off her face. She would start these bonds first. She looked up at the clock and noticed Sakura was running late, something that Genin Sakura never did. As she looked towards her left, she noticed that Naruto was about to sit a seat away from Sasuke. If her memory wasn't failing her, then Naruto and Sasuke were about to kiss in a few minutes. Sakura had three minutes, at most, to get here.

"180... 125... 72... 20... 10... 5... 4... 3... 2..." Hinata counted down in her head, worriedly.

At the Time Hinata Woke Up

With Sakura

"Achoo! Fuck my life! And if the superstitions are correct, who's talking about me!?" an irate Sakura Haruno yelled.

When she had gotten home, her parents went into overprotective mode. All they did was nag and nag and nag! But, she felt completely overjoyed and happy at the thought. She had lost all contact with her parents once the war started. Sakura had sent them towards the coast so that they could stay far away from the war zone. The last she heard of them, they were still alive and living comfortably.

They were one of the few that actually didn't see Naruto as the Kyuubi. They had never harbored ill feelings towards the boy because of the beast, instead it was because he was such a prankster. Sakura was proud to have such understanding parents.

Now, here was the dilemma of today. She couldn't find any umeboshi at all.

"Shit, I want to be nice to Hinata and give her some umeboshi but I can't find any!"

"Fuck, why the hell weren't you prepared! You should've looked for vendors yesterday while heading home! But no, you just couldn't think about that now could you? Why was I cursed to be stuck in such an incompetent person's mind? Why couldn't I be Hinata-chan's Inner?!" Inner ranted towards Sakura.

"Inner, you just fill me with happiness. I mean, really, your words don't ever fail at encouraging me. Wait…Inner?!"

"That's my name, don't wear it out" Inner sent a wink towards her Outer.

"No, I mean, Inner?! You traveled back into the past with me?"

"I guess so…"

"Well, whatever. I need to find umeboshi somewhere!"

"Fuck, were can I get umeboshi? Where is Soyokaze when you need him? Maybe I can get some as I head to the academy? Aw fuck, the academy! How could I forget?"

Sakura rushed to put on her ninja sandals. Luckily she had been able to put on her clothes before she started to panic. As she ran out of her house through her front door, she noticed how the dress limited her movements. She would need to get that replaced, and soon. She couldn't go off and die because of a stupid outfit problem.

"Bye Mom, Dad!"

"Bye honey, don't die!" Sakura's father yelled from the living room.

"Kizashi, don't say that! Don't get hurt, sweetie!" Her mother screamed from the kitchen.

Sakura hurried to the academy. As she ran out of her home, she didn't notice the person in front of her until it was too late.

"I'm so sorry, it's just that I'm late. Sakura Haruno is never late, I can't be late! Damn, I'm wasting time. Here, let me help you up!" Sakura offered a hand to the person she had bumped into. They took it and Sakura helped them up.

"No problem," a familiar voice responded.

"Oh God!"

"It's her!"

"Pink hair, abnormally large forehead, ugly. Hmm, I recognize someone like that. Hey, Forehead Girl!" Ino said while doing the 'L' sign across her forehead.

"I don't have time for this, Pig," Sakura muttered, sending a small smile towards the blonde. Ino was shocked at the gesture. Sakura had really missed the bubbly blonde, but she couldn't waste any more time catching up with her now. She would do that later.

Sakura started to run to the academy, hoping that somewhere along the way was a vendor that sold umeboshi.

"Bye Ino-pig, see you at the academy!"

"You won't beat me there, Forehead!" Ino screamed while running after the pink head. After trying to catch up to her pink haired rival, Ino lost her in the crowd.

"FOREHEAD!"

~ElOhEl~

"Can I have a bento full of umeboshi?" Sakura asked the vendor.

"Here, its 200 yen," the man said while holding out a box with one hand, while the other was waiting expectantly for the money. Sakura went into her pouch and took out her money. She handed it to the man and took the box of umeboshi. "Thank you for your services, young lady!"

"No problem!" Sakura yelled while racing towards the academy.

"I remember umeboshi being cheaper," thought a confused Sakura.

"It is in the future. With Hinata being Soyokaze's most valued costumer, we would always get deals! Add that to the fact we got him a man! ~" Inner Sakura sang.

"Damnit, I only have a few minutes left! I'm about to be late!"

"Hurry your fat ass up! We can't be late! Our perfect record will not be tainted because of you!"

In the Class

The class door slammed open. Everyone in the room turned to look at the person who was almost late.

"You were almost late, Ms. Haruno," Iruka informed her.

"Sorry about that, Iruka-sensei, I woke up late," Sakura replied with a slight blush.

She shrugged off the stares and went to sit between Naruto and Sasuke.

"Hold it, Forehead! I should be the one sitting next to Sasuke-kun!" screeched Ino. Many other girls were also behind her. Sakura looked at them, blinked once, twice, then sat down in the middle of Naruto and Sasuke.

"Get out of that seat! I am supposed to sit there! Get off!" screamed Ino. The other girls behind her got mad, who said Ino got to sit there. They wanted to! They all started to attack each other. Sakura was playing the oblivious card with them, she even started to inspect her nails.

"I need to do my nails, they are looking uh-glaay! Maybe I can set up a sleep over with the girls?"

"You're going to need to befriend them first, idiot. Yet you call Naru-chan clueless…" Inner Sakura trailed off. Outer Sakura casually back handed her Inner then focused on what was happening in the real world.

Naruto got pissed that all the girls, minus two, were fighting over Sasuke. He got up from his seat and crouched on the desk. He was face to face with Sasuke. They were glaring fiercely at each other.

"Woah, dude, you can see sparks! Or am I imagining that? I knew I should have drank coffee in the morning…"

"I didn't eat a nutritional breakfast this morning or drink my lovely coffee, so I am hallucinating. This is a no-caffeine hallucination, I just know it. Damn you caffeine!" Sakura cursed her love-hate relationship with caffeine. She didn't know hallucinations could be so real. Sakura made a mental note to never skip breakfast or her coffee.

Sakura stopped her inner ramblings and focused on what was in front of her. Her Naru-idiot and Sasu-cakes were in an intense staring match. Something clicked in her memory bank.

"They're going to kiss!"

"Woah, thanks for that information, Captain Obvious! Unlike you, I have perfect memory."

"Shut up."

"Beautiful, charming, perfect, Inner-1. Ugly, rude, evil, Outer-0."

"What the hell, Inner?! I'm you and you're me! You can't call yourself beautiful and then turn around and call me ugly."

"Shush child, just focus on what's in front of you. Come on, happen already!" Inner said, a perverted giggle escaping her mouth.

The boy in front of them had jutted his elbow back so abruptly that it forced Naruto right onto Sasuke's lips. Both boys pulled back and started to gag. This image in front of Sakura almost made her laugh out loud. She stopped herself at the last second, but a few traitor giggles manages to escape.

Sakura looked towards Hinata and saw that her eyes were completely wide. She looked so traumatized. Sakura realized that Hinata was in the perfect position to watch what had happened. She couldn't help herself, Sakura just had to let a few chuckles through.

"Innocence-0, Awesomeness-1!"

"Quiet down! Let me tell you who your team and sensei are!" Iruka screamed at the class, using his Huge Head no Jutsu.

It worked. Everyone was silent. Ino gave up and sat in the middle of Shikamaru and Chouji. Iruka calmed down and started to read the Genin teams. Finally, he was about to announce Team 7.

"Team 7 will be: Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto looked up and paid close attention, "Sakura Haruno," Iruka didn't get to finish for Naruto yelled out a victory cry.

"Yes!" Naruto screamed. Sakura just gave a soft smile. Iruka coughed to get their attention.

"If you would let me finish! Team 7 will be: Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha."

There was dead silence. You could have probably heard a mouse run across the floor, or even a pin drop. It was that silent, but not for long.

"What!? I should be with Sasuke-kun not them! They shouldn't even be that close to our Sasuke-kun!" most of the girls in the class yelled.

"That hurt, really, right here," Sakura sniffed while tapping the left side of her chest.

"I don't care what you think! I'm moving on! Team 8 is Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga, and Shino Aburame."

Kiba yelled 'Yes!', Hinata faintly smiled, and Shino stayed stoic.

"And lastly, Team 10 will be Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Chouji Akimichi. Your sensei will be here in a few moments!"

Ino groaned, "Why do I have to be with lazy ass over here?!"

"I didn't ask to be in your team, troublesome women. This is such a drag," muttered Shikamaru, dropping his head back onto his desk. A few moments later, light snoring could be heard.

"Unbelievable!" Ino shrieked.

"-Munch- -Munch-" Choji was just calmly eating his bag of chips.

~ElOhEl~

The other Genin had already gotten their sensei and left. All that was left in the room were Teams 7, 8, and 10.

The classroom door opened, and a lady with bright crimson colored eyes appeared. She had jet black hair, and her Leaf headband was on her forehead. Her outfit looked like it was just bandages, with fishnet under. On her right side, she had a red sleeve. Her hands were covered in bandages that reached to her elbow. She had the standard ninja sandals.

"Team 8, I am Kurenai Yuhi, please follow me," Kurenai addressed her team then walked out.

Sakura quickly, threw the bento full of umeboshi to Hinata. Hinata caught it, looking surprised. She stared at Sakura before giving a soft smile. Shino and Kiba seemed to have been the only ones to have seen the exchange. They shrugged it off, pinning it on girl issues.

The next person that came in was a man. His hair and eyes were a deep onyx, he also had a beard. His forehead protector was on his forehead. He wore the standard Jounin flak jacket, with a blue long sleeved shirt underneath. His biceps were tied with bandages. His pants were blue and reached an inch below his knee. His sandals were the standard issued ones. His ankles were covered in bandages, stopping were his pants were and were his sandals started. On his wrists, he had some strange bracelets. On his waist he also had a bandana with the fire insignia. What made him stand out the most was that he had a cigarette in his mouth.

"I'm Asuma Sarutobi, follow me Team 10."

Team 10 followed him out. All that was left was Team 7.

"And then there were three," Sakura thought dejectedly. She knew Kakashi would be late.

"Where's our sensei! We are the last ones here, and Iruka-sensei already left!" Naruto screamed. A light bulb must've magically appeared above his head, for he got a chalk board eraser and put it on the top of the door.

"This will teach him to be late!" Naruto yelled triumphantly.

"That won't work on our Jounin sensei, Dead Last," Sasuke said with a smirk, obviously hoping to revel in another loss for Naruto.

During all of this, Sakura was taking a nap. When she heard the distinct sound of footsteps coming, she woke up and looked towards the door. Naruto and Sasuke watched her curiously. When Naruto was about to ask something, she held her pointer finger to her mouth. She motioned for Naruto to sit at his seat.

"He's coming."

As she finished saying that, the door slid open, and three things happened at once. The chalk eraser bounced on the man's head, Sasuke 'Hn'ed, and Naruto laughed.

"We got you sensei!" Naruto yelled.

"This 'we' that you speak of, that wouldn't include me and Sasuke? Would it? 'Cause I will maim you with whatever is in current reaching distance!" Sakura threatened. Damn, those lessons with Anko do work in all sorts of situations.

"O-of course not, Sakura-chan!" Naruto quickly fixed his mistake.

"My first impression of you guys is… I hate you all. Meet me on the roof."

With that, their mysterious sensei 'poof'ed out of existence in a cloud of white smoke. Naruto and Sasuke looked shocked when they heard what their sensei said. Well Naruto clearly showed his shock, Sasuke did it internally. Uchihas aren't ever shocked, for an Uchiha was too superior to everyone to ever show a moment of normality.

"I'm going to head to the roof now, if you want, you guys can join me. Tootles!" Sakura laughed and started to run up the stairs. The boys, not wanting to be beaten by a girl, chased after Sakura. They weren't going to be beaten by a girl in a physical test, especially not a girl with pink hair. That would just emasculate them.

On the Roof

All three Genin finally reached the roof, looking exhausted. Sakura didn't realize that her body wouldn't be able to handle that much physical exertion.

"Not yet, anyways. I'll train and become as strong as I was."

The newly formed team went and sat down on a the ground. Sakura sat right in the middle of her two male teammates. Their sensei was already there, he appeared to be reading a book. Naruto, with no patience for their new sensei, coughed. Loudly.

"Hm? Oh, well since you are all now here, lets start with introductions. You know, what you like, dislike, hobbies, and dreams for the future."

"Why don't you go first, sensei!? You know, so that we can see what to do!" Naruto yelled while pointing at him.

"Aren't you a loud one? Well, I am Kakashi Hatake. I have no intention of telling you my likes and dislikes. As for my dream... I have lots of hobbies!"

The whole Genin team sweat dropped.

"We only learned his name," an irritated Sasuke said.

"W-what!" Naruto screamed in his head.

"Why me? What did I do wrong? I was a relatively nice, normal kid! What did I do to get me this type of sensei? Whoever is up there, please make my sensei actually teach me something! I swear I won't mutilate Sasuke's leg this time! (Even if he does deserve it, that asshole!) Promise!" Sakura tried to bargain with whatever force that could control her fate.

Kakashi inclined his head towards Naruto, signaling him to start.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, believe it! I like ramen, and training, and ramen, and Sakura-chan, and ramen! I dislike Sasuke-bastard and the three minutes it takes for my ramen to cool down! My hobbies are training and eating ramen! My dream for the future is to be the best Hokage of Konoha and get people to respect me!"

"Interesting…" Kakashi thought.

"Dead Last, the hell are you trying to pull? Trying to show me up or something?" Sasuke thought. He quickly backtracked and remembered he was an Uchiha. No one could show up an Uchiha.

"Naruto, you have an awesome dream. I will help you with whatever you may need to achieve it. You are my teammate and friend," Sakura sincerely told him.

"R-really? I'm your friend?"

"Of course you are. I have been a complete bitch to you, but that's about to change! One way for me to feel better about all the pain I've caused you is by helping out with your dream!"

"Nice speech, now… Let me have him! He's so sexy! I want his body! I will have his babies!" Inner screamed in Sakura's head.

"Yo, horn-dog, crazy ho."

"Yes~"

"We are thirteen, you pervert!" Sakura punched her Inner.

"Uchiha," Kakashi continued on in a tone that screamed he wanted to be anywhere but here.

"Hn, I like few things, and I dislike too many to name. My hobbies are training and taking walks. My dream is not a dream, but an ambition. I will kill a certain someone."

"Is he talking about me?!" a terrified Naruto thought, gulping audibly.

"He's still going through with that then." Kakashi thought, disappointed.

"Sasuke, this team could improve upon your success rate with killing that man. If you train with us, you're sure to get stronger in no time!" Sakura told him.

"I don't need help from a bunch of weaklings, but I will accept help from Sensei…" Sasuke hissed out.

"Offer still stands," Sakura replied, glaring at that ho. Trying to argue her point into his head would be a moot point. His head was too wrapped up around revenge at this point.

"You're the last one, Pinky! Have at it!" Kakashi cheered on with false happiness.

Sakura's eye twitched, but she hid it behind a smile. No use in harming her sensei.

"It's not like you could take him anyways, especially not at the strength level you're at."

"Shut up."

"Inner-2, Outer-0!"

"I'm Sakura Haruno. I like helping others, reading, training, and kicking ass. I dislike being called Pinky," she glared at Kakashi there, "people who put others down, people who judge others without knowing them, and being called Pinky! My hobbies are reading, training, hanging out with my friends, and finding out new things that can be weapons. My dream is to be the best medic-nin and kunoichi Konoha has ever made, that even surpasses the mighty Tsunade-sama, and the scariest female ninja that's scarier than even Anko Mitarashi! I also want to change that whole cloud of smoke ninjas use to travel. We will all get cancer or something because of that, it's such an important health problem that we should all help in. I mean, seriously? That smoke you use to travel will hurt someone one day!"

"She's not like other kunoichi her age. I will have to actually read her file," Kakashi thought. He quickly dispelled that though, "Nah, I'll just ask Iruka."

"She isn't a fan girl anymore?" Sasuke considered this thought.

"Sakura-chan is so cool!" Naruto exclaimed in his mind.

"Well, now that that's out of the way, I have something to tell you three. Meet at Training Ground 7 tomorrow morning at six. We are going to have survival training. I suggest you don't eat breakfast, or you might throw it up during the test," Kakashi said cheerily.

"Why another test? Aren't we Genin already?! When are we going on action packed missions!" Naruto yelled out.

"This will test if you are really Genin material. But I warn you, there is only a 66% chance of passing. Well, bye!" Kakashi 'poof'ed out. Again. With his harmful smoke that could kill someone one day.

"Guys, you better get there at six, okay? We should get a nice, solid plan to pass this test. See you tomorrow!" Sakura yelled while she headed back from where she had come up. She wasn't going to try and jump off the building, Sakura didn't believe her body could handle that.

Sakura started to head home, ignoring everything around her. She didn't notice who was in front of her until it was too late.

"Ow," Sakura said out loud as she rubbed her butt after getting up from the ground. She looked forward and noticed that Hinata was on the floor.

"Oh God, Hinata! I didn't mean to bump into you!" Sakura quickly went towards the Hyuuga and helped her up.

"It's no problem, Sakura-chan. I just wanted to ask you how your team meeting went."

"It went as good as it could go, I guess. What about for you, Hinata-chan?"

"Just like before, everything went how it did before…" Hinata trailed off, an idea slowly forming in her head.

"Do you have survival training tomorrow, Sakura-chan?"

Sakura was caught off guard by the question, but still answered it.

"Yes, why?"

Hinata let a small smile grace her face. Her cheeks grew a bit pink at her idea and what it entailed.

"You should stop by the Hyuuga estate so I can give you a bento for your survival training and, um… Our teams should meet at Ichiraku's after training. That way we can publicly become friends," Hinata told her plan to the pink haired ninja. Said pink haired kunoichi slowly grew a mischievous smile on her face.

"Sure but is that really all your plan is counting for, Hi-na-ta?" Sakura asked the Hyuuga impishly.

"O-obviously, Sakura-chan!" Hinata countered, the blush still present on her cheeks.

"So it has nothing to do with meeting Sasuke?" Sakura asked.

Hinata's blush grew more intense as the moments passed on. She started to fan her face with her hands.

"That's absurd, Sakura-chan. My plan had no ulterior motives behind it. I was not planning on meeting S-Sasuke-kun."

"But Hinata-chan, you know Sasuke-kun is on my team. If you planned for my team to go, you had planned to see Sasuke," Sakura teased.

"I have to go now! Bye, Sakura-chan," Hinata quickly turned another direction and quickly sped home. Sakura cackled at the distress she put on the Hyuuga.

Sakura looked into the sky and noticed it was getting dark. She continued on her way towards her home, a bounce in her step as she walked. She continued thinking about a plan to pass the survival test and snatch a bell from her sensei.

"I just want to get a bell this time!"


Still no beta -goes to a dark corner and weeps uncontrollably while hugging a Sasori plush doll-

Anyways~

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! It's twenty pages long (if you only include the actual story). I don't know if any of the other chapters will ever be this long… They might if inspiration comes drop kicking my door -looks at door suspiciously-

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~gaasakufoevah

PS: I've uploaded a drawing of how Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki looked like in this story's future onto my DeviantArt. Go to my profile and there should be a link. Now onto drawing Sakura Haruno~