Sorry for the extremely long wait!
The first thing Sakura noticed about her sensei was that he wore a mask that covered half of his face. Not many ninja wore masks, which made it easy for her to figure out who he was.
Hatake, Kakashi also known as the Fourth Hokage's previous student and one of the ANBU's best members. He was also known as for failing every genin team that was ever assigned to him.
'Amazing, I can't believe Kakashi-san is our sensei!' Sakura thought in a daze. She had to be one of the luckiest genin ever to have a chance to train and learn from a legend like Kakashi.
"Oi Kakashi you're late!" Naruto yelled out. Now this caused Sakura to stare at Naruto with one of the most shocked faces she could have made. She couldn't believe Naruto could be so disrespectful!
"Naruto!" she reprimanded.
"What? It's the truth," Naruto responded.
"He grew up with him Sakura, their family, kind of like brothers," Sasuke explained to her.
'Well that definitely explains the attitude' Sakura thought.
Introductions soon followed after Naruto's little scene. Kakashi's introduction was basically his name. Naruto and Sasuke both shared their interest in becoming the strongest ninja and Sakura just did a basic introduction almost similar to Kakashi's. She felt strange and a bit left out. Naruto and Sasuke both seemed to know Kakashi so well and spoke openly with him. Sakura on the other hand was a bit more nervous. She had no clue as to how she should act so she remained quite throughout the conversations.
Kakashi finished the day off by explaining the rules of their test tomorrow. Sakura was nervous. This was it tomorrow would be the deciding day. Once Kakashi disappeared in a cloud of smoke, Sakura quickly said her goodbyes and began walking back down from the roof. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she heard her name being called out by Naruto.
She looked up to see Naruto and Sasuke both staring back at her.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Do you want to go eat Ramen with us?" Naruto asked.
"Sorry, I have to be home soon. Maybe some other time," Sakura finished off as she continued walking out of the academy.
She knew she was avoiding them, but she couldn't help it. Their conversation from earlier left her feeling awkward and left out. She needed time for herself and she knew exactly where she would find the peace she wanted.
The Hokage Mountain had always been her favorite spot. She had a beautiful view of the village and she enjoyed the sunset from here. She came here often when she needed to get away from the world. She watched the clouds for a bit, practiced some her taijutsu, and even meditated to work on her chakra.
Sakura decided to work on her chakra. She was good at this, or at least she thought she was. She didn't have a lot of chakra to go from but she knew how to manage it well. She could make up to five clones without wasting more than one fourth of her chakra. She knew that even if she managed her chakra to the best of her capacity, she still had an incredibly pathetic amount of chakra to work with, so she had decided to read up on ways to increase her chakra reserves. Meditation was a great way to build up chakra, so Sakura would spend most of her free time meditating. Even though she meditated for hours, she felt like she wasn't improving. She had made sure to go through every sentence carefully to make sure she had read right, yet she still felt as though she was doing something wrong. Instead of feeling refreshed she felt normal, as though she had wasted her time on nothing.
She had attempted to meditate again that day, but she felt no different. Instead of calmness, she was even more nervous. She couldn't get the test or her teammates out of her mind. She decided to give up on meditation for the time being. She lay back on the grass and closed her eyes.
When Sakura opened her eyes she noticed the sun had already set a while ago. She also began to register how cold it had gotten. She had fallen asleep and by the looks of it, it was already late.
'I am in so much trouble,' she thought. Her parents would be freaking out and the last thing she needed was to cause her mother even more worries. If she were lucky her father would still be working at the library.
When she arrived home she the first thing she noticed was that her father was home.
'Great, it must be later than I thought.'
As soon as she opened the door, her parents began to question her. She was in for a long night of lecturing.