A/N: Alright, here's the second chapter!

Chapter 2:

What the heck?! I thought feeling bewildered.

Inner me: *Sigh* Don't you get it yet? You're home Sakura. We're home.

"I'm back," I said. "I think."

"We'll have Yamato take you to your house later. But for now, I need to ask you something," Tsunade informed me.

"I have a house?" I asked her, surprised.

"Yes, you do. It's the ones that your parents raised you in. Nobody bought it, so it still belongs to your family," she told me. "But more importantly, my question. I know that you're a ninja. And I know that you're skilled, at least I know that you were when you were living here. Would you like to join a team? That way, you'd be part of a group of four people. You will get missions of varying levels of difficulty and be paid for them, training, everything. How about it?" she finished.

I hesitated. I wanted to, really wanted tom but I wasn't sure if it was a good idea. There could be some problems. Actually, I could think of a lot of problems.

Inner me: Sakura. Do it.

But…what if-

Inner me: Sakura. You'll regret it if you don't. Trust me. Don't you want to make some friends?

I do have-

Inner me: Some human friends?
I sighed mentally. You know me too well.

"I'd like that. But, if it's okay, I have a request," I said.

"Yes?" Tsunade prompted.

"Would it be okay if I keep my identity a secret? Like, could I use a fake name?" I asked her.

Tsunade seemed surprised. "Why?"

"Well," I said. "I'm assuming that there will be some people in this village who know me, if I really did live hear before. So they'd be kind of likely to remember what I was like, right? Well, I want them to know me for the person I am today, not whoever I used to be. I mean, I could've been the most horrible, bratty kid in the universe, couldn't I? So I want them to like me for who I am now." I blushed, feeling embarrassed at giving such a passionate speech.

Tsunade looked at me with shock at first. I tensed up, but relaxed again when she smiled. "As expected of a Haruno," she commented. "I understand. I'll give you a new identity and an excuse for suddenly turning up out of nowhere. But in return, I want you to become my apprentice. I need someone with talent and brains, and you've got both. What do you say?"

I froze, and stared. When I noticed that my mouth was hanging open, I shut it. It was unbelievable. She was obviously the top person around. Was she serious?! "Of course, I'd love to!" I said happily.

Tsunade smiled. "Alright," she said. "Then, I'll set you up with one of the teams. Shizune," Tsunade said.

"Yes, Tsunade-sama?" replied Shizune.

"Get me the files on the teams along with files on their members, now!" Tsunade ordered. Shizune bowed and left the room. It was silent for a few minutes. "I'm sure that this must be hard, Sakura," Tsunade said gently. "I mean, everything must've been happening so quickly."

I nodded. Yep. My whole life changed in the time span of less than two hours (according to Tsunade's grandfather clock).

But so far, it hadn't been all that bad. Like I've said, living on the road is really fun, but it's also lonely. And you feel like you don't have a true home, like there isn't a place to return to. And I'd thought that was the way it was. I thought I was a homeless nobody. But now I was more than Sakura; I was Sakura Haruno. It felt good.

Shizune came in, holding a three (super thick) files. Tsunade took them and skimmed through them. She shook her head at the first, muttering something. The same went for number two. But I guess the third time really was a charm.

"I've got your team," said Tsunade. "Team 7 had a member move out of the village, Sai. So now they're one member short. You'll go in perfectly. Naruto will be ecstatic to have such a pretty girl as a team mate," she said the last sentence rolling her eyes but chuckling. "Good luck, though. They're the toughest team out of the newest ones, even if Naruto makes it look just plain weird," she shook her head. "They'll probably expect a lot out of you, Sakura. But I'm sure you can handle it, though."

I smiled. No pressure or anything.

"Well, I'll send a message to Kakashi today. So, what do you want? For your fake identity, I mean," she added at my confused expression.

"Um…I'll be Saori. Saori Aero," I decided.

Inner me: Nice name.

Thanks.

"Okay," Tsunade wrote something down on a piece of paper. "What are your ninja skills?" she asked.

And so she gave me an interview, taking basic information about myself and adding fake info here and there. "Done," she said about three hours later. She took a picture of me with a digital camera, surprising me. "Shizune, convert this into three copies, and add the picture. Give two to me; I'll give one to Kakashi and keep one for the records. When you've got them finished, send one to Sakura. She probably won't remember all of the fake information, so she'll need to study it."

Inner me: Study yourself, huh? That's a first.

There's been a lot of firsts today, I thought tiredly.

Inner me: True.

"You must be tired. Alright, I'll send you a message for our first training session. I won't be able to see much of you until then," she said apologetically. "Yamato will take you home."

The ANBU guy appeared after being gone to give us privacy, right on cue. "Yes, Lady Tsunade," he said. "This way, Aero-san," he said to me.

Inner me: The slime ball was eavesdropping the whole time! Damn him!

Ignoring Inner me, I fallowed him to the window. We both got onto the roof, and he set off. After a few minutes of silent roof-jumping, I couldn't stand it. "So, is Konoha a nice village?" I asked conversationally.

"Yes, it is," he answered through his weird mask.

When the guy kept quiet (if I didn't know any better, I'd say he was mute) I spoke again. "So, where can I get supplies?" I asked, as my stomach growled.

Inner me: Damn it, Sakura! Hurry up and find us some food!

We need to go home first, I thought back.

Inner me: …home, huh? It's nice to say that again, isn't it?

Yeah, I thought. Yamato's voice interrupted our 'conversation'. "Food markets can be found all over. Ninja supply shops are scattered all throughout the village, for convenience. Clothes shops are normally in the more crowded areas. Furniture is, too. Is there anything else?"

"Um, yeah," I said. "Where are the training grounds?"

"You'll know once you meet your team," he answered.

"When will that be?"

"It should be tomorrow, around mid-day or so. Tsunade will let you know," he said.

"…She's a very nice person, isn't she?" I asked. "She's a bit intimidating, but she seems nice."

Yamato was quiet for a few seconds. "…yes," he finally said. "Hokage-sama is a very kind person." He stopped. I stopped, too. "We're here," he said. I looked at the building. It was…big. Well, it wasn't big, big. But it was a lot bigger than the memory had me thinking. It was white, and had the Haruno family crest over the door.

"Um, thank you," I said. Yamato held out his hand, indicating he had something to give me. I held mine out, too, and I felt something cold and hard land in it with a soft clink. They were keys.

"Thank you," I said again, and I opened the door to my house. My house. I was home.

A/N: Alright, that's it for this chapter! So how'd you like it? Alright, so it did seem kind of Yamato/Sakura-ish, but don't worry. I'm probably not going to use him anymore. The main love triangle is still NarutoxSakuraxSasuke! But you'll have to wait for her to meet them before anything else happens, okay? Please review!