Hey guys, and to all my non-existent reviewers this goes out to you! (With just a drop of sarcasm)

(Now I introduce a new character…)

Ino: S-a-g-e-y-kun! Why are you pouting?

Me: I do not pout (goes into corner dramatically)

Ino: Kami-san. You are so depressing; it is not your fault, no ones reviewing

Me: Yes it is (comes out of corner, and whines) no ones reviewing, and its making me lose my writers confidence

Ino: You know what you need. Some laughs! (Performs hand seals.)

(Mind Control Jutsu)

Me: Ino stop! I cannot stretch that way. I'm not that flexible (tries to make me do a split)

A misunderstanding Jiryia walks in

Jiriya: Hentai (wipes nosebleed)

Me: I am not a hentai; you're the one with the nosebleed.

Jiriya : Hentai, Hentai, Hentai

Me : Pssh ! Hypocrite.

Gomen, Gomen, Gomen, Sorry at poking my author fun at my non-existent readers )

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the songs I use. Although if your lucky I might put in my own song lyrics.

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Chapter 1

New Future

There's still one thing that will never change, the dream that I'm always sketching. The me that I am right now, could I possibly relfect

New Future , Full Moon wo Sagashite (Myco)

-Present-

"Ino-pig!" The blonde ninja turned around, finding an unusually merry Sakura.

"Billboard Forehead" The blonde ninja shouts running towards her friend.

It had been six months since Sakura had gone away to train, with Rin (yes, the one from Kakashi Gaiden, sadly I just can't part with her just yet.) Ino stared at her friend, observing the various "changes" in her friends figure. "God damn't Sakura, what did that women do to you." Observing a more rather toned, Sakura. Laughing, Sakura desperately searched her pockets.

"Ah found it" As she sighed a sigh of relief.

"Found what" the now curious Yamanka questioned.

"This" Sakura said holding out a now crumpled piece of paper. As she rubbed the paper against her knee, in an effort to straighten it out. "Here" she said as she handed it to her.

"It's a receipt," she explained to a now confused Ino.

"For what?" Ino questioned.

"For the new ninja outfit I bought you" Sakura said as she opened her book bag now removing a neatly pressed purple outfit with silver gray bandages.

"Rin said it's so you don't have to look like a juvenile whore any more," Sakura added, clearing knowing where her instigation would lead her.

"That monkey woman, ha! Whore my ass" the new angered Ino shouted as she grabbed the outfit out of Sakura's hands and began jumping up on down on it like a raging mad ape (of course in an anime fashion.) Sakura laughed as she watched her friend trash and stomp about like an sexually mature, gorilla, (occasionally ducking in case Ino needed something to throw and well I think its pretty obvious what monkeys throw, if you don't know then ask a friend.) Ino calmed down as she heard the snickering, and gossiping of the passersby.

"Oh Sakura-sama" Sakura turned to find a well observant Shizune (who like Ino began to observe her "changes".

"How many times do I have to tell you, it's not sama, chan will do just fine" Sakura said ignoring Shizune's well-focused eyes.

"Gomen" Shizune said finally taking her eyes off Sakura's well-toned body. "Tsunade wants you in her office; I think it's a mission"

"Crap" Sakura said as she heard the word mission. 'we haven't even been here for an hour and she's already throwing missions down my neck' Inner Sakura agreed. "fine" she said pouting as if it was the hardest thing in the world to say. "Bye Ino" Sakura said giggling as Ino dramatically hurled (well you know what monkeys hurl) in again an anime-worth fashion.

"Shizune, you coming?" Sakura asked her sensies assistant.

"Na, I kinda gotta go train with Genma" she said with hearts in her eyes. 'I swear' Inner Sakura said, Sakura nodded.

After what seemed like hours, Sakura found her way to the Hokage's Tower (you tend to forget the simple things after 6 months of head aching training.) "Yea, Tsunade-sensei" Sakura said as she gently cracked the Hokage's door. Sensing no danger, Sakura fully opened the door; abruptly Sakura watched as Tsunade hurled everything she could find at Sakura; as Sakura dodged them with precession. Finally out of stuff to throw Tsunade finally spoke.

"Good to see, that Rin girl, didn't hurt my star student to much" Tsunade said to something of an Ino manner. (For some reason Tsunade and Ino always tensed up towards Rin) 'maybe it's just a blonde thing' inner Sakura suggested.

"Oh! My god what did she do to you?" Tsunade questioned observing the tightness of Sakura's muscles. (They weren't eastern European body builder big, but somewhat as in goddess/model type. Had to stress that point) Sakura just blushed taking her's, Ino's, and Shizune's observation as a complement.

"Oh and those clothes" She said staring at Sakura's new attire. For a top Sakura wore a red short-sleeved Chinese shirt, and a pearl white short skirt, with black biker shorts under it. Covering her waist were bandages, with the usual kunai (weapon) hoister on the right side of her hip. In the slits of her biker, shorts were two wavy edged short daggers. 'It did look good Tsunade' thought nodding.

"But what happened to the cute outfit, that I picked out for you" Tsunade whined. "I spent hours upon hours working on it, day and night" she said continuing whining.

"One" Sakura said. "I'm 17 not 12, it's not supposed to be cute."

"Two, you didn't work on it Shizune did, and if you ever worked on it, it's when you were drunk on your sake…" She said picking up a sake bottle from the file covered floor.

"And three, I kept the dog collar" She said showing her master the loose dog collar that hung around her neck.

"That's Not The Collar I gave you!" She said yelling. "The one I gave you was neon green and pink and it showed off your precious assets" she said pouting.

"But we don't have to worry about those assets any more do we" she said looking at a cherry red Sakura.

'Same old Sakura' Tsunade thought as she sighed.

"It say's here that you developed quite a number of new jutsu while over there. Five in fact." She said eyeing the mission report from Rin. "3 S-rank, and 2 A-rank" she said in satisfaction.

"I think I might've developed my chidori" she said as she eyed a sympathetic Tsunade.

"I also learned the summoning tech…" she trailed of already regretting saying it. Summoning Technique was an issue with her two sensei's, each one wanting Sakura to inherent there own summoning animal. Tsunade face changed, as her blood thickened

"Please tell me, that you didn't already sign the contract to that turtle woman" Straining her voice as if those to words were the hardest to say. "Naruto summons that frog boss, all the time, and I heard Saskue's

summoning snakes as if it were as easy as stating his own name. So why can't my student summon like her master?" Tsunade asked pouting.

"That's why I wanted to see you, to finally have you sign the contract once and for all." Tsunade said looking into her pupil's eyes.

"You're to late, sensei" she said, as she watched her teacher's eyes began to melt from the heat of disappointment.

"I already have signed the contract" Sakura said as she watched her teacher exhale. Therefore, why else did you want me to come here?

"I'll tell you at your old training grounds" Tsunade said with caution, trying not to evocate any painful memories of team 7.

Sakura left as she surprisingly watched her personal jonin sensei enter. "Rin-chan?" Sakura asked, obviously addressing her as a friend instead of a teacher.

"Ah!" Rin said as she walked into the Hokage's office.

"Is it true" The hokage asked concered.

"Yup, Hatake's gone to Orochimaru"