Sakura woke up panting. Last night she woke up at least five times from similar dreams. There was so much blood and people fighting. And a name kept appearing, but every time she forgot what it was after waking. Stepping out of bed, Sakura frowned.

It was bright out the window. Was it already past nine? She ran to her closet and took out one of her red sleeveless dress shirt and black shorts. She combed her hair and pulled on her headband.

"Bye mom," Sakura yelled as she grabbed a piece of toast and left, running though the front door. She made her way quickly to the training grounds and saw that Naruto and Sasuke were already there. "Am I late?" She frowned again.

"Not really," Naruto said laying around on a tree root. Sasuke sat opposite from him, legs crossed on a rock. "How's your arm, Sakura?"

"I slept on it last night so it kinda hurts, but mostly, all good," Sakura lifted her right arm and shook it a little. "At least I can move it." Although it hurts...

"Hn," Sasuke mumbled something or other and Kakashi appeared earlier than usual. Naruto was the only one today to yell at Kakashi for being a liar.

"Hey, hey. Calm down now, Naruto," Kakashi's eye crinkled upwards, "I had to talk to Sandaime Hokage again this morning."

"What for?" Sasuke rarely asked.

"Oh, Sandaime said you guys should get a week out in case of shock and or trauma. Any questions?"

"Awwww! Come on! I want to learn a new jutsu! Please, Kakashi-sensei, can't we make a exception. Sasuke? Sakura? Do you guys have shock.... And or trauma?" Naruto whined and whined then turned to the said two.

"No."

"Nope," Sakura smiled. Well, how do I know?

"See!" Naruto grinned.

"Nope, no exceptions, Naruto." And with that Kakashi disappeared. It was silent for a few seconds.

"AW! He probably just wants to read his pervy book!"

"Well, I'm leaving now," Sasuke said, stiffly. And he did as he said, slowly walking out of the field. He stopped for a second, though, and turned back. Expecting something? The he hopped into the trees and disappeared.

"... Hey, Sakura! Wanna go to Ichiraku with me?" Naruto grinned again.

"Yeah, sure," Sakura smiled right back.

They left shoulder to shoulder.

-x-

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled. It was the next morning already and the three decided to train each other. And guess what Sasuke does? He out ranks them, trying to be the best and succeeding. Sakura ran up a tree with ease and throws a kunai to cut Naruto out of a trap.

"Naruto don't be so loud," Sasuke groaned. He put a finger to his temple, rubbing the area. He then turned and disappeared once again into the trees.

Sakura smiled, leaving Naruto on the ground tending to his rope burns. She jumped into the next tree, than into the next. Soon she was quite a distance apart. She sat against the tree closest to her once reaching the ground.

Panting, she caught a glimpse of silver and a dozen of shuriken appeared. She jumped up, dodging to the left. All of the shuriken stuck out of the tree right where she just had been.

Since Naruto wouldn't be able to be that stealthy, her mind quickly figured it was Sasuke. The only thing that left her wondering was why did he throw those? What if she didn't make it out quick enough and go hit by most of them.

A flicker of the silver caught her sight again. Strings. They were fastened to the shuriken. Each one popped out of the tree and flew back where they came from. Where Sasuke is.

Sakura quickly leapt into the trees, following Sasuke. He was being easy one her at the moment. So a trap?

"SaSUKE!" Naruto's voice once again whipped through the air. Sakura giggled lightly. If this were real, she couldn't be laughing, so she quickly scolded herself and continued on her way.

She finally ended up in the clearing, Sasuke and a unhappy Naruto already there.

"What happened?" The pinkette asked Naruto. He poked his eyes over at Sasuke, then glanced back at Sasuke.

"He-!"

"He fell for another trap..." Sasuke interrupted him. Sasuke turned to glare at Naruto, "Maybe if you weren't such an idiot, you wouldn't get caught in such easy traps."

"You call easy traps ones that are hidden by genjutsu, under a bush, using clear thread? Easy is like... A rope some stupid guy doesn't notice and trips over it."

"Boys, boys, "Sakura shook her head, smiling softly. She looked into the sky and sighed. "Naruto ou should know as a ninja, things aren't supposed to be easy. And Sasuke... Don't be an ass to Naruto. Even if you are really good, you don't have to gloat and prove it to everyone. Now how about instead of thinking that we are useless, you teach us some new jutsus or fighting styles. That was we won't be a 'burden' or 'weak' the next mission."

Both the boys in the team stared at her for a second, then turned to each other. Naruto gave a pleading smile, always ready for a new jutsu. Sasuke frowned, turning away from him. He closed his eyes and swept a hand through his hair.

"Fine... But only taijutsu," He began with a sigh, "for now."

"Thanks!" Sakura smiled at him, following Naruto's example.

"Yeah, thanks, Sas."

"Idiot..."

-x-

Sakura stared up into the groves of her ceiling. She was tired, physically and mentally. Sasuke gave Naruto and her a great workout and stretches. They would run a lap around Konoha together every day to gain speed, he said. It took forever and her legs felt worse than her arm did earlier when they did punch exercises.

She turned in bed, sore, and tried her best to fall asleep.