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'Thoughts'
'Inner'
"Talking"
"Inner Talking"
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Today I'm on my way to check up on Sasuke-kun. Sasuke-kun he is so cool with his dark features and his cool attitude.
'Don't forget how strong he is!' Inner fist pumped.
Yeah Sasuke-kun is so handsome, strong, and smart and someday he will marry me!
"Hey you're blocking the sun." A voice comes from below me.
I look around realising that I'm in one of the abandoned parks that no one comes to any more. Tilting my head down I saw Shikamaru Nara, one of my classmates laying under the tree I was standing in front of.
'He is so lazy just sleeping all day.' I saw his eyes were still closed even after calling out to me.
'Cha! Sasuke-kun is so awesome compared to this bum!' Inner yelled.
"Oh sorry Shikamaru. I didn't see you there. I was just thinking about Sasuke-kun. Isn't he so cool! Someday we will get married and have a big family and a big house…" I gushed.
"That's highly unlikely." Shikamaru drawled.
"What did you just say?! Of course I'm going to Marry Sasuke-kun! I'm going to be a kunoichi and I'm at the top of the class. Why wouldn't he want me?" I started getting angry.
"While you're at the top of the class it is only because of your academic scores. Your ninjutsu and taijutsu suck. If anyone has a chance of being Sasuke's wife it would have to be Hinata because not only is she smart she is the best at taijutsu and ninjutsu compared to all the other girls. Kunoichi aren't weak Sakura, they are fighters that can protect themselves. I mean with the way you're going you will either be stuck as a genin or dead. Sasuke is the next clan head and as a clan head he needs a strong partner that can not only protect themselves but the children they have in the future. So it's highly unlikely that you will marry him." Shikamaru concluded before leaving the park.
'That lazy bum doesn't know what he is talking about Sasuke-kun will marry us! Cha!' Inner puffs up ready for a fight.
'Well it's not like I have to be good at taijutsu. I mean what man likes muscles?' I thought walking away from the abandoned park forgetting why I was going there in the first place.
'Well Sasuke-kun and any shinobi would like muscles on the body. We look like and have the mindset of a civilian at leasts what Shikamaru said.' Inner pointed out.
'Who's side are you on?' I ask my other personality.
'I'm not on any side. I only point out what you already know. I'm you, you know but I'm the part of you that you don't accept or show to anyone. I can't exactly lie you know!' Inner said.
'Okay but where did you get the idea that Sasuke-kun and other Shinobi like muscles?' I asked my other personality.
'Well I just looked through our memories. Every Shinobi we have seen so far has not taken any interest in civilians for a partner. All we saw was them checking out kunoichi. So it's safe to say that Shikamaru was right in his observation.' Flashes of ninja passed through my mind as Inner talked.
'So if I want Sasuke-kun to notice me I have to look like the other Kunoichi? Do we have examples to go off of?' I changed course to go to my house instead of wandering around the village.
'Yes we have three examples: the woman with red eyes and black hair that we saw in the eating district, another woman with big boobs and the trench coat at the dango stand, lastly the long purple haired woman with the swords that was in the training grounds. All of them were beautiful and had many shinobi looking at them or at least their bodies.' Inner pulled up the woman in question as she talked.
'So I just need to compare what I do to what they do. For the Red eyed woman it looked like she eats a lot but she has a nice figure. She ate a lot of meat and definitely more than my mother ever does. I eat less than an eighth of what she eats. I wonder why she eats that much though.' I walked into my house heading to my room.
'Well do you remember what Iruka-sensei said about chakra exhaustion?' I pulled out my diary, ripping the filled pages out and throwing them away.
'You mean how in order to recover from chakra exhaustion you have to rest and eat a lot of calories…Oh so she eats a lot to replenish her chakra reserves because producing chakra requires the energy they get from eating. So the more chakra you have the more you have to eat.' I write the theory down along with the information about the woman's eating habits.
'We have pretty small reserves. We assumed that it was because we came from a civilian family but maybe it's because we don't eat enough so we just need to stop dieting and eat more calories.' Inner said ripping up our mental diet plan.
'Okay that takes care of eating so how about how to act?' I asked Inner and she pulled up the big boobs in a trench coat lady.
'So she is very well endowed unlike us. It looks like she knows it too. She walks and talks with confidence using her assets to get what she wants from other people. She moves like a shinobi but has this feminine touch which accents her body. Also the way she talks to people it seems more like her style insead of ours so we shouldn't copy that but she didn't waste a single word or movement everyone had a purpose.' Inner points out everything she talks about while the memory shows.
'So I need to walk and talk like I'm sure of what I'm doing with confidence and not waste a single movement kinda like taijutsu but we are not actually fighting.' I thought out before writing it down.
'Don't forget to write how she was also completely aware of how the person she was talking to reacted and adjusted when they lost interest or she said something wrong. She was also completely aware of the people around her and how they reacted to her or paid attention to what they were doing.' Inner pointed to womens eyes.
'Okay how about the last one, the woman with the sword.' I was excited to learn about the last one.
'So it looks like she had been training for hours she was really sweaty, covered in dirt, and had a lot of scrapes and bruises. Even though she was a sweaty mess she only got more men to look at her. I think that the Shinobi liked to watch her work out. It showed her strength and muscles also with how smart and graceful she was especially when she pulled out her sword. That was really cool. We have to learn how to do that!' Inner started to imitate the woman's sword skills.
'Yeah that did look cool. So it doesn't really matter if I look my best all the time because Sasuke-kun doesn't care as long as I'm strong.' I squeal a little at the thought of my future husband.
'Well it doesn't really have to be Sauske that we have to be with in the future right?' Inner twiddled her thumbs.
'No but why would we NOT want Sasuke-kun? He is so cool and handsome and strong!' I asked, putting my pen down.
'I mean Sasuke is cute and the rookie of the year but his attitude is kinda not attractive. He doesn't talk and when he does all he says is insults. Also he is either angry or really depressed he never smiles. He reminds me of Ami and how she would bully us. We never really stood up for ourselves when it came to her so even if we did get our chance to be with Sasuke what's to say he won't do the same thing.' Inner said.
'So what if he is angry and depressed all the time? When he marries us we can fix him and be the reason he smiles!' My words didn't sound as confident as I thought they would be.
'We can't fix something we don't understand.' Inner said softly.
'…Can we not talk about this?' I could feel my eyes burning.
'… well I'm just saying why do we have to limit ourselves to just one person? Like Shikamaru, Kiba, and Naruto are also attractive.' Inner pulls up the memories of the boys in question.
'What? No way they're the jokesters! Shikamaru is so lazy! Kiba is just like a dog! And Naruto is deadlast and a loser!' I start pacing my room.
'One all of those things you know are second hand information and Iruka-sensei always say that a ninja needs to not only rely on second hand information. Shikamaru is smart, he pointed out what we didn't see just earlier today and he gave well thought out examples. Kiba is not a dog he is just more wild than everyone else his whole clan is, and whenever we are close we don't smell any dog smell on him at all. As for Naruto he is only dead last because of his scores on everything. Don't you notice that he can't read the text books and that whenever we practice taijutsu, the teachers tell him to do everything they told us not to do? Also how exactly is he a loser?' Inner pulled up memories as she talked.
'Well…um Mom and Dad said he was a bad person and to stay away from him.' I said stopping in front of my bed.
'All he does is prank people and is a little loud. Besides Mom and Dad also said that the people that steal little boys and girls from their families are also bad people but Naruto doesn't steal little girls and boys from their families. Also I don't think Mom and Dad have ever actually met Naruto so how can we know that their information is right?' Inner pulls up the recent prank Naruto did and how he gets frustrated when he has to read.
'Okay so he might not be a loser or a bad person but why do you think that Shikamaru, Kiba, and Naruto are attractive?' I asked as I flopped onto my bed.
'Well when they grow older they won't have the baby fat that they do now but they are all attractive in their own way. Remember Shikamaru's Dad? He was hot! And if Shikamaru looks anything like him in the future with those rugged handsome looks it would be so worth how lazy he is.' Inner pulls up the memory of a tall tan man with scars on his face wearing a fur vest.
'I didn't notice…' I examine the man and silently agree with Inner that he was hot.
'Yeah you were too focused on Sasuke to notice but I did and I'm glad I did this is good material for when we're older.' Inner rubbed her hands together like a villain in a fairy tail.
'Your kinda a pervert Inner.' I sweat drop.
'Well I'm you so WE are kinda pervy but you cannot say that we can't appreciate Kami's gifts to the world.' She stopped rubbing her hands together.
'So what about Kiba and Naruto?' I changed the subject.
'Oh well Kiba obviously has a wild look about him that appeals to our primal side. Naruto has a exotic look about him. I mean the only other person that has Blond hair and Blue eyes is Ino but hers is a muted color compared to Naruto. Just think about how after they hit puberty they are going to be so hot along with those muscles they are bound to have.' Inner starts to drool.
'Your drooling in our mindscape. I get how they are all attractive but they aren't attractive like Sasuke-kun.' I comment.
'Of course they aren't attractive like Sasuke. Attractiveness is in a range of categories. Sasuke is under the Elegant Noble one. He has the structure of a noble and looks kinda like a doll with his pale skin. Kiba is under the Wild one. Shikamaru the Rugged category. Lastly Naruto would be Exotic. They aren't attractive in the same way but they ARE attractive nonetheless.' Inner pulls up a chart putting a picture of each boy in a category.
'Okay I won't fight you with this because you're me and I do agree with your reasoning. Tomorrow we need to go to the library to Plan out our new exercise and diet plan after the academy. I also think that we should look into Naruto's situation without our parents finding out.' She adds the items to the to do list she made.
'We should also keep an eye out for the woman to have a better idea about what we're doing. I also need more examples to get us off of the whole 'Sasuke-kun' thing.' Inner adds the two things to the list.
'You just want to ogle more guys.' I deadpan and Inner just starts whistling.
I sigh before getting under my blankets to sleep.
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I woke up in the morning like usual except after my morning shower I decided to change things up. I looked into my closet passing by my bright red dresses. I pulled out a mesh long sleeve shirt, grey short sleeve shirt, black shinobi pants, and a forest green vest that had a big hoodie. I put wrappings on my chest then put the mesh shirt on my grey shirt on top. I pulled the pants on wrapping the bottoms down then put the vest on. I looked in the mirror smiling with how boyish I look compared to the dress I usually wore. The last change is the black ribbon I grab putting my hair in a high ponytail. Inner cheers in my head at the final product.
After eating a big breakfast I grab my bag slipping my sandals on before leaving the house.
'Hey outer! We have enough time to stop by the library to grab some books. So we actually have something to do during class.' Inner points out.
'Sure. Lets see we should grab one about development to see if we are on the right track. Also let's check out one for a proper diet and exercise plan. We should talk to Iruka-sensei about that too. Also let's see if there are any famous kunoichi in the bingo books and history books. I think Iruka-sensei said something about a kunoichi on the Sanin? Maybe we should also get something for taijutsu and chakra exer-' My train of thought was cut off when I bumped into a wall.
My hand shot out to latch onto anything to stop my fall. I grab the wall that I bumped into, stopping my descent.
'Are walls supposed to be warm and it smells nice.' I think as I steady myself using the wall for support.
'That my friend is the smell of a real man. We definitely didn't bump into a wall!' Inner squealed.
With Inner's comment in mind I reexamine my situation. The not wall I bumped into was breathing and was really warm. I breathed in through my nose and the wonderful scent of ozone, earth, iron and the distinct smell of man assaulted my nose. The not wall I bumped into was not brick or wood but hard muscle I realised from the feeling of them. I had my forehead on the man's abs and my hands gripped his sides. I could feel his muscles contract with every breath. With my observations taking less than ten seconds it felt like forever before I detached myself from the man I bumped into.
I let go of the man taking a few steps back lifting my head to finally look at the person I practically assaulted.
'He's tall. Gravity defying silver hair. His haite is covering his eye. He's wearing a mask. He's a jonin.' The few thoughts that crossed my mind as I set my eyes on the man.
'Apologize for not watching where you were going pick up your bag and walk away before you say something stupid.' Inner instructed me as my brain short circuited.
"I'm sorry for bumping into you. I will pay attention to where I'm going next time." I bowed slightly, grabbing the bag I dropped while I was at it.
"It's alright kid. Just watch where you're going next time." The man said.
My eyes snapped up to his face when he talked and I froze as I picked up my bag.
'His voice…' I could feel how wide my eyes were.
'Abort! Abort hotness overload! Get out of there!' Inner sounded an alarm in my head.
I snapped up straight, putting my eyes to the ground. I nodded before practically running to the library.
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I got my books quickly from the library checking out all of them before putting them in my bag.
I'm now on my way to the academy lugging a very heavy bag. The walk gives me time to think about what happened this morning.
'What category would the man we met today be under?' I asked Inner as I turned onto the main road.
'Mm well he would be under Mysterious and Aged. Just like Shikamaru's Dad is under Rugged and Aged. Aged just means they are older than us by some years. Good job so far Outer meeting a hot mysterious guy first thing in the morning! What a great way to start off the day!' Inner said waving banners in the air.
'Aged? How old do you think they are?' I asked as we neared the academy.
'Well Shinobi married early so he was probably in his early twenties when Shikamaru was born so he will most likely be in his early thirties now. As for the masked hotty he looked to be in his early twenties. You can tell because of his physique and skin also the fact that he doesn't have any wrinkles.' Inner pulled up pictures of both men.
I snapped out of it when I got to the door to the classroom. I turned to see what snapped me out of it when I saw Iruka-sensei behind me with a weird face.
"Good morning Iruka-sensei!" I smiled at my teacher.
"Oh it's you Sakura… you look different." The look went away and he smiled back.
"Yes I'm trying something new. Could I talk to you about something after class Iruka-sensei?" I asked as he stopped in front of me.
"Is there something wrong Sakura?" Concern moved over his face.
"No, I just want to go over my diet and training plan with you. I noticed how small I was and how I wasn't as strong as I need to be so I want to change that." I smiled at my teacher.
"Okay. I'm glad you're trying hard, Sakura." Relief then a smile spread across his face.
'Outer put your hood on! I want to see if anyone recognizes us.' Inner said as Iruka-sensei opened the door.
I put my hood on as he went inside. The hood was big enough to cover the top half of my face and hair without messing with my vision. When I walked into the room behind Iruka-sensei the whole class went silent. Iruka-sensei went to the podium like usual and I went to the only seat available.
I poked Shikamaru until he finally looked up. His eyes narrowed a millimeter when he looked at me before getting up so I could get to the middle seat.
"Troublesome." I pinched him when I sat down.
'Still cute.' Inner commented.
'Hush you.' I said beck before pulling out one of the books I got at the library.
I could still feel everyone's eyes on me as the day progressed. I continued to read the books I got and Iruka-sensei never commented. I did keep a close eye on my desk mates. Shikamaru did nothing but sleep and there were a few times that he pretended to sleep when he heard something interesting. Naruto was on my other side. I watched him during class and realised that he didn't have a small attention span but he just had too much energy with how much he started to fidget during class. He did try to read the book but he got stuck on one word and got frustrated very fast.
Taijutsu class came around. Mizuki-sensei taught us while Iruka-sensei did something else. We were going over forms today. He adjusted each person but when he got to Naruto he hesitated and there was something in his eye as he 'corrected' him. By the time Mizuki-sensei moved on Naruto was doing everything he told us not to do. I could feel my anger bubble up as I watched my so-called Sensei sabotage a fellow student.
After he finished with everyone he set us up in pairs to do spars. I was so mad that I didn't even care who my partner was. When I was called up I went into the circle. I kept replaying the scene in my head of how Mizuki-sensei just smiled as he practically signed Naruto's death certificate. When my partner came at me I didn't think just went forward. Pulled my fist back and released all of my anger in one punch to their stomach knocking them out of the ring.
I breathed heavy as my vision cleared and it wasn't a nobody that I was paired with. It wasn't a nobody that I punched in the stomach. It was Sasuke who laid on his back outside of the ring gasping for air with his hands on his stomach. Everyone was silent. I could even see Shikamaru completely awake staring at the scene.
I Sakura Haruno beat the Sasuke Uchiha with one punch.
'Inner what just happened?' I stared at my hand.
'You added chakra to your punch which made it stronger than normal. It knocked the air out of Sasuke and knocked him out of the ring. It's like the smaller version of Tsunade's monstrous strength. The weird thing was that we should have torn our muscles with that kind of technique but we didn't so another thing we have to experiment with.' Inner did a play back in my mind.
"Hey you! How dare you hurt Sasuke-kun!" Ino yelled out.
I looked around not seeing anyone. I looked at the angry blond pointing at myself.
"Yes you stupid! Who gave you the right to hurt Sasuke-kun!" One of the other girls yelled.
"Yeah!"
"You'll pay for that!"
All of Sasuke's fangirls started yelling at me shaking their fist but not coming any closer.
'Is that what I looked like? It's so…annoying.' I could feel my eyebrow twitch as the yelling turned to screeching.
"Enough girls Sasuke lost and…um who are you?" Mizuki-douchebag asked.
I looked around again noticing Sasuke finally getting up before turning back to my so-called teacher. I pointed at myself again.
"Yes you." Mizuki-duochebag said.
'Time for the big reveal! Do it outer!' Inner cheered.
I grabbed my hood, slipping it off my head, my bangs slipping out of my ponytail to frame my face. Everyone stood stunned.
"Um I win?" I put up a peace sign smiling at everyone.
"SAKURA!" I smiled even more with the shocked exclamation from everyone.
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Thankfully after that thing we didn't have class so I high tailed it out of there as fast as I could not even thinking about going to see Iruka-sensei about my plan.
'I can't believe I did that!' I was confused on whether or not I was happy about beating Sasuke-kun.
'I can't believe you didn't stay so we could see Shikamaru's Dad.' Inner whined.
'Suck it up. We have things to do.' I say as I head to a training ground.
'What are we going to do here?' Inner asked when I stopped in a clearing.
'We are going to train were going to do Chakra exercises. Until we can do every single one perfectly and do proper research will we try to do that punch again. Now pull up the exercises that we did in the academy.' I said while stretching.
For two hours I did multiple repetitions of the exercise till I could no longer move.
'That…was…so…hard…I…can…barely…think.' every muscle in my body was burning.
'Don't rest now we're almost done. Stretch for fifteen minutes then do the lap around the village. Then stretch again before chakra exercises.' Inner pulled up the mental workout plan.
'Okay…' I get up from the ground forcing the limbs I can't feel anymore to move and I catort my body in the stretches I have known for years.
Another two hours go by as I force myself to keep going. I collapse at the trunk of a tree after I finish everything.
'Now that your physical muscles are worked out let's do the chakra exercises!' Inner said mentaly coaxing me to not pass out.
'What are we doing for chakra exercises?' I start meditating and find my chakra easily.
'First thing is sticking a leaf to your forehead. After you can do that without thinking we will move onto the next step. So we are going to do each exercise for as long as it takes to do it without thinking about it or until we run out of chakra. Whichever comes first.' Inner finishes off with a short demonstration.
I grab a leaf that was next to me, putting it on my forehead. Sticking it to my big forehead was easy. The hard part was keeping it from falling off as I stopped focusing on it completely. I almost have it when a voice yells at me.
"I found you Sakura!"
The leaf on my forehead burns to a crisp when I apply too much chakra from being startled. My eyes snap open landing on the person that yelled at me.
"What are you doing here?" I asked…
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