..."For my sins, I will send you back, for my son's you will be the love that binds them, forgive me Sakura. I never wanted it to turn out this way." Kaguya lifts up her hands and the balls begin to spin and glow.

"For your protection, a gift of appreciation, a second seal, on the back of your neck. Good luck child, take care of my sons for me." Kaguya lifts the spinning orbs above her head and fuses her remaining chakra into them.

A brilliant flash, voices invade her senses, heat envelopes her. Her soul is being ripped from her body, she feels sick, she is spinning and now, no no no she is falling, thrown back to Earth...nothingness envelops her.

Ugh, her head hurts. She rolls over and something soft touches her face. Her eyes snap open wide, where is she? Sakura sits up in ...her bed? She looks around ...her room. Her hands come up to her face and push her hair out of her eyes. Her...long hair. No! She hops out of her bed and runs to the mirror over her dresser. She is 8 years old again.

"Kaguya you bitch!" She screams.

"Sakura! Is that you? Is everything alright? You're going to be late for your first day at the academy!" Her mom calls to her from downstairs.

The academy? Hum, I think I might be able to make the most out of this the second time around. Her mind is in a whirlwind of possibilities. Sakura grabs a black tee-shirt and red shorts from her drawers and ties her hair up and out of her face with a thick black ribbon and runs out the door. Time to go to school!