Hey, guys! This is thestrengthofacherryblossom here.

Now, if you couldn't tell by my "name"/username, I am of the opinion that Sakura Haruno has/had a potential to be an entirely amazing character - and I like her for that. However, I feel that Kishimoto-sensei completely wasted her potential and transformed her into an entirely irritating character who had no more purpose than the dirt on the bottom of a shoe. And I know it sounds really mean, but I really do love Sakura - I just wish her character was written better.

And so all of the stories I post on this account will be Sakura-centric, and they will focus on Sakura not being her canon self.

Below is the list of my fanfictions:

Completed:

None currently

In-progress:

Diamond - Sakura/multi, readers pick the final pairing, AU, changed!Sakura, powerful!Sakura, mostly follows the manga but with certain anime scenes added. "Only Diamonds can cut Diamonds, and everyone else was Metal."
After the disaster that was their mission to the Land of Waves, Sakura Haruno decides she's done being the weakest member of her team. She vows to become a better kunoichi, a better shinobi, and to become someone her teammates can count on. She swears to take her training seriously and to no longer be someone to be watched over because she can't take care of herself.
In her journey to become the strongest shinobi she can be, she will receive help from the unlikeliest of sources and will form bonds stronger than anything, and the team she has always dreamed of will become her reality.

Pith - Sakura/multi, readers pick the final pairing, AU, changed Sakura, powerful Sakura, based in part in the same universe as Spring (with some changes), did I mention AU?, Time-travel fic. Pith noun - the essence of something or someone
"This is the only way to save everyone . . . and only I . . . only I can do it. I . . . I don't know if I can do it, but . . . but I swore when I cut my hair . . . I made a solemn oath that I would never cave again . . . I swore that they would watch my back . . . Well, now . . . they will see more than my back."
The Fourth Shinobi World War is raging, has been for several years now. So many people have died, and Sakura Haruno is sick of it. She has lost too many people she loves, and she will do anything to protect those that she has left.
Now, with Naruto and Sasuke ready to work together to defeat Madara and Obito, it seems that the day that the War will be over is close at hand. But, then, something changes, and the two are determined to kill each other at the appearance of Kaguya Otsutsuki.
But Sakura cannot allow that, and so she does what no one else is willing to do, dying in the process.
However, she receives a chance to go back and fix history, one that she accepts.

Spring - Sakura/multi, readers pick the final pairing, possible Shisui Uchiha/Sakura Haruno/Itachi Uchiha (it's probably going to be this pairing, so I hope you guys like it), AU, changed!Sakura, powerful!Sakura, based in the same universe as Ripples (with some changes). "First and foremost, you are my disciple. A kunoichi who will inherit the power of the Legendary Sannin. And . . . Sakura Haruno . . . you are also the disciple of the Fifth Hokage!"
After the disaster that was the mission to the Land of Waves, Sakura vows to herself that she will never be weak again - she swears that she will become a true teammate to Naruto and Sasuke, instead of dead weight.
This is her journey.

Planning:

武士道 Bushido 武士道 (Planning) - Ran Tsukikage, a samurai who lived in the Warring States period and fought alongside Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju in battle, is reborn more than a hundred years later as a pink-haired girl who is destined to become a ninja. Sakura Haruno.
And the world will never be the same.

Hyūga Sakura (Planning)- Sakura/multi, readers pick the final pairing, AU, Sakura and Hinata are the same character, changed!Sakura, powerful!Sakura, mostly follows the manga but with certain anime scenes added. "I have always watched you all from the background; you have always been ahead of me, but no longer. I will not stand in the background anymore. It's my turn to take the lead now, and you all can watch my back!"
In a drunken slip-up of a one-night-stand, Hiashi Hyūga is given an heir to the Hyūga clan and a daughter he never expected.
12 years later, Sakura Hyūga graduates from the Academy to become a kunoichi-in-training and is placed on to Team 7 with Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, taught by Kakashi Hatake. Finding herself constantly compared against the shining prodigy Sasuke Uchiha is and the surprisingly talented Naruto Uzumaki, she falls into the background and is neglected by her sensei in favor of her teammates - in much the same way she is ignored by her father in favor of her younger half-sister.
But she will not allow herself to be forgotten, and she will prove herself both as a true kunoichi and the pride of her mother, Tsunade Senju.

Jericho (Planning) - Sakura/multi, readers pick the final pairing, AU, changed!Sakura, powerful!Sakura, some Kakashi bashing, some Team 7 bashing, a lot of bashing of pretty popular characters, mostly follows the manga with certain scenes from the anime added. "We'll all enjoy the show. It's down you go. Can't wait to see you go when your walls fall like Jericho."
Finally having had enough of being the weakest member in her team, Sakura Haruno goes to Tsunade and begs for training. She's made the Fifth Hokage's apprentice, displaying incredible promise in her intelligence, chakra control, and strategizing. However, her team, already missing Sasuke Uchiha, cannot see her potential, nor her growth, and, again, she is left behind.
But this time, she's done chasing after them.
She's going to be strong one now.
She'll be stronger than anyone else before her.
And when their walls fall like Jericho, she'll be there but will never raise a finger to help.

Thanks for checking me out! Ja ne!