Can't we forget about the things I said when I was drunk?... I didn't mean you to call you that...I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me...please tell me...please tell me whyyyyyy... my car is in the front yard...and I'm sleeping with my clothes on...I came in through the window...last night...and you're...gone...gone...

My eyes snapped open. That's the second time I've dreamed about one of my favorite songs. Hmm could this mean something? Eh nah probably not, even if I did I don't care as long as it doesn't cause me any problems.

I checked the time to see it was 6 in the morning. Meaning 3 hours before team training. Hell possibly 2 hours longer than that since it's a real real good chance Kakashi is going to show up late.

Unfortunately I couldn't even find it in myself to be mad at him. Considering I know why he's like that. In a way it's kinda pitiful, sad story yes. But for something like this to happens at least 14 years ago. Kakashi has got to get over his self grief.

I got in the shower to start getting ready for the day. Man I wish it was closer to the chunin exams. I want to meet Jiraiya. To be honest, I love all three of the sannin. Yes even the snake pedo Orochimaru. It's hard not to respect his intelligence. Honestly it makes complete sense why Sasuke would go train under him. While Jiriaya is definitely the strongest. Orochimaru was definitely the most gifted one out of the three sannin.

After my shower, I got dressed and made myself and omelette for breakfast. In a weird way, I kinda wanted to meet Sakura's parents. The only time in the show you actually see them was on one filler episode of Shippuden. The episode where Sakura got temporary amnesia.

Damn I wish I had my iPhone. Only because it's a reliable tool to have. While the technology in this world wasn't outdated. It still wasn't as dated as it is once the series progresses over to...to Boruto...

I cringed at the name. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against the character himself seeing as it is Naruto's kid. It's the overall show that pisses me off. I would go into a whole rant about it. However it's not even worth the effort.

I made my way to the training ground by roof hopping. Definitely faster than walking. Although it was going to take some getting used to. I nearly tripped 4 different times...

When I got to the training ground. I did some stretches to stretch out my muscles. Then started my laps around the field. While I may have the extra chakra to keep up in a battle. It doesn't mean shit if my body isn't physically able to keep up. Considering how far behind Sakura was at the beginning of show due to her not taking her career choice seriously while she was in the academy. I had my work cut out for me. If my memory serves me correct. Our first c-rank is between a month or two away. Leading right to the chunin exams. I wonder just how long was the rest period between the end of the wave mission to the chunin exams? If I had to take an honest guess. It couldn't have been more than a month, two at the max. The chunin exams is supposed to take place twice a year.

But for some reason, Kishimoto rushed right into after their FIRST c-rank TURNED A-RANK. It really didn't help that none of them were prepared. It was a learning experience but at the same time really stupid. It's really hard to believe that Sakura took the exams without having a single useful jutsu to use. All she could do was the academy 3, tree walking and breaking a genjutsu. Naruto himself wasn't much better. If he didn't have the chakra to produce a shitload of clones multiple times. Pretty safe to say that my adorable little whiskered blond would have been either killed in the forest of death or defeated by Kiba in the preliminaries.

Anyways I'm definitely making sure me and Naruto are better prepared for the exams. Naruto improving himself shouldn't affect the future events. He's the main character for a reason so he wins his fights most of the time anyways. Him knowing a few extra things won't hurt. Maybe I could even get Sasuke in on it?

After I was done with my laps. I took a 10min break. Then I practiced all of the chakra control exercises I knew. I even tried the kunai and shuriken chakra control techniques. To get both of them down pact. It took about 30mins. Afterwards I started practicing my taijutsu with a shadow clone. I left two at home to study the medical books I got.

I tested out the secret to the shadow clone. It worked like a charm. Though I had to be careful. The memory backlash can be dangerous. For now to be on the safe side. I decided to not use anymore than 10 clones to help me train. While the memory backlash wasn't bad. It's better to be safe than sorry. Besides it's really only until I get used to the technique myself.

Next thing I did was meditate. I wanted to practice my other senses. Mainly I just wanted to become a good sensor. That way I can sense an enemies chakra signature. It'll be very useful if I'm on a mission and get separated from the team.

I could feel Inner helping me somehow. It was like she was making my mind and body calm down in an instant. I don't really know how much time has passed. But I began to feel something. It felt similar to the warmth of my chakra. Only it was coming from a distance.

Good now keep focusing. The signal should get stronger the more you focus. This isn't something you can hope to master too quickly. Training your senses come with time and experience. While you can feel a signature now. It's only because you're in deep meditation. You need to be able to sense signatures in an instant while being on the move. We'll practice this everyday until it gets easier for you.

-How the hell do you know this?-

I could feel Inner raising a mental eyebrow. Hello? I've seen all of your memories dumbass. How manyNaruto fanfictions have you read so far? Too many to fucking count. Along with all the other supernatural/superpower type anime you have watched. So you should already know the answer.

-Hai Hai Inner-senpai.-

...don't go all weeb on me.

-Jokes on you, I'm a weeb for fucking life.-

LINE BREAK (^o^)

Well that all went pretty well. Our first d-rank that is. We just got done reporting to the hokage about our successful mission. Honestly I assumed doing d-ranks would annoy me. But it's not so bad. Our objective was to capture Tora the cat. That damn cat caused some trouble for me Sasuke and Naruto. But I gotta admit, some funny moments happened.

Afterwards Kakashi dismissed us so being the kind person I am. "Hey Naruto, Sasuke do you two want to come over my house for lunch? I planned on cooking." I offered.

Naruto looked surprised for a second before he smiled. "Sure Sakura-chan."

"No thanks, I'll pass." Sasuke declined.

"Aw come on Sasuke, don't be like that I have some tomatoes you can eat." I teased him.

Sasuke looked at me in slight surprise before he quickly masked it with his usual look. "...How did you..?"

"Know? cause I just don't. Guess you could call it intuition. So come on your loner, spend some time with your teammates. I promise I won't bite." I told him.

Sasuke seemed like he was contemplating an answer before he sighed. "Fine I'll go."

I beamed at him. "Great let's go you two." I grabbed both of their wrist and dragged them to my house.

There's absolutely no way I'm letting things turn out like the last time. I will make sure all three of us has a strong bond with each other before Sasuke leaves for Orochimaru. Neither he or Naruto deserves to feel alone. They need somebody who knows that they will be there for them no matter what. And I was determined to be that person for them. I wasn't surprised that Naruto let me drag him. But Sasuke letting me drag him is definitely a bit of a shock.

When we got to my house. I told that they could sit either on the couch or table. Me on the other hand went inside the kitchen and prepared us something to eat. I wanted to be thoughtful so I made their favorites. Since I'm such a Naruweeb it's only right I know some characters or I should say people's favorite food. Naruto's was obviously ramen, Sasuke's slipjack tuna, rice balls and tomatoes, Sakura's syrup-coated anko dumplings and umeboshi, Kakashi's salt broiled saury and miso soup with eggplant. My favorites eastern dishes are yakitori, sushi and curry.

I had a shadow clone help me cook to make it go by faster. I decided to settle for rice balls so I made enough for me and Sasuke and in case Naruto wanted some. Then I got Sasuke some tomatoes while I made Naruto ramen.

When I brought out the food to them. They were surprised by the actual food I brought.

"Ramen? Sakura-chan how did you know?" Naruto asked.

I snorted. "How could I not know? Naruto you don't hide your ramen addiction you know. Didn't you say yesterday how you hated the three minutes it takes to cook ramen?"

He looked a little embarrassed but he laughed. "Oh yeah I did say that."

"Idiot." Sasuke said but had a small smirk on his face. I knew that was a good sign, it's progress for now. Pretty boy wasn't the smiling type. It's a rarity to see him smile unless it's a smile resulting in him becoming stronger.

We all ate and chatted away. I told Naruto and Sasuke a good amount about me. Since this is team bonding. Might as well let them in on some information about me. Naruto did the same while Sasuke let out a little about himself. I didn't mind I was just happy that he was even trying to be apart of the conversation.

"Hey guys I want us to be like a family." I told them.

"A family?" Sasuke asked. You could see Naruto's eyes widen at the word 'family'.

I nodded with a smile. "Yeah I mean we are a team right? Plus I like you two. Honestly I'm really glad that I was put on a team with you two out of everybody."

"I assumed you would hate being on a team with me Sakura-chan." Naruto said to me.

A part of me felt bad but not bad for myself because I loved Naruto ever since the first episode. He was such an adorable blondie. Those whiskers made me want to glomp him. I felt bad for Sakura because I know she felt bad for how she used to treat Naruto. She wasn't here to apologize for herself. So it was my obligation to do so in her place. Plus I'll be damned if I let anyone be mean to Naruto in my presence besides Sasuke whenever those two are arguing. I know how their bond is. Most people think Naruto is stupid but in reality he's not. He has a very tactical mind when he decides to use it. Those pranks he pulled as a kid really benefited him in a lot of ways. The pranks led to him being chased by anbu, which in turn helped him developed his stealth capabilities. For a child to do pranks in broad daylight and prevent himself from being caught by anbu level ninja is nothing short of brilliance. Even as he got older, wearing his orange jumpsuit. He still was able to outrun the anbu.

"Of course not Naruto, I'm very sorry for how mean I used to be to you. Honestly I don't even know why I used to be rude to you. It's one of my biggest regrets. You didn't deserve to be disrespected like that. So I vowed that I would make it up to you. I promise I won't treat you like that again." I told him in the most honest tone I could muster.

Naruto looked at me as if he was about to cry. He quickly shook his head. "Aw don't worry about it Sakura-chan. I never got upset with you about it. It's fine really."

I sighed and got up from my seat. I walked over to him and pulled him out of his seat into a hug. Naruto's body stiffened by I hugged him even tighter. He slightly relaxed.

"S-Sakura-chan?" Naruto voiced.

"No it's not fine Naruto. You shouldn't have had to deal with that. You may not know but I see how the villagers look at you sometimes. It's not ok for them to do that. So don't say it's fine just because it's me. I know one day you will finally stopped being treated like an idiot by people. They will see you for who you really are. I believe in you Naruto, as my teammate and friend and family. I will always believe in you." I told him.

I could see Sasuke looking at us in amusement. But he didn't say anything.

Naruto slowly raised his hands to return the hug in an awkwardly way. "T-Thank you Sakura-Chan."

I pulled away from the hug and gave him a smile. "Don't worry about it. Ne, ne Naruto can I please rubbed your whiskers. They are sssoooooo cuuuttteee." I asked him with dreamy eyes.

The blond blushed. "Umm sure Sakura-chan."

I slowly lifted my hand to reach out to his adorable face. When I touched his whiskers, I squealed very loudly. "Oh my god! They feel like real whiskers! And you're even purring!" I squealed.

Naruto really was purring while I was rubbing his whiskers. I really couldn't contain myself anymore, so I glomped him and nuzzled my face against his whiskers. Then I looked up at him. "Oh Kami Naruto you are sooo adorable." I told him.

"Uhh thanks?" He replied.

Sasuke gave us a unique look before he shook his head. "You two are idiots."

"Yeah but you like us tho right?" I asked.

Sasuke smirked. "Maybe you guys aren't as annoying as I originally assumed."

I beamed at him. While Naruto looked at Sasuke in shock.

"D-Did t-teme just say something nice to us?"

I laughed. "Yes he did Naruto yes he did."

Sasuke grunted. "Whatever losers." But he still had that small smirk on his face.

Eventually we settled for playing card games and watching a movie. We played jaken to decide who gets to pick the movie. Sasuke won best 2 out of 3. To my surprise and joy he picked my favorite movie Scarface. I was so happy that I glomped him much to his displeasure.

During the movie, Naruto kept nodding on and off. He watched most of the movie for the most part. Me and Sasuke shared this movie as our favorite. So it was impossible for us to fall asleep. To think that he actually had a favorite movie. He literally told us during introductions yesterday that he didn't have many likes and he hated a lot of things.

When the movie was over, I decided to talk to Naruto and Sasuke about our training.

"Hey guys we should all train together whenever we aren't with Kakashi-sensei." I told them.

"Really? How come Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.

I couldn't help but smile. Naruto wasn't an idiot but he still had his dumb adorable moments. I can't help but only want to spoil him. "Because Naruto, we need to function as a proper team. There's no telling where we will start taking missions with a higher ranking. I read a lot of books and heard a lot of stories on how the shinobi world truly is. It's a dangerous place that can cost you your life if you are unprepared. That's why I started to take my shinobi career seriously from now on. I know you two will get strong but I don't want to be the one who is dragging us behind. And I'm sure both of you want to get stronger than you already are as well. That's why I'm suggesting we train together. It's clear that Kakashi-sensei is going to have a habit of being a couple hours late. Instead of waiting for him, why not just train ourselves."

Naruto seemed to understand. "Oh ok I get it, well I'm in to train with you guys."

"No thanks, I like training on my own." Sasuke said.

I sighed. "Sasuke we have to be able to work as a team. I'm not saying you always have to train with us. But I'm just suggesting it because it can be beneficial to all of us as a team."

"Yeah teme you should listen to Sakura-chan. Even I know she's making sense." Naruto agreed.

A small laugh erupted from my throat when he said that. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched, it was easy to tell that he didn't like being called stupid by Naruto.

He sighed. "Fine I'll train with you guys sometimes. It seems like you're serious about your training so I don't believe you will hold me back."

I beamed at him. Who know Sasuke could be this easy to persuade? Our relationship as a team is already leaps and bounds better than it was originally in the show. As long as the main events play out. Everything will go along as it should. Me making a couple minor adjustments won't change the future too much. Meaning Sasuke must get the curse mark and the invasion has to happened. A sickening feeling rumbled in my stomach. I basically have to let people die in order to make sure a better future is in place. Honestly I felt terrible about it, but to avoid having the amount of deaths that happened in the future. Some things just has to happened. So for now I pushed the feeling away.

The next day came, after our d-rank. Kakashi decided to do some pointless teamwork exercises. It wasn't much I could do about it. Kakashi will decide to train us on his own terms. But if he sees we are improving with our skills without him. It'll catch his interest and he will want to train us. Meaning it was up to me to make sure at least me and Naruto were better prepared. It's not to say I hate Kakashi, it's far from it. I love Kakashi, he even let me hugged him one time out of my fangirlism. Plus it really wasn't a reason to get mad at him. This is how he acted in the show. Plus he doesn't even give Sasuke any special training until the exams start. So it's not like he's being unfair or anything.

Once Kakashi said that training was over. He left, leaving us to spar against each other. I knew I was probably the furthest behind when it comes to sparring. This body isn't used to fighting yet. So it was going to take some time. Even with my shadow clones.

Both Naruto and Sasuke were mildly surprised to see I could create Shadow clones and do tree walking. I explained how I learned a couple days ago. I sorta, kinda, not really lied saying that I saw other shinobi performing these moves. So I decided to try them for myself. I didn't say anything about my chakra natures or reserves yet. It was best if I just act like I didn't even know I had all 7 affinities. The chakra reserves weren't that big of an issue I just didn't feel like explaining. They already know about my weights as well.

Naruto decided he would get some weights as well. Sasuke was undecided since he was pretty confident in his speed. It didn't really matter anyways, he'll gain a huge speed boost during the chunin exams anyways.

We all trained with each other for a couple hours. I taught them tree walking. I asked Sasuke if he could teach me how to do the fire ball jutsu. Granted I already knew the hand seals. But it's better if I could say someone got me started on ninjutsu. That way people won't be too suspicious if I say Sasuke got me started and I went on from there.

Even though I knew I had an affinity for it. I was still pretty surprise how it only took me 8 tries to get a decent fire ball down. Obviously it wasn't as big as Sasuke's. But with more practice and more chakra added into it. I'll be just fine.

Naruto wanted to learn it as well. I told him that he needed to improve his chakra control first before he started learning ninjutsu.

-Hey Inner do you think if he starts practicing the leaf exercise he did with Kakashi will it affect the future?"-

Highly doubtful, he still doesn't know the rasengan. As long as you let Kakashi teach him how to channel wind chakra into his rasengan. Everything should be fine. To be honest, if he practiced this now. It's possible for him to subconsciously release wind chakra into the rasengan like Boruto did with his. Making his rasengan stronger than it originally was. Inner told me.

-That's good to know.-

I picked off a leave from a tree and gave it to Naruto.

"Naruto I read in a book from the library that channeling your chakra through a leaf is a very helpful chakra control exercise. It also helps you get used to controlling your nature affinity." I told him.

"Nature affinities? What's that?" Naruto asked.

From Sakura's memories, this is definitely explained in the academy. So it's no surprise that Naruto doesn't know. I gave him a soft smile. "It's the element of your chakra. Everyone's chakra has a specific nature to it. Whether it's earth, fire, wind, water or lightning. I heard in our village, the most common nature element is fire. It's ironic since we do live in the land of fire. Some people can naturally have more than one when they test for their chakra nature. That doesn't mean you can't develop another affinity. You can develop all five of the elemental natures a lot of training. The first and third hokage both mastered all five elements. As well as the traitor Orochimaru of the sannin." I explained.

Naruto nodded his head in understanding. "Oh I guess I understand, so how do we test for our chakra nature?" He asked curiously.

I took out a storage scroll and released some of the stuff I carry. Chakra paper having to be one of them. I took out two and sealed the everything back inside the scroll. Then I gave a paper each to Naruto and Sasuke.

"Just channel your chakra into the paper and you'll find out your affinity." I instructed.

Both nodded and did as they were told. Just like I expected, Sasuke's main affinity was lightning. While Naruto being wind.

"Ok Sasuke yours is lightning, Naruto you have wind." I said.

You could see the slight disappointment in Sasuke's face. But I already knew where it was from. "Don't worry about it Sasuke, your main affinity is lightning but you definitely have two affinities with your second being fire. I know just how much pride you carry being an Uchiha." I told him with a smile.

Sasuke's eyes slightly widened before he smirked. Naruto looked somewhat bummed out that Sasuke had two and he only had one.

"Naruto don't be jealous of Sasuke. You actually have the rarest element to have. Wind is a can be used in an highly offensive manner. Depending on how sharp the blades are. Wind can slice through your opponent like a slice of cheese. You will definitely be a force to reckon with once you learn a few wind jutsu's. We can go to the library to see if there are any wind jutsu's available. It may not be much considering how rare for someone from Konoha to even have the element. But I'm sure it's something there you can use. If not just ask Kakashi-sensei. I'm sure he will know a wind jutsu." I said to him while I pat his head.

Naruto blushed. "E-Er thanks Sakura-chan."

"No problem you adorable whiskered blondie." I beamed at him.

That made Naruto blush even more.

LINE BREAK (>人<;)

Sonow I was on my way to Ino's house. It wasn't no point in us not being friends. Ending a friendship over a boy is fucking stupid. Especially a boy who isn't even interested in either of us.

I arrived at her family flower shop. I was grateful that she was the one working.

Ino looked up at me. A smirk formed on his face. "Forehead? What are you doing here? Don't tell me you're here to brag about Sasuke-kun?"

I shook my head. "No Ino that's not why I'm here. I wanted to talk to you."

Ino dropped her smirk and looked at me with a curious gaze. "About what?"

"I want my best friend back." I simply said.

Ino's eyes widened before the softened. "What are you talking about forehead? We are love rivals, it's the reason why we broke off our friendship."

"Yeah and it was one of the stupidest things we've ever did. Seriously I'm done chasing after Sasuke. I only see him as a teammate and friend. It's not like he ever gave us any attention anyways when we tried to get his." I shrugged.

The bleach blonde narrowed her eyes slightly at me. "You're not just saying this to get me to back off of Sasuke are you?" She walked up to me.

I sighed, Ive been doing that a lot lately. "No Ino I promise I'm not. I just want my best friend back. I miss hanging out with you. I miss you in generally Ino."

Ino's eyes softened even more before she smiled at me. "Aw Sakura, I miss you too. Ok we can be best friends again."

I pulled her into a tight hug which she instantly returned. Honestly I liked Ino as a character. Besides her annoying fan girl moments. She actually a very beautiful kunoichi.

Once we broke off the hug. Ino grabbed my wrist. "Come on Fo-Sakura, we have much to catch up on."

I eagerly nodded as I followed her to the back.

The next day I was standing in front of the Hyuga compound. I knocked on the gates. A guard or gatekeeper opened it.

"State your business." He demanded.

Geez I forgot how rude and arrogant most Hyuga's are.

"Is Hinata-chan here?" I asked.

He narrowed his eyes at me before he nodded. Then he walked back inside the compound. I stood outside waiting a few minutes, wondering if he really went to go get Hinata. Thankfully he did, as the heiress came out of the house with a look of confusion on her face.

"U-Uh how c-can I help you S-Sakura-san?" Hinata nervously spoke.

I couldn't help myself. A small blush crept onto my face. "Geez Hinata you are so cute when you stutter like that." I told her.

She blushed even more hearing that. "W-What?"

I giggled. "Nothing I was actually coming here in hoping you wouldn't mind helping me out with something as well as becoming my friend?"

"Why w-would you want s-someone as weak as m-me as your friend?"

Instantly I wanted to go give a chakra charged punch to Hiashi dead in his balls. But I could probably do that another time. "You are not weak Hinata-chan. I know specially that you held back during the taijutsu spars in the academy because you don't like to hurt people. If you really wanted to, you could've been the top Kunoichi instead of a brainiac like me."

Hinata seemed genuinely surprised by my comment. "N-No you earned that t-title fair and square S-Sakura-san?"

"If you say so, so will you help me Hinata-chan, I would really appreciate it if you could be my friend too" I asked with a smile.

A moment of silence passed before Hinata smiled. "S-Sure I will be h-help you and b-be your friend S-Sakura-san."

I bursted with joy hearing her words. "Yay! Hinata!" I glomped her onto the ground in excitement.

Hinata was startled. "S-Sakura-san?!"

I giggled again. "Drop the san Hinata-chan. We are friends now. So it's either Sakura or Sakura-chan now."

"O-Oh ok then S-Sakura-chan." She said softly.

I gleefully grinned at here. My plans was to have Hinata oversee the amount of chakra I gather into my fist. It'll take some getting used to. But I can train myself on how to use her strength technique. I already have a perfect explanation just in case someone tries to make the comparison.

Hello again guys. Hope you're enjoying the story so far. The next chapter will start be a mini time skip going into the wave arc.

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