After having the chuunin exams, Team 7 was treated on a vacation to a beach for 3 days and 3 nights by who else? Their sensei, Hatake Kakashi.

On their way to the beach...

"Yeah!!! We're going to the beach!!! Finally, after a long and tiring chuunin exams, a vacation at last!!! Isn't this going to be great?! We're all chuunins and we get a vacation!!!" Naruto exclaimed.

Sakura really felt bad, thinking that she doesn't deserve a vacation because she was still a genin. Her team mates are now chuunins. Kakashi, their sensei, was of course, a skilled jounin and was known all over Konoha. But her... Nothing. A genin with a big forehead. She wanted to punch Naruto on the head for being so noisy but she might get teased that she's a genin. She just sighed and held up a weak smile.

Sasuke is now prepared to take his revenge on Itachi and search for power. The curse was sealed temporarily by Kakashi, so for now, he can use his chakra. Orochimaru's and Itachi's faces flashed in his head. He clenched his fist and thought, I'll get them for this!

Naruto is still hyper. He still loves ramen and is a bit boastful that he's a chuunin now and it will be easy for him to become Hokage. Sasuke just rolls his eyes away from Naruto, Kakashi just sweatdrops and Sakura just looks in a distance, thinking of something else better whenever they hear him say that.

Kakashi... erm... He still likes reading Come Come Paradise. And there's not much of a change in him.

"We're here!" Kakashi said as they reached the beach, "We'll be staying in our own cottages. Don't worry, we'll be living just right next door or something like that if ever you want to talk about something."

"Okay. Uhm... I'll go to mines now." Sakura said as she left them. The others just looked at her walk away and they followed her.

The four cottages were supposed to be small but the beach's caretakers told them that this is a special treat for those who entered the Preliminary Matches in the chuunin exams – winners or losers. They also say that this special treat also includes their senseis. Sakura found a key in the mailbox just on the left side of the doorknob and opened the door. She was fascinated by the look of the special cottage. On the first floor, there's a huge living room which includes one sofa and two comfortable armchairs. Plus, a small, elliptical, glass table and a flat screen T.V. The kitchen was also big. A dining table with ten seats can be also seen.

Sakura carried her luggage to the second floor which was filled with many doors. Upstairs... 3 bedrooms, 1 master bedroom, and 2 bathrooms. She opened the room with two wooden, white sliding doors. She entered the master bedroom, with a queen-sized bed, a big lampshade, a black piano, a desk, a white cabinet, a white bedside table, a pink bean bag chair and two blue transparent sliding doors, covered with a pink curtain that leads to the balcony.

She opened the two sliding doors and examined the view. The wind gently touched her face and she savored the great feeling. She sighed and smiled. There was a window near her bed. She moved the curtains only to see that Sasuke was her neighbor and she can see him changing his clothes through his window. She blushed a bit and covered her window with the small pink curtains.

I shouldn't think about that right now. She thought, I should focus more on becoming a chuunin soon. Maybe I have to abandon having a crush on HIM, too. Just for a while...

She began to arrange her things...Meanwhile, Naruto is dragging Kakashi and Sasuke to swim with him.

"SAKURA-CHAN!!!" Naruto shouted, "GET DOWN HERE!!! LET'S SWIM!!!"

Sakura approached her balcony only to see that the three males are only wearing boxers (but Kakashi has that mask on his face still) and she said, "Erm, I have something else to do. I'll just... Uhm, catch up with you guys. Ah... Have fun!" But the truth is, she's staying away from Sasuke. The three of them are much higher than her. Her team mates are chuunins, her sensei is well-known for his skills but what about her? She's a big-foreheaded genin, that's what. No specialty. 'The girl' in Team 7. At least... That's what she thinks of herself.