PRESENT
Sakura and Shino went to Iruka's class slowly, neither wanting to walk in. To Sakura the name Iruks sounded familiar, to Shino, walking into Iruka's class was like walking into hell. Why? Because some chubby kid(Chouji) sat next to him and would spill fodd and junk on him. When he told Sakura about it she just laughed.
She stopped laughing though when Iruka came and in front of everyone just stared dead at her. "You're the new kid right?" She had to remind herself not to stutter when she replied, "Yes, my names Haruno Sakura." Iruka nodded, he couldn't put his finger on it but he had seen her before. "Well, show me what you've learned so far." She tilted her head, completely confused. "Show you?" He nodded, "Yea, this is a ninja school so fight me." Everyone began to murmue, Sakura stared at I ruka like he was crazy.
Lord Hyuuga hated going to these Checkups, but as one of the big backers of the school, he was obliged to do a monthly visit to the ninja academy. He walked into Iruka's room, if he was going to be forced to do a visit than he'd at least visit Iruka. After all, Iruka was his friend and he liked checking up on the how the kids were doing. At the moment, it seemed Iruka was going to test some new girl, he grinned. It might be interesting to see what she could do.
Sakura got into stance, her legs were trembling. It was one thing to fight in a dojo with about 6 kids watching you, but here she was fighting in front of about 40 kids! She gulped, she did not want to fight in front of an audience, especially in front of Kin. She could already see Kin's smirking face if she was to lose. She closed her eyes, she could NOT lose!
A man shouted "Start!" Funny how the guy told them to start but neither Iruka or Sakura moved. Time stood still until suddenly Iruka was behind her, damn he was fast. Before she could react he punched her, she skidded across the floor. She wiped off blood then looked around. It was like he vanished. Up, left, right, behind, …no he was beneath her in the ground! Iruka shot up and grabbed her ankle, flipping her hard enough to send her crashing into the wall behind her.
The man who had shouted looked at the cloud of dust, already assuming that the match was over and that the new girl had lost. Lord Hyuuga sighed, she was really weak, that match was barely worth even calling a match. But just as he was about to turn around he heard a whiz.
Iruka turned to see Sakura stand up wobbly. Kin rolled her eyes, "Hey Pinky! Just give up already and drop out of this academy, your too weak to be a ninja!" She smirked.
Sakura looked up a Kin and then looked all around her. She put her head down and breathed, she would NOT lose! She usually didn't do this but it had to be done. She changed stances, crouching in a style that had every member of the Hyuuga clan shocked.
Lord Hyuuga leaned so far forward that he almost fell. What was this? This new kid was crouched in the Hyuuga fightin
G style but there was a few differences. Neji leaned forward and then turned to look at Gaara. Her fist was clenched in the way of the sand..
Sakura stood still rememebering everything she had learned from her friend when she was last here, 10 yrs ago.
FLASHBACK
Sakura fell forward and muttered, this was really hard! "Sakura, like this!" Neji showed Sakura how to properly balance herself in the Hyuuga stance. Sakura tried and fell forward a bit. "Sorry, I got distaracted.." She mumbled, tears forming around her eyes. She couldn't seem to get this right. "DON'T GIVE UP!" She jumped up and saw Naruto standing there with clenched fists. "Believe that the only way your weak is when you give up! When you try and believe and never give up you'll be able to do anything! That's' what I believe! That's my way as a ninja! To never give up! So go to it Sakura! I know you can do it!" Sakura stared, he was right! She nodded, she wasn't give up. "I promise you, Naruto, that will be my way a as a ninja too!" Naruto grinned, she spent the whole day practicing the stance, by the end of the day she was better than most of the clan members at the stance. Lord Hyuuga grinned proudly as Gaara and her practiced on a log, "Always throw all your body weight into it!" Sakura giggled, "Ok sensai Gaara!" Gaara blushed and looked away, Sasuke came forward. "But he's right Sakura. And another thing, stay focused always in a battle! That'll be your strength in a battle, cuz remember… strength isn't always everything!" Sakura nodded, what was the saying, "brains over bronze"? She smiled, "Kay!"
END OF FLASHBACK
Sakura stood her ground grimly, she was not going to give up! She was not going to let her friends teachings go to waste. She got into Hyuuga stance and clenched up a sand fist. Everything she had ever learned or been told ran through her.
Iruka stared, something had happened, it was like she had all the sudden decided to REALLY fight, she reminded him so much of Naruto. Naruto too would stand and fight till the end. He came at her again but with a kunai, it slid past her shoulder creating a gaping wound, but to his amazement she didn't even flinch. "Why don't you just give up? I don't want to hurt you." She looked up at him with eyes just like Naruto.
Slowly, she repeated the same words she had heard so long ago. "Because the only way I'll be weak is when I give up…but when I try and believe and never give up, I can do anything! It's a promise I made to someone, and it's a promise I'll keep, it's MY way as a ninja." She smiled, she normally didn't use this stance but desperate times calls for desperate measures and she did not want to stay there fighting her teacher and losing. She waited calmly for him to come and when he did she used her brain and moved swiftly out of his way and and grab his arm, yanking it back. True to the sand fist she popped his elbow in and brought him to his knees. Using a Hyuuga punch she slammed him in his back so hard, remembering.
FLASHBACK
"You see here Sakura?" Lord Hyuuga pointed at the small point in Hinata's back. "If you hit your enemy there, all the chakra in upper body will be shut." He brought his hand to the front of Hinata, "If you hit your enemy here all the chakra his/her lower body will shut. That is a secret that only Hyuuga clan members know. And now you too."
END OF FLASHBACK
She pressed her hand to Iruka's front and shut down the rest of his body. Then she stepped back, leaving Iruka paralyzed and blinking.
Neji, Gaara, the rest of the gang, and Lord Hyuuga stared in awe. Lord Hyuuga and Hinata trembled. The 2 moves she had just used were moves taught only to the Hyuuga clan. Only one person outside of the Hyuuga clan had been taught that move. But there was no way, that it could be her, could it?
The announcer stepped forward and then looked back at the crowd. He grinned, the new kid sure new how to shock people. At the begging of the match it looked like she was a goner, but man did she show them! "Winner, the new kid! Haruno Sakura!" The crowd mumbled, no one could believe it. The only ones who didn't mumble were Shino and the had just arrived Lee and Tenten. They were shouting, "Way to go Sakura!" Except Shino, he just smirked. Kin sat in complete shock. She did sensai in in less than 3 moves! The man who had announced the winner walked up to Iruka, "Yo Iruka, need some help?" Iruka groaned. Naruto stared, completely dazed and in stoic. What that girl had said, he had said to someone else before. Exactly what she said. Their ninja ways were the same. Was it possible that she…?