I'm back, and with good news! Remember when I said I was baking cookies and I always end up burning them? Well not this time! This time, they were only half burned! Major improvement huh? (Smiles Smugly) Anyway...I'm calling their leader, Leader now.


"Itachi," the Akatsuki leader hummed, "I see you're back. Did the kunoichi learn any new moves we would like to see?" The other members looked at the three expectantly.

"Yes," Itachi answered coolly. He looked at Sakura.

Sakura took a step forward and formed the hand signs. "Invisibility Technique!" In a blink of an eye, she disappeared. "Undo!" She reappeared.

"Is that all?" the leader asked.

No response.

"May we have a little talk?" the leader seemed to growl."Kunoichi, you go off doing about your own business. I must talk with your senseis for a while."

Sakura politely bowed and said, "Yes master." She then left the room.

"Itachi," Leader grumbled, "I told you to teach the kunoichi our techniques and jutsus.I meant many, not one." The whole room echoed in evil laughters.

Itachi sighed. This is going to be a long meeting.

Meanwhile...

Sakura wandered off into a small chamber. She saw something glowing from afar and curiostiy got the best of her. She tiptoed towards the faint light and saw it up close as a pink orb in a jar. "Hm," she whispered to herself, "I wonder what will happen?" She opened the jar and released the orb, which, went into her head. Her eyes widened and then drooped. She was now in a trance in her own mind.

Flashback

Twelve year old Sakura sliced her long pink hair with her kunai. The woman that held her hair was forced to release her. Her forehead protector, without the slash, slipped off of her head. "Please...," she whispered as she stood up, "Watch my back."

The black-haired woman charged at Sakura with a kunai, only to stab a log instead. "A substitution jutsu!" the woman exclaimed.

The real Sakura was running towards a spiky-haired guy with holes in his hands. She then threw three kunai at him, only to have them reflected back at her. She quickly formed the hand signs for the substitution jutsu and reappeared in mid-air.

The spiky-haired guy took out his own three kunai and threw them at her. Thinking she was going to use the substitution justsu again, he let his guard down, only to knocked down onto the ground by the Sakura he hit with his own kunai.

End of flashback

Sakura entered another memory room.

Flashback

Eight year old Sakura sat on the ground crying as a blond girl approached her.

"Hey," the blond said, "Aren't you the one they're always teasing because you've got such a big forhead?"

Sakura looked up and choked, "Who-who are you?"

"Who me? That's easy. I'm Ino Yamanaka. Who are you?"

"My name's...Sakura..."

Ino giggled lightly. "Huh? Hello! I can't hear you. Let's try that again okay. Who are you?"

"My name is Sakura!" Sakura shouted through her tears.

"That's better." Ino placed her finger on Sakura's forehead. "So this is the famous forehead huh? Whoa! It is kinda big. So that's why you hide it with your bangs? That's dumb. It just makes it look worse."

Sakura continued to cry and snivel.

Ino stared at the young girl and smiled. "So you're Sakura, huh?"

Sakura looked up at her and sniffed, "Uh...huh."

"Hey you know what? I've got something special for you. Come back here tomorrow okay?"

Time skip to the next day...

"There, see?" Ino remarked, "What an improvement. You look a lot better. You can keep that ribbon."

Sakura stood in front of her blond friend, blushing. The red ribbon was on her head now, tying back some of her bangs. "Oh...," she mumbled shyly, "Thanks. But..."

"Huh? But what?"

"My forehead..."

"Oh come on!" Ino scolded gently, "The more you try to hide it, the more big of a deal you make out of it! And your face isn't that bad. It's actually a pretty good face. You've just gotta be more confident."

Sakura gasped a little. "Confident..."

End of flashback

Sakura was brought back to reality and was standing in the chamber dizzily. Those must've been my real memories. She quickly put the jar back in its place and snuck out of the Akatsuki headquarters. I've gotta go to Konoha to find the truth and missing links of my memories.