„A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."-Colin Powell

Sakura really likes old books. They are have something special and magical. When she found once an article of philosophical Will of Fire she was wanting to put it away. It was not important in her training and she thought it boring. She did not touch that book for a few weeks.

She has been concentrated on her new training. She had not been able to complete three laps around the hugest training ground for academic children. Well, this one ground is not being used by clans mostly. Clans children have their own areas at least. If she wants to be precise it could be used by everyone but it is one of the training grounds that not shinobi can use. Some shinobi families, not clans, have their grounds too but it more like their have big gardens and they made there something like training grounds. Sakura has not one and it is all. She is doing her exercises there mostly. It has appearances of privacy because around area lots of trees are standing.

Every Saturday she is going to the training ground and trained her physical strength and taijutsu katas for the first three hours. Next, she is taking a rest for lunch and she is reading a book the takes that day.

Sakura is doing that to get her motivation still. She does not like physical training that much but shinobi have to be strong. It is all for the village. She does that to keep Ino, mom and dad save. She does not like that still. So she made up her mind that reading a book is a prize of good train.

She is taking one hour to eat bento and read some of the books she has that day. After that hour Sakura starts meditating for half an hour. Next, she practices hand seals for a while, next she does fifteen times Rope Escape Technique. Sakura has a goal to make this technique without hand seals like her father as. Sakura adored her dad, he can do every E-rank Technique without seals. He said he got it with experience and it saved his life many times. So Sakura has a goal to make every academy technique like her dad.

In school, they taught the Rope Escape and Transformation

Technique.

So she trained them every day before she goes to sleep. At Saturdays, she made them as long as she has enough chakra. After she is off of her chakra she tries to do some exercise. It is hard. At these times she completely exhausted, she wants to go to sleep. It is harder when she does not like them. Since her Inner moved out of Sasuke-Kun, she keeps Sakura on legs. It is all that she is doing for her village.

Sakura loves books. They get her into beautiful worlds. A world was full of possibilities. A

world amazing and strong ancestors and the world before Konoha. A place where written is impossible jutsus. So when she accidentally took an article of philosophical Will of Fire she didn't want to read it but as future shinobi as she could not ignore article written by Senju Tobirama.

This small text was the beginning of her success and her crack.

She was lucky she thought. Inner did not respond.

Sakura is going straight to Ino's home. Her friend was not in school today so Sakura goes give her notes and housework. If Ino were not sick Sakura would stay there for an evening or night. It will not break her routine because she has done it already.

Sakura was feeling a bit lonely for a while her parents are away on a mission and it particularly injured her when she came back to an empty house. Since she had started her training she has been tried to do not feel any more but she stopped beating herself for feelings. Shinobi is human still as Nidaime-sama as written. She just has to hide them and do not show them. Do not react to what she feels actually. They cannot affect missions. The best way to limit them as much as she can and the rest of them hide or use to be stronger. Like she can love her parents but do not show that because someone could use this against her. She must be using her love as motivation to train and learn more but do not show affections anymore. They could even think that she does not care about them. It would help remove her weakness from enemies. With Ino, Choji and Shikamaru she will be doing similar. She would be nice to them, if they invited her somewhere she would go. She will not invite them anywhere and propose anywhere. Shinobi rule number two: Shinobi must always put the good of the village ahead of his own so she cannot show them what she is thinking about. It is all to protect them as shinobi does. It is all because she loved them all and all the village. She will be served her village and Hokage when she became shinobi so she must be prepared. As rule number sixth says Shinobi must be absolutely loyal to the Village and Hokage.

'Be careful, don't lose your mind. You're in front of Ino's front door right now." Sakura blinks surprised. She must be more focused, shinobi always is.

Girl knocked into the door. She tried to impose a polite expression on her face. She hopes so it worked but it did not. When Ino saw her face after she opened the door she thought 'Sakura looks so sad'.

"I bring you notes," Sakura said and blonde-haired thinks she imagined herself that expression. Sakura looks like always. Kind of shy but happy. Sakura is not too good at hiding her feelings in front of her friend yet. Ino is not enough good at reading someone with contradictory and violent feelings yet. As Sakura did not know that she feels that much and did not understand them as Ino did not think Sakura would have changed that much in a few months.

"Why don't you bring me a nice gift or something yummy" Ino huffs " It's always housework"

Sakura shrugged. Sakura saw an amusement at her eyes so she did not feel bad for that.

"Ino, is it Sakura-chan? Let her in, what she is standing indoor?" Both girls jumped off surprising. Ino back in house and Sakura come in. They went to Ino's room.

"Oh yeah, come in. You should stay at night. Your parents are on a mission." She started to talk like always. She could say that she agrees if someone invites her but she still thinks about what she should do.

"Oh, sure. Why not" Sakura looked at Ino eyes and smiled. She felt lonely in such an empty house.

"Yeah, it'd be suspecting if you refuse" And of course that.

Sakura sat at bed and Ino at the desk. Sakura gave all notes to Ino. The blonde girl looked at them and sighs. One day she was not at school and she has to write so much. Maybe it is just her friend. She always writes everything particularly.

"Would you help me with what you were doing today?" Ino asked. Sakura smiled amusement.

"It's was nothing new. We're just some math exercises, bukinjutsu theory and history of battles in a second war that was in the first half of it. But of course, always." Sakura said laying on the bed. She swears it is the most comfortable bed in the whole Konoha.

"Or it's clans privilege. Having a comfortable bed" Sakura thinks is absolutely unfair her bed is so tough.

"Why didn't you were in school today?" Sakura just asked instead of saying what she was thinking.

"I am exhausted because of yesterday. I was training my clan's jutsu and dad said I should stay at home today. Something about mental's regeneration" Ino complained a rolls her eyes.

"He was right Ino. You have to rest"

"Don't talk like an old lady. I want sweets, let's have some" Ino says while she standing and next Sakura saw was going to the kitchen by Ino.

Sakura just smiled and followed her.

(…)

Last orders took him away from the village for three weeks.

A target of the mission has not to cause problems. The orders were eliminated the missing kunoichi from Tenma clan. She lived near the border of Fire and Grass Country in the civilian village. The target's house appeared at one o'clock in the morning. It turned out that the target was in a relationship with a civilian and had a child. The object did not fight after assessing the situation. Her husband and daughter slept all of this time After encircling the target and suggesting that her family would not be hurt, she gave up. The target was eliminated first then her family. Their deaths were faked as a bandit assault. And it was all. Most of the mission time took to find her and the whole way.

The report has been submitted.

Shinobi came back to his house and sighed. Later he was thinking about little future kunoichi. He sometimes watched her while she was training. She is full a determination for a little girl. He always smiled when he met her personally for the first time, such a crybaby. He thought little cherry did not fit for a shinobi life. Even he carried her when she falls twice. Do not blame him, she was not as a stereotypical kid who trained too hard. But every time he saw her training she changed. More confident, focused on the goal. More precise in her moves. She was better every time. What could motivate her so hard? It is peace times.

Children are not alike he and others growing in war times. She is so interesting. He wants to know who will she become.

(…)

Mizuki is a teacher so Sakura should respect him but since she started to observe people around her she noticed something strange. Since she is reading, well, everything Sakura has more book knowledge than most of her classmates. She can see what Mizuki does not say so. He is telling everything as short as it is possible. Sometimes he says something out of context. She understands what is he say because she knew it before. She would do not think about this if she did not saw at taijutsu practise he is ignored wrong done katas by born in civilian families. These mistakes would hurt them. If they been in a fight it would kill them.

Yesterday she saw when he shows wrong done katas to one boy from her class.

She does not know what to do with that. Because he always helped her with taijutsu, she is getting better. He always is helping Ino, Shikamaru or Choji. He always encourages them and he is the nicest, beyond Iruka, teacher.

She does not know what is the right way. She should be helped with her classmates. They will be her comrade. What shinobi would do in her place?

Mizuki is teaching them about the theory of throwing weapons during movement. Simple math, it was years ago but it is a review. She conflicts with herself. Mizuki is very precise about that subject.

"I think he's 'cause every one is bored by now and no one is listening."

'It's not like that!'

"What Nidaime-sama would do in our place? Weren't it eliminate someone who harms the village?" Sakura tensed. " What we can call it instead?"

"So everyone, let's do these two exercises. You have ten minutes"

Shinobi always must respect their superior. Sakura knows, but…

"Shinobi cannot allow himself to come from behind Sakura. Shinobi can never lose his guard. If Mizuki is a good shinobi he won't be surprised. We have to test him. And of course, he shouldn't abuse his students."

'You're right! It's just a test if he can teaching us!" She smiled to herself. She has to check him out.

"That's my girl."