Bleach Shippūden

by Evan deivant

What happens when two popular anime worlds clash? Aizen and Madara had conjured a series of events that forces the Soul society and Shinboi world to clash with each other and creates a huge scale war between both worlds.

15. Despair of the wilted Cherry Blossoms

Bleach Shippūden 14: Despair of the wilted Cherry Blossoms.

(A/N: Gin has Killed Sakura in cold blood, is it really the end of Sakura? )

I do not own Bleach or Naruto.

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2 miles north of Sunagakure

Gin goes towards Sakura to observe that she's dead. Gin also stares at an unconscious Byakuya and Hitsugaya.

"Looks like you captured Byakuya and Hitsugaya, not a bad job." Gin said to the group clapping his hands.

"Given your calm nature, I doubt you are here to take them back." Kakashi stated.

"Very good guess, they are disposable given they are no longer useful to us." Gin replied.

"You monster, not only have you killed Sakura but you leave your own comrades to die or to get captured. Those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash, you're a monster!" Kakashi shouted with anger.

"You misunderstood, If a Shinigami lost in battle, then that would mean... he must be executed. It's better you guys have them, they are no use to us anymore." Gin replied.

"You make me sick, if I wasn't in this condition, I'll tear your head off your body." Kakashi shouted angrily as he struggles to get back up but the strain on his body drops him to the ground.

"My, my you're quite hotheaded, that's unlike you Kakashi, however, you don't have enough Chakra left to fight another Captain." Gin replied as he weighs down Kakashi with more of his Reiatsu.

"Why, Why did you kill Sakura?" Naruto asked shouting at him.

"Because she had threatened our little operation with the Hollowfication Virus." Gin replied.

"What the hell is a Hollowfication?" Neji asked.

"It's our little project to mass produce an army of Bjuu like creature so we can take over this world here." Gin replied.

"You're going to pay for this!" Naruto shouted as he struggles to get out of the Kido but fails to escape.

"You sick bastard. You Shinigami attacked our village and kidnapped the Kazekage and now to experiment on Kankurō. You Shinigami are nothing but pure evil, worse than the Akatsuki." Baki shouted in anger trying to get up.

"Akatsuki's huh? They work directly with us." Gin replied with a smile.

"Under you?" Kakashi asked.

"Yes, we gathered the Akatsuki together to help us collect all 9 Bjuus under our leader Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto." Gin replied.

"You bastard!" Naruto shouted.

"So you're saying that the Soul Society you come from were the ones who created the Bjuu?" Baki asked Gin.

"That sounds like bullshit to me. How are you able to create a Bjuu?" Neji replied.

"Can you guess who originally created the Bjuus?" Gin stated.

"Who created them?" Neji asked Gin.

"Our leader Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto did. Are you familiar with the whole story about the Path of Six sages?" Gin asked them.

"The Path of Six sages is a myth, you Shinigami are messing around with us." Kakashi stated.

"Believe what you want to believe but the reality is that it's all too real." Gin replied smirking.

"How is it true?" Baki asked Gin.

"At the beginning of your Ninja history, centuries before the founding of the Ninja villages, there existed one demon, the Juubi, that plagued the planet. The Juubi was a creation of the Path of Six Sages rival, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto. A man powerful enough to destroy the world." Gin replied.

"So that's why the Bjuu exist?" Kakashi stated.

"Yamamoto strives to surpass the Path of Six sages and they engaged in a battle that destroyed most of the planet. The Path of Six sages managed to defeat Yamamoto and the Juubi and sealed the beast within himself, making him the first Jinchūriki. On his deathbed, he divided the Juubi Chakra into the nine other Blues and sealed its body in the moon." Gin stated.

"So the legend is true!" Kakashi stated.

"It's because of him, that monster is inside me." Naruto asked.

"The Soul Society created the Juubi 200 years ago. We sacrificed thousands of human souls from an ancient civilization by turning them into demons known as Hollows. That demon you guys fought controlling your friend was a Hollow and it was thanks in part us who create them as our minions." Gin replied.

"Hollows you mean like the ones we fought in the forest?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah, Hollows are corrupt forms of spirits that were used to create the Bjuus. They are the remnants of the Quincy Race." Gin stated.

"What the hell are the Quincies?" Baki asked.

"The Quincies predate the Modern Shinobi, they were humans who could manipulate the nature and spiritual energy to become stronger. All the Quincy were destroyed by the Shinigami over 200 years ago. Our leader used the vast powerful of thousands of Quincies to form the Bjuus." Gin replied.

"You monsters, you use human beings so you can create those terrible demons." Kakashi shouted.

"What do you hope to do now with these Bjuu?" Baki asked them.

"Where's Gaara? " Naruto shouted.

"Don't worry, we haven't killed him yet. We are still developing a way to extract the Bjuu out of them, once we have done that, we can restore our Captain Commanders powers to his prime and the Shinigami would rule this entire world." Gin replied.

"You bastards, what would happen to Gaara?" Naruto asked.

"The souls of the Jinchūrikis would be ripped out of their bodies, in short, your friend Gaara will die." Gin said smirking.

"What?" Naruto said with shock.

"It can't be!" Temari said horrified of the news.

"You bastard!" Baki shouted.

"Relax, we don't plan on extracting the Bjuu yet. In 3 months, we should be able to develop and capture all Bjuus." Gin stated.

"We won't let you succeed!" Naruto shouted.

"Oh, you haven't even heard the worse part of it. We plan on reviving the tenth tailed beast in a new Jinchūriki is Ichigo Kurosaki." Gin replied.

"Ichigo Kurosaki?" Naruto asked.

"Who's Ichigo?" Kakashi stated.

"A very powerful Shinigami we have been developing to be the new vessel for our Captain Commander, his power has been rapidly growing in the last 4 months. He's currently as powerful as Naruto's 4th tailed Transformation thanks for us extracting the 5th and 7th Bjuu thanks to the efforts of the Bjuus, however, an accident has set us back, it's still just as violent as Naruto's Bjuu powers." Gin explained to the group.

"What do you mean violent?" Naruto asked Gin.

"I guess you don't realize the power you process. When you were pushed to your limit by Byakuya, your burst of anger destroyed everything in its path, you even hurt your own master and your friends with that dark Kyuubi Chakra of yours all while leaving quite a crater." Gin stated smirking

"It can't be!" Naruto stated as he thinks back to what happened years ago when he fatally wounded Jiraiya.

"Once all Tailed beast are captured and fused into Ichigo, Yamamoto would then use that new body as a vessel to restore his former powers." Gin stated.

"We won't let you take Naruto with you!" Kakashi shouted as he gets up.

"Don't be hasty, I'm only here to kill Sakura and I succeed in that mission very well. Naruto needs to be sealed away last, if we capture him while the Juubi power is still less than 8 Bjuus, the result would be disastrous and Ichigo would die, resetting our process." Gin replied as he leaves the area as goes through the Senkaimon

"You're not getting away,.You have no right to act like you're better than us and what you did to Sakura and Gaara. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" Naruto shouted as he charges at Gin breaking out of the Kido and goes for a Rasengan. Naruto unleashes an intense amount of blue Chakra that creates an intense amount of the wind in his hands and his eyes glow blue. Baki, Temari, Neji, and Kakashi are weighed down to the ground from Naruto.

"What an intense amount of Chakra he's building up." Kakashi stated.

"That aura, is it possible that Naruto has Wind Style Chakra?" Temari asked herself.

"10,000 RYK .. 20,000 RYK... 60,000 RYK, not bad kid but far too late to hit me." Gin stated as he enters through the Senkaimon.

"You're going to pay for killing Sakura! Rasengan (螺旋丸Spiralling Sphere) " Naruto shouted as he goes to hit Gin but the gate closes and the attack fails to hit him and Gin disappears. Naruto smashes the ground with the blast creating a massive explosion that forms a 1,000-foot high tornado. Naruto then collapses to the ground and struggles to stay up on the ground. Naruto crawls from the ground heading towards Sakura's dismembered corpse. Naruto's tears cover his face as blood comes down his hand " Damn it, I failed to save Sasuke, I failed to Save Gaara and worse yet my best friend Sakura is dead...I couldn't save anyone in the end... How can I ever become a Hokage...!" Naruto shouted with rage and despair as he cries for the lost of his friend.

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Meanwhile at Konoha

Tsunade sees the picture of Sakura with a crack within Sakura's face within her room while she looks outside to see the tree of cherry blossoms wilt away as they die off.

"Sakura, what has happened to you?" Tsunade stated as she sensed a bad omen which is followed by Shizune walking in with 50 million Ryo in her hands.

"Tsunade, we won 50 million Ryo from the lottery." Shizune stated.

"No, NOO, NOOOO! Sakura's dead." Tsunade stated.

"What you mean dead?" Shizune asked with shock.

"The last time I won 50 million Ryo, that's when 3 days later Dan, my lover died in battle." Tsunade stated as tears run down her eyes.

"What?" Shizune said.

"No, it can't be. Why always me? Ever since the death of Dan, I have been cursed with this terrible luck. First, my little brother, then the love of my life and now the only person that was like a daughter to me is now gone." Tsunade said as she puts her head on the desk and starts to cry.

" No please let this be all a false misunderstanding. " Shizune said to herself clasping her hands in prayer.

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The line of life and Death.

Sakura's pov

It's happened. My life seems to have come to an end. So this is how it's like to die, it seemed like this was too soon for me to die. Everything is so black and void here, it seems that my life has ended here. I stand helplessly as my entire life flashes in front of my eyes.

10 Years ago

It was during those years that my father died on a mission when I was born and I was raised by my mother Senka Haruno. My mother was a beautiful young woman with violet hair who was a Chūnin level Ninja who worked as a Scholar within the Konoha Archive Library. My grandma lived in the same house with us and was a veteran Ninja from the Second Shinobi World War. It was a good night here when my mother came home with her scrolls.

"Hello Sakura!" my mom said to me.

"Hi, Mommy!" I replied back to her hugging her.

"Hey Sakura how about we go and go spend some quality time together my dear daughter? How about we get a bite of syrup-coated anko dumplings." my mom said to me.

"Oh boy, that's my favorite food!" I replied as I walk with my mom with her and my grandma. As me and my mother and grandmother crosses through the town. I then see a crowd gather around a shop where I see a young boy being chased out of a flower shop by angry townsfolks.

"Hey isn't that the one?" said a random female villager.

"How disgusting! Let's leave!" said another random villager.

"Mommy who is that kid and why are people being so cruel to him?" I asked my mother.

"It's nothing, that child is rumored to be cursed." my mother replied.

"Still why are they treating him like he's a demon?" I asked my mother.

"Nevermind that, we go to get to the restaurant before it closes." my grandmother replied trying to change to subject.

Later that night after eating in a restaurant. I was in my house reading a book from my mothers collection of books at her disposal.

"Mommy, could you tell me what ever happened to my dad?" I asked her.

"It's about time you know the truth, you're father died 6 years ago when the Kyuubi attacked our village. He protected me and you from the monster, had not for him, you would not be around nor would i." my mother replied.

"He must of been very strong!" I told her.

"Yeah but the Kyuubi was even stronger, had not for the 4th Hokage who defeated him and sacrificed his life for us, we would of been all be dead." she said as she tucks me in bed.

"I hope he's in a better place now!" I told her before going to sleep.

7 years ago

My mother died of an illness on the day I woke up to ask her for breakfast.

"Mommy, mommy MOMMY!" I yelled as I noticed my mother died of an illness.

"She's dead, I can't believe that she would've died of an illness of that level." my grandma stated.

"No, she met the world to me, first daddy is gone and now my mommy dies too." I said with tears in my eyes.

A few days later I gave my mother a burial within the cemetery as I said my final was at that day I met who would soon to be my best friend for life Ino who was with her father widowing over the death of her mother.

"Hey, who are you?" I asked her

"Ino Yamanaka. Your name ?" she told me.

"Sakura Haruno, you look sad too." I answered back.

"My mother died a few days ago." Ino told me.

"Same here. What are you picking anyways?" I told her.

"I'm picking some flowers out here." Ino stated as I joined her in picking the flowers.

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" I asked her.

"I wish to become the owner of my dad's flower shop, I always loved flowers and always wanted to have my own garden." Ino explained to me.

"I wish to become a scholar like my mother." I replied to her.

6 Years ago

Me and Ino had entered the academy together. Me and Ino were some of the best in the academy, however, it seems like I was always behind Ino.

"Ino you passed again with the highest grade in Ninjutsu and assertiveness and the second-highest grade in Taijutsu, Genjutsu, cooperation, and class attitude." Iruka stated to her.

"What about me?" I asked the teacher.

"Sakura you had some pretty good grades in your test too." Iruka replied.

"Hey, teacher what about my tests?" Naruto asked.

"You have the worst grades in the entire grade. You fail again Naruto." Iruka replied.

"Boy that new kid really sucks doesn't he Sakura?" Ino told me.

Indeed, the day he becomes Ninja is the day hell freezes over." I replied to Ino. It didn't matter which class I took I was behind Ino in the grades no matter what I do.

She was also more popular than me. I was also picked on a lot by bullies because of my large forehead. One day me and Ino were in a field class with our teacher Suzume, who taught us how to pass ourselves off as normal women when undercover. Me and Ino were with 20 other girls in this girls only class.

"Today's topic is flower arrangement. Now, everyone pick the flowers you want." Suzume told us as everyone scatters to the field.

"Ino wait!" I said as I then trip onto the floor and hit the ground face first.

"You're such a klutz!" Ino told me as we got to pick flowers but I wasn't very good with picking flowers.

"I'm not good at these things! What about you, Ino?" I asked her as I sit down next to her.

"You may be named after a flower Sakura but you're not very good at picking flowers. There's a trick to these things. In flower arrangements, once you pick your main flower, you add other flowers to accentuate it. Flowers shouldn't fight to be number one. Let's see lookover you see it? For example, if that cosmos is the main one ...The flowers you picked, the thoroughworts, are just different from spring flowers, it's also the most beautiful flower during the fall season. It also means harmony , so it fits with any other fall flowers."Ino stated holding those white flowers. She was always skilled when it came to flowers.

"These are beautiful!" I said to her.

"Do I look good with this? Like a cosmos? Am I cute ?" Ino asked me.

"Yes, you do!" I replied to her then I was confronted by my bullies.

"You see to be having extra fun today... forehead girl." said that blue hair girl bitch Ami. That girl made my life a living nightmare during the first year of the Ninja was always followed by two girls. One of the girls had red spiky hair and the second was a ginger hair girl walked up to me to bully me around.

"Have you been trying to look cute lately? Don't flatter yourself."Ami asked me as I cowered and was scared by her as she points at my head. Then Ino goes and throws 3 flowers at Ami's mouth and knocked her down.

"I'm sorry, she has no curves so I mistook her for a vase and put flowers in her." Ino stated. Ami gets back up to yell at Ino.

"Ino!" Ami yelled.

"Ninja flower, aconite. It's a weak poison, but you should spit it out since it's poisonous. Only the roots have poison in them, though." Ino stated giggling at those idiots, I always felt inferior to Ino.

"If you are a cosmos, I'm a thoroughwort right?" I asked her.

"If you asked me, you're not even a flower yet, just a bud." Ino replied with a smile.

"Yeah.." I responded. I was really weak back then it's not until much later do I learn to gain greater inner strength. Ino then gives me this ribbon. "Why did you give me this ribbon?" I asked her.

"Because ...I thought it would be a waste for you to wither away as a bud. There's no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. It might turn out to be a flower more beautiful than the cosmos." Ino told me.

"Thank you Ino!" I said rolled up together.

"Sakura, let's pick the flowers." Ino stated.

"Okay!" I replied.

"What's wrong, Sakura?" Ino asked me noticing my teary eye face.

"Something got in my eye when I tripped!" I said to her.

"Geez, you're such a klutz!" Ino replied.

5 Years ago

A year has passed ever since we been in the academy. It was our 2nd year in the Ninja Academy. Ino and I were watching Sasuke outside proving why he's such an awesome kid in front of Iruka.

"Okay then instead of self-introductions. I want each of you to demonstrate your Ninjutsu skills! Don't worry you aren't going to be is just so I can assess how to proceed with our ..we'll do a basic Jutsu. Bunshin (分身の術Clone Jutsu) Umm...First up is Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka said to us as all the girls including myself were in love with the man. He was so awesome and cute.

"Clone Jutsu is child's play!" Sasuke said stoically and calmly as if he was a master of the girls including the ones who used to bully me we're gawking at Sasuke. Naruto looked at Sasuke with jealousy and stupidity.

"You always act so smugly!" Naruto shouted.

"Shut up, idiot!" Sasuke replied with a cool tone.

"Don't interrupt Sasuke, focus !" I shouted at him standing with Iruka and Ino who had her hair long.

"That's right! You're in the way!" Ino shouted.

"Not you too, Sakura!" Naruto said in a sad tone.

"Okay, it!" Iruka commanded.

"Okay!" Sasuke said as he does Ram →, Snake → and Tiger seals in 3 seconds to use the Jutsu. "Bunshin (分身の術Clone Jutsu)" Sasuke chanted as he creates a perfect clone of himself impressing everyone there.

"Amazing! That was a prefect Bunshin!" I said impressed by Sasuke's immense talent.

"I can't tell which is the real deal!" Ino said also impressed by Sasuke'sJutsu.

"It's so obvious to me! This one!" Naruto said while hitting the clone and Sasuke sidestepping the kick.

"H-Huh?" Naruto said shocked that he missed the attack.

"Stupid! Hey, that's the real one. What are you doing?" I shouted at him.

"Idiot!" Ino yelled at Naruto.

"Got you!" Naruto said as he kicks another clone and Naruto falls on his ass especially failing the kick.

"Wrong again!" Sasuke replied as he jumps down from a tree he was hiding behind all this time.

"Sasuke! You're so awesome." I said with a fangirlish blush.

"Amazing not only did he preform the clone technique at fast speeds but he created two clones while the the real one moved elsewhere."Iruka stated shocked to see that.

"Humph! Big deal, I can do Bunshin too! Bunshin (分身の術Clone Jutsu)" Naruto chanted as he only does one hand seal and creates a lifeless laughed at his stupidity and incompetence.

"That kid is such an idiot!" said a random kid.

"Damn it ..." Naruto shouted while showing a piss off face of his failure.

"I don't know what your problem is, but quit lunging at me." Sasuke stated.

"He's right. I say that because every time you do something, you hold up our lesson." Shino said to Naruto.

"What?" Naruto said.

"Yeah, you're an annoyance! You're just a germ for just being alive!" said the random kid.

"That's cruel, Hibachi. But he's right!" said another kid.

"What was that?" Naruto shouted as he tries to go to attack the kids but Iruka stopped him.

"Everyone! Quit making fun of Naruto!" Iruka stated defending Naruto.

" Sensei!" Naruto said cheerfully.

"Don't bother with this kid." Iruka said coldly.

I didn't like how the kids treated Naruto nor never really understood why he was treated like shit. Sure Naruto was and idiot and he sucked as a student but why did people treat him as he was some form of monster. Naruto and Sasuke developed a rivalry with each other during the academy school years, of course, this was no contest given Sasuke was far above Naruto's level of talent as I recall from the day of their shuriken training.

"Sasuke, show us the basics!" Iruka stated.

"Okay!" Sasuke said as he is met with the same amount of praise he deserves including my own cheering.

"Sheesh! That Sasuke always acts arrogant! So how come he's so popular?" Naruto shouted in jealously while Sasuke throws 6 shurikens with such speed and precision that they all hit the same log.

"Oh, well done Sasuke!" Iruka stated.

"Alright, Sasuke!" I shouted.

"You're so cool!" Ino shouted.

"Hah! Show off! I can do that too!" Naruto arrogantly taunted.

"Then Naruto ,you're next!" Iruka stated.

"Alright!" Naruto replied psyched and posed to win even though we all knew he didn't even have the slightest bit of skill. As expected he fails epically with own shuriken hitting a tree 5 inches near Iruka. One hitting the fence 30 feet away one hitting 10 feet near the first log, two hitting the tree left of the log and the last one 7 feet left of expected everyone including me laughed with the exception of Hinata who just stood there.

"Are you shitty me? Every one of them missed." Kiba said laughing at Naruto.

"Ha, I was just fooling around! Sensei! One more!Just let me do it one more time! I'll get serious this time." Naruto said trying to play it off as if he was kidding around but no one bought that for a second.

"No, that's enough Okay who's next?" Iruka replied.

It didn't matter which area he tried to beat Sasuke at, Sasuke always had him beat and many people including myself thought Naruto was a hopeless cause who would never become a Ninja.

3-4 Years ago

I have been finally been promoted to the level of a Genin after spending 2 years in the Ninja Academy. I have been living with my step parents and my grandma for the last 3 years since my mother passed away. I met Ino outside within my house.

"Sakura!" Ino said to me.

"Ino!" I replied.

"So they actually let you graduate? I didn't think a crybaby like you would make it to be a Ninja." Ino said to me.

"That's ancient history now, we're both Ninja, I'm no longer in your shadow." I replied to her as me and Ino rush into our classroom. I beat Ino in a race by a few inches.

"I'm first!" we both yelled as we reached the door.

"Give it up Sakura I came in here first!" Ino said to Sakura.

"I came in here an inch before you did Ino." I replied shouting at her. Then we say Sasuke's sexy face. I rushed to meet Sasuke.

"Sasuke. Can I sit next to you?" I asked him.

"Back off Sakura, I'm sitting next to him." she said to me.

"Knock it off, I was here first!" I replied to her the all the girls get around the room with that idiot Naruto goes to pester Sasuke once again. Seriously what did he do to become a Genin anyways, he was the worst student in the class, the idiot was squatting ontop of the desk.

"I'm tired of you getting the attention, you are so overrated." Naruto shouted with jealousy.

"Naruto! Stop staring at Sasuke!" I shouted at Sasuke.

"Sakura ..." Naruto replied. That Naruto was so determined to prove himself to Sasuke and had been posed to make himself better.

"Sasuke, just PWN his ass already!" all the girls including me and Ino shouted then a guy wakes up and accidentally pushes Naruto and Sasuke together and they kissed each other. Yuck, I was never so disgusted in my entire Naruto for stealing my first kiss. We all jumped and beat the crap out oft Naruto and Sasuke himself was about to kill Naruto with a kunai.

"DIE YOU FAG!" Sasuke shouted.

"It was an accident!" Naruto shouted with bruises all over face.

"KILL HIM SASUKE!" we all shouted at him but Iruka came and stopped him.

"That's enough everyone get back to class. You would all be placed in a group of three and token to a squad where you would do missions under the Squad leader captains or otherwise known as Jōunin." Iruka said to the group. I hoped to be in Sasuke's squad and I got my wish, but I was also put in a squad with fucking Naruto.

"Iruka-sensei! Why is a top student like me in a group with guy?" Naruto shouted with arrogance.

"Sasuke graduated with the highest scores while you had the worst scores happens to evenly divided the abilities of the group.I'm going to introduce the Jōunin teachers after lunch." Iruka said to us. Little did I know is this is where my life would change forever.

"Man our teacher is late, Iruka-sensei already went home!" Naruto complained. Naruto then goes to set up a practical joke on our teacher by placing an eraser on the door top.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Just getting payback for being made to wait 2 hours for his ass." Naruto replied.

"Do you think a Jōunin is going to fall for such an obvious trick?" Sasuke told Naruto.

"Yeah! Naruto ,you're so stupid!" I said to Naruto then our teacher walks in and the eraser hits his head. He was a tall man with grayish-white hair wearing a standard Konoha shinobi outfit along with iron plated gloves from his ANBU days. He also wears a mask on the lower half of his game.

"He fell for it! He fell for it!" Naruto said to him, it seemed at first that he was a weak incompetent teacher that was only given a job because he was close to family telling him about ourselves he told us to meet him at the field at 5 A.M. in the did I know or any of us know is that this would be the toughest part of our lives.

"The bell test is to see who's qualified to be on the team. There are two bells, get then and you pass." Kakashi stated.

"But there are only two bells!" I asked.

"Since there's only two, at least one will have to tied to a log and fail the mission. I would also tie you and eat lunch in front of you. Don't hold back, you can even use shuriken against me. You won't be able to get this unless you have the will to kill me." Kakashi stated.

"But that's too dangerous sensei!" I told him.

"Yeah! You can't even dodge Chalk erasers!" Naruto arrogantly stated.

"Yeah coming from the guy with the lowest scores." Kakashi replied calmly.

"I'm going to crush you!" Naruto charging at Kakashi but Kakashi easily gets behind him and holds back his kunai.

"I didn't say start yet!" Kakashi stated.

"No way. I couldn't see him at all!" I said as I was shocked to see Kakashi easily blitz Naruto. That was how the whole training basically went, it was at this point I realized direct attack was useless against him.

Sasuke and I applied stealth methods, staying hidden from, however stupidly decided that attacking Kakashi works just as well and calls him out.

"Let's fight like men, one on one!" Naruto stupidly said, that moron how stupid is he to challenge him to a fight whereas he easily blitzed him a few minutes yet he still charges at Kakashi, he pulls out a book, titled Make Out Paradise, causing Naruto to hesitate slightly.

"Shinobi battle tactic # 1 Taijutsu. I'll teach you that first." Kakashi said.

"Hey, how can you read while attacking, kinda arrogantly do you think?" Naruto asked.

"Don't worry, with your weak attacks I can block while reading a book." Kakashi replied.

This pisses Naruto off to the point of charging up head first and attacking Kakashi with a series of attacks, each of which are easily dodged by Kakashi. Eventually, Kakashi ends up behind Naruto, and uses his One Thousand Years of Death to send Naruto into the nearby recovers and attacks Kakashi.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto chanted with a number of shadow clones which impresses Sasuke and Sakura.

"What? They're not afterimages. When did he learn such a high-level technique?" I said shocked at seeing Naruto do a B -ranked Jutsu.

Still, even with 10 Shadow clones, Kakashi easily evades all of the Naruto's attacks with Body Replacement Technique, leaving the Naruto's to fight amongst themselves. Upon realizing this, Naruto dismisses his clones, and then notices a bell lying under a nearby tree. When he goes to pick it up, he is trapped in a snare set by Kakashi, leaving the young Ninja dangling upside-down.

"Use your brains, kid, don't fall for such an obvious trap stupid." Kakashi stated.

Kakashi retrieves the bell and lectures Naruto about falling for obvious traps. At that moment, Sasuke, believing Kakashi to be distracted, attacks his sensei with a barrage of shuriken and kunai, apparently killing Kakashi.

"Sasuke overdid it!" Naruto shocked to see Kakashi hit by 6 shurikens. One hit his neck and one hits his right eye and the others hitting his chest.

"Kakashi!" I said shouting but this too was revealed to be a trap, as the attacked Kakashi turns into a log as the result of another replacement Jutsu. All I could do was run away and I was knocked out cold by Kakashi's Genjutsu while Naruto and Sasuke were doing some impressive skills. When I woke up it was already lunchtime and Naruto was tied to a log.

"You three should quit being Ninjas!" Kakashi stated shocking all three of us.

"We couldn't get a bell, but why do you have to fail all of us?" Naruto shouted.

"It's because you three are just kids who don't deserve to be Ninjas." Kakashi shouted as Sasuke dashes at him but Kakashi easily blitzes him and sits ontop of him. "See? You all are just kids."

"Don't step on Sasuke!" I shouted at Kakashi.

"Don't you guys think being a Ninja is easy? This is about teamwork, but it's too late for you to notice all three of you came at me at once, you might of at least gotten a bell." Kakashi replied.

"Wait, why do we need to use teamwork when there are only two bells? If three people worked hard to get it, one person will have to bite the bullet. A group conflict will occur instead of teamwork." I told him.

"Of course, that was the intention of the test but all of you are pathetic. Sakura you cared more about Sasuke than Naruto and never helped Naruto at all, Naruto all you did was work on your own. As for you Sasuke, you were the worst one thinking you are above everyone. It's true that Ninjas need well-developed abilities but teamwork is the most important aspect. I'll give you guys a second chance and allow you and Sasuke to have lunch but Naruto because of his attempt to eat all of the food himself, is barred from eating at all, and anyone who gives him food will fail automatically." Kakashi said as he leaves the area. Sakura and Sasuke realize that.

"He's right, we thought too much about ourselves and didn't focus on the team." I told Sasuke.

"We'll need Naruto in top-shape if they're to retrieve the bells." Sasuke replied as we decided to defy Kakashi's order by feeding him, however, Kakashi, who had been watching us appears before us in a puff of smoke.

"You three broke the rule. Are you prepared for you the punishment? Any last words?" Kakashi said to us. Sasuke looked fearlessly expecting to die while I cowered in fear and Naruto was frightened.

"You said that!" Naruto yelled.

"Where on a three man team, right?" Sasuke calmly addressed.

"Yeah! we three are one!" I replied frightened of our death.

"You three are one, eh? You pass!" Kakashi stated in a serious tone then quickly changing his attitude.

"Pass, why?" I said while the clouds clear up.

"Because none of the people I had ever ignored my teachings, Ninjas need to think beyond normal thoughts. In the Ninja world, those who don't follow the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." he said to us. It was that day we all became Ninjas and the day my life was going to change forever.

3 Years ago Land of Waves

It was our very first mission, we had as we sent on a C-rank mission to escort Tazuna, a master bridge builder, back to the Land of Waves. During their mission, the team is attacked by two enemy Chūnin, something that is not supposed to happen on C-rank missions. They seemed to had rip Kakashi to shreds with their poison claws. We were all horrified to see the death of our teacher.

"First one!" said one of the Chūnin.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto shouted but the Demon brothers appear behind Naruto.

"Second one!" said one of the Chūnin.

Naruto, surprised by the Chūnin's appearances was frozen with jumps in to save them and does his best to fight them off but they get passed him and head towards me and the bridge builder however Kakashi blitzes them and effortlessly defeats them.

"Sorry about that, I needed to by sometime to analyzed their movements." Kakashi stated. Sasuke was so clam about this while Naruto froze to death, even I was able to defend the bridge builder however as time went on it was me who became weak and Naruto were able to fight against Haku and Zabuza and although they were outclassed, they were able to be useful in a fight to Kakashi I, on the other hand, was useless, I couldn't do a single thing to help anyone. I saw Naruto get up countless times even when things looked grim.

"Now then!" Naruto said grabbing onto his headband and putting it on while staring down Zabuza "Let's get this going!" Naruto said while he produces 30 clones to go at Zabuza but Zabuza easily overpowers his clones. Naruto throws Sasuke the demon wind shuriken and manages to divert Zabuza to releasing the water prison Jutsu he trapped Kakashi in. All I did was just stand and watch them fight unable to keep up with then. It was at that point I realized the gap in powers between me and my team.

3 Years ago Forest of Death

Once again, I was weak in battle. While I got by with my intelligence as I was able to answer all the questions on the paper test quickly which the examiner Ibiki Morino later commenting that this feat could not be accomplished by a genin, it was not enough to make up for my lack of physical strength. My poor combat skills and stamina prevented me from being very helpful during major fights or rather any fight. When we encountered Orochimaru who disguised himself as a Genin Ninja we were frozen in fear.

"I came here to take your scrolls and your lives." Orochimaru said to us disguised as a woman as he swallowed the scroll "Now let's begin fighting for the scrolls with our lives on the line." Orochimaru said to us as he makes a move to hit me with kunai but Sasuke moved me out of the way saving me again. I was overwhelmed with fear as the monster overpowered him with snakes. The Snake came right at me and Sasuke until Naruto came to save me and Sasuke.

"Hi guys I'm here and I kinda forgot the password!" Naruto said to then goes to fight Orochimaru. Sasuke was frozen with fear while Naruto fought on fearlessly, even at one point stopping Orochimaru's huge summoned snake in its tracks on his own and muttering to Sasuke, in a moment of glorious retribution that marked another milestone in their rivalry.

"You're not hurt, are you … scaredy-cat?" Naruto said to Sasuke as he held back the snake. Naruto eventually snapped Sasuke out of his panic. However, Orochimaru used the Five Elements Seal on Naruto, disrupting the flow of the demon fox's Chakra, as well as Naruto's own strength and throwing him 100 feet towards his death, I threw a kunai to prevent him from falling to his death. All I could do was watch Sasuke get overpowered. Then at that moment I witness a terrible horror that would change our bonds forever. After Sasuke did an impressive fireball Jutsu to him I rushed to his aid.

"Sasuke you did it!" I said to him, he was noticeably exhausted from his battle"Are you alright?" I asked him our of concern. Then suddenly I fell to my knees while Sasuke struggled to move his body while standing tall.

"No impossible!" Sasuke said shocked to see Orochimaru alive from the fire blast.

"No bad, you are impressive of a young Uchiha of your age, to be able to use the Sharingan so well at your age shows you have the power to be even stronger than Itachi one day." Orochimaru said as his voice turned from a feminine voice to a distinctly eerily and creepy male voice, it was as if he was a snake in human form. Just saying into his eyes was like staring into the abyss.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Sasuke said frightened at seeing the monster before us who has taken the form of a human.

"My name is Orochimaru, but as what I look for it won't be revealed until you finished this test with the best score of them all Orochimaru said as he burned the scroll we needed. Then out of nowhere, he bites Sasuke on the neck with his sharp snake-like teeth as he recoiled his own head 40 feet long.

"Sasuke ...! What did you do to Sasuke?" I shouted at him as I helplessly watch Sasuke suffer immense pain while Naruto was knocked out by the seal, I feared that I was next to be attacked by him. I felt like a baby inside a lion's den.

"He's been given a farewell gift, he'll be needing it against my Sound Ninja subordinates." he said to us.

"What nonsense are you talking about? We never want to see your wretched face again!" I yelled at him.

"Well I don't want to see a useless weakling like you anymore forehead girl but life doesn't work that will seek will seek me for power. It was fun being able to see your moves Sasuke, you're unlike that pile of trash next to you." Orochimaru said to me, insulting me.

"Take that back!" I yelled at him.

"Seriously, how did you even get past the academy forehead girl? You have no real power and your Chakra is pitifully weak for a Genin, the only thing you have going for you is your brains and if you were smart, I would say quit now otherwise you will die little girl." Orochimaru said to me before he sunk into the ground to escape.

I watched over the entire night of the two unconscious guys. I was concerned not only for Sasuke but for Naruto as well. I was helpless, vulnerable and afraid, I couldn't sleep. I was afraid that bastard Orochimaru would come to kill them again then I encountered those Sound Ninjas.

"We came to fight Sasuke!" said the leader who had a gauze covering most of his face, leaving only his left eye uncovered. He also wears a large poncho with long sleeves, a snake patterned scarf around his neck, a straw raincoat protruding from the back of his scarf, and a large amplifier on his arm.I go to draw out my kunai barely fighting the fear that's in me.

"What are you talking about? What is your purpose? We know that a guy named Orochimaru is behind all of this. What's that weird bruise on Sasuke's neck?" I asked already went on the attack, I used a large tree log on them but they easily destroyed it.

"To put it bluntly, you have no talent at all. People like you would never be a Ninja." Dosu told me as he was going to kill me, however, I was saved again from Lee.

"Lee, why are you here?" I asked him.

"When you are in danger I would always be there." Lee said to me. He goes to fight them but is easily defeated by the powerful Sound Ninja.

"The Melody Arm is a porous metal device located on my arm, is used to amplify the sound waves from arm movements to attack my opponent. By generating enough sound, I can use my Chakra to redirect the waves in midair to my intended target." Dosu stated as I tired to do my own counterattack only for my shuriken to get blast away by another kid with spiky, dark hair and dark eyes and wearing a beige shirt with two black stripes and three prints of the kanji for death (死, shi) down the front. Then I was grabbed from behind by this girl with black hair.

"My my ,what soft and shiny hair but you know what if you spent less time shampooing and a little more time practicing your Ninja skills you wouldn't be such a weak and worthless creature.I know let's make this bitch watch us kill Sasuke huh Zaku." the girl said to her friends and me.

"Very well sounds like fun to me!" Zaku replied.

"Stay away from Sasuke!" I shouted.

bother,you're too weak, how are you even a Genin?" Kin said to was at this point I realized how weak I was. I realized how pathetic my behavior was, always criticizing others, when I was the one who hadn't improved at all. I reflected on myself, thinking how she was always telling Naruto that I was better than him, when he had been the one who was consistently improving and telling Sasuke I loved him when I couldn't even muster up enough strength to protect him as a team-mate. I tried to prove myself useful by cutting off my long hair with a kunai to escape the grasp of that bitch.

"What the hell?" Kin stated as I came at her with 6 kunai I threw but they were deflected by Zaku's Jutsu. I leaped down and took several kunai to my body while struggling to how on to Zaku. It was a pathetic attempt at vain for once again I was saved by the girl I was supposed to be a rival to.

"Don't worry Sakura, I won't let you show me up!" Ino said to me as she fought off the Ninja.I felt so inferior to everyone, everyone but me had a special attack or Jutsu while I had nothing, even Ino herself had outclassed me as they held off the Sound Ninja. Lee proved to be most impressive with his Hidden Lotus. However, Sasuke suddenly wakes up with a dense dark Chakra around him.

"Sasuke, you're awake..." I said to him only to be shocked by the transformation as well as everyone else.

"Sakura Who did this to you..?" he said to me with intense murderous vibe around him.

"Sasuke ...Your body. " I said to him as his body is covered with black markings.

"Don't worry, I can feel power surging inside me. I''m feeling good right now." he said to me.

"Take this!" Zaku shouted as he creates a massive soundwave that levels everything within a 40-foot radius but Sasuke appears behind him a body flicker and backhands him 20 feet away.

"Pheonix Fire Jutsu!" Sasuke chanted as he shoots a barrage of fireballs at Zaku that Zaku blasted but then turned into shuriken and hit across the body then Sasuke gets behind him and grabs his arms, never have I seen such murderous intent from him, I think to what that bastard Orochimaru said to me and him, is this what he meant by that?

"You enjoy these arms a little too much." Sasuke said

"No, please no! NOO!" Zaku said to Sasuke begging him but Sasuke ignores him as he snaps and breaks Zaku's arms. I rush to hug him hoping to stop this dark Chakra inside him, that was the only thing I could do that was of any use.

"Please...stop!" I told him with tears coming down my eyes. Dosu left with his team-mates, wondering why Orochimaru had sent him to kill Sasuke if he knew Sasuke had the Cursed Seal. We still managed to make it past the second stage by defeating Oboro and his team with a little help from Kabuto, a fellow Ninja from Konoha.

3 Years ago preliminary rounds.

Seven teams managed to pass, which was twice as many as had been expected. To cut down the prevailing Genin from the second exam, a preliminary round was staged before the third and final stage of the Chūnin Exam. The twenty-one people were to be matched up with each other, in a fight that lasted until somebody gave in or was unable to continue fighting. The proctor of the third exam, Hayate Gekkō, did reserve the right to step in and stop the fight when he felt that there was a clear winner. I attempted to tell the examiners that the Cursed Seal that Orochimaru had placed on Sasuke was seriously debilitating him.

"Sasuke, you should quit this ..." I told Sasuke but I was cut off mid-sentence.

"Shut up Sakura!" Sasuke said to me.

"You have been strange since that Orochimaru guy attacked you, that mark still hurts right?" I asked him.

"Mark?" Naruto said surprised at the fact.

"If you continue, you might ...You are in no condition to fight Sasuke." I told him crying at the fact he was suffering pain and I couldn't bear him suffering pain.

"Shut up!" he told me.

"You have been hiding all this pain all this time! I can see it." I yelled at him.

"Be quiet!" he yelled at me.

"I can't let you go through this." I yelled at him as I go to raise my hand but Sasuke stopped me before I can tell anyone.

"Mind your own business, I told you before that I'm an avenger, this isn't just a test for me. I don't care about being a Chūnin, I want to know how strong I am." he replied to me as I stand there once again unable to stop him. I watched on as the fights occurred and everyone but me had a special Jutsu or Technique.

The first match up was Sasuke Uchiha against a member of Kabuto's Team, Yoroi Akadō. The match seemed hopeless for Sasuke until he heard Naruto's taunts. Next to him was Rock Lee, which gave Sasuke an idea. He used Lion Combo, a copy of Rock Lee's Front Lotus move, which had been captured by Sasuke's Sharingan. Yoroi was knocked unconscious, and Sasuke advanced to the next round. After the fight, Kakashi took him away to seal the Cursed Seal.

Up next were Zaku Abumi and Shino Aburame. Zaku only had one arm he was able to move, but he bet that he could command a multitude of bugs to attack, leaving Zaku with a choice: to go for him or the bugs. Zaku then revealed he could use both arms, but it was too late. The bugs had blocked Zaku's Chakra and had built it up in his arms, making them explode and thus ending the fight.

The match with Misumi Tsurugi against Kankurō began. It seemed like Misumi would win, until it was revealed that the Kankurō Misumi was fighting was just a puppet. The real Kankurō was disguised, controlling the puppet with his Chakra. He used the puppet to defeat Misumi.

Then came my match with Ino, I was still demoralized by the events of what occurred within the Forest of stared down at each other and recalled the events of our childhood.

"Now that it's come to this..." I said to her.

"It seems so Sakura!" Ino replied to me.

"Right Now I have no intention of fighting over Sasuke with you." I told her.

"What was that?" Ino said to me.

"You and Sasuke don't go together anyways and I'm completely stronger than you right now. I don't even need to be concerned with you." I said to her.

"Don't get ahead of yourself Sakura you big crybaby, you are much weaker than me, after all, who saved your ass in the forest, you're nothing without me." Ino shouted as me and Ino clash with each other.

We clashed fist with each other and fought with everything we got and after an hour. We hit each other at the exact same time, thus rendering each other unconscious. Hayate declared that neither of us would move on to the next round. I was able to recover shortly after to watch lee fight Gaara and it was an epic battle with both of them going back and forth with each Lee used his Reverse Lotus technique to attempt to break through Gaara's sand armor, at the expense of great pain and injury to himself. He then opened five of the inner Chakra gates, the result being that Lee's strength was multiplied immensely for a short time, but also severely injured was beaten badly. When Gaara was falling, however, he dispersed his gourd into sand as a cushion to break his fall. Gaara used Sand Binding Coffin to crush Rock Lee's left arm and leg. Might Guy jumped down to defend Lee, regretting having taught Lee how to open the inner gates, after learning from the medical Ninja that Lee could no longer be a Ninja due to his intense injuries. Gaara won the match.

The last match was Chōji Akimichi versus Dosu Kinuta. Chōji was reluctant to battle, instead wanting to forfeit, but tried after being promised food by Asuma if he won. Chōji entered the battle with prior knowledge of Dosu's abilities, and quickly used Human Boulder to hide his ears from the Sound Ninja's attacks. Dosu managed to overcome this by transmitting his Vibrating Sound Drill through Chōji's flesh, quickly defeating him.

3 Years ago Final Rounds

A month has passed since the start of the Chūnin exams, it was a nice warm day for the and Ino were on the sidelines in the crowd of 50,000 people in the stadium from many countries around the world to see the young talent in the tournament was Naruto's fight with the fight, Neji lectured Naruto much as he had done with Hinata during the preliminaries, telling Naruto that failures remain failures and that this cannot change. Naruto eventually won the battle through a combination of the demon fox's power sealed within him and sheer belief in victory. In the process, he changed Neji's outlook on life, and inspired him to create his own fate, thus forming another important bond. Naruto was able to make Neji understand that destiny can be changed, and they became good friends from that point on. I was impressed just how much stronger Naruto has become .

The second match, which featured Sasuke versus Gaara, was moved to be the last, as Sasuke hadn't arrived yet. Normally he would have been disqualified on the spot, but his match had been highly anticipated – in fact, some of the crowd commented they had mostly come just to see him fight, forcing the Third Hokage to give into the Kazekage's request to postpone the match.

The third match, which featured Shino versus Kankurō, was given to Shino on default, since Kankurō forfeited to keep his techniques a secret.

The fourth match was Temari vs Shikamaru. Both Temari and Shikamaru were excellent strategists, but Shikamaru was better. Although it appeared throughout the match that Shikamaru was using pointless attacks, he was actually five steps ahead, and managed to skillfully manipulate Temari into a position where he could attack from behind, using the tunnel which Naruto had dug during his match with Neji to stealthily extend his Shadow Imitation Technique. This took control over Temari's body, and forced her to imitate every one of Shikamaru's movements. Although Shikamaru could have won, he quit instead, saying that he was too low on Chakra. His real reason for quitting, however, seems to be because he is incredibly lazy and saw no point in winning, which would only lead to having to fight in further matches. He also didn't want to hurt a girl.

Gaara vs Sasuke came around again. This was the battle that the crowd had been looking forward to. Sasuke arrived late, but the waiting time was extended again because of the importance of the match. Sasuke demonstrated that his speed had vastly increased, to the point where the sand guarding Gaara could not keep up. Sasuke also demonstrated the Chidori, a technique he had learned from Kakashi, which also happened to be Kakashi's only original Jutsu, to injure Gaara. Before the match could finish, however, a smoke bomb was set off in the Hokage's box. It turns out that Kabuto, who was actually working for Orochimaru, used a Genjutsu to put almost everybody in the crowd to sleep, and the Invasion of Konoha commenced.

I was the only one who was still awake from the invasion and Kakashi were surrounded by a bunch of Sand Shinobi.

"We were careless!" Gai said to Kakashi.

"It seems that even the Third Hokage has been taken by Orochimaru." Kakashi replied as I stared up and saw the Third Hokage held hostage. I began to worry about Sasuke and whether Orochimaru wanted to kidnap him but before I can notice he was gone to fight Gaara I was jumped by two Sound Chūnin but Kakashi effortlessly kills then with kunai.

"Sakura, just stay there while I cut down these guys." Kakashi said to me as I took cover behind to seats, soon two Special Jōunins arrived to kill off two Sound Ninja Chūnin while Gai disables and kills them with then appears in front of me. "Sakura, it was worth teaching you Genjutsu from the survival training, you have potential in Genjutsu. Wake up Naruto and Shikamaru, I have a mission for them." he told me.

"What kind of mission?" I asked him.

"Be careful this is the first A rank mission since the Land of Waves." he replied to me. A sound Ninja came at me with a kunai but Kakashi effortlessly knocked it back with a weak backhand.

"But sensei .With this battle going on why send us into a mission." I asked him.

"Sasuke is chasing Gaara . Sakura release the Genjutsu and follow Naruto and Sasuke." Kakashi said to me.

"But shouldn't we wake up Ino and Chōji too to assemble a group?" I asked him.

"There's no time for that, I suspect that many Sound and Sand Ninja have infiltrated this village, besides if you have more than 4 Ninjas, it's hard to hide from the enemy. You did learn that from the training didn't you?" he replied.

"Of course, that means you would be coming with us right?" I asked him.

"No ! I have to protect the people in this stadium." he told me as he summoned a puppy with me.

"Alright listen, little girl, don't go around saying I'm just some puppy." the dog said to me.

"Go Sakura, release the Genjutsu!" he told me as I go to release the Genjutsu from Naruto and Shikamaru.

"Hey, what's going on Sakura?" Naruto asked.

"Get down!" I shouted to Naruto as I pull him down to the ground to avoid the kunai. "I'll explain later, just take cover." I told him and I go to wake up Shikamaru but he was faking it. The dog bites his ankle. Before we can tell him a Ninja appears behind Naruto for a sneak attack but Gai punches the guy dead through a solid concrete goes to explain the mission to them.

"Go after Sasuke and once you meet up with him stop Sasuke then await further orders in a safe area." he said to us.

Initially, Sasuke was sent after Gaara by Genma. Me Shikamaru, and Naruto chased after Temari and Kankurō, who had been charged with protecting Gaara until he had recovered from his fight with Sasuke. It was later revealed that Shino also followed us claiming that he wanted to have his battle with Kankurō. Shikamaru fell behind to stop nine Oto Special Jōunin from following them, although Shikamaru was still low on Chakra from his own match. However, Asuma arrived to bail him out.

Temari, before Kankurō stopped to fight Sasuke, sets traps in order to deter Sasuke before engaging him in combat defeated her easily and moved on to fight Gaara

Kankurō stopped to fight Sasuke, giving Gaara enough time to recover. However, Shino declared that Kankurō was his opponent, as they were supposed to fight during the Chūnin Exam. Shino was able to defeat Kankurō by placing a female bug on him. The scent of this bug attracted all of Shino's other bugs, which then overpowered Kankurō, but Shino was also rendered unconscious after being poisoned earlier in the fight, until his father came to his aid to remove the poison. Finally, Sasuke caught up with and fought began to transform into his Shukaku state, overpowering and defeating Sasuke.

When Sasuke was about to be killed, Naruto and I arrived at the scene. Gaara continued attempting to kill Sasuke until I placed herself between them. Gaara trapped me in one of his Shukaku Sand Claws and pinned me to a tree.

"Unless you defeated me, your friend would eventually be crushed by the sand claw." Gaara taunted.

"Naruto please save Sakura!" he said to him as I stood helpless to do anything once again.

At first, Naruto was clearly overpowered, but, later in the fight, he gained the upper hand by using clever tactics and by employing the techniques Jiraiya had taught him. Naruto used One Thousand Years of Death to injure the partial Shukaku form to prevent any movement, then used the Uzumaki Naruto Two Thousand Combo to pound Gaara, surprising everyone watching their battle. However,Gaara then transformed into the full Shukaku form, and attempted to finish Naruto off with his Sand Binding Coffin and Sand Waterfall Funeral techniques. However, Naruto was able to break out of Gaara's Sand Binding Coffin by summoning Gamabunta, and, after a little convincing from Gamakichi, Gamabunta decided to fight Shukaku.

However, Gaara then used his Feigning Sleep Technique to call out Shukaku's real powers. As Gamabunta was no longer a match,Naruto would have to force Gaara awake. Using a combo transformation,Naruto transformed Gamabunta into the form of the demon fox, which was able to grab Shukaku long enough for Naruto to punch Gaara awake. Angered, Gaara attempted to trap Naruto in his Sand Binding Coffin technique again. Although Gamabunta failed in an attempt to stop Gaara's attack, Naruto escaped using the demon fox's Chakra. He launched himself at Gaara, but was unable to reach him with his fist, so Naruto head-butted him. As blood trickled down both their foreheads, Gaara's Shukaku form crumbled away around them. The two each only had enough Chakra for one more and Naruto launched themselves at each other, and Naruto knocked Gaara down with one final punch.

Once again, I couldn't do anything to help anyone, not even myself. I started to wonder what was the point of being a Ninja.

One month later

Many things have changed within the village. 2 days ago our New Hokage took the place of Hiruzen who died in battle from nearly 2 weeks ago was attacked by his older brother Itachi who killed his and Sasuke put into comas from Itachi's the world most renowned medical Ninja and one of the Legendary Sannin healed Sasuke and Kakashi, however, the damage to Sasuke's mental state was beyond even Lady Tsunade's grasp.

I saw Naruto and Sasuke fight on the not for Kakashi intervening, both of them would of died in battle. I met Sasuke the following Night when he planned to leave Konoha in order to gain more power. I met Sasuke in the park in the middle of the night on the full moon in a failed attempt to stop him.

"Why do I have to tell you everything? It's none of your business that I'm leaving." he said to me as tears come out my eyes.

"You've..always hated me, huh? Do you remember..the day we became Genin and when our 3 member team was first chosen? The day you and I were here alone." I asked him as tears drip down my eyes.

"I can't be with you, I'm different from you guys, I tired to think that it was my path to do the things we've done up until now. The four of us did things together, but my heart decided to get revenge." Sasuke said to me.

"Please don't go!" I begged him.

"You really are annoying, not only that you are useless." he said to me as he walked away I rushed to stop him.

" Don't leave, if you go, I'll scream " I said to him in desperation but before I can react he was already behind me.

"Sakura... Thank you for being so weak." Sasuke said before he knocked me out

"Sasuke ...!" I said as I lose conscious.

"Here's my last word of advice, quit being a Ninja, You are weak, you aren't even at the level of a Genin. You are still too weak, you don't have enough hate and guess what you never will," Sasuke said as I blacked out.

I woke up the following morning and saw Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki who were turning reports and documents. They reported to Tsunade about his departure, leading to the formation of the Sasuke Retrieval Naruto set out the next day to retrieve Sasuke, I came out to meet him and tried to join in.

"Sakura!" Naruto said to me.

"I already heard from the Hokage, sorry but I can't bring you on this mission. Not even you were able to convince Sasuke, right? So there's no choice but for us to use force to persuade him to come back with us. Sakura your job is done." Naruto said to me.

"That means ...Sakura, did you talk to Sasuke?" Naruto asked me.

"Naruto... this is the only favor I will ever ask you...bring Sasuke back. I couldn't stop him, you are the only one who can stop Sasuke!"I told him as I beg in despair knowing I was powerless to do anything but beg and cry.

"You really love him right? Don't worry I will bring Sasuke back." Naruto said to me.

After Naruto failed to bring Sasuke back and was left hospitalized in the process. That's when I met her.

"Visiting? Word travels quickly." Tsunade asked.

She opens the door and I met Naruto who was in bandages.

"I'm sorry Sakura!" Naruto said to me.

"Why are you apologizing Naruto?" I asked him.

"I failed to bring Sasuke back, but don't worry I would never go back on my word, I would bring Sasuke back." he said to me.

A while after he said that to me after our adventure in the land of Rice fields. I was tired of being useless and weak, it was that moment I vowed to become strong enough to bring back Sasuke with Naruto.I realized the strong increase in power with Naruto training with Jiraiya and Sasuke got after getting the curse mark, I figured if I trained with a Sannin, I would become just as powerful as the two of them.

"I have a special requested my lady!" I told her.

"What is it?" she asked me.

"I want to be your apprentice!" I replied to her.

"Sakura Haruno, I was told that you have a fine mind and a strong will I will train you but it would very difficult." Tsunade said to me.

"I'll do it!" I replied to her.

3 months later

I was brought into a training ground to train with hair has grown longer during then because I haven't cut it in a while due to my training.

"Why did you bring me out here? Where is the medical table?" I asked her.

"You don't need it anymore, you can heal fatally injured patients in just 2 minutes, that's enough to rival Shizune's skills. I have nothing more to teach you in terms of healing." she said to me.

"Then why did you bring me out here for?" I asked her.

"To train you to make you physically stronger."she told me.

"Huh?" I asked her.

"Listen up, Sakura. To be a Medical must have brute strength, it's the second most important thing. Do you know why?" she asked me.

"Yes! Medical Ninja are supposed to support the team. Rather than attack, they should support their comrades in battle, so I believe their ability to heal comes first." I answered.

"Wrong! The ability to dodge the enemy's attack is the most important thing." she told me.

"The ability to dodge?" I asked her.

"Medical Ninja must never get hit by the enemy!" Tsunade answered.

"Why is that?" I asked her.

"Who's going to the healing? Now I would come at you, prepare to dodge." she shouted at me.

I asked her but before I can react she was already high in the air and she lands on the ground with a falling axe kick that destroys 100 feet of the ground and sends dirt flying at my face.

"Shit, what power!" I shouted.

"Don't close your eyes !" Tsunade shouted as she easily blitzed me and punched me 50 feet through a tree.

"Why would you close your eyes when the enemy is in front of you?" Tsunade said to me as I struggled to get back up nut my arms and legs were broken in several places from the punch. " Watch your enemy them before the attack during the attack and after the 't let a single movement escape your eyes! If you're any kind of shinobi, you're heard about take the eyes of the enemy" she said to me.

"I got it!" I said but I couldn't get up.

"Looks like your much psychically weaker than I thought, I held back on the last punch because I didn't think you would be that slow enough to barely avoid the kick. Naruto and Sasuke would of at least been able to avoid that kick, guess they were right about you being the weakest Genin." she said to me.

"I'm sorry for being so weak, I couldn't do anything in battle.I was too weak." I told her crying.

"Don't worry 's why I brought you out remind me of myself at your age, I sucked at fighting when I was around your age however after my grandmother trained me, I became the world's strongest woman." she said to me.

"I want to get stronger so I don't become a burden to Naruto." I said to her

"You came to the right person, remember what I said that it wouldn't be easy." Tsunade told me"This is what I met."

Shizune then walks by to see the training ground a mess.

"Looks like you were in a bad mood again." Shizune stated.

"Not just training Sakura. Shizune, I want you to teach her some of your techniques as well "

"Fine then!" she replied.

I continued my training with Tsunade and Shizune to improve my combat capabilities. I also grew a strong bond with her. Tsunade was very strict and grumpy. She often slept on the desk exhausted from paperwork and when I woke her up she would be in a foul mood.

"Hey, master, master I have to get you a message from..." I tried asking her once.

"GOOD NIGHT!" Tsunade shouted at me.

I remember the brutal training I had to endure. First was the reflex test where I had to dodge projectiles.

"Hey, Sakura! DODGE!" Tsunade shouted as she threw 5 baseballs moving at 5,000 ft/sec (3409 MPH ) and created a large explosion crater around Then appeared with 5 shadow clones and threw volleyballs at me that exploded that damaged me. She then kicked a soccer ball that creates a fiery impact crater than burned me, badly.

"Damn it!" I said trying to get back up.

"You need to dodge better, you're getting better at this. If you didn't block in time you would've died." Tsunade said to me.

Then there was the strength test where I had to lift heavy rocks with my strength.

"Sakura , ease ,carry this." Tsunade said as she threw a 10-ton boulder at me with one hand with ease,I was forced to hold it in place while my body struggles to hold it.

"Hold it in place Sakura, let's see how long you can hold it." Tsunade said to me but my arms were caving in and I was about to be crushed by the boulder but she shattered it with a swift punch before I was crushed to death by the boulder. "4 seconds, not bad given your merely Genin level, however, you can do far better than this."

"Ow, my arms hurt!" I said as I felt on my arms.

"Shizune , heal her." Tsunade said to Shizune.

And there was the power test where I had to build up speed and power to punch through a boulder.

"Let's see what you got, let's test your current level of power." Tsunade said as she stands next to two 100 foot high and diameter boulders. She then goes to punch it and destroy the boulder with ease.

"Okay!" I replied.

"Remember, power is the force multiplied by all your strength into the boulder and punch right through it." Tsunade said to me.

"Right!" I replied as I ran at 29.3 ft/sec ( 20 MPH) and go to punch it with enough force to put a 1-inch crack into it but my right arm breaks from it.

"You're moving too slow , you need to move faster than that." Tsunade said to me.

I trained as hard as I can to get stronger for 2 years going through an exhausting and grueling training with Tsunade and within 2 years, I was enrolled back to retake the Chūnin exams .

2 years ago

I remember Training with Lady Tsunade to become stronger. In reality I was the weakest of my generation and was constantly being saved and protected by Naruto and Sasuke. I wanted to fight to protect them the way I protect Sasuke and Naruto. Lady Tsunade told me that I reminded her of her younger cousin who passed away when the Kyuubi destroyed Konoha 16 years ago who was a powerful member of the ANBU and like me at her age was weak and lacked any Jutsu skills and fell behind her friends and stated had the Kyuubi not killed her , she would've been the Fifth Hokage. It was several months into the training I learned more about this Jutsu, one her cousin never learned due to her lack of chakra control and lack of medical skills.

"I'm going to show you a Jutsu, one that can regrow your vital organs and rapidly increase your raw power. It's called Ninja Art: Mitotic Regeneration Jutsu, the same Jutsu based on Hashirama's Slug Senjutsu regeneration."Tsunade said to me.

"Hashirama can regenerate?" I asked her.

"He can do it without hand seals, not even I have the healing talent of that, however, I've found a way to surpass even that with Ninja Art: Mitotic Regeneration Jutsu, the regeneration process that is. While my raw power and skill pales in comparison to my grandfather or my granduncle, I can regenerate even fatal wounds with this Jutsu such as your heart being ruptured, in conjunction with merging with Katsuyu, I can survive being blown to pieces but only can survive one blow like that before being put out of commission. Combined with that and the 100 Healings Jutsu, you're raw power and chakra reserves would go up 100 fold of your base power and you can survive almost any fatal injury and synced with Katsuyu, you can raise your power even further and spilt Katsuyu to heal an entire battlefield or shield your comrades and yourself." Tsunade explained to me.

"That sounds awesome, with that, I can easily catch up with Naruto and Sasuke in no time." I stated with joy.

"However there's one problem. To use these Jutsus ,especially all at once, you must become on the level of a Kage, the second problem is that it would require extreme Charka Control for in order to tap into the power, all of the cells within your body must be able to sync at once otherwise your power,speed and durability would not increase in response to your actions and most importantly, you must limit you Chakra reserves by half and create a separation and maintain it for 3 years straight. Each year would cause your Charka level to exponentially go up, once you reached, the 3-year mark, you should be able to increase your Chakra level by 100 times. At your current Chakra level, it would be suicide to use his power for you're not even Chunin level given the attempt to use an S rank Jutsu would kill you, only when you achieve at least Jounin level strength can you start to use 100 Healings Jutsu and even then, you will pass out after a single use unless you achieve Kage level power." Tsunade explained to me as she goes to show me her Jutsu.

6 Months ago

The Chunin Exams came around this time around within Mid March. The relations with the other villages with Konoha have been compromised because of the Akatsuki situation so turnout of participants was much lower than previous years. The rise of Akatsuki had led to the suspension of the Chunin Exams for over 2 years.

Only the Land of Wind, Land of Grass and Land of Rain participated within this years Chunin Exams. The recently appointed Kazekage Gaara sent 27 Genin in 9 teams. Tsunade deployed her Anbu to deliver the invitations to the other villages. Kumokagure rejected it which is no surprise given their distrust for other villages and how they rarely participate within Chunin Exams. Kirgikagure rejected it because of the recent Civil War that nearly destroyed the entire country which led to the overthrowing of the Fourth Mizukage in exchange for the new Mizukage, the first female to ever run the Hidden Village and Iwagakure declined, suggesting that the Hokage might be plotting a war. Thus, all of Tsunade's invitations were declined.

Tsunade informed the jōnin of the impending Chūnin Exams, and asked for them to recommend their respective genin pupils. Asuma recommends his team to take part with the exception of Shikamaru who became a Chunin. With one member missing, they searched for the third person and I was the very first person they asked to him them, however, I was uncertain I could be of help. Truth be told, I felt like my combat abilities have yet to surpass Naruto's from 3 years back whereas I knew Naruto has become stronger around that time. Ino and I met outside the hospital at high noon to talk about this. Ino has grown from a flat chested young girl into a blooming young woman with D-cup boobs.

"So you'll join us right?"Ino asked me.

"I'm not sure." Sakura answered.

"Naruto and Sasuke aren't here right? You want to become a Chunin don't you? How about joining our team? With Shikamaru as a Chunin, we're a member short." Ino explained to me.

"That's the thing, I felt behind these two. I've trained for 2 years already, at best I'm only as strong as when Naruto and Sasuke fought on that rooftop the day Sasuke defected to the village. How can I possibly be of help when I'm still so weak? " I said to my friend noting how weak I felt.

That's the thing Sakura, you're putting your standards too high. I know your strength better than anyone else. You're probably the strongest person within Konoha. I saw your potential when we first fought 2 years ago." Ino explained to me.

"I was nothing back then, I got lucky against you. Besides, both you and I were the weakest of the Chunin Exams back then, had either of us won our battle, we would've been massively outclassed by everyone in the tournament. Even now I feel weak, I don't think I can be of much help to you." I explained to Ino.

"That's not true Sakura, I know deep down you're strong, you've trained under Tsunade for 2 years." Ino said to me begging me to join her.

"I can't." I replied as I walked away.

The reason I couldn't join her is that the truth is I felt as if my combat skills were lacking compared to Naruto and Sasuke's at this point, around this point I was assuming each of those two can keep up and probably beat a Jounin whereas I'm lucky to beat even a Special Jounin or High-Level Chunin.

Later on, I went to Konoha General Hospital when I encountered a fatally wounded patient who was hurt by a landslide during a mission and had a gaping chest wound and a gash on the right side of his head. I took the guy to ICU immensely and tried everything in my power to save him. This level of surgery and extreme precision was something only a Jounin can do however with Tsunade and Shizune applied with immense paperwork, I was the only one who can do this surgery. It was at that moment, I used the Hundred Seal Jutsu to save the man's life, however, I passed out shortly afterward.

The following day Tsunade woke me up and told me about my successful surgery.

"Excellent job Sakura." Tsunade said to me

"Thanks, I thought for sure I was going to fail," I replied.

"I heard about what you said to Ino. You doubt yourself too much Sakura."Tsunade said to me.

"But Lady Tsunade.." I said to her only for her to stop me.

"You can't keep comparing yourself to Naruto and Sasuke. You have to set out your own goals and your own abilities and ambition or you're always behind them. Naruto is a Jincihruiki like Gaara, they would always be naturally stronger than an average Shinobi and Sasuke comes from the Uchiha Clan, a clan of gifted Shinobi who were once rivals with the Senju Clan I come from. You've come very far on your own without having a Clan based Gekkai Kekai like Neji and you're amongst the few Shinobi in existence that came close to Special Jounin level in 2 years. Trust me when I say you're a lot stronger than you give yourself credit being." Tsunade explained to me.

"You think I'm that strong?" I asked her.

"Next to Lee and Neji, you're probably the most powerful within the village out of your generation. Ino might've developed Medical Ninjutsu from your training but you still surpass her on that front while she has speed over you and while Choji might outmatch you in raw strength, he lacks the speed to keep up with faster and stronger opponents and lacks the stamina needed to fight a prolonged battle. You would be a great balance between the team." Tsunade explained to me.

"I guess it would be a waste of training if I didn't try." I replied.

So overnight I changed my mind and joined the Chunin Exams. All of the genin from other villages participating enter Konohagakure, signifying the start of the Chūnin the arriving genin wait in line for the first part of the exams. Konohamaru, disappointed that Naruto would not be attending the latest Chūnin Exams and in fear, this may result in him never becoming a chūnin, disguises himself as the latter to participate, but is exposed and consoled by Neji.

All the participating genin are placed in three separate rooms to take the test, which was concocted by Shikamaru. The scores of the three members are added to make the score of the team. Should any of them get a score higher than 100 or lower than the average of all the teams, they fail the test. The test reads.

Choose and answer any one of the following three questions.

(For 30 points) While protecting a VIP, which position of the formation should the target to be protected generally be placed in? Choose from the following. A)The front B)The center C)The tail end

(For 40 points) While facing an opponent possessing change in nature of fire and lightning, choose the ninjutsu attribute one can expect the best effect from the following options. A)Wind style B)Earth style C)Water style

(For 50 points) In a local battle, illustrate the merits and demerits in the case of attacking from high ground.

The genin of each room try to deduce Shikamaru's test, and as they do, Me and Neji coming to the conclusion that all members of each team must equal the required score to pass. With that, Neji starts walking around the room, catching the others' attention.

The genin questions Neji's actions, to which his response is to send vibrations through the classroom walls to notify the other team-mates what question to answer. Sajin, not wanting everyone to pass, hits the wall five times. Neji states it wouldn't matter how many times the walls are struck. Sajin tries instigating a fight but Shikamaru intervenes, reminding every one of the time limit. As the genin finish their written tests, Shikamaru informs them of a second part. For the second part, everyone must write on the back of their sheets who they would choose as a decoy if their team is surrounded, within a 3-minute time limit.

Sajin and his team are eliminated due to choosing Mijin as the decoy. Neji reveals to Sajin that no comrade should be sacrificed, and that a written answer was not required.

After the first test, the next day we began the second test. With Temari as proctor, she explains about the second phase in which the teams are allowed to fight, the teams that passed the first stage begin to race to Sunagakure which would take at least three days to reach.

We eventually reached Sunkagure and had dinner within the dining halls of the exam building. It was around that point we were attacked by a Giant Scorpion. We wee however saved by this green hair girl named Fu who appeared to be the same age as us and reminded me a lot of Naruto by the way she acted.

The next day, the second phase begins, with Temari instructing the genin teams to obtain both the Heaven and Earth scrolls to pass the exam. All the genin wait for the signal to enter the desert. We trekked the harsh desert for over a day looking for an oasis and looking for supplies when we encounter a rival team shortly after killing a Giant Scorpion for food.

When we reached the watering Hole we encountered our first tough challenge within the entire exams. Ameno and her team were waiting for us within the Oasis, she helped heal my injuries previously when we first encountered each other when that giant scorpion attacked the other day.

Ino took the initiative of attacking the Suna-nin first by launching a few kunai but her attack failed and she was knocked unconscious by Shishio's sand lions. While me and Chōji battled Ameno and Kōji, Shishio infused his chakra onto the ground. When set, Shishio cloaks his team-mates from sight. This put Team Ameno at an advantage as neither me or Chōji could detect the enemies properly. As we were on the verge of defeat by the Suna-nin, Ino awoke, sensing the enemies location and warned her team-mates in time to have them counter to hit their opponent before they could strike. However, Ameno is able to heal her team-mates. The Suna-nin attack again, and because of the sensing barrier Shishio used, Ino couldn't sense his now invisible team-mates again. While restrained, Ino forced herself to transfer her team-mates' thoughts to each other to help them warn one another of incoming attacks they could see from one another's blind spot where the enemy attacked from. This allowed us to defeat the Suna-nin but Team Asuma ultimately decides not to take their scroll since they have two matching scrolls with them.

As we were a different route to bring their set of scrolls to the center building to avoid being ambushed, I collapsed due to my constant flow of chakra for the Strength of a Hundred Seal. After remembering her training with Tsunade, I awkoned just as her team are confronted by Team Saya. Saya made it clear that she wanted me and Ino to herself, leaving her team-mates, Mamushi and Sana, to battle Chōji. Saya's Puppet Imitation Technique proved to be a problem which allowed her to invade Ino's mind and completely control her due to her puppet doll havingher hair sample. Leaving Ino's body, Saya uses the same method on a gigantic Chōji when he captured her team-mates. With Saya using Chōji as her pawn, Ino uses her Mind Body Switch Technique to enter Chōji's mind and try to kick the enemy kunoichi out as I tried to figure out to deal with currently controlled Chōji, seeing as I didn't have enough chakra to both flow chakra for the seal and battle at the same time.

As Chōji, while under the control of Saya's Puppet Imitation Technique, charged at me, Ino took over her foe's control over her team-mate and charged at Team Saya instead. Mamushi and Sana managed to avoid the attack, but Saya took the full blow, what was later revealed to be a Body Replacement Technique. Taking the look of her puppet, Saya managed to regroup with her allies, claiming that she didn't care about the Chūnin Exams anymore and that she wanted revenge. As Team Asuma head toward the main tower,i once again thought about how weak I was before and that I always needed Naruto and Sasuke to protect me.

Sana used her Sandstorm Technique to stop Team Asuma in their tracks. As we realized that the sandstorm is unnatural and that someone is after them, Saya uses her Cursed Sand Puppet Technique to create sand dolls in order to attack and confuse us, with Sana using her Sand Cloak Technique to disguise Mamushi as one of the creations. As Chōji fends off the dolls, one of them turns out to be Mamushi, who uses his snake to poison both him and Ino. At the moment, I recalled my recent surgery and the request to Tsunade for an acceptance in the Chūnin Exams, and using the seal on me, managed to replenish her chakra and finish off her foes in one blow. I then removed the poison from her allies and thanked them for letting me join their team.

The exams were almost canceled when midway into them, a crisis occurred that threaten the life of the Kazekage. Thanks to Neji's efforts, Gaara and Fu were saved in the attempt to capture the Bjuu's within them. As the Suna ninja search for their Kazekage, Gaara appears and orders for the continuation of the Chūnin Exams. He later communicates with Fugi via sand clone, making the latter realise that Hōichi had failed in his assassination and had been defeated. As Gaara talks about his changes as a person and his hopes for the village, Fugi slowly realized that he had misjudged Gaara. Feeling ashamed of his actions in attempting to usurp Gaara, he committed seppuku. Later on, Matsuri challenged Shira to a battle in order to see whether the will of the Kazekage has passed on to them, as his students. Shira then wins the battle, which prompts Matsuri to offer her team's scroll; however, Team Shira declines due to them having the same scroll. Due to domestic complications within the village.

5 months ago

April 22 was when the Chunin Exams resumed. The exams continued despite the attempted coup against the Kzaekage thanks to the Kazekage changing his mind later the day after he canceled the games. It gave us a whole month to prepare for the exams.

There were 24 fighters this time around within the start of the exams. The frits round had some pretty interesting matchups. In the first round Yoro fought against Fu, Yoro put up a decent fight against the young Jinciuriki given he was Jounin Class but Fu prevailed. The second match was Neji vs Choji, while Choji had raw strength comparable to Neji's Chakra level, he was far too slow to even hit Neji once and combined with Neji's Gentle fist abilities and CHoji's poor stamina, Neji made short work beating Choji. The third match hand Surien against Aijaisi from Land of Rain with Ajiasi proving to be one of the strongest within her village. Hinata was able to beat her opponent Fuyo with mid difficulty. Match 5 involved Lee against Kegon with Lee winning due to high difficulty and was pretty badly injured given his opponent was near Jounin next match was Matsuri vs Yukata, two best friends slimair to me and Ino however unlike our fight, Masturi won via high difficulty and Match 8 was Ino and Shishio who Ino won her fight with mid difficulty.

My opponent was someone I never thought I would fight against let alone beat and that was Shino himself. Shino was one of the stronger people we had within the first Chunin Exams, having easily beaten Sasuke's opponent Zaku and matching Kankuro in a stalemate during the Invasion by Orochimaru.

"It seems I got you as an opponent Sakura." Shino said to me with his usual stoic, serious tone.

"Frankly I'm not a fan of bugs." I replied.

"Let's see how far you've come under Tsunade's training." Shino said to me as he employed his bugs to go on the attack.

"I don't intend to lose to you, nor allow myself to get covered in those disgusting crawlers." I replied as we start off our fight.

Tsunade's evasions skills prove to be very helpful at this point. The training Tsunade put me through couldn't have paid off better this time around. While Shino still proved to be a challenge due to his range advantage and the fact his insects drained Charka from me, my superior stamina and strength and speed got the better of him.

"Toge Kikaichū Yari ( 刺寄壊蟲;やりPiercing Parasitic Insect Spear ) " Shino chanted as he throws a spear made of insects into my shoulder which spreads through my body trying to drain my charka.

"ARRGH!" I moaned as the insects were draining my Chakra.

"It's no use, all your Chakra would be absorbed and you would pass out." Shino said to me however I was able to heal from the point of impact from the wound I sustained and managed to overpower Shino's ability.

"Impossible! She not only overpowered the technique with raw strength but healed her wounds so fast." Shino said to himself as I then came above him.

"Ōkashō (桜花衝 Cherry Blossom Clash)" I shouted as I manage to knock him out with a single punch. Throughout the match, I was unable to get past his insect defenses but when I did, it was a one hit KO.

"The Winner is Sakura Haruno, she'll advance to the next level." the referee said to the audience as I advanced to the next round.

The remaining rounds consist of Aemno fighting against Koji who she won with mid difficulty. Shira who fought and defeated Kiba in the next matchup, Sen beating Yome via mid difficulty

and Tenten beating Mikoshi in the largest curbstomp fight since her own fight with Temari.

A few hours passed by before we resumed the Chunin exams with round 2 with fighters getting rest and breaks to recover their energy. Round 2 started off explosively with the best match of the tournament being Fu and Neji who had an excellent fight lasting a full hour with Fu prevailing over Neji. Hinata puts up a decent fight against Ajisai but wasn't strong enough to win the fight and Lee vs Masturi lasted only a minute before Lee defeated her easily, only holding back on her because she's a girl.

Then came my second fight within the tournament, me vs Ino, a rematch of what happened before 2 years ago but both of us were fighting each other again only much stronger.

"Looks like we're fighting again." Ino said to me.

"Tell me about it, I'm going to beat you this time." I stated.

"I'm not going to be making the same mistakes as last time."Ino replied as me and her fight each other.

Me and her clash attacks with each other. While I processed superior brute force and better healing abilities, Ino had better speed and range than I did. She had truly improved herself within combat having some Taijutsu skills and her own unique fighting style using flower Jutsu, Genjutsu and her clan's mind power skills. It came down to the final moment of our 15-minute long battle.

"So Sakura, want to see my new technique?" Ino asked me as she charges up Chakra.

"Like I'm going to let you do that." I shouted at her as I charge against Ino.

"Shinranshin (心乱身の術 Mind Destruction Jutsu ) " Ino chanted as she paralyzes me before I can punch her.

"I can't move!" I shouted trying to regain control of my body.

"It's useless to struggle! The enemies this technique is cast upon are completely under the user's control as their bodies become disconnected from their will. The difference between this, and the Shintenshin (心転身の術Mind Transfer Jutsu) is, the caster doesn't project their consciousness into the enemies body. This makes it much more convenient for battle." Ino explained to me.

"I thought you said you're not going to make the same mistakes as last time." I said to Ino.

"Don't worry, I don't intend to make you surrender with this Jutsu again, you're willpower is too strong for 's to hold you in place. Magen: Chō Shinka (魔幻・蝶進化Demonic Illusion: Butterfly Evolution )" Ino chanted as she creates an illusion in which countless butterflies surround the enemy. Ino sinks me into the ground.

"What's this? " I said trying to move.

"It's a Genjustu, combined with the Yamanaka clan mind Justus you can't possibly move from where you're at. Time to make sure you're unable to move." Ino replied as she then uses wire strings and then does Dog → Snake →, Monkey → , vistOx → and Tiger hand seals.

"Damn it!" I said struggling to break out.

"Magen: Jubaku Satsu (魔幻・樹縛殺 Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death ) " Ino said to me as she traps me inside an illusion tree.

"How?That's Kurenai's technique!" I asked her.

"Let's just say I had some training sessions with her when she went to visit Asuma. Anyways time to say goodbye to winning Sakura, because I'm going to knock you out of this ring." she said to me as she charges up Chakra between her hands."Shinreino Sekiryoku(心霊の斥力Psionic Repulsion ) " Ino chanted as she fires a blast of energy from her mind that takes the form of purple flower petals.

It seemed to Ino like she blasted me out of the ring but in reality, I countered her Genjutsu last second by negating it and setting up my own Genjutsu on top of it.

"How?How did you counter my Jutsu? I could've sworn I had you with that one? " Ino asked me.

"I haven't entirely gave up on Genjutsu training when I fought Tsunade. While you're definitely much better than i am at the moment on that front, I'm better at Chakra Control than you when with that double Jutsu attack, i broke out of your Shinranshin, i created a substitution clone containing a special kind of poison mist to activate the Genjutsu." i explained to Ino as Ino was clearly at her limit, still i didn't expect what she does next afterwards.

"Well , looks like we know who the winner is. I give up. "Ino replied as she raises her hand in defeat. Ino proved to be a tough opponent but she lacked the stamina i had and my raw strength as still above her own.

The next fight was the second best match in the Second Round of the Chunin Exams, Ameno vs Shria. I fought Ameno and she was tough but so was her opponent Shria. Shria himself can hold his own with Rock Lee within his 4th gate and it was clear he had the clear strength and speed edge, however Ameno being the cunning woman she is was able to outlast him in stamina and sealed his Chakra so he's disabled of his technique, scoring her the victory in an ultimate upset. The next battle was Tenten vs Sen, Tenten had a tough time beating Sen but she was able to prevail at the end.

A few hours later in the late Afternoon was the third round and it started off explosively with the first match being between Fu and Aijisai. A battle that rivaled the fight between Neji and Fu, despite Fu's immense chakra and power, Aijasi pulled an upset victory by using a powerful Fujinjutsu to seal Fu's charka.

The next fight itself was one I was not expecting in the slightest. Me vs Rock Lee. Rock Lee was near Jounin class even in the first Chunin Exams with his Eight Gates technique and he's gotten even stronger than back then, I knew for sure the moment he turns into 4th Gate, I stand no chance.

"It would be an honor fighting the student of the Legendary Sanin and a lovely woman like you Sakura. I haven't forgotten my feelings for you since I met you however I don't intend to hold back." Lee said to me as he comes at me.

"I don't want you to hold back on me because I'm a girl." I replied as I fought against him.

Many people aside from my close friends doubted if I can even last a minute against Lee and some even thought I fall in one punch but I was keeping up with Rock Lee the entire fight. Even in the speed department, I was fast enough to keep up with Rock Lee even though he was faster, but with Charka enhanced strength, I hit even harder and had the edge of healing myself. However, after a while, Lee went on the full offense.

"You truly have improved Sakura, you used to be quite weak back then but now you're forced me to use my Gates. Fourth Gate:Gate of Pain (傷門,Shōmon)" Lee stated as his body starts to vibrate and move at supersonic speeds" Lee said to me with bruises all over his face.

Lee then dashed at me moving at 32,083 ft/sec (21,875 MPH ). As expected, I was unable to even see his attacks coming, he was moving too fast for me to land a punch on while getting mupilte punches and kicks on me. Despite Lee's feelings for me, it didn't hold him back in the slightest. I had no choice but to use the ultimate ability Tsunade taught me, even it was for one attack.

The upside of this battle is that while the Eight Gates techniques definitely give an explosive increase in power, it decreases the durability and stamina of the user. I just had to make sure my punch connects with Lee before he finishes me first. Thankfully Lee's movements are straightforward despite his high speed so when he tries to hit me with a gut punch. I grabbed him with my left hand and punched him with everything I got with my right hand.

"Mankai: Ōkashō (満開・桜花衝 Full Blossom: Cherry Blossom Clash)" I shouted as I punch Lee with all my might.

Both of us staggered from the punch and felt to the ground. There was a 10 count that occurred, I was barely able to stand while Lee got up before me at the 10 count, however, Lee was standing unconscious while I was awake and barely able to stand. Due to technically, I won barely via TKO but I was severely exhausted of my Chakra and passed out shortly after I was announced the victor. I was lucky to have hit Lee at all, however, it paid off, the 100 Healings Jutsu use of Charka with a single punch knocked out as someone as strong as Lee with a single punch. The next match was Ameno beating Tenten in a pretty short fight with Ameno barely getting a scratch from Tenten's attacks.

Then came the finals. I was still worn out fighting Lee who took everything I got to beat. I knew there was little chance of me winning the exams at this point and I was right. Me and Ameno fight against each other again evenly matched however Ameno was able to beat me because of the fact I was past my limits using 100 Healings Jutsu, however, Ameno was worn out and was essentially outmatched by Aijasai and she won the exams. Me, Ameno and Aisjasi each pulled off major upsets defeating the strongest Shinobis within the tournament via their, however, defeats both of us with her Summoning Panda and her rain of shuriken.

At the end of the torumeant, the following Day Neji was promoted to Jounin due to his excellent performance against Fu despite losing and being the one who saved Gaara's life during the Coup attempt and the attempt to capture Fu, the Jinicruiki of the 7 next day, Tsunade herself congratulated me for advancing so far into the Chunin exams.

"Graduations Sakura, you have been promoted to the rank of Chūnin, since you have made it to the Semi-Finals, you get to the Special Jōunin's Exam next are moving up very fast." she said to me.

"I want to train to get stronger, I want to be at least as strong as a Jōunin." I said to her.

"Well we have time to get stronger, soon you would be complete with your training." Tsunade replied to me.

4 days ago

It seems like life goes by fast as I'm already thinking of the last time I trained with Tsunade. I got up early at 6 A.M. Shizune and Tsunade awaits for me in the training ground on top of the Hokage monument.

"Let's have some training practice before Naruto and Jiraiya return to there 's see what you got Sakura. " Tsunade said to me .

"Fine!" I replied. Tsunade leaps in the air and delivers a Falling Axe kick which I dodged moving 200 feet away using Shunshin to move at 2436.7 ft/sec (1,600 MPH). I then see her punch coming and manages to dodge it a split second before it connected and evaded her charging strike.

"Not bad, Sakura, you evaded all my attacks, you seriously improved your evasion let's see how fast you are against Shizune's attacks." she told me.

"Right Lady Tsunade!" Shizune said as she fired 6 Senbon from her wrist launcher moving at 4400 ft/sec(3,000 MPH) that are coated in Chakra. I dodged the first shot by an inch that pierced through a tree. I sidestepped a second shot that passed me and penetrated 5 inches into a 5-foot rock and the other 4 weren't Chakra enhanced and simply all hit one tree but the poison needles instantly killed the tree and caused all it's leaves to fall off and the tree turn black.

"Hey, Sakura! DODGE! " Tsunade shouted as she threw 5 baseballs moving at 5,000 ft/sec (3409 MPH ) and created a large implosion crater around me but I dodged them again. She created 5 shadow clones and threw volleyballs at me that exploded but I dodged the attacks by leaping 300 feet into the air and into the air. After landing on the ground she then kicked a soccer ball that creates a fiery impact crater but I dodged the attack.

"Looks like she got down the evasion process well!" Shizune said to Tsunade.

"Very well then , time to see how much stronger you have gotten." Tsunade said to me as she lifts up a 10-ton boulder and hurls it at me but I stopped the strike with one hand and held on to the boulder.

"She caught it with one hand!" Shizune stated impressed by the feat.

"Take this!" I shouted as I threw it back to Tsunade but Shizune uses her Chakra scalpel to cut the rock in half. Tsunade spits needles at me hitting me directly stunning my body briefly then she goes to attack me with a strong strike but I used my Chakra to heal the area hit and counter her strike with a kick which she dodged.

"Not bad Sakura. Healing the exact spot where you were hit by a poisoned kunai still lodged in your abdomen, you might be on the same level as me soon enough." Shizune stated.

"Sakura, let's see your Taijutsu skills that you learned." she told me.

"Fine Lady Tsunade!" I replied to her as I took out my kunai.

"Very well, let's do this, don't hold back on me." Shizune replied as she takes out a scalpel.

We clash with each other with kunai and scalpel. She was able to hold back my strike with ease using one hand with such a small scalpel. I manage to hit her with a poison kunai which manages to stun Shizune briefly but she easily healed from it but it bought me enough time to strike her with a punch but it failed to do damage.

"Yoroi(鎧Armor)" Shizune chanted as she uses Chakra to harden her body briefly reflecting the force of the blow. Shizune goes to kick me but I block her right leg with my left forearm, her left elbow with her right arm we clash blows with each other.

"Let's see how strong your Chakra Control has gotten Sakura." Shizune said as she glows her arms with blue Chakra.

"Fine then!" I replied as my fists glow with green Chakra.

We both clash attacks with each other.I was able to briefly overpower her strikes. Shizune's arm was lightly injured clashing with my attacks.

"Not bad, though, looks like you have gotten stronger. Time for me to see how much you really improved Sakura, Shizune stand by to heal." Tsunade said to us.

"Fine Lady Tsunade!" I responded to her.

"I don't think I can fight her without having to use all my power, she has really improved. " Shizune said to Tsunade.

"Try fighting against this! Earth Style: Stone Column Spear (土遁・岩柱槍 Doton: Ganchūsō) " Tsunade chanted as she creates a few massive rock pillars that protrude from the ground that I dodged the attack. the massive 100 foot high, 200 ton rocks then launch into the air and 5 of them come at me. Tsunade uses her finger to guide one of the pillars at me which concave the ground 20 feet deep and creates a 100-foot diameter crater. I then see an another spear coming at me but I catch the heavy pillar and throw it aside and punched through it.

" I won't fall so easily! " I said to her as I punched the third pillar towards Tsunade but she sidesteps and it hit and destroys a 100-foot rock nearby creating a minor tremor fell down below the village. a fourth one came at me from midair but I kicked it away and it landed on another large rock destroying it and destroy the last one with a Chakra enhanced punch which destroys it completely. I was already worn out from my training.

"Time for one last test Sakura, come at me with everything you got." Tsunade said as she raises her right arm and charges Chakra around her right index finger. The Chakra charging aura lifts up small rocks in the path and flings them in the arm as her Chakra condenses around her finger.

"Very well then!" I said as Chakra charges around my entire body blasting small rocks and dust around my entire body and my body is glowing with green Chakra. Then we clash attacks and create a massive 1,000-foot radius explosion on top of the mountain. The explosion creates a minor earthquake within the village. A massive crater was formed within the mountain summit. Me and Tsunade stand at the end of the crater. I was severely exhausted from the attack.

"Not bad Sakura, that attack had much more power than I not for using my fist to block your attack instead of my finger, I would've lost more than just a finger in that punch, if you learn how to control that level of strength all the time, you could easily advance to the level of a Jōunin, you're going to easily impress Naruto once he comes back." Tsunade said to me as fall down after using up all my Chakra.

"Man you did some damage to the Hokage Mountain." she shouted at Tsunade as smoke rose up in the air next to Tsunade's large monument face with her face statue lightly cracked.

"Oops, I'll fix that!" Tsunade stated.

Later on, I met Tsunade out at sunset and she was sitting in the flower field where I met Ino at.

"Sakura come here!" she told me.

"Okay, lady Tsunade!" I replied as I sat next to her.

"You really improved, you made me proud of you." she said to me.

"Thanks, Lady Tsunade!" I replied.

"You still need a bit work on other forms of combat such as Nature transformation and Genjutsu, if you manage to master that level of technique and combine it with the Raw strength I gave you. If you do this, then you can achieve the level of power even higher than a Jōunin. " Tsunade told me.

"What do you mean Tsunade?" I asked her.

"Your power right now is near the level of a Jōunin, you are able to hold you own against Jōunin-level fighters however you lack the experience to fight and defeat them unless you develop your own skills." she said to me.

"I want to continue to get stronger. How long would it take to master Shape Manipulation and Nature Transformation? " I asked her.

"It usually takes any number of years depending on the skill of a Ninja, an average Ninja needs somewhere between 2-3 years of training just to master one Element but that's for another day, you are strong enough as you are right now." She replied to me.

"Thanks, Tsunade!" I said to her.

"You have become more than my top prodigy, you are like the daughter I never had." Tsunade said to me hugging me.

"And you were like a second mother to me, thanks to you I finally gained to strength to get Sasuke back." I told her.

"You really have matured Sakura, more than anyone else I have been a real crybaby back when I met you and know look what happened, you're not a real woman who has accomplished more in one time than anyone else has in your age group. One of these days, you might even surpass me " she said to me.

"I would fulfill that promise that I made to Naruto, I won't be a burden to him." I said to her.

"You really love Sasuke, don't you?" Tsunade asked me.

"Yeah I do!" I replied to her.

"Tell me about Sasuke!" Tsunade asked me.

"I always liked him for his good looks, cunning, cool attitude, and prodigious talents. For that reason, I was dedicated to winning his affection. As time progressed, I began to recognize that Sasuke is a real person with imperfections.I wanted to be there for him and it was because I was so weak he left here." I replied with tears in my eyes but Tsunade grabs my head and puts it on her boobs.

"Calm down Sakura, you would bring him back, you're the only one as well as Naruto who can bring back Sasuke from the darkness." Tsunade said to me.

" And I will, I envy Naruto for his increased strength.I used to view Naruto as a talentless idiot who deliberately tried to ruin my life. Naruto was the worst student in the academy, I didn't honestly think he could stand a chance in the Ninja world given he had the worst scores in the academy but then came the Chūnin Exams and missions, I realizes that not only was I wrong but Naruto was getting stronger." I said to her.

"Naruto surely reminds me of Jiraiya. Jiraiya believe it or not used to be just like Naruto back at the was the worst student there and he was a drag to have as he failed the bell test and he was tied to a log while me and Orochimaru ate lunch in front of him." Tsunade said to me.

"Boy, you were pretty cruel to him!" I said to him.

"He was a pervert, did I tell you the time that he was trying to peek at me in the hot springs, I almost killed him."then ,she said.

"He sounds like a real blockhead to me!" I replied to her.

"Better watch out for Naruto, there's no telling how perverted he might become under Jiraiya." Tsunade said joking around.

"Don't worry, I'll kick Naruto's ass if he tries that shit on me." I said to her.

"I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you, having you around is like having a family of my own." Tsunade said.

"You're like a godmother to me!" I said to her.

"Very then, you are for this day my goddaughter." Tsunade said to me.

"So I have to ask you, what's your relationship with Shizune?" I asked Tsunade

"We are very close not for her, I would've killed myself ever since her uncle died in the war . I trust her with absolute certainty." she said to me.

"Tsunade, you got some documents to do." Shizune came grabbing Tsunade by her hips.

"Fine Shizune! See you tomorrow" she replied as she walked away from me.

Present day

Am I finally going to die? It doesn't hurt anymore. Oh damn! Am I finally going to die here? It can't end like this, I must live to bring Sasuke back. I must be at death's door and losing my sense of pain or anything else...Come to think about it my body was so cold but now it's kinda warm...

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2 miles north of Sunagakure

3rd person pov

Chiyo finished putting Sakura back together in one is woke up and sees the sun setting up.

"Now that I reattached her body together, it's time I bring her back to life." Chiyo said with everyone looking in shock to hear what Chiyo said.

"Bringing her back to life ?" Naruto asked

"No, you can't that Jutsu is." Baki shouted.

"I know. Kishō Tensei (己生転生Reanimation Jutsu) " Chiyo chanted as she creates pale-blue Chakra while placing both palms on her hands channeling Chakra into her.

"Can she actually do that?" Naruto asked.

"This is a unique technique only Elder Chiyo knows." Baki stated.

"Really?" Naruto asked.

"A technique that convenient can't possibly exist. Judging from that Chakra flow, it's most likely .." Omake12 :Neji replied stating at the Chakra flow from Chiyo's body. "

"A technique that comes at a price!" Kakashi replied observing Chiyo's weakening Chakra level.

To be contintuted

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Omake 12 :Espada auditions

Aizen is watching the next and final round of the 7th Espada fighting is watching the fight between Cirucci Thunderwitch, the former 10th Espada and 105th Arrancar and Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio, the former 6th Espada and Arrancar 103.

All the Arrancars and Hollows gather are still in the arena within the Hidden Rain village where there are hundreds of Arrancars, and thousands of Ninjas watching the fight.

"Well then let's begin the final round!" Aizen stated.

"This should be interesting!" Pein replied.

"It's good to see another bunch of ants fight against each other." Baraggan stated.

"You're going down retard!" Cirucci stated.

"Let's not play around and get serious!" Dordoni demanded.

Dordoni uses Sonído to kick Cirucci 50 feet away but Cirucci swings her whip blade at Dordoni and knocks him through stone pillars. Cirucci then goes for a seining whirlwind whip strike that forces Dordoni to use Sonído to dodge the attacks and kicks back the blade with a powerful kick. She spins her whip like a buzzsaw and throws it at Dordoni but he dodges using Sonído and comes at her from behind and kicks her breaking a few teeth from her. Cirucci shoots a cero at Dordoni but he dodges it but Cirucci cuts his back with her blade.

"Time I end this game fast Whirl Giralda (Spanish for Weather Vane)" Dordoni chanted as he releases his weapon without sheathing his sword.

"Rip Off Golondrina ( Spanish for Swallow )" Cirucci chanted as large wings sprout from Cirucci's back.

Dordoni launches his bird like wind creatures at Cirucci while Cirucci shoots all ten of her feathers at Dordoni who counter with 12 wind tendrils which are shred up by the blades. Dordoni dodges the attacks and fires 20 Bala blast which are negated by the feathers vibration power.

"Diez Energía Hojas (Spanish for Ten Energy Blades)" Cirucci chanted as all her feathers glow with spiritual energy similar to a Cero.

"Torbellino Cero (Spanish for Whirlwind Cero )" Dordoni chanted as he fires a powerful wind Cero that clashes with Cirucci's blast and creates a very large explosion. Cirucci falls to the ground badly injured while Dordoni is mildly injured.

"Winner is Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio. He is now in the position of the 7th Espada." Aizen stated as he is then met by a tattooist who removes the tattoo within his chest and is now an Espada again.

"Yes, Yes I'm an Espada again. I'm finally standing at the top again." Dordoni chanted happily.

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Update1/14/2017:The largest retcon within the arc, the Naruto Footsteps Arc is within Sakura's flashback in her near death expereince. The Original plot which was my take on the Chunin Exams which had Neji wining the torumeant from Temari have been completely replaced by the events within Naruto Footsteps Arc.