Disclaimer; Henea-Chan here! Too bad Erie-Chan cant write her chapter. Her interwebs are down down downn. Terribly sorry for the long wait! And I have massive writers block but, Lets get started!

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"Hn." Was all he replied. Until he spotted something. "Dobe. Her arm. it's bleeding. What the hell happened?" He walked over to the bed and the pink haired woman. "It looks like someone pinched her." He stated.

"Oh. Uh. Yeah. About that." Naruto spoke up, nervously as he scratched the back of his head.

"What, dobe?" He looked over to his blond friend, slightly glaring.

"See, uh, while she's in this state of mind, kind of thing, any thing that involved her harming herself, will appear on her body. Its not just a mind jutsu that'll make her feel like she's back in the past. Anything that happens to her in her mind, will happen to her physically. i'm still working out the kinks." He chuckled nervously.

"You didn't tell me this sooner?" Sasuke growled. Naruto gulped.

"Well, I didn't really think about it until now." He said, blinking and taking a step back.

"Naruto." Sasuke growled, taking a step toward the blond. "What happens if she dies in the past?"

Naruto stood, looking at his friend, and then to Sakura and her bleeding arm.

"Then she dies, Sasuke."

x

Sasuke twitched.

"What the hell do you mean she dies dobe?" He grabbed the blond harshly by the collar, Shaking him senseless.

Letting him go, Naruto withered to the floor, his eyes spinning in dizzyness. "Damn it." Sasuke breathed as he looked to Sakura.

"When will she wake up, Dobe?" Naruto looked up from the floor, staring at his comrade.

"I'm not sure, Sasuke. I've never used the justsu before. We'd have to ask pervy sage." He tapped his chin with his index finger. Sasuke grabbed his arm, pulling him swiftly and throwing him out the door.

"Let's hurry this up."

x

Wake up Sakura, Wake up.

Said girl awoke with a stir, sitting up sleepily, she yawned.

You're not quite there yet, Sakura.

She didn't understand. What was that whisper? What was it saying? Why was it so distant? She scanned the area that was known as her bedroom. Searching for someone, anyone, who may be messing with her. But she felt no presence. No chakra, no noise but the sizzling of breakfast being made downstairs.

Wake up, Sakura. Wake up.

"Who the hell are you? What the hell do you mean wake up? I am awake!" She said loudly, Grabbing the kunai from underneath her pillow.

Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, Sakura!

A sharp pain consumed her head and she cringed, grabbing onto it tightly.

"Leave me alone Damn it!" She yelled, throwing the kunai with full force as it slammed into the wall. The pain ceased. As the voices' tone became calm, yet dissapointed.

It isn't time.

Sakura glared. Knowing who's fault it is, she stood quickly and dressed at a fast pace. Making her way out of her window and to a close by dango shop for breakfast. Whether or not the past Sasuke knew or not,

She'd get her revenge on him,

One way, Or another.

x

"Pervy Sage! Ohayo!" Naruto ran up to the white haired man who stood outside of a hot springs. Sasukes' eyebrow twitched.

"Naruto! Haven't seen you lately! I heard you captured Sakura with the Jutsu I taught you. I'm impressed!" Jiraya grinned as he slapped the blondes back in praise. Naruto smiled sheepishly.

"Arigatou, Pervy Sage!"

Bonk!

"Itai! Pervy Sage! What was that for!" Naruto cried out, holding on to his head. Sasuke shook his head as the two bickered and inflicked pain on one another.

"Jiraya. Tell me when one comes out of the Jutsu. How long does it take?" Sasuke asked, looking at the legendary Sannin.

"Ah. Well, you see. I don't know." He grinned nervously. Sasuke twitched. "Ahaha! I'm just joking around, Uchiha! I've only used the Jutsu once in my life. and it took two weeks tops for the guy to come to his senses. But he didn't actually come to, until it was too late. He had been stabbed in a main artery, and it caused him to awake with shock. He said he had gone through years, repeating his past. When he had only been knocked out for a couple of weeks." Jiraya continued.

"Remember, That your dreams are fast paced. An hour in reality is like half a day in their dream. Where Sakura is now, is like a deep sleep taking her back to her past to relive it. When a tragic moment in her life occurs, and she is forced to repeat it, then that may be her ticket to reality. It all depends on the strength of her mind. There is a jutsu, However, that can bring someone back immiediately when the Tabi kako e no jutsu is performed on them. But you'd have to search many secret scrolls."

Sasuke watchd the Sannin as he spoke with seriousness. Naruto shifted his feet.

"But there might be someone who knows all the locations of the scrolls" Jiraiya tapped his chin as he recalled the memory, mumbling it ot himself. Sasuke nor Naruto noticed him speaking.

"I'll be back later! Bye!" Jiraiya waved. Naruto jolted forward, almost clashing with his old sensei to stop him but... Poof! He was gone, which left Naruto falling in a pile of random mud... or so he thought.

"Oh! I'm sorry young man are you alright?" an old woman came up next to the blonde, her little dog yapping beside her.

Sasuke twitched.

"That's some total luck"

x

Thirty minutes have passed and Sakura made it to the meeting spot where Team 7 was meeting. Minutes flew by as she sat on the rock waiting for everybody else to show up, and she was bored out of her mind.

'I'm bored. This sucks. I'm gonna kill a hoe when I return back to the present. ' She sighed at the thought. When was she ever going to return? What if Naruto doesn't know the release jutsu? Kill.. Sasuke began walking up, with Naruto close behind. Both sitting, not speaking a word. Fortunately for Sakura, Naruto was to tired to speak.

x

"Morning everyone, Ready for your first day?" Naruto quickly shot up and pointed,

"Hey youre late!" He shouted to his sensei. Sakura snorted.

"Let me guess, A black cat crossed your path?" She smirked as she looked up to see her senei's unphased expression. He watched her wearily as there was silence. He cleared his throat.

"Well. Lets get started." He walked over to a clock on a log and stood tall. "Here we go. It's set for noon. Your assignment is very simple, you just have to take these bells from me, Thats all there is to it." He shook the bells. He then turned to a set of three logs. "if you cant get them by noon, then you go without lunch."

"Uwah?" Naruto made a suprised noise.

"You'll be tied to those posts while you watch me eat my lunch in front of you." Naruto and Sasuke's aura quickly darkened as their stomachs growled. Sakura smirked as she felt absolutely no hunger. Then she quickly spoke up.

"Wait a minute, There's three of us. How come theres only two bells?" Sakura mentally rolled her eyes as Kakashi smiled.

"Well that way atleast one of you will end up tied to a post and ultimately disqualified for failing to complete the mission. That one goes back to the academy." He jiggled the bells. "Then again you could all flunk out. You can use any weapons including shuriken. If youre not prepared to kill me, you wont be able to get the bells."

"pff. You couldnt even dodge that eraser sensei!" Naruto laughed with his hands behind his head.

"Class clowns are usually the weakest links. You can safely ignore them. Lowest scores. Losers." Naruto glared. "When I say start you can begin." Not but a second later Naruto whipped out his Kunai and was about to throw it when sakura threw hers to counter act it, both kunai's hitting a tree.

"Don't be a moron. He hasn't said start yet." Sakura said. Naruto looked at her suprised.

'Oh damn. I have to act weak here or I'll mess up the past. God damn ittt!' Sakura cursed to herself.

There was only silence until Kakashi said the magic word.

"Begin." And all three disappeared.

Sakura hid well, covering her chakra from her teammates and old sensei. Sighing, the girl sat down behind the bush.

"Teammates." The word was repeating itself in her brain, over and over.

That word stung her throat as she thought about it. Teammates were her friends at Akatsuki. Deidara the art freak, Tobi the annoying brat, and Itachi the man she loves. Her fake teammates are the people who she has to relive the past with at this very moment. This situation made her sick to her stomach, being stuck with the people she hates.

'Itachi...' her mind wandered, ignoring the word that repeated itself.

"WAAH!" the sudden yell made Sakura jump, breaking the trance. SPLASH! The water was contacted pretty hard. Knowing who the idiotic person was, Sakura peered into the bush and saw Kakashi staring at the water. Suddenly Sasuke appeared and began to fight with Kakashi, which Sakura knew who was going to win such a simple dual.

Naruto appeared from the water and quickly tried to get Kakashi. Bored by this site, Sakura sighed and stood up from her spot.

"What annoying people I was teamed up with." Glaring at the three guys, Sakura's head pounded.

'I'm going to mess around with the past a bit, I'm sure nothing will severly happen to the present.' The girl quickly jumped out from the spot she hid at and landed in front of the boys.

"Move Sasuke, it's my turn" A smirk slid on her face, which made Naruto jump back into the water. Getting distracted, Sasuke was pinned to the ground by Kakashi, causing him to groan in pain.

"Sakura, move-" Before Sasuke could revolt, Sakura's fist lit up. Kakashi gazed at his student.

'What in the world? The reports never mentioned her having this much chakra. This is as much as a Chuunin! Maybe even a Jounin.'

"Let's play" The girl's smile widened, slamming her fists into the earth, causing dirt and rocks to fly up. 'Damn it. It's not as strong. stupid puny body.'

Sasuke stared wide eye'd as he turned to the girl. It wasnt even a quarter of her real power but it was still impressive. She made three clones and ran to Kakashi, Throwing kunai.

"You're aim is off." He said as he demolished the clones. Sakura ran to a tree that one of the kunai hit.

"I wasnt aiming for you." She said with a smirk, Kakashi looked to his bells quiickly seeing only one. Sakura held up one with a smile. "I win." she said. Naruto came out of the water and looked around.

"What did I miss?" He blinked.

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Sakura was the only one with a bell as the other two sat by the posts with two bento boxes in front of them. Naruto and Sasuke's tummy was growling.

"uh oh. stomachs growling huh. thats too bad." Kakashi stood infront of them. "oh by the way, about this exercise. Well ive decided, I wont send any of you back to the academy." Naruto's eyes gleamed with happiness. Sakura rolled her eyes, and sasuke smirked.

"Then-Then that means all three of us! All three of us!" Naruto exclaimed happily. kakashi smiled under his mask.

"Yes. All three of you." He paused. "Are being dropped from the program. Permanently." Naruto's expression fell.

"D-Drop us from the program! That means we can never become ninja! You said if we couldn't take the bells we'd be sent back to the academy! YOU CANT JUST CHANGE YOUR MIND AND KICK US OUT! WHY WOULD YOU THAT!" Naruto kicked and yelled out of frustration.

"Because you dont think like ninja. you think like little kids. Like brats." Sasuke glared at Kakashi, as Sakura twiddled with a piece of grass, pretending to be upset. suddenly Sasuke ran for Kakashi, attacking him. Only to be throw down underneath the grey haired man.

"You think it's all about you. You dont know what it means to be a ninja. You think it's a game huh. Why do you think we put you on squads? Did you consider that question for one moment?" Sakura thought back to this same situation, and said.

"I dont know what you mean? my god my voice.." She muttered the last part.

"I mean you never realized what this exercise was all about. Not even close."

"What it's about?" Naruto murmered.

"Yes. Thats what determines whether you pass or fail." Sakura began to speak again,

"Well thats... i mean.. I wanted to ask that from the beginning." Kakashi scoffed. Sakura cracked her knuckles as she glared.

"Use your head." 'I'll use my head alright. to bash yours in!' "Three people in a squad. Why do you think we would do that?"

"AHHHHHHHHHH! How are we suppose to know why you picked three people! We didn't make the rules!" Naruto yelled.

"It's so basic. Teamwork!" There was a pause. "But its too late now. If all three of you had come at me, you might have been able to take them."

"Excuse me. I took one. There's no might about that. I mean, continue kaka-Sensei!" Sakura smiled.

"Well, anyway. It's over."

"Wait a minuteeee. You set it up with three people but only two bells. If we work together and got the bells only two of us could keep them. That would leave to group conflict and the squad would break up!~" Sakura spoke, making herself gag mentally.

"Exactly. I purposly pitted you against each other. I wanted to see if you could over come that and put the squad ahead of yourselves. A genin should have a natural feel for teamwork. But you. It never even crossed your mind. Sakura." Said girl looked up. " you had no intention on helping out your team. You were in it for yourself because you didnt like the other members. You were selfish and wouldnt lift a finger to help Naruto nor Sasuke." Sakura pretended to put her head down in shame.

'Damn straight I was in it for myself. Not like it'll matter in the future. stupid bitchesss.'

"Naruto. You do everything on your own. Everything. And you." He took his foot harder against Sasukes head.

'keeeeeeep going Kakashi. keeeep going. His head hasn't exploded yet! What are you doing? Stop talking and smash his head like a squash! Oh. wait.'

"And you. Sasuke. Thought the others were so far beneath you they were worhtless. Arrogance. Ninja missions are carried out in squads. Of course you need each individual skills but teamwork is the most essential element. Every shinobi understands this. When individuals put themselves above the squad this can lead to failure. And death." He paused. Reaching for his weapons pouch.

"For example. Sakura. Kill Naruto now or Sasuke dies." Naruto gasped loudly as Sakura pretended to be suprised. 'I'll kill them both if you'd like. But you wouldn't like. so ennnhh!'

"Thats what happens on a mission." he paused. "The enemy takes a hostage and you've got an impossible choice. And someone ends up dead. On every mission your life ends up on the line." He walked to a large stone, that Sakura already knew about.

"Did you look at this stone? The names engraved on it. They are all ninjas who are honored as heroes in our village."

"That's it thats it thats it thats it! Now I know! I decided Im going to have my name engraved on that stone! I'm not gonna live and die for nothing like a dog! Im gonna be a hero! A hero!" Naruto exclaimed with glee.

"They are a special kind of hero." Kaksashi said.

"Huuuh. What kind of heros are they? Come on tell us! Well well!" Naruto continued to ask.

"They are all KIA."

"Ohhh. That sounds real cool!"

"Naruto you baka. It means killed in action." Sakura said, glaring at the boy. Naruto's expression immiedately changed.

"This is a memorial stone. The names of my closest friends are engraved here." pause. "Alright. I'm going to give you one more chance. But I'm going to make it much harder on you. You'll have three hours to get a bell. eat lunch now to build up strength. But. Naruto doesnt get any." Naruto glared. "It's your punishment for breaking the rules and trying eat by yourself. And if anyone tries to feed him, that person will immiediately fail. I make the rules. You follow them. Got it?"

x doh di oh oh change of scenes so it ended there and now they're eating like the animallsss theyy aree! x

Sasuke and Sakura munchd on food as Naruto stared straight ahead, trying to ignore them. His stomach growled giving him away.

"This is no big deal! I can go without eating for days! For weeks! Believe it! This is no big deal!" His tummy growled again. "No problem." Sakura quickly took a piece of fish in her chopsticks and held it up to him.

"S-Sakura." Naruto looked at her disbelievengly. 'mwahaha. I beat Sasuke to giving him the food first. mwahaha.' "But Sakura. Kakashi said who ever game me food would fail."

"Urusai. Kakashi said we needed to be a team. We needed to use teamwork. In order to do that we have to treat each other like a team. And you starving isnt going to help us. So just shut the hell up and eat this fish." She shoved it in his mouth. He chewed with glee and she gave him another piece. Suddenly a giant dirt storm errupted and out came a scary looking kakashi!

"YOU!" His face directly in front of Naruto's causing him to freak out and try to escape from his pole. "You broke the rules. I hope your ready for the punishment." He stood. doing a few handsigns, storm clouds appeared as lightning struck. "Any last words?"

"B-But you said." Naruto began.

"Yes?"

"You said that there was three of us! That's what you said and thats why.. Sakura fed.." He trailed off.

"We're all on this squad. and we're all in it together." Sasuke said.

"YEAHHHHH. WE GAVE HIM OUR LUNCH BECAUSE THE THREE OF US ARE ONE. birtchess." Sakura said, muttering the last part.

"YEAH YEAH YEAH! BELIEVE IT!"

"The three of you are one huh? That's your excuse?" He began to smile. "hmph. You pass." The storms disappeared, as the sun shined once again. "You. Pass."

"whatdya mean we pass? how?" sakura asked.

"Youre the first squad that ever succeeded. The others did exactly as I said. And fell into every trap. They couldn't think for themselves. A ninja must see through disception. In the ninja world those who break the rules are scum. That's true. But. those who abandon their friends, Are worse than scum." Naruto had tears in his eyes as Sakura watched a bug crawl on his head.

"Hes uh. you know. He's a kinda cool." Naruto sniffled.

"The exercise is over. Everyone passes. Squad seven starts its first mission tomorrow." he threw up a thumbs up as Naruto cheered happily. "Let's go home." He said, starting to walk away. Everyone walked off. leaving Naruto behind.

"I KNEW THEY'D DO THIS. IT HAPPENS EVERYTIME! BELIEVE IT! YOU GUYS FORGOT TO UNTIE MEEEEEEEEEEEE!" He exclaimed. Sakura snickered.

'I didn't.'

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The long awaited chapter is here! There are MANY ERRORS. its four in the morning ;-; NEXT CHAPTER IS ERIE-CHANS. PLEASE REVIEW! I know this chapter is boring. But you know how it isss. theres always those chapterss

-Henea outt