you know the drill, thanks for reading and I, unfortunately, do not own the anime Naruto, trust me if I did Sakura would be a lot stronger. Enjoy!

Sakura stared at the Kage for some time, with him staring right back, before she finally answered.

"Hai, Hokage-sama" she said, head slightly ducked as though it would make her invisible, the Anbu were staring at her as well and it felt as though her skin was burning.

"Would you care to demonstrate what you have managed to create? I suspect it has something to do with that crystal near your neck" he said with an interested gleam in his eyes, she sighed before lifting her palm; focusing her chakra the crystal formed, hovering above her palm, and the felt everyone's chakra spike in surprise. They must have never seen anything like it before, the records tells nothing of anything like this so it made sense; the Kage stared for a long while before he spoke.

"How long ago did you discover this?" he asked and Sakura thought back when it first appeared.

"Shortly after the escort mission to waves" she said as the crystal disappeared and her hand fell back to her side, he nodded before standing.

"Sakura Haruno, do you believe this technique can be taught or mimicked?" he asked and Sakura thought about it, maybe one the Uchiha's can copy it but she couldn't be sure.

"I honestly don't know, it could be taught but maybe it can't, an Uchiha might be able to copy it," she said as she shrugged lightly, the Kage nodded before gesturing to one of the Anbu; the masked man stepped forward but Sakura didn't move, an irritated look on her features as she looked at the powerful ninja.

"Well?" the Kage asked curiously, Sakura looked back at The Third.

"I will not show anything to a masked man, I want to know who I am showing my technique to" she said and the Kage gave an understanding look, signaling for the Anbu to remove his mask.

Sakura had to suppress the surprised gasp that threatened to escape her throat, the Sharingan spinning and his face showing no traces of emotion.
'I cannot believe we have to show our jutsu to Itachi-bloody-Uchiha' her Inner and herself thought at the exact same time, she revealed the crystal technique and he tried to copy it. His chakra glowed in his palm but no crystal was made.

"Your not condensing it enough" she said offhandedly, the only reason she was helping was because she actually wanted to see if it could be done, he gave a cold stare but she didn't flinch. He tried again and again but nothing changed, he simply couldn't do it, eventually he sighed and gave up.

"It cannot be copied Hokage-sama" he said before putting on his mask and returning to his place by the wall, Sakura looked back to the Kage his eyes were closed in thought. When he opened them she felt a mix of emotions; excitement, fear, adrenalin and nervousness were swirling in her gut. He smiled at her, before sitting down again.

"Sakura Haruno, after the Chunin exams you will face an Uchiha and a Hyuuga to test your skills and see if you are worthy to be the beginning of the Haruno ninja clan" he announced and Sakura froze, her eyes wide and her mouth agape, she quickly closed her mouth and spoke without really thinking.

"But I've already fought a Hyuuga" she said before covering her mouth.
'Oops' she thought and she heard her Inner going on a rant about her being a blabbermouth.

"You have? Who?" he inquired and Sakura gulped silently.

"Hyuuga Neji, we've sparred many times and I have beaten him about as much as he has beaten me" she said, he was a good sparing partner and was also really good for testing knew moves on. Everyone was staring at her again; he was a prodigy of the proud clan.

"Well, we will have to ask Neji if that is true" he muttered to himself and she briefly wondered if the brown haired boy would tell the truth, he probably would due to being honor-bound.

"But I have a question, how can my family become a ninja clan? I'm an only child," she said and the Kage looked at her and then gazed out the window and into the starry sky.

"Do you have any cousins or relatives?" he asked and Sakura paused, her surprised face grew into a bright smile.

"I do! There all in different countries but I'm sure I can get them to at least visit!" she exclaimed before calming down, the Kage chuckled at her enthusiasm.

"Very well, but first you will face an Uchiha after the exams. Come see me to help organize the 'family reunion' will you?" he asked and Sakura nodded happily, he dismissed her.

"Hokage-sama, who will you put her against?" Itachi asked and the Kage looked at him then gazed at the stars.

"You"

Sakura trudged home, tired but excited; she entered her home and had a relaxing bath before she changed into a long sleeved blue-striped pajama button shirt with matching long pajama pants, they were slightly over-sized so she looked small and cute. She went under the warm covers and quickly fell into a peaceful slumber.

Morning came and Sakura went into her usual pattern: make breakfast, pack lunch and out the door before dawn. She went to her clearing and practiced her new eyes.

Kurisutarubyū, that's what she will call it. Unlike the Hyuuga's she doesn't need to say it and unlike the Uchiha's she doesn't need chakra to use it, the name may be a bit long but she liked it. About an hour passed and she realized it was almost time to meet up, heading to the bridged she waited for the others by playing with her eyes; apparently water was still water, it was a different color but it still flowed and it was a beautiful sight, it was like a river of light flowing and changing with different shades and brightness of light. She watched it for a good twenty minutes before she sensed Sasuke coming near.

"Hey" was all he said as he walked onto the bridge and leaned against the railing, she had deactivated her Kurisutarubyū and nodded to her teammate.

"Morning Sasuke" she said before turning to gaze back at the water, she watched as the fish played with each other. They stayed like that until the number one knuckle headed ninja made his loud appearance, the duo on the bridge looked his way and Sakura was about to greet him but the darker of the two beat her to the punch.

"Your late dobe" he stated and Naruto's happy demeanor quickly flashed into one of irritation. Before he could retort Sakura played peacekeeper once again.

"If anyone gets here before Kakashi I think they would be on time regardless of original meeting time, right Naruto?" she asked and he paused, thought and nodded happily, she turned to see Sasuke sedated and relaxing. After about ten minutes of talking Naruto and Sasuke got into another fight and Sakura had to reel them in, every ten minutes was a repeat and each time she got more violent.
They were completely quiet by the sixth go and waited patiently, they had enough of Sakura's reprimands and they would not lie that they were scared of an angry Sakura.

"Sorry I'm late but-"

"Cut the crap sensei, we all know it's just another excuse," Sakura said before Naruto could call out and cause the two males to start bickering again.

"So what are we doing today?" Naruto asked eagerly and Kakashi pulled out sheets of paper, handing a stack to each of them he explained.

"We'll be doing cooperation training and that will be it" he said as they all read the paper that was handed to them.
Chunin exams
Sakura paused for a moment before looking at her sensei, he smiled at her and she smiled back. Naruto on the other hand wasn't so excited, or knowledgeable for that matter.

"What are the Chunin exams?" he asked and everyone looked him, Sakura sighed and answered.

"They are a series of tests genin go through to prove they are worthy of the rank of Chunin, people often repeat multiple times or even die during some of these tests" she explained as clearly as she could and after a moment a look of understanding came over the blondes face and he gave a thousand watt smile.

"Oh yeah! I'm going to fly through these tests!" he yelled and Sakura envied his confidence but stayed optimistic, if she couldn't win then she will at least survive for the next time.

"Dobe" Sasuke muttered but made it loud enough for everyone to hear, Naruto paused before getting into another heated argument with the mini-Uchiha-prodigy, Sakura gave a deadpanned look while Kakashi chuckled.

"I am so gonna die" she said to herself and her sensei gave a humorous response.

"At least you can watch them suffer as a ghost" he said and Sakura shot him a mock glare but she couldn't hide the amused glint in her eyes, their eyes turned back to the bickering pair and Sakura decided enough was enough.

"What are you two? an old married couple? We're supposed to be training for the exams and your both acting like five year-olds" she scolded, hands on her hips and an unimpressed expression on her fine features, they stopped their fighting and stood strait with their heads down.
'With that kind of attitude she'll attract a lot of boys, though they'll have to be ninja to stand a chance' he thought fondly and couldn't help but feel a little unhappy with the thought, he did see Sakura in a daughter-like light and he supposed he was just being protective.
He chuckled, he was letting her enter the Chunin exams but he was not willing to hand over his Sakura to some guy who thinks they're good enough, he knew that Sakura becoming a ninja had put her and her parents on shaky terms and he knew that they left to visit families or go on business trips often leaving her alone, and in the midst of it all the two had formed a stronger father and daughter relationship than her actual blood-related family.

He saw her straiten the boy out before calling them out; they were doing the same old bell test they did the first time, two bells three teammates and one goal.
Kakashi waited, reading his favorite novel while they hid, he waited a good ten minutes but nothing happened.
He looked around before deciding to look about in the forest, once he was in the tree line fire swarmed around him. He jumped up and out of the range of the fire but in mid air was attacked by one of Sakura's kicks, flipping around the well aimed kick he landed on a branch watching the two and waiting for the third but Sakura's and Sasuke's attacks just kept coming, she would use some basic elemental jutsu's and mainly taijutsu while Sasuke would use a combination of high ranking taijutsu and katon jutsu.
He put his book away as the two kept attacking, he added his own attacks and they dodged, he felt someone behind him; turning around he saw about one hundred Narutos' coming for him. He actually panicked as they descended upon him.

"Gotcha!" all the Naruto's yelled and they soon covered the Jounin in a giant group tackle, the duo watched on. Surprisingly they weren't tired and hadn't broken a sweat, which was good for them, as the Naruto clones moved to reveal a captured Kakashi they instead revealed a captured Naruto.

"Hey, it's me you guys!" they let him go and started arguing, before he could into another fight with himself Sakura called out.

"Naruto! Release the jutsu!" she yelled and her did just that, but there was still one clone standing. They looked back from one to the other, Sasuke and Sakura wondered which was which.

Sakura told Sasuke to use his Sharingan and he did, not a moment afterwards he attacked the Naruto on the right, following his example she went after him. That Naruto jumped away in a style that was not Naruto, he landed on a branch before poofing back into his original form.

"Not bad" he said as looked appraisingly at all of them, his eyes widened as his students poofed into nothing, he felt three chakra's heading his way, he saw two of his apprentices above him and one heading strait for him via branches. The two above, Sakura and Naruto, got to him first; kunai drawn they went for him, he dodged and moved back. The third went for the bells, Kakashi managed to stop him and jumped back, and he landed on a branch away from his three students, looking at all three of them.
They three genin stood on the branch in front of him, they stared at him before looking at each other and smiled after a moment before jumping away. Kakashi stared after them with one thing running through his mind.

'What?'

"Sakura can you please pass the sushi?" Naruto asked and Sakura obliged, passing some of the sushi she grabbed a piece of crab and dug in. Kakashi appeared in front of them shortly after, he didn't look too happy.

"What are you doing? You haven't got the bells yet," he said in a gruff voice. The three spared him a glance before going back to eating their lunch, Sakura's included. He was about to reprimand them when Sasuke finally spoke.

"Haven't you noticed?" he asked and Kakashi paused, what?
Sasuke and Naruto held up the bells for a moment before placing them back on the soft ground, Kakashi looked at his waist to find the bells gone. Naruto laughed at Kakashi's face.

"Come on sensei! Ever heard of genjustu?" he called before digging in again, Kakashi sighed when his own stomach grumbled. He eyed the food and Naruto was going to protest but Sakura silenced him by offering him a pair of chopsticks, the world around him turned to bubbles and shinning stars as he took them and sat down. They all ate and talked and laughed, Sakura smiled gently at the scene, this was her family. Kakashi was the father while Naruto and Sasuke were her brothers; she hoped this memory would last so she could remember it during the exams.

They were all walking home; Kakashi had already parted ways with them, and walked down a street. Sasuke said his goodbye and went down a different street, that's when one of Naruto's younger friends ran into them.

"Hey boss! You promised to play ninja with us!" he called out pointing at him, Naruto looked a little annoyed but Sakura found it kinda cute.
'Come on, a ninja playing ninja? How lame!' her Inner yelled.
'But it's nice that he hangs out with kids, don't you think?' she retorted and her Inner remained silent, she watched Naruto try and deny the young ones hanging off his legs and pulling his arm.

"Hey, Naruto needs his rest, Kakashi gave us hell at training so he wouldn't be very good right now. Ask him tomorrow morning ok?" she offered and everyone looked at her, after some decent thought the kids detached from Naruto and agreed.

"Can you play ninja with us then?" they turned to her and Sakura paused, she had never played ninja before seeing as she was either to shy or was studying. She looked at feet, shifting a little.

"I've never played before" she mumbled audibly, the kids paused before smiling.

"Then we'll teach you!" Konohamaru said happily, Sakura smiled and Naruto looked back and forth.

"I guess I could play with you…" he said, Konohamaru beamed at him.

"Really? All right! Sakura, Naruto you two can be it, you chase us and we run! Lets go!" he yelled and the kids shot off, the two teammates just stared at where they were.

"Hey get back here!" Naruto yelled chasing after them, Sakura laughed before following Naruto. They all ran for a while until the scarfed boy ran into someone, they both grunted and while Konohamaru fell the ground the older stranger just staggered slightly.

"Watch where your going brat," the stranger growled; he was wearing dark clothes that covered his body, a hood with what looked like cat ears and something large wrapped in bandages on his back, he also had a Suna Haiti-ate.

"Why don't you watch where your going you big jerk!" the smaller boy yelled, before he could stand up the larger Suna nin picked him up by his scarf.

"Looks like someone needs to teach you some respect brat" he said none too gently, the girl behind stepped forward; she had her blonde hair in four spiked ponytails and had what looked like a giant fan on her back.

"Kankuro, leave the kid alone, he'll be here soon" she said, her partner spared her a glance.

"Come on Temari, we still have a while before he gets here," he said before turning back to the struggling kid. Sakura stepped forward, she didn't want a brawl to start so she would try and talk their way out of it.

"I'm sorry, it was my fault," she said but Kankuro just ignored her, she twitched slightly but remained calm, letting her temper loose would only worsen the situation.

"Let him go you bully!" Naruto yelled. Damn, she forgot Naruto's temper was worse than hers in these situations, where she could be calm he was a volcano. She shot him a glare but it gave no effect since he was not facing her.

"Oh, your responsible for the brat?" the larger nin asked, Naruto was about to retort when Sakura stood in front of him.

"We're sorry, please let our friend go, we don't want any unnecessary violence," she said and Naruto opened his mouth to protest but Sakura's glare made him silent, she didn't want to use her Kurisutarubyū. The other one however was not so compliant.

"How pathetic, trying to get out of a fight, I feel sorry for your teammates with being stuck with someone as weak as you" he gloated and Sakura froze. Weak, that was not a word you want to associate her with; Sakura's eyes had a dangerous look but Kankuro was ignorant of the danger he just put himself in, Temari on the other hand saw the pinkette's eyes.

"Kankuro-" she started but he cut her off.

"Enough! I'm gonna teach this brat a lesson" he said as he raised a clenched hand, ready to strike, Sakura was about to move when a rock hit Kankuro on the hand that was holding Konohamaru. The let go in pain and Konohamaru dropped onto the ground, he got up and scurried behind Sakura; the other two kids were behind her as well.
Everyone looked towards where the projectile had come from; Sasuke was sitting in a tree holding another rock.

"What's a loser like you doing in our village?" he questioned as he crushed the rock in his hand, her Inner scoffed calling him a 'show off' but Sakura just ignored the voice and focused on the situation at hand. The hooded ninja did not look happy, growling about stupid show offs, he would probably get along with Inner.

"I'll show you!" he said as he brought his mummified object to his side, it made a loud thud when it hit the ground, and he smirked confidently at the young Uchiha. Sasuke gave off a similar expression but everyone froze when they heard a cold voice pierce the air.

"Stop Kankuro" a male voice commanded. There, upside down on the opposite branch was a boy with red hair and cold teal eyes, he was glaring at Kankuro; the red headed boy had a large gourd on his back that was held in place by a white sash.

"Uh, G-Gaara, I-I, t-they-" he stuttered but the younger looking boy cut him off.

"Shut up, you're a disgrace to the Sand village," he said before sand swirled around him and he appeared in front of the two Suna nin.

"I know we got here early" he looked behind towards where Naruto, Sakura and the kids were before looking back his supposed partners "But try not to cause trouble" he finished before he began walking away.

"Wait! You're here for the Chunin exams aren't you" Sakura called, all three stopped and turned around to face the kunoichi, Gaara nodded and Sasuke jumped down.

"Hey, who are you?" he asked, pointing to Gaara, the red head turned his cold stare to the Uchiha.

"I also want to know who you are, my name is Subaku No Gaara" he said and waited for the dark haired boy to respond, Sasuke nodded.

"Uchiha Sasuke" he stated and Gaara nodded, his gaze turned to Sakura before he eyed the children. Sakura stepped in front of them and she gave a hard look at the red head, his eyes turned to her ones more, his eyes asked for her name.

"Haruno Sakura" she stated and he nodded before moving to walk away, Naruto was about to speak but she clasped her hand over his mouth and shook her head. She released him and he stayed quiet until the team was gone, she noticed the kids were shaken up, and she sighed and turned around to face the kids, kneeling to their height she smiled at them.

"How about we all go get some ramen, Naruto's treat?" she asked and they all nodded happily.

"Hey! How come I gotta pay?" Naruto whined and Sakura glared at him, her tone was flat and down right scary to him.

"You didn't help the situation before, you only made it worse, ergo your paying for it; literally" she said as she held Konohamaru's teammates hands while the scarfed boy dragged Naruto, Sakura turned and asked her raven haired teammate if he would like to join. He nodded and they made their way to Ichiraku's to forget their unexpected encounter with an unlikely future ally.

You know the drill, again, good? bad? R&R please! hope you liked it.