A/N — I tried to make this chapter longer for the sake of the audience so enjoy!!


[;Sakura POV;]

Once Sakura got to the roof she waited a few minutes before hearing a platter of feet quickly approaching its destination.

She took a deep breath already knowing what it was and who it was coming from. She sat in front of a icha icha reading grey haired nin who would become her 2nd sensei.

With a hum and the boys finally arriving she turned her head to them, keeping a straight forward expression. Huffing slightly at their panting states.

She held back an urge to laugh since she already knew that if she were to run that short distance up the stairs to the building's roof she wouldn't be that out of shape like they were now.

She rests her head in her arms in which she had brought her knees up to her chest and rested her arms on previously. She closed her eyes as she sensed 2 people sitting next to her already sitting figure.

" Aha! That's why I got here first Teme! " the hyperactive blonde stated to the ravenette. The pinkette just sighed while waiting for the comeback.

" Hn.. dobe.. " The ravenette glared before looking back to the silver haired nin, who's soon to become sensei who cleared his throat.

" Ah! Now now, settle down. As you already know, we are in team 7 but since I don't know none of your names, how about we go around and tell each other about ourselves. " The grey haired nin said proudly.

" Hmmm! How about you go first, not only were you late but you seem kind of suspicious.. " The Uzumaki looked at the silver haired nin with a raised eyebrow, seemingly to make him look weirded out.

" Oh well, I'm Hatake Kakashi.. I have a few hobbies and my interests don't matter all that much, as for my dream.. I don't have one. " He cleared his throat while speaking.

" You basically only told us of your name!! " The blonde frowned. The pinkette looked up before sighing.

" Hatake Kakashi, son of the white fang of the leaf who was also known as Hatake Sakumo. As for hobbies.. reading icha icha which is also porn, was previously park of ANBU and was a prodigy at a young age. I don't know about his dream though.. " The pinkette hummed, sweat dropping when all the boys looked at her dumbfounded.

Kakashi was first to break the silence, clearing his voice. The tension was still there yes but it helped ease it a bit.

" Hm.. We'll have to talk later pinky. As for now though.. every one of those think she said were.. correct good job for reading up. "

" anyways, blondy it's your turn. " The grey haired nin pointed to the jinchuuriki.

" Hmm.. I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I love eating ramen and.. someone.. hehe. I hate when it takes more than 3 minutes to heat up ramen, oh! And I hate traitors that turn on their friends for no reason. And my dream is to become hokage someday and surpass all the other hokages before that! "

The blonde smiled before turning back to Hatake.

" Hm, very well then. Next, duckbutt. " *He pointed to the ravenette.

" I'm Uchiha Sasuke, I have no interests or rarely any hobbies other than training. As for my dream, I wish. No.. I will surpass my older brother. " The emo one said before they all turned to the pinkette who had been there the whole time with her eyes closed.

" Mm.. Haruno Sakura. I love my okaa-san for taking me in when my biological one passed.. uhm. I love my village, reading and training. I hate traitors or anyone who poses a threat to my people. As for my dream, It's none of your concern. " She hummed, yawning as they took their attention off her and back to their silver haired sensei.

" Alright. " He clapped his hands, his one available eye crinkling up, signaling that he was smiling under the mask. With that he crossed her arms while looking at his future students.

" Meet me at training ground 7 at 5 am. And don't eat anything, you will puke if you do. I'll see you 3 tomorrow. Sayonara! " And with that the grey haired nin, poofed away into a cloud of smoke.

" Mm.. Sayonara. " the pinkette stated in a soft voice, not feeling the need to be hostile or cold to her other teammates as she took the time to look back at them.

All 3 genin nodded at each other as a way of saying goodbye before taking off in their appropriate directions.


She had just gotten home on her birthday, a large smile plastered on her lips as she opened the door.

The smile dropped quickly though, the first thing that hit her nose was the smell of blood. The metallic smell of blood. Her eyes widened in displeasure as she realized the only people who were home were..

She dropped everything in her hands and ran inside. Her eyes wide as she followed the scent of blood. She stumbled across her parent's room.

Opening the door, her face scrunched up in disgust as tears welled up in her eyes, threatening to fall any second. Her..

Brother.

Her brother was standing in front of 2 bloody bodies. The 2 people were what looked to be long gone already. She froze as she clenched her tiny fists.

She couldn't hold them back any longer. Tears flowing freely down her face as her brother turned around to face her. Walking over with a small smirk plastered on his face. She took a knee in front of the 8 year old Sakura. Placing a bloodied hand, littered with blood that was not his, on her shoulder.

" don't worry, I'll be back for you. I'll end your misery, I promise. "

And with those few words he took off. Her body moved on its own. Walking over to the battered bodies of her parents. Her clothes getting soaked with there blood. Her once bright pink dress littered and stained red now.

Blood stained her hands and the floor as she pulled the bodies of her parents to her small form. Letting out all the pent up rage and sadness as she screamed and cried throughout the night.


She breathed heavily, tears strolling down her face casually as she looked down at her hands, realizing it was just a dream, she put on the emotionless facade once again. Tilting her head back with a sigh as she gripped the covers her bed held. Her breath hitching as she sat up and placed her hands to her head. Rubbing away the tears with a sigh.

Since Sakura woke up at 4 am so she had an hour to eat breakfast and get ready. She hummed softly as she did so.

She got out of bed and went straight to her bathroom, running her fingers through her loose pink strands. A yawn escaping her lips as she turned on the hot water to her shower.

She waited a moment before stripping off her clothing and tossing it neatly into the laundry basket before getting under the warm water. She washed her body throughly before washing her hair with a strawberry scented shampoo.

After finishing up her shower, she put on the training clothes she set out for herself.

The clothes consisted of bandages to wrap around her chest, a mesh under shirt. A black tank top with the mesh undershirt peaking through in some areas. Along with a black pair of spandex shorts and her long zip up black kunoichi boots.

After getting dressed she let her forehead protector rest on top of her head, tying it under so it held her hair up as well, keeping her hair out of her face. She turned to the mirror before tying her weapons pouch around her thigh and putting her hair up into a high bun. Once satisfied she made her way downstairs.

She took out the necessary items for pancakes. Breakfast was going to be simple today since jonin tend to catch people off guard with their skills.

After eating she touched her hair to make sure it was secure before washing the dishes she used and walking over to the door, opening it and walking out. Going to her normal destination.

She walked to a tree. Masking her chakra to the point no matter what level you were, not only could you not see her without honing your abilities or using kekkai genki, but to also take a nap.

She did the hand signs for a shadow clone to take her place on the field while she laid back in the tree and caught up on some much needed rest.


[;Time skip.;]

After everyone arrived and Kakashi went and explained everything.

The clone let out a hum as she jumped back into the bushes with Sasuke. No it wasn't the same bush, they were separated but close by at the same time.

Sakura masked her chakra, watching as Naruto went heads on, obviously not taking time to strategize or plan anything out.

The pinkette knew that there was a twist to the situation. She knew that there was no way ordinary genin would be able to defeat a jonin by themselves so, the only other thing to do was team up.

It seemed she was the only one to catch onto this though as she watched Sasuke run out into the open as Naruto got flung into a nearby river.

With a sigh the close disappeared into a cloud of smoke as the pinkette took in all the information, her eyes opening and locking onto Kakashi.

Since he was currently distracted she decided to take the bells from him while he was. She shushined into a whirlwind of cherry blossoms before appearing behind the older man.

Swiftly and efficiently she snatched the bells from him and jumped back out of hit range.

When the sound of bells hit the air everyone turned to her, the bells were in her hands.

With a hum. The pinkette looked at her sensei before looking at the blonde and ravenette. With a loud audible sigh, she tossed a bell to them both each.

It was only 2 so she did not have one in her hands which meant if this test wasn't relied solely on teamwork she would have actually gotten sent back to the academy.

" Hm. Seems Sakura here did indeed get the bells but there wasn't enough for all 3. So, who's going back to the academy them? " He cocked a brow while looking at the 3 genin.

" I can repeat the academy, it's not really a big deal. It will just take less time since I've done it once already. " The pinkette shrugged before the sound of yelling soon filled their ears.

" What! No way! Sakura-Chan deserves to be on this team! I'll go back since I preformed the worst! " The blonde said with enthusiasm as he put his hands on his hips and threw the bell back to Sakura.

" Tch.. Dobe.. " The Uchiha glared before scoffing and looking away from the group with his arms crossed over his chest.

" You all.. " The grey haired nin began before soon continuing.

" Pass! "

The pinkette hummed before playing with the loose pink strands that fell out of the bun. Twirling them as she played with her hair, tuning out everything around her.

She came back into focus when she heard her sensei say something about being at the training ground at 6 am tomorrow. She decided why not and would spend the 3 hours she knew he wasn't going to be there for, training up her body.

She thought about getting some new weights to put on as well to help improve her strength and stamina.

" -kura SAKURA! " A shout pulled her out of her thoughts. She turned her attention to the blonde who was in her face, staring worriedly.

Her eyes widened and she fell back slightly before sighing and looking away from the blonde.

" Sorry.. What were you guys saying? I was not.. paying attention. "

She looked at them expectantly as she pulled herself up off the ground.

" We were just taking about going to Ichiraku to get some ramen as a team! Dattebayo! "

She nodded before humming softly as she continued playing with the loose strands of pink hair that fell just above her eyes. Pulling it back behind her ear however since it was not important.

" I'll go.. if you promise not to cause a scene while we're there.. " The blonde nodded at her.

And with that the newly founded and future respected team 7 all went out to eat together for the first time as a team.

And for the first time in a long time..

she wasn't alone..