One week passed since the snakey mission and Sasuke found himself standing at the bridge all alone. This was a bit weird, for the last Uchiha since usually, Sakura would be there first, either reading a new medical scroll or chatting with him. Well, she would talk while Sasuke would give approving or disapproving grunts once in a while. But she always seemed to understand what he meant, so it worked out. Then Naruto would show up and talk with Sakura before annoying him for a bit. It was their weird routine of sorts...Speaking of Naruto, just then the loud blonde reached the bridge.

"Oi! Sasuke! Where's Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto. Sasuke shrugged in response. "What if something happened to her?!" exclaimed the blonde.

"Calm down, dobe, she's probably just late..." said Sasuke.

"What did you call me, teme?!"

"Dobe."

"Teme!"

"Dead-last."

"Duck butt!"

"Yo!" said a new voice. Naruto and Sasuke spun around to greet their sensei.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Nice greeting there Naruto...

"Ah, well you see there was this old lady that-"

"LIAR!"

"Maa, Naruto don't be mean to me, Sakura isn't here yet, either..." said Kakashi.

Naruto was about to retort when he got interrupted by their last teammate."SORRY I'M LATE!" three heads turned around to see their female teammate run towards them. "I had the morning shift today at the hospital and it took longer than expected. I hope I didn't miss anything..." Sasuke realised that she was still in her hospital atire. Sakura somehow managed to tie her short hair in a really messy ponytail. She wore a red and white dress with the Haruno crest in the front, a lab coat, black heeled boots and...were those fishnet stockings? If she didn't have her hitai-ate, you could have easily mistook her for a civilian medic.

"No, no you didn't miss anything, I was just telling the boys about the Chūnin Exams." said Kakashi. Sakura widened her eyes. The Chūnin Exams brought 2 big enemies, Orochimaru and Gaara. Since the moment she came to the past she could only think about the snake sannin. She had gone over every strategy that was possible, from poisoning him, summoning Lady Katsuyu, to telling the Hokage...Gaara, while dangerous, wasn't as much of a threat, since Naruto was going to deal with him.

"EXAAAAMS? NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I DON'T WANT ANY MORE EXAMS!" yelled Naruto.

"Dobe. It's not a written test, it's a promotion." said Sasuke.

"Alright! I'm definitely getting promoted, dattebayo!" exclaimed Naruto.

"Well, then here are the forms for the exam, just go tomorrow at the academy and register yourselves." said Kakashi before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"Well, let's go eat! This may be our last meal as genin!" said Sakura. She saw the determination build in Naruto and Sasuke's eyes. They both agreed and made their way towards Ichiraku. On the way, Sakura realised that a square rock with eyes was following them, or more like following Naruto.

"Pssh, Naruto...there's a square rock following you..." said Sakura in a mock whisper. The blonde groaned.

"Square rocks don't exist Konohamaru..." said Naruto. There was a huge puff of smoke and Konohamaru appeared, striking a cool pose.

"As expected from my boss!" said the boy."Whatcha doin, boss? Is this your girlfriend?"

"Why of course, Sakura-ch-" Naruto was interrupted as Sakura's fist met his face. "Don't lie you idiot!" yelled the pinkette.

"Doesn't matter, you're ugly anyway..." said Konohamaru.

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME? SHANNNNAROOO!" Sakura cracked her knuckles in anger. Naruto and Konohamaru started running from Sakura's rage. Sasuke shook his head at the scene.

*thud*

"Oi brat! Watch where you're going!" said a boy with face paint while picking up Konohamaru. "Seems like I need to teach you a lesson in manners."

"LET GO OF ME! I'M THE SANDAIME'S GRANDSON!" yelled the tiny boy.

"It's not wise to pick a fight in a foreign village, sand shinobi. I suggest you let him go." said Sakura.

"She's right, let's just go, Kankuro..." said a blonde girl.

"No way Temari, I need to teach this brat some respect!" said Kankuro.

"I swear if we get kicked out of here because of you..." Said Temari. Sakura got tired of this and not-so-lightly slapped Kankuro's hand and freed the little boy.

"How come you're not cool like that?!" yelled Konohamaru at Naruto. The puppeteer was fuming and it looked like he was gonna yell at Sakura, but a red haired boy stopped him. Gaara...

"Kankuro, drop it or i'll kill you!" said Gaara.

"Y-yes Gaara." said Kankuro, scared.

"What business do you have in Konoha?" asked Sasuke.

"We're here for the Chūnin Exams." said the blonde girl.

"COOL! We're participating too, we're so kicking your asses, dattebayo!" said Naruto.

"We'll see." said the puppeteer while smirking.

"You two, with pink and black hair, identify yourselves." said Gaara.

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha and this is Sakura Haruno, who are you?" asked the avenger.

"Sabaku no Gaara."

"And I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" yelled the blonde proudly. Gaara nodded then left with Temari and Kankuro. Team 7 looked at their retreating forms and left towards Ichiraku.

...

After she ate with her team, Sakura went home and changed in her training outfit. She took 2 scrolls that she bought the other day and went to meet Sasuke for their daily training. She was grateful to last Uchiha for training with her, even though he was a slave driver. She could proudly say that since she came to the past, her stamina and strength improved greatly. Sasuke's chakra control training ended a few days after the wave mission, but he still trained with her, even if he could have chosen not to. And now it was time to pay him back for putting up with her. The other day, she went and bought a scroll for a Katon Jutsu that she thought Sasuke might want.

Sakura arrived at the training ground. She saw Sasuke practice his Shuriken throwing. He threw 2 shuriken at the same time, that collided and sent each other at their designated targets. Saying that it was impressive was an understatement.

"Now that was impressive." said Sakura while grinning at the Uchiha. Sasuke turned around and gave a grunt of acknowledgement, before smirking. Sakura took one of the scrolls and waved it lightly in front of the avenger. "I've got you something." said the pinkette.

Sasuke raised a brow and made his towards the medic. "What is that?"

"Well, I know you're really good at Katon Jutsus, so I went out and bought you a scroll that contains one." She gave Sasuke the scroll and he started reading it, before he mumbled a thanks.

"No problem, I guess it's a good thing I saw it, since the Chūnin Exams are coming up." said Sakura.

"And what's in the other scroll?" asked Sasuke.

"Oh! It's the new poison gas I ordered from Suna, they make them really strong there. I'm gonna turn it liquid then dip my weapons in it. I can't really do it at home and risk intoxicating half the civilian district, so the training ground will have to do." said Sakura.

"What kind of poison did you order this time?" asked the Uchiha like it was the most normal thing in the world. In the weeks that he trained with Sakura, Sasuke learned that the girl had a love for using poison in combat. There were a lot of nights when the avenger would train alone while his partner grinned like maniac while playing with her newest scroll. He swears he heard her evil laughter once.

"Paralysis. It was supposed to come last week, but nooo, they had to be late." said the medic.

Sasuke chuckled. "You didn't kill the delivery guy, did you?"

"Ha ha, very funny and no, I didn't kill him. Just...threatened to castrate him if he was ever late again..."said the pinkette.

"How is that any better?" asked Sasuke.

"S-shut up! Don't you have a jutsu to learn." said Sakura embarrassed. Sasuke smirked and started practicing the new jutsu from the scroll: Great Dragon Fire Technique