Another chapter! You guys must be so happy, I think I'm spoiling you. Oh well!

Irrelevant Thoughts: I have a song stuck in my head, and it's called Tik Tok by Keisha. I love that song!

Disclaimer: Masashi has taken Naruto back from me! Damn you! *Shakes fist angrily*

Chapter 3

Sakura slept very well last night. Her usual nightmares had not come and she awoke refreshed. Nothing could ruin her mood, not even the fact that all her clothes are ugly and even though she didn't want to, she's gonna have to cut her hair. She briefly thought about asking Ino to do it, but it would be kinda weird if she showed up at her door with a smile and scissors when they still hate each other. So standing in front of her vanity with a whole bunch of crap on it, she reached for her scissors.

No, Sakura thought, I'll do it like last time, I liked it that way. So with that decision, she grabbed her kunai and sliced through her hair, but much less dramatically. With a fistful of her rosy locks still in her hand, she placed the kunai on the vanity and stared at her murdered hair in the mirror.

Not as good as when Ino fixed it, but it gives me an edgy look, she thought. She decided to throw her hair in the trash, before she made a desperate attempt to glue it back on.

Now, time for my clothes. How would she fix this fashion disaster? Sakura didn't know how she could be this delusional when she was younger. Honestly, she deluded herself to believe Sasuke actually liked her and that her clothes were actually fashionable. Ridiculous.

Then she remembered something; it was really hot during little test Kakashi decided to throw at them. When she wasn't focused on her hunger or Sasuke, she was dying from the heat and humidity. So she decided to put on the outfit she wore when she went on a mission with Lee and Naruto to protect that fat king and his ungrateful son. A half shirt with the Haruno crest presented proudly on the front rimmed with white on the sleeves and bottom of it - showing off her flat tummy, and a simple red skirt also rimmed with white. That's appropriate.

When Sakura was done inspecting her hair making sure all the loose strands were out, she headed downstairs. She found her mother humming an old lullaby in the kitchen fixing breakfast. Sakura stared at her, never having been so grateful that she was alive and well. Her mother had brown hair and hazel eyes, and was beautiful for her age. Sakura inherited her mother's attitude.

Then their was her father - Heisei, she turned around and saw him flipping through channels. He was muttering to himself about the bad reception and that nothing was on the television. Sakura giggled softly, her father had always hated that and she used to get annoyed at him. Now she never felt so happy to hear it. She got her looks from him, the green eyes and pale skin. There was a long run of Haruno women getting the pink hair, and it hadn't skipped her. She didn't mind though, she loved the color. It was so unique.

"Sakura, what would you like for breakfast?" her mother asked. Believe it or not, but Sakura truly did get her attitude and brashness from her mother, Kioyki. Kioyki was a very calm person. But you just have to stay on her good side. Her mother was even more violent than Sakura.

"Pancakes,"

Be prepared Kakashi...

Sakura approached the training grounds with a cheerful expression. Carrying two apples, she greeted her drowsy teammates.

"Hi Naruto, Sasuke-kun!" Naruto smiled and waved.

"Sakura-chan! You look so pretty! Why are you carrying apples?" she looked down at the apples, almost forgetting she had them. She smiled back just as enthusiastically.

"Thank you Naruto! These are for you guys, I don't think what Kakashi-sensei said is true. Want one Naruto?" Naruto nodded eagerly. She threw him one, and he bit into the juicy center immediately. She looked at Sasuke.

"Want one?" Sasuke gave her a long had stare.

"Hn." Sakura smiled on the outside, but on the inside she was itching to throw the apple at his face.

"I'll take that as a yes," she said. She beamed it, aiming for his pretty boy face. He caught it though, him and his damn ninja skills. He bit into his too.

"Sakura-chan, aren't you worried that we'll get in trouble?" a sticky-faced Naruto asked.

"Don't talk with your mouth full Naurto," she scolded him. Naruto swallowed the pieces of apple in his mouth and gave her an apologetic smile. "No, I think he said that to scare us. But hurry up and finish them." she commanded.

About an hour later, Naruto and Sasuke looked restless. Not Sakura, she was used to Kakashi's timing. And she knew that Kakashi probably wouldn't show up for another few hours, so she was still planning what to change in the future, and what not to change. She knew she definitely was going to stop Orochimaru, there was just no way around that. And if she stoped him before the chunnin exams, she wouldn't have to worry about Sasuke getting the curse seal.

Last night when she was trying to sleep, Sakura thought of a brilliant plan. Find Orochimaru before the chunnin exams. It was a long shot, that much was clear. But if she could find where he was before he killed that grass nin, then she could catch him by surprise. And no doubt he would underestimate her, and that would give her an advantage. Then she really wouldn't have that much worries in the chunnin exams.

While there were a lot of pros to the situation, she was inviting a lot of cons. Like the fact that even if she did kill him before the exams, she still had Gaara, the sound three, Kabuto, and a whole lot of others that could possibly want revenge if she killed Orochimaru. Ugh, this was all so much to think about. If only her and Shikamaru had been as close as they were in the future right now, she could've confided to him about this and he could give her pointers.

And how would she even find him? When Sakura had volunteered at the interrogation center, she became pretty close to Anko. Anko had told her where they found the grass nin's body, maybe if Sakura waited there she could find Orochimaru. Oh, that could work. But would she make it back to the Forest of Death in time, if she even could defeat him? Would she survive?

There was only one way to find out. She'd have to do this.

"Yo, I got lost on the road of life-" he was cut off by Sakura and Naruto.

"Liar!" Oh, the good ol' times. She thought. Kakashi scratched the back of his head, his lone eye crinkling into a smile.

"All right, time to get down to business. Remember, this determines if you stay genin, or if you go back to the academy." Blah, blah, blah. Sakura tuned out the rest. There was another thing bothering her, maybe Sasuke would still leave. Sasuke left for power, but he wanted more power from the very beginning. Orochimaru's curse seal just reminded him of his "purpose". There was no guarantee that he still wouldn't leave for more power, maybe to an even greater source of evil.

Maybe to Madara. Nobody knew it now, but Madara was out there somewhere. He could've been lurking around Konoha for years. And if he finds out that Sasuke never went to Orochimaru, he might take matters into his own hands.

"Ahh!" Sakura head snapped in the direction of that battle cry. It was starting, no time to think about that now. Naruto was charging at Kakashi. While Kakashi was going on about waiting, she quickly hid. She wasn't about to reveal her ANBU strength just yet, this was going to be played out as it happened before. So she hid, and hid, and hid.

After about a half hour of hiding, Sakura was about ready to run out screaming bloody murder. Hiding was so boring, Sakura despised her old self. Then she suddenly felt the very familiar chakra signature of none other than Kakashi. He's going to put her in the genjutsu. Fine, she'd let him.

"Hello, Sakura," Kakashi said from behind her. Sakura acted surprised and screamed as she turned around. She found herself staring at the leaves flying around her.

"Ugh, Sa-Sakura..." she smirked.

"Sasuke-kun!" her smirk turned into a smile.

"Help me."

"I don't think I will, Sasuke-kun. After all, you are just a genjutsu. Release!" she shouted, everything went back to normal. "Kakashi-sensei's going to have to do better," she muttered to herself. She sighed, now that she wasn't weak, this whole thing was a bore. She started to walk toward the place where she saw Sasuke in the ground. When all else fails, making fun of Sasuke will help. When she walked into the clearing, she was a little disappointed to see him already almost out of the hole, oh well, she could still have a good laugh.

"Sasuke-kun?" she said in between giggles. When Sasuke turned his head in her direction, she burst into a full fit of laughter. She couldn't help it. He was even blushing!

"Hn." the timer went off. She laughed again and offered him her hand.

"Here, lets go," he stared at her hand for a few seconds, before relunctently grabbing it and allowing her to help him.

The first thing they saw when they reached the posts was Naruto tied to one. That didn't change. They saw Kakashi standing a few feet away from knew that the speech was coming, so she zoned out again. But this time she didn't plan out anything, she just sat there.

"...Now don't you - Sakura and Sasuke - feed Naruto. Or you'll fail." he poofed away. Sakura opened her food and picked some food up with her chopsticks.

"Open wide, Naruto." he looked at her, shocked.

"But-"

"No buts! Kakashi-sensei said that we lack teamwork, and if you're hungry that affects all of us. So just shut up and eat." he nodded and opened his mouth.

"Naruto finished about half the food when Kakashi showed up.

"YOU ALL... pass." he finished sweetly. Sakura grinned and started cheering.

Now all she had to do was stupid D-rank missions and they would fight Zabusa. And she still had things to plan out. At least she's a gennin.

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