Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto.

If her life was not on stake right now, perhaps she would already break into tiny, silent laughter. It was really ridiculous – what was she doing, 3 a.m. in the morning, training her ass off?

Oh right.

She wanted to prove her worth to the entire village. Yes, Sakura Haruno was not someone easy to play with. Instead, she would play with them.

Chapter One : Midst of death

A pair of dark green eyes stared at the frail figure dodging all the flying shurikens aimed at her. Should he help her?

Probably not. Although their villages were in alliance now, there was no reason to save the sorry ass of that pink-haired figure, that one who chases around Uchiha around.

That pitiful girl. She was not cut to be a kunoichi.

But then again, what was she doing in the forest, training at 3 a.m. in the morning?

It was unusual for that sorry girl to be so hardworking.

Perhaps it was another plot to impress Uchiha?

He stayed silent, hidden on the tree. He stared downwards, at the now bleeding figure.

He sniffed.

Fresh blood.

She felt a presence looking at her. Was it the attacker? She scanned the surroundings, trying her very best to feel chakra around her.

Sure enough, there was a very strong source of chakra…

On the trees, right above her.

But no.

That was not where her attacker was hiding.

Her attacker was someone pretty powerful, but surely his chakra was not so powerful.

The chakra was almost…

Demon-like.

Although she would like to continue very much, but weariness was beginning to kick in.

She could stay awake for another five minutes max.

And that was not good news.

Retreat.

She did not like the taste of the words on her tongue.

It was too difficult to let go now.

But if she persists on this useless battle, the one on the losing end would be her.

So she ran.

He smiled.

Typical of her.

But at least she knew when to run and when to persist on and fight. Has she grown since he last met her?

authors note : this is my first go at this so please, be encouraging.thanks.anyway, i know this is really short, but i wrote like seven chapters already.now i am waiting for good reviews to post them online.muhaha.