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Chapter 1

So...here's a new story.

Been reading a few with similar concepts and they gave me such inspiration.

Any who...on ward I suppose?

The harsh rays of the morning sun gleamed through the small crack of the light green drapes, momentarily blinding the pink haired girl. Rolling over, she groaned trying to duck away from the light.

"Sakura wake up!" She felt a harsh tug on her blanket. Groaning, she sat up. Rubbing her drowsy eyes she stared at the older woman glaring at her on the foot of her bed. Her faded red hair cascaded down to her waist, as her arms were crossed before her chest.

"Mom?" Sakura was confused.

"Get up, you're going to be late for Academy." Sakura's mother repeated as she fully opened the drapes.

Sakura didn't budge, her brows furrowed in confusion. "What? I'm eighteen I don't have to go to academy anymore. We're in the middle of war, and Madara Uchiha and Obito...there was this blinding light and…" She trailed off, while her mother gave her an incredulous look.

"Honey, I think being a ninja is messing with your head. Now get up you're going to be late." With that said, the older woman left her room.

Sakura swung her legs off her bed, and trudged towards the full length mirror in the corner of her room. Her green orbs widened in surprise. 'What?' She stared at her reflection. Her pink hair now reached down to her mid back, full of luster and shine, her stature was shorter, and it seems like she regained some of her baby fat on her cheeks.

Touching her face hesitantly, she stared at the stranger in the mirror staring back.

She was twelve...again.

'What the fuck?'

Tilting her head up, she stared at her ceiling trying to remember how she even ended up in this situation.

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The sound of kunais clashing and the stench of dried blood filled the area. Sakura raised her head from the current injured body she was mauling over, she stared around. Her once vibrant green eyes dulled. Just a few hours ago, she watched many of her comrades die under her care.

Kakashi, Ino, Neji, Lee, and Naruto.

She first handedly watched Obito kill Ino, Neji, Lee, Kakashi and watched in horror at how Sasuke just let Naruto get stabbed by Obito, when he could have saved him.

It was at that moment she felt her heart harden. No matter how much she loved Sasuke, she could never view him as the same ever again. The boy who would risk his own life to protect his teammates was gone, instead this cold, cruel, heartless man took his place.

She had no more tears for him. She was all cried out. She was done.

Mumbling a small time of death to her fellow medics she disappeared in a whirl of leaves.

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"Sakura."

When the leaves around her disappeared, she stared down at the injured male. His eyes were bleeding and there were several gashes deeply embedded in his skin. The boy she loved was dying, and she felt nothing. No remorse. No pain. No relief.

"You're dying Sasuke-kun." Her voice rang hollow.

"Aa"

Lifting her hand to his face, she wiped the trial of blood dripping from his eyes with her thumb. "I loved you...so much." She watched his face for any hint of emotion. There was none. "I forgive you for everything you've done. I forgive you for trying to kill me, and for leaving me. But letting Naruto die when you could have saved him...I can't. I'm done Sasuke-kun. Maybe in another life team 7 could start anew, and we wouldn't end up like this. I'm sorry." Sakura leaned in and kissed the boy on the forehead.

Taking out her own specialized kunai, coated with a poison she conjured up herself she stared at the male in front of her. His breathing became more labored.

"Sakura…" He managed to gasp out as more blood poured from his mouth. His hand firmly placed on his kusanagi, preparing to defend himself in case she attacked him.

Seeing this action, Sakura gave a mirthless laugh. "I'm not going to kill you Sasuke-kun..." His grip didn't relax. "As much as I want to, I can't. Call me weak but even after everything. I can't kill you."

Sasuke remained silent, as he watched his teammate lift the kunai and hovered it over her own heart.

"Sakura, stop"

She gave him a smile. "I have nothing more to live for. Naruto and Kakashi-sensei are gone, and you're dying."

"Live for yourself." More blood erupted from his mouth.

Shaking her head, she plunged the kunai into her heart. Blood poured out of the wound like an open faucet. She fell on all fours. Weakly she reached out to him, her mouth opened as she mouthed a silent 'I'm sorry.'

It was at that moment a blinding white light filled her vision. She felt warmth spread throughout her body. The pain from her wound became dull. Closing her eyes she fell into darkness.

She was finally free

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"SAKURA, HURRY UP." Her mother called from the kitchen.

Snapping out of her train of thought, she turned from her mirror. Was this some kind of cruel joke? Having her relive everything again? Watching herself fail all over again?

Pulling out that familiar red chinese dress with the Haruno circle on the front, she slipped it on. Grabbing her ninja pouch off her desk, she walked out of her room.

Her mother and father were already seated at the table.

"Breakfast?" Her father asked behind his newspaper.

Sakura shook her head. "Nah, I'm already late." Sitting down on the front step she pulled on her blue sandal and left her home.

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As she walked down the busy streets, she let her eyes wonder. Konoha was so peaceful. There was no war, no death, nothing. Everything and everyone was happy.

This had got to be some sort of twisted joke.

Sighing, she ran a hand through her hair.

It was nine thirty by the time she arrived at the academy. She was half an hour late. Sighing again, she pushed open the red doors of the academy class room.

The sound of the door slamming with the back wall resounded in the silent classroom. Thirty heads turned towards her. Giving a sheepish laugh, she walked in.

"Glad you can join us, Haruno-san." Iruka gave her a deadpan stare, while pointing to the empty seat beside Naruto, who eagerly waved at her.

"Sorry." Sakura gave a small mumble as she lowered her head and walked over to Naruto.

Sliding over, Naruto padded on the empty spaced beside him. A large grin spread over his face. Sakura grinned right back, as she sat down beside the eager blond boy.

"Now as I was saying before Haruno-san decided to join us. Today is the day I will be assigning you into teams." Iruka spoke as he gave another weary stare at the pink haired girl. Sakura sank lower into her seat.

"Sakura-chan why were you late?" Naruto whispered to the girl beside him. A small blush adorned his face.

"Forgot we had academy today." Sakura mumbled back.

"Team 7...Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura."

The female population of the classroom turned to glare at Sakura, who simply buried her face in her hands.

"HELL YAH. ME AND SAKURA-CHAN. TAKE THAT TEME!" Naruto shouted as he leaped up from his spot and pointed at the stoic Uchiha who simply ignored him and stared outside.

Iruka picked up a piece of chalk and threw it at the screaming blond. A dull thunk was heard followed by a cry of pain.

Mumbling curses, Naruto sat down and glared at the brunette in front.

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After all the teams were assigned and all had departed with their sensei's only team 7 remained in the empty classroom. Pacing around, Naruto was growing more and more frustrated.

"GOD, WHERE IS HE?" He growled as he stomped his feet childishly.

"Shut up, dobe."

Giving the Uchiha a glare, Naruto grabbed a chalk eraser from the board. Giggling to himself he wedged the said eraser between the sliding doors.

Sakura mentally rolled her eyes at his foolishness.

"Take that for being late." Naruto said to himself, as he ran back to Sakura.

It wasn't long before the silver haired jounin arrived. Opening the doors the dusty easer landed on his head. A small puff of smoke appeared on his head. His eyes narrowed as he stared at his students. Two of the trio remained impassive while the blond was clutching his stomach on the floor laughing.

"My first reaction is… I hate you all."

Naruto stopped laughing

"Come with me to the roof." With that said, the jounin disappeared in a white cloud of smoke.

"Come on Sakura-chan." Naruto grabbed the pink haired girl's hand and dragged her out of the room. Before leaving Sakura turned and stared at the raven haired male who has yet to move from his spot. His onyx stared at into her green ones.

"COME ON!" Naruto shouted, this time he pulled her arm harder, completely yanking her out of the room.

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As the pair arrived on the roof, both were surprised to see that Sasuke had arrived there before them.

"TEME!" Naruto glared at the Uchiha, who simply looked away.

"Naruto just sit." Sakura sighed as she pulled the blond down beside her.

Kakashi stared at the trio, and mentally cursed the gods. Out of all the possible genins, he just had to be stuck with the three most dysfunctional ones.

"Alright, lets introduce ourselves. Likes, hobbies, dreams…"

"Give us an example sensei." Sakura said, as she leaned back on her hands.

Ruffling his hair, Kakashi stared at his three students. "Okay. My name is Kakashi. I like a lot of things, and my dreams are none of your business."

Naruto sweat dropped.

"Okay, blondie you first."

A slow grin manifested on his face. "YOSH. Uzumaki Naruto-sama. I love ramen and Sakura-chan. I hate waiting the three minutes for ramen to cook, and my dream is to become the best and strongest Hokage ever."

Sakura frowned at this. 'Too bad he died before he could accomplish this.' A small mocking voice echoed in her head.

"You're next." Kakashi pointed at her.

Clearing her throat she briefly glanced at Sasuke and Naruto. "My name is Haruno Sakura. I love sweets, ramen and Naruto-" At this Naruto's grin grew larger. "-I dislike...stuff, and my dream is... for Naruto to become Hokage."

Kakashi gave the girl a weird look before turning his attention to the last member of his team.

Sasuke folded his hands under his chin, his face remained impassive. "Uchiha Sasuke. I don't like a lot of things, and dislike many things. My ambition is to find a certain man."

Kakashi was throughly shocked. Before he had agreed to take on this team, he read each of their files. Naruto was what he was expecting but Sakura and Sasuke? From her files it clearly stated that Sakura Haruno had no bloodline, but was gifted in genjutsu and chakra manipulation, but was too infatuated with the Uchiha to practice her skills. Yet, from her introduction it seemed as it Sakura was more in love with Naruto than Sasuke. While with Sasuke he was expected something along the lines of killing a certain man. Shaking his head, he jumped off the railing.

"Alright, tomorrow training ground 3 at 5:00am...oh and don't eat any breakfast." With that said he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"SAKURA-CHAN LETS GO-" Naruto was cut off but the stoic Uchiha who had just strode up to the surprised pink haired girl.

"Sakura."

The said girl turned towards the Uchiha. Her eyes widened when she saw the familiar blue chakra form around his hand, and the sound of a thousand birds fill the roof top. Charging at her, Sakura flipped backwards just in time to see Sasuke's hand collide with the ground she was standing on just a few seconds ago.

Dust and chunks of the roof flew up in the air.

"TEME, WHAT THE HELL?" Naruto tried to lunge at the Uchiha but was pulled back by Sakura.

The girl stared at the Uchiha, who was dusting off his hands. His eyes bore into hers, the same way they did during the war.

"That's what I thought." With that said, Sasuke leaped of the roof.

"TEME!"

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