Into a New Path

7

"Sakura Talking."
'Sakura's Thoughts,'
'Inner's Thoughts,'
"Inner Talking."
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Sakura stood in front of the shinobi academy. Months had passed, and she had progressed in her training. She was ready to take on any challenge. Madara had told her to stay focus and not stray from her path, but some times she would let herself be a child and smile at small things. She had her pink hair tied up with  purple silk and was wearing a purple shirt with dark shorts. She quickly entered the academy and looked around. Her body was shaking in excitement, and she could tell that Madara was raising an eyebrow at her. "Woah," she said aloud and entered the first classroom she saw. Sakura's eyes widened at all the kids that filled the room. She looked at the rows of seat and saw two empty seats. One of the seat was in the far left, hidden from everybody. The other seat was in the middle of the four rows of seats. She shyly started walking towards the second seat, seeing it surrounded with talking children. She let out a smile and slowly made her way up to the seat
Sakura had made it to the seat and almost sat down, but felt many stares and got a small headache.

"The choosing of this seat was poorly made. Move to the other seat. You can not be distracted by the clans' brats. If you work harder, in a few years you will sit in that seat. You're a weakling, an avenger. You will earn that seat. The seat where the clan children are fighting for. The seat is for the best of the class. When I'm done with you,I'll make sure you're the best " Madara said, and Sakura let out a sigh and headed towards the lone seat. She sat down at the seat and realized that no one was sitting in that row. She slouched and looked at the front of the classroom. She saw a seat surrounded by many girls and curiously looked at the seat. There sat a black haired boy with a clan symbol on his back. She grinned at the thought of making him her friend, but let out a wince at the thought of the words Madara would say.  Madara looked through Sakura's eyes and put his hand to his chin. 'A fellow clan member, interesting. Now what to do with this information.,' Madara thought and closed his eyes. He would see the potential the Uchiha had. If he could beat Sakura in a taijutsu test, knowing that the Uchiha started training their kids at a young age, then Madara will make Sakura seek out the Uchiha's friendship.

A few hours had passed, and Sakura found herself at the front of the academy. The first day of the academy was boring for her. They introduced themselves and Iruka-sensei had started talking about what it means to be a ninja. He had handed out a paper to each of them and had them write their ninja goal. Sakura didn't put her goal. Instead she put her dream, it was to see her parents one more time. She happily looked back at the academy. A small group of girls were talking together, and she wanted to go introduce herself. She quickly ran to them and shyly said," Hello, I'm Sakura Haruno. Nice to meet you!" She gave a shy smile , but found herself on the ground. She clutched her shoulder that was roughly shoved into the floor. "We don't talk to a weirdo like you. Stay away from us," Ami said and the small group nodded. Sakura's jade green eyes filled with tears, but she held them back. She quickly got up and walked away from them, not noticing the small Hyuga heiress that was shyly holding a hand out to her.

Sakura silently hoped that Madara hadn't seen what had happen, but Madara was enraged. "I taught you taijutsu. It's used to fight, and you just let yourself be pushed!" Sakura let out a wince at the headache that she got. She entered the apartment she was living in and took a deep breath. "I- I didn't see it coming. I'll fight back next time! I promise," she announced. "There will be no next time! Prove yourself! Make them fear you. What's the point of being a ninja and an avenger if you can't even fight off pathetic girls." He exclaimed, and Sakura shrunk back. "It appears that I've been soft on you, but that will be no more. Starting today, you will practice taijutsu and fire ninjutsu. Once you can protect yourself from tiny girls, you'll learn how to use a kunai. Do not disappoint." Sakura felt herself slowly walk to her room and was about to wrap her hands, arms, and legs with bandages but let out a frown "No bandages," Madara said, and Sakura silently put the bandages down. "I'll be home by dinner," she whispered and left her home.