Another chance

One on One! Cha!

Today me and Ino are gonna train later in the day, but right now I am meditating. "concentrate on finding your inner chakra and gently massage it so it can increase slowly but surely."  "Uh Inner what am I really looking for?" "er well you just focus and feel for your inner energy, uh just concentrate on relaxing and and er hopefully you'll find chakra" I sweat dropped, as I took a deep breath, and tried to sense my inner chakra. I focused really hard but at the same time I tried to relax, wow this is kind of hard. " you bet it takes a ton of concentration and patience to do this."

I found a door about 5'3 tall, it was a georgian cherry color with a cherry blossom carved into the door, a small mirror was attached to the said door. I stared right into the mirror, as my reflection stared right back. A small diamond appeared in the middle of the cherry blossom, as a recognisable purple diamond appeared on my forehead. "The strength of a hundred seal, we still have it! wait I don't think it ever left us!" Inner grinned while tears streamed out of her eyes, Tsunade-shisou....

Flashback

"I need to tell you something Sakura..." "yes Tsunade-shisou?" "its kakashi he..." "He what?!" "he went to find the rest of your team and he's in the emergency tent..." I turned and inserted so much chakra into my legs and ran towards the specific tent "SAKURA WAIT-Kami she won't be able to hear me now...oh Sakura my precious student no matter how many comrades you may lose I'll always be there for you."

Flashback over

Tsunade's voice echoed in my mind, Shisou..." hey it's about time to head out and go find Ino so we can go and maybe have something to eat afterwords" "your right" I wiped the tears off my face, as I stood up from the end of my bed. I decided to go and take some of my kunais and sebon needles with me. As I walked downstairs and bid my oka-san bye. "BE HOME BY 8:30!" "HAI OKA-SAN!" I swiftly placed my feet into my sandals and headed out to the Yamanaka Flower shop.

"hello Yamanaka-san, is Ino in?" "hmm? ah yes she's in her room, I'll go get her for you Sakura-chan." Ino's mother beamed a quick smile towards me as she when up the stairs to retrieve her daughter, Ino. I heard frantic running back and forth, I channeled chakra into my ears to enhance my hearing. "OH CRAP SAKURA'S HERE ALREADY-" "WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE YOUNG LADY" "SORRY OKA-SAN!" "HAVE YOU SEEN MY HEADBAND AND MY SANDALS?!" "there downstairs honey, you put them there before breakfast." "OH RIGHT HAHA THANKS OKA-SAN!" I heard Ino's heavy footsteps, "she needs to work on silencing her footsteps." Inner mumbled. "Hey Sakura! just give me a second then we can head out!" "righty yo milady!" I chuckled as Ino grinned. "RIGHT!"

We both raced to the training grounds "IM GONNA BEAT YA SAKURA" "NO WAY INO" "I MADE IT FIRST!" "NO WAY I DID!" we both busted out laughing, while holding our stomachs. "lets start!" I beamed "RIGHT!" Ino slid into a decent fighting pose. "she definitely needs to work on better fighting poses" Inner sighed lightly. I slid into an offense pose. "ready?" "ready!"

We both ran towards each other, Ino launched her fist towards my upper shoulder. I leaned back, I heard the bones in my spine pop lightly, "we need to get a lot more flexible" right! does Ino know that mind trick? " The mind transfer jutsu, no I remember her bragging about learning it when we were close to getting our genin team, saying she was gonna show off to Sasuke." thats good we don't have to worry about it until the chunin exams. Ino's leg swooped below me, as I quickly jumped using her left shoulder to help push me up higher. I slipped my hands around her neck and swiftly threw her into the nearest tree. Ino's body immediately turned into a log, substitution. I could feel Ino's leg make contact with my ribs and I was kicked into a large oak tree causing it to crack and leave a dent. I avoided a barrage of kunais, some of which exploded behind me.

We quickly begun a fight in Taijutsu. I blocked her kicks, while she intercepted my punches. We both started to kick and punch at incredible speeds. "theres an open spot where she's not protecting!" WHERE?! "LOWER BACK WHERE HER LIVER IS!"  HOW DO I HIT IT?! "JUST DO IT!"  I grabbed her wrist and spun around facing her back while locking her arm in an immoveable place as I slam my leg into her back right where her liver is located. "I WIN!" "GRR NO FAIR SAKURA YOU'RE WAY TO FAST AND HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT??!!" "you left this part unprotected and I noticed, you have to guard every single inch of your body or else it will hinder you in battle!" "right! uh you can let me go now Sakura...." "huh oh yeah sorry about that Ino" "no problem" Ino grinned hugely. "LETS GET SOME DANGOS I WANT SWEET THINGS, HOW ABOUT YOU SAKURA?!" "DANGOS! LETS GOO!" we both ran towards the nearest sweet shop, with bruises and scratches littered our bodies. It was like any other day with her best friend, just like before, before he showed up and ruined everything. I'll have to find Weasel-kun and convince him that killing his clan isn't going to help the Leaf or his brother, I hope he'll believe me, he has to for the good of Konoha and it's shinobis. "OI! Sakura you alright? you spaced out on me! did I beat ya up that good haha?!" Ino laughed with light snorts. " NANI?! NO WAY INO, I totallly kicked your butt and I definitely beat you up waaaay more!" We laughed and shared a good conversion for the rest of our time together not soon after we bid each other a good night and left home. I quietly whispered a good night to my oka-san and snoring tou-san as I walked into my room and laid in my comforters. Good Night Inner. "Good Night Saku-chan." My eyes fluttered closed as I fell into a dreamless sleep.