The Queen of Masks [Sakura Haruno Story]

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Hey guys~ I'm really sorry for the abrupt halt in the updates, but I forgot to tell you in the previous chapter that I had a piano exam coming up. I've finished the piano exam, but it was ridiculous this time around. 

I had a long weekend and for three days straight I literally did nothing but play piano. I probably played for at least six or seven hours a day during that three day weekend. No joke. And then I skipped school the day of the exam and continued to practise all day. 

*sigh* 

Anyways, all the practise definitely payed off because I think that I did pretty well! :D

I don't know how many of you guys know this, but I'm also one of the admins for the official Naruto Watty Awards (NarutoWattyAwards), and the entries have opened, so I was also really busy with that. Please check out the account the voting period begins on June 2nd!

*IMPORTANT! If you don't read this, you may be confused in the following chapter!*

So this isn't a official chapter, but I wanted to add this in at some point in time because I thought it was kind of interesting. It started off as a half baked story with no plot whatsoever, and this is what came out of it. I wrote it about half a year ago. Tell me what you think~

Life: #1

Age: 3

"Mrs and Mr Haruno, you two are very lucky to have Sakura as your daughter. She is such a bright kid." The daycare teacher commented in her bubbly voice that she could usually be easily identified with. "Have you considered putting her into the Ninja Academy? I'm sure she would make a lovely addition to our loyal and brave shinobi."

Mebuki Haruno gave a nod in reply. "Sakura has always been fascinated by ninja, she loves to sit on the bench by the front gates and watch shinobi come and go."

Hizashi Haruno wrapped an arm around his wife and shot a loving glance at their daughter who was sitting on the other end of the room, drawing something with a red crayon. "We definitely want to send Sakura to the Academy."

Life: #2

Age: 7

Sakura stared at the familiar face of her former teammate. She didn't know how or why she had been given another life, but she sure as hell wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.

"Hey there!" Sakura put on her brightest smile and took a step towards the blonde boy on the swings. "You look lonely. Do you want me to push you? By the way, my name is Sakura. What's yours?"

"My name's Naruto Uzumaki. And I'm gonna be Hokage one day!"

Life: #3

Age: 12

"Sakura! Get down from that tree this instant!" Sakura's silver haired sensei yelled. Her two teammates watched her worriedly from below.

"No!" Sakura laughed madly as she swung backwards, hanging from the tree with her legs. She face suddenly turned to surprise as she lost her grip and fell, an unintentional scream escaping her throat.

Warm arms enveloped her and stopped her from crashing into the ground. Sakura looked up to see Kakashi glaring at her though one dark eye. "See? I knew you were gonna catch me."