Ever wondered why Sakura tried so hard to look pretty and be smart? I'll answer you then, Sakura is neither an only child and far less the oldest of the two. Sakura's older sister is a prodigy, she's beautiful, graceful, kind, she's everything Sakura wished to be. Sakura always wanted to hate her sister but instead she envied her, in Sakura's eyes her sister had everything she wanted yet she could never bring herself to hate her. So when she had s long term mission Sakura wanted to show her parents that she too could be like her sister.