>>3498141
>Abnormal Physical Capabilities and highly trained martial arts skills.
>Wild Card
Fuck bloodlines

>>3498141

Before anyone ask. I have thought long and hard about who would be the best character for a CYOA quest without being restrictive or ruining the fun aspect without sacrificing importance to the story. And I ended up going with the blank slate for this to better mold accordingly.

>>3498147
Why not make completely original character?
>>3498145
+1

>>3498152

Because I want this to be within the Konoha 12 generation and thought it would be too much to just replace a person while still achieving that goal.

>>3498141
>You are Sakura Haruno, a twelve year old pink haired girl.
So we're useless for most of the entire series

>>3498157
>Because I want this to be within the Konoha 12 generation and thought it would be too much to just replace a person while still achieving that goal.

So, we're actually an OC then?

>>3498163

If you want to look at it like that. Nothing in this is set in stone like in the story, so divergences can happen.

>>3498141
>>One of the Five Chakra Elements already unlocked and highly skilled in it.
>>A Lost Kekkei Genkai

>>3498141
>>Abnormal Physical Capabilities and highly trained martial arts skills.
>>Wild Card

>>3498141
>Wild Card x2

I hope it's the lost bloodline of 'Common Sense'.

>>3498141
>Abnormal Physical Capabilities and highly trained martial arts skills
>Wild Card

So we are basicly OC that's pretending to be Sakura... Hard pass for me.

>>3498207
I think it’s more like we’re replacing a non-essential element of the narrative

>>3498141
>Abnormal Physical Capabilities and highly trained martial arts skills.
You'll have prise punchy bruiser Sakura from my dead body.
>Wild card
FATE TAKE THE WHEEL

Elemental chakra can probably be learnt with some hard work later, clan techniques are boring and a lost kekkei gekai is just asking for the vultures (and snakes) to circle.

>>3498141
>Abnormal Physical Capabilities and highly trained martial arts skills
>Wild Card
I hope we can call out Sauske for being the edgy faggot he is and bully him for being to much of a bitch to train for his power once he gets the curse mark

>>3498207

This anon right here >>3498214 gets it. You're still Sakura at the end of the day. How she acts will be entirely based around majority rule based on picks. We're just ironing out any inconsistency or lack of foresight since Kishimoto couldn't be bothered.

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>>3498141
>Abnormal Physical Capabilities and highly trained martial arts skills.
>A jewel that gives off a weird feeling (gelel stone)

Eh nothing of the given options besides physical prowess interested me.

>>3498141
>>Abnormal Physical Capabilities and highly trained martial arts skills.
>>Wild Card

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>>3498141
>Abnormal Physical Capabilities and highly trained martial arts skills
>Wild Card
*AHEM*
Fuck bloodlines
Fuck tailed beasts
Fuck eye powers
And most of all fuck Madara and his gay ass tree

>>3498254
Would be more convincing if you weren't picking wild card.

>>3498235
>>3498238
>>3498145
>>3498152
>>3498179
>>3498197
>>3498215
>>3498221

You come from a normal family. Although your ancestors might have been ninjas during the founding of the village, it didn't mean you were born into a clan or held any noteworthy standings like some of your other classmates. What you did have an abnormal physical physique. It was forged through both good general genetics and hard work.

Ever since you were a small kid, you were rather strong and resilient. The kids that picked on you for your large forehead also unfortunately had to acknowledge you were quite hard to put down.But given your own strength, you didn't have the confidence to use it. In fact, you was positively terrified of it. Every day it was a hassle not to break the dining ware or leave collateral damage and trouble your hard working parents. Perhaps that's why it was so easy for other kids to bully you despite your gifts and natural talents.

However, someone did came into your steed and protected you from the bullies. It was your best friend Ino Yamanaka who helped you out through your time being considered a freak due to your wide forehead, unusual hair/eye color and your physical prowess. Over the following years, Ino's guidance and friendship helped you bloom and become stronger.

Did you have any other friends during childhood? Choose up to three

>Hinata Hyuuga
>Tenten
>Kiba Inuzuka
>Shino Aburame
>Rock Lee
>Shikamaru Nara
>Neji Hyuuga
>Sasuke Uchiha??
>Naruto Uzumaki???
>Someone Else

>>3498263
>Tenten
>Kiba Inuzuka
>Shino Aburame

The wird crew!

>>3498263

>Hinata Hyuuga
>Someone Else- Choji Akamichi
>Shikamaru Nara

>>3498263
>>Tenten
>>Shino Aburame
>>Shikamaru Nara
Poor Choji. Always forgotten.

>>3498263
>Rock Lee
Super strenght training buddies. The beautiful green beast and beautiful spring blossom on Konoha.
>Naruto Uzumaki???
Give the boy a friend already.
>Shikamaru Nara

>>3498230
I guess. Also Gelel post being included is a mistake or is it the wild card?

>Tenten
>Kiba Inuzuka
>Shino Aburame

Let's go the unloved ones.

>>3498263
>Naruto
>Lee
>Shikamaru

I really wanted to put both Sasuke and Naruto but that feels like cheating almost.

>>3498274
kinda feels like that when people go for both in other quests,

>>3498272

You'll just have to see

>>3498263
>Rock Lee
>Tenten
>Kiba Inuzuka

>>3498263
>Rock Lee
>Shikamaru Nara
>Naruto Uzumaki???

>Strenght and martial art Sakura
>Not wanting to have Lee (+ Gai) on tap

>>3498277
Your not a Turtle... So your not the QM!
>>3498280
Shocking I know that I'm not interested in them.

>>3498263
>>Hinata Hyuuga
>>Tenten
>>Rock Lee

>>3498263
>Rock Lee
>Naruto Uzumaki???
These two are pretty much village outcasts for one reason or another so I think will get along well with each other as well. Imagine all of Naruto's clones with Lee and Gai trained taijutsu.

>Shikamaru Nara
If we're befriending the future hokage we might as well start laying the foundations for this guy to become his shadow vizer instead of running off to Sand.

>>3498263
>Naruto
>Rock Lee
>Shikamaru
We only hang out with people who have ambition to improve themselves. Not clan wanking faggots.

>>3498289
If that was true you would drop shikamaru as he has no ambition.

>>3498289
>Shikamaru
>ambition to improve
Don't get me wrong, he's a good pick, but that ain't the reason.

>>3498263
>Naruto Uzumaki
>Rock Lee
>Shikamaru

>>3498271
>>3498274
>>3498280
>>3498288
>>3498289
>>3498298
Through Ino's help you ended gradually becoming more confident and break out your timid shell. Previously you used to hold back your emotions and kept to yourself. When you didn't have anyone, you used to talk to yourself and hanged out in the fields. Flowers were something you genuinely like. Makes sense when your name literally comes from a plant. It was how Ino ultimately found you, but every time she tried to talk to you prior you were too scared to speak and ended up running away.

Now those days were slowing going away as you hanged out with Ino. Through her you found yourself getting tangled in the antics of both Shikamaru Nara and Naruto Uzumaki. For Shikamaru it was a no brainier. Both he and Ino come from families that were strongly tied to one another in the Ino-Shika-Cho formation. You did have a connection to Shikamaru through your intelligence. Like you, he was highly intelligent and perceptive. It was arguable between the two of you who was the smarter one in your academy's generation. But most tend to fall upon you since unlike you Shikamaru was lazy and normally unmotivated. A bookwarm like you was naturally off put by this and often but in to try and get Shikamaru to do more than waste his talents away.

Naturally Shikamaru found you to be a total drag, but there was something about you that made him put a little more effort into things. You were Ino's best friend sure, but you had a fellow kinship with him. Now for Naruto Uzumaki however, there was little you knew about him. From what Ino and the rest told you, he was a class clown that always got into trouble and looking for attention. It made you think back to when you were alone. How you wanted to make ties with someone, anyone and not freak them out. Perhaps in some ways, you were just as much of an outcast as both Naruto and Shikamaru. So one day during one of Naruto's schemes, you decide to talk to the eight year old for the first time.

con


I can be a turtle if I wanted to. >>3498285

>>3498263
>Naruto
>Rock Lee
>You and your gang bullied Sauske because of his constant clan faggotry
Fuck clan fags, he's a school shooter anyway it's not like this would change anything

>>3498302

Naruto was naturally took back by your sudden decision to talk to him. He told you to shush though since he was hiding from the adults after painting on the walls again. You didn't take that well but you spontaneously took part in hiding with Naruto to get to know him better. He slowly open up and told you about how he always felt like he was being blamed or hated for something that he didn't do or know what he did. This really spoke to you as you asked him about his parents. He revealed to you that he doesn't have anyone except for the third hokage.

From that day on, you decided to be a part of Naruto's life as another one of Naruto's treasured friends. Sure that meant you often got dragged along to take part in many of Naruto's antics and pranks. You even found yourself often apologizing to the villagers whenever he was caught. This didn't do any favors for you since alongside Shikamaru, you were labeled as the outcast trio. But even so, as you hang out with Naruto you found yourself feeling free. Free to be yourself and free to open up and laugh. Of course Naruto was never dumb enough to pull a prank on you. Even if you don't mean it, sometimes you end up scaring him with your herculean strength. Most of the time it was on accident, but nonetheless there was time that you had to reel him in for goodness sakes.

Lastly there was Rock Lee. As suggested by both Naruto and Ino, you decided to do some exercises to try and get the pent up feelings out of you as well as get better control of your freakish strength. So you often woke up extra early to train when it was still dark. Easier said than done you often thought to yourself. Strong or not, you was still a young child and it was positively obnoxious for you to be waking up to yourself trying to keep it together. That's when during a morning jog into the woods you ended up seeing a rather strange sight. There was Rock Lee currently walking on his hands trying to keep balance while jogging.

Against your best intentions, you decide to talk to him in mid-jog. Much to your shock and mild annoyance, he ended up gushing over a girl like you talking to him. What was both Naruto and Lee acting dumb to you during the first time you decide to talk to them?

Regardless, you and Lee manage to find things to talk about during your jogs. Over time he slowly reveals to you that he didn't have any talent for Ninjutsu or Taijutsu. In fact he couldn't use any of it. So for the longest time he been training his physical body to better use Taijutsu. Unlike Lee, you can use all the jutsus no problem. It was just having control over your physical output that was your problem. Ironic since your chakra control was so refined and well attuned that you could do it in your sleep. And sometimes you did just to see if you could.

con

>>3498325

Although you found Rock Lee to be positively weird and goofy like a certain Blond haired Ninja you know and a lazy brown haired ninja as well. It didn't change the fact you ended up respecting Rock Lee whenever the two of you chatted during your jog. His training was earnest and shown to be doing good for him. And if nothing else, you didn't have to result to talking to yourself again during night practice. So for better or worse, you ended up joining Rock Lee in his training methods. Though, you still couldn't bring yourself to openly do them in public. They were too...embarrassing for you. Luckily Lee was a good sport and kept you company during night training.

One day on a clear stary night, you were walking over to Naruto's place to give him some dinner. Your parents cooked a proper meal for the orange ninja since you ranted about his terrible lifestyle. You'd think if you didn't do these things from time to time, he'd die from improper nourishment from his ramen diet.

As you were closing in on his house, you see something strange in the distance. There was a child with dark blue hair and lavender eyes currently looking at what you think was Naruto's apartment from afar.

What do you do?

>Confront Her
>Surprise her
>Hide and watch her from afar
>Ignore it and give naruto his dinner
>Something else

>>3498340
>>Surprise her
We can't drag this out too long - can't let the food get cold!

>>3498340
>Hide and watch her from afar
It takes two to double-stalk

>>3498340
>>Confront Her
Nip it in the bud. If we get this right maybe we can keep her from becoming a creepy stalker like in canon.

>>3498345
+1 to surprise Ms. Susuke. Unless we are making a joke that his hair makes him look like a girl.

>>3498340
>Surprise her
We do need to nip this in the bud for everyones sakes, but confronting her is a bit too harsh.

>>3498353
...isnt this Hinata though?

>>3498340
>>Confront Her
>Walk up to her and talk like normal human being

>>3498340
>>Surprise her

Approach her normally and she 100% runs.

>>3498345
>>3498353
>>3498360
>>3498366


You take a few seconds to look at the person. From what you can tell, it was Hinata Hyuuga. Judging by your memory of her, you knew her to be the quiet girl in class. This seems to hit closer to home to you since before your friends you were no different than Hinata. Although for you it was a bit different since you talked to yourself a lot and just avoided confrontation altogether cause of your looks. Still, you needed to do something quick before the dinner gets cold. The last thing you wanted was for Naruto of all people to lecture you.

You decide to sneak forward via using your chakra control to walk on the walls. This was the best compromise to avoid making sounds while keeping the dinner safe in it's portable bento. Once you were close enough, you gentle drop to the ground without Hinata noticing. Afterwards, like a normal human being you tried to ask her what she was doing.

"Eeeep!"

Hinata almost jumped out from her hiding spot by the sudden delivery by you. You made sure to avoid knocking into her and spilling the bento.That didn't stop you from apologizing and calming Hinata down. You tell her your name which she did the same despite both of you knowing each other's names in the academy. With careful care and precise words, you asked Hinata what she was doing. She tells you that she wanted to thank Naruto for helping her with those bullies the other day. Unfortunately, she was too nervous to find the right excuse to confront and thank him. Especially since her father told him to avoid going to him. He never said why just to do it. This was the same excuse that all the other adults you know gave. But it wasn't like they were going to tell an eight year old why they should avoid Naruto.

What do you do?

>Give Hinata the bento and tell her to deliver it to him
>Drag Hinata with you and knock the door.
>Ignore Hinata and go back to delivering the bento
>Raise her Spirits
>Something else

>>3498383
>Something else
>Whore ourselves
Gotta help pay the bills

>>3498383
>Raise her spirits
To psyche her up a bit, then
>Drag Hinata with you and knock the door.
We must aquire new friend

>>3498383
>Drag Hinata with you and knock the door
Strength

>>3498383
>Look at her smugly
>"Oh, I get it."
>Drag her to the door

>>3498383
>>3498388
Support

>>3498388
Support

>>3498388
This
Haha Daddy is going to flip when he realizes his daughter is hanging out with the weirdo group. Excellent.

>>3498388
+1

>>3498388
>We must aquire new friend
+1

>>3498383
>>Drag Hinata with you and knock the door.

>>3498388
>>3498389
>>3498391
>>3498392
>>3498397
>>3498406
>>3498410
>>3498411
>>3498413
A small grin forms on your face as you look rather smugly at Hinata. Naruto was starting to be a bad influence on you. Or pent up emotions were slowly corrupting you the more you find ways to let them out. Either way, you gently place your hand on Hinata's shoulder, other hand still holding on to the bento. It wasn't going anywhere with your inhuman strength plus chakra control holding it in your palm.

You first decide raise Hinata's spirits up. Getting her psyche up about not doing what her father tells her. It was the right thing to show gratitude over being rescued. You also mention that Naruto is harmless and nothing like those rumors. Yet you do point out that's quite immature and a total goof which ended up making Hinata laugh a bit. She thanks you for being so kind and supportive to her.

However, as she was preparing to leave, you slowly tighten your hand on her shoulder. That grin you had only widen further. Almost like you were the Cheshire cat. This made Hinata quite nervous and a little frighten. You reassure her fears, telling her that all your doing is just giving her a little push....by having her come with you to deliver dinner. Hinata freaks out over this, trying her best to break free from your grip. A futile effort on her part as you don't even notice her hard attempts. Even if she managed to hit your chakra points, your herculean strength was still too overpowering for her to break free.

So Hinata was forced to failing her hands while you casually walk to Naruto's apartment. Even with Hinata dragging her feet down, it didn't take you long to reach his house with your strength. With just a simple knock, you manage to alert Naruto of your presence. He was making his way to you as he was about to open the door.

How do you procceed?

>Hand Hinata the bento and leave it up to her.
>Give Naruto the bento and introduce Hinata
>Spill the Secret
>Something Else

>>3498383
>Ignore Hinata and go back to delivering the bento

>>3498433
>>Hand Hinata the bento and lead her.

>>3498433
>Give Naruto the bento and introduce Hinata

>>3498433
>Give Naruto the bento and introduce Hinata

>>3498433
>Give Naruto the bento and introduce Hinata

>>3498433
>Give Naruto the bento and introduce Hinata

>>3498437
+1 We don't need the boy, we got Muscles.

>>3498433
>>Give Naruto the bento and introduce Hinata

>>3498433
>Give Naruto the bento and introduce Hinata

>>3498438
>>3498445
>>3498447
>>3498448

Once Naruto was outside, he looks at the food which ends up making his stomach growl. You laugh it off before handling it to him. Imminently he went and ate the bento box. You twitch a bit by his spontaneous action but decided to just roll with it. You push Hinata to say her name, only letting go of her once she confirmed she wasn't going to run away. Chances are you would've chased after her, restrain her and drag her back to try again. Of course that would only scare both Naruto and Hinata. So it was good on you that she didn't do that.

"H-Hello....M-My name is H-Hinata Hyuuga...we met once before...and I-I'm in your class."

"Hmm, oh yeah I remember you. You were the gloomy quiet girl in the back~"

Some part of you really wanted to punch Naruto for not getting the mood. You honestly had your work cut out for you. Even so, you rebound on this by nudging Hinata to break out of her gloom by reminding her about why she came here. She slowly gets the confidence to say what she wanted to say and thank Naruto for helping him. Naruto's eyes widen, dropping his chopstick on the rice as he hears the words thank you.

"...No problem. I'm glad that I was able to help...dattebayo..."

Naruto ended up crying a bit from the exchange. He hid his face and tried to downplay his effort by saying he still got his butt kicked. But Hinata refute his words, saying that he action and intent matter more than the result. Hinata cheering on Naruto and her gratitude only made Naruto cried more at the acknowledgement.

>Making an excuse to go home and giving Hinata a thumbs up
>Give them both a hug
>Tease them both
>Something else

>>3498479
>>Making an excuse to go home and giving Hinata a thumbs up

>>3498479
>>Give them both a hug
Put those muscles to good use.

>>3498479
>Give them both a hug
God this is so soft. I can't believe they're going to be killing people soon

>>3498479
>Making an excuse to go home and giving Hinata a thumbs up
Miss me with this mushy noise, time for more 8 yr old gainz

>>3498479
>Give them both a hug

One interaction isn't going to magically cure Hinata's shyness, and Naruto at eight can't read the mood even if it bit him. Sakura needs to be around to mediate if we want this friendship to get off the ground.

>>3498479
>Drag them inside so they can stop making fools of themselves
>Make some tea so we can converse like people
>Murmur under a nose about lack of decent tea in these house

>>3498479
>Give them both a hug

>>3498479
>Give them both a hug
>"Get it together you dorks."
>Use the grip you have from the hug to lift them both off the ground and get them inside so they can stop making fools of themselves

>>3498520
>>3498511
>>3498505
>>3498497
>>3498491

You decide to hug them both as they were having a moment. Both to support them, and to slowly move them inside so they don't embarrass themselves. >>3498535 You say these words while proving to the both of them at you are really strong as you got them inside without effort. Both making notes not to anger you as it as like pissing off an elephant or gorilla.

Naruto was dense and Hinata was too shy, so you needed to be the mediator to actually make this work. Though internally you was screaming Shannarō over succeeding. Shannaro? Great, now you're even starting to have your own catchphrase. Naruto and Shikamaru really were rubbing off on you the more you spent with them. So you decide to make some tea and actually use what Naruto had to make a proper dinner. Mental note you have is to use grocery shopping as an excuse to get the two of them closer and make sure Naruto actually bought more than what he likes. Maybe you could even use cooking you learning from your mom as another weapon.

Later down the line, you were walking from doing some errands for you home. As you take a path down the road, you see someone sitting on a bridge looking at the sunset. It was a boy with raven hair looking rather somberly at the water.

How do you proceed?

>Go to him and ask about his problems
>Leave him be to go finish your errands
>Do something to make him smile
>Something Else

>>3498559
>>Leave him be to go finish your errands

>>3498559
>Do something to make him smile
We gotta bust out the big guns here. Have her channel her inner Naruto / Lee.

>>3498559
>Do something to make him smile

>>3498559
>Do something to make him smile

>>3498559
>>Leave him be to go finish your errands

>>3498581
>>3498590
>>3498601

You decide that you mom can wait a little longer before you return with the goods. So instead of going home, you slowly approach the lonely kid. The trip from down the hill to the bridge gave you enough time to really think about what you can do to make them smile. The closer you got the more you notice that the kid was Sasuke Uchiha. He was a fellow classmate of yours. He was usually so chipper and happy in the few moments you saw him.

Ino was head over heels for him for reasons you didn't really understand. You yourself while thought he was a bit cute was far too distracted by training and bookwork. In addition, alongside matchmaking for others, you really didn't establish any feelings for yourself. Your day was full enough handling the nonsense from your small group of friends.

Once you was in range, you begin to channel what would Naruto and Lee would do in a situation like this. So you imminently start hoping on one hand to balance yourself once you got Sasuke's attention. You begin to use your fingers to spins you around like a ballerina. Twirling your legs a bit while mentally thankful you was wearing shorts today. You spin faster and faster as Sasuke observed your technique. He ended up laughing a bit the moment you purposely made yourself lose balance in order to fall like one of those goofballs.

"..Just what are you doing..."

You tell him you're making a fool out of yourself to make Sasuke smile, which ended up succeeding. Once you saw it was safe to go near him, you took a seat next time him. He got back to sitting down on the bench.

"..You're pretty talented for a bookworm."

Sasuke starts to slowly open up, telling you that he came out here after once again failing his clan's rite of passage. He wanted to impress his father who had eyes on his older brother Itachi. Sasuke beat himself over the fact he wasn't as good as his brother despite training so hard. You can relate in some regards despite being an only child.

How do you react?

>Offer to help Sasuke
>Raise his moral
>Tease him a bit while motivating him
>Apologize and cheer him up before going away
>Something else

>>3498622
>Well if your dad's focused on Itachi, maybe spend time with your mom? I'm sure she could help you, and if not then make your mom happy by spending time with her.

>>3498622
>>3498639
This is good.

>>3498639
>>3498622
This
I'd also say
>Offer to help Sasuke
Because as the clan head's wife I'm sure his mom must have other duties to tend to - then he can come to us.

>>3498652
>>3498639
These are good.
....are we setting him up for more heartbreak down the line here?

>>3498622
>>3498639
>"Sometimes in life you just have to be patient and stay at it, but you should never let only one aspect of your life dominate your entire existance. Take some time to do things that make you happy, don't let all this pride and tradition stuff get to your head."
School shooter disarmed

>>3498666
Now we just need to give Itachi some sage wisdom.

>"If a one eyed old guy tells you to murder your entire clan to keep said clan from staging a coup, kill him and just beat the shit out of your clan until they promise not to do it."

>>3498639
>>3498643
>>3498652
>>3498655

You listen to Sasuke story before an idea came to your head. With careful tact, you mention to the young uchiha boy that if his father focused on Itachi then he should spend time with his mom. You mention the bond you have between you and your mom and point out all the times she helped you grow. Sasuke slowly starts to let this sink in as you continued. Even if she didn't have the means to help, just spending time was enough to make her happy. Sasuke's eyes widen at this as you gave a smile and the sun hit your body the right way to make it seem like you were glowing.

"Mmm, yeah...I think I'll go do that. I haven't given up wanting father to acknowledge me. But I'll go spend my time with mother in the meantime. Thank you."

You encourage Sasuke on his goal as the two of you exchange names names as you smile at one another. Then, you quickly grab your bag and run up the hill. You turn to Sasuke one last time while keeping your smile. You then tell him that if he still wants to learn how to use the fireball jutsu, you would help him out as well. You mention that your intelligence and chakra control being a good indicator to help maximize his efforts. Sasuke agrees to take your advice if his mother couldn't help and hurries his way home.

You quickly do the same since you didn't want to be lectured by your mom. But even if that happens, you would still feel good for helping Sasuke out. At the same time it makes you think back to the jutsu that Sasuke mentions. That was a fire jutsu wasn't it? He's the same age as you and already he knows what chakra affinity he has. That's pretty impressive. It makes you think more about what you had.

>Find out your Chakra Affinity
>Continue with what you been doing for training
>Practice the basics some more.
>Something else

adding this 3498666 to >>3498670

>>3498670
>Practice the basics some more.
Mrs. Fundemental

>>3498670
>>Find out your Chakra Affinity

>>3498670
>>Practice the basics some more.

>>3498670
>Continue with what you been doing for training
>Ask Lee for some help with getting really swole
It will be interesting to play a str/con build in a world filled to the brim with Dexfags and magic men

>>3498670
>Practice the basics some more.
She's and non-clan. She needs to get the basics down so she can really branch out when she reaches the academy. We're not going to be wasting time perfecting our kunia technique at that stage

>>3498678
>>3498683
>>3498721

Although the interests of your Charka Affinity tickles you, you decide that it was better in the long run to practice the fundamentals. You was still very young and there was plenty of time to pick a path for you to take. So rather than rush for it now, all you can do is improve on what you have. So in between body building to increase your chakra amount and improve control over your herculean strength, you continued with polishing the basics.

In the time you worked, you managed to completely mastered the basic techniques. Such skills like the clone technique, body replacement, invisibility cloak, rope escaping and countless other basic techniques became child's play for you. With your chakra control, you manage to maximize their effectiveness and overall power while costing the absolute lowest in chakra consumption. That said, it was your own intelligence and creativity that truly brought out the true worth of simple techniques. Combined with your physical training, you would be a force to reckon with. Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu and Bukijutsu were things you polished extensively with the basics. Even more advance stuff like Fūinjutsu was falling under your grasp with your hard work. But for some reason, Genjutsu seems to really come second nature to you.

Speaking of physical training, you eventually found yourself getting swept up by Rock Lee's workout plan. Considering how much you been bonding with him during your jogs it was only inevitable. However, with the addition of Might Gai you just find yourself positively overwhelmed by the eccentric duo. Just now as you came to your meeting spot with Lee, you would see Might Gai coming into the distance as flashy as ever. You make brief chitchat while waiting for Lee.

What do you do?

>Ask Might Gai some pointers
>Request the same worth ethic as Lee
>Go at it in your own pace
>Ask him what it really means to be a Ninja
>Something Else

>>3498736
>Ask Might Gai some pointers

>>3498736
>>Ask Might Gai some pointers

>>3498736
>Go at it in your own pace
The true nindo of the Might clan is to surpass oneself, not others. It does not matter if we push ourselves to the same degree as Lee, so long as we push ourselves to do better with every try.

I'll be honest, I'm only here because I laughed incredibly hard at the idea of Sakura being a protagonist.

>Ask him what it really means to be a Ninja

Give us Inspiring wisdom Might-sensei.

>>3498745
>>3498752

You decide to ask Might Gai some pointers on how you can improve your training and get a better control of your abnormal physical prowess in order to keep it in check. Such commitment for someone so young ended up making Might Gai tremble to the point of tears. He was so moved by your "Spring Time of Youth" that he couldn't help but pose and speak out in joy over your growth. You were put off by this as you are having second thoughts and wanting to go home. However, you get the strange feeling that you wouldn't be able to get away from Might Gai. Especially when he has been moved and motivated by your pure convictions.

So you listen to Might Gai giving you some serious pointers. Unlike Lee you already have the physical capabilities lying deep within your body. What you needed to learn was better control. So restricting your natural abilities would give you a better understanding of your strength and weaknesses. As well as allow you to better control the output until you don't need any inhibitors to do the job. So you let Might Gai recommend you to go to one of two people in order to get them to help restrain your prowess to better train you. He does part you with some wisdom about the nindo of the Might Clan. The desire to surpass yourself is the most valuable thing one can learn. Even if you only improve a little, it is still a good achievement since it means you are stronger than you were yesterday. Keep pushing past your limits, and never settle on just scraping by. Always strive to be better than you were yesterday. You take Might Gai's words to heart as it further motivates you to become stronger and say goodbye to the weak you that you once was.

What do you do now?

>Go to Kakashi Hatake
>Go to Kurenai Yūhi
>Something else

>>3498889
>Go to Kurenai Yūhi
Womyn powyr

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>>3498889
>>Go to Kurenai Yūhi
Right now, I don't think we can convince Kakashi to do anything more than be a colossal pain in our ass.

>>3498889
>Something else
Find a female jonin who has actual accomplishments and significance instead of the only thing she's good for being birthing her dad some grandchildren just like he instructed her to do when she was fourteen. Fuck, I hate Kurenai's role in the plot. Nothing against the lady herself, but she is the perfect embodiment of the general uselessness of women in Naruto's narrative.

>>3498902

So Anko then? Cause Tsunade isn't in the village.

>>3498909
I said accomplishments, Sage! But I guess that just makes my point, doesn't it? Ah, fuck, let's just see Kurenai. Maybe having a cute little kohai looking up to her will encourage her to do something more with her life than being a broodmare in this timeline.

>>3498889
>Go to Kurenai Yūhi

Kakashi had some good lessons but refused to teach anyone anything aside from the basics.

Except Sasuke of course, but that's It's own thing.

Kurenai has lots of genjutsu for us to learn, which In theory we'll excel at.

>>3498891
>>3498898
>>3498919
>>3498958

It's Naruto, no girl can ever be as accomplished and significant as you wanted.

Eventually after completing your daily exercise and training for the morning, you slowly made your way to Kurenai Yuhi’s house. You figure talking to another female would ultimately be better in the long run. Might Gai was naturally kind enough to set up a meeting for the two of you as well as give him directions. For an over being and eccentric guy, he was very sweet and thoughtful. Still, you wouldn’t be caught dead wearing one of his jumpsuits. As you thought seriously about how to address Kurenai, you suddenly realize that you were almost most past her house. With a quick u turn, you made it to the estate and straight to the door. You quickly ring the doorbell and waited patiently. Soon enough you found yourself under the presence of Kurenai as she greets you.

"Hello? Oh you must be Sakura Haruno. Might Gai told me ahead of time that you needed my assistance? How can I assist?"

There she was Kurenai Yūhi, a Tokubetsu Jōnin who was considered among the very best in genjutsu. She was a true genjutsu prodigy as knew just about everything about how the mind works and the subconscious. More than that, she was also highly skilled at Fūinjutsu. It was rumored that she could even seal a person’s kekkai genkai. So surely someone of her talents would be able to help you with your condition. Without further ado, you quickly explain to Kurenai about your abnormal physique. You even shown her some examples to prove your point….with permission of course.


After the display, you slowly and carefully set yourself against the couch once you enter back inside. Going back into great detail about all the issues you had to deal with, you pleaded to Kurenai to help you with this unforeseen predicament. You want to be able to better control your strength while at the same time improve further. You even go into detail about how much of a burden you felt like you was carrying since you were born. Not to mention there was still deep rooted insecurities. You were getting better, but there was still something inside of you that kept you from truly speaking out as much as you wanted to.

>>3499014

“Yes just by looking at you and seeing you display your strength I can already tell there’s a lot of inner turmoil in you. Being born with something like this condition you mentioned has made you highly insecure and self-conscious about your feelings and appearance. So much that I can suspect that you might be repressing parts of you to cope and better deal with your problems. It might have started to fade but you’re still having trouble really cutting loose out of fear of losing control. Am I right?”

You feel like you were being looked at by a therapist. She wasn’t wrong but you were starting to feel rather uncomfortable getting picked apart like this. You slowly ask Kurenai to get to the point of this while retaining your polite attitude. There was a nagging sound in your head showing rather a growing frustration at your own weakness being thrown at you. When all you wanted was some help. Not to be commented on like she was a basket case. Although, you used to talk to yourself and that habit hasn’t gone away completely with all the inner monologues you have.

“Don’t be nervous….and frustrated. I’m only explaining the symptoms before we tackled on to the core issue. I can help you regulate your output with a seal. Let it develop in time as you gradually get more control of your emotions and how much your body puts out you physical prowess. Since I believe that your emotions are also tied to this in some way. Now then hold still.”

You do as Kurenai asked while she begins to place a rather complex seal on your body. She did this by putting her right hand on your shoulder. It was being implemented through your entire body, although the symbol would only appear physical on your shoulder. There was no doubt you tensed up deeply from it as it actually did hurt. Like getting a Charley Horse over your entire body. Yet you preserved with some tears in your eyes as you held back the urge to cry.

con

>>3499034

"There we go. Sorry for the long endurance round you had to do. But with this jutsu, the Sealing Technique: Four Limbs Weighting Seal, you should be able to better control your physical attributes now. They're being suppressed greatly, giving you more control of your current prowless. Normally you need beads for this, but I modified this version based on another sealing jutsu I know. So instead the markers are on each of the rose petals. It'll be start from white o blue, green, yellow and finally to red. Once they're red, this signifies that the training is complete and you'll be free to control one hundred percent of your maximum without issue. I'm going to teach you a safety word to use whenever you need to tap into more of your power. Right now you're around between one to five percent. Still higher than average, especially around your age. The safe word will let you jump by twenty percent each time you use it. But as you mention, it'll be much harder for you to control. So be careful. This will also help further develop your chakra since you'll be in constant training while the seal is on your body."

Much to your delight, it seems to have worked exactly as she said. You listen closely to make sure not to forget the safety word to momentarily have total access of your abnormal physical prowess and how much to regulate it between each jumps.

>Ask Kurenai if she could teach you to better your genjutsu and fuinjutsu skills.
>Thank her for her time and head home
>Ask her why she wanted to be a ninja
>Take notice of the plants around you
>Something else

>>3499078

did it again ughhhhhhh

>>3499078
>Ask Kurenai if she could teach you to better your genjutsu and fuinjutsu skills.

>>3499078
>Ask Kurenai if she could teach you to better your genjutsu and fuinjutsu skills

>>3499078
>Ask Kurenai if she could teach you to better your genjutsu and fuinjutsu skills

>>3499129
>>3499140
>>3499240

"Hmm, I suppose it wouldn't hurt for me to teach you. I did took a look at you and notice that you have quite the affinity for Genjutsu. Actually it's pretty funny and poetic when you think about it. Your name is Sakura and I'm skilled at flora based jutsus even outside of Genjutsu. I think you might have been fated to meet me.You can call me Big Sis Kurenai."

You ended up calling her Kurenai-Sensai for now since you were too embarrassed to not be formal. Seem like between Ino and now Kurenai, you keep running into people who like to make flower related references around you. Well you like flowers so it didn't really bother you. Being refereed to as a bud was another story...even if it was true. At very least you had someone who was willing to help you "blossom".

Under Kurenai's tutelage you manage to greatly improve your knowledge and skills in both Genjutsu and Fuinjutsu. Unlike most of your classmates, you didn't exactly have any clan or heritage to depend upon for your skills. And your parents weren't exactly ninjas, so for the most part your only method of learning was through the academy. Honestly you mainly went to the academy out of your parents strongly believing you might be able to control your talents if you learned how to control chakra. Well they were half-right, you managed to control it much easier than your actual physical prowess. If it wasn't for Ino sticking her neck out to you, you probably would've dropped out and kept yourself isolated. Instead, you slowly took Ino's hand and ended up doing the same for other people like you. Now you had friends, although a small group, and a teacher to listen to. Surely things were looking up for you.

>Write out what you do for the next Two Years

>>3499294
>Push yourself the the absolute limits of human strength and endurance, leaning to armor your body with chakara making you nearly indestructible
Super Armor, the ultimate Dexfag counter

>>3499294
>Four Limbs Weighting Seal training
Try to get the petals as close to red as possible
>Train with Kurenai
If genjutsu comes naturally to us we might as well horne it now that we actually have a willing teacher.
>Physical conditioning and taijutsu training with Lee and Guy
>Drag Naruto and Hinata (+Shika) along to this training.
Naruro and Hinata will benefit from this training - Naruto because the academy is doing jack shit for him (+eventual Shadow clones with Maito taijutsu) and Hinata because if her clan's being anal about learning the Hyuuga forms she might as learn some other taijutsu form to put her eyes to good.
Shika Ive put in partially because I want everyone to bond, and partly because the persuasion skills Sakura will develop trying to get him to agree will help her well in future missions.

>>3499458
I'm also assuming that
>further bonding with Naruto/Hinata/Shika/Lee in our down time
will be autodone, but adding that into my vote just in case.

>>3499294
>>3499458
I like this plan.
I support it.

>>3499302
Chakra armor is a good idea though.

>>3499458
>>3499469

For the next two years in the academy you spent your time learning more about Genjutsu and Fuinjutsu. Between those you ended up picking a fair amount of flora based Genjutsus much like your teacher Kurenai. Not only that but she also ended up teaching you how to dispel Genjutsu in addition to knowing when you are in one.

Naturally you didn't slack off when it came to Ninjutsu or Taijutsu either. In fact, you managed to learn Genin level techniques such as the Body Flicker Technique. It was a move that fit you perfectly. With deception techniques such as the clone technique, transformation and body substitution technique you utilized it to a level that best maximizes your basics and put them at a higher level than they would be normally.

As for Taijutsu, you spent your time improving how much you could muster through the Four Limbs Weighting Seal. It certainly made your every day life that much easier. On the other hand, you body was in constant training mode. Thereby, you begin to really appreciate your chakra control and physical training or else you wouldn't have the stamina to even leave the bed.

Currently you were around the green range but felt most comfortable around blue petals. If you focused only solely on physical training and control you probably could've reached yellow as your current maximum. Yet all the other stuff you were learning was just as important. Raw power meant nothing if you didn't have the experience or aptitude to really utilize it.

That was good, already you can feel the physical conditioning and taijutsu training opened you up to more options. Something that only offered up more efficiency when combined with your genjutsu and illusion-ish ninjutsu skills. It seem that your go to tactic was deceiving the senses so they couldn't react in time for a close range blow. It wasn't pretty or stunning like being apart of something more unique, but it certainly was a lot more efficient and deadly. It fits a bookworm/egghead quite like yourself.

That said, you didn't spent your days just training to be a better ninja. You spent each of your days slowly glowing closer to your friends. You spent your free time furthering your bonds with Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru, Ino and Lee, But also made some new bonds with Choji, Kiba, and Shino. In fact, you were getting along basically with your entire class now that you ended up becoming more active. You were still polite and reserve, but you were becoming comfortable with yourself as you continue to develop.

con

>>3499515

And yet...as you continue to improve, it didn't change a looming feeling inside your heart. Was this what you yourself wanted or were you just trying to recreate what you saw in Ino when she first saved you as an image of yourself. You gained strength sure and you can call what you established as your own. It still didn't stop you from feeling insecure about being in Ino's shadow more than standing alongside her as her best friend.

So during one of your days off, you ended up sitting inside the flower garden where you and Ino first met. Ino had just gotten done with helping her family in the flower shop. So now she was coming your way as you see her from afar.


"Sorry I'm late. I had a bit of extra stuff I had to do back in the shop. But I'm done now, so what's up?"

>Converse in small talk
>Be blunt and ask her why she helped you
>Talk about boys
>Something else?

>>3499519

Also write in your dialogue

>>3499519
>>Be blunt and ask her why she helped you

>>3499519
>Be blunt and ask her why she helped you
>Were you just pitying the poor bullied girl? Or did you actually see something special in me?
>I just don't get why someone as popular as you would even bother with me back then

>>3499519
>Thank you for all you've done, but there was something bothering me
>Be blunt and ask her why she helped you

>>3499542
>>3499560
>>3499597

You decide to thank Ino for everything she done for the ten year old. You were truly grateful and happy to have a friend like her. However...you still couldn't get it out of your mind. The nagging ringing of pity and doubt that her friendship with Ino was the real thing. You needed to be sure or else you feel like you never truly be able to continue going on with these what ifs.

"Hey are you alright? You look rather stressed out even for you"

You take a deep breath...well several actually. To calm the nerves and set your resolve. You didn't want to potentially ruin this friendship, but you just had to be sure. So you mustered all the courage inside of you and started to unleash your inner Sakura. There was no filter to what you decided to say to Ino about why she saved you and chose to be your friend. Blunt was an understatement to how direct you are about this. It just didn't make sense as to why Ino would do such a thing for a stranger. You just had to know, it was driving you crazy. Ino looks at you with a serious look on her face.

"So...you been holding this in all this time huh?"

Ino turned away from you. At first you thought that you said something wrong. That it really was a bad idea to try and confront her as brutishly as you did. As you quickly try to apologize, she just moves her right hand against your forehead. You look at her with a confused look upon your face. She quickly flicks you on your forehead. You pulled away from the sudden flick, rubbing it in confusion as you ask her why she did that. It didn't really hurt given how sturdy you are, but it still tingled a bit.

"For a big brained egghead, you really have trouble seeing the simple picture. ...Do you really need a reason to give someone a helping hand? Have you ever heard of the bush clover?"

You were speechless by what Ino said. It was simple and in the end she was right. Yet you still had to be sure as you were assertive about this. You didn't want any doubts or to continue second guessing your best friend. It was hard enough just to get the question out of her. After saying that, you went back to wrapping your arms around you knee and huddling close to them. You shook your head at her question as you only know the scientific meaning. And you get the feeling that Ino would flick your head for choosing such a boring answer.

con

>>3499837

"It's a blunt, candid love who treasures the bonds with her friends. It's something that my father said I share the embodiment. So even if I wanted too... I couldn't just stand there and see a bud like you just withering alone like that. It's just not in me to do something like that. And... a flower's true meaning only happens when it bloom. Right now you're planted in some real good soil and given some good water. You might not grow right away and it may seem like you'll never grow. However..I want to bet on you. That you'll be come...a flower that is beautiful and without equal. Something...that's more beautiful than any of the cosmos here"

Ino smiled at you which made you doubting her even for that brief moment all the more heart wrenching. You started to tremble, holding your left hand against the red ribbon on your head. It was the symbol of your bond with Ino. It was the thing that gave you courage and allowed you to step forward one step at a time. Here you are thinking that you were just a pity case or was subconsciously copying Ino to cope. Yet here she stood, right beside you all this time. Never once did she consider you any lesser than an equal. The friendships you made were of your own effort and they were real. And it was all thanks to the actions that inspired you.

So you couldn't help but cry. Ino leans against you, comforting you as you cried your eyes out. You truly were thankful to have someone like Ino to be your friend. Eventually you stop crying, getting handed a handkerchief to clean yourself up.

"Anyway let's change the subject. Since you ended up sharing something important. I suppose...I should do the same. You see...there's this boy I like in school. I know it's a little selfish and a bit shallow...but"

You hear her talk about Sasuke Uchiha. The same boy that you used to talk to. It was through him that you learned shurinkenjutsu while you helped him with chakra control and overall balancing his confidence. You two were good friends, but you never really thought about romance with him. Especially not since that faithful day.

>Root for Ino about her crush and support her as her BFF
>Mention all the good and bad with Sasuke
>Tell him you like him too (missing the point of love)
>Say you have a crush too
>Something else

>>3499854
>>Mention all the good and bad with Sasuke

>>3499854
>Mention all the good and bad with Sasuke

>>3499854
>Mention all the good and bad with Sasuke

>>3499876
>>3499933
>>3499858

Although you were pushing to support your friend, you end up telling Ino about all the good and bad things you experienced with Sasuke. You had quite the list as you were quite extensive about it. Sometimes you make Ino forget that you're suppose to be a ten year old girl rather than a walking library with legs. If nothing else, nobody can say you was never thorough.

The way you were talking about it made you sound like you were more his sister rather than mere classmates. Ino couldn't help but tease you about it, causing you to puff your cheeks in a pout. All you were doing was just helping her get a better feel for Sasuke.

"Sorry sorry, it's just funny. You're like the only girl aside from Hinata and Tenten who aren't really interested in Sasuke. Makes me feel self-conscious about it. "

You turn to Ino before dismissing her about being self-conscious. You low-key mentioned that you want to find your self-worth and love yourself first before finding love. If someone like you could doubt your best friend's intention, then how could you tackle actual love. Ino sat you against her, calling you a dummy as the both of you look at the flower bed and made more small talk.

>How did you spend your time in the academy?

>>3499956
Continue with training and socializing with friends. Maybe try and hang out with Sasuke a little more.

>>3499956
>Try to rekindle your friendship with Sasuke
>See if you can get him to spend time with your other friends too.
In character reason because Ino's speech about the bush clover has inspired you - Sakura is shaping up to be someone who truely cares for her friends, but a it seema that a combo of her own insecurities and post massacre Sasuke has caused the budding friendship to fall by the wayside.

Time to take a page out of Ino's book and reach out to him.

OOC reason because team 7 soon, and we need to soften him up.

>Focus a bit more on building up flower seal levels
Since we have a good grasp on the other stuff now.

>Find your chakra affinity
Again since we have a good grasp on the other things we're training now.

Otherwise carry on training pretty much like we have been - flower seal, stiff you're learning with Kuneia, taijustu and socialising with friend on the side.

Chakra justu can wait until we actually have access to Kakashi.

>>3499956
>>3500272
Yeah I'll support this

>Start to revive Sasuke friendship
>Focus more on training Four Limbs Weighting Seal
>Chakra affinity
>Carry on working on our other skills in the background
>Hang out with our friends.

By the way anyone with more Naruto knowledge figure out what the wildcard is yet? I thought Whirlpool because she has tons of chakra...

>>3500272
Support

>>3499956
>Putting attention to the classes.
>Studying and learning everything you can. (Tactics, moves, learning more about the clans, history, etc....)
>Focus to learn how to be the best Kunoichi.
>Try to be the best of the class and of the academy, make the best effort to get the best qualifications and notes.
>Drag or ask Shikamaru to help you study
>Help Naruto on everything you can to make him more intelligent at least.

>>3500206
>>3500272
>>3500349
>>3500363

For the next two years you been studying and learning everything you can from the academy. You was one of the few students that actually took this stuff very seriously. Again, you didn't have a clan to your name. All you had was your abnormal physical prowess, your genius intellect, your advance chakra control, your natural affinity for genjutsu and a regeneration ability. The last one caught you off surprise as you discovered it one day during training.

You always knew yourself to be very resilient even as a kid. Yet...you never really got any cuts or bruises on your body. It was when you overexerted yourself during training when you tried to reach the red rose on your Four Limbs Weighting Seal. On one hand you managed to do so at the age of twelve, but you couldn't handle the output of your enhanced physical prowess. By the time you were twelve years old, you managed to easily surpass the herculean strength you had as a child as you reinforced your body. At a mere blue you were stronger and more effective than you were when you were a child. So it was natural you ended bedridden with broken bones. You theorized that it was best to save the red rose as your ace card. Heck yellow alone was risky especially in long periods but it was probably the best way to master red and have full access to your augmented prowess. Luckily the seal adjusted and let you regulated how much they weighted you down. Rock Lee compared it to the weights he usually carry on his body, only easier to smuggle.

Anyway, you expected to be stuck in bed recovering after getting an earful from Iruka and co. However, it was at this point your body surprised you yet again. What should've taken weeks to recover from, you ended up doing it in just three days. Nobody could tell you where it came from. Maybe you were just lucky and blessed in your own way. In order to test this, you ended up inflicting self-injuries on yourself to measure how fast you could recover. Minor wounds seem to heal instantly while more moderate and major ones took longer. Although you could speed it up with chakra, you found out that using it in rapid sessions weakened you as you often felt woozy and tired.

It was a hard thing to explain to both your parents in your friends when that caught you hurting yourself purposely....

con

>>3500918

You didn't just spend time improving your physical prowess and believe me you put in a lot of effort to do it.Especially under Might Gai's supervision, you could currently pulverize a large boulder to literal dust with a single punch even at white rose stage.

The lessons you studied in class were hotwired into your mind. Some say you never forgot anything as you were a walking encyclopedia. It was no surprise that the egghead of the academy was very committed to her studies.You accumulated and learned everything that you can that the academy and your friends could teach you. While the title of best kunoichi didn't really interest you since all you cared about was being strong enough to protect your friends. Something in you motivated you to want to surpass your best friend Ino as she was still your equal in everything you did at the academy. Although your "rivalry" was much more grounded and natural if not friendly since you were still BFFs.

Speaking of BFFs, you spent your free time hanging out with your friends. Sometimes by force, especially when Ino or Naruto dragged you kicking and screaming from your books. All work and no play makes Sakura a dull flower they used to say. And they were right as much as you hated to admit it. So you started to maximize your study/training time and social time. Sometime even blending the two with "study sessions". Naturally you brought the dunces in your class to try and teach them what you learn. To this day Iruka and the rest of the teachers were positively moved by your attempts to help your more....troubling peers be less dumb. Still, you had to make some compromises as you got over. Such as teaching Naruto while participating in his pranks or studying with Shikamaru in between his naps.

The easiest had to have been when you hanged out with your girl peers Ino, Hinata and Tenten. Though, as you helped them be a ninja, they helped you try and be more social and have actual aspirations when it came being a girl. Course that was more on Ino and Tenten as Hinata just was happy to be needed and around friends.

con

>>3500954

Though, the hardest thing you had experienced in the academy...was repairing the damage between the friendship between you and Sasuke. Ever since the incident of losing his family and the majority of his clan, Sasuke became much colder. He wasn't the cheerful and happy boy that you used to do shuriken training and chakra affinity training with.

The two of you were good friends that it wasn't surprising that Mokoto aka Sasuke's mom ended up shipping you much to both you and Sasuke's embarrassment. She even mentioned that it was like having another child, the daughter she never had. It made you embarrassed but you found yourself happy being near them and the rare moments you talked to Itachi. He was impressed by your genjutsu skills and gave you some pointers among other sage wisdom. So to hear about what he did made you unable to believe it.

Yet it didn't stop you from trying to reach out to Sasuke when others only kept their distance or saw him as a boytoy. You even had Ino backing you up, but in the end he kept his distance. He was too busy focusing on training. Again you had to compromise by using training as an excuse to get closer and repair the distance between the two of you. He was the top student overall, but he couldn't ignore your talent and analytical skills. He even admitted to you that they were your best strength. You couldn't help but feel tremendous pride about that. But that was essentially admitting you were a giant nerd. You didn't care, you mastered the fundamentals and were able to take them to new heights. What you lacked in uniqueness, you made up with ingenuity and creativity. You even managed to find out about your chakra affinity. You were good in Yin and Yang Chakra but you didn't have enough time to learn about your chakra element. Still, you improved what you did know during your time at the academy.

Speaking of the Academy, you were about to go outside to go pick up your ninja headband. You requested it to be red, serving as a reminder of the red bow that Ino gave you. Something that she was both very moved but also teased you about.

Currently you were looking at yourself in the mirror. The fruits of your labor and hard work were clearly viable to you. The other girls didn't see you as much of a threat for their crush over Sasuke. Who would like a well-toned martial artist with long pink hair ?

>What do you do?

>Motivate yourself despite your appearance
>Shrug it off with a sigh and head to the academy
>Check on Naruto
>Meet up with Ino and head to the academy
>Something else

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>>3501011
>>Meet up with Ino and head to the academy

>>3501011
>Meet up with Ino and head to the academy
Fuck we better not have made enough butterflies for Naruto not to get the shadow clone scroll this time around. Best leave him to his own devices for a bit.

>>3501011
>Meet up with Ino and head to the academy
>The other girls only fear you for your overwhelming power and dominance

>>3501011
>Meet up with Ino and head to the academy

>Healing factor
Nah Konoha would probably know they have another tailed beast container running around...right...

>>3501011
>>Meet up with Ino and head to the academy

>>3501020
>>3501026
>>3501047
>>3501058

You decide to head out to Ino. It wasn't like you weren't used to the other girls outside of your friend circle calling you names like Billboard Brow or Muscle head. Didn't stop you from mentally imagining them getting a taste of their own medicine. But as you got stronger physically and mentally, you ultimately came to the wise decision that it wasn't worth it. Stick and stones couldn't break your bones, so why would words do the same? Especially when they weren't the people you wanted to be acknowledged by.

After getting dressed and eating breakfast, you kiss your mom goodbye and ran off to meet up with Ino. Even without the use of chakra, you were quite exceptionally agile and dexterous. Using things like parkour and other acrobatic arts to quickly maneuver through the village. It felt positively exhilarating for you as it doubled as practice. Running all kinds of tactics you would do in the heat of battle, it made you felt like a real ninja. Even though you were just trying to meet up with your best friend. Speaking of best friends, you manage to surprise her by landing dramatic in front of her with a"ta-da".

"There you are! Were you just coming back from morning training or was compromising again by using your run as practice"

Ino teased you, you laughed it off before the two of you started to walk to the academy. Like you, Ino was also getting her custom headband. Most of the class at this point passed their exams by the second run. You, Ino, Shikamaru, Shino, and Sasuke managed to do it on the first try. So you had free time to do whatever while in the academy until graduation. You committed most of that with book reading. You couldn't give any hints about the exam directly, yet you still tried to help out Naruto and co in your own way.

This was the last shot that Naruto had to complete the exam. If he doesn't, he was going to be held back a year. You really did try to put it into his head precisely about chakra control and concentration. Yet for some reason..you think that there might be a different reason why he couldn't do the clone technique. He was dimwitted, but he wasn't as stupid as he made himself out to be. Something mental related must have been the cause but you didn't pressed on it. Naruto would've called you a nag, much to your annoyance.

"So at this point we'll be put on teams and start going out on missions huh? Well so long as if I don't end up like my family I'd probably be fine with anyone. Though...I wouldn't mind being on Sasuke's team."

There Ino with her admiration and crush on Sasuke. You just laugh it off as you were making it to the classroom. Ino stops you by asking who would you wanted to be on a team if you had a choice.

>Tell her truthfully about who you had in mind
>Dodge the question with talks about the garden
>Don't answer and slowly walk inside
>Something else

>>3501170
>Blush. "I-I'd like to be on a team with you." O~w~O

>>3501170
>Dodge the question with talks about the garden
Any will be good

>>3501170
>Dodge the question with talks about the garden

>>3501170
>Dodge the question with talks about the garden

She's got so many friends that I'll be hard to choose. Think team seven will happen this time around because Sasuke is the least prickly around her and she's one of Naruto's closest friends.

>>3501222
>>3501259
>>3501266

You think about the question hard, perhaps too hard given how analytical you are. Ultimately you couldn't decide which one to be teammates with. You have too many friends and you know they all have good strengths and weaknesses. Sure you probably could come up with the best team that'll suit you. Yet that would be insulting to your friends as you didn't see them as mere tools to be used. So you ended up asking about the garden instead.

"It's been doing well. The flowers are blooming quite nicely and our store is selling well as a result. You know you don't have to keep going there and watering the plants."

You know you don't but you ended up doing so anyway. Be it being friends with Ino, kunoichi training or being Kurenai's student, you just couldn't help yourself with floras. They were the first thing you yourself decided to tend to. And if it wasn't for them, you wouldn't be the splendid and confident kunoichi you are today.

You took your seat at the upper layer, waving to your friends before waiting for Iruka-sensai to come inside. Eventually he came to class on time and begin explaining about things you naturally kept in notes and in your head. Your eyes did notice the stress that Naruto was having when Iruka-sensai mentioned the fact that this was the last chance to past the exams this cycle. You couldn't help but sigh to Naruto, you were going to have to have him hit the books again if he was going to succeed.

>How do you spend your day?

>Hanging out with your friends
>Continuing your training
>Teach Naruto the basics yet again/tall to him
>Something else

>>3501310
>>Continuing your training

>>3501310
>Teach Naruto the basics yet again/tall to him

>>3501310
>>Teach Naruto the basics yet again/tall to him
Hes a complete fucking dumbass but he's our dumbass.

>>3501310
>>Teach Naruto the basics yet again/tall to him

>>3501310
>Teach Naruto the basics yet again/tall to him
Damn straight he's our dumbass

>>3501390
>>3501403
>>3501404
>>3501457

You try and spend the day trying to teach Naruto once again how to use the clone technique. It honestly frustrate you a bit that Naruto was having trouble with it since you know you taught him about chakra control. However, you didn't take it out on Naruto. Yelling at him will only make him regress and unable to get it right when he really needs to. By all accounts, he should be a good ninja. So what you gather something mentally was holding him back since he mainly slept in class and did pranks. Something you been rectifying by teaching him while he did said pranks.

You can only deduce that something was distracting him. So naturally during break time you decide to talk to him about it. You did it in a way that required tact and reasoning. Especially since you already past the exam, you need to be careful to not let Naruto think you was pitying him.

"It's nothing really! I'm just having an off day. Don't worry about it Sakura, I'll...manage."

You get the feeling that something was really bothering him. So naturally you tried to talk to him. However, he ended up walking once he notice that he was late to get a bowl of Ramen Ichiraku. You yelled at Naruto to remember what he learned and to not lose his cool. Rather if he heard your warning or not you wasn't sure. But you couldn't worry about it anymore than you did.

When it was time for the test, you cheered up Naruto and told him to remember what you taught him all this time. The only thing you could do now was wait and support him. So you waited outside playing cards with Shikamaru, Ino and the rest of your friends, You were winning at the card game and only had to avoid getting Ino's joker. Unfortunately as you were about to grab one of the two cards, you ended up seeing Naruto running off.

>What do you do ?

>Follow after him
>Leave him alone
>Go ask Iruka
>Something Else

>>3501512
>Follow after him
If he's not screaming to the rooftops that he's passed then something's up.

>>3501525
>>Follow after him
>If he's not screaming to the rooftops that he's passed then something's up.

THIS

>>3501512
>Follow after him
Friendship therapy

>>3501512
>>Go ask Iruka

>>3501525
>>3501532
>>3501539

You quickly follow after him, although stooping mid way to apologize to the gang for leaving abruptly. Mentally of course you were disappointed that you couldn't see what card you picked. You strongly believe you won the game of cards [old maid] though. As chase after Naruto, you also made sure to hide your presence. You didn't want him to know that you were telling him. He was real good at avoiding people and outrunning them. If nothing else, all those pranks and chases reveal to you just how creative and talented Naruto really was. He just lacked confidence in his skills as he was more focused on being acknowledged, ironic considering how loud and outspoken he was. Talk about hitting close to home though.

Eventually you found him on a rooftop currently looking at the sunset with sad eyes. At least he wasn't around the swing set near the academy entrance. Honestly, you swear it's only there just for everyone to go to be sad and gloomy. Not that you could judge considering you did the same thing at least once.

Before you can go talk to him, you saw...Mizuki. Of course you kept yourself hidden, using that honed ninja skills to completely erase your presence. You figure that if anyone could get to him it would be Mizuki. However...as you listen to what he was suggesting...it only worsen your concerns. A chuunin was telling Naruto to steal a scroll from the hidden library. Specifically the scroll of seals in order to make Iruka acknowledge him and graduate the exam. You waited until they were both gone before eventually dispelling your hiding technique.

>How do you proceed

>Follow after Naruto to stop him
>Go to Iruka
>Something else

>>3501595
>>Go to Iruka

>>3501595
>Something else
The scroll is at the hokage's right? Let's try to warn him about Mizuki. Failing that
>Go to Iruka

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>>3501595
>>Go to the Hokage

>>3501595
>>Go to Iruka

>>3501626
Supporting

>>3501626
Yeah Supporting.

>>3501616
>>3501626
>>3501651
>>3501686

You decide that this news should travel to the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi. So you travel as fast as you can to the Hokage's maner. Well, as fast as you can without looking suspicious and alerting any would be watchers. Just cause you were worried about Naruto doesn't mean that you're an idiot. You didn't spent years learning how to be a ninja for nothing.

Once you arrived at the Hokage's manner, you slowly navigate through the stairways as you were lead into the Hokage office. There stood the third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi. You greeted the Hokage with respect before revealing to him exactly the deed of Mizuki's plan.

"I see, it's good that you came to me about this Sakura. I have already expected one of our ranks would be trying something. So I can't say that I'm not surprise, but this information helps me immensely. And I thank you for having the insight to go to me first rather than act on your own Sakura."

He went and gone to pat yourself on the head while giving you a reassuring smile. He wasn't going to let Naruto get dragged into Mizuki's schemes. That said, he told you not to tell anyone else about this. He wants to catch Mizuki on the act so there would be no questioning over the claims of betrayal coming from a newly genin.

So with that you ended up going to Iruka-sensai. It was on the way and you wanted to know for sure if Naruto passed or not. You were lucky as you caught Iruka as he was leaving the academy. The two of you shared greetings as you boldly question Iruka on rather or not if Naruto passed his exams. He determined look in your eyes as you wasn't going to back down from this.

"Oh is that what you were concern about? Yeah Naruto left before I could give my decree. I don't know why he ran though. He ended up actually summoning a clone. Of course in Naruto faction he goofed up and made the clone fell apart as it was whited out and cartoon like. But he did pass."

Shannarō! You knew that there was no way he could have failed! All that training and tactiful pursuing paid off after all. However, this only made you more upset over the situation. You kept a good poker face, but inside you were one step close from popping a blood vessel.

>What do you do?

>Stalk Naruto
>Leave this to the Third Hokage
>Something else

>>3501759
>Stalk Naruto
We are seeing this through

>>3501759
>>Leave this to the Third Hokage

>>3501770

supporting

>>3501759
>>Stalk Naruto

>>3501759
>>Stalk Naruto

>>3501770
>>3501863
>>3501871

Although you had the nagging supicion that you should just leave this to the Third Hokage. You ended up following after Naruto anyway. Like hell you was going to let some white haired jerk ruined what you and countless others were doing to Naruto. The orange goofball was finally starting to come together and really feel like he have people to make him belong. You already knew what that self-doubt and second questioning can do to a person especially if they were betrayed from personal experiences. So it only motivated you further to not let that happen to anyone ever again. Perhaps this was the start for your own ninja way.

Eventually your tracking ultimately lead you back to Naruto. You saw him in the act stealing the scroll from the Hokage Library. Naturally you follow after him, and more important made sure that you yourself wasn't followed. The chase eventually lead you into the forest as you confront Naruto as he was learning the Shadow Technique from the scroll. You really was going to chew him out on this for his recklness. However, your eye catch something on the scroll of sealing as you approach it in full detail.

>What Jutsu did you see?

>Assimilate All Creation Technique
>Flying Thunder God Technique
>Water Release: Water–Heavens Convergence
>Some Other Jutsu (Place it Here)

>>3501916
>>Water Release: Water–Heavens Convergence
https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Water_Release:_Water%E2%80%93Heavens_Convergence

https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilate_All_Creation_Technique

If you don't know what the Flying Thunder God is your an idiot.

>>3501916
>>Some Other Jutsu (Place it Here)
>Blade of Wind
https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Blade_of_Wind

>>3501916

I had some other secret/rare yet fitting jutsus plan that would make sense but I didn't want to make this too long. That and logically I kept the option for getting creation rebirth/strength of a hundred early off the table since that should be an important plot point for Sakura later down the line.

>chakra enhanced strength.
https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Chakra_Enhanced_Strength

>>3501916
>Assimilate All Creation Technique

>>3501916
>>Assimilate All Creation Technique

>>3501955
>>3501987

Your eyes noticed countless jutsus written down on the scroll. Perhaps far more quicker than Naruto would've, but one jutsu in particular really scream to you. It was called the Assimilation All Creation Technique. It was a rare jutsu made back in the times of war. It allows one to take on the properties of a nearby object, material, or substance, and any of its special characteristics. A very flexible and versatile jutsu, saying that much was an understatement. That said, you adopted it to memory as the other jutsus and secrets you saw fell into your memory banks subconscious. Maybe someday you can unlock them but right now you focused your attention Naruto.

You made your way to Naruto, who had indeed managed to learn the Shadow Clone jutsu tree line. You gripped your fists, getting ready to tell Naruto off for being so foolish. However, you caught to someone coming into the distance. So you quickly used the transformation jutsu to turn into a small animal and climb up the tree to avoid detection, while still being able to be aware of the events that were to take place.

You watched quietly that it was Iruka who managed to find Naruto and preparing to lecture him for being so reckless. Something that you yourself would've done if you weren't distracted by the jutsu you managed to uncover. Still, you kept quiet and let Naruto try and talk his way out of this. Only for then Mizuki to show up and attack the two of them.

>What do you do ?

>Continue watching them
>Fight Mizuki
>Protect Naruto
>Help Iruka
>Something Else

>>3502075
>Continue watching them
Wait for a good moment before we
>Fight Mizuki
Since we sure as hell aren't going to beat him in a straight fight try for a good sneak attack

>>3502075
>>Fight Mizuki

>>3502075
>>Protect Naruto

>>3502075
>>Protect Naruto

Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>3502114
>>3502142
>>3502129
>>3502157

Sorry about that, previous set up was less fair.

>>3502193
Just finished reading, dammit.

>>3502114
>Wait for a good moment
This.
Gotta time it right as we have surprise.
(Also wanna be the surprising supportive friend, not the ally who didn't believe in your ability to handle yourself. Basically, hidden Second Iruka.)

>>3502114
>>3502129

You wanted to smack him down, to positively pulverized and break Mizuki in two. At the same time you wasn't dumb. Like it or not, he was a chuunin, an experienced shinobi. So you couldn't let your emotions get the better of you. Even so, the inner version of yourself was leaking out from your subconscious. You had the face of pure unyielding rage. So you used that to motivate you, to push you into thinking of all possible scenarios to ensure just one thing...Mizuki ends up defeated.

So you start to move around as a squirrel, avoiding detection while listening closely to the confrontation. Bit by bit you were getting closer to figuring out the perfect advantage point. But as you did so, you learned something shocking and horrifying about Naruto. The reason why the adults told you to keep your distance from Naruto, the reason why he was isolated....was because he was the vessel of the nine-tailed fox. It took your entire will to keep yourself from undoing the transformation jutsu.

..It wasn't fair. You had to keep yourself from having your heart break over hearing the truth. How long has it been since you were blind to this? How didn't you notice the truth to Naruto's pain? You just assumed that he was lonely because he was orphaned. And yet...and yet...you were unable to fully grasps such a thing. Naruto had to deal with something like this on his own. And now he knew the truth.

That's why...you couldn't help but cry for Naruto. It was a truly cruel fate that he had to endure. But as you were stricken by tears, you ended up watching Iruka protect Naruto by taking the blunt force of the giant shuriken. You then listen to Iruka explain his past to him, making it all the more painful for you. Yet at the same time, it only strengthening the resolve you had inside.

con

>>3502252

So you continue to run, this time running after naruto. You needed to do whatever you can to keep him from acting foolish. More important than that, you wanted to keep his heart from breaking. Luckily you manage to find Naruto before anyone else. You quickly undo the transformation technique to confront Naruto. He was distraught and unsure of himself, almost looking afraid and sad. You slowly place your hand against him.

You tell Naruto only once to be quiet...your hand grips tightly against his shoulders. He could see the sadness in your eyes despite the seriousness of your expression. He doesn't say anything as he was on the verge of breaking. You pull him against the tree while looking back. The two of you ended up watching Iruka tricking Mizuki. Both of you were close enough to listen to Iruka defending Naruto.

Naruto broke into tears listening to Iruka saying that he was a student of Konohagakure. A true one of the kind that works hard, that put his all into what he strives to do, he suffered but that suffering only made him strong. He was the real deal. You ended up crying listening to that. Some other than you acknowledged him and believe in his potential. Naruto looks at you with a determined look on his face. You slowly let go of him, wiping the tears on your eyes, nodding back at him. Both of you didn't need any words as he went off to go use the shadow clone jutsu.

Meanwhile you used the transformation jutsu to transform into Naruto. You believed in him and he was going to win. You just wanted the chance for a couple of good smacks on Mizuki as the entire Naruto squad pummeled the crap out him. After that, you snuck out of there before drawing any attention from Naruto or Iruka. There was no need for you to get involved. And knowing Naruto, he wasn't going to tell that you were there as well. He was good at keeping secrets like that.

So you head out.

>What do you do now?

>Practice the Jutsu you know
>Head home and sleep
>Something else


>>3502229

That's what I was also going for if that option won.

>>3502301
>Practice the Jutsu you know
At least try to get it down once

>>3502301
>>Practice the Jutsu you know

>>3502301
>>Practice the Jutsu you know

>>3502301
>>Practice the Jutsu you know
Yeah.
Too worked up to sleep.
Channel that emotion.

>>3502315
>>3502312
>>3502353
>>3502380

You decide before you head home to practice the new jutsu you learned. Part of you feel real bad looking at the scroll. At the same time how couldn't you have known you'd arrived at the moment where Naruto open the scroll and was learning the shadow clone technique. Something that you probably need to practice pulling off as well.

For now you are going to focus on the jutsu you acquired for yourself. The Shinra Banshō Dōka no Jutsu or Shinra Bansho for short was a technique that require complete touch to achieve. It turns the body into exactly what it is "assimilating" into itself. So naturally you decide to start by preforming the tiger seal. Afterwards, you touch the tree in order to copy its properties and characteristics. Much as you expect, you feel your arm turning into living wood as your entire body soon follows.

You were shocked to the point of almost being scared like a scary cat. You stopped yourself at the arm. You take the moment to calm yourself down before admiring that you have a wooden arm. You start to remember that this jutsu can alter the shape, so you decide to turn it into a hammer. This was freaky! You try different shapes before eventually returning your hand to it's original shape. Next you move your hand to the tree. Almost like it was a part of you, you watch the tree stretch and move just as you wanted to.

The rules of the jutsu including it's weaknesses started to be made apparent to you the more you spent time analyzing it. This really was a very useful jutsu. However, the more you practice it, the more you found yourself losing strength. You moved one of the tree branches to catch you before you fell to the ground. It wasn't all that surprising considering that such a high level jutsu would have risks to use.

That said, you were absolutely excited. Was this how everyone felt when learning a secret jutsu? Regardless, you needed to return home before you get too far into experimentation. After all, how would you explain your parents that you ended up passed out in the grass just moments before the sun rises.

Once you recovered and managed to avoid getting an earful from your parents, you decide to get ready for school. What do you decide to do first?

>Go to Naruto's apartment and talk about "that"
>Meet up with Ino and head to school
>Get in some more training with Lee
>Something else

>>3502436
>>Go to Naruto's apartment and talk about "that"

>>3502436
>>Go to Naruto's apartment and talk about "that"

>>3502436
>>Go to Naruto's apartment and talk about "that"

>>3502448
>>3502450
>>3502459

Before you do anything throughout the day, it was better to tackle the elephant in the room. Well...more a giant nine-tailed fox that nearly destroyed the village. You vaguely recalled reading about it during school study time. So your knowledge of it is limited entirely by what was publicly published. There was probably a lot of secrets about it that wasn't leaked out.

So you make your way to Naruto's apartment. You took the normal way this time considering you didn't get a full eight hours of sleep. And you just recovered enough of your stamina to be pro-active. Still, you have to be quite conservative of your remaining chakra. At the very least, this was a good learning experience.

You make your way to Naruto's apartment, slowly using the spar key you have to open the door. It was given to you by the third Hokage to help with maintaining Naruto's well being in check. Stuff like cleaning, cooking, and doing all kinds of household fix up was stuff you made sure to teach Naruto from watching your mom. You even served as an alarm clock. In hindsight, it was almost like you were a big sister to Naruto despite the fact being in the same class.

"Oh hey Sakura! I'm already up...I couldn't exactly fall back to sleep fully after....last night. So you don't need to wake me up like you usually do."

That Naruto, keeping his smile despite undergoing a rather painful experience. However, before you talk about "that" you catch Naruto about to use the open milk carton. You grabbed quickly only to see that...it was expired. Your eyes glance back at Naruto as he sweat drops with a gulp. Once again you told him to always keep his stock fresh. Otherwise he was going to get sick from his carelessness.

con

>>3502485

So as the straw that broke the cammel's back, you ended up ranting about all the things that Naruto ended up neglecting. Not to mention you tell him that he shouldn't have ran away since he passed the exam. You really did sounded like a protective big sister to him. He ended up apologizing but being real thankful that you came. He was almost expecting things to have...changed since that night. You respond to this by hugging him, mentioning that you heard everything. And that he didn't need to keep any secrets or bare this alone.

"Sakura....I..."

You could tell that he was going to say that he didn't ask for this. He didn't want to be looked at as a monster...nor to be carrying one. So all you can do is comfort him with a hug. You mention to him that he is Naruto, your knuckle headed friend. And nothing was ever going to change that. He ended up holding you tightly and crying into your shoulders. He really needed this.

The two of you have a touching moment. What do you do now?

>Talk about the Shadow Clone Jutsu and your Shinra Bansho
>Head to school
>Something else

>>3502498
>>Head to school

>>3502498
>>Head to school

>>3502498
>>Talk about the Shadow Clone Jutsu and your Shinra Bansho

>>3502498
>Talk about the Shadow Clone Jutsu and your Shinra Bansho

>>3502498
>>Talk about the Shadow Clone Jutsu and your Shinra Bansho

Am I right in thinking that the user can use the chakrs of whatever element they've absorbed? Like absorb fire to be able to use fire chakra, even if your naturally affinity is water? With her natural intelligence and tons of chakra sakura might be able to learn jutsus of all the elements, not just her affinity.

But also we should keep this under wraps - let Sakura be known publically as a super strong ninja, and keep this aside for emergencies.

>>3502498
>Head to School
These are actually some nice AU Shenanigans.

>>3502498
>Talk about the Shadow Clone Jutsu and your Shinra Bansho

>>3502508
>>3502510
>>3502668
>>3502777

Going to allow it but don't be thinking of tanking a fireball to get fire won't end up with taking some damage.

The two of you eventually let go of one another as hugging any longer would be just awkward. So you ended up exactly talking about Naruto's shadow clones. You question him how he managed to pull it off in such a short time. He isn't sure either, Naruto believed that you were just a good teacher that when he was motivated to learn it the power just came to him. You weren't sure if he was praising you or just covering himself for not being as motivated as he should've been during practice. You let it slide since he did learn clone jutsu. He shows you how he does it, but doesn't actually activate it for obvious reasons.

You gather with your chakra control, you could probably do at least a dozen without it biting you in the butt. It was a jutsu that require equalizing the chakra in your body to make tangible clones. You on the other hand have somewhat above average chakra amounts, people like Sasuke and Naruto still have much more chakra than you. But that was balanced out by your amazing chakra control. After learning from Naruto, you decide to share your secret by touching a metal fork. Your entire body took a metallic shade once you preformed Shinra Bansho. Naruto was shocked but also amazed about the technique as you posed a bit and bragged.

"eeeh, I never thought you of all people would actually look Sakura-chan. Figured you'd close your eyes to avoid breaking the rules. Guess you're like me after all~"

For some odd reasons, you felt really angry about that. Just who keeps doing pranks and dragging you into their messes? It didn't change the fact he was right about taking a peek of the scroll. But it wasn't like you deliberately did it, it was already open. As you mentally jumped hoops to justify yourself, you notice that you had to get to the academy quickly. Of course that didn't stop you from telling Naruto to keep this as a secret. It was your ace in the hole and you be willing to even buy him ramen for a month in order to keep people thinking of your image as a super strong powerhouse with a big brain. He naturally does so, but you can't tell if it was because he was your friend or you promised him ramen. Probably both.

So you pushed Naruto to get cleaned up and tell him to hurry up so they don't be late. Since starting today, he'll be a genin alongside you. Naruto smiled and eventually walks alongside you to the academy. He was having the biggest of grins while he wore his headband. You guys were suppose to take pictures for ninja identification cards and then wait for what team you were going to be in. A simple measure since you did your best take a normal photo. Naruto on the other hand....well being Naruto was flashy as usual.

con

>>3502846

You mentally sigh to yourself while slowly watching the other students take their picture and being evaluated by the Third Hokage. The fact your lessons having sink in really did make you happy. Unfortunately, watching it be used for stupid stuff like the sexy clone jutsu made you second think your life choices. And rather or not you should result to bonking Naruto for not even bothering to transform clothing if he was going to use "that".

As you tire yourself out thinking about all of this, you found yourself making small talk with Ino and the rest of the girls about what sort of people you were going to end up teaming with. Again you ended up dodging the question on the spot. You didn't have any real strong feelings like Ino wanted to not be grouped up with Choji and Shikamaru and Hinata wanting to be on Naruto's team. You honestly didn't have any real preference, just so long as it wasn't troubling and you have good chemistry, it would be enough.

Speaking of chemistry, you took notice that Naruto was staring closely at Sasuke in a Mexican stand off kind of way. The girls outside of your friends list naturally bickered about him glaring at Sasuke. Sasuke meanwhile held his ground, both really refusing to back down from one another. That is until someone was about to knock Naruto into Sasuke.

What do you do?

>Let it happen as "Karma"
>Get in between both of them to "stop it"
>Pretend to not look
>Something else

>>3502855
>>Pretend to not look

>>3502855
>Let it happen as "Karma"

>>3502855
>Watch closely to make sure neither of them get hurt, ready to jump in

>>3502855
>Watch closely to make sure neither of them get hurt, ready to jump in

>>3502872
>>3502895

You decided to watch the events that took place as a hawk. At worst you were ready to jump in and stop the two of them from fighting. So naturally when you saw the fight about to break out you use your quick footing to rush in. However...you were hit with a surprise that you were so not ready for today.

Both Naruto and Sasuke ended up kissing you on the cheek while you were trying to break them up. Your face literally turned red as a tomato at the scene. So much emotion flowed into you, your mind actually fried. Therefore, you just stood there in a daze as the memory was now burned inside of everyone's eyes. You let out a loud Shannarō, pushing whatever next to you away with your herculean strength. When you came out of it, you would see...that you pushed Naruto and Sasuke into the other sides of the walls. Both were naturally unconscious from the sudden feat.

Smooth move Sakura, you ended up knocking both parties unconscious. You were upset about this but you had to step out of the room as it was next to impossible to keep your cool. So you ended up outside screaming incoherent babbles and just straight Shannarōs. If the kiss were angled differently, you could've lost your first to either Naruto or Sasuke. You definitely weren't ready for something like that! The question of which boy you would push toward escape your mind. You were too busy having a meltdown while thinking about the misconceptions that everyone is going to have over you now.

The sheer thought of it made you start punching against the ground like a demolition crew. ....Luckly you still had the common sense to do it somewhere where nobody cared if you ruin the surrounding area. You needed this. Eventually once you calmed down, you walked right back to class. Before anyone said anything, you gave a "I'm so done with everyone's shit." Oddly enough that kept everyone quiet. No one wanted to touch that or bring it up anymore. So you went back to sitting in class, listening to Iruka call out the teams.

As you expected Ino was put on Shikamaru and Choji's team, you wanted to comfort her but honestly you didn't know what to say. You were still a bit scatterbrain because of "that". The next team was Hinata, Kiba and Shino. A solid tracking team with lots of unique talents. The teams went by quickly, but as you wait...you slowly start to realize something you didn't want to consider. ...You're about to be partner up with Naruto and Sasuke.

How do you respond

>Incoherent Shannarōs!
>Play it cool but mentally scream
>Object imminently!
>Something else

>Object immediately!

>>3502924
>Incoherent Shannarōs!

>>3502924
>Give a warning.
>"Either of you bring it up I'm putting you into the wall again."

>>3502924
>Play it cool but mentally scream

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>>3502948
Support.

Also >>3502872 >>3502895 look what you have done >>3502924

>>3503001
Oh come on, that's not the worst result possible from doing a write-in.

>>3502948
>>3503001

Just as you ended up fearing, you were put on a team with Naruto and Sasuke. You kept a poker face, holding back that you were mentally screaming incoherent Shannaros among words that wouldn't be appropriate for school. Great, just great wasn't it? More fuel would be given on the soon to be anti-Sakura fan club considering that you got the pretty boy Sasuke on your team. Naruto on the other hand was...oddly enough attractive. What ended up hurting him was his headband placement and choice of clothing.

But you didn't have time to be part of any would be love triangles! You still haven't gotten your life goals completely in check yet. So you just had to endure as Naruto did exactly what you wanted to do and object to being put on a team. Of course he mainly said it about Sasuke who was equally against it but like you was trying to put a poker face about it.

"Naruto, we group these teams based on compatibility and balance. Sasuke got the highest scores in the exams, you got the worst. As for Sakura, she's the top female in the class but more importantly can balance the two of you out...as seen with what happened earlier."

Even your teacher Iruka was poking fun at this while still trying to be helpful. You almost ended up crying to Ino in comedic fashion while no longer felt jealous as she held back the urge to laugh while supporting you. Hinata was a little disappointed that she wasn't in your place. Which you probably would be willing to trade had you have any say in the matter.

Regardless, you spent your time waiting for your jounin proctor once Iruka gave them the go to come inside. One by one you saw your friends meet their respective proctors. You even saw your mentor Kurenai, a recent jounin walk inside.

"Sorry Sakura. As much as I would've like mentoring further as your team's leader. I have already been chosen to run squad 8. Don't fret, you're in the capable hands of Kakashi Hatake. So keep at it now and work hard."

With that, Kurenai rounded up Hinata's group. Naturally Hinata wished you guys luck and you couldn't be upset with her given how pure and gentle she was. Yet you still ended up mentally sobbing once you were left alone with Naruto and Sasuke. This was going to be a long day.

Speaking of long days, you spent your time watching Naruto starting to set up one of his pranks. A simple eraser to the door. A simple yet effective prank from the book of Naruto. You mentally judge yourself for even knowing all of Naruto's pranks to make a book out of it.

>Tell Naruto he could do so much better yet do nothing
>Help with the prank while lecturing him
>Pretend to ignore it
>Stop it
>Something else

>>3503045
>Help with the prank while lecturing him

>>3503045
>Pretend to ignore it

>>3503045
>>Tell Naruto he could do so much better yet do nothing

>>3503045
>>Pretend to ignore it

>>3503045
>Subtly help with the prank but pretend to ignore it. You're not in the mood to make much of a lecture right now.

>>3503045
>>Pretend to ignore it

>>3503045
>Pretend to ignore it

>>3503001
I regret nothing!
>>3503009
Thank you.

>>3503073
>>3503099
>>3503103
>>3503110
>>3503139

You decide to subtly mention ways to improve on the prank without actually helping. You were too tired and stressed to really get into a lecturing mood. Nor did you have the strength to restrain yourself if you wanted to stop Naruto. So instead, you pretend to ignore it.

As you and your team wait, you finally see someone coming into the classroom. It was your squad leader Kakashi Hatake as he opens the door. Both you and Sasuke notice that Kakashi could've easily dodge the eraser if he wanted to. Yet he chose to take it head on as Naruto laugh. Almost instinctively, you try and apologize while Sasuke says nothing as he couldn't get why Kakashi did such a thing.

Naturally as a response, Kakashi told you lot that he flat out hate this team in a calm yet blunt. Thus, putting you all in a gloomy mood. So you ended up following Kakashi to the outside as each of you sat on stairs while he leans on the rail.

"Now then, let's start with the introductions. My name is Kakashi Hatake. Hmm...I don't feel like telling you about things I like or things I hate. As for the future....I never really thought about it. As for hobbies....well I have lots of hobbies."

You were mentally annoyed by this. He didn't really tell you anything but his name. Yet you were too tired nitpick on what you really thought. Kakashi pointed to Naruto in order to start the line up. From what you already knew, Naruto spent most of the time talking about Ramen. It was only when he mentioned about being the Hokage that you widen a bit. Already Naruto has his sights on something big...so what did you have? What was being a ninja really means for you? Sure you did it mainly to control your gifts and having the talent for it. But what was your goals?

>Write out your hobbies, likes, dislikes and most importantly your goal/dream

>>3503269
So we're gonna be defining what this Sakura grew to be like huh? Let's go for it.
>Hobbies: Ino got her into raising plants, Shikamaru got her into Shogi and Rock Lee's enthusiasm about exercise has rubbed off on her.
>Likes: Honesty, Self-Improvement and she's unironically a big supporter of the power of Friendship. Has sometimes guffawed at some of Naruto's Pranks but that probably doesn't count.
>Dislikes: Rumor Mills and the general trashy clique things because goddamn those are terrible, Laziness, Losing control of situations.
>Goal/Dream: Outside of the constant will to improve oneself due to Might Gai's Wisdom? She just wants to be a Shinobi that can help those in need. Not exactly the ambitious sort of goal but a admirable and maybe slightly naive one.

Pick and choose which ones you want Sakura to admit to I guess. I mostly picked out stuff that seemed logical for her to have considering her time at the Academy and her Childhood.

>>3503269

>Hobbies: reading, learning, studying, training, gardening, shogi, trivia games, learning more about plants, flora and medical stuff.

>Likes: books, sweet food.

>Dislikes: spicy food, laziness, not having control over situations.

>Goal/Dream: improve oneself even more, become the best Kunoichi/Shinobi to help and protect those in need, also his friends, and surpass a rival.

>>3503462
>>3503389
I don’t really see anything I would want to add.

>>3503269

>>3503389 Supporting most of this - especially the dream, dislikes and likes.

Gonna support the hobby section of >>3503462 though, because I think she'll like more things than just plants.

Pretty sure with the creation technique the person gains the ability to weild and manipulate the elemental chakra of anything they've transformed into. And yeah for fire I was thinking a controlled burn to absorb the power of fire, not tanking a fireball. It'll be pretty in character of the girl who actively self harmed to find thr limits of her healing factor.

>>3498254
Every single thread that's what the Naruto Quest MCs devolve into.

>>3503597
Judging from our abilities this one seems to actually be rather in spirit to the original in a way.

>>3503597
That’s because the super special bullshit everyone has detracted from what people actually liked about it.

Also Kami Turtle/Sage of The Six Path your style of writing is full of obvious grammatical errors and just plain awkward in some places.

>>3503462
>>3503389
>>3503580
>>3503567

Next up was yourself, seeing that Naruto chose to be Naruto it was up to you to actually do what your teacher wanted. So you begin to list your hobbies which comprised of >>3503462 . Then you went into your likes and dislikes of >>3503389 . So far what you listed sounded like precisely what a normal girl brought into the ninja would would have.

Yet what would really catch everyone's guard was your dream and goals. >>3503389 You had a simple yet still admirable one as Kakashi looks at you closely. Sure it was naive but considering how much you started valuing your friends and wanting to protect them from their sorrows it was the only thing you could think of that really fits.

"Now that is certainly an interesting setup you have Sakura. Now that just leaves you Sasuke."

Sasuke was straight and to the point. Hearing him talk only made you feel sad that he was much more cold and serious than he was in the past. What truly made it especially painful was hearing his goal being that he wanted to kill someone. Already he was walking down the path of revenge. But then, deep down you already knew that but didn't want to admit it.

"I think I got a good understanding of this team so far. Anyway, we'll start practice tomorrow at dawn. That's 6am if some of you don't know what meant. Try not to eat breakfast...just trust your teacher on this one."

Before you could ask him why you ended up seeing him disappear. That just left you, Naruto and Sasuke who was starting to get up and walk away.

>Go after Sasuke and try to talk/train with him
>Go along with Naruto
>Try to get them to both together
>Hang out with friends instead
>Train alone
>Something else

>>3503781

Yeah I'm a little rusty and trying to fix that.

>>3503784
>Try to get them to both together
Teamwork makes the dream work

>>3503781
Don't really mind the typos, but what really annoys me is just linking the write in posts like your doing this update instead of actually incorporating their text into the main post. Like why should we bother with write ins if you're gonna half ass it?

>>3503784
>Try to get them to both together

>>3503803

Little of being afraid of being redundant and working with the limited word limit for posts. But I'll incorporate the texts you guys create for dialogue scenes or things you think Sakura should say while doing actions.

>>3503784
>Try to get them to both together

>>3503806
>Little of being afraid of being redundant and working with the limited word limit for posts. But I'll incorporate the texts you guys create for dialogue scenes or things you think Sakura should say while doing actions.
You need to remember you are writing a story not just a series of posts with links haphazardly inserted throughout.

>>3503803 >>3503803
Support

>>3503835

Right I'll keep that in mind thanks. Any other criticisms, suggestions, etc is also welcome so I can make this enjoyable for everyone. Or...at least more fun than actually reading naruto or naruto fanfiction anyway,

So what do you think Wild Card is?

>>3503803
>>3503805
>>3503825
>>3503835

"Hey you guys! I think we should use this time to actually start team building activities. Since we’re going to be teammates we should try to get along. Please~" You suggested, trying to appeal to the two of them.

Both Naruto and Sasuke look as they debate on rather or not to scoff at the idea. After what happened earlier, it was already an uphill battle. Not to mention for as far as you could remember both Naruto and Sasuke have a deep rivalry between one another. In retrospect, this is probably why Iruka picked you to be the medium between the lone wolf and the hyperactive knucklehead.

“I’m sorry…let me rephrase…I implore you to reconsider.” To further the point, you crack you knuckles while keeping your smile. There was an eerie aura coming from you. You kept your nice girl appearance, but it was clear you was honestly getting tired of both of their shit today.

“…Fine. What do you have in mind?” Sasuke reflected, choosing his words carefully.

“Alright alright I get it. If Sakura-chan asks, then it’s only fair that I listen to her request.” Naruto tries to get on your good side since he knows exactly how you are when your limiter breaks.

With a mental sigh of relief, you start to think about what to do together. It’d had to be something that would serve as perfect team bonding while catering to both of your party’s interests. Now what did you know about Naruto and Sasuke so far? Sasuke likes training and taking deep walks. Meanwhile Naruto likes eating ramen, pulling pranks, and…watering plants?!?! You easily deduce that last one must have been your influence rubbing off on him like he was doing for you. Still, how exactly are you going to get these two to work together?

>Make a game that combines pulling pranks and training
>Talk about tactics while walking and eating ramen
> Give up and go home
>Something else

Hope this format is better than the old CYOA storytelling I was going with.

>>3503952
>>Talk about tactics while walking and eating ramen