Bored.
A simple word, but one that rang true and seemed to encompass the entirety of her very being. There was nothing to do, no new sight or sounds for miles to come, only the rustling of the wind and endless green plains. The sole unique geographical feature in this desolate emerald field was a large cherry blossom tree in front of a lake. The sky was as black as night and there were no stars to be seen, yet a small moon was reflected in the waters regardless of this impossibility. Such was the strangeness of a mindscape, it did not follow the whims of the physical world.
Here, dreams and reality were one and the same.
It was too bad her other-self was such a bore. Here, she could access all of the memories and knowledge of her other personality, in the form of books and scrolls, or even reflected on the water's surface to play out in the form of movies. Yet they were truly dull movies if there ever was one.
The cast was always the same, the characters and their interactions shallow and hollow with false pleasantry and social norms. The girl never did anything! She read and studied up on the texts of the academy but rarely practiced them only memorizing the theories. She spent her time dieting and on her appearance, spending more time on her hair than on the training grounds.
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All in an effort to catch the attention of the Uchiha boy. She had no intention to criticize other-self on her life choices, after all to each their own, but that had suddenly changed this past week after meeting Zabuza. She suddenly found herself woefully ill-prepared to face the harsh life of a Shinobi, because not even an hour since her first true mission outside of Konoha's safe wall they had almost died.
Kakashi may have faked his death and let team 7 deal with the two assassins, but it hammered in the fact Sakura simply hadn't been able to do anything to help Sasuke or Naruto deal with the two brothers. What if next time Kakashi truly was indisposed? Not necessarily dead, because she knew how powerful he truly was. Kakashi of the Sharingan was not to be underestimated from the rumors she'd had as a child that the other Sakura had long forgotten, but what if he was held up by facing another shinobi?
They'd be dead before he could arrive because they were simply too weak and pathetic to even stall for time. She was under no delusion that Sasuke would save her. He might try because they were teammates but she doubted he had any true goodwill towards her, and Naruto certainly would try, but despite the orange goof ball's good intentions and proclamations, she knew his skills simply wasn't up to par again true shinobis. It took more than guts and heart to block Kunais after all. Well, maybe if there were enough guts.
No, she couldn't rely on anyone else but herselves and considering the situation in their headspace, probably not even then.
It was time she took matters into her own hands.
'Sakura' kicked her feet off the branch she was sitting on before diving into the lake, her entire body sinking beneath its surface within moments without leaving a single ripple.