"Sarah-chan!" A familiar voice shouted as Sarah looked back over. It was her friend, Naruto.

"Oh hey Naruto," Sarah said as she turned around, "What's up?"

"Sarah, you're never going to believe this! There's a new Ninja Wars movie out in theatres!" Naruto said as he held up a wrinkled up flyer, "We got to see this after school!"

Sarah nodded, "Alright. So we're sneaking in again?"

"Mhm, believe it!" Naruto responded as the duo walked towards the academy.

Sarah smiled, "Sounds like a plan."

It has been a few months since she arrived in this world and Sarah has loved every bit of it. Of course she has to deal with her fair share of bullies and people trying to target Naruto for some reason, but Sarah normally fought them off with nothing but her fists. She's been lectured enough by Iruka to know that violence isn't necessarily the answer, but Sarah really couldn't care less. She'll do anything to defend her friend.

Naruto's not exactly the best at studying or performing jutsus, but he's still quite the gutsy ninja. Always performing pranks, getting into fights, declaring that he'll one day become the next Hokage... Sarah couldn't have asked for a better friend.

Stepping into the classroom, Sarah and Naruto sat down at their respective seats as they watched their classmates chat amongst themselves. Of course there's oddballs like Sasuke, Shino, and Hinata that prefer to stay quiet, but that's pretty much the usual. Sarah and Naruto were always loud and boisterous, talking about any random topics that comes into their minds. People always thought that the duo were annoying, but Sarah couldn't care less about what people thought of her.

She once got into a fight with Kiba Inuzuka over him making fun of Naruto. The boy ended up with a broken nose and a shattered ego while Sarah made it out with a couple of bruises. Needless to say people haven't made fun of Naruto in her presence since.

"That one week of detention was totally worth it."

The class eventually quieted down once Iruka entered the room. Sarah really didn't bother to listen to the lecture, instead taking time time needed to perfect her seals. Naruto on the other hand was busy sleeping. Typical behavior at this point.

Once class got dismissed for recess, Naruto and Sarah decided to practice sparring by a tree. Taijutsu wasn't Naruto's biggest strong suit but Sarah oddly enough excelled at it. Landing another hit on Naruto with her fist, Sarah hopped back and dodged as Naruto attempted to hit him back. Sarah stepped aside and landed a nasty right hook to the blonde's jaw, sending him flying into the dirt.

A few of their classmates watched the duo spar. They've heard stories of Sarah's inhuman strength from Kiba, but they had yet to witness it themselves until now. Naruto tried to kick Sarah in her side but the lavender-haired girl blocked with her arm and used her remaining hand to form a fist and land a hit into Naruto's chest.

Sarah took a stance as she watched Naruto get up off the ground, his smile and determination still unwavering. She enjoyed sparring with the blonde; he never did went easy on her just because of her gender. He believed in equality, something Sarah seemed to agree with.

Before the duo could continue, Iruka came running up towards them and reprimanded them for fighting. Naruto tried arguing back but Sarah just dragged the blonde away. Apparently training during recess was forbidden.

Once the academy let out for the day, Sarah and Naruto made their way towards the movie theatre. Ninja Wars 2 was going to be airing any second now and the duo wanted to make sure they snuck in just in time to see it. They decided to take a short-cut through an alleyway, quickly making their way towards the movie theatre. Before the duo could make it they were quickly ambushed by a group of Chuunin.

One of the Chuunins grabbed Sarah by her hoodie and held her up as the other two went on to attacking Naruto. Sarah was gasping for air, attempting to reach for her pouch. The Chuunin holding her saw this and slammed her up against the wall. Sarah had no choice but to watch as her best friend was being beaten up for essentially no reason.

"Why are they doing this? Aren't they suppose to be protecting us?"

No matter how much Sarah trained and practice, she would never be strong enough to protect those she cared about. She was weak, useless... She always had to rely on Nemuri to get them out of trouble. Why couldn't she defend herself?

Sarah slowly reached into the Chuunins kunai pouch and grabbed a sharp object out from it. Before the Chuunin holding her could react Sarah stabbed him in the side, causing the Chuunin to let her go. Falling onto the ground, Sarah coughed as she held the bloodied kunai in her hand. The duo saw this and started coming towards her. Sarah used her other hand to open up her pouch and pull out two seals.

She slammed the two pieces of paper into the ground, vines coming out and wrapping themselves around her attackers. The remaining Chuunin quickly got up and lunged at her to attack, Sarah using the kunai she had stolen as a weapon to take the man down. She threw it at the man and hit him in the head, his body collapsing onto the floor.

The other two Chuunin made their way out of the vines, one of them forming hand signs to some unknown jutsu. Sarah rushed at him and quickly punched him in the face, sending him flying down the alleyway into another building. She then pulled out another seal and used the light coming from it to blind the remaining Chuunin, using it as a distraction for Sarah to punch the man in the face.

A crater formed beneath the man, his skull crushed into the pavement. Sarah breathed heavily as she watched the blood drip from her fist. All she wanted to do was to go watch a movie with her friend. That's all she wanted to do. Why did they have to ruin it for her?

Looking back over towards Naruto, Sarah saw how badly beaten the boy was. She wished there was something more she could do to help. She wished that she had some power..ANY power to heal him.

"So do something about it!" Nemuri cried out in rage.

Sarah nodded. She quickly rushed back over towards her best friends side and held his body in her arms. She sobbed uncontrollably as she watched Naruto struggle to breathe. Why did she have to be so fucking useless?

Before she could react her hands started to glow a faint blue, Naruto's wounds slowly healing themselves up. Sarah looked down in shock; she didn't know she could heal people. Last she knew she didn't have a mana trait. How was she healing him? Was this...no, it can't be. Her mana was sealed away alongside Nemuri's. How was this possible?

Several masked ninjas surrounded the duo as Sarah continued to heal Naruto. Sarah couldn't fight them now, she was busy healing her friend. Her eyelids started to grow heavy, her body eventually collapsing due to the lack of energy. She may have been useless during this whole battle..but at least she was able to prevent her friends death in the end.

-Childhood (2): Weakness-

Sarah woke up in the hospital covered in bandaids, Naruto sitting beside her bed in a chair sleeping. He didn't look too bad himself; a cast on his arm and bandages littering all over his body. Shouldn't he be the one in the hospital bed and not her?

Smiling, Sarah patted her friend on the head as she cautiously looked around the room. She didn't trust anyone now, especially since they tried to kill Naruto. Sarah knew the village didn't like Naruto, she wasn't oblivious to that, but to kill an innocent kid for essentially no reason? That was just beyond fucked up.

"But why did I have to be so useless," Sarah mumbled under her breath.

The door to her hospital room opened up. Hirzuen Sarutobi along with a bunch of masked ninjas came into the room. Naruto's body shot up, the boy using his hands to rub his eyes groggily as Sarah stared at the group cautiously. She didn't know who to trust in this village, especially since their supposed protectors were willing to attack two innocent children.

  "I am sorry to interrupt you both but I'm here to get a statement on what happened from the both of you," Hiruzen said as he looked at both Naruto and Sarah.

Naruto was quick to speak up, telling Hiruzen (who the boy called 'Gramps' for some reason) everything that happened before he blacked out. Sarah saw the older man write the information down before looking over at her to see if their stories correlated. Sarah responded with the same answers as Naruto, with the exception of her discovering her mana trait.

Hiruzen and the masked ninjas walked out of the room afterwards. Sarah felt bad for the older man; he's going to be filling out a lot of paperwork. Naruto looked over at Sarah with a worried expression on his face.

"I'm sorry for getting us into trouble. I didn't mean for that to happen, believe it!"

Sarah smiled as she patted the blonde on the head, "It's alright, things just happen."

"So..was it really true that you kicked those  ninjas asses?" Naruto raised an eyebrow, wanting to know the details.

Sarah nodded as she put on a fierce and determined act, "Mhm. None of them seen it coming!"

"Wow, you're so strong!" Naruto praised, "Though not as strong as me of course."

Sarah chuckled, "How could I be stronger than Konoha's future Hokage? That would just be a crime in itself."

Naruto grinned, "Yeah, and when I become Hokage I'm going to make those ninjas wish they never messed with us. Believe it!"

Sarah rolled her eyes playfully. She's forever thankful that Naruto's still upbeat and positive despite the previous days events.

"Still, why did I have to be so useless?" Sarah thought as she subconsciously drifted off into the mindscape. She'll let Nemuri handle talking to Naruto (much to the older demons displeasure), right now she just needs a break from everything.

Right now she isn't strong enough to defend herself and her loved ones. She's weak, gullible, and unprepared. Her mana reserves aren't big enough to heal anyone, she still relies on Nemuri's help, her seals aren't even good enough to hold even a single Chuunin level ninja back. If she's going to get stronger then she'll need to step up her training.

"I promise nothing like that will ever happen to us again, Naruto. I'll become a strong enough shinobi to protect us both...believe it."