It's been half a year since Sasuke has run away from the village and joined with Orochimaru. The one feeling that stuck to her since then was how useless she was.

Naruto got taken away by Jiraya to train; Kakashi sensei was his usual self, and she barely saw him these days. And she?

She's been reevaluating her life choices and understood how dumb she was to chase after Sasuke and how weak she was as a shinobi

Sakura sat down on the empty bench in a park. What could she do to be useful and strong? She could try to talk to Lady Tsunade about training...

Then she heard someone approaching, and her green eyes rose up