Sakura Haruno. Age 19. Apprentice of the Godaime Hokage. Teammate of Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki. Skilled medical ninja. Hard working and intelligent with precise control of her chakra. That was just some of her titles and what she was known for. She was also the only pink haired kunoichi in the village, that she knew of. Working at the hospital made it easy for her to get to know most, if not all of the village inhabitants. Of course, even she knew that she hadn't met everyone in the village. It was far too big to accomplish that.<br/><br/>She was currently a jounin. She did missions but a lot of her time was spent at the hospital. She had a very bad habit of losing track of time and diving head first into the work required there. She would work for many hours without a break until she was almost completely spent, in which she would often not make it home and pass out in her office at the hospital.<br/><br/>It was something that her teammates disliked. They were always nagging her about it and she hated it, but she felt it was necessary. She didn't like to sit idle and not do anything. Not when she could help people. Of course, everything wasn't always sunshine and rainbows. She had lost many patients, of varying ages. It always hit her the hardest when she couldn't save a child.<br/><br/>Sakura wore her heart on her sleeve and would often cry in the privacy of her home or office whenever she lost a patient. She didn't let it get her down for long though, the loss strengthening her resolve to continue helping out when she could.<br/><br/>Today was her day off and she had promised Sasuke that she would go over to the Uchiha compound and spend time with him in his family's manor. In a way, she was closer to him than to Naruto. This didn't mean that she wasn't close to the Kyuubi container, but she had grown up with Sasuke. Things were a bit different. Their mothers were friends and often they would spend the night at the others houses.<br/><br/>When Mikoto couldn't fetch Sasuke from her house, she would send her eldest son to do so in her place. At some point, she had developed a crush on the older Uchiha but she knew nothing would come of it. He was the clan heir and she was just a nobody. At least, in her eyes. So, she had never acted on her feelings and stored them away. Not to mention, she couldn't imagine how Sasuke would have reacted to knowing that she had feelings for his precious older brother. That was just a line she did not want to cross.<br/><br/>She was currently making her way to the Uchiha compound, a smile on her lips and a slight bounce in her step. She had a few days off from the hospital, though it was not by choice. Sasuke had personally gone to Tsunade and complained to her about the pink haired kunoichi's work ethics. The blonde Hokage had wasted no time in banning her student from the hospital.<br/><br/>As much as Sakura hated being temporarily banned from the hospital and that Sasuke had gone behind her back, she couldn't find it in her to hate him for it. She knew she needed the break. She already felt better after a few good night's rest. She entered the compound, smiling at anyone she saw, though most didn't return the gesture. She didn't take it to heart.<br/><br/>She finally came to a halt in front of the door to the Main Family's house, hesitating for a moment. What if Itachi was there? How was she supposed to act around him? She couldn't even remember the last time she had seen the man. He was so busy. In fact, he was busier than her and that was saying something. Shaking her head some, she knocked on the door and resumed her smile.