Cherry Blossom and the Mask

Sakura Haruno slowly walked along the path that followed Konohagakure's main river. She had just finished an extra long shift at the hospital and she was tired and angry. Plus she was extremely saddened today, as it was the second anniversary of Sasukes defection from the village and that despite her training she was still no closer to bringing him back.

Sakura sighed "at least Naruto will be back soon" she thought, despite the fact that she always hit Naruto for one reason or another she still viewed him as a good friend and she still missed him.

Because she was so deep in thought Sakura almost missed the figure lying face down in the water; almost.

Sakura's eyes widened as she turned on the spot towards the river, she could see a face so the figure must be a civilian who'd fallen into the water "hey are you alright?" she yelled at the figure but there was no reply. Sakura quickly jumped onto the rivers surface, pumping chakra into her feet, she ran towards the figure but when she went to grab the person in the water she felt its body squish in her hand and when she looked at her palm she saw it covered in mud! "What?" she said angrily, she then looked at the rest of the `body' it was all made of mud and pieces of driftwood and the face she saw was just an old wooden mask! In her anger Sakura lost her concentration and she plunged into the water and all the mud she had tried to save from drowning.

Not much later Sakura stormed into her apartment, soaking wet and her clothes ruined by the mud and water, still clutching the mask she'd found after all she wasn't going to have her best clothes ruined and not have something to show for it. Sakura placed the mask on her coffee table as she went to have a shower and change her clothes.

Sakura came out of her bathroom a few minutes later wearing the exact same outfit she always wore. The pink haired medic nin casually walked over to the table where she put the mask which she picked up to examine. The mask was old and wooden, with a simple design of three holes cut out of the wood forming a pair of eyes and a mouth that was contorted into a frown "It looks so sad" Sakura thought as she stared into the eye holes. She flipped the mask around in her hands in order to see the back "there's no string or for that matter holes for the string, how is anyone supposed to wear this?" she thought as she gazed at the back of the mask.

Sakura gasped loudly and she nearly dropped the mask, she could have sworn she just saw a green glow coming from the mask "nah it can't be" she thought "old masks don't glow, I'm just imagining things because I'm so tired" she reassured herself.

"With all the trouble I went through because of this thing I might as well see what I look like with it on" she said aloud as she slowly raised the mask to her face. The mask was mere millimetres from her face, but before she could place it on her face, Sakura felt the mask contort in her hands as if it was reaching for her face! Sakura quickly ripped the mask away from her face and she stared with a shocked expression at the mask, which had reverted to its regular shape, although she could see the green glow again.

Despite her common sense screaming at her to put the mask down, Sakura once again began to raise the mask to her face again, she had to be sure she wasn't just seeing things due to sleep deprivation. Rather then going slowly and waiting for the mask to jump at her face again, Sakura quickly brought it up to her face and placed it on her.

The second skin met wood there was a sound like thunder and the wooden mask began to stretch itself around Sakura's head! As she felt the mask wriggle and writhe on her face, she changed her mind and she grabbed the edges of the mask and she pulled with all her strength. Unfortunately even Sakura's monstrous strength wasn't enough to stop the mask which continued to encompass her head and realising that there was nothing she could do; Sakura screamed.

Suddenly, the mask stopped moving and Sakura's body began spinning! Round and round, moving so fast she looked like a miniature pink and red coloured tornado, which tore around her apartment, knocking over numerous pieces of furniture and sending various objects flying this way and that. All the while, Sakura was still screaming although it was heavily muffled by the air being swirled around by her still spinning body.

The Haruno-twister stopped moving about the apartment and chose a spot in the living room to spin in place in. Within moments the tornado stopped and there stood Sakura Haruno, virtually unchanged aside from the fact that her once normal face was now a bright green!

The new Sakura stretched her arms out above her head as she looked up and down her body "am I different? I don't look different but maybe I should consult my good buddy" Sakura said quickly as she reached into her back pocket and pulled out a large full size mirror! She brought it in front of her and gazed at her reflection "mirror, mirror in my hand, who's the greatest babe in the land?" she asked in a sing-song voice as she gave her reflection a seductive smile. Her reflection suddenly stopped mirroring her and brought its hands to its face to show it was deep in thought "not you my dear, for while you have a great behind, your chest is so flat you could iron clothes on it" the reflection replied.

Sakura gave an over emphasised gasp of shock and disgust, as she placed the mirror against the wall "alas you are correct, at the moment I'm no match for people like Tsunade and Hinata in the bust department, oh woe is me" Sakura said in mock depression as she wore a saddened expression "unless of course" she said as her face contorted into a large scheming smirk "I do this": Sakura then placed her thumb in between her green lips, almost as if she was sucking her thumb, and blew. Slowly Sakuras head began to inflate with her emerald eyes growing to match her head; however her vibrant pink hair remained the same length.

Sakuras head looked like it was gonna pop, when suddenly there was a pair of loud "thoomp" like noises. Sakura looked into the mirror and gave a loud giggle at what she saw; her body was far more developed then before with her new and improved bust, which had grown beyond Hinatas and was barely being covered by her shirt which was stretched to its limit keeping her breasts in.

Sakuras reflection wolf whistled "wow baby, you could keep books on that rack" it said with a wink as Sakura struck a pose, putting her left hand on her leg and her right behind her head all the while thrusting her chest out "thanks, you're not bad looking yourself, although I've been thinking, when you look this great you need to dress to impress" Sakura said with a grin as she began to spin around again.

The pink and red tornado suddenly turned a pink and black and shortly Sakura stopped spinning again revealing that she was now wearing her usual black shorts, minus the skirt, and a black tank top which showed off ample cleavage. "Hmm" Sakura said as she admired her new outfit "it definitely shows off my body, but it's not very subtle is it" she said as she began to spin again.

This time the tornado turned into a mixture of black red and pink and when it stopped it revealed Sakura now dressed in a pair of tight black trousers, similar to her shorts, and a red jacket that was left unzipped revealing a low cut black shirt that showed off a fair amount of her assets, although no where near as much as the tank top. Sakura looked at her outfit "gotta leave something for their imaginations after all" she said as she turned to the mirror once more

Sakuras reflection studied her with a scrutinizing glance "I've got one word for you" the reflection said with a serious expression "ssssssmokin" it said with a large grin as it put extra emphasis on the "s". Sakura returned the smile "well then the night is young and so am I, but I'd best dash, ciao" Sakura said as she waved to her reflection and brought up both her arms and her right leg in an over emphasised running start position. And in the blink of an eye Sakura was gone, replaced by a blur that matched the tornado colours.

The blur shot from the living room and out trough the front door, which barely opened in time, and out into the dark streets of Konoha. Sakura moved easily through the streets, arriving in a large square. Sakura stopped quickly and stood with her hands on her hips "hey boys and girls hurricane gorgeous is here to party!" she said loudly however there was no one there. Sakura looked around the empty area "where is everyone? They should be here in packs to witness my grand debut" she said sadly "although this might not be a bad thing after all; business before pleasure" Sakura said as a large mischievous smirk appeared on her green features.

Earlier that day, Sakura had bumped into Ino Yamanka and of course a fight had ensured although this time as Sakura was stomping away, Ino tripped her up causing Sakura to crash into Tsunade, who was passing by carrying a huge stack of paperwork. Needless to say Sakura paid for that one and now Ino was going to as well.

Said girl was fast asleep in her room, curled up underneath her bed covers snoozing the night away. Until she was awoken by the sound of her window suddenly being opened and closed that is. Inos eyes fluttered open but she didn't move a muscle, so as not to alert the intruder about her, she then carefully manoeuvred her arm underneath her pillow, withdrawing the kunai she kept there in case of emergencies. Ino suddenly sprang from her bed, kunai in hand, her eyes scanning for the intruder; except no one was there.

"ahh what's a matter blondie afraid of the dark?" a familiar voice taunted behind her. Ino twirled around to meet the intruder and lashed out with her kunai, but once again no one was there. "Oh so violent, tell me Ino didn't your mother tell you about playing with sharp objects?" the voice taunted, once again behind her! "Come on show yourself" Ino growled as she turned around again, although the results were the same.

Suddenly Ino felt a pair of hands reach into the back of her pyjamas "oh come on lighten up" the voice said as the hands enclosed around the tops of Inos purple panties "ahh you pervert! What do you think you're-" Ino was cut off mid sentence as she felt the stranger pull back and the back of her underwear stretch up and out of her pants! "Wedgie" the voice cackled as Inos panties stretched past her back and up the back of her head until they where dropped down over her eyes!

Ino panicked and reached for her underwear that was now around her head, except when she tried to remove it, she felt it start to ride up a certain crevice "who are you?" Ino asked fearfully, still struggling with her underwear. Ino suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder "don't worry my scared little piggy, this'll hurt me a lot more then it'll hurt you" the voice said unconvincingly. The hand on her shoulder suddenly gripped Ino tightly and she felt her attacker start to turn her body slowly and then she felt an almighty push that sent Ino twirling around.

Sakura stood there looking amused at the purple tornado that was spinning in front of her. Suddenly the tornado that was Ino turned from a darkish purple into a light pink colour. Ino stopped spinning, revealing that Ino was now wearing a very revealing pig girl outfit that left nothing to the imagination. Ino was so dazed that she couldn't clearly see her attackers face "perfect" the person said as Ino fainted from shock.

The morning sun shone high above the streets of Konoha signalling the start of a brand new day.

Sakura Haruno groaned loudly as her alarm went off and her eyelids opened slowly and reluctantly, that is until the memories of last night flooded back. She quickly sat up and looked at her chest; it was a little bigger then before, but not like what she could remember it being like after she put on the mask. When she remembered the mask, she looked around for it and saw it sat on her table like it was last night "maybe it was all a dream" she said to herself.

Sakura was on her way to work that morning when she saw a large group of people congregating in a square. Intrigued Sakura went to see what they were all looking at and what she saw shocked her to the core. Ino was hanging from a large pole looking like a piñata, suspended by her panties all the while dressed up in the same Pig costume Sakura had dreamed about last night.

Sakura quickly dashed home, slamming her door behind her she ran over to the mask and picked it up "no, no, no, no, no it can't have been real" she said quickly as she flipped it over in her hands and brought it up to her face. But nothing happened this time; it seemed to be just an ordinary mask "what the hell is going on?" Sakura asked worriedly as she sank to the floor clutching the mask to her chest.