𓏲ּ𝄢`Sakura Haruno

Name: Sakura Haruno (春野 サクラ)
Age: 19
Height: 1.65 meters (5'4")
Weight: 105 Ibs. (47 kg)
Skin: Peach
Hair color: Pink
Eye color: Green
Blood type: 0
Aliases: Billbord Brow, Tsunade Junior, Little Tsunade, Miss Sakura, Useless
Birthplace: Konohagakure

Sakura is the only child and daughter of Kizashi and Mebuki Haruno. She had a mostly normal childhood, raised by her mostly normal parents without any great tragedy or legendary family legacy, unlike her team members. When she entered Konoha's Academy, a few of the girls in her class started picking on her because of her broad forehead. Sakura tried to combat their teasing by hiding her forehead with her bangs, but this caused the girls to bully her even more. Ino Yamanaka, one of her classmates, saw this, and defended Sakura from her bullies and encouraged her to embrace her forehead rather than hide it.

Over the following years, Ino's guidance and friendship helped Sakura become comfortable with herself and develop into her own person. Though she felt indebted to Ino for helping her, Sakura began to feel that she was living in Ino's shadow when she, instead, wanted to be Ino's equal. At some point after she entered in the Academy, Sakura met Sasuke Uchiha and she developed a crush on him. When she told her friends, she was surprised to learn how popular Sasuke was with the girls. Sakura heard a rumour of Sasuke being attracted to girls with long hair and she began letting her hair grow to get his attention. A couple of years later, when she learned Ino had a crush on Sasuke and no longer wanting to be in Ino's shadow, Sakura ended their friendship so that they could compete for Sasuke's love, thus beginning a bitter rivalry between them and their dislike towards each other. After they were placed in their teams, Sakura approached Ino, bragging about being on Sasuke's team and declaring she won't lose.

As a child, Sakura was insecure and highly self-conscious about her appearance, in particular her large forehead, covering it with her bangs. It was not until she met Ino, who defended her from bullies and became her very first friend, that she become more self-confident.+

+Sakura typically gave the outward impression of being polite to authority figures, considerate of her peers, and confident in herself. She had occasional moments of competitiveness around her childhood friend Ino, but otherwise appeared quite collected. This reservation, though never truly disingenuous, frequently masked how Sakura felt: in certain situations, she had pronounced feelings of frustration, anger, envy, jealousy, mischief and joy. Rather than display these emotions to others too openly, she projected them inward, allowing a manifestation of who she truly is — what is labelled "Inner Sakura" (内なるサクラ, Uchi Naru Sakura) — to have the opinions Sakura wanted to keep to herself. Inner Sakura, whose appearances were marked by an exclamation of "Shannarō!", was in a sense a personality separate from Sakura herself, a fact that even allowed her to overcome the Mind Body Switch Technique. At other times, Sakura and Inner Sakura were indistinguishable from each other, usually with regards to her teammate Naruto Uzumaki. If he said or did something that annoyed or upset her, Sakura responded with violence, a reaction that under other circumstances would have been delegated to Inner Sakura.

Sakura became increasingly exposed to the cruel realities of the shinobi world, difficulties for which she cannot rely upon Inner Sakura to cope with alone. When she was an Academy student, she succeeded through studying alone to the point of pride. As a shinobi, however, this is proven insufficient as missions cannot be truly completed merely with book smarts, and it is necessary to be able to fight so that other shinobi will not kill her or her teammates. The latter makes Sakura particularly disappointed in herself, as she was unable to contribute much in battle and had to rely on others to save her.+

+She set out to change this about herself, dedicating nearly three years of training to making herself as capable as Naruto and Sasuke; in the meantime, she was willing to sacrifice herself to protect her friends and comrades.

Inner Sakura made one appearance and then is never seen again. This is because Sakura is finally in touch with her feelings and is willing to express what she is thinking, a self-comfort she picked up during her years of training with Tsunade, whom she deeply admires and cares for as her mentor and leader. In Sakura's own words, she has inherited her mentor's unbending will and contempt for losing. Much like Tsunade, Sakura will place herself at risk so that others don't need to and to assure the victory of her allies, as seen during her partnership with Chiyo, showing a compassionate and self-sacrificial side as well. However, this expressive side of Sakura has also made her more emotional and impulsive at times. Her desire to catch up in strength with her teammates, her protectiveness of those she holds dear to the point of developing a habit of hiding the truth if she thinks it's too painful to say, and her need to prove her worthiness as a ninja brings forth this dark side of her more easily, which sometimes leads her to attack her opponents rashly and get rescued by her allies. Minato Namikaze, witnessing her outburst on Naruto when he asked if she was his girlfriend, noted that she reminded him of his own headstrong wife Kushina Uzumaki. However, Sakura no longer thinks poorly of Naruto, although she continues to express her displeasure and anger with him whenever his immaturity and more idiotic traits surface, often lashing out with violence, demonstrating a very obdurate and stiff-necked nature. Regardless, she particularly looks to Naruto as a model figure, inspired by his rapid growth and his determination to be there for her and all those he held dear.

Despite violently reprimanding Naruto and Konohamaru Sarutobi for their perverted tendencies, Sakura herself has a perverted side which she often keeps hidden. When Konohamaru showcased his Sexy: Girl on Girl Technique, she seemingly displayed her disgust at the technique, but he quickly countered by quickly creating the Sexy: Boy on Boy Technique to spite her, and instead of admonishing him for it, she was immediately drawn to the technique, responding with a pleasured screech upon seeing the technique, with the two cloned individuals resembling Sai and Sasuke. However, she is embarrassed of her own perverted nature, and upon realising her reaction was noticed by the rest of Team 7, she quickly tried to make an excuse, but Konohamaru's suspicions that Sakura is just as much a pervert as he and Naruto are is all but confirmed. This side of Sakura is seen again during the Fourth Shinobi World War, when she almost fainted due to blood loss after seeing Naruto's Sexy Reverse Harem Technique, despite the fact that she and her team were fighting one of the most lethal enemies in existence.

Despite her pervert side, Sakura has only been in love with one person since her childhood: Sasuke. Her initial infatuation for him was rooted in his good looks, prodigious skills and calm, collected attitude. She had certain moments of bashfulness around Sasuke and initially focused on getting his attention above everything (and everyone else), with his rejections failing to deter her. It was Sasuke himself, however, who made her realize that she had been rude to other people such as Naruto, so she started treated her other teammate a lot better, which leaded to the start of the Team 7's friendship. As teammates, she came to appreciate Sasuke's bravery and protectiveness towards his loved ones, genuinely falling in love for him and worrying as he fell into the darkness due to the pain of his family's tragedies.+

+After she confessed to stop him from defecting from Konoha, he rejected her once again but genuinely thanked before leaving. Sasuke's defection deeply upset Sakura, driving her to plea for Naruto to bring their dear teammate home and, when he failed, motivating her to become stronger so that she could help bring Sasuke back. Her love for Sasuke sometimes clashed with her duty as a ninja; for example, she tried to separate herself from her feelings when Sasuke became a criminal, even attempting to kill him to prevent a war on a suicidal scheme, but her love for him proved to be too great for her to harm him and she had to rely on Naruto to stay alive. Even during their shaky alliance during the Fourth Shinobi World War, she still held out hope that she may mean something to him. Despite his crimes and their mutual betrayals, she was able to forgive him after he sincerely apologised to her for how much he hurt her and others. She was pleasantly surprised when he exhibited a softer side with her and poke her on the forehead, a gesture of love he picked up from his brother.

Sakura has fair skin, green eyes, and pink hair. In her childhood, she wore her hair as bangs in order to cover her large forehead and fend off her classmates' calling her "Forehead Girl" (デコリーン, Dekorīn, English TV: Billboard Brow). Ino encouraged her not to do this anymore and wear her hair back instead, so that others could see her face. Later in her Academy years, she let her hair get longer because of rumours that Sasuke was attracted to girls with long hair. When she realises that long hair is a vulnerability in combat situations, she cuts her hair and keeps it under shoulder-length from that point onward, which she sometimes pins up in a ponytail while working.

Sakura wears a red qipao dress — at various times either with or without short sleeves — with slits along the sides accompanied by a zipper and white circular designs. She also wears tight dark green bike shorts with a shuriken holster around her right thigh, blue sandals, and the standard Konoha forehead protector worn as a hairband. Colour illustrations from the manga tend to depict her using nail polish and eye-shadow, both of which are not present in the anime. After a while, Sakura's typical outfit consists of a red top with the same design as the upper-half of her old outfit. Accompanying this are black gloves, low-heel, knee-high boots, black shorts underneath a short grey apron skirt, and grey elbow protectors. The cloth of her forehead protector is changed to red and she starts carrying a medical pouch. Sakura wears the standard Konoha infantry flak jacket and assorted clothing during the Fourth Shinobi World War. She also gains the Strength of a Hundred Seal — in the shape of a violet rhombus — on her forehead, which remains visible thereafter.

Sakura has a slender yet athletic build with toned muscles earned through years of rigorous shinobi training. Though graceful and feminine in appearance, she possesses extraordinary physical strength that far exceeds what her frame suggests.

As a genin, due to her focus on her studies, Sakura lacked any particular combat skill, other than the basic skills she learned in the Academy. This greatly limited her role in missions, to the point where she frequently noted how much she relied on her teammates, Sasuke and Naruto. On one occasion, she is even stated by Shikamaru to be: "A kunoichi with no particular talent". Determined to change herself, she undergoes intense training with Tsunade for two-and-a-half years. From showcasing the results of her training, many renown shinobi have noted that Sakura had the potential to surpass Tsunade. Upon completing the Strength of a Hundred Seal during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Sakura had finally caught up to Naruto and Sasuke at the time. Two years later, she would rise to the rank of jōnin. By adulthood, her prowess has even led to her being recognized by Boruto as a suitable replacement for Naruto as Hokage.

Chakra and Physical Prowess:
While Sakura has rarely been seen using taijutsu, she was able to hold her own against Ino, one of the top students in her class, and her strikes likewise could launch people as seen from reprimanding Naruto. After Tsunade's training, Sakura's taijutsu improved tremendously. As taught by the Sannin, Sakura's taijutsu skill was mainly gained for the goal of evading harm on the battlefield to better ensure her duties as a medical-nin. To which, she showed remarkable reflexes and efficiency of movement. Against the Akatsuki member Sasori, both he and Chiyo were amazed at Sakura's ability to steadily read the flow of battle and dodge without taking damage. Her offensive skills are equally impressive, as by the time she becomes a jōnin, she is able to fend off dozens of Toneri Ōtsutsuki's autonomous puppets with ease.

Sakura's most defining skill was her proficiency in chakra control, which is considered the best among her generation.+

+Even as a genin, she could mould the right amount of chakra needed to perform any technique with maximum efficiency, which she demonstrates by sending chakra into her feet to greatly augment her speed, impressing both Naruto and Rock Lee, as well as Kakashi, who noted that her proficiency in this skill had already surpassed even Sasuke's. Training under Tsunade for over two years refined Sakura's already impressive chakra control, becoming a vital part to many of her abilities. By rapidly building up chakra and concentrating it into her fists or other body parts, she can utilize an unique taijutsu style that is commonly referred to as "monstrous strength". Another goal of Tsunade's training was to increase Sakura's available chakra supply via completing the Strength of a Hundred Seal, which is something that took three years to accomplish. In the anime, Tsunade explained that building up the seal substantially drains one of their chakra, making it dangerous to heal or fight, but Sakura developed a way to divert a small portion of that built-up chakra back into her normal reserves. After completing the Strength of a Hundred Seal, Sakura's attacks are increased with even greater input of chakra and become strong enough to destroy entire buildings and upend the earth. Similarly, her enhanced strength allows her to lift great mass and free herself from formidable constraints. With her enhanced physical prowess, she could even get behind Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and damage the legendary being with a single blow, breaking off one of her horns. These feats made Hashirama Senju praise her as having greater raw power than even Tsunade. Two years later, Sakura figured how to use the chakra built up in her hands to catch and repel incoming ninjutsu.

Kakashi once noted that Sakura's excellent chakra control is well-suited for genjutsu.+

+While never actually seen using genjutsu, due to her affinity for it, Kakashi taught her a jōnin-level method to deal with being caught in genjutsu that involves abruptly stopping the flow of chakra. She has frequently been shown to quickly identify when genjutsu is being used, and release herself or others from it. By adulthood, genjutsu has little to no effect on her and she is able to break out of even some of the strongest ones with ease.

Ninjutsu:
During her training with Tsunade, Sakura has developed advanced skill with fūinjutsu. Upon contact, Sakura can skilfully implant a cherry blossom-shaped seal on a target and, on command, these seals release red chakra threads that completely restrict body movement. By the Fourth Shinobi World War, Sakura has completed the Strength of a Hundred Seal. When the seal is released, she has access to all the accumulated chakra, totaling a so-named hundred-times her usual chakra levels, and since she doesn't need to waste any of it on maintaining a youthful appearance like Tsunade does, she is able to perform techniques on a much greater scale than she is normally able to.+

+She can also transfer the chakra to others, either to replenish or amplify their own.

Sakura can summon segments of Katsuyu, a slug from the Shikkotsu Forest. Noted to be an incredibly impressive feat by her fellow disciple Shizune, especially after just activating the Strength of a Hundred Seal, Sakura can have Katsuyu split apart and attach itself to others so she can then remotely monitor many allies at once, heal their injuries and replenish their chakra as needed.

Sakura's natures include Earth, Water, Fire, Yin, and Yang Release. By adulthood, she has learned how to use Fire Release. In addition, Sakura has become a highly skilled sensor through her unique mastery of chakra manipulation which allows her to roughly map out entire structures by channelling her chakra through inorganic materials; doing so allows her to detect threats, traps, and hidden rooms.

Medical Ninjutsu:
The major purpose of Tsunade's training was to teach Sakura medical ninjutsu, which demanded Sakura's refined chakra control and intelligence. Tsunade remarks that her talent for healing is exceptionally rare. Under both Tsunade and Shizune’s tutelage, she quickly grew to become the best medical-nin in all of Konohagakure. As such, Sakura can heal even the most fatal of injuries. Even when she was heavily injured, she demonstrated the ability to quickly heal herself to halt further blood loss, managing to do so with the weapon still lodged within her body. By her early adulthood, after anticipating an attack, she can send chakra throughout her entire body to nullify the damage of normally lethal blows. In the anime, Sakura can perform a highly difficult operation alone to regenerate a missing section of a person's body. If traditional medical jutsus prove ineffective, Sakura can make incisions in her patients to try and directly treat the vital organs of her patients.+

+Sakura can cure those who have been poisoned by extracting the toxins from their bodies, while simultaneously repairing the damage — something which even poison-experts like Chiyo cannot do. After Naruto became the Seventh Hokage, he even named Sakura as the head of Konoha's Medical Department because of her extraordinary medical ninjutsu prowess.

Besides Tsunade, Sakura is the only medical-nin who can use Creation Rebirth, the most advanced medical jutsu; it puts the user's body in a state in which it heals itself so that she doesn't need to stop to treat herself or even be fazed by injury. Her dominion over this jutsu exempts her from many of the laws that govern the modern system of medical-nin, for example, allowing her to fight in the frontlines. Though Sakura rarely uses her medical ninjutsu in combat, she is more than able to do so. When dealing with an enemy with an extremely resistant body, she can combine her chakra-enhanced fists with her medical ninjutsu to heal the resulting damage from her strikes, eventually killing the affected cells from over-replication, as shown when she single-handily defeated Kido Tsumiki, an Anbu empowered by a Tailed Beast Drug.

Sakura's medical expertise extends to more standard medicine as well. She is able enough to perform autopsies and examine cells, demonstrating her keen knowledge of genetics. She also can perform emergency techniques such as manually pump hearts and carry out respiration via mouth to mouth resuscitation, as shown during the Fourth Shinobi World War when, after Kurama was removed from Naruto, she was able to prevent his permanent death through these techniques until they were able to reach Minato and eventually saved him. Sakura was even taught by Tsunade how to create an effective antidote after analysing the poison's contents, even for poisons that Sasori did not believe anyone but himself could make antidotes for, and how to blend powerful fast-acting sleeping gas.+

+She was similarly taught by Shizune on how to concoct poisons that, when coated on weapons, could debilitate or paralyse a person with a single scratch. Sakura even created her own version of Military Rations Pills, intended to have more medicinal purposes and be easier to consume.

Intelligence:
While she was at the Academy, Sakura always got perfect scores in all of her tests. It is because of her diligence in her studies that she initially struggled in combat situations, for this reason, she was added to Team 7 so that she could benefit from the more battle-oriented Naruto and Sasuke, while in turn, they would benefit from her knowledge. She was able to answer the written portion of the Chūnin Exams all by herself without needing to cheat, something that genin were not expected to be able to do. Sasuke deemed her analytical skills to be superior to his Sharingan, as well as for her remarkable memory and observational skills. She is capable of immediately memorising and understanding large amounts of information, including minute details, a skill very useful for ninja missions and medical studies.

Sakura's intelligence is consistently useful, making her observational enough to guess an opponent's tactics from a brief scan of the battlefield and pick up on otherwise minor inconsistencies in conversation. In her battle against Sasori, a few observations were enough to learn his attack patterns. Upon her brief encounter with Tobi, she was able to quickly and accurately deduce his unique abilities. During her time in the Logistical Support Division, she demonstrated the ability to quickly piece together multiple pieces of information she's previously come across in order to form a hypothesis when she figured out the White Zetsu's Substitute Technique.+

+In actual combat, Sakura shows herself to be rather cunning because she frequently relies on misleading her opponents, either by letting them think they have outsmarted her so that they lower their guard, or letting them think they have defeated her so that they will approach her, and she can defeat them with a single punch.

Five Kage Summit
Sakura informs Naruto that Tsunade is in a coma and that there's nothing that can be done to bring her out of it. While they talk, they are approached by Tazuna and Inari, who have come to help rebuild Konoha. They ask about Sasuke, who which Naruto avoids going into detail about so as to spare them and Sakura a discussion about Sasuke's defection. After Tazuna and Inari leave, they receive news that Danzō Shimura has become the next Hokage and that he has ordered Sasuke be killed as a traitor. Naruto and Sakura approach Sai to ask him how they can convince Danzō to change his mind, but Sai is unable to help. Omoi and Karui of Kumogakure overhear them talking about Sasuke and they ask for information about Sasuke, wishing to kill him for his role in Akatsuki's capture of Killer B. This news upsets Sakura greatly to the point of tears, so Naruto leads Omoi and Karui away to spare her further distress. In the anime, while watching over a comatose Tsunade, Shizune confirms what she heard about Sasuke working with Akatsuki, which once again left Sakura on the verge of tears and hoping that Tsunade would awaken soon so the situation with Sasuke can be resolved.

Sai later informs Sakura of the abuse Naruto suffered at the hands of Omoi and Karui, as he was unwilling to sell out Sasuke. He also informs her that Naruto has gone to meet with the Fourth Raikage to try and get a pardon for Sasuke's actions against Kumo. Sakura cannot understand why Naruto would do all this, so Sai explains how he believes that it is because he has feelings for Sakura and that he is still trying to fulfil the promise he made to her after Sasuke left the village years ago, which devastated her. Sai adds that his commitment to that promise and by extension Sakura cause Naruto as much pain as Sasuke does.+

+Shikamaru joins their conversation to inform them of the rest of the Konoha 11's decision to personally eliminate Sasuke so that he can't continue to implicate Konoha in his crimes nor present the risk of a war. Sakura tearfully agrees with this and insists to be the one to inform Naruto. She also made the others swear to not say anything to Naruto before she can, seeing it as her responsibility, while secretly she decide to handle the entire matter herself.

Sakura forms a team with Sai, Kiba Inuzuka, and Rock Lee and goes to the Land of Iron to search for Naruto. When they find him, Sakura attempts to tell him that she loves him and that, because of this, he no longer needs to fulfil his promise regarding Sasuke, who she claims she no longer has feelings for. However, this enrages Naruto, who rejects Sakura by telling her that he hates people who lie to themselves. Sakura then insists rather angrily that it's true and that he should start worrying about himself rather than Sasuke. Naruto still does not believe her and informs her that he wants to save Sasuke for his own reasons, not for Sakura. Upset, Sakura departs, but when they're far enough away she instructs her team to start looking for Sasuke. Her team tells her it would have been better to simply tell Naruto the truth about Konoha 11's decision and that she's underestimating him by not doing so, but Sakura adamantly says she couldn't do it.

When Kiba finally locates Sasuke, Sakura has him give her precise directions to where he is. She then attempts to knock out the team with sleeping gas, but is initially stopped by Sai, who has guessed that she plans to personally kill Sasuke. When he attempts to detain them on Kakashi's instructions, Kiba and Lee engage Sai, giving Sakura a chance to use the sleeping gas. She proceeds to where Sasuke is and announces her desire to join with him, even if that means helping destroy Konoha. To prove her loyalty, Sasuke instructs Sakura to kill the badly-injured Karin.+

+Sakura approaches her, contemplating how best to strike Sasuke, but is alerted by Karin that Sasuke is attacking her from behind with Chidori. Kakashi arrives in time to stop him and, aware of what Sakura was planning, volunteers to be the one to kill Sasuke so that she won't need to, especially when he holds himself responsible for not preventing the situation as his teacher.

Sakura heals Karin's injury and, in her unstable mental state, joins the battle. She starts attacking Sasuke from behind, but ultimately can't bring herself to harm him and cries at her own failure. Sensing her, Sasuke grabs her by the throat, takes her kunai, and prepares to kill her with it, but she is saved by Naruto. Sakura is shocked that she came close to being killed by Sasuke, and is further shocked as Sasuke confesses to killing Danzō and plans to do the same to his former teammates and the village. After briefly fighting, Naruto and Sasuke talk and conclude that only they are suitable to fight each other, which they will do at some future date; Sakura is upset once again that her resolve isn't as strong as theirs and she decides to trust Naruto and Sasuke in fulfilling her dream of Team 7 having a happy ending. After Sasuke leaves with Tobi, Naruto passes out from the poison of her kunai and a panicked Sakura gives him the antidote. Sakura then uses an antidote to wake Sai, Kiba, and Rock Lee up. After returning to the village, Naruto meets with the Konoha 11 as soon as they're back to tell them his decision, which Sakura defends when some of them accuse Naruto of being unrealistic, but is concerned about Naruto and Sasuke's promise to fight to the death.

When Tsunade finally wakes from her coma, Sakura goes around the village sharing the good news. In the anime, Sakura is later informed of the upcoming war against Akatsuki from Tsunade, and Sakura, while uneasy at fighting against Sasuke, is given the task to keep a watchful eye on Naruto during the war.

When the Fourth Shinobi World War begins, Sakura is added to the Third Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Before the armies mobilise for war with Akatsuki, Sakura heals Might Guy, whose exhaustion mystifies her. The Third Division is called to assist the Surprise Attack Division, and when they arrive Sakura recognises the reincarnated Haku and Zabuza Momochi amongst the Surprise Attack Division's attackers. When Zabuza asks her how Naruto is doing, Sakura replies that he's well. Zabuza and Haku are forced to attack the Third Division, so they take up defensive positions; having encountered them before, Sakura advises those near her to take a Manji Formation. When casualties start growing, Sakura heals the wounded.

During the following day, the Medical Division is attacked by several reincarnated shinobi and a scroll of dead Allied forces is stolen. Sakura joins a team to go after them and most of the reincarnated shinobi are sealed, but Hayate Gekkō escapes with the scroll. She goes after him and fights him until Yūgao Uzuki arrives to finish him off. Later, security at the Medical Division remains high, with nobody having an effective way of identifying disguised Zetsu. Two Zetsu eventually bypass bodyguards assigned to Sakura, though she is saved by the arrival of Naruto, whose Nine-Tails Chakra Mode allows him to find and eliminate all the Zetsu.

Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax

Sasuke arrives shortly after the Fourth, intent on joining the Allies so that he can protect Konoha. Sakura is surprised by Sasuke's sudden arrival and asks him of his intentions, and is dumbfounded, as with the rest of the Konoha 11, by his declaration that he will be Hokage. Naruto and Sasuke prepare to fight the Ten-Tails and Sakura, as she says she is not weak and will assist them as a member of Team 7, joins them.+

+The now reunited Team 7 charges into battle with the Ten-Tails' army of clones; after charging her Strength of a Hundred Seal, Sakura is able to defeat many at a time and boasts that she has finally caught up with her teammates. Because there are too many Ten-Tails' clones, Team 7 each performs their own summonings: Sakura summons Katsuyu and has it adhere to all the Allies nearby so that she can heal them remotely. While Naruto and Sasuke fight the Ten-Tails itself, Sai asks Sakura if she trusts Sasuke. Sakura says she is happy he's back and she does trust him. Sai believes her words are truthful, but knows her smile is fake.

Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki:
When Tobi, real name Obito Uchiha, becomes the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, Sakura can only watch from a distance as Naruto, Sasuke, and the reincarnated Hokage fight him. Obito eventually recreates the God Tree, which absorbs the chakra of many of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Sakura instructs Katsuyu to heal them, but Katsuyu explains that its divisions suffered the same fate as the shinobi they were attached to. To do what she can, Sakura runs over to Shikamaru and starts trying to heal him. It is ultimately Naruto's chakra which saves Shikamaru and the others, remotely restoring the Version 1 cloaks thought absorbed by the God Tree. Tsunade then arrives, congratulates Sakura for the work she's done with a pat on her head, and requests her help in summoning an even large segment of Katsuyu. Katsuyu dissolves across the battlefield, allowing Tsunade and Sakura to constantly rejuvenate everybody as they unite against Obito.

Although Obito is defeated, Madara Uchiha and another Zetsu still remain. The prolonged fighting exhausts Tsunade and leaves Sakura and Shizune with little chakra to spare. When Gaara brings Naruto to them, in need of emergency life support following the removal of the Nine-Tails from his body, Tsunade asks Sakura to board Gaara's Desert Suspension and lend what support she can.+

+When traditional medical ninjutsu fails to do anything, Sakura makes an incision in Naruto's chest and manually pumps his heart to keep him alive. Sakura works on Naruto while she pleads for her dear friend to live because he is close to achieving his dream. Gaara brings them to the Fourth Hokage so that he can seal his half of the Nine-Tails' chakra into Naruto, but the chakra is intercepted by Black Zetsu. When Madara — the Ten-Tails' new jinchūriki — arrives, Kakashi uses Kamui on Sakura and Naruto to get them to safety in Kamui's dimension. They are shortly afterwards joined by Obito, who has decided he wants to help Naruto. Though wary of Obito, Sakura allows him to seal the Nine-Tails' chakra he took from Black Zetsu into Naruto, thus saving his life.

Naruto goes back to fight Madara when he regains consciousness, leaving Obito with Sakura. She calls Obito an enemy for killing many of her comrades but she is willing to help him as thanks for saving Naruto. Obito asks Sakura to destroy his Rinnegan, explaining it's the only way to guarantee Madara can't use the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Before she's able to do so, Madara arrives in Kamui's dimension and Obito sends Sakura away so that Madara can't kill her. She explains what happened when she regroups with Team 7 and tries healing Kakashi after Madara stole his eye, but Naruto instead gives him a new one. As they wait for Madara's inevitable return, Sakura questions Sasuke what he meant when he said he would be Hokage, but receives no answer because they have a war to worry about. Sensing Madara coming, Kakashi reminds them of their first lesson as Team 7: the importance of teamwork. When Madara is brought back by Black Zetsu using Obito's body, Sakura launches the first attack. She is stabbed with a Truth-Seeking Ball and is saved by Naruto (who grabs her) and Sasuke (who cuts the rod Madara stabbed her with). Sakura is saddened because she thinks Sasuke is not concerned about her.+

+Madara, now in possession of two Rinnegan, ascends into the sky and, despite Naruto and Sasuke's attempt to stop him, casts the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
While the world around them falls to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Sasuke uses his Susanoo to shield Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi from its effects. Sakura asks what is happening but is saddened when Sasuke tells her she doesn't need to know because she can't do anything about it. When they emerge, they find Madara has bound the world's population with God: Nativity of a World of Trees and trapped them all within perpetual dreams. Madara confronts them and insists that he has ended all conflicts and that only Team 7, as the only remaining opposition, would seek to renew the cycle of death that plagued the world for centuries. As he's talking, Madara is stabbed from behind by Black Zetsu, who transfers to him from Obito's body to convert him into Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Black Zetsu's true master.

Kaguya, the origin of chakra, now has access to the chakra supplies of everyone trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi. She wants Team 7's chakra as well, so she transports them to one of Kaguya's Dimensions: a sea of lava. Kakashi grabs Sakura, ties himself to an unconscious Obito with a scroll, and pins Obito to a wall in order to save them. Sakura is sad as Sasuke explains to Naruto that he only saved Sakura and Kakashi earlier because they happened to be near Naruto and he is willing to sacrifice his comrades if it means ensuring he and Naruto will survive to save the world. However Naruto retorts Sasuke still saved them subconsciously, and Sakura is thankful for Naruto for this. The heat causes the scroll to burn up, but Naruto sends a shadow clone to catch them. Because only Naruto and Sasuke can defeat Kaguya, they are forced to watch from a distance; Sakura is mortified when Naruto uses the Sexy Reverse Harem Technique on Kaguya, and then mortified again when it works.+

+Kaguya eventually relocates them to her ice dimension and then banishes Sasuke to another, separating him from Naruto.

When Obito regains consciousness and is caught up about what's been happening, he offers to help retrieve Sasuke and requests Sakura's help. Naruto's collaborative clone attack forces Kaguya to retreat to her desert dimension, where Obito secretly follows, taking Sakura and a Naruto clone along with by syncing his Kamui to it. Kaguya, believing the clone to be the real one, and that he is alone, attacks it and manages to dispatch it before returning back to the ice dimension. The plan ends with Kaguya seeing an alive Naruto in the ice dimension. With Kaguya out of the way, Obito begins piercing through her various dimensions with Kamui while Sakura heals the stress this causes to his body and gives him enough to chakra so he can continue using his jutsu. They finally locate Sasuke, but Obito is unable to keep the portal open long enough for Sasuke to run to it. Sakura collapses of exhaustion, but is caught by Sasuke, who explains he used Amenotejikara to switch places with Sakura's flak jacket, before thanking them. Obito teleports them back to the dimension where Naruto is and sacrifices himself to save Naruto from Kaguya.

Despite his death, Obito's spirit is able to briefly return to allow Kakashi to use Susanoo, which he uses to save Sakura from one of Kaguya's attacks. When Kaguya creates an Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball to finally kill them all, Kakashi, realising that this is their last opportunity, forms a plan of attack: Kakashi pierces through her; Naruto uses shadow clones to exhaust some of her countermeasures and Kakashi uses Kamui on the rest. Sasuke moves closer to her in order to place a seal on her, and when Kaguya tried to escape, Sakura punches her, breaking off one of her horns in the process.+

+Kaguya is defeated, the tailed beasts are removed from her body, and she is trapped alongside Black Zetsu with Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei. As Sakura and Naruto panic over how they are going to get back home, the Sage of the Six Paths summons them all back from Kaguya's dimensions and congratulates them for their victory.

The Sage of Six Paths explains how Naruto and Sasuke can end the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Sasuke has plans before that: starting a revolution by killing the tailed beasts and Five Kage, which he believes will change the world for the better. Sad and angry, Sakura pleads with him, acknowledging that there's literally nothing that she can do to change his mind, but asks if there's some part of him that cares about her and is willing to return to her. He once again tells her that she is still annoying before knocking her out with a genjutsu. Kakashi scolds Sasuke for this by saying Sakura's love for him is only hurting her heart. When she finally wakes up later that night, Kakashi tells her that Naruto and Sasuke have gone to have their last fight. They locate Naruto and Sasuke the following day at the Valley of the End, both having lost an arm and unable to move. As she heals them, Sasuke tries to speak to her but she tells him not to so she can concentrate on healing them. Guilt-ridden, Sasuke apologises to Sakura for everything he's done and, after exclaiming him with criticism, she tearfully accepts his apology and Team 7 comes together for good, smiling and laughing.

Naruto Uzumaki:
At first, Sakura finds Naruto annoying and immature. She doesn't really notice or take his feelings for her seriously for a long time. However, as time passes, she begins to understand his loneliness, determination, and how much he has changed.

During Shippuden, she develops a deep trust in Naruto. She no longer sees him as just an annoying teammate; she genuinely values him as someone important in her life. She sometimes struggles to understand his determination to bring Sasuke back, but eventually she starts to understand his feelings better.

Sasuke Uchiha:
Sasuke has been Sakura's biggest crush and the person she admired since their Academy days.

At first, her feelings are mostly based on admiration: he is talented, handsome, and mysterious. As she grows older, she begins to understand his loneliness and pain.

When Sasuke leaves the village, Sakura tries to stop him because she truly cares about him. Seeing him fall into darkness is extremely painful for her.

Before the Fourth Shinobi World War, she still hopes that Sasuke can be saved, but she is no longer the same "Sasuke-kun fangirl" she was before. She has become more mature and sees him in a more realistic way.

Kakashi Hatake:
Kakashi is Sakura's first true sensei.

At first, she sees him as lazy and carefree, but over time she realizes how powerful, knowledgeable, and protective he actually is.

Kakashi supports Sakura's growth, especially when she chooses the path of becoming a medical ninja. Their relationship is a strong teacher-student bond.

Ino Yamanaka:
Ino is Sakura's childhood friend and first rival.

She is one of the people who helped Sakura gain confidence in herself. Later, they become rivals because of their feelings for Sasuke.

However, their rivalry is never based on true hatred. They understand each other and still care about one another.

By Shippuden, their relationship becomes more like "rivals who are also close friends."

Shikamaru Nara:
They are not extremely close, but they respect each other.

Shikamaru recognizes Sakura's intelligence and strength, while Sakura trusts his strategic abilities.

Choji Akimichi and Kiba Inuzuka:
Their relationship is mostly that of teammates and friends.

Sakura knows them and fights alongside them when needed, but she does not have a particularly deep bond with either of them.

Hinata Hyūga:
Hinata admires Sakura's strength, especially the way she continues moving forward even when she is afraid.

Sakura appreciates Hinata's calm nature and her quiet but unwavering determination.

Hinata, being shy, gives small compliments like:

"Sakura-san... you really seem strong. Not just physically, but as a person too."

Sakura would be caught off guard because she is not used to people noticing her personality rather than just her strength.

Hinata's kindness would soften Sakura's harsher side, while Sakura would encourage Hinata and remind her that she is stronger than she thinks.