Sakura was now able to say with certainty that she was the strongest among the rookie twelve, but was looked at as the weakest.

She had kept her promise to her teacher, and hadn't given anyone any hints whatsoever that she was stronger than she pretended to be.

Sometimes, on missions, when her teammates were panting, she had to pretend to be tried so she wouldn't blow her cover.

Thank god Kakashi hadn't made the team training sessions mandatory, since Sakura hadn't gone to a single one of them since she had started training with the Queen. Her teammates thought she was at home, and her parents thought she was with her team.

This, of course, was not a full proof plan, and there was no doubt that someone would eventually find out that she was never where she said she was, but it had been working so far, and that was good enough for her.

It had only been three months of training with the Queen, and Sakura could bet that the weights she had on, even Sasuke could barely lift. And she has ran as fast as Naruto's sprint around the village thirty times without stoping in under an hour.

In the second month of training, the Queen began to work on Sakura's senses and reaction time. She had Sakura stand in the middle of a clearing in a forest, and threw kunai at Sakura, making her dodge. Sakura could now dodge anything so that was thrown at her.

She was definitely feeling very proud of her improvement, since she knew that she had worked for it. She had worked so hard, that at times, she thought her limbs would fall off, they were so tried.

But she had survived and the Queen was now very happy with her physical endurance, senses, and reaction time. She was moving on to hand to hand combat.

"Relax your shoulders. You're too tense." The Queen reminded Sakura. "And bring your arms closer together, you're leaving your chest, neck, and stomach completely unprotected."

The Queen walked a full circle around Sakura, examining her at every angle, before nodding her approval and coming to a stop in front of her.

"I want you to come at me with everything you've got." The Queen stated.

That's exactly what Sakura did.

And she lost very badly.