Sakura is wandering a forest path, just outside the village hidden in the leaves.
Not far outside the village: she isn't stupid. Just far enough outside to get some peace and privacy.

Her classmates have been giving her trouble over her civilian parents again - apparently "real" ninja come from clans, with "deep bonds" to Konoha or some similar crap. As if there aren't civilian-born jounin in the village right now.

Whatever. The forest always gave her the quiet she needed to calm herself, and those idiots would shut up eventually, when she graduated above them.

Sneaking out had been easy. Sakura's parents were civilians, so even her student-level abilities were enough to slip out unnoticed. If anyone else noticed her leaving, they at least hadn't stopped her.