AN: Welcome to the first chapter of Wind Theory (Finally posting the first chapter of my first Multi-Chapter, woooo) Anyways, this chapter is somewhat short since its the first one and its just a kick starter. Enjoy!

"Tomorrow, Tomorrow's wind will blow." - Ancient proverb.

"Ah."

Sakura exhaled deeply as she happily walked through her front door and kicked off her boots.

"I wish you wouldn't kick your boots all ove- Sakura! Oh, welcome home dear." Cheerfully Sakura's mother hurried to embrace her rarely present daughter.

Sakura's mother gave one more squeeze before letting go. "You're home just in time to get cleaned up and then join your father and I for dinner."

Sakura smiled, tiredly.

"Sounds wonderful."

The exhausted kunoichi was internally giddy at the fact she could finally get a real night at home, relaxing and having dinner with her family. As of late, it seems she was always on a mission or at the hospital. Although, things had been particularly calmer than they had been in the past. Missions were getting safer, hospital calls less and less traumatic.

After Sakura shed all of her ninja gear and had a proper bath she put on a comfortable red t shirt and black pants.
The aroma wafting up the stairs of her mothers cooking finally lured her away from her comfortable bed and into the kitchen.

"Well, look who it is!" Sakura's father greeted her with an enormous grin, and a big hug.

"Your mother really outdid herself on dinner, but we finally have three around the table again to eat it all! Good thing you have an appetite." Her father said in his usual light joking tone.

They all sat around the table and Sakura was hungrier than she had realized. Home cooking… How long has it been? Ah, it was the little things she was so thankful for.

"Your hairs gotten longer Sakura-chan." Her mother said with a smile from across the table. It seemed her mother had always liked when her daughter kept her hair long.

Sakura twisted the end of her hair in her fingertips, it was a little past her shoulders, not as long as it was but not as short. She sighed. I haven't even noticed, I'm gone so much…

"It really is nice having all of us here for dinner, hopefully you'll be home a bit longer this time Sakura." Her father said, patting his full belly. She smiled, being away from her parents made her truly appreciate them when she did see them. Quirks and all.

"Thank you so much for dinner, mother. It was delicious."

and it sure beats instant ramen and food pills.

*knock knock*

"Now who could that be? It's nearly 9pm." Sakura's mother said with a disapproving tone.

Sakura went to the door and opened it to find Sai with a weird smile.

"Summons from Lady Hokage." He said.

From the kitchen Sakura's mother said loudly and clearly irritated, "she just got home!"

"It is only a message. I was submitting our mission report and she asked if I would deliver the message to you on my way home." Sai said through his practiced grin.

"You already finished the mission report…." Sakura said, confused at first but expecting nothing less from Sai of all people, "Thank you, Sai."

Sakura slipped on her sandals before she left, "I'll be right back." Her mother grunted in annoyance that she was already out the door.

-xxx-

"Tsunade-sama." Sakura bowed politely stifling back a yawn.

"Aa, yes. Sorry to call you here so soon after your mission but I've got an assignment for you, but don't worry you will have a few days to rest. I wanted to give you all of your information first and foremost." Tsunade answered sifting through a stack of papers.

"It will be a simple mission for you. The Land of Tea has agreed to let us gather herbs from their country in exchange for some scrolls of our medical knowledge. The Land of Tea has a lot of medicinal plants that we don't have access too anywhere near here, which will be very beneficial in medicines, or potentially creating new ones. Also, in turn we have some medical knowledge they don't. Fair trade. Everybody wins."

"Will this be a Solo mission Tsunade-sama?" Sakura inquired.

"Yes, there is no need for a larger unit. You are extremely educated and will know what to look for and gather, and should you come across any problems, you are capable of taking care of yourself. But, this mission should be relaxed and there should not be any hiccups. Just deliver the medical scrolls, and get to gathering." Tsunade explained gathering a few books from under her desk.

"Take these and refresh your memory on medicinal plants."

Sakura grabbed the books, "Will do."

Tsunade pulled out her bottle of sake.
"Sorry it's not a more exciting mission, but it has to be done. Plus, it's one hell of a hike so think of it as… Vacation. You'll have a lot of time to yourself." Tsunade smirked as she poured into her cup.

"Of course, Tsu-" Sakura's sentence was cut off by a yawn.

"That will be all. Get some rest."

-xxx-

Sakura plopped on her bed. All she wanted to do was sleep for a few weeks. Call it exhaustion, call it being a drama queen, but Sakura didn't necessarily want to go on this solo mission. At least not now. It would take a while, and she just didn't think a solo mission to gather herbs and medical plants was urgent.

Sakura you're a medic, this is an opportunity to learn something, create a new medicine, gain insight on some disease curing plant. But she just wasn't feeling it.

She wanted to eat her Mother's cooking, maybe spend a day with her friends, train with Naruto and Sai, maybe go to the dango stand.

But a solo mission retrieving plants...wasn't hard just time consuming, and it was just being alone the entire time she wasn't fond of…
She could practically hear Naruto..

What?! You're lucky, Sakura-chan. Grandma never gives me solo missions!

Maybe it wasn't being alone... she'd done that before. Maybe it was the fear of...encounters with certain people.

No, I doubt that will happen.

She shook her thoughts away and shut her eyes. Tomorrow is when she would worry about it.

Tomorrow is she would study the medicinal plants book, again.

Tomorrow, she could be a kunoichi, but right now she was just a very exhausted Sakura.

AN:

First chapter of my first Multi-Chapter Fic ever, whoop whoop! *avoids being hit by flying fruit*

As first chapters go this was just to get things rolling, more like a precursor.

Once everything gets going the chapters will most likely be rather long but oh well, more fun ^-^

THANK YOU if you're reading this, bless your soul honestly. If you want to leave a review you can,

-xoxo