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Chapter 1
Tsunade and Sakura have been waiting in her office for about a half hour, her baka of teammates were late of course, even though this is a mission briefing. The pinkette would think they'd be here on time, since they hadn't, had a mission in about a month.
Getting ready for team mission took a lot of mental prepping, between Sasuke and Naruto's constant arguing and Kakashi's perverted giggles in your ear. Now with Sasuke being gone, his replacement took over the bickering with Naruto.
Being on a "full" team again after 3 years feels odd especially with having new captain and a new teammate filling Sasuke's place. It's going to take a lot of time to connect with them and to semi-trust them, after all, you can't really trust after one of your teammates goes rogue.
Sakura decided to once again ask the question she's asked Tsunade-sama for quite some time now "Tsunade-sama...do we really need a new team?"
"Sakura, I told you many times, yes you do. You know your team cannot function with just two people, seeing as Kakashi, that bastard, is always away on missions."
Tsunade stopped for a brief moment to sense if Naruto's or Sai's chakara signitures were near by. The only blonde in the room sighed again and rubbed the bridge of her nose in frustration when she still couldn't feel them. Sakura sighed mentally knowing that they were already late and it is getting later and once they showed up, well they'll get a taste of why the busty woman was voted Hokage.
"Tsunade-shishou, may I ask why we need Captain Yamoto of all the capable Jonins?" There was silence for a brief moment before Tsunade looked up at me.
"You can not let tell this information to Naruto, Do you understand?" I nodded seeing as this felt a bit serious. "Hai, shishou."
"Yamoto has the Shodai's ability to seal the tailed beast, if anything were to happen." Tsunade quickly became quiet when she felt everyones chakara nearing the Hokage building. Sakura knew it was the end of the conversation but did not push for more information. She wasn't stupid, she knew when to keep quiet.
Hearing a knock come from the door Tsunade shouted out with anger in her voice "Come in!" Naruto came in first with his hands behind his heads and smiled.
Sakura, wide-eyed, knew what was about to happen and tried to warn him by shaking her head back and forth "Hey Baa-chan!" he greeted. Sakura noticed Tsunade's eye twitch just a little, while Sakura herself just lowered her head in defeat.
A somewhat wary Yamoto came in after, followed by an emotionless Sai. They stayed quiet knowing how loose of a hold the Hokage had on her temper when someone showed up late, nevermind almost a whole team.
"Since you finally decided to grace me with your presence, I will start the briefing!" Tsunade said with a little bit more anger. Sakura moved to stand beside her teammates, just waiting for Naruto to say another stupid thing. "This mission is classified as a A-class mission, possibly S-class, so be careful."
"What will we do?!" Naruto screamed, inturupting Tsunade. Sakura knew that was a big mistake he was aready late, called her Baa-chan, and now he was interupting her. Tsunade threw a scroll at Naruto with her super strength, hitting the blue eyed boy right in the stomach, as a result he flew back and made another dent in the wall.
"Will you just shut up and stand still! If you would just wait I was getting to that part!" Tsunade screamed at him, finally having enough of his disrespect. Sakura looked over Naruto to make sure he was fine, even if he deserved it. Naruto, being Naruto, was fine like always. Sakura helped him up and both shinobi moved back to where to they were previously standing.
"I'm sorry for his out burst, Tsunade-sama" Sakura apoligized with a bow, already used to apologizing for something Naruto did. Though that did not mean that she would stop punching Naruto for acting so stupid.
"Just don't do it again, Naruto." Tsunade said looking a bit guilty for Sakura, Kami knows how she's able to put up with the brat.
"Like I was saying, be careful. You will be transporting a very important scroll to the sand village. If anything were to happen to this scroll it could start a war, so make sure it is secure at all times." Sakura gulped at being given a scroll that could very well get thousands killed.
Tsunade noticed her students nervouness and tried to apease her anxiety by adding on "Sakura you guys will be fine you are more than capabile of fighting, however you will not be fighting this time, you're going to be the healer in this mission. Got that?"
Even though Sakura wasn't completely please with not helping out with the fights, she wouldn't be the one to tell the Hokage that...at least not now.
"Sai, you will make sure no harm comes to my pupil, understand?" Tsunade commanded with a eerie smile that promised hurt if not followed through. Sai quickly agreed with the Sannin, not wanting to be at the end of her wrath, much like how dickless always was.
"Yamoto, Naruto you guys will be fighting off any attackers." Yamoto nodded while Naruto smiled at what Tsunade said, assuring that her request would be no problem with the two.
"You will have a couple hours to pack then you will leave immediately, is everything I said understood?" Tsunade asked. Sakura and her team let out Hai's all at once.
"Good, with that said, you're dismissed." Tsunade smiled up at the pinkette, aiming at trying to give her more patience in dealing with those brats. Sakura soon walked out with her team, now that orders were given, it was time to get prepared, the physical stuff this time.
Heading toward her apartment, Sakura stopped in the middle of the street when she heard a certain blonde boy crying out her name, along with the sound of his footfalls coming toward her.
"Hey Sakura-chan, need help packing?" Naruto asked with a sly smile. Said girl punched the top of his head with a bit of strength.
"Baka! Don't be a pervert!" She yelled at him and continued to walk, she just wanted to hurry up and get her things ready. Though it wasn't as easy as it sounded as Naruto was soon right next to her, having already whined about his injury.
"Come on Sakura! You know I was just playing, but since we have a couple hours do you want to get ramen with me before we leave?" Naruto asked with puppy eyes.
"I know Naruto, but you should know that you will always get hit when you say things all suggestive like that. You also know, I only go if the whole team goes." She said as she stop to face him.
Sakura kind of expected his smile to faulter, as they wouldn't be able to have alone time, but somehow his smile only got brighter. How he was able to smile that bright was beyond the Kunoichi.
"I will go tell them right now, so hurry up with your packing!" Naruto said as he ran back down the street. Sakura chuckled to herself, silently hoping he didn't think it was a date.
The baka forgot that he has to pack as well.
When Sakura finally reached her door, she grabbed her keys, unlocked the door and quickly took a shower then finished by changing into clean clothes. Feeling refreshed, the emerald eyed girl found her mission bag and grabbed a few sets of clothing along with her hygiene products to which she promtly fixed in her bag, aside her medical kit.
She double checked everything in her bag, making sure she had everything that was important, if she forgot something that she'd need to help someone heal, that could lead to a casualty.
Walking out of her apartment and after locking her door, she headed toward Ichiraku's where, no doubt, she would find her team waiting for her with hungry stomachs.
When she reached her destination she found what she thought she would, though she wouldn't have it either way. Taking her seat between Naruto and Sai she spoke up "Sorry I'm late, I hope you did not wait long"
Of course, Sai just responded with that fake smile that bothered almost everyone, Sakura included.
"Don't worry Sakura-chan! We just got here too!" Naruto said with a smile. Yamoto was just ordering his food and when he finished he greeted her with a hello and a polite smile.
They soon ordered and when they finished eating, though having to wait for Naruto to finish his seventh bowl, they payed and headed toward the gate where their mission would soon officailly begin.
Sakura sighed mentally, yet another mission where she was going to be protected by another. What was the point of becoming a ninja, if she was not allowed to fight. Even if she was a medical ninja, she was still a ninja, she wanted to protect people too!
Of course Sakura knew how important is was not to fight, but she just wanted to let off some pent up stress from her shifts at the hospital and dealing with Naruto.
If an oppurtunity presented itself on this mission, she was going to take it but she would have to get Sai distracted in order for that to happen. Coming out of her thoughts, Sakura realized they finally made it to the gate and once they cross to the other side, the mission would start.
"Okay, remember what Hokage-sama said, we move quickly and quitely" Yamoto said as he looked at Naruto knowing the boy would most likely cause a problem or two.
"That means you to, Naruto" Yamoto glared. "I hope he won't mess up this mission too" Sai said expresion less. Sakura's facial expression was starting to turn to one of anger, they weren't even out of the village and they're already arguing!
"Kami, will you two bakas shut up?!" Sakura yelled as she punched both Naruto and Sai with a bit of her strength. With that bit of strength, they both flew in opposite directions, Naruto landed on the ground clumsily while the ex-root member flipped over with ease and landed on his feet.
No matter how many times Yamoto saw that strength, he was always amazed at how such a punch could come from a little girl, though he'd never call her a little girl to her face.
"If this is how the mission is going to be like, I will kill both of you and complete the mission on my own." She said now being a bit more calm, though she was rubbing the bridge of her nose with an annoyed look on her face.
The blonde and black haired boys of the team got up and started walking back to their previous positions. Sai dusted imaginary dust off while looking serious and suggested to the pinkette "Ugly, you need to get laid."
Her eye twitched and once Sai was close enough she punched him with a lot more strength than before which made him fly past the gates with his legs in the air. "Do not tell me what I need." She spoke to him in a dangerously controlled tone.
Yamoto quickly took this pause as a way to difuse the situation and get a move on with the mission. Though Sakura promptly calmed down, only because she didn't want Yamoto by her.
"I'm fine" she sighed out to him.
Naruto walked over to poke Sai with his foot to see if he was still with the living. He was, but he was out cold, to which Naruto took the chance to laugh at the knocked out shinobi.
"Will everyone stay clam on this mission?" Yamoto asked, feeling oddly drained, and they hadn't even walked out of the gates yet. "Hai, I'm sorry" Sakura said with a smile which told everyone that she was not truly sorry.
"Are we going to wait for the teme to wake up?" He said with a happy smile at finally seeing Sai being knocked out. Heh, that's what the teme gets, always calling him dickless! He's not dickless!
Yamoto made that smile vanish when he told Naurto "We've already wasted enough time, we need to leave now. Naruto, you will carry him."
"Eh?! I'm not carrying that teme! You're crazy!" the whiskered faced boy yelled at his taichou.
"Naruto, you will be carrying him. That's final, now, let's get a move on." Yamoto finished the arugement with a tone of finality.
"Well lets start" Yamoto said as he jumped onto one of the tree branches. With Sakura following behind quietly and the other team member grumbling to himself and carrying the last member on his shoulder.
This is going to be a long mission Sakura thought to herself.