Chapter 1: Saying Goodbye
It was a sunny and peaceful afternoon in the leaf village. Everyone was gathered at the main gate of the village saying goodbye to Naruto who was leaving the village for three years to train with master Jiraiya. Once everyone finished their goodbyes and had left, Sakura stay behind as she hadn't said her goodbye yet.
"I'm going to miss you Naruto, please return safely" Said Sakura, as a tear escaped from her eye.
"Sakura you don't need to worry about me, I will return safely" Said Naruto, Sakura then wrapped her arms around him, Naruto was surprised with the way that Sakura was acting, and she never gave him hugs.
"Hey Naruto are you ready yet, we need to get going" Called Jiraya who was waiting at the gate.
"Sakura I need to get going now" Sakura released her arms from him, and said her final goodbye and watched Naruto walk off into the distance, another tear feel from her eye.
Sakura walked off home thinking of what things would be like in three years time, Thinking about how strong Naruto will become when he gets back, thinking about if she would be any help in returning Sasuke home, but then again she was always the weakest one of the group, but she didn't want to keep it that way she wanted to become strong too and she knew who could help here. Sakura arrived at the Hokage tower and knocked on the door and walked in.
"Oh Sakura what can I do for you" Said Tsunade looking up from her pile of paper work.
"Sorry for interrupting milady but I need to ask you something"
"And what would that be"
"I want you to train me in the arts of healing"
"May I ask why you want to learn the healing technique"
"it's because everyone else is training to get stronger, while I'm just doing and being a weak link" Tsunade leaned in her chair and begun to think, the only other student she ever trained was Shizune, but Sakura looked determined to learn from her after thinking about she looked back at Sakura and nodded her head at her.
"Thank you" Said Sakura smiling in joy.
"But let me tell you, The training that I have planned for you is going to be tough so only come prepared when you're ready" Said Tsunade.
"Yes Milady"
"Alright then you're dismissed"
Sakura made her way home before it got late; when she got home she went up to her room and went straight to bed, to rest for her training tomorrow. As she lay in bed thoughts rushed through her heard about Naruto, It hadn't even been a day and she was already missing him. Maybe she should of took him out on a date before he left but it was too late now.
The Next morning Sakura hoped out of bed and quickly got dressed, she then grabbed some breakfast and ate it as she walked out of her home to the training field where Tsunade told to meet her. When she reached the training field both Tsunade and Shizune were there waiting for her.
"So Sakura are you ready for your training" Said Tsunade, with Sakura giving her a node back.
"Um may I ask why we need to be at the training field for this training?" Asked Sakura
"Well that's because I'm going to teach you more than just medical Nin-Jutsu, We are also going to be improving your Tai-Jutsu" Said Tsunade
"How are we going to do that?"
"Well you already have excellent chakra control so teaching you shouldn't be too hard"
"Wait, what's Chakra control has to do with Tai-Jutsu"
"Well with it you can do this" Tsunade then walked over to the nearest boulder and slammed her fist in the middle of it making it shatter. Sakura stood in amazement.
"Lady Tsunade that's amazing"
"Well, where do you think I got my strength from?" Said Tsunade
"So how does it work?"
"Well to be able to increase your strength, you must focus your chakra into your fist and then on impact release the chakra with pin point timing"
"Alright then" Sakura then concentrated her chakra into her fists; she then turned to the nearest boulder and went to punch when her fist was stopped by Tsunade.
"Are you mad, you're going to break your hand if you try that, here try this" Tsunade then gave Sakura a large rock.
"So you want me to try and crush this rock" Said Sakura with a confused looked.
"Bingo, once your done we will move onto the next step" Tsunade then took a seat underneath a tree, and watched Sakura train. The Training was harder than she thought. It took her half a day to make a crack in the rock but not being able to fully break it. It was getting late and Tsunade called it a day a told Sakura to head off home and rest for tomorrow. Sakura walked through the streets of Konoha, thoughts of Naruto went through her head, she was thinking how his training was going and hoping that he was safe.
The same thoughts were going through Naruto's head at the same time as well, it was dark and he was lying in bed, his muscles sore from his training, Naruto knew his training was going to be tough, but he had to get through it in order to get stronger. But Naruto started to feel that something wasn't right, like something bad was soon going to happen but he didn't know when and what was going to happen. For now, he just ignored it but he couldn't shake the feeling completely.