Prologue- Weakness is a Burden That's Why They Left

"Tsunade-san... There's no other option, we need to leave Konoha for a few years and train if we want to be strong enough. Kakashi-sensei will be with us so you don't need to worry about any defection, also, we- will you please tell Sakura-chan it's just a special mission and we might be gone for quite a long time? I don't want her to follow us, it would be for the best if she remains here." The blonde woman nodded, she knew that there was no stopping them, and she wasn't worried about them defecting she would personally haul their asses back to Konoha and kick them until they realize the truth.

"I know that, however, I'm not sure how Sakura would take it if she wakes up and find you gone. She's on the path of recovery and there's a chance that she might go downhill and never heal or maybe be traumatized, she'll never be a ninja again." The room became silent as they pondered on it for a moment, however, they were all interrupted by a loud sound of a book snapping shut.

"Hokage-sama, it might be better for Sakura to never recover, it would be for the best if she remains as a civilian of the village and get married ike a normal girl would when she grows up, her weakness is causing her to be burdened by it and she affects everyone around her. We cannot risk the lives of everyone around her just to protect her, it may seem ruthless, but that's the best." Tsunade nodded her head, not in agreement but in understanding, she knew that Kakashi was trying to care for her well-being, but what they were doing instead was downing her. Naruto and Sasuke looked resolved for this, they were both growing and for them to grow stronger, they need space, and they could find that in the other villages they would travel to.

"Very well, however, I am only giving you three four years, after that, this very same date, you must return without fail or you shall be labeled as missing nins and I will have the best hounding for you, understood?" The three nodded and she placed her signature and seal on the scroll that will act as their passport throughout the villages they were going to train at. After Naruto gave the scroll to Sasuke, they all bid her goodbye and walked out of the office, leaving her alone to her musings. Naruto and Sasuke were stronger, that much was known and obvious, however, Sakura had given them a leeway, she had realized all of it when the abductors performed a fail experiment on her that instead of controlling her, unleashed a greater being than they could imagine, a bloodline that was hunted for generations by thousands of men who hungered for power, and that power was possessed by the weakest link of Team 7.

'It could bring destruction to everyone if others get a hand on her powers... I have no other choice, it seems that my options are limited, very limited...'Tsunade looked out again of the window, just in time to see the three shinobis before they departed the village gates. Well, she'll have to wait fr Sakura to awake, and depending on the circumstances, she might be forced to tell her the truth about their decision to leave the village to train.

"Tsunade-sama! Tsunade-sama!" She was brought back to reality again when he heard the frantic cries of a nurse outside her office. She stood up and grabbed her lab coat, it seems that an emergency had occurred and whether it was the girl being weakened or the girl waking, she was about to find out.

"What is it?" The nurse gulped in air and spoke raggedly trying very hard to be calm and state the word clearly, but Tsunade had understood what she was trying to say and she responded by closing the door of her office and walking towards the dispensary.

"What room is she being held in?" Tsunade asked while walking with quiet strides down the stairway towards the dispensary wing.

"Room 4089, Tsunade-sama." Tsunade nodded and held her hand out for the clipboard which the woman gave to her. She flipped the pages and narrowed her eyes, Sakura's body seemed to be healing at a faster rate, but what worried her was the fact that even when she had regained consciousness, she seemed unresponsive to whatever it was that the doctors and nurses were trying to make her do or answer.
The moment she entered the room, she felt the thick and heavy atmosphere, it almost felt like she couldn't breathe in the air around her. Sakura was sitting upright on her bed while looking outside, she didnt gave any notice of Tsunade as she entered and continued to look towards the outside of the window.

"Sakura..."

"They left didn't they?" Tsunade seemed taken aback by what she asked, after a few minutes of silence, Sakura turned to face her. The girl she saw in front of her was different from what she had seen and known, instead of the long hair she sported a very short and unkempt hair that made her look boyish. Her eyes had lost the sparkle of innocence in it and the seal on her neck had became more prominent, like they were necklaces glued to her pale yet smooth skin.

"Whoever is it that you are talking about?" Sakura didn't smile, instead, she looked outside again and remained silent. Tsunade examined the clipboard again and looked at Sakura, her body was still looking small and helpless, but it almost seemed that she grew five years older in a span of three weeks. Her words were cut short and she was being direct to the point, she didn't smile anymore and her eyes seemed dead at the moment.

"Don't lie, Hokage-sama, I heard Naruto and you talking about his training with Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei, I may have been lying here looking helpless, but a part of my brain was active at that time." Tsunade noted the lost of the suffix -kun that used to be attached with Sasuke's name, it almost looked like a reverse deja-vu but instead of Sasuke being cold and heartless again, it was her this time, the happy and cheerful Haruno Sakura.

"I guess there's no point in denying it, you are right, they have left the village. You seem to be recovering faster than expected, not only that, but according to a nurse, you had released a massive wave of chakra that sent all of the nurses and doctors out since they couldn't breathe any more. And what ever made you unresponsive to the doctors but respond to me?" Sakura looked at her and smiled, not that soft and caring smile, it was a smile of pure mischievousness, bitterness and coldness.

"What use is there in responding to a bunch of doctors who treat you like you are a fragile china doll... It disgusts me just thinking that they view me as weak and helpless just because I'm thirteen and doesn't come from any prominent clan at all." Tsunade seemed taken aback by what she had said, but she clicked her tongues in response instead. She didn't know what to say after all, to a girl who was hurting and suffering from a complex where everyone around her viewed her as someone to be protected and not respected.

"You are strong..." Tsunade said but Sakura chuckled darkly.

"You make it sound like you are insisting yourself instead of me, you know Hokage-sama." Tsunade ignored what she stated and continued to check her vitals while scribbling it on the notepad.

"Sakura, I have a proposition to make, it's about you and your... Strength... I would be willing to take you in as my apprentice, you have what it takes to be strong, probably stronger than me. However, you will have to follow what I say strictly, and I mean strictly. Also, I am removing you from the line up of Team 7, you are not to tell anyone about your secret training, understood?" Tsunade watched any hesitation flicker in her eyes but she only looked at Tsunade with a mysterious glint in the eyes.

"Very well, Tsunade-sama..."

"Sakura, let me remind you that Naru-."

"I know, Shishou... Don't worry, I won't hold a grudge." And she smiled, not her cold way but her cheery old smile. Tsunade nodded before leaving the room and walking slowly away from the girl's room. She sighed heavily, she didn't knew if what she had decided would be correct or if she had made a mistake, teaching Sakura the techniques of a Legendary Sannin could cause destruction to their village, after all, if her full potential and power is released, it's more than enough to overwhelm the whole village, and that's when she's still untrained...

"Weakness is nothing but a burden... They left because I'm weak, and I burdened them with my weakness... They left, because I'm worthless, weak, pathetic, fragile and a burden... I can't afford weakness, or I'll lose everyone around me... This time, I'll protect them, with my own hands..."

Author's Notes:

Here's a new story, I know I haven't finished any story of mine yet, I'm still working on it but I just couldn't stop myself from posting this and all... SO, no hard feelings ‿‿◕