History

Ch.1

"If I knew I was going to go down in History,

I wouldn't have had kids,

And I definitely wouldn't have left those kids in Konoha" ~Sakura Haruno

"Are you sure, Sakura? You don't have to take on this mission." A voluptuous blond says from behind a cherry wood desk piled with paperwork.

"I can do it, Tsunade-sama. I'll bring Sasuke back. Besides, we both know Naruto can't do it now." I point out.

Tsunade sighs. "Yes, now that they're involved. Sakura…"

Now it's my turn to sigh. "Shishou, if you've said it once, you've said it a thousand times. I know it's dangerous. It always is when they're involved." I hear a soft click behind me. Probably Shizune coming in. "That's why for this mission Naruto won't due, it has to be me."

Shizune walks over to Tsunade's side. "Fine." Tsunade sighs again. "Get ready for your mission then." I turn to leave.

"Tsunade-sama?" I ask, almost forgetting to tell her. She looks up. I give her a sad smile but continue on. "This is going to be my last mission. Thank you for all that you've done for me, but after this I'm going to be strictly medical. I'm also thankful for all that the Leaf has given me, but I'm leaving for the Sand. Where my family is."

For a brief second, I see the saddest look in my shishou's eyes. I don't think I've ever seen that look before. "I understand." Then she smiles and I know she'll make Shizune pour her Sake when I leave. "I wish you happiness."

"Thank you, that means a lot to me." I say and leave. Sure enough, I hear the clink of the Sake bottle against its matching cup. The cup with the chink in it. I smile at the memory of how it got there.


"Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asks, pouring the Sake.

"What is it?" The blond asks.

"What did Sakura mean when she said that Naruto can't do this mission? What mission is it? And what family does she have in Sand? Her parents died."

"Remember a couple years ago when Sakura left to go there to cure someone because Konkuro accidentally poisoned them and forgot to make the antidote?" She asks and Shizune nods. "And how she didn't come back until a year and a half later?

"She did a very… Hmm, what's the word? Oh well. The thing is, she fell in love with the Kazekage."

"Gaara?" The black haired woman asks, incredulous.

"Well really, he fell for her. But he got lucky because she likes him back. Not too long after, she got pregnant and they got engaged."

"When did you learn this? It wasn't in her report . . ." Shizune trailed off, mentally re-looking over Sakura's report.

"Trust me, it wasn't easy. It took me two months to get the whole story out of her. Remember how I always tell her that she's a 'lucky girl'?" Shizune nods again. "Well her luck ran out because she had to give birth to fraternal twins. The pain must've been horrible, she being the best medic in Suna at the time with no one to help her."

"Oh my! I guess lady luck decided to go against her this time." Shizune comments.

"Yeah. So this is her last mission. I'm sad that she's retiring so soon (before me!), but I wish she'd do that instead of this mission."

"Why? What's her mission?" Shizune asks.

"She has to bring Sasuke back. The reason Naruto can't do it is because I recently got a hold of SS secrecy ranked Intel that Sasuke's joined the Akatsuki."

"What's 'SS secrecy rank'?" She asks.

"It's the highest ranked Secrecy. It's information that can't be bought."

"Then how'd you get it?" Shizune asks.

Tsunade smirks with a glint in her eyes. "I have my ways."

"Okay… But you still haven't told me Sakura's full mission, just that she has to bring Sasuke back from the Akatsuki. How exactly is she supposed to do that?"

"She has to become a member. That's going to be hard but it isn't the hardest part. She has to gain their trust. That's the hardest part because, well, it's the Akatsuki. That's also the longest part. It'll take years, and that's also why it's a hard mission for her.

"She has to go that long away from her family, the Village, her friends, and most of all, people who know and trust her. Instead she has to spend that time in a place where nobody likes her and/or is suspicious of her."

"Do you really have to make her go on this mission, Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asks, hoping that she can reassign it to someone else, or just call it off entirely.

"That's the problem. I told her she didn't have to do it and I really don't want her to do it, but she won't let it go. Argh! I wish I never called her in! Shizune! Why didn't you stop me?"

"I-I'm sorry!" Was the woman's habitual response. "Wait, it's not my fault. I wasn't here! Tsunade! Don't laugh at me!"


"Bye Kotetsu! Izumo!" I call out. I wave to the guys standing guard at the gate.

"Bye Sakura." Kotetsu smiles.

"Don't die!" Izumo jokes.

The End