NARUTO IS OWNED BY MASASHI KISHIMOTO! I JUST ENJOY MESSING AROUND WITH THEM!

THIS COULD BE AN ITA/SAKU OR A SAKU/SHISUI OR EVEN AN ITA/SAKU/SHISUI FIC! NOT SURE YET! VOTES ARE APPRECIATED!

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CHAPTER THREE: TEAM BONDING PART 1!

CHARACTERS: TSUNADE, SHIZUNE, SHIRANUI GENMA

RATED FOR VIOLENCE AND POSSIBLE FUTURE LEMONS! DON'T LIKE, DON'T READ! R&R


Once Shisui had the borrowed umbrella in hand, Sakura pointedly stared at the door indicating that he should leave before she get angry. Shisui luckily got the hint and exited the door that he didn't even bother with in the first place. "See you tomorrow for training Sakura-chan!" He called cheerfully. Sakura slammed the door behind him and went back to bed after making sure her door was locked and her traps were set.

Sakura trudged into her mentor's office early the next morning grumbling and cursing quietly to herself about the ungodly hour at which she was forced to awake on her day off. Then she remembered that she was temporarily reassigned and grumbled even louder about back-stabbing old shinobi rejects. Tsunade smirked into her tea as she listened to Sakura's words and waited patiently for her prized student to sit down and fall silent. "Shizune you may show the rest of her new team into the office now." She said merrily. Shizune bowed slightly and motioned the three men into the office. "Anbu Team 7 meet your medic Haruno Sakura. She will be part of your team for however long the Elders have deemed it necessary. She is only on loan mind you so don't get too used to her. Team 7 will most definitely want her back." Tsunade said wryly. A lacquered mask sat innocently on Tsunade's desk, unpainted and unadorned. Tsunade offered it to the pink haired kunoichi with a smile. "What animal did you pick?" She asked lightly. "A kitten obviously." The brunette haired man teased. Sakura sneered at the senbon chewing shinobi. "Hello again Genma. I didn't realize you were on this team." She said politely. Genma nodded. "Yeah. Got transferred after Raido got a cell of his own to captain." He replied. "I see." Sakura said. She picked up the mask and looked at it for a few minutes. "A tiger mask. That's what I want." Sakura said after a few silent moments. "Very well. Take it to Nasawa-san and she'll paint it for you. And report to Hasawei-san and he'll get your Anbu tattoo inked in today." Tsunade replied as she handed Sakura the proper paperwork for each person. Sakura took the blank mask and the paperwork and stood. "Is that all Tsunade-shishou?" She asked curiously. "Yes I think that will do for now. I'm actually quite surprised you're taking this so well. When I informed you of this little underhanded trick you looked like you wanted nothing more than to destroy the entire tower." Tsunade replied. Sakura smiled merrily. "I have come to accept this farce Tsunade-shishou. Besides, it's not every day you get to work with an Anbu squad as famous and as esteemed as this one." She said cheerfully. Tsunade snorted. "I see. Well off you go. Nasawa-san and Hasawei-san are due to take lunch soon." She replied. Sakura bowed slightly and departed.

"Itachi, Shisui, Genma I want to ask you to do your best to treat my student like a real kunoichi and not just a child you have to babysit. Given that she's five years your junior Itachi, seven yours Shisui, and nine yours Genma, she's not someone that can't pull her own weight. But also try to be gentle on her at first. She's not used to the rigors of Anbu." Tsunade said as soon as she knew Sakura wasn't around to hear. "Hai Tsunade-sama. We will treat the princess like the most precious of treasures." Genma replied with a cheeky grin. Tsunade shook her head. "I almost pity you Genma. Almost. Now go catch up with her and get to know her." She snapped. The three men disappeared obediently and Tsunade laughed lightly. "I can't wait to watch this drama unfold. Shizune who do you think will come out on top?" She asked. "I couldn't say for sure at this moment Tsunade-sama." Shizune replied.

Sakura didn't say a word as her three new teammates joined her on her way to the mask artisan first. "You can drop it off to her and by the time Hasawei-san is finished with your tattoo, Nasawa-san will be done with your mask." Shisui said brightly. Sakura nodded and veered left to where she knew the artist worked. "Hello again Sakura-chan. Here to buy some more of my art?" Yanaki Nasawa asked brightly. "Not today I'm afraid Nasawa-san. I need a Tiger mask for my new team placement." Sakura laughed. Nasawa perked happily. "About time you joined Anbu! I've been waiting to paint your mask since you were a Chunnin! When are your real teammates going to join you in Anbu?" She asked. "We're just waiting for the scores to post. And since Tsunade-shishou already cleared me to get the tattoo, I'm going to guess that we passed...unless Naruto and Sasuke got lazy again and failed. In which case, I'm going to cause them some bodily harm when they get home." Sakura replied cheerfully. Nasawa laughed again. "Give me about ten minutes. If I finish before Hasa-kun does, I'll deliver it myself." She said. "It's a deal. Later Nasawa-san!" Sakura replied. The four Anbu departed and Sakura headed down the street to Hasawei's tattoo parlor resided.

"Hello Sakura. What can I do for you today?" Yanaki Hasawei asked. "I need an Anbu tattoo. I've been assigned Anbu Team 7 until mine gets back and the scores are posted." Sakura replied. "Is that so? Well congratulations Sakura! Step back here and I'll fix you right up. I think I'll make yours different from the usual Anbu tat though. And I have to finish the final touches on your other tattoo." Hasawei said cheerfully. Sakura nodded and headed back to the workstation where Hasawei created art on living flesh. "How long will it take Hasawei-san?" Itachi asked politely. Hasawei shrugged. "It usually only takes about two or three minutes to ink an Anbu tattoo and her other tattoo's about done so maybe ten minutes tops. Why? In a rush to be somewhere Captain Uchiha?" He asked in reply. "Not at all. But my team's training slot at the Anbu training grounds is about to come due." Itachi replied. Hasawei snorted. "Don't rush me." He said before disappearing into the back as well. Sakura smirked to herself because she knew Hasawei hated to be rushed. It diminished his work somehow.

Shisui and Genma gaped openly when Sakura returned from behind the curtain with a bandage on her upper arm and some bandages around her chest and torso. "You are definitely much less clothed than when you arrived." Genma whistled appreciatively. Sakura was used to perverts via Naruto and Kakashi to some extent as well as that jerk Jiraya always trying to wheedle her into modeling for that trash he called art work. Genma's leer passed over her like water over a duck's back but it still annoyed her. "Keep in mind Genma that I'm not a piece of meat. If you even think about trying to put the moves on me, I'll neuter you." Sakura said cheerfully, eyes dark with anger. Genma swallowed and nodded. "Of course Sakura." He replied weakly. Sakura nodded as Hasawei came out of the back having just finished sanitizing his needles. "Remember that you have to leave the tattoos covered until tomorrow. The bandages will absorb any extra ink that may run but as quickly as you heal from your wounds, I think it'll be fine. You should be able to fully utilize your first tattoo the day after the bandages come off." He said cheerfully. Sakura shot him an annoyed look for mentioning her healing rate but the happiness at his next statement made the annoyance slight at best. "Thanks Hasawei-san." She replied as she tossed him a small bag of coin for the finalized tattoo. "Luckily for you Tsunade-sama footed the bill for your Anbu mark. If not, you'd be broke Sakura!" Hasawei teased. Sakura flicked her tongue out at him and rolled her eyes. "You know that's not true." She replied mock-angry. Hasawei laughed and pushed them out of his shop. "I have to lock up before Nasa-chan gets here or she'll leave me to my own devices for lunch." He said. Sakura snorted and headed to go pick up her mask from Nasawa's shop.

Sakura twitched slightly as she walked because she could feel the lecherous stares from two of her teammates as she walked. Her fingers ached to ball into a fist and cause them some serious pain but she forced herself to keep her temper under wraps. Sakura didn't want Kakashi to be right about her destroying their lives. She'd never live it down with that insufferable man. Itachi silently observed the pink haired kunoichi as her thoughts played out on her face. "Careful that you don't break that new mask. Nasawa-san would be most displeased." He reminded her. Sakura nodded and carefully placed the mask in her hip pouch, drawing Genma and Shisui's eyes with her movement. "I'm sorry I made you miss training time." She said quietly. "Don't worry. I have taken care of it already. Today we will spend the normal training time getting to know one another." Itachi replied. Sakura nodded. "I understand." She said. 'This may just be the most entertaining think I will ever live to see.' Itachi mused quietly as they headed to a very familiar place. At least to Sakura.

"Tell us about yourself Sakura-san." Itachi said as the four of them lounged on the lake where the bridge Team 7 frequented rested. "Hm...I'm the third strongest medic in the village besides Tsunade-shishou and Shizune. I learned Shishou's super strength technique from her but Shizune refrained from doing the same. No talent for it I guess. I learned almost all my poison knowledge from Shizune though. As far as I know, I'm one of the only people in the entire shinobi world that can control chakra as precisely as I can. I have a smaller than usual reserve so I have gotten it down to where I use about 1/100 of the chakra most other shinobi use to perform any jutsu I need to use. I have no love for overbearing authority figures and I absolutely detest being thought of as a pawn or a pretty face with nothing up top in my head. I don't suffer perverts or fools at all. I don't like being underestimated but I get a sick sort of joy out of proving people wrong when they make the mistake of doing so. I'm not to be taken lightly but I'm sure Tsunade-shishou has given you the lecture so I won't rehash it. Just know that I have absolutely no qualms about hurting any of you if it's justifiable and I want you and Shisui in particular to know Itachi-san that I don't give two flying fucks about the Uchiha Clan's might. I'm not afraid of them. I never have been and I never will be." Sakura obliged her captain in a light tone. "Not at all?" Shisui asked. "Not at all. Even when I was an annoyingly stupid child, I wasn't afraid of them. I know some of the sordid background of the Uchiha Clan but I don't judge based on stories. I judge based on the integrity and merit of the individual clan member." Sakura replied defiantly. "So what was the tattoo Hasawei-san was talking about earlier?" Shisui changed the subject lest things go south for the day. "It's something that Shizune and I discussed one day when I was younger. I wasn't old enough to do anything about it at the time but now I can. When the bandages come off, I might show you." Sakura replied. She considered that discussion over as well. "What did Hasawei-san mean when he mentioned that you heal quickly?" Itachi finally asked. Sakura sighed. "When I was a baby, my father traded me to Orochimaru to pay for some debt or other. Mom never told me the whole story but she told me some of it. Anyway, Orochimaru wanted to create something from my body I guess so he messed around with my genetics a little. He couldn't really do too much because I was too young and there was no telling what might happen because my body wasn't fully formed yet. When Konoha Anbu were dispatched to arrest him before his great defection, he had managed to do just enough to give me accelerated healing and slightly heightened senses. I'm not like Gaara-sama and Naruto where I have a beast locked inside me or anything like that so don't make the mistake of thinking so. He also tampered with my emotional center as well. I feel emotions more intensely than most people. I can't seem to follow shinobi rule number 25 to save my own life. When I am angry, I am furious. When I am sad, I am devastated and when I am happy, I'm euphoric. My sense of right and wrong is also kind of skewed. That doesn't mean I don't have it but that some of the things some think are wrong make sense to me." She explained.


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