Like instructed after a proper breakfast Sakura showed up at the Hokage Tower twenty five minutes early "Kakashi's not here yet go figure" Sasuke was the only one there so far as he glared at a group of civilian girls whispering and giggling behind their hands at him.
Not that glaring did him any good until Sakura spun and put her hands on her hips "Haven't you anything better to do than gawk, get on we're busy" Sakura stared intently until the girls felt uncomfortable and hurriedly went on their way.
Sasuke was impressed and grudgingly nodded in thanks all his pride would allow for, for right now anyway "Oh come on why does he do this" Naruto was the last to show up at the tower, five minutes before the scheduled time and promptly began complaining.
About their sensei's perpetual lateness, imagine their surprise when fifteen minutes after 8, Kakashi arrived, late sure but not like the days before "Alright, it's time for you to go on your first mission" Kakashi declared.
Leading the way into the tower and to where the missions were assigned "I was wondering when I'd get to see you three" Hiruzen commented knowing their day wasn't going to be a pleasant one with the missions Kakashi had asked for ahead of time.
Which were prepared in a neat little pile in front of him "Yeah Kakashi-sensei said we're here for a mission, is it a super cool A Rank Mission" the blonde bounced, proving to be the most immature of his students by far.
Kakashi sighed "Naruto, you're a genin, which means you only to get to go on appropriately ranked missions such as D Rank missions" the silver haired Jonin rapped the boy on the head with his book, carefully of course.
He didn't want any problems "That's right Naruto, so what are we doing today" the pink haired Nara understood though as she turned to face their Hokage who pushed a pile of five D Rank missions forward.
"Painting a fence, weeding a garden, walking dogs from the pound, cleaning out trash from a river and locating Tora, Madam Shijimi's pet cat who ran away four days ago" the Uchiha read out in horror, these missions were demeaning and practically chores, not missions.
But he kept his mouth shut "Exactly until I feel like your ready, D ranks will become your best friends, I suggest you get use to it" Kakashi said in a no nonsense tone of voice as he led his students from the tower to get started on their missions.
Predictably Naruto complained "Come on these missions are so lame, can't you get us a cooler one like an A ranked mission Kakashi-sensei" Naruto whined clear to the pound since they decided to get that mission done first.
What Naruto didn't count on was Sakura who gripped his ear and yanked "Quit it Naruto, we're shinobi so straighten up your act or else" Sakura narrowed her eyes on her teammate who understood in that moment what Sasuke had meant yesterday by her not being a pushover.
The blonde gulped and edged away from her "I tried to warn you Dobe" Sasuke snorted and Naruto gnashed his teeth and ground them in frustration, he seriously needed to talk to Sasuke about that bloody awful nickname.
Instead of saying anything he simply chose the biggest dog to walk to the others exasperation and it was only thanks to Sakura that he didn't get drug through a minefield "Knucklehead be more careful" the pinkette huffed.
Once all the dogs had been walked and feeling like all of her energy had been zapped, it was inevitable at this point as she began to cough and wheeze "Are you alright Sakura-chan" the silver haired Jonin asked, brow creased in concern.
She held up her hand and managed to stop coughing after a couple minutes "Does your condition worsen at different times in the day" the raven of Team Seven frowned, noting that it was around nine in the morning now.
Which meant the sun was blaring down on them "You should take your medicine so it doesn't get worse then" the blonde ordered when Sakura nodded her head and Kakashi didn't understand a single thing they were talking about.
"Can't, only when at meal times, sorry Kakashi-sensei, you see I have this condition called Vasculitis which inflames my blood vessels, I've had it since I was practically born and it messes up my immune system" Sakura apologized feeling down on herself.
Then there was a hand pressed down on her head "Ease up there Sakura-chan, I know plenty of shinobi who have illnesses and still become strong, lets take a quick break" Kakashi shrugged, wondering how he could have missed this.
Especially since she'd said something about it during her introduction, though it had been late in the day, so it was under control, at his suggestion, Sakura shook her head "I'm fine, I can keep going" the pink haired Nara declared stubbornly.
It was honestly cute of her "Just don't hesitate to ask for help then" Sasuke grunted when they continued on their way to the next mission which was to paint a picket fence sunshine yellow, Sakura found this task rather easy.
And enjoyable "I don't get it" Naruto scratched his head in confusion, hearing Sakura hum while they painted, like she was having the best fun of her life, these missions were demeaning and yet Sakura was having fun.
"Maybe not Naruto-kun, Sakura-chan's a complicated sort of girl, understanding her would be impossible" the Copy Ninja ruffled his messy blonde locks until Naruto glared and moved as far away as he could to continue the mission.
Until the fence had been entirely painted and the civilian thanked them repeatedly "On to the next I suppose, weeding the garden" the second to last remaining Uchiha chose the next mission to complete.
Wanting Sakura to have as much rest as possible before they got to the harder missions, he doubted cleaning the river or catching Tora would be easy after all "Seriously this is…" the blonde began forgetting for a moment until he felt a stare bore into the side of his head.
So he quickly shut his mouth, Sakura snickered under her breath, thankful for the lesson Yoshino had given her to reign in obstinate males "Say Kakashi-sensei what do you have planned for tomorrow" the rosette asked suddenly.
Before they made it to the clients house "And your asking why Sakura-chan, do you have a training session with your parents or something" Kakashi shifted his gaze to his kunoichi and wondered if she was having second thoughts.
"Oba-chan and Oji-san is more like it but no, just curious, plus if I don't train a certain amount a day I'll loose muscle mass due to my condition" Sakura admitted quietly to her teammates horror because they hadn't thought her illness was that bad.
Just where she coughed or wheezed a lot but to think if she didn't train she would lose muscle mass and weight, they never even knew "Your condition sounds like a nightmare Sakura" Sasuke scowled wondering why she chose to become a kunoichi in the first place.
Her efforts while admiral were reckless to "Now I understand why you want to find a cure and why you don't like being treated as an invalid" Naruto commented, Kakashi however was silent as they got to work on their third mission.
Sakura kept Naruto from pulling more than the weeds of the clients garden and Sasuke managed just fine on his own, though he occasionally shot Sakura looks to make sure she was alright before the mission was finished.
Then it was off to clean out the river of trash "In the words of my cousin, how troublesome" the pink haired Nara sighed seeing how bad the trash accumulation was in the river as they were handed sticks and bags to put the trash in once it had been extracted.
"Agreed" the raven haired preteen scoffed, cursing out the people who'd done this, didn't they know how to pick up after themselves, obviously not, as they simply got to work, Sakura struggled with this one though.
For the trash evaded her time and time again "Okay Sakura-chan you've done enough, rest until it's time for our final mission" the silver haired Jonin in charge ordered, seeing that she was on the verge of another attack.
She'd filled four bags up anyway so the boys could finish "Yeah, leave it to us Sakura" the blonde waved her off and with a forlorn sigh Sakura trudged wearily from the shallow part of the river to sit in the shade of a large tree to rest.
Preventing another coughing fit and before they knew it, they were hunting Tora who was soon caught thanks to Sakura catching the runaway pet with her shadow hold jutsu "Nice work you three, I'm rather impressed" Kakashi commented as they got their pay for missions well done.
They'd honestly surprised him "Bah D Ranks are for babies Kakashi-sensei" Naruto rolled his eyes, still not happy that they were getting saddled with such lame missions, he wouldn't dare complain in front of Sakura to much though.
Simply because she scared him "So what's the plan for tomorrow" Sasuke reiterated Sakura's earlier question, wanting to know so that he could properly prepare, Kakashi eyed them, then thought over his sole female students confession.
And based his decision off that "Training, I'll teach you how to mask your chakra, it's an essential skill after all, avoiding detection that is, along with a little stamina training or taijutsu" the Copy Ninja shrugged, deciding that maybe it wasn't so bad having them under his command.
"Great, can't wait see you tomorrow Kakashi-sensei….oh wait you didn't say what time" Sakura smiled brightly, stunning the boys on either side of her, because they'd obviously never received a smile like that in their entire life in the academy.
Kakashi chuckled "The time we met up this morning will do, now dismissed" he clapped his hands shooing his students off to do whatever they wanted for the rest of the day and watched them scamper off to parts unknown.
Or rather one of them and he was curious as Naruto rounded on Sasuke with a scowl "Teme your such a bastard….don't I deserve the same courtesy as Sakura, the use of my name, I'm not a loser got it" the blonde snapped.
Clearly past his limit of tolerance "Fine now settle down Do…Naruto" the second to last remaining Uchiha grumbled, clearly brooding as he gave in and called Naruto by his actual name as they finally headed in opposite directions.
By the time they'd done that Sakura was already home in time for lunch "Sakura-chan how was your morning" Yoshino greeted like the day before, pulling a quiche from the oven and Sakura's stomach growled in response to the mouth-watering smell.
"Had a couple fits but other than that it was good, we got to do five missions, D Ranks, but missions all the same and Kakashi-sensei said he was going to teach us how to mask our chakra and do a little stamina or taijutsu training tomorrow" the rosette chattered.
Making herself comfortable at the table, the males absence for the time being "It's a wonder how you got that man to be your sensei in the first place, every other prospective team assigned to him he failed and yet you and your team managed" the Nara Matriarch mused aloud.
Juicing some tomatoes to have fresh tomato juice to drink "All we did was work as a team and told him that we were a team and nothing could pit us against one another" Sakura shrugged not to sure herself.
But Yoshino understood "Don't worry about it, for now lets enjoy lunch just the two of us, since those two aren't back yet" Yoshino presented the quiche and tomato juice and her niece was all to happy to dig in and fill her growling stomach.
Remembering to take her medicine at the same time once she had some food in her gut "Thanks for lunch Oba-chan, I'm going to go upgrade my equipment, maybe even get a new whetstone to sharpen my weapons on" the pink haired Nara declared.
Practically jumping out of her chair as if it was on fire once she was done eating, three pieces of quiche and two glasses of tomato juice "Be careful please" the Nara Matriarch called after her niece, having had only two pieces of quiche and one glass of tomato juice.
Leaving plenty for Shikaku and Shikamaru who would no doubt be hungry when they finally did get home, in the meantime Sakura had left the compound for the second time that day, feeling better since she'd taken her medicine, not as achy.
And went straight for a weapons shop to upgrade her equipment, it was as she was looking over the swords, wondering if she should at least learn that someone cleared their throat "Excuse me but your blocking the way kid, my friend wants to take a look at those swords" someone said.
Her brow raised "There's plenty of room isn't there" Sakura turned eyeing the two older males, one of whom shot her an amused smiled before coughing into his hand, rousing her curiosity, but she kept her question to herself.
"Look what we have here Hayate a gutsy little genin, your right, however you've been standing here for so long" the mahogany eyed man informed at least she knew one of their names now though as her eyes went wide.
Before her cheeks colored in embarrassment "Sorry I get lost in thought a lot, thinking over whether a weapon would suit me or the pro's and cons of it" the rosette bowed lightly and went to hurry off to another aisle.
Only to be stopped by a hand on her shoulder "Genma's just messing with you, see he likes to pick on the new graduates to test their mettle or something it's a game, you weren't in my way or anyone's way" Hayate said to the young girl.
That they still didn't know the name of "Oh….hehehe, I suppose since I know both of your names I should give mine, Sakura Nara, pleased to meet you" Sakura smiled bright at Hayate who returned her smile with a small one of his own.
As for Genma he simply sulked "You're a Nara huh, I thought you guys relied on your shadows and all that jazz" Genma questioned watching her look over the swords until she finally chose one it was the perfect length for her as well.
Sakura nodded "Typically, but I like learning different things, such as my element or genjutsu, one can never rely on one thing for their entire life after all" the pink haired Nara announced heading for another aisle.
Leaving them behind for only a moment as Hayate grabbed an appropriately sized sword to replace his broken one and they hurried after her "Interesting, are your parents supportive of you branching out like you are" the mahogany eyed brunet questioned.
When Sakura was reaching for the high shelf to grab a whetstone "Very" Sakura answered pausing for a moment, and they glimpsed sadness within the depths of her emerald eyes, then she was back to trying to reach the high shelf again.
"Did something happen" the onyx eyed brunet coughed, watching her struggle until she managed to reach her goal and retrieve a whetstone that was placed in a basket that was hanging off her arm, at the new question she lowered her gaze.
Before sighing "My parents died during the nine tail's attack, my Aunt and Uncle adopted me, they are supportive though" Sakura admitted quietly, not really liking to talk about her real parents much since she'd never gotten to meet them properly.
It was something she use to wish for a lot but that wish had never came true so she'd given up and accepted the cold hard fact that they would never come back "I see" Hayate grimaced as Sakura wandered down another aisle.
This one had other weapons "Our apologies that was an insensitive question, I apologize on Hayate's behalf" Genma murmured, then pushing his friend towards the check out counter they left Sakura to conduct her business.
Upgrading her equipment as she had said by getting new kunai and shuriken, another thigh holster since her other one was practically falling apart, a new roll of wire, a pack of exploding tags, blank scrolls and the like.
Once she was sure that she'd gotten everything Sakura made her way towards the check out counter as well and after paying for all of her new gear with plenty left over she found a shop that sold comfortable clothing.
New outfits and the like were bought and finally Sakura went home in time to see her cousin return "Please don't tell me you were alone out there" Shikamaru groaned when she entered the house a few minutes after him.
Sakura quirked her brow at him "I was fine Shikamaru, I didn't even cough while I was out" the pinkette snorted with a roll of her eyes, she was perfectly capable of going out on her own every once in awhile.
"Anything could have happened Sakura" the Nara heir frowned as he set his sandals out of the way and stood allowing Sakura to sit so she could also take off her own sandals, then helped her on to her feet once she was done.
Though at his statement she sighed "Shikamaru-ni I don't need to be babysat all the time you know" Sakura scoffed, marching into the living room where Yoshino was sewing, Shikaku napped on the couch opposite her indicating he was home as well.
Yoshino looked up though when the two entered the room and smiled "What a drag" Shikamaru grumbled, rubbing a hand down his face as he did so as Sakura sat next to their mother and showed off what she'd bought.
"Cute, just like you Sakura-chan and practical, they'll help you during tomorrow's training with your team" Yoshino giggled at the new clothing her niece had bought, black mesh, a black tank top, black shorts and black sandals.
Unfortunately their clan crest would need to be added "Kakashi actually agreed to train you, I heard from Asuma that he said Kakashi was going to slot you with D Rank Missions" Shikaku raised his head speaking in an incredulous tone.
Sakura bobbed her head eagerly in answer "Uh-huh, he's going to teach us how to mask our chakra properly and then give is a bit of stamina training or have us practice taijutsu" the fuscia haired Nara announced.
Quite happily to Shikamaru's exasperation as he pulled out his shogi board to play a game against himself "Good for you kiddo, seems he's taking having a squad under his command seriously" the Jonin Commander grunted.
Yawning then he closed his eyes intent on napping a bit longer "Just remind me to add our crest on your new clothes okay Sakura-chan" the Nara Matriarch smiled as the clothes were folded neatly and Sakura disappeared to her bedroom.
"Such a troublesome girl" the Nara heir groaned, having mixed thoughts about Sakura becoming a full-fledged genin, on one hand he was happy, the other not so much, it was risky and Sakura had been way to excitable lately.
Eventually Yoshino put away her project to go set up things for dinner, where they came together as a family once more when it was done and hours later the family of four settled down for the night to get some shut eye.
Then like the previous morning after breakfast Sakura dashed off to meet up with her team for training and the like, whatever Kakashi taught them anyway, dressed in her new training outfit, new gear situated upon her person.
"Whoa Sakura that's quite the get up" to her surprise Naruto was the first one there, still dressed in his bright orange outfit, it was something she would have to talk to the boy about, ninja were supposed to be sneaky but his bright clothing simply made him into a target.
Like her hair which was hidden under a dark brown wig for the day "Yeah I got this and a couple other outfits with our pay from yesterdays missions, but listen Naruto, your clothing is to loud" Sakura grinned, then frowned.
Trying not to sound mean "She's right Do…Naruto, it makes you a target, which is why I got you this" Sasuke appeared moments after she had, holding out a bag for Naruto to take and when the new clothes were unfolded.
Revealed a dark orange jumpsuit with mesh and dark blue sandals "Te…Sasuke why did you waste your money on me like this" the blonde frowned, conflicted obviously and Sasuke turned his head away and grumbled something under his breath.
Sakura giggled "I don't think Naruto heard you Sasuke, might want to speak up" the pinkette teased, feeling comfortable in doing so, Sasuke's cheeks turned red in mortification but took a deep breath to say it again.
"For all the times I have called and will probably call you a Dobe, even if it's by accident a person can't change overnight Naruto" the Uchiha grunted, scowling, complete with glaring at the ground and arms crossed over his chest.
Missing Naruto's happy expression before the boy dashed into the forest to change, when he emerged Sasuke and Sakura nodded in acceptance "Much better" Sasuke commented, raising a brow at Sakura who wore a wig.
Earning a snort "I'm not oblivious Sasuke, my hair would be seen from a mile away so I got a wig, the whole point of today's training after all is to learn how to avoid detection" Sakura huffed, Sasuke simply nodded.
While Naruto grinned "Guess we had it wrong about you Sakura, your more than capable" Naruto admitted, slinging an arm around her shoulders hesitantly, remembering her reaction to Sasuke grabbing her a couple days ago.
But Sakura smiled and returned his hug, and just as they were contemplating sitting their sensei showed up "Morning my cute little students" Kakashi greeted, only thirty minutes late today, trying to show that he was serious about training them.
"Punctual, hmm I like it Kakashi, oomph" the raven snorted only to get lightly elbowed in the side by Sakura, he was more surprised by it than it actually hurting and that's why he reacted in the way he had to his embarrassment.
Naruto sniggered under his breath before glancing to his sensei "We're ready whenever you are Kakashi-sensei" the blonde declared eager for their training session to begin, it was then Kakashi seemed to notice their outfits.
And he raised a brow in question "The whole point of avoiding detection is to not be seen or felt right, well our bright outfits or hair painted targets on our backs, hence the reason for the outfit changes or why I'm wearing a wig" the pink haired Nara explained.
Kakashi nodded "Your exactly right Sakura-chan but lets start start our morning off with a lecture of sorts, chakra control will play a big part in you being able to mask your chakra after all" the silver haired Jonin clapped his hands.
Becoming more serious as he gestured his students closer "First you'll want to take your chakra and wrap a thin layer of it around yourself, suppressing your scent and chakra along with it" Kakashi instructed.
Obsidian iris watching them attempt the technique, so it was no surprise to him when Sakura's scent and chakra nearly vanished completely "Hey this is like what you tried to explain to me a couple days ago Sakura" Naruto exclaimed.
Managing the task a little better than the day of their survival test, though his chakra was still very noticeable "It is what I tried to explain to you Naruto" Sakura deadpanned, attempting to hide her chakra and scent entirely.
And accomplishing this task a few minutes later, Sasuke was the next one to complete the task set before them "Hn a handy skill indeed" Sasuke grunted, though he was no chakra control expert like Sakura it seemed he could manage.
Soon all three of them could mask their chakra, Naruto would need a little work though "Okay, this is where it gets harder, run into the forest, I'm going to send someone after you and if your found within five minutes you have to take on three D Rank Solo Missions" the Copy Ninja said.
Setting a penalty, Naruto gulped but the three of them dutifully ran into the forest, spreading out as they did so, Kakashi was surprised when Naruto's chakra faded a little more to where it wasn't as noticeable as before then sent Pakkun after his students.
Hidden close to the clearing Sakura eyed the ninken warily as he passed right under her spot high in the tree, his nose to the ground, she watched as he lifted his head scanning the tree's and she shifted to better hide not wanting penalty missions.
Then to her lucky stars the summons must have caught someones scent and disappeared in a dust cloud, she breathed out a sigh of relief "Mm" the rosette spread out her senses, leaping from branch to branch.
And with difficulty located Sasuke who nearly shouted in fright when she dropped down into the bush he was hiding in "Don't do that" the Uchiha scowled and she sent him an apologetic frown as they peered warily out of their hiding place.
Right as they were contemplating going back to the clearing as the time limit passed a yell echoed in their ears and they knew who it was from "I better not get penalty missions cause I stepped on a stupid trap" the blonde sulked appearing out of no where.
So the three of them together headed back to where their sensei was waiting "Not bad for your first run of it, rather ingenious Naruto-kun, to use shadow clones to avoid Pakkun, you'll get the hang of it eventually the more we practice, you two were as I expected" Kakashi praised.
Not leaving out a single student, treating them equally as was proper "But now it's time for actual training right" Sasuke asked wanting to stretch his muscles a bit even though he had run a bit to find a good hiding spot.
Though it had done little good what with Sakura having been able to find him "Yes, I decided we'll do taijutsu spars, keep it moderate boys because your paired against each other, Sakura your with me" the silver haired ninja commanded.
Dividing them up into pairs of two "Good luck Sakura" Naruto waved, marching determinedly to a spot far away but still close enough so that no one else got hurt from stray weapons or even jutsu's that would just be awful.
His statement earned a smile "I'm ready Kakashi-sensei" Sakura informed, stretching first so she didn't accidentally pull a muscle and then the spar began, Kakashi tensed a little before making the first move by throwing a kunai.
Aware of what she could and couldn't do she ducked and tossed her own weapon, darting after it quickly to get in close "Despite your health issues your rather quick on your feet" Kakashi said when he found her in range.
Pulling her fist back, "Just on my feet Kakashi-sensei, I'm not the best at taijutsu though" the pinkette sighed as her punch missed entirely as Kakashi cartwheeled backwards out of range, with her first plan failed Sakura thought over her options again.
Before smiling again while pulling out a smoke bomb, disappearing from his senses "Already using that against me Sakura-chan that's playing dirty" the silver haired Jonin scratched his head as the smoke cleared and his student was no where to be seen.
Just as he was beginning to think that maybe he should get out of the way Sakura jumped out of the ground before him, fists swinging and nearly got him in the chin "Shoot, I was so close" Sakura scowled at herself.
"Perhaps if I were a normal opponent and not a Jonin that might have worked Sakura-chan" Kakashi chuckled enjoying the game until it was apparent that she couldn't go on due to the asthma attack that suddenly seized her.
This also ended Naruto and Sasuke's spar, both of whom were breathing heavily with a sheen of sweat on their skin but no injuries "Okay lets get you home Sakura, we're done for the day right Kakashi" the second to last remaining Uchiha glanced to Kakashi.
Who nodded "Take her home, good work you three, we'll do missions tomorrow, show up at 8" the Copy Ninja dismissed his students and watched as the two boys helped Sakura to her feet where she'd slumped to the ground.
"Come on Sakura we've got you" the blonde assured keeping his arm around Sakura's waist to help support her as they walked to the other side of the village where her clan compound was located.
And she was never so grateful of them for having a change of heart "See you tomorrow for missions Naruto, Sasuke" the pink haired Nara waved, and got matching waves in return before she turned and entered her house, where she stayed for the rest of the day doing nothing.