Naruto FF – Family Business

Summary:
Sakura and Deidara are siblings which were taken in by the Akatsuki after losing their home at a young age. After a few years of training Pain sends Sakura to live and grow up as a Kunoichi of the hidden leaf village and also act as a spy for the organisation.
Follow her as she lives a life full of lies in a village she yearns to destroy.

I don't own Naruto, just the Story.

Chapter 4
Even though Lady Tsunade gave us a few days off I requested for her to discharge me of my duties at the hospital for a few weeks as well. I had to train in order to stand a chance against Deidara. She wasn't happy at first seeing I was needed but knew as well as I that I would train anyway. She agreed with the condition that I would have to be the main act in the Sakura Blossom Festival.
That's why I am currently leaning against a tree on the training grounds working out alone.
'Lee sure is rubbing off on me.'

I always start training sessions off lightly by learning to mould new clay animals. Thankfully I'm learning really fast. I'm capable of shaping perfect bats and mice by noon already.
Sadly I don't have much clay left which leaves me limited to combat training, but luckily the genin team Tsunade send to get me more will arrive soon.
The following days I trained taijutsu against my shadow clones or sometimes even Lee who also needed a sparring partner apart from his sensei.
My training also involves meditating in order to achieve greater chakra resources even though the training with Lady Tsunade already covered that and I already have more chakra than most of the rookie nine.

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"Shanaro!"
Lee barely jumped out of the way and on a tree as my fist connected with the ground creating a deep crater. We were at the old team seven training grounds, sparing.
Looking up I saw Lee running towards me but he vanished right before my eyes. I could read him like a book and blocked his kick from behind. We both jumped out of the crater and I distanced myself again from him, breathing just as heavy as Lee. We were going all out on each other but only on taijutsu basis, not that Lee had any other choice.
I looked him in the eye. "Ready to finish this?" I asked smirking. He grinned at me. "Let's do this."
But before any of us could react an Anbu member appeared in a puff of smoke right next to me.
"Haruno, Lady Tsunade requested for you to meet her in her office, now." Straightening my back, I nodded. I looked back at Lee with an apologising look.
"It's ok Sakura, we'll finish this later. Go meet the Hokage, I'll train anyway." I nodded.
The Anbu vanished again and I left the training ground in the direction of the Hokage tower.

Walking into Lady Tsunades office I was greeted by the genin team lead by Ebisu.
"Sakura, Team Ebisu successfully returned with your requested clay." my sensei clarified much to my joy.
I thanked them with a big smile, which they all returned.

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The past few weeks had been nothing but taijutsu and meditation, which is why I'm absolutely hyped to finally train my art. I was currently standing on my eagle flying over the training ground and ready to start.

I instantly switched into ninja-mode starting off with the newly made bats in various sizes. I had to control them with my chakra which wasn't exactly easy, because there were many of them but after a few hours I got the hang of it. Lastly I destroyed a few giant trees in the area with them. I continued this training with the bees, eagles and hummingbirds.
Due to the festival in a few weeks and my part in it I even studied a small choreography with my butterflies, where I'll probably improvise the rest.
Back to my training, I decided that the ground was next. I flew my eagle towards the ground in a dive but jumped away before it exploded on the ground, shattering it just like my fist does.

Without as much as a break I continued moulding mice, snakes and ladybugs, sending them each in a different direction. I didn't want them to explode all at once, which is why I need to concentrate even more. After successfully detonating them one after the other I sat with my back against a tree, watching the destruction I made so far, the training ground was a mess. I laughed a bit to myself as I looked towards the darkening sky. "I can't wait to meet you again Deidara-nii."
Standing up I didn't feel tired at all and just continued training until late at night.
I finally managed to infuse my art pieces with more chakra to make them even bigger. This was quite difficult because too much chakra in a clay piece can lead it to instantly explode. This brought me a step closer to my brother. Smiling I slumped into my bed.

The following days involved some more training but mostly practising together with the other acts for the grand show at the cherry blossom festival.

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Looking down I watched as chunin demonstrated some amazing fire release jutsu. Currently I was sitting on my own wooden platform with my feet dangling over the edge that Yamato-sensei made. They were built quite high so that most of the civilians could watch the performances of the festival. I was surrounded by lower platforms where the others were performing.
Looking up at the blue sky I imagined that my brother would come flying on his clay bird and take me with him. These past few days I thought more often of my family, because the anniversary of me starting to live in Konoha was close. I was snapped out of my thought by loud clapping and cheering of the crowd. 'Now's my turn.'
I stood up in my new outfit that I bought especially for this day. I wore tight black pants together with my knee high combat boots, a sleeveless ruby coloured kimono tied with a black sash and a long-sleeved fishnet shirt underneath. My clay was stashed in two bags on each side of my hip.
Forcing a smile, I started my presentation.

First off, I send hummingbirds in all direction and let them explode in a firework-like manner, earning astonished sounds from the civilians. Next I made six eagle and let them gather six brave people from the crowd and fly them up here. Together they circled above my head before carrying them back down, which earned another round of clapping.
I jumped on my own bigger eagle and rose a few meters before the other clay birds each took a bag of cherry blossoms and spread them over the crowd.
At last I took out a scroll and summoned thousands of clay butterflies. At first they roamed over my head before separating into four groups and circling the other platforms. I demanded them back to roam around me and shielding myself from the crowd. I was about to make the final move when suddenly a paper butterfly landed on my shoulder.

A wide grin appeared on my face. "I understand."
My last move was spreading the butterflies all over Konoha in an outburst like fashion and letting them fly free. I bowed as people were cheering for me to continue. My grin only widened. "As you wish. Katsu!" The butterflies over Konoha suddenly exploded and panic broke out as my laughter echoed through the village.

Flashback, few days ago…

I sat in my room preparing for tomorrows show when all of the sudden I heard tapping at my bedroom window. Looking up I saw one of Deidaras clay birds. 'Does that mean Deidara-nii got his arms back?' I immediately opened the window and took the scroll out of the bird's mouth. I smiled, my hopes were confirmed. Deidara was alright and they even thought about my suggestions.
In my last message I had told my family about the upcoming festival and my part in it. I also proposed that this was the perfect opportunity to infiltrate the village and take Naruto.
The letter said that my parents and Deidara would come and get the ninetails. Konan would sent me a signal and that's when I would have to act as a Diversion.
Smiling I hid the bird and letter in a drawer and went back to preparing for tomorrow. Afterwards I went to bed early.

End of Flashback…

I kept on laughing as I threw more ladybugs at Konoha. The destructive power was amazing.
"What an interesting distraction, yeah. I'm not sure if Pain saw this coming or not, but he gave permission to destroy whatever we want, un." My laughter died abruptly as I turned around to face my brother.
"Deidara-nii…" Tears welled up in the corner of my eyes, as I smiled. Tears of joy
were rolling down my face as I jumped over to Deidaras clay bird and hugged him tight.
"I missed you too, yeah." We embraced each other and I forgot the world for a split second until I heard someone scream. "Akatsuki!"
"Guess, that's my cue, yeah. See ya later!" we both drew a Kunai to make it look as though we were fighting and jumped away from each other.

As Deidara flew away I landed on the floor and started to search for Naruto. It didn't take me too long to find him. Naruto was helping to evacuate civilians.
"Naruto!"
"Sakura! What's happening? You were laughing and the next thing I remember are explosions everywhere, what did you do?"
Faking innocence I responded "That wasn't me, my brother attacked and set off my butterflies. I never intended any of this." He nodded, believing every word I said. "Look there's no time to waste. Lady Tsunade ordered me to hide you from the Akatsuki." He wanted to reject, but I continued "The only reason they are attacking is you. If you want to save the village, come with me." Naruto thought for a moment before sighing in defeat. "Tsunade must be right. Alright let's go!"
We both jumped onto my larger clay hawk and exited the village. I felt Pains and Konans chakra signature and knew exactly where to bring Naruto.

After a few minutes in the air, we landed in a clearing. "Sakura-chan, where are we?" he asked obviously confused. Seven figures approached from the trees as I smirked.
"Sakura…chan?"
"Naruto Uzumaki the ninetails. We came to take you with us." The orange haired male, called Pain said in a monotone voice.
"Akatsuki." Naruto confirmed with a deep, grim voice. "Sakura-chan get behind me, I'll protect you." He ordered me but I just chuckled. "You want to protect me from my father?" Naruto, my so called best friend froze and turned around slowly. "Sakura-chan, what did you…" before he could finish his sentence he lost consciousness because of my genjutsu. He fell to his knees before his face met with the solid ground. I had learned it especially for the day where I would finally take Naruto. 'Hinata won't be happy, but honestly who cares?'

Konan took a hesitant step forward, she looked at Pain and he nodded. With the blink of an eye the bluenette, my mother was by my side and embraced me in a bone-crushing hug.
Tears rolled down both our faces as I returned the hug.
"I missed you little Blossom."
"I missed you too…mother."

After a few minutes Pain decided to finally speak "Sakura, your mission was successful."
I freed myself from Konans iron grip and looked at Pain wide eyed "D-Does that mean I can come home?" He nodded with a small smile.
"Home." My smile widened but I was suddenly pulled back into reality. "Deidara is having fun in Konoha all by himself, isn't he? I don't think that's fair. Am I allowed to join my brother?"
"You are, but Konan will accompany you to observe your skills." We nodded and jumped onto my clay hawk after handing Naruto over. We were ready to take off when Pain stopped me "Sakura wait, this is for you. You earned it." My smile grew bigger when he gave me my own Akatsuki cloak, it fit perfectly. I thanked him and we took off in the direction of Konoha where smoke was constantly rising.

To be continued…

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