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Cora escorts Sasuke to the Uchiha Compound, and they look it over. Then when he is ready she takes him back to the Academy. Cora looks at him, and asks, "Are you sure you're ready to return so soon Sasuke?"

Sasuke replies, "I'm fine Cora I can't fall behind the others now can I?" Cora smiles at him saying, "Alright Sasuke do you want me to pick you up so I can help you train?" Sasuke responds, "Yes Cora I'd like that he hugs her, and then he goes into the academy."

Cora takes off, and reports to the Hokage's office this is the first free moment she's had to check in since that awful day. Cora walks up to the outside of the Hokage's office where there are two guards posted. Cora says, "I need to see the Hokage please."

The guard says, "Alright Cora I'll tell him you're here." One of the guards enters the office, and several minutes later he comes back out. He announces, "He'll see you now Cora." He steps out-of-the-way and lets her go into the office. The Hokage says, "Ah Cora sit down please."

Cora sits down, and says, "I'd like to ask being reassigned Lord Hokage." He asks, "Why is that Cora."

Cora responds, "Well I have cared for Sasuke also I've helped him train daily so I would like to help the village out in some way without leaving on missions. Sasuke needs someone who was close to his family to help him through the recent tragedy."

He looks at her saying, "Well I could use a new office assistant the last one grew bored, and wanted to return to doing missions."

Cora responds, "That's fine with me are you sure you want me, though?"

He chuckles saying, "Yes Cora I'm aware that you won't blindly follow orders, and you may question me from time to time." Then he asks, "Oh Cora is there any information you can give me about what happened that day?"

Cora replies, "Yes when I arrived Itachi was tormenting Sasuke with images of his parent's murder, and then Itachi left to go join the Akatsuki."

The Hokage says, "That was very helpful Cora." Then he asks, "Do you know why Itachi did this?"

Cora replies, "No I did ask him but he refused to answer I suspect that it was a requirement to get into the Akatsuki kind of like an initiation."

He says, "That is an interesting theory, Cora. Now go into the file room, and straighten it up for me you should be done with that task just in time to get Sasuke from school this afternoon."

Cora straightens the file room quickly, and returns to the Hokage's office then she asks, "What time should I come tomorrow?"

He replies, "Come right after you drop Sasuke off at the Academy oh, and just come in the guards won't stop you now that you're my assistant." Then he adds, "And Cora please don't forget to keep up on your training."

Cora smiles at him, and says, "Don't worry Hokage I won't." Cora leaves the office and heads to the academy where she picks Sasuke up.

Cora leads him to the training grounds once they get there she asks, "What do you want to work on Sasuke?"

Sasuke replies, "We're working on kunai skills in class." Cora sets out several targets, and says, "Show me what you've got Sasuke."

Sasuke grabs several kunai knives, and tries to hit all the targets but misses several targets. Cora says, "Sasuke you're holding it wrong, and you're using way too much effort to throw the Kunai knives. Here let me show you a special technique I learned."

Cora grabbed a Kunai knife in her hand and places it in between her thumb, and index finger. She spins the knife in between her fingers and gently throws the knife hitting all the targets dead center. Sasuke smiles saying, "Wow that was so cool!"

Cora says, "Now you do it." Sasuke repeats what she showed him, and easily gets a bull's-eye every time. She smiles saying, "Very good Sasuke let's go home for dinner."

Sasuke replies, "Ok Cora I'd like that" with that said he hugs her happy that he has someone in his life.