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Chapter Four: You Better Come Back Alive
Sakura stared at the mission scroll like it were a particularly poisonous breed of creature from the depths of hell. "Aren't you gonna open it Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked with an amused lilt to his tone. "No. If I do, I'll have no choice but to accept." Sakura replied. "It's just a mission scroll. Open it already." Sasuke snorted. The pink haired kunoichi sighed and obediently broke the seal on the scroll. Her viridian eyes moved slowly as she read the scroll completely and in depth.
"Well fuck." Sakura said when she finished. "What?" Naruto asked. Sasuke tried to look but Sakura quickly snapped the scroll shut, blocking his attempt. "It's an S-rank mission. Success rate is 100% but the danger level is 98%. It's possible that I might not come back from this one. Figures Tsunade-shishou would do that to me." She sighed.
Sasuke grabbed Sakura's chin in his hand and tilted her head to look at him. "I don't order you around anymore because we're all equal in rank. However I am going to give you an order that I not only expect you to accept but also to obey." He said. "And what might that order be Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked archly. "I order you to come back from this mission alive and relatively unharmed. If you don't, when you get better, I will kick your ass so hard, you'll temporarily forget your own name." Sasuke replied. Sakura grinned. "Aye aye Sasuke-kun." She replied. "Same from me too Sakura-chan!" Naruto wasn't one to be left out. Sakura smiled and nodded again. "Ok." She said.
The pinkette met Neji, Kiba, and TenTen at the gates, packed and ready to go. "Who's the captain?" Sakura asked. "I am." Neji replied. Sakura nodded. "I figured as much. Kiba is too wild, no offense, and TenTen lacks the experience to be a captain." She said. The four man team set out on their mission and silence reigned for the first hour. "Do you mind that you're merely serving in the medic capacity?" Neji asked finally. "No. I'm rather honored that you chose me rather than Shizune or a different medic." Sakura replied. "You are the third best medic in Konoha. I would be an idiot of the highest caliber to not request you. Besides, you are the only other medic that can fight as well as heal. Your chakra reserves are much larger than they were when we were younger and I trust you to have my back during a fight." Neji said. Sakura blushed under her cat mask at the praises she was receiving from the young prodigy. "Thank you Neji. That means a lot to me coming from someone like you." She replied. "Hn. It is merely truth." Neji said. Sakura practically glowed from happiness. "Hey Pink do you think you could put in a good word to Hina-chan when we get back? She kicked me to the couch for your little stunt." Kiba asked. Sakura laughed. "Alright." She replied.
Sakura narrowed her eyes. "Hawk-taichou? This was painfully easy don't you think?" She asked evenly. "Hai. It was. Be on your guard everyone. Something's not right with this mission." Neji replied just as evenly. Hell literally exploded around them as they were ambushed by nearly an army of enemy shinobi. Sakura took stock of the situation before punching the floor, cracking it and the ground underneath the building with minimal chakra. Her teammates quickly reoriented themselves and leapt into the fray. TenTen had weapons everywhere, Sakura was cheerfully killing men with one or two punches while Neji shut their chakra points off and Kiba and Akamaru killed them with teeth, claws, and kunai.
Sakura panted harshly as she sank down on the decimated ground after they killed the last shinobi. "I'm beat. I hope no one's injured." She said. "We're fine. Come. We'll go back to where we made camp last night and rest there for a few hours for you to regain your chakra." Neji replied. Sakura nodded and they all departed with the chest in hand as well as a few books that caught Sakura's eye.
The four tired shinobi were glad to see the gates of their beloved village come into sight. "Home sweet home." Kiba groaned. TenTen nodded and Sakura yawned widely while Neji merely slumped a little. "Let's go give Hokage-sama the mission report and the chest." He said tiredly. The four exhausted shinobi trudged obediently toward Hokage Tower where they were shown in with minimal fuss from Tsunade who wasn't drunk yet. Neji set the chest on the desk in front of her while Sakura tossed her the mission report. "Dismissed." Tsunade said. They left like civilians, too tired to teleport or move across the roofs of the village.
"I'm home." Sakura called tiredly as soon as she managed to get the door to Team 7's shared house open. "Welcome home." Sasuke greeted. Naruto waved and Sakura smiled. "It's really really good to be home." She replied as she headed straight to the shower.
Chapter four reporting for duty sir!