Chapter 4
Punishment
A/N: Enjoy this chapter. I know it's indo of short but I just wanted to get this part over with so that we could get on to the good bit.
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Sakura and Hinata arrived at the door of the Hokage tower and they were about to go inside but Sakura stopped and gestured towards the window of Tsunade's office.
When they were outside the window. They stood a little to the right of it as they didn't want anyone to see them and because of their position they couldn't see inside the room but they could hear what they were saying. Sakura tried to imagine what they would all look like but when she heard the first words from Tsunade's mouth, she pushed all thought relating to that out of her mind.
"You can't just expect me to accept you back into Konoha now can you." Said Tsunade.
"Hn" Sakura's heart thudded painfully against her chest as she recognized the Uchiha's voice.
"Well, I'm glad to see you care so much!" said Tsunade, sarcasm laced into every word. Jiraiya opened his mouth but Tsunade held up a hand to silence him, and Jiraiya sensing that Tsunade was already angry stepped back.
"Anyway, why did you decide to come back here? After all, you've avoided us for quite a while." Said Tsunade.
Sasuke didn't say anything for a while, as if he was thinking his answer through carefully. Finally he said, "It would be easier to do something about the elders in Konoha."
Tsunade nodded accepting his answer. "I expect that the elders already know about your knowing of the part they played in Itachi's past. Therefore, I do not expect them to be happy about your return." Tsunade's forehead creased in worry.
Tsunade then looked up wearily and said, "But enough of that for now. My apprentices will inform you of anything suspicious." Sakura narrowed her eyes at this, "They are the people I trust most and I can count on them." Sakura allowed a smile to adorn her face at this.
They all nodded obviously not realizing who Tsunade was referring to.
"Now for your punishment. You will all-" Tsunade was interrupted by Naruto saying loudly, "But Tsunade baa-chan! Why are we being punished as well?"
"I'm not sure if you remember, but over the course of these two years, you have disobeyed my orders numerous times. For example, I told you not to go after Gaara a couple of months ago, but instead you did exactly that." Snapped Tsunade obviously annoyed.
"Aw...damn! Does that mean we have to be punished as well?" said Suigetsu with his hands behind his head.
Tsunade growled at him and he smirked, finding her annoyance amusing.
Tsunade sighed, "I thought long and hard about your punishment and I finally thought of one this morning." Naruto gulped.
"Recently issues have been raised about kids who did not go to the academy when they were younger but instead decided to remain as civilians. Well now some of these kids want to become ninja but they are obviously over the age of the children at the academy. So I have decided to start a new class, only one class though, for people who want to become ninja. You will have to redo the academy with them. Although I have decided that you will only do so for a year." Explained Tsunade.
Naruto groaned and said, "Are you kidding Tsunade baa-chan?" Everyone else nodded.
"I guess that means I'm off the hook!" said Kakashi while scratching the back of his head.
"Not so fast Kakashi! You will teach them!" said Tsunade while smirking.
She set her sights on Jiraiya. "Jiraiya, you got lucky! I need you to gather information about Akatsuki!" Jiraiya sighed and said, "Leave it to me!"
"You will all start tomorrow. Bear in mind that there will be 10 civilian kids in your class and that there is only one of these classes." Said Tsunade.
"Ne, ne! Will Sakura be in our class?... Oh and Hinata too!" asked Naruto hopefully. Shizune looked at Naruto angrily. How dare he ask that? After everything they put Sakura and Hinata through!"
"The Hokage's apprentices have more important things to do than take classes for people who disobey Tsunade-sama's orders." Spat Shizune.
Naruto looked shocked at Tsunade's sudden outburst but then he recovered, a grin appearing on his face. "Woah! So Sakura and Hinata are your apprentices now!"
Sakura and Hinata couldn't help but growl outside the window at Naruto's disbelieving voice.
"Ah well! Nothing less from Sakura-chan!" said Naruto happily. Sakura's eyes widened but then they narrowed. She would never forget.
"Well you start at the academy tomorrow!" said Tsunade.
They all left her office and Tsunade sighed, "Shizune, take this sheet of approval for investigation to Inoichi-san?"
When Shizune left the room, Tsunade began to rummage around in the drawers, looking for something.
"Looking for this!" said a voice. Tsunade shot up and her eyes zeroed on Sakura who was leaning against the windowsill with Hinata beside her.
She held a bottle of sake and Tsunade smiled and said, "You're a life saver Sakura!"
Hinata giggled and Tsunade's relieved tone and they both walked to her desk as Tsunade set out three glasses. Sakura poured some into each and they gulped them down.
"So I presume you were listening to what I said to them..." said Tsunade already slightly red in the face as Sakura refilled the glasses.
They gulped them down as well and Hinata nodded saying, "Yeah!"
Tsunade laughed and said, "I should have known!"
Sakura stood up after her finishing the rest of her glass saying, "I should go now! Hinata, do you mind if I crash at your place. It gets kind of lonely at my house sometimes..."
Hinata nodded.
"Well, you can finish the rest off Tsunade." They reached the window and were about to jump out but as an afterthought, Sakura said, "Don't let Shizune catch else because she'll kill me and Hinata for giving it to you!"
"Yeah, last time she made me do twice as much paperwork!" said Hinata gloomily.
They all laughed and Sakura and Hinata left.
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