Chapter 6
Reunion
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Sakura opened her eyes blearily and groaned as Hinata chucked a pillow at her and told her to get up.
She stood up and took the pillow with her. She stood rubbing her eyes with one hand and one hand clenching a pillow.
Tsunade started awake and she quickly cleaned up the drool running out of her mouth. Shizune burst into the room saying, "Tsunade-sama!"
Tsunade stared at her with a look that said, 'Get on with it!'
"I assigned some Anbu to monitor root as you instructed me to and the anbu noticed that there had been a stir among them. It seems as though Danzo is going to make his move soon. You must send them away tonight. If not, well…" said Shizune all at once.
Tsunade clenched her fist and grit out, "I really hate those old geezers!"
Shizune waited for a plan of action.
Sakura walked out of the house and said, "Should we go see Tsunade?"
"I guess we owe it to her since we disobeyed her orders twice already." Said Hinata whilst nodding.
Tsunade watched as Sakura and Hinata jumped through her window and smiled at her innocently.
She merely sighed and shook her head tiredly. Hearing the recent news from Shizune had already tired her out.
Sakura and Hinata seems to notice this as they said, "What's wrong?"
"…Danzo…Danzo is what's wrong…" mumbled Tsunade.
Realization dawned upon Hinata and Sakura as they waited for Tsunade to enlighten them.
"Apparently root is becoming more…active. Reason leads us to believe that Danzo hads already ordered the assassination of U-" Tsunade was interrupted by, "Okay, I get it! What do you want us to do!"
"I have already informed Kakashi and the rest about this. I need you to leave the village with them." Tsunade waited for an outburst from Sakura and Hinata but surprisingly there was none.
They merely stood there quietly waiting for her orders. Tsunade raised an eyebrow and said, "What? You're not going to argue?" questioned Tsunade confused.
Hinata shook her head and said, "No…we've caused enough problems. Anyways I think it's time we faced them."
Sakura stepped forward and said, "What about my mother? If they think I left the village they'll kil-" Sakura was interrupted by Tsunade saying, "Have a little more trust in your Hokage, Sakura! I'll take care of your mother!"
Sakura looked at her with a look of sincerity as she said, "Thank you…"
"You will meet with them at the gates tonight at midnight under the cover of darkness. They do not know that you two will be with them. I will inform them as well. You two are Anbu and I am trusting you with their safety." Said Tsunade seriously as she surveyed them.
They both nodded and made for the window. As they were about to jump out Tsunade said, "Be careful…"
Sakura and Hinata looked at her and nodded before jumping out of the window.
"Uzumaki Naruto…he's no longer just a kid. He has now mastered a formidable jutsu…He even destroyed two of Kakuzu's lives with a single blow." Said Madara.
"To speak of the target as a threat has no meaning before Pain. He has never lost a battle." Said Konan.
"We're done talking. Tell Kisame to catch the Hachibi. Uchiha Sasuke failed and has now betrayed me." Continued Madara.
"I know." Replied pain.
"Am I the only one who's freaking out?" questioned Sakura.
Hinata chuckled and said, "Trust me! You're not the only one!"
They were both packing their bags for their mission tonight. Sakura opened up a small scroll and placed her bag on top of a circle drawn on it. She formed some hand seals and the bag disappeared.
She placed the scroll in her weapons pack and said, "You should do that too! It's way easier travelling without bags to weighing you down. Here." Sakura threw a similar scroll Hinata and Hinata caught it and repeated the hand seals Sakura had. Once her bag had disappeared Hinata took the scroll and placed it in her weapons pack.
"So is it just us going?" questioned Naruto.
Tsunade shook her head and said, "Two Anbu will accompany you and…Sasuke we will deal with the elders soon."
Sasuke looked at her and nodded.
Tsunade sighed and rubbed her temple saying, "Remember once you leave, it cannot trace back to me!"
They all nodded as she said, "You will meet at the gates at midnight. Be careful!"
"He's late again!" whined Naruto annoyed. Naruto, Sasuke, Sai, Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba, Shino, Neji, Tenten, Lee, Karin, Suigetsu and Jugo stood waiting at the gates for Kakashi and the two anbu.
Naruto had been whining for the past half hour. "We were supposed to leave at midnight but Kakashi sensei is late and it's half twelve."
Ino sighed and said, "Yes, we know! You're giving me a headache!"
"You do know that we should probably leave now… we're already late." Said Hinata amused.
"I know! I just wanted to take the piss!" said Sakura cheekily but then a look of thoughtfulness crossed her face as she said, "Kakashi's probably not even there yet, so who cares!"
Hinata sighed and said, "I know, but we're still late so move it!"
"Hai, Hai mum!" said Sakura amused. Hinata and Sakura had been trying to hide their nerves by acting happy.
They both wore the same dresses that they usually wore and they're was tied up as usual.
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"Let's go!" said Hinata seriously as she pulled her hood up. Sakura nodded and pulled the hood of her cloak up as well.
Naruto had taken to drawing the Konoha symbol in the snow and it had begun snowing lightly.
"Uck! He's still not here and neither are those anbu people!" yelled Karin frustrated.
"Shut up!" yelled Ino and they both began bickering as Shikamaru sighed and mumbled, "Troublesome…"
Suddenly two hooded figures appeared in front of all of them and they turned towards them.
"Are you the anbu people?" barked Karin obviously annoyed.
Hinata was having a hard time not giggling as she heard a red-head refer to Sakura and herself as 'the anbu people'.
Sakura looked at her warningly from underneath her hood and Hinata attempted to calm herself.
Sakura nodded as a reply to Karin's question.
"Well, why are you so late?" questioned Ino with her eyebrow twitching.
Sakura ignored her and turned to Hinata and said in a low voice, "At elast they don't know it's us yet…"
There was a familiar poofing noise as Kakashi appeared wearing a cloak.
"You're late?" yelled Naruto standing up hastily and pointing a finger at Kakashi.
"Sorry! I saw a-" Kakashi was interrupted with simultaneous yells of "Liar!"
Sakura and Hinata took that as their cue to take off their hoods. Everybody's attention was focused on Kakashi except for Sasuke who narrowed his eyes at them.
Sakura and Hinata didn't notice as Sakura said, "You haven't changed one bit have you…"
Everyone turned towards them.
Ino's mouth fell open as did Kiba's and Lee's. Sakura and Hinata had definitely grown.
Naruto on the other hand began yelling, "Sakura-chan!"
"Are you the anbu who were assigned to come on this mission with us?" questioned Kakashi effectively silencing Naruto.
Sakura smirked and said, "Yes, we are!"
"You probably didn't expect it!" said Hinata.
Sakura's was looking at everyone. Her eyes landed on Naruto and she felt a slight lump in her throat and then her eyes landed on Sasuke.
He had grown up. Her heart beat rapidly and she forced her head to turn away.
Sakura and Hinata began walking towards the gates, "Well, now that we're all her-"
Sakura felt a crushing weight on her. It was Naruto and he was higging her.
"I bought the teme back Sakura! I kept my promise!" he said happily although there was a slight desperation to his voice.
Sakura pushed him off of her and said coldly, "I don't care about your promises anymore! Don't expect me to forgive and forget! I'm not a pushover anymore…"
Naruto arms fell limply to his sides.
Sakura realized that when she had pushed Naruto off of her, he had accidently held onto her cloak and taken it as well.
Suigetsu's eyes were trailing appreciatively up her body and he said, "So Pinky! You a virgin?"
Sakura glared at him and mimicked Tsunade's voice in her head. A kunoichi's body is a tool…use it!
A/N: I know that some of you may be confused about the fact that Pain is still alive. Naruto wasn't in Konoha to kill him so he is still alive.
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