~Four Years Later~

"Uh-oh that can't be good" Sakura murmured to herself as her godmother won for the sixth time in a row at the slot machine, they were in a famous town and Tsunade had wanted to gamble for the first time in forever.

"You might be right Sakura-chan" Shizune eyed her mentor, who usually lost but was now winning continuously it was a bad omen for sure as the oldest among them glared harshly at the slot machine.

Before standing, heels clicking loudly on the tile flooring "Sakura seal that in a scroll then meet us at the hotel with food, afterwards we're leaving Tanzaku" Tsunade barked at the young girl then vanished from the casino.

Sakura sighed, waved to Shizune who hurried after Tsunade then turned and faced the buckets of money all of which was sealed away in a storage scroll "Could I perhaps interest you young miss in giving one a try since you have all that money" someone spoke up.

Almost immediately Sakura shook her head "Not interested plus I don't want to be beat around the head if Tsunade-sama finds out I spent any of that money without her permission" the rosette snorted just a tad to harshly before stalking off.

Tonton on her heels as the pig had taken a great liking to following her around more often than not as she found a quaint little restaurant to order food, before she could get to far, two unfamiliar people interrupted her.

Flashing a picture of her godmother around at anyone and everyone within sight, her eyes widened and making a split second decision suppressed her chakra to civilian levels "Have you seen this woman" then the duo were upon her.

Looking her most innocent Sakura shook her head seriously "Can't say that I have, sorry Sir, may I ask why your looking for her" the pinkette inquired carefully unsure if this man was friend or foe, considering they didn't meet many other shinobi and these two were definitely shinobi.

"Well I suppose it won't hurt anything telling you, so here's the deal the Hokage back in Leaf was killed by Orochimaru and like myself and her we are the three Legendary Sannin and so the Elders want her to be the next Hokage, I'm Jiraiya" the white haired male held out his hand.

"So if you see that lady could you tell her we're looking for her" the blonde that was her age piped in with a huff, of course she knew the frustration of looking for someone well, but she wasn't sure if she was going to tell her godmother.

Considering they'd already been planning on leaving Tanzaku Town "Right if I ever meet her I'll tell her" the rosette smiled then turned away firmly and got the food she'd been ordered to get and booked it to their hotel.

Only to find her belongings packed up, companions missing, and a note along with a small pouch of ryo to pay for their bill, she wanted to strangle her godmother but sighed and grabbed her pack before heading back down the steps to hand off the money to the inn hostess.

Before concentrating she spread out her senses like a network over the small town, a flicker to the northeast and she was off, arriving just in time to see that shinobi duo enter a bar, Sakura puffed out her cheek in frustration.

And leaned against the wall trying to figure out what to do now, Tsunade had always told her to be careful not to reveal herself to Leaf Shinobi after all and she wasn't sure if these two were safe to even be around, not like Cee and Darui, who she hadn't seen again despite the promises made.

To her relief she didn't have to sit and suffer or agonize over what she was going to do when Shizune stepped out of the bar carrying Tonton, the pig must have slipped off earlier and walk right over to her "It's okay, you can come in Sakura-chan" Shizune smiled warmly.

Sakura bit her lip and still carrying the take out she'd ordered followed the woman she thought of as a sister into the bar "Hold up your that girl from earlier" Jiraiya burst out when she sat down squished between his former teammate and the younger woman.

"You said that you'd never seen this old lady and that if you met her you'd tell her we were looking for her" the blonde shouted at the top of her lungs and Sakura ducked her head leaning away from the two males.

It was an unfortunate side effect of being around two women ninety percent of her life "Technically I hadn't seen her yet so you beat me to the punch" Sakura crossed her arms over her chest and avoided their accusing gazes.

"Enough stop bothering the poor girl for doing what I told her, now for what you want I'm afraid I can't accept as I told Sarutobi-sensei that once I left I'd stay gone for good" Tsunade snapped slapping a hand down on the table.

As food was passed around "But we need you, the Leaf Village needs you Tsunade, how can you abandon your home just like that" the Toad Sage scowled unhappily, first a little girl gives him the runaround and now Tsunade was refusing him.

Nothing was going right in the world anymore "Perhaps Tsunade-sama i..it is time for us to return, think about Sakura-chan all she knows is us, being in the village would give her a stable life" Shizune spoke up and then held her breath fearful for her life.

Especially when Tsunade turned honey orbs glaring furiously at her until she lowered her gaze to the girl situated between them "What do you say Sakura" the honey eyed blonde decided to leave the decision in her goddaughters hands.

Her head jerked up emerald orbs wide "C..Can we really stay in a village again" those orbs burned, seared with hope, life and fire, the will of fire and Tsunade clenched her hands into fists, of course she'd never be able to refuse Sakura anything she asked.

With a slump of her shoulders Tsunade turned "Fine you hear that Jiraiya we're going back to Leaf with you" Tsunade sighed looking for all the world like she was sulking as they paid for the sake she and Shizune had already drank.

At least it would get them away from Tanzaku Town and away from bloody Orochimaru, Sakura's eyes lit up in excitement "You hear that Tonton, we get to stay in a village again" Sakura squealed softly grabbing up the pig and twirling ahead of the others.

Jiraiya blinked then glanced down at his brat apprentice "Don't look at me I don't know who that chick is" Naruto shrugged, never having met the pinkette in his entire life, at least not in the village anyway.

"For all intents and purposes she's my daughter, Sakura how would you like it if I formally adopted you, probably should have done that years ago though" the honey eyed blonde called before the girl could get to far away.

She spun on her heel to face them again "I would love that Tsunade-sama so does that mean I get to take on your last name to and finally have a last name that I can give out to people" the rosette giggled with glee, teasing the woman who'd raised her.

While Shizune sighed "Swear to all that is kami I don't know where she gets all that energy sometimes" the raven haired woman rubbed her face feeling exhausted, Tsunade was in the same boat and Jiraiya, plus Naruto didn't look any better.

The fuscia haired preteen however looked like she was about to start bouncing off the walls with boundless energy "Think about it this way Shizune, at least she doesn't throw destructive temper tantrums anymore" Tsunade offered.

"Destructive temper tantrums, please tell me you didn't teach that girl chakra enhanced strength" Jiraiya groaned of all bloody things now there was another temperamental female with destructive tendencies going to be living in the Leaf Village.

Who was currently dancing away from them, but still in close range, Tsunade let out a bark of laughter "Wait a minute does that mean what I think it does" the younger blonde tilted his head to the side in confusion.

"Probably whatever it is your thinking then yeah, that kid can break bones with a single punch" the white haired male sighed promising to stay well away from the girl, he didn't want to be ganged up on by two temperamental females with chakra enhanced strength.

One of whom was smirking quite viciously "And Sakura yes consider yourself already my daughter and use my last name" the honey eyed blonde yelled, inwardly thinking that technically the girl would be using her mothers last name but she couldn't tell Sakura that.

Considering it was still a secret "Say Tsunade where did you pick the girl up anyway, I thought you'd be well more like how you were after Dan died" Jiraiya questioned suddenly after sending his gaki apprentice forward.

"I can't tell you Jiraiya and don't ask Sakura either only Shizune and I know and we aren't telling anyone, just know that she's important to me and I couldn't very well keep wallowing in grief with a hyperactive bubbly child wanting constant attention hanging around" Tsunade narrowed her eyes.

Jiraiya felt a thrill of fear shoot down his spine and he inched subtly away "Better to just not ask Master Jiraiya" Shizune said carefully knowing that he would probably go snooping to try and find information on Sakura.

Unfortunately the birth record and information of who she was related to was sealed away in a scroll back at the dilapidated house they had lived in before deciding to roam around for awhile to get some fresh air and explore the world again.

Ahead of them were the two kids "Are you gonna become a ninja when we get to the Leaf Village" Naruto asked curiosity in his baby blue eyes, wondering just as much as his godfather about who this girl really was.

Viridian orbs peered at him for a few minutes "Most likely by the way I'm Sakura just in case you didn't know" Sakura held out her hand just to see if he had manners and it was promptly shook, followed by a whiskered grin spreading across his lips.

"As for me I'm Naruto Uzumaki, hey maybe granny over there will put you on my team, since one of our teammates quit after the Chunin Exams, she had a rough time of it" Naruto grinned brightly chattering away like no tomorrow.

To the adults amusement as the duo got comfortable with each other as they continued walking heading for the Hidden Leaf Village, it would be the first time in twelve years for Tsunade and Shizune and Sakura.

It seemed she was determined to let nothing get in her way as an idiot bandit jumped on the path to intercept them "Give me all your money and belongings and I'll let these two brats go" he made a foolish mistake.

Making Sakura one of his hostages "What are you going to do Tsunade, didn't you say the girl was important to you, now your just standing there letting her be held hostage" Jiraiya choked when the woman smirked.

"Do whatever Sakura" Tsunade waved her hand watching the fireworks explode as Sakura stomped on the man's foot, then grabbed Naruto and hauled him towards Jiraiya, spun and with a punch sent the bandit flying halfway down the path.

Her stalking after him "Yeah the last person who tried to hold her hostage got kicked where the sun doesn't shine" Shizune offered eyeing the confrontation with a large amount of amusement, that bandit had been asking for it after all.

Jiraiya rubbed his face completely horrified as the youngest female set about giving the bandit quite the trouncing, until he was unconscious "She's scary" Naruto whimpered from the spot he'd been thrown to as she bounced towards them a scroll in her hands.

Spoils from her fight that was quickly handed over to Tsunade "Oooh you could use this Sakura, keep it and that money I won from the casino" the blonde patted the girl on the head and with that they were on their way again.

By the time they reached the Leaf Village four days later Naruto was sufficiently terrified of Sakura, who was ushered away by a thoroughly amused Tsunade and a snickering Shizune as they went to find somewhere to sleep for the night.