A chance to make things right Chapter 10, a naruto fanfic | FanFiction

Yay another chapter! I want to thank everyone for their reviews so far it really helps me out. There will be some serious time skips coming up pretty soon in this story just to let everyone know! I plan on having this story go up until Naruto is born so Sakura's pregnancy will be covered along with Minato becoming Hokage. So if it seems like everything is moving fast it is because there is a lot more to cover still. Anyways I don't want to give away too much so on with the story! I do not own Naruto!

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Green eyes gazed down at the village from the stone head of the First Hokage. Children ran in the streets without a care in the world, while their parents watched on in contentment. It was so different from the world she had grown up in. No matter how many times she saw the peaceful village she still could not shake off the haunting images of what the Leaf could end up as if she was not careful. A maze of burned and broken buildings that had once been the Leaf village filled her mind with despair. Her world... She had to protect not only the people yet to be born, but the people from this time from that fate. Such a heavy burden she had taken on herself... But she would have it no other way. She had been thinking long and hard about what her first move would be now that she was able to go on missions on a regular basis. Her mind kept coming back to her Shishou. She needed to get Tsunade back in the village, if only to protect her from her own self deprecation. It was decided then. She would go to the Third and ask for a mission to retrieve Tsunade. The Leaf needed the Slug Princess, and so did Sakura. She wondered if Jiraiya, and Minato would be able to accompany her? Her presence in this time had already affected the timeline and there was no telling what would happen on their hunt for her ever elusive teacher. She would just have to find out.

The blonde's head shot up from the scroll he was reading when he heard the front door open and close. He quickly pushed the scroll aside as he got up to greet Sakura. "Where have you been? I was wondering if you would ever come home!" He enveloped the pinkette in his arms as he kissed her chastely on the lips. Her response lacked the normal enthusiasm that she normally possessed causing him to pull away and look at her intently. "Sakura? Is something bothering you?" He asked worriedly.

She gazed up at Minato seriously causing him to tighten his hold around her. "I need to ask you for a favor." She started seriously, and he merely nodded for her to continue. "I want to talk to the Third about a mission to locate Tsunade Shishou and bring her back to the Leaf Village." She knew that her request was sudden, but she hoped he would understand how she felt about this. Tsunade loved this village more than anyone else even if she acted like she didn't care. And surely the Third would see the benefits of having Tsunade here along with Sakura. Even if Sakura had surpassed her skill-wise, Tsunade had valuable experience and skill to offer. She just hoped that he would allow them to go and look for her... She missed her Shishou and wanted to see her, even if this Tsunade didn't know her. She ignored the way her heart clenched up in agony at the thought that this Tsunade wasn't really her Shishou...

"This is sudden Sakura... I'm not sure if the Third will allow it on such short notice." He trailed of uncertainly. It was apparently not the response that she had been looking for because her eyes filled with hurt, as she attempted to break out of his hold. He responded by simply tightening his arms around her to hold her in place as best he could. "I didn't say I wouldn't go! I just said that I didn't know if Hiruzen will allow it! If he says we can go then I'm with you!" He plactated her quickly.

She quickly stilled in her struggles and smirked up at him. "If he allows it? Minato you are talking to Tsunade's student. Do you really think I could survive her training if I didn't have her stubborness and determination? I will make Hiruzen agree to it..." She smirked in determination. She would have her way even if she had to beat the Hokage over the head with her boots.

An audible gulp resonated from his throat as he gazed down at the pinkette nervously. He had a feeling that the Third would meet his match on this day if he didn't agree to her request...

Hiruzen took a puff from his pipe as he stared at the three in front of his desk. Jiraiya obviously had no idea why he was here, if the look on his face was any indication. Minato just looked nervous and his eyes kept shooting to Sakura's form and back to him quickly. And Sakura? She looked like she was about to raise hell at a moment's notice. Maybe he should just get it over with? "What can I do for you three today?" He asked politely. He noted that Minato shuffled his feet nervously and backed away from the pinkette.

"Hokage-sama?" Sakura adressed him drawing his attention to her. He gestured for her to continue which she did. She steeled herself for a fight before she said what she needed to. "Hokage-sama I would like to request a mission to bring Tsunade back to the Leaf Village." Silence hung heavily in the air as the Hokage pondered her request. She could see the wheels in his head turning over all the pros, and cons of allowing them to do as she had requested.

"This is rather sudden Sakura..." He started slowly exhaling smoke from his pipe. He could see why she would want Tsunade back in the Leaf Village, but this was a large request. Their numbers were already spread thin because of the war. He didn't know if he could spare three of his best ninja on a while goose chase that might never pay off. And even if they found her, Tsunade would fight tooth and nail against coming back. Who is to say that their mission would be a success at all? "Sakura I can see why this would benefit the Leaf Village, but I cannot allow it." He held up a hand to silence her protests. "Tsunade has made her choice to leave the Village for good. Nothing you, or I can say will change her mind about coming back. Not that you could find her easily anyway. If there is one thing that Tsunade is exceedingly good at it is avoiding being found. And even if you could find her, will you just drag her back against her will? Who is to say she won't just leave again? So you see, I can't expend any men on a mission that will not turn out in our favor. I am very sorry to disappoint you." The kunoichi in front of him flared up in fury and he knew that she was willing to put up a fight. Too bad for her that he was not willing to change his mind.

"How can you even say that?!" Sakura spat furiously. "She's a fellow Leaf shinobi! A lot of the things you said are true and we all know it! But how can you just abandon my Shishou like that?!" Hurt welled up inside her. How could the Third just abandon his student like that? How could he abandon the woman that had taken Sakura as her won after her parents had been killed when Madara destroyed the Leaf? She would not allow this to happen! "I am going Hiruzen! With or without Minato, and Jiraiya! I have an idea of where she was at this point in time, and I will bring her back with or without your consent!" She moved forward and leaned over the desk until she was at eye level with him. Her glare was cold enough to freeze hell as she stared him down.

"Sakura I can-!" Hiruzen started but was interrupted when she brought her fist up and slammed it back down on his desk, effectively shattering it into pieces. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed Minato take a step forward to stop Sakura but he held up a hand to stop him, before he turned his attention back to Sakura. He knew how she felt about this even if he didn't agree entirely with it. And at the risk of her swinging at him with those destructive fists he decided to go against his better judgement and allow it, on one condition. "I can see how determined you are Sakura. So I will allow you three to go and track down Tsunade, on one condition."

"Anything Hokage-sama!" Sakura readily agreed. As long as she was allowed to go and bring her Shishou home she would do anything he asked.

"You are allowed to go after Tsunade as long as you are back within a week. I know that's not a lot of time but I need you three back here for missions by that time. As long as you-!" His voice died in his throat as the pinkette who had previously destroyed his desk in anger sprung up excitement clearly expressed on her face.

"Yeah a week got it! Okay come one guys let's go!" She grabbed her two male companions by the collar and dragged them out of the room. "Bye Hokage-sama!" She called back before she slammed the door shut.

He watched her go before surveying the shattered pieces of his desk. "She really is too much like Tsunade... At least it was the desk and not me..." He sighed as he called for his secretary for order him a new desk.

"Ok so where is Tsunade? You said you had an idea of where she was." Jiraiya questioned the pinkette as he ran alongside her. He himself had been tracking Tsunade for a while now with no luck, so he was curious to see what Sakura knew.

"Tanzaku village is a place where she spends a lot of time. And I'm pretty sure that she told me that she stayed there a lot around this time. Even if she isn't actually there, which I doubt, we can still gather a lot of info about her whereabouts by going there." Sakura explained to the men. They were just lucky that Tanzaku village was close enough that they could run to it in a couple hours instead of a couple days.

"Oh yeah... Sensei did tell me that you were from the future. I actually thought that he was going senile for a while, but I'm glad to know that he's as sharp as ever!" The toad Sannin eyed the time traveling woman with interest.

Minato stayed silent during the exchange between them. He had a bad feeling that things were not going to be as easy as they thought...

After several hours of running they had finally arrived in Tanzaku village. The streets were filled with people who were finishing up their tasks before heading home for the day. The three of them huddled together near a food stand as Sakura relayed how they would find Tsunade. "Tsunade likes to gamble as you know, so we should split up and check the casinos first. If we can't find her at any of them we can check the inns located around the village. Ask around while you are checking those places just in case she isn't in the village at this time." Without another word the three split up into different directions.

Sakura made her way through the lobby of the casino she was in. She had already checked three casinos from top to bottom, and still no sign of Tsunade. 'How many casinos can one village have? Why do people like to waste their money trying to win more?' Inner griped irritably. "Inner not right now! Can't you see I'm busy?" Sakura hissed at her angrily. The last thing she needed was Inner's annoying questions. She made her way over to one of the managers to ask if he had seen Tsunade. "Excuse me have you seen this woman?" She held up a picture of Tsunade for the older man to see.

"Well yes I have seen her. She was just here earlier today actually!" He answered her question. How could he not have seen her? She was in here blowing money everyday. If he recalled everyone called her the Legendary Sucker.

"Do you know where she is staying?" Sakura asked excitedly. She had definitely not counted on it being this easy to find Tsunade. She had at least figured on it taking a few days.

"Why I believe she is staying at the hotel just around the block from this casino." He watched as the pinkette turned and ran out the door without another word. "Who would wanna find that woman?" He asked himself.

Sakura ran down the street and around the corner to the hotel that Tsunade was supposedly staying in. It wasn't anything fancy but with Tsunade's gambling debts she didn't exactly waste money on her living arrangements. Without another thought she entered the hotel and made her way to the front desk. "Excuse me?" She called out to the clerk who quickly made his way over to her. "Can you tell me what room this woman is staying in?" She held up Tsunade's picture for the clerk to look at.

"Oh her? She went out a while ago. She was heading for the outskirts of the village, if you hurry you can catch her."

"Ok thank you!" She turned on her heel and quickly ran back out onto the streets. She had to catch up to her! If Tsunade slipped through her fingers this time she would be furious with herself! She ran through the streets and towards the village exit before she finally spotted Tsunade, and Shizune near the exit. "Lady Tsunade!" She called out causing the two women to stop. She froze in her spot as her 'Shishou' turned to face her.

"Why the hell are you?" Tsunade asked grumpily as she gazed at the woman who had... pink hair... Her almond eyes widened slightly as she gazed upon the woman from head to toe, eyes finally locking on the blue diamond on her forehead. She could feel the chakra radiating from it... "How did you get that seal? I know for a fact that I haven't taught that technique to anyone!" She lowered herself into a defensive stance in case the woman deemed to attack her.

Sakura rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. Leave it to her to come this far and not know what to say to her former teacher. 'Just tell the truth! Minato and Jiraiya will back you up!' Inner reasoned with her. There was no way that Tsunade would believe her but she had to try something. "Well it's actually a funny story... You taught me this seal." She stated sheepishly.

Who did this girl think she was fooling? The only student that Tsunade had ever had was Shizune, and even she couldn't perform the Yin seal. "Hmm well I would have to know you for that to happen, and I can safely say that I've never met you before in my life!" She moved forward to attack the woman, but Jiraiya, and the Namikaze teleported right behind her. "What are you idiots doing here? And who is this woman?" Tsunade asked irately.

"Calm down Tsunade!" Jiraiya tried to calm his former teamate. He was glad that he and Minato had arrived before the two women came to blows... That would not have been a pretty sight. "This is Sakura. She's a fellow Leaf shinobi, and she's from the future." He saw Sakura shoot him a heated glare to which he shrugged. "What might as well tell the truth."

From the future? Was everyone in this world going crazy? "And you expect me to believe that?" She asked incredulously. She had never heard of time travel being successful so there was no way she was buying that! "Time travel does not exist! Why don't you put your head back on right?!" She spat at her idiotic ex teamate. 'Sakura' as Jiraiya had called her pulled something from the neckline of her flak jacket to dangle in front of her. Tsunade's eyes widened as she fingered the necklace that her grandfather had given her. "How did you... That can't be real!"

"It is real shishou. After... Naruto died he gave it to me when I became the new Nine tails jinchuriiki. I wanted to give it back to you but you trusted me to keep it safe." Sakura said as she dangled the green stone in front of her shishou's astonished eyes. "I am from the future. I don't know how I came here. All I know is that I came here to change the future for the better. And I need your help to do that." She fingered the green stone between her fingers as she waited for her shishou to say something.

Tsunade was stunned both at the term Sakura used to refer to her, and the fact that what the girl said was apparently true. As far as she knew there was only one necklace in existence, and she had possessed it since Nawaki had died. But to see this woman dangling the same stone in front of her made her speechless. She barely even registered the implications of Sakura's words. "You need my help? What can I possibly do to help you? I haven't healed anyone in a long time. You can't exactly work in the medical field when you're deathly afraid of blood." She stated bitterly. Somehow admitting that made her feel like less of a woman compared to who she used to be.

"Fear can always be overcome shishou. You managed to do it in my time, and I know you can do it now. Even if it takes a while for you to get over your fear, we can still use your help for other things." Sakura reasoned as she made her way towards Tsunade to stand right in front of her. "And it isn't just that we need you... I wanted to see you more then anything. In my world you were the one who shaped me into the woman that I am today. You were the one I could turn to when I lost everything. You were... Like a mother to me, and I don't want you to feel like you have to suffer alone. You were there for me, and I want to be there for you when you need me." She slowly enveloped her shishou in a hug. Tears spilled from her eyes and ran down her cheeks as she bit lip to keep from crying. "I don't want to be without you for another fourteen years. So come back home with us!"

The young woman genuinely cared about her, she could tell from her voice. Had she really been someone that important to her in her time? Something about this girl made her feel maternal towards her. It was like something in her realized that even if she didn't know this girl herself, she was still incredibly important to her. Could you feel the love that your past, and future selves felt? She felt her arms wrap around the younger girl before she even realized what she was doing. What was she doing? This girl had effectively reduced her to nothing more then a sniveling mess! Jiraiya would never let her live this down!

Sakura smiled as she felt her shishou return her hug. "Is that a yes?" Her voice came out all shaky from the emotion she was feeling. Being here with her shishou like this made her feel insurmountably better than she had previously felt.

"Shut up brat!" Tsunade barked half heartedly. She quickly released the woman from her hold and quickly composed herself. She never would have thought that she would go back to the Leaf Village after leaving it. But since when had things ever gone according to her plans? "I'll go but only because I was thinking about going back anyways!"

Shizune who had been silent the whole time timidly spoke up. "Uhhh Lady Tsunade weren't you just saying that you would never go back in this lifetime?" She froze in terror when her teacher whirled on her.

"SHUT UP SHIZUNE!" Tsunade roared at the young girl. She was trying to preserve her dignity but Shizune just had to destroy her chances to do that! She whirled back around on Jiraiya when she heard him laughing at her. "What are you laughing at?!" She spat as she stepped forward dangerously.

"Aww Tsunade who would have thought that you actually have a heart? And here I was expecting to have to wrestle you all the way back to the Leaf Village!" Jiraiya grinned cheekily at the blonde. The grin fell of his face when she roared and charged at him punching him square in the face and sending him through the stone wall behind him.

"WHO HAS A HEART?! SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN!" Tsunade roared down at her teammates crumpled form.

"Well at least she hasn't changed much..." Minato sweatdropped as he came to stand beside Sakura. "You would think Jiraiya sensei would have learned by now..." He winced as Tsunade viciously stomped on his sensei again.

"Nah he will never learn... Not in this lifetime anyway..." Sakura giggled at the scene in front of her, as she pressed herself into Minato's side.

"Well at least he provides entertainment... Although there are other things I could entertain myself with..." He stated suggestively as he lowered his face towards the pinkette.

"Minato what are you thinking?! Shizune is right there!" Sakura shouted as she pushed his face away with her hand.

"You don't mind right Shizune?" He asked the young girl who fidgeted in her spot.

"MINATO YOU PERVERT!" Sakura roared as she sent him flying with a well placed punch to the stomach. He flew past Tsunade and embedded himself into the ground next to Jiraiya. She huffed and dusted her skirt off. "Men!"

Tsunade eyed the Namikaze brat as he groaned from his slumped position on the ground, before she turned impressed eyes on the other woman. "I knew there was something I liked about you!" She smirked at her.

"Well you did train me after all!" Sakura returned her smirk with one of her own. The three women turned their heads in the men's directions when Minato groaned.

"That's my kind of woman..." He groaned from the human shaped crater he was laying in.

"You did learn from the best boy..." Jiraiya groaned.

The three women exchanged look and burst into laughter before walking away.

"HEY!" Minato, and Jiraiya chorused as they scrambled after them.

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