The next morning, Sakura woke up at 6 to take her shower, now that she would be going to the academy she would never have to wake up at five again or take those lessons, Sakura was happy because this would be the start of her goal.
"I was just coming to wake you Sakura" Pein entered his, he shuddered to think, daughters room and found her sitting on the bed drying her hair "Now Konan has gone to gather the village so as we walk through town you'll be introduced as our daughter" Pein sighed.
Sakura set down her towel and hopped up she was dressed in her outfit and put on her ring, her appearance changed "Of course Father" Sakura in the form of Chisai curtsied and her whole personality became different.
In the form of Chisai, her voice was higher as well "Good" Pein held out his arm and Chisai took it along the way they got strange and questioning looks, everyone was wandering who the new little girl was.
Finally Sakura could take no more of it, it was like she had been forgotten already, so she ripped off her ring and her appearance went back to normal "For your information, FishFace that was me, it's my secret identity" Sakura stomped her foot.
Pein internally smirked so the kid had some fire in her after all and wasn't just sunshine and daisies all the time, then to everyone's amusement Sakura slapped her hand over her mouth and stared at Kisame shamefully.
Kisame groaned it always turned out like this "Now pinkie don't give me the guilty look you know I hate it when you do" he kneeled down in front of the girl who avoided his eyes, Sakura clasped her hands behind her back and opened her mouth be Kisame could stop her.
"I am very sorry about insulting you Kisame-senpai, Mother tells me that a proper lady should never become frustrated over something no matter what" Sakura recites one of her earlier lessons with Konan and properly called her Mother.
Pein tapped his foot impatiently "Sakura put that ring back on we don't have any more time to waste" he ordered and the girl did as she was told by putting the ring on her pinky finger and taking hold of his arm once again.
Deidara's jaw dropped Sakura was so beautiful in that form, a moment later he got smacked over the back of his head by none other than Hidan "Stop staring at her like she's a piece of freaking meat she's a child you pervert" the jashinist glared angrily.
"I just thought she was pretty no need to get defensive over her yeah" Deidara held up his hands and escaped from the living now that they no longer had to give Sakura lessons during the day, they would most likely be sent out on more missions again.
In town Pein was addressing his citizens "Today Konan and I have an announcement to make" he coughed into his hands and gained everyone's attention "We have adopted a child so meet your princess" Pein helped Sakura up onto the stand.
"Princess introduce yourself" Konan nudged her in the side and Sakura took a deep breath and squeezed her eyes shut for a moment then opened them before addressing the citizens and shinobi of the Hidden Rain Village.
"My name is Chisai Tendou Great People and Shinobi of the Rain Village, I am honored to have been chosen by your leaders to act in their stead as their daughter I will do my very best to up hold the family name and become someone you can all be proud of" Sakura curtsied again.
Konan sent Pein a glare (What the hell did you teach her) she mouthed angrily, Sakura was like a completely different kid now, her personality had changed along with her name and appearance and it was just plain disturbing.
Pein shrugged uselessly (Don't know she was like that when I collected her from her room earlier this morning) he mouthed back and watched Sakura warily as she finished making her speech and then fell silent.
A few minutes later Pein dismissed the population and they went back home "Alright Chisai this is the only day I'll be walking you to the academy so you better remember the way there and back to the base on your own" Konan warned.
"I understand Mother" Sakura inclined her head politely and memorized her surroundings, this had been the first time in over a year that she had been outside the base, she was excited but she was carefully tucking all of that away to be what her new parents needed.
Konan glanced at Sakura from the corner of her eye there was that repressed attitude again "You know you don't have to act like that in front of me right" she paused for a moment, they had 20 minutes before Sakura had to be at the academy.
"If I don't act the part then how will I convince anyone that I'm your and Father's daughter" Sakura gave Konan a blank stare, Konan remained silent Sakura had a good point it was better to play the part than continue being herself.
Konan pulled Sakura into a hug just as they reached the academy in the center of the village "Just so long as you don't lose your true self" she poked Sakura's forehead and gave her some money to buy lunch at the food stand across the street.
"I promise and I'll see you later Mother" Sakura inclined her head again before straightening her spine and folding her hands neatly behind her back, then she headed into the academy building to start her day as an academy student.
Inside the building "Miss Tendou please wait out here until I call your name" her sensei Jin Akumu shut the door firmly in her face and Sakura sat down, she wasn't here to make friends, she was here to become a genin.
"Ok listen up class today we have a new student joining us for the remainder of the year so please welcome Tendou Chisai" Jin called out and Sakura entered the classroom and came to a stop at the front of the room.
Jin sighed the girl was going to make it difficult "Tell us something about yourself" he suggested with hopes in mind Chisai would start talking, she was extremely intimidating as she peered around warily with her purple ringed eyes.
Sakura sighed "I'm Chisai Tendou, I'm the daughter of the Amekage and his wife, I love to train my goal is to become the greatest kunoichi in all the lands" she explained cooly and the 11 year olds cheered and started calling her by her title.
"Princess Chisai come sit next to me" a boy called and moved out of his seat to let her slide in but she bypassed him on her way to the back row which was empty of students for the time being and sat before pulling out her books, a pencil and a notebook to take notes in.
Jin cleared his throat, Chisai was the perfect combination of her parents it was creepy "Alright can someone tell me the history of our village, it will go down on your report card as extra credit" he called before looking around.
Sakura internally grinned then raised her hand "Yes, Miss Tendou care to tell me everything you know about our Hidden Rain Village" Jin gestured for her to speak and Sakura stood and cleared her throat to begin the detailed explanation.
"The Hidden Rain Village is a village riddled and ravaged with war because of it being situated between two major countries, orphans were a common occurence because of the less than savory situations and no food" Sakura recited dully.
Sakura sighed "The first Leader of the Village was Hanzo of the Salamander and christened the three Legendary Sannin, he went crazy and my father took over and became the Amekage beloved by everyone" she finished and sat down with a smirk on her lips.
"Is that all Jin-sensei or did I leave anything out" Sakura ran a hand through her dark blue hair and some of the girls glared at her jealously, the boys swooned though, Jin rubbed a hand down his face, why had Chisai wanted to join the academy again 'To become a genin' he sighed again.
"No Miss Tendou your explanation was just what I was looking for, everyone should learn from Lord Pein's daughter who is a true prodigy" Jin praised and started writing on the chalk board "Take notes because these won't be up long" he warned.
Sakura flipped open her notebook and started furiously writing, she completely ignored the stares of her classmates, Sakura felt no need to partake in the game of forging friendship it was useless and usually people ended up betraying you anyway.
The next couple of hours passed by peacefully until it was lunch time "Princess Chisai I'll share my lunch with you" a boy kneeled down in front of Sakura as she started making her way down the steps to leave the classroom.
"Sorry, my Mother gave me lunch money" Sakura stated in a bored tone, inside she was utterly exhausted this was not how she was but if she didn't play the part right then everyone would get suspicious and she'd have to leave.
The boy sulked and moved out of Sakura's way and she continued on her previous path, once outside Sakura let her shoulders drop and she rushed across the street to buy her lunch, which consisted of green tea, pork buns and two sticks of dango.
Thirty minutes later Sakura took her seat again "Ok class for the rest of the afternoon, because Miss Tendou hasn't done this before, jutsu and fitness evaluation tests" Jin whistled and had his students line up before taking them out to the training grounds.
Sakura leaned against the fence as her classmates took their turn, she was analyzing each one and creating files in the back of her mind for future reference "Miss Tendou your up next" her sensei called.
"Alright Jin-sensei what would you like me to demonstrate first" Sakura stepped up to the plate and waited for her instructions, she had learned patience over the long months of training with every one of the akatsuki.
Jin pressed his lips together "First accuracy I want to see how good your aim is, then I'll have you spar with one of your classmates, afterwards we'll all do laps around the track and finally I want to see how much you know about jutsu" he listed off.
Sakura internally smiled then took out five kunai and lazily tossed them at the targets all five hite dead center and some boys in her class cheered "Princess Chisai you are so cool, will you be my girlfriend" the same boy from lunch called out.
'Yuck ewww I am so not interested in little boys' Sakura grimaced but shook her head "Sorry but I'm not interested in dating" she rejected easily before moving into her fighting stance, her opponent was a girl much larger than her.
"I'm going to take you down hard and fast, I'm going to prove that you don't deserve to be Lady Angel's and Our Gods daughter" Maki sneered and swung a foot at who she thought was Chisai, Sakura sighed someone was already jealous.
A second later the spar ended because Sakura grabbed Maki's foot and threw the girl over her shoulder to slam face first into a wodden pole, Maki stumbled over to her and Sakura pressed a kunai to her jugular when the girl fell over thankfully she was still conscious.
"Winner of the match Chisai Tendou" Jin called it, Chisai had so much power in her that it was scary the girl it seemed had more in common with her parents than anyone thought "Now 10 laps around the track" he blew a whistle and his students took their places.
'This is stupid' Inner appeared in Sakura's mind 'Itachi-senpai was much tougher on us than this, it's ridiculous' she sulked but her outter counterpart ignored her as she concentrated on running Sakura was way ahead of the others.
Sakura rolled her eyes internally 'Calm down Inner we can't help it that we've been trained to be a deadly kunoichi already that's why it's called the academy' she shrugged causing Inner to huff and start throwing a tantrum.
'I don't know why you wanted to come here, it's dumb plus we'll lose all that we've worked for' Inner raged, pacing the confines of Sakura's head, Sakura sighed and locked her Inner Persona in a box deep within her mind.
Jin was in awe "Congratulations Miss Tendou" he wrote down her time she had beaten past records in just one day it was crazy "You may rest until we move onto jutsu training" Jin pointed at the bench and Sakura sat down.
20 minutes later the rest of her classmates finished their run around the track "Ok Miss Tendou let's see what kind of chakra nature you have" Jin passed around a piece of paper to all of his students but Chisai gave hers back.
"I have earth and water natured chakra" Sakura listed off dully, no matter how boring the academy was this was necessary to begin becoming the greatest kunoichi in all the lands if she didn't start somewhere then she'd be stuck in the same place for the rest of her life.
Jin's face twitched "Pardon me Miss Tendou" he apologized and wrote down her information before turning to his other students "For the rest of you gather chakra into your paper" he instructed briefly then looked at Chisai as she glanced around warily.
"Can anyone tell me all of the chakra natures there are" Jin threw out there for his students and waited five seconds before Chisai's hand flew into the air "Yes, Miss Tendou do you know all of the chakra natures" he enquired, internally Jin smirked there was no way she knew all of them.
Sakura took a deep breath "There are five main elements: Water, Earth, Fire, Wind and Lightning, but there are such things as kekkei genkai, like wood, or ice, I've read about someone having black lightning, or using sand and then there's lava and steam" she recited perfectly.
Jin's jaw dropped and his clipboard slipped from his hands to clatter on the ground noisily "Tell me again Miss Tendou why are you in the academy" he groaned, what point was there in her being here if she already knew everything.
"To become the greatest kunoichi in all the lands, I have to start somewhere and if that's at the bottom of the rank pole then that's what I'll do" Sakura stood straight and answered his question seriously, just like Jin thought she would.
Jin cleared his throat and picked up his clipboard "Alright everyone we'll have to pick this up tomorrow for now everyone is dismissed" he let the out of class, Chisai stayed behind for a moment then trailed after her classmates.
Sakura sighed and gathered her things "Princess Chisai, if you'd like I'd be more than happy to walk you home" the boy who had continuously called out to her all day stopped in front of her with a determined look in his eyes.
"No thanks that's not necessary Akane-san" Sakura internally wanted to punch the kid now she knew how Sasuke felt "I have to walk home alone" she slipped around Akane and fled through the classroom doors to his disappointment.
'Thank god thought I was never going to get out of there' Sakura thought in relief, she was still several blocks from the base but suddenly she got distracted by a window, that was displaying this earth rock staff.
Sakura pressed her face into the window to look at the price 'Dang it, Kakuzu-senpai would never agree to getting that' she sulked and turned around only to slam into the very person she was thinking of at that moment.
Kakuzu raised an eyebrow as Sakura who was still wearing her secret identity stared at him with panic in her eyes "Relax brat, I'm not here to chastise you for dawdling I'm heading out on a mission" he passed by her and disappeared around a corner.
Sakura sighed in relief and scurried the rest of the way back to the base, the minute the door shut behind her, she yanked off her ring and put it on her necklace "Was just about to send Kisame out to search for you" Konan appeared just as Sakura returned to her regular form.
"Ah sorry mother, I dawdled a bit, though I saw this cool earth rock staff" Sakura chattered on excitedly about what she had seen and Konan sighed, this morning it had been a cool detached personality now Sakura was back to her normal self.
"Don't worry about it Sakura-chan just make sure you complete your homework" Konan warned and headed down the hall to Pein's office, Sakura stood frozen in place for a few minutes then she let out just a tiny little giggle.
'I can't believe Jin-sensei forgot to assign us homework' Sakura thought in pure amusement it was so funny, though she did start heading after Konan so that she could get to her room and take a long shower and change out of her clothes into something more comfortable.
Pein looked up as his door opened for the second time in the span of a few minutes "Oh Sakura welcome back" he smirked "I expect a detailed report on everything that happened at the academy on my desk after dinner" Pein wanted to know how everything had gone for her.
"I understand father" Sakura smiled and skipped through his office happily before running through the hand signs that would open her door, it closed behind her a moment later, and Pein growled in frustration.
"I think we've created a monster" Pein slammed his head on his desk as he had wanted to do for so long now, Konan smirked but remained silent as she went through some paperwork and some complaints from the villagers about bandit attacks.
Inside Sakura's room, she had taken her shower and changed into a light airy dress, Sakura had just sat down on her bed to start writing her report that Pein had asked for when a note flew threw her room from her open window.
Sakura's eye twitched in irritation and stood up to close the window, then she picked the piece of paper up off the floor and read it, a moment later Sakura's agitation went away and she carefully placed the note with the others Obito had written her.
It just said that he was proud of her and that she had done well in playing the role she had been unexpectedly thrust into, Sakura smiled happily and picked up her pencil again, by the time dinner rolled around her report was finished.
"Father I finished the report you asked for" Sakura exited her room and waved the three page report at Pein teasingly then she set it on his desk for him to go over after they had eaten dinner, which was quickly consumed.
Soon Sakura headed to bed, she couldn't wait for the year to be over then she would be a true shinobi, she would never stop training though, Sakura lay on her side for awhile before slowly her eyes became heavy and she finally slipped off into a deep sleep.
