Chapter: 12: When a Goddess meets a God

Sakura was persuaded to calm down once they approached the gates and Obito with his mask on guided Sakura through the gates. He led her to a tall tower amidst the village and slowly took her up through the many levels as she marveled at the differences in architecture. "They are so advanced here. It's amazing!" Sakura said aloud as Obito snickered sensing both of the partners in the office awaiting their arrival.

"I will allow you to meet them and wait out here for you," Obito stated calmly. Sakura looked into his visible eye and smiled nodding in agreement. She knocked politely on the door not wanting to interrupt anything personal or important and waited to be invited inside.

"You may enter," A deep voice came from the other side and Sakura slowly opened the door and stepped inside the office before closing the door behind her. She allowed herself to relax and approached the desk with a polite nod of her head, "Hello, I am Haruno Sakura, you met my father several years ago when you saved his life. You wanted to meet me?"

Pein allowed his ringed eyes to peruse over the young woman in front of him that his people called 'Little Goddess'. He could not find it in himself to disagree though the title still disturbed him, "I did, the Akatsuki have great need of a medic for a number of reasons our Sharingan wielders being a large part of it as I'm sure you've noted." Sakura nodded politely and her manner caused him to soften only just, "There is another matter I would ask you to look into but, only when the Uchiha's among us are up to standard. You understand of course?"

Sakura allowed her eyes to remain planted on his own as she nodded her agreement, "I can understand that and have begun the process of examining their eyes. I can begin treatment once they are settled but I will have to round the treatments for each person to every other day."

"Why is that if I can ask?" Konan interjected calmly her facial expression neutral. Sakura nodded with a gentle smile, "Absolutely, the main reason is since the eyes are such a sensitive part of the body you can't heal everything at once." She paused to make sure they weren't confused, "Many people forget that medical ninjutsu is invasive even at the best of times. Our chakra is not native to our patient's bodies and as such we must be careful and exact in our control to allow our chakra to mesh with our patient's. This is what allows our healing to be so successful but, because the eyes are so sensitive we must be especially careful. If their chakra networks ever flared or rejected mine while I treated them they might blind themselves."

Pein nodded with a look of respected acceptance, "Would you need any certain amount of rest hours in between sessions for yourself or is it for their benefit?" Sakura smiled, "If I switch off treating one of the Monday and Wednesday, Tuesday and Thursday, and Wednesday and Friday I can rest on the weekends and reclaim any lost chakra from the treatments."

"How long will their treatments take?" Konan asked concerned and Sakura replied, "Based on my exams Itachi has it the worst. It will take me approximately 6 to 8 weeks to heal him completely. Shisui I can complete within 3 to 4 weeks and Obito has a timeline of about 5 weeks. He is lucky that his eyes aren't as bad as Itachi which is a miracle in itself."

Pein was pleasantly surprised at the depiction of time believing it would take longer and happy to find his men would bounce back relatively quickly. Sakura added, "I will say though that those timelines only apply if they follow my orders for rest exactly while I treat them. Their Mangekyo's will have to remain off as it will add damage undoing the healings I place on them. Will that be acceptable to have them off the mission roster?"

Pein took a moment to consider his options, "How about we have you focusing on Itachi alone first? I can't afford to have them all off the mission roster, but I can remove him and Kisame from missions to allow Itachi to focus on his treatment." Sakura nodded, "I can work with him first certainly. When his treatments finish then will I only treat Obito, Shisui, or treat them both?"

Konan watched as Pein to a moment to think she returned her gaze to the young woman and commented, "It seems I was right…I told your father that you would grow into quite the beauty." Sakura blushed lightly and smiled, "Thank you, you're quite gorgeous yourself you know."

The women chatted for a bit to give Pein a moment to consider all his options, 'The Goddess is willing to stay and treat the men easily but, will she be able to help with…' He shook himself from his thoughts and said simply, "I would be glad to return Itachi and Kisame to the field after and have Obito and Shisui stay behind. It would also give us the opportunity to test Itachi's newly repaired eyes in the field and give us a chance to observe the severity and speed of the damage the Sharingan can cause him."

Sakura reached her hand out gently, "Then we have an agreement, I treat you men and help you with that other unnamed patient and in exchange you allow me to court one of your men without interference." Pein looked bemused and allowed himself a brief moment to chuckle as he shook her hand lightly noting the strength and demeanor in her hand shake. 'Impressive, Little Goddess'.

"We have an accord, I look forward to seeing the positive results." Pein said cementing the deal between them. A pack between a Goddess and a God.