Sakura greeted Tsunami and collected the lunch prepared for Tazuna and herself before leaving the home respectively. She easily located the man and forced him to rest long enough to take his lunch. The bridge was proceeding accordingly and Sakura relaxed into a meditative position.

Once she began her descent into her routine she sunk into a layered perception of the world. In her mind in her deepest of sanctuary that Itachi and Shisui had helped her to develop with their Sharingan was a paradise of white and green.

She began to envision her chakra coils and focused on stretching them little by little still sensing as Tazuna returned to work. Genma had said that working to expand her coils would take patience and focus since it was tied deeply to the heaven or mental and spiritual part of her life force. Her current coils were small like a small electronic cord and she began to stretch them starting the furthest away from the origination of her chakra center.

Little by little carefully tracking her charges progress she continued to stretched the coils from her toes and fingers up to her feet and hands. As she began to feel chakra from Kakashi approach she left her inner sanctum and returned to complete awareness happy with her progress as she allowed her chakra circulation to increase slightly.

She looked up and saw Kakashi as he stood before her looking at her curiously, "How is Tazuna?" Sakura just gave him a blank look, "He's perfectly fine working on the bridge. I had him stop for lunch like Tsunami-san asked why?"

Kakashi gave an eye crinkle, "I just wanted to make sure my student was aware of her responsibilities." The slick comment causing Sakura to frown, "The same way I wish my sensei had been aware of his own responsibilities." Her tone became frigid and unwelcoming, "If all you're here for is to insult me as I am doing my part in this mission I suggest you leave now Hatake-san. Your lack of concern for my training and presence has been noted and now I must ask you to leave."

Sakura then smiled gently at the bridge workers as they looked to her in concern. She quickly got up and moved toward them while approaching Tazuna and remaining close to him. Her cold dismissal obvious, even to the bridge builders, who said nothing and simply welcomed her among them as Sakura began lifting heavy pieces of lumber and moving them into position. Tazuna gave her a grateful smile which she happily set out to work alongside them.

Kakashi stood frozen watching after her as he processed her words he recalled Yamato's warning,

*Flash back*

Yamato glanced at Kakashi hesitant, "Senpai is it that you aren't sure how to help or have you been distracted?"

Kakashi whispered back, "I just got so caught up in making sure Sasuke wasn't going to run off and you know Naruto doesn't… plus, how much can a civilian born girl really accomplish?" The silver haired man left it unsaid causing Yamato to sigh.

Yamato decided to firmly remind him, "Don't think Sakura won't inform the Hokage if you don't take this seriously Kakashi-senpai. If she has to request a new instructor while in the village she will. You don't want people to think your incompetent or lazy do you?" Kakashi looked surprised and then suspicious, "You know something…what are you not telling me?"

Yamato smirked, "That's for you to discover if you take this seriously."

*End of Flashback*

"What is it he wouldn't tell me?" Kakashi muttered before returning to the boys training unconcerned with his female student who seemed to be just fine on her own.

Sakura glanced at his retreating back irritated and eager for him to be far so she could return to her meditation. Genma stresses only a little stretch through the whole body and allowing your body a week or two so it can adjust to the new size. She returned to her inner sanctuary and began the process of stretching her coils in her forearms, and lower legs. The process was slow but, the men were more than happy to leave her to her meditation since she helped them when she was finished.

As another hour passed she had successfully stretched her chakra coils to her shoulders and hips. Sakura was cautious and allowed her coils to stretch near her neck and crown before returning with a new focus from her hips to her stomach. Her heart was the last place she worked to extend her coils as she returned to the real world she saw the men getting ready to wrap up work for the day. She was able to successfully complete her first chakra extension without Genma's direct supervision.

Sakura got up and helped the men finish cleaning up and covering the vulnerable pieces before following Tazuna back to the house where Tsunami and Inari were setting dinner on the table in front of her team. Sakura smiled at Sasuke and Naruto ignoring Hatake completely.

Sasuke noticed a slight difference in Sakura but wasn't able to pinpoint it immediately. He kept the thought in the back of his mind to ask her about later. Sakura walked into the kitchen and easily carried more things out to the table in order to assist Tsunami who smiled at the polite young woman.

As everyone sat to eat their dinner Kakashi asked, "So Tazuna, did Sakura actually pay attention to you today or did she go off on her own?" Tazuna gruffly answered, "She was at the bridge with us all day and even gave an extra hand when needed without complaint." Sakura cheerfully enjoyed dinner and some light conversation with Tsunami-san ignoring the rudeness of Hatake no longer caring for his opinions.

As night retired Sakura exited the house and went to the roof to relax and keep watch since her meditation kept her energized and aware. Her newly expanded chakra coils would make sleeping difficult for another night. She suddenly felt a pulse from the mark on her wrist and sent a pulse of chakra through it and received a letter addressed to her in code.

Hello Fairy-chan,

I apologize for only writing about the organization. I have sensed you have been experiencing some difficulties. I do hope Sasuke isn't the one troubling you? I have missed our training sessions and our conversations…I even miss just the quiet times we spent meditating near one another.

I have met some interesting people I think you would like, Kisame Hoshigaki, I remember your obsession with him and his Samehada when we would play ninja vs swordsman. (I shared this information with him as an icebreaker and he was both flattered and amused once I described your appearance to him.) I also recall your dream of hunting bounties down like a professional to create a sanctuary apart from the shinobi villages for civilians. (I also shared this which surprisingly garnered much interest from the organization as a whole, when I mentioned your idea in front of them your age amazed them to be fair you were only 5.) Kakuzu and Konan were fascinated.

I hope to hear from you soon and pray all is well.

Your Friend,

Weasel-chan