The Tea and Dango shop was chaotic people screaming from every corner of the shop and weapons being slung around by the braver ones which were being deflected by others and sent in the opposite direction to which Sakura grabs Naruto and pulls him to the floor to avoid one such kunai both of them groaning at the fast movements watching in awe as their sensei stalks through the door a moment later.
Looking down and spotting two of her students Anko barks out "What the bloody hell is going on in here" she curses making everyone in the tea shop pause and re-think that maybe it wasn't the best time to be there if she was there settling down people bend to pick up their weapons and with all the grace they possesed flee the shop "Ahahahaha you two get up here now" Anko laughs before plopping down at a newly vacated table and order several orders of dango and 3 green tea's for the three of them.
Standing up Naruto groans rubbing his aching limbs before sitting down followed by Sakura "Well now this is interesting Mitarashi" a male says and both teens look to the side noticing a tall man dressed in black covered in scars and bald 'He's scarier looking than Anko-sensei' was the collective thought that went through both Naruto and Sakura's head as their sensei turned and greeted the man unaffected by his presence and orders more dango and another tea as the guy seats himself at their table.
"Oyy Ibiki these are two of my genin brats" Anko boasts proudly thumping Sakura and Naruto on the back causing them to groan in protest "And where's your other one" the man now known as Ibiki asks enquiringly "He ran away practically screaming" Sakura speaks up laughing outright when Ibiki looks at her curiously "Oh really scar him already Anko" Ibiki chuckles darkly causing most of the remaining customers to edge away from the table that seated the Head of Interrogation and Torture and his second in command along with two teens they had never seen before.
"No he's just a little punk who thinks he knows everything" Anko responds after eating half a dango stick once their order had been placed in front of them digging in as well Sakura mumbles her delight wandering why she didn't indulge in the delicious treat more often while Naruto even though he was enjoying the dango he was sulking about not getting to eat ramen "What's wrong with you blondie" Anko asks noticing his sulky expression "It's ok but it's not ramen" he pouts.
"Well next time you guys do well in a training session I'll treat ya to ramen next time hows that for ya kiddo" Anko sighs out seeing the kids pout only to roll her eyes when Ibiki lowers his voice "Ah already gone soft have ya Mitarashi" he chuckles darkly again unaffected when the woman whirls around and glares at him killing intent pouring off of her in waves but interestingly enough the two brats are unaffected as well, well one of them is but he bravely stays seated next to the pink-haired girl 'Heh Naruto has some guts' Sakura smiles softly at the blonde-haired blue-eyed boy.
Jumping up before their sensei got them kicked out Sakura calmly looks at Ibiki "Ibiki-san, Anko-sensei is very tough on us but she felt we deserved a treat for managing to train for 9 hours straight with out stopping or whining" she finishes "Obviously not tough enough seeing as both of you are well at least one of you are mostly unaffected by the killing intent she is putting off" Ibiki speaks up once the pink-haired brat was finished "Your wrong I'm unaffected because this isn't the first time I've felt killing intent" Sakura announces.
'What the hell are you thinking Sakura' Inner shrieks at the announcement causing Sakura to flinch at the volume 'Well it's true remember that guy who trained us' Sakura asks once her Inner had fallen silent 'Yes, but there's no need to tell them that' Inner whines pitifully but is ignored "Oh yeah pinky" Anko asks curiously eyebrow raised in amusement 'This girl is something else' she thinks "Clan training I'm sorry Sensei but that's all I can say" Sakura admits smiling widely at Anko who laughs loudly again scaring the nearby customers.
"You've got style I'll give you that pinky" Anko finally calms down "Which Clan are you from then" Ibiki asks in confusion the girl certainly didn't look like any member of any known or major clan in the Leaf Village "Ah Aburame, Ibiki-san" Sakura bows her head falling into routine again "I've never seen you before" Ibiki looks at her in question when Anko speaks up "Apparently Shibi adopted her and forgot to tell the village about it" she sums up simply causing Sakura to nod her head in acquiesce.
"What's your real last name girl" Ibiki asks again going into interrogation mode "I don't remember Ibiki-san" Sakura mumbles a little put-out that still after all this time she still couldn't remember where she had come from or who her parents were or her last name all she remembered was her first name and that was it "Has Shibi gone to the Hokage about you yet" Ibiki asks instead sighing when she shakes her head no "I'm not sure if he has" Sakura says after a moment of contemplation.
Filing that information away for a later time Ibiki stands from the table and bidding the occupants goodbye stalks out the door of the Tea shop leather trench coat trailing behind him "Well that was fun" Anko rolls her eyes before staring at her two students "Anyways I've got work to do so enjoy the rest of your meal and here's my payment" she places a roll of ryo down on the table and hops up and following Ibiki stalks out of the restuarant causing Naruto and Sakura to sigh in exasperation.
"Our sensei is different" Naruto finally pipes up eating a few more sticks of dango and draining the rest of his tea "Come on Naruto" Sakura stands boxing the left over treats for safe-keeping and waving over their waitress points at the roll of money puts the treats in a bag and leaves Naruto following along behind her "You still want some ramen" she asks after several moments "I'm always up for ramen" Naruto brightens instantly causing Sakura to laugh "Alright you knucklehead my treat" she smiles at him sweetly.
Sitting down at Ichiraku ramen Naruto orders his ramen while Sakura sits there watching him well that's what he thought but he never knew with Sakura meanwhile Sakura was lost in her thoughts 'Not this train of thought again' Inner snipes groaning as her outer-self delves deep into her thoughts back in time to when she was still alone 'I have to find out who I really am' Sakura furrows her eyebrows ignoring her inner she had just found something when she is shook violently.
"Sakura-chan, Sakura-chan, SAKURA-CHAN" a loud obnoxious voice yells in her ears 'Oh that's Naruto' her mind supplies as she opens her emerald green eyes to Naruto his face etched in concern "What's wrong Naruto" she asks only now noticing that she was on the ground "What's wrong she asks you fainted" Naruto screeches tears welling up in his baby blue eyes "I'm sorry" she looks down feeling tears threatening to spill out of her own eyes "Don't do it again" he reprimands loudly glaring and pouting at her.
"I promise Naruto" Sakura smiles at him softly as he helps Sakura to her feet holding her hand tightly as she sways back and forth "Are you alright Sakura-san" Teuchi asks from behind the counter of the ramen stand "I'm alright thank you Teuchi-san" Sakura smiles calming everyone down except for Naruto "I think you should go to the hospital Sakura-chan" Naruto pouts at her giving her the dreaded puppy dog eyes that he had perfected at a young age and she sighs out "Alright Naruto I'll go" she appeases knowing she wouldn't be able to resist saying no when he looked at her like that.
And before she can object he takes her pack and the bag that had the boxes of dango and ushers her towards the hospital in determination "Come on Sakura-chan" he nudges and she sighs before allowing him to direct her to the hospital after getting checked out and paying the bill with her meager money and assuring Naruto that nothing was wrong with her Sakura takes her bags back from him and gestures for him to lead the way to his apartment and he does so happily glad that Sakura was alright.
"See Naruto there wasn't anything to even worry about in the first place" she pokes his forehead laughing when he whines and rubs it "Sakura-chan I was worried one minute you were sitting there and the next you were on the ground" Naruto pouts staring at her again "Oh Naruto-baka" she sighs before hugging him tightly "Well anyways I should probably get home for dinner" she points at the clock which read 4 in the evening "Where the heck did all the time go" Naruto pouts begging her with his eyes to just stay a bit longer only to whine when she waves and disappears out his apartment door and he sighs before making another bowl of ramen and sits at his table lamenting the fact that even though he had given her his puppy dog eyes they hadn't seemed to work on her that time.
"Did you have a good day Sakura-sama" the maids bow when she enters the compound nodding and sighing Sakura just moves through the house towards the dining room seeing the other two members of her family already there she sits next to Shino who turns and stares at her "I probably must look a sight huh" she laughs drawing Shibi's attention "Sakura how did your first training session go" he asks "It was awesome" she bursts out in excitement "How so" Shino asks not looking nearly as beat up as she did.
"Well Anko-sensei didn't go easy on us and we trained for 9 hours" Sakura answers causing Shibi and Shino to look at her like she was insane "You call that awesome" Shino rolls his eyes before returning to his meal "Well how did your first training session go" Sakura pouts slouching in her seat "Kurenai-sensei put us through a genjutsu based training session it was mentally exhausting" Shino finally responds after swallowing his bite of food "And stop slouching" he reprimands "Yeah, yeah" Sakura glares at Shino before sitting up straight.
Finishing their meal in record time Shibi gets up and bidding the teens goodnight heads back to his office while Shino and Sakura return to their respective rooms Sakura reading and Shino studying his insects and soon enough they are laying in bed falling asleep for the night waking up the next morning Sakura is sore from training the previous day but she pushes on and rises, showers and dresses before skipping out of the house like the day before gathering Naruto and Sasuke and heading to the training grounds for their training session.
The next few weeks are the same training and taking on D-ranked mission which of course aggravated Naruto to no end and no matter how many times she tried to appease him Naruto complained until one day after handing in their newest mission report Naruto breaks down "Hey old man give us a better mission I'm tired of doing these d-ranked missions" he glares at the Hokage a pout on his lips causing the Hokage to chuckle and agree to give them a C-ranked mission to the Land of Waves.
"There is a small conflict going on there that needs to be resolved also it will give us the opportunity to create an alliance with the Hidden Mist Village you will also be escorting Tazuna-san back to his home to guard him while he finishes building the bridge that will help them make contact with the outside world" the Hokage explains watching the faces of the 3 genin standing before him while introducing their client before dismissing them from his office to prepare themselves for the mission.
"Damn it Naruto I don't think we are ready" Sakura furiously whispers to her friend turning glaring emeralds on him "But Sakura-chan I just wanted a mission that would utilize our skills" Naruto whines and pouts as she drags him by the ear out of the Hokage's office and down the street to his apartment where she had taken to stowing things of hers like ninja supplies in scrolls which she still had to teach to Naruto like she had promised "It's not like we can do anything now but Naruto I swear when we get back" Sakura growls at yanking his ear and pulling a sharp yelp out of him before letting go.
Grumbling under his breath he unlocks his door and lets the both of them in "Ok Naruto anyways just put these on we should wear darker clothes on this mission something isn't right" Sakura mumbles to herself while shoving some clothes in his arms and gesturing for him to enter the bathroom as she was already wearing her darker clothes and grabbing two backpacks out of the small closet and holstering her weapons pouch along with hiding some weapons under her clothes out of sight before pushing the second bag in Naruto's hands and exiting the house.
Once Naruto had locked the door Sakura grabs his hand and races down the streets to the gate pulling him along behind her once there she realizes they were the first ones and sits down to make sure she had grabbed everything from medical supplies to food supplies nodding when she seals everything back in her scrolls and stands up she notices Sasuke had arrived and a few moments later the man they would be escorting comes around the corner followed by a man they had never seen before.
"Alright everyone let's go" the strange man orders preparing to take off only to stop after a few minutes and look back realizing only one of them was following him "Hey you aren't our Sensei" Naruto yells after a few moments just now realizing causing Sakura to sigh "I'm Kakashi Hatake your temporary sensei, Anko had some things to do and couldn't come on this mission" Kakashi finally sighs out when the three little genin continue to stare at him "Kakashi-senpai" the pink-haired girl speaks up politely.
"Yes" he asks curiously "Can I speak to you privately for a moment" Sakura asks nervously drawing questioning gazes from her teammates "Of course" he smiles at her "Is it alright if we just call you senpai instead of sensei it just doesn't feel right" she starts off pulling a nod from Kakashi before getting out what was bothering her "This mission doesn't feel right" Sakura finally says simply after several minutes of contemplating how she wanted to say what she felt causing Kakashi to raise his eyebrow at her.
"And what makes you think that" he asks interested in what she was going to say next "It's the way Tazuna-san sounded like I don't know something in his voice indicated that he wasn't exactly being very honest about the mission details" Sakura says looking up at him enquiringly while Kakashi processed this information 'She's right I was hiding in the ceiling and even I could tell their was something off' he finally nods ruffling the girls long pink hair "Very good um you" he smiles at her through his mask.
"Kakashi-senpai do you perhaps not know our names" she teases after swatting his hands away and smooths down her hair "Ah" Kakashi says simply "Ok Senpai I'm Sakura, that's Naruto the blonde knucklehead over there and of course there's Sasuke" Sakura introduces herself enthusiasticaly, brightening up when she introduces Naruto and finally grumbling out Sasuke's name "Well then shall we be on our way Sakura-san" he asks and Sakura nods moving back towards the two boys on her team.
"Alright you 4 stay alert anything could happen even if it is only a C-ranked Mission" Kakashi says pointedly watching Tazuna and as Sakura had suspected the older male tenses just barely before relaxing "Sakura stand by me Naruto, Sasuke stay by Tazuna-san" he orders hoping to keep the girl close and drill her for more information while on the road and with that he takes the first step out of the village followed by the other three headed towards the Land of Waves unaware of the brewing danger.