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Discoveries.
Sakura had returned from the most difficult mission she ever had. Although it was a personal mission, it did not take away the importance of everything. If she found what she was looking for among scrolls that were now scattered on her bed, it would all have been worth it. She would be infinitely grateful for Yamato's help because if he had not guarded the building while she was inside or watching the shinobis around, she would never have been able to do everything she had planned so quickly and efficiently.
She was a capable kunoichi and now had a loyal ally next to her. Yamato was a good friend, faithful, resourceful and discreet. She would not put him in trouble, if something happened and she was discovered, she would carry everything on her back without mentioning his name, but she would risk it.
She threw the body on the bed and thought that if Itachi knew what she had just done, he would be giving her an endless speech, but she was sure he would have a proud look on his face when he saw what she was capable of now. That thought made a sincere smile appear on her face before she could stop.
She took a scroll that did not have the Hokage seal, making her realize that not all of the things Danzo did were known to the Hokage or the other council elders. She wondered how they allowed him to remain in charge of Konoha's strongest and most capable shinobi, without constant supervision and wondered why it took so many years before Tsunade and the elders decided to put someone in Root to keep an eye on him, even after what happened with Kakashi and Yamato.
The orders given to her and Yamato were that they would be constantly alert for anything suspicious within the organization, but Sakura thought Tsunade was very naive if she really believed that Danzo was fool enough to let her and Yamato get close to the secret things inside of Root. After one year of working as a special agent within the organization, she decided to do things herself. If nobody, in so many years, made any move to investigate the things that happened inside that place where everyone knew that suspicious things were done, she would find out on her own.
She knew Tsunade would kill her if she found out that she was investigating and sneaking into the business of dangerous people, but she did not care anymore. It took years for her to gain confidence that her abilities were good enough to find out what really happened behind the massacre to the Uchiha clan and if she had at least a glimmer of hope to bring Itachi back, she would grab with all her might.
Sakura looked at the scroll and made hand signals, executing a verification jutsu that she and Sai had developed together for the infiltration missions, making sure that the scroll would not burn or explode if it were opened by someone who should not have opened it. She unrolled the scroll and was intrigued by the maps that were displayed on it. Examining the maps of the underground place she gasped at what she saw at the end of the scroll, the drawing of a snake and the kanji for the name of Orochimaru. "That old bastard works with the sneaky snake." Inner screamed indignantly and Sakura nodded with the same indignation.
Each scroll checked and opened was a new discovery of the atrocities that ANBU Root performed or was at least involved with. Sakura felt sick to discover that Orochimaru had internal help, in addition to Kabuto, to invade Konoha years ago. She was not surprised knowing that it was obvious that Danzo's goal had always been to become Hokage and to kill Hiruzen was the easy way. "Were not they friends?" Inner asked and Sakura nodded again, remembering the way they looked close when she walked to the Uchiha compound in the morning after the massacre.
She felt a weight in the stomach as she found the scroll containing the experiment data with the Hashirama cells and felt a pang of chest pain when she discovered that Yamato was the only survivor used in the tests.
Another scroll revealed the teaching methods that made Sai what he was when she met him. She sighed in frustration and ran the hand over her face, trying to remain calm. "How come no one started investigating this before?" She grunted indignantly. For a moment she thought Tsunade was being careless about Danzo. "She should investigate him. She has no idea what this man is capable of doing."
A scroll with three seals caught her attention. Taking more than two minute to undo the seals without compromising the scroll, she concluded that it was important. When she unrolled, she did not know if she cried because the atrocity described in that words that was authorized by the own Hokage, or if she smiled when discovered the real motive why her Itachi massacred the clan that night. "Finally." Inner whispered with satisfaction.