Sasusaku – In his Footsteps XXI
"How many?" Kiba growled out.
"500… Looks like they want to concur Sound," Sakura simply stated.
"Bastards," Naruto whispered.
"I'm going, I have too, bye guys, I'm gonna go kick a few people's asses," Sakura called. Everyone followed, they all needed to kick some hardcore asses, nothing's been too hard for a while in there opinions.
"Alright, I'll give you a heads up on what Grass can do… I've also been there before. Grass is specialized mostly in hiding, which means there genjustu is very strong. So be prepared to get caught in one at all times. There weak in fire and air justus but dispel attacks by using earth and water. For some reason the Hokage is obsessed with power, so he wants to concur lands quickly. That's the main purpose for this one, I suppose," Sakura spoke quickly, not wasting a second, "There speed is slow compared to Konoha ninja, so feel free to use the kunai I gave you guys," She smirked, looking back, "They didn't think I would accomplish such a deadly weapon, oh how wrong they are. Now come on, I want to go kick some ninja butt."
The others followed, going over the strengths and weaknesses of grass ninja.
During the next three days, the whole village battled hard, Sound only received 20 deaths, while Grass had received about 374 deaths. The one thing that shocked the group was when Sakura had saved a shinobi named Hitomi.
(Flashback)
Sakura was looking at her surroundings; just finishing off about 7 ninjas, suddenly she heard a scream and a bark. Sprinting, she found the source of the scream; it was a lady of her age named Hitomi. She was about to be killed by two ninjas when Sakura had invaded. Forming a bow and a quiver of arrows out of fragmented light, she notched two arrows, diving in front of Hitomi and killing both ninjas. Sakura than carried Hitomi and her dog, Emi to Kiba.
"Kiba! Get Hitomi to safety have Emi treated as well!" Sakura shouted to him.
"Alright! Come on, Akamaru keep Emi safe! What's your name?" Kiba asked Hitomi.
"Inuzuka Hitomi, I was saved by Sakura-sama about 3 years ago, I had lived with a man who used me as a weapon for money. She had killed that man and brought me here, I've been here ever since," Hitomi answered.
"Oh really? You must be related to me than, I'm Inuzuka Kiba, nice to meet you. I bet my family knows who your parents are," Kiba answered, "I'll take you to Konoha sometime after the war."
"Arigatou, Kiba-kun," Hitomi answered.
"Your welcome, Hitomi-chan," Kiba answered back, reaching the hospital.
(End of Flashback)
The battle was going bad for Sound, until Sakura's extensive planning finally made a result. Naruto had a sprained ankle while Sakura was healing it; a flash of silver came above them, when the blur stopped, they saw it was there ex-sensei.
"Kakashi?" Naruto screamed.
"Doi! Ugh, haven't you noticed that Lucky hasn't been around for three days!" Sakura practically beat him to death.
"Hehe… Sorry Sakura-chan," Naruto said, rubbing his head.
"Never mind that now, I have to go meet up with Tsunade-sama," Sakura spoke, taking off. Naruto got up and was fighting along with Kakashi.
Once Sakura got to Sound, she entered, seeking a familiar blond-haired figure. Along the way she healed Sasuke's shoulder wound and were both looking for Leaf's Hokage.
"There she is!" Sasuke called to Sakura.
"Alright, come on!" Sakura called back.
In about 5 minutes, Tsunade, Kumi, Sasuke and Sakura were all in the Hokage's office, Lucky, of course was on Sakura's shoulder.
"I see you got my letter," Sakura stated.
"Well… I didn't really have a choice; see it was the council's decision and all…" Tsunade regarded.
"Hm… what do you mean by that?" Sakura asked, quite confused. Even Sasuke had a questioning gaze on Konoha's Hokage.
"As my apprentice and best medic-ninja out there, it would be a great loss if you died. Also the elders have agreed that… Sakura, you're announced as the next Hokage…" Tsunade finished, raising her head to look at Sakura's shocked expression.
"WHAT? How the hell can I become Hokage! I've only came back to Konoha for a day and left 5 years ago! Dammit, Shishou, is that even possible? I mean this was Naruto's dream, it wouldn't feel right" Sakura started cussing and shouting. Sasuke just stood there, apparently, unaware that a.) His girlfriend was to become hokage, and b.) Sakura was swearing her head off.
"Sakura! I already informed Naruto 5 years ago that it was you of him, so he sort of knows! And the reason behind this announcement is because you're a great ninja, you've been to every village, peacefully without dying or under war standards, you've already managed a treaty with sound, and you've defeated most of the Akatsuki members, the most powerful, corrupted group that was ever forming on this planet!" Tsunade shouted at her apprentice, "You've even surpassed me, young lady." Both Sasuke and Sakura just stood there agape starting to taking in the information that their Hokage just told them.
"Alright fine, I'll become Hokage as long as this war is over and done with," Sakura answered.
"Good job, Sakura, you got two chances to become Hokage!" Lucky piped up.
"Ugh, please don't remind me, it just makes me think about all the piles of paperwork I'll have to finish when I get home. And then I realize that this is my last mission, Hokages can't leave there villages unless it's a political meeting," Sakura groaned, aware of Tsunade's lack of patience towards paperwork.
"You've managed Sound's paperwork, why can't you do Leaf's?"
"Because Leaf's it 10 times worse that Sound's if you haven't noticed," Sakura yelled exasperated.
"Good point," Lucky said. Tsunade blushed while Sasuke comprehended everything, Kumi sat there listening.
"Alright back to the point! How many Leaf ninja did you bring?" Sakura asked, regarding Tsunade.