The next morning when he showed up to collect his little charge for taijutsu training as Sunday had been decreed the official physical fitness day, he immediately sensed a change in the air, by that he meant it was full of amusement.
And he knew instantly that his little spoiled princess had told her parents about how he'd wigged out on her summons "Good Morning Shisui-san" Mebuki greeted with a smile fighting down the laughter that was bubbling within her chest.
Her husband however had no such feelings and quickly burst out laughing especially when the teenager let out a long suffering sigh to his daughters amusement "Indeed, Sakura-chan told us something interesting last night at dinner, how you went overboard with worry" Kizashi chuckled.
"Yes I did and I felt kind of like an idiot afterwards, I should have realized that her summons wouldn't do something like that merely reacted, however if we don't hurry we'll be late on time, Ino-chan is joining us today remember" Shisui accepted the teasing and raised a brow at his charge.
Who hastily washed her dishes before attaching her hand to his sleeve so they could body flicker to the Yamanaka Flower Shop "Be back for dinner Mother, Father have a good day" Sakura waved and then they were gone.
Across town to her new friend's house, who was waiting out front for her "My Dad found some one pound weights for me and helped me put them on this morning so we didn't waste any extra time" Ino explained the bandages on her arms.
Dressed in a similar outfit to Sakura's, only her's was a pale yellow tank top and black thigh length shorts since it was warm out that particular "By the way where was Haku-kun this morning" the Uchiha questioned suddenly.
Preparing to body flicker them to the usual training grounds "Oh that, Zabuza-san picked up Haku-ni an hour before hand something about a potential teammate, she showed up at the gates this morning, deserted her village" the Haruno Princess said.
Ino blinked in surprise "You know Ami always said that you were an only child and didn't have any sibling so how did having an older brother come about" the Yamanaka Heiress questioned in confusion as they arrived ahead of time on the training grounds.
"Haku was adopted into her family and he's totally awesome cause he helps teach us whenever he can" Sasuke, with Itachi in tow appeared on the training grounds ready to work on their taijutsu skills and whatever else they could before it was time to go.
Moments later the duo skidded to a halt before the trio "I see you've invited someone new to your training session, hello I am Sasuke's older brother Itachi, Ino-san correct" Itachi introduced himself but the girl stared up at him in surprise, then nodded in answer.
Before their attention was taken by Sasuke "And guess what Sakura-chan, Itachi-ni finally let me upgrade to ten pound weights so we're at the same level again" the second Uchiha Heir exclaimed before leading the way to the track, the newest member of their group on their heels.
Itachi shook his head in amusement like his friend was fond of doing "Those kids are something else, well at least this is all helping to shape them into proper shinobi" the Uchiha Heir said quietly keeping his eyes glued to the three nine year old's.
Obviously though the new child on the field had a long ways to go and only managed six laps, six push ups and five sit ups before it was time for kata's "What exactly are kata's for anyway" the little blonde asked already completely out of breath but willing to work towards getting better.
Like Sakura, "Loosening our muscles so we don't hurt ourselves while practicing on the dummy and meditation is for concentration, increasing our chakra reserves and expanding our senses" the pinkette announced directing herself into different stances.
Earning a wide eyed look from her new friend "Yeah cause those things are important if we're going to be proper genin" the raven haired boy piped in doing his best to keep up with his new weights which were getting to him finally.
"Very good Sasuke-otouto your learning, of course you've learned a lot over the last couple of years and I'm proud of you as are Mother and Father" the ebony haired fourteen year old pat his brother lightly on the head helping into another stance.
Before it was time to move onto practicing their kicks and punches "Now just follow their lead Ino-chan and afterwards while those two work on their evasion skills, we'll work on your throwing and kenjutsu skills" the raven haired seventeen year old clapped his hands.
Then the three nine year old's started attacking the dummy, though the newcomer still had a sloppy stance since she was definitely not use this sort of training which was different than the type of stamina or taijutsu training Iruka-sensei put them through.
Nearly thirty minutes later in which she'd exhausted herself the two teenagers called time and allowed them to take a quick breather "Oh hey Sakura-imouto, finally got a teammate, her name is Ivy Yutakana" Haku, with Zabuza and a preteen girl appeared on the training grounds.
All eyes turned to the newcomer and the little fuscia haired girl took in her brothers teammate, from her dark lime green colored hair, light green eyes and outfit, with a tantou strapped across her back with the standard weapon and storage pouches fitted to her body.
She didn't speak a single word at first "You can speak girl, make it quick though since we need to get you started on your first training session" Zabuza barked out an order just as impatient as usual, but everyone was use to it.
Light green eyes shot in her new sensei's direction "Nice to meetcha" Ivy gruffed out then turned on her heel and headed after Zabuza and Haku so they could get started on their first training session together as a newly slightly enlarged team.
"Right then time for evasion training and you get to learn how to throw properly Ino-chan" Shisui clapped his hands again leading his charge's new friend towards the targets and handed her some shuriken to start off with.
"Okay first I have to find my throwing stance right, Iruka-sensei has started teaching us after all, then control before power or was it the other way around I wasn't paying attention before" Ino shifted trying to find the right stance.
Thankfully someone did answer her question "Control before power and don't worry Ino-san everyone gets confused or forgets something sometime" Itachi assured before focusing his attention on his little brother and the little girl again.
Who was weaving hand signs "Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu" Sakura called pressing her hand to the ground and backing up a few steps dragging her current partner with her as a plume of smoke filled the air and out came "Ryoseirui-kun hello again ready to train some more" she asked.
The salamander nodded "Indeed and I see you have a new partner with you today Sakura-sama, did the other one Ino-san not wish to participate in evasion training" Ryoseirui questioned lightly preparing himself when he got the order to begin.
"I'm Sasuke and nope Ino's over there getting taught how to throw weapons and wield a tantou properly, though try to take it easy on me" Sasuke gulped as Sakura settled into a defensive stance and he did the same.
Ryoseirui glanced to the silent teenager behind the two children and out of range from any stray attack and got a nod to begin, then his tongue was flying towards the duo at a rapid rate, Sakura ducked and Sasuke fell sideways to avoid getting hit.
Before both nine year old's were on their feet again, even Itachi was surprised at the speed in which the salamander went "Why Salamanders anyway Shisui-san" the Uchiha Heir inquired of his best friend while Ino practiced with her shuriken on her own for a moment.
Shisui glanced to him "Don't know every other summons rejected her and the bear summons said something cryptic, however I think the Salamanders fit Sakura-chan" the older Uchiha commented eyeing the training children.
Who were mostly just trying to avoid getting whacked carefully by the tongue of Ryoseirui, with the odd weapon from Sakura being thrown "Urgh this is frustrating I keep missing" the Yamanaka Heiress sulked as she had to go retrieve her shuriken yet again.
For what felt like the millionth time, this earned her a small pat on the shoulder as encouragement to keep trying, so Ino scared her shoulders shifted into another throwing stance and let lose only to try again and again not giving up no matter how frustrated she got.
Meanwhile "Kami Sakura-chan this is a little insane don't you think" the second Uchiha Heir panted a little out of breath as the salamander launched himself at them again and they had to separate to avoid getting tackled carefully of course.
Sakura grinned "Maybe but it's fun and it will help us improve our dodging skills, plus Ryoseirui-kun needs the practice as well so that we can fight together someday" the little Haruno Princess quipped throwing in a mild water jutsu suddenly to get her elemental training in to.
"Very smart to keep your distance from me Sakura-sama, however you two still have a long ways to go as does myself" the pink male salamander vanished from sight and Sakura knew what was coming as she spread out her senses.
And felt her summons coming up from underneath them, she only had a few split seconds to grab Sasuke and haul them out of the way as the ground broke beneath their feet and they rolled across the ground and then onto their feet again.
Then when the salamander lunged again she used an earth jutsu to stop her summons in his tracks "Nice one Imouto-chan" the raven haired preteen clapped having seen his adoptive sister weaving the hand signs to one of her few elemental jutsu.
"Quite and soon you'll be pulling off even more complicated maneuvers than that once your finally a genin" the former rogue grudgingly complimented the young girl who he kind of owed a life debt to, which was working off as being her parents official guard when they traveled.
Now that he was a sensei though that meant Haku and his genin brats would be going with him "Eh she could have done better, like instead of rolling you could have tried to back flip" the dark lime green haired preteen stated simply.
Sakura didn't let her feelings be hurt because she knew the older girl was right "Sakura-chan doesn't know how to back flip properly yet so the tackle, roll was her best option" the raven haired seventeen year old narrowed his eyes coming to his charges defense.
Earning a stare "That's okay Ivy-san I understand what you mean though" the little pinkette assured because she didn't want the older girl to dislike her because of her protector, it didn't seem Ivy really cared though.
As she simply turned and threw herself back into the training session with her teammate and sensei "We should practice some more Sakura-chan" the raven haired nine year old suggested not wanting their time to end so soon.
"Yeah cause I want to at least have this down before lunch time" the blonde heiress piped in having continued practicing throwing the shuriken during the slight distraction of the teenagers and, her new friend and partial crush, she would have to make a choice on that one soon.
Shisui sighed and chanced a glance at his little princess, who was dodging her summons again and throwing the odd weapon here and there, whether it be a kunai, shuriken or senbon needle most missed except for the throwing needles, they always hit their mark.
Then returned his attention on the little girl who joined them starting that day "Well done you three, yes you to Ino-san because you all worked hard now it's time for meditation" the ebony haired fourteen year old called it just when it turned eleven.
All three nine year old's were completely out of breath and utterly exhausted, however that didn't stop them from settling into comfortable seiza positions on the ground to meditate for the last hour they had before it was lunch time.
"I'll see you tomorrow then Sakura-sama" the pink male salamander called as he felt the summoning wear off, he got no response, thankfully she'd healed him beforehand and then he was gone in a plume of smoke.
An hour later the five of them split up for lunch, Itachi and Sasuke to the Uchiha Compound, Ino to the Flower Shop and Shisui with Sakura in tow to the Korean Barbecue restaurant because she was super hungry from all the exercise she'd done that day.
Before they headed to the library to read more on medicinal plants and herbs, leaving out the flowers since they'd be sitting in on another lecture by Aiko Yamanaka the coming Saturday, followed by hanging out with all the friends she had and doing some activity with them.
Practically three hours later the duo were headed to the park "I showed up a little to early" Ino laughed sheepishly when her new friend showed up at exactly 3 o'clock in the afternoon "So what did you do after you ate" she asked as they settled on the benches to wait for the others.
"Read, we go to the library to study world history, practice genin level math equations and study medicinal herbs and plants" Sakura ticked off her fingers, knowing that soon she'd be having another test to determine where her intelligence levels were sat and what they needed to do to help her improve some more.
Ino blinked in surprise "And remind me that soon we need to test you again, see if you need to be challenged a little more" Shisui stated simply confirming Sakura's previous thoughts on the manner while Ino stared at them like they were aliens from another planet.
Then their attention was stolen "Sorry, Zabuza-sensei's in a foul mood and he gave us both a scolding, Ivy-san and I because she didn't listen to him when we got assigned a D Rank Mission after lunch" Haku skidded to a halt at 3:04 before the three on the bench.
Next was Sasuke "My mom's in a mood, ranting and raving at my Dad about something or another, didn't stick around to find out what" Sasuke looked around warily just to make sure the woman hadn't followed him.
"Hilarious, though I do understand Mom's are scary, my Ma takes the cake though, when she's mad, everyone in the compound avoids her even Sis" Kiba was on Sasuke's heels, and at the statement Akamaru whimpered in remembrance of the last episode the Matriarch had, had.
Frightening in and off itself "Totally understandable you know my Mum has the nickname the Red Hot Habanero and when she was in the academy she beat all the boys up cause they made fun of her beautiful red hair" Naruto slid to a stop a couple moments later.
By 3:10 Shikamaru showed up "Had clan training up until 3 so that's why I'm a little late" Shikamaru explained why he'd taken so long, and now all they were waiting on was Shino, their group wasn't the same without him.
And at 3:15 he was wandering towards them slowly looking a little forlorn "My apologies for being late, the Elders had me meet with potential future wives, none of which interested me as we're still children" Shino admitted looking exhausted for once.
Poor Shino was the collective thought running through everyone's head "Come on Shino-kun let's go on bug hunting adventure around the park" the little pinkette knew exactly what to say in order to lift her bug obsessed friend's spirits again.
"Indeed who knows what we'll find, why because nothing is concrete" the brunette perked up and then he was being dragged along by the arm around the park on the search for bugs that they could look at and study.
The others on their heels "Is this a usual occurrence with them" the slightly older blonde female questioned of the preteen boy in their midst, Haku nodded a small smile on his lips as he kept an eye out for any trouble.
Since he was a shinobi after all it was his duty to look after the younger generation a Leaf Village philosophy as he'd been told, the Will of Fire essentially "Quite, however it's all in good fun" the raven haired preteen laughed when there were exclaims of excitement.
Which meant the children must have found some sort of insect in the bushes "Ew it stinks why does it stink" the younger blue eyed blonde pulled back in the next moment hand held over his nose and trying to get away from the offensive smell.
"That's cause it's a dung beetle Dope, even I know that, you should know it to cause we studied it when we had that survival training trip last year" the ebony haired nine year old snorted lightly not daring to breathe through his nose since the smell was rather disgusting.
In the next moment the bush was righted and they were on the search for another insect that hopefully didn't stink "Ooh look a moth" the Nara Heir commented suddenly pointing to a black and red moth flying over head.
Every eye turned to see it and they stared for several seconds until it was gone, "Wasn't that the er Cinnabar Moth Shino" the mahogany haired boy turned his attention on Shino who nodded, then they were searching yet again for even more insects.
By the time it was time to go home to eat dinner even Ino had found a bug, a caterpillar though, "Alright you kids see you tomorrow after academy lets out" the ebony haired seventeen year old signaled leading his charge and her brother home.
Where they ate dinner with their parents during dinner though they had a conversation "So we've been thinking and this is in no way you fault Haku-kun, that we should add another week to our usual trips selling our wares, so instead of every month it would be every three weeks" Mebuki started.
Keeping her gaze on her daughter and adopted son, who paused in eating, then lowered their forks to focus their attention on her, minding their manners to a T "Which means next week we'll be leaving instead of two weeks from now" Kizashi continued where his wife stopped.
A little concerned since the two kids were quiet "Okay I'm fine with it, that means an extra week I get to spend at Shisui-kun's and hanging out with Obito-san, Rin-san and Kakashi-san when those two come around" Sakura accepted the new development with ease.
"That's an extra week I'll be separated from you though imouto-chan" Haku said knowing that since he was a genin he'd be able to go on the trips and Zabuza would have him and his new teammate going regardless of their feelings.
Sakura's emerald orbs widened in remembrance "Yes the only downside but we promise to bring you back a souvenir Sakura-chan, one from each of us" the emerald eyed blonde offered knowing her daughter adored gifts from other villages.
"Also a plus side this time we'll be making a trip to the Hidden Stone Village, so if you have any letters for Kurotsuchi-chan and Akatsuchi-kun, we'd gladly deliver them for you" the pale pink haired blue eyed male said.
Once again his daughter was all smiles "Very well if you insist, could you find me some unique weapons that's all I want and here's the letters I meant to send but I've been really busy" the pinkette announced handing over about four scrolls two letters each.
Haku couldn't resist hugging his adoptive sister "Don't worry imouto-chan we'll be back before you know it, with your souvenirs" the preteen smiled and with that dinner resumed before they took their baths and headed to bed.
The entirety of the week before Saturday was vastly different than any week before as Sakura focused all of her attention on improving her dodging skills with her summons, though during the week she did manage to summon another salamander.
A girl this time by the name of Era, she was coal black with red eyes, at the end of each day though she was utterly exhausted to everyone's amusement and then before she and everyone else realized it, it was Saturday.
Only downside was that Shisui had a mission outside the village for the entire day with Itachi, leaving Sakura to her own devices for the most part "Come on Imouto-chan I promised to help you work on your back flip remember" Haku kindly reminded her of his promise.
"Right and then it'll be off to Shikamaru-kun's for shogi, afterwards Fuinjutsu with Naruto, helping Hana-chan and Kiba-kun at the Vet Clinic, listening in on a new lecture on insects with Shino-kun and Ino-chan's for another lecture on medicinal flowers and lastly a little elemental jutsu training with Sasuke-kun" Sakura ticked off her fingers.
As they headed to the training grounds together and got to work on a light training session "First off when your learning to back flip you want to use your hands to push yourself up off the ground to land on your feet afterwards like so" the raven haired preteen instructed.
Demonstrating for Sakura so she could see the maneuver in action, Sakura watched with keen eyes, neither of them knowing they were being watched by an adult, Zabuza to be precise, he had his chakra blocked to avoid being found.
Sakura let her brother show off for several moments "I think I understand" the pinkette finally interrupted and the preteen righted himself even helping her back flip until she could stick her landings a little better.
"Now that you got the basics down, why don't you try it while avoiding a weapon" Haku pulled out a few of his senbon needles and without waiting to see if she was ready simply threw them, viridian irises widened.
And then she was back flipping only to fail and mess up completely before rolling to her feet again "You did it to fast Haku-ni" Sakura pouted, Haku smiled lightly then threw some more throwing needles at her.
She had to move quick and back flip again, this time though she nearly had it but at the last second she messed up "Practice by physically doing it, that's the only way Sakura-chan" the raven haired preteen explained his reasoning for doing it so fast in the next moment.
Sakura immediately understood "Got it Haku-ni so keep going I will get this down no matter what before our hour is up" the little Haruno Princess huffed rising to her feet only to repeat her previous actions of back flipping.
Like she'd promised by the end of their hour they had together she could successfully back flip and land properly on her feet "Nicely done Imouto, but now I have a D Rank Mission with Zabuza-sensei and Ivy-san so have fun with your friends" Haku collected his weapons.
Returning them to their pouch and headed off to the gates to find a lost cat "Your not alone Sakura-chan, Shisui-san asked me to walk you around until he got finished with his mission" Kakashi appeared in the next moment as she started towards the Nara Compound.
He must have startled her because the girl jolted in response "I really need to work on developing my senses even more cause you always spook me when you appear out of nowhere like that" Sakura sulked at him.
Getting her hair ruffled in response until they were there at the Main Family House in the Nara Compound courtesy of Kakashi, "Welcome Sakura-chan, raspberry tea and salad, plus shogi board all set up" Yoshino Nara answered the door as usual.
Letting the adorable pink haired girl take off her sandals and set them neatly out of the way before leading her to the living room where her son and husband were waiting "How did your back flipping training go Sakura" Shikamaru asked.
Before she could answer his Dad cut in "Is there even such a thing as that" Shikaku chuckled brow creased though cause he'd never heard of something so ridiculous as back flipping training, never mind why the girl needed it in the first place.
Yoshino rolled her eyes at her husband and settled on the couch to sew for a bit and keep an eye on the shogi match "It went well and yes though Haku-ni had me practice until I could get it right by throwing his needles at me" the pinkette explained pushing the first piece forward to start the game.
Then took a sip of her tea and a bite of her salad "Goodness and there's even been talk that you have a summons, Shikamaru-kun said they were salamanders right" the Nara Matriarch prodded earning a nod from the girl.
Who focused her attention on the game "That's right Mom and she's been training with them all week to improve her dodging skills, evasion training and he has to go through it with her, find their limit and all that before working on getting even faster" the Nara Heir answered.
"Why Salamanders though, surely slugs would have been a better choice since your gonna be a medical shinobi" the Nara Patriarch sat up to eye the young girl who could always tie with his son no matter what and that hadn't changed in the last year or so.
Sakura paused for a moment since it was Shikamaru's turn "Cause Shisui-kun didn't have a slug summoning scroll, only a salamander one, plus I like them, their totally awesome, even if we're only working on our evasion skills for the time being" the Haruno Princess exclaimed.
Things were quiet in the living room for about fifteen minutes before another question was asked "So is there anything else you plan on doing today" Yoshino inquired when she stood to collect the glasses and empty bowls to refill the snacks.
"Oh yeah lots of things isn't that right Sakura" Shikamaru grinned knowing that her entire day was booked up right up until the time they all hung out and she'd no doubt be utterly exhausted as she had been all day that week because of her evasion training.
His dad sat up at that while his mom vanished to replenish their snacks "Like what Sakura-san" Shikaku questioned focusing his gaze on the girl, only when Yoshino returned did the little girl answer their questions.
She took a deep breath "Fuinjutsu training with Naruto, working on my medical ninjutsu with Hana and Kiba at the Vet Clinic, then a lecture on insects with Shino, lunch, then a lecture on medicinal flowers at Ino-chan's and finally elemental jutsu training with Sasuke" Sakura announced again.
"Quite the big day you have planned then do you do this every Saturday or did they all ask and your trying to accommodate them so none of them feel left out before you all hang out at 3ish" the Nara Matriarch prodded.
Earning first a nod then a shake of her head, so a yes on the big day and a no for second question, which meant all her friends had asked to do some sort of activity with her that day for some reason "Ugh why do we always tie, this is to troublesome" the Nara Heir complained.
Forty five minutes and another game later in which they'd tied as they always did on both games, Sakura shrugged "She's a smart little cookie Shikamaru don't underestimate her" the Nara Patriarch chuckled just a knock came on the door.
"That's Kakashi-san, he's escorting me around since Shisui-kun is busy" the pinkette popped up from the ground finishing off the last of her raspberry tea and second bowl of salad, both small and she'd be hungry again soon.
Then she waved to the Nara's and vanished down the hall knowing the way by heart, slid her feet into her sandals, opened the door, then shut it behind her politely "Ready to go see Naruto-kun, Sakura-chan" the silver haired nin held out his hand.
Once she took it they vanished in a plume of smoke all the way to the Hokage's residence "Hello Sakura-chan are you ready for a lesson on writing seals with Naruto-kun" Kushina answered the door and Sakura nodded her head eagerly.
"Good because he's been pouting up a storm all morning about something or another, probably that he has to do this as well and your basically the only one who can get him interested in his Uzumaki training" the red head stated simply.
Sakura gulped not daring to argue "Don't worry Kushina-san I'll straighten him out for you" the fuscia haired girl saluted, took off her sandals again, waved to her current escort then vanished into the house.
Where Naruto was indeed pouting though at the sight of her "I really thought you weren't going to come since everyone asked you to do an activity or lesson with them" Naruto perked up apparently he'd been worried she wouldn't show and that's what had made him pout.
"Either way are you ready to learn more fuinjutsu with me" the little blonde became a little more excitable now that his friend really was there and they could begin writing seals in neat kanji before practicing the more milder ones.
Like the storage seal or chakra suppression tag or the camouflage seal, but for now was literally the hard part "Naruto-kun tells me you have a big day hanging out with everyone how are you going to manage Sakura-chan" Kushina asked mid lesson.
When the duo were writing on the blank tags in as neat as kanji as they could, her son still had a long ways to go on his calligraphy while his friend had better skills no doubt because she worked with her hands a lot.
"Yeah that's right and I have no idea, I'll probably be super exhausted at the end of the day, but it will be worth it to do something with everyone" Sakura chattered keeping her focus on the seal so she didn't mess up again.
Next to her ink splattered across the newspaper covered table, nearly getting on her "Oops the bristles on the brush snagged on something and slung ink everywhere" Naruto apologized not wanting to get scolded but apparently his Mum was in a good mood as she merely smiled at him.
And ruffled his hair in exasperation "Just keep practicing Naruto-kun, you'll get writing seals down eventually, I'm not expecting you to be perfect right now anyway" the crimson haired woman giggled lightly.
Making him flash her his signature whiskered grin "Right like I won't always be so bad at cooking" the pinkette giggled as well twisting her hand in the way she'd been taught a couple years before hand to finish off the seal and set it off to the side to dry.
"Right have you asked your Mum if she'd teach you how to cook Sakura-chan" the blonde asked but his friend shook her head because she didn't want to be laughed at for failing at something her mom was very good at.
Even the ruby haired woman was amused "Why not Chitsu Akimichi, your friends with Shikamaru-kun right, well he's friends with Choji-kun, and Chitsu-san is Choji-kun's mother, though have you ever hung out with Choji-kun" Kushina asked.
"No but that's definitely something to ask Shikamaru-kun when we all group together at three to hang out for a couple hours" Sakura perked up, just hoping that this new woman that had been mentioned wouldn't make fun of her for her poor cooking skills.
Beside her "Aha got it Mum I finally got the storage seal done" Naruto jumped up all excited, knocking over the ink well, which thankfully didn't get on anything else but newspaper, but his eyes widened in horror expecting a scolding for sure this time.
Kushina sighed and rubbed her face "Be more careful Naruto-kun, what if you'd spilled the ink on Sakura-chan" the red head scolded lightly knowing that her son had only been excited, since he'd finally managed to pull off a legible storage seal.
"It's okay Kushina-san, Naruto-kun can't help it sometimes, he's like a hyperactive puppy in that regard" the pinkette giggled teasing her friend mercilessly and Naruto turned four shades of red in response at the ribbing.
He knew he'd goofed and he smiled sheepishly cheeks still flushed red "Right I promise to be more careful next time" the blonde fidgeted and then a new ink well was placed before him and they got started on writing another seal in ink.
Before it was time to practice them "As you know the storage seal is the most popular, they sell storage scrolls down at the market, it allows you to seal things inside of it, a large number of things, but today we'll start with just one" Kushina began.
Weaving a few hand signs then placed her seal on an object to seal it within the seal both children stared in awe and then it was their turn "Okay so like this right Ninja Art: Sealing Jutsu" Sakura weaved the hand signs then placed her tag on an object to seal it away.
A small plume of smoke signaled that it had worked and then the object was simply gone "My turn, my turn" Naruto cheered in moderation doing the same as his friend and mother had and getting it right on the first try for once.
Kushina smiled then had the kids unseal their objects, then they moved onto the chakra suppression seal and lastly the camouflage seals all of which they got to keep in case they wanted to practice them on their own time before releasing Sakura to head off for another activity.
"Did you learn anything new Sakura-chan" Kakashi inquired as they headed for the Inuzuka Compound where they were immediately through so they could head for the Inuzuka Vet Clinic that she'd be helping at for an hour healing puppies.
Sakura perked up "Yep, the storage, chakra suppression and camouflage seals and Kushina-san let us keep them in case we wanted to practice them in our own time until she decided to give Naruto another lesson on fuinjutsu" the Haruno Princess chattered.
Kakashi chuckled "Well here we are Sakura-chan and have fun, I'll be back within the hour to pick you to take you to Shino-kun's" the Copy Ninja waved and disappeared in a poof of smoke as she headed into the Clinic.
Everyone stared at her "Hello Sakura-chan thank goodness your here, someone brought in their ninken, he's still a puppy, but he sprained his paw, you know how to heal sprains right" Hana came to the rescue leading the little girl towards one of the rooms.
"Course I do Hana-chan and hello Kiba-kun this is so exciting isn't it" Sakura could hardly contain her excitement since this was the activity she'd been looking forward to the most if she was being honest.
Her friend seemed to sense that "Totally still don't know how your going to manage the entire day doing an activity with everyone but eh that's your prerogative, it's good to see you though" Kiba greeted as did Akamaru, though his greeting was in the form of a yip.
Before they got started on carefully healing the small ninken of his sprained paw "Very good you've improved recently, perhaps it's time to start having you heal scratches, sprains and headaches for people" the mahogany haired teen admitted.
Realizing that the young girl had indeed improved a lot in recent months "That's cause I've been practicing healing scratches or puncture wounds on my summons when one my weapons make their mark, we're doing evasion training together" the pinkette explained.
"A salamander by the name of Ryoseirui isn't that right Sakura-chan" the tawny haired boy announced knowing the name because it had come up a lot in this past weeks conversations, "Also a Era and a Tokage, though you've only summoned those two once" he finished.
Sakura nodded lightly "Salamanders huh I suppose their a good match for you Sakura-chan" Hana mused aloud as another puppy was brought in, this one was sick and had an infection so she prepared the syringe and hypodermic needle with medicine inside.
Then went slowly so that the girl could watch how it was done "Now we heal him of the scratch he has on his belly right Hana-chan" Sakura asked once the syringe had been emptied and both items were thrown away since they couldn't be used again.
"Wow I didn't even notice that scratch you have good eyes Sakura-chan" Kiba whistled softly knowing better than to be loud or be kicked out and miss the rest of what his Sis and friend did for the hour they had, even if he wasn't doing much except for sitting there really.
Occasionally he did get his chance like for instance the next puppy that was brought in, his leg was broken, there wasn't much Hana could do for the moment except give him some pain medicine then turn her attention on her brother.
"Why don't you show Sakura-chan how to wrap his leg with a splint otouto" the mahogany haired teen suggested, Kiba jumped from his stool, got the wraps and splint then carefully went through the process slowly so Sakura could see him do it.
And be able to do it herself next time "Any questions Sakura-chan" the Inuzuka Heir asked once he was done and the medicine had been prescribed and the Inuzuka left with his puppy in tow and now they were waiting on the next patient.
Though it seemed like it would be a little bit "Nope not at the moment anyway" the little Haruno Princess quipped settling on a stool to wait like the others until it was time go, and by that time she'd helped two more puppies by herself to.
Now it was off to Shino's "Gonna ask you again did you learn something new Sakura-chan, it seemed like you had a lot of fun to" the silver haired nin was right there to cart off to the Aburame's, who were awaiting her arrival in the usual lecture room.
"Definitely Kakashi-san, I know how to wrap a broken paw/arm with a splint to and you know what Hana-chan said that soon I'll be able to move on to healing people cause I've improved so much" the pinkette chattered on endlessly.
Until they reached their destination and she was left in the Aburame's care for the next hour "You'll stay for lunch won't you Sakura-san" Shibi offered knowing that the girl had a few more things planned for the day and would probably feel exhausted after this lecture.
Her peridot eyes widened in excitement and she shot a look to her escort before he could leave, the jonin nodded before disappearing in a plume of smoke "Right shall we get started on the lecture I believe this one is about three different types of butterflies" Shino garnered her attention.
Then they sat as they usually did, the only person missing nowadays was Torune, but he'd been gone for a long while since after the first lecture to be precise "Really Shibi-sama" Sakura turned her attention on Shibi who nodded.
And began his usual lecture "Now as you can see I have three different butterflies, each in a glass case preserved for all time, the first one is a common butterfly a black swallowtail to be exact, this one happens to be a male" the Aburame Patriarch began.
"Males of this species was often known to be seen perched on vegetation waiting for females to pass by so they could mate with them, ah and this one an uncommon butterfly, a blue morpho butterfly, they fly in groups to scare off predators with the blue that diffracts off their wings" he continued easily rattling off information.
Drawing his son and his friend into the lecture "And finally a rare butterfly the banded peacock, most notable for its lime green and dark black colors, are there any questions" he finished waiting for the various question.
But this time it seemed as if he would get none "Do you have any more, just to look at you don't have to lecture us or anything Father" the brown haired nine year old asked, just as Shibi had known his son would and vanished to retrieve the others.
All set up neat and proper on a table with wheel "Ooh pretty, now are all of them common, uncommon or rare" the pinkette questioned quietly with a soft squeal as she looked at the different cases of mummified butterflies.
"There's a variety, my own personal collection to be exact" Shibi answered, keeping his surprise a surprise for the time being since he'd accidentally caught a butterfly he already had and intended to give it to her for being a good friend to his son.
Viridian irises widened in awe "Interesting, why because I didn't know you had something like this hidden away" Shino mused surprised that he'd just learned something about his Father that he hadn't known in the least.
Shibi chuckled quietly "Hush Shino-kun I'm not complaining cause their pretty" Sakura huffed lightly in amusement and nudged her friend so they could continue looking at the different cases, which there were many, asking the odd question here and there.
Until the time limit ended "Before we lunch, this is for you Sakura-san, consider it a gift for befriending my son and helping him find his confidence to come out of his shell and make many other great friends" the Aburame Patriarch lifted a case from a shelf that was to high for her to see on.
Then handed it to her, within was the prettiest butterfly "Must be rare" the Aburame Heir was doubly surprised first his Father's sudden butterfly collection and he was giving her one as a gift just for being his friend.
Though at the statement his Father nodded "Let me guess it's a challenge I have to figure out for myself what kind of butterfly it is" the Haruno Princess gently held the case to her chest earning another nod as they headed to the dining hall for lunch.
Before it was time for her to go sit in on another lecture, by that point she was getting exhausted "What's that Sakura-chan" Kakashi immediately noticed the case she was clutching in her arms as they headed towards the gates of the Aburame Compound.
And straight to the Yamanaka Flower Shop "Shibi-sama gave it to me as a gift and a challenge, it's some sort of rare butterfly but I have to find out what type" the pinkette exclaimed managing to muster up some excitement.
Kakashi chuckled "Just like Shibi-sama I suppose to give you a gift yet a challenge all in a single little case" the silver haired nin shook his head dropping the girl off at the Flower Shop so he could wait for another hour before taking her to the Uchiha Compound and finally the park.
With that the fuscia haired nine year old skipped into the shop "Well hello there Sakura-chan I see your back for another lecture" Inoichi was there manning the counter since his wife and daughter would be partaking in or giving the lecture.
His greeting was met with a grin and a quick wave before she vanished towards the back of the shop "Ino-chan I'm here again" Sakura called softly taking off her shoes and putting her butterfly case on them so she didn't forget.
"Good I wondered if you'd be able to handle hanging out with all of us individually then all together" Ino greeted from the couch as Sakura seated herself all neat and proper, which was really weird but she'd get over it someday.
Her mother shook her head "Honestly, anyway we're glad to have you again, now how shall we start, hmm perhaps with the Butterfly Weed" Aiko held up another bush flower, this one colored red allowing the two girls to look at it before explaining it was used for.
"Now this flower has many uses, it can be used if you ingest it for internal cleansing and pain relief, external use you can use it as a poultice a paste if you will, for wounds and to reduce swelling of muscles" the woman continued waiting for any questions.
Her daughter held up her hand and she waited patiently "Doesn't it also help with respiratory and lung issues" the blonde tilted her head to the side in confusion, Aiko blinked in surprise but the answer came surprisingly.
From Sakura "Yeah I read about it before you offered since I'd been sitting in the library for a little while" the pinkette grinned mustering up some more excitement for the lecture, because she really loved flowers and stuff.
Aiko nodded her head in acceptance to the two girls, then rifled through the box full of medicinal herbs that she'd brought out to lecture them on "Now this one is a Gardenia flower known for many uses much like the butterfly weed" the brown haired woman continued.
"Such as cleansing the blood and bladder issues, it also works on physical injuries, there's more it also helps mental issues depression, stress, insomnia and anxiety" she listed for effect holding up a white flower with many petals to their awe.
No questions were forth coming "What's next Mom" the Yamanaka Heiress was practically bouncing in place with excitement, though she didn't doubt for a second that she'd be able to remember everything that was said.
Her friend was a whole other matter though "I know that one it's a Hyssop flower, though I don't remember if I read it's uses yet" the little Haruno Princess chirped when the woman held up a third flower, her eyes wide in excitement.
This flower was purple and had many little blooms on a large stalk "Very good Sakura-chan as for it's uses they are good for sore throats, bronchitis, congested chests, rheumatism, arthritis and it can also be used to cleanse the blood" the Yamanaka Matriarch explained.
Everything was going good until her daughter sighed "A flower for old people then" Ino rolled her eyes and her mother wanted to groan, and just as she was gearing up to scold her, the little girl off to the side frowned.
"That's not nice Ino-chan, the elderly can teach us things that may have been forgotten through the ages and if your mean to them they won't be nice to you" Sakura scolded, knowing several nice elders that were very kind to her sometimes, when she was nice to them.
Ino's eyes widened in horror "She's right Ino-chan now are you ready for the fourth and final flower before I let you look at the rest of them and lecture you again sometime whenever Sakura-chan comes round again" Aiko cleared her throat.
Suddenly glad for Sakura as Ino lowered her head and made an apology towards all the old people that lived in their village and resolved herself to be better and help them out if she ever saw one struggling from now on.
Relieved Aiko continued the lesson "This last flower a Dandelion is very special, it may just be a weed to you girls, but it can do many things, such as turning into into oil for muscle tension and stiff joints, or drink it as a tea for stomach aches or cramps" the brunette woman finished.
Pulling out several other flowers so the girls could look their fill for the remaining twenty minutes they had "I can't wait to take the test to get my medical license" the pinkette sighed wishing that day would come soon, but Hana nor Rin had given her the go ahead.
"Maybe you'll get lucky and those medics that have been training you will give you the go ahead soon Sakura-chan" the blonde heiress pat her friend on the back as they headed for the front, her lifting her case and sliding her sandals onto her feet before vanishing for one last hoorah before they all grouped together.
"See you around Sakura-chan" the Yamanaka Patriarch waved at the little girl earning a wave back before she was gone from sight, Kakashi's chakra flared in his senses before he was gone to taking the girl wherever she wished to go.
Which was the Uchiha Compound "Yikes you look a sight, anyway since Ni-san isn't here, my Dad is gonna supervise us" Sasuke noticed the now more pronounced tiredness on his friend's face as she set a case of some sort off to the side so it didn't get broken.
Perhaps they'd all asked a little to much of her and they should stick with taking turns every Saturday instead of doing everything all at once "Indeed are you sure your up to elemental jutsu training Sakura-san" Fugaku raised a mahogany brow at the young princess.
Who jolted into an alert state "Pretty sure Fugaku-sama so let's get started, I'll start with Suiton: Raging Waves" Sakura weaved the hand signs to her most popular jutsu and blew out a wave of water at Sasuke.
"Katon: Fireball Jutsu" the second Uchiha Heir was quick though and blew out a small ball of fire, not as large as his Ni-san's of course, he was getting there though, the two jutsu's collided and created a cover of mist.
Fugaku was impressed as his youngest managed to set off a second fire jutsu consecutively after the first "Doton: Mud wall" the Haruno Princess called from within the mist and a medium sized wall of mud rose from the earth stopping the fire ball in it's tracks.
"Nicely done, try to do a different fire jutsu Sasuke, and different earth and water jutsu for you Sakura-san" the Uchiha Patriarch instructed knowing their current limits and wanting to push them just a little bit.
In that regard his oldest was to soft on the children "Right understood Father" Sasuke nodded whipping through some hand signs to a new jutsu that his brother must have taught him when he wasn't looking.
"Katon: Phoenix Flower Jutsu" five blobs of fire and within those blobs were shuriken, his friend stared at them in surprise before quickly weaving hand signs of her own waiting until the very last second because she could see the ninja wire.
Then let loose "Suiton: Water Wall" another offensive/defensive water elemental jutsu, which put out the fire and knocked the shuriken off course, all of them sailed over, just as Sasuke yanked on the ninja wire to wrap around his friend.
She ducked low and swung out with her tantou charging the blade with a little bit of chakra to cut through the wires "Doton: Earth Spike Wave" Sakura called weaving through the second set of hand signs, knowing she still had a long ways to go on this particular jutsu.
Because it didn't even come close to Sasuke, with that she was done with practice "Time for meditation I suppose" Fugaku was amused at the two children as they settled on the ground to meditate and regain their chakra.
For the rest of the hour they were quiet and then it was time to head to the park to hang out with everyone before going home to eat dinner, bathe and sleep, though that Sunday signaled the departure of Sakura's parents, Zabuza and her adopted brother.
Before she went with Shisui to the Uchiha Compound to Sasuke and Ino's chagrin she skipped physical lessons and stayed cooped up the entire day just reading books on the living room floor until it was time for bed after eating a late dinner and taking a bath.