"Tsunade-sama, how are you feeling today?" Shizune asked, Tsunade grabbed another scroll from the pile on her desk "Fine" she replied not once looking up from the scroll. "Sakura-san was looking for you yesterday did you see her?" Tsunade looked up with a raised eyebrow "No, what did she want?" she asked intrigued, Shizune shook her head "I don't know, she didn't tell me" she replied apologizingly.
"I wonder what Sakura wants, i know she's busy with Anbu duties lately" Tsunade shook her head making a mental reminder to talk to Sakura later but now she had tons of paperwork to deal with.
Meanwhile Sakura was still sleeping peacefully on her large bed; she rolled over and rubbed her forehead with her left hand. She cracked opened one eye to glance at the clock on her bedside table "What!" she jumped from the bed and ran to the bathroom. "I can't believe i overslept!" she exclaimed in her mind angrily she had another meeting with the Anbu Captains in less than 5 minutes. After she got dressed she immediately rushed out of her house hurriedly casting the protective Jutsu before she left. Luckily she had incredible speed but is still second to Sasuke's but it was enough to get her on time to her meeting.
Naruto and Sasuke were in the training grounds sparring; when they felt Sakura's chakra, but it was already too late she was already far away from them. Naruto was momentarily distracted and received a full blown punch from Sasuke. Naruto slammed face first into a high tree and fell head first on the ground "Sas..uk..e" he hissed.
Sasuke remained impassive as Naruto rolled off the ground and started complaining about how much that hurt "My poor face!" he whined, even if he did heal impossibly fast since he had the Kyuubi inside of him.
The young Uchiha simply rolled his eyes and kicked the back of his head and grabbed him by his collar before he fell to the ground again and dragged him off to the Hospital to stop his excessive whining. When they entered the hospital almost instantly the nurses eyed them with a blush and some shamelessly had hearts in their eyes "What seems to be the problem here?" an elderly nurse asked politely. Naruto smiled "My nose is broken, i think" he said directing a glare to Sasuke beside him, the nurse nodded "Please come this way" she said, Naruto nodded holding his broken and bleeding nose.
Sasuke felt disgusted by the looks the other nurses were giving him even though he was used to it by now, he disappeared in a flash much to the disappointment of the nurses.
He continued his training but started with meditation to clear his mind "Kakashi what do you want?" he asked not opening his eyes still in his concentration. "Just wanted to see what you're doing, by the way where's Naruto?" the older Ninja asked. "In the Hospital" Sasuke answered, Kakashi rose both eyebrows "What happened?" Sasuke grunted "Broken Nose" Kakashi sweat dropped .
"I see Juugo is still in the Hospital" Kakashi said trying to change the topic. Sasuke opened his eyes to look at him "Alright what do you really want" he asked seeing through his old sensei's tricks. Kakashi smirked "I had a feeling you'd ask me that- the real reason I'm here is to ask if either you or Naruto has seen Sakura?" he admitted.
"No, why do you ask?" Sasuke crossed his arms in boredom.
Kakashi's playful expression turned serious "I just finished a mission today and while i was away i heard some troubling news that the Anbu Council is summoning all the Head Anbu Captains for immediate evaluation" he said.
"And what's so troubling about that?" Sasuke asked uninterested, Kakashi put his hands inside his pockets "The Council has heard of various rumours about Sakura's rather intensive reputation and wants to see if she has what it takes to be promoted to a higher rank and if not they'll remove her from her position and forcefully drain half of her chakra" Kakashi stated.
Sasuke smirked "And you think she can't handle it" Kakashi was surprised by his former students sudden confidence in the pinkette but quickly turned to a smirk of his own "Maybe but it looks like you trust in her abilities well enough, don't you Sasuke" Kakashi returned "I'm interested to see if she really does live up to what people say about her" Sasuke stated bluntly and walked away. "If i were you, don't tell Naruto about this" his voice echoed through the wind Kakashi sighed.
3 hours later Sakura had finished her morning meeting and was currently going to tell Tsunade about her news. "Sakura i was just going to see you" Tsunade greeted, Sakura cocked her head to the side "See me for what?" she asked. "Shizune told me you were looking for me yesterday" Tsunade replied. Sakura nodded "About that the Anbu Council sent me a message yesterday i along with the other Head Anbu Captains are being summoned" Sakura informed, Tsunade went wide eye as Sakura explained everything to her slowly Tsunade started to frown.
"This is the first time I've heard of this happening, the Anbu Council never summons anyone for evaluations" Tsunade said suspicious. Sakura was too but was prepared for the worst to happen "I assure you Tsunade-sama i will not fail everything will be alright" she said confidently with a smirk to prove it. Tsunade smiled proudly "I trust you Sakura, i know you won't let us down" she said.
"Thank you Tsunade-sama" Sakura bowed and left saying she had other Anbu business to attend to. Tsunade kept her smile until she left and frowned "I really don't like this one bit, the Anbu Council is planning something and i have a feeling it involves Sakura- but i have no choice, i can't stop her all i can do now is have faith in her" Tsunade spin her chair around and looked out her window in deep thought.
Sakura was walking out of the Hokage tower since she was in her regular black clothes it won't attract too much attention like when she's in her Anbu uniform. She was going to the woods to train when she caught a glimpse of a familiar black spiky hair with a blue hint in front of her. She hid her chakra and jumped through the trees and stopped when she saw Sasuke, his hand glowing blue and slowly disappearing "I know your there so stop hiding" Sasuke said not looking in her direction "Guess you can't escape twice from an Uchiha" Sakura sighed revealing herself.
"I wasn't hiding" she clarified. "Then what were you doing hiding your chakra and hiding behind a tree" Sasuke retorted still emotionless. "I'm merely observing and anyway i train here" Sakura replied, Sasuke looked her straight in the eye "You were summoned by the Anbu Council" he said watching her eyes widen for a moment and return to their normal impassive gaze
"Yes and how do you know that? i just told Tsunade-sama about that just now" she asked, insinuating he spied or something.
"Kakashi told me but don't worry i told him he shouldn't tell Naruto, it would be much more conspicuous if he knew" Sasuke replied.
"So Kakashi knows" she said. Sasuke stepped forward "Are you confident you'll pass this evaluation" he asked searching her eyes for any hint of doubt or fear. Sakura smirked "Yes i am, i have something to accomplish and i will not lose even if i have to fight the Council themselves"
Sasuke's POV
I never would have believed that Sakura could be this confident about anything, her words always seemed like they have these hidden meanings behind them like she's trying to say something else. My curiosity was piqued by this - strange no person has ever caught my attention twice, but with Sakura it's like a mystery about what she is now.
"And what do you have to accomplish?" i asked. Sakura lost her smirk "I want the truth Sasuke" she said and disappeared in a whirlwind of black Sakura petals. "What truth- what does she mean"