Expecting Anko to do something crazy to get her up for training, Sakura was awake and ready for the purple haired interrogator at five in the morning, having been awake an hour already enough to make breakfast and eat and to leave a note.
So when Anko did appear in her room as silently as the snakes she used the woman was annoyed and disappointed that she didn't get to scare the wits out of her little apprentice for the month "Morning Anko-sensei" Sakura quipped cheerily.
Inwardly enjoying the annoyed disappointment that was plain to see on the woman's face "Stupid Pinky you ruin all my fun" Anko hissed before grabbing the girl by the back of her yukata and disappearing just as silently as she'd arrived so they could get to training.
By the time the others in the house were awake they all noticed Sakura's absence at the breakfast table "Don't worry boys, she left a note" Kakashi chuckled seeing their worried expressions, it was cute how they fussed over their female teammates sometimes and to end their torment also read the note for them.
~Anko-sensei has kidnapped me for training, breakfast is in the oven, make sure you eat and take care of yourselves because I don't think we'll be able to spend a lot of time together this month oh and make sure to clean up as well.
From Sakura~
Minato chuckled in amusement while Naruto and Sasuke groaned "Great, oh well at least we're not the ones being trained by Mitarashi" Sasuke shuddered, being taught under the woman at T&I was bad enough.
"Yeah, poor Sakura-chan" Naruto grimaced, remembering the times Anko had used her snakes to tie him and Sasuke together just for talking to much and Sakura was going to be subjected to that all month.
Off to the side "Geez your acting like this Mitarashi person is going to kill Sakura, it's just training, she'll live" Karui rolled her eyes at their melodramatics, though could see why Sakura was all the time having reign the two in, they could get annoying at the worst of times.
Sasuke and Naruto cringed in response "Karui-san is right Naruto-kun, Sasuke-san, Anko-san won't seriously hurt Sakura" Minato nodded joining the conversation at long last as he had been busy making plates for everyone.
"Though one does have to wonder how long Sakura has been awake already" Omoi commented chewing on a piece of sausage, having taken a great liking to the girl who had welcomed them readily with open arms at that.
Beside him, Shunsui shrugged but Samui contemplated the question "Probably since around four I think, I thought I heard movement around that time" Samui answered after a short time, with that they finished eating, cleaned up and went their separate ways to train as Sakura was.
Who was currently dodging for her life as Anko had decided to enact the first phase of revenge against the stupid brats who had caused her a headache by siccing her snakes on the girl, poisonous snakes at that.
Pinky wasn't making it easy though "Guess what they said about you being trained by Akasuna was right" the purple haired interrogator couldn't help but say, what shocked her though was when Sakura actually stumbled and she had to call of her snakes quick before they actually bit the girl.
Meanwhile Sakura was looking like she'd had her heart torn out "That's right, Sa..Sasori-sensei trained Naruto, Sasuke and I" the rosette exhaled, managing to say his name for the first time since the man had left.
It also made her realize how much she actually missed Sasori, soft brown eyes softened "Can I ask you a few questions about that Sakura" Anko inquired, wanting to put an end to her own doubts about the genin of Team Seven.
"Go ahead Anko-sensei, a break sounds nice right about now" Sakura laughed glad to relieve her aching calf muscles from the last two hours of dodging deadly snakes, Anko gestured to a couple of chairs so they both sat.
Then Anko took a deep breath "How did you meet Akasuna, why did he train you three in the first place, did he ever mention attacking the Leaf Village in the future" the purple haired Jonin spewed questions like rapid-fire.
Before staring expectantly at Sakura who blinked "I met Sasori-sensei when I was five in the park, he told me he saw someone who was going to be strong and set out to train me, Naruto and Sasuke just joined afterwards and no, why would Sasori-sensei do something like that" the pinkette frowned.
Looking confused, it only took a couple of second for Anko to realized Sakura had no idea who Sasori Akasuna actually was "Just a trick question brat, now back to training" Anko stood quickly not wanting to be the one to tell the brat just what her pre-genin sensei was.
Clearly Sakura thought nothing more of the question as she immediately jumped back into dodging for her life until it was three hours before dinner time, her stomach was rumbling in hunger not to mention her calves ached and her lungs heaved from exertion.
"M..May I go now" Sakura wheezed not able to take another minute of training, it was already to the point where the following day would be like hell on earth for her body, Anko waved her off and she gladly escaped from T&I.
Happily heading in the direction of the Uchiha Compound when a thought occurred to her so she swung around and made a mad dash to the Hokage Tower, waited semi-patiently for the receptionist to see if he was available.
And finally hurriedly dashed into the Hokage's office "Sakura-chan what brings you here so late in the day, I thought you would have been training as you so diligently are most of the time" Hiruzen raised a brow at the young girl.
Who breathed heavily for a moment as if she'd run all the way there "I..I'm here for any other letters Sasori-sensei may have sent me" the pinkette informed, finally admitting to herself that she missed the man.
Hiruzen nodded, inwardly relieved that she was open to such a thing now "Of course, give me a moment I put them somewhere, hmm, ah here we go Sakura-chan, four letters, I think a couple of them go to Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun though" the Hokage said.
Finding the letter scrolls after rifling around in his desk for a few minutes and handing them over to their intended receiver, Sakura quite happily thanked him and skipped out of his office a second later, intent on getting home now that she'd gotten what she wanted.
Upon arriving she found Shunsui the only one there "Are they still out training" Sakura asked setting down the letter scrolls on her table, Shunsui nodded unable to communicate verbally after all and she shrugged.
Not like it was any different to what she had been doing "Guess I'll just go ahead and get started on making dinner then" the fuscia haired teen announced, disappearing into the kitchen to do just that the silent Shunsui on her heels.
He'd probably been at the house alone for hours what with his teammates out training and the others of the house doing the same and was grateful to have someone there to fill the all consuming silence of the house.
Which she filled with the sound of humming, Shunsui at the counter, merely listening and tapping his foot along to the tune until supper was ready, she was just sitting down when Shisui decided to pop by "What's this on a date Sakura-chan" Shisui chuckled teasingly.
Earning a glare "No, not saying Shunsui-san is bad, but just no, you should know better than to joke about stuff like that Shisui-san" Sakura snapped, peaceful atmosphere ruined with her mood quickly souring at the horrible joke Shisui had tried to make.
Shisui winced then looked around before realizing it really was just the two of them alone there "Still out training are they" the Uchiha asked awkwardly, inwardly berating himself for opening his mouth and saying the wrong thing yet again.
Sakura sniffed but nodded "Yeah if their not back before dark I'm going to send Aimai with bento's full of this supper cause I'm sure their hungry" the rosette explained, including Omoi, Samui and Karui amongst those she'd send bento's to.
"Very generous Sakura-chan, anyway enjoy the rest of your dinner okay and sorry that was a terrible joke" Shisui apologized and the glare lessened before all together vanishing as he body flickered back to his apartment leaving the duo alone.
To finish supper where no one showed up at all "Okay seems like I'm sending those bento's after all" Sakura shrugged not in the least bit bothered about having to do this and so she immediately made up seven bento's, summoned her bats and sent them to deliver their packages.
Before starting the after dinner cleanup until the entire kitchen was put back to rights, it was then things took a bad turn for the day as Aimai returned, flitting about in a panic "Sakura-sama, Aimai saw something terrible" Aimai hurriedly explained.
Saying that she'd seen the sensei for the Sand Genin, along with Kabuto Yakushi attacking a Konohagakure ninja and now that ninja was severely injured, "Shunsui-san you know where the main house is right, give this to Fugaku-sama please" the pinkette scribbled a message.
Handed it over to Shunsui who had snapped to then Sakura was simply gone, Aimai leading the way to where the injured shinobi was, meanwhile Shunsui had done as asked and headed for the Uchiha main family house.
Where the Uchiha Clan Heads were just now finishing up their own dinner "Oh Shunsui-san what brings you here so late" Mikoto was the first to notice the teenager who promptly handed a note in familiar handwriting over to her husband.
~Injured shinobi, Sand Jonin and Yakushi Kabuto are the culprits, gone to heal, please send backup just in case.
Sakura~
Fugaku read the hastily scribbled message then flared his chakra, Shisui appeared without a seconds hesitation "One of our own was attacked, Sakura's gone to heal him, we're going to make sure she remains safe" Fugaku ordered.
Immediately honing in on Sakura's chakra which was like a beacon, Shisui nodded and together they were both off, arriving in time to see Sakura just now kneeling down at the injured shinobi's side, the shinobi was someone they recognized, Hayate Gekkou.
And he had a huge gash that ran from his shoulder to his hip bone, his face was pale but at least he was still breathing as Sakura placed already brightly glowing green hands on Hayate's chest to begin healing him so they could take him to the hospital.
"How did you find out he was injured Sakura" the younger Uchiha asked not having thought the evening would take a turn as drastic as this one was, though he was glad she had her head on straight even if he upset her a lot.
Emerald orbs flickered briefly in his direction, relief visible in the iris before explaining "Aimai, you know my bat summons, I sent her and a couple others out to deliver supper to everyone, Aimai came back in a panic and told me she witnessed the attack" Sakura admitted.
Next to Shisui, Fugaku nodded "Akasuna chose right then when he picked out the bat summons for you to sign on with" the Uchiha Patriarch smirked before his expression became a little more serious, what was even more shocking was how Sakura simply nodded.
A fond smile on her lips before she to became more serious about her task and the gash little by little closed until she couldn't heal anymore "We can't take him to the hospital, Yakushi works there, he'll know and ask around how Hayate-sensei got there" the fuscia haired teen said.
Wrapping what was left of the injury, unfortunately both Uchiha's seemed to agree with her "Leave informing Hokage-sama to me Sakura, Shisui help her get him to the house in the compound" Fugaku ordered.
Vanishing in a plume of smoke while Shisui bent and hefted a now awake Hayate onto his feet "Come on, you to Sakura-chan" Shisui held out his arm for her to take and he whisked the three of them away to the compound.
More specifically the house shared by Team Seven "Better tell Morino that I won't be able to report in" Hayate coughed, glad that he would live to see another day even if technically he would have to be in hiding until the perpetrators infiltrating their village was caught.
"Got it, which ones Kakashi's room Sakura-chan, he can't stay in these bloody clothes it won't be healthy for him" the Uchiha asked once they had made it inside, Shunsui the silent witness to their return as they disappeared up the stairs and took a right.
Keeping him close to Sakura's room was the best choice after all "Down the hall where Naruto and Sasuke's rooms are, it's right across the hall from Naruto's room actually" Sakura informed, helping Hayate sit and keeping him upright for now.
That way blood didn't get all over the sheets, it would be a pain to change them, at her answer Shisui vanished yet again "Thank you Sakura-san but I expect an explanation as to how in the morning" the brunet coughed.
Sakura merely nodded "Might be early in the morning Hayate-sensei cause Anko-sensei will come and get me at five again probably" the pinkette grimaced supporting the special Jonin with all her strength, now exhausted at this point.
In the nick of time Shisui returned and shooed her from the room and soon Hayate was dressed in clean clothes, Kakashi's sure but they fit the other man quite well, Shisui saluted Sakura and just like that was gone to report to Morino about the situation.
Leaving Sakura to leave Hayate to his rest to do the same, seeing as no one else was going to be coming back and it was late so after taking a quick but relaxing shower using some special oil to massage her calves Sakura headed to bed.
Only to wake up at four again the following morning, curse Anko while making breakfast, tend Hayate, explain how she had managed to find out what had happened and rescue him in time, make sure he had breakfast all before Anko showed up to kidnap her for training at five again.
"We're proud of you Pinky, Akasuna taught you right" Anko commented when it was lunch time and she knew she couldn't keep the girl away from the house this time seeing as she had an injured patient that needed tending to.
Sakura smiled brightly in response "He told me I would be strong and I am and only getting stronger, see you after lunch Anko-sensei" Sakura waved heading from T&I for the second day in a row and made it back to the house in record time.
Visibly brightening as she caught Naruto with Minato at the door getting ready to head in themselves "Sakura-chan, thank you for dinner last night" Naruto shot his patented whiskered grin at her when he caught movement out of his peripheral only to brighten as he realized who it was.
"Yes thank you and we also heard of your valiant rescue last night to, all Jonin we're pulled in to a meeting with the Hokage" Minato paused in opening the door and tilted his head in acknowledgement at the young girl.
Pride radiated from her entire being in response and soon they were inside where the others were as well "Sakura" Sasuke shot into a standing position at the sight of her only to slide back down into his seat in relief.
Kakashi chuckled in response "I'm fine Sasuke, Fugaku-sama and Shisui-san was with me last night and Hayate-sensei is resting up nice and well in a guest room upstairs" the rosette assured as she took a seat at the table.
Where a plate was set down in front of her courtesy Shunsui, who was quite culinary inclined, who knew apparently not his teammates, who were sharing baffled looks with one another "By the way dinner last night was delicious" Kakashi added, giving thanks where it was due.
His student didn't need to send them bento's but she did and he was forever grateful "Wait who all got bento's from Sakura last night" Omoi asked, everyone but Shunsui raised their hand, and he realized she, despite whatever hellish training she had endured still managed to find time to take care of them.
"Either way thank you Sakura-san, and we'll try to be here for dinner, if not we apologize ahead of time" Samui nodded her head politely at Sakura who nodded back, then tucked in seeing as there was only so long Anko would allow her before she had to get back to training.
As such she was the first one finished eating, complete with dishes washed and dried, so she hurriedly vanished upstairs with an extra plate of food and her medical pouch "Always busy that one" Karui commented.
Barely having seen the girl stop for any long period of time since they got there for the Chunin Exams, fifteen minutes later Sakura was back, putting on her sandals in record time before disappearing from the house yet again.
"Good your back, so since I don't want to keep you doing the same thing the entire time why don't we work on your plan to defeat your opponent, what kind of idea do you have in mind to beat her" Anko declared.
Having gotten her revenge on the girl, Naruto and Sasuke were next but they could wait, right now it was time to get serious "Well I thought perhaps I could work on my earth nature jutsu's, get her with a cheap water jutsu and knock her out with some knock out gas" Sakura shrugged.
Not having had much time to really think about her plan of attack against Temari "That's not a bad foundation Sakura, but lets hear some expansion on it" the purple haired Jonin clapped, interested in seeing how far the girl would go to win her match.
Plus she knew Sakura had a tactical mind behind that large forehead of hers "Lets see I know that Temari is a long range fighter, but what if I were to use my earth nature to snatch that fan of hers" the rosette grinned.
"Oooh diabolical Pinky, because blondy might not be good at close range attacks allowing you to sweep in with good ole fashion taijutsu as well" Anko nodded, liking how this was planning out already, perhaps Asuma had it right, budding strategists indeed.
Sakura tapped her lip in thought "Not only that I could also go for shock value and show her that I'm able to do something that's native to her own village" Sakura admitted, eyeing the scroll with her only hand crafted puppet so far.
Considering she hadn't had any time to work on anymore with the craziness that was her life "You mean he taught you puppetry" the purple haired interrogator intoned incredulously, getting more and more confused about Sasori Akasuna by the minute.
The biggest question she had was why would he betray his own village, only to then turn around and betray his organization just to come teach a civilian girl "I taught myself puppetry" the pinkette sniffed in answer.
It was the only thing Sasori had never taught her, Anko looked surprised but continued asking her to explain her plan until it was two hours before dinner "Go home Sakura, eat, rest up and tomorrow we'll be back at this got it" Anko dismissed the girl.
Who looked like she'd been through hell "Understood Anko-sensei" Sakura saluted then turned on her heel and hurried off, making Anko contemplate teaching the girl how to bleeding body flicker so she didn't have to walk everywhere.
Fifteen minutes later Sakura was back home to find a few others home as well "Kakashi-kun said they wouldn't be able to make it" Minato informed already doling out dinner for those that were there, i.e himself, Naruto, Shunsui, and Sakura.
Cloud Shinobi, Kakashi and Sasuke still training "That's okay I can just send them bento's" the fuscia haired teen said, grabbing an extra plate and piling food on it for Hayate who was sitting up via a mountain of pillows.
He looked up from his book on kenjutsu when she entered the guest room he was taking up residency in "Sakura-san, here to change the bandages again" Hayate asked when she placed the plate of food in her hand down.
Only to immediately reach for the roll of clean bandages on the bedside table "Here Sakura-chan let me help as well, seeing as I'm also a medic in training" Naruto burst his way into the room less than a second later.
Wanting to help in anyway that he could and soon they were leaving Hayate to eat in piece, old bandages thrown away to be burned later if possible, Sakura tucked in to her cooling dinner, then stood to go take a shower after sending off bento's to those who hadn't come back again.
It was then she spotted the scrolls on her table as she walked by it, making her remember, so she sneakily snatched them, promising to give Naruto and Sasuke their letters later when she could and disappeared upstairs into her lab to read the letters meant for her.
~Sakura
I know your probably angry with me, after all I turned around and abandoned you, leaving you just as your parents did and I will never be able to apologize enough for it, but don't let personal feelings interfere with your missions.
My search for your parents have led me clear to Stone but the possibility of them being in Iwa is highly unlikely, Orochimaru has most likely hid them in one of his various bases scattered around the nations but don't give up.
Sasori~
~Sakura
Damn it, I hate to tell you this but Orochimaru's planning on infiltrating Leaf, keep an eye on Uchiha that snake is after the boys newly unlocked Sharingan and keep yourself safe as well, though you'll probably ignore this letter and the favor I'm asking of you.
Orochimaru will not honor any promises which is why I've been watching him lately, nearby Leaf I can't enter or be immediately detected but he's plotting to kill the Kazekage and impersonate him during the final round.
Which is the focal point for the Coup that he's planning, your Hokage is in danger because Orochimaru is also after him, please find a way to pass this message on to one of the Sand Ninja, discretely it's imperative.
Sasori~
Those were the two letters, Sakura's heart ached in response knowing that he was somewhere nearby but couldn't come see her, Naruto or Sasuke for fear of being seen by Orochimaru and that Sasori was also counting on her to make sure the Hokage knew of the danger to his life.
Even Sunagakure was being used by Orochimaru, Sakura squeezed her eyes shut for a moment then made the ultimate decision no matter how exhausted she was, Sasori had given her a task and she was going to complete it no matter what.
So she started by creating a clone, drew a chakra suppression seal on it's shoulder as she made it then transform into her alter ego Hideki, then scribbled a message for it to take before casting the chameleon jutsu on the clone and sent it out the window.
While she crawled into bed, her alter ego clone honed in on Gaara's chakra, easily found and headed that way message in hand "The hell are you" Temari barked when a purple haired teenager suddenly appeared before them.
Missive in hand "Not important, what's important is this message right here, I would be wary who I ally myself with after this" the Sakura clone in her Hideki form rumbled smoothly, holding out the message to the Suna Jonin who'd tried to kill Hayate just the other night.
Baki took it with careful movements and read the message suspiciously "Beware Orochimaru plots to kill and impersonate your Kazekage" Baki frowned, now even more suspicious of the teenager before him.
"Who sent you can you at least tell us that and can you be sure this is credible" Kankuro snapped, attaching chakra strings to the teenager since the kid wouldn't give them his name, it was slightly annoying actually.
But the kid shook his head "I'm sure if I should say, it would just alarm you even more, but I will tell you this, he's on your side, more than Orochimaru is that's for damn sure" the purple haired teenager snorted and then simply disappeared in a plume of smoke.
Making it seem like he'd body flickered when really he merely vanished from existence "I think we should believe him and whoever sent him and cut ties with the Sannin" Gaara rumbled, having been changed since that day the second round of the Chunin Exams had begun.
His sensei growled under his breath in frustration "Then tomorrow I'll make my way back to Sand to inform Kazekage-sama of this new development and see what he wants to do" the turban wearing Jonin nodded decisively after a moment.
During this time Sakura had laid down in her bed intent on getting some shut eye because she knew the next day would be like hell, training with Anko would always be like that and soon enough she was sleeping peacefully.
Imagine her surprise when Anko didn't immediately summon her snakes to have her dodge instead began a lesson, one she would never forget "Listen up Pinky I'm going to be teaching you the body flicker" Anko said.
Explaining the mechanics of the technique, the hand sign and all that before demonstrating "And I can incorporate whatever substance I want for when I body flicker" Sakura asked looking more than a little intrigued by the concept of the body flicker jutsu.
Though it was just a high speed movement, a genin performing it would wow the crowd or so Anko said "Pretty much Sakura, though I can guess what you want to use as your signature" the purple haired interrogator smirked.
"Cherry blossoms, though I want them to be purple, for now I just want to practice this and get it down before trying to add any substance" the rosette declared not even having to think about it really before Anko made her start practicing.
By lunch she had it partially down, meaning that she could body flicker a very short distance, so despite knowing the technique now she still had to leave T&I the usual way to get back home where it was just her and Shunsui for lunch.
And then it was back to T&I to work on her strategy some more before being released an hour before dinner this time "Yikes you look like hell" Sasuke grimaced when she entered the house behind him and Kakashi.
His comment got a half-hearted glare "Anko-sensei is brutal I think Sasori-sensei and her would be two peas in a pod" Sakura snorted, surprising Sasuke at the mention of their erstwhile sensei, even Kakashi looked surprised.
"Oh and why do you say that Sakura-chan" Kakashi inquired curiously as they traipsed into the kitchen, dinner already waiting for them on the table, there was even an extra plate made for Hayate that she grabbed.
Giving Kakashi an apologetic smile as she headed up the stairs plate in hand to tend to Hayate first who was looking much better "Tomorrow I think I'll be able to get up and move around" Hayate commented not wanting to stay sitting the entire time he was her guest.
Sakura smiled at him tending him with patient hands as she looked over the injury that had been inflicted upon him "Yeah I think so to Hayate-sensei" the pinkette nodded giving the man the go ahead so long as he didn't leave he would be safe.
Then she handed him the plate of food and went back downstairs finally answering Kakashi's answer in the meantime "Because they both like to mess with people and silently get a kick out of it" Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Agreed funny how I never made the connection until just now" the current Uchiha clan heir scowled, itching to ask what had changed but not wanting to ruin the good mood Sakura seemed to be in despite how tired she looked.
Kakashi merely shook his head with a chuckle, watching because as soon as Sakura was done eating she took what was left of the food and sent it out to the others that were still training via her bats who she also took great care of before heading upstairs to shower and head to bed.
"You as well Sasuke, head to bed and get some rest alright" the Copy Ninja ordered sending Sasuke scrambling from the kitchen to shower and go to bed as well, followed by himself and the following morning Hayate was downstairs for once.
Perusing the bookshelf, Sakura noticeably absent as she had been every morning thus far even though she returned without fail for lunch and dinner each night until two weeks had passed by "Take a break today Pinky I've got things to do" Anko told her.
When she showed up at the usual time so Sakura happily went back to sleep for a couple more hours "Sakura-san I didn't think you were still here" Hayate coughed, from where he was seated on the couch reading one of Sasuke's kenjutsu books, brow raised on her as she came down the stairs.
"Anko-sensei told me to take a break today, so I thought I'd go to the market and if there was anything you needed I could get it for you" the pinkette informed as she joined him on the couch, Shunsui in a chair across from them also reading.
Hayate nodded then contemplated the idea "Clothes, my clothes, the address to my apartment is here, just knock Genma will answer" the brunet said finally wanting to wear his own clothes again seeing as no one could come visit him as it would just tip off Kabuto that he was still alive.
The genin nodded and took the piece of paper he'd scribbled his address on along with a note for Genma, "Okay I'll be back soon" Sakura waved as she hopped up and disappeared from the house, headed for the market of the Leaf Village.
Imagine her surprise when Kankuro of all people approached her "Hey your Temari's opponent for the final round the brat that stopped me from hitting that other punk right" Kankuro asked, eyeing his surroundings warily before stepping closer.
Lifting a fuscia brow Sakura nodded "Yeah what of it, don't tell me your still holding a grudge against me for that" the fuscia haired teen frowned, Kankuro shook his head and rubbed his hands together nervously.
Followed by lowering his voice even more "No, just uh wanted to er…shoot, make nice with you and all so that we could be friends" the older teenager grimaced, practically rambling nonsense at this point.
But through all that Sakura understood that he was trying to warn her but he was afraid of being found out "Sure how about you come back to my place with me once I finish my errands and we can make nice there" Sakura shrugged.
Repeating his words "Er good to know Pinky…Sakura, hehe" Kankuro laughed sheepishly still looking extremely nervous as he followed her around while she bought groceries then she made him wait for several minutes as she vanished from the market.
Only to return with a scroll "Okay Kankuro my house is this way" the pinkette gestured, leading him to her old house in the civilian section of the village, it was on lockdown and only she was able to access it, thanks to Sasori.
The minute they were inside Sakura dropped her things and pinned the older teen against the wall "Speak quickly because I already know about your village's dealings with Orochimaru" Sakura demanded, emerald orbs hardened with suppressed fury.
Kankuro gulped visibly as what could be seen of his face beneath the face paint paled "We cut our ties, well my Father did who happens to be the Kazekage, just know that when its time we'll help defend this Leaf from Orochimaru that traitor" the brunet coughed.
Wincing at the tight grip the younger girl had on him "And why should I believe you, especially when your sensei and Kabuto Yakushi killed one of our own not to long ago" the rosette lied wanting to see how far he'd got to make her believe he was trying to do the right thing.
"Just how the hell do you even know about that, anyway Baki-sensei does look guilty about the whole thing even though he knows apologizing won't bring that guy back" Kankuro gaped before admitting the rest.
Inwardly sighing when the girl loosened her hold on him "Sorry about that, I just wanted to make sure you could try to attack me before I found out what you wanted" Sakura apologized once she'd scooped up the scrolls she'd dropped.
Making Kankuro eye her warily "Your not as naive as we thought you were" he commented and Sakura snorted "By the way, the way you said his name sounded as if you positively hated the Snake Sannin care to share why" the brunet asked.
Sakura narrowed peridot orbs on him "He stole my parents when I was ten and I swore an oath to put an arrow straight in that bastards heart" the pinkette declared, deadly serious and Kankuro believed her.
It was then he finally got a good look around "This isn't where you live" Kankuro accused when they headed back out the door, dust had been on everything he could see just from where he was standing so he knew she'd led him somewhere other than to her home.
"Of course not Kankuro but anyone following you will believe that, that is my home" Sakura scoffed with a roll of her eyes, then without waiting for anymore questions disappeared in a swirl of purple cherry blossoms, executing the body flicker jutsu to return home speedily.
And before she knew it the final two weeks before the finals of the Chunin Exams had arrived, was she ready, Sakura didn't know but what she did know was that at the very least she was prepared to fight in order to protect her village.