~Authors Note~

For certain reasons I have decided to change the pairing of this story as I've realized long before this whenever I write C/Sakura pairings they just don't work and I usually switch the pairing to someone else.

Now I understand I've already changed the pairing once but this will be the final time as I have finally settled on Jugo and because I've never written a pairing story with Sakura and Jugo ever, so anyway I hope you all continue to enjoy this story.

End Authors Note~


Everyone looked at Sakura stunned "Oh" Tsunade managed to say after a long moment had passed, she'd known the girl was gutsy but never this gutsy, then again with Orochimaru's bastard subordinate after her who really knew what Sakura was like on the inside.

Sakura raised her head slowly and burning emerald met wide honey "Please I swear I won't let you down Tsunade-sama" Sakura bowed her head again refusing to back down over this matter especially when peoples lives were at stake, more importantly the people she cared about.

Tsunade sat back in her chair at that before catching sight of Sasori's expression it was of resigned acceptance, as if he'd known this would eventually happen "Very well, I just hope you know what your getting yourself into by becoming my apprentice now everyone but Akasuna out" the blonde relented and sent the others scrambling.

Before she could even ask "She was your apprentice before, though her reasoning is different this time, I knew it was only a matter of time really before Sakura asked" Sasori informed not blind as to the reason the woman had asked him to stay behind while the others had been ordered to leave, so he gave her want she wanted easily.

"Hmm, well if your saying she did it before then she can do it again" Tsunade shrugged, letting Sasori leave and head home, though he was confused at the extra that joined him at the door, the boy who called Sakura a traitor if he wasn't wrong.

Which begged the question "Do you need something boy" the redhead raised a crimson brow at the teenager who nodded "Well what is it" Sasori prodded, there was also a question he had to ask Sakura as well.

Shino cleared his throat "I have a few things for Sakura, why, during our mission we acquired a beetle that will let her track down her parents, the things in this scroll will help her take care of it until a team can be prepared to go searching for them" Shino explained.

Presenting a scroll to the man "Your not just saying that because you feel guilty or anything, because if Sakura gets hurt when it turns out it's a hoax…" Sasori trailed off threateningly letting the teenager think about the implications.

"Of course I feel guilty, I accused her without knowing the facts, but I can one hundred percent guarantee to anyone that the Bikochu is not a hoax, the beetle already has their scent and will track them to the ends of the earth if it has to just so she can be reunited with them" Shino declared.

Standing tall before the former rogue who finally nodded and let him into the house, Sakura popped up from the couch carefully, that bug case still clutched possessively in her arms "Come on Shino, I have a room already picked out for him" Sakura smiled brightly.

Both teenagers disappeared up the stairs at that "You know" Kakashi inquired vaguely as Sasori took a seat on the couch, thankfully Sasori understood what he was hinting at and nodded silently, he would probably be the one to head the team.

Considering he'd been trying to locate Sakura's parents the longest out of all of them "I hope you'll allow me to accompany you Sasori-san because I wish for Sakura-san to truly be happy" Minato requested.

Glancing upwards, heart aching at what the girl had been through, it was all so tragic actually "Thanks I'm sure Sakura will appreciate your kindness Minato" Sasori gave the blonde brats father a half smile as he relaxed.

Whispering reached his ears from the kitchen and he let out a snort of amusement "Apologies Sakura, I thought I'd grabbed everything" Shino with Sakura on his heels said as they came down the stairs, apparently not completely finished setting up a huge bug habitat for the Bikochu.

"It's alright Shino there's no rush to get everything done" Sakura soothed, as the Aburame rushed out the door again and returned fifteen minutes later to finish setting up, with that he bid the others farewell for the night and hurried home.

Just as Naruto and Sasuke called out that dinner was ready, Sakura must have been tired from the mission because immediately after she told everyone goodnight and disappeared up the stairs to go to bed early.

Naruto and Sasuke weren't long in following her leaving the adults the only ones awake "You know I think I'll go talk to Tsunade-sama, let her know about the Bikochu and start having a team put together to find Sakura's parents" Kakashi stood.

Onyx eye narrowed in determination, amusingly enough Minato and Sasori also stood and a few minutes later they were stood before Tsunade "Didn't I just let you leave not but two hours ago" Tsunade scoffed at the sight of Sasori.

"Yes but that was before we knew about something, apparently while off on that mission Sakura acquired a beetle that will let her track her parents, I'd like to head the team" Sasori informed, it would be his last mission before he took on the new genin brats.

Tsunade froze at the admission "Orochimaru was the most likely abductor or it could have been Yakushi seeing as he's been trying to kidnap my student, but I'd like to be a part of the team as well" Kakashi chimed in.

Honey orbs narrowed on the last person that had come "Sakura deserves to be reunited with her parents so I've come to offer my help in retrieving them" Minato said, wondering how this would all go down.

For a moment the woman was quiet "Two others of your choice and Sakura will go on the mission" the busty blonde relented several minutes later knowing better than to leave the girl in question out of the mission to get her parents back.

All three men nodded in understanding "Give her a few days though to rest from the last mission, I don't want Mikoto metaphorically breathing fire at me again" Tsunade scowled, two men grimaced while the last shook his head.

"Well to be fair Sakura-chan is like the daughter she never got to have" Kakashi mused out loud right before Tsunade snapped at them to stop dawdling and get the hell out of her office even Minato left as quickly as he could.

Not wanting to face an even worse temperamental female than Sakura was "Should have been around when she and Fugaku kept trying to get her in an arranged marriage with brat Uchiha" Sasori snorted.

Remembering the hell he'd gone through vividly until Sakura's parents had decided to let their daughter choose who she wanted to be with in the end "Obviously that didn't work out so I assume her parents denied the request" Minato commented.

Earning a nod just as Kakashi stopped, prompting a fellow classmate to do the same "Kakashi I thought you'd be with your students" Asuma said, glancing around but not spying the younger members of Team Seven.

"Their asleep, anyway Sakura managed to bring back a beetle that has her parents scent, Hokage-sama told us to choose two more shinobi besides Sakura to bring on the mission to retrieve them from wherever they are" Kakashi explained.

Asuma opened his mouth then closed it, brow furrowed "Alright count me in, I hate to admit it but that girl kinda has me wrapped around her finger just like Ino does so I'm sure my students will understand if I give them a break while we're gone when is it" Asuma shrugged a moment later.

Easily agreeing not that it had been all the difficult to agree to in the first place "Few days, we're letting Sakura have these next few days off to rest from her last B rank mission and we still have to find one more person" Sasori informed.

The other man nodded in understanding and began walking off when he thought of something "Might want to try Gekkou, though Sakura would never accept anything from him, he owes her a debt and has been trying to figure out something to do to repay her this could be it" Asuma suggested.

Leaving them alone seconds after "Suppose we ought to find Hayate-san then" Minato said leading the way this time, he knew the man's chakra well enough by this point because Hayate had lived with them for a month.

So it didn't take to long to find him, he was sitting with a purple haired woman "Kakashi, Minato, Sasori-san" Hayate jumped up at the sight of them though wondering what they were doing here interrupting his date.

Not that he'd really been broadcasting it as such "Care to join us on a mission to retrieve Sakura's parents, she came away with a beetle that can track them from her recent mission so we're getting together a team to get them back from wherever they are" Minato inquired.

In response the woman still sitting stood "You should go Hayate-kun, remember you wouldn't be alive if it weren't for Haruno-san and the debt you owe her can only be paid in one way, this way by helping to find her parents" Yugao urged.

All for him helping out apparently "Well guess I'm going just tell me the when and where, I'll be there" Hayate chuckled on the other hand taking this serious because a child having their parents abducted was no laughing matter.

"Perfect, three days from now and we don't know where we're going yet, so just meet us at the gates, myself, Minato, Kakashi, you, Asuma and Sakura of course" Sasori announced, relieved that it hadn't to hard to find two extra mission companions.

Making him wonder at all who Sakura had wrapped around her finger besides him "Right, back to the house it is" Kakashi said and soon they were home, vanishing into their bedrooms to get some shut eye, they would be needing all the energy soon after all.

Then three days later after informing Sakura of the mission and watching her run around packing things and listening to Naruto and Sasuke's whining, Sasori with Kakashi, Minato, Asuma, Hayate and Sakura on his heels set forth from the village following after the Bikochu.

"Do you know what you'll be doing when we get them Sakura" Asuma took a chance to ask the girl her plans when they were six miles out, the beetle she'd taken care of for the last three days flying straight in the direction that would lead them into Lightning Country.

Sakura had to think for a few minutes "I just want to get them back for now before any sort of plan is put in place" Sakura grimaced obviously not having thought that far ahead beyond retrieving her parents.

It was all she'd thought about since she was ten really finding them and getting them back before putting an arrow in Orochimaru's heart "Of course and we aren't going home without Mebuki and Kizashi" Sasori assured.

Even if it was the last thing he did, and hours later the Bikochu was re-caught in the small glass tank so that the six of them could stop and eat then rest "One question is why your parents would be abducted in the first place" Hayate questioned suddenly.

Before they all laid down to sleep after setting up all sorts of traps to ensure their protection "Kabuto if I had to guess, he'd probably planned on reuniting me with them if he'd been successful in abducting me to" Sakura shuddered in disgust.

That still didn't mean she was interested in anyone "That's right, Kabuto did say that Orochimaru said he could have you, so your parents were probably taken to get you to go over to their side" Minato snapped his fingers in realization.

"All of that is moot now though seeing as we can track them down by ourselves" Asuma pointed out, just glad that Kabuto hadn't been successful at taking the girl, Sakura smiled then let out a yawn signaling it was bed time.

For the next couple of days they simply trekked along after the Bikochu beetle until they neared Kumogakure "Maybe we should check in let Raikage-sama know we're in the area" Kakashi suggested not wanting to strain the treaty in any capacity.

Not after his students had put in such hard work, of course at the idea Sakura lit up with excitement as she expertly caught the beetle leading her to her parents again "Do I even want to know what her deal is now" Sasori sighed.

Unable to keep up with his former student "Raikage-sama stayed in the house with us while drawing up a treaty, he's pretty fond of her as are some of his shinobi, Cee-san in particular" Minato admitted.

Sasori heaved another sigh this one long suffering before shaking his head "Some genin are pretty fond of her to if I recall the ones who stayed in the house during the exam" Hayate chimed in with a little extra.

His eye twitched in exasperation but they kept on walking until the gates of Kumogakure came within sight and upon one of the guards seeing them or more specifically Sakura, the blonde known as Cee came running towards them.

Onyx eyes filled with relief "It would have been nice to know that you were awake Sakura-san" Cee huffed once he reached the group of Konohagakure shinobi, looking the lone girl over to really assure himself that she was fine.

"You mean Karui-chan didn't tell you or Omoi, I sent them both letters…well next time I'll send you a letter to then but yeah I've been up and about for a couple of months now, it's been like hell though" Sakura frowned then smiled sheepishly at the man.

Who rolled his eyes in mock annoyance "Either way Sakura-san I'm glad your doing well after what happened…speaking of what are you six doing in Lightning" Cee smiled back before asking what had brought them all there to Kumo.

Seeing as they were in the vicinity of the village "Looking for Sakura-chan's parents, that beetle there is capable of tracking their scents, but we thought to drop in and let Raikage-sama know that we were in the area" Kakashi explained.

Cee's gaze snapped to him and the younger man straightened before glancing down to the glass bug tank that had a beetle in it that Sakura clutched possessively "Raikage-sama should be pleased, in fact he might even send Darui and I to help out" Cee commented.

Taking point and leading them to the gates to sign in where afterwards he led the group through Kumo to the tower, Ay didn't make them wait long and less than three minutes after their arrival Kakashi, Minato, Sasori, Asuma, Hayate and Sakura were crowded in his office.

"Brat good to see you awake" Ay greeted, inwardly giving a sigh of relief "But what brings you to my village without forewarning" he jumped straight into asking questions sure the shinobi before him had a reason for not sending word they were coming.

Sakura stood tall before him "Thanks and we weren't sure where we were going to end up, following this little guy who is leading me to my parents" Sakura admitted quietly, nodding to the small bug tank in her arms that had a single beetle in it.

Ay honed in on the way her arms gripped the case protectively and knew that should anyone try anything it would trigger a violent reaction from the brat "And you think their somewhere in my village" Ay asked.

Only to have her shake her head at him "Not exactly but their in Lightning Country, Kakashi thought it would be a good idea to let you know we were in the area, searching around" Minato chimed in helping the meeting along somewhat.

Beady black eyes narrowed "Cee, inform Darui of your new mission, both of you will be going along to retrieve the brats parents from wherever they are understand, make sure you drop back by when you've got them alright brat" Ay barked at the other blonde in the office.

Cee nodded not having to be told twice and hurriedly left to do as told "What really they found a way to track Kid's parents down" Darui asked once he'd been informed of the new mission, Cee nodded and the both of them got to packing.

Where afterwards they met the group from Konoha at the gates "Come on we're wasting daylight" Sasori barked getting antsy about this mission all of a sudden, Sakura eyed him warily and released her Bikochu beetle who immediately took off in the direction of earlier.

Leading them deeper into Lightning territory "Well damn" Asuma grimaced a full day later when they came upon a large cave that didn't give him any good feelings, and if he felt this way so did Sakura but on a much larger scale.

Given the way she was absolutely rigid "Underground hideout of Orochimaru's possibly" Hayate mused, though it did let them know that Orochimaru really had been the culprit to abduct Kizashi and Mebuki Haruno three years ago.

"Not possibly it is one of his places and I can't believe we've been so unaware of it's presence here a day away from our village" Cee scowled furiously knowing better than to go charging in because none of them knew the types of dangers that could be waiting for them.

Sakura worried her lip harshly as she shifted from foot to foot bikochu in the tank again as she waited patiently for someone to come up with a plan "Kid what do you suggest" Darui pinned his gaze on her a second later.

Prompting eyes to widen including hers as she stared at him before everyone else understood why he'd asked her, Sakura had a tactical mind and she could come up with the most bizarre plans that usually turned out successful.

And as if that just hit her Sakura pursed her lips in thought "I could send one of my bats in for scouting and have her recon with us once she see's whats on the inside" the rosette suggested after a couple of minutes.

Kakashi chuckled "Go for it Sakura in the meantime we should probably get away from the entrance" the Copy Ninja ordered, spying a large group of rocks in the distance that they could all hide behind so they weren't seen.

Sakura gave him a half smile bit her thumb flashed through the hand signs and summoned Aimai who was given instructions to scout inside the cave for however deep it went "Leave it to Aimai then" the little bat declared seriously.

Flapping her wings rapidly as she took off and disappeared within the cave so the eight of them sat behind the rocks for an hour until Aimai returned "Aimai saw people conducting terrible experiments on people but the base is mostly empty" Aimai informed.

Causing a shudder to go through the whole group "Can you take us to where you saw the people Aimai, Sakura has a different task to complete" Sasori requested of the bat, smug that he'd chosen the right summons for Sakura.

Immediately Aimai nodded "We'll go with Sakura-san just in case" Cee said not wanting to leave the girl on her own, bad things usually ended up happening to her when she was alone unfortunately.

"Yeah leave her safety to us, plus she's going to need help getting them out of wherever they are" Darui shrugged and so as wary as they all were they began their venture within Orochimaru's base one group had the task of being distraction.

While the second group was tasked with the retrieval of their targets "Just be careful Kakashi-sensei, Asuma-sensei, Sasori-sensei, Minato-san, Hayate-sensei" Sakura pleaded not wanting anyone to get injured.

This got her hair ruffled then she released the Bikochu again who buzzed past them and led her group in a different direction, down more stairs and around all sorts of corners, through bleak hallways and more stairs than she could count.

Until they must have reached the deepest part of the underground base "Don't move Sakura-san" Cee hissed suddenly in a low whisper, sensing more than a couple of people in this part of the base when all the other floors had been practically empty.

Sakura froze and held perfectly still after catching the Bikochu beetle so nothing happened to it "I know your there, he said you'd be coming Sakura Haruno, so you might as well come out" a distinctively males voice called out a second later.

A quick glance over her shoulder told her that they had no choice but to unveil themselves since the person already knew they were there "Who's the he you mentioned" Darui inquired, keeping his cool in the face of potential danger.

Once the three of them were stood before the teenager they realized with orange hair and red-orange eyes, he had to be about sixteen if he was guessing the teens age, red-orange eyes swiveled to land on him and widened.

Making Darui realize that the teenager had only been expecting Sakura to come this far "It's okay if you don't answer I already have an idea of who it is anyway" Sakura said in the resounding silence when the older teenager said nothing.

"Kabuto Yakushi right, either way it would be in your best interests if you moved out of our way so we can get to the people in that cell" Cee ordered, the worst thing he could have ever done as the teenager changed right before their very eyes.

Then he let out an utterly maniacal laugh and charged Cee gripped Sakura as he leaped to the other side of the room Darui parrying what could have been debilitating blow with his cleaver blade that he'd hastily unhooked from his back and unfolded in the midst of dodging.

He along with Sakura watched in horror as Darui struggled against the unnamed teenager before Sakura had enough "Cee-san get my parents out of here please" Sakura pleaded with the blonde, green eyes flashing with determination.

Cee wanted to order her to stand down but with their current situation the only thing he could do was get Mebuki and Kizashi Haruno out now before the whole underground base collapsed on them so he nodded and snuck along towards the cell.

Where two forms were within staring lifelessly out of the cell and nothing but skin and bones due to malnutrition, meanwhile Sakura took a deep breath and lunged, landing a solid chakra enhanced punch on the unknown assailants head.

Not that it fazed the guy in the least but it distracted him from Darui "Hang in there Kid, we'll be back" Darui promised hating the situation with every fiber of his being as he helped Cee with the older Haruno's.

Leaving Sakura to deal with the guy Kabuto had sent to obstruct her from retrieving her parents "Can I at least get your name or are you to far gone in insanity to answer now" Sakura requested, leaping this way and that to avoid getting hit.

And never more thankful than in that moment that Sasori had drilled evading attacks into her from the time she was five, plus Anko during the exam, her question however made him pause, sanity flashing briefly through his now yellow eyes "Jugo" then he was charging at her again.

Sakura waited until the last second then delivered a chakra enhanced kick to his abdomen which sent him flying backwards an admittedly short distance to her frustration "This isn't you is it Jugo, a crazed maniac who kills people" Sakura tried to appeal to his sane side.

Jugo was to gone at this point and getting angrier by the minute as she continued to evade his attacks, she grit her teeth and tried another tactic as sweat beaded on her forehead while she reached into one of her various pouches.

Drawing out a specially made smoke bomb, just then before she could throw the bomb down to release her knock out gas, Jugo was distracted by the return of Cee and Darui, along with the others of her group.

Immediately he lunged towards Cee who was unprepared, Sakura froze for a moment then upon seeing Aimai synced her chakra up with the bats in the next moment as she pounced on Jugo and let loose an ear piercing shriek that scrambled pretty much everyone's brain.

The teenager she'd been fighting against went down clutching his head, blood trickling from his ears from the assault she'd just done on them losing his hideous transformation she wasted no time in quickly injecting Jugo with her extremely strong sedative.

Before letting out a sigh of relief "Ow those shrieks of yours have gotten worse I swear" Sasori grimaced probably the only one who'd had a chance to withstand the attack on their heads that she had just unleashed on them.

"Any chance you could heal us now" Kakashi requested, shaking his head repeatedly to get rid of the dizzy feeling from having his brain scrambled, apparently Sakura could do more with her bats than any of them had realized except for Sasori anyway.

Sakura nodded and went around healing their heads "Still I'm impressed Sakura-san, Darui-san admitted he was having trouble against him yet you were managing just fine" Hayate commented, eyeing the teenager who was laying face down on the floor.

Courtesy of Sakura "That's only because I was dodging his attacks for the most part, evading is my specialty" Sakura admitted frowning down at Jugo and wondering what would happen to him now that he'd failed in preventing her from getting her parents.

Kakashi must have recognized the look on her face or something because he let out a groan, causing Minato to raise an eyebrow on him before understanding filled him as they watched Sakura bend down and turn one of Orochimaru's experiments over.

"Lets go keep an eye on Mebuki-san and Kizashi-san their not capable of defending themselves yet" Minato suggested as Sakura removed the teenagers shirt, pulling ink from her pouch and began drawing a seal on the enemy's chest.

Though he supposed once she was finished the teenager wouldn't be the enemy any more "Right of course Sakura-chan would want to piss Orochimaru off more than she already has" Kakashi sighed wondering why she simply hadn't killed him.

It was known of her according to Asuma who sat as did Sasori, Cee and Darui while Hayate followed them a couple floors up to where Mebuki and Kizashi were resting and eating their first proper meal in three years.

Kizashi spotted them first, blue eyes still lifeless but coming around "Where's Sakura" he asked, voice cracking from disuse and the three men pointed downwards indicating she was still on the floor they'd been on.

Meanwhile Asuma curious as to why she was helping the teenager couldn't help but ask "So want to tell us why your helping him" Asuma questioned lighting up a cigarette to relax himself seeing as the threat was mostly dealt with.

Sakura barely paused in her work "Because Jugo-san isn't inherently bad I think, before he changed he was pretty polite towards us" Sakura answered carefully, focused on her task to prevent Jugo from rampaging anymore.

Sasori snorted but said nothing while Darui and Cee shared confused looks "Please don't tell me you named him Kid that's just plain weird" Darui groaned at her, Sakura frowned wondering what he was talking about before realizing he didn't know she'd asked Jugo for his name.

"No Jugo is his real name Darui-san, I asked him and he had brief moment of lucidity amid the insanity to tell me I couldn't get anything else out of him" Sakura snorted as Sasori had amusing the redhead.

Cee rubbed his temples as an ache pounded through his skull like a sledgehammer "Could you be less complicated sometime Sakura-san it would be nice" the blonde huffed teasingly at her a moment later once he'd healed his headache.

Emerald orbs rolled upwards at him briefly before she refocused her full attention on Jugo then when she was sure she'd finished the seal that would keep his rampaging in check, warily roused the sixteen year old from his chemically induced sleep.

Jugo came to with a soft groan, his eyes fluttered open slowly and the first thing or person those red-orange irises alighted upon were her "Why did you wake me up you should have left while you could" Jugo questioned fearfully.

Because he didn't want to kill her but when the anger that triggered his rampages didn't come he was suitably confused "You're okay now Jugo-san that seal there is a part of you to control your power now until the day you die" Sakura informed gently.

Gesturing to his chest Jugo looked down in awe before surprising Sakura with a hug "Thank you" he sounded so relieved, unknown to Jugo though when he'd grabbed the pinkette four men had tensed and reached for their weapons.

Only to relax a second later when they understood he was no longer any threat "No problem Jugo-san but uh could you let me down" Sakura squeaked, her face bright red since she was currently squished face first against his naked chest.

He released her like she was on fire equally as embarrassed from his random display of affection it was then he spotted the others waiting by the doorway that led up the stairs "Put these around every inch of the room" Sasori came forward with exploding tags.

When Sakura's attention had focused on him to find out what to do next "Are you planning on blowing this place up" Jugo asked, watching as Sakura did as bid and placed a tag in every corner so that the whole floor would be destroyed.

"Yes its one less base Orochimaru has to use for hiding" Asuma nodded knowing that even if they didn't do this the Raikage would if only to get rid of any trace of the disgusting snake sannin from his country.

Though there were sure to be other bases in Lightning for now this one would no longer be usable ever again "I see probably for the best" Jugo said, following close behind Sakura when they headed up the stairs to the next floor and she repeated her actions.

Until two floors later they met up with the rest of the group "Careful he seems innocent but he's not" Mebuki warned unaware that Jugo was no longer a threat thanks to her daughter who had grown up beautifully.

Sakura paused in completing her task "Here let us, you go greet them" Cee took the stack of tags from her and nudged her towards her parents, Sakura went slowly then when she was in front of them gently threw her arms around their waist's.

And they hugged her back with all the strength they possessed which admittedly wasn't all that much right now "W..We always knew you'd come for us" Mebuki cried softly into her daughters hair and Sakura had to bite back her own tears.

It was difficult for certain but she managed it just barely as she pulled back and gave them both a watery smile "Your sensei there told us that you live in a house with him, Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun" Kizashi said in a puzzled tone.

Obviously Kakashi hadn't explained "Yeah uh Fugaku-sama claimed Naruto and I wards of the Uchiha Clan, he didn't adopt us or anything just put us under his protection, sharing a house came about when we moved into the compound" Sakura nodded.

Discretely wiping her eyes trying not to be to overemotional "Don't get all weepy eyed yet Sakura we still have to get out of here and back to Leaf remember" Sasori warned lightly not being to demanding of the girl.

Everyone should have guessed that she'd be near tears when seeing her parents for the first time in over three years "And don't forget this guy" Minato reminded, passing her the tank with the Bikochu so the beetle wasn't forgotten.

Sakura would probably make the beetle the most well taken care of insect and spoiled insect in the world once they got back to the village to his amusement, as Sakura immediately curled her arms around the tank.

Jugo tilted his head to the side in confusion but decided to wait before asking any questions as they went from floor to floor leaving behind exploding tags until they were finally outside the cave again.

His first time outside while being unafraid that his murderous impulses would take control of him which was no longer an issue thanks to Sakura who helped her parents along "Want to do the honors Sakura-san" Hayate inquired.

Feeling Sakura had earned the right after what Orochimaru had done, looking around it was apparent everyone else agreed with him so Sakura focused her chakra and made a single hand sign "Explode" Sakura announced clearly.

Watching in satisfaction as the cave imploded and the entire area caved in as it was blown up "Yeesh you have issues Kid" Darui teased lightly once they'd started walking again just to gain distance from the former Orochimaru base.

Because they certainly didn't want to sleep in the area, Sakura narrowed her eyes on him then stuck her tongue out immaturely "Careful Sakura wouldn't want anyone to catch it would you" Sasori said watching in amusement as she hastily quit sticking her tongue out.

Making everyone laugh "Its a wonder how Kakashi and Akasuna haven't gone insane dealing with you, Naruto and Sasuke day in and day out" Asuma shook his head earning a small glower that wasn't very effective since she knew he was just teasing.

Eventually they felt they'd gotten far enough away so camp was set up and dinner was made it was then Jugo felt comfortable enough asking questions "May I ask why you brought an insect along with you" Jugo asked of Sakura.

Who kept the beetle firmly in her lap while she ate "Yes why Sakura" Kizashi questioned suddenly finding it odd, but he was certain that his daughter had a reason for having the insect on a mission where it didn't belong.

"This little guy here is what allowed me to find you two, he's a special beetle that once he smells something once he can track it anywhere, your scent on the house key for instance that I carried with me in a scroll at all times" Sakura explained.

While answering Jugo at the same time who nodded in understanding, Kizashi however started laughing as did Mebuki "Ingenious, where on earth did you find such an insect" Mebuki asked once her laughter had faded some.

Sakura grimaced "An area taken care of by the Aburame Clan, some people were trying to poach the Bikochu beetle, my teammates and I were sent to prevent that from happening but Shino asked if I could use the beetle myself to track you down" Sakura admitted.

Getting tired given the yawn she just let out then moments later she crawled into her sleeping bag for some shut eye "You were always at the forefront of her mind" Cee informed the older Haruno's who stared down at their daughter with loving gazes.

"Thank you for taking care of her for us Sasori-san, we thank the rest of you as well, we know it couldn't have been easy keeping an eye on her these past few years" Mebuki said managing to tear her gaze away from Sakura.

In order to properly thank those gathered around the fire with them "Not that she's needed much looking after since she has quite the head on her shoulders but no it wasn't easy, her and her teammates tried to drive me insane" Kakashi scoffed.

Having a proper conversation with his kunoichi's parents for the first time since he became her sensei "That's Sakura for you" Kizashi chuckled lightly just glad that she was alright and not a pet to that bastard Kabuto Yakushi.

Who'd come to visit them multiple times telling them all the things he was going to do once their daughter was his, eventually the rest of them laid down to get some rest, one person stayed on watch the whole night though.

And almost around dinner time the next day they made it back to Kumogakure, Ay was surprised then enraged to hear about a base that was used by Orochimaru being in his country but he calmed considerably when the brats civilian parents flinched and nearly passed out.

"Just take them to get treatment at the hospital Cee, brat you go along to help out and you lot can stay however long it takes" Ay ordered, keeping the urge to explode under lock and key until all the Leaf Shinobi and his own shinobi had exited his office.

Only then did he unleash his anger, chakra exploded out of him, shattering the windows into tiny glass shards and in the hall Kizashi and Mebuki cringed "It's okay Mom, Dad, Raikage-sama's not angry at you two, but at Orochimaru" Sakura soothed.

Minato shook his head with a light chuckle "Go on get them the treatment they need, we're just going to check into an inn" Minato nudged her off when she paused torn on what to do now but at his urging followed after Cee.

Carefully and gently guiding her parents along down unfamiliar streets "Kami I know it's only been like four days but it feels like we've been on this mission for weeks" Asuma breathed once the reunited family of three were gone.

Hayate unfortunately agreed with him "Think about how long its felt for Sakura-san" Hayate commented as the six of them found an inn, another unfortunate thing was that there was only three rooms.

Which meant they would all have to share "I'm fine sharing with Sakura-san" Jugo offered, causing mass panic in her two sensei, who outright told him no to his confusion quite vehemently at that, Minato, Asuma and Hayate had a laugh at their expense.

In the end Sasori and Jugo ended up sharing, Hayate and Asuma shared leaving the last room that coincidentally had three beds to Minato, Kakashi and Sakura, a few hours later Sakura came back alone and crawled into bed to get some shut eye.

"So what was the diagnosis for them once they were examined properly" Minato asked the next morning during breakfast, Sakura hadn't slept very well considering the tossing and turning she'd done throughout the night.

But at his question she perked up "As expected they had severe malnutrition, luckily no experimentation's have been done on them but they need a lot of fluids drained intravenously into their bodies in order to be well enough to leave" Sakura informed.

Going into great detail before losing her enthusiasm some as her eyes drooped in tiredness, she nearly fell in her bowl of porridge to if it hadn't been for Jugo lightly shaking her shoulder "Careful that's still hot" Jugo warned gently.

Sakura jerked upright becoming tense before realizing there was no threat "Ease up and relax a bit Sakura-san, they'll be alright" Hayate assured knowing she was just worried about her parents but they didn't need her flying off the handle at people accidentally either.

Causing her to blush and smile at him sheepishly while Jugo got an apologetic one, thankfully he was an understanding sort of fellow but he did keep a closer eye on her than before just in case until she ran off to help take care of her parents at the hospital.

On her way back however for lunch she was caught by Omoi and Karui "Sakura we didn't know you were in Kumo and how come you didn't tell us" Omoi pouted at her, wondering when the girl had got there.

She let out a little laugh "I've just been busy Omoi, helping tend my parents at the hospital, I would have visited if I found the time though" Sakura explained gently knowing the boy was just asking so there was no reason to get upset.

Despite the bags beneath her eyes her parents treatment was going well "Really, you got your parents back how'd that happen" Karui questioned following Sakura to where she was staying because she wanted to talk to the girl more.

The few letters that she'd received wasn't enough really "A beetle called the Bikochu I had it sniff something that had their lingering scent on it and he tracked them all the way to a day away from here, we got back in yesterday and now their being treated at the hospital" Sakura admitted.

Karui and Omoi stayed chatting with her all through lunch monopolizing her attention before walking her back to the hospital "Good grief those two are quite attached if I dared to say" Asuma chuckled.

Prompting Kakashi and Minato to nod "Though I did notice that their other teammate Shunsui wasn't with them" Kakashi pointed out though it wasn't his job to check up on the boy as the lot of them settled in for a long wait

And before they knew it a week had gone by before Kizashi and Mebuki were well enough to travel "May you return safely to your village Kid" Darui waved the only one to see them off as the enlarged group set forth from Kumogakure.

Sakura waved enthusiastically before the lot of them vanished from sight, then she immediately put up her guard so she wasn't caught unaware "Oh my" Mebuki gasped quietly at the changes she saw in her daughter.

Where before she'd been practically the excitable girl they remembered now she was a one hundred percent bonafide shinobi, Kizashi smiled pleased that Sakura took her profession seriously thanks to Sasori and Kakashi mainly.

That's why it was to absolutely no ones surprise she was the first to react when Kabuto Yakushi appeared before them a day later, by jumping in front of her parents "YOU" Kizashi spat only to be herded behind Asuma along with his wife.

As Sakura glared furiously at Kabuto "Pity if you'd have just come with me Sakura I would have returned them to you eventually, not now of course because I'm going to kill them and shame on you Jugo I expected better of you than to join the enemy what would Kimimaro-kun say" Kabuto scolded.

Incensing Sakura further "If You So Much As TOUCH My PARENTS You Bastard I WILL KILL YOU" Sakura snarled whipping out her metal bow and quiver of arrows and aiming one at Kabuto and his smile dropped from his face.

Clearly not having expected such rage from her "Why Sakura, why do you resist me so much when I know we'd be happy together working for Orochimaru-sama" Kabuto sighed not understanding at all.

Her eyes narrowed further "Just the thought of working for that bastard makes me sick to my stomach" Sakura scowled at him loosing the first arrow and when it was within range she set off the exploding tag that she'd had tempered into the metal.

It was a whole new batch of arrows that she'd come up with herself, he obviously wasn't expecting the explosion which sent him flying backwards in a charred heap on the ground but she notched another arrow and let it fly.

This arrow did something different as it struck his shoulder just as he sat up, going in about an inch and releasing the deadly poison she'd concocted and filled the arrow with, Kabuto must have felt something off because he quickly ripped it from his shoulder with a pained scream.

"Will she really kill him" Jugo asked of the girls sensei, never having thought she had this kind of side to her, that was probably only because she had no reason to be furious with him like she was at Kabuto.

Kakashi winced but it was Asuma who nodded "Yeah she will have no doubt about that Jugo but in this case that bastard truly deserves it" Asuma grimaced watching as Sakura loosed another arrow, hitting Kabuto in the stomach this time.

And if he wasn't wrong it pierced the teenagers stomach given the widening of onyx eyes and the pained expression and if that wasn't bad enough Sakura made another hand sign, and before Kabuto could remove the new arrow in his body.

He was electrocuted, Kakashi knew he had to stop her at this point so jumped forward and grabbed his student "Stop, do you want them to see this side of you Sakura-chan" Kakashi whispered gently.

Eyeing Mebuki and Kizashi's horrified expressions from how brutal their daughter was being towards another human being even if he was nothing but a scumbag rogue he knew it would weigh on Sakura heavily if they witnessed her killing someone.

Sakura struggled for a moment torn between her urge to get rid of the bastard who was obsessed with her to the point of having her parents kidnapped by Orochimaru and the urge to seek comfort from her parents and wish this nightmare was over with.

In the end she relaxed finally lowering her bow, hardened expression softening until they could see the emotions on her face again "Leave and never show yourself before me again Yakushi, next time I won't show you mercy" Sakura barked at the wounded teenager.

Knowing he'd probably concoct an antidote to her poison now that he had a chance to escape, Kabuto limped off at that, utterly defeated "By the way when the hell did you get new arrows" Sasori grumbled at her in the resounding silence.

Causing her to jump in fright making him curse inwardly at himself for startling her before she finally calmed enough to answer "When I got the new ear dagger, I had like four or five different types of metal arrows custom made" Sakura announced.

"On that note we really should get going" Hayate reminded, just glad that he'd gone mostly unnoticed by Kabuto when the last time Kabuto had seen him was when he and Baki from Suna had nearly killed him if it hadn't been for Sakura coming to the rescue that is.

Next to Sakura now that they were moving again Kizashi looked down at his daughter "Do you remember what kinds you had made and can you show us them" Kizashi requested curious about the metal bow.

That he barely remembered Sasori gifting to her before he and Mebuki had been taken, Sakura lit up brightly at that and pulled six arrows from the quiver on her back "The regular kind, it allows me to channel chakra into it, exploding arrows" Sakura pointed.

Showing off the first two "Interesting" Mebuki hummed softly as they were then shown the poison filled arrows, the arrows that had lightning nature sealed in them, fire nature arrows to, and the last arrows were sealing arrows to seal someones chakra temporarily.

Then to their relief a couple days later they made it back to Konohagakure without further incident, the older Haruno's took in the sight of their home village for the first time in over three years with tears in their eyes.

Daughter stood between them holding their hands and just letting them come to terms with the fact that yes they were home and they would never have to suffer through something so horrendous ever again, she'd make sure of it.

And then it was off to the Hokage's office to report in over their successful retrieval mission "I can tell you two are tired so I'll keep this brief, welcome back, take a week break brat then we'll have our first training session as master and student" Tsunade greeted.

Barking at after the initial statement who nodded in understanding then Tsunade set her eyes on Jugo "Another one of Orochimaru's experiments don't tell me he came after you to" the busty blonde groaned.

Jugo winced "For what it's worth I did apologize once I had regained my sanity but if you'll have me Lady Hokage I'll become a shinobi of this village to prove my sincerity, I would like to see Kimimaro as well" Jugo admitted.

Confessing to wanting to see his friend as an afterthought "Kimimaro, oh you mean the punk that was brought in for attempting to abduct Sakura, unfortunately he's in a medically induced coma at the hospital, I healed him of his disease but he kept trying to return to Orochimaru" Tsunade frowned.

Before realizing who Jugo was talking about "Would you please let me know when he's awake, I can probably talk him out of the desire to return to Lo…Orochimaru, we're friends after all, he'll listen to me" Jugo requested, assuring the woman that Kimimaro would consider his opinion.

After that the lot of them were thrown out of Tsunade's office, him on a six month trial period and soon as Asuma and Hayate split up from them he found himself in front of a house where two boys were waiting.

There was general happiness in the air as a celebratory meal was made then Mebuki, Kizashi and he were assigned rooms and the entire house settled down to get some shut eye after a long couple of weeks out of the village.