Sakura was walking around the village, still contemplating on her parents and what could they possibly meant by 'death town' and 'it's over'?
Death town didn't sound good, but she couldn't pinpoint where did it come from. The reaction from them was quite obvious, even though it made no sense, why did it matter that he tasted her blood? And why and what was it over because of it?
Her parents only wanted to die after learning that, so it's probably pretty significant.
The weather was hot, without any breeze or air in it. Her body felt warm, too warm, dizziness came and in the next moment, she found herself on the ground, while two strangers were kneeling next to her, she didn't hear their sounds and felt back into the darkness.
When she woke up, she saw white everywhere, and a frowning blonde busty woman.
"Hokage-sama" she whispered with a raspy tone
"Drink some water" she gave her a glass, and patted her head, but the frown did not go anywhere from her features.
"What happened? Did I faint?" she asked, feeling her throat still dry
"Partly" said the woman, while fisting her hand "And partly because, I found something interesting."
Sakura immediately thought about the blood and him
"My blood? What is wrong with it?"
"Not just your blood, seems like for a long time you got some type of poison" she said while looking at her file
"Poison?" asked Sakura
"Don't worry, I took it out" answered the blonde woman without looking up from the papers "But there is still some remedy in your body" she said, while giving her one of the papers
Sakura took it and skimmed it through, until she reached the name of the poison
"Carcerem?" she asked, not knowing how to pronounce it
"Correct. It's a slow activating poison, that makes your body locked into a place and 50 km of it's surrounding."
"Ha? How? I left the village numerous times for missions!" Sakura said with an unbelieving tone
"I'm not sure, but from my short study, it seems that in order for it to work, you needed to inject it for a very long time." frowned the woman, and put her hand on Sakura's shoulder
"Is...is it still active?" she asked with a shaking breath
"Yeah..." the woman sighted and squeezed her shoulder
"But if you train with me, in a couple of years, we can get rid of it" she said with a hopeful voice, which Sakura almost didn't hear
"But I...I was already thought in medical ninjutsu" she said with a shaking head
"By whom?"
"Yakushi Kabuto" she said, and then realization hit her "Kabuto...he was the one poisoning me!" she raised her voice and the blonde woman almost pulled back her hand
"Yakushi? Where did I hear that name?" the woman fell into a deep thought but Sakura was quick to provide the answer
"He was a spy! And my parents made me train with him!"
"How long have you trained with him?" asked the woman in the serious tone
"At least for 2 years!" said Sakura with tight fists on her blanket
"That explains a lot...Sakura" pulled her attention back "this poison had another affect, but I've never seen anyone react to it, like you..." she said and saw Sakura trembling with probably a mix of anger and fear
"Hokage-sama" said Sakura, while letting out a deep breath "If I train with you, can you make me stronger?" she asked in a slightly hopeful way, and the woman let a small smile creep to her lips
"You should bet on it" grinned the blonde, and Sakura couldn't help but let the side of her lips curl up "And call me Tsunade"
Sasuke was having ramen again with Naruto, but his mind drifted off, to the man who filled his mind with promises of becoming strong, strong enough to kill Itachi.
"You listenin' teme?" asked Naruto between gulps of noodles, and Sasuke almost smiled at his expression.
Letting himself go weak, that's what his team did to him, especially Naruto. He felt so useless in the fight against that monster, and Naruto had to save the day, again, he felt growing bitter, and got up without saying anything, while walking away, he still heard Naruto's demands and shouts, but he just continued his walk home, failing to realize that he was being followed.