Over the course of the next month things were outright chaotic in Leaf as Minato decided to allow the former Akatsuki Leaders along with Yahiko to remain in Konoha for a time until the remaining former members of the disbanded organization were found and dealt with.
That wasn't the only thing, upon unsealing Tobi, they found out who he really was, a long thought dead comrade Obito Uchiha who wasn't the same as they remembered, he hated Hidden Leaf and even blamed everything on Kakashi who had killed the one he loved Rin.
~Flashback~
"Can't we do something Sakura, I don't want to see him like this any more" Kushina inquired, having just come back from meeting with Obito in his personalized cell down in the bowels of the Torture and Interrogation Unit.
She was the last person Sakura expected to ask her something like that "Maybe but you won't like it Mom" Sakura grimaced, hinting at the hidden part of herself, even if everyone in the house knew about it, she still didn't broadcast it.
Kushina inhaled then exhaled "If it brings back the sweet Obito we use to know then I don't care what you have to do, just do it Sakura" Kushina said after a moment of contemplating over whether she really wanted to ask her adopted daughter to do this.
Sakura nodded and un-suppressed her secondary chakra, the chakra that made her Jashin's daughter, inwardly wishing Naruto and Sasuke were there as she headed for her room and ritual room but they were currently undertaking their Jonin tests so she was alone for once.
'Daughter what a surprise, it has been awhile since we've spoken in this way, since you seem to prefer performing a ritual nowadays in order to speak so what do I owe this honor to' Jashin greeted when he realized that he could hear her chaotic thoughts once more.
He had his answer before she ever spoke "Rin Nohara can you bring her soul to the garden Father" Sakura requested, not wanting to have any rash decision made just yet as she recited the chant necessary to take her to the garden.
By the time she arrived Rin was stood in the middle of a clearing staring up at the red moon "This is the second time I've been here, once was when he offered to bring me back" Rin commented, spying the pinkette.
And turning to face the other girl "Obito is agonizing over your death Rin-san, my sensei and Dad as well, but your death effected Obito the most so why did you refuse" Sakura informed, wondering if Rin had lived then things might have turned out like they had.
She wouldn't have lost her adoptive parents, she and Naruto wouldn't have spent nearly their entire lives alone "Because I kept hoping that Obito-kun would see the errors of his ways and change but I can see now that it was a mistake" Rin sighed.
Looking weary for someone who was dead, she must have been watching all this time "Normally I wouldn't say this but you have to be the one to talk to him Rin-san, alive, otherwise this will never end and we'll never be able to achieve our goals" Sakura said.
Resigned to her fate Rin nodded "Before I send you back come here" Jashin ordered, black chakra gathered in his hands as the brunette approached the god of slaughter, quick as lightning he struck slamming his open palm into her stomach.
The dark chakra seeped into Rin, aging her before their very eyes until Jashin stepped back chakra fading from his hands now that Rin was an appropriate age "You do the honors daughter" Jashin commanded handing the reigns over to Sakura.
Who blinked at him in confusion, Rin looked similarly confused until Jashin instructed and led Sakura into a ritual to return souls back to life, in a flash of light Rin was gone and Sakura was thrust from Jashin's garden.
To find that Rin had been brought back in her ritual room "So I'm really alive now huh" Rin said, pinching her flesh lightly and feeling pain, indicating this was no dream, Sakura nodded and washed up a bit.
"It's probably best if I simply take you to Hokage-sama to avoid the drama that is sure to ensue downstairs" Sakura suggested, knowing that this was going to be a shock to Minato as well but he'd be able to handle it better than the others.
Considering he'd been the first to be returned by Jashin "Yeah you might be right, I'm not ready to face anyone else yet, especially not Kakashi-kun" Rin winced, remembering that she'd made Kakashi kill her before the Sanbi could escape.
Less than a moment later Sakura gripped her wrist lightly and then in a flurry of pink petals they were gone from the house, clear across the village and into the Hokage's office "Dad" Sakura greeted grimly.
Nudging Rin forward who wore a pained expression on her face as she waved awkwardly "Hello Minato-sensei" Rin greeted as well after a moment in which he had merely stared at her like she was a ghost.
Then once his mind had registered the fact that she really was there Minato leaped from his seat "Rin I cannot apologize enough for letting what happened happen to you" Minato bowed his head, the guilt from that time rearing its ugly head.
Seeing that things were about to become emotional Sakura bowed out quietly leaving the two to talk "No Sensei if I'd just been strong enough to contain the three tails then I wouldn't have had to burden Kakashi-kun and you and leave you to clean up my mess" Rin shook her head.
Tears in her doe irises, realizing the consequences that her actions had "You have to talk to Obito" Minato straightened up after a few minutes, Rin nodded in understanding letting herself be led to T&I and down to the bowels of the building, deep underground.
In the last cell surrounded by seals of all sorts created to ensure Obito couldn't use his sharingan to escape, not that they had to worry as it had also been sealed was the man himself "Oh Obito-kun" Rin gasped, seeing the terrible shape that he was in.
At her voice his head flung up "What kind of joke is this Minato-sensei, well I won't believe it, there is no way Rin is standing there when I know for a fact she's dead" Obito spat in disbelief seeing the grown up version of the one he loved.
"But I am here Obito-kun, I was brought back because you couldn't let me rest in peace, did you honestly think that I wanted you to do all that you have just to be with me Obito" Rin scolded harshly, saying the things he needed to hear.
Obito opened his mouth "Listen Obito you have to stop blaming Kakashi, I forced him to kill me by jumping in the way of his Chidori, those two the real Madara and Zetsu manipulated you, I've been watching this whole time after all and enough's enough" Rin said.
Cutting over the Uchiha "And that plan you do realize it wouldn't be real, it wouldn't have been the real me, just a fake, a pale imitation, even so you would have condemned the whole world to that sort of fate it absolutely disgusts me Obito-kun" Rin continued.
Really being harsh to get it through his thick head that what he'd been doing was unacceptable especially to her "If you had really wanted to honor me Obito, you should have done so peacefully not cause all this trouble" Rin cried.
Sobs wracking her body as she slid to her knees before his cell "Be..because now y..you might never have freedom" Rin sobbed, tears cascading down her cheeks, hoping that all she was saying was finally getting through to Obito.
"That's enough Rin, I'll take you back to the house" Minato said, helping the brunette back up onto her feet, Obito utterly silent as they disappeared as nothing more than a sigh of the wind back to the house where everyone was waiting.
~End Flashback~
After that things did settle and calm down and a week later Naruto and Sasuke returned from their tests as fully fledged Jonin "Can you believe it we're Jonin now" Naruto grinned giving his sister a thumbs up.
Sakura rolled her eyes looking a bit more exhausted what with black bags beneath her eyes "So has anything changed since we left" Sasuke questioned, eyeing the new person in the living room of his house.
Everyone tensed nearly imperceptibly but his eyes were experienced so he caught it easily thanks to Sakura being his teammate "You could say that yeah Sasuke-chan, first Itachi and Izumi moved out because their planning on getting married soon" Shisui piped in.
Not something that really surprised him because he'd seen how the two were with one another and he wouldn't accept anyone else as his sister in law "Second turns out Tobi was actually Obito Uchiha and the thought to be dead teammate of your sensei" Shisui continued.
Glad that Kushina wasn't there otherwise she would have already punched him for speaking "And third Rin-san here was brought back by Jashin to basically beat the idiocy out of Obito-chan" Shisui finished, gesturing to the newbie he didn't know.
"Ugh and hows that going for you Rin-san" Naruto asked, looking to the brunette, inwardly thinking it was no wonder Sakura looked like she was ready to collapse in a heap of exhaustion any moment now.
Rin winced "Not very to be honest, Obito is still in denial over my return, by the way it wasn't Jashin that brought me back, he may have altered my age somehow but it was Sakura who returned my soul to life" Rin admitted.
Immediately at her words everyone in the living room looked to Sakura "Well when a god tells you to do something you do it, I had no choice" Sakura scoffed, narrowing her gaze on Shisui because he'd be the first to comment and say something unwanted.
Seeing the glint in her eyes that promised pain if he said something Shisui gulped and remained silent to her relief, Tsunade smirked behind her hand "Speaking of moving out, Dan, Kasumi and I have also decided to find our own place for privacy sake" Tsunade informed.
Peering down at her daughter who would be two soon and heaven forbid she was thinking about having another "Plus, Kasumi-chan will need the extra room to grow because I have no doubt that later on she'll be much like her mother" Dan chuckled teasingly.
Causing Tsunade to blush "Don't worry we're not moving out anytime soon" Hashirama commented when Sakura glanced to him next, his arm loosely curled about Mito's shoulders as they relaxed contentedly on the love-seat.
"Yes fear not Sakura this is a warm comfortable house filled with happiness and good memories, we have no desire to leave it just yet, isn't that right Tobirama" Mito nodded her head in agreement to her husband.
Before eyeing Tobirama "Quite, we're here to stay" Tobirama assured, Sakura smiled softly in response then decided to head to her room in order to get in a nap of some sort while she could before she was thrown onto another mission.
Upon entering her room she was accosted by four creatures, Chishi, Chimei, Moyashi and Tsubomi who curled up with her on her bed to get some sleep for a little bit until pandemonium hit in the form of loud screaming.
Her eye twitched in irritation as Sakura stormed back down the stairs to find the cause of all the ruckus going on only to find that Rin had met Shisha and Kansen for the first time "Come on Rin" Kakashi winced seeing the exhaustion on his former students faces.
All of them were worn down apparently "Honestly what the hell were you thinking letting them keep such dangerous creatures in a house where Kushina-sama is, she's expecting a baby and not only that but Kasumi-san is in danger to until Lady Tsunade moves out" Rin ranted.
Clearly not pleased with things as she was led from the house "Rin I can't begin to imagine how hard all this is for you being back in a familiar yet unfamiliar world but Shisha, Kansen, Chishi and Chimei will not bite or attack anyone their well trained" Kakashi explained.
Once they were far enough away that any shouting wouldn't disturb the houses occupants "But, but as their sensei how could you have even allowed them to have such dangerous pets as green mamba's" Rin frowned.
"Black Mamba's to…..in any case I had no say in the matter and neither do you" Kakashi added and winced when Rin tried to blow out his eardrums before finishing, with that Rin calmed and they went back to the house.
To find that Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura had gone to their rooms to keep the peace while trying to also catch up on missed sleep apparently as he checked in on them an hour later to find them fast asleep in their beds.
Everything came to a breaking point a week later when Rin bullied her way into Obito's cell and slapped him clean across the face "Believe me now, I'm alive with blood rushing through my veins so wake up Obito it's time to face reality" Rin said.
In a tone of such finality that Obito's eyes finally cleared and he broke down in tears "I'm sorry Rin I never meant to, I just loved you so much" Obito cried as sobs wracked his entire body, Rin smiled sadly at him as she knelt before him.
Wrapping her arms around his shoulders hugging the broken man before her "I know and I'm sorry to for the pain I made you endure all these years" Rin apologized, crying right alongside Obito for their shared pain.
With this their hearts could heal properly, outside the cell Minato shared a relieved smile with his wife "Lets give them a little alone time, I don't think we have to worry anymore do we Minato" Kushina suggested.
Leading her husband from the depths of T&I "Not as much I'm sure but we still have to be vigilant, Zetsu the mastermind is still out there no doubt plotting and trying to figure out a way to get to Nagato and his rinnegan for the eye of the moon plan" Minato nodded.
Two weeks later when Obito was being tentatively allowed out into his own village issued apartment Minato got a frantic letter from the Tsuchikage "Ohnoki, what does he want Minato" Tobirama frowned.
Having become the blondes adviser "He's calling for a Five Kage Summit meeting, in the letter he says there is something that he urgently needs to speak with the other four Kage about" Minato explained, rightfully suspicious considering the last time.
"You don't sound to pleased Minato, want to tell me whats going on and why you seem suspicious of a letter, I know Ohnoki personally, he was a good, honest kid back then before Madara did something" Tobirama asked.
Seeing the look in the blondes blue eyes "He paid Zetsu to kill Sakura when we went to strip Itachi-san of his criminal status, I'm honestly not sure I could reign in the urge to kill him or pretend that he didn't have my daughter killed" Minato grimaced.
Tobirama pinched the bridge of his nose "I think you should go Minato, find out what's going on and take those three, it'll be a good test for them now that their Jonin, and I will tag along as well just in case" Tobirama instructed.
Minato nodded in response then had Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura summoned to his office "Dad what's going on….oomph Sakura-chan" Naruto greeted cheerily only to get elbowed in the side by Sakura before sensing the tension in the air.
The man before them wasn't simply their father at the moment but the Hokage "Hokage-sama what orders do you have for us" Sasuke stepped forward, getting the ball rolling when neither Sakura or Naruto spoke up.
"A five Kage meeting has been called, good I can see you know what this means, so make sure you pack accordingly we'll be leaving in an hour" Minato informed, relieved they were taking things seriously.
Not that he had to worry Team Seven had always been serious about everything "Understood Hokage-sama we'll be ready then" Sakura bowed low for him then was gone in a flurry of cherry blossom, followed by Naruto in a flurry of leaves and Sasuke in a flurry of black crow feathers.
When they were gone Minato chuckled lightly before standing and using his seal to return home and ready himself for the trip "Minato-kun what's going on, why is Hashirama-sama being left in charge of the village all of a sudden" Kushina asked upon entering their room.
She'd been in the living room when Tobirama had showed up and informed Hashirama of his duty of keeping the village running, then both men had simply disappeared "Because Kushina-chan, Ohnoki has called for a meeting of the five Kage" Minato explained.
Kushina did not look happy about it at all "Are you sure it's a wise idea to take them, you know they told me that Ohnoki had Sakura-chan killed while at the last summit meeting" Kushina scowled glaring at her husband.
"You can be rest assured I have no intention of letting anything happen to our daughter or son again Kushina-chan but you also have to trust in them as well to be able to protect themselves, we can't keep treating them like their still children" Minato said/reminded.
Wording things delicately for his beloved wife after a moment she deflated in defeat knowing he was right about how neither Naruto or Sakura were babies anymore they were full fledged adults, even Sasuke as much as she didn't want to admit it most of the time.
Half an hour later he was ready "If your looking for those three, they already headed for the gates about fifteen minutes ago" Tobirama said when Minato entered the living room expecting to find everyone waiting for him only to not see Naruto, Sasuke or Sakura anywhere.
Minato shook his head in amusement then used his seal to reach the gates of his village with Tobirama hot on his heels, upon arriving they found Sakura chatting away with the guards on duty Izumo and Kotetsu "Looks like Hokage-sama's here" Izumo pointed out.
No doubt Sakura already knew and he was right as she moved out of the way for him so that he could sign out "Take care Sakura-chan even if you're a Jonin now, your still my junior got it" Kotetsu called after the pinkette when the five of them headed forth from the village.
"They haven't changed a bit" Sakura snorted hearing Kotetsu yelp when Izumo whacked him over the back of the head with his fist, Sasuke bit back a smirk while Naruto grinned glad for the small moment of normalcy.
It was probably the first bit of normal they'd had in years if he was being honest "Just to remind you Sakura you most likely will have to reveal the truth to the others who don't know because Ohnoki will no doubt ask about it" Minato warned.
A day and a half later when they were nearing Samurai HQ the second time for Naruto, Sasuke, Minato and Tobirama but this was the third time for Sakura in the past two years "Right I understand" Sakura nodded.
Already preparing to steel herself for that and Naruto grabbed her hand to squeeze it reassuringly "Don't forget you have us Sakura-chan, me and Sasuke promised to support you no matter what remember" Naruto said.
"That's right and half of them already know anyway" Sasuke chimed in from her other side, making Tobirama and Minato smile at their camaraderie the two boys along with Kakashi had been her staunch supporters since that day back in the Land of Waves.
Less than half an hour later they were being let into Samurai HQ by Urakaku and Okisuke "The Raikage and Tsuchikage have already arrived" Okisuke explained, pleased to see Sakura again who had her scythe hooked to her back.
Carrying it openly now apparently "Good then its just the Mizukage and Kazekage we're waiting on" Tobirama nodded, allowing himself to relax a little bit, only to tense back up when they entered the cafeteria and nearly bump right into Ohnoki.
Minato went rigid while Naruto and Sasuke stepped in front of Sakura as Ohnoki was joined by his escorts the same ones as before "Is it to late to apologize" Ohnoki grimaced, reluctant but guilty at the same time.
"Yeah I mean after all none of it was Gramps fault, no that Madara guy had him under his sharingan's control until very recently and none of us knew about it until Gramps started saying he wanted to gather the Kage" Kurotsuchi chirped.
Naruto gaped unattractively in response as his thought from two years ago came back about how he'd wondered if the Tsuchikage wasn't being controlled somehow, however he kept this time himself for the time being as he was elbowed in the side and he composed himself to act properly.
Ohnoki said nothing while Minato cursed inwardly realizing that he would probably be cleaning up after Obito for a long time "It's alright Tsuchikage you have nothing to apologize for" Minato sighed.
Realizing he couldn't blame the elderly man since Obito had been controlling him "Surely it's not that simple, I asked you to trade your child's life for the Uchiha's and even hired someone to kill her" Ohnoki frowned.
The two on either side of him flinched in response and Mifune tensed clearly not happy to be finding this out two years late "Sakura do you have anything you want to add to that" Minato glanced down at the rosette.
Who met the Tsuchikage's gaze evenly "Just one thing, Zetsu will get his comeuppance but you are not to blame Tsuchikage-sama" Sakura announced with a smile so creepy that it had goosebumps breaking out on his flesh.
"That's the brat alright" Ay snorted from behind her, glad that she was alright, especially after the letter Cee had gotten from the pinkette about how Zetsu had abducted her upon her return to Leaf after helping him rescue Bee.
Sakura peered over her shoulder with a grin "What I would like to know is how you deceived him into believing you were dead, Zetsu was certain that he'd killed you" Ohnoki questioned, they'd all expected it actually.
At this Minato stepped forward again "Lets wait until Rasa and Mei are here before Sakura answers that Ohnoki for now let us rest" Minato requested knowing that it would be hard enough for Sakura so he wanted to make it so she would only have to recite the story once.
Ohnoki nodded in response then wandered from the cafeteria leaving his escorts behind "Still the selfless one aren't you" Kitsuchi commented, remembering the girl being about the same two years prior during the last meeting.
She smiled thinly at him "I wonder about that, being selfless only takes you so far after all" Sakura said, heading over to greet Mifune, leaving Kitsuchi feeling confused but those from Leaf understood her words easily.
"If Hokage-san doesn't mind Sakura you have permission to take part in the evening session" Mifune offered, wanting to ask but he decided that being patient was for the best at the moment when Sakura joined him on the bench.
Jade orbs shot in the blondes direction and he relented with an amused chuckle "Evening session whats that Sakura-chan" Naruto inquired cluelessly as he bounded over to his adopted sister and the Head Samurai.
Mifune arched his brow when Sakura sighed "Knucklehead, Mifune-dono's offering to let me train with the samurai, something I told you about since Shishou and I spent two weeks here" Sakura reminded.
Prompting Naruto to flush sheepishly in response as he did remember Sakura telling him about her adventures and the cool armor she'd gotten, beside him having joined his teammates, Sasuke's eyes lit up with interest "You may join as well if you wish" Mifune chuckled seeing the glint.
"Thank you I will Mifune-dono" Sasuke bowed his head in thanks, having seen Sakura practice with her scythe in the way the Samurai had taught her and now he had a chance to experience what she had for two weeks.
Naruto rolled his eyes at his blade obsessed friends "I still don't see what's so fascinating about scythes and swords but it's your prerogative I guess" Naruto shrugged, knowing there was little point in arguing.
Considering that Sakura would just win the argument anyway and Sasuke would agree with her to seeing as he had a scythe as well "In any case I'd love to participate" Sakura chimed in before spotting Cee, their eyes met and the blonde subtly nodded his head at the doors.
Four minutes later they were alone in a secluded area of Samurai HQ "For some reason meeting you like this feels forbidden" Cee chuckled being the first to speak as he embraced Sakura and pressed a kiss to the top of her head.
"No kidding especially with Dad being here" Sakura smiled up at him in amusement, stepping back as he released her from his hold so that in case someone did stumble across the two of them they wouldn't think something inappropriate was going on between them.
Cee smiled then frowned "How are you doing Sakura and will you be alright telling them the truth I know how secretive you can be and once you tell the Mizukage, Tsuchikage and Mifune that's it everyone in the five great nations will know along with Orochimaru" Cee asked.
Worried that she wasn't doing well "I'm alright Cee and yes I know but our first priority is dealing with Zetsu and Kakuzu, we can't leave those two out there and if need be I'll deal with Hidan as well as for Orochimaru, I'm saving him for last" Sakura assured.
Seemingly confident but Cee knew Sakura quite well "Your worried that since no one has heard anything about the Sannin that as soon as the truth about yourself comes out he'll come out of hiding with an army of some sort to capture and experiment on you aren't you" Cee guessed.
Her shoulders drooped "But focusing our efforts on dealing with the rest of the disbanded Akatsuki comes first" Sakura nodded, wondering why she'd even tried hiding it in the first place if Cee could see right through her with ease.
"Of course" Cee said, bending as he lifted her chin and pressed a gentle kiss to her lips, because that was all he'd be able to get away with doing at the time being and an hour later after dinner Sasuke and Sakura joined the samurai in the evening session.
Afterwards Sasuke regretted being so eager to participate as muscles he'd never used before were now sore, Sakura snickering under her breath at him "Don't heal yourself otherwise it will have been for nothing you joining in" she warned.
Before vanishing as she sensed the arrival of the Kazekage and his escorts, Sasuke growled after her but headed up to take a shower instead of healing himself while she greeted the new arrivals "Kazekage-sama, Kankuro, Temari, Gaara" Sakura smiled.
Upon opening the door and showing them in "Stuck on another A rank mission as a Chunin I see, isn't it about time for Minato to promote you and your teammates for your efforts" Rasa commented, unaware.
"Unfortunately Hokage-sama can't promote us…because we took our Jonin tests already and passed so Naruto, Sasuke and I are Jonin now Kazekage-sama" Sakura declared, bowing her head at him before greeting her friends.
Rasa watched her as she shook his son's hands and hugged his daughter "Jonin huh congrats so what did you have to do" Kankuro questioned as they headed up the stairs to the guest quarters and just because Temari decided to room with Sakura.
Which prompted the others to find empty guest rooms nearby in response "Had to help rescue Bee-san, Raikage-sama's brother, which resulted in taking out another member of the now disbanded Akatsuki Organization" Sakura answered.
Gaara nodded gratefully "What of Naruto and Sasuke, do you know what they had to do to become Jonin" Gaara inquired, curious, but it was apparent Sakura didn't know since the two had been tight-lipped about their ordeals.
As she shrugged "Well in any case I'm rooming with you because I have no intention of ever letting what happened before happen again" Temari announced, already sprawled out on the second bed and not long after they went to bed.
For two days longer they waited until the Mizukage arrived at Samurai HQ "First before we speak about handling the remaining rogues from the now disbanded Akatsuki organization, I believe there is something I would like to hear from Hokage's daughter" Ohnoki cleared his throat.
Getting the ball rolling essentially and moments later Sakura was sat in the middle of the five Kage and Mifune who was overseeing the meeting "We've got your back Sakura" Sasuke poked his head around the symbol of his village to tell her that.
When she was on the verge of panicking "Right well I technically did die by Zetsu's hands but I came back to life because I am immortal, I practice a religion called Jashinism and pray to the god of slaughter Jashin-sama" Sakura announced.
Deciding to just get it over with quickly like ripping off a band-aide "Can you prove it" the Mizukage was the first to get over the shock while not outright rejecting the idea, she had to admit to some disbelief.
Ocean met verdant and Minato nodded giving her the go ahead "I can Mizukage-sama via a ritual that will let all of you hear his voice for yourselves…very well Jashin, I am your temple, I feel your presence increasing within me" Sakura informed before being to recite one of her chants.
This time there was no blood-letting because she didn't want to alarm anyone "When people look at me, they see you" Sakura chanted calmly, a visage overlapping hers of a man with long white hair and pink eyes.
"As they feel me, they feel you and when they hear me, they hear you" Sakura recited, her voice deepening into a familiar one that Minato recognized as Jashin, Sakura's eyes went empty as she was over-taken by Jashin for a brief moment.
His voice resonated strongly throughout the room letting those who didn't believe know that he did indeed exist and that his power was endless then he faded and Sakura blinked, eyes once again filled with life and warmth to Cee's relief.
Though now he did believe that Jashin existed and that Sakura was immortal alongside everyone else in the room "Can you tell us how you stumbled across the Jashinism religion and how you became immortal" Mifune inquired from behind her.
"Basically I died on our first C rank mission, I was brought to his garden where Jashin-sama explained that I was born from his power, on an island where he was worshiped and from then on I was able to hear his voice as he taught me the religion" Sakura answered.
Relieved that no one was yelling in outrage yet "Will you always be immortal" Ay asked, concerned for his shinobi who was in love with the brat, it would be unfair if only Cee aged during their life together.
Thankfully she shook her head "No, when I've accomplished the task Jashin-sama wants me to do for him then he will remove my immortality and I'll simply be a regular girl again" Sakura admitted, eagerly awaiting that day.
Brows furrowed at that "What task" Ohnoki demanded, hoping that the Jashin god didn't want all of them killed, though he would probably deserve it for everything he'd done in the past couple of years.
The answer came from Minato "Sacrificing Orochimaru, he was after all the one who had the people who lived on Sakura's birth island killed for the sake of experimentation because he wishes to be immortal" Minato explained.
"Right…moving on how are we going to deal with the rest of the Akatsuki Organization, there's the leader and about four others if I recall" Ohnoki frowned, thinking that Sakura should probably stay immortal in case something happened that they couldn't handle.
Minato shook his head "The leader is currently residing in my village, I won't go into great detail but we have to protect him at all cost and not let Zetsu get his hands on the rinnegan or their plan will come to fruition, the eye of the moon plan" Minato informed.
The conversation went back and forth at that before an agreement was reached on the matter "Alright then what of Hidan, your spy, his role as such is no longer necessary" Mei chimed in as Zetsu and Kakuzu were mentioned but not Hidan.
All eyes turned to Sakura again "Jashin-sama hasn't heard a peep out of Hidan for the past month not since he let me know about Akatsuki being disbanded so chances are he's lying low somewhere and behaving himself or he's with Kakuzu just biding his time" Sakura said.
"I don't think that's what Mizukage was asking, how are we going to deal with him, if he practices the same religion as you do then you might be the only one who can defeat him" Ohnoki scowled wondering where the girls brain had gone for a second.
Sakura grimaced "He's immortal to you know the first one that Jashin-sama granted that gift to and he's not likely to remove it from Hidan so I'm not really sure what we can do there unless Hidan turns himself in" Sakura explained.
Not really sure what he wanted from her "For now I think we should simply focus our efforts on finding where they've hidden themselves, figuring out how to deal with them can come after" Rasa cleared his throat.
And then a most interesting idea was presented "Why not create a five way alliance between the five of you that will spare no efforts on creating peace between the nations and dealing with rogues that threaten that peace together" Mifune suggested.
To absolutely no ones surprise Minato was the first to agree "Think about it Mizukage, Kazekage, Raikage, Tsuchikage, with all of us working together, Zetsu won't have a chance to manipulate any one of us into doing his bidding nor will he be able to escape" Minato stated.
Explaining just one of the many pro's of the idea "Correct it was only thanks to our alliance with Leaf that we got the help we needed to rescue two of my children when Akatsuki attacked my village, poisoned my oldest son and abducted my youngest to extract the Bijuu from him" Rasa nodded.
Being the second to agree "I'm all in on this as well" Ay shrugged, knowing it would just irritate Ohnoki that he was being so accommodating and now it was just down to the Mizukage and Tsuchikage.
Mei sighed "The Shinobi Alliance huh, very well I agree to it, we need this to better protect our villages so no more wars happen so no more children have to be sacrificed" Mei relented, mostly looking at Sakura.
Who'd been thrown head first into a war of sorts and if they'd kept on being so oblivious a real war would have broken out on them anyway "Fine since your all in agreement a five way alliance between our villages will be had" Ohnoki grumbled, being the last to agree.
"The Samurai will also sign this treaty to provide aide and information should it be necessary" Mifune declared not wanting to be left out of the affairs of shinobi any longer not when he was fond of one of them.
Two days later the treaty was signed each of their names on it with the escorts as their witnesses "Lets go home Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Tobirama-san" Minato said, glad that things were going well, they still had to deal with Zetsu but for now he was content.
Before leaving Sakura snuck off and found Cee "We're going back, expect a letter soon Cee" Sakura informed, looked around warily then reached up on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek lightly then was gone all before he could respond.
"Hehe wrapped around her fingers are you Cee" Darui chuckled, watching the Leaf Shinobi and their Hokage leave through a window and then it was their turn to leave in the opposite direction and a day and a half later Minato and his escorts returned home mission accomplished.