Chapter Three
"Makoto!" Sakura yelled out of the window of her house. A guilty faced 12 year old boy came into the house followed by his twin. The only difference between the two was their hair colors. "What did I tell you about throwing kunai towards your brother?"
"Kazuya bet me I couldn't hit an orange off his head." The younger twin claimed in defense. His bright green eyes looked down at the floor in shame.
"Did you?"
"Yeah."
"Good job. Don't do it again." The strawberry blond looked up at his mother with surprise. She just smiled and ruffled his messy hair. She went over to the dirty blond standing near the door and leaned down a few inches to be eye to eye with him. "And no stupid challenges from you either."
"Yes mama." He said, a bit dejected. "Can we visit Uncle Naruto?" He asked.
"The Hokage is very busy, and they last thing he wants is two hyper genins in his office." Sakura said shaking her head. Both her sons were Genins, and very talented ones at that. They had been placed in the same team as Neji and Tenten's daughter, Mizuki, who was also a talented Kunoichi. Sakura felt sorry for Kiba, who was the jounin leading their 4 man team.
There was a knock on the door, and the twins raced over to answer it. Makoto beat him since he was the faster of the two. The elder stood back and scowled as his younger twin opened the door. An envelope addressed to Sakura fell out, and the strawberry blond rushed to hand it to his mother.
Sakura carefully opened it and looked over the short note.
All ANBU members are to meet in the Hokage's office at 7 tonight unless excused for a mission or health issues.
It was signed by the Hokage herself. Sakura quickly burned the letter than turned to her sons. "Boys, I have a meeting tonight, so you'll need to go down to Ichiraku Ramen and get dinner." She handed them money and they quickly bounced off. Sakura looked at the clock on the wall and nearly swore aloud. It was 6:45.
After telling the twins to get a move on, she went to her room to chance into her ANBU uniform. She tied her hair back and made several hand seals to change the color of her hair to black. When she finished she rushed out the door and across the quiet rooftops of Konoha.
When she arrived, the Hokage office was filled with masked ninja, Naruto standing in the center of them wearing his Hokage outfit. His face was grim, but when he saw Sakura he brightened up. He waved and she nodded her head back.
"Now that we've assembled, let's begin." Naruto announced. "I've received news that the Akatsuki has managed to capture the 7 tailed Snake and are heading towards Konoha. They must be stopped otherwise harm will come to the citizens of this village. There will be 6 teams of 4, and the leftovers may go back to their original duties."
He quickly read off the names, or rather the masks, of the teams. Sakura, whose mask was a rabbit's, was paired with the deer, the chicken, and the weasel. She was the leader of the team and they went off at once, but not before Sakura wrote a note to her boys and asked Naruto to deliver it to them. The Hokage was happy to oblige; he needed a break from work.
Sakura jumped out the window and her teammate followed silently. She wrapped a cloak around her body and pulled the hood up before allowing her hair to go back to its natural color so that it wouldn't suck away all of her chakra. She led them out of Konoha and into the quiet forest surrounding the peaceful village. A few hours later she ordered them to halt and volunteered to take the fist look out shift herself.
The Kunoichi positioned herself on a tree limb half a mile away from her fellows, not too close but not too far. She was slightly hoping to meet up with Deidara. He needed a good ass kicking for knocking her up.
She looked up at the sky and noticed her wish had come true. A giant clay bird was coming towards her hideout area, and she began to run towards it. At the very last moment she jumped and landed on the bird's back. Deidara spun around and looked at her.
"That was probably your last really bad idea…yeah."
"Shut up." Sakura said angrily. She ripped her hood off and revealed her pink hair. She also took off her mask. "You-you-you!"
"Me-me-me what…un?"
"Got me pregnant, that's what!"
"…what?"
