Hey everyone! I have decided that I wanted to do a little bit of a different story for Sakura through her time learning under the Hokage. She will face new adventures, new trials, and a decision she was not expecting to have to make. Oh and of course there are going to see some romances during this adventure.
I DO NOT OWN any of the Naruto characters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 2
It was quiet when she was by the waterfall and she always came here because it was such a hidden spot not many knew about it. This was a place of quiet and peace and it made you feel at home almost as if it was alive. Sakura found this place when she was younger and whenever she needed a place to escape this was where she came. It was covered in the blanket of leaves and bushes that surrounded the place. It was not extremely sunny but enough for you tell if it is still light or dark outside.
It created just an ethereal look to it which made her love it more. Sakura loved nature, especially after becoming a medic ninja, she became interested in what specific plants or roots beside what they already knew about, could do and what the different combinations brought new possibilities for the medics. Sakura had created a place that was able to grow different ingredients and stash a kit for her to be able to test them and monitor them.
She had been slowly introducing what she had found out to Lady Tsunade who said that same thing as always,
"Thats great Sakura, but how is training going with the young women back in the other villages" or "Sakura I do not have any time to look over your research I am sure it is amazing" or she simply got ignored.
Sakura was tired of this constant she loved her mentor and who she had learned under, she just feels like she doesn't care sometimes.
Sakura moved through the bushes and got to the clearance and dispelled the camouflage genjutsu she had set up. She looked around and everything seemed to be in order. She basically created a home in the springs that no one knew about. On the outside it looked like a spring almost like a garden. She was able to grow some of her plants outside so that they had direct sunlight as well as water at the same time.
She got to the stones that created a path way and began to walk over them following the pattern to the other side. She walked through the waterfall enjoying the rush of water she went through as it was like a cleansing for her as she found the rock that pushed into the wall as the door opened.
She opened the door with ease as it slide to the right of the doorway that was created. She smiled as she walked into her little hidden home and lab. She had done extensive work to create this home. It looked like nothing their on the outside however you open it up and it is huge.
When you are first looking at it there was a kitchen to the left and then a little reading/meditation room in the front. When you got to the meditation room there was a door on the left that let to her bed room, closet, and bathroom. Then the second door way opened up to a lab that was also a doctors office.
She would sometimes allow patients here that she knew would benefit and not rat out her secrets to Lady Tsunade, because she hasn't been really happy with the fact that she has been doing research on her own. Even if it is to benefit the not only our village, however, it can benefit many villages. She was starting to get frustrated with how everything has been working around her lately and it feels as if they are trying to limit what she can do more everyday even though it really isn't.
Sakura was finally getting settled getting in some water for one of her tests that she needed to complete on a new method of creating this antidote that would save both time and money to produce it.
Sakura didn't even look up as she spoke to her visit "I am surprised you risked coming in here and risk getting caught."
She stood up with her tray full of different ingredients inside the jars the needed to be in water for this experiment to work.
Itachi smirked as he looked at her, "I am surprised you were able to recognize me with my scent being masked," he finished as he helped her pick up the rest of what she was doing to help her inside the little home she had created.
"You are heavier on your dominant side though it switches depending on which side you favor that day." Sakura responded as she got to her lab and placed the plants and water down. She sat on a chair and looked up at Itachi.
"I may not be able to meet you as often for healings or anythings." Itachi looked at her with a curious stare wondering what she means by this and sighs as "What do you mean?" Itachi asked as he sat down across from her. "Someone is after me," Sakura started as she started working on her different tests for today. "I have to stay in different locations, I am told it's supposed to be like a vacation and I get to relax."
She continued as she walked over to him and made a motion for him to turn on his manngekyou sharrigan as she talked so she could examen his eyes. "I feel as if I am starting to become more and more suffocate."
She finished as she started healing his eyes a bit with her hands on the side of his head. Itachi got super quiet as he was listening to her and feeling the soothing feel of her chakra mingling with his and healing his eyes.
"Why do you feel this is happening all of the sudden?" Itachi asked choosing his questions wisely. "There was a gory and horrific attack on one of the villages I was working with, and they left a message that they were trying to get me." Sakura answered as she leaned back and removed her hands from his head.
"How is that feeling?" She asked as she turned to check on the tests and sighing noticing that this was not the combination she needed. She turned to dispose of the capsules correctly so that it wouldn't cause anything toxic to happen in her lab.
"It is feeling better though my eyes themselves even without the manngekyou sharrigan are still hurting a bit more than usual." Itachi started as he looked at her and sighed he was watching her carefully as she moved her to do her work. Sakura hummed as she listened to him talk as she finished up her work.
"It seems like they are making sure you are safe." Itachi continued as she came over and started healing his normal eyes without the sharrigan activated. "Just be careful and do what you're told we will find away to meet up its not like they aren't going to let you leave the village." Itachi finished knowing this would be something that would intrigue her. 'So they are keeping her secured in the village interesting I will have to keep a crow around to watch her and get the patterned down on where they are going to have her stay.'
Sakura sighed as she finished and looked at him, "Maybe we will see," Sakura answered and looked at him, "how are your eyes feeling now?" Itachi looked around and smiled and was not as tense as he was when he came in. "Much better thank you," Itachi stated as he reached into the pocket of his robe and pulled out some dango that Sakura loved from one of the villages that they met in.
"Here you go." Itachi added as she handed it to her. Sakura smiled and said, "You really didn't have to. You know that I am doing this out of pure curiosity of how it works and trying to figure out the best healing strategies for your eyes." Itachi sighed as he got up and placed it on her work area and went to go look at her books.
"Yes, I know yet I am still able to do something nice for you." Itachi spoke softly as he looked at her books, "How are you and the dog boy, Kiba?" He asked as he looked at her. "I am not sure, I think things are going to end soon and everything that makes me happy will be taken away." Sakura whispered as tears started falling down her face.
"Keep fighting you can do this and win their hearts your relationship with him is pure." Itachi said as he hugged her and ruffled her hair. "Thanks Itachi, I have to get back to the village before there is a hunt out for me, I may not be able to come here as much anymore."
Sakura finished as she started to close everything up and sealed it all away in the hidden parts of the cave that had a chakra system that was fed by her chakra to make sure that everything is kept alive and fresh.
Itachi sighed and shook his head, "I will leave you and find you soon." Itachi spoke as he disappeared in crows. Sakura didn't even look as she listened to his words. She made sure everything was sealed and locked away as she exited the cave and sealed it shut. Soon she hopefully would be able to come back and work some more soon.
Sakura was walking back to the village and thinking about the recent events over the years. She sighed as she walked by the training grounds and remembered how they would train their over the years.
'Sakura was working on her throwing skills and as she watch Naruto and Sasuke spar while Kakashi-sensie was watching over them.
"Kakashi-sensie I could use your help," Sakura started as she looked over at him.
"Not now Sakura-chan, I am busy over here." Kakashi spoke as he didn't even look at her. Sakura stomped on the ground and walked away so that she could start practicing on her.
"I can't believe he did that to me again." Sakura growled as she punched a tree and winced. "I am going to practice and get stronger without them." Sakura said to herself as she started practicing her skills with the weapons.
Sakura was practicing everyday multiple times especially when he was paying more attention to the boys that was always the case. Soon Ino and Hinata noticed this and came over to her one day.
"Hey Forehead, why are you practicing all by yourself?" Ino asked as she looked at her. "Kakashi-sensie spends all his time with Sasuke and Naruto and their training so I am taking it upon myself to train even more and harder." Sakura answered as she turned to drink some more water.
"Well, good for you," Ino said as she looked at her with a smirk, "do you think we could spar sometime?" Ino finished as she looked at Sakura as she was doing some stretching. "Of course any time, same for you Hinata." Sakura answered as she looked at them.
"Th-Thank you Sa-Sakura I will," Hinata said softly as she smiled at her. "Great just come find me when you want to." Sakura added as she started to work on her skills and training again.
She started to do her tai jutsu knowing that it is one of her weak points. Ino and Hinata decided that they wanted to join so they put their stuff down and walked over and joined her. This shocked Sakura, but she was glad when they joined her. Every day they started to meet up after training and continued to train together.'
Sakura smiled as she looked at the training grounds that she was looking at. She continued on her way back to her apartment so she could at least get some of her stuff. She walked by the dango shop that she visited a lot and then looked down at her dango that Itachi gave to her.
'Sakura was walking through a village that she had been sent to help in the hospital for a bit. She sighed as she looked around for a place to eat. She smiled as she saw a dango shop it had been awhile since she had some dango.
She walked into the shop and looked around and paused as she saw Itachi in the restaurant eating alone, though it looked like he was also waiting for someone else. Sakura smiled as she walked over to him and spoke, "Mind if I sit down with you?"
Itachi looked at her with an unsure gaze not expecting her to come sit down with him willingly on her own. "Sure though I am not sure why you want to sit me with, after all aren't we enemies?" Itachi inquired as he looked at her.
The waitress came obviously trying to get Itachi's attention as he order three order of dango and two pots of chamomile tea. Sakura smiled and said, "Thank you, and yes you are my enemy, however, right now we are two people just trying to eat some dango."
Sakura looked at him with a smiled and Itachi nodded as he spoke "I agree though it would be weird if people saw us together as friends." Sakura nodded as she looked around and smiled. "Then we will meet at a dango shop in a village and we can just be friends and maybe you can help me with some research I want to start."
Sakura spoke as she looked at him. "What kind of research?" Itachi inquired as he looked at her and with a curious twinkle in his eyes. "I want to be able to work on sharrigans or any eyes with special abilities to heal them in ways that are gentle and safe to the eyes and the person." Sakura answered as she looked at him.
"I have been helping a dear friend back in my village with her eyes and if I see someone that I know may need help I ask." Sakura added as she looked at him. He was about to answer when her when the dango appeared.
They both said thank you and Itachi poured some tea for her. Sakura broke her chopsticks and ate a piece of her dango and let out a happy sigh. "I would be happy to help they have been bothering me, however, Kisame will be with me no exceptions. I do not trust you not to do something." Itachi warned as he looked at her.
"Fine with me." Sakura said as she had finished her dango and smiled. "Are you talking about me?" Kisame spoke as he cautiously approached the table. "Yes, this woman is going to help heal my eyes under your watch." Itachi told his partner as he sat down with a big lump on the chair.
"Yay someone I can feast on if they do something wrong." Kisame spoke harshly as he looked at her. "Isn't that your brothers old teammate?" Sakura winced at the question that he asked.
"Yes, I am however he is no longer anything important to me." Sakura answered as she finished her tea and placed some money on the table for her dango and tea.
"I must be going have to get back to the village soon." Sakura sighed as she bowed lightly and left the shop. She knows that when they need to meet Itachi will get a hold of her.'
Sakura had gotten to her apartment and opened it up to find Kiba inside of it waiting for her. "Kiba what are you doing here?" Sakura asked as she looked up at him. "I have been waiting for you to get back from your lunch with Izumo and Kotetsu." Kiba answered as he looked at her with a soft smile.
He walked up to her and gave her hug and pulled her close and leaned down and kissed her gently. Sakura smiled as she looked up at him and answered "That is sweet of you, I went and meditated for a bit afterwards and got a bit lost in it."
Kiba chuckled softly as he looked down at her. "I had a feeling that was what you were doing you smell like the forest and dango." Kiba said as he looked at her and the box. "I stopped and got some on the way home wanted to get some stuff to take to your clan house." Sakura said as she looked around and noticed all the major things she needed was gone.
"After the meeting we came and got your stuff." Kiba spoke as Sakura moved away and went to sit on her bed where they had just been this morning. "Oh okay,"Sakura spoke gently as she looked around her apartment and sighed again. "What is wrong hime?" Kiba ask as he kneeled down in front of her as she looked at him and started crying.
"Why me? Why is this happening to me?" Sakura cried as she leaned into him. "We are going to figure this out Sakura in the mean time lets get you back to the clan house so we can keep you safe." Kiba spoke as he picked her up and transported them to her room in the clan house. Sakura looked up and looked around at her room and noticed a connecting door.
"That is so I can get to you if there is any trouble or you need anything." Kiba spoke softly as he place her down on the bed. "Dinner will be at six if you follow the halls and where people are going to you will find the dining room I will let you relax and change." he added as he kissed her again and walked out of the room into her own.
Sakura looked around the room after he left and first noticed that there was a balcony she went out so she could looked up at the sky and smiled when she saw the clouds.
'This is something I wish I could see all the time. I wonder if it is just as beautiful at night.' Sakura thought as she came back inside. Sakura looked at her enormous bed that she was going to happily be snuggling into tonight for some sleep.
She walked to one of the doors and opened it to find her clothes and gear even the ones that she had hidden in her house all organized and in the room. She sighed as she pulled out some of her pajamas. Sakura then turned and went to another door across the way and opened it to find the bathroom with a luxury shower and tub.
Sakura decided that she was going to take a quick shower and wash her hair. She got undressed and got into the shower which felt amazing against her skin and she appreciated that they put in her favorite smell of shampoo and conditioner, vanilla.
She washed her hair and got out got the shower she dried off and dried her hair as she put on her oversized t-shirt and some boy shorts with loose shorts to go over them. She smiled as she walked out of the bathroom and into her bed where she decided she was going to nap.
Kiba came in just before dinner to check in on her and saw her asleep. She decided that she was going to let her rest as she was extremely peaceful and looked like she needed the sleep. Kiba went to dinner and chatted with his mother and his family. They all smiled and discussed the events that have been happening in the village.
They did not really speak of Sakura as it would have been rude if she wasn't there. Plus they needed to talk to her anyway when she was here. "Where is Sakura?" Tsume asked as she looked at her son Kiba and sighed at the though of her and him together was not a good match.
"She is asleep in her bed, I believe todays events wore her out." Kiba answered as he looked at his mother and continued to eat his food. "Doesn't surprise me let her sleep she must be exhausted." Tsume replied as she continued on chatting with her son and daughter about the new pups that has been born. When dinner was done Kiba got up and went to check on Sakura he smiled and went into his room and fell asleep.
