"Just you and me huh Pinky, we're training here by the way" Anko commented when the boys were dragged off by Kakashi the following morning and she saw no point in endangering Sakura especially since there was more than enough space around the house.
Sakura nodded solemnly at her statement "So what exactly are you going to teach me Anko-sensei" Sakura questioned once they were outside, right by the lake to be precise and she wondered at everything the woman could train her in.
Anko smirked "Extremely advanced chakra control exercises, your opponent he uses sound and as proven by that Akimichi brat plugging your ears won't cut it, because he can send the vibrations through the water in your body" Anko informed.
Dragging the girl closer to the lake "I already know how to water walk Anko-sensei, it helped me come along way on my medical ninjutsu" Sakura announced not thinking of any other chakra control exercise that involved water.
The purple haired interrogator clicked her tongue "Never said you'd be water walking Pinky…what your going to do is coat your hands in chakra and try to create a bubble of water in your hands, like what you did with that trap you caught Yamanaka in" Anko tsked.
Peridot orbs lit up "Sounds like a challenge, thank Jashin I love challenges" Sakura grinned, bouncing for a moment before settling as she crouched, hands coated with chakra, she reached into the lake and pulled back.
Only to come away with nothing "Good luck Pinky, once you get that down, we'll move on to applying the concept to yourself and bring in something that screws with your sense of hearing" Anko cackled unsympathetically as she settled comfortable in a lounge chair.
Conveniently by the lake "Want to make a bet" Sakura inquired two hours later after making minimal progress on her assigned task, reverse engineering techniques was extremely difficult so of course she'd struggle in the initial stage.
Soft brown eyes focused on her "Alright I'll bite what kind of bet Pinky" Anko asked, sitting up in the chair, Sakura still hard at work so it was a wonder how the girl could split her attention and not get distracted at the same time.
"Mm lets see, ah I got it, I get this part of the training done in five days, you have to find Chishi a partner, he gets lonely sometimes though I try to keep him with me most of the time, he doesn't have anyone like Shisha and Kansen have each other" Sakura declared.
Anko had to hand it to the kid it was a sneaky and underhanded way of getting another black mamba out of her "Easily done, should you not get it down in five days however you have to let me test a poison on you" Anko shot back.
Sakura nodded her assent, drew back from the lake and made ten shadow clones then set them the task of learning right alongside her "Naruto taught us…and I will admit clones are pretty handy when a jobs to difficult for one person" Sakura giggled at Anko's exasperated glare.
Two hours later Anko took note of the sun's position "Oi Pinky time for lunch, leave the clones, they can keep practicing while your gone" Anko called out informing the girl that it was time for the afternoon meal.
At her behest Sakura left her clones where they were crouched by the lake as they loped back to the front of the house "Really need to make a back door" Sakura grumbled, getting the feeling that the trek to the lake from the house and back was really going to piss her off at some point.
"Perhaps that's a project for more clones to do, if you can make any more" Anko suggested, plopping down in the dining nook while Sakura padded back and forth making lunch for the both of them.
Sakura said nothing for a good long while as she focused on cooking "I think I can make at least two more clones maybe" Sakura frowned, dishing up the meal now that it was done and taking a seat in the dining nook herself.
Before she dug in however Sakura put her hands together "Lord Jashin thank you for this meal you have blessed us with" Sakura prayed, not wanting to keep this side of her hidden any longer around Anko.
Who stared for a moment then shrugged "You know I noticed those two punks saying that same prayer this morning, don't tell me their immortal to" Anko said, digging in when Sakura did as she nodded to herself in satisfaction.
At the question however Sakura shook her head "Their not immortal….but they did ask to be inducted into the religion, and seeing as I'm technically of equal standing to Jashin-sama I bent the rules a bit so all they have to do is do the praying rituals" Sakura explained.
"Oh, so how many other Jashinist people are out there besides you that have immortality, tons of them I bet right" Anko inquired, only for Sakura to shake her head, an uncomfortable look on her face as she answered.
Holding up a single finger "Just one other Anko-sensei and I really, really don't want to meet him, his name is Hidan and he's well lets just say he has a few screws loose or several really, not to mention he's in an organization called Akatsuki" Sakura grimaced.
Anko frowned at that "Surely he's not that bad right….and what's this Akatsuki organization all about" Anko questioned, concerned when Sakura clenched her fists, her face darkening with anger, pure hatred in her eerie green eyes.
"The Akatsuki organization hunts down Jinchuuriki and separates the tailed beasts from their hosts, unfortunately when a host loses it's tailed beast they die and Naruto just so happens to be a tailed beast host, so eventually the immortal of Akatsuki might be sent after my little brother" Sakura ground out.
Struggling to reign in her emotions "Take it easy Pinky, we'll protect blondie, I swear, cause he's one of us and important to me to you know" Anko soothed, understanding how the girl felt and after a moment Sakura managed to calm down.
Glad the kid hadn't destroyed the table during her lapse in control over her rather intense feelings "Right, sorry it's just I love Naruto, I don't know what I'd do without him, Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei or you really" Sakura intoned quietly.
Voice soft and eyes glittering with unshed tears "Well your not alone Pinky" Anko assured, wondering what the hell Sakura had gone through as she'd been growing up, eventually the two of them finished eating.
So began their trek back to the lake only after Sakura had created two more clones to make a back door and by the time they came in for the evening there was a back door, making the house accessible from the back now.
~Three Days Later~
One day shy of the bets deadline Sakura successfully managed to hold a blob of water in her hands, it had taken several adjustments to the amount of chakra she was using and not to mention she had to consistently reapply the chakra just to keep hold of the blob.
But the first task was complete "Looks like you owe me a female black mamba Anko-sensei" Sakura grinned showing off a bit by throwing the bubble of water into the air and catching it expertly while dancing around atop the lakes surface, splitting her concentration.
Anko was both amused and impressed at the girls skill "Seems like it, but remember that's only the first step, the next step, you'll be applying what you just learned and wrapping a thin layer of chakra around your inner organs that retain water to protect them" Anko reminded.
"I know that" Sakura snorted, letting the water in her hands drop uselessly into the lake as she stepped onto dry land once more, clearly done messing around like the little kid she was but hardly acted like.
Her instructor for the month scoffed "Yeah but what you don't know is that I've brought in something that really screws with your hearing and messes with your mental faculties" Anko said, pulling out a chime.
Only to ring it, Sakura clutched her ears immediately as the sound assaulted her ear drums quite painfully, she could literally feel the vibrations of the chime and figured now was a good time to protect herself from the sound she was being attacked with.
Disoriented Sakura barely dodged the snake that was sent after her, breaking her concentration "AHHHHHH" Sakura cried out, dropping to her knees unable to keep herself upright any longer and subsequently passed out.
"Had to be done Pinky sorry and so does this" Anko apologized, pouring a pitcher of ice cold water over the girl, shocking Sakura awake before repeating the process by the time it was late evening Sakura had fainted about nine times total.
Neither was Sakura in the mood to cook dinner so a clone was sent off to order food from a restaurant "That was brutal" Sakura grumbled, ears still ringing, perception still skewed from that god awful chime.
Anko shrugged "All I can say is get better, move faster, concentrate harder, otherwise we won't be able to get to the good stuff like coming up with a plan to take your opponent out well enough to impress the judges" Anko said.
Chowing down on dango "How exactly were you making that little chime sound so loud" Sakura asked a short time later, sprawled out on her favorite couch, Chishi curled up on her chest as she read from a new book.
"By amplifying it with my chakra of course Pinky….it's the same concept that, that Dosu punk is applying except he has a gadget on his arm to help him perform his jutsu's" Anko snorted from the arm chair she was resting in.
Pretty soon Sakura started yawning and after the seventh jaw cracking yawn she decided to simply go to bed "Night Anko-sensei" Sakura murmured bidding the woman goodnight as she stood, scooping Chishi up into her arms.
Once he was secure in his large glass terrarium she trudged towards her room at the end of the hall and once in flopped face first onto her bed asleep before her head ever hit the pillow, Jashin could hardly blame her for forgoing the evening prayer so let her off the hook for the night at least.
And for nine more days, making it a total of two weeks that Sakura had been training, she was finally able to protect herself against sound "Now would be a good time to start coming up with a plan to defeat Dosu" Anko suggested.
Proud of Sakura's progress so far "Jamming his gadget, I'm rather good at fuinjutsu, if I could get in close I could place a sound-proofing seal on that gadget of his thus preventing him from using his jutsu's" Sakura piped in.
Having already been thinking obviously "Do better, that plan won't impress anyone least of all the judges" Anko shook her head, ringing the chime, Sakura clutched her head in response "For every plan that I'm not impressed with, this will be your punishment" Anko announced.
"Okay, okay geez…err I could crush the gadget, force him to rely on taijutsu, and catch him off guard with a jutsu or two….ahhh what the hell Anko-sensei what was wrong with that one" Sakura suggested only to grab her head again.
In complete and utter agony "Still not good enough Pinky, think harder" Anko cackled madly, gleefully ringing the chime every time Sakura came up with a plan until the girl passed out again, twitching on the ground in her unconsciousness.
Prompting Anko to wake her with a pitcher of ice cold water "You know, I'm really starting to hate passing out" Sakura grunted, feeling like her head was splitting in two and healing the headache gave her little to no relief.
The rest of the day was like that to and she was about ready to chuck that stupid chime into a fire, later on after getting comfortable in her bed, after completing the evening ritual, Sakura was woken by Jashin.
'Child, one of your villages shinobi is on the verge of death at this very moment, I tell you this so that you can save him in time as his death is unnecessary' Jashin warned her and Sakura sat straight up in bed.
Rushing around to get dressed "Anko-sensei, Anko-sensei…..Jashin-sama told me that someone was about to die, he's by the library if we go now I can save him" Sakura yelled pounding on the guest bedroom's door.
Until Anko opened it to find out what the hell she was shouting about at 3o'clock in the morning "We're wasting time then" Anko said, grabbing the girl intending on simply body flickering only to end up going nowhere and remaining where she was stood.
Sakura cringed "Anti-transportation seals" the pinkette explained sheepishly, Anko sneered but dashed down the steps and out the door until they reached an area where there were no anti-transportation seals.
Allowing them to get to the library "Gekkou" the purple haired interrogator instantly recognized the shinobi laying prone on the roof before them while Sakura sprinted forward and slammed onto her knees at his side.
Weaving hand seals until her hands glowed a bright green where she pressed them to his chest, healing the gash, after a moment Anko noticed something different about Sakura's chakra "What the hell is that Pinky" Anko demanded to know.
Pointing to the black chakra that was entering Hayate's wound "My secondary chakra…it's what makes me well you know, it won't make him that though, just speed up his healing since I can't heal an injury of this degree by myself, I'm still to inexperienced" Sakura admitted.
Being careful so that she didn't say to much while out in public, "Hmm" Anko hummed watching the pinkette work until the wound was almost all the way healed, it was then Hayate finally decided to wake up.
Obviously confused as to why he wasn't dead "Anko, Sakura-san what are you two doing here" Hayate coughed, carefully sitting up with Sakura's help, surprised that he was alive and that his injury was nearly gone.
"We uh…Anko-sensei got a report saying people heard a ruckus near the library, she brought me because I know medical ninjutsu" Sakura informed with a straight face, letting the medical chakra fade from her hands.
Anko smirked "Pinky's right on that note we should get you to T&I so that you can let Ibiki know what happened here tonight" Anko nodded, adding to the lie Sakura had told, to make it more believable as Hayate was helped to his feet.
Sakura steadying him discreetly when it seemed like he was going to fall then with a simple hand sign they were before Torture and Interrogation Headquarters "Thank you Sakura-san, Anko, I won't forget how you saved my life on this night" Hayate waved.
Vanishing into the building "Back to home right" Sakura peered up at the older kunoichi who nodded and with a hand sign was back at the house or nearby it anyway and ten minutes later they were back in their beds to get some more shut eye.
Meanwhile Kabuto had met up with Orochimaru "I do not have eyes on our target, Sasuke Uchiha is undetectable as are his teammates" Kabuto reported, beyond frustrated over the fact that had hadn't been able to befriend the members of Team Seven.
In fact they hadn't even let him near them "This has to be Sarutobi-sensei's doing, he knows of the coup, knows that I'm here, why I'm here, and is planning accordingly" Orochimaru hissed, positively murderous as he ranted insanely.
Kabuto watched the Snake Sannin pace back and forth "What do you intend on doing now then Lord Orochimaru" Kabuto asked, checking his surroundings to make sure no more shinobi were on the prowl and attempting to eavesdrop.
Orochimaru pivoted on his heels to face his subordinate "Pull out, let the Sand Village take the fall for the coup, they should have known better than to trust me after all and I'll have a chance to get Sasuke eventually all I must do is wait for that opportunity" Orochimaru chuckled darkly.
"As you wish Lord Orochimaru, I'll let our troops know" Kabuto bowed, watching as Orochimaru slithered back into the darkness from which he came and disappeared from all senses, leaving him to do the dirty work essentially.
By morning there wasn't a single Sound Shinobi left in the Leaf Village, and as Sakura and Anko got started on their training again Ibiki set forth to find his second in command at T&I "Where the bloody fuck is she" Ibiki roared when he was unable to find Anko.
"Who, Anko….I think she's been training one of Kakashi's genin, the girl, Sakura I believe, right Hayate, you did say the kid was there last night, so you might want to try the kids residence of living" Genma questioned.
Dropping down beside the enraged man who seemed like he was about ready to tear apart the whole village looking for Anko "She's the little brat who placed a hardly detectable genjutsu over her test paper that showed all the wrong answers" Ibiki growled.
Pissed off about that still "Isn't Sakura-san also the one who set off that tag filled with smoke" Hayate chuckled, finding amusement out of Ibiki's frustration, the girl was interesting that was for sure as they headed in the direction of her apartment.
A few minutes later they were stood before it and knocking on the door "Hello…oh can I help you" Sasuke was the one to open the door, staring up at them suspiciously while gripping the door tightly as if he expected them to try and barge their way in.
Ibiki sneered "Anko, where is she, I need her down at T&I" the Anbu Commander bellowed inches from Sasuke's face, spit flying as he demanded to know where his second in command was, Sasuke surprisingly didn't seem fazed at the intimidating leather clad man's antics.
Merely shrugged "Haven't seen her since two weeks ago, if I see her however today I'll send her your way" Sasuke said, crossing his arms over his chest, Ibiki nodded shortly and Sasuke shut the door as the three men walked off.
The Sasuke clone as he was, didn't immediately seal himself back into the seal on the door, instead headed for the seal in Sakura's old bedroom, to summon himself to the second cover apartment and finally to the house.
Sensing the chakra of the woman in question the clone scurried outside and around back to the lake "Sasuke what are you doing here, I thought you were training with Kakashi-sensei" Sakura frowned when she saw him out of the corner of her eye.
He shook his head "Clone, Morino payed a visit to the apartment, said he needs you down at T&I, didn't say why but I told him if I saw you I'd tell you that he needs you" the Sasuke clone informed completing his task and heading back to the apartment.
"It's about what happened last night isn't it Anko-sensei" Sakura guessed, being practically dragged along, even though she'd be just fine at the house Anko wouldn't hear of it so she was forced to go with the woman to T&I.
As Anko nodded "Probably Pinky now stop squirming or I'll be extra cruel later on during a training session" Anko snorted in warning, Sakura went eerily still and a moment later they were entering Torture and Interrogation Headquarters.
Sakura was nearly kicked out until Anko brandished a kunai threateningly in the Chunin's face "Brats with me, she'll stay with me to so let her pass or else" Anko ordered, keeping the pointy object in her hand aimed at the Chunin's head right between his eyes.
Left with no other choice Sakura was given a guest pass into T&I "Do you regularly threaten your co-workers Anko-sensei" Sakura asked tone full of amusement at the woman's antics, following her down the halls of T&I where no genin had ever gone before.
Four minutes later they were barging into an office "Mitarashi where the hell have you be…..the girl needs to go" Ibiki stood, already shouting, only to trail off as he spotted Sakura stood at his subordinates side.
"No can do Morino, in case you don't remember this kid is being targeted and it's safer for her to be with me than home alone, she stays" Anko shook her head, squishing Sakura against her side to keep her close.
Ibiki sneered at that "Fine but not in here have those two idiots Izumo and Kotetsu look after her in the records room and I swear if anything happens I'll have you both demoted" Ibiki snapped glaring at both kunoichi old and young.
On her part Sakura did a pretty good job of keeping quiet as Anko led her out of the office and further down the hall "Oi Hagane, Kamizuki look after this kid for me for awhile and don't let her out of your sights" Anko yelled at the two men inside the records room.
Before shoving Sakura in and slamming the door shut behind the pinkette "Uh hi…..I'm Sakura" Sakura waved shyly, uncomfortable since she didn't really know the two Chunin who were staring at her.
Then one of them grinned "Aren't you cute, acting all shy, when we know what your really like…..nearly made Morino burst a vein in his forehead with those little tricks of yours during the written test" the raven haired Chunin tsked.
Sakura blinked, brow furrowing in confusion before she remembered "Hehehe I thought they were pretty good ideas" the rosette laughed sheepishly, not surprised that they'd figured out who had filled the room with smoke.
"And the genjutsu on the test paper was ingenious" the brunet reminded, still getting a good laugh from Ibiki's reaction after he'd released the illusion only to find all the correct answers written down in detail.
That had been the kicker "Oh….oops I meant to remove it but Anko-sensei bursting in like she did kind of distracted me, sorry" Sakura apologized because that hadn't been part of her plan, well only during the test to avoid people cheating off her anyway.
Izumo and Kotetsu shared a look with one another "Anyway why don't you take a seat, your going to be here for awhile, I'm Izumo by the way" Izumo, the brunet suggested, introducing himself at the same time.
While clearing a spot for the kid to sit "I'm Kotetsu, so hows training coming along, I can't imagine Anko being an easy sensei especially for a soft looking girl like you" Kotetsu asked, underestimating Sakura.
Who quirked a brow at him "Painful that's how its going, I'm surprised I don't have brain damage" the pinkette scowled adorably to their amusement, both men could tell that the girl absolutely adored her kunoichi mentor.
"Brain damage what exactly has Anko been teaching you" Izumo queried not sure if he could believe Sakura any, Anko was insane sure, but she wouldn't intentionally give a genin brain damage.
Sakura pursed her lips "How to protect myself from an attack made out of sound, yesterday though we started working on my plan to defeat my opponent and every time I came up with one she'd ring this chime that made my head feel like it was about to burst" Sakura explained.
Meeting Izumo's horrified gaze "Your pulling our legs right Pinky…..that's crazy how the hell are you even standing right now…err awake, how are you even awake right now" Kotetsu frowned, amending his question a little.
"The mystical palm, thanks to Anko-sensei I'm getting better at using medical ninjutsu to heal myself and others" Sakura lied easily not admitting that it was her immortality that kept her from getting brain damage.
Neither Kotetsu or Izumo knew what to say after that so got back to work doing whatever they'd been doing before she'd been basically thrown into the room and seeing as she had nothing else to do Sakura pulled out a sheet of paper and started writing.
~Three hours later~
Her stomach rumbled in hunger "Guess that means we should feed you huh…come on Sakura-san we'll go out and get something from the tea shop" Izumo stood with a stretch, a bit hungry himself after sorting through papers all morning.
"Eager aren't you Pinky" Kotetsu chuckled when she popped up, hastily shoving the papers she'd been writing on into her pouch to follow them from the records room and down the hall to exit the T&I building.
Then further down the streets to the Tea Shop "Yes, because Anko-sensei and I were training for about an hour before Sasuke came to tell her that Ibiki-sensei had visited the apartment" Sakura nodded sitting on the other side of the booth.
So that she was facing them "What's this, I hope your not fraternizing with kids now Hagane, Kamizuki" right as they got comfortable someone joined them and she looked up to find a man with a scar going across his face.
"Be at ease Raido, this is Sakura, the one who nearly made Morino burst a vein, though I'd like to know why your with these two" another person chimed in, sliding into the booth next to her and winking to her confusion.
Though she did have to wonder at how many knew about the genjutsu on the test paper "Anko-sensei dragged me with her to T&I, forced me on these two and told them not to let me out of their sight so they brought me here for lunch" Sakura snorted.
Prompting chuckles from the men surrounding her "Genma Shiranui at your service little lady" Genma held out his hand once the laughter had faded and their orders had been taken, Raido however had wandered off to elsewhere seeing no need to stick around longer.
Sakura shook his hand "Sakura Haruno but you already knew that Genma-sensei" Sakura smiled softly, relaxing as best she could because this was the longest she'd stayed out in public since coming back from that mission.
Twenty minutes later the back of her neck tingled as something prickled at her senses and she tensed "Everything alright Kid" Genma felt her reaction since he was sitting close to her at the time as she peered warily around.
Before Sakura could answer or explain their booth was approached "Haruno I have been looking every where for you for two bleeding weeks, I demand a spar so we can see who's really the expert at using weapons and if I win you have to give me your scythe" Tenten demanded.
Slapping her hands down on the booth table "If you want a scythe that bad Tenten go buy one with your own money and don't try to demand someone else to give up their weapon" Sakura scoffed not overly impressed with the brunette.
"Whoa, whoa a scythe Pinky, really, you any good with it" Kotetsu interjected, cutting off Tenten's response who didn't seem amused to be interrupted at all while Sakura nodded at Kotetsu who looked interested.
And of course Sakura should have known things would turn out like this as the man suggested they spar "Uh I don't think this is a good idea, Anko's liable to strangle us if something happens to Sakura-san" Izumo grimaced.
Just imagining the insane woman's reaction to finding Sakura injured from a spar "Your just a coward aren't you Haruno, proven during your fight with Ino" Tenten taunted suddenly when Sakura agreed with Izumo about how Anko would react.
"What are you a child, insulting me just because you can't have something you want, well get over it I'm not going to be your scapegoat just because you lost against Temari" Sakura snapped, mood darkening.
Tenten reeled back as if slapped "My that's quite the sharp tongue you have there Kid" Genma commented, wondering if it was due to Anko's influence and unaware that he was way off the mark and that this was how she usually was.
Sakura sighed out of pure exasperation "You know what Ino was right about you, you are a bitch Haruno and we think your the one who needs to grow up and stop acting like a child" Tenten chimed in adding fuel to the fire.
This time Sakura said nothing merely rolled her eyes "Ouch what the heck did you do to her" Kotetsu winced as Tenten finally wandered away leaving them to finish their meal in peace not that Sakura was hungry anymore.
As she shook her head "Nothing, that's the problem, I don't have to do anything and people come up to me and start screaming insults at me" Sakura shrugged, loosing interest in being out in public after being verbally attacked yet again.
Even though she knew the reason for it, it was still unfair that people reacted negatively to her secondary chakra 'Soon, daughter, you won't have to worry about it as they get use to it so be patient a little longer' Jashin's voice echoed in her mind assuaging her hurt feelings.
She was quite the sensitive child after all "Are you serious, no wonder Anko wanted us to keep an eye on you" Izumo grimaced as they finally finished eating and started making their way back to T&I with an extra on their heels.
"Unfortunately Izumo-san…most of the time I'm harassed just for being on Sasuke's team, and now recently over my scythe, like what the hell is up with that bullshit, I'm sure she's more than capable of buying her own instead of harassing me for mine right" Sakura ranted.
Genma awkwardly ruffled her hair "Sounds to me like you need to train to work off that aggression, how about it, we can use the indoor training grounds, here" Genma offered, seeing that the kid was about to blow if she couldn't blow off steam.
Immediately Sakura perked up, interest in her gaze "Perhaps you could even show us your scythe wielding skill" Kotetsu requested as they bypassed the records room and headed for the indoor training room.
Her smile widened in response, patting her storage pouch as she did so to assure herself that the weapon in question was still on her and feeling its scroll "Rather possessive of it aren't you" Izumo commented.
"Quite, I didn't train nearly four months with it just to loose it to a petty person" Sakura admitted, peering around in awe as they entered the training room which was empty of all other people at the moment.
Which gave her plenty of room to move around as Izumo, Kotetsu and Genma settled themselves along the wall, she stepped forward grabbing the scroll from her pouch and unsealing her scythe, catching it easily with one hand.
For a moment she let herself become use to the weight of her weapon again after not using it for a few weeks, once she'd adjusted Sakura did a few stretches and swings to warm up then really started up her training session.
By creating twelve clones of herself "Employ any means of attack necessary against me…..except chakra enhanced strength" Sakura instructed her clones, shifting into a standard defensive position while the clones geared up.
Then the fight was on, one clone charged her dead on, Sakura's eyes glittered in anticipation of the workout she was about to get as she swung out her scythe only to have it dodged before ducking low under a kick from another clone.
~An hour later~
Sakura slumped to the floor of the training room, skin glistening with sweat and littered with cuts and bruises from her clones "Well uh, that girl Tenten should be glad you didn't spar with her, your brutal even against yourself" Kotetsu coughed.
Just a tad uncomfortable about the display that he'd just witnessed "Yeah I know before I learned the mystical palm, the receptionist at the desk in the hospital was starting to really get fed up with me, Naruto and Sasuke for the various injuries we inflicted upon one another" Sakura giggled.
Feeling much better as she started healing herself "And here I thought my buddy Hayate had been kidding, but you really did save his life way early this morning didn't you Kid" Genma asked seeing the ability for himself.
A genin could heal life-threatening injuries it wasn't something someone saw everyday so of course he'd been dubious at first now he knew better "Though I couldn't heal him all the way so I hope he went the hospital to get it properly healed" Sakura admitted.
Relieving her when Genma nodded "So what prompted the fascination with scythes anyway, from what I saw, your pretty good with taijutsu and though your adept at wielding the weapon, it kind of interrupts your natural hand to hand combat skill" Izumo questioned.
When they started walking back to the records room "Hmm, oh well your not wrong, but it was a bet I made with Kakashi-sensei and I happened to really take a liking to scythes afterwards" Sakura shrugged, lying through her teeth about the real reason.
Thankfully four hours later Anko returned to collect her so that they could go back to the house "The hell happened to you Pinky, you didn't get in a fight did you" Anko asked, quirking a brow on her little student for the month.
Imagine her surprise when Sakura nodded "Yep, against myself, those two took me to the indoor training ground to get in an after lunch training session, I used clones" Sakura quipped unabashedly, mood brightening further when Anko ruffled her hair.
And before they knew it, there was only one day left before the final rounds "Take this final day to rest up Pinky, you've worked hard and I'm proud of you for it, so tomorrow you better win or I'll use you to test my poison" Anko threatened.
"Don't have to worry about that Anko-sensei, I have no intention of losing against Dosu or any other opponent that I may have to face" Sakura assured, glad for a break on this day from the hellish training she'd been going through.