Three weeks later when they'd been in Kumogakure for a month and it was almost her fourteenth birthday, Ay called Sakura into his office for a mission he wanted her to accompany some of his shinobi on a mission at long last.

"Good your here brat, take a seat the others haven't got here yet" Ay barked when she entered his office and she parked her rear-end on the couch still exceedingly well behaved, despite her getting bigger on them.

Sakura really was growing up "Raikage-sama you called for us, is it a mission" a few minutes later after they'd been waiting for at least five a girl her age with bright gold eyes and crimson hair burst her way into the office.

Not even noticing another person was in the room with them as the others filed in "Or is it because your demoting us because of that last failure" the ivory haired boy at the redheads side asked simply focusing on his leader.

However the last person spotted the pinkette immediately but stayed silent until the Raikage had given them their orders "It's a mission to determine if you get that field promotion to Chunin I've been hinting at lately" Ay explained.

Casting a glance over the the quiet brat on his couch, excitement grew in the air "Karui, Omoi calm yourselves, Lord Raikage hasn't told you what the mission will be yet" the blonde woman scolded easily.

And Ay even went so far as to clear his throat loudly "You two will be going to a village that's being ravaged by C rank rogues, Samui will not be going, the brat in the corner will instead, she's already a Chunin, she is to observe and pull you out if things prove to be to dangerous" Ay said.

It was only then did Karui and Omoi notice Sakura "No objections….Sakura-san is here on Raikage-sama's orders anyway" Samui intoned in warning when her little teammates opened their mouths to complain.

Plus she'd known who the girl was the moment she'd seen her, Atsui simply adored the girl "But Raikage-sama what if she decides that it's to dangerous before we even get there" Karui scowled at the rosette.

"The brat has good judgement but she wouldn't bring you back to the village unless things were truly dangerous, her job is to observe, note how you handle things without getting involved and heal you if need be" Ay scoffed.

Karui crossed her arms "What if she gets hurt and causes the treaty to break because she got injured thus making us get demoted and in the end I die from depression" Omoi rambled nervously to Sakura's horror.

"Don't over think it brat, she can handle herself and Namikaze wouldn't renege on our treaty just because the brat got hurt, now get gone you have half an hour to pack and a week to complete your mission" Ay snarled.

Sending the duo scrambling while Sakura calmly left the office "It's very nice to meet you Sakura-san, I'm Samui, Atsui's sister who I'm aware your acquainted with" Samui greeted kindly when she caught up with Sakura.

Who was already halfway to the apartment "Likewise Samui-san, Atsui talks a lot about you whenever I see him in the hospital or if he's pestering Darui-san" Sakura giggled softly knowing that Darui still tailed her sometimes.

Samui smiled then frowned "Try not to let anything those two say bother you alright, Karui has a temper and Omoi's likely to drive you insane with his habit of overthinking but their good kids" Samui explained.

"Ah it's nothing to worry about Samui-san I'll be golden but I won't let them come to harm either in case something does happen out there" Sakura promised, waving to the blonde woman as they reached her shared apartment.

Tsunade and Dan were no where to be found so she wrote a quick note to detail where she was going and if they needed more information to ask the Raikage, ten minutes later she was all packed and headed for the gates.

She found herself the first one there to so she leaned up against a post and closed her eyes "Damn here I thought we'd be first so we could ditch this stupid Leaf Dog" Karui sneered a couple minutes later.

Verdant orbs popped open "Well sorry to disappoint Karui-san but you won't be getting rid of me that easily" Sakura shot back with a grin, Karui reeled back as if she'd been slapped because she obviously hadn't expected Sakura to say anything.

Omoi looked nervous "You heard Samui-san and Raikage-sama, even Bee-sama warned us to be nice Karui or we'll really get demoted so it's better to get along with Sakura" Omoi stated not wanting to lose this chance to become a Chunin.

Karui growled under her breath muttering insults no doubt before signing out so that they could get the mission underway, Karui and Omoi knew where they were going so Sakura paced along behind the duo.

Letting them take point so they didn't think she was trying to order them around "Just so you know Leaf Dog if anything does happen you'll have to take your first kill got it" Karui snapped at her about an hour later.

Fuscia brows shot upwards "Tsk tsk Karui-san that's where your wrong, I've already had my first kill, and I'll never forget it either" Sakura wagged her finger, clicking her tongue as she did so and gold orbs widened in shock.

"You were a Chunin I bet so don't brag it's unattractive" Karui glared once she got over her shock at the revelation, Sakura sighed, shaking her head in response, making Karui feel like she was about to be shocked again.

As Sakura opened her mouth "I was a genin Karui-san, it was a life or death situation and I chose life which resulted in my first kill" Sakura admitted quietly, thinking back to that day, the day of her first death.

Neither of the Cloud-nin she was traveling with knew what to say after that so silence blanketed the group as they continued their trek towards the village being ravaged by rogues, three hours later Omoi's gut growled hungrily.

So the three of them stopped to eat lunch "Say Sakura when did you become a Chunin for your village, was the Chunin Exams very hard like I heard they were" Omoi questioned, the less biased of the two Kumo-genin apparently.

Her head snapped up in response while suppressing the urge to cringe "Well they were certainly trying that's for sure there was a lot of talented genin in it but I've been a Chunin for about a year at this point" Sakura explained.

Answering his questions politely "Aren't you pissed off that your being forced to come along with us on this mission" Karui grumbled unhappily having thought that the girl would object to another Kage's demands.

"I could have gotten angry sure Karui-san, however I was already aware of what I was getting myself into when I first got here a month ago, so I'm not being forced to accompany you in any way whatsoever" Sakura informed.

Shocking the redhead into silence again as they finished up eating then continued walking by sundown they still hadn't reached their destination so camp was made and once Karui and Omoi were asleep Sakura drew protective seals before going to sleep herself.

The next morning after breakfast and they'd walked for about three hours Karui, Omoi and Sakura got to the little ravaged village, Sakura wanted to close her eyes but there were people suffering right in front of her so she couldn't.

Karui and Omoi though became ill at the sight they were seeing "Okay first thing we have to do is find the village head" Omoi decided, looking like he was about to be sick, Sakura pursed her lips but followed after him.

Clearly unbothered by such devastation or so he thought until he noticed how her jaw was clenched indicating she was angry, it took them an hour to find the village head, who was laid up in bed at deaths door practically.

"Your the medic heal him Lea….Sakura" Karui ordered forcing herself to be a little nicer while feeling grateful that Raikage-sama had sent her with them, Sakura dropped her pack and her hands glowed a bright green.

While she knelt at the man's side, after a few minutes her expression turned grim 'Its to late for him daughter' Jashin commented, stating something that Sakura had already realized for herself, the man couldn't be healed or saved.

Not even if she used her secondary chakra "There, there I see you understand….you two gather round quickly, the rogues are using a old inn as their base" the village head soothed when the girl pulled back.

Chakra fading from her hands "What are you doing I said heal him" Karui shouted, Sakura shook her head face tight with pain, Karui's heart dropped when understanding dawned on her "Didn't you say you'd never let a patient die" the redhead pleaded.

Sakura took a deep breath then kneeled again, attempting something she knew would be useless as she used the mystical palm on the dying man, it's not that he was injured, he had an incurable illness and that's what was killing him.

In the next moment all life in the village head was gone "But why I don't understand, I thought you were a good medic" Omoi rounded on Sakura who sat there glaring at her hands until she found the strength to stand.

"I am Omoi-san but there are limits to what I can do, like curing someone of an incurable illness like he had, what he died from just now, not even Shishou would have been able to save him" Sakura grimaced.

The two teammates bowed their heads "We have to get rid of those rogues, first lets give this guy a burial" Omoi intoned determinedly so a grave was quickly dug and the village head was buried in it.

Before the three of them sat down to talk over plans "Can't we just go in and blow them up" Karui asked when they'd been talking in circles for half an hour, neither one of them able to decide on a proper plan.

Sakura was quiet since her job was to observe mostly, Omoi shook his head though "There's a risk some of them might escape and I don't really fancy chasing after them" Omoi said, wracking his brain for a good idea.

"Oi….what would you do Sakura" Karui inquired, eyeballing the silent pinkette, even if Sakura couldn't help them, she could still give them ideas hopefully in order to complete their task and become Chunin.

Green eyes focused on her "Me, I'd start with making a barrier to box them in, keep them all in one place then rush them with clones probably" Sakura shrugged, just one idea that had come to mind while listening to the duo.

Karui felt her face twitch in frustration "Rather simplistic don't you think, shouldn't you, you know add flair to it or something" Karui frowned in confusion, wondering where Sakura's dynamic side was.

"True Karui-san, but let me give you some advice, not everything has to have flare and sometimes when you're a Chunin you won't even have time for it when your being attacked, it's not as grand as you think" Sakura intoned flatly.

Scaring the two in front of her "Hehehe right well since we both have lightning nature we can incorporate lightning clones into our plan that shock rogues whenever their destroyed, we should also while we're at it destroy the old inn" Omoi laughed awkwardly.

Unsure of how to feel at the moment "There's also casting an area wide genjutsu, you know the one Cee taught us Pillar of Light it'll also blind them should they manage to escape it to quickly" Karui offered.

Catching Sakura nodding approvingly out of the corner of her eye "Before we do anything though I want to fortify this village some because we don't know when those bastards will come back" Omoi announced.

Deciding he wanted to help the little ravaged village as well "Can you set up that barrier you mentioned Sakura" Karui requested, a lot politer now than when they'd first set out yesterday morning.

"Of course Karui-san….shadow clone jutsu" Sakura flashed through one handed hand signs, gave her four clones instructions then disappeared out the door to start healing anyone that she could, working quickly and efficiently at the same time.

When she came back a couple hours later, lunch was ready "No one can't say you aren't fast once somethings decided on" Karui commented, upon spotting Sakura sitting at the table with them to eat lunch and replenish her chakra most likely.

Earning a small smile "The faster the better, you prove your competence that way, others will be more apt to following orders from you then to instead of arguing when your squad leader" Sakura said softly.

Putting her hands together to give her thanks for the meal before digging in "Have you ever had to be in charge of leading others" Omoi inquired, getting curious now that they were starting to get on friendly terms with one another.

Her lips quirked "Yep it was on my last mission, I took command over Team Eight, we were looking for poachers who were after an almost extinct insect called the Bikochu in a private, protected forest" Sakura grinned.

Karui and Omoi scooted closer "So what happened, did you find the poachers and stop them or what" Karui demanded to know because she knew the answer was going to be a good one and she was right to.

As Sakura's smile widened "That we did, or rather they found Team Eight while I was hunting down breakfast, we'd only been there a day, so I came back to unexpected chaos, and in the end they were captured" Sakura recited.

"Cool and what about the insect, that Bikochu thing, no others were attempting to poach it right" Omoi questioned, not entirely satisfied just yet even though they really should be getting back to work he couldn't help it.

She shook her head "It was just those three so the Bikochu finished laying its egg wherever it was in the forest and it hatched after the storm thus rendering it useless to anyone else trying to find it anyway until the next breeding/egg-laying season happens" Sakura finished.

Polishing off the rest of her lunch, disappearing out the door in the next moment to continue healing the civilians of the village before coming back for dinner once she'd done all she could for the day.

~Two days later~

"Alright, with all the civilians healed and the village properly fortified against any further attacks it's time to take on those rogues who were to cowardly to show themselves while we've been here" Karui declared.

That morning after they'd eaten breakfast "Just remember Sakura we're counting on you to put up a barrier in order to keep those bastards from escaping" Omoi reminded as they packed up in order to make their trek to the old abandoned inn that was the rogues base of operations.

Sakura smirked "Have no fear Karui-chan, Omoi, these assholes won't know what hit them" Sakura snickered heartlessly, once the barrier was up however it was up to those two to complete the mission.

An hour later they were perched in tree's chakra suppressed as they discretely spied on the old inn from their hiding places "Lots of activity so I'm guessing that there's probably twenty of them" Omoi noted in a hushed tone of voice.

Pink hair swished as Sakura nodded silently in response "I'm going to go ahead and start setting up the barrier around the immediate area" Sakura whispered to the two of them as she left her perch and started sneaking around.

In spite of her glaringly obvious bright hair, no one even noticed her, making her wonder if they were stupid or if they were already on to three of them "All done then" Karui shifted a little when Sakura joined her in the tree again.

"Yeah but be careful, either these rogues are stupid or they already know we're here" the rosette warned seriously, she didn't want them letting their guards down that was for sure as Karui and Omoi readied their weapons.

Kunai with exploding tags attached that were thrown once prepared and the old inn was bombarded with explosions, drawing the rogues out, to Sakura's relief these guys were simply idiots as she settled in the tree to watch how Omoi and Karui fought.

The barrier raised just in case "Couldn't have done that better myself actually" Sakura commented as the final rogue was taken out by Karui, who'd employed every tactic that she could think of probably while fighting.

Both of them were breathing hard, skin slicked with sweat "It was your idea mostly we just adapted it" Omoi grinned, proud they'd managed with minimal injuries that Sakura healed for them which meant it was now time to head back to Kumogakure.

"By the way Sakura you were right, sometimes you don't have time to add a little flare to your fight" Karui admitted in an apologetic tone, having grown quite use to Sakura and even fond of the girl as they started back towards the village.

Hours later when they were probably two hours away from Hidden Cloud 'Daughter I regret to inform you that you have five minutes to prepare yourself before Hoshigaki reaches your position' Jashin warned.

Causing Sakura to stumble especially when his chakra flared in the distance "GO, start running Omoi, Karui" Sakura shouted, taking their wrists and hauling ass as if the devil were nipping at their heels.

Karui and Omoi were understandably confused until they heard "Suiton: Water Shark Bomb Jutsu" from somewhere behind them, Sakura released their wrists, whipped around flying through hand seals like a mad dog.

"Doton: Earth Dome Jutsu" Sakura hissed out furiously, covering them in the nick of time, though her jutsu was no match for his it at least protected the three of them for the moment as it crumbled uselessly after being bombarded by exploding sharks.

Allowing them to see their assailant "Well, well if it isn't the walking, talking piece of cotton candy from before" Kisame grinned showing off all his sharp teeth as he recognized the little brat as the one from that inn.

Sakura settled herself in front of the Kumo brats "Your one to talk at least I look human and not like a fish bastard" Sakura spat, unsealing her scythe and holding it before herself defensively, unsure of what to do in this situation.

"Oh seems the cotton candy has some bite to her and isn't all sweetness, tell me something how are you standing there when I know for a fact Zetsu killed you back in the Land of Iron" Kisame demanded of her.

Viridian irises narrowed "Whose to say Zetsu actually killed me, maybe my acting skills were just that good to fake him out" Sakura boasted, lying through her teeth, keeping her companions covered in case he attacked.

There was probably only one way to get them to safety as Kisame frowned at her not able to smell if she was lying most likely "Either way, today is your last day on this earth" the mist nuke-nin charged indicating he was out to kill her.

She took a deep breath then clashed blades with him, her scythe against his sharkskin, imagine his surprise when she lifted one hand from the handle of her scythe to fly through hand signs "Ivory, use the rift, get them to safety back in Kumo" Sakura ordered of the wolf who appeared.

Ivory urged Omoi and Karui onto her back "I don't think so, Suiton: Water Clone Jutsu" Kisame shouted, creating a clone and sending it after Ivory with the two Kumo brats, Sakura grit her teeth, and disengaged.

Then pressed the button on her scythe to extend it and swung it, taking the clone out giving Ivory more time "Did you think I'd let you touch them fish-face" Sakura sneered, engaging him as their weapons met blow for blow.

Kisame would be impressed if he wasn't getting annoyed at her constant insults "Pinky I'm way out of your league, you have no chance against me so give up and I'll give you a nice easy painless death" Kisame growled.

Smirking when he managed to overpower the brat and shave some of her skin with Samehada "Not on your life, I made a promise and I'm going to keep it" Sakura declared, concentrating more chakra into her arms.

Before lunging at him again, this time she added taijutsu into the mix as she swung her foot out and kicked Kisame firmly in the shin, breaking the bone "FUCK" Kisame cursed, jumping back to avoid the second kick aimed for a much more delicate place than his shin.

The girl was proving to be a harder challenge to take down than he'd initially thought as they watched each other warily, he smirked when something white sneaked along the ground, even if the brat was late.

By the time Sakura realized what was going on it was to late as she was set flying from the resulting explosion thanks to Deidara's explosive clay "Damned bastard what are you that afraid of fighting one on one with a girl that you had to bring backup" Sakura cursed at him.

In pain no doubt but that didn't stop her from charging him after scooping up her scythe on guard for anymore white things that could explode on her as she dodged the next by hacking through it, followed by throwing something.

"Cute but useless" Kisame snorted as he swatted it with Samehada and sent it back at the brat who leaped to the side to avoid it hitting her, indicating that whatever was in it was not good and it would have probably been bad for him if he'd let it hit him.

They were back to eyeing one another again, her fingers twitched into another hand sign "Ninja Art: Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu" Sakura called, creating fifteen clones, four of which shot in the cardinal directions while the remaining eleven charged Kisame.

Unfortunately it was Sakura's unluckiest day yet as Deidara acted again this time by bombarding Sakura with clones and in the midst of it all managed to hit the brat with the drug Sasori gave him "All up to you now Kisame" Deidara called.

When the clones poofed out of existence and Sakura dropped, Kisame nodded watching his backup take off in the direction of their base while he warily approached the pinkette "If you'd just given up you would never have been subjected to Sasori's drug" Kisame scolded.

Lifting the brat to find her glaring murderously at him, expression frozen that as the drug numbed her entire body but kept her awake "Now for all the trouble you gave me just now I think I ought to take something" Kisame smirked.

Feeling like he deserved a reward, her glare intensified when he brushed a hand over her budding breasts before ripping her cheongsam dress open to reveal her chest "Fucker when I get rid of this drug from my system your going to regret ever meeting me" Sakura growled.

After forcing her voice to work in spite of the drug while she attempted to flush it from her body via her chakra, Kisame clearly didn't take her threat seriously as he grinned down at her in amusement "There that should shut you up for a bit" Kisame commented.

As he pinched one of her peaks harshly "ASSHOLE" Sakura shouted, drug quickly losing its effects, he crushed his mouth to hers and bit her lip cruelly until it bled as he set about removing the rest of her clothes from her person.

Panic was beginning to set in despite her struggling now that she could, Kisame pinned her down with a clone "Don't you dare bastard I swear to god that I will kill you" Sakura snarled when he unbuttoned his cloak.

Furiously trying to free herself as he pulled his pants down to his knees and the clone behind her pulled her legs over her head in the most uncomfortable position "Careful brat I'm one second away from just ramming it in" Kisame warned.

Briefly Sakura stilled and she was forced to watch as Kisame placed his large member at the entrance to her sacred place, her mind was shutting down as she felt him slowly begin to penetrate her one centimeter at a time.

Just as the tip of his member had reached the thin membrane that was her virginity Sakura lost all control and screamed bloody murder, black chakra coalesced in the air, forming into black spikes that shot up out of the ground.

Impaling Kisame from all directions, his clone dispelled in a splash of water, he was still alive but barely as she scrambled backwards away from him staring in horror at what she'd created out of pure fear.

Right then the Raikage along with his two usual escorts arrived on scene "BRAT" Ay yelled, Sakura screamed in fright and ducked her head while grabbing up the Akatsuki cloak to cover herself "Brat take it easy" Ay soothed.

Seeing her reaction, Cee approached her with his arms held out like one would for a wounded animal "It's okay Sakura-san, Hoshigaki can't hurt you anymore" Cee assured gently as he knelt at her side very carefully.

Then slowly reached out to wrap his arms around her shaking form, she started shaking her head, leaning away from him "He..he tried to" Sakura hiccuped unable to even say it as she finally let him pull her into his arms.

Before cradling her against his chest as he stood making sure she was situated properly so he didn't accidentally drop her "Was he successful" Cee questioned gently and she shook her head relieving him massively.

"Good even though the bastard doesn't deserve to live I don't have to kill him for taking something that doesn't belong to him" Cee glared furiously at the still alive S class criminal who was unable to move.

Courtesy whatever the hell those black spikes were, Ay sneered "Here, get that bloody cloak off her Cee" Ay growled under his breath as he shrugged out of his white haori, they all turned their heads away as the Akatsuki cloak was discarded.

And Sakura firmly wrapped herself in Ay's haori, then Cee turned and started carrying her back to Kumogakure "So what are we going to do with him Boss" Darui gestured to Kisame, reigning in the urge to kill the bastard.

For what he'd almost done to the kid "Lets seal him up and bring him back to the village, I'm sure the Mizukage would be quite happy if we sent him to her once we block his chakra and heal him of course" Ay smirked cruelly.

There was nothing worse for a rogue after all than being sent back to the village he defected from, Darui nodded grimly in answer then did as ordered by the time they caught up with Cee, Sakura was sleeping fitfully.

An hour and a half later they were back, many were stood at the gates waiting for their arrival and the first one to Sakura was Tsunade "What the hell happened out there" Tsunade demanded itching to snatch her apprentice away from the blonde.

"Hoshigaki attacked her…he tried to rape her Lady Tsunade but was unsuccessful, she was shaken up fairly badly though" Cee explained carefully holding Sakura out to the woman who took her gently into her arms.

Looking ill more so than usual in fact he'd heard from Sakura that she'd even been throwing up lately for some reason "Are you sure Cee…can you check her over just in case, I'm afraid I'm unable to at this current moment in time" Tsunade winced.

Not regretting her actions but when Sakura needed her the most like she did now she was unable to help, Cee furrowed his brow "What Tsuna-chan means is that Rurui-san forbade her from using chakra since she's pregnant, almost three months along to be precise" Dan interjected.

Upon seeing the blondes confusion, Ay didn't look shocked in the least having already been told but the others were stunned at the confession "I'll do it then Lady Tsunade you have my word that she'll be excellently taken care of" Cee vowed.

Tsunade passed Sakura back over to him and he took off towards the hospital where Rurui led him to a room, she stayed asleep the entire time as he healed her and checked to make sure she was still a virgin.

It was as he was checking up on her for the third time near dinner that Sakura woke up, she just flew up out of the bed she was on with a terrified scream "Sakura, Sakura it's okay, your safe" Cee soothed.

Catching her before she gave herself a concussion as she tripped clumsily since she was tangled in the sheet, she was shaking as he hugged her to him, chest heaving as she struggled to calm down from her nightmare.

Rurui stood in the hallway worrying her hands watching as Cee rocked Sakura back and forth making shushing noises to help her relax until she managed to stop shaking and breathe properly "Thank you Cee-san" Sakura said quietly.

Throat hurting from the blood-curdling scream she'd let out a minute ago "Your welcome" Cee smiled at her kindly, depositing her back in the bed, Rurui managed to sneak in a bit of fussing over the girl before leaving to continue her usual duties.

Cee watched as Sakura seemed to curl in on herself a little now that he was alone with her "Tell me what's bothering you Sakura" Cee asked carefully knowing better than to make demands at the moment when it would just scare her.

Sakura's head snapped up from its bowed position "That I let him take advantage of me so easily and if I'd had the sense to run away that wouldn't have happened, plus he had backup with him but I don't know where he went" Sakura glared at her lap.

The blonde inhaled sharply "It's not your fault Sakura…no I'm serious, you couldn't account for Hoshigaki showing up like he did but the drug I found in your system was nasty even Tsunade would have had trouble with it" Cee informed.

As he stopped her from interrupting him by holding up his hand "I knew it was bad the moment his backup managed to inject me with it because I started trying to flush it from my body, it made me completely numb where I couldn't feel anything or move a muscle" Sakura flinched.

Admitting that much to his relief "Be proud of yourself though Sakura, Akatsuki is down by two, even if they did add that Tobi fellow, Hoshigaki will be sent back to Kiri with his chakra blocked and probably be executed" Cee announced.

Wanting to see some life in the normally vibrant girl, unbidden a smile came to her face lighting up her features "Good, he doesn't deserve to live after what he tried to do" Sakura nodded at her most vicious.

Just then someone knocked on the door to the hospital room "Er can we come in and see Sakura" Karui poked her head into the room only to find the pinkette wide awake, still wrapped in Ay's white haori but awake.

"By the way that wolf of yours was seriously cool" Omoi commented when the two of them were sitting in chairs on either side of the bed that Sakura was sitting on while Cee left to go inform Tsunade and Dan that she was awake.

Sakura smiled lightly "Mhm Ivory's special as you now know, I only wish it wasn't because you were in danger that you were taken through a rift, not everyone can take it in stride like you did Omoi" Sakura winced after a moment.

Omoi waved his hand however "Still thank you for protecting us Sakura if it had been only us two we would have never lasted" Karui admitted, a little shaken up herself from the incident, one minute they'd been laughing then next they were running for their lives.

"No problem we're friends and friends protect each other" Sakura declared, feeling better already, Hoshigaki couldn't touch her ever again and his death was eminent more than likely once he was sent back to Kirigakure.

The duo shared a grin with one another "Yeah friends on that note we'll leave you to these guys" Omoi pointed over his shoulder as the door opened to admit Tsunade and Dan into the room as he and Karui left.

Dan stared at her worriedly while Tsunade hesitated "I'm okay Shishou I didn't let him get me" Sakura assured, though there was still a slightly haunted look in her eyes, the fear of almost being raped was starting to fade.

Not completely they were sure but at least she was pulling herself together "Seems like it brat but Ay's not going to be sending you out of the village anymore that was something he decided on after promoting those two to Chunin" Tsunade scoffed.

Her apprentice didn't utter a word of complaint merely accepted the cold hard truth "What I would like to know is why such a terrible organization like the Akatsuki would be targeting you Sakura" Dan frowned.

Getting tired of being left out of the loop apparently now that he knew there was one and that both his pregnant lover and her apprentice were hiding something "Should I or should you Sakura" Tsunade questioned.

After slapping a sound-proofing seal on the door and sealed the room "Me…Dan-san you better sit down because what I'm about to say is unbelievable and an extremely hard pill to swallow if you catch my drift" Sakura sighed.

Deciding that it would be better coming from her Dan sat so she started, she explained everything from beginning to end and left nothing out as she told him the complete and utter truth about herself until she was finished.

She even gave him proof of her claims by performing a light ritual right there in the hospital room allowing Dan to hear Jashin's voice for himself "Akatsuki's getting mighty fishy about me thanks to the Tsuchikage hiring one of them to kill me back in the Land of Iron" Sakura explained.

"Hence why Hoshigaki would be after her, to confirm the truth probably unfortunately he didn't expect Sakura to be able to do whatever she did thus thwarting his attempt on her life" Tsunade added as an after thought.

Lover sitting on the chair in stunned silence "Do you have to be a Jashinist Sakura shouldn't you get a choice" Dan asked, worried that things were only going to get worse for the girl from that day and on.

"I could Dan-san, Jashin-sama would understand but not until I complete my task for him, so I must continue on as I am now" Sakura said, voice full of grim determination, Dan relented at that and the rest of the day, her birthday passed by peacefully once Sakura learned that Tsunade was pregnant.