Morning came around, the sun beaming through the window in Sakura's room. It didn't take long for it to wake up the sleeping rosette. Sakura eyes were scrunched up because of the sun. Once she sat up slowly to rub them. Her vision was clear.
That's when she looked around the room she was in. She didn't recognize it at all. But then she remembered what all transpired last night. So let some tears fall down her eyes again remembering her parents were dead. The realization hit Sakura hard.
After 10mins of crying, she told herself that's what's done is done. Crying about it won't solve anything. "Seriously I can't cry all day. Maybe sometime during the day but not all day." She told herself.
Then she remembered seeing Kushina. "Oh yeah I did meet her yesterday. She used that jutsu Kakashi-sen-." She caught herself. No Sakura knew he didn't deserve to be called her sensei after the way he's treated her.
"Kakashi" Sakura spat out like his name was a sour lemon. "That jutsu he uses. Kushina-chan used it to bring me to her house."
Suddenly a strong smell of food was sent her way. Sakura stood up and walked to the kitchen. She noticed walking through the hallway how cozy and welcoming it feels.
In the kitchen, the pinkette saw Kushina was finishing cooking breakfast. "Ohayo Kushina-chan." She greeted the red head with a genuine smile.
"Morning Sakura-chan, how did you sleep?" Kushina asked.
"Better than I have in the last few days." Sakura replied.
"That's good to know!" Kushina voiced happily.
She brought a plate of food to Sakura. They ate breakfast while doing some light chatting. When they were done. Kushina asked Sakura to come to her room with her.
Sakura was confused but she nodded in agreement.
After Kushina washed the dishes. She led Sakura to her room. When Sakura saw Kushina room. Clothes were all over the floor. Besides that, the room looked much like a master bed room. Kushina sat on her bed, patted the spot next to her for Sakura to sit down. The pinkette obliged.
"Sorry about the clothes. My room is usually this messy since I tend to leave my clothes on the floor whenever I change." Kushina said while rubbing the back of her head.
Sakura smiled slightly. "No it's fine, honestly for some reason it makes me feel even more comfortable." She explained.
"Good! Now Sakura-chan, do you feel comfortable talking to me about some things from last night? We don't have to talk about your parents if you don't want to." Kushina asked her in a soft tone.
"I'd rather not cry again from talking about my parents right now. But I could talk to you about everything else." Sakura sighed.
The red head put a hand on her shoulder and smiled. "That's fine, so why don't you start explaining what you meant by you're a disgrace to kunoichi everywhere?"
Sakura expression became an irritable one. "I was so caught up into trying to get a boy in my class to notice me. That I slacked off in my training while I was in the academy. So I'm lacking in the physical department. I forced myself to go on diets all because I heard my former crush likes skinny girls. I wasted years chasing around a boy who turned on was nothing more than an revenge obsessed asshole. I looked up to you when I was growing up. I still do so I felt like I was disappointing myself and making a bad name for serious kunoichi's. That's why I said that."
Kushina listened to the explanation. "Hmm well I can't say that I haven't seen girls like that before. They really pissed me off when I was growing up. So are you willing to change that?" She asked curiously.
"I already have, during my first c-rank my team encountered a few missing nins. One of them being Zabuza Momochi, demon of the mist. First we were almost ambushed by the demon brother's. But Sasuke and Sai was able to handle it. While Kakashi appeared afterwards praising them." Sakura explained.
"Sasuke and Sai?" Kushina questioned.
"My teammates are Sasuke Uchiha and Sai. Jounin instructor is Kakashi Hatake." The pinkette replied with some anger in her tone. That made Kushina raise an eyebrow.
"Not long after we encountered Zabuza. While Kakashi was fighting him. He ended up getting caught in a water prison. Sasuke and Sai were able to work together to free them. That's when I truly realized that all I'm doing is taking up space. How can I be a shinobi if I can't even contribute to our team. I could hardly protect the client if someone was to attack me. Once I realized that a part of me was hating myself for not trying to become a great kunoichi. I swore to myself that I would no longer take being a shinobi as if it was a game. So I asked Kakashi to help me train. He did after he recovered somewhat from chakra exhaustion. But he only showed us tree walking. I have the best chakra control along with the smallest reserves. So I was able to make it to the top with ease. That was the last thing Kakashi taught me. He sent me off to go help our clients daughter in the kitchen. While he watches the other two progress. I caught him giving them extra training multiple times. I asked over and over trying to tell Kakashi I wanted to change. He just brushed it off and said I was better off being out of the way. Sai didn't care what I did. Sasuke just berated me every time saying I would never amount to anything no matter how hard I tried." Sakura told Kushina with more frustration in her voice.
"So you learned tree walking during a B-rank mission?" Kushina couldn't believe what she had heard.
"No it was A-rank because our client lied about protecting him from ninja. Sasuke wanted to continue the mission. Sai does whatever Sasuke does. Kakashi just agreed without no one asking about my opinion. We weren't trained for that level of difficulty. Kakashi hardly trained us as it is. All we do is teamwork exercises." Sakura shared her disbelief.
Sakura felt the air get cold as she saw red aura radiating off of Kushina. "U-Uh Kushina are you-"
"That fucking prick! Where the hell does he get off in treating his student this way?! He knows that favoritism isn't allowed. Then he let a genin, a fucking genin decide if they were going to continue a mission way out of their league! Oh just wait until I see that cocky silver haired bastard. I'll teach him a lesson he won't ever forget." Kushina ranted in anger.
Sakura was shocked. Someone was angry for her.
Kushina eyes were narrowed dangerously. She lessened their narrowness to ask Sakura a question. "Sakura do you have any other family in konoha?"
Sakura shook her head side to side. "No I've only met my grandma three times before she died. My aunt I met several times but we never got along. Other than that, the rest of my dad's family is unknown to me. Mom's side is the same way. No one in either of my families except my parents has ever lived in konoha. Only my aunt and grandma ever visited us."
"I see, well since your house is gone. How would you like to live here with me from now on?" Kushina offered with a smile.
The pinkette could not believe her ears. Did Kushina Uzumaki just offer her a place to stay? What kind of genjutsu was she stuck in?
"I-I I don't want to i-intrude!" Sakura replied.
Kushina waved her off. "You won't be, only I live here anyways. Genma does come over and stay sometimes. My other friends come over a couple times a week too. Trust me it'll be refreshing for me to have someone live with me. Especially someone who I see has potential that's waiting to be tapped into. Also I'm not taking no for an answer Sa-ku-ra-chan." She voiced the last part teasingly.
Sakura wanted to retorted but just gave it up. She had no reason at all to deny this offer. It wasn't like she had anywhere to go. Plus how often is it that you get a legendary shinobi who is actually WILLING to teach you?
So she just sighed. "Alright you win Kushina-chan." Sakura said with a small smile.
Kushina grinned. "Great! But Sakura I hope you know that I'm a jinchuuriki."
Sakura wasn't expecting to hear that. "I remember reading a book about them. Wait so if they are demon containers. Does that mean you're the jinchuuriki of the nine tailed fox who attacked our village? I heard that the fourth hokage defeated it. But a mere human cannot kill a beast of that caliber no matter how hard they try. So sealing it away is the most logical explanation." The bookworm wondered.
Kushina was grinning ever harder than before. "Wow most kids in your generation don't even know half of what you just said. You sure are a bookworm Sakura. I'm sure you will be able to use that brilliant mind of yours to achieve great things. After all a ninja needs more than skills to survive."
Sakura blushed hearing the small praise. It felt good hearing someone compliment your intelligence. "D-Do you really think I could?" She nervously asked.
"Hell yeah I do sweetie. Have some faith in yourself. You have a weapon that is considered a ninja's greatest weapon Sakura. Don't think so lightly of yourself. You can become anything you want if you set your mind to it." Kushina encouraged.
Sakura took those words to heart. She wanted to believe she could become strong. To protect herself, her comrades and those in need. Sakura realized that it was not too late for her to change if Kushina Uzumaki herself was encouraging her.
"Ok then, from this day forward. I will strive to become stronger. I want my name to be heard throughout the world. I no longer want to be a fan girl. I want to be a strong shinobi." Sakura said with determination.
Kushina smiled and patted her on the back. "That's the spirit Sakura! Ok Kurama you can come out now."
Sakura was confused until a small orange nine tailed fox appeared. For some unexplainable reason Sakura was not frightened by the fox.
"Hello little human, are you here to offer me your SOUL?!" Kurama questioned as he raised his chakra.
The fox was quickly punched on top of the head. He rubbed his aching head. "Ow! What was that for?!" Kurama asked.
"That's for trying to scare Sakura and using your chakra around a girl who isn't used to how POTENT IT IS YOU DUMBASS!" Kushina yelled at her familiar.
Kurama winced a bit. "Ok ok sorry I was just trying to have some fun with the kit. It's not everyday I get to try to scare a kid like her."
Kushina rolled her eyes. "Whatever furball."
Kurama's eye twitched. "I told you not to call me that you witch!" He roared.
Kushina would've quickly retorted if Sakura hadn't started petting Kurama's fur.
"Kawaii mr. fox your fur is so pretty and soft. It makes me want to sleep on you!" Sakura said happily.
Kurama looked at Kushina who looked just as confused as him. So he snorted then said. "Heh I'm glad you like it kit. I'll let you play with it any time you want. Also call me Kurama. It's nice to meet you little Sakura."
"Nice to meet you too Kurama. Although I assumed you would be much much bigger thsn this. Also expected to feel more bloodlust too." Sakura mused.
"This is not my actual size kit. This is my smallest form. Kushina here said that this is the perfect size for me for whenever I'm not inside her seal. Apparently it makes me less intimidating for her friends who come around." Kurami answered.
"Yeah cause having a giant fox laying around sure won't cause havoc around the village. I rather not give the old man a heart attack before his time comes. Plus you know this is the most convenient size for you. People don't freak out when they see you walking next to me." Kushina voiced.
"Don't they see his tails?" Sakura asked.
"Nope he hides all of them except for one. But Sakura tell me how do you feel about your team?" Kushina questioned.
"They could all go to hell for all I care. I just wish I didn't have to be on the same team as them." Sakura replied.
Kushina smirked. "Stay right here, I'm gonna go see if I can do something about that." Right after she disappeared in a shunshin.
Sakura looked confused, she looked over at Kurama.
"She's going to see the hokage and inform him about your situation. Don't worry that old man is too scared of Kushina to ever deny her what she wants." Kurama informed her.
"Wait isn't the hokage the strongest in the village? Why would he be scared of Kushina-chan." The rosette asked.
Kurama snickered. "While it is true that a kage is supposed to be the strongest in their villages. That old man is not on the same level as Kushina. Never have been and never will be. He and Kushina have a good relationship. She sees him as a grandfather. But he is too afraid to make her angry. Kushina can get real violent when she wants to."
"Hmm that's interesting. To think that our actually kage is not the strongest in our village." Sakura voiced.
"Don't be that surprised kit. There is always somebody in the world who is stronger than you. This applies to everyone. Me personally I don't respect that old man too much." The fox said.
"How come?" Sakura asked.
"He lets his old teammates walk all over him. Ask Kushina, she will tell you what I mean." He answered.
In the office of the hokage. Kushina was standing in front of the god of shinobi himself.
"So Sakura Haruno's parents died in a burning house? That's very unfortunate I do hope she can move on with her life. But not only are you taking her in. You want me to let you take control over her training. Because apparently Kakashi hasn't been focusing on all of his students." Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned his surrogate grand daughter.
"Yes I do jiji, I know you saw her records from the academy. A girl with her intelligence is far too promising to not help. Plus I see a bit of myself in her eyes." Kushina said.
"You see right, I did see them. I was disappointed in her physical stats. But she does have that mind of hers. Kakashi recently reported that he thinks her chakra control percentile is in the 96th. Even Tsunade doesn't have that level of control. Still I can't just give you Kakashi's student without his agreement." Hiruzen replied.
"Screw his approval jiji. He doesn't care about the girl from what she's told me. And I'm not letting her go back to her toxic team. Kakashi is still mourning over the deaths of his old teammates and Minato. Sasuke turned out to be a revenge crazed asshole. I don't know anything about that Sai kid other than he follows Sasuke around. I wouldn't put it pass him to belittle Sakura if Sasuke is doing it." The red head retorted.
Sarutobi sighed. "Of course it would be that dysfunctional. Alright from this point on you will be her sensei. Do you think she'll be ready to compete in the chunin exams in two months?"
Kushina scoffed. "Please jiji, i'll have her more than ready. Me and Genma will be doing her training at an intense level."
"Very well but I won't have a team that she can join. I don't want her to participate in the exams by herself. But knowing you, you will force me to make the exception. Just please try to find her a team to join for the exams so I don't have to make her an exception. The exams are dangerous with a team of 3. One genin it would be nothing short of hell for them." Hiruzen pleaded.
"Like I said, she will be ready. If she chooses to take them by herself than I'll believe in her to pass the exams. I'll instill all the of the requirements and expectations of chunin and jounin into her. What are you going to tell Kakashi when he says she hasn't been reporting in?" Kushina asked.
"I'll just tell him that Sakura requested some time off to mourn the death of her parents. Then some point during the exams. I'll talk to him about his favoritism toward his male students." He told her.
Kushina grinned. "Great see you later jiji. Please don't request me for any missions until I come back to request for one unless it's an emergency. It's unlikely Sakura has had her first kill yet. So depending on her progress after a month. I'll take her on some missions to get that out of the way." With that the last Uzumaki of konoha disappeared.
Hiruzen sat back in his chair to sigh. He looked over to see the stack of papers on his desk. "I'm too old for this shit." He said.
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The red head appeared back to her house. She was greeted with the site of Sakura scratching lightly behind a purring Kurama.
"So I see you find his purring cute too huh?" Kushina giggled.
Sakura jumped not noticing Kushina's appearance. "Oh Kushina-chan you're back!"
"Mhm." Kushina nodded. "Well Sakura it's official, you no longer have to deal with your former team. The old man said that I could train you to my hearts content." She told Sakura with excitement.
Sakura gasped then ran to tackle Kushina into a hug. Kushina fell to the ground but did nothing but return the hug.
"Thank you so much Kushina-chan." Sakura nearly cried.
Kushina gently rubbed her back. "Hey hey don't worry about it. There was no way I was going to let Kakashi keep neglecting you like that. The hokage is going to inform him that you took time away to mourn your parents passing."
Sakura eventually let go of the hug to sit up. "Really that's good to know. So what are we going to do now?"
Kushina sat up herself. "First thing is that I want to take you shopping."
Sakura was surprised. "Take me shopping? Umm I don't think I have enough money to shop much. I used to save over half of the money I got from missions. I had a safe in my room but since my house is burned down. I'm 90% positive the money is gone to."
Kushina gave her a light chop to the head. "Sakura I said that I want to take you shopping. Meaning I will be paying for everything." She said with a smile.
Sakura eyes widened a bit. "W-wait! You don't have to d-do that! I can ju-" A hand covered her mouth.
That hand being Kushina's. "No waits, buts or anything else. I'm taking you shopping Sakura-chan. It's obvious you can't afford to restock your whole wardrobe. Not only that, we need to get you some ninja gear as well. That red dress of yours is cute. But I feel like you can do better."
Sakura just smile and nodded. She knew it wasn't no fighting against it. "Ok, thank you Kushina-sensei." She voiced only to get flicked in the forehead. "Ow!"
Kushina looked at her with a deadpanned expression. "No sensei stuff either. Think of me as your friend or guardian. I may be teaching you but I don't want just a student teacher relationship with you Sakura-chan. Now come on let's go." The red head stood up.
Sakura's heart skipped hearing the one and only Kushina Uzumaki. Tell her that she wants more than a student-teacher relationship with her. It made her want to cry all over again. She stood up. "Before we go I have a question." Sakura asked.
"Shoot." Kushina said.
"I don't mean to sound disrespectful in no way. I'm just curious as to how do you still look like you are in your mid twenties?" Sakura honestly wondered.
"Oh well you see it's a side effect from having Kurama sealed inside of me. I have eternal youth being his jinchuuriki since our chakra is melded together. Because of the seal my idiot ex husband used. It forced me and Kurama to be linked to one another to the point. Where if one of us dies, so does the other. My chakra is somewhat similar to his after all of the years my chakra has had to adapt to his bijuu chakra. Did I lose you anywhere?" Kushina explained.
Sakura looked shocked by the explanation. "No I understand just fine. Being a jinchuuriki doesn't sound all that bad. But how come the fourth hokage used a seal that binds you two in such a way?"
Kushina shrugged. "I've been wondering that for the last 14 years Sakura. The sealing jutsu he used is a kinjutsu because it required the life of the caster in order to fully perform the sealing. There are other seal he could've used to seal back Kurama. And you're damn right about being a jinchuuriki isn't all that bad. The pros outweigh the cons massively in my opinion. But that's not important now come on pinky-chan." The red head grabbed the pinkette's hand then used shunshin to disappear.
Sakura was taken to multiple stores inside the village. From clothes, shoes and accessories. All of it was bought by Kushina. Sakura was grateful that Kushina kept multiple scrolls on her. Couple of them being storage scrolls.
Everything they bought was stored inside of them. Eventually they got to a few shinobi stores. Kushina explained to Sakura the difference in the metals that were used to make shuriken and kunai. While Sakura knew the more you pay, the better quality you can get. She didn't know about the actual metal itself. So Kushina bought her an huge amount of shuriken, senbons and kunai. She didn't need to buy any books since she had loads of them in her library at her home.
Sakura found a light gray sleeveless shirt with black stripes. Black shinobi pants with black sandals. She also bought some black high heeled boots. A blue haori with short sleeves caught her interest as well. But what really got her attention was a katana with a white hilt. The blade looked like it could cut through anything. Out of everything in the store, Sakura knew she had to have that along with a chakra metal bo staff. That had a pink dragon going around it. She found a necklace with cherry blossoms metal pieces actually making the necklace. It had a silver kanji hanging from it. The kanji standing for fearless.
Sakura decided she wanted to represent being fearless. She would not back down to anyone or anything that challenge her. Kushina approved Sakura outfit and her approach to being fearless. But she warned her that if she's on a mission. She has to retreat if her team calls for it or if the situation is way too much to handle. To be able to live to see another day is always a victory.
When they got back to their home. Kushina asked Sakura what did she want to excel in.
"Well I kinda want to be an all around ninja. I know I have small chakra reserves. But I want to build them up. I don't want to be limited to certain things because I lack the chakra to perform them. I want to be able to use ninjutsu to a good extent. I remember Kakashi telling me I was a genjutsu type once. But as you know, he never tried to help me develop. I know my taijutsu is laughable. My stamina sucks. I never picked up a sword until today." Sakura rambled.
"Sakura listen I have an idea for you." Kushina cut off her rambling.
Sakura looked up at Kushina. "I'm happy that you said you want to be an all around ninja instead of just excelling in one art. So here's my idea. I want you to learn kenjutsu, medical ninjustu, fuinjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu and ninjutsu." Kushina smirked.
Sakura looked at her as if she had a second head. "H-how do you expect me to learn all of that?"
"Easy, listen your chakra control is perfect. It's astounding as if matter of fact that it's in the 96th percentile. Nobody that I've ever come across has had that level of control of their chakra. I myself am only at 88th percentile. You can learn almost everything except medical ninjutsu from me. Me and one of my closest friends Genma will help you learn everything else I named. Genjutsu is a bit tricky for me. But I know basic ones. You can learn more from the scrolls I have inside the library I have. I'm not expecting you to master all of this soon. But I am expecting you to be proficient at most of them within a couple months." Kushina explained.
Sakura just nodded. "So who is going to help me learn medical ninjutsu?" She asked.
Kushina smirked. "Why Tsunade-sama herself. Who better than the best in the world to teach you?"
Sakura fainted after that. Kushina just laughed, she waited a few minutes for the pinkette to wake up.
Soon she did, Sakura shook her head. "So you're sure that Tsunade-sama will teach me? But how will I learn all of this in two months?"
"That's where the kage bunshin comes into play. I'm going to teach you how to make a shadow clone. Shadow clones are used for diversions typically. But not many know that they are also used for information gathering. Whatever a kage bunshin learns, it all goes back to the original ones the clone dispels. You might get a headache from the sudden information but as long as you don't use too many clones. You will be fine. Now the kage bunshin is a B-rank kinjutsu because it can kill you if you go overboard with it. For an example, say if you train with 100 clones. The feedback of all of the clones can kill you if you dispel them all at once. Most can't handle that kind of mental or chakra strain. So here is what you are going to do. I want you to try to perform the jutsu until you get it right. I want you try to make two solid shadow clones. This will help increase your reserves fast. Once that is done, I will send your clones to do some reading while you do physical training. I must warn you Sakura. My training can lead to death." Kushina straight up told her.
Sakura freaked out hearing that. "W-What?! I can die from this training?!" She yelled in disbelief.
"Yes you can however I'm not gonna let that happen obviously. I just wanted to give you a warning. I can refill your chakra by using Kurama's purified chakra. Don't worry his purified chakra isn't poisonous to you at all. It will also heal your wounds if you have any. Reason why I say you could die is because I going to be placing a couple seals on you to help improve your stamina quicker. I'm going to give you two seals. A gravity seal and a chakra coil expansion seal. It will take a day to get used to. The chakra seal with expand your chakra coils and reserves so you can have a larger amount of chakra. Right now from what I'm feeling. You have around mid-genin level reserves. To be a ninja who can excel in multiple arts. You need to have at least high chunin to low jounin chakra reserves. I know it sounds impossible to develop your reserves that much in only a couple months. But believe me it is definitely possible. Now are you ready to start your training? My friend Genma will show up either later on or tomorrow so you can meet him then." Kushina asked.
The pinkette was more than ready. She was absolutely happy that she met Kushina. "Oh yeah I'm definitely ready." She replied.
Kushina taught her the seals for the kage bunshin. For the next few hours, Sakura tried to perform the technique. As time kept going by, she felt herself getting closer to performing a perfect solid clone.
"Come on just one more time." She yelled to herself.
She took a deep breath. Focused all of her remaining chakra perfectly. Finally after many hours, Sakura was able to perform one solid shadow clone.
Sakura was happy and amazed that she actually pulled off a kinjutsu. She heard Kushina clapping for her.
"Good job Sakura-chan!" Kushina beamed.
The pinkette ran up to the red head and started shaking her. "Kushina-chan! Did you see it?! I finally did it! I finally di..." Sakura fell on her back unconscious. The clone dispelling.
Kushina just shook her head. "Chakra exhaustion at its finest. Now would be the perfect time to place the seals on her. The chakra coil expansion seal should work to its full power now that she's out of chakra and asleep."
She channeled chakra through her fingers. She traced over Sakura's stomach to place the seals. It took less than a minute to apply both of them.
"So who is the kid?" A voice spoke.
Kushina turned her head to see Genma himself. "This is Sakura Haruno. I took her in since I found her crying in front of her burnt down home. She lost her parents. Last night when I brought her here. She had a break down letting some information about her team slip out. I talked to her about it today. Turns out she's on that idiot Kakashi's team."
Genma felt bad hearing about Sakura's parents. Then he groaned hearing whose student she was. "Don't tell me that bastard did what I think he did?" He asked.
Kushina nodded. "Yep he neglected her for the uchiha on his team. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he taught the kid his chidori by the time the chunin exams start."
The brunet sighed. "Great an revenge obsessed brat learning an A-rank assassination jutsu. Just what the village needs."
Kushina snorted. "I know right? But anyways, Sakura here has potential that needs to be unleashed. I knew I was right about seeing herself in me. To think that a civilian born child was able to learn how to perform a b-rank kinjutsu in a day. While also having her chakra control in the 96th percentile."
Genma almost choked on his toothpick. "96th?!" He asked incredulously.
Kushina smirked at his expression. "Yep found that out today visiting the old man. I'm telling you Genma, all she needs to for someone to guide her through the basics. I'm sure she'll blossom into a beautiful force to be reckoned with. That's why I need your help in training her. I could do it myself but I want her to get all the help she can before the exams. I'm going to go talk to Tsunade about teaching her medical ninjutsu. While we focus on the other subjects. It's a reason why I had her learn kage bunshin."
Genma sighed. "It's not like I had a choice in this anyways. Oh well hopefully I like the kid."
"Oh don't worry you will. She's a real sweetie and refreshing to be around." Kushina assured him.
"So what are you about to do now? She probably won't be up for awhile. Plus since I'm pretty sure I know what seals you put on her. She probably will be out of it for at least 8 hours." Genma asked.
"Well first I'm about to go see Tsunade-chan. I'm gonna try to convince her to teach Sakura medical ninjutsu. It can't hurt to ask. If she refuses, I'll just help Sakura with what I know about medical ninjutsu. I was planning on having her study books about the human body anyways." Kushina replied.
"I hope you don't run her into the grave." Genma chuckled.
"I hope so either. But I have a feeling that Sakura will get through it somehow. This first month is about to be crammed with training nonstop. We don't have a lot of time on our hands to go at a slow pace." Kushina replied as she disappeared using shunshin.
The brunet sighed. "Well guess I can go find something to eat in the refrigerator." He shrugged then made his way to the kitchen.
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At the hospital, Tsunade was minding her own business inside her office. She didn't have any paper work to fill out and Shizune was handling all of her other duties. So she was sitting behind her desk, sipping on a bottle of sake.
But then her favorite red head decided to appear in her office. When they made eye contact, Tsunade immediately knew her surrogate younger sister wanted something.
The blonde sighed. "Spill it Kushi-chan, what do you want?"
Kushina grinned widely, already knowing that Tsunade was gonna do something like that.
"It's about a new friend of mine I want to help. I need to do me a favor and train her as in medical ninjutsu." Kushina said.
Tsunade looked at Kushina as if she's grown a second head. "Baka you know I can't do that. I don't take on apprentices unless they have excellent chakra control to pass on my techniques too. Plus I don't even know her."
The red head smirked. "Oh really? Then I guess I must inform you that my friend has chakra control in the 96th percentile."
The blonde head medic fell out of her seat hearing that. She quickly got up and went to grab Kushina's shoulder with a firm grip. "Explain." She demanded.
A slight wince was made by Kushina. "Easy Tsuna no need to grab me so hard. You remember the last time you put a crack in my shoulder blade."
That just made the blonde shake her. "This is not the time for games Kushina! You know just as well as I do how rare it is to have someone with that much precise control over their chakra!" She roared.
'Yeah crushing my shoulder blade into pieces is a game." Kushina said mentally and rolled her eyes.
"Yes yes I know that Tsuna! Now calm down so I can tell you what happened." She told her.
Tsunade released her shoulders but was still looking at her with a demanding look.
"Kami you really need to fix that. But anyways do you remember Mebuki Haruno. You met her with me one time." Kushina asked.
Tsunade thought about that name. She did recall meeting some lady with a name similar to that with her younger sister before. "Yeah I think so, she was kinda a bitch." The blond answered.
"Mebuki and her husband died in a fire in their home last night. Their daughter Sakura was walking home as it was happening. As soon as she got their, the house was already burning. I don't know if they were any shinobi around the area at the time when it happened. But when I found her, Sakura was crying in front of it what was left of the house. I felt bad seeing her crying her heart out. So I asked what happened but she was too emotional to answer me at the time. So I took her to my home. I was able to get her to talk a bit last night and much more this morning. Apparently her sensei was Kakashi. But he was intentionally disregarding her. Long story short during an original c-rank mission that turned A-rank because of the whole Gato ordeal in wave. From what I could put together. The client must've lied about the original mission. So Kakashi let genin decide if they should continue the mission. The group encounter 2 b-rank missing nins and one A-rank. And the only thing that idiot taught her was tree walking during the whole time they were guarding the client. He tossed her to the side basically and gave extra training to his other students. Sakura used to be a fan girl and in love with the survivor of the uchiha massacre Sasuke Uchiha. Eventually she realized that Sasuke was an asshole and she wasn't taking her ninja career seriously. I don't know how Tsuna but a civilian born teenager has that level of control over her chakra. If she is trained correctly and given a huge amount of support. She can turn out to be something great. I don't know exactly what I'm expecting of her to be honest with you. But something is just telling me to help her out. It's only been a day and I'm already somewhat attached to her. That girl has gone through some unfair bullshit for awhile now. So please Tsuna help me out." Kushina explained.
Tsunade sighed, truthfully she felt bad for the girl. And with Kushina going into deep detail about it all. She knew she couldn't turn her away even if she wanted to. "Fine I'll help her out but I'm not taking her on as an apprentice. It doesn't sound like she's going to be a full-fledge med-nin. But I can't help but wonder myself just how good she can be with that type of chakra control. Hell I can't even limit her to medical ninjutsu. She has some major options to pick from."
Kushina threw herself into her surrogate older sister for a hug. "This is why I love you Tsuna!" Kushina cheered happily.
The blonde rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah whatever. I want to meet this girl soon. Tomorrow if possible." She told Kushina.
"I'll have to have her send a shadow clone then. Right now I need to get her stamina and chakra reserves to increase massively before the month is over with." Kushina replied.
Tsunade eyes raised up slightly. "She knows how to make kage bunshins? Didn't you just say you needed her reserves to improve massively?" The blonde asked with a tone of surprise.
"Yeah, she just made her first two before I came over here. It took her a few hours to get it done. Honestly I wasn't expecting her to perform it until at least a week from now. I guess the tree walking exercise must've been a great help to reserves. I also put my personal chakra coil expansion seal on her as soon as she passed out from chakra exhaustion. From now on during, I'm not going to let her pass out whenever we train. I only did it now so the seal can be working at its full potential. She also has a gravity seal to help increase her speed and reflexes much quicker than they would have." Kushina answered her.
"Just how intense do you plan on training this girl?" Tsunade wondered.
"Intense enough to probably kill her. Of course I won't let her die. But I do plan on breaking her down and building her up. I plan to make her the strongest genin and possibly stronger than most chunin in only two months. If we are lucky enough, she'll be jounin level." Kushina answered.
Tsunade was a bit surprised. "Wow you really think she can achieve that level in such a short amount of time?"
"It's only one way to find out. I'll have her send a clone to the hospital tomorrow. Don't worry about it dispelling. I'm going to keep refilling her chakra reserves with Kurama's chakra. But if it so happens to disappear. I'll have her send another one." The red head replied.
Eventually the next day came along. It was 6 in the morning and Sakura was starting to wake up. The pinkette felt as if her chakra coils were strained.
"Kami why do I feel sore?" Sakura groaned.
Then she felt out her chakra and noticed she had much more than before. "Huh why do I feel like I have way more chakra to access than I did yesterday?" She wondered out loud.
"Because of the chakra coil seal I placed on you after you passed out."
Sakura looked over to see Kushina was sitting in her room.
"Good morning Sakura-chan, sorry to intrude but I kinda ended up falling asleep in this chair when I tucked you in last night." Kushina voiced light tone.
"I don't mind and thank you." Sakura thanked her.
Kushina smiled. "So are you ready to begin your trip to hell itself?"
Sakura gulped then steeled her resolve. 'I will get stronger. I will no longer be taken as a weak link.' She encouraged herself. "Yes I am Kushina-chan."
"Good come on, we'll get started after breaking. Oh are you on any diets by any chance?" Kushina asked.
The pinkette stood up while looking nervous. "Well I did partake in one trying to my trying to impress Sasu-" She was cut off by a flick to her nose.
"Baka, no more diets from now on. I know you're smart enough to know that shinobi's need protein to refill our chakra reserves. Food is an necessity for shinobi. So from now on, you will be eating like a horse to add on some weight to you. The muscle will define from the training. Now come on." Kushina scolded her.
"Hai" Sakura kinda whines but was grateful to actually be scolded like that.
After breakfast was over with. Kushina took Sakura in the backyard to her personal training ground.