~Next Day~
Upon taking their usual seats Sakura felt the same buzz of excitement in the air that had surrounded everyone the day before and couldn't wait to find out what the teachers were planning for them, she hoped it was fun.
"Like promised I'll tell you what it is we'll be doing kids" Iruka was already there waiting for them all as he did roll-call to make sure they were all there and not skipping like some of them were fond of doing.
Ino's hand shot into the air "You've been saying that but what is it Iruka-sensei" Ino called out without waiting to be called on and slumped into her seat when she was given a very stern frown after the other day she didn't want to get into anymore trouble or she could be expelled and she certainly didn't want that.
With a sigh Iruka nodded "We've been going around talking to each and every one of your parents and for a single day the lot of us will be participating in the jobs or hobby that each family takes up" the brunet announced.
By that point some of the kids were practically jumping for joy "This is going to be weird" Sasuke commented as they each wrote their last names on slips of paper and those slips were put in a box so that their sensei could draw them out one by one.
Sakura shook her head with an amused snort, Shisui having rubbed off on her a little "Maybe for you Sasuke but I think this is going to be fun" Sakura grinned from ear to ear, excited to learn about her other classmates and do hands on work.
"Got to wonder how it is the teachers managed to talk to our parents without us knowing, why because their either here teaching us or we're with our parents so they couldn't talk privately" Shino piped in eyeing the little box warily.
He knew that his family hobby wouldn't be taken well by the rest of the girls in his class barring Sakura "Who knows Shino, they probably had lots of opportunities where we weren't around" the little Uchiha shrugged.
Making Sakura laugh softly at their antics "True, true ooh look Iruka-sensei is drawing the first name I wonder who it'll be" the rosette bounced excitedly in her seat, emerald orbs wide and hopeful that it was either of her two friends that got drawn first.
Not so lucky as the first slip drawn bore the last name Inuzuka on it "My sis runs a vet clinic and has triplet ninken that's all named Haimaru" Kiba announced as they grabbed their packs and formed a single file line to be led from the academy.
And all the way across the village to the Inuzuka Compound "So uncool I wanted to see Sasuke-kun's compound first" Ami complained from the back and Sasuke curled his lips into a disgusted frown.
Before his hand was pat gently by Sakura "Better to just ignore her, why because she's never going to leave you alone" the Aburame Heir snorted, peering around cautiously just in case, they never knew after all if they were being watched.
"Here we are class this is Tsume Inuzuka, Kiba's mother, she's the Matriarch of the Inuzuka Clan, the alpha in other words and this is who we'll be working with Hana Inuzuka, who is Kiba's older sister and a Chunin" Iruka cleared his throat garnering their attention.
When they all stopped before a scary looking woman and very large dog with an eye patch, said scary looking woman burst into raucous laughter and slapped Iruka roughly on the back in amusement at his introduction of her.
"Just call me Tsume and this here is Kuromaru my ninken like Akamaru, good luck Hana I'll see you around lunch time" Tsume gave the kids a toothy grin and with Kuromaru on her heels stalked off to take care of some minor problems.
Some kids shuddered while Kiba looked as if he'd expected that to happen "Alright like your sensei said I'm Hana, these three are the Haimaru triplets and today you'll be working with me in the Vet Clinic" Hana smiled kindly at the children.
Most of whom looked nervously at her and her ninken barring her brother and a few other children who looked more curious than anything, Iruka blew out a breath as his students traipsed into the clinic and were set to work on various jobs.
Luckily Shino, Sakura and Sasuke were paired together in a group to look after some puppies who were recovering after being sick under Hana's very watchful eyes "Ah he won't stop licking me" Sasuke squirmed as a tongue pegged him in the chin leaving behind a trail of doggy saliva.
And his only female friend bit her lip harshly to keep from laughing hysterically "That's cause he wants to play Sasuke" Sakura giggled cuddling one of the puppies herself who was nestled warmly in her arms and snoozing the morning away.
Sasuke shuddered and decided to allow it just this once before setting the puppy down on the floor to tickle his belly until he was tired out "Seems he finally settled down, why because he's sleeping" Shino commented eyeing the puppy carefully.
Holding his own who like the one Sakura was cradling had been napping from the moment they appeared until the other puppy that didn't have a person to hold him demanded attention and without even thinking about it Sakura scooped that one up to.
It was a little while later probably only thirty minutes that they had to switch to another task "Do any of you know how to wrap bandages" the brunette asked once they were before her and there were a couple smaller dogs that had sprained paws or legs.
Unsurprisingly to Sasuke and Shino, Sakura raised her hand "I do Hana-san, got a lot of practice on myself recently" the pinkette admitted sheepishly having had to wrap her own hands, knee's and elbows from all the scrapes.
"Right so just you two then, if you could very carefully wrap Pakkun-san's back leg with the bandages, watch closely you two" Hana instructed hoping she wasn't making the wrong decision as she handed the wraps to the little girl.
Who took them looking very serious in her concentration as she carefully wound the bandages around the dog's back leg "How come you called him by a suffix Hana-san" the lone Uchiha in the class asked suddenly.
And Hana looked a little surprised that he'd caught on "Because Pakkun is a ninja hound unlike our clan's ninken, he's a summons for a Jonin" the brunette explained carefully while watching the little girl like a hawk.
To her absolute shock the girl was actually halfway decent at wrapping injuries and stepped back with an accomplished smile "Your going to be one of the best medical ninja this village has ever seen since that Sannin woman, why because you already have lots of practice" the Aburame heir mumbled flushing in embarrassment.
As he realized he really did just blurt that out for everyone to hear but Sakura didn't care as she pulled him into a bone crushing hug, having no qualms about touching him and the flush turned a darker shade of red.
Before it was his and Sasuke's turn to practice wrapping injuries with the bandages until it was finally lunch time "So are all you brats having fun" the Matriarch came back in the nick of time as they were setting up outside in the grass.
Earning various wary nods "And behaving yourselves" Kuromaru decided to speak up making some of the kids jump while one of them just looked awed that he had talked to them in the first place and the last was his companion's youngest pup.
Sasuke and Shino should have expected it when Sakura's hand shot into the air "Yeah Stray what is it" Tsume saw the hand and glanced to the oddest child she'd ever seen with pink hair and green eyes, not a good combination if the brat wanted to be a shinobi.
"Um this question is more for Kuromaru-san, Tsume-sama but can all ninken talk like you" Sakura inquired, spying Akamaru out of the corner of her eye and wondered if the pup would eventually be able to speak like the ninken in front of them.
Plus she hadn't heard the Haimaru triplets speaking either and so was very curious "No brat, can't really say for sure why I speak, most ninken don't though" the scary looking black ninken with an eyepatch answered.
Glad that she'd asked all good and proper despite being a brat and Tsume was more amused than anything "Look at you unafraid and all to ask questions" the woman snorted out a laugh and plopped down on the ground right next to Ami Himekari.
Who looked more terrified than anyone had ever seen her "That's Sakura for ya Ma, always asking the weird questions and the smartest in class" her youngest pup piped in with a grin as he sat nearer to his mother.
Now that was news and Tsume focused her attention on the pink haired brat as she distributed food between her and her two friends evenly, gave her thanks for the meal and dug in with more manners than she'd ever seen a brat have.
Even Kuromaru was watching the girl intently and thanks to their highly sensitive ears they were able to pick up on the conversation the three children were having "Hey Sakura how hard do you think it is to actually become a medic anyway" Fugaku's youngest brat questioned.
Emerald orbs focused on him "From what I've heard extremely hard, why because one has to have near perfect or exactly perfect chakra control and as we haven't started working with our chakra much we don't know our control yet" the Aburame Heir commented.
Sakura nodded sagely in agreement "Cause if you don't have the necessary chakra control you could end up either not healing your patient, hurting them or even killing them accidentally" Sakura sated seriously.
Making the little Uchiha gulp "If we're ever put on a team Sakura I hope you know how to heal a person right" Sasuke grimaced knowing her dream like it was his own and hoping that she learned properly and didn't go off half-cocked.
"Agreed, why it will be beneficial to have a medic on a team to heal us of our injuries in case of accidents" Shino nodded helping himself to a little more rice since there was plenty of it, by that point their conversation had drawn more attention.
And then suddenly the large ninken of the Inuzuka Matriarch was laying next to Sakura, the two boys looked a little freaked out but the pink haired brat however eyed him curiously "Why so interested in such a complicated subject" Kuromaru rumbled out a question of his own.
Hoping that she'd answer "My dream is to be a super strong kunoichi someday just like the Legendary Sannin Lady Tsunade and also have the ability to heal my family so that's why Kuromaru-san" the pinkette announced gesturing around them.
Iruka was doubly confused about that "The Will of Fire, to see everyone as family" the little Uchiha piped in explaining for his friend who was super weird and nothing like any other girl he'd ever met in his entire life barring his Mom.
"How can you claim we're family when you hate Ami's and I's guts billboard brow" Ino scowled furiously, just what the hell did that pink haired freak think she was playing at by saying such a stupid thing as that.
Sakura narrowed her eyes "She never claimed to hate you Yamanaka why you and Himekari just assumed because your all the time bullying Sakura for a stupid reason such as her calling you out on your lies about stealing something of Sasuke's" the Aburame Heir said sharply.
Her brows were climbing higher and higher into her hairline at the conversation as Inoichi's daughter spluttered at the accusation before puffing up her cheeks and turning away from the three obviously close-knit friends.
Tsume wondered how her old teammate's antisocial son had befriended the clearly civilian girl and how the brat had gotten Fugaku's obstinate youngest son to even consider being friends with her "Can you answer me this then Stray, how did the three of you become friends" Tsume questioned.
Viridian orbs shot in her direction and Sakura went so far as to turn and face her "One of Sasuke's clan mates Shisui Uchiha took me on an outing since we were friends I met Shino and his Dad in the forest the day before we were to start academy, for Sasuke I promised to be nice" Sakura grinned flashing her friend a cheeky smile.
The boy rolled his eyes "You mean Shisui-san asked you to keep an eye on me to make sure I wasn't getting into trouble, anyway despite that we really are friends" Sasuke snorted, cheeks pink in embarrassment as he crossed his arms over his chest.
In response Sakura burst into a bunch of infectious giggles "Just be glad she didn't call you Shisui-san's endearment" Shino piped in and Sasuke stared in horror because that was just wrong and he certainly didn't want to be called that by his only female friend not when his mom and Shisui did it that was already bad enough.
More laughter and Iruka was really surprised at how normal Sakura was acting outside the classroom "Tell me Sakura-chan do you enjoy being in the academy" he decided to ask wondering if she felt oppressed in the classroom to the point where she couldn't be herself.
Wide eyes met his before Sakura nodded eagerly "Oh yes Iruka-sensei I love it, every single one of your lectures I know by heart" the pinkette burst out before turning red as she admitted one of her secrets to her sensei.
Sasuke took his turn to laugh "Now, now Sakura it's not so bad, besides at least it lets you get good grades in class" the ebony haired six year old grinned trying not to laugh to much but definitely amused.
"You know Sakura you sure are weird why is that" Kiba asked looking confused at his classmate who wasn't like the other girls in class that he'd seen so far and wondered about her upbringing, were her parents just as weird.
Sakura looked to him now "My Mom and Dad said I was born different, they told me I never cried or threw temper tantrums when I was a baby, I learned how to read and write when I was three, plus I have a higher learning rate than most little kids my age" Sakura ticked off her fingers.
"That's right Sakura already knew most of what we've covered so far during academy hours thanks to reading books on the subjects at the library every week since she learned how to read" the Aburame Heir admitted knowing because she'd told him.
"Okay but can you answer me this Sakura-san, how is it you learned how to wrap bandages, surely you aren't trying to learn how to be a medic by yourself right" Hana inquired curiously having been wondering about that since earlier.
Ino looked away guiltily while Ami snorted and Sasuke took offense "Cause of Himekari and Yamanaka and their two friends, every day after academy let out they would gang up on her and push her down" Sasuke scowled at the four girls.
"And Sakura refused to tell on them so tended to her own scrapes, why because she felt the need to" Shino said still grateful of Kiba so gave him a small nod of acknowledgement in hopes the boy would understand and got one back.
Conversation died down after that and soon they were herded back into the clinic for another couple of hours before it was time to head back to the academy for the last hour "Before I let you all go" Iruka cleared his throat when there was fifteen minutes left of the day.
"I would like to thank all of you for behaving yourselves today and in a couple weeks on good behavior I'll draw another slip from the box to have another field-trip" the brunet announced hoping the kids would be behaved so he didn't have to take to long on this.
With that he released them to head home and Sakura was all to happy to skip to her house even if she was alone for a couple hours, do any homework that had been assigned which wasn't much since they'd been out the whole day and sat waiting for her parents to get home.
Though who showed up wasn't who she was expecting "Psst Sakura-chan hello" Shisui called from the foyer unsure if his little friend was home after a couple minutes she came padding down the little hallway "Ah there you are" the Uchiha smiled down at the six year old.
"Is everything okay Shisui-kun" the rosette asked watching him take off his sandals and put them to the side neatly before following her to the living room where they sat at the low table where her books were spread out since she'd only just decided to study in case of any upcoming tests.
He chuckled lightly "Just fine Sakura-chan, Sasuke-chan told me something interesting though that you called all your classmates family, even the Inuzuka Matriarch, very bold Sakura-chan" Shisui teased and Sakura stuck her tongue out at him.
"Only cause you taught me the will of fire, you said that so I could see everyone as a brother or a sister since Mom and Dad don't want to have another kid in case he/she turns out like me" Sakura huffed not wanting to be made fun of.
Shisui held up his hands in surrender "Not making fun of you Sakura-chan and I know, I see you like family to you know Sakura-chan, the sister I always wanted but never got" the raven haired teenager scratched his cheek.
Peridot orbs lit up like fireworks and Sakura turned the shyest he'd ever seen her "May I call you Shisui-ni then, only if that's alright" the pinkette blushed four shades of red and ducked her head avoiding his gaze.
Until his hand was on her head "Course you can Sakura-chan it would make me so happy if you did" Shisui smiled down at her in that fond way before she found herself in his lap and being hugged so warmly that it made tears prick at her eyes.
Before she sniffled and buried her face in his chest hugging him as best she could "Then from this day forth I shall call you Shisui-ni, thank you very much for allowing me the honor of doing so" Sakura mumbled into his shirt just as polite as ever.
Eventually Mebuki and Kizashi did get home and Shisui had to leave, going on a mission he said and he didn't know when he'd be back this time as he gave her another hug, bid her parents and her farewell and body flickered where she had dinner and a bath before going to bed.