After a long night of binding and chatting, Sakura and Tsunade became friends for life. Sakura admired the toughness and brutal nature of Tsuande and Tsunade enjoyed taling to someone who was not a perv or afraid of her. It was refreshing.

Eventually both parties went back to their hotel rooms where Jiraiya asked the question that had been burning in his gut since he meet Sakura.

" Sakura, why the hell do you respect Naruto so much?" He could not understand it himself. Naruto had betrayed the village, taken so many lives and made so many people miserable, What was there to respect?

Sakura turned to him and sighed, she wondered when he was going to ask that. " Naruto was the first person since Ino to help me. To not want anything in return other then my success and happiness. The village has done nothing but hurt its Ninja's. If you don't belong to a clan or aren't a genius then you are nothing. You get no help, no love or anything of value. Naruto wants to change that, it is a huge part of his goals and I agree with it."

Jiraiya's face darkened " Naruto is a monster, he murdered innocent villagers for no reason and betrayed his village. He betrayed Sarutobi sensei after all he did for him. If he helped you it was to get something."

Sakura shook her head. " Naruto hates wasted potential more then anything. The village attempted to squander his so he has reason. As for the villagers, they were far from innocent. Most Orphans are abused by the drunks of the village, Naruto even more so and yet the Hokage does nothing to stop it. He has no back bone and has caused more pain in his second reign then good. Naruto was forced to live on his own since he was five, he was repeatedly beaten and assaulted all while your sensei did nothing to save him. He hid his heritage and status as a Jinchuuriki from Naruto, while revealing the last bit to the hateful villagers. He is the monster not Naruto, actually you are to as you obviously have no love for your godchild."

Jiraiya flinched back as if stricken. He had no family so the village always came first to him. He could not comprehend betraying it. Though he had not been in the village very much since Naruto had been born it was still where all of his loyalty was.

Obviously Sakura understood this as her next words were " What I don't get is why your head is so far up the Villages ass when you've gained so little from it."
Jiraiya flinched at that, then glared " I gained an amazing teacher, son and godson. The village did that for me!"

"A son you betrayed, a god son you abandoned, and a teacher who literally taught you nothing. Who ignored you and only taught Orochimaru. We both know that the only reason you are still loyal is due to all of the love and credit you get as the "strongest and only loyal Sanin". Regardless of the fact that they betrayed your student and tortured your godson." She turned away at this point and walked to her room to sleep.

He was left stammering. She had in a few words, shattered all of the lies he told himself to keep his loyalty to the village in an instant. He struggled to rebuild them. He tried to tell himself that he loved the village, that it was good to him. But you cant lie to yourself, not really. He gained a little hatred for Sakura right then, and more so for Naruto who made her so damn observant. Both of them being able to strip him of his masks and delusions, it was something he did not like.

In his state of inner denial he failed to notice Tsunade looking at him in cruel pleasure and approval toward Sakura's actions. She felt moved at this and wanted the girl as an apprentice. She was so tired of Shizune Bitching at her for drinking and being a nag in general. Sakura was blunt and very smart, she would much rather have her as an apprentice.

Shizune on the other hand was pissed that Sakura was so disrespectful and cruel. But at the same time she gained respect for the girl's observance. This increased her irrational jealousy and fear. She began to miss her home more then ever as her bitterness to Tsunade came back to her full force. She was so tired of Tsunade's drinking, cruelty and bullying nature. She was unappreciative and abusive. A small spark of Hatred boiled within her, where it never had been before.

None of them noticed the thoroughly amused Naruto clone hiding under a genjutsu in the corner, using his empathic skills to amplify all of their emotions. Causing changes no one would ever expect, changing the future in ways no one would ever guess. Well Naruto did but that is a different story.

He left the place in a flash of red light, pleased with his manipulations. If all turned out right then Sakura would find her self a Sensei, the leaf with a Master Medic and Himself with a lot of amusement. Perfect really.

Mei was exhausted, she and her battalion had been battling for the last three hours. Most would not make it much longer, she herself had a good three hours left, a perk of having Uzumaki blood, but still she was tired. And being tired made one sloppy. This is why she almost did not notice the kunai flying at her skull.

She could not dodge it, so she tried to turn so it would be a light wound. She was the only Kage level fighter and leader of the Resistance. She needed to live.
Luck seemed to smile at her as a large golden chain appeared out of no where and grabbed the Kunai. THe kunai was flung away, killing three loyalist Ninjas easily.

Shock and Happiness filled her. She only knew of one person with chakra chains, her old friend Kushina, but she was dead. Worry and slight fear filled her next as she knew well how dangerous that bloodline was. If this person was not on their side... They were thoroughly fucked.

A huge waft of wind cleared the mist revealing several people in masks and black clothing. One with a Demon mask, the Same Kushina wore as an ANBU, had the chakra chains whipping around out of different parts of her body, killing several of the Loyalists. Good they were on her side, and she knew or at least hoped it was Kushi, she had missed her. Plus with her skills beating Yagua would be easy as hell. Kushi was awesome like that.

Looking at the others she saw another red head in a robin mask take out two swords and carve a swath through several loyalists, one with green hair and a bug mask created a huge crater with what looked like gentle blows, a boy with bones and a wolf mask pulling off incredible taijutsu-kenjutsu combos killing several. The scariest was one that stood there with a blank mask ,that had what seemed to be blood smears on it , just staring. But the weird thing was that were ever she stared people died in the worst ways; Some missing chunks of flesh, some burst into flames, hell one even exploded.

She was impressed and grateful as they allowed her and her forces some rest. Plus they were making immensely quick work of the hundreds of Loyalists . She hoped they would help her for the rest of the war. She could tell they were all very strong. However this sparked one fear. Could she fight them if they went against her. Some of them would be easy to kill, but if Kushi was really there then she would be crushed with ease.

A huge surge of Extremely powerful chakra caught her attention. Turning she saw several loyalist covered in black flames, Amaterasu from what she remembered from the stories Kushi's papa telling. The caster was a young man with black hair, he was wearing a Fox mask and seemed at ease. There was no stress in his stance. She shivered as she sensed his chakra. It was like looking at the love child of an Ocean and Forest Fire. Intense and massive. She knew that he could be a problem. She would have to handle this delicately. And fast as they had killed all but the lead Loyalist, who was now covered in chakra chains.

"My Lady, do you know these people?" One of her soldiers asked, fear in his voice. She did not blame him. These people were strong and fought very well together. She could not risk angering them.

" I might know one of them. The rest are foreign. However they seem to be on outside. Still be cautious, we don't know why they are here." She gained a nod from her tired and afraid soldiers.

Squaring her shoulders Mei walked to the chain wielder, hoping it was somehow her old friend. " While I am grateful for the aid, who are you and why are you here?" There was a danger in the way she said it, it sent shivers down several people on both sides.

A familiar chuckle was the response she got "Aw, and here I thought you'd remember Mei" Mei froze for a moment then leapt at Kushina, wrapping her old friend in a big embrace. Several guys and Tayuya blushed at this.

" Kushi how is it possible that you are alive? The last I knew you died during Kyuubi's assault." She pulled back, glaring at her now laughing friend.

" A good friend of my son resurrected me. And before you ask, Of course we are here to help my old friend."

Mei beamed at her " This is perfect, but first we have to talk and I have to know who and what you guys are"

Within an Hour they were all in a series of tents, Mei had her jaw on the floor as Kushina explained Narutos life to her. In the end she was pissed and impressed that a child had done so much, at that same time she was not as He had Kushina as a mother. Kushina was always a devious person.

" So let me get this straight, Kit Uchiha, your son's uncle, created this group to oppose the Akatsuki. You are apart of it and came here to gain experience and a Name. " Getting a nod Mei smiled and said " Great, I'll allow it. But know this I will melt any trouble makers, ...Okay?"

This last part was said with a wicked sweet smile. It would have sent shivers down the teams backs but they had dealt with Kushina, they were immune.

A thought came to Mei's thoughts " What do I call you if no one is to know your names for now?"

It was Kit that spoke up " We are called Saisei, or Rebirth " She smiled at the name and began to meet the members. She was impressed at the skills they all had. The war would be over soon.

Off in his office in Wave Ruto Uzuki smiled. He had done surprisingly well over the last few months. By splitting the company in half and sending another seal empowered water clone to watch over it and the various other branches of the company, productivity had been epic. They had at least quadrupled in size and value.

With ports everywhere they had gained more then enough fund to start to fund the Rebels in Mist, which seemed to help greatly. Sea country also saw a huge leap in being better. A young women had been discovered covered in scales. A failed test of one of Orochimaru's experiements.

Isarabi, as she was called, was only a child but had immense strength and endurance. He started to have her trained as a ninja and so gained a powerful new ally. She earnd very quickly and with in a year or so Hanabi would have a great partner. Her long range skills in water Jutsu and her epic strength made her a perfect balance to the rigid earth nature of Hanabi. They even liked each other, after he introduced them during the month before the invasion.

He had started buying various companies and ports through out the lands. Gaining political power and such. His goal with all of this was unknown to anyone, even his mother.

He could not wait till it was time to show it.

Six days had passed and in that time Sakura had learned a lot from Tsunade, sparring and healing, all in secret. She had learned a little healing from Naruto so it was not all that hard to pick up and with her much higher level of Chakra she was able to quickly learn all she was taught. They had bonded most over a beat down of the old pervert, both beating him absolutely bloody. Tsuande had been truly impressed which made Shizune all the more jealous.

Jirayia was actually a little scared at the thought of someone learning from Tsunade. Of gaining her skills and strength. That would make the whole issue a lot worse. The beating confirmed to him that Sakura was scary enough, and creative enough, to be a pain in the Future. He could only hope they chose the village, if not then they were fucked, in the ass, dry.

He would get his answer as it was time to meet up with Naruto. Jiraiya had been poisonedand Shizune knocked out, both by Tsunade. Tsunade and Sakura marched toward Naruto, both in hopes of gaining what they seeked. Hoping that somehow they would get it. No matter the cost.

The Next chapter was longer and will focus on the Tsuande scene. But I needed to give more back story on several events that are all happening at once. Sorry for the choppiness but it is important.

Ja Ne