Recap:
"Ne, Sasuke, you shouldn't be thinking those kind of thoughts," Guess who said that, yep, none other than Kakashi, the worshiper of porn, himself.
Sasuke scowled."Hn, whatever."
Sakura finally caught up and resumed talking with Naruto.
"BAA-CHAN! THIS BETTER BE IMPORTANT!" Naruto shouted as he barged in the Hokage's office.
"Naruto, you baka, don't call me that. And quite down, we have guests." Tsunade said through gritted teeth.
"Huh?" Naruto turned to his right and saw a group of four people. The one he noticed first was a girl with long, bubblegum, hair, and bright, forest-green, eyes. She was wearing a long chihaya, and had a long, dark, red, ribbon in her hair.
"Y-YOU LOOK JUST LIKE SAKURA-CHAN!!" Naruto pointed a shaking finger towards the girl.
"Huh, who looks lik-" Sakura stopped as soon as she saw the group of people that were gathered there in her shisou's office. She was unable to speak as one elderly woman had gotten to eye contact with her. She was frozen in fear.
"Hey, hag, what's-" Sai and Sasuke had caught up and were blocked from coming in because of Sakura. They both noticed the fear in her eyes, while she was staring at an old woman, just a few feet away from where they were standing.
After what seemed like hours to Sakura, the lady had finally broken eye contact and turned to Tsunade.
"Yes, she's just the one I was talking about." The woman's voice was hoarse, and unpleasant.
Sai and Sasuke had finally gotten Sakura to move just enough for them to squeeze through the door, followed by Kakashi who was last. He turned to Sakura and laid an unsure hand on her shoulder, waking her from her trance-like state. He looked at her with a worried expression, which she replied with a tiny nod.
Naruto also noticed Sakura's unusual discomfort. "Ne, Baa- I mean Tsunade-baa-chan, what's going on?"
Tsunade nearly sweat dropped at her new, improved, name, if not for the great tension in the air. "Junsei-san, has requested a ..deal concerning Sakura" Her serious tone made Naruto flinch, just a little.
The lady turned to Sakura once again, this time she looked towards the floor. She heard a dark chuckle come from the woman. "I, we, request that Sakura is taken into our custody."
Tsunade's expression turned hard, "And why do you wish that?"
Sakura kept looking towards the ground, Why are they here, now? What are they going to do? She had so many thoughts going through her head. Why?
"Well, Sakura is one of us, one of the Junsei" A short, plump, aged man spoke up. He wore a black kimono, along with a pair of black geta.
"Yes, but she is also a Haruno, her father had wanted her to live here in Konohagakure. And I believe you want to instead bring her to the Tea Country." It was more of a statement then question.
"Tsunade, Sakura-chan would be,...safe there in Tea," A tall, shapely, woman spoke. Her stance was relaxed, as if she didn't care at all of the meeting, or of the fact that she just called the Hokage by her first name. (It's very disrespectful to address important people like the kage's by their first name, if your not close)
Tsunade's expression showed that she was aggravated, that meant trouble. "You will address me as Hokage-sama, and as Sakura is my apprentice, and an important member of Konoha, I will not let her be taken away to Tea."
Sakura looked up at this, but was was met with forest green eyes, her sister's. She stared coldly at Sakura, without any emotion. Sakura widened her eyes at this, What happened to her?
"Hey, uh, Hokage-sama, what's going on?" Naruto asked dumbly, a confused look on his face. Kami-sama, he's dense sometimes.
The elderly woman from before ignored him, cutting Tsunade off as she opened her mouth to say something. "Hokage-sama, if Sakura can't come to Tea, then I guess we'll just have to stay here, with her, won't we?"
The Hokage sighed, Why did I take this job again? Rubbing her temples, she turned to Naruto,"I'll fill you in later." Then she turned to the older woman, "I suppose I'll give you that much, Junsei-san." She sighed, digging her shelves for some papers that needed to be signed. "Here, you need a place to stay, right?" Damn there's a lot of shit in here.
"Actually, we already have a place, right by the Meijijinko Shrine, it will be a nice place to train Natsumi." The elderly lady rested a rough hand on Sakura's 'clone'.
"Very well, but if any thing happens to this village, you will be banned from here." Tsunade's tone was serious, and kinda scary. And the strong glare she gave to the other woman didn't help much.
"Of course." And together they left, not even casting Sakura one glance.
"Baa-chan?" Naruto spoke up.
"Hokage-sama, I think you owe us an explanation?" Kakashi said in a cheerful voice, lifting them from the heavy tension in the air. His visible eye was on Sakura the whole time.
Tsunade nodded, "Yes, well, where do I begin?" She sighed and looked towards her apprentice, one that she valued as a close friend, perhaps daughter. "Sakura...
CLIFFY!!!! Cackles evilly I'm soo evil! UNTIL NEXT TIME...
Preview for chapters to come...
"WHAT?! SAKURA-CHAN'S A-!!!
"No but their hurting her!"
"No! Naruto!"
"The Kyuubi's out of control!"
"As the legend states, one day it will all turn to ash, that day may be closer than we think..."
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Japanese & Other
Junsei "Pure, Genuine" You'll find out more next chap!
Natsumi "Summer Beauty"
Meijijinko Shrine- I totally made that up!
Geta- Japanese style sandles