Guard of Tartarous

by Kitkatsuna

There was one thing Sakura was certain about, her temper had followed her into the afterlife and as the Guard of Tartarous it came in handy to strike fear into the souls of the monstrocities that were thrown within its depths. But there was a down side, it meant that if you escaped from her you were in for some mighty big trouble that was most likely going hurt. I own Nothing!

5. Chapter 4: A Discussion

Well I seriously hope this will help you forgive me for my disappearance. I'm writing as many chapters as I possibly can in a day. ;D Enjoy

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Chapter 4: A Discussion

Sakura observed the campers with a cool façade she pursed her lips; she frowned before turning on her heel. She moved swiftly toward the training grounds, with a flick of her wrist the three golems that had been towering motionlessly around the pavilion sunk into the ground vanishing from the campers sights.

She moved standing in the center before closing her eyes, she raised her hands flashing through multiple seals then quickly with a bite to her thumb she pressed her palm to the ground. Seals and kanji spanned out in a large circle before with a large poof smoke swirled about her. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" she exclaimed.

As the smoke slowly cleared a loud grumble came from the center of the seal, "Sakura-sama." the being greeted, "it has been ages."

"That it has, Pakkun." Sakura replied, "Though I am surprised you still live. It has after all been a number of millennia since I last summoned anything other than beasts of the underworld."

The small dog gave a huff, "That may be but when you left the world of humans and became what you are now, all those that you held a contract with, new or old. Were in a sense… well we were frozen, in our own world and our aging seemed to stop as well, but once you came here we all seemed to restart again like we hadn't stopped. If that make sense?"

Sakura shrugged, "It's the Underworld… Even I have not figured out all its secrets."

The dog gave another huff. "Why have you summoned me?"

She frowned looking thoughtful, "You're input is needed. Considering I can't ask Kakashi or anybody else for that matter. They are after all, all dead."

Pakkun nodded, "It gets lonely… being one of the few summons left."

Sakura nodded in agreement, "It's lonely enough being the last ninja left," she replied.

The dog summon snorted, "That is does."

"I plan to split the children… but first I must test their compatibility… How much do you think they would hate me?" she chuckled.

"More than Naruto having to take a written exam." Pakkun answered.

Sakura laughed, "Mmm… I think you are right."

"I say sort them, then give them some small tests to begin with, sparing against lower level beasts or summons heck even some of the creatures around here would do." He told her.

Sakura looked thoughtful, "Summons would be good, that way I know they won't hurt them… Fatally." She chuckled.

Pakkun snorted, "You're a cruel woman."

She shot him a look, "You just discovered this?" she asked sarcastically.

The old dog looked proud, "No I had you pegged the minute I met you all those millennia ago."

Sakura scowled, "Well I'm not the only old one here." She huffed, "You're older than me in both human and dog years… Heck you're ancient!"

Pakkun gave an indignant huff, "Respect your elders!"

Sakura snorted and burst out laughing, "Oh! I'm so sorry, Lord Pakkun!" she giggled giving the small dog a mock bow.

He didn't look impressed, "I must be off though Sakura, if you've nothing else for me to do, I'll be back when you summon us, and those that you are going to be using for the tests." He was gone in a burst of smoke.

Sakura sighed, frowning at the place where the nin-dog had sat and the only thought that could come to her mind was a bright picture of Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei…" she whispered sadly, "I wish you guys could see me now… Remember me…" she sighed again and turning to look back to the sky she sighed, "Some days… I wish I could forget."

"But if you forget what resolve would you have?" Dionysus asked.

Sakura sighed, "That is why I chose to remember, all the good… All the bad… All the pain I went through before I became what I am and after." She looked back at the god.

Dionysus chuckled, and with a flourish of his hand, two bottles of wine appeared, "I do believe it is a good enough time to start." He said handing one to her.

Sakura laughed as she opened the bottle, "I must agree." She took a mouthful enjoying the smooth taste.

Dionysus joined her leaning on the other side of the post in which she had been, "If there is one thing I know for certain, you know war probably as good as Aries… Possibly better." He said.

Sakura chuckled and looked to the sky raising her bottle, "I would say I did… I have been around longer." She muttered, "How busy do you think he is?"

Dionysus looked at her, "What are you thinking? Asking Aries to come down and beat the kids to pulps?!" he exclaimed.

"Not pulps… just… minimally maimed. He is the war god, and I think it would work well to have not only an Ancient Titan training them but the fiery gaze of one of the most trigger happy Gods… Well I wouldn't disobey." She chuckled.

"Scaring children and talking about his favorite subject? Well he's probably half-way here already." Dionysus replied.

Sakura laughed as she took another swig of wine, "Probably." She snorted, "Well I'll do my exams for them first before then we'll see if I need the War God as extra motivation."

The two leaned there in silence for the rest of the time watching as the sun made its way across the sky, "This afternoon I will sort them all into groups, and none of them will be with the people they are most comfortable with." She said.

Dionysus looked thoughtful, "Wasn't the basis of your training teamwork?"

"It is but in my time, you had to be able to work with anybody. Friend or not."

He nodded, "That is a good idea. In the coming situation they won't all be able to be with who they now work well with, instead they will only be forced into a situation where they have to work with others that they may not have worked with prior to that time. It would be a major fault in their team work. So changing it up every two or three weeks would be a good idea."

Sakura smirked, "Yes, it is they will learn the strengths and the weaknesses of their comrades in the weeks they are paired together."

"You're going to send them out on survival missions aren't you?" he suddenly asked.

"Later on, first I will give them the basic's that they need, show them how to use it. Then I will send them out." She said, "I'll have some of the nin-hounds watching them to make sure they don't get into too much trouble and the golems will be close by in case the hounds can't handle some of the stronger monsters out there."

"You've got more than three?" Dionysus asked.

"At the moment no. But they are easy to summon, that and the three I have are easily capable of calling their own to them. They will follow my orders so no worries." She told him.

He nodded, "Very well." He held up his empty bottle, "You done?"

Sakura chuckled and finishing off her own bottle straightened from the post, "Let's get this party started, yeah?" she laughed.

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Well I hope all of you like this, and sorry that its short but the next chapter should be longer, I hope. =D anyway R&R

Until next time: Kit!