DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto. I do own this plot and any OC characters I may create along the way.
R&R!! XD
1 week later.
"Sakura. Hokage-sama needs to meet us at her office" Itachi said.
"Hai...I'll meet you there..." Sakura yawned, rubbing her eyes.
Itachi nodded and disappeared.
I wonder what Tsunade-shishou wants...
Ahh...it's been so nice without Naruto, Kakashi and Sasuke here, ne? Not to mention all the other guys.
Hell yeah, the most comforting I've ever felt. I'm so glad they went on that mission...
Mhm and it's all the way across the world!! YAY!
I know! They'll be gone for a while, right?
YUPS!!
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Sakura walked into Tsunade's office. To her surprise, Ino, Hinata and Tenten were there.
"Hey guys" Sakura waved.
They smiled in return.
"Itachi. Do you mind taking on new students?" Tsunade asked.
"Aa...no" Itachi replied.
"Will it be ok for these girls to join you? They feel inferior to their male comrades, like Sakura was"
Itachi nodded, understanding.
"Would you kindly become their sensei and new team leader?"
"A four man squad?" Sakura asked.
Tsunade nodded.
"I'm fine with it" Itachi said.
"Good. But make sure to have Sakura come to me at least by 7" Tsunade said.
Itachi nodded again.
"Ok, leave and go do something" the blonde woman waved them away.
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"Oh my god! We're on the same team!!" Ino cried, glomping Sakura.
Sakura smiled and hugged her friend.
"Isn't it scary having a former S-ranked criminal as a sensei?" Tenten asked.
Sakura shrugged "He's just a human being...but remember this...the following week will be the WORST of your lives. Except maybe for you, Tenten. You're probably used to doing 200 laps a day"
"Haha, yeah" Tenten laughed.
"Wh-where is Itachi-sensei?" Hinata stuttered.
"Over there, hiding in the bushes" Sakura pointed in his direction.
He came out.
"Whoa!" Ino gasped "Wh-when did you get there?"
"S-Sakura...how did you sense him?" Hinata asked.
"I'm not too sure how to explain that..." Sakura rubbed her chin.
Itachi put his hand on Sakura's shoulder.
"The first assignment is 200 laps around Konoha" Itachi said "500 push-ups, 350 sit-ups, and then we'll head to the Forest of Death."
Hinata, Tenten and Ino's mouths were hanging wide open as they gawked at him. He smirked at their faces. It was just like Sakura's when she started.
"What are you waiting for? Go? This is a warm-up" Itachi shooed them away.
He no longer wore his red and black clouded Akatsuki cloak. Instead he wore a jounin vest. He was still unknown to the civilians of Konoha, because the elders were always nagging to Tsunade about it.
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"AHHH!!!" Ino cried, collapsing on the ground "I'm DYING!!!"
Hinata was breathing heavily, as well as Sakura. Tenten shortly collapsed along with Ino.
"Th-that was t-terrible..." Hinata lied down.
"No...kidding" Sakura panted, falling face first onto the ground.
"10 minute break" Itachi said lazily "Then meet me by Gate 32 at the Forest of Death" he ordered before disappearing.
"Wateeerr..." Sakura moaned like a zombie.
"Gatooraaade..." Tenten mumbled into the ground.
"N-Naruto..." Hinata was close to losing sanity.
"P-Peanut Butter..." Ino whimpered.
They finally managed to calm down and they each drunk about 1 gallon of water, even though it was a cold day.
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"TO THE FOREST OF DEATH!!" Sakura pointed.
"Noooo" the other girls groaned.
"Stop being such pussies and hurry up" Sakura skipped ahead of them.
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Itachi made 3 shadow clones. The real him taught Sakura, as his clones ordered the girls to do the things Sakura had already completed, which were:
Forcing chakra into a kunai so that it would remain on the surface of the water
Mastering senses
That was all, really.
"What are we going to do, sensei?" Sakura questioned.
"Releasing genjutsu. The only positive way to release it. This way is what I've figured out, and it's very simple and it has never failed"
Sakura nodded.
"To release the genjutsu, allow chakra to pulse throughout your whole body. Release the chakra in a steady pulse, this will block out the opponent's chakra and allow your own to seize control. But you need to have enough chakra for this, that is the only flaw" Itachi said "I will cast you in a genjutsu now"
-MEANWHILE-
"Eek!" Ino shrieked, closing her eyes as she blocked the kunai in front of her.
"Huh? I did it!" Ino grinned "Itachi-sensei! I did it!"
"Hn" Itachi replied as he threw another set of weapons at her.
"Uahh!!" Ino whined.
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Hinata easily passed everything. Her Byakugan made it all easier, she was now training with Sakura.
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Tenten effortlessly blocked all the weapons coming her way. She wasn't calle Weapons Master for nothing. The next step was to widen her senses by finding Itachi. The brunette closed her eyes and listened to her surroundings. There were several place she thought he might have been. Tenten took out 10 kunai and effortlessly aimed them at the spots. Her aim was perfect, but she was completely wrong.
"Dammit" she cursed.
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"YES!!" Ino grinned "Time for phase 2!! Finding Itachi-sensei!"
"Oi...keep it down, pig!" Sakura yelled.
"Shut up, forehead!" Ino yelled back.
Itachi covered his ears before he could go deaf.
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"Kai!" Sakura allowed her chakra to pulse out of her body in a steady beat, releasing herself from the genjutsu.
Sakura saw Itachi smile. A genuine one.
"Amazingly well done" he complimented, messing up her hair.
Sakura blushed a crimson color and immediately looked away.
"Sensei...if you're gonna compliment and smile, I'd prefer it be the real you" Sakura smirked.
The Itachi in front of her vanished in a puff of smoke.
"How'd you know that was a shadow clone?" he asked, coming up from behind her.
Sakura shrugged "I don't know. Can I watch the others?"
"Aa"
"Then it's a yes?"
"Aa..."
"Talk in full sentences please."
"Hn"
"Ugh!" Sakura sighed in frustration and stomped towards the others. The real Itachi was now training with Hinata. Sakura watched her friends from up in a tree. Hinata followed shortly after.
"You're really quick, Hinata" Sakura smiled as her friend took a seat next to her.
"Arigatou...so are you" Hinata smiled.
Sakura laughed and turned her attention back to Tenten who had finally found Itachi and begun working on the genjutsu release.
"So why do you want to learn from Itachi-sensei?" Sakura asked Hinata.
"W-well...Kiba and Shino always seem ahead of me...and I can't help but feel useless...so I want to strengthen myself in ninjutsu and tai as much as possible. I don't think genjutsu is really my type" Hinata laughed softly.
"Enjoying your time off, girls?" Itachi popped up on a branch behind them.
"UAHH!!" both girls jumped, clinging onto their branches for dear life.
"Dammit!! Sensei!!" Sakura cried "What was that for?!!"
"Aa..." Itachi blinked lazily "You let your guard down. Never do that, it is an easy opening for enemies"
"Hn" Sakura pouted.
"Head over to the river. Sakura, I want you to do 500 jumping jacks while balancing yourself on the water. Then submerge your body in it. That will teach you to withstand coldness. Directly after you get out, in about half an hour, you will be striked by my Goukakyuu" Itachi said then turned to Hinata "You are to make a kunai balance itself on the surface of the water. If completed, follow Sakura"
With that, Itachi left.
Sakura glared at the spot her sensei once stood "Hn"
"Whoa...it seems like he's rubbing off on you, forehead" Ino grinned with Tenten beside her.
"You guys are done?" Sakura asked.
"Yup!"
"Alright, let's get to the river then"
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"Ahh! How the hell do you do this?!!" Tenten yelled and stabbed her kunai in a tree with frustration.
Sakura fake sobbed "Oh my god...I've only done 297 jumping jacks and it's already been an HOUR..."
"UAHHH!!" Ino cried, pulling on her hair.
"No...no! Ahh! SO CLOSE DAMMIT!!" Hinata shouted.
The others gaped at her with wide eyes.
"W-what?" she asked.
"Whoa...you're even louder than Ino, Hinata..." Tenten gasped.
"G-Gomen..." Hinata blushed awkwardly.
I thought I told you to stop taking control of me! Hinata yelled at her Inner.
S-sorry...hehe...
SORRY?! SORRY?!! THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?!
...C-could you...chill out, Hinata? Inner Sakura is going to wake up. And she is NOT pretty when she is woken up...
I'm sorry..w-wari Inner me...
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So...how was that? Was that ok, hmm? Is it a good idea that I added Tenten, Hinata and Ino? It was so Sakura would have some friends.
Mmkays...review please!!!
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