DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto. I do own this plot and any OC characters I may create along the way.
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Sakura and the other girls were running their laps. She was on her 473 lap, Hinata was on her 359 lap, Tenten was on her 400 lap, Ino was on her 421 lap.
"Fore...head..." Ino whined, panting for breath. Sakura paused as well.
"What is it?" she breathed softly, taking in simple breaths.
"I...need...water" Ino replied.
Sakura smirked "You know we're not allowed" she replied before running again.
"Agh! Forehead!!" Ino cried.
"Gomen, pig" Sakura laughed softly.
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Sakura was the first to finish...obviously...she was stretching in the field beside the Forest of Death, awaiting the arrival of her teammates.
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Ino was on her last lap. She really hated her sensei for this.
"That...damned...weasel..." she breathed out as she began to run again.
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Hinata was now on the same lap as Tenten, she caught up quickly. It was the 464 lap.
AGH!! THAT DAMNED SENSEI, MAKING US DO 500 LAPS!! AND WE HAVE NEW WEIGHTS TOO!!
"I'm on the brink of death..." Hinata groaned.
"M-me...too..." Tenten gasped, they were sweating like crazy AND it was July...
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"Hokage-sama. We're here to report that the mission was a success" Kakashi said.
"Good...umm...why is Uchiha unconscious?" Tsunade asked.
"The reason is unknown. He just collapsed shortly when we arrived" Asuma said.
Tsunade nodded "Let me take a quick look at him" she ordered, allowing him to be rested on a bench.
"So what happened to the girls, baa-chan?" Naruto asked curiously "And who is this 'sensei' they refer about?"
"Oh, you met them already?" Tsunade asked.
Lee nodded.
Tsunade decided to have some fun and keep her sensei a secret, as well as their new strength.
"Hinata isn't shy. In fact she has quite a temper. Sakura is less outgoing and can conceal her emotions pretty well. Tenten has less fits and has grown into a calm young woman. Ino whines a lot, but she can control her emotions when needed." Tsunade said boredly, as she opened Sasuke's eyelids and smirked.
"Haha, and you'd never guess what happened to Sasuke" Tsunade said.
"What happened?" Naruto asked.
"He's caught in a genjutsu" she said, simply.
"Is this a threat to our village, Hokage-sama?" Kakashi asked.
"No, no. Of course not. This is the specialty genjutsu of our village's own Haruno Sakura" she said nonchalantly as her hands glew an earth green. The Hokage put her hand over Sasuke's forehead and released the genjutsu.
He slowly regained consciousness.
"How is it possible that Sakura did this?" Kakashi asked, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.
Tsunade didn't reply.
"Hokage-sama?" Kakashi asked.
"If you're done, you may leave" Tsunade shooed them away. Kakashi shrugged and left as well.
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A while later, all the girls finished their laps. They were going to be fighting eachother, the match-ups were Ino against Hinata and Tenten against Sakura.
Sakura dodged the punches that Tenten were aiming at her with grace and swiftness. She did a quick spin to the side and kicked Tenten on th head from behind. Tenten fell forward but caught herself with a flip. Sakura charged towards her with punches and kicks, without any chakra.
"Katon. Goukakyuu no jutsu" Sakura whispered gravely as she exerted it on Tenten.
"You know this won't work, Sakura" Tenten tilted her head.
"Suiton. Bakufu Tosshin.(Waterfall rush)" Sakura blew water out of her mouth, causing Tenten to simmer due to the quick change in temperature.
"Ah!" Tenten yelped as the rush of cold water went against her.
Sakura took this chance and landed a chakra filled punch to Tenten's stomach. The brunette managed to get back up, wincing. She took out her dragin scroll and summoned her weapons with perfection, at Sakura. Sakura dodge each and every one with a kunai in her hand and made her way to Tenten.
The pink haired girl appeared behind the brunette and she pressed a pressure point on her neck, knocking her unconscious.
"Sakura wins!" Hinata announced, it was now her match with Ino.
Hinata immediately turned on her Byakugan. She knew that Ino was not one to mess with.
"Begin!" Sakura yelled, allowing the body of Tenten to rest at her side.
Ino smirked and lunged at Hinata, a kunai at hand.
Hinata spotted her and effortlessly dodged with grace. She threw a kick at the blonde, but it was blocked with the kunai. Hinata smirked at this and kicked the kunai out of Ino's hand before falling down and punching her. Ino aimed a roundhouse kick at Hinata, which nearly hit, but Hinata ducked and sweeped Ino off her feet. The platinum blonde girl regained her balance quickly and threw a few senbon at Hinata. Hinata blocked them all, except for one which was aimed at her only blind spot behind her neck. It missed slightly and hit a pressure point. Hinata winced and took the senbon out as she fought for her consciousness. The 2 girls fought mostly with taijutsu. Ino used her new jutsu to contol Hinata's body.
"Finally!" Ino grinned as she prohibited the shocked Hinata from moving as she hit her with a few blows and kicks before she was knocked out.
"Ino pig wins" Sakura announced.
"YES! TRAINING IS DONE FOR THE DAY!!" Ino pumped her fists in the air. Hinata and Tenten were waking up. It only took Hinata a little while because the pressure point Ino hit wasn't very effective.
"Who's up for some RAMEN?!" Tenten asked.
"YAY!" the other girls cried.
"Hey...maybe we should shower first..." Sakura suggested.
They sniffed themselves and nearly puked.
"Agreed! We'll meet at Ichiraku's ASAP!" Ino said.
"HAI!" they all grinned and left to shower.
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Sakura wore a black tanktop and white boy shorts. She bandaged her arms and legs, from her elbows to her wrists and her knees to her ankles. She slipped on her black sandals and headband. She attached her weapons and made her way out the door.
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Hinata tied her raven colored hair into a high ponytail, with her bangs left out to frame her face. She put on a lavender tanktop and threw on a white off the shoulder fishnet top over it. She wore a plain black skirt with slits going up the side and lavender leggings underneath. Hinata attached her hita-itai to her hair, like Sakura did and put on her black sandals before leaving.
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Tenten wore a plain green tanktop and brown short shorts. She bandaged her arms and legs and attached her forehead protector on her forehead. She kept thing simple with what she wore. Tomboy. Heehee.
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Ino wore a white camisole and a blue skirt that reached her knees. She attached her weights again and put on her hitai-itai in her hair as her hair was let loose from the ponytail.
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The pink haired kunoichi shoved her hands in her pockets as she waited for her friends at Ichiraku.
"RAMEN!!!!!" Naruto cried as he dashed to the ramen place.
"Matte, Naruto!!" Chouji cried, trying to keep up with the blonde.
"SAKURA-CHANN!!!!!" Naruto grinned as he waved maniacally.
You'd think at 17 he would stop doing that... Sakura thought.
"Dobe, you're attracting too much attention." Sasuke came up.
Naruto nearly hugged the lights out of Sakura, but she still wouldn't budge.
"Sakura-chan! You're so heavy!!" Naruto mentioned again.
"Don't say that to a troublesome woman, they'll knock the lights out of you" Shikamaru scolded.
"Aa..." Sakura said lazily.
Why does that sound familiar? Sasuke asked himself.
"FOREHEAD!!" Ino yelled "GET YOUR CUTE LITTLE BUTT OVER AT ICHIRAKU'S!!"
Sakura breathed in.
She's going to explode. Sasuke smirked.
"I am at Ichiraku's" she said softly, but Ino could hear.
"Oh, sorry" Ino said. She was still far, but their senses were abnormally sharp.
"Sakura-chan!! Are you going to eat some ramen too?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"Yeah..." she said "Naruto...are you feeling ok?"
"JUST SUPER DANDY, thank you very much!!" the Kyuubi container grinned.
"I doubt it" Sakura muttered. Ino, Tenten and Hinata shortly arrived. They took seats at the ramen stand.
"5 bowls each please..." Sakura said to the old man.
"5?" he raised an eyebrow "How far has he been pushing you?"
"Weasel-chan-sensei made us do 500 laps today" Hinata said.
"And in new weights..."
"I feel like jello..." Ino whined.
The old man chuckled "Oh! Naruto! You've returned!"
"Yep!!" Naruto exclaimed proudly.
He took the orders of the other guys and immediately began preparing them.
"Did you get any training done during your mission, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.
"Oh, yeah! A lot! Asuma-sensei taught me some wind jutsus!! We were all training our butts off!! How about you, Hinata?"
"The same..." she sighed.
"Even with training, Sakura won't be able to improve at all" Sasuke scoffed.
"Don't talk that way about forehead!" Ino barked at him "She's beaten every one of us!!"
"Hn. And that's a surprise?" Sasuke cocked an eyebrow.
"Why I oughta!!" Ino yelled, but was held back by Sakura.
"It's fine. Remember, this is coming from a guy that went to Orochimaru in order to get stronger...but failed and didn't even meet his goal" Sakura was very non-chalant. She was purposely trying to aggravate Sasuke.
The onyx male's eyes flashed a dangerous red.
"Is it not frustrating? Being such a failure? Not being able to kill Itachi-san?" Sakura smirked, amused "Even after all that effort, you still failed. Unable to track Itachi? Why is this? It's the same thing he told you really, you're weak Sasuke-kun. Weak compared to him."
Tenten laughed "I think you should stop, Sakura. He looks mad"
Sakura shrugged "Hn" and began eating her ramen.
Naruto was bamboozled that Sakura just said those things to the teme. Chouji, Shikamaru and Lee were also surprised. Sasuke's eyes remained crimson as he snarled.
"S-Sakura-chan...why'd you say those things to Sasuke-teme?" Naruto asked.
"Aa...it was amusing..." she said, finishing up her last bowl.
"Hey! We should have a welcome back party for the guys!" Ino suggested.
"Over my dead bo—" Sakura's mouth was covered by Ino.
"Shut up, Forehead" she whispered "And have some fun once in a while. Sensei isn't here for the first time and he WON'T be for at least 3 days."
Sakura glared at her friend, but stayed silent. She turned her gaze towards Sasuke, who tried to hide his pissed off emotion.
Sakura got up "Ino, we have to get to shishou..."
"Oh, right" Ino got up "bye guys!"
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"Do you think we can get the day off?" Sakura asked.
"Probably, everyone needs a break once in a while, right?" Ino replied.
"I guess...hey. Do you think that now that the guys are back, we'll have to go back to our normal teams?"
"I hope not. It's nice with you guys."
Sakura sighed "Yeah. Team Kakashi is a psycho name"
"Haha, how about Team Asuma?"
Sakura laughed "We can talk to shishou about it, right?"
"I guess...hey. Why am I learning this medical stuff again?"
"Because...well...umm...I don't know..." Sakura smirked "I think it was to impress Shikamaru"
Ino smacked the back of Sakura's head.
"BAKA!" she yelled.
"You've damaged my hearing, pig" Sakura muttered under her breath.
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"Ne, Hinata. Who's shishou?" Naruto nudged the lavender eyed girl.
"Sakura and Ino's other sensei" Hinata replied.
"Yeah...who is it though?" Naruto asked.
"Hmm..." Hinata considered on telling them or not, then she decided "It's your mom" she said.
Naruto choked on his ramen. "My mom? Are you serious?!" his eyes were bright.
Hinata smirked evilly "No"
Naruto fell off his chair "Hinata! That wasn't funny"
"Yeah it was" Tenten snickered.
"Hn" Sasuke 'commented'.
"Who is the sensei of the wonderful Sakura-san?!" Lee asked Tenten.
"Hokage-sama" she smirked when she saw the amusement on their faces.
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Ok, I won't reveal Itachi yet because then Sasuke would wanna kill him. He might appear in about 4 more chapters, yeah. Mmkays, review please!!
-- Ja Ne --