The trip went well with no complications and soon the four of them were stood before the tall imposing red gates of the Hidden Leaf Village "I know you'd like to run off and meet your parents and brother Sakura-chan but first we have to meet with Hokage-san" Mei said.
Once they were all signed in and it looked like Sakura was about to run off in search of her twin brother, at the statement the girl sulked "Alright Auntie Mei I guess I can wait a little bit longer" Sakura sighed quietly following after her Aunt.
As they were led through the Leaf Village to the Hokage Tower "D..Do you think th..they'll be accepting o..of her Ao" Chojuro couldn't help but ask as they lagged behind a bit to keep an eye out for trouble, as they didn't want anything to happen since they'd come to ask for a treaty.
In response a dark blue orb glanced down at him before the older male shrugged "Who knows, it's up to her and what kind of first impression she makes on them" Ao snorted though he was a little worried not as much as his partner.
Soon enough after waiting for forty five minutes where Sakura showed remarkable patience they were finally allowed in to meet the Hokage "Now who do we have here" Hiruzen narrowed his brown eyes on the two females and two males, obvious Mist Shinobi.
Mei sat followed by her niece "I am Mei Terumi and as of last week the Fifth Mizukage, Hokage-san I've come here to request two things, one to transfer my niece back to her rightful village and two to request a treaty between our villages" the auburn haired woman stated.
Her escorts keeping silent as Hiruzen considered the two requests "Are you saying this young girl here is formally of the Leaf Village, how did she end up in Mist if I may ask" the salt and pepper haired elder asked in concern.
Sakura chose to speak up this time "Family tradition, my name is Sakura Haruno and I'd like to make this village my home again" the pinkette explained carefully no longer upset about the whole thing that had taken her away from her parents and twin brother.
This earned her a stare before the Hokage nodded and dug into his desk "Were you also intending on taking the academy graduation exams to become a genin" Hiruzen paused glancing up at the girl who looked to be about that proper age.
She nodded quietly and soon enough a pile of papers were placed in her hands, detailing her transfer and extremely late entrance into the academy "About the treaty" Mei reminded and with that they started negotiations.
Before they left Sakura finished filling out all the paperwork needed to become an official citizen of the Hidden Leaf Village, while Mei and Hiruzen decided to take a break so they didn't waste the whole day going over treaty talks.
Now, now it was time to head to wherever her parents and brother lived "You handled that pretty well brat" the blue haired hunter nin commented once they were outside and walking down the streets to the civilian section of the village.
Sakura swung her head around to eye him before shrugging lightly "D..Don't wo..worry Sakura-san th..they'll lo..love you" the blue haired swordsman assured gently knowing the reason for her uncharacteristic quietness.
And then they were before a very civilian house "Mizukage-sama are you sure this is the house, what if they've moved" Ao questioned concerned, it had been twelve years after all without contact or anything.
Mei bit her lip before deciding to get it over with and knocked swiftly on the door, footsteps were heard and then it was swung open to reveal a pink haired preteen boy with blue eyes "Um i..is this the Haruno re..residence" Chojuro asked to be sure.
Glancing repeatedly between the preteens who stood staring at one another before the boy remembered he'd been asked a question "It is I'm Asagao Haruno" Asagao admitted introducing himself to the woman he'd only seen pictures of.
Inevitably his gaze was drawn to her again, the girl who just had to be his fraternal twin sister "Who's at the door Asagao-kun" Mebuki Haruno rounded the corner to find out what was taking her son so long to answer the door.
Only to freeze as she eyed her sister and then her emerald orbs shifted to the young girl with Mei, her daughter and before she could help herself was lunging and wrapping her arms around the girl sobbing loudly because finally Sakura was home where she belonged.
"Everything alright Mebuki-chan, Asagao-kun" Kizashi peeked his head out the living room door into the foyer to find out what was going on before noticing their guests, happiness filled him and he ushered forward to greet his daughter, while simultaneously pulling his son into the hug as well.
During this Mei, Ao and Chojuro stood back watching as the family welcomed their missing child home after such a long time "Pardon our intrusion but may we come in" the hunter nin cleared his throat trying not to seem horribly rude.
Lest he get decked in the face by his teammate and Kage, who shot him a look while the adults straightened "Of course, of course Mei-chan, you two as well" the blonde woman nodded ushering the Mist Shinobi and her sister into the house.
"Why don't you show Sakura to her room so that she can unpack, Asagao" the pale pink haired male suggested to give his children a bit of time to bond without interference on his or Mebuki's part because they'd been separated all this time.
Asagao nodded and gestured down the hall before the two of them disappeared "Just as promised Mebuki, I returned her, she's a little worried but overall Sakura-chan loves you and wants to get to know you like she couldn't before" the auburn haired woman sat.
"Y..Yeah p..plus s..she do..doesn't want t..to worry her f..friends back in Mist" the young swordsman explained carefully, knowing that he'd be one of the ones who'd worry once they left after the academy graduation exams were done and Sakura had become a Leaf Genin.
~Meanwhile~
Down the hall in the room that had been cleaned out and turned into a bedroom Sakura and Asagao found themselves at a loss "Soooo…..what was the village you grew up in like" the pink haired boy asked after a long pause because he didn't know what to talk about.
Sakura blinked at him with her emerald orbs "It was tough, dangerous, one had to learn how to defend themselves otherwise they were robbed, but now that Auntie Mei is Mizukage that should all change" the rosette explained.
Earning a wince "Did you make many friends, was there an academy in Mist, what did you have to learn, how about grades what were those like" Asagao pressed onward helping his twin unpack her belongings.
"Three friends but my best friend was a boy named Suigetsu, the other two were Haku and Kimimaro, there was an academy, kenjutsu, kunoichi lessons, history, math, genjutsu, elemental jutsu's and my grades were the best, what about you" Sakura answered with a smile.
Placing her clothes in the closet, she'd probably have to get some more to appease her parents "Pretty much the same I guess except the kunoichi lessons, and I have lots of friends that you'll get to meet tomorrow, you are gonna come to the academy right" the pink haired boy asked.
Concerned that she wouldn't want to become a genin of the Leaf Village with him "Of course Asagao, so what do you like to do for fun, my hobbies include studying, training and playing pranks" the pinkette grinned widely.
Horrifying her slightly younger brother "Kami no not another prankster, already got enough of those and pretty much the same, though I like to explore the Hokage's estate, we're all the time finding new things to do there" Asagao groaned teasingly.
Laughter filled the air "Don't worry I'm not as bad as I use to be and my friend Suigetsu was a lot worse, now are you ready to go out there and sit with Mom, Dad, and Auntie" Sakura giggled checked over the room to make sure she'd unpacked everything.
Asagao nodded once again "This way Sakura an..and it's truly nice to have you home" the pink haired preteen boy admitted lightly leading the way down the hall to the living room ready to get to know his Aunt.
Sakura smiled brightly "I..It's good to be home" the fuscia haired girl said softly, she was still a little unsure but getting to know her family far outweighed the cons of the whole situation plus it seemed like her parents were good people which was awesome.
When the two of them appeared all eyes turned on them "How do you like your room Sakura-chan, do ya need any help putting some things away" Kizashi was the first one to speak, with that they shuffled forward and found a spot to sit.
"I really like the room, red is my favorite color after all, and nope everything's put away D..Dad" Sakura quipped in an upbeat tone of voice, though stuttered slightly on calling the male by his title he didn't scold her and she decided that it was nice getting to call someone that for the first time in her life.
Kizashi chuckled and settled back "So Sakura-chan tell us about your life so far" Mebuki drew her attention and like that Sakura began chattering away to her mother and father everything she'd been through and all the mischief she'd caused, even if she was the best student in Mist's Academy.
Off to th side was her aunt who smiled fondly, glad that things were turning out alright "Aunt Mei, how come you enforced the family tradition anyway" Asagao asked having wondered why from the moment he'd learned he had a sister.
Having figured someone would ask she turned to face her nephew "I'm not really sure anymore, and for that I'm sorry Asagao, guilt ate me everyday and several times I considered bringing her back before twelve years were up" Mei admitted.
Asagao were quiet "We should get back to working on negotiations for the treaty" Ao noted the time, two hours had passed since they'd arrived at the Haruno house and the Hokage had told them to come back a couple hours before noon.
Mei stood hastily "I..I'm s..sure w..we'll be back for l..lunch" Chojuro nodded as they made their way to the door, intent on making sure a treaty was put in place so that no repercussions would happen for Sakura sending multiple letters to Mist.
It was the least she could do after all "Hey Sakura even though it's our day off, want to go check out the academy and inform the principle that your transferring in from a different village" the pink haired boy piped in five minutes later.
Sakura paused in explaining to their mother about the kunoichi lessons "Go on dears, I'm just gonna get started on lunch" the blonde woman shook her head in amusement rising to her feet and vanishing into the kitchen to prep the food.
Kizashi raised his hand "You know where I'll be when you two get back, be safe and try not to cause any trouble" the pink haired male waved lazily before grabbing up a book and flipping it open to read.
Given a chance to spend more time together the Haruno Twins quickly exited the house the younger twin in the lead because he'd walked the streets of the Leaf Village nearly his entire life so far while she didn't have a clue where anything was beyond the house and the Hokage Tower.
"Could we on the way back stop by the market so I can pick up some letter scrolls and purple, green and brown ink and ribbons" the pink haired girl requested carefully unsure if her brother wanted to go on a shopping excursion with her.
To her surprise he merely grinned widely and nodded, ten minutes later they were before the Hidden Leaf Village's Academy, her peridot orbs widened "Right lets go in and you can talk to the principle" Asagao led the way forward again.
With her trailing cautiously behind him until they were stood in an office "Haruno-kun what on earth are you doing here, you didn't get detention again did you" a brunet with onyx eyes scolded in exasperation before realizing the pink haired boy wasn't alone.
"Sorry sensei I'm Asagao's sister, just moved here from another village and he brought me here so that I could inquire about transferring into the academy, I know it's late but I promise I'm very smart" Sakura spoke hesitantly.
Earning a surprised glance and the man looked between the two of them "Very well, better to do it now so that you can start class with the rest before the graduation exams in two weeks, I'm Iruka Umino and your brothers homeroom teacher Sakura-chan" Iruka introduced himself.
Before disappearing further into the office to speak with the principle, when he came back there was a stack of papers in his arms, it was so high that he was barely able to see over the stack as he led the way to his classroom.
And then he set it all down on the middle row desk before dividing it into six neat stacks "For all the years that you missed here, on genjutsu, math, history, theory of chakra and jutsu's and science, once your done with that, we'll test your physical skills" the brunet explained.
Sakura blew out a breath and sat down "Er I'm gonna run and let Mom and Dad know this is gonna take awhile and let them know about our shopping excursion once we're done" the pink haired preteen boy rubbed the back of his head then disappeared to do just that.
Upon returning he found Sakura already on the stack labeled year two and his sensei was grading the stack labeled year one, she was fast and had good handwriting it seemed "Oh Asagao" the pink haired girl smiled brightly before focusing on her tests again.
Knowing it would be a good long while, he sat to wait as patiently as possible, by the time it was almost noon she'd finished with all six years they'd been through "Go have lunch while I finish grading these, then we'll do the physical exam" Iruka ushered the siblings off.
With nothing better to do they hurried home "Asagao watch out" Mimori's familiar voice called out partway to the Haruno House and then Sakura found herself knocked clear off her feet, head smashing against the ground painfully.
"Oooh we're sorry we didn't see her, who is she anyway Asagao-kun" Mamori asked peering at the downed girl it hit her and Mimori just before their friend explained who the pink haired girl was, only because the boy had been talking about his unknown sister all week.
Bending down he held out a hand "This is my sister Sakura, are you okay do we need to go to the hospital" Asagao grimaced seeing the blood seeping into her very pink hair and turning it bright red which was kind of scary and worrisome.
Thankfully his sister had quite a few tricks up her sleeve "Nope I'm good Asagao, and like Asagao said I'm his sister, just got here today" Sakura explained taking her brothers hand, where she was hefted onto her feet and then afterwards raised a glowing green hand to heal her injury.
Leaving the blonde haired hazel eyed girls in awe "Wow you know medical ninjutsu, lucky our mom only taught us how to tend injuries the civilian way, I'm Mamori Senju and it's very nice to meet you Sakura-chan" the older twin greeted pulling the pink haired girl into a hug.
Sakura was shocked at the affection "Honestly Sakura-chan we've only been hearing about you all week plus we've been in need of a female friend, Mimori Senju" the younger twin giggled girlishly taking her turn at hugging Sakura.
Tears threatened to well up in her eyes because she hadn't expected such a warm welcome "If you'd like I can teach you the mystical palm" the pinkette offered wanting to be friendly and extend the offer of friendship.
Cause heaven only knows that she needed female friends since she only had male friends back in the Hidden Mist Village, both girls immediately nodded "Right maybe tomorrow after academy, for now we have to go eat lunch and then Sakura has to finish her tests" the pink haired boy announced.
Mamori and Mimori waved the duo off, who ran the rest of the way home, arriving at the same time as the Mist Shinobi and their Aunt "Just where are you two coming back from" the grumpy hunter nin raised a brow at their frazzled appearance.
It was Chojuro that noticed though "W..Why is t..there blood in your h..hair Sakura" the blue haired teen gaped in horror drawing attention to the dried splotch of blood, she raised her hand to rub the spot before grimacing.
"Probably tripped didn't you Sakura-chan, you've always been accident prone" the auburn haired woman shook her head in amusement, Sakura shrugged lightly and together they all headed in, though before she ate, she took a quick shower to wash away the blood.
Then sat next to her brother "So do you know if you passed yet Sakura-chan" Mebuki inquired of her daughter, kami she still couldn't truly believe Sakura was finally home and eagerly throwing herself into making the Leaf Village her village.
"Does that mean it wasn't an accident, how exactly did you get blood in your hair" Ao narrowed his dark blue irises on the girl he'd seen several times and was in fact his teammates niece, who'd truly done her best to support her aunt throughout her twelve years of life so far.
She swallowed her bite and opened her mouth to speak but her brother beat her to the punch "My friends Mamori and Mimori Senju rammed into us and Sakura-chan banged her head on the ground, she healed herself but that's why there was blood in her hair" Asagao answered dutifully.
Mebuki smiled in amusement "Those girls are reckless sometimes" Kizashi snorted, having taken a liking to the only two girls his son had made friends with his entire academy life once they'd transferred in anyway.
Asagao nodded silently in agreement "For you question Mom I still have to do the physical portion and Iruka-sensei was still grading the written portion" Sakura admitted then scooped her peas onto her spoon proving that she wasn't as picky as her brother.
Who shoved his own peas to the side and happily chowed down on the meat on his plate "Goodness you sure don't waste anytime do you Sakura-chan" Mei laughed softly glad that Sakura wasn't putting things off.
Then they were all splitting up again "We'll be back for dinner probably, then we'll find a hotel and see you at lunch tomorrow morning, unless we can join you for breakfast Mebuki" the auburn haired woman explained when they were heading out the door.
Mebuki looked at her sister "Of course you can join us Mei, plus I think Asagao would love the chance to get to know you more" the blonde woman announced glad that they had two weeks to catch up with one another.
Kizashi watched the two sisters interact and nodded when his sister in law glanced over to him "Anything Mebuki wants, Mebuki gets" the pale pink haired male said not daring to argue because it had been twelve long years after all.
Earning a fond smile before the woman was gone out the door "Chojuro and I are going to scout" the blue haired hunter nin stated, knowing that his leader would be safe in the Hokage's office, she nodded and they split up from her heading deeper into the shinobi section.
"I..Is th..this really wise th..though" the light blue haired swordsman frowned, thinking of endless bad scenario's, his partner shrugged so he fell silent and just scouted like the man wanted, going around the entire village.
Meanwhile Sakura and Asagao had made it back to the academy, Iruka was waiting for her in his classroom "Looks like you weren't kidding about being intelligent Sakura-chan, full marks on every test in every subject" the brunet admitted handing back the tests.
She looked them over pride gleaming in her emerald orbs "Yeesh just what did you do in the Hidden Mist Village" Asagao gaped, not even he could manage full marks or Sasuke and then here comes along the sister he didn't know about until last week and bam she gets 100% on everything.
This caused the girl to blush in embarrassment "We, my friends and I studied in the library every morning before academy started and after academy let out because the tests were super hard" Sakura said pleased that she'd passed the written portion.
And that she wouldn't be held back, "Right then if your ready for the physical exam, which consists of weapons aim and accuracy, running twenty laps in twenty minutes, taijutsu, you can spar against your brother, a bit of kenjutsu, dispelling a genjutsu and some simple jutsu's" the brunet listed.
Sakura nodded following after the man who would become her sensei even if it was for the last two weeks they had before academy graduation "Hope your prepared for this Sakura" the pink haired preteen boy commented.
Watching as she settled into a stance across from him "Please Asagao, not even Haku or Kimimaro could beat me in a taijutsu spar" the rosette snickered folding her arm behind her back and taking a deep breath.
Then they launched at one another, their first spar against each other, the sensei watching over them as they deflected blows and tried to one up each other until a whistle blew "I declare this match a tie, make the shinobi unison sign please" Iruka announced.
Getting a confused look and he realized she didn't know about the unison sign, which meant he would probably have to lecture the class on some things "Here Sakura and nice work, your pretty strong" Asagao winced poking a light green bruise after they'd made the unison sign.
Until she laughed and her hands glowed green again to Iruka's fascination "Like I said earlier you had to be tough if you wanted to be a Mist Shinobi, plus those boys hit hard so I had to be strong to hit them just as hard, turnabout was fair-play there after all" Sakura huffed.
Iruka and Asagao stared at her in horror before they moved onto kenjutsu where she proved to be superior in wielding a sword, then laps where she managed twenty in eleven minutes only because she boosted her speed with chakra.
Weapons aim and accuracy came next "Kami Sakura-chan your really talented" the pink haired boy whistled as he realized his sister was diverse in all manners of throwing weapons, kunai, shuriken and senbon needles, each made contact with the center of the bullseye ten times out of ten.
"Mhm cause our sensei back in Mist was always making our physical class difficult especially if he felt we were getting to lazy and finding the schedule from before easier" the rosette snorted lightly finishing up.
Now it was time for a little bit of genjutsu "Okay I'm going to put you in a chunin level genjutsu that I want you to see through to the end before dispelling" the brunet instructed going through a set of hand signs that she memorized.
Then she found herself in the genjutsu, it showed her life in the Mist Village and how her life could have been if she'd been raised in the Hidden Leaf Village, trying to make her resentful to her aunt who'd enforced the family tradition on her mom.
But what the genjutsu didn't count on was that she had a strong mind to shove aside personal feelings to consider other people's feelings and when she felt that the genjutsu was over flared her chakra firmly and broke out of the genjutsu with ease.
She didn't even break a sweat "Do you feel alright Sakura, what did you see in the genjutsu" Asagao asked gently not wanting to see her cry especially if it had been a particularly difficult genjutsu that really chipped away at a person's mind to break them.
His concern earned a bright smile "Afterwards Haruno-kun now for the simple jutsu's escape and clone jutsu, those will also be on the graduation exam" Iruka cleared his throat and the girl easily went through the two jutsu's without a single hiccup.
With that they headed back into the classroom "So did I pass Iruka-sensei, am I able to join Asagao in class tomorrow" Sakura wrung her hands feeling nervousness creep up on her when the man stood there scratching some things down on a sheet of paper.
A few minutes later he stood "Congratulations you're an official seventh year academy student Sakura-chan, so I'll see you in this classroom tomorrow" the brunet announced, a little shocked that the girl proved to be rather talented in a lot of things.
"See told you Sakura, now ready to go on that shopping excursion" the pink haired preteen boy sniggered taking his sister by the hand while waving simultaneously at his sensei they left the academy behind and headed to the market.
Sakura blew out a breath "By the way the genjutsu showed me what my life could have been like if I'd been raised here in Leaf and tried to make me resent Auntie Mei for enforcing the family tradition" the rosette explained.
Her brother fell silent and soon enough they'd gathered all she needed from a stall and headed home where they ensconced themselves in her room "Gonna write letters to your friends aren't you Sakura" Asagao guessed.
Especially when she dipped a blue, black and white dyed feather pen into purple ink, then started writing in the prettiest writing style he'd ever seen "Yep cause I promised to write letters to them every single day once I got here" Sakura quipped.
When she was done writing all four letters they were set off to the side to dry for a few minutes before being neatly rolled and tied with a corresponding ribbon that had their names on it "Hold up who's Mangetsu" the preteen boy frowned not having heard of that person yet.
"Oops Mangetsu-san is Suigetsu-kun's big brother, for ninety percent of the time I lived in Mist he watched after me when Auntie Mei couldn't, he also taught us in his spare time as he was one of a member of the Legendary Swordsmen group wielder of Kubikiribocho" the pinkette said.
Then hopped up, they left again heading to the tower to send off the letters to the Hidden Mist Village and got back just in time for dinner, where Sakura spent that time chattering away to her parents and Asagao got to know their aunt better until it was time for bed.