Woooah, so many followers after the opening? I'll do my best not to disappoint 3

In the hokage's office stood an older teen. She had short hair of pink, a fair skin complexion, and dazzling emerald eyes. She was well built and dressed in deep pink and black attire with gloves and tall boots. She was a Chunin of the leaf, a medical ninja, a beautiful young woman and today she was discussing her new assignment with her mentor, Tsunade.

"I have to what?" she nearly shrieked, her lips quivering in annoyance.

"You're an excellent kunoichi, Sakura. These war orphans need a leader like you. It's better they have an experienced and mature sensei to mentor them. The youth of this nation are what makes the leaf so formidable." The hokage spoke without sympathy for Sakura. She wasn't giving her another option.

"I'm hardly a special jonin... You're making me responsible for the lives of others?" This time her question came more like a plea.

"I'm counting on you, Sakura. You'll see them tomorrow." Tsunade stood from her seat and handed her files before exiting the room.

Sakura leaned against the side of the desk, thumbing through the files in silence. There was a reason she wasn't a jonin yet, why she never advanced since the exams but now she was under orders from her master. The photos of the children made her bite her lip. They were hardly children at all... They were already of Chunin level and they were only a year younger. One had blonde shaggy hair with eyes that resembled the sky and scratches along his cheeks. The other was a frail looking girl with bandage covering her left eye. The right eye was totally white, a Hyuga. Last was a mildly attractive young man that gave her chills. He had pitch black eyes and neat dark hair. He reminded her of someone... But she couldn't put her finger on it.

She'd have to meet them all tomorrow morning. How delightful...

She stood before them, a strong and beautiful girl who was only about a year older than them. Their eyes were locked on her, puzzled, excited and one was even disappointed. They were out in a training field leaning against tree trunks lined with markers.

"From now on I am your sensei. You can call me sensei or Sakura sensei, either will do." Her voice was stiff, she was clearly nervous and was trying to stand her ground seeing she wasn't visibly superior which intimidated her.

The blonde was blushing and grinning, clearly infatuated with her. The young girl only watched with a gentle smile. Then... there was him. That boy that made her anxious from the photo alone. In person, it wasn't much different. He was taller than her and through his cold stare, she knew he did not appreciate her or what she was there to do.

Her dazzling eyes drifted away from theirs as she diverted her gaze. To fill the silence she added, "Well since I'll be responsible for you all how's about you introduce yourselves briefly?"

The blonde stood up and said, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki! I'm going to be hokage one of these days so remember my name, sensei!"

Sakura gave a weak smile and rubbed the back of her head, "Nice to know. Okay, how about you?"

The young girl looked down shyly and said through a cracked voice, "H-hinata H-H-hyuga..."

"Hyuga? I see... and you?"

There he was, sitting there with a smug look. His eyes seemed to pierce right through her as he smirked, "Sasuke. Though I don't see what qualifies you to be my sensei. I'm not obligated to remaining under the tutelage of someone weaker than me. How am I supposed to get any stronger under you?"

Naruto growled, "Don't talk to sensei like that!"

"Shut it...loser."

"What did you call me?"

Hinata cowered behind a tree before Sakura cleared her throat to recapture their attention.

"If you're so curious to know what makes me qualified as a sensei, how about we better introduce ourselves?" Sakura reached behind her and revealed gloves. She pulled them onto her hands and tightened her head band.

"A team consists of a leader, an understanding of each other's strengths as well as weaknesses, cooperation and..." She crossed her arms, "Trust. If you have all of that already AND can surpass my abilities than absolutely, you're free to leave, however..." She gave a devious grin, "If not-I'll readily pay the hospital for whatever damage I happen to successfully deliver. Deal?"

Her sweet voice mixed with such a heated threat made Naruto swallowed hard and Hinata flinch. Sasuke only scowled feeling he was being made fun of.

"Deal."

"Gyuuahh!" the boy cried.

"Aw is that it?" Sakura teased.

Sasuke had been at it for five minutes and was howling in pain because of his newly broken wrist and sprained ankle. He wasn't sure how he had lost sight of her but she immediately brought him down in two minutes. He was angry and wanted to continue but her deathly tight grip at his neck gave him no other option but to quit while he still could.

With a playful smile she released him onto the ground and patted his head, "Now don't go telling on me. Here," she knelt down beside him and began to heal it with a beautiful light that looked the color of her eyes. "Try not to move, it'll take longer if you squirm."

He glared at the ground but remained still. Naruto was laughing at him and Hinata stood behind him playing with her fingers too afraid to say anything.

"Shut up loser," he managed to utter at the blonde.

"You best tame that tongue, Sasuke." Sakura scolded before standing back up. "Ahh, well how's about we have lunch?"

Naruto cheered excitedly and Hinata nodded with glowing cheeks with approval. When Sakura looked down at Sasuke, he looked away and said, "No thanks. I'll see you guys tomorrow."

And with that he dismissed himself. Sakura held her breath, a vein pulsing. That stubborn brat...

A letter from Sakura

Mr ANBU,

I've been assigned a squad-therefore I am now a sensei, how fun. -_- I never even took the test to qualify for this sort of thing! Anyway, I'm stuck with war orphans. A spirited boy, a shy girl and then this 'thing' that I already dread seeing tomorrow. He challenged my authority so I had to be rough a little. To try and show them I'm not just a strict sensei, that I'm a good friend, I treated them (and by them I mean the first two), to lunch. The thing went home. Maybe he hates me already... Ughhh, wish you were here!

Sakura