Sakura had been a little terrified to meet her intern. What if they didn't like her? What if they did like her, but they expected too much and were disappointed with the real person? There were a hundred things that could go wrong, all resulting in Sakura receiving an intern who then became disdainful of her, and turned the whole town against her, so that Sakura got thrown out of Suna, declared a fraud, and banned from ever seeing Gaara again, not that he would want to see her anymore, once she had been discovered to be just a normal person, and not a super woman medic.

She was on the verge of throwing up that morning, waiting for her intern. She was standing with another member of the committee, Atsuo, who was there to introduce her and show her around the hospitals. It was a sunny morning, and they were standing in the shade, just in front of the first hospital they were to visit.

Sakura liked Atsuo. He was a stylish middle aged man who always smiled in a genuine way. He made her feel at ease; he made everyone feel at ease. She thought that would be a good trait for medics to have, and wondered about the possibility of teaching manners to medics. After all, she had met some rather unfriendly medics in her days on the field, and though they did their jobs well, they didn't exactly inspire gratitude with their bedside manner. It's hard to be comforted by a medic who glares at you.

"Where is that girl?" Atsuo wondered, looking at his pocket watch. "I swear, she' slate for everything."

Sakura fretted. 'She's late? What does that mean? Is she already showing disdain for me? Is this a deliberate show of contempt?'

Someone yelled from across the street. Sakura and Atsuo looked up to see Misa running up to them. Atsuo began berating Misa for being so late, a lecture Misa took with a sheepish smile.

"Sorry. Sorry." She said, bowing politely. "I slept through my alarm."

Atsuo shook his head. "You're always sleeping through your alarm." He told her. "Maybe it's time to get another one. Or four."

Misa laughed. "Yes, you're right." She turned to Sakura and held out her hand. "Good morning."

Sakura shook Misa's hand smiling, as Atsuo introduced them again. She felt awash in relief, knowing that Misa was to be her intern. She liked the girl, and Misa had seemed to like Sakura as well.

"You seem to have met already." Atsuo was saying. "Good. Misa will be your intern while you stay in Suna. I'm sure she can learn a lot from you."

Misa laughed. "Yep. I'm going to learn to revive the dead, right?"