Word of the Day

by Silently Fleeting

Drabble series where I take the word of the day from Merriam-Webster and write a short story based off of it. Mainly Naruto and Sakura, but may extend to the rest of Team Seven. Rated T because I don't know what will happen.

6. Lucrative

Word: lucrative |LOO-kruh-tiv| adjective

Meaning: producing wealth: profitable

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

~Naruto~

Sakura was nineteen when she joined the ANBU Hunter-nin Corps. She tried out for the corps because she had felt the strain of being cooped up in the village hospital for far too long without getting out in the field and "enjoying her springtime of youth!" as Lee would put it. So she went out on a limb and was quickly accepted into the fold.

Sakura soon found out that Konoha had the highest loyalty rate of any of the major hidden villages. There were only a handful of missing Konoha nin, and most of those that were, were considered MIA and assumed dead. She also found that Hunter-nin, while their main purpose was to keep the secrets of the village by dispatching any who ran away, they also dabbled in the art of stealing secrets from other villages. As it was a time of peace between the Five Great Ninja Villages, the hunter-nins were mainly used for cleaning up the missing-nin section of the Bingo Book. If she was not affiliated with a village, her job description would be considered that of a bounty hunter.

For the next two years Sakura made a name for herself within the Corps as Daiyamondoburedo no Sakura, much to her embarrassment. Soon after whispers of this nickname started, the words reached Naruto who was training to become Hokage and starting to get a feel for where all the ninjas that were soon to be under his command were placed. The first and last time Naruto teased Sakura about her newfound nickname, she had not so subtly threatened to show exactly how she had gotten the nickname by using the ability to remove a certain appendage from his body. He never said a word about it after.

When Sakura was twenty-one, she took back her position in the hospital. She had found that, while field work was fun, her calling was to save lives rather than take them. The only thing she would admit to missing about the job was the pay. It had been a very lucrative two years.

~Naruto~

Thanks for reading. I feel like I failed my little challenge to myself because I did not get this done before midnight. Oh well, I got it done hopefully do a better job on the next round.

Have an amazing day,

Silently Fleeting